Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-12-30
A Eaiae Alarm.

False Alarm.
We have heard the story of man having been
swapped off in his childhood but a more mysteTl-
rous case of the loss of identity came 10 our ears
couple of days since. Here il is:
few weeks since Benedict, whose sllvery haif
proclaimed him on the wrong side OF nifty, came 10
Cincinnati Being man of taste as well as MEANS
he made The Burnet House his residence. The morn
ing after his arrival he visited the magnificent sa loon
of our friend AIeck Ferguson, who, observing thai
his customers hair and whiskerS wore a very "ITlry
appearance, suggested the proprlety OF his getlhg
them Owed Now, our hero. not being addicted to
vanity at first O. eced, but Aleck sw"re that it was
shame such siken locks with natural, wdUg curl,
should be allowed retain It's frosty character. ana
the gentleman FINALLY res gned his Uranium to the
hands of Aleck, who very speedliy-by the help OF
Cristadoras cosmetic for changing red or grey hair
to beautiful brown or black "-as the advertisement
has it-uansmogrifed him from rather anuquated
specimen Of a gentleman, in the sere and yellow
leat' 10 juvenile looking Adcns OF twenty eight
The tfansforma ion most gratifying TO our nero
who being rather good looking fellow, felt proud OF
himself and accordingly displayed bis handsome hg.
ure for several DAYS ID the principal promenades OF
The city.
His business concluded, be returned to his house.
Gle veland where be arrived at night. and going
strSightwav to his house. admitted, the dark.
by his anxious spouse. Going to his apartment he
undressed himself and without the tormaly OF strlk
ing light got into bed and in short time was
aud of Morpheus The morning beams were dane
ing in diamond splendor upon the floor of the bed
chamber, when he awakened by terrnc
scream, ami starting up he discovered his better
half rushing terrified from his room. quick as
thought he sprang from his bed and followed her,
visions of madness floating through his Imagination
At length she reached the parlor where SINKING
upon the sofa, she tainted outright. by dlnt or sal
volatile and other restorative she was shortly feVl7-
ed, when gazing upon her husband who was mourn
! g, il,, S1a ola
ruined, diSton0red and undone.
" Be calm, dearest,' said he soothingly
At the sound ct The voice she Started and gave one
piercing look and, she recognized the well known
features, burst into teas and sprung into his arms
1t appears that, upon awakng, instead OF the tani-
liar frosty pow OF her leige lord she discovered
redundant quantity of dark brown hair and whlskers
This caused her alarm and flight from the marital
couch The lady, who is many years tie Jnn'eT' is
perfectly charmed with the alteration, and feels quite
proud OF her old man. Thus the adventure turned
ont happily at last. Had ii been otherwise, Mr. Fer
Snson might have had load upon his conscience
through his anxiety in meamorphosing old men into
young ones.
/ J..cENrIousNFss OF PoMpEn--The discovery of
pon,oi, '.os been worth tt ousandS Of sermons as
Lay ~ ' bno,, f Tho no. ~tings that still survive
on the walls of the exhumed dwellings, 'HV '',"' II"
would have had adequate conception OF III '"'-
morality OF the ancients All that Iacltus has
written of the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF Roman Emperors
fails to make an impression equal to that produced
| by these Indecent Pictures For that an idle luzu-
rious and despotic monarch should violate every
law, human and divine, seems not impossible, but
that private citizens should initiate their example.
surpasses be ief, which is proved by the walls OF
! Pompeii. On these walls the walls Of dwellings.
the walls Of the common sitting room the wells
! on which husband and vile, mother and daughter,
maiden and suiter gaznd in company, paint
ings which would disgrace the vilest modern bagino
The universally Of these pictures proves that it
was not few dssolute young men, who thus COW
cred the walls Of their rooms, but that fathers OF
! families, citizens Of highest rank and even grave
senators equally guilty. How gross and cor
rupt must that state Of society have been, IN which
! Iicentousness not only shook off all decorum but
. sat in the very domestic circle.
! WAR-Tt would have proved a striking part Of a
vision presented to Adam the day after the attn OF
Abel to have brought before his eyes half million
Of men crowded together in the space of square
mile When the first father had exhausted his
der the multitude Of his of>pring, he would then
naturally inquire of his angelic instructor for what
purposes so vast multitude bad mbIed-what
is the common end Alas to murder each other
all Gains. and yet no Abes.-Colerge
Irelands population is still decreasing The aver
age rate Of increase being than equal ed by the
hosts of emigrants who even at the present severe
SeoSn Of the year continue to leave their homes for
other lands These, however are fast adding to the
taking with them those habits and tastes, the re-
quirements Of which must in the end benefit the
manufactures of England. Emf 81 alton from Cork
for the ten months ending 3lSt ultimo amounted tC
32268, against % 687 in the period last ear
THE INCOMING YEAa.--We take the following par.
; agraph from the Victoria / ezas) Advocate. Il
may interest some OF our readers:
The following facts, IN relation TO the year o
our Lord 1854. were pointed ont the other day by
clerical friend Of The year begins and end:
on Sabbath-therp FIVE months in the year tha
contain five Sabh@hs. and there ifty-three Sab
baths in the year. Such coincidence. he believes
will not occur again for twenty-eight years,
= a HAPPY REToRT,--A Chicago paper relates III
> following good one a boy was gring along tn
street carrying pitcher of milk, when presently h
stumbled and smash went the pitcher and away raj
the milk. Another boy across the way saw the &C
cident, and shouted 80! wont you catch it whel
you go home: your mother II give it to YOU r.
she won't neither ~ screamed the other; my moth
n er always says never cry for spilled mN!"
+ A LARGE FREIGHT.-1he new steamer Josep
= Lands arrived at New Orleans on the 80 inst from
s Cincinnati. carrying over 1000 tons Of freight A
: mong the items on board were 1000 barrels G
-four. 5000 barrels of whisky. 1000 boxes ofcundes
# 200 packages Of bedsteads 200 barrels Of oil an
= 100 casks Of bacon
; INDIA RUBBER ON RAILWAYS On the n. j. Cen
trail Railroad, they are laying. for the space of
miles, India rubber sieepers under the iron rails, ex
pectng thus 10 relieve the train of those sudden lar
/ which rum the running gear speedily, do ava
4 with very much Of the noise. and communicate
5 springy elastic motion 10 the rider.
S Philadelphia Inquirer says: We have seen letter
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