Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-02-18

ADpOaMt menG OF u Ss Seu"sOa"
RALEIGH. N. C. Feb. Ii.--Gov. Reid, OF Nof'n |
c,roI;n,> has APPOINTED Hon. Jas c. Dobbn United
States Senator in place of Mr. Mangum, whose le,n
expires on the 4lh of March. The Legislature ,a,eu
10 make a choice al the recent session Inc Va'iu"y
of the appointment will be contested.
We find the above in the Baltimore Sun OF the Ao'"
inst and give it for what it is WORTH when IN our
opinion is Just nothing at ALL The Council OF o'a'e
has been notified TO meet at Raleigh. on thu l7th To-
morrow, and may perhaps take this matter into con-
sdera,ion anu it is not reasonable 10 suppose tha'
Gov REID would take this step without consultation
especially when an opportunity will so soon occur
and what renders il still more improbable is the fact
that the validity of such appointment, made pro: 10
the actual occurrence of the vacancy has already been
decided against in the Lanman case from CONNECTICUT
in 1925. We learn that Mr.. DoBBIN passed through
Wilmington this morning, but we hear nothing of the
Senatorial appointment.-Dd Journal, 18Th 'nst'
Cz-As we supposed, the Geographic DESPATCH dated
Raleigh N. c., Feb. l4th, which appeared in the BAL
tmore Sun, and other papers to the North OF 'n'S'
announcing the appointment by Gov. REID OF Hon.
JAMES c. DoBBIN 10 the Office OF Senate to h the va
cancy which will exist after the expiration OF Mr..
MANGrMs term, on the Sd, of March. proves TO have
been totally groundess. The Raleigh Standard of the
10TH states upon the best authority, that the Governor
has made no appointment for Senator
On OUR TABLE-Godey's and Peterson's Ladies
Books for March have been received. with the usual
amount of embellishments and reading matter.
! Also, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner for Feb
uary with an interesting article by DR.. Horner. upon
Military Surgery, and incidentally upon injuries ari-
sing from Railroad and Steamboat accidents
Also, the Westminster Review, with long article
upon slavery in the United States, apropos Of Mrs
Stoves book
Also, the list of graduates at Randolph Macon Col
lege, Virginia We notice no Scholars from this sec
ton.
We publish below list of propable Cabinet ap'
pointments, copied from the Washington correspond
ent of the New York Herald. That paper does not
voucn for the perfect accuracy of them ALL although
it is more than likely that the greater number will
be as announced. Remark would be out of place
while everything still remains in merely conjec
tural state 1t will be seen that the traditional
rangement for North Carolina Is in some measure
broken through with since the Interior and not the
| Navy is assigned to Mr.. Dobbin
Caleb Cushing of Mass. Secretary of State.
/ A. C. Flagg, of New York, Secretary of the
! Treasury
Robert F Stockton, of N. j. Secretary of the
| Navy.
Jefferson Davis. of Mississippi, Secretary of War
James c. Dobbin, of NJ c., Secretary of the In
terror.
i r. M'Cleland, of Michigan. Postmaster General
James Campbell, of Pennsylvania Attorney Gen
eral.
i Dd-The Charleston Chamber of Commerce, has for
warded to Capt Ericsson. through its President G
TRENHOLM, Esq, resolutions inviting him 10 eSten'
his excursion South in the Caloric Ship as far a
Charleston. Capt Ericsson, has replied. stating tina
he will lay the communication before the owners o
the vessel. We hope that they will find it convenien
to accede TO the request made. which will also al
ford our citizens convenient opportunity 10 examin
this new invention.
RSy~The first lot of Naval Stores by the Afanches
ter Railroad arrived here Saturday last to Wn,
A. Gwyer. We may hereafter expect largely in
creasing supply from that quarter.
The U. S. Senate, in secret session, on Friday last
1lth inst, postponed indefinitely, the con6rmatic
: of MIR. Badger to the Supreme Court Bench by
v vote of 26 yeas to Is nays.