Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-26

Ohio wants its constitution amended
SO that the State Senate may be elected
for two Years and the Hons; Of Eo2r@-
seutativss for one year.
It IS said that the people WHO went
Down in the Vile du Hayrc we're worth
twenty million CT dollars. ard Yet FL.
OF it couldn't save one life.
BraEminism IS still profeesod ~
10, GOO, 600 Of human souls, ''bu*, y
says M4Z Ii;tilar, Is waa dying or
light Of truth.
TIE C.nrics' Journal 5ays that tire
Milw au4zes regiment rendered for the
Cuban way numbered 9S:9 officers and
private. Wien tile regiment reached
Cuba the Officers we're t. l." s,-nt hcIl70
Oh & recruiting SERVED.
Tic Canadian paper aIc discussing
tie .,ues<i0u whether the dominion
Government VIII demand thc extraoi-
ton ~ Eeil, tit,; sx-re!Jei President of
Manitoba. accused of having murdered
Scott, and who Is said 10 have lied
FROM Justice 10 tIlc Cnite>! States.
TIE t3ecretary uf the Treasury has
written ? letter TO tba House OF Repre-
sentatives- enclosing q bill revising.
and changing IL scloe respects. tho
duties on sill, goods. Ii provides r
duty OF 60 I1er cent. q; znio se'nl on All
textile fabrics which have silk IS n
component OF chief value, except GER
tain specified articles, ard those con-
taining over % per cent. Of wool or
wors;ed. This is very important
bill, affecting especially ribbons aid
the ike shat have cotton in them.
\ dispatch ls0:a Calcutta brings the
news OF the near approach OF Tho an
ticipata,I famine IN India Although
there has vet been no real distress, i;
c.x1rot he a long time before actual
deat;1ution and hunger sets in. at q
recent meeting in London, for tho
purpose Of considering relief measures.
it was stated that the population of
Bengal numbers 60,000,0o0, and, ac-
cordin1 10 the lowest estimate. "a, Go
600 ere suffering. and OF these iuiiy
one-fonrth will have - be rsiieved~b
Government aid. To keep life in this
number of people for six months viii!
require $500, 600 tons Of rico, requir-
inE an outlay Of 1000, 900 by the
Government Anincidental feature of
the meeting was the fact that the Gov
crnroant itself was charged with the
famine and very severely centured for
not constructing Tie irrigation works
which il had agreed to, and which
would have averted the famine, by
saving the crops. -
Il is rumored in the London clubs
that Mr.. Barring has left personal
property to the value of more than
f2, 900, 900 sterling, independent OF
! his costly collection of pictures and
other objects of art, worth certain =
! not less than se2OO, COO. He is believed
! to have constituted his nephew, Lord
| NORTH brook, at present Viceroy OF In
| dia, his principal heir; or rather it is
| n-serted that he has anticip tted to b n,
that princely succession by havil 2
J already made over to him Il mill { u
and quarter of money So as 20 avo d
! It's di.nlnution by legacy duty at tho
rate. Of 3 per cent, the duty levied or
al iuheriting nephew. The sum thus
! rescued from the Chancellor OF the Ex-
/ cheauer wonld amount to very little
/ short of f40, 900. Mr.. Baring's deatll
! closes what may be called the third
generation OF the great clearinghouse
. OF which he was the head. The Sec
ond generation was represented by
| Alexander. Lord Ashburton, who died
! in 1915; and the fret by Sir Francis,
! tho first banker, who was made q baro-
nes By Mr.. Pitt, aud died in 1910,
worth more than 81, 900, 0C0 sterling.
! It was the second who lent million
! to France to enable that unlucky
country to rid herself of foreign occ1.
patton more than fifty years ago.