Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-12
beck and the testimony of assayers the

| beck and the testimony of assayers the
crowd flock to invest their greenbacks.
| After thirteen years OF absence man
| has returned to New York and been lden-
| tilted is Il murderer. He is friendly with
the politicians and policemen, however,
and not likely to suffer the commo- lot OF
that class of mortals. Speaking of crime,
reminds me that sad scene occurred the
| other day in court, when the District At
tOrney moved that sentence on young
man for burglary be suspended twenty
four hours to permit the prisoner to attend
the funeral of his mother. She died of a
broken heart caused by his arrest and con-
viction, and in charge of an officer he was
conveyed from the Tombs to her grave
thence back to be imnured in his
own living grave at Sing Sing.
The smallpox continues its ravages, but
it is by no means an epidemic. The cases,
occur chiefly among the poorer classes,
whose surroundings tempt disease. Many
thousand people have been vaccinated and
the doctors are still busy with lance and
quill. They visit stores and families from
morning until night. A. L. Stewart has
had all of his numerous employees pune
tured by contract.
Destructive fires arc becoming less fire.
quent in New York. This is due to the
efficiency of the paid department., and the
remarkable facility with which both horses
and men reach the exact point of confla-
! grafton. 1t is also due to the now general
use, by the Fire Department and by priv ate
! individuals, of I; wonderful little machine,
| known as the National Fire EXtinguisher,
which has already eXtinquished upward of
| a thousand fires. Go into Almost any large
store, factory or hotel, and into many ofthe
| private residences of the city, and you will
see 4 bright copper cylinder, not more than
three feet high and eight inches i'll diameter,
| standing on convenient shelf and ready
for instant action. A strap fits it to your
shoulder, and the turn of your thumb sets
at work the generation OF a volume of car
| boDic acid gas, equivalent in its effect to
$40 buckets of water. This is thrown by
the little engine a distance of forty or fifty
feet. The device is 50 simple that it can
be operated by a lad ten years old, aid so
far has never failed. A glass tube contains
sulphuric acid, which is set free in an in
slant, and mingllng with soda held in so
| luton evolves pressure of ninety pounds
to a square inch, and vapor III which no
| flame can live for an instant. The Gov
eminent has thoroughly tested the ma
chine, which by the way costs only fifty
dollars, and has ordered it to be kept on
all steamboats, and ships, the number vary
ing according to the size. The office of the
mandatory is at 2G3 Broadway, and is
certainly one of the curiosities of the Metro
polls. The advantage of this Extinquishel
is that it is always ready for use, may
! remain loaded for years and never gets out
| OF order
August Belmont has gone to Washing
ton to make arrangements with his Ma
tiOnal Executive Democratic Committee
men for the conduct of the approaching
Presidential campaign. Judge Barnard, OF
the Supreme Court, is passing through a
purgatorial inQuisitiOn at the hands of &
legislative committee, because OF certain
charges that he don't behave after the con-
| ventiOnal manner OF the bench. A curl
Gus thing has just occurred up town.
| Workmen while opening one of the new
streets, let off some pretty loud blasts neal
the walls of Il club house stable full OF
blooded horses. The latter took fright
broke their fastenngs, ran away, dashed
| carriages to pieces, created n panic, and
damage resulted that will not be covered by
several thosand dollars. y code of sig
mails has been established by drivers to give
notice when a detective of the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
| looms on the horizon.
| Street shows have broken out with the
| clear weather, and monkeys swarm again.
& Black Friday" is the next sensation at
| Niblo's. A novel work is in course of
preparation by Mr.. G. L. Levey, a mer-
chant of this city. 1t will be entitled
The South American, Aslatic and Gee
anic Directory" and probably be the most
valuable gazetteer ever published for COM
mercial purposes. The price will be $2j
per volume. Upwards of $4,000 have
already been expended in collating its facts.