Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-24
0Nln|irtgton Aourml,
WILMINGTON, n. c.:
FRIDAY, JANUARY "a, 1873.
EDITORIAL NOTES.


ceived four new auxiliary societies
one in Georgia, two in Alabama, and
one in Nebraska.
A Swedish Countess wants to go in
search of Livingstone. Mrs. Living
stone has been dead long enough to
Justify the expedition.
The Viceroy of Egypt, it is said, in
tends to erect pyramid which will
sstornd the world. The immense
blocks of stone requisite for it will be
c,,t from beneath the cataracts of the
Upper Nile.
It is stated that on the late anniyer-
sarv of Prince Albert's death, Queen
Victoria permitted the Windsor band
10 plav for the first time since the loss
If her consort. They must have been
little out of practice.
The violent storm of slect and rain
on Sunday last is understood to have
caused much damage to the fruit trees
throughout the Northern States In
New Jersey the damage is in some
places pronounced irreparable.
On the 46th anniversary of Col.
Kuapp's entrance into the office as a
cub. the st. Louis Republican took
possession of its new building, costing
x3jO 900, and said to be the best ap-
noiuted printing office i'll the world.
Governor Dix's health is spoken of
ss unable to endure the labors of his
new position. He is over 81 years of
ape and though, hale and hearty, the
immense duties OF his new position are
50 exacting, that his friends fear he
will not survive mid-sumlner.
William Hungerford, the oldest law
yer in Connecticut, died III Hartford
on Wednesday night, aged eiGhty-six
wears. He graduated at Yale College
in 1900, and WAS admitted to the bar
in New London in 1872 In 1853 Yale
conferred upon him the degree of LID.
4 gentleman at Lancaster, Pa, has
horse that takes his children to
school in the morning, returning home
driverless; and at night returns for
them in the same way, rubbing his
nose against the window pane to indi-
cate his presence. He is ahead of
..Marvs little lamb
The cable informs us that the
special train, which was to leave Paris
on the 18th instant. with number of
Bonapartists who desired to visit Chi
selhurst for the purpose of witnessing
the funeral ceremony of the dead En-
peror, was interdicted by the French
Government :
Vile is the vengeance DER the ashes cold,
And envy has-, 10 bark at sleeping mould
The Credit Mobilier exposure con-
tinues to exhibit that members of Con-
gress who published most positive and
comprehensive denials OF ever having
in any manner whatsoever received
any of the stock, are now reduced to
Offering excuses for having received it.
Both Mr.. Colfax and Mr. Dawes are
certainly in this category.
The new bill for the revision of the
Consular system change, the existing
provisions for the relief of destitute
American sealnen, 50 as to place tax
Of One-half OF Il cent per ton of regis
tered tonnage on vessels entering Il
foreign port, to be collected by the
Consul, and to be placed to the credit
of the fund for the relief of such des-
titute seamcn.
The Turkish Government has dis
covered an alarming conspiracy against
the life of the Sultan, plotted by emf
grants from Bucharest. 4 number of
the leaders have been captured and
imprisoned, and will, of course be
brought to the bow-string. 1t is hint
ed that the Pasha of Egypt, who is
now called the khedive, knows some
thing about the matter.
Savannah had grand carnival last
Monday. The procession is described
as having been an imposing pageant
and the ball at night magnificent
affair. The carnival and ball were got
ten ND almost altogether by the Ger,
man citizens Of Savannah. 1t will be
long remembered, say the papers oi
that CITY, as one of the most brilliant
affairs that has ever occurred i'll Savan
nah.
A Washington letter says the amount
of claims preferred to the British
American Claims Commission runs NJ
to seventy millions dollars. and are OF
such q nature as to uecessitate thf
sending out to every State and terri
tory in the Union, and to nearly ever,
country in Europe, to take testimony
At this rate the Alabama Arbitrator
verdict will not turn o,A such Il ble
thing for the United States after all
Patterson, the carpet-bagger of Souti
Carolina, who bribed his way to sea
in the Senate. is to i,e-cat-haulcd. Hi
credentials are to he referred t" th'
committee on Privileges and Elections
and the acquisition of bribery hrouSh
against him is to be investigated
Elliott, the member of the House iron
South Carolina. who was his compet'
tor for the Senate, is his accuser, an'
he will follow him mp with nallclo''
energy.
In the report Of the Secretary OF tn
State of Ohio, the statement Is mao
that "by the accepted methods OF caic'
lation, there are twenty-three thousan
million tons of available coal III Ono.
Taking the statement for truth, an
estimating the able-bodied men OF tn
whole globe at two hundred and thlrt
million, the force stored up in the COZ
OF Ohio is equal in producing artiflcl'
labor power to the manual labor OF ti
whole uorL3 fo, tbroa hundred wears.