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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25
Private Life OF the Crown Princess of
Prussia.


Prussia.
The Cross Gazette takes the following
account of the life of her Royal Highness
Hamburg from a private letter
Our Crown Princess has now been here
four weeks. Her sister. the Princess Alice,
Of Darmstadt, often comes with her chill
dren to visit her. At such times the sight
Of the family excursions from the old castle
il very pleasant, as there are then eleven
children together, and they are ell very
lively. Several of them lately rode out on
doDkeyH, and two pursued IL chaise from
behind which wG5 drawn by two small
horses, anu in which some of the children
were also seated. Che Grown Princess is
exceedingly simple i'll her tastes and man
ncrs. She herself carries 1afreshments in
a basket to the patients in the Lazareth. -
She has had everything there arranged in
tue most excellent manner. She has bad
the beds covered with white sheets and
coverlets, aud neat curtains put up. By
her order flowers are PLACED in the rooms,
and 1t concert was given by the band
Of the Aurhaus, on which occasion
the wounded were carried in their
beds into the court Of the barracks.
She las caused several old servants of the
old English Marchioness to be- summoned
to visit her. She has also visited the
wounded Major 5. and the Landratb. To
the lattor she lntrusted present for the
male and female attendants on the wound
ed, with whom sis colvcrses in very
friendly manner Her youngest con is
very much like his handsome old grand
father, the King; it is always pleasure to
see him, he is such q splendid child. The
Grown Princess, beyond all doubt. posses
sas great deal Of energy, and shs is fond
of simplicity and good order. The Fire
Guard here desired to place guard Of
honor at the castle, but she refused the
offer vita thanks. She arrived with her
children in carriage. No one recognized
or salated Ler; a splendid entrance had
been expected, and size was past. She has
generally one Of her children on her lap
whom she drives out. 1t is no wonder she
has gained all hearts. especially those of
the mothers. She has also had an open
hand for the inhabitants of Strasburg in
their need; many of them who he'd fl I'd are
now returning home"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25

or in a condition more destitute aud dis
Ecouraging even tran at the close Of the
war But the yesr 1868, tho third year OF
the free labor experiment.. atslass brought
an Improvement. The harvest was suffi-
ciettly abundant to furnish the people
with cheap food and to produce large
surplus for tho failure and for export,
while the value returned from the sale OF
the exportable product OF that year, in the
form of cotton, grain, sugar, tobacco. and
naval stores. and the like. amounted to an
aggregate of at Ieastthree hundred millions
of dollars in currency. Such results Of
effort aud industry, which IL lts sery state
ment assumes the character OF tbe marvel
lous, has brought to the people Of the
South before SO enfeebled, poor, and dis
:,ouraged, large measure OF strength and
prosperity. Ii has restored the broken
aud exhausted lines Of railway iutercom-
municatioB, and is creating many add1-
tional ones it is enriching the coil and
increasing the quality and quantity of the
great staple per acre, through the extern
sive purchase aud use of fertilizers and
improved tools and implements ; 1T 10
planting that distributor of comforts and
roads and has led to a truer independ'
ence than could ever have been purchased
through a victory at arms. The year 1869
has also closed suspiculously. The ag-
gregate of the crops has almost uniformly
been greater, while prices have continued
to prove highly remunerasive. At
present the supply of labor 10 the South is
not sufficient to meet the demands OF it's
various industries, but to doubt that with
al assurance of profit, peace, personal
freedom, and security of property for the
future, such q supply canno OF be obtained,
is to doubt that the influences which have
heretofore proved sufficient to control hui
man action and direct the movement OF
population will continue to operate. But
supposing the supply of labor to remain as
it is, and the circumstances attending pro-
| duction to be only moderately favorable,
the South Pi7es fair promise Of deriving
annually greater amount of active sur
plus capital as the results of its industry
than eny other section Of tie Union, and
of thereby attaining to a degree OF pros
perity which will enable its population to
become large consumers of the products
of other States and countries. This. in
turn, must tend to Increase the general
prosperity of the whole country, to extend
trade and commerce, to tighten, through
wider distribution, the necessary burden
of taxation, and to make certain the extin-
guishment of the national debt at COM
paratively early period"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25
sNearly one half of General Grants

'Nearly one half of General Grants ad-
ministration has become history" rem 'rAs
a contemporary. Aud bad history. ans seE
the people. Witness the Graat-G 'Hi'
gold awindle the Gfant-Baez st. Domingo
Job, and his connection with the McGArra
han case. These are the main points In
the history of one-half OF General Grant =
administration,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25
shamefui-A Preacher hlssed out of the
Pulpit

On Sunday last the congregation assem-
bled at the Mount Zion (colored) Baptist
church, on the appearance of the preacher,
Robert Huges, very respectable colored
man, commenced to hiss him and leave the
church. theirconduct was very disorderly
some hissed, others cried him down, and
the meeting was broIsea up ia the midts of
The widest disorder. The reason given by
these colored people for their heatheDish
conduct was that Robert tad r0ted the Con-
serootioe ticket Nice principles these i'll
etilled by the great National Republican
party. Charlottesville Chronicle.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25

FROM Messrs. J. B. Watson & Co., CT
Salisbury, proprietors OF the Western N.
G. Broom Factory, we have received q
specimen of a home made broom that is
fully equal. and probably superior, to those
brought here from Yankee land. These
gentlemen received the premium for the
best lot of brooms at both the State Fair
and the Cape Fear Agricultural Fair Mr..
Watson il now in the city and can supply
the trade.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25
North CaroItn People Em1grattng

Some time since large number Of tIle
white citizens OF North Carolina passed
through this city On their way to Ohio and
other Western States with view Of set
thing, they being generally Of the labor
ing classes. The colored people Of that
State have also commenced emigrating ia
the same direction, :. company of thirty
having passed through this city on We'd,
nesday on their way to Ohio. They stated
that they came from North Carolina to
Norfolk 10y rail, and thence by
steamer to this city, intending to take rail
here for their destination. They said
that in their old homes money was scarce
and SO was labor; that numbers of whites
were also leaving on account Of hard
times. The party seemed to be in good
health and spirits. They were dressed in
clothing of domestic manufacture. The
men wore the butternut colored cloth,
with which the war made all familiar. The
women were bundled up in every magma
Bile bind of cloaks, shawls and wrappers,
and had taken precautions to make them
selves comfortable. Most CT the parties
had never been ten miles away from the
plantations on which they were born, and
the new scenes into which they had so
suddenly plunged had completely bewild-
ed them. Bait. Sun.
A Japanese pillow is a curiosity ia lis
way. 1t is nothing but a rocker Of cradle
broad enough to stand alone, with semi
circular depression on the upper side
The Japanese lie full length on the floor,
place not their head but their neck in the
crescent shaped hollow on the upper side
of the pillow, and rock themselves to sleep
10 few minutes.
An Iowa husband n few months ago
agreed 10 give his wife three dollars @
week to maintain comparative silence, de-
Quoting one cent for every superhuous
word che uttered. She now owes him
nearly enough to pay the national debt.
A Western paper has the following:
James Gordon Bennett, the veteran
editor of the New York Herald, ono of
the leading and most enterprising papers
in America, died at his home in New York
city on the 10th instant" Bennett says
if he didn't exchange with Western papers
there are lots of things that he would
never find out.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25

1t is reported that Jenny Lind is coming
to America to sing again.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25

EA1EIau, Il. O., Nov. IL
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30
Grandchildren.

Gather together your great and good
Iy company, who are interested in the
grandchild in your own house, and iet
us help each to better understanding Of
the meaning and richness ofthis relation.
We will not begin with the creation, or
the delugo, nor undertake to give his.
tory of grandfatheFs and grandchildren
since the day of Enoch; nor will we go
into the philosophy of parental love, that
is the key to the whole matter. We
know that we love our children, first of
all, from a certain instinct, because they
are ours; and we know that while with
the lower animals this love ceases with
the dependence of the young animal up
on the parent for aliment, with the human
being the love deepens as the relation OF
parent and child is ripened and strength
encd by growing sympathy and mutual
service. Now this very affection that we
have for our own children does not rest
in them alone, as they grow in years and
knowledge and rise into youth and matu-
rity. We still yearn for little child to
love, and there is a void in the house
where there is none Good Providence
has benignly met this need of our nature
by ordaining that when our children
grow up their place shall be supplied, or
rather truly filled, by children OF theirs,
and so the child is not set aside, but rath,
er restored in the grandchild.
do not exactly know how to analyze
the kind of affection that is so ready TO
cling to a grandchild. we love that lit,
tie fellow at once, without waiting for
moralist or theologian to define the feel
ing or urge the duty. He is blood of our
blood, and bone OF our bone, and in the
form that most expresses dependence and
wins protection. He lis the child Of our
child, and we love him for our sake, for
his mothers or fathers sake, as we'll as
for his own sake. We see in him not
only himself, but the whole world of af-
fection with which he is related. In that
boy or girl in our daughters arms we
see as in a mirror the face OF our daughter
when she was in her mothers arms and
that mothers face smiles again upon us
with new grace, whether from the earthly
home or from the heavenly mansion.
Then this child is nearer our heart fol
being an interpreter Of the plan of God
for our human life. lie shows us how il
is that God is ever educating us for him
SELF and calling us to live in fresh and
undying affection by ever setting, like
Jesns, little child in the midst OF us. II
we have only our own children to love
the time will come when they will grow
up and be full of new interests and cares
that may come between them and oul
hearts When these children of ours
have children their affections are softened
and their hearts are quickened towards
us and ours toward them by this new at
traction, that sends child into the fam
lily not to be the rival of any, but the
friend of all.-REv. SAMUEL OsGooD.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30
Newspaper Grumblers.

Crumbling about newspapers is rs an
eicDt as newspapers themselves. Aud,
not tvithstanding the multiplication OF
these modern convenencies, and the
sleepless efforts of publishers to adapt
their papers to every variety Of taste, and
every shade of sentiment, afYording, one
might think, ample opportunity to read,
crs to suit themselves perfectly, yet there
is still as much grumbling about newspa
pers as there ever was,
We suppose that it does not often oc-
cur to the grumblers that possibly they
themselves may be at fault, may be un-
reasonable, may expect many impossible
tiles, may be ont of humor, may have a
fit Of indigestion or spleen, or may be
stupid or unappreciative. 1t may never
occur to them that the men who toll
night and day to furnish them with the
freshest news, and the greatest variety Of
information and entertainment, are NOR
tai and sometimes tire themselves, and
get sleepy and cross, and stupid aud for
getful, aud careless; and need and de-
serve, too, some consideration and even
sympathy from those for whom they un-
eeasingly work,
ult,fnding readers do not consider
that everything that is made by human
brains and hands must of necessity be
imperfect, however strong the desire and
however earnest the effort may be to
have it faultless. And above all, they
forget that nevpaper cannot be made
for general circulation, and yet, in every.
thing, exactly suit any one person. A
thoroughly good enterprising daily paper
is like really well spread dinner table.
1t contains variety as well as quantity
something Tor every taste, and enough OF
kind TO satisfy any reasonable appetite.
1t is not expected that any guest at a
table d hote should eat of every dish
provided. 1t is not supposed for mo-
ment that every dish will he palatable
to every guest or agree with every ones
digestion but it is Thought, and reason
bly,, too, that from the abundant bill OF
fare every guest can select enough OF
what will be digestible and agreeable to
make substantial and satisfactory meal.
Just so it is with every well edited
newspaper. No one man is expected to
read everything in the paper, or to like
everything II he reads 1t but every man
is expected to find enough that is good
and useful. and acceptable, and agreeable
in the ample columns spread out before
him, to be full equivalent for what the
paper costs him, and if he happens tC
find in the carte an article which of
tends bis taste, or is in opposition to hi.
views, he has just to let that alone, and
leave it for another whom it will just suit
and for whose taste it was gotten UP. IN
choosing his paper one should do just as
he does in choosing bis restaurant; he
should select one whose general style
suits him; and when lis taste changes, %
the character ofthe parlor deteriorates,h HI
should change and try another; but new
er fret himself or vex his neighbors b,
grdmbling or scoldng about his dali,
paper, which, after all, is just about a.
necessary to his daily comfort as his din
ner-BOston IfareIer.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30
Great Poison Factory.

At Patna is one Of the two great
opium factories of India. 1t is the great
er of the two, and may, therefore, be
fairly styled the largest poisoning agency
in the world. The establishment faces
The river Ganges, whose bed is here four
miles across-at this season a desert of
caked mud, with the river far away on
the other side of the waste. The opium
is shipped to Calcutta in a steamer, and
it is good instance of the fckleness of
India rivers-those plaques of engineers
that last year, and for many years be-
fore the sacred stream ran SO close to
Patna, that wharfs were erected from
which the chests could be put right on to
the steamers, and on to which the tim
Der wherewth to make the next years
chests could be landed. This year the
Ganges has retired, and the chests have
to be carried mile or SO before being
shipped, and that can only be done by
small boats, and considerable expense.
The opium packing for 1867 was just
over at Christmas, nearly 10000 chests of
China opium had been sent down to Cal
cutta, worth about f4,OO0,O00 Each
chest contains forty cakes, of the dark,
sticky stuff ingenuously enclosed in a
coating of dried poppy leaves, so that
each cake (weighing about two pounds)
presents the appearance of a Dutch
cheese or cannon ball. This has given
rise to the saying that in war the British
give the Chinese cannon balls of iron,
and in peace cannon balls of opium, thus
giving them the choice of being shot or
poisoned, and making them pay smartly
for either attention. In return for this
they feed us with tea, and clOthe us in
silk, which seems to show truly celes-
tial spirit. London Paper.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30
Phe Mute DeteotiYe.

mo dogs admitted, sir" said the nor.
ter to a gay asscnblagc, as Young man
and his dog appeared at the entrance.
"You must leave him behind, IL you
go in"
"Very WE'LL" said the young man,
"stay ABOUT here, Prince, till come
back"
And he joined the crowd within,
By-and-by the young man wished 10
refer TO his watch, when, behold the chain
had been snapped in two and the valua-
BILE tlme'pieee was gone. lie considered
the case momcpt. and then sudden
thought aashed through his mind No
stepping out, he whispered the fact 10 tho
porter, aud gained permission 70 take his
dog in for a minute or two.
"Look here, Prince" said I've, you
kno wing dug, my watch is stolen" and
he showed him the empty pocket and
the cut chain. ado you understand, old
fellow? In there, sir, is tie thief. You
find it, my good doggic, and I'll get you
a famous treat. You understand, do
you z"
Prince wagged his tail, aud gaze his
master very knowing and cute look,
and then the two stole quietly into
the place. Quietly this dumb detective
glided around among the people, smell,
ing away at this ones coat and that ones
chain, until at last he set his teeth firm
ly into the coat skirt of a genteel look
ing man, and could not he shaken off
The young man quietly made known
the case to the bystanders, who had gath
cred around him, aud had the thief7s
pocket duly searched. Six other watch.
es were found upon him, which he had
gathered up in the course of the morn.
ing. and which the rightful owners wero
very glad to get their hands on.
Prince selected out his masters prop
crty in q twinkling, as that was all I've
cared for, and gave it to him ioyfully. II
would have taken very keen policeman
to do the work so neatly and quickly,
and all agreed that lie merited as good
dinner as dog could have. A good beef
bone and bowl of milk, however, abun,
dainty satisfied all his wants, and then
he was just as ready to do the samo
favor over again.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30

elk and dear were very numerous. The
bears gathered into the beaver meadows
and mai shes in great numbers, TO feast
upon the high whortle berries, or bilbcr-
rfes, with which they aboundcd. When
winter approached, they would retire to
the beaver meadows, heap them up beds
of wild grass, in which they would bury
themselves, and lie torpid until spring
These meadows, which the beavers form.
ed by daning up the small streams aud
overflowing the adjacent lands, were
considerably extensive in the northern
part of Ashtabula and vicinity. The
marshes were in the south part of Ashta-
bula, now Plymouth. The great marshes
produce an abundance both Of whortle
berries and cranberries.
Thus the Indians had ample induce.
ments to frequent this township for food,
from the flesh of birds aud fishes, and
food and raiment from the flesh and
skins Of the beasts taken in hunting.
Some noted individuals of the tribes
east and west were known by the early
white settlers. Among them was Omick,
a proud, bloody, revengeful Chippewa,
or Ojibway, chief lie had a proud, aris-
tocratic son, John Omick. John would
ride through the woods OH his fine grey
horse, and, OH meeting white men, would
look down upon them with contempt, as
beings of an order far inferior to himself.
lie was hanged in Cleveland, for
the murder of some one or more white
persons in Huron county, at the COM
mencement of the war of 1912. Robert
Harper and Samuel Wheeler, Esqs., who
used to play with John when the three
were boys, visited him in prison, little
before he was hanged. He was glad to
see them, and asked them to bring him
in some ears ofroasted green corn. They
complied, and as he was eating he ex-
claimed, 90 how good give me plenty
of it while / live, and l no dread to
die"
Hank or Henry Johnson,wh was born
of white parents, near the Susquehanna,
in Pennsylvania, was called "the white
Indian" lie was taken by the Indians
when very young and brought up among
them. He was entirely an Indian in hi'
manners and habits and motions. Hc
was an expert fisherman, aud could catcl
| more DSU Will lCN uOOkS SeI Ill ln(
creek, than two or three of our best
white fishermen could do with many
hooks. lie liked to appear an important
character, and would boast, in gentle
mems company, of his noble dscent from
Sir William johnson, of Johnstown, OF
the Movhawk river, the old tory who
with the British, the Indians and the
tories under his command, destroyed that
fine town in 1880. Hank was honest
and punctual in the fnllillment of his
contracts he was a skillful hunter as
well as fisherman, and, in the war O.
1912, proved himself a brave warrior
With a party of Buffalo Indians, headed
by him, he Joined the United States
troops, under command of General Porter
in an attack upon Fort Erie, where ;
British bullet shivered his jaw. Aftel
the active part taken by him in that war
he retired and resided with the Seneca:
Of Cattaragus, until his death in 1914.
Continued nert ,reek.l
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30
Select Poetry.
The Brides Home-Coming.

1--WE live in dead mems houses. ."-IIAwrmoRNE
"Who planned that stone seat by the old messed
door,
Facing the daisy-starred meadow"
o head that was white as the winter hoar,
When il went down the Valley of Shadow"
hWho planted yon rose-tree, heavy with snow
OF odorous bud and blossom 2"
Fair hands that were folded long years ago
Over q snow.cold BOSOM"
"Who trod in the path past the old oak tree
Down TO the sweetvoiced riyeFY'
Feet that now rest by the jasper sea,
In the peace of Gods Forever"
"Who drank at the bucket that hangs from yOn
sweep,
Rusty and mossy and brokenr
clips that the turf and the vioets keep
Locked in dream unspoken."
"Who made the sweet song you are humming
so low,
With your eyes straying down in the forcstg'
"One that was sepulchered ages ago,
Singing out Of his heartache when sorest."
"Who fashioned that hearth-stone, where, sit
ting tonight,
We shall taste our loves ripened complete
ness p
"One whose long story Of bale and of blight
Would poison the new homesweetnesS."
"Oh, my husband lam too young-too young
To dwell where such death damp fingers -
Darling all chambers of life are hung
With tapestry wrought by dead fingers"
eve tread in the paths of the by gone years.
Mid ghosts of the dead generations
Life is sweet with their songs, and salt with
their tears,
And rich with their souls libations.
"But LOVE, sweetest wife, is evermore new
A child to the Greek, mid Immortals,
A child is he still and foreverl With you
He enters to-day through these portals.
"He enters to-day, and he goes out no more
Till we through the gloom and the glory,
Pass on to the realm of the gone before
And tell them our own sweet story"