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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
The Missing Crown jewels Of Spain

A report comes from Mexico that the
crown Jewels of Spain, which have been
missing for some time, are in pawn at the
National Monte de Piadad, in the city of
Mexico. These precious articles are not
to be seen by ordinary visitors to that es-
tablishment; but the story is that they
were shown to Mr.. Seward and one or two
members of his party. They include the
Jewels that were pawned by lsabella-not
the Isabella of the period, but the other
to fit out Columbus on his voyage to dis
cover America. A portion. if not all the
Jewels, that have been added to the Span
ish crown since that time are with them.
and the entire lot has been pledged as
collateral for loan to somebody. The
amount of the loan and The name of the
party who negotiated it are not given.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
ensor and LittIefeId.

Tho Governor, in his proclamation
oor;r,, for tho presence Of his two apsenU
tr;on5e nnder the authority of the act OF
the I,epislature to restore the creol' "a 'n0
State and facilitate the constructor "a o"-
Railroads. draws it very mildly. he lails
+o inform his absent friends OF the penalty
for noncompliance with the provisions u
thao This is the more reprehenslpIe'
as it is hardly possible that MS absent
friends can become acquainted Win these
PENALTIES. for we believe commlttees nave
baen heretofore unable to ferret out thelr
uboreabouts. and we cannot suppose that
tho Governor can be appraised OF thelr
,,rosent locality. or, as the guardian OF
the States honor and interests ne "oulo
voluntarily inform the Legislative 1nVeSIl-
oatino committees and the suffering OIL
cars and employcs Of tho Western DIVISION
of tho Western North Carolina isallroad.
The act is too long for publication here.
srfice to saw il REQUIRES all Presidents OF
Railroads in which the State has an IN
terest to make a full statement OF the
Roads. affairs within twenty days alter ING
notice is served, which IS required TO DC
done within five days after its ratlhcailon'
Those residing out of The STATE to be no.
titled by advertisement. Hence the no
tice to Swepson and IittIefleld. me
ninth section provides that " If the freSl-
dent or other officers Of any Railroad Com
pany in which the State IS interested
within the provision of the first five sec
tons of this act shall wiIfully refuse OF
fail to comply with the said provisions
thereof, every auch President or other OIL
GERS shall be deemed guilty of felony, and
upon conviction, shall suffer lmprlson-
ment in the States prison for not less than
five years.
We give Governor HOlden's absent
friends the advantage of our circulation TO
advise them OF their danger. If 1t VIII
cause the exiting of theae two personages
from the State we don't think North Caro-
lima will lose much if We never hear OF the
seven millions of State bonds supposed to
be in their possession.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
,.I,.urance and Drunkenness.

The case of Campbell vs.. American
Dc.-.1.x Life Insurance company was
taken MP in the Circuit court OF the LIS
800 - Columbia Friday. This is an &C
ton to recover the amount OF a lie p'' a.,
in the American Popular company iof
a. 600 on the life of Nathaniel Il. Camp
bell, who died of apoplezy'
The defence is that the death OF INC IL
.,,rod was Of disease created or aggraVa-
ted by intemperance, and tnal Tue :and
peon-in- chief of the company had decloeo
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18

products of the great West contribute
largely to the support OF railways, and
make their stocks valuable as an invest
ment, but the money value of these pro-
ducts is trifing as compared to that OF
cotton. A ton of cotton transported to
Savannah over the Central Railroad is
worth in that market tiue hundred dollars.
A ton of ,UAeat transported by the Bali-
more and Ohio Railroad and its Western
feeders is worth in the latter city forty-six
dollars and sixty six cents.
These facts should teach our own citi-
zens a VI luable lesson. We should bend
every energy to concentrate the trade of
those sections of this State and South Calo-
lima, already open to us by our lines Of rail
way in which cotton is the chief product,
and we should do all we can to open up to
this market the cotton growing counties of
Union and MecklenDurg by means of the
rapid extension of the Wilmington, Char
lotte and Rutherford Railroad. Herein
lies the real prosperity of Wilmington,
and the sooner we bring ourselves to &C.
knowledge this fact and act upon az, the
better it will be Tor us. That line OF rail-
road should be completed without delay.
If the State is unable to do SO, then let
her bonds be surrendered and her proffer.
ed aid be withdrawn. The Company.
with its completed lines, with a restored
credit, and more than million of dollars
of unsold first mortgage bonds will be able
to push it's way through the gap between
the Pee Dee and Charlotte. By some
means the road can and must be finished
It will open to Wilmington fine cotton
country, the products of which now seek
foreign markets.
We do think this table, showing the
comparative value of the cotton and grain
trade, should be the subject of much re-
Fiction upon the part of those who have
more especially in charge the commercial
interests of our city.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
The Honest Truth.

We find in the Savannah Republican a
brief but pointed article in reference to the
question, How the South feels about the
war;" which we cordially approve, for it is
the honest truth
We are sorry to see such respectable
and we'll informed newspaper as the Jour
nal of Commerce speaking of the peni-
tence Of the South" and making state
ment so wide asunder from the truth as
that the Southern people have "prayed
Congress for forgiveness. The Journal
wholly misappIehends the moral status OF
our people in relation 10 this subject, and
we regret to add, does US, Internationally,
no doubt, great injustice. We beg to en-
tighten it regarding Southern sentiment,
and guard against similar errors in future
Mr.. Chief Justice Chase comprehends
our condition. and correctly reflected 1t in
private interview with some friends
some days ago. The South does not be-
lieve that she has sinned, and, consequent
", for her there is no such thing rs re-
pentance. Repentance is result of con-
scious gMilt, q feeling of self-condemnatlon
no man in the South-whose heart was in
the late war-entertains. Our status to-
ward the Federal Government is simply
this: We went out of the Union because
we believed we had right to gO-we
lieved we had right to be Independent,
! anu could be neither happy or safe III the
Union-we did our best, fought like men
in a cause which we held sacred; we were
! whipped and defeated in our plans, and,
like brave and honorable men, acknOw-
ledge the defeat and submit in good faith
TO all it's just and legal consequences. We
are this, and nothing more, and whoever
| thinks differently of us makes a mis-
| take. SO far as concerns any wrong COM
| mitted against the chest government the
world ever saw" we are neither sorry nor
penitent, and it is a great error to regard
| us as q nation of cOntrite sinners on our
knees begging for mercy. Having failed
| in the war, we now only ask for peace and
such measures as are likely to reinstate us
in harmony with the North. We do it in
good faith, and are ready to perform our
| full part in the restoration III fact and
i spirit. But we come not as interiors or
guilty supplicants, bat as brave, high
minded Americans. in all respects the
EQUALS of our conquerOrs, and with con-
sciences void of offence. If the North re-
ceives us back as anything else it will be
badly cheated.
This is the honest truth. We kno W
there are miserable servile creatures and
hypocrites in the South who would make
any humiliation of themselves that "thrift
may follow fawning," but such is not the
temper of the great body Of the Southern
people. They are honest, heightened.
honorable, and alike devoid of servility
and hypocracy. For them We speak, anO
they " Ill respond amen to all we have writ
ten.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
ConsoIfdation-nTr. Malone,

By reference to the House proceedings
published this morning, 1t will be found
that consolidation has assumed q new form
under the paternity of Mr.. MALONE, tho
able and efficient member from Caldwell,
and comes up on its passage tomorrow.
This is the most unjust shape III which this
question has yet been presented. Its con-
summation would do very great injury to
us, without in the last beneiiting others.
If that portion of the North Carolina Rail
road between Raleigh and Goldsboro' is
consolidated with the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, it will only increase the
length Of an improbable road, already
overburdened with debt, and Will be cut
ting off our city entirely from the interior
Of the State.
We do not know what our people have
done to provoke this attack upon their dear
est interests from Mr.. MALONE. He ought
not to Judge us by those authorized to re-
present us in Raleigh. Our people who
pay taxes who subscribed for and still
own more than one hundred thousand dol
lars of stock in the North Carolina Rail
road, are the political friends of Mr.. Ma
LONE and admire him Tor the ability and
vieor with which he has cOmbatted fraud
and corruption in the Legislature, and the
fearlessness with which lie has battled for
the best interests of the State. The time
has been, and may soon return, when the
good opinion OF our people was desirable
Mr.. MALONE, we believe, has not been
a citizen of the State very many years and
may not be familiar with the history of
internal improvements IN the past. II he
will investigate tho history OF the North
Carolina Railroad, from tho introduction
of the bill to grant Il charter undl the cars
passed over tie whole route from Colds
boro' to Charlotte, VIC are sure he would
not feel justified in giving other sections
special advantages over us, to our detri-
ment, without any public good being ac-
complished. Hon. WILLIAM S. AsHE,
then in the Leg islature from New Hanover.
secured the passage Of the bill charterirg
that road, and the citizens of Wilmington,
living eighty miles from its eastern termi-
nus, subscribed one tenth of the entire
amount paid by individuals 1t was be-
heved, and SO intended, that it's compile.
ton would develop our commerce and give
our city direct communication with the
Interior. 1t is true that the expectations
of its friends have not been altogether
realized in this regard, but we did not look
from such a quarter for an attempt to do
prive us altogether of the benefits of the
rosd. III ..
There is no doubt that it would he bet.
ter for the North Carolina Rnilroad IN dig
pense in some way Of tina pa. ,ion of Il,
line between Raleigh and Goldsboro' b1
tease or sale, bus as it Is to the intel.s It o
tho State to get ~ much for it as possible il
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18

from nca,tical disabilities which was read first
and second time, and referred to the COMMITTEE
on Reconstruction.
Mr. Lash introduced q bill to relieve from po'
citizens of North Carolina; which was read hrst
and second time, and referred to the COMMITTEE
M Issh also introduced q bill to relieve O M.
Perryman a citizen of Davidson county, North
Oaroiina from political disabilities; which was
read q first and second time, ADD referred 10 Ine
Committee on Reconstruction
Mr.. Lash also introduced bill to rel.eVe jas
per Kindley, citizen Of Davidson county, North
Carolina, from political distributes Nncn W hs
read q first and second time, and referred 10 the
COMMITTEES on Reconstruction.
MIR. Lash also introduced . bill to relieve Joei
r. Hill, of Stokes county, North Carohna, IRON,
second time, and referred to the Committee on
decentralization.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
Rank RnbheEs.

It is somewhat surprising, but none the
less pleasing, to read that gang Of bank
robbers have been foiled in their attempt
to plumber a moneyed institution, yet
such is tho actual fact. The private
Waterman of Baltimore bank forced a
number of bank robbers to retreat from
the building which he was guarding, not
only without securing any money, but
with the loss of the implements of their
nefarious trade. All persons having the
care of banks should take courage; the
generators of vaults and destroyers of
safes are not invulnerable. -Philadelphia
Ina. r.- a.s
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
u.uoxai of Disabilities

When the subject comes mp IN the house
General Farnsworth, OF lliinoiS. in ~,
move that the political disabilities o. %.
citizens in those States whose legislatures
have ratified the fourteenth and fifteenth
an,eraments to the Constitution OF the
Tn;taa states, and whose disabilities were
;Tnnosed bv. or incurred under, the tnlra
section of the said fourteenth "r'i0'0 -
amendments, be approved
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
Ton SreSs.

We find among the most recent proceed
ings of Congress the following bills intro
duced by members from this State
UNIFORM RAILROAD GAUGE.
Mr. Dockery introduced bill requiring uni
1ormlty of railroad gauge in the United states
which was read firstand second tire, and re-
fer ~ "'nmitte' :; '.>i ~ sani Canals,
el.u u!t. Fl .. ~ = I.
Dl7Ai'IlhftE ~ y itTr CAROLINA
4. Dock q, -.-, t.t.-..,i rs,I Z bill for The re-.
nloVaI Of DISABILITIES III North Carolina which
was read first an second time, and referred to
the Committee Oh Reconstruction.
FRANCIS r. sHoBER.
MIR. Deweese introduced bill to relieve Fran
CHS E. Shober from tho test-oath of 1862; which
was read a first and second time, and referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
REMOVAL I POLITICAL DISA 81 LTTIFS.
Mr D.p mir - i,iH
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18

The Congressional GIobe-The Army
Negro Girls In the Department of
PrintfnG-Radical I'm moraItty Exposed.
The Supreme Court and the Legal
Tender Dec1siOn-The President's Shame
Ben R. In Bad Luck Shoe Fly" I'm
COrgress-COx on Butler, &c., &c.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
From the Raleigh Sentinel,
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE
SENATE.
OLN a III.
FRIDAY, Feb. II, 1870.

OLNAIE.
a. FRIDAY, Feb. Il, 1870.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Bellamy Bill to incorporate the
Tarboro' Street Railway Company. Re-
ferred.
On motion of Mr.. Sweet the rules we're
suspended in order to take up the bill to
protect the interests of the State as stock
holder in the North Carolina Railroad
Company. H. 81 e
Messrs. Sweet, Love, Jones, of Mecklen-
burg, and Robbins spoke in favor of the
bill.
Messrs. Welker, Graham and Jones, of
Wake, opposed it.
The bill finally passed its third reading,
was ordered to be engrossed and sent to
the House.
On motion the Senate adjourned until
this evening at u o'clock.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18

We learn that strawberry bleem has
made its appearance in the garden Of a
gentleman living near South Castor. This
is rather early for the appearance of this
bloom, but already our mouth is anticipa-
ting the taste Of Strawberries and cream
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18

Monday subscription to raise money
to rebuild the Sugar Greek Church was
circulated in the city. Among the liberal
subscriptions We notice that of Mcoara.
Stenbouse, McOanly & Co.-Charlotte
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18

Life is but trust; SO let US he careful In
our dealings, that our account may be
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18

This table presents facts which should
strike the attention of our merchants. We
have frequently noticed the energy 18th
which the naval store and lumber BUSINESS
was courted by our business men too much
to the neglect of the cotton trade, and how
our immediate section was retarded by So
much attention being paid to these sour
ces of wealth while our fertile acres re-
NAMED untitled and some of the best cot
ton land in the State never had seed OF
cotton planted in it.
Savannah, with less than forty thousand
inhabitants, has an export trade more
than five times as great as Boston, nearly
four times as great as Baltimore, and one
Third as great as that Of Ne,O Fork.
Savannah owes this remarkable and as
tonishing growth of her export trade. says
the Augusta Chronicle, to her admirably
conducted and extensive railroad commu-
nications with the rich cotton fields OF
Middle, Western and Southwestern Geor-
gia and Eastern Alabama. 1t is the South'e
great staple which gives life, activity. val
ne and Importance to the great cotton
centres-Savannah and New Orleans. II
is the fact that a pound of cotton as soorH
| more than ten pounds of soheat. which puts
Savannah and New Orleans so far in ad
vance of Baltimore in the amount anG
value of their export trade.
The long lines of railroads leaving the
| shores of the great lakes as far East a:
Dunkirk and Buffalo on Lake Erie, AND
reaching as far West as Fond du Lac, the
western extremity of Lake Superior. drain
ing the great States of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin,
| and pouring into Baltimore the abundant
crops of that fertile and extensive region
fails to make her export trade more than
one third in value OF that OF Savannah,
| whose railway connections reach scarcely
beyond the limits of our own State. The
k1-~ooA - khoao nh hx1k Hoa vx-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
The Comparative Value of Cotton an
Wheat as elements OF Wealth.

The following table, made up from the
returns of imports and exports for the
month of November last, received by the
Bureau of Statistics, makes some startling
developments, and teaches a wholesome
and valuable lesson, which the people of
this city and of the whole country will do
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
Fertilizers.

The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
"learns from a clerk in the Central Rail
road iofice that up to this time no less
than eiqM million pounds of guano have
been received and delivered into the hands
of dealers and consumers since the 10th OF
last November. Eight million pounds
more have passed over the road to other
railroads and gone into the country"
Commenting upon these facts, the
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says -
"These sixteen million Of pounds make
eight thousand tons. worth an average OF
about eight dollars per ton, or IN the ag
gregate over a million and quarter. This
is large trade, and shows to what extent
planters in Southwest Georgia now rely
upon commercial fertilizers in the pro-
duction OF cotton. Large as this showing
is, it does not compare with the guano
trade of this city. We have one concern
here-the Dickson Fertilizing Company
which has sold and received orders for
more than foe thousand tons, and new
orders to the extent of hundreds of tons
are pouring in upon them daily. This is
a home company, and we are rejoiced to
chronicle it's admirable success.
eve have other large dealers in guano
here, some of whom have sold as much as
three thousand tons. We believe we
would be clearly within bounds in saying
that Augusta dealers have sold at least
thirty thousand tons this season, worth
over taoo and a half million of dollars"
Have we not in these facts and figures
some insight into the success of Georgia
planters and the present pecunIary pros
perity Of the State ? If experiment has
demonstrated any truth it is that no in
vestment which the farmer makes brings
a better return than the purchase of good
fertilizers, or the liberal use of those which
nature has placed under his own soil. Ii
our agriculturalists ever expect to rival
their neighbors q more liberal and intelh-
gent mode OF cultivation must be en-
ployed.
In this city we have agencies of all The
leading Northern and Southern manufac-
tured fertilizers, and good reliable home
company, whose operations are carried on
under the control of well-known citizens,
and open to the inspection Of visitors.
Every variety of soil and production can
be suited from these various kinds OF
guano Those who think they save by re-
fusing to purchase, are poor economists.
Then, too, throughout Eastern North
Carolina there are rich beds OF mari and
phosphate deposits, in many places sus-
ceptible of being dug out and used to ad-
vantage. Many farmers are content to
force scanty subsistence from poor or
worn lands, while their very pillow shares
almost bring to the surface the rich de-
posts which lie just beneath the surface,
by the liberal application of which their
crops would be tripled.
The world moves agriculturally as we'll
as morally, socially and politically, and
if we do not avail ourselves of our natural
advantages and refuse the use of artificial
aids, we must inevitably lag in the race
for prosperity. We must be up and doing.
apaH
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-02-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, Feb, IL. 1870.
RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS.

RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS.
BY Mr. Malone A resolution requesting
the Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole on investigation to report 10 the
House. Lies over.
On motion of Mr.. Malone the rules were
suspended, and his resolution taken up
and adopted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-14

sIXTY-FIyE FIRST PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED.
rdNHE GREAT SOUTHERN PIANO MAN
l. UFAGTORY.
VIM. KIN ABE & CO.,,
Manufacturers Of
GRAND, SQUARE Il UPRIGHT PIANO.
FORTES,
BALTIMORE, md.
These Instruments have been before the Pub.
lie for nearly Thirty Years. and upon their eX-
collcEcc ;.!ono aLt med an unpNrchGsed pre- en.-
inencc, which pronOunces them unequalled.-
Their
TONE
ing quality, rs we'll rs great purity Of Intona-
ton and sweetness throughout the ontire scale.
TnGir
i: piiant Aad elastic, aad entirely free from the
stillncss found in so many Pianos.
IN WORKMANSHIP
they arc unequallcd. using mono but tho worry
best seasoned material, the largo capital enl-
p!Oycd in our business enabling us to keep con-
tinunliy An it.mcnse stock Of lumber. Il G.. on
hand.
es~All CUR SQUARE PIANOS have our
New improved Overstrung Scale and tho
AgraE9 Treble.
X" W would call special attention to our
late improvements in GRAND PIANOS and
SQUARE HEANDS, Patented Aug. ID, 1856
which bring the Piano nearer perfection than
has yet bean attained.
Epery Piano fully Warranted for Five Years.
We have made arrangements for the Sole
Wholesale Agency for tho most celebrated
pAkLrk ORGANS and MELODEONS,
which We offer, Wholesale and retail, at lowest
factory prices. VIM. KNABE q CO..
DoV lA-eo5m Baltimore. Md.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-14
MEDICAL.
TO PHYSICIANS.
New York, August 10Th, 1868.

Allow me to call your attention to my PHEf'
ARATION OF COMPOUND EXTRACT
BUCuU. The component parts are BUCdO'
LONG LEAF, CUBEBS, JUMPER BERRIES.
MODE OF PREPARAT15E.-Buchu, in Vacuo.
Juniper Berries, By distilation, TO form u fine
gin. Cubebs extracted by displacement with
spirits obtained from Juniper Berries; very
little sugar is used, and small proportion
spirit. It is moro palatable than any now to
use
Buchu, as prepared by Druggists, is of dark
color. 1t is plant that emita its fragrance;
the action of fame destroys this tits active
principle leaving dark and gutinous decoc-
ton Mine is the color of ingredients. The
Buchu, in my preparation. prodominstes; the
smallest quantity of the other ingredients are
added. to prevent fermentation; upon inspec-
ton, it will be found not to be Tincture, az
made in Phsrmacopas, nor is it a Syrup-and
therefore can be used in cases where fever or
Inflammation exist. In this, You have the
knowledge of the ingredients and the mode of
preparation.
Hoping that you will favor it with trial
and tn upon inspection it will meet with your
appreciation,
With feeling of confidence,
l am, very respectfully,
Ii. T. HELM BOLD,
Chemist and Druggist of 16 Years Experience.