Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-04-02
Hou TO Draw the sinners.

How to Draw the Sinners. -
Several wears ago we were resident of north
western Louisiana near the confines OF Iexas. ne
people there as general thing, were not much CIV
1 en- to religion An itinerant preacher happened
along in the neghborhood during this dearth OF re-
licion and set about repairing the walls OF Zion IN
/ good earnest But his success poor. Not over
half dozen could be got together at his Sunday
meetings Determined however, to create an inter-
est before leaving the neghborhood, he procured
printed handbills and had them posted up in every
conspicuous place in the district, which read to the
following effect:
Religious Notice-The Rev. Mr. Blaney will
preach next Sunday, in Dempsey's Grove, at 10
O clock A, NJ. and at o'clock P M, Providence
permitting. Between the services the preacher
will run his sorrel julia against any nag that
can be troted out in this region, for purse of five
I hundred dollars"
This had the desired effect. People focked from
all quarters, and the anxiety to see the singular
preacher even greater than the excitement fol-
lowing the challenge. He preached an elegant SER
mon in the morning, and after dinner he brought cut
! his mare for the race. The purse was made up by
five or six planters, and opposing nag produced
The preacher rode his little sorre and the day
amid the deafeung shouts, screams and yels of the
delighted multitude This congregation all remain
ed to the afternoon service, and at its close
than two hundred Joined the church some from
motives of sincerity. some for the novelty of the
thing, some from excitement and some because the
preacher was good fellow The finale of the affair
was as fourishing a society can be found in the
whole region thereabouts.-Sps Of the Times.
NARROW EscApE.-A letter from Paris relates the
! following escape of an American citizen:
| | remember the narrow escape of friend from
the musket of a sentry July, '48. He was crossing
the Place du Carousel, at 2 O'Clock in the morning
The guard of the arch challenged him. and ordered
him off in a breath. My friend was an utter stran-
ger in Paris, and spoke nothing but English But
| If hn hod orlo in tbo
it was to improve himself in French. He thought
this good opportunity to practice. The sentinel
had just given his order-Paussez az large and was
watching to see what obedience was for he thought
that the sentinel had asked him for chew of tobac
co. and as he had rather large piece in his pocket
| my friend Aforementioned to offer
several inches of the weed when the soldier drew
back, raised his bayonetted musket, and took aim
Now the bayonet and the trigger spoke plain English
though with decided wang. The bayonet seemed
to say, and the trigger seemed to repeat off
you are through the American thrust his to
bacco back into his pocket, and left amazing
tent of paving stones between him and the sentry.
GEN. HAIRLESS SpEEcH.-The Sumter Banner re-
ports the proceedings OF the late Railroad meeting at
Darlington at which addresses delivered by Mai.
McFarlan, Hon. j. D. Wilson, Col. Mcknight, and
Gen Haree The latter is reported to have said,
&c that the Road should be completed TO Will
mngton. the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad
could compete with the North Eastern Road by ship
ping all the cotton beyond the Pee Dee to Whining
ton, from phich 1t voud go to New York for less than
1t could be carried by any other route.'
COMPARATIVE COMMERCE OF THE ATLANTIC CITIES
i-Of the four principal ports, New York takes the
lead and her impoFts are considerably more than all
the rest of the country. Next comes Boston, with
about one fifth of the commerce of New York, then
Philadelphia with considerably less than one half, and
Baltimore with about fourth of that of Boston
New York imports about 81 so 200, 600 of goods Bos
ton $50, 900, 900 S35 900 OOO Philadelphia $14,-
md 70 he
latter named cities have very respectable foreign
trade, yet the commerce of this country may be said
TO be controlled by the cities of Boston and New
York. The immense wealth OF these two cities,
amounting TO the enormous sum in the aggregate OF
five hundred millions of dollars, will always enable
them 10 defy all competition in the management of
those great branches of that require vast
capital for their transaction. The united valuation of
Philadelphia and Baltimore in 1849, was but hun
dred and forty millions. The East India and Pacific
trade excluding the vessels bound to California, en-
ploys al the present time 233 ships and los barques,
of which not hardly vessel is owned in Philadelphia
or Baltimore and with the exception of few vessels
owned in Salem, is entirely controlled by New York
and Boston-New &prk having ma orty of the Chi
trade and Boston controlling nearly all the Cacu-
ia, Manila Batavia. Sunlatra Cape of Good Hope, and
Chill and Peruvian trade-Boston Traveller.
GOVERNMENT OF THE TEMPER.-It is much the
duty of teachers to endeavor 10 improve the tempers
and manners of their pupils. as is TO cultivate their
inteects How is this 10 be done? Certainly not by
setting before them examples of i'll. humor. Not by
continual scoldng, upbrading, fault finding the
of harsh and menacing language, and indicative
spirit Would not method of governing like this in
evtably create, in all under its balefu influence,
responding spirit resulting in obstinacy, Indifference
and disobedience Human nature is the in
cry period of life-in the child in the adult. Threat
ening, disparaging and irritating language cannot fail
of producing its natural effect upon the temper and
manners of the pupil, rendering him moose, obstinate,
and mpudent and thus creating the very necessity Of
corporal punishment, which is desirable to avoid
Guilford.
PEACH TREEs.-The Peach tree is frequently in
ured, and, in many instances, the forthcoming crop is
completely destroyed by of freezing wealth
er after the trees have budded An excellent plan
and one that has been very successfully applied, is to
cover the ground, when frozen, with rubbish around
the trunk, and lei it remain until the spring rosts
?