Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-07-10

uo~,ner, Commerce and southern Agriculture. |
The rapid increase of wealth and population at the
North, her territory dotted with magnllcen5 cItIes'
and the sails OF her whitening every sea-
excite at once wonder and admiration. her Ahuus-
trial achievements stand out in bold relief before the
face of the world, and challenge and command
universal attention and applause
Rut we are one people, and the South has been as
busy as energetic, and as successful as the NORTH
Difcsion and expansion have been the policy OF the
South: concentration that of the North The de-
scendants of little over million OF southerners,
scattered at the time of the revolution, along narrow
belt on the Atlantic. now occupy and possess ter
ritory ten times as large, and lar FERTILE than
that in the actual possession and ownership Of their
revolutionary ancestry From this territory they have
ex PEELED or removed the savage, teed vast forests
enclosed the lands, built hundreds OF thousands OF
dwelling houses and barns; and after etfectlng all
! this whilst con:ending with malarlous Climate,
they are already producing The most valuable agrl
cultural surplus reared by an equa! population
Neither the wealth of the Souh nor her energy en-
terprise and industry, excite sufficient observation
but when her history and her achievements are SUD-
iected 10 close examination she will be found to COM
pare favorably with the North. The North exces in
commerce and manufactures; the Sou.h IN agHcul-
! tuIe. The ocean is the field where the lndomtaole
enterprise and daring of the northerner most displays
itself The silent fo ests OF the West the scene OF
southern adventure
Land is Ill the long run, far the most valuable Of
all POSSESSIONS and of this the South has acquired
enough for distant posteTity, however rapidly her
population may multiply. he North has more OF
the goods of life for present enjoy ment; the South
most for future Each has made the best uses
of her soil, climate, advantages of location, aud pc
culiar labor 1t is too much the fashion OF The day
for the people of the section 10 decry those of the
other We of the same race, speak the same
language, and read the same books. In general
moral, political, and religious sentiments concur
The isms, it is true, have peculiar set OF opinions
on most subjects, human, and divine; but they do
not represent The prevailing sentiments and opinions
of any section. They rule and CONTROL for the pres.
ent tie black republican party but all black repub-
licans are not socialists and aboitonists. tempo
rary sectional feud has thrown many men of sound
heads and sound hearts into the ranks of the i'm
moral and crazy isms Recent elections show that
their deuded victims are fast returning TO reason
morality, and democracy. All black republicans are
not socialists like Greeley higher-law men like
Seward agrarans like Gerrt Smith or infdels like
Garrison, Phillips, and Parker. The moral deformi-
ty which distinguishes the political doctrines of the
leaders will eventually drive all the discreet and
sober minded from their standard.
AS we'll the name of this paper as the position
| which it occupies make it incumbent to foster
and encourage gooi feeling between The North and
South 1t is g labor Of love in which we shall Of
ten eng WASHINGTON Union.
Vice President Acknowledgements Kentucky Home.
A delegate o the Presbyterian Assembly of Ken
lucky, under date of June I'd, writes as follows:
" a DOuL mile distant from Lexington Is Tue resi-
dence of John Z. Breckenridge Vice Presid mt of the
United States. 1t is cottage, embosomed amidst
oyerhanging trees, simple and unpretendng, as be-
comes the abode of one who would set good example
8 to the people who have elevated him to the second
Office in the nation, and to whom he must return
again when he shall have flu filled whatever public
functions they may require at his hands.
! "Mr. Breckenridge was a very constant and
interested spectator of the dongs of the assembly,
and ended the courteses of his house TO both clergy
, and laity Though not member of the church, he
attends upon the ministry of Dr. Mathews, to whose
flock his estimabe lady belongs. From both sides
he has current of strong Presby terrain blood running
through his veins. The Breckenridge predictions
we all know; and from his mother be inhets similar
ecclesiastical relationship, she being daughter of
Samuel Stanhope Smith, once the distinguished and
accomplished resident of Princeton College.
AS TO pc sonal appearance, he has manly figure,
very dark hair. penetrating eye; and at1res moi
He is young looking man for so high position"
CHAMPAGNE" The Best Brands" made in Ne,U
I YOrk-At the present time in New York there are
thirteen establishments which manufacture cham
payne, in other words convert still wines into spark
ling for process has yet been discovered for
producing artificial wine which possesses The
flavor and other qualities of the product of the grape
These manufacturers use for their purpose light
French and sometimes, if sparkling hook is to be
produced, German wine. The wine, after being
prepared by precipilang all substances which would,
when charged with carbonic acid, be dep in
the bottle is subjected to high pressure OF carbonic
acid by machinery such is used for the nanufac-
tue OF soda water, and after being we'll agtaed in
contact with the gas bottled under pressure with
a very ingenious machine.
AT festival given in New York to distinguished
statesman the wine furnished all made in this
city, and pronounced of excellent quality by
numbers who imagined they drinking genuine
s' Heidseick"
Within the past year vast improvements have
taken place in the manufacture of the article.
Young Lady," Isn't that pretty baby MIR.
Brown ="
Brown.-" Yes my dear-boy or girl 2"
Young Lady," He-a-belongs 10 the female
persuasion, sr.'
Brown was himself the same individual who, upon
being complimenled by lady upon the beauty of
his dog, replied Beg your pardon, marin faint a
dog its of your see ~ And the young lady
mentioned in the foregoing extract, the same
who, when stopped in the road by Spanish Bull,
requested passerby to "drive away that gentleman
cow NTH the ponder horns on his head" %
: The Watering Places-or as Brown calls them the
} brandy and watering p'aces-seem likely, noiwith-
standing the dictum of the N. Y. Herald, to be as
densely thronged as ever. little decidedly warm
weather will bring out the old hab,tues of Saratoga
and Newport, as certainly it will cucumbers green
corn and early potatoes for all these things depend
on the season." and the season depends on the
summer which, coming 50 late is certain to be hot
one while it lass.-Boston Post.
I EAsINEss OF WRITING AMUsINe ART1cLEs.-It has
generally been mag ned that joke. making, as pro-
tesslon, was very serious business, and clowns and
comic actors VIGOROUSLY the most pains taking
and solemn members of theatrical troupe The
necessity OF being funny at stated period, for slip
ulaed price, and for certain time, has always had
melancholy and depressing effect upon the shirts of