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Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

The Richmond Dispatch is worried
about the third-term question. Gen,
eral Grant, it believes, can be Presi-
dent for life if he only wants to be. II
there is anything that can make him
President for life it will be the OppOsi-
ton of the constituency of the Dis
21atch = Washington Re21stbticon.
True approaching, says the Dispatch.
The Republican has told the truth for
once Notwithstanding that it is the
President 8 mouth-piece. II Grant de-
sires to continue in office, all that he
has to do is what his organ intimates it
may be necessary for him to do-issue
proclamation declaring that the
southern people are still rebels, and
that in order to their subjugation and
to secure justice to the gallant darkies
who fonght so bravely in the late war
it is necessary for him to remain in
office. This will fire the northern
heart, and arouse the Beast Buffers,
the Colfaxes, the Dixes, and all the
hyenas of the North, and render his
occupancy of the presidency for life
settled matter. Again and again have
the Radicals resorted to such false
hoods to perpetuate their power, and
again and again have the Intelligent"
northern people been thus induced to
come up to the support of the most cor
rupt and hypocritical party that ever
disgraced a ruined country.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

and sending to Rome shoals of priests
and laymen whose minds have been
unsettled by their teaching and train
ing.
\ fewdays since petition SIGNED Inv
49, of such clergy was presented to
the Houses of Convocation now in se.-
sion, praying that confessors be a,
pointed to hear confessions OF persons,
having burdened consciences. It was
referred to committee. Aroused h.
this daring step great public meetir q,
OF men OF all ranks was held, when the
Bishops were severely spoken of, and
this troublesome class of Kit1ialists dc
nounced, and the chairman, Earl q
Shaftesbury, the leader of all the
Church and non-conformist Evanceli-
cal party took occasion to say that if
such q thing as auricular confession
was to be entertained ''let the Church
go and the Bishops with her.
hope to write you on some future
occasion. Very respectfully,
ALEX. SPHUNT
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

| by the expense of carrying the CROP
| from the farm to the sea-board, which,
| with the commission of the middleinen,
amounts to as much as the farmer re-
| ceives, or about sixty cents per bushel.
There is no doubt that if the transpOr-
tation of grain from the Mississippi
river to the seaboard could be reduced
to fifteen cents per blshel, this coun-
try could furnish Great Britain with
all the grain it demands, and have a
large surplus for other markets. In
fact, it is estimated that the surplus
wheat crop of the Northern States, in
a year or two, under the incitement of
cheap transportation, would be five
hundred million bushels,
The question is how to utilize this
possible growth of wheat, and its solu-
ton is, as is usual with such questions,
embarrassed by the multiplicity Of in
terested parties to the controversy.
We are told by one party that the only
econ omical route for grain is by the
lakes and q new Niagara ship canal,
and thence down the st. Lawrence
by another party that the only true
way is for the United States to pur-
chase and enlarge the Erie Canal as
the outlet from Lake Erie by another
that the Government must build
through freight railway from New
York to Chicago; by another that the
must dig ship canal from
the Ohio to the James river by an
other that a similar outlet must be
made by the way of the Savannah
river ; and by still another that the
river at New Orleans must |
De connected by a series of ship Gu
1als along the gulf coast and across
Florida with the Atlantic ocean below |
savannah.
We do not now propose to discuss
he question of routes, nor to restate
,ur well-known views that all such de-
ices for making things cheap. at the
of the taxpayers, are delu-
lions. But we do desire to call the
attention of the public to the fact that
he politicians and spectators are
for a grand assault upon the
United States Treasury at the next
ession of Congress.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

In the Louisiana affair Grant has
gone back heavily on the law laid down
to him by his old master, Stanton
Who can believe that this is the
same country, the same Union" the
same Grant,!
Was Grants New Orleans conduct
the result of military necessity" !"
the ''unhappy war" having not yet
found conclusion ? Too true
Whit. Ia 4 tortured peoples PRAYERS
He whispers .'Peace " and stops his ears,
Liz. Piiata h ~ E.rabha- FIRE,
But shed the blood of purity.
WAsHINGroN. July 18th, 1S6f.-The
following dispatch was received to-day
from Mai. Gen. Thomas !:
NASHVILLE, July IA, 1866.
Licttfndnt General Grant
Some of the members of the House
of Representatives of the Tennessee
General Assembly conduct themselves
in very refractory manner, absentlng
themselves to prevent Il quorum, TINS
obstructing business. The Governor
cannot manage them with the means
Mt his disposal, and has applied to me
for military assistance. Shall / fur
nish it ?
GEO. II. THOMAS, Maj. Gen.
The following answer was immedi-
ately given
WASHINGTON, July II, 1866.
General Grant will instruct General
| Thomas that the facts stated in his tel
egram do not warrant the interference
of the military authorities. The ad-
ministration of the laws and preserva-
ton of the peace in Nashville belong
properly to the State authorities, ana
the duty Of tie United States forces is
not to- interfere IN any u'dy in tie cola-
t,Drersy bet,cee,a the political te,ttAo4-
| tiles of the State, and General Thomas
will strictly abstain from any interfer.
ence between them,
e. M. STANTON, Sec. War.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08
FARMEK'S ORANGES AND EAST
ERN CAPITALISTS.

On Tuesday it was from Boston that
VIC heard the cry of alarm at the rapid
strides the Patrons of Husbandry are
making in organizing their Oranges
throughout the West and South; yes
terday the cry was echoed from Phila-
delphia this morning it is re-echoed
from Baltimore on the one side and
from New York on the other. Eastern
capitalists are now evidently uneasy at
the outlook, though at first they seem
ed to think they could laugh the case
ont of court.
The Baltimore Amcrica,a complains
because the farmers in Illinois elected
Judge Craig to the Bench of the Su-
preme Court of that State over Judge
Lawrence, and calls it ''packing the
Supreme Bench of illinois,"
1t may be that the election of Judge
Craig was packing the Supreme Court
of Illinois ia favor of the farmers, but
those same farmers may well say that
the election of Judge Lawrence would
have been packing the same Court
against them. Judge Lawrence held
an opinion adverse to the views of the
farmers of Illinois upon certain grave
question; Judge Craig's opinion was
in accord with the views of the farm
ers and the farmers having the settle
ment of the dispute between the law
yers referred to them, settled it by
voting for the lawyer whose views
agreed with their own.
Is there anything strange in this I?
Would men anywhere else have acted
there, with the farmers for using the
power placed in their hands by the
Constitution of their State
He is, indeed, innocent and gulleless
who supposes that men will not use
power to promote their own interest
whenever it is placed in their hands.
1t was expecting too much of human
nature to expect the farmers of Illinois
vote for Judge Lawrence and against
Judge Craig in the recent election in
that State if we understand the matter
Alright.
The following statement of facts
shows how urgently the Western farm
ers need additional transportation ia
cilities
The New York Evening Fcst thinks
the subject is evidently destined to be
one of the leading topics in Congress
and in the political conventions of the
future. It says !:
It's Importance lies in the fact that,
while Great Britain purchases yearly
two hundred million bushels of foreign
wheat and its equivalent in -four, the
United States sell in that market less
than twenty million bushels, notwith-
standing that the wheat crop in some
of the Western States is SO cheap that
it will barely pay to cart it off the
farms. This condition is wholly caused
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08
SPAIN AND THEU UNITED STATES

A special dispatch to the Boston Post
says there is a rumOr in Washington
City that since the release of the Vir-
ginius she landed n cargo Of arms and
which, if true, confirms the suspicious
of the Spanish authorities, who de-
sired to seize her at Aspinwall. The
action of Commander Reid, of the
Kansas, who released the Virginius,
has already been endorsed by the
Navy Department, and the Depart
ment of State must now shoulder the
responsibility of the conduct of Consul
Thorington, under whose Instructions
Commander Reid acted. 1t remains
to be seen whether at the time the
Consul issued his certificate to
the effect that the Virginius was n
United States vessel having the prop
er papers and entitled to the protec-
ton of the flag, he knew that she was
engaged in carrying material contra
band of war. The Spanish Minister
has, of course, addressed a note to the
Secretary of State on the subject, and
awaits reply with much anxiety. The
Administration is heartily sick Of this
whole Cuban business and would he
glad to have a crisis that would decide
it. It is not believed, however, that
anything will be sanctioned by the
President that could be construed into
a breach of our neutrality laws. No
serious complications are expected to
result from the course taken by Consul
Thorington, unless the statement is
Virginius landed a cargo of arms on
the Cuban coast for the insurgents.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

A son of the Confederate General
Joe Johnston. is at Cape Cottage,
Maine. The General himself is ex-
pected on the 18th of this month as
are also Gems. Beauregard and Long
street.
The Prussian government has made
n contract with the Austrian Arms
Manufacturing Company for the man.
ufacture of 165, 600 rifiesO the Mauser
system. The arGs are o be delivered
by the end of 1875.
A Californian has invented machine
to assist in starting street cars. 1t
utilizes the weight of the car in de-
scending grade, accumnlates and
stores the power generated by gravita-
tion, and applies the same when need
ed to assist in ascending hill.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08
From the Richmond Dispatch.
The Radical Nominee Cor s.eyer,,or



Our columns this morning tell the
| whole story of the Lynchburg Conven-
| ton, Robert W. Hughes was nomina-
ted for Governor. This will not sur
prise the readers of the Dispatch, who
have been told day by day that such
was to be the result OF the delibera-
tions @ of that Convention. Great is
Grant, and potent are his orders
amongst the carpet-baggers, scalawass
and negroes.
Will Mr.. Hughes be elected d? Ger
tainly not. We can scarcely imagine a
tain of circumstances so unfavorabl.
to the welfare of Virginia rs to lead to
that result. He has more friends h,,t
also more enemies than McMahon. He
has none of the elements of popular
leader. He cannot fire the hearts of
his followers with flaming eloquence,
nor demand their support as pet OF
the masses. He can write well, and
he can make speech, but he is no
Demosthencs. In the hands of or can
didate he would be a mere plaything-
a baby to be spanked, not a man to b.
argued with. He Will aronse no en-
thusiasn in the breasts of the leaders
of the party who wished to see him
killed Off at Lynchburg. The canvass
will be hot. The voters Will be at the
ballot-box in November A new Leg
islature is to be elected. This last fact
insures Hughes defeat. Grant carried
Virginia last fall solely because of the
apathy of the voters west of the Blue
Ridge, who cared for neither candi-
date, and had no local candidates for
small offices to call them out. Hughes
will fall from fifteen to twenty thou
sand votes short of election. He rep
resents whatever i'll the political world
is hated by the real people of Virginia,
the Smiths, Seners, Wick
hams, Lewises, and others OF his own
party. It is written in the book of
fate that Robert ". Hughes will never
be Governor of Virginia.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08
SOLOMON POOL.

Solomon Pool, who calls himself the
President of the University of North
Carolina, has published, in the Raleigh
Era, letter that places him beneath
even the lowest of brutes.
North Carolina may now hang her
head in shame. Massachusetts, may
no longer reproach herself for having
given birth to the vilest of mankind.
Butler the beast gives way for Pool
the Infamous.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

A civil service committee in Wash
ington asked an applicant for a clerk
ship what WIS the distance of the planet
Saturn from the earth. The candidate
answered that he was unable to state
the DISTANCE in miles, but did not
think it was sufficiently near to inter
fere with the performance of his duties
as clerk, nor to beget i'll him desire
to meddle with the rings.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

The Hon. Charles Francis adams
lately received a postal card with tn"
Peopie's Anti Monopoly Party of Liv-
has replied: Il see little to object to
and a good deal to approve; Bn. az
tEis day it is not profession that IS SO
much wanted as practice.
The Society for the Propagation o:
the Faith of Rome, the most extensive
missionary society III existence, has IS
sued summary OF its receipts IN sub
scriptions during the year 1872 Its
income during the fifty-tirst year OF It's
work shows an increase of nearly 5S2,-
600 francs upon the income of the pre-
vious year, and amounts to 5,6O2,t45
francs, or s., ,000, 900,
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

ritual condition improved and still i'm
proving membership increasing and
prospect good for more of an increase !;
had revivals at two points lately con-
gregations good at all points Church
Conferences and prayer meetings held
regularly three regular class meetings
and some occasional ones very few
have family prayers quite number
pray in public; but few advocates
taken owing to difficult mail facilities.
Conference then adjourned.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

OF Il Swiss inn. The following is a full tran
ton, which it is hoped may prove useful to M
of your readers: ID. W. Gwi.
| In Genesis the world was made;
| In Exodus the march is told
| Leviticus contains the law;
| In Numbers are the tribes EN- oiled.
! In Deuteronomy again.
| We're urged 10 keep Ged's law alone
| And these five books of Nj oSeS make
! The Oldest writings that are known.
| Brave Joshua to Caanan leads;
In Judges oft the Jews rebel;
We read of David name i'll Ruth,
And First and Second Samuel.
In First and Second Kings we read
How bad the Hebrew state beCame;
in First and Second Chronicles
Another history OF the same.
In Ezra captive Jews return,
Ard Nehemiah buIt'!S the wall
Qneen Esther saves her race II ON death
These books ''Hstorical'' we call.
In LOB we read OF patient faith
The Psalms are D.vid's Sings of praise;
The Proverbs are tn make las wise;
EcclesiaS:eS next porIraXs
How tleeting earthly pleasures are;
The Song of Solomon is all
About the love OF Christ and these
Five books .DcyOtioial' We cill.
Ise iah tells of Christ to come;
While Jeremiah tells OF woe
And III his Lamentations mDurnS
The Holy City 'SoveTthrow.
Ezekiel speaks of mysteries:
And Daniei furetells kings of cid;
Hosea calls men to repent;
In Joel blessings are fOretoli.
Amos tells Of wrath: in Edom
ohadiah's sent To warn;
While Jonah shows that Christ should die;
And Micah where he should be nora.
In Nahum Ninev. u is seen,
In Hahakkuk Gha.dea'S guilt;
In Zepl;aniah .juhah'> sins;
In iiaggaI the Temple y built.
ZechariaiI speaks OF Christ
And Malachi of John. his sign
The Prophets number seventeen
And all the books are tlir;y-nine.
N Matthrw, Mark. AN Luke and John
Tell what Chri-t did in every place;
Acts show what the Apostles did;
A nj Romans how we're saved by grace.
Corinthians instruct the Church
Galatians show fiIth alone
EIheSians true love: and III
Gods grace L. shown.
Culos-ianS tell more of Christ
And Ihr~s ii.',Ians OF the cIii:
Ia im"thy aud Titus both
Arc rules Tor patrons To attend.
PtiIemn, christian trier .l>h.p shows:
Then Ii AbrtWs rl- ariy tel tow ali
The Jewish law ,rtfig CURED christ
And these EpiStles are bv Paul.
lanes show ,h9t f.th 10y works .nuSt live;
Ar.i Dot st..
While John tShnrt- IN CHRISTIAN love-
Fer those vino have it God Will bless.
juie slows the eud OF evil men;
md kcye alton tells OF heaven;
hus ends the whole New Testament,
And All the, books are tVenfv-Ieven
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

A man i'll San Francisco whose wife
was killed by Il street car is suing the
company for $4O.0 damages, which
is certainly complimentary to the de
parted.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08
Senator Sumner and the school
Question.

Several of heleading cOlOred citizens
of Washington have addressed senator
Sumner a letter congratulating him
on the recovery of his health, and ex-
pressing the hope that he will be able
to resume his labors in the Senate,
where, they say, he has SO long and faith
fnIly cOntended for the equal rights of
men. They also mentioned that they
are now aGitatinG the question OF a
common school i'll the District for all
children, feeling confident that this is
the only true way in which children
can be educated without prcdjudice
and discrimination on account of color,
race, and nationality
Mr.. Sumner, who will leave for Bos-
ton during the week, has acknowledged
the note in a letter, in which ne repeats
in the strongest terms his well known
principles favoring the equal rights of
all men. and urges the coiored citizens
to continue to demand and preserve
them. He points out that oil advances
i'll the direction of equal civil rights
have first been made in tue District of
Columbia, and reviews the several
steps and the complete snccess atten-
ding each new concession and expert
ment. In conclusion, he urges most
strongly the right and necessity of all
children, without dis intiOn of color.
to equal right, and advantages of q
common-schOol education lfashing-
ton IPiegrdna-BuitinlO ,Stm.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

A correspondent estimates that A. 7.
Stewards fortune ($lOO, O,OO0,0OO re-
duced to gold coin, would load good
sized sloop, and that two hundred and
odd mules, each carrying one ton,
would be revuired to transport it from
its place of deposit to the vessel.
The Ohio Constitutional Conventi On
has bet II occupied for some time with
the consideration of the judicial de-
partment. The number and extent of
jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts is 4
subject of warm discussion. The con-
ventiOn has voted to make So, 900 the
minimum salary Of Supreme Court
Judges.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

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Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

From the New York Herald Correspondents.
scenes AZ .:Ic SiFGini;L 7sadic:iI
Convention.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08
THE BIBLE.

The original of this was pasted on the walls
of a Swiss inn The following is full transla-
ton, which it is hoped may prove useful to many
OF your readers: d. w. GwiN.
Wilmington journal., 1873-08-08

Mr.. Paige, sharp, trim little mn
latto, was conducted to the stand as
permanent President of the Conven-
tion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-11
OBITUARY.

Henry NJ. Whittlesey, who was for long
time an attache of Gen Howards staff, died on Friday
az the Ct Elizabeth Asylum, Washington
Col. John Stackpole, age go, died suddenly
on Saturday, in Dover, NJ II. He was for many years
Chief OF Police that city, and was also Colonel OF the
I'D Regiment. Of New-Hampshire Militia. he TOOK sn
Inspector OF Customs at Dover.
William w. Clark, formerly Professor OF
Natural Science the State Normal School at Albany
died in Rochester yesterday at the age OF 40 years ne
was author Of the law fixing the standard OF weights
and measures of the State In l849 he assisted IN MAKING
The state geological survey, and In 1852 made sar
survey in North Carolina with Prof Emmons OF Albany
A. G. Allen, age about IS, died yesterday, IN
Washington after q few days illness He was native
OF Hampshire ard after serving as Navy Agent IN
washington during the Pierce Administration, became
o,snaner correspondent and was afteFward success
yey on the editorial staff or several Washington jour
nails He was held in high esteem by his associates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-11
TRAGIC AFFAIR IN IOWA.

ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 9.-On Tuesday morning last,
Thomas woodson, q nephew Of Gov Woodscn Of this
State, shot and killed william Barlow, IN corn field
near Percval Station Iowa. the ST. Joseph and Coun-
ell Bluff Railroad 1t appears that Barlow, who resided
near wyoming, Nebraska, left home on Monday with
the avowed purpose OF killing WOodson. Arriving at
Percva Barlow stated his intentions, and bis friends
endeavored to persuade him to return home, but he
would not and after remaining in town all that day
and night he started the next morning for Woodsons
farm In the mean time, Woodson heard OF Barlows
intention and arming himself took position in corn
field, and when Barlow approached he shot and Killed
him. He then fed TO Nebraska but returned on Thurs
day and surrendered to officers of the law, and was
placed In tai Sidney. IL reported that mob mad
arrived at sidney for the purpose OF aveDng Woodson
and the Jail guarded to resist an ATTACK but az last
accounts no demonstrations had taken place.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-11
TEIFGRAPHIC NOTES.

The American Dental Association, which has
been several days Pu'in Bay sooSfoea ye"
The agents of Russian Quakers who propose TO
this country bsys decided 70 foana the COLONY IN h-'p
Coanty. Kansas
The first bale of the new crop OF cotton which
arrived al Savannah sold auction. Saturday last 70 Randall
Damn Co. ss 81 cents poand
August Herchstadier, leading citizen and
saed ron wound received aecdsutAily week before.
Goy. Dix has pardOned George Smith, SEN
tened 10 three sias burgiry from Westrheser
County on be leave shs State and O iso
ysan-
"A number Of Jewish citizens have complained
Med Of Chicago that they disturbed while worship o
carried their and ash hin 10 interfere 10
their behalf
Tho delegation Of Philadelphia Councilman
heads efdeparmen arrived At sscran.uto Friday On
will starr Ior YOSEMITE where veg viii remain oee seei hsi
shch sAey si1 VISIT ban FraHeisoa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-11
GENERAL FIRE RECORD.
IN THIS CITY AND BROOKLYN.

A fire on the first floor of the fancy dry
goods store of Mrs. C. Farrell, at No. 46s Firsave,
Yesterday damaged stock 5000 insured for $1,000 III the
Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company.
fire in stable at Tenthave. and one-hundred-and-
eehteenth-st owned and occupied by Joseph Hogen,
Yesterday, destroyed the buildings loss $500.
William Maloney's dwelling at the foot Of Henry-st.'
Rrooklyn was set on fire. last evening, and damaged
MOO; insured by the Liverpool and London Company,
for $500. o..
ELSEWHERE.
fire broke out at 10i o'clock last night in
the storeroom of the United States Lighthouse at Quar-
antne Staten Island Everything in the storeroom was
destroyed. No buildings were damaged.
In Cincinnati on Saturday night the steam
pump factory OF j. II. MCGOWAN Co. took fire. and the
building and stock were damaged to the extent OF
$1,000 Both werefull insured in Cincinnati offices.
1t is estimated that the loss in the destruc-
ton OF timber corlwood and fencing, in addition to
the buildings and stock destroyed by the recent fires In
the wild lands, between Oakdale and Holbrook, L. l..
will not fall short Of s5Oo0 upon which there was not
dollar OF insurance.
The barn of Thomas Hamilton, at Oregon
near Mattituck L. H. with its contents consisting OF
tons of hay 800 bushes OF oats 800 bushels OF wheat
farm tools harness. &C. destroyed by hre on satur
day morning The loss Ia estimated at $2oOO INSURANCE
on stock aud building, $3.50. ..... .....