Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-08-02


public letter, his position will be the same. We
can say to our friends of the Progress that from
the long and intimate personal and political re-
latiors existing between these gentlemen and our
selves, that when they place their names before
| the people Of North Carolina for gubernatorial
honors they will expect honest, and possibly as
efficient, support from the Journal as from the
Progress, at Raleigh, ct i'd omne genus.
The Wilmington Memorial Assoeiation-A sug-
gestion.
| No one whose heart is not callous to every ten
der emotion can read the touching appeal we pub
lished Yesterday from the President of the Memo
rial Association, without feeling warm sympathy
with the grateful purposes of the organization
We take it for granted that our people universally
approve OF and desire to assist the ladies of Will
mington in the accomplishment of a work so CRATE
full in it's conception. Throughout our grief
stricken country. the ladies have shown tender
regard for the graves of our fallen heroes not IN
ferior to the care they bestowed upon them IN the
hospitals or the pride with which they watched
them on the field.
To carry out the objects of the Association,
means must be supplied and in amounts possibly
greater than can be furnished by the private sub
scriptions of our citizens The terrible rum ana
devastation which has swept over the South mas
left its mark upon our people. Their pecun1ary
condition, added to the high prices of all the ne
cessaries of life and the exhorbitant demands OF
the tax gatherer win not permit them to respond
fully to their feelings. So means must be adopted
to appeal to those who not thus situated-ln
other words, let the ladies inaugurate series OF
entertainments that will interest not only those
who feel q sympathy for their undertaking. but
also, those callous to their success This course
has been pursued with much success elsewhere
Recently in Raleigh, Mr.. L. P Wheat, the dis
tinguished musician, who has performed with
marked success before many of the heads
ofEurope, at the request of the Memorial Associa-
ton of that city gave one of his delightful con-
certs, assisted by some of the young ladies, with
great success Mr.. Wheat is the youngest son of
the Rev. DR.. Wheat, formerly of our University,
and one of its most popular Professors There are
but few of the graduates Of the University, while
DR.. Wheat was Professor, who has not received
at his hands or that of his accomplished family,
many marks of kindness, especially if he was SO
unfortunate to have been sick during his So
iourn at Chapel Hill, and all such we'll remember
little Leo who is now grown, and has already dis
tinguished himself as a musician. Mr. Wheats
svmpathies are enlisted in the cause, and as the
objects of his concerts carry him to the brilliant
but bloody fields of Cold Harbor and Shiloh, his
touch must grow light and his tone solemnly elo-
quent as he remembers the fate of two brothers
whose careers in billiant as they
were short. s'Bury me on the field, - exclaimed
the gallant Major Wheat at Cold Harbor, as he
FELL but not too earl to see his gallant Loulslan
ians carry the battery they had thrice charged.
We have no doubt Mr.. Wheat would respond
favorably to similar invitation here, and We
think safely promise him warm recep-
ton by our citizens His merits would add
strength to the appeal upon the sympathies of our
people.
The ladies at other places have also invited lee
turers and have not only by this means furnished
instructive entertainment but have realized large
amounts of money. It will be seen by a reference
to our advertising columns that General r. E.
Colston intends to become a citizen of our State
taking charge of the Military Academy at Hills
boro We have not doubt but that he can be
prevailed on, before he enters on his duties in
October, to repeat in city, for the benefit of
the Memorial Association his celebrated lecture
on Gene raj SToNEwALL JACKSON. He has deliv
cred his lecture in Baltimore, Richmond, Peters
feel confident he would do so here. We know of
no one who could better portray the life and
character of General jackson than General Col
ston. A Professor with him for several years at
the Virginia Military Institute before the war, he
was throughout the military career of the great
Commander, of his favorite and most trusty
officers, rising to the command of Division at
the engagement at which General jackson received
his fatal wound. We bespeak also for General
of the ladies' worthy the memory of the eminent
soldier he honors, and one which his own merits
deserve. A soldier himself, and frequently in
command of North Carolina troops there would
be added to the love and veneraton he has for
the memory of his Commander, the sorrow he
feels for the loss of his gallant followers to in
spire him.
We know that our ladies will do all they can to
accomplish the sacred purpose of their organiza-
ton, and these suggestions thrown out by
heart sstrongly sympathizing with them. Their
labors are not easy to accomplish, but we feel
confident, under the care of their affection and
zeal, the graves of our dead will not only be pre-
served from neglect but will frequently be adorned
with the tear-bedewed garlands of love and graft
tude.
Quarantinc-Notice to Mariners.
We learn that the naHGry quarantine station at this
mind that the city or local laws not effected by this
ORDER and that certificate from Dr. R. 8. Primrose Port
Surgeon Is still necessary to enter tn, harbor Masters
of vessels entering the port without such certificate
a heavy penalty.-Ne,cbern Commercial
Why is it that at the same time that the military