Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-07-09

to the care and economy with which the work has been
performed The Governor spent week or more we
understand in examining the affairs of the Company
and the result highly satisfactory, stated below
After the transaction of other business, Mr. Whit
ford President of the Company remarked that he was
glad to his EXceency, Gov. Bragg, present in the
meeting the part of the State, and he hoped he would
state to the Stockholders his opinion in regard to the
manage ment of the work. whether it be for against
the present Directory.
Gov Bragg and stated that although he did not
expect to speak, yet he had been called upon to give
his opinion in regard to the management OF the work
under the present Directory he thought it his duty to
do He then proceeded at considerable length to
fer to the charges and suspicious which had been crcu
lated relative to the management of this work. He
stated that having heard the reports in circulation
against the Directory he had made it his business to
anime the books of the Company, the Finance Commit
tee being present to give him any information which he
might desire for full understanding of the subject and
that after examination as thorough as his limited
time would permit he had to the conclusion that
the Directory had acted in good faith and that the work
had been pushed forward as expeditously and eco
nomically as circumstances would allow and that il
the price of provisions and labor had been low while
the road being constructed they at the time
the charter passed. he had no doubt that it would
have been completed within the capital stock fixed by
the Legislature that if there anything wrong in
the management Of the work he had been totally unable
to discover it. He cautioned the people of the different
localities the line of the road, to throw all chickering's
and contention aside and to unite in the endeavor to
make it what it was intended to be-G great State rOrk
At the conclusion Of Gov. Bragg's remarks Ex-Gov
MOrehead took the floor and said that his Excellency
the Governor in in SuppOsng that the capital
stock of the company was limited by the charter to ST
600 900; that neither he or anybody else
bly, supposed that the road could be completed for that
sum that even the Legislature at the time the charter
passed, did not entertain that idea, for clause in
the charter which he quoted expressly allowed the cap
ita n no acnd tn
amount sufficient 10 complete the Rood-Fay. Obs.
TROUBLES OF TURKISH Music MAsrER-Mrs
Hornsby, who has recently published work giving her
Adventures In and Around Stamboul says that when
there she became much interested in a young French
lady who, i'll giving account of the fallen fortunes
her family, also describes a new trouble. Mrs Horns
by says: 1t that her younger brother who is
remarkably good-ooking and showed great talent for
music, sent to Vienna i'll their prosperous days for
his education His piano forte playing is thought much
OF here; and being so poor and the Sultan having set
the fashion of Turkish ladies learning music he now
gave lessons to the wives and daughters of several
Pachas on the Bosphorus He is married, greatly at
tached to his WIFE, and has two pretty children added
to this, he is grave shy young Well, Dhudu's
trouble for her brother is this He goes quietly in the
morning to give his lesson Perhaps there are two or
three yelled ladies the room into which he is ushere
by the attendants. Sometimes the Pacha himself is
there, but very seldom; there always two or three
black attendants. The lesson begins saws Dhuhu in
Il melancholy voice, and they generally rather stu
pid' The men who guard them soon grow tired of look
ing and steal away to their pes They are hardly
outside the door, when down goes the yashna of one OF
the ladies. She is very pretty but very tiresome my
brother is afraid to look at her What should he do II
the Pacha suddenly to return one of the slaves
to enter and report this to him So he turns his head
away and tries to induce her to go with the lesson
Would you believe it,, says Dhuhu, still more indg-
nantly, the other day she took hold of his chn and
turning his face to hers said laughing, Why don't you
look at me, you pig ?" What my brother do? The
Pacha would believe that it is not his fault Some
times one OF them will creep under his piano orte and
putting her finger into his shoe tickle his foot Yeser
day they slipped two peaches in his pocket tied up in
muslin with blue ribbons, clappng their hands and laugh
ing when he found it out You know what those peach
es mean? They mean Kisses" said Dhuhu, coloring,
and it made my brother nervous for the were in
the outer room and might have heard all about it. He
would be sorry to have them punished yet they make his
life miserable. That pretty is the worst of ALL she
is so daring. visit at the harem, and went with nv
brother morning. Knowing them so we'll, took
him in at the garden entrance the way always 90 nv.
SELF We heard somebody laugh aloud and-oh, what a
fright was in-there she was up in peach tree NV
brother turned his head away and walked on very fast
she peed peaches at him. then got out of the tree and
would have run after him il had not stopped her. And
here poor Dhuhu fairly cried, What can nv brother
do p
The CoRTEz CoNDEMNED--A correspondent writing
from klnston, Jamaica, says The SLAYER Cartez
has been condemned in the court of vice admiralty and
her stores ordered to be Sold She is noble specimen
OF naval architecture and thorough clipper While
in charge of the prize crew. she eleven knots with
the wind 1t is supposed that she was can
tured early in the morning before the sea breeze had set
in, as she could at any time, With fair breeze sail
round any gunboat in the British service Her hull is
long low and waspsh painted black and her masts are
tapering and rakish. Her whole appearance is symmet
rcal and graceful and the fitting of her cabin are chaste
and complete. The Cortez will be taken into her Males
tvs service in the place ofhe Cuba the SLAYER CAPTURED
Lieutenant Stubs last year, which has been condemned
as a boat,
| The TWELVE APosTLEs.-The New York corresnon
dent of the newspapers Of the neghborng cities tell
good many facts and play good many Jokes at the ex
pense of Gotham. This is from the Baltimore Repub
lican
The Crystal Palace, under the city's management
is taking IN from seven to ten dollars per day. It is
said that of the persons taking an account of the
stock IN establishment supposed the group of the twelve
Apostles to be the Presidents Of the United States
The hrst Apostle James, was put down in the inventory
as James Monroe, little the for wear Thomas
the immortal Jefferson; Andrew, Old Hickory the he
loved discipline John, Tyler but when the official
came to the names Bartholomew and Simon he gave mn
the job o. +
DIvIDENDs.-The Bank of Clarendon has declared a
seml-annual dividend of per cent.
And the Bank of Fayetteville like dividend of 4
per cent.
The Merchants Bank of Cheraw has declared divi,
dend Of per cent.