Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-10-18

reason why you should vote for John Bell But again.
and beg readers to mark thisthey tell you that
even in the event of Lincons election be could do no
great harm in the four years of his term, because
the conservative United States Senate would be
opposed to him. Now, what the elements of
which the dominant anti-Lincoln majority in the United
States Senate is composed Why, it is composed of
Democrats Breckenridge and Lane Democrats! These
are the people to the Republic at the last PINCH
but they are not to be trusted at the polls
First or last-at the polls or in the Senate the party
of equality and States Rights is the party of the Con-
stitution and the Union.
Are all Democrats prepared to do their duty at the
polls on the 9th day of November next? Remember
that the Opposition in this State is putting forth all its
power. That the part of its leaders no effort has
been spared will be spared to carry the State against
US. They have not-they cannot reasonably have any
hope FOR Mr.. Bells election, but they aiming at
cendancy in North Carolina. Now any cause can be
ruined any election lost by apathy overconfdence
Even the Democracy of North Carolina might be de-
feated in that way. Will hey2 Surely they will not !
Surely they will forth in their strength Surely
they will rebuke with emphasis every little attempt made
to divide them
trict Bring out the votes and the result cannot be
doubtful. No. net for a molIent.
AT New YoRK-Baron Renfrew has at last got to
New York and the New Workers have gone half crazy.
No doubt they have done things large scale, IN the
way of military parade grand ball. and So forth, but the
young man must have been than slightly bored
The ball at'the Academy of Music quite brilliant
spectacle to look from the galleries but it must have
been dreadfuly unpleasant. There were some three
thousand persons present the floor at ten O'Clock on
Friday night, when the Prince and his party ar
rived. The crowd all gathered up to take a good
look. The temporary flooring over the stage
gave way, and about twenty square yards OF
people were let down some three four feet below
the common level. Great CONSERVATION Nobody
hurt. The floor was not ready for dancing until after
midnight when the young Prince opened the ball with
Mrs. Governor Morgan, fat middle-aged lady who had
been praccing dancing for two weeks before on pnr-
pose-that being her whole education in dancing The
figures got mixed up. I he Prince had hard work to
keep his partner going the right way The crowd closed
around again and dancing was impossible. After a
while they got rope and made ring for the young
man to cavort in but that invaded and final
" out of programme of some twenty dances only three
or tour were got through Win alter a laSnlon
The splendor OF the costumes, decorations etc, was
surprising. The ball most gorgeous spectacle
as ball simply it was failure, but ii truth it Was
hardly expected to be anything more than spectacle
and in that sense it was, no doubt, full success.
The military procession contained over seven thou
sand and more than hundred thousand people crowd
ed Broadway
Yesterday the Prince and suite went up the Hudson,
calling at West Point on their way to Albany from
which point they will 60 to Boston by the Western
Railroad stopping day two at Boston they will go
to Portland and there embark for England the 10Th,
expecting to reach home about the first OF November