Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-09-02

MARRIAGES OF LOVE AND CONVENIENCE.-"E Every
where, but IN novels" says recent writer, " the
marriage of convenience has proved an excellent
institution, while what called love matches have
been, are, and ever will be- prolific of misery7 We
should like to see the impudent old fogy who said
that If it only to tell him to his teeth that
he lies! lies like the teegraph-les like lawyer
lies like steamboat runner-lies ':like the pros
pectus of a magazine" So marriages of con-
venience' are better than love matches, ane they
DO you know that love all that can make mar
riage honest or decent That marriage with
out love is stencil in the nostrs of God and men
That love is heavenly in its origin, divine in its in
fuence and glorious in its enoyments while ''con-
venience"-whch is but smooth gloss for lust or
avarlce-is the prolific parent of inconvenience
heart burnngs, wrangings. discord and divorce q
Of course you don't but every man of sense and
observation know that the mistakes of youth and
romance in their matrimonial alliances are light
and unfrequent compared with the cooIy- planned
blunders and cautousy -concocted disasters of sa-
gacous bachelors of fifty, and weary spinsters of
thirty y-fve-Boston Post
APPLICATION TO THE TREASURY FOR PEcuN1ARY
A1D.-The local correspondent of the Washington
Republic bas the following paragraph:
The Secretary of the Treasury was waited up
on to-day by a gentleman of distinction, who is
known and appreciated in commercial circles in the
northern and eastern cities. He informed the f.
nancal officers of the government that there was
unhappily, exceedingly stringent slate OF things
in the money market; that he had been selected by
a number of eminent merchants of New York
and Philadelphia, to suggest to him that, meas
ure of relief it would be wise and judcious to au-
thorlZe the Sub-tre at New York to part with
portion of the funds of the Government, to be Sc
cured on the hypothecation of Federal and State
stocks. The Secretary expressed his regret that
there should be any embarrassment felt among
business men, but that he could not remedy it, The
gentleman urged the Importance of the suggestion
ably and zealousy but without effect-the Secreta-
ry remained unmoved, inexorable"
LOVES SICK POTATOES DIR. Malfatti, of Austria.
thinks he has found out at last the maady which has
caused this esculen be diseased and unproIifc
1t is nothing but ove sickness-pnng after that beau
tful intercourse which is the source of Joy and life
to potatoes well men. Listen. The doctor has
presented this fancfu theory. and the remedy to the
savans OF Vienna 1t appears from the proceedings of
the Royal Agricultural Society that this gentleman has
planted pieces of potato in uxaposition with roots OF
(nonaed plants, such the Heliahthus tuberosus,
Cyclamen, and also Cardyum Esculentum, which is
not tuberous He asserts that the potatoes grew
vigorously, appearing to derive health from the adj
joining plants, and absorbing their very flavor while
the tubors produced entirely healthy though the
stock planted defective. In one instance, he
states that the potato restored the expense oil
nurse plant, which became diseased
The New York Herald gives description of a
new style OF stereotyping, by which perfect STE
reotype copy of form of type can be produced in
ten minutes, and the impressions taken from it and
not from the type in which the matter was original
~ set up Of course the stereotype copy can be du
plicated, and thus two, three any desired mum
her of presses can be employed at the same time ir
printing copies of the same issue of paper. Thi.
would enable paper to publish unlimited edition
! The Woonsocket Patriot editor makes merry owe
the mistake of an old Shanghae hen of his that hal
been setting" for FIVE weeks upon two stones and
piece OF bricks tHer anxiety. quoth he, sis great
er than ours to know what she will hatch. II j
! proves brickyard-the hen i. not for SALE"