Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-18
TIE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
n. O., FRIDAY. AUGUST IS, 1854

THE ELECTION will be seen, by our table, that
all the Counties in the State have been heard from
In some cases only the majority is given. We foot
up Mr.. Bragg's majority al twenty-five hundred and
fifteen. The returns are not official, and may not
all be accurate, but they cannot be far from it
The result will not be very materially changed
by the official vote II will be seen, on examination,
that the notion of the mountain district having saved
the State is nonsense Gen Dockery gained slightly
in that District The fact is, the State at large is
Democratic, totally Independent of Mr. CIingman, or
any other individual. The Democratic majority in
the Legislature is sufficient 10 ensure the success of
good old time Democrats to the U. S. Senate.
Bas@ We find, on the fourth column OF the edlto-
rial page of last Saturdays Raleigh Standard an ed
itoria article having reference to the position OF MI
Bragg upon the subject of Internal Improvements,
as also, the course OF parties thereupon, in the can
yass Just past With most of the remarks of the
Standard we fully agree The majority of its posi-
lions are the same in substance, with those assumed
by ourselves, during the canvass. But we feel call
ed upon to dissent from the accuracy OF, at least
one of its assumptions of fact, and consequently,
from its conclusions founded upon such assumption.
We refer to the proposed Road from Wilmington to
Charlotte. We fully concur with the Standard IN
believing that Mr. Bragg acted perfectly right in re-
serving his opinion in regard to new work. upon
which j, might be necessary for him, hereafter, TO
make some official recommendation, after more per-
feet survey of the ground and examination of all
the various schemes which may be urged upon pub
lie attention but, while we cannot but commend this
proper reserve the part of Mr.. Bragg, we cannot
but wish that it had been more closely initiated by
the Standard. We take issue with that paper its
assertion that such Railroad, as that from Will
mington 10 Charlotte, if built must seriously affect
the States interest in the Central Railroad" Any
one who will take the trouble to look al the matter
will know that freight from Charlotte will never seek
4 market over the Central Railroad, for the simple
fact that Charleston is much the market, SO
that the interests the Central Road cannot be affected
by a Road from Charlotte 10 Wilmington; the OILY
interests which could possibly be affected would be
those of the Charlotte and South Carolina Road-fOr
to it only could cur project be Il rival.
AS matters now stand, or, rather, they will
stand when the Central Railroad shall have been COM
pleted, Charlotte will be sixty mile nearer to
Charleston, by Railroad than it will be 10 any port
which It's produce can reach by taking the Central
Railroad Under these circumstances freight may
seek Charlotte to 90 South but not bale of cotton
or barrel of -four will 90 from it North for the pur-
pose Of shipment or sale at any ports. The pro-
posed Road from Charlotte to Wilmington will only
he an effort 10 give North Carolina direction to
trade, which could not be made to take such by the
Central Road About the connection west with Jones'
boro' we are not prepared now to speak. One thing
howerer is certain. That could only affect interest
not vet vested The Western extension Of the Cen
trail Railroad from Salisbury or elsewhere, has, as
yet, no more existence than the proposed extension
from Charlotte, and aware of no redemption
laws upon the subject
We cannot suppose that the Standard wishes 10 dc
this section injustice. Indeed, in many things, we
know that It's course has been the very reverse O.
this still, amid the multiplicity of schemes will
which the public mind is occupied, we cannot but re
greet that this particular one should have been appa
renty selected, in advance as to be sighted o
preiudced upon grounds which will not bear the ties
Of scrutiny. Let all have fair showing and go be
fore the Legislature on their real merits We are b,
no means bigoted in favor of this particular scheme
but we know that ii has merits and that it is not liza
bIe to the objection urged by the Standard. 1t
friends have been content with urging it's claim
without attacking those of other schemes. We hop
that the press generally will pursue the same cours
towards ii.
SEVERE THUNDER SroRM.--We hardly lemembc
10 have or heard anything, in the way OF thur
der storm, to exceed in violence that which pasSe
over this town on Tuesday afternoon. The sharpes
clap OF thunder, at least in our neighborhood, Wa
simultaneous with fash of lightning which 9th
Al, Il. y T. loGl H. &c
and, we may say, all around us. Mr.. Baxters nous
about twenty yards east of us, shows the mark Q
the cornice, from which some bricks are knocke
and some other slight damage done; the corner
the Lafayette Hotel about fifteen yards south of U.S.
marked in the same way. The lightning seems
have passed over and within few feet of our ofic
Rev. A. Paul Repiton's new house on Third sire
also struck and some damage done, nothir
serious however AS for the rain, it seems to be Il
general impression that the weather was pluvius-
very much so in fact, decidedly damp, as one
the proprietos OF this paper has reason TO knol
being engaged in putting story his dwellir
house. The rain descended and the floods came ar
washed him pretty nearly out. Somehow or 9th
such things will happen when people get marie
After while there comes a necessity for mo-
room, and the rain comes before the roof gets O
yet for all that, people will get married Great wor
ths and said TO be shaped like an orange, for viii,
reason things are generally about broad as thu
are long.
We have just learned that the schooner Acyo,l
lying at one of the wharves at the lower end of Il
Town, was also struck, and both her masts injured,
much so, indeed that they will have TO be taken on
VS.. Locomotive
The Richmond Despatch not inaptly compares