Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-28

as their liabilities consist. has created in
tense excitement4in New York and awak-
ened profound reflection in all circles in
Washington. To the wise it is the begin
ming of the end-the forerunner OF many
similar failures-in plain words, the avatar
of the most complete and crushing imam
cial crash America has ever seen. We
may we'll prepare for it. for under the cor
ruptions and imbecilities of the Finance
ministers of the Radical organization, it
cannot be avoided. And financial crash
means Republication. Let us look the matter
squarely in the face, andprovide for it. And
after all, let the bondholders, while they can,
take care of themselves. We repudiated the
revolutionary debt, at period when men
were more honest than they are now. LIS
it SO much more heinous now And, be-
sides, the poor people, the working classes,
taxed to death, have just as many rights as
the bondholders. This question Of Repu.
diation must come up shortly-why should
we not discuss it now
Secretary Boutwell, having received a
dispatch, announcing that the premium On
gold in Wall street had advanced to 142,
with a corresponding rise in the price OF
bonds, states that this rise will not make
any change in his determination to sell
gold and buy bonds at the rate of q million
of dollars per week.
A large crowd attended the White House
to-day, but few had q chance of seeing the
President, who declines callers with q
steadfast persistence.
The usual Cabinet session occurred at
twelve o'clock, and all the members were
present. At the hour Of writing this the
subject Of conference had not Leaked
out" and it was considered that the meet
ip<r 1ato eip Nv To
During the past week 365 applications
for patents were filed in the Patent Office,
seventy-four caveats filed, and of patents
to issue May 25, three hundred and seven.
A pretty fair week'swork. Aterrible decapi-
tation of clerks is to take place in this bureau
of the Interior Department between this
date and the 2Sth. The Commissioner of
Patents is still engaged on the revision OF
the rules, and has suspended all decisions
until he has finished that work. The fam
Gus Mrs. DR.. Mary T.. Walker visited the
Interior Department this morning and de-
livered lecture to a lady friend on the
subject of dress reform. Quite a large
crowd gathered i'll the corridor to hear
her, but the Doctor failed to make a con-
vert of her friend.
The Court of inquiry in the case Brlga-
der and Brevet Majo General A. B. Dyer,
Chief of Ordnance convened to examine
into his administration of the Ordnance De
partment, have declared unanimously that
no further proceedings are necessary in
the matter of the complaints against him,
and their finding has been approved by the
President. The Court was thereupon dis
solved.
The First Assistant Postmaster General
has issued an order that no clerk shall give
information to members Of the press, if by
so doing it interferes with his duties. This
is another step forward in the despotism
upon us-an attempt to muzzle the press,
and impair its efficiency i'll fighting for the
salvation of republican institutions
Senator Fenton had an interview with
the President to-day. On dH that Mr..
Fenton will soon be presented to the
American people in a not very envinhIe
light,