Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01


ground as standards OF pulpit oratory, or that they
would ever have attained the immense circulation which
has been given to hem but for the excitement created
by his oral efforts and the natural desire to what it
is that constitutes the secret of his power of creating that
excitement. Spurgeon speaks to-talks with-hiS au
dience though really meaning it for them. The ma
jority of English preachers adopt conventional sing
song less real in its expression than the stage strut and
grow of tth-rate melodramatic actor. Hence their
want of popular power, and hence the excitement crea
ted by man like Spurgeon who really seems to feel
what he says who appears to believe in the truth of his
mission and to be truly DESTROYS to succeed.
| DR.. Wayands generally plain aud prac
teal in their toue They give evidence of ripe thought
They are ddactc without being trite commonplace
sometimes earnest and persuasive without degener
ang into rant and above all-free from scctaran bit
terness.
Bay- The Petersburg Express urges our Newbern
friends to get telegraph line. We question if it
would pay directly, but it might indirectly, a.
great benefit and convenience to merchants
In saying that question if the line to New
bern would pay, we disparagement to our
sister town. Hardly any branch line to town the
size of Ncwbcl can or docs pay. The Office at this
place pays quite well, believe, but whether the line
would pay it not part of the great Northern and
Southern line is another matter. We trust, however,
that our Newborn friends may find the experiment a
successful one it would be All advantage to the At
lantic II. r., and the Company ought to help.
HesA. We had the pleasure of seeing Judge Heath III
our town yesterday His Honor appears to be in the
enjoyment of perfect health and likely to stay So AS
we remarked before he bids fair to be very popular as
he will certainly be very able Judge. His manner of
presiding at Dupn this week is spoken OF in the high
est terms by the members Of the bar, and others.
Duly Journal, 25th inst.
Bly- The Raleigh Sa"dnrd Of this date says that the
weather has been very cool there for day two past
very nearly approaching frost.
One Of our exchanges states that water poured on
floor at Columbia s. C., one night this week found
frozen next morning.
From all accounts it appears to be pretty certain that
the cold has than usual killing frost at
this carly day would very decided loss of cotton
and some other crops.-D.
Rssg~ The Rev. Reuben Post d. D., died at his resi-
dencc in Charleston on the oath ns of yellow fever, in
the 9th year Of his age He had been Pastor of the
Circular Church of Charleston for twcny-one years
nes~ Walkers Nicaragua trip is simply an invention
of the New York Herakd which has been pretty hard
run for item Of an exciting character
Rs3E~ Thursday was observed in Charleston "a day
Of humiliation and prayer.
A Free Government.
We call attention to the subjoned remarks taken
from the Baltimore Sun of yesterday, the Odd instant.
Surely they Indicate state of thing which is worse
than that prevailing under any European or Asiatc
despotism in;smuch as thousands of tyrans
than one The tyranny of mob violence is than the
despotisn of an autocrat We ask any candid man to
ponder the state of things in city that Parson
Brownow thinks pretty fair substitute for Heaven.
The SUM- after mentioning the denomination Of Mayor
Swami, by the Know Nothing Convention, says:
In some remarks few days since referred in general
terms to the principle have scadfasty maintained in
The Sum- that national politics should not be considered
in our municipal affairs In 50 doing we alluded to
proposed independent movement called, and at the
same time remarked that we had very little faith in it
By this time suspect few of those who contemplated
L such a movement have any faith at all in it. At the
; time Il correspondent desired to know if we had nc
faith in movement which COrrcspondcd with the theory
we profcsscd We have had opportunity to refer tO
the matter since and reply may be pertinent
and timely now We put it in the form of another ques
ton Is ticre single reader OF The Sun who believes
Il any other man could be elected over Mr. Swami, even
though there were in the city of Baltimore clear ma
iority of legal voters III his favor? We do not No1
do we believe that any nominee OF the American party
could be defeated, with clear majority of legal voters
in the city against him, unless it nomination alb
soutey ditasteu to considerable portion of the party
itself 1t is this belief founded in facts known to every
II citizen of Baltimore which precludcs all tah in the
It SUCCESS of any movement, independent or otherwise
l. for the reform of evils complained OF.
1t is stubborn fact not to be gansayed by any one
familiar with the history of the late elections in Bal
tmoe that the polls utterly closed TO thousands
- our citizens, while the baot-bOX be and has beer
used to any extent that the occasion requires for the
nominal record of illegal votes. On the other hand the
scenes at the polls have been such to any
III sonable that persistence in attempt to vote by
large class OF population would have involved All in
cacuabe amount OF bOodshcd and loss of life. To suCt
81 an extent has this lawlcBs force been developed tina
chaIengers and tickethoers opposed to the doninan
d. have been utterly excluded from the polls and their vi
1t entity And is notorious that all sorts of
weapons which there has been scarcely decent attemp
to conceal have been the hands OF the most desperate
~ men, and prompt for all about the polls upon cleo
ton days These the facts which thoroughly dega
- the administration Of law in city, ignore the frs
principles of American institutions sap the foundation
IL of public virtue and expose the theory of political equal
S ity to the odium OF popular contempt.
al From habitualy cody and guarded paper like th
N Sun, these are strong expressions
81 FIRE.-IhC alarm of fire yesterday afternoon wa
caused by the burning of wooden building the
ner of Fifth street. the railroad, owned aud occupies
by Mr.. Z. r. Wilson. The house totally consumed
b. together with large portion of the furniture Ihcr
was no insurance The loss falls heavily upon Mr. VII
son. though the building itself not of much value.
al The fire is supposed to have originated from spark
A small wooden building, in close proximity to th
above, occupied by negroes, was also destroyed.