Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-07-04

of the Gath The Fillmore men rallied and took posses
sion of the club ROOM drove out Van Ripper, and kept
his friends from speaking, after which they moved
in procession to the ST. Nicholas Hotel, whee MIR.
Fillmore made them speech and congratulated Il EN-
on not allowing themselves 10 be sold to the enemy
as had been reported.
! Upon the whole it great time, and if alder
man Briggs had only been about to talk of vermin in
the White House, and assign 10 Mr. Fillmore the
duties of terrier in driving them out, the thing
would have been complete Upon reflection we have
doubt that Briggs meant rats by his illusions to
vermin--or perhaps feas, for Briggs is evidently the
sort of animal 10 he afflicted with feas, other
slower things, and they say people will talk of what
runs IN their head Therefore feel certain that
Briggs meant ice with an before it. Great man
! Briggs.
| We regret that Mr. Fillmore should have got into
| such crowds We recolect the Alderman very well
in connection with the case of Chief of Police Mat
sell, year or so ago, and he made great fool of
! himself then, besides doing his best 10 be great
knave There are others around him not much bet
ter The Fillmore times in New York unparalleled
led since the Bill Poole excitement The scene a
the club room on The night of the 24lh reported
by the New York papers, beggars all description 1t
was great Van Ripers friends saved his life by turn
ing off the gas, and in the noise and confusion he
escaped amid cries of " kick him !" "kilI him !"
gouge him !" etc, and then the wild crowd went to
the St. Nicholas and to the amount of several hum
bred persons kept calling upon Mr.. Fillmore, until
Mr. Fillmore came and told the club that he was glad
thew had not sold out 10 the enemy. He exhorted
them to march forward in the cause they had under
taken-trae to the Constitution the country and the
ho wall 4 his hpinp iDtn
preted means-go it for Fillmore and Doneson.-
Then are all the platform, Constitution, or Union that
know. nothngs wantl
We were too fast little while ago. Alderman
John H. Briggs not wanting. Alderman John
Briggs addressed club that had expelled traitor
and Alderman ]. Fl. Briggs wondered how the traitor
had escaped and why the club had not killed said
traitor, Van Ripper.
! That Mr.. Fillmore is highly respectable though
very much overrated gentleman no one denies That
his party friends should make an eeCtioneer'
ing Grafton over him on his arrival is natural
and proper nay that it is right that the authorities OF
New York should show respect for a returning ex-
PRESIDENT no one disputes at least we do not.
But il is unfortunate for himself, and for the fair
| fame of the country, that his reception should
be stained by such scenes of rowdyism - such
low and vulgar abuse of the Chief Executive of the
nation; such unbecomng reflections upon his poit'
cal opponents and competitors. We waive all refer
ence to distinctive party matters IN this connection
The thing by and of itself is wrong.
Fremont IHUNDER.-1hey say that the New Jer
sey delegation at Philadelphia, rather hung back
from Fremont, until assured that he had lived the
gea er part of his life grasshoppe bread and mule
III in ho iuopro
that nm so fed must be elected What is states
manship to grasshoppers and mule soup.
But that is not all. The Syracuse, New York,
Journal, tell US that Miss Adorabeila Piggtt, the
Young lady who, in bloomer costume, peddles books
in the running out of that city of cross grained
IDEAS is about to take the stump for the Republican
nominees. She is to be assisted by Miss Sarah Pei
lett, as sub. eector, we suppose.
The Richmond Despatch Ct the Goth, has queer
story of Fremont parenage, which it gives for GER
tain on its own authority. 1t amounts 10 this -
That in the early part of the present century, there
resided in Richmond revolutionary veteran named
Pryor, Col. Pryor, who lived in long rambling
house with Offices, at each end of said house
The old fellow had the rheumatism and felt lonely,
and so took it into his head TO get married young
girl, who foolish enough to marry him.
! At the same time there lived in Richmond small
swarthy French teacher named Fremont, who rented
one of Col. Pryors Offices and took his meals at the
Coils Ia bic boarder, teaching his young wife
c French and other things After while she became
so great proficient that she left COL Pryor and went
off South with Fremont, stopping while at Norfolk
but finally bringing up at Savannah Charleston,
where the Republican Candidate for the Presidency
was horn 1t is not known whether the clipping couple
got married or not The runaway Mrs. Pryor did
not get divorce.
0G- private letter 10 the Editors of the Journal,
from Washington, N. c., under date of June 24;h,
o says :-"Yesterday Gov. Bragg and Mr. Gilmer ad-
dressed quite respectable assembly in the Court
House CT our Town and, so far as sound argument
is concerned Gov. Bragg achieved complete victory
. He more than satisfied the most sanguine expecta
tons of his political friends, and think that it is
t very safe calculation to set him down gain of al
l. least fifty in this county the vote he received
ii two years ago, and don't think that hundred would
b be at all exravagant.
Governor +. is in good health and spirits but lit
lie worn and fatgued from the effects of the exceed
D. ngly warm weather If he does we'll in the ives
learn that his prospect seem to indicate that hi
~ WILL his majority in the State be quite large.
ID MIR. Gilmer tries to be somewhat smart and quite
1T jockey, and generally gets around answering sub
stanal argument by resorting to several excessive
y funny anecdotes, and on the whole does quite wei
y considering the dark-lantern, Know Nothing side