Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-02-24

administration -
Departure of the Great Ames Again is the sor-
rowing Journalist compelled to record in the blacklist
ink and with bottomess regret, another exodus OF
the able bodied Ames. Accompanied by the usua!
umbrella attired in his wOnted costume from heau
to foot, and accurately balanced upon the middle OF
the spine of ancient and rattaIled mule with very
thin legs the worthy editor left this gay and festive
scene of his abors and ambed gently out OF the VII
LACE at somewhat late hour for an early start, on
the morning of one of the hot days towards the lat
ter part of the week. His ultimate destination nap
penng to be no hotter place than San Francisco I'm
this world we mean the transportation OF the lnsep
arabic umbrella exhibits TO infinite tact and udg
ment and the distance of that retired place from
here being trife of six hundred miles or so, the
selection of a mule as vehicle of conveyance re-
veas once that ready perception of the fitness OF
things and practical adaptation to circumstances
which has been the admiration OF the civilized
world.
Before setting out he 10 us with solemn
face and the keys of the sanctum, and delivere
himself with great majesty of the following sentl-
mentS-
Ames-Borax, my boy, take the paper in charge,
and don for Gods sake meddle with politics. Steer
clear of them, and you may do what you like with
the paper and all that belongs to it, I've tried prox-
| wing once and
Borax- Sir You'd better stay at home and edit the
paper yourself. Every trumpet should be blown by
its own mouth piece and the rule holds good with
regard to tin whistles.
| Ames-But business, my dear fellow
Borax-And politics too my good judge
Ames-Takes me occasionally to San Francisco,
and when absent the paper should echo my senti-
ments and not those of my cratic friends.
| Borax-Sir, shall man stihe his convictions
under the wet blanket of personal friendship, and
necessarily ram his head into meal sack to avoid
| the light
Ames-Let your convictions slide, old fellow, and
let's take something to drink | know you'll regard
| my wishes
'Borax--( resignedly) so be it. (Imbibes)
| --'BOstOn, here's luck
EFFECTS OF A GENERAL WAR IN EURopE.-How
would general war in Europe affect the cotton man
ufacture of Great Britain and the commercial and
| financial interests Of the United States writer in
| the London Times says -
= From all parts of the kingdom, the most remark
able feature of the various adVlceS IS the confidence
felt in the poweressness of Russia to inct any per-
manent damage on the commerce and civilization of
the world, and the consequent absence of the slight
est disposition panic. Proper caution is display
ed bat the freedom from speculation so long notcea
bic has apparently placed the trade OF the world be
yond the reach OF ana chists in any quarter"
! The New York Economist predicts that such war;
with the increasing loss of credit the part of the
European governments would drive large amounts of
capital the Atlantic, for investment in Ameri
can State railroad and other stocks 1t refers to the
commissions of 1913, Wien French SIS fell in three
|
revolution then swept Europe too rapidly 10 give
time by which means might be gradually realized
and RENTED" TO this country yet United States Us
rose during the year from 81 to 1917. The pa
per adds
The quantity of American stocks is being re-
duced. and the great railroads with landed securities
must furnish better investments than the rotten
dts OF unstable govelnmen ts. Hitherto the great
banking houses have been the foci into which the
floating capital Of Europe has been concentrated, and
applied to the demands OF governments. Their ETH
cheney depended upon the allegiance OF the moned
men TO existing governments The revenues of arts
ocracy gentry. and the better class of trades people,
are freely loaned to the support OF governments
which, under the of protection, conferred mo
nopoy capital, and exaced from the laboring man
the OF paying interest on the surplus profits
| thus derived and loaned TO the State. An entire
change has now taken place, and II has become man
ifest that labor must be emancipaed from thraldom
and oppression hence the classes among whom the
bankers reaiIed the stock they took from the govern
mens, have no longer confidence in these securities
and when Austria proposes loan, the means of pay
ing off which depends upon the subjugation of two
countries like Italy and hungary to foreign yoke
in this age Of the world, the hazard becomes too
great if the opinion of money lenders had not
| changed against governments. in former years.
when the paralysis of threw money out of trade
it found in high government safe investment and a
patriotic motive. That credit is nearly ruined
while the spirit of liberalism repels the motive. In
the public Improvements of the United States on the
other hand, both safety and human progress invite
investments Hence, therefore, not only the gold Of
California, but the capital of Europe, will accumu-
late more freely in consequence ofwar.
! GAMBLING AMONG THE GERMANs.-Grant, in his
: Records of Run through Continental Europe"
depicts with fearful vividness the power which the
vice of gambling exerts the minds OF the Ger
man people, among the higher classes The
writer says:
have seen the roulette tables surrounded by some
Of the most elegantly dressed and fascinating women
ever met with, and under twenty-five years of age
have seen them moreover, risk and lose their mon
ey in large Shall / give one instance that
persons Of respectabilty, and ladies' too-gamble at
Baden Baden Why should hesitate TO make a
specific allusion The thing done in the pre-
sence of hurIred< and would have been so had there
been thousands to witness it,
stood there by the side of the Countess Nessel-
rode-not the Countess OF the distinguished Russian
dploma;st of that name, but the Countess of his
nephew, who lately sent to England by the Car,
with important documents and propositions relative