Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-06-09

Centlon paid to the comfort of the passen-
gers. On our last trip. just before tn.
lease was made, the coaches were dirty al d
uncomfortable, everything disagreeable
and everybody In q bad MISUNDERSTANDING
fare and third-cla>s accommoda IONS
This time We ara happy to say all this va.
changed. and the car We rcd Ia LOT only
clean, but one of the hendsomest we ever
saw.
AULD LANG sYNE.
AT several points en- route We met cd
friends and acquaintances. At ChattAnoo 90
ga we had the pleasure Of once more shak.
ing by the hand our old friend, the Re7.
q: d. Wiley, for SO many years the able,
ethclent and popular Superintendent of
Common Schools in North Carolina. He
now lives in Tennessee and is zeatously at
work IN behalf of the American Bible So
ciety. To think such asmaD as he SHOULD
be driven from the State and such wretch
as Ashley should take his piacs
We met again, also, that polished CIris-
tian gentleman, as widely known for his
eloquence as preacher. as for his learn
ing as divine, Bishop Quin:srd If Ten
nesses. whom having once met it IS i'm
pcerlble to forget or not to love.
We ais had the pleasure of renewing q
former brief acquaintance with thai Lost
kindly, and genial. and Intelligent Gf gil
tlemen, ex-Gov. Patton, Of Alabama. Hs
UNIFORM politeness and courtesy. especially
toward strangers, mark him as true gen
tleman Of the old school, of the
>c1ool of good Eree ling ami god
manners, whose scholars, We Ie-
gret to say. are rapidly dim ni-hing in
numbers. We gratefully remember the
Governors courtesy to W. At last the
brakesman called cut
HUNTSVILLE
md tired and DUST, We collected our ira s
and d ade for the Hotel 10 rest, per chance
to sleep.
Now i'll Huntsville it is etninentIy the
cOrrect Ih:uE to DO untstil!t does, and
wo sh All Il o &C.. t erefoce, TAI to work
p'aieing II .nsvi l.. Il IS literally true
-.ere tuag '' her ways are ways Of piea>an =
nes' aAd Her paths hr9 psace.' Oar IlLc>
here have indeed fallen III plrasanF ll,ces.
W uether We viii take snythIng with tut Sc
llneO remains to be seen-vrIiiS, W have
as ct nothing that we can Garry avoy with
ue.
Ignorant OF the geography Of this sec
tIOu when first we Were here, we were slr-
prised to find ourselves in the shade y OF
mountains while almost in souEd Of III,
river.
Huntsville is the II ncipal town North
Alabama. and has ub~ u. u. coo lnHa!I'auts.
each other in making il charming place
Resting aweetly on It's mountain embrace,
IL ,ntsvliio rolLlL d. # Il b -aut1tuI
lant n=s5Iing in The b III If proud
yOung mo r. aud encIIcie1 with her Low
lag arLs II 3. Iris blJ-of poet C les
cr,pton IL !. tten II. for the e pe cia Dene
1T ot nmbitiol, youLg Gentit lac Wis., Il &
uIs pace, wuu, though devoid CT poetic
fire, ses know the ropes and desire to
please
Tnero u,e many costly and elegant re
sidonces here and handsome grounds
4 'orn, with statuary and all the other
devices that taste can suggest or money
procure.
One of the great attractions cf the place
THE SPRING,
which, at the foot of tGe bluff Ia the heart
Of the city, bursts out SO larg9 that pom
the stream, therefrom, can be hoated
bateau laden with cotton. The height OF
this blnT bos been variously estimated at
from 100 to 800 feet We ere not skilled
in Judging distances, but We think the lat
ter figures O rife too high. Here i'll
we will risk our reputation 8
gentleman, at leasr, on 700 teet, possibly
We might be induced 20 90 as high as $50.
For the odd fifty feet, however, we will
dare to plead no less authority than that
of eminent divines and charming ladies,
which We have. Selah !
Speaking of divines, recalls the act that
recently there have been two grand
ECUMENICAL COUNCILS
held here First came the Diocesan Cor
vention of the Episcopal Church. IF the
Diocese OF Alab 1ma, aud after waris the
General Assembly of the Pres1y Ierian
Chu1ch. The former was State affair
10 Lea Il
Southern State, aud it was gratifying to
kuow that the representatives from
North Carolina were received here with d
reverence and al honor equal that
With which We regard them at home. The
sermons OF the Rev. Messrt. Miller ana
Kumple were very highly sIoken Of
Your corresp ondent passed first for good
Alabama Episcopal;an, and then for an
orthodox southern Presbg terian, ut large.
We bore our honors IN eekiy.
AN INCIDENT.
A reverend gentleman, with Il we'll de
veloped fondness for facts and figures,
asked an irreverend gentlemen, whom h
took to be d citizen, what Was the algitt4de
of this place above the SEA. His graceiess
response was, 81 do MT kuoa, cannot
tell you-any Of these peope around here
can tell you, [ X oect-ail L kUOH alb )ut It
IS 6aRe trey VIII all Ten o1 > - ulSn%i
than any other point IN Am -lica.' Ihtro
u ION there WAS sudden parting. [ "lth
hod the name of this erace,ts5 stiauger
aud mention t.. i"cl4ent only in TIC
stIictesG coaHd Tee.
THE FGIE8 COURT
was in session on cor rival, Ju tGe Bls-
,eed, or Dick BusteeJ," a. he IS lnore
f.mi i lrl, knowu In >ew York, Ele3iding.
'.DlcK' i. stll some Hha5 'Irut" Ia his
mann rs Cor Jdt5e, Uut ha evidentiy
toned d WI Wy nnoh ~ince his a ssocla-
on WI SousLerA geD lemen. OIf brttD-
reu Of the tar S Jeak rather hind y OF b1u.
4nd seem 10 thick they can make aome-
tulnR out OF him IN the COurne OF time.
D.ck is u character and cur Soutntr.
j, Dds are b Dpeful people. As the lat
ismented would say ''this ren1luds NE OF"
JOHN L. PENNINGTON,
one of North Caroina's uuappreciated
great men. Our cold climate was uIfavor
able to bis development. Tam p anieC
to the genial soil of Alabama, he rem lad
one of the gtaio Of mustard seed. JOHN
has thrived wonderfully. He has blossom