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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
BOOK Notice.

MEMOIRS OF THE WAR. By Gen. Henry Lee,
thoroughly Revised and annotated by General
Robert T.. Lee, who has added q full Biography
OF his Father. One vol. octave. GAO pages, with
new Steel Portraits of Gen. Henry Lee, Gen.
Robert =. Lee, and General Nathaniel Greene
beautiful Steel Engravings of marion Cross.
ing the Pedee," and the Surrender OF Corn.
wallis;" q Sketch OF tho Lac Homestead in Vir-
ginla; and five orig inal Maps and Plans.
This admirable history of the operations
OF the American Armies during the Revo-
lutionary War, in the Southern Depart
ment of the United States, is the standard
work on the subject of which it treats; and
this edition, revised and corrected by Gen.
ROBERT E. LEE, the distinguished son of
the author, is made doubly interesting and
valuable by complete Biography of his
father, prepared by Gen. LEE, from mate
rails never before made use of.
1t is work whose value is permanent,
for it relates to the foundation of this great
nation, and details a history of which
every American citizen is proud. While
the history is chiefly of operations at the
South, yet considerable space is devoted to
Northern movements and battles, thus Civ
ing the work national value. Among
many other matters, it embraces
The Campaign of 1777, and the Surrender of
Burgoyne; Sir William Howe's Departure from
New York, and the Battle OF Brandywine: Wash
lngton's Advance, and the Marrow ESCAPE of
Hamilton and Lee; Sir William Howe's March to
Philadelphia. and the Battle of Germantown;
Count Donops Movement to Fort Mercer and
the Repulee of the Hessians at Red Bank; Sir
William Howe's Advance against Washing ton,
and Return to Philadelphia; Washington's VIM
ter-qnarters at Valley Forge; Sir William Howe .
Kecall, and Sir Henry Ohnton's Assumption of
Command: Sir Henry Olinton's Evacuation of
Philadelphia, and the Battle of Monmouth: Ar
rest OF General Charles Lee; Gen. Howe's Defeat
at Charleston by Dol, Campbell and Gen. Linz
coins Assumption of Command; Gen Moultrie's
disiodging of Gardner. Gen. Ashe Routed by Pre-.
Sost at the Savannah; John kutiedge Dictator in
south Carolina; Battle Of Htono; Gen. Matthews
destroys the Stores at Portsmouth and Gosport:
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A Gloomy View of Labor I'm California.

San Francisco letter states that there
are hundreds of men out of employment in
California, and they cannot get work. -
Those who do pot get work have to carry
their beds from place to place. When the
harvest is done there is nothing for the
laborer to do until the rain falls, about the
LIST of November. The San Francisco
papers publish only the good side of affairs
in California, and say nothing about the
bad side. Farm hands cannot average
more than six months work in year,
California is a better country for capital
than for labor. a farm laborer in Califor-
MIA must have bis own bed in every in
stance or sleep In the hay stack +; and if he
asks the owner of a farm where he applies
for work, he is told to buy his own blanket
A man has to do his own washing also, or
pay from 81 80 to So a dozen for washing,
and then go from one mile to two to get it
done, except in the city.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

arrayed On one side, and the Western and
Pacific States on the other, the latter would
prevail by a mai ority of seven votes. In
any issue wherein Kentucky, Tennessee
and the Southwestern States are united
with the aWestern and Pacific, as for in
stance in the removal of the capital, the
improvement of the Mississippi, the de-
velopment of mining resources, the equit-
able national adjustment of taxation, and
the like, the majority would be larger.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

Leading citizens of California are en-
deavoring to organize an international i'm
association similar to the Mary
land Immigration Union. ... .s..
1t is learned from Washington that Mr.
George Peabody has Determined to visit
Europe again, and will sail in the steamer
Scotia from New York next week.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

French fleet arrives under Count d'Estaing:
Siege of Savannah; Sir 81. Clinton sails for the
appointed to the command Of the Southern De-
partment; Battle of Camden; Death OF Baron de-
Kalb; CORVALLIS invades North Carolina;, Battle
Of Kings Mountain; Death of Dol. Williams, of 8.
o.; Gates succeeded BY Gen. Greene; Delaware
and Maryland added to the Southern Department;
Lieut.. Col Lee with his Legion ordered to the
South; Steuben in command in Virginia; Wash
ington's magnanimity to Gates; Battle of Cow
pens; Death of Gen. Davidson: Battle OF Gullford
Court House; Death of Col. Webster; Arnold's
March to Richmond; Phillips March to Peters
burg; Lafayette on the James River: Lee joins
Marion; Battle of Hobkirk's Hill; Death Of Ma
jor Eaton: Affair at Quimby Bridge; Adventure
of Sergeant Champe; CORVALLIS advances upon
Virginia; Death of General Phillips; Lafayette's
Retreat; Escape OF the Assembly and Governor;
Battle of Green SPRING; Execution of Colonel
Hayne; Battle OF the Eutaws; Robert Morris
estabiished Battle between the French and En-
glish Fleets; Washington pushes South; Sir H.
Clinton moves on Connecticut; CORVALLIS be-
sieged at Yorktown; Death of Col. Scanned
Surrender of CORVALLIS; Thanks of Congress-
Eruption of the Cherokees; Capture of Capt.
Armstrong; Treason in Green's Camp; Savannah
evacuated by the British, and the War closed in
Georgia; Death of Dol. Laurens; Charleston evac-
uated, and Peace restored to the South.
The historical value and interest of this
excellent history make it a work which
will be purchased by all persons who buy
books at all. while its thorough correction
and revision by Gen. r. E. LEE, and the
addition of his new biography, prepared
rails never before given to the public, give
it greatly increased and peculiar interest
The fact that it is the only book now pub
lished. even in part from Con. Leo's pen,
gives it an interest possessed by no other
work.
Among the new materials introduced in
the biography are important letters from
President Madison, Gems. Lafayette,
Greene, and Hamilton, Governor Rut-
ledge, and others ; letters to Washington,
Madison, Governor Reed, Gen. Wayne
and others; and most interesting series
of letters to his eldest son, Charles Garter
Lee, in which his advice and instruction
in regard to his sons studies, reading, and
general conduct, are fully given.
The Work is handsomely printed and
bound; the Steel Engravings and Litho-
graphed Maps are engraved in q most ar
tistic style; and no expense or care nave
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etc., address University Publishing Com
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York.
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Total

In estimating the increased political
power of the West, we must add to these
the Pacific States, which in 1910 wero not,
which now have only five members OF
Congress, but which, after 1870, will prob
ably have seven or eight, making in all 81
or SO members west of Pittsburgh and
north of Cairo. The change between the
period named in the representative
strength of New England and the other
Eastern or Atlantic States combined will
no s1bstantiall!v az follous
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
CUR WASHINGTON LETTER

Financial EXcitesnenL-miieaHo "a CalIiDi
mia H1mbers-GeHeTnI SicLIeS and ST.,
Cabin1t-SOutheIn Politics Nnd The A.
Observation-Disclosures sherman SAT-,
nal Revenue Receipts 80,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
o SUBSTANTIALLY as follows

In any issue, therefore. in which the en-
tire New England and Middle States, in
Guiding Delaware and Maryland, might be
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01
REVIEW OF THE STRUGGLE.

Various are the speculations in regard to the
manner in which the bubble has been managed.
1t is clear to all that the whole panic has been an
artificial one that there is nothing in the condi-
ton OF the country or the state OF the finances to
justify it; further, that it has been engineered by
9 set OF interruptions men, who hoped to obtain
gain by the naisfortunes Of others. That they
have succeeded in nearly raining many is appa-
rent but it is likewise clear that they have de.
molished if not completely ruined themselyes.-
They have built 4 house OF cobs and it has tumb.
led down on their own heads.
There are numerous rumOrs III regard to the
position of Secretary Boutwell, in this affair One
thing is clear-some of the leaders in the CLIQUE
urged their friends at the commencement to buy
gold, that it was going up to one hundred and
fifty. They were met with response that this
was dangerous movement, for Mr.. Boutwell,
would prevent their accomplishing it. The re.
spouse wac, MIR. Boutwell, is to-day in town. we
have seer him, and would not engage in it were
it not for his consent" That he sympathized
with and aided the movement for rise ia univer.
sally conceded, bat the pressure of public opinion
became great he was compelled to chanpe his
course and lend his influence to break the
bubble. 1t was this unexpected interference of
the Secretary OF tho Treasury that caused the
crash. They had not counted upon that; in fact
relied upon either assistance, or, at the most
hands off. The fact that the order sent to Mr.
Butterfeld to anticipate tho November interest
was go long delayed after it's date, is brought up
yesterday that the Chamber of Commerce intend
TO inquire ipto this matter, and ascertain if pos-
sible, if Mr.. Boutwell, really had q hand in the
movement to put up the price.
The great storm is now over it has expended
it's force. and now will come a calm. The gold
bulls have been routed, and are moving around
with broken legs, sewers wounds, and in a disa-
bled condition generally-iving examples Of the
folly of men in trying to get up fictitious panic.
and creating an artificial pressure for money,
These desperate men have been placed on the re-
tired list. where they will notMbe able to int1ict
any farther harna for the present.
m inn mn no nm hmm
dreds have lost heavily in stocks, and others in
gold that Boutwell, aided the panic makers
until he got them deep in the game, and finally,
under the pressure Of public opinion, deceived
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-10-01

them the managers of the clique cheated their
agente; the whole clique suspended; the per-
On thi. the curtain drops. and the bull and bear
shuu each other until to day.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

FORGOTTEN. :" Generation after genera
ton, says an eloquent modern writer, have
felt as we feel, and their fellows were as active
in life as ours are now. They passed away as
a vapor, while nature wore the same aspect of
beauty as when her Creator commanded her to
be. And so likewise shall it be when we are
gone. The heavens will be as bright over our
graves as they are now around our path the
world will have the same funeral wind on its
way, and the attraction for offspring that she
has now for our children. A little while and
all this will have happened The throbbing
heart will be stilled, and We shall be at rest
Our prayers will be said, and the grave clods
will be thrown in, and our friends will all re-
turn, and we shall be left behind to darkness
and to worms And it may be for some short
time we shall be spoken of, but the things Of
life will creep in, and our names will soon be
forgotten. Days will continue to move on, and
laugter will be heard in the very chamber in
which we died and the eyes will glisten agair
with joy and even our children will cease tC
think Of us, and will not remember to lisp oul
| name. "
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

A CLERrCL ANEcDorE Rev. Samuel
Clawson, Methodist preacher Of eccentric
manners, sometimes called the wild man."
was very popular in Western Virginia some
twenty years ago. He was eross-eyed and
wry-made, and was very dark-skinned for a
white man. At times he was surprisingly elo-
quent, always excitable, and occasionally ex-
travagant. He once accompanied a brother
minister, Rev. Mr.. R., prominent pastor, to
a eolored church. Mr.. r. gave the colored
preacher the hint, and, of course, Clawson was
invited to preach. He did so, and during the
sermon set the impul,ive Africans to shouting
all over the house. This, in turn, set ClawsoR
to extray agant words and actions, and he leap
ed out OF the pulpit like deer, and began to
shake the hands of the colored brethern and to
mix in quite happily. He wept for joy. Then,
pressing through the crowd he found Brother
r., and, sitting down beside him, he threw his
arms around his neck, and, with tears stream
| ing down his cheeks, he said:
! brother R., almost wish | had been bora
a niger. These folks have more religion than
we have"
"Well, WE'LL" said Brother R., "you come
so near it that you needn't cry about it. "
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

A Boston paper contains the following =
" Last evening a married man, named Wad-
leigh, took two young females into saloon on
Court street, and treated them to oysters, &c
After finishing her repast, one of the girls said
she guessed she wouldn't stop any longer, and
bidding him good night she left him and the
other girl in conversation together When
Wadleigh came to pay the bill he missed his
wallet, and had the girl last with him arrested
and locked up for stealing it, as she sat on the
side from which he claimed that his wallet was
stolen, and his supposition was that she had
passed it slyly to the girl who first left. Wad
leigh made his way home and told his wife of
his treating two girls to oysters, and that one
of them had stolen his wallet, containing $55,
and he had got her locked up in the police
station. After patiently hearing his story, Mrs.
Wadleigh very pleasantly informed her erring
spouse that the girl he had caused to be locked
up had not stolen his wallet that she had fol-
lowed him and saw him pick up the girls on
Hanover street, and as they were entering the
saloon she stepped up close behind him and
abstracted the missing wallet from his pants
pocket. She then handed him his wallet, and
directed him to go to the station and have the
innocent girl discharged, which he did withou
delay"
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

NARROW ESCAPE OF A DELAwAE CAPTAIN
AND HIS FAMILY.-The schooner Eric, o. b. |
Boyce, of Seaford, Delaware, commander, |
having on board his wife Louisa, little daugh- |
ter Bertha, and the usual complement Of sea-
men, left Noriork, Va, short time since for
Portland, Me. The voyage, up to within !
few hours sail of their destined port, was pleas
antly and safely made, experiencing no rough |
weather until the night of the Sth inst, when
they were overtaken by the storm that caused
so much destruction among the shipping along
the coast. The captain was aware OF Its APP
proach, and crowded on full sail to reach the
harbor, but so fearful was its impetuosity, that
the Schooner was driven considerable distance
out of her course, and tossed about at the mer-
cy Of the waves, which, lashed to fury by the
fierce gale, were fOaming and boiling and sweep
ing over the vessel at every plunge she made
into the trough Of the sea. All around them
| large and small craft were crashing against
each other, some sinking and others complete
! ly dismasted and disabled, while those on the
Erie, from their own perious situation, were
unable to succor their unfortunate friends. To
add to the horror the vessel sprung aleak, but
the men worked nobly at the pumps and kept
her above the waves. Once, as she was lifted
upon huge billOw, steamship few swiftly
by, the paddle wheels Of which passed within
a few feet Of the bow-sprit Of the Erie. Cap
tain Boyce, in his heroic endeavor to save his
wife and child from being washed overheard,
was himself swept from the deck by passing
wave, but was rescued with great difficulty by
his brother, james Boyce. A few years ago
he barely escaped with his life off Annapolis,
/ Nd, having just time enough 20 get into his
yawl-boat as the vessel went down. Captain
Boyce is sailor of long experience, and but
for his thorough knowledge Of the manage
] ment of vessel, the courage of his men, anC
the heroic fortitude of his wife, who fully com
pretended the danger by which they were sur
rounded, they would have found grave, be
e meath the waves The Erie arrived safely il
; Portland on the 10th inst, from which plac
t Captain Boyce and his family will shortly leav
for their home at Seaford.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

The plan of the Southern women for an in
stitution in which they can be taught to earn
their living is such good one that we are
sorry they have not chosen better way to
carry it into effect. Perhaps upon no class of
persons has the war entailed 80 much individu-
al distress as the Southern ladies, brought up
in idleness and affiuence, taught to shun every
species of labor as degradation, and now cut
off by the impoverishment or death Of their
natural protectors from all means of support.
Our northern women in such cases generally
find some useful employment by which they
can at least earn bread; but the planters
daughters. elegantly and uselessy accomplish
ed, have not the same resources. An estab-
| lishment in which their talents could be turned
to profitable account-where they could learn
to be type-setters, engravers, wood-carvers,
painters, book-keepers, gardeners, telegraph
operators, and SO on-would be priceless boon
to them and a real benefit to the community
We hope such an establishment will some day
or other be founded; but it was hardly becom
ing for these ladies to ask Mr.. Geo. Peabody
to do it. He has given SO much and given Sc
wisely that we had better leave him to tht
promptings OF his own benevolence. ~. /
Tribune. .... .... -.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

The Pioneer Mutual Company in adopting rates Of
premiums based on American experience OF Mortali-
and Interest
Ptemums LOWER than any other Mutual Company.
fureiy Mutual. All the profits divided among tine
cr'lcy Holders. There are no Stockholders in this
Company.
ALL POLICIES NON-FORFETTING. Not after
Two years. but after the first annual payment
Alb KINDS OF POLICIES ISSUED. Ordinary
Llle' Ten Year Plan. Single Payment and install.
aenL All kinds Of Endowment Tables. Return
IItemIum Table. Joint Life Table. Childrens' En-
tOwment Table
,rtemiums Payable in one Payment, in Five, Ten.
ileen or twenty nstallments, or during Life. Pay
Aens received Annually, Semi.Annually, or Quar-
s,y' All payments required in Cash.
,DNloends on the " Contribution Plan" 1t will be
fved that The reduction of rates is equivalent 10
dividend in advance of at least thirty three and
Me.thlrd per cent
THE LOAN FEATURE, original with this Com
publications.
Table of Rates,
oosks and any information required. promptly fur.
A. "Tu On application to the Home Office or any Of
~sNompany's Agents.
JOHN 2. .McLEAR, President.
GEO. w. STONE, Vice President.
M M CHILD, Secretary
4 U. W. MAULL, VI. D. Medical Examiner.
o. NELDS, Counsel and Actuary.
vrSUSFEES.-JOhn P. McLear. VIM Bush, Georg
". BuAh, John Rice, William G. Gibbons. Job II
M1sOn, MO, Henry +. Pickles, Clement b. Smyth. ThOi
a.. "eoo Wm CaAby, VIM. HI. Swift, VIM. s. Hilles
~. ,Dnnghurst, Jr., Saml. Bancroft, Jr James MOI
s,..' u. Adams. Lewis P. Bush, NJ D., III. B. Seide
y, DIRECTORS a
NTaar Naa MeLear, William Candy, Thos. d. Webt
W. E'S@ bush, William G. Gibbons, George w. Bust
?. hiies, Geo w Stone, VIM. III. Swift. Edwar
'ept22 ly 0N'Oi'' 'i'' 'O
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

TINE FOR MATRIMoNY. Among the ancient
Germans, than whom finer race never exist
ted, it was death for any woman to marry be-
fore she was twenty years old. BY the laws OF
Lycurgus, the most special attention was paid
to the physical education, and no delicate, or
sickly woman were on any account, allowed to
marry DIR. johnson in his work of Econe::
my Of Health, says that matrimony should
not be contracted until the first year of the
fourth septennial on the part Of the lady, nor
before the last year of the same in the case Of
the gentlemen. In other words, the female
should be at least twenty years OF age and
the male twenty eight years. The Doctor says
there should be a difference of seven years be-
tween the sexes, at whatever period OF life the
connection is contracted. There is difference
of seven years, not in the actual duration OF
life in the two sexes, but in the stamina OF the
constitution, the symetry Of the form and lin
eaments of the face. In respect to early mar
riage, so far as it concerns the softer sex, tor
every year that marriage is entered upon before
the age of twenty-one, there will be, on an
average. three years of premature decay, more
or less apparent, of the corporal fabric.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

Prolonged slumber seems to be getting into
fashion. The Madison lind. Courier records
one Of the greatest somnambulistic fsats upon
record, Two years ago a young man went to
sleep, or as the Courier phrases it, into dead
Sleep" though he wasn't dead by any manner
of means, for at the expiration of the twenty.
four months aforesaid be aroused himself and
asked in the most natural and affecting way
"if breakfast was readyP', TO the respecta,-
BILE doctor who all the time had been in attend
ance upon him, giving him everything in the
whole pharmacop@ia calculated to wake man
up, he put the unfeeling question, Who are
you 2" The young man is now engaged IN
reading files of newspapers for lS67-l869, and
"posting himself generally. 1t is supposed
that he will require very little sleep for two
years to come.
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS. The New York
Commercial Advertiser has coupled these two
important events in life in an editorial upon
the folly of the extravagant displays on such
occasions The expenses of a shOwy wedding
too frequently causes great embarrassment to
young married couples, and the money spent
bv the widow and children eats up the small
pittance left by the husband and causes great
distress. The Catholic Church has wisely, or
dered that the funeral expenses OF its members
should not be extravagant, and the example
should be followed by other denominations
Smyrna times., 1869-09-29

PECULIAR MEN-The jealous man IL alwaz
a hunting. He il alwaz hunting for some
thing that he don't expect to find, and after he
haz found it, then he IL mad because he haz.
These fellers don't beleav in spOoks, and yet
they are about the only folks who ever see
emmy. A jealous man il alwaz happy jlst In
proporshun az he il miserable. Jelosy IL
disease, and it il good deal like ea-slckness
dreadful sick and kan vomit.
The anonymous man boards at red tavern,
and pays hiz board bi tending bar occasionally.
He haint got emmy more karacter than the jack
of spades haz when he amt trumps. He Il
oafer by prOfesshun, without emmy vices. he
rides on the box once in a while with the drl-
yer, and nobody thinks of asking him for his
stage fare. He sprung fiom q respectable
family. His great grandfather was Justls oV
the peace, but he haz not vanity enuf tew
brag on it. He amt necessarily phool, emmy
more than bulls eye watch IL; IT emmy BODY
will wind him, he will set still and run quietly
down. :,
The stiff man looks down, when he walks,
upon folks He IL a kind ov masculine turkey
on parade in a barn yard. He il generally
| loaded with wisdum clear UP TO the muzEeli,
and when he goes oph makes noise IKE
cannon, but don't dew emmy damege. new
seen him fire into crowd, and miss every one.
This kind Nv stiff man is very handy tew nat
ter They seem to know they ain entitled to
a good article, and therefore are satisfied with
very hard soap. There amt but very fu mel
who git stiff on what they actually know, but
most awl ov them git stiff on what they actu
ally feel Stiff men are called aristOkrats, bu
this amt so. There amt such thing az arls
tokrats in this country. The country am lonI
enuff, unless the man haz got some Indian Il
hin.-J0sh Billings.