Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-10-26

the premiums were given to the only exhibitor.
This section OF the State comparatively unrepre-
sented and, indeed, the Fair could hardly be looked
upon as fair embodiment OF State progress in any
tang. II had little or nothing of State character
in the variety abundance of the articles on exhl'
bition. It might as we'll have been County Fair.
All this is wrong. Farmers, mechanics and manu-
facturers ought 10 bestr themselves The results at
first NAV not be large but eventually the thing will
tell, if duly fostered
We had almost forgotten TO state that ]. S. Ives
grey horse Old Bull, won the Troting Match. The
Grey is fast and don't break up. His competitor, a
sorre, was quite as fast, but not 80 wei! broke
So The Wilmington Journal now-a-days compliments the
coupled him and Fred Douglas together The reason for
this change is tn. fact that Mr. stan the American
The sincerity of this world is truly
Herald, 2sd inst.
Now in the first place, the Journal has not said
or thought that Mr.. Stanly does oppose the "Amer-
lean party and in the second place the Journal is
not complmentng Mr.. Stanly, or the reverse. Here
is what the Journal hos said, precisely the reverse
both in fact and in expression to what the Herald
imputes to it.
"By the way, it that Mr.. stanly formerly of this
first reported He was elected We had hoped better
things of Mr. 81 would appear that his bitter oppos
10th INST.
We cannot understand what pleasure the Herald
can find in att.ibu,ing to the Journal course the
very opposite Of that which it really pursues, and
sertng as causes for the attributed to the
Journal things which do not exist but the contrary
| If we are mistaken and Mr. Stanly does 60 agains
K N ism so much the better. The first report said
that he had done so the second. that he had not
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the 9th inst, and chose Reeder Territorial delegate
to Congress- Of course, the only votes cast were fol
Reeder
New PosT-O OFFICES new Post.Ofice has been
established in Beaufort county, N. c., by the name
of Fork Swamp, William W. Walters, Postmaster
Also new Office in Columbus county, n. c., by the
name of Green Swamp.-Janes Freshwater, P. M. .
Chicago a sorry financial condition; its treasury
entirely empty and those in the employ of the city beg
Chicago Times attributes to Know-Nothngism. 1t says
The great commercial metropolis of the
city Abotonsm and Know Nothngsthe greatest gair
emporium the worlds without dollar to pay its honest
debts Its funds gonets orders are refused by the
banks and deprecated with ndVldualslts credit com
parativey worthless.
Ditto Philadelphia Both cities will be in different
hands after their next municipal elections.
0a-The Superior Court of Law for New Hanover
County, Fall Term commences it's sessions here TO-
day, His Honor Judge Ellis presiding. We do moi
know of any criminal of peculiar importance
likely 10 come before the Court. AS usual there will
be two weeks Court.
THE YELLOW FEvER.-The editor of the Norfolk
Argus who has tried it, gives the following definition
of yellow fever. We don't like yellow fever his
count ofit-don't fancy the sensation at all:
Correct Definition of Yellow Fever.
! One of our exchanges has the following:
VERY CLEAR.-A medical writer says of yellow
fever that is San ardent Castro enterto Hepatyphe
We hope somebody understands this.
We do, we think. Having experienced, Gas our
kind old styled it) tetch' of the prevailing
epidemic in the days of visitation, we feel competent
to pronounce upon the proper appellatives of the
disease We opne that the writer above quoted in
tended to describe the disease by its symptomatic
manifestations and our only wonder is that he con
tented himself with less than arms length of ses
quipedalian. We should define yellow fever without
limit, (and with sprinkling of Saxon) thus:
Algoro- cephalalgo -lumbago pyrexia-send-iorth
doctor (o)feel-y your pulse (o)-putou your tongue
(o)-pepper- &c. your feet( )ice yourhead( o.
mustard to- your-somach(o camphine-to- your back
(o)leeches your-occiput( o) oil-to your gus(o)-
quinine to- your blood (o)-morphine your
(o) roll over(oh D-roll back again (o)- kickoff
the blankel(o don't cusss( o)'vomit( oh
TURN. yell low -say pray ers( o)--make your
Wilt o)-get Iitebetter( ear.it-up( o)--mnt
iuep (ah )-put on. yor-cothes(o) -physic to
the. yourself old (ow) else
youg et-a-reapse of-that CASTRO enterito-hepa
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