Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-09-22
ONE grand aud ergrosaipg occunaton Of our Coauty


wELKIHGTos. n. G., SATURDAY. SEPT. II, 1885,
ONE grand aud expressing occupation OF our County
Court this week, demanding the attention Of beth Jo
rie grand end petit las been the finding OF bills aud
the trial of parties charged with selling hquof 10 gu
titles smaller than quart in pam teTtn' retaining
without license OF couse 1t IS toe duty OF me grald
Jury to examine into theae violations cflaw, and it is
also the duty OF the petit jury to try al cases Of viola
ton of the Laws duly submitted to them and we are
neither fading, pretending to fu1, fault With eny
person in this connection at the came time that it d0es
at times appear 10 that the present system does not
work quite SO we'll as ccud be wished, We doubt
whether this constantly recurring and regularly expect
ed crep of ipdct at each term Of tie Uouny and
Superior Corrt in exactly proaoiEe O. reverence Tor
the law or respect for its sanctions. The penalties Of
the law do not appear iE any way 10 abat much less
abolish the sa!e Of liquor which yerybody seems to
think and to krcW is carried quite eXtentyaly az
though licenses were granted TO every one that applied
We are simply stating matter. 81 common roorefy.
The only difference We can sac fs that LOW
to whatever evil may be connected with the retailing Of
liquor, is added the known open and tabiEuol violation
of law, violation which appears ke Winked at by
the public, and, being wiDked al, we doubt much
whether the conscientious zal OF any grand 2rorF
other public officers fad legal proof II o0a half CT
one tenth OF tie cases.
1t is also thing TO be thoughs Of, wbeth this h.
bitua aud kabitualy winked as violation Of ona law
does not have The effect Of weakening, to some extent
the sanction of all laws. We think tbHt experience
would indicate such lis probable tendency. Besides
all know the Tepugnance which mzn have to being
brought before grand jury, before c9ur5 as wit
1esses, especially cases Of this character ana Low
they thus uRcongcOus become the aiders and abet
of the retailers far helping TO coaoaat tie maes
is concerned. The moral effect CT this circumstance
may not be great, bat it certainly cannot be good
We do not mean that men commit perjury, but they
try to avoid knowing, and thus coDnye at evasion.
Of course the Commissioners Ct WLmiDgtoDy AID
the Magistrates OF New Remover County ought 70 know
best what to do ia Tie premises, and simply oGar
these remarks IS perhoEs not wholly r'.no..- theirI
consideration. In tow iaatld just :. mig. n
is now, all past experience Las shown sa3 IN my OF
attempts to suppress wholly Inc lq1or Z ia; and il
it be SO that ii canoCt be SUPP. ssed, it VIC.
in that case it he'd Letter be lgalzad, /
eensed and taxed, so as to pay dtdate rev. It
the icence be high enough 10 make tko53 I:ao o-, 7
have interest ID preventing iict CCmpati5.. ~ad
more probably, VII be done to Limit the area IL nix
iDg if not the quantity drunk, than 10y eiu:ilg c2r
ces, and then endeayoCjng 70 enforce lenalsisa.
WHAr DENMARK las I.osr.--lha Daoisa .lcaagcsY /
consisted beiose lis last sPCEoon by :ne G lttu pow
ers, Of Denmark Eroper, Il. N1ooas 81 5ca.eagsig,
Holstein and Lauenburg, anl t4- Danish Colonies in
Europe and the West iadias.
The OF D2nGlaf, Propar Is 8 G95 square mics
that of the DucSies 300 tug -5 i3st territory is
nearly equal to che hait Of mat IS eft The gopua-
ton OF Denmark Proper in 1850 ~aa 407 747 tLa.
of the Duchies, partly III 1850 asd partly II 1916, IVES
$50 $50 or nearly o.s-haif that q Denmark Proper
Probably had the enumeration laroqSL the D1cties
been recent that il tha Kingdom Proper the pep
aatiOn of the former wotd haze b:en fully hall ibaf
of the latter. In 1852 The total experts were Sl5-
l4l 1l2, of which s. SAT 500 were from tie Dqcfes
The total imports $40 $685. 73 Of which 81 895.
8l9 were to the Duchits. Thus tha sloiepe al sal
liant little Kingdom baa been sLarc Of oua.trd C It's
European territory and population, AID uesry onahaIf
Of is commerce aGd resources. Iceland tbs Earaa Is
lands, and Greenland have population Ct s1me sevea
ty or eighty Thousand, api considerable area Of les
Rnd snow but aod nothing 10 the strength or raa3uz c
OF Denmark. The Danish NeaG Indies consist OF SIM
ia Cruz, famous for rum hat EeTer care rom thesel
and st. Thomas, which Is free FORT. Ne presume !
they have some fifty Thousand popuja:ion- Ts2 ssilr
belong to Denmark.
NORTHERN accounts report Ie Capture of lie s.ea3i-
er Advance Of Hdttcras. She muat have been O. Eer
outward trip from Ibis port We Of cou7se 60 rot
know the circumstances undsr uiea he capture which
has excited some surprise, Is well 80 occ1scaei rncc
regret here, was expected T5e known sc Ell a~G rla
nfcent seag ccg qualities Of the Advance account for
the surprise felt a: her capure after fms kaj once t
through the Gordon cOrdois Of tocaa2e-e II this
port
The Advance was among the finest ald sWii;cst ya5
sells ever built the Clyde hu: Ler grea5 drat G:
water uLfted her for tLa business Of blockade Iuuai
to this port, aud detracid grea,g f:ous hsS value ii
this trade. Her oapturt, howDyer js most unortl-
nate circumstance, as ii furnishes the s0em. win
Eea-soipg ship Ct greater cpesd taln any they hid vt
captured, and faster hiGk tha0 ely they have in
their bockadDg squadron. We presume Il viH not be !
long beo.e she makes her appearance on cur coast as
q fully armed aOd exceedingly dangerous blcckader.
The Advance had only between three aEd four AGn-
dred bales of Gotten.
EVERY one has heard the queer bIuuGer made By taa
man who tried TO repeat the coourdrom as 10 whea
young lady is like Vehicle, the answer 3aiug-qgbsa
she is little sukey, but he could moi think OF suky
and therefore said When she is little buggy We see
that Macon contemporary rather plays upon tbs same
idea, by asserting that head is an uncomfortable We
hicle when is little buggy. We think it would be |
even worse if il were bic buggT