Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-01

not inc reverend MIR. StlgginS will preach #'
On inc subject of ''slices cut from q Gospel
STEAK; that Bishop Snow will fire Esrifie- ban
shots at the devil" and so on, dd s,Gusenua.
is the order of the hour.
and ii makes but little difference with whatM
k1nd OF chat the fools are caught. There
are few staid old Knicxerbockers, how
ever, VINO are content to grow quietly i
make their money in the oId-fashioned#
way; invest it where it will pay, perhaps
little but surely; who regard a speculation
las red-lot poker; and consequently livek
lcnS, absorb wealth: AMI maintain the FAM
lily responsibility. They are not mush-E
rooms, like thousand others around them.
Social life with and among these people
lis really enjoyable. Their homes are theE
lembOdlment OF taste and good excellence. 1
and you lind them patrons of art, music. 2
and every thing which refines and elevates. 4
They purchase what is solid and meri- I
2torious; their salons are the resort Of the
truly intellectual and great and brains 4
mot brass, are the letters Of credentials
which introduce the stranger
You would be astonished, however, tel
observe how much of the talent that has
made its mark in the metropolis is not ma
tive. A. L. Stewart, Hearn, and Gregg,
among the leading merchants, and O'Con-
Tor, O'Gorman, John Mitchell, Sydney Sui 1
I livan, among the lawyers, are Irishmen.-s
There are probably few r actual New Y OrK-
4 rs who have risen to eminence in thiss
) climbing TO the apex of the pyramid thanI
4 oi the people of other States and nationali-E
sCieS. Every man has the same chance asE
! lis neighbOr, and it is the best who wins
But enough of morllizing. The local.
news of the day is comparatively meagre.
4 yet we have enough of Geographic enormi-
\ ties from other quarters Of mankind, everyI
Z
4daily journals % supply the usual pabuumI
a. for breakfast table gossip.
Il The trial OfStOkes, for the murder OF Fisk ]
lis now pending, but interest in the matter
Fl has strangely susided. The popular belief
His, that the criminal will not he convicted
lin the first degree, for when a person is so
erich toat lie can transform a cell in the
= TOmbs into the luxurious semblance of q
Schamber on The Fifth Avenue, and feast on
y champagne and vension with his jailer,
NJustice is very apt to drop her blind, and
smile accomlnodatingly. His coansel, led
10y the famous John Graham, are moving
SheaYen and earth to gain time, and will
i stubbornly contest every inch of the trial
:&frOm tie organization Of the Grand Jury
(which found the Indictment, to the latest
u decision Of the Court. The curiosity to sec
1.-THE prisoner is great, and the officers are
lNobligcd to resort to all kinds OF devices tc
~ get him to and from the TOmbs without
'&the obstruction Of the crowd. The SIN
II calls Stokes the dandy assassin"
81 AprOpOS OF crime, a very curious rob
i Dcry has lately been traced out by com
: mercial traveller. 1t appears that, in De
&cember, $2O,OJ0 worth Of laceS and MILL
Sanery goods were stolen from q wholesale
81 est Adjustment. Some Of them were pccu
liar in style and color. and the drummer
81 while travelling, saw a sample on the necl
zof lady. He addressed her; ascertaineC
sAwhere the same had been purchased, wen
y to Cleveland, Ohio, found n Sunday con
III gregation who had largely invested il
similar articles, discovered the place wher,
E the same had been sold, and thus is Oh til,
#traCk Of the actual thieves in New York
@ The smallpox is somewhat on the in
&crease, though sevcnty-tive Or eighty death
Epcr week in population q a million seem
@but slight proportion.
d The run on the Third Avenue Saving
MBank is now in its second month, but tn,
substitution holds OFT. Ii the case Of thu
MGuardian Savings Bank, some Of the TIus
MteeS have come to the rescue. and Tia
Epoorer depositors are TO he paid in full
81 Those whose deposits amount to more thar
$500, are TO receive twenty-five per cent.
a Judge Barnard has 'orICTcd" that,
Ipeople don't like fire-escapes on thei
Ehouses, they needn't have them. Tenant
would rather take their chances Of bcirj
burned to death than have their home
#look questionable.
~ The French citizens are taking up sub
descriptions TO aid i'll paying the indemnit,
Edue by France to Germany. One lady ha
6subScrbed 1000.
M A wonderful goat, now performing in thu
~ Black Crook at Niblo's, rides barpbackeC
&l0rSe, turns summcrsaults, jumps through
&rings, carries a monkey on its head, am
MdOes many other wonderful things hereto
&fore supposed to belong to the peculiar pro
vince of circus-ridcr.
81 Col p. &. Washington, q third cousin o
Gencral George Washington, died in thi
kScity On Saturday. He was born In Viz
Esginia, held many Offices under the variOu
81 administrations, and was fine type Of
q thorough-going old-time gentleman. FL
Ewas seventy-four years Of age.
ia Brooklyn is all agog over the preach
@ments Of Sarah Smiley, good little Qua
III keress, who has won much celebrity as al
HexpOundcr of the Bible. Some of her NAL
Erlvals, in attempting to make a fuss be
IN cause she was allowed to discourse in TIN
EreGular pulpts, have only added to her no
E&tOriety, and the consequence is, that sh
Edraws crowded houses. Henry War
EBeecher came to the rescue among Others
Eand SAID her opponents were set Of dunn
Emies, and if St. Paul could haze anticipa
tied their existence, he probably would HAY
Eswritten special epistle that would civ
EpoOr woman chance everywhere. Il va
Ia sermon funny enough to have been pro
Educcd on the boards OF the Theatr
EComique. F.