Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-08-04
scandal abouf Dickens.

Scandal about Dickens
The following precious piece of scandal is from
the correspondent of the National Democrat:
LONDON, Tuesday July H. 1854
| Your old friend Dickens, whom YOU received with
such princeiy honor, and who assuredly repaid you
with more than prncelS ngrattude has again gone
10 the Continent in other words, has been obliged
to give the constable leg ball. in order to escape
the penalty of his debts II is really
and disgraceful find comparative upstart ndulg-
| ing IN such extravaganza rs this. I remember Die
Kens when he was IN receipt OF only $25 week, as
! reporter to the Morning Chronicle. A at once he
started into the possession of something like $50 900
/ a year During several years his income euuaIled
SlOO 900, and he might have amassed nearly mil
lion IN all. But completely did he realize The old
story, OF beggar horseback that he was obI ged
10 ny TO escape imprisonment for palIry wine bill
tie mas also recently committed the incredible mean
ness OF selling of his children to Miss Burdett
Coutts, an antlquated wealthy lady, to whom he
made, an appeal TOR money Miss Couts refused to
comply second time with his request but she of.
tered to =" bring up one of his daughters and this
fellow, who so loudly arraigned the Americans for
selling, actually parted with one of his chill
dren, IN which any mechanic earning thir-
ty shings week, would have spurned at From
passage in Cockburn's Life of Jeffrey, TO whom he
seems to have made some such begging appeal, it
was previously suspected that Dickens involved
IN dimculleS, and not very nice as to the means bv
which he attempted to ex;rcate himself Jeffrey as
you will perceive by reference to the book advised
him to retrench; but, so far from following this adj
vice. he has had recourse to the degrading expedents
| have above alluded to, and most assuredlv he has
brought lasting disgrace on English literature.
READY MADE GRAvEs-ln consequence of the
many sudden deaths in Philadelphia among the poor.
during the hot weather the cemetoies where thew
are usually buried have resorted the plan of keep
ing ready-made graves for sale. The Bulletin says
this Is done account OF the unusual demands upon
the Iahors OF the grave dggers, and it proceeds de-
scribe these graves as follows
Each morning the superintendent Of one of these
popular cemeteries causes a grave twelve feet in
depth to be dug, taking to have lis length and
width sufficiently ample TO admit coffin of the lar
gest dimensions The coffin of the first applicant for
admission into the gloomy receptacle placed at the
bottom of the pit, and slight covering of earth is
placed over IT. the next conner placed top of the
hrst--a little more earth-anolher cofin-and so on
until there are five tenants the grave, the topmos'
"f which is five feet from the surface of the ground
The earth is then thrown in, and the oblong mound
is all that is left to tel of the spot where the poor
and we'll nigh friend'eSS repose''
ELoQUENcE OF THE HANDS The hanls are by
the very instincts of humanity raised in prayer :;
cl tsped IN affection wrnng in despair; pressed on
the forehead when The soul is pei pl xel in the eX-
treme,' drawn inward, to invite thrust forth ohiec
1onaely to repel; The fingers point to indicate; and
are snapped in dlsdain; the palm is laid upon the
heart in Indication of suhdued feeling; and on the
brow of the compasSioned in benediction. The i'm.
pressive capacity OF the hands was never more STIR.
kingy dsp aged than in the orisions Of the deaf and
dumb Their teacher stood with closed eyes, and
addressed the Del by those signs made with the fin.
gers, which constitute language for the speechess
Around him were grouped than hundred
mutes, who followed with reverend chances every mo-
ZION. 1t was a visible hnt inaudibIe worship.
FREE Use OF MATERIALS an exemplifcaon of
the free of bydrant water in Philadelphia the
Ledger says
! The amount Of water supplied Wednesday
l9ih inst, as learn from Mr. Frederick Graetf
superintendent OF the Works, equal to 81 ale
gallons OF 282 cubic inches for each man, woman
aud child IN the Old city proper. Southwark, and
M0yamensing, or 358 gallons 10 each of the water
tenants within the above mentioned bounds. The
quantity supplied on that dayl1 .574 400 ale gal
lons-w onld cover Washington square to the depth
week ending 22d inst 66.60l 62S ale gallons
would cover the same square to perpendicular depth
of 374 teet.H
Washington Square, to which reference is made
is little under eight acres IN extent
THE MORTALITY IN LONDON AND New YoRK.-ln
London, with population of two and half mil
lions, the total number of death for the week ending
July lst 1,299. In New York with popula
ton at the outside of $50 OO0 not ones bird of that
of London the deaths last week were 9l5, or within
265 of those of London, showing that London is
, much the heathiest city of the two
NAvAL.-The Navy department is shipping boys
for the United States razee Independence, fitting
out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the Pacific
About forty of the juveniles, whose ages vary from
fourteen to seventeen years, already board Of
the receiving ship North Carolina.
at WOULD SAVE TINE DIR. Franklin, when
child, found the long graces used by his father before
and after meals very tedious. One day after the win
ter's provisions were salted Benja said to his
father-"I think father, if you would say grace over
the whole cask once for ALT wond be a
/, vast saving of time"
Sam--Juus, whar did you get that coat
Ju{iuS-Down here to Pushs.
Sam-~Whar dat
Julius-Litte ways down in Brate street, whar it
says Push" on de door, pushei and went in. 1t
said "Pull' on de oder side pulled dis coat, and
ran out.
Children strengthen the love OF married people,
just additional hoop makes a cask tiEmer and
more water tight.
OUR BOOK BRIBERY.
OUR ook-Bndery is complete in every article
cessary work handsome and substantial style
Mr. Phillip Heinsberger under whose charge Bndery
nlaced workman, and have doubt will