Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-09-30
MANNER. and customs Of norman preachers.

Manners and customs OF Norman Preachers.
The Bostons Herald, in announcing the death OF
Elder G. G. Adams, a Mormon Preacher, says
ION his second visit 10 Boston the Elder preacned,I
baptsed converts. whipped newspaper EDITOR, ana
played star engagement at The National Theatre
He was in dustrous and filled up bis time. we nave
fund of anecdotes concerning this strange mortal,
which we shall be glad &c print at some other time.
We close this article by briefly adverng to the chas'
tsement he gave editor for strongly crtcsing his
performance of Richard lit. The Office of the editor
was in Washington street where Propeller now keeps
Adams armed himself with a cowhde and watched
his victim. Soon the unsuspectng fellow came down
stairs and Adams sprang upon him, exclamIng : ne
Lord has delivered thee into my hands, and | snail
give thee forty stripes one Scripture measure
Brother Graham keep tally. So saying he proceeded
TO lay on the punishment with hearty good will
the mean time large crowd had gathered around Il
When the tally up Adams left the man, and ad-
dressed the crowd as follows: Men and brothers,
my name is Elder George G. Adams, preacher OF the
everlasting gospel have chastsed mine enemy.
go this afternoon to fulfil engagement at the Prov
dence theatre. where shall play one OF Shakespeare
immortal creations shall return to the city al Inc
end of week, and will by Divine permission, play
Macbeth at the National theatre Saturday night, and
preach three times on Sunday on the Immortality OF
the SOUL the eternity of matter and IN answer TO the
question, Who is The Devil ?: May grace and peace
be with you. Amen.
Sad, indeed, are the scenes occasionally present
ed in the hospitals of New Orleans Thus the edi-
tor of the "Pcayune.' in a recent visit to some of
the asyums temporarily established for the recep-
ton of children made orphans by the ravages OF the
| epidemic remarks:
Nothing more deeply impresses one with the ex
tent and character of the inficton which has been
laid upon US, than visit to these benevolent instl-
buttons, wherein will be found many gentle flow
er which left standing by the ruthless scythe of
the destroyer. In these institutions will be found
the infant of few days only, which, perhaps,
ushered into this world, while the relentless grasp
of the disease upon its lost mother There too,
are infants of few months; little conscious OF
their own desolat;on and loneliness. There are
children of two and three years, with gllmmerng
incomprehensve sense of their parentless condition.
who, and during the liveong day, call for
their 'mammas' Then there children of larger
growth whose sad faces and occasionally fearful
eyes show that they comprehend all too we'll their
irreparable loss"
Look over the list of great men who figured in the
revolution, and it will be found that almost to
they were country born and bred Search the
nails Of the revolution in England from the reign of
the 1st Charles to the Sd William. These were
times that tried the souls of in the mother
country. Scarce name appears that docs not owe
its celebrity to faculties grown in the country. The
French revolution filed Paris with innumerable
great men, the offspring of the provinces. If we scan
j our quiet times, whence come the lllustrlous
l
fame to Congress and our State Legislatures? do
not know one that has not made his way from some
rural district to the high places of the republic
| And So too, it has been with great merchants
and mechanics who have fourished in cities. Trace
them and you will find that the impulse that gives
them this lead brought them from the fields some
village to try their fortunes in the city. The men
who thus build themselves up in the marts OF bust
have generally the sagacty to that life in the
country is the natural state, that in the city an ar
tical existence and if not too much possessed with
the spirit of getting which gain is too apt to endan
ger they retire to the scene from which they
ged.
COURAGE OF W1FE.-The London correspondent
of the N Y Tribune relates the following anecdote
of the wife of D'Israeli, the British writer and
statesman
Mrs. Dizzy, as the mob call her. showed ad-
mirable instance of forttude lately. Her husband
wished to be conveyed in his carriage to the House
Of Commons where he prepared to make one of
his greatest speeches After he had alighted he
had walked some yards, when he heard frightful
scream Mrs. DIsraeli had inadvertently left her
hand touching the hinge of the door, and the ser
want slamming it together, had crushed off joint
of Mrs DIS finger. She had the resolution to pre-
tend nothing the matter, so the husband went
$ away in peace, and made most eloquent grafton
y which he could not have done, had he known tina
she was carried fainting to the doctors, and most
sever ely injured, though her enthusiasm for her
husbands fame enabled her to conceal her agonies
f It was well-directed courage"
" NEWSPAPER CoMPET1T1oN-The Tyler (Texas
Telegraph learns that new paper is about to be es
tablished in that place, with view TO make fair dl
vision of the profits derived from the patronage of tina
fourishng inland town. The editor of the Teegrapf
makes very liberal proposition TO his expected com
pettor for patronage He says he will give up two
thirds of his Tyler advertising to his rival, to enable
v him 10 make fair start, the commencement O
: such enterprise is always attended with some dit
h fculty and extra expense and he then says the a
It mount of that advertising is just tacenty lines
FooLHAR DINEss.-A London paper states that
man at Lowth offers to ascend the spre of St. James
Church, which is 298 feet from the ground, TO regain
y the weathercock, but the church wardens refuse Il
t allow him. The Stamford Mercury says that four o
five ascents have been made within his memory GU
% Of bravado drunken frolic. The most extraordi
nary feat of all took place on the 5th of May, 1878
% % when man named Ben amin Smith, known after
- wards Spire Smith," scaled the summit of tn
e spre, drank his Maesty's health, threw down tn
bottle, danced horEppe, turned round the weather
cock several times tied his neckerchief TO the vane
&c (where he left it,) and decended safely.
: New ORLEANS REvIvING.-Tbe New Orleans De-
Us ta of the 18th inst says :' The streets appear
y be thronged with people too; busy crowd nov
promenade thoroughfares from morning til
'e night There are three times the number of pee
y pie that there were three weeks ago. We hav
y long been accustomed to walking through deser
III ed streets, that often in imminent DANCE
er of every and then being by dray, cal
- omnibus other vehicle jostled into the quite
u by the busy crowds that rush along the banqnette