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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

own welfare as to stand In listless indifer-
ence in the crisis now pending Reform
alton must commence in every department
of our State Government, or We are nn-
done. The people II We it in their power
to bring this abont. LII them send capa-
bic ana honest men to the Legislature,
and reformation in the Executive end Ju-
1icial departments will follow as sure as
''the night the day" Do this, and North
Carolina is saved. Fail, and the people
are irretrievably ruined.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
an Emigration scnernc

A Washington dispatch says that Gen.
Logan intends introducing in few days 2
bill incorporating the Irisll National
Colonization Association. It's manager
comprise leading wealthy and Influential
Irishmen in every city in the Union. Thc
principal object of the bill is TO rcIovc
the surplus Irish from the over-crowded
cities OF the East, and place them OF
farms, as well as provide mean of trans
portation for the poorer classes who arc
daily arriving from Europe. 1t also pro
vides for the establishment OF loan Office
and emigration agents in the different
cities of the seaboard.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
For the Journal.
Conservative Meeting In Dupifn.


At meeting OF the Democratic citizens
OF Limestone township, Duplin county,
held at Southerland's store April I'd. the
following preamble and resolutions were
adopted, viz:
WHEREAS, l. Ii is necessary Cor the success oe
the Democratic party that it should be organizori
at once, and thai there should Le no divisions
in our ranks ; therefore,
ResotUed, l. That We suggest that mootDo
be held at Kenaasvile on Saturday, the 23d ds11
OF this month to which all the Democratic eff;
zeRs OF the county shall be invited to coDsi,}a~
as to the propriety of holding County COVE.
ton for the purpose Of organizing the partv
nominating candidates, and adopting such otbserr
measures as may ba necessary to insure src.
cess. SUI
ReSolUed, 2. That copies OF these resoJutio,a
be sent to the Wilmington JOURNAL and Et@r
with the request that they be published. '''
VIM. SANDLIN, Ch'mr.
T. J. ARMSTRONG. Sao'v
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
Internal Revenue Decisions.

The following rulings have just been
made by the commissioner Of interna,
revenue
Sir In reply to SO much of your letter
of the 28th ultimo as relates to the lax nl
50 for each $1,000 of sales in excess r..
81, $50 per quarter or coffee, spices. &c.
roasted or ground, 1 have to say that
where q grocer or dealer, for the accom-
mediation Of his customers, sends coffee
or spices TO a person who has paid special
tax as grinder OF coffee and spices 70
be ground at stated price for erindinr
he should not be assessed for the tax on
sales under the fourth section Of the act
of March 81, 1868. But a grocer or dealer
who makes business of manufacturing CT
preparing for use and sale, by grinding az
other process, coffee, spices, or mustart,
or any article or compound intended fer
use in the adulteration of or as q substi-
tate for coffee, spices, or mustard, thoual
he employs another person 10 mauufacturc
or prepare the same for him, paying there
for stipulated price per pound or other
wise, and puts the coffee, spices, mustard,
&C., up for use and sale in packages, with
his name or trade mark thereon, is liable
to the tax of two dollars per one thousand
On his sales in excess of ST, go quarterly.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
saIt tn Cooktng Veaetables.

boiled in pure water, and the other III
water to which little salt has been added,
decided difference may be observed IL
the tenderness, flavor, and if potatoes.
mealiness:of the two. Onions are probably
more improved by being cooked in salt
water than any other vegetable. Much OF
their unpleasant smell is taken away and a
peculiar sweetness and improved aroma
are decidedly apparent. Salt hinders the
evaporation of the soluble and favorlng
principles of vegetables. Country Gentle
man,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
Duel in California

A duel with Kentucky rifles at forty
PAGES was fought near Los Angeles on th,
road to Arroyo Sacco, California, q few
days ago. between John 3. Wilson, @ son
of Senator Wilson, of California, End
John e. Beane, late of the Confederate
service, but now connected with the pres
of Los Angeles. The fued originated in 4
political dispute, heated by frequent il
dulgences in wine. On the first fire Wi
son sustained flesh wound in the arm,
Beane was unhurt. An amicable adjust
ment followed
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

We hail with much satisfaction "a new
invention whose home is with the setting
sun in San Francisco. 1t is called thg
" Pneumatic Burning Engine and sc
venture to say that not one in d thousand
would guess from the somewhat tremen-
dous name thereof that the engine was q
minnie affair for dental work, cleaning
teeth and cutting away decayed parts with
out pain. It does the work with neatncss
and despatch, and is capable Of performing
nearly all of the various operations usually
inflicted upon the teeth of unhappy Au-
manity with hard instruments.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
Shot for Insulting Females,

A man named Price, living in the family
of MIR. Robert Mann, near the White Sui
phur Springs, West Virgi MIA, went home
intoxicated on Friday night last and slap
ped Mr.. Mann's mother and his two sisters
in the face. Mr.. Mann hearing of it, went
to Prices room, but being refused admit
tance, proceeded to the window, through
which he fred three pistol shots at hin.
wounding him in the abdomen and the
arm. Prices recovery is considered hope
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
General o. o. Howard.

The sanity o. 0. Howard, head centre
Of Radical piety and Freedmen's Bureau,
has been arraigned upon fifteen separate
and distinct charges of corruption and
villainy. The twelfth charge is that he
caused or knowingly allowed lands in
Washington City, owned by IN officer of
the Freedmen's Bureau, to be transferred
DO freecmen's school in North Carolina,
the officer taking the money appro-
priated for that school. thus perpetrating
fraud both upon the Government and the
freedmen.
We should by all means like to know
where the school was located and who
were the parties concerned in this trans
action. Who would have supposed the
pious Howard could have been cheating
the Government and the poor negroes too ?
BY the way. we see that General E.
Whittlesy, the precious and reverend
scoundrel, we suppose, who left this State
after the exposures made by Generals
SEEDMAN and FULLERTON, seems to be con-
terned in Towards rascalities. II the
populations and murders committed and
permitted by Whittlesy in this State did
not secure his discharge from the Bureau,
we do not suppose anything Howard would
do could surprise those cogni8ant of Whit
tlesy's transactions while in charge of the
Bureau here.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

Democrats had nothing to do with this Sc
ditious con7enticle YOU are too old now
to search records, but request one of your
sons TO give Us few extracts from the
Connecticut Journals and State papers. go
ing to show the spirit and iutent of the
Hartford Convention. I direct his atten-
ton particularly to your governors mes
sage of 1913. y Judge Longst'eet IN XXX
Century, for ADrM
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
Rebellion at q Weddfng-A Girl HaIts at
the Word Obey,

Not long since at wedding in high life
in New York, beautiful girl of eighteen
was suddenly struck dumb in response to
the word obey. Three times the priest
pronounced it with an emphasis and holy
JUNCTION each time slower, louder than be-
fore. Though the parlors were crowded,
e. breathless silence reigned. Father,
mother and groom were in agony. The
bride, with downcast eyes, stood speech
less; at length the priest solemnly closed
the book and said the ceremony cannot go
on. One imploring word from the groom
and faint ''obey," rose on the painful
stiffness. The priest unclapsed his book
and the knot was tied The congratula-
tons, the feast, all went on as though
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
Jumping the Rope,

Jumping the rope is an exercise very
much in vogue just now with little girls,
It may be healthful, bat it has It's draw
backs Yesterday morning 1t little girl
died suddenly from the effects Of rope
jumping. The child was about eleven
years old. On Saturday she entered into il
contest with other little girls, il which
she jumped rope two hundred times.
Her life paid the forfeit Pittsburgh pa
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
A mass meeting of bankers and mer-

A mass meeting of bankers and mer-
chants, held at Chicago on Saturday night,
passed resolutions urging on Congress an
immediate reduction of at least SOC. O0O,-
900 in the rates of national taxation, in
view of the fact that there will be surplus
of 1926, 600, 900 in the Treasury at the end
of the fiscal year, and their belief that the
payment of the pubic debt at the rate of
$50, 900. 900 year is all that can be rea-
sonably asked of taxpayers.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15


One evening the young man returned
home melancholy.
Marie Intercepted him with an earnest
look.
He simply showed her a Little scrap of
paper upon which was printed number
the number 49,
The poor boy had been conscribed !
He departed,
will not attempt to relate all the grief
and appreheusions of Marie.
He had gone to fight far away in Mexico.
The letters took SO long to come that Marie
when not hearing from her we'll beloved
would steal away from her mother to hide
her tears.
Brilliant, himself, the lively Brilliant,
now sang in chrOmatic scales as sad rs the
Miserere But, whenever the postman
brought letter. the bird recovered, from
the bottom of his throat, dHegr0s as joyful
as the HaZleIujah
One day Marie received letter that she
kissed thousand and thousand times.
The expedition was drawing to an end.
Her betrothed was about to return to
France.
The heart Of the young girl overfiowed
with JOY.
The old mother fastened to burn a taper
at the shrine OF St Geneviere, and Bril-
liant threw out such q volley of disorderly
songs THAI policeman had to keep him
quiet.
Gle is coming He is coming!" ex-
claimed Marie, laughing and crying at the
same time, and tearing the blue ribbon
from her headdress, she quickly placed
there u green ribbon.
She hopeed-psoor girl /! -
Four months glided away after the re-
ception of her lovers letter, and he had
not arrived
His regiment landed at St Nazaire, and
afterwards came to Paris.
Marie, not seeing her betrothed come
with the regiment, decided to go to the
Colonels where the naturalization register
Of the corps was kept.
One opened it.
''What is his name?" the young soldier
secretary asked Marie.
Jacques Dnrant p
Jacques Durant Let me see-the let
Ter D-Daniel, Dennis. Alb! here it is.
Dnrent Jacques--he is dead!''
''Dead p'
Marie only uttered this one cry She
returned home that night with vacant
look, walking straight, and breaking out
now and then in little fits OF laughter.
She was insane
| have not the courage to pursue this
sad history. Grief killed Marie's mother !;
Brilliant, forgotten, persisted of hunger,
and the poor lunatic, supported by public
charity, has since walked through the
streets with cold smile that freezes you
to see.
She stops all the soldiers that she meets,
looks at them earnestly, murmurs sit is
not he 20 and passes on, showing to the
young girls the black ribbon that floats
from her bonnet.
This is, dear reader, the simple and true
history of Marie, the Maid of Ourcine.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

President Grant lets things wag on as
they will and as Congress proposes. Don
Piatt says. in case of Democratic victo-
ry, His Serene Highness twill quietly
swing over and smoke on the other side"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER

General ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
PiGmies--Senator 7hurman--SenaEor
Carpcnter-DOctOr Forney and Mayor
Bowen-Liberalify OF Garrett and Lit
tEcness of Bowen &c
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

An exchange says "The coward who
would strike the mother of his children de-
serves to be shod with lightning and con.
demned to wander eternally over desert
of gunpowder"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
Judge IL. IL. Heath.

It affords us much pleasure to chronicle
the success of former citizens of the State
who have cast their lot among strangers,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

This is a great year for wild pigeons.
There are millions on millions of them in
the woods of Kentucky, Indiana and
Pennsylvania,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

HISTORY OF = PARIS GIRL
Her name was Marie.
o.

Her name was Marie.
She was nineteen.
Her life, alas very short, was q poem
that might be divided not into four parts,
but into four ribbons.
know of nothing more sadly poetical
than this life poem.
Listen
Marie lived with her mother, poor, in
firm old lady, whom she nursed with the
greatest tenderness. All how the beauti-
full young blonde worked how diligently
she piled the needle, to procure bread for
the little household, and fresh seed for
Brilliant!
Brilliant was pretty bird, whose songs
whenever the sun, in passing along the
roofs paid the poor garret-window a visit
were Marie's delight
Poor Marie how happy she was at this
time Her heart was like a quiet lake,
with no breeze to ru11l0 ii. Ghe loved only
her mother and Brilliant, and every night
she communed with God in her dreams.
She never went out except to purchase
provisions for the little household, or, to
go to church on Sundays.
At such times, she might be seen, in her
neat calico dress, and on her bonnet foated
symbol Of Marie's innccence-a simple
tchite ribbon.
This calm, blessed life could not be of
long duration.
One day Marie became dreamer one
morning she forgot to embrace her
mother, and to give Brilliant his breakfast
Of seed.
Love. who steals imperceptibly every
where, and with still greater reason, into
the heart of young girl, stole into that
Of Marie.
Indeed, the mystery was soon explained.
In the same house, upon the same floor,
under the same roof, lived young and
honest workman.
The two young people loved each other
They had confessed it to each other.
They agreed to work, diligently, each in
their own manner, in order that they
might provide for future housekeeping
for this love, that mutually charmed them,
| they wished to have sanctioned both
/ by the laws of man and the blessings of
God.
They loved holly, chastely, and Marie's
guardian angel might have listened to
| their avowals without having to hide his
| face.
They confided their love and future
| plans to the old mother, who, raising her
/ eyes to Heaven, and joining their hands,
/ exclaimed MY God bless my chill
| dreu y
| Happiness now lived in the garrett Ma
RE whenever she heard her betrothed
coming up the stairs ran quickly to glance
in a little looking glass-and Brilliant
poured from the open window his sweetest
songs, which seemed to say to the neigh
| bors:
brilliant sings there is happiness up
| here. Marie has removed the white rib
bon from her bonnet and placed there a
| bI1se Ti6b01 -
Does not the song say
s'Hor lovers true,
y ribbon bus
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

At Covington, Ca, when a man gets
drunk his head is shaved by the authorities.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15

The Hungarian Legislature is abont to
grant liberal eume for educational pur-
poses.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
"A New Railroad EpioInee;,

The Savannah News says that Oh Sutug-
day, His Honor, Judge SehclIv, of tic
Superior Court of Chatham county.
granted an injunction against the 5u.an-
nah and Charleston Railroad, under the
statute of the State Of Georgia, creating
mechanics liens.
The action arises on a claim OF lessrs.
Mcdowell Il Callahan, contractors, fcr
work done, amounting, it is alleged. to the
sum of 500, 336 3S.
On Saturday last, the Sheriff Of Chatham
county, by virtue of the writ, proceeded
to the bridge across the Savannah river,
locked the draw, leaving u deputy to see
that the train did not pass over that por-
ton of the road, which IS laid IN the
State of Georgia The train went from
Savannah on time Sunday, and arriving
at the bridge, found tho draw open and
the gearing locked, and waited for the
Savannah train, which, on arriving, I'M
locked the same, closed the draw, and both
the out and in trains passed over arriving
in time in Savannah and Charleston.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-15
Another Earthqualse at san ErancLses.

Another Earthquake at SAN FrancIscD
A dispatch dated San Francisco. April
p, says:
At ten minutes before twelve 4. H. to.
day sharp shock of earthquake occurred
here. Its duration was six seconds, the
direction from southeast to northwest, and
the motion vertical There was no dam
age to life, limb or property, but there
All animals were terribly frightened, and
several rUnaways resulted from tho fright.
The city hall, where the conris were in
session the merchants exchange the
mercantile library, tho custom-hou and
other large buildings were instantly Va
Gated, and panic was created ut the hO-
tells. The streets swarmed with people
in moment. It was raining at the time.
Prior to the shock the barometer was OBJ
served to fall very rapidly.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-12-06
Qbe Gtntes, Mem BLOOMFIELD, 1Da.
and replied, with the interrogatory of,
"Who are YOU"

and replied, with the interrogatory of,
"Who are your
told him and said he had best come
along with me. To conclude, we brought
him to San Francisco; he was tried, and
with the others was sentenced to the
State Prison for life, and with the excep-
tion of the woman, they are now at San
Quentin.
His confession revealed him to be one
of the blackest scoundrels on earth He
said that before coming to this country
from Italy he had followed the profession
of an assassin, and had put an end to the
existence of more than one person, and
had been forced to leave by the discovery
of one of his crimes. Since he landed in
San Francisco, he had keptout of scrapes
until Piano broached the murder of La
carl. He was only offered $50 at first, but
by dint of hard bargaining had run it up
So more, and for $3S he agreed to MUIR
der a man who had, as he said, been n
warm friend to him.
The plan of ambush was agreed upon,
as we'll as the locality, and on the appoint
ed day he repaired to the " Lone Rock"
When the guilty wife and her husband
appeared, and had reached convenient
distance, he stepped from his place of
concealment, and as he did so, the wife
ran from the husbands side. When the
unfortunate man saw how he had been
betrayed, he began to plead to Bruzzo for
his life. Bruzzo stated that he almost
yielded, and was abont to throw down the
gun, when the woman called him a
coward, and screamed, Shoot shoot you
coward p And with that he raised the
weapon and fired, his victim falling dead
with an agonized groan. He said that
he was then treated treacherously by
Pizano who only paid him twenty-six
dollars, and to the end he contended
that Pizano was only fit to be hung be-
cause he hadn't paid the remaining
twelve dollars.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-12-06
Some facts in Natural Science.

According to the French chemist,
Lavosier, the human body exhales about
three and one-half pounds of aqueous
matter daily. A large cabbage has been
forced to exhale twenty ounces Of water
from its surface.
If the surface of frog be covered with
oil it will speedily die, so important to
its existence is the cutaneous respiration.
The lungs of frog can only be filled
with air by an action resembling swal-
lowing. Sea-weeds absorb their food
by their whole surface, the so-called roots
appearing only to serve the purpose of
attachments.
The poison of the most venomous SER
pents may be taken into healthy stom-
ach without injury, but the smallest por-
tion introduced into the circulating sys-
TEN may produce speedy death.
All food for plants must be SO divided
as to be able to pass through cellular
membrane The roots of plants are never
provided with open mouths. There is
no plant that does not furnish support to
some animal i Fl eEa 3aHs
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-12-06

the brats to cut an roll them trees outen
the deadenin' ?"
For answer, Y. coolly pointed to where
the negroes, having finished telling in
the two fields, were now cutting the logs
into cordwood lengths, and piing them
outside of the fences--our invariable Gus
tom.
oval" muttered the cracker" a
piling them up for me ! An you'll pay
for the damage 2"
Certainly, I'll pay you now, if you'll
set price on it, said Y, of course, if
the price is reasonable"
"Cap'n," said the Cracker, dismount-
ing, "you're man arter my own heart.
Give me your han, hoss Cash down,
eh 2"
"Well now," said Y, after the hand
shaking had been duly performed, "what
should you think the damage to your
crop is worth ?"
dad" stroked his chin gravely. Ap-
parently an idea found it difficult to come
through the top-dressing of dirt, bristles,
and tobacco juice on his unshaven checks,
for he transferred his attentions to his
head.
"Wa'al, now, cap'n," said he reflect
lively, "you see thar's a pow'ful heap O
damage done Thar's hills O corn and
rows O taters-no, mean hills O tators
and rows O coru-completely mommoxed
an not worth durn. Thar's the trou-
BILE O splitter all that thar wood. Wa'al
it's hard to say"
Name your price" said Y.
Wa'al, now," hesitatingly, &C don't be
close-fsted about it, cap'n. Say now,
should you think fifty cents '0as too n,uch?"
Had it been any one of the party ex-
cept Y. to whom this exorbitant charge
was made, roar of laughter that would
have ended in a fight with the irate
Cracker would unquessionably have fol-
lowed this estimate of damages. Even
the imperturbable Y. confessed to me in
confidence that he had never before been
so tried. He kept his coutenance, how
ever, and calmly replied:
"Well, no I shouldn't think that dol
lar was too much. But, as we are anx-
ious that the people should be satisfied,
I'll give you couple of dollars and call
it square.
So saying, he handed four half dollars
to the astonished man.
"By the lord, stranger" said that wor-
thy, when he had satisfied himself that
this munifcence was real, "you're right
bower full of aces, by gum Cum down
to the pen--its no use, won't take no
denial-cum right down and take drink
of old wum-juice wifi me an the neigh
bors. An you, Jake, ride your critter
down thar, and take mine wifi you. Me
an the stranger'll foot it."
So down Y. had to go, and then and
there imbibe villainous new whisky with
some ten or dozen of thin, sunburnt,
tobacco-stained, reckless-looking fellows,
who welcomed him most heartily after
hearing dads story, and who would
have SO coolly shot him in two minutes if
they had been satisfied in their minds
that he intended to trample on their
rights
AS they parted dad addressed Y:
Stran er," said he, every, man in
Starke county's yer friend; an if yer
want help emmy time, let Ben Padgett
know. An if any man ever sez in my
hearin' that the United States amt the
best of ruins, that mans goin' to git
his bead broke, or my sinner"-stretch-
| ing out an arm where the muscles looked
like ropes, and have no doubt felt like
iron" or my sinners has lost thar Gun.
ninw
Some facts In Natural Science.