Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-03-18

feel that Masonry sustained great loss and that
society has been deprived OF most valuable member be
Reso1eed That deeply sympathse with the affection
wife and sorrowng relatives of departed Brother IN
this their hour of sore trial and sad bereavement
ResOEued That the members of this Lodge will wear the
Peoire5 That copy Of these resolutions be by
Secretary to the widow and family OF the deceased aso
quest that they be published. WIN. S LARklNS, Sec.
widow in Trouble
The Memphis appeal publishes the following very
romantic story and assures its readers that the occur
renee related is strictly true:
A friend Of ours who does business on Main street,
in this city, travelling few weeks ago in Arkansas,
some so or 60 miles below Memphis. AS night came
on at the conclusion of long days travel he arrived
at solitary house. where it appeared the residents with
in already preparing to retire to rest lie knocked
at the door, head vas protruded from window, and
in reply to question from the OF the head, he
said he wished to stay for the night The head was
withdrawn, and consultation apparently took place
with Within and after little delay the head
was again advanced, and our friend asked his name
We will not give the name staed-that OF Fukerson
will answer the same purpose " Fulkerson, repeated
the with the head out Of the window as If sur
prised and not agreeably so. Yes, John Fulkerson
was the reply, in tone that had expression of i'm
patience about it for the traveller hungry well
tired and not being priest fasting never smoohed
his temper The head again withdrawn at this an
nOuncement as rapidly lrshman once withdrew
his when he knet and took drink out of of the
boiling springs of the State in which the adventure
are relating took place. Some time elapsed the
night cold and hungry friend found his quar-
tiers in front of the solitary house not at all to his mind
At length he hammered violently at the door several
times and uttered series of CALCULATIONS, more indca
tive of flexible tongue than of profound piety. He
then took look round the premises to ascertain If pos
sibe, the of this unaccountable delay He dis
covered man stealing silently away III the rear, who
Jumped over the tence and set off run, that spoke
well for his agility in the direction of the timber. The
front door was opened at this moment and negro cir
called to him to come in.
On entering he could discover nothing suspicious a
good supper before him. and he attentvely
waited upon. He noticed however, that the negro was
very curt in her replies to his questions and that when
he asked anything about the inmates of the place she
manifested an emotion that looked like alarm. He re-
tired to bed too greatly fagued to reflect much upon
the sngularty of this conduct he slept WELL and in the
morning at early hour eating his breakfast when
he observed pair Of eyes intenty gazing at him from
chick in the wall that divided the in which he sat-
from adjoining passage. Determined to know the
meaning Of the singular behaviour he had observed In
that placefOr every individual about 1t, whom he &C
costed answered him with trepdaton in the ewest pos
sbe number of words and then hurried away from him
if in tear-he rushed into the passage and catching
hold of the whose eyes had been busy engaged,
he demanded the reason of his singular scrutiny The
man appeared overcome with agitation, and asked-ln
voice the interrogation at once recognized the he
had heard the previous night-if Mr. Fukerson in
tended to stay? No, Mr. FulkersOn would 60 as soon
as he had finished his breakfast and paid his BILL but he
insisted upon knowing why so much spying ard wills
pering were going on ? Why are you not Mr.. Fuk-
erson that this house p asked the man. No,
never saw the house before was the reply. In mo-
ment look Of intense satisfaction beamed from the man
face which had before worn troubled expression, and
without another word he rushed up stairs three four
steps at time, and quickly returned, bringing with him
portlu looking dame, whose eyes red, if with
and exclaimed q tone of
soon she caught sight of bcwildered friend who
could not for the life of him guess what had bewidered
the folks" l. it not John p
An explaI on then crsucd, from which ii appeared
that the hor~ which friend had spent the night,
had formerly l. N the property Of man OF the same
name hims t. This man had been absent some years.
As nothing had been heard from him during all that
time his better half, the lady who appeared so much
pleased that he not John " had resolved to take
another husband, and the knot to be tied that
very evening. On the previous evening her intended
second husband paying his attentions to lover,
when the announcement of the name Of John Fuker-
son " from friend, in moment spread dlsmay and
CONSERVATION where all had been joy and anticipation.
The lover stole off the back way, to be beyond the reach
of danger the lady had spent the night in weeping
once she had incurred her husbands absence now she
greved his return. The quieness of the une&pec
ted and unwelcomc guest had, however somewhat reas
sured the distressed couple the lover had cautiously
returned to the house and making his observations,
when our friend unccrcmoniously seized him. The IL
dings quickly spread, and laughter and mrth soon
filled the dwelling that had been doeful with dsappoint
ment and sorrow The traveller heartily invited to
stay and partake OF the wedding supper his business
called him away however, but he has since learned that
the marriage took place without any outward Interrupt
ton. II the real John Fulkerson of Arkansas should
be alive and see this let him take warning and never
approach the house he has deserted for be is most
phaticaly not Wantlng.
FACTS CONCERNING GoLD.--Whep refined from all
impurities and alloys of inferior metals gold is denom
mated pure or gold OF twentytour carats, this being
the standard OF purity required at the mint, and by
dealers in gold In reality however there gold SO
very pure but that it wants quarter OF carpt OF this
standard The carat is divided into one-ourth, one
eighth onesiN tcenth, and onethrty these de-
grees serving to distinguish the greater less quantity
of alloy therein contained For instance, gold of TWEEN
tytwo carats has two parts of silver part of sill
yer and one Of copper and twenty-five of fine gold
that of twentythree carats has half part, half
twenty fourth of each.
A single grain of gold may be beat into an extent Of
several square feet and yet the leaf remain compact
as not to transmit the rays Of light and Dr. Hally
part of inch only, contains two million four hundred
, and thirty-three thousand visible parts.
M. Reaumer also shows that, in the common way oil
drawing gold wire cylinder of silver twenty-five inches
long and and half inch in diameter, is stretch
led to 500 feet is GA 692 times longer than be
fore, which amounts to about ninetyseyen leagues Tc
wind this thread silk for it is first aatened in
doing which stretches at least oneseventh further
that the twenty-five inches become hundred and
eleven leagues but in the fattening instead of one
seventh it could be stretched onefourth which would
bring it one hundred and twenty leagues
In regard to the whole amount of gold now in the
word some misapprehension commonly prevails EST
mating the yard of gold at ten million dollars which il
is in round numbers and all the gold in the world might
if melted into gnots, be contained in cellar twenyou
feet square and sixteen feet high All the boosted wealth