Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-12
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The C1t4aOi slllIarv facilities iur the
ulanufactjJvn Of sensational news by
moons e. TIC telegraph. rs developed
IN thc recon. dispatches received and
puhl.t Id t.roughoGt Tie country,
IS something not only wonderful
but alarming to contemplate. We
cnGcayor to Ic2p our rcatiers
posted a, 10 Tie latest news as
developed over die wires, but We must
disclnim anything Ike the credit Of
originating any Of The items. Where
they ere born, how long they live and
move and have their being, and where
t7:oir jumping of place is We are una
bic 10 conjecture. \ few days si:cc
II was very grayelv stated that Jou
ysila hal resigned his position as
Garta:n-GoneTal Of Cuba. giving a. his
reasons the difficulty Of enforcing the
iTisi-rpi1 protocol without causing
the most alarming agitations through
out tho island, and the very next
breath tl.af fell upon the wires told us
that the Spanish authorities in Cuba
would enforce the orders Of the home
government There was scarcely SO, much
as a period OF an explanation point to
divide the two dispatches. Again, VIC
were told that tho N'irSinius had been
sunk Ly Tie Volunteers iii Cuba,
later Developments being to the e1ect
that she Is still living quietly at hey
JIooGings. Md again (al-d We select
these instances at raDdp:n) Tie start
ing information has been conveyed to
Us that Tie Moro Castle, which uli the
world knows has 80 Ion" stood guard!
over the port Of Havana, Is Do3 at
Santiago u Cuba, which /: 81 the
southeastern side 81 the island. Il s:t.ch
be indeed true, the only Inference IS
that the fierce pons Wiz rule tEc dis
limits If Tie Ialunl TIC terribly IL
ralnest,., Iu,,l II their threats OF WAY
and l1tmor5 Of var: Il would Indicate,
too, That thuy aru ob.nt h. abandon
Havana IL disgust, as being TOO near
the trcacLcrous Americas roast and viii
I..tll9 thc.r headquarters Ill the classic
h",tCs Of Inc old castle 1t Santiago &c
Cuba, the ancient c-pItal ot the
Island. Possibly thtac Indications
uay bc al Nror" but, il tLev arc, We
cannot understand WHY they Ghorlld
have gone TO tho labor and expense of
removing Moro Castle from Havana
TO tie Capitol OF the Eastern Depart
ment, the present headquarters of the
ilIustrious Burriel, the EE;.chcr.
We confess that our childlika faith
and or implicit confidence in the i'll
tegrity Of mankind las received a
severe cheek. We are growing skep-
tical, and even as We write We stop for
Il moment to know whether it is our
self OF some one else who is handling
the pen. We begin to disbelieve
everything, and already have serious
1ou'.ts as to whether there ever was
y 4 vessel as the Eirgin1,s such
81 Id fogy blunderer as Secretary
Fish or such incarnatc fends as the
>'paniarIs in Cuba. We might even
doubt the existence of the Island
Itself, were ii not laid down on the
maps Of our sclool-boy days, and in
them We must believe to the end of
Tie chapter.
II is perhaps proper to say here
that these inconsistencies and the dis
patches cannot possibly be charged to
the account OF the Agent of the Asso-
ciatcd Press. It is his duty to send
them as they arc received from abroad
or as they may be rumored at home as
it is ours to pahlish them as they are
received here.