Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-03-26

the most important part OF the report Is Wildly
The former officers of the Company were unanimously
reelected.
The Baltimore Financial Reporter" an excellent
Southern work, by the bye in reference to Banks CONS
countcrfeits &C. in an offhand sketch of trip from
Baltimore to Charleston describes sundry scenes on the
route and Ivy the W. & w. r. r. he comes to Will
mingtOn, and says
Wilmington is a city that you ultimately arrive at
on this road and that in about quick time you
to- fine city it is too, with fast set of Doctors and
military | visited the Commercial Reading Rooms
while there, 1t is devoted principally to dlscusslon-
AsW T. Walters, whose advertisement may be found IN
this Journal sells largely down that way, the subject OF
discussion may be inferred.
Now this has induced to make some enquiries about
our Commercial Reading Rooms" of which we have
never before heard 1t is true we have what called
|" Commercial Buildings but we have yet to learn they
arc occupied for commercial purposes, or to discussion
friend at elbow hints that we don't tokc-pcr
haps VIC don -and calls attention to the advertise
ment OF Walters" which find is for certain brands
of Whiskcy.' The writer, doubt, found his way
to the Rc0ciin" mp stars, OF which he speaks
and discussed with no little guSto, some questions
relative to the chemical properties of corn rye and 9TH
er ingredients, and left the junto highly clatcd'
This leads us to enquire what has become OF our
|" Mercantile Library Association? 20 Money raised
some time since, to put it i'll successful operation, So
ciety was formed, officers appointed &c, but what has
become Of the Institution? Can anybody tell?
SPRING AND PorAroEs.-At last they say" Spring
has opened and vcrancy to be the order of the day
Last Spring we were veldant. We attempted horticu-
ture-wc laborcd yaantly in the field, and virtue was
a ha1 w
bought planting potatoes, both red and whe-we pre-
pared the ground-wc manurcd tive piled the shovel
and the hoe and i'll due time the potatoe plants made their
appearance above ground and grew luXlriany. dry,
vcry dry confoundcdy dry, hot spell came The po-
tatocs stopped growing. wet d goriously wet spell
came and the potatoes started growing again, and in
peculiar and unprecedented manner. The little young
Eaters that had been formed, commenced growing on
their own hook. The whole ground was covered with
what far any useful purpose was concerned amount
ed simply weeds, and nary rcd potatoe worthy OF
the name rewarded ScSacrfcng cNcrtlonS. 1t any
gentleman feels ambitious of winning premium for pc
tatoe culture he need not fear competitions We go
for Southern agriculture, but would sooner buy pc
tatoes from the ucSt of blue nosed botioniss i'll Maine
than try the experiment OF raising them ourselves
We 90 in for corn and coarCls and other truck"
Regnlt is Il remarkable fact that six of the Senators
in favor of the admission of Kansas under the Lecomp
ton constitutions arc detained from their seats by sick
ness. They alc Nessrs. Reid, Henderson, Thompson,
Fitzpatrick Davis and Bates representing North Caro-
lima, Texas Mississippi Missouri, Alabama and New
Jersey
Mr. Critcnden, of Kentucky, made an earnest speech
in the Senate, on Wednesday, against the admission of
Kansas under the LecomptOn constitution. In the
House. we sec that Mr.. Gmer of North Carolina, has
introduced sort of humble tumble affair." which he calls
bill for the admission of Kansas 1t is nothing but
an expeden to embaTass the administration, and give
the Southern Know Nothings chance to oppose the
ansas BILL and shirk the condemnation awaiting those
who openly act with the Republicans. 1t won't do.
RSE~ We have from Mr.. J. III. Rothwell, General
Agent for the sale Of Periodicals, two neatly bound
Volumes bearing the following titles -" Hand-BOoks
for Home Improvement, comprising How to Write,
How to Behave, How to Talk How to do Business,
complete in one volume" and " A Manuel of Business
and Guide to Success
These books are published by Fowler q Wells, 3O8
Broadway. After casual examination, we feel inclined
to believe that they will be found useful and indeed val
liable books-ther contents appear to be plain and ac
tical, adapted to the business of everyday lite
1NQrEsr.-On Friday last, the 10Th inst, Coroner R.
j. Jones proceeded with jury to the Of the
der of Mr.. c. H. Nixon, and held inquest over the
body of the deceased. After a careful examination and
hearing of all the evidence the Jury arrived at the
cuson that Mr. Nixon came to his death by shot from
pistol in the hands of Peter, runaway slave, belong
ing to Mr.. Owen Holmes. Peter has been committed
to Jail and now awaits his trial in pursuance of the war
rant OF The Coroncr
We noticed yesterday evening in Mr. c. d. Myers
store window, beautiful silver pitcher, presented by
the Members of the Wilmington Light Infantry to
VIM. L. DeRosse late Captain of the Company. 1t
was manufactured by Ball Black & Co, of New York,
and is present worth giving and receiving 1t Is quite
creditablc to all concerned Daily Journal, 1911 inst.
RgF See Mr. Badwns advertisement in another
column. We cali say tbis-he is thorough business
man-hi6 work is always done rhcn promised and as
promised and everything turned from his establish
ment is good When good articles be got at home,
made at home by men in our midst, think they
ought to be got other things being equal nearly
QuEER-It is little strange that the great body of
the Southern Senators and Representatives should know
nothing about the real interests and feelings of the South
and still more strange that it should be left for ten
fifteen recusan Democrats from the North and less than
corporas guard of factouS Known othings from the
South in combination wth the Black Republicans, to
save the honor and the interests of the Southern States
"a The Wilmington Light Infantry were out yes
terday afternoon for parade, under command of Lieut.