Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-02-11


Prince were under arms, and mails were allowed TO
leave.
DEATH OF DIR. CURr1s-ADD1T1oNA1 P ARr1cULARs
The Norfolk Argus informs us that Prof Thos F Chr
tbs, D. d., of Lewisburg University arrived at Norfolk
on Thursday in consequence oftidngs of the sad cam
y of the North Carolina steamer, and the loss of HE
father, Rev. Thomas Curtis, D. D.
The argus learns that the venerable DR.. Curtis, de
ceased Wv
"Had arranged to spend the Sabbath January %
and the week following with his son at Lewisburg and
had arrived in Philadelphia on his way there when he
was summond home by the of the sickness of three
children of the son with whom he resided Rev W. Cn
tbs, Ii. D., of Limestone Springs S. CO. and of the
| death of one of them.
The Geographic news of the last mentioned event
followed him from New York, with request from the
afflicted family for his speedy presence. He at once
changed all bis plans and wrote long letter to his eldest
at Lewisburg, full OF deep sympathy for all and Of
sanctiGed feeling He says: But for the unimpeacb
able voceof God in DEATH had intended to be with you
Ii my life and health be spared shall make this inter
ruption of my plan an oft remembered reason for en-
deavorng to get to you earlier in the coming year po
slbly in July) But ne can only propose. X \
Pray ne may all do and suffer, Jesus acoud, the IN
erring Fathers 1UW' ="
The above says the ArguS are perhaps the last lines
remaining upon earth which he ever wrote. In little
more than twentyfour hours the hand that wrote them
was probably motionless in death. MAY all who shall
read them,' says correspondent, or remember the
beaming eye and the presence of him who wrote them
be as well prepared before they lie down each night for
the cheerful discharge of all the great duties of life on the
hand to sleep and be and heard no more on
EARTH" Among his last papers is sketch of sermon
on these words: Present aCiM the Lord"
| His death will be widely and deeply deplored A
brilliant light in the church has been thus myseriousy
quenched. The well balanced piey of his life the
admiration and love of those who knew him, while it
shed brightness the otherwise gloomy dspensaOn
| Of his extraordinary DEATH
The Argus is authorized to say that for the recovery
of his remains any thing pertaining to him, liberal
Thomas Hume, OF Portsmouth, will represent the family
in this particular and any information communicated to
him will receive INSTRUMENTATION Courier.
SUIT LovengoOd's Dog.
When | wer boy and my legs not longer than John
Wentworths, dad fetched home daddrapped, Wuthle
NANCY fleabitten, gray old fox houn, good for nuhDg
but tn swaler up what orter lined the bowels owe US
brats. Well naturally tuck dstaste to him. and had
sorter hankern arter hurtin his feelings and dscumer
tin owe him every time dads back wer turned This
sorter kept big skeer allies before his eyes, and
full yell in his throat reddy to pore out the fst moShun
he seed me make. So he larnt to swaer things be
run, and alters kept his lags well onder himself for be
never knowd how soon he mought want TO use EN- in
trottng his trhing beyond the reach CRATE
| fyn rock. He knowd the whiz of rock in moshun as
WE'LL and he stopped tn Sc who flung hit but jls
let his head fly open tn gin howl-room to cum-au(
sot his aigs tn gwine the way his nose happened II
be pintin He'd shy roun every rock he seed in th
road for he looked on hit calamity tn arter hin
some day. Eff he left home sum nabors dog tanned bis
hide, and eff he stade at home, alters arter hit u
tan hit so he ddent see much more peace owe mind
nur suckit rider dus in Baptist naburhoOd at saca
mcnt time when the river up in good dippin order
And in all my born days never seed him agwine the
same way | wuz he made that an onbrakabl rull l
think got my fust noedge owe gittin way frum magu
nary trobul and common tribuashun, from him; and
with the vantage of holesum par owe aigs and the
power usin emil alters found his plan tn work well
tell you Georgy that runnn the greatest nveshun
on yearth when used carefully. Wizard been tn by
this time eff | handt relyed ontu these yare ags!-
Dye see EN- Don't they mind you owe par owe cum
pusses made to divide mile into quarters? Theyl do
I'll be Enthusiastically dad-drapped eff they don't
Well, one day, tuck pigs bladder nj ontu the SIZE
owe duck aig and filled it with powder and korked MI
up with piece owe spunk rolled hit up in thin Scuf
owe meet and sot the spunk are, and flung hit out De
swaered hit at one york. and sot tn gttn away dom
hit I hearn noise like sumthn Dustin, and his tall H.
atop owe my hat. His head were way down the hn
and had tuck deth holt onter roof His fore lag
were fifty feet I'D the road making runnin moshuns, an
his hine ones straddi owe the fence His lnneros we
hangn in links ontu the cabin chmly, sept about ya
never seed him agin Well, dad flung five or SIX nun
dred onder my shurt with the dried skin oen bulls ta
and gin me the remaindur next day with Vaughn whip
what he borrowed rum TELLER while he wer watte9
his bosses the wagner got sorry fur me and hoeu
tn me tn turn my begin and squeain intu tust raI
runnin, which Iimejutly did, and the last lick ml8'
me bout ten fut.
DIPLOMATIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF Snow BALI
letter from Smyrna, addressed to the Presse dorlen'
contains the following account of quasdipomatlc as
pute between the consus of Austria and Russia GPro
pos of snow ball
"Chdren, we know, are accustomed to amusing Intn
selves with snowbaling and of these mls8lV la
been the cause of unfortunate event which IS loa
the subject of general conversation youth atacnIi
as domestic to the service of M. Jean Fllhpuzz &
rector of the Austrian post, amusing hlmSen We
other children in throwing snowbals, when one u M
innocent proectiles struck the cheek OF chna VI f5
Invanof ConsuGeneral of Russia, who was on Le nr
of battle Alter cries and tears from the child o
Ivanoff made complaint to Madame FlhpuzN .rrts
in her husbands absence expressed her velless
for what had happened. But some seconds
an officer from the Russian consulate obeyng the
of Madame Ivanof, entered NJ. Fillpuzzis house,
in spite of the most energetic protests seized the
boy, and brought him to Madame Iyanof who then
him, made him prisoner at the consulate, anu
transferred him to the government prison on the
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