Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-04-02
TIE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
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mercantile community connected with the shipping
interest, in regard to the continued lowness Of the
tides and the stormy weather, which have detained
several vessels from going TO sea for days and weeks
The state of our bars unfortunate in the extreme,
and some change for the better, and certainly some
provision to guard against the worse has at length
become indispensable and the expediency and neces
sity of such provision being made becomes more ur
gent in view of the early completion of extensive
public Improvement intended and calculated to bring
produce to this point for shipment
The Pension and claim business is beginning to
attract the attention Of the Departments at WASH
ington man named Daniel Palmer, of New York,
has been arrested ID committed in default Of bail,
upon Tie charge of making out and transmitting to
the DEPARTMENT of the Interior fraudulent papers
procure land warrant pension, extra pay, and ar
rearagcs of pay claimed to be due Mary Lynch, as
the widow of James Lynch, deceased, who served in
the Mexican war James Lynch died leaving no
wife or children Such cases are of not unfrequent
occurrence. We have been frequently Disguised in
travelling through the interior at coming across itn
Grant claim agents. hunting about for somebody or
H. l. ella Thorn IN revive dpfnnct and rejected
claims, which had been abandoned insufficient
even by the claimants-the agents. of course to get
the lions share Of the proceeds. Some definite sys-
tenn should be adopted or statute of limitations
enacted for certainly nneteentwen of the old
claims fraudulent, at best. paid to persons
complete strangers to the services for which the
compense is given and even to the blood of the sup
poseI soldier.
1t is somewhat amusing to notice the process by
which politicians and political papers ease off,
AItIru,rh ttv rood HOY
at guessing and months since vcnured to guess
that Gen Scott would be the nominee of the Wing
party in preference to My Fillmore At that time
some Of our Wing contemporaries turned up their no.
at Gen Scott and accused us of wanting to make
them feel bad, They said that only wanted Scott
to be nominated, because knew they did not like
him. Fillmore and Graham the ticket. Well
Pennsylvania has spoken, and her vast influence is
cast for Scott, without effort for anybody else
New York will follow as certain as fate The deed
is done. Scott has it, and whatever fuss the Fill
more men may make. the Scott men are in full
:. feather" Fillmore and Graham has always been.
what the brokers would call " fancy stock.'-
perfectly ideal ticket. Speculation is at an end
Mir. Fillmore is simply an accidental Presidential
sort of " funeral baked meas,' without chance of
reelection rc-hash, and Secretary Graham
highly respectable Cabinet officer who will have a
chance of becoming highly respectable citizen of
his native State. after the 4th of March next
But the fun is, in observing the way in which the
Southern Wing papers have found out that General
Scott is ''marvellouS proper man,''-he is now
quite good as Mr.. Fillmore, and will shortly be
much better. Times change, and we change with
them
There may, perhaps be some fun on the Continent
of Europe, should Louis Napoleon assume the title
of Emperor as it is said he intends doing on the
opening of the new Chambers. 1t seems that there
is clause in of the treaties Of 1915. by which
England, Russia. Prussia and Austria, mutually
pledge themselves to each other to prevent any mem
Der Of the Bonaparte family from assuming or hold
ing the Imperial title or authority in France
Should he act in opposition to this it remains to be
seen what course the great powers will adopt.
This is certainly fast age In our exchanges We
find an item setting forth the fact that Wednes
day of last week, train of without passengers
made the run from Poughkeepsie to Peekskill, dis
lance hinytlro miles, in thirty minutes. That il
what might be called going it. By the way, talkin!
about We lnesday-on Wednesday next Viii.
friends hold second edition of their meeting at tn
Masonic Hall. The New York Dutchman says Their
is man connected with one of the theatres who's
nose is SO large he has to blow it with a boot-iack
Yesterday the first of April. John Randolph
Benton. only of ex-senator Benton died at St
Louis on the 18th ult aged % years.
The Foreign News does not amount to much no
the dongs in Congress. We publish Gen Cass' ex
PLANTATION of the Nicholson letter, to which we cal
attention. We must confess to liking for the oil
Gcneral--he is the most finished scholar in the Tn
ion amiable gentleman--an able statesman; an
we most sincerely believe true patriot. There ar
something's in his which do not understand
and which would have to be explained before W
could support him. We believe them perfectly sus
ceptibe of explanation, and should be pleased agai
TO battle in the cause under his banner, if nomina
ted, which we think unlikely under the two-third
rule Who will be, is mystery, we presume
even to the most far-seeng.
There is little this week of startling interest in t
Journal but we hope that the number will not b
found undressing It's columns will present a re
hex and we hope an accurate one, of things as the
are, both in the way of events and opinions at an
rate they will he found free from clap-trap or hun
bug and if neither able eloquent will, at leas
be sincere. The weather is chilly and uncomforts
bic.
Democratic Meeting IL Bladem.
A meeting of the Democrats of Bladen county wa
held at the Court House in Elizabethtown Mon
day evening last The right kind Of Democrat
resolutions were passed. A preference was expires:
oil rnr PurhonoD and Stronpa nd Vic