Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-08-26
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
WILHINGToN. N. c.. MONDAY. AUGUST g. 1859.

something about matters and things IN general.
little the richest thing of the season arises out of
the personal identity of B. Donnely There is such
person. and the letter signed B. Donnely, in reply to
which Governor Wise wrote that very mprudent letter
which was made public bogus affair. Who as B
Donnoley? 1t is rather mixed up affair. Somebody
has been fooling the Governor.
A man named DeMarbias, native Of Baltimore, Of
French parenage shot himself and his wife last week
in one of the streets of Cincinnati The a
druggist by profession and well acquainted with his bu
siness, but some reports connected with his trial for
forgery some years previous in Philadelphia got out to
Cincinnati and caused him to lose his situation thereby
reducing him to absolute want. His wife, who appears
to have been fra and fair resorted to shame
of support. This and his destitution preyed so upon
him that he determined to kill both himself and his wife
which he has probably Effected the chances that
he has succeeded he fired pistol into her left side
and another into his right At the latest dates
they were both sinking.
BG~We see that Blondin the tght-rope man has
been carrying his agent Mr.. Cocord on his back, over
the rope which he has stretched across the Niagara
River below the Falls He will hurt himsef yet or the
man mounted on his back will If one goes the other
will go too.
BGs@ Mr. o. Jennings Wise of the Richmond EnQosi
rer and Mr.. Old of the Richmond Examiner had hos
tile meeting near Washington, on Saturday the Goth
inst. They exchanged two shots but without effect
They'll hurt themselves catch cold if they persist in
getting up so early.
Bsg~ We say it seriously and with tears in eyes,
that there is now before about foot from noSe
an Onion that is big enough to make the whole town
weep We don't know that it is quite large as the
Beet over which neighbours of the Herald have been
u+ IF hn Rect n
Onion this would be hard to beat This sent to US
by Mr.. Thomas S. Pickett, by whom it was grown on
the Sound in this county. 1t is quite vegetable
BSgWe are requested to state that Col T. D. Meares
of Brunswick County, has consented to deliver the next
annual address before the Sampson County Agricutu-
rel Society," at the County Fair to be held at Clinton
on the LIST Thursday in December next.
This is a most excellent selection, and congratu-
late the Society having been able to secure the
vices of Mr. Meares whose practical acquaintance with
agriculture will give to his remarks value above what
even his undoubted talent as speaker could communi
cate to them.
Bsg~ The Charleston Courier notices the arrival at
that port of the schooner Adda Captain Chase, built
at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and loaded at st. Josephs
opposite Milwaukee She passed through Lake Michi-
gan the Straits of Macknac, Lake Huron the St Clair
River, &c. and the Weland Canal and the Lake Route
into the ST. Lawrence River and thence into the Allan
tic Ocean, She called at Providence, r. L. and also at
New York. Her whole voyage was 1000 miles
"PLoN PLoN.':-Our contemporary of the Tarboro'
Mercury is mistaken in supposing that this sobr1Q~d
is applied to the Emperor Louis Napoleon. 1t is his
cousin, Prince Napoleon, son of jerome
BSg~V ance's majority over Coleman in the Eighth
District is 1895 his majority last year over Avery
was 2O49, showing reduction this year of 354 votes
in his majority. The mountain district is still in
opinion decidedly Democratic if the Democrats would
only agree to pull together without allowing themselves
to be divided by side issues We struck with one
thing showing the queer state Of affairs there The
ASheUMe NeaCS the Democratic organ west Of the noun
tains came out in its issue Immediately preceding the
election without single mention Of politics-without
word for Coleman the Democratic party, while it was
full of railroad and the Cross Charter. There is the
real diffulty The people of the mountains divided
among themselves about railroad Matters but the oppO
son has enough to ignore that in congressional
election. So far the Democrats seem to have been
wanting in this sense.
GA SNAIK"-We see paragraph going the rounds
of the papers, to the effect that rattlesnake was
ke lately, 20 miles west of Terre Haute, Indiana Il
feet in length, Is inches round in the arges part and
which had Ill rattles This snake, one like it,
was seen in the same locality thirty years ago."
Now we don't like to disbelieve anything see in
print, but we can't go that 81 feet rattesnake. We
know something of rattesnakes for years ago Dr.
Daniel DuPre while occupying the office in which we
now Sit had presented unto him lovely fellow some
thing like six feet long, and stout-quite stout in pro-
portion and this rattesnake assisted the Dr. in pet
ting and paronizing, but question if his snakeshp
ever conceived any very great affection for u.s. and the
more we saw Of him the did not feel inclined
to trust him. Towards the close of his career he
had but one eye-some mischievous person had
deluged the other with tobacco juice, or poked it
out with a stick He shed his skin while in con
fnement, and got coat as glossy coat could
be- but to our knowledge he eat nothing for MONTHS
Rats and mice and other small deer were put in his
cage, and he never seemed to mind them. They were
invariably found dead next morning, but of then
ever eaten or attempted to be eaten.
The WEATHER.-They had a slight frost in the vicn
ty of Boston this week. In this section it is quite coo
enough at night and considerable covering not amiss
By the way it is said that the rice birds have begun
arrive having been waited this way by the North Eas
winds We had almost notion once to have diateC
upon rice birds, but the truth is that we could not
Justice to the subject which is too fat for u.s. We Xix
rice birds well enough but can't say that we banker al
ter them," neither do suppose that the rice planter
do They are destructive little rascals.
HSp The Corner Stone of a new Methodist Epscc
pal Church in Charlotte was laid on the 9TH nst wit
Masonic Ceremonies.