Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-31

postmaster should require them 10 als-
a receiver and retain all matter until :
said receiver is appointed.
The capital of Russia is threatened ..
with All epidemic as terrible as that
which not long since devastated
Buenos Ayres. DR.. Mowatt, lately a
British delegate to the international
Statistical Congress. asserts that the
cholera has found a resting place in st.
Petersburg, Oh account of the neglect
of the sanitary precautions in that city.
The soil upon which the houses are
built is saturated with sewage, and
the canals which intersect the city are
great open sewers, and ut the same
time sources of water supply to Il por-
ton of the population. The amount
OF filth deposited in the canals IS SO
great that the authorities, it is said,
are afraid to disturb it for the purpose
of removal. lest the attempt should
cause Il pestileDce. st. Petersburg,
however, is probably i'll no worse con-
dition than most Oriental cities.
According to the New Orleans Re
lubIicnn, orders have been received
by General Emory, from Washington,
TO recognize Governor Kellogg execli-
tive, authority. and give all necessary
support to his administration. Which
means, when reduced to plain English,
TO fill the streets of New Orleans viii,
troops AMI cannon. and run the gov
ernmcnt up2F strictly military prin-
ciples /
The Washingtoa Star says Ihe |
ladies Of Washington are actively III
teresting themselves i'll behalf OF the !
naval cadets Mt Annapolis, and will no
doubt prevail upon the Secretary OF
the Navy to allow the cadets to partl-
cipate in the inaugural ceremonies on
the fourth of March. The Star says
the cadets are splendidiy drilled, and
will no doubt divide the honors of the
occasion with the West Pointers.
/ Washington correspondent an
nounces that lemonade is provided for
thirsty Concressmen i'll the clOak-room
of the House. and adds ''Thcrc is
man who squeezcs Congressional LEM
ons all day long, and he is paid Il salary
under some hend-stationery, be-
lieye-a graceful allusion to the un-
moving qualities OF the drink he pre-
pares, and the lemons and sugar are
paid for as fuel and gas.
An important case was disposed OF
on Friday, by the House Committee ot
Claims. being that of Cowan n DlckIn-
son. Senate bill No. M. The cinm Is
for a large amount of cotton, nearly
three hundred bales, tvalued at about
: so, ,ON0.) nscd IN building Notifications
hv General Buell., and is the first case
allowed of that class. Some other
cases Of that character are pending,
and will probably pass where the proof
ia satisfactory, the committee beng
DISPOSED TO treat cotton as practically
on the same footing as lumber or TIM
1 bpr nsa,i in Notifications.
The celebrated yacht Henrietta, Ii
which James Gordon Bennett, Jr.
won the race across the Atlantic witt
Yachts Vcsta and Fleetwing, III 1860
> was lost on the 10th of December, nea
" Rantou. northwest Of Cape Honduras
During a very heavy gale. which Wa
/ encountered soon after leaving tina
nort she was driven ashore and total.
- wrecked. All her crew were saved. a
Il the timc of the disaster the Henriett
was engaged in the fruit trade. Sh
a. was built be Henry Steers, OF Greer
u point. l.. l.. in 1862, from a model p
mt Mr.. VIM. Tookcr, and was 2OJ tons
st los feet in length by IS feet beam an
III 10 feet depth of hold. She was for
"A and aft schooner rjgced. ana had A vcr
"f deep keel.
4 Paris letter writer represents
ri sorry condition of affairs ut the ono
st gay ca,,ital. He says it is admlttc
of that there is no danger of lnsnrrectiol
ell the revolutionary party is cEtrrnie
lr- discouraged; it has lost everythin;
to People. wish the republic overthrow
III thevbecin To be tired of the Assembl
Franco wants military government
os chambers like the Senate and Leglsl
sht tlon cilamnef curing .he e'i
+, of the empire. Landlords are almo
of ruined. There are houses III Pa1
~, without q single tenant, which ha
,,o been vacant since September, 1o1
70 Many of these houses have hea'
hat mortgages upon them. Some OF t
landlords who. bad before the W
$4,000. IS. 900, or 10000 year, dol
i'"- find it easy to get their daily brea
re- As for .hc apartments vacant these
inc heyond account. Apartments wflic
htS before the war, rented for S]2O Il v.
"i cannot now find tenants for $50.
ght
-, The visitation of the smallpox to t
r.. various principal cities OF this cou}i'
has naturally awakened great annct
but when we compare the rayaSes
li'st the scourgc here With the extent of
'''o ravagea iii other countries. there
'''tA b, found some cause for thaDkfuln
With A., al, :. :. -, ,,rse For G
pro- eral wears past the disease has ]iters
i'e" dweIt among the cities, towns and
rom lagos of South America, and the
nrfe c,mstancc that those places are IN
main noted for their uncleanhhess
1, of afford valuable suggestion, not incl
Kan to the health boards of our cit
mia, but to head of families, and in fac
Mon every individual capable OF appre
that ting the valne of health or the dIi
ii to cnce between dirt and cleanliness.
esty, Chill, especially, the smallpox has
nent raging for some time past, and
most recent advices state that 1t IS