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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18

THE EIGHTEENTH OF NOVEMBER Cover
nor Hoffman, in proclaimng day Of thanks
giving for New York, has adopted the day
recommended to all the people of the United
States by President Grant, and we presume
that all our other Governors, Slate and Terri
torial, will follow this example. Socially,
politically and relgiously considered, the in
stitution Is good thing for the union of the
States and the unity Of the people Of all sec
lions, nationalities. races, creeds aud classes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18

MORE TROUBLE IN ERIE.-Mr Boutwell,
would not lend Jay Gould eight hundred thou
sand dollars in currency to pay the wages Of
the men on the road, and apparently he has
not been able to raise the wind in any other
quarter, for the men have struck, and will not
labor without pay Perhaps with little more
kite6ying and Gold Room somersaults these
Erie inanciers will learn that they had better
cast moments glance occasionally to SEQ how
the railroad gets on
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18
Good News from DR.. Ltvingstonc-The
Mighty Nile.

uli8uty MIC
We have late and authentic news from that
indomitable African explorer, DR.. Livingstone,
that he is not only alive and well, but that in
prosecuting his geographical researches he
has discovered that one of the sources of the
Nile, emptying into the great lake Victoria
Nyanza, rises some ten degrees south of the
equator. II this be true the Nile becomes the
longest river in the world, eclipsing even the
tremendous sweep of the Missouri from its
sources to the Mississippi and thence to the
Gulf. A fair idea Of the long line of the Nile
may be formed from the fact that the distance
between its last reported source and its delta
along the Mediterranean is equal to the dis
lance from Lima, in Peru, to the city of New
York, or. from the city Of Mexico away up to
Mount st. Elias, the end of the backbone Of
this Continent, in Alaska Well, then, may the
ancient river Of Egypt be called the mighty
Nile.
But we need 60 no further on the one hand
than into the mountains of Abyssinia, whence
the Blue Nile and the Albara tributaries of the
main stream descend, and, on the other hand,
to the lakes Albert and Victoria Nyanza, the
great reservoirs of the White Nile or main
river, in order to establish the life giving and
never-failing stream OF Egypt, in its peculiar
features, as the most wonderful in the world
From the deluging rains which, from the Indian
Ocean, are borne and discharged upon the
Abyssinian mountains and tablelands, come
the enrchng annual overflow of Egypt,
while from the Astounding equatorial rains OF
the lofty regions around lakes Albert and
Victoria flows that exhaustless supply of the
main stream which, for fifteen hundred miles
through burning desert, bears still its ample
volume to the sea. These facts have been
fully established by the explorations of that
intelligent traveller and dashing son of MIN
rod, Sir Samuel Baker, in conjunction with
the equatorial discoveries Of Spoke, Grant and
Burton. Baker, in the service of the enter
prising Egyptian Viceroy, is now at the head
of powerful expedition en- route to take pos
session of the whole line of the Nile, and
should Livingstone remain few months longer
prospecting" around those equatorial lakes
Baker will probably find him and bring him of.
Such meeting would be an event for general
festival among the geographical societies
throughout the world.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18

Tho Israelltes In Europe and America.
From variety Of causes the condition Of
the Israelites in Europe, especially in Eastern
Europe, is one of great misery. In all the
great centres Of population and trade it is true
there are many Jews who have amassed
immense wealth. In these same centres,
however, many of them are very poor Away
from the large centres they are generally
wretched class In some parts of Germany,
in Russian Poland, in Southern Russia, in
the Danuban Principalities, the Jewish quar-
terra are scenes of great wretchedness and
poverty. We have often in these columns ad-
verted to the very different condition of the
Israelites in this country. Here they prosper
and grow in wealth and influence. With us,
in fact, the name Of Israelite Is suggestive of
success and affuence. Why this difference2
The reason Is obvious. In Europe the Jew
is despised and down-trodden. In the
East Of Europe, particularly, the son of
Israel is not supposed to have any rights
which q Christian is bound to respect.
It is only recently that there were enacted
in the Principalities, and bearing spe-
cially upon the Jews, laws worthy of the
worst days of Spain. when Jew was we'll off
If he were. not used for fuel, and of the
days of King John in England, when it was
Christian custom to find out Jews purse by
pluckng the teeth out Of his head How can
himP The Jew fails in Europe-he is poor
and wretched, because he is down-trodden and
oppressed. He cannot succeed, because
he has no chance. Here the Jew has
fair play. He has the rights of q
free man. Every privilege, every Office
Is open to his ambition. He has a fair field.
He is allowed to win if he can, and he often
succeeds. We have often said, and we say it
again, for the special benefit of the Alliance
Israelite Universal Society and its worthy
true promised land of the Israelites. Here are
the milk and honey for which they and their
fathers have for generations been longing.
Here, on our mountain sides, on our far
spreading valleys and on the banks Of our
mighty rivers are corn and wine and oil in
rich and overlooking abundance. Here, too,
there is room enough and to spare. Let the
suffering Jews of Europe make an exodus to
this grander land of promise. We bid them
welcome, and we will not think the less of them
If they initiate the example of their ancestors
and borrow ere they set out ''every man Of
his neighbor and every woman Of her neighbor
jewels of silver and jewels Of gold"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18
TRIPLE SH E E T
TO ADVERTISERS.

Increasing Circulation of the Herald.
We are again constrained to ask advertisers to
hand in their advertisements at as early an hour
as possible
Our immense and constantly increasing editions
compel US, Notwithstanding our presses are
capable of printing seventy thousand copies an
hour, to put our forms to press much earlier than
usual and to facilitate the work we are forced to
stop the classifcations of advertisements at nine
O'Clock p. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18

HYAcINTHR. The Church feels that the
example of Father Hyacinthe is very dan
gerous one, and that he must be compelled to
secant II possible by all the dreadful threats IL
may illuminate. Such is the indication of the
urgent appeals TO him to take the force out Of
his example.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18

Guilty. Everybody Ia Wall street is too mad to
choose his words or settle his accounts; but
Is this damned mad" article good on
Changer
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-18

GRAND OPERA HOUSE. corner OF Eighth avenue az
ESD street.-CHARLEs O'MALLEY.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09

simply because the Western Railro.,
freights are so high. They receive al ~
their goods cia Raleigh, although Fau VI
is but thirteen miles from tho sent ~
Chatham county, while Raleigh il thir,,
five. Yet this is not all, for, althoumh 81,
track Of this road runs down to the va.
edge of the Cape Fear river, tho dannS
at which freight is received ;b'',
full mile from the steamboat Iandinr,
Consequently, another heavy item. tbaf 20
drayage, must come in to swell the exnanol
of transportation This is not neral
heavy, but 1t IS Gerry Aedpy expense ~
few items will show. For instance tb%
freight on hid. Of bacon, about H01
lbs, from Baltimore to Fayetteville ia $50 co
70, while the drayage from the river land ~
ing to the depot is 81 A barrel of snaor
can be freighted from New York 70 To~
etteville for 50 cents, but, after II COY,
tlere, it costs % cents, or very neorlv ~
per cent of the cost OF transportation ~ ="
New York to Fayetteville, TO place ~
at the railroad depot. Other items orr ~
Dbl. of flour, from New York to Favatto
vile 40 cents, drayage to depot Is cents
bag of coffee, freight as above, rs cents
drayage 123. Barrel of rosin, dravaoa,
from depot to landing at Fayetteville y
cents, transportation to Wilmington D.
cents; spirits turpeniine, dra1ace
10 cents. freight so cents. Thus. IS
you will perceive, this road is M,
only chilling and driving back upon Itself
ell enterprise, but it has heretofore been
party, as it were, to the great imposition
of drayage to which the shipper
must submit in passing his goods through
Fayetteville, and this too, in the face Of
the fact that the road track is built and is
in running order from the depot to tbn
river-only about one mile further trans.
portation by rail than it is now. This line
OF track was operated during the war, and
nothing less than absolute stupidity can be-
ascrlbed as the reason for its not being 50
now.
had thought to make this letter longer
and to speak somewhat OF the new adj
ministration of the affairs of this read, and
the hopes formed from it, but find that
have written enough already. [ will, how.
ever, treat of that part of the subject in q
few days, until when
am yours,
SOMETIMES.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09
state BONDS,

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pace with
those of Tennessee, North Carolina bonds
are touching the lowest point 20 which
they have dropped since reconstruction
begun. The first of July came and is gone,
and the interest maturing on that day re-
mains unpaid. Instead of meeting our
obligations due upon the old bonds of The
State, Wall Street witnessed different
sight. The Treasurer of the State was not
to be seen. but Lafflin was there, and
Swepson, Sloan and Jones Chow redolent
are these names of the former renown of
Jones IL CO.. were present manipulating
the new bonds, and representing the great
railroad Interests of North Carolina No
wonder under such influences the credit of
the State sinks lower and lower in the
financial scale. And under the MANAGE.
ment of such men it will be DESTROYED. A
poor debtor, who may be unable tempora.
rily to meet his obligations, will not lose
his credit if he only maintains his reputa-
ton untarnished. Honor is q delicate
thermometer, and is Influenced by every
breath of suspicion.
State can no more afford to sacrifice
its reputation than an individual It's
good name is equally as liable to be iniur-
ed. If the representatives of the finances
OF State are recognized as desperate spec.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09
The Immigration Question,

A convention has been called to meet In
Memphis, on Tuesday, the 18th instant,
for the special encouragement of Chinese
immigration. 1t will be composed of dele
gates from all parts of the South, alticu
larly from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee. 1t is
expected, moreover, that Koopmaushaaf,
one of the principal Chinese contractors at
San Francisco, who has already brought
fifty thousand of his countrymen to
America, will be present at the convention,
and will unfold his plans for organizing a
mighty scheme of direct immigration to
the South.
1t is too late for those interested i'll this
subject in this State to appoint delegates
to the contemplated convention, bnt we
trust this movement will give active en-
,onragement to the growing disposition to
try the Chinese labCrers in the cotton and
rice fields Of This Immediate section. The
immigration of the Chinese to this country
in very large numbers is a fixed fact, and
We believe q very fair proportion of the
cotton Of the Mississippi Valley in 1871
will be produced nv Chinese. Our climate
soil and productions are as we'll adapted
as those Of any portion of the United
States for these Iaborers, and we will stand
IN the way of car Own interest not to give
Immediate and earnest attention to this
subject.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09

doubleday one cause, ii was only one OF
many causes. so to speak, that created
"the whitening, bhghting suspicion that
there were influences at work there not
sufficiently in harmony with the views and
feelings of our people upon the great ques'
t;ons that had been and were still before
Ms " which we have hitherto declared was
in our opinion the obstacle to the success
of the University after the termination OF
the war.
Governor SWAIN was not the only mem
Der of the Faculty of that time, In his own
person or otherwise Objectionable to our
people. There were other members also
of that body who were looked upon with
distrust In this connection the name Of
President Pool, then Professor Pool, who
had been a member of the Faculty in good
standing during the whole war, and yet at
its close could and did take the test oath,
will readily occur to our readers. There
are others who were distrusted equally
with Governor SWAIN, and possibly with
no more or as much Justice. But admit
ting that any or all, living or dead, OF the
old Faculty committed errors, who of us
mortals can cast the first stone? We wish
bye cones to be bye cones. We desire the
dead past to bury its dead. The work OF
the present and of the future requires all
our time and all our thoughts. Let US then
not look back to the past, save, in inter
vais of rest from toll, TO dwell upon some
bright spot that it delights us to remem-
Der. Sufficient unto this day, at least, is
the evil thereof. Our love for our vener-
able instructor and for his memory and
for truth constraineth us" to say this
much by way of protest against the infer
ence that may be drawn from the extract,
hat the dislike of the people to the Uni
7ersity was due in greater degree to
Governor SWAIN than to other members
If the Faculty of that day. We trust we
shall not have to recur to this subject
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09
Southern Educational Fund.

We publish elsewhere the letter OF Mr..
GEORGE PEABODY, donating another mil
lion dollars to the Southern Educational
Fund This muni6cent bequest swells the
total to two million dollars which he has
contributed to this fund. This last dona,
ton will enable the trustees To carry out
the original purpose without disturbing
the principal of the fund. An annual rev
enuo of more than one hundred and thirty
Thousand dollars will for the future be put
to service by the trustees of this magnifi-
cent bounty and scatter blessings over a
urge extent of country.
1t will be seen that the sentiments e1-
pressed by Mr.. PEABODY in his letter accom-
panying this last donation are in keeping
with the earnest patriotism and benevo-
lence of one who has made the noblest
and wisest use of the means which God
has given him. Few men, who have be-
come immensely wealthy have permitted
themselves to enjoy the evidences of their
liberality. However muniticent were their
charities at death, men have usually chung
to their wealth to the last. The example
set by Mr.. PEABODY is one we trust to be
hereafter followed by those similarly situa-
ted. The satisfaction which he enjoys in
witnessing the blessings which he has con-
ferred is sufficient incentive to tempt the
charitable.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09
Canby vs.. Candy.

We publish the following letter Tor the
benefit of our Virginia friends. The cleo
ton is now over, but the question OF the
eligibility of the persons elected to the
Legislature may become of interest, in view
of the fact that General CANDY has declar-
ed all DISQUALIFIED who could not subscribe
to the oath of Office prescribed by the act
of July Cd, 1862, commonly known as the
siron-clad test OATH" He also fortifies
himself behind his orders in this State. In
looking over our files we find the following
letter copied from the Raleigh Standard,
which shows General CANBY has not much
memory or much knowledge of legal con-
struction. Here Radicalism desired not
to require the test oath-there Radlcallsm
regarded it essential, hence the difference
"twixt tweedledum and tweedledee.
The letter is as follows
uEADoUARTERs SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLESTON, s. c., June 70, 1858.
Hon w. w. HOLDEN, GOCeTTh0r eject Of Month
Carolina, Raleigh, ". O.: .
SIR-The second section of the act to - admit
the States Of North Carolina, South oarojlna,
&C. and authorizing the LEGISLATURES to meet be-
fore the complete restoration OF the States, Is re-
garded as dispensing with the oath OF office pre-
scribed by the act Of July End, 1862, IN the case
of the members elect who are not disqualified By
the Constitutional amendment, and az allowing
them to qualify upon taking the oath OF oflce
prescribed by the new State Constitution -
AS soon as the bill becomes law an order will
be issued modifying the provisions OF General
Orders No. SO, Of May 18Th, 1868, IN conformity
with this construction.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
ED. r. b. CANDY,
E,t JC9jOr General GOTnnUudIug
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09
The Late President Svvatn-The Univer-

sity.
In the fourteenth number Of the "Pen
and Ink Sketches of the University as it
has been," republished 10 a late number of
the JOURNAL from the Raleigh Sentinel, we
have noticed an assertion which in our
opinion is not in accordance with either
Justice or truth. We cannot believe, how
for unless we are mistaken as to the au-
thorshlp of these sketches, both personal
friendship for the late President of the
University and high regard for truth
preclude such belief.
We have taken occasion in these columns
moro than once to express our grateful
sense of the obligations we, doubtless in
common with many others, feel ourselves
TO be under to our preceptor and friend
DAVID l.. SWAIN, and now as we realize
that We shall indeed see his face no more
and remember that there is no one left to
defend his fame and name save his old pu-
pills, we listen with Impotence and repug.
nance to anything that does him injustice,
whether really or only seemingly, inten-
tionally or unintentionauy. Of his errors
in Judgment, as in the cause of truth it is
not now necessary, We do not care to
speak. We carry with lis only the remem-
brance of his kindness, his greatness and
his goodness. The record of his foiblcs
and his frailties we left at his grave.
The following extract contains the asser-
ton referred to: " Without any DISPOSE
ton to call up past grievances or violate
the prophecies of social life, I may be al
lowed to say what could not we'll be omit.
ted in faithful sketch that there is no
doubt that the marriage Of Gov. SWANS
ing the brigade that occupied Chapel Hill
in April, 1866, was the principal agent in
alternating public affection and confidence
from our University for time. < x =
This marriage, then, taking place when it
did, deeply affected the popular feeling to-
wards the President, and through him the
Institution itself. For as have had fire..
quent occasion to remark in the course of
these sketches, it is upon the head and his
standing that the success of the COLLEGE
manly depends. If the public voice dis.
approve OF him, he or the college must
succumb.
In our opinion there is not sufficient evi.
dence to justify the assertion that this mar.
riage was the principal agent in alienat;no
the affections of the people from the INF.
producing the result but while it was un.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09
Confederate Archives,

We understand that the archives OF the
Confederate Government are about to be
thrown open TO the public under certain
restrictions.
They have heretofore been under con.
troll of the War Department, and all appli-
cationsto examine them have been refused.
This determination on the part of Prcsi-
dent GRANT will contribute something to
the public curiosity, and will add. we
trust, more interest, if not more truth, to
works being issued from day to day con-
nected with the late war
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-07-09
STATE NEWS

&. ". SwEPsoN, of Raleigh, has been
elected Director of the consolidated Flori-
da Railroad, running from Jacksonville to
Quincy and st. Marks, called now the
Tallahassee Railroad.
The SWISS MIGRANTs-MARRIAGE AT THE
DEPOT ON ARRIVAL. Some sixty Swis; en-
igrants, brought over through the Agency
of the Eastern N. @. immigration Associa-
ton arrived at Goldsboro' Friday last and
were distributed principally to the coun-
ties of Wilson, Edgecombe and Pitt, Will
son receiving about half the lot. Those
for this county arrived here on Saturday,
and were distributed between Messrs VIM.
Barnes. Jr., VIM. Woodland, VIM. @. Ellis
and Sam. B. Farmer. 49,. "a.
We learn that soon after their arrival
here on Saturday, the rites of matrimony
were solemnlzed between three couple, by
a Justice of the Peace and as the parties
were unable to speak English, it was only
by the intercession of an interpreter that
they were declared ''man and WIFE The
near the depot, in the presence of quite a
large crowd. May prosperity be the re-
ward of their coming to our county, and
happiness follow their new relation in life.
Wilson P1ain0eazey.
\ correspondent writing to us from Nc
Dowell county says; SO am happy to say
there have not been so fine wheat crops
raised in Western North Carolina in fifteen
years Corn is rather small, but growing
rapidly, and promises an abundant yield
Raleigh Standard
ELECTION OF PROFESSOR. The Rev Geo.
T. Wilmer, of North Carolina, was on Sat
urday elected professor Of Bellies Letters
and Moral Science in William and Mary
College. Mr.. Wilmer is brother of Bish-
op Wilmer, of Alabama, and is a gentle
man of fine attachments. The appointment
is a most excellent one.-Rich. E;ram.
Halifax county has formed Medical
Society, by the election of the following
officers: DR.. II. A. Wilcox as President,
and DR.. A. B. Pierce as Vice. President.
with DR.. John A. Collins as Secretary and
DR.. Chas. Gregory as Treasurer.
Raj. Standard.
SUCCESSFUL. we saw Holden the
original North Carolina secessionist, and
Judge Rodman, who used to sentence Con.
federate deserters to be shot because thew
did not stand firm and shoot the Yankees.
we could not help thinking, as they sat
elevated just above the sea of African wool
stretched out before them in Tucker Hall,