Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-04-23

substance of the loyalty and patrlotlsm u
the Radical party of more than one North
Carolina.
The Weather and Crops.
The weather for the past week has been
of extraordinary severity for the season OF
the year. From all quarters we learn that
serious damage has been done to fruit anC
early vegetables. Some OF tho enterprlslng
truckers in this vicinity have lost very
heavily. Along the line of the Whining
ton, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad the
fruit has been entirely destroyed, ana
much anxiety is felt in regard to the wheat.
We fear the total failure of the fruit crop
will have tendency to discourage those
who hayo begun its cultivation on an ex-
tended scale.
We learn that on Tuesday the snow fell
at Concord, Cabarrus county, and as far
down as HilIsboro', to the depth of several
inches, and that severe hail storm pre-
vailed throughout that section of the State
upon the same day, doing much damage
to the forward crops, and entirely destroy
ing the fruit.
We are glad to know that in some in
stances in this locality the truckers had not
set out their tomato, cucumber and other
plants, but still had them under protec-
ton, and have by this means saved them
selves. Their energy and enterprise de-
serve SUCCESS and we trust it will be their
reward.
What the South Will Gain by Erecting
Cotton Factories.
A correspondent of the Charleston Ne"S,
writing from Orangeburg, S. O., insists
that the subject of building cotton facto-
ries should be constantly agitated in the
South, and that our people who have been
too long used to accustomed grooves "
should swing loose from the all-absorbing
idea of planting, and while they trim the
pillow for plenteous crop, let them unite
in forming companies for tho manufacture
of the raw material, thereby inaugurating
a career of Southern independence, giving
employment to thousands of manned and
destitute i'll our land, and retaining at
home that stream Of wealth that now flows,
and for n half century has flowed north
ward, cnriching that section to a de-
gree unparalleled! in the history of any
people. It is folly and superfuous to
enter into discussion relative to the natural
resources of tho two sections !; any one at
all conVorsant with the geography Of the
South must be already convinced that hers
is the province which abounds in advanta-
ges of water-power unequalled by the uni
ted world.
The rushing waterfalls of Tennessee, and
murmuring streams ceaselessly coursing to
the ocean from the mountains of the Caro-
linas and Georgia, chide US with inert
ness which former times may have render
ed excusable, but which is standing re-
proach SO long as such advantages are
neglected in the future. A few incontesta-
BILE figures will go further to prove the
point than any amount of argument based
on mere assumption, and the writer quotes
from DeBow's Review for January, 1867,
on ''Southern Manufactures - IS For
instance, from ono pound of cotton you
may make four yards of what is known, IL
mercantile parlance, as ur-quarter brown
muslin these four yards would be worth
eighty cents, and thus we see that the
process of manufacturing has added sixty
cents to the value of one pound of cotton.
X Hence, we may take our two
hundred and fifty thousand bales, worth
1916, 200. 900, and if we manufacture nothing
but the most ordinary articles, we may
increase its value to $50, 100000, that is as
much as was realized from our former crop
of ono million bales"
Bad Appointment.
The President says it was contrary to his judg-
nent to appoint Ashley but he was recommend
ed by two-thirds OF his fellow-members OF the
House, and the pressure for him was so strong
that he yielded to what seemed popular desire.
Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
The same authority says Ashley was
opposed by Edmunds, Cameron. Carpen-
ter, Buckingham, Scott and Fessenden,
and one of them styled him bold, bad
and wicked man. When the vote was an
nounced there was one majority against
him but Senator changed his vote, thus
confirming him by one majority.
O1kAN1 A1hu0 ftuI IClOIA LII
his battle cry, second only to his peace
proclamation, and yet we see that, con-
trary to his Judgment" he appointed a
most VIGOROUSLY "bold, bad and wicked
man" to sn important position at the bid
ding of Congress. For the Same reason,
we suppose, he restored Wells, "bold,
bad and wicked man." as Governor of
Virginia, after he had been removed by a
distinguished Federal soldier who has had
opportunity ever since his advent to Office
of becoming acquainted with his wicked
ness. For the same reason, we suppose,
the perjurer, Blodgett, has been restored
to his position as Postmaster at Augusta,
Georgia. And upon the same grounds was
an original GRANT Republican, and an eff
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