Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-02-17


s announce the death in that City, the 18th ult,
the Hon. Robert M. Charlton. Judge c. was a
Distinguished member of the Savannah bar. He had
Ied several prominent positions both in the law and
the legislative departments, having been U. S. Dis
ict Attorney, Judge of the Supreme Court of the
EASTERN District of Georgia, member of the Legsla-
lre of Gergia and Senator in the Congress of the
niel States by appointment of Gov Cobb to fill the
DezpTed term of Judge Berrien. Judge Charlton
asnOt only Justly distinguished jurist and states
ban, but writer of prOse'and poetry he eXceled.
any gems in each Of these departments are extant
evidence of his varied attanments and of the po-
lion he might have attained had he'devoted himself
letters. " His gentleness," remarks the Republ-
sn in a beautiful tribute TO his memory, his mo-
Ny his simplicity, his love for the good, the beau
h, and the true, his native gentility and refinement
thought, his kindness of heart, his belief in God
BID religion and his veneratiOn for all things sacred
these beautiful attributes of his character shine
the pages he has left behind him while the senti
Bmts there contained, did they universally prevail,
fmldput new and happier face upon the world"
The BEAUTIES OF RUSSIAN DEsPoTIsM.-One train
BID one only, travels daily between st. Petersburg
bid Moscow All schools in Russia are rigidly pro-
bed, except in few large towns. All foreign
pods are denied the right of transit through the Rus
Dan dominons. According to Mr.. Olphant the
Os serious impeachment to the successful prosecu-
ion of commercial enterprises in Russia Is the utter
mpossiby of finding employees upon whose hon.
PITY any reliance can be placed" Twenty thousand
pen die annually fighting in the Caucuses, and of
by far the greater number fall victims disease
ind Staryation-the consequence of the rapacity of
beir commanding officers, who trade in the commits
Rlat extensively that they speedily acquire large
CFtuDes Some little time ago the large landed pro-
ne,OTs in the neighb0rhood of Odessa turned their
ention to the cultivation of beet root and to the
1tracion OF sugar from it. Experiments went on
considerable extent but the cultivation proved a
aIure. At this critical moment the father of the
eoPe interpOsed, and prohibited the sale of any
T but that extracted from beet by the aris:ocratc
ZperImentalists. The word went forth and the in
abiants wero compelled to buy sugar 100 per cent.
carer than British colonial sugar could be imported
ho the country.
The New York Sunday Times al considerable trou-
le has collected the following information relative
the dervations of the names of the States
Maine fist called MdYuooShen, but, about 1898
pok the name it now bears, from Maine, province
the West of France The name is originally de-
hTed from the CenomannI, ancient Gallie people
Pew Hampshire was the name given to the territory
granted by the Plymouth Company TO Capt. John Ma
Cn by patent in 1859, and was derived from the pa
enee, who was Governor of Portsmouth, in Hamp
Pre- England. Vermont is from Uerd. green, and
90nr mountain. Massachusetts, was named from
be of Indians in the vicinity of Boston. Roger
land was called in 1914, in relation to the lslanC
Rhodes in the Mediterranean. New York wal
AIMED in honor Of the Duke of York, 10 whom thi
tFltOry was granted. Pennsylvania was called afte
IN. Penn. In 1864, the Duke of York made gran
what is now the State of New Jersey, to Lore
fKley and Sir George Cartaret, and it received it,
ame IN compliment to the latter who had been Gov
f1or of the Island of Jersey. Delaware was so cal
p in 1902, after Lord De La Ware. MARYLAND wal
amed in honor of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charlie
In his patent to Lord Baltimore, June g. 1882 -
Fgnla called after the virgin Queen of England
+Habeh. The CarolinaS were named by the French
honor of Charles TX, of France Georgia was cal
b IN 1902, after George IL. louisiana was name
fer Louis XIV, of France. Florida received it
ame from Ponce De Leon, in 1512, while on his voy
Re IN search of the fountain of youth. He dscov
ea 1t on Easter Sunday-in Spanish, PGscue Flor
a. The States of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee
NtuCky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio Arkansas, and Mis-
SlrE are all named from their principal rivers, an
names are Of Indian origin, excepting, perhaps
'Nucky-and their meanings involved in sc ne Oh
T!fly Tennessee is said TO signify curved spoon
Inos the River of Men; Mississippi the Who'll
Stf or river formed by the union of many
NAlgan was named from the Lake on its borders
H Is an Indian name also, exas-slgnltyln
auuluI California was thus named by the Spar
T'uS at very early day
1R4cE GREENwooD-ln describing her Londo
~ trace tells good story OF her innocent quIzzln
"a solemn John Bull -
me manner Of an English gentleman toward til
sr'can visitor is polite and consderate, but some
ss little too marked. At a dinner party, III
n[I DAY during little playful discussion of Var
character, a bland and benevolent-lOOkng old gel
."an at my side informed me that he had come
inclusion that the wooden-nutmeg story W;
TP.uer more nor less than mischevOus satire
UE said he, there would be such an amount
nu ne carving required 10 make successful INIT
s~ VI vi The nutmeg, that the deception would hard
%. we workmen. For myself do not believe Il
Ta' was ever practiced." | thanked him IN II
suse.@9m my country, for the justice done her, al
~ urea HIM that the story of the Yankee having VIII
LII large lot of unsaleable shoe pegs into melt
~ and sold them 10 the Canadians, was also