Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

They do not call Senator Pomeroy
"Old Subsidy" any more, but "Old
Subside."
King Amadeus was carpet-bagger
but has left his country for his coun-
try's good. We commend his example
to some of the loyal Office holders IN
the South.
Miss King, an English woman, was
married to the Mahometan sheriff OF
Guazan, at Tangier, Morocco, on the
18th ultimo. The sheriff had already
four wives. -
A New York gentleman has discov-
cred that q new seal skin sacque will
effect an instantaneous cure upon his
wife when she is troubled with pro-
longed fit of mental desperation.
Several petitions have been sent into
Congress praying that, in accordance
with the suggestion of the late Com
modore NJ. F. Maury, an invitation be
extended to the governments OF the
earth to meet in conference for the
establishment of an international sys-
tenn of crop and weather reports.
Among the bills which a caucus OF
Republican members of the United
States Senators agreed should not be
acted upon this session was that IN re-
lation to the Postal Telegraph. The
caucus acted wisely in putting a veto
upon this unwise and dangerous meas
IRE.
The President will probably be alb
sent several weeks on his Southern
tour, and expects to spend one or two
DAYS in each of the cities of Richmond,
and Raleigh, Charleston, Savannah,
Mobile and New Orleans. He will ex-
tend his trip, probably, to Memphis,
and will revisit Jackson, Tenn, which
was his headquarters in 1862, when he
was in command of the army of Ten
nessee
Railroad frauds are the order of the
day in Prussia also. Distinguished
persons are said to be implicated in
them. Counsellor Wagner, protege
of Prince Bismarck, is among the
accused. The frauds were committed
in giving out contracts for the con-
struction of railroads on government
account and they are to be investl-
gated by the lower house of the ma
tional Parliament.
1t is certainly fortunate that the
evils of our present node of counting
the Presidential vote has been devel-
oped in a manner that involved no
serious consequences. The rejection
of the vote of State, where it would
determine an election, might convulse
the whole country, and plunge it in
civil war. There is now no doubt that
a new Constitutional provision on the
subject is needed.
Francis Joseph, of Austria, has done
a good thing. He offers a prize of
five thousand forms to the journalist
who will write the best editorial on
Austrian affairs in the German Ian
guage. Said editorial is not to contain
more than one thousand words. It is
immaterial what political party the
writer belongs to. The Vienna papers
think that there will be several thou
sand competitors for the prize.
Vessels with the condemned Com
munists continue to arrive at New Gale
donna, and the inhabitants are still de-
batting as to whether, if the new colo
nists continue to come in such quanti-
hes, they will not in the end own the
lawful first free citizens, and put them
to labor, and so reverse matters, as in
the celebrated case of the soldier who
caught the Tartar. The exiled Com
munists have so far, however, gone
peacefully to work.
Themedical men have fresh puzzle
on hand. Xylol is q new chemical
compound, derived from the distila-
ton of oil of tar, and, according to the
German doctors, it is a specific for the
cure of smallpox; but, according to &
remarkable statement, just made pub
lie by a physician in st. Louis, DR..
Walsh, it is also an agent for purposes
of robbery and murder. To mingle it
with the feathers of a pillow, and to
lay the head upon that pillow is to die,
as of though by the fumes charcoal.
At Glasgow, Scotland, the Chief of
Police has established new system by |
which burglars may be speedily de-
tected. At convenient parts of the
city are Offices, wherein merchants
may leave their keys and give such in
formation as would be likely to be of
service to the police in the protection
OF their property. If the officer on
duty perceives any suspicious signs
about the premises he immediately
gets the keys from the Office, and,
without alarming the thieves by bat
tering down a door or smashing win
dow, is upon the burglars before they
are aware Of his approach. |