Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-11-20
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| fail like Dsgon of Cd before the ark of Repub-
lcap liberty. lis golden If nlust be ground to
powder aud thrown upon the waters and they
must be made to drinH the dregs Of the bitter
draught Human justice demands it. The re-
! tributive justice OF God demands it. The Repub-
licans Of North Carolina have th9 power TO exc
,ute this justice. Will they have the courage to
10 their duty? The meat session Of tie Legtsed-
tire 9C1N ans,rer the question. -StdndGTd
Now. you Democracy, prepare to receive
the vial of Republican wrath. Now Intel
ligence; nov Literature; now Science !;
now Art now Freedom, prepare to receive
your lnartyrdom. Now dirt now dregs !;
now scum now brutality ; now ignorance !;
now vice, prepare to go into glory, the
halo of everlasting degradation. Retribu-
tive justice is at hand The name is writ
ten. The condemnation is sealed. Be
ware Beware Look ont for the next
session. Verify, We are too lame. Look at
Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana, you
Democrats. and initiate their example.
METEoRIC DISPLAY. For some little time
past brilliant meteoric display has been
talked Of and predicted in astronomical
circles The time set apart for this little
exhibition Of heavenly fireworks was from
the night Of the 18th to that Ct the 10Th
instant inclusive. On Thursday night, the
10Th, the heavenly bodies were observed to
shine 9th peculiar brilliancy, emitting a
bright, flashing, tWinkling light, causing an
unusual illumination of the heavens. Those
who were up and observant about mid
II, rf
shooting in rapid Succession across
the sky. But not until Friday night, the
18th, was the grand display to be observed.
From to o'clock, \. n, the whole face
of the heavens was lit mp by the almost
continuous fight Of meteors. There was
scarcely Il moments interruption Ill this
display for the fall period Of half an hour.
The scene Was one transcendently beauti-
full and beggars all description. In every
direction large, luminous meteors shot
across the sky, leaving in their flight per-
feet train Of fire, which in many instances
continued to mark their path long after
the exploded meteor had Disappeared
The light thrown upon surrounding OBJ
ieCts was dazzling, and which We can lken to
nothing but the effect Of an immense rock
ct traversing the air near the earth. The
train Of fire left in the path Of the me-
teorS sometimes took peculiar shapes. One
Of these was first observed TO be as straight
as the path of the meteor Itself It soon,
however, became transformed into n ser
pentino shape, and from this was subject
ed TO another transformation, doubling up
as il were, and so miDgling the brilliant
particles as TO have the appearance of q
constellation Of numerous small planots.-
We have never seen anything more beau
tifal or % sceno more interesting to wit
ness
The Trono2ss IA ouba-Sensatknn storiev.
The accounts from Cuba in relation to
the instruction CIR revolt on that Island
seem to be as confused and exaggerated as
the sensation reports published in the
New York papers in regard to the " fill
bustering" expeditions alleged TO be fit
ting out III that port TO invade Cuba
The Havana correspondent Of the New
York Journal Of Commerce, writing on
9th instant, says
No news has been received from the
Insurgents for se veral days past. Great
damage has been done toproperty at various
points near Tuuas and Bay oma. But the
Instruction is confined to ono district
There have been no disturbances in other
parts of The Island. Business is almost
entirely suspended il Havana, but there
is no fear of the final result. Gen. Dulce
is expected to arrive by Decembe 1st, and
7, 900 troops also. Volunteer companies
are forming IN all parts Of the Island
There are u considerable number on duty
in Havana. The business men and proper
ty holders in the city have put themselves
and their property at the service OF the
Captain General"
The New York papers seem to be divid-
ed in opinion in regard to the dimensions
OF the tillbnsterlng project alleged to be
on foot In that city TO annex the Island Of
Cuba to the United States. The Times
and one or two other papers ridicule the
whole story, while those of sensational
character affect to believe there is some
thing in it.
The New York Post of Wednesday says ::
"Several sensational reports have been
published within the past two days in re-
lation to an expedition against Cuba,
founded upon the statements made by q
former officer Of the Eighty-fourth n. Y.
Volunteers. From the assertions made by
this man it is evident that he is either
wild enthusiast or monomaniac, as will be
seen by the following programme laid
down by himself.
"He says that the scheme i'll which he
is now engaged has been 1.-The dream of
his life, and for the past two years he has
been busily engaged in maturing the plans.
An army, he alleges, will sail for Cuba
within the next thirty days, and ten thou
sand men are already enrolled. Three
blockade-runners and arms and ammuni-
ton, he says, have been purchased for the
expedition.
1.-The sanguine leader says he has con-
ferred with the officers of the government
at Washington, and that he will not be
interfered with SO long as his enterprise
promises to be a success. He says the
movement is not Of q flibustering nature
but that he simply intends to take and
hold the Island and set upa republican
government This done, recognition will
be demanded, after which the Island will
be annexed as the thirty-eighth State of
the Union. The leader also says that he
has called upon many of the merchants