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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-01

HEALTu OF WILMINGTOS-- LSOOInsOn
Crnsoe," the correspondent of tho Charles
ton Courier, whcss letter in regard to the
embargo placed upon travel between IT'S
city and Charleston, we published yesfer-
day, refers to Wilmington IS that special
haunt Of fever" Before We answer THIS
charge we desire to say shat there IS wi
dent Injustice intended 20 Wilmington In
the reference to the restrictions against
intercourse between the two cities. The
fact that our climate is, at this season of
the wear, favorable to the spread of yellow
fever, and that this dread disease will not
spread Oh their " beautiful Sea Islands.
in 1.-the healthy village OF Summerville'
and in lie city of Colum bia. is good reason
vhy our authorities should be very strin-
gcot in their SANITARY N easures, while the
same ncccs i,y does nos exist Ia the cther
places named The phJ sciaus ard nurse
! Of Char.este IL placed US under lasting OBJ
LEGATIONS in 1862, whici W. VIII never Tor
get Uuder changed circumstances. We
,hsyc no doubt this debt would be Cac-
ce!le1.
The following health statistics Of Viii
miDgton siuce the frs OF Janusry last VII
refute Robinson Crusoe's charge In re
gard to the prevalence OF fevers In thu
city. The interments in Oakda!e Gene
tery for this period have been as follows
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-01
WHITE COUNTERS.
NEGRO CoUNTIEs.

This disproportion exists throughout the
State in about the same ratio that the
races bear to each other. When counties
are about equally divided, We notice that
there is one vote to every five, to five and
and a half inhabitants, the vote being
almost invariably larger in counties con-
trolled by Radica s.
Now that there is more than one voter
in Halifax county for every four inhabi-
tant is just impossible. TIE same is true
of Edgecombe, Craven, New Hanover,
Lenoir, Warren and other large negro
counties. What is true in New Hanover
is equally true in other counties where
registrars and poll-holders are appointed
merely with view to defraud homes
people ont Of their rights. Thousands O.
illegal votes are po!led in the large Radi
cal counties, and without some stringent
measures it sanaos be checked. 80 far al
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-01

"....,. No move is to be made forWar q
until the army charges, when tn navy is
to assault the sea or southeast ia Q Q of the
work, going over with cutlasse drawn and
revolvers in hand. The marines will fol.
low after, and when they gain the edge OF
the parapet they will lie fat and pick off
the enemy in the works. The SAILORS will
charge at once on the field-pieces in the
fort aud kill the gunners. The mouths OF
the bomb proof must be secured at once.
and no quarter given ii the cnemy fire
| from them after we enter the tort. Any
man who struggles or disobeys orders If
] to DO sent to the rear under guard
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

GERMANY Is apprehensive Of a fam
inc and the very horrors which are
now settling down upon France. A
Berlin correspondent, of the Boston
Advertiser, in a long letter reviewing
the effects of the war, ascribes the
apprehended scarcity Of food to tho
same causes which threaten disaster to
the industrial interests Of the more
favored of the combatants, viz: the
difficulties of transportation. Hun
gary Is to Germany what the great
Northwest is to the Atlantic States
the source from which 1t draws Its
supply Of breadstuffs, live cattle and
other indispensable articles Of food.
The last harvest In Germany having
been a failure, this year it has been all
the more important to draw upon the
inexhaustiole fields OF the lower DAN
ube. 70 fill the demands Of the Gov
ernmeut for the transportation Of
troops and supplies to the bases Of
operations in France has taken nearly
the entire rolling stock of the railroads
engaged in carrying the breadstuffs Of
the lower Danube'to Germany, andthe
traffic has almost entirely ceased. I'm
less the Prussian military authorities
shortly relax their demands upon the
rolling stock Of railroad companies,
trying times are In store for Germany.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

What Killed Artcmus Ward.

thought l ought not to conclude an
article without letting the reader know
why this bright and genial spirit Is no
longer here to add to the worlds
amusement. Well, this Is the reason :
Whenever he lectured, whether In New
England, California or London, there
was sure to be n knot Of young fellows
to gather round him. 60 home with
him to his hotel, order supper, and
spend half the night in telling stories
and singing songs. TO any man this
will be fatal in time ; but when a
nightly carouse follows an evening
performance before an audience, and
Is succeeded by 4 railroad journey the
next day, the waste of vitality Is fear
fully rapid. Five years Of such a life
finished poor Charles, Broyn.g He.
died IN London in1S67, aged 80 years,
and was buried at the home Of his
childhood In Maine. He was not q
deep drinksr. He was not o man Of
strong appetites. 1t was the night
wasted in convivlality, which his sys-
tenn needed for sleep, that sent him 70
his grave forty years before his time.
For men of his profession and cast Of
character for,all editors, literary men
and artists, there Is only one safety
teetotalism. . He should have taken the
advice of a stage driver OH the plains.
to whom lie once offered whisky, and
I commend it strongly to the countless
hosts who see this. paper every week,
HIdon,t drink! 1 won't drink! And
don't like to see anybody else drink.
/ am OF the opinion of these NOUN
tains-keep your top cool. They've
got snow and I've got brains that's
all the difference .n-Jas. Parton. TKg
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26
The whiriigiE Of Time.

From the 8. F. Bulletin, January 24th.]
The formal assumption Of the title Of
Emperor Of Germany by William Of
Prussia, calls attention to n Of those
curious changes In history which seem
almost like the special ordering Of a
retributiye power. The old German
Empire. which had existed In some
sort for many centuries, succeeding to
the authority inherited from Charlie
magae. was utterly broken up by Ma
poleon L., who made Germany suffer
all the worst evils and humiliatlops Of
conquest. This same William, who Is
now In headquartersat Versailles, was
a staff officer Mt Waterloo, and assisted
at the final overthrow Of Napoleon I.
At Sedan, fifty-six years later, he re-
ceived the sword Of Napoleon ILL.,,
who has been the unwilling lean Of
consolidating o new German Empire
on a far more substantial basis than
the ono destroyed by his uncle.
There Is another curious contrast
suggested by late events. In the twelfth
century, rugged old Frederick Barba-
rosa, the Emperor of Germany, was
obliged to humble himself before Pope
Alexander Ill, kiss his feet. implore
his pardon, and conciliate his favor
with valuable territorial gifts. To-day,
the successor Of Alexander writes n
letter to William of Prussia, successor
to and descendant of Frederick Barba-
rosa, a Protestant monarch, asking
his protection should be Obliged to
leave Rome, and William telegraphs
In his behalf to Victor Emmanuel.
There Is no Catholic power left strong
enough or independent enough to aid
the head of the Church. France Is I'M
able to save herself, and Spain and
Austria have secularized their institl-
tions and incurred the Pope's displeas-
ure In a degree second onlyto the King
of Italy. Among other great Powers,
the Emperor of Russia Is the head ola
rival Church, and England Is so
strongly anti-papist that her people
resent any offer of aid to the Pontiff
on the part Of their rulers. Thus the
last Of a long line Of Popes looks fer
protection to the country Of the Re-
formation and the descendant Of the
stout Emperor who abased himself be-
fore Alexander III.
One of the illustrations In Holbein's
remarkable series, called THE Dance
of Dsatb,n represents the abasement
of Barbarossa, but introduces the skel-
eton figure of Death at the side Of the
proud Pope, with n bony arm thrown
In mocking caress over the latter's
shoulder, limiting that the proudest
potentate, equally with the humblest
subject, must yield at last to the grim
victor. Death and Time are one In
the changes and retribntions they
bring, and the Greeks represented
them no differently In one Of their
most striking personifcations.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

WASHINGTON, January 20.-1n the
House, Pleasanton, Commissioner Of
Internal Revenue, had presented by
Mr.. Hooper a communication Of the
Committee on Ways and Means, urg-
Ing the unconditional repeal Of the
Income Tax. 20
Mr.. Longbridge introduced n bill
allowing additional representatives In
the Forty-third Congress, rs follows:
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia,
Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas, two each
Missouri, Michigan and Iowa, three
each; Massachusetts, New York, Mary
land, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Min
nesota and California, each one; ILL
nois, four-and that the additional
members be elected by general ticket.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

The White Pine Se9s looks forward
toa prosperous season, notwithstand-
ing the large emigration to Phoebe and
Utah.. In a.ramble among the mines
the editor Of the paper found the
miners, ~"whether superintendent,
foremen or laborcrs, united in saying
that thu prospectsfor algood season on
the Hill never we're better. Not only
do the developments as carried OIL now
bring to light better qualities, but they
also show larger quantities Of ore as
depth is gained. Mines which have
been lying idle for long time have
been leased and are nov being worked
with profit to the lessons aud rlesees;
and mines which are owned by large
companies are not only having ore ex-
tracted, but developments on them are
being made and more men are being
set to work rs fast rs places are opened
so as to employ them probably. But
it Is not only on Treasure Hill where
this increased activity is manifested,
but also our outside and Surrounding
districts are showing it."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26
rn1nArnIcAI ~LI6aNeas.

I'M a. If this mornin0- com-
ad,,orSuvl mon ma nax
uan ,no,h.S.e tha Asssnblv.
-, 49, Tho faltorrino re-
- 49,, 80 ncr,,on Of he mi
n.,at;,. - ,hss,S,xs, ranrssenfations:
mTS. mou.h,w I;csn.a 10 reduced from
s,oo 70 s,o the quarterly license from
s,oo - eIoo aud tho Yearly license
ssoc ~ s4Oon Our usually cor
100, re;chhor IA decidedly wrong In
M ,-.s.anco having evidentlv been
IL a,s Ia, ,,,S ~ savsraI wears
49," and which WAS amended al. the
,ast session 81 the legislature The
tbeater rates of license were then
fixed at $500 per year, payable in ad:
vance. or $50 a quarter, $S0a month,
or AZ for q single performance. The
bin now introduced by Assemblyman
Williams to raise these rates
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

A
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. W0.
MAN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION
LARGE PASSENGER LISTS
Low RABR-GAvR BONDS
san FRNsc1soo, Jan. N-l r. r.
Gold at II A. NJ, 1lO%; greenbacks,
500 selling, Ok.
Wind south, and dense fog prevail
Ing.
The Woman Suffrage Convention
continues its sessions to-day, but Is so
small and spiritless an affair as not to
be worth.reporting.
The steamers Wm. Tabor and Orizaba
left for San Diego and way ports this
morning with very large passenger
lists. The low fare, Is for first cabin,
induces a great number Of people to
visit the southern part ofithe State,
with a view Of settling there, or at
least examining 1t, who have never felt
able to- 60 there before. The Tabor
had apparently the largest number.
The bonds Of, Daniel Alice, charged
with taking the funds of his employer,
Chapman, the real estate agent, were
to-day reduced from $4,000 to $4,000,
and case postponed until next week.
He has found bondsmen. .
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26
n. Brave w.n.. Of Psri..

From tho New York Gpbe, January 17th.f
A dispatch from Paris says that city
has been Transformed into a battle
field, in which the women show them
selves as brave as the men! We are
not disposed to- call in question the
truthfulness Of this report, since we
find 1t In 30 respectable a paper as the
Times. The managing editor Of the
Tribune, beingan anti Woman's Rights,
man, and thinking that all bravery IS
lodged In his own sex, carefully cuts
this dispatch from his columns as un-
worthy Of publication. We have
always maintained that, other condi-
tions being equal, setting aside the
question of sex, women are Just as
capable as men, and If circumstances
required could do anything of which
their physical strength Is capable. II
need be they can amputate limbs. or
act as soldiers, thus performing the
chiefest labor In the world. Many
women In this city to-day perform far
harder labor than many men, and are
compelled to endure much moro than
certain gentlemen we wot Of who love
to sneer at all attempts made to inn
prove their condition.
Recently some high-born, well-fed,
aristocratic danes In Washington sent
a petition to Congress against the
granting of female suffrage. They APP
preached the chief lady In the land and
asked her name, but she refused to sign
such a document. They then APP
preached the wives Of the Cabinet Min
listers, but all Of them, with one accord,
refused to Sign the protest. And In so
refusing they showed their good sense.
It does not follow because they enjoy
all of life they wish-having enough to
eat, and drink, and wear, and being
the center Of a circle of admirers-that
they should undertake to define tho
aspirations Of or set limits to the hopes
of their poorer and less fortunate sis
tiers. Tens of thousands of !women are
compelled to ask and seek for the bal
lot In this country as means Of self
preservation, or as an end to the saving
of those who should be their comfort
and support. AS matters now are,
only q fine cambria needle lies be-
tween them and perdltlon. When that
breaks, their last hope Is gone. Or
perhaps u wine cup stands between
them and happiness, and they have no
power to dash 1t from the lips Of their
sons or husbands, because the law ties
their hands and closes their mouths.
But when war comes, and Paris, the
Queen City Of the Earth, the abode of
tile Goddesses Of Fashion and Pleasure,
where the women are rs delicate, fas-
tidious and elegant as anywhere on the
globe, all n%onsensical opinions about
spheres, sexes, etc.. are forgotten, and
side by side with the men the women
stand, equallng them In bravery and
endurance. 1.-THE women of Paris can
do this, they are entitled to the same
political rights as tho men. They
prove to the world that they can fight,
that they are just as necessary as the
men, and that they have rs much
| courage and endurance. And what
arc the women of Paris, that they are
| able to do these things any better than
the women of Boston. New York or
| Washington?
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26
SPECIAL to the GOLD HIlLREWS
THE SEAT OF war !
by THE CABLES.

LONDON, January 25.-Reuter Is I'M
advised of Favre's visit to Versailles
The Echo says there IS no official
confirmation of negotiations for the
capitalization Of Paris. The Stock Ex-
change also doubts the Paris news.
The Conference has adjourned to the
31st, on account Of. the absence Of the
French representative. '''
Bismarck has been made Chancellor
of the Empire. yta .suT u.l.
The Garlbaldians routed a detach-
ment of Landwehr, and destroyed the
railroad between Fonteux and Bur
gundy.
LONDON, January 25.-Longevey has
ca~pitulated, with 1000 prisoners and
200 guns.
Bismarck announced at Versailles
that General Bourbaki has been caught
between the armies Of Won Werder
and Manteuffel, and must surrender.
A dispatch i~sTreceiyed from Bord-
eaux which admits that the Germans
cut the railroad to Lyons, and south to
Besancon,: .::s .vHs1 !
.Barbaki's supposed position can only
be construed to confirm the statement
that Paris must surrender In a few
days, and that Favre had visited Yer.
sailles with that end in view. szHI7
The dispatch which announces this
proceeds from a correspondent who
has persistently denied the German
claims to success. 1t may therefore be
considered entitled to belief.
VERSAILLES, January 2.-New bat
teries are opened at the north of Paris
A division Of the army passed south o.
Bensacon, threatening Bourbaki's rear
LONDON, January 25.-The Central
Press correspondent says there are good
grounds for believing that negotiation:
for equalization are progressing. 1t Is
impossible for Paris to hold out Longer
than early in February. 40
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

NEEDLE IN A WoMAHs HEART.-
Mrs. Margaret Jones, a colored woman,
was brutality murdered by her husband.
Abraham Jones, at their residence In
New. York, on Monday night. A post
mortem examination of the body was
made. and a large inoised wound dis
covered on the right thigh, about three
inches in length, the blade Of the knife
having severed tho femoral artery,
death resulting from profuse hsmor-
rhage. A remarkable circumstance,
Interesting to the medical profession,
was revealed during the autopsy.
While one of the surgeons was exam
lining the heart, he found q needle
firmly Embedded In it, and from the
surrounding circumstances 1t was clear
that It must have been there for q NUM-
Der Of years. Il Is probable that the
woman had swallowed the needle some
years ago, and it had worked its way
into her hearC. nF-
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

How railway accommodation pro-
duces business, or, in other words. how
railways create their own earnings, is
significantly illustrated by the statis-
tics Of the report Of the Commissioner
of the Land Office. That report COIL
tains AL elaborater paper on the rail-
way system Of the United States, and
its prospective extension. The figures
of this paper demonstrate that our
railway transportation Is found to be
to-day twenty-times as great as 1t was
In 1851, with less than double the pop
ulation Of that year. In other words,
the same population now requires ten
tunes the amount Of transportation,
that was then required. The singular
fact is developed that the workings Of
the trans-continental lines results in a
profit Of fifty per cent. upon the gross
receipts, mostly from local traffic,
which seems to Indicate that railway
enterprise will hereafter find in local
traffic its most effective scope Of action,
and to prove beyond doubt the safety
of prudent investment in the building
of new Western roads.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

q An. AsroNIsRED MNIsrER.-m a
small city not far distant from the
Club" resides a dentist named Brown.
He received an order from his beloved
pastor for a set of false teeth. The
work was executed promptly, and the
shepherd Of his flock called at the ap-
pointed time to receive them. Brown
fixed them In his customers mouth,
when the latter, stepping to the glass
to see the effect said, slowly and dis
tinctly: gs-,5 -
Jesus Christ! . Jesus Christ ="
Now Brown Is more noted for his
quickness of temper and profanity
than for his piety; and hearing bis
customer speak In such a manner, his
Ire was quickly aroused.
"Blast IT," he exclaimed, "if you
don't like the teeth you needn't take
them !; but there Is no necessity for
your swearing about IT, gEgET Z
The astonishsd minister drew back.
"My dear SIR" he safd,a was not
swearing about the. teeth; but for ten
years I have not been able to pre-
nounce my. beloved Savier's name dis
tinctly. I was only trying your teeth
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26

The killed and wounded on the rail-
roads Of the United States during the
year ending October 3ist, 1870, were:
killed, 1888; wounded, 4s4. kansas
leads the slain, with q killed; New
York comes first inD the wounded list,
with Gs. The largest number Of per-
sous killed fat one accident was 81,
being upon the Mississippi Central
Railway, near Buckner, February 25th,
when the train broke through a trestle
bridge, 'and'l we're wounded. New
York had fourteen accidents by which
lives were lost. New jersey had seve-
raj. In Maryland not a person was
killed by a direct accident during the
time named. rya ! lar '.a.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-26
Ran.naMa Theatre.

From the 8. F. Figaro OF January 21st.
The public are sorry to see the Al
hambra Theatre so evidently gone to
the "deminition bow-wows," as Man.
talina expresses 1t, and are puzzled as
to the cause Of Its ill-fortune. Few
theatres opened under better auspices
than did the Alhambra. The location
was good, the rent was nearly paid by
letting the stores In the same building,
and the theatre itself was compact,
easily managed and comparatively In
expensive. It started brilliantly, and
was for over a year the best paying
theatre In San Francisco. Then, by
bad management, It was allowed TO
lose Its prestige aud popularity. The
money that came into the treasury
wa not disbursed to pay the bills in
Cured by tho management, but went
the Lord knows where. Again and
again q season was given by the AL
hambra, which resulted IN actors, car
,penters, door-keepers, printers, bill
posters and newspapers all becoming
victims to misplaced confidence In the
management. AT last a lucky scratch
was made, and the engagement of the
Zayistowski Sisters revived the fallen
fortunes of the house, and Its credit
was patched up. Since then Its course
has been DOWNTOWN, down, until 1t
seems to the public that nothing can
restore 1t. Now, what Is the cause Of
all this? Men with money built the
theatre, as we said before, In O good
locality, furnished 1t In q manner
agreeable to the public, and offered
liberal terms to persons wishing to
lease 1t; men with money have again
and again undertaken to "back" this
theater, and supplied ample funds, yet
thew have come out losers. The reason
Is simply this the responsibility and
incapaclty of the present lessee. We
sympathlze with the owners of this
splendid property, which has become
so much Deprecated In consequence OF
the deralictiens and mismanagement
of man ; and when we reflect what
bright prospects this pretty little thea
ter would have were real managers-
such q manager, for instance, as he
who was so long known as "the Napo.
OF, Lle SCtH6 ~ tahC
II, we are only surprised at the folly
which allows It to remain In the hands
Of a person who has brought its'name
into odium and bad repute both here
and at the East. 1t will be noticed
that our New York correspondent
mentions ID his letterin this issue that
the "Protectlye Order of Elks," CON:
sistirir of members of the theatrical
and minstrel professions, have had the
cases Of this managers breaches Of
contract laid before them, with the
recommendation that be be expelled
from the Order.a1The DAY before yes
terday,a business telegram received In
this city from SheridanC oroyn ended
with sthese words:e Manager smith
arrested for debt" With this
accumulatiye evidence Of Mr.. Smiths
untitness for the position, we shall nail
with satisfaction the re-opening OF the
Alhambra Tbeater under On hsnest
active and experienced manager. !