Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-11-21

THE SOBER SECOND THoUGHT.-The Wilmington |
Gazette has the following notice of the defeat of MI
Cullen, who, it will be recolIe cted renominated
for Congress by the know nothings OF DELAY are
The sober second thought of the people was never
satisfactorily exhibited than in the late election
in that State
The vote given to MIR. Whitley, our democratic
candidate for Congress, is especially gratifying to
the Democracy of Delaware. Two years ago Mr.
Cullen member Of The democratic parry, and
professed democratic principles up to the very day
(as we have understood) he was informed of his
nomination by the dark lantern, oath-bound party.
The secret machinery by which that party was work.
ed enabled its controllers at that time to arrive
result with mathematical certainty This was the
price of Mr.. Culen's desertion He ran, and obtain
ed majority in the Stale of 486 over O gentleman
who, representative in Congress, had done more
for the interest of Delaware and this city than any
one who had preceded him in the House. We told
The people of Delaware after that election they
would regret the choice they had made. The cleo
ton of Tuesday proves right. The sober
cond thought produced such revolution in the minds
OF the people TO enable them to arrive at proper
estimate of the principles of the contendng parties
In two years. so low had the opponents of democracy
fallen In Delaware THAT seemed to cock
| nation which in previous years had been the aim of
every prominent and ambitious in their ranks
| Mr.. Cullen was compelled to meet the doom of an
| apostate. His party forced him into the vortex, and
| he has sunk beneath the tide of public opinion-a
warning to all who would for temporary success for
sake the great principles of truth and Justice and
ally themselves with the enemies of our republican
institutions"
FAST THEATRIcALs.-The Philadelphia Ledger of
this morning says:
GA wager of $1,000, we learn, has been made in
New York, by Brougham that he and his company
will perform in both New York and Philadelphia the
same night, the distance being nearly one hundred
miles apart The arrangement is to perform on
Thursday evening next petite comedy in New
| York, finishing by O'clock then to take special
express tram AMI run to Philadelphia by o, and
perform at The Circus the extravaganza of Pocahon-
tas The arrangement will require the locomotive
10 travel about fifty miles an hour and, 10 prevent
any accident, it is designed to have man with a
fambeau stationed at every mile along the route,
and bonhres every three miles. The performances
Is to conclude with a banquet at the Girard House
to The New York guests. This Is certainly one
OF the most extraordinary wagers ever made, and
will require very nice calculation and exact time to
enable the task to be accomplished successfully"
Disgracefm Demonstration In Baltimore.
! BALTIMORE, Tuesday. Nov. 1I-Ths evening a
large crowd, armed with guns and clubs, proceeded
to Monument Square, with an efhgy of the Hon
Keverdy Johnson and burnt on the railing of the
Battle Monument in front of Senator Johnson's
house. The motive, it is said, was 20 manifest in.
dlgnation al the recent speech delivered by Mr.
/ Johnson IN New York. The crowd gave cheers for
Fillmore and groans for Johnson. the authorities
i did not interfere.