Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-29

and Beaufort, = can drink deep into
the fountains of wealth and commercial
advantages, and another great link in the
chain of prosperity viii be formed for
North Carolina. Nor can we stop until
our mountain friends shall have had their
mountain ranges bored through, and they
permitted to ride the s9ron Horse" down
to the Atlantic shores, there to battle them
selves in our beautiful Ocean surf. North
Carolina must look to her interest and en-
deavor to place herself in such a position
as will make her what we call her-an in
dependent State. 1t is useless for our
friends who have all the improvements
they desire, to say that we must stop now.
We have aided them and we are as much
entitled to the benefits of improvements as
! they are, and besides, the great interest of
| the State lmperatively demand that We
shall not stop where we now are.
l hope, however that there are many
| days OF prosperity for our National Gov
| ernment in tie future. will hope as long
as there is room for hope. | want our
railroads for other purposes than to pro-
| vide for the emergency of dissolution. /
want them TO afford the necessary means
of transportation-to convey the farmers
| produce to market-to North Carolina mar
| ketS-tO give the commercial world advan-
! tages-tO increase the wealth of the farmer
! to stimulate the labOrer-tO develop our
! resources and make North Carolina a rich
! and important State in the UniOn-to at
| ford facilities and advantages to all classes
| to elevate and make the farmer the in
dependent sovereign he ought to be-
These are the purposes for which l would
| have you build up railroads, such as the
means of the State will justify. We can
not, of course, do it all at once. But let
our energies be bent to the accomplishment
of the object, at as early day as practical
bic, and we can accomplish something
Let lis not underrate our means too much.
We have only to use our means properly,
and much can be accomplished. Let our
policy be North Carolina one, and intend
ed to promote North Carolina interests
| love the old State; and while live my
feeble and humble voice shall be raised III
her behalf every portion Of her sacred
soil Her past history is before the world,
and can never be blotted out. Her deeds of
| valOr speak in tones of thunder to the hand
| Oftyranny everywhere. Let her sons but be
true to her, and the voice ofslandcr can never
do her harm. With proper system of In
ternal Improvement, North Carolina sys-
tenn, we shall have the prospect of great
State, a happy, prosperous and independent
population before uS-cOme what may. If
the Constitution, under the provisions of
National Territory, from little beyond the
Blue Ridge, across the Rocky Mountains to
the Pacific Occan-fiOm an area of niue
| hundred and four thousand one hundred
and seven sQuarc miles, TO two millions
nine hundred and eighty eight thousand
eight hundred and nincty-tWO, shall be
broken and It's beautiful proportions de-
stroyed-still North Carolina may have the
hope Of being able to sustain her rights, and
t,sI,,
i'll the enjoyment Of the glorious privileges
pie. If the Union and the Constitution
shall be preserved i'll its puritJ, as we all
hope it may be, with such a system, the
farmers Of North Carolina will enjoy theil
untold advantages under it, and derive
pleasure and profit in seeing every interest
throughout the good old State prospering
and building up for us All imperishable
name among the nations Of the earth.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Elsc Sad Story OF Pauline Markham
A very few years ago there flashed upon
the American stage a woman of marvel.
lous beauty and of perfect form-a form,
too, not jealousy concealed. She was &C.
knowledged to be the handsomest player Of
the day She turned the heads Of all the
young men who saw her, and added the
brains Of not few of the old ones. She
was the lion (the liOness, if you like it bet
teri OF the day. The newspapers teemed
with her praises, and even dignified maya
zines bowed the knee before her. Her
voice, we are told, was like unto % vocal
velvet" her appearance ma jestic, her limbs
indescribable, yet modestly but infinitely
described, and unrivalled. If the reader
has ever entered 4 theatre, he knows that
we mean the very queen of the blondes
the charming iStOi0ctd of the g Black
Crook Pauline Markham.
Recently we visited New York, and to
put i'll dull afternoon wandered to Woods
Museum. We found Miss Markham was
one of the company. Though surprised
that we hard heard nothing of her through
the newspapers, and that she should be al
actor at the afternoon performance Of a
museum, We fully expected, not exactly to
see her as dashing as ever, but certainly to
find her still in some respects the Markham
/ of memory. To say that we were aston
ished when She came on fails to express
our fee lings.
The curtain rose, and in the theatrical
parlance, lady seated was discovered. Ii
her we recognized not feature of Pauline
Markham yet it was her. She was pale
wan, and weak, 50 much SO, indeed, thai
it was evident she went through her par1
W
tary sickness what We beheld was the
: utter wreck Of this once magnificent being
n harsh, deep cough told sadly and EN-
phatically enough OF consumption, and o.
consumption not just commenced.
To us the sight was painful. a year
F ago this woman lived the life Of princess
wealth was poured into her lap. Now she
was not worthy to grace even the evening
programme of place of amusement mre
coonized as Il theatre, and literally tottered
afternoon after afternoon about the stage
that she might earn enough to keep yet
! awhile longer the little life still left her
Several times she sought the support of the
: scenery, when compelled to stand mo-
ment or two. A burlesque followed the
comedy-just such burlesque as she wa:
wont of old to dash through in the gayeS
, Of gay spirits. She was allotted the second
not the first part. a cough had replaced
, her ringing laugh, a sickly smile the brigh
chances OF her eyes.
The career of this woman is only out o
the common order in that it has been 81
short. She triumpled scarcely a quarter
, the average length of time. Like thousands
r before, she thought her beauty and he1
, talents (for she had the latter too cverlast
ing, and neglected the warnings which mus
have come To her until too late. How glad
ly now would she take third of what al
hours shopping has time and again cos
her.
At Dubuque, Ohio, the workmen some
times see phantom rairca trains. The
tale is told thusly
/ One Of them. who was awake heard Z