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Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11
THE VIRGINIA LEGssIATs'EsE r.
AND THE IRgrISIASa TIsOaf-

The House of Delegates of the Nir-
gluia Legislature has taken very appro-
pirate action in regard to the Louisiana
outrage, by adopting tie following
resolution
Rcsolccd, That this General Assein-
bly, doe, earnestly unite i'll the appeal
now being made by :he people of Lou
isiana 10 the President, Tor an extra
session of Congress. in order that
necessary measures may be inaugural
ted by that honorable body which will
give 10 those people Just, ir@e. amt
Republican government,
We trust the other House 81 the
assembly will concur III the resolution,
and that it will be presented in due
any expectation that it viii accomplish
any good purpose, for we feel sure
that Mr.. Grant places no value upon
the opinion of the Virginia Legisla-
ture, but simply to make it q matter of
record. As the people of Louisi:.n..
have we'll said, they are not under the
United States. Its Government gives
support u as arr,tnt II lt~pptism rs
exists !n Russia or Iurh,r Ssv the
united action e oil the departments OF
It's Government, Irdiciai. Executive
and Legislative, they MI. treated 80
subjects, and not d, citizens. A. its
y 4
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

The native New York shoe-blackers
are in state Of excitement, occasioned
by the competition in their business
by the boys of the Italian emigrants to
that city. The Italians ''shine up" at
three cents. An interview with one of
the .-supplanted elected an opinion of
his party that the only way to settle
matters was ''to lay fur 'em, for, he
added, "they dishes us outen all our
jobs, and shines is wus ner paper-sel-
lin now" When asked why he did
not meet them on prices. heevaded the
point adroitly by remarking that it did
not make much matter TO him, as he
had a regular custom. Those who have
hitherto depended on casual jobs, how
ever, don't view the matter SO philo-
sophically, and whenever chance offers,
the italian interlopers are made to feel
their wrath.
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

| you sleep until tomorrow night, and
| by that time | shall be hundreds OF
miles away. As soon IS 1 see that the
drug has taken effect, l. shall unite
! your hands and remove the gag. When
you come out OF yonr sleep-if you
| ever do-vou had better crawl out to
+! meet some traveller soon. [ want to
! use the horse and buggy, otherwise i
would leave them for you.
! How coolly he talked He treated
. the matter as if it were o regular trans
action III which L fully acquiesced He
had made ME fast prisoner, and fell
that he could do Just as he pleased.
While [ was thinking, l saw the little
white face appear between the rails
again, but in moment it faded AWAY,
and i'll its place was taken by the snn-
burned phiz OF Il farmer. lie looked
from me to Raleigh and back again,
and J. winlled at him N Il way which he
readily understood. His face. iisip-
peared. and T felt ina; | should l,e
saved.
NO, old Grip won't get his tin to-
day" mused Raleigh, storing away
the bills in his pockets. ''Iou viii go
back to Law & Law feeling put out
and cut up, but they should not blame
you; it is not your fault at all True.
had YOU minded your business on the
car and not been so free with stranger,
this would not have happened. I WAS
on my way to Milwaukee, and had IL.
thought OF such picllings here"
[ saw nothing of the farmer. Raj
eigh finished his counting, and made
mp my mind that the farmer was afraid
To interfere and had ran away. Ny
heart went down as Raleigh got up.
for 1 saw that he WAS about to carry
out his plan of further ,lrugGing mt.
He turned me on my back. sat dow!l
astride of me, an then puI;cd out the
flask.
Now in just aboEt IA minute well
be through with this business" he re
marked. trying to put the month OF the
flask between my lips.
/ rolled my head to one side and l.a
did not succeed. He was iuInmiIg l!i,-
flask against my teeth, when caught
the sound of Il soft step, the crash OF 2
club, and Raleigh rolled oil lny body
He tried t" leap mp, bat three or four
farmers struck him down, and one oT
them relilcrcd him scnsclcss. Bcforr
he came to / was free of ropes and
gag, and We had him nicely bound.
over beyond the pasture ii farmer
and his hands Were rallng up hay
Little Blue Eyes, only eight years
old, had wandered of after strawher-
rics, and had fortunately Witnessed
part of Raleigh,s proceedings. She
I;;,i hurried back 10 her father and
told him that " q man was tied ,tp onr
there, and he had returned t. the
fence. Understanding the situatiol,>
he aud his men had moved around so
Is toseclrc an advantage, and Halrigll's
capture WAS the result.
When the rascal found his senses he
was terribly taken abact. aud cursed
cnough for 1t whole Flanders army
We took him back TO Grafton, ;.nts
when | last saw him he was on his way
to the penitentiary tn serve 2 sentence.
Of fifteen years.
The mortgage was lifted, after ali,
and the gift which Law i Law sent
little Katie Gray kept ttrr III Art~sns
for many Il year.
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11
rf,e Way Ehey TO 81 IL, ycar-.>A--

'Ef,e Way Ehey tso FL ia Ncaa-s>A''-
Charles Wells sold Il cow to All Old
man named Shurty, III Stanton connt.S,
Nebraska. and was to RECEIVE III pay
ment thirty DAYS labor, which were tr
le counted Mt one dollar per day. 4
-hattel mortgage was given on tile COW
with this understanding NeuS calico
1.,.on ssiI3:rty for fifteen days wcIL.
which Wa duly pcrfurlncol- \ quarrel
then arose, and Wells took his chattel
lnortgage to neichbo1ilg lawvcr and
asked has advice Go ana sue tLlt.
COW under YOU inGrtgage, sad ftle
itw7cr. Wells acted 'i{3on t3sia afyice.
and, as lie expected some opposition.
tool. along a gun. >5liurtr saw hlni
coming with his weapon. and also owent
for his gun. When hc ucHt came oni
OF his house, eun IL hand, Well,
fired aud killed i.im osr the
spot. Nobody witnessed fhe tr.:9ea.y-
The next step that i known ~ tii,s
c1lriul,- and bloody affair W,,s wien
Wells stopped at a cablne: sh"p in th.-
vicinity, told that hc had killed Siiurr,v
and SAID they h;td better 81 ll2' amt
I. zc the measure ft'r :, cotiL4t.
Tine prutlG:c judge q Stanton
! c,,i,uiy sat Il number Of -daNs pn the
cast. Wells having given himself NJ
f,r -i,u: purpose. rhc rc-,'It Esi til:9t
: Well. VA committed T. AVA, .;i'
action nf the grand j9tlH. From thl~
: 1,t.d.ca,nent }re was lately released by
4 l,wvcr. vino procured a h'tf'"a~
ee.zJ,,,S, md finally :; dsoi.arae, on
thu ground that no w..ccs-g l'aL eyer
been issued against his client. Aud
stu. Wells. thou"l. ut liberty, ,sorsnht {
feel u1lite satisfied. When our nfor-
; r,.lnt left ne WAS hunting the oiieI.ny
! whose name IS sam, and wanting Anew
.nycs- igation. He tl'ah:s Ii" ilas not
bee, examined enough tt"0't'.
iL,wld Aa p
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11
Jhe Recent viii EKpi0siaH-- The
Prnbable Csla-e----O 2 II On Os
NessrA. Cow lille \ Co.

There being 50 many conflicting re-
ports, and such Il diversity of opinion,
in regard to the cause of the explosion
at Messrs. Colviile s Co.'S steam saw
mill, on l.lst Wednesday morning, we
have requested the views of the pro-
prietors in regard to the matter, which
have been furnished lis in the follow
ing form. Most certainly, the opinion
given by these gentlemen is entitled to
full weight and Considerations ut the
hands of the public
WnMINoToN, \. c., April 4, 1873.
EDlToRs JOURNAL
Ge,aAs--We have calmly investigated
the whole facts, and weighed all the
testimony of those who were eve wit
nesses of the explosion Of our boilers
Wednesday morning. First, the water
in the boilers was evidently at nsua'
height from the testimony uf ON
watchman. and the fireman, VIM. Tay-
]or. both being examined privately
under the most favorable cireu,ustsn-
ccs for arriving at the. truth. WI
TaylQr's testimony We consider va.',a
BILE, inasmuch as he has l,cen in our ON
plON Spule SettIS, anu pare VI tilc ttIHt
rs engineer, he being perfectly familiar
with the condition of things around
him, but the key to the lnystery We
think We have found, through the tes
timony of the sawyer, Gniifora Taylor
who has been iu our employ seven
years. He states that the engine was
t shut off, and had been about ter
minutes. At that time i'll the morning
the fires were fresh and heavy, and the
safety yal1c, from some cause, re
fused tn perform it's functions, ccncen-
tr.ting the whole evaporation nf thu
three boilers for that time, thai
is, the work for sixty horses fol
ten minutes, concentrated i'll one
terrific blow. 4:his is the conolusio,
We have arrived ut from ali the TACT
| and testimony before us. We ough
to mention that the stopping of ths
; engine was from the mill requiring
some adjusting on tls saw. Th,
boilers were thoroughly cleaned ant
put in steam the 10th of last Jantlarv
and have run constantly since, with
out any complaint of pumps, pipes, ol
! any other deficiency, whatevcr. w
expect to go to work to-morrow morn
ing aud rebuild, and hope that thu
| interruption OF Our business will h
but temporary.
, Respectfully,
! OoLvILLE & Co.
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

TIL" inhabitants OF a Western town
were badly frightened one night last
week Mt what appeared To be mon
ster comet i'll the constellation OF the
Bear. The local editor, however. put
their fears at rest by telling them that
the strange looking creature was
nothing more than Il c,'n"k ia the
ciO"d>
4 good little hoy, who started for
Sunday School the other day with a
very respectable umbrella, was seen
by his agnnize.l mother sliding by the
window in sitting posture. He hung
t. the umbrella, but lost his testament
and he left samples of his panfaloons
on every sharp piece OF ice for about
three hundred feet :"
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11
lNilmlnoton Aournal.
WILMINGTON Y. G.:
FRIDAY. APRIL II, 1873.

The number of persons ont of en-
nloyment in Philadelphia is appalling.
One insertion of a little advertisement
for a clerk in a railroad office brought
qe5 applicants in a single day.
The Vienna exhibition viii cost
,,.-orlv 50. 800, 900 To make it pay it
viii he necessary for 20,0tn, 600 of
visitor TO patronize tie exhibition
This large nimhAr is confidently OK
,,ected bv the Director General. who
:. s,id 10 lie enthusiast -ryer the
,,tost,Cf.t IF success.
The Cleveland Hr1ld makes these
shocking remarks about the members
,f ,li, OHIO Legislature There are
members OF ihe Legislature who spend
more hours in Columbus smoking,
drinking and loafing than III their
official duties. When there Is a call of
the House tllC Scrgeant-at-A"ms knows
pretty well whers- tu find Il score of the
members, and these lazy Legislative
louts, with those who have cleared
the coop by going home, do not earn
tie salt Of their porridge"
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

!. distl ossed looking individual, wl"
had been summoned TO serve rs juror
in Thilalelphiu, asked the nudge To-
excuse him because he f;stt coI4scielf-
tious scrupIes against ending lnen to.
nrisnn: there was too much false
swearing: he had been there az ! knew
how it was himself. The Judge asked
him what lac had ever been III prisolf
for. Well, for rape, highway ROB
berry, assault and battery, and lal-
c.nv," He WAS excused.
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11
All Abeut ti.t Ne>y Postal Sard>,

Five million nf the new postal cards
authorized bv Congress will he deiiv-
cred to the Poatinaster-( (irneral for is
sue i,s tie Morgan Envelope cnmpn-
ny, OF Springfield. Mass, on the lst
uroximo. 1t has been stated that there
will hc two kinds of cards--one ruled,
and the. other without hnes-but snch
IS not the. case. There will be but one
kind OF card, and that will he Of il
cream color, five and one-eighth inches
in length, and three inches in width
One side of the card (the one intended
for the message) is entirely plain, and
the other bears an ornamental scroll
work border one-eighth of an inch in
width. In the right hand nppfr cor
I,.:. ia II picture Of the Goddess of
Liberty. surrounded with Il scroll-wOrk
border, in which are the words ~.
$. Postac.-oue cent. In the left up
per corner, and extending two-thirtls
across the card, are the words, in vel
vet brown letters, United States Pos
tai Card and below in similar let
ters, Write the address only on this
side-tl,c message on the other. BE
meath tl,is, and to the left. is the word
"7o in scrip. followed by line OK
tending across the card, for the name
of the. party addressed Below this
are two other lines-one being for the
name of the postofficc, and the other
for the county and State. Although
il is not expected that any one will
put more than tue address OH one
side. there is no prohibition against
filling both sides with writing, provi-
ded the address remains legible; nor
is it contrary to law to place printing
on the cards instead of writing. The
cards will he distributed to postmas-
ters throughout the country ON requi-
sition, the same rs other supplies, and
will be sold at the stamp-window at
one cent each. The question has fire.
ouently been asked whether a plain
card, bearing one cent stamp, will
not lie allowed to pass through the
mails the same Us the Government
cards; but tue law prevents the use or
transmission of aHy but the Official
cards. The cost of the postal cards is
81 80. cents per thousand. that being
the bid OF the successful competitor
for their Washington
Star.
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

= e.EIe.. srot.s tie E-ovt"r ssccinxa>.
Gllostsh have lately becom" @ plontifH;
that !. supernatural department may
soon become L necessity OF every well
regulated newspaper. Is rule. ghost
have been thicker in the North5rl:
States than elsewhere, bnt they ar,-
now settling i'll large numbers iis e:i2ib bic
locations III the Sotttu. There is u
ghost III Georgia vino lului.o, III the
reprehcnsilhle practice OF dropping red
hot nails on the heads ~ the nnfoitH-
nate family lii Who's garnet lie ha,.
taken mp his abode. -is 10 the character
Of this ghost there can l2 np ,iOli!,3-
No visitor from the regions OF bIi@<
could have any opportunitv-eren If
he had the desiro-ta hes; nails reG
hot. and bring them to earth with iti;,i
in order to annoy peaceabIe people.
The Georgia ghost clearly comes from
q region OF furnaces, and the sooner
he returns 70 his warmer residence
tie. better
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

The Philadelphia Press CALI, attcli-
ton to the fact that American iio1lr was
selling on the first Of March, at the
Corn Exchange, i'll London, at from ~
to 26 shillings a barrel, and 1t higher
quality, marked extra and double, "
average of IS for '.:sCaondS, and 'us-
der 50 Il barrel for extra and double
These prices are IN gold. t. Wiiicii
must be added II per cent. to reduce
it into or currency. The same quail
ties OF American tiour sci! in PhiIsdeI-
phia, where they are manufactured
respectively for SO and ;lH, currency
The British dealer, Who las 10 pa.
freight and Insurance in addition il.
cost, doubtless 1nalzCs living p-otit
vet sells American flour vca.y consider
ably under american prices. 1t woniss
almost pay to import American iious-
from England
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

Hans Christian Andersen, Who IL
still seriously Ill, viii visit Italy N
search of health during the month OF
April.
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

All the professions are now repre-
sented in the Georgia Pcnitentiary ex-
capt Congressman.
The statistics of the Order of Red
Men in Pennsylvania show that there
are 1872 tribes in the State, comprising
Is. 1872 members. OF these there are
sixteen Past Grand Sachems and J, 1858
Past Saohems,
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

It"SflEV'tIIITF YDt!Ts.
w. \. GRAHAu.
Wilmington journal., 1873-04-11

ever and wherever the necessity there
fore MAY arise, that the members of the
Bar will form themselves into an 1850
ciation for the publication and preser-
vati0n of its morals if not of its man.
, 1873-01-18

ed with canes or being prepared for
the cultivation of sugar, the said Tax
to be levied pursuant to the ordi-
nance of 29th December 1862 s 3,
relating to a modification of certain
Taxes and imports in the Island of
st. Croix, all owners of Estates, or
their attorneys, are hereby, in &C
cOrdance with the enactment of the
ordinance, requested to forward to
the undersigned Commission, within
IA days from date, the declaration in
writing prescribed in the Ordinance
as to the lightweight of the sugar
produced on the property in ques-
ton from lst January to 3lst De-
cember 1872.
A copy of the Statement of the
lightweight of Sugar exported from
each estate during the same time,
furnished from the Customhouses,
pursuant to the Ordinance, will be
found exposed for inspection in the
Courthouse in Christiansted and in
the Courthouse in Frederiksted,
, 1873-01-18
acknowledgements

yGl RIA Nandagen den 13de dennes vii
~ Postbefordringen imellem Christiansted
og Frederiksted skee we'd Postvogne, iste-
detfor som hidtil we'd ridende Ordonnantser.
Med Postvognen befordres saavel Brev-
fo%rsendelser, som Pakkepostforsendelser,
disse sidste indtiI en- Volumen at 200 dan
ske Cubiktommer og indtil en- Vegt at 4
Pund, forsaavidt Rummet tillader Diet; dog
modtages Verdisager like fra og til Kings
hill. Pengebel6b modtages til F~orsendelse
i samme U~dstrekning som hidtil.
De hidtil gjeldende Regler med Hensyn
til I~ndpakninger og Adressen m. M. blive
fremdeles at f0lge.
Gouvernementssecretariatet st. Croix
lode Januar 1878.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1873-01-18
NOTICE.

UIROM and after Monday the 18th inst,
az the conveyance of Mails between Chris
tiansted and Frederiksted will be effected
by means of Post-Chaises, instead of Or
derIies on horse back, as hitherto.
For transmission by said Post-Chaises
will be received Letters to the same extent
as heretofore, and Parcels not exceeding
200 Danish cubic-inches in volume or 4
pounds in weight, to the extent the space
in the Chaises admits. Parcels containing
Articles of money value will, howevever,
not be received for transmission from or to
Kingshill. Sums of money will be re-
ceived for transmission to the same extent
as hitherto.
The existing rules in regard to the mode
of packing and letters of address, etc. are to
be observed.
Governments Secretary's Office, st.
Croix 10th January 1878.
r. PETERSEN.
, 1873-01-18

Tax Commission for St. Cr0ix the
18th January 1878.
R. PETERSEN. C r. MAGENS.
PETER LEMMING.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-04-10
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH,
TO THE
daily gennebte gnnrmal.
AFTERNOON TELEGRAMs.

San Francisco, April s. On Monday sew
cral officers from Loss Angeles, went in pur-
suit of Mexican desperate, Miguel Bal,
and found him concealed in the mountains
and refusing to surrender. The officers fred
upon him, Bal returning the FIRE. Eight shots
were fred, Bal being killed and the officers
escaping unhurt.
Gloucester Mass, .. Benjamin Carpenter
and Archie Beaton, of the fishing schooner
Sarah p. Ayers, Of this port, were lost in a
dory off the banks, and Michael Carleton
was washed overload from the schooner
Aaron Burnham.
Concord, N. H., 9. George Sherburne,
the man who eloped with Josephine Drew
from Baskerville last fall, was arraigned on
the charge Of adultery in the Supreme Judi
cial Court this morning, and pleaded guilty.
He was sentenced to the full extent of the
law-three years in the State Prison.
New York, .. Jesey City elected eight re-
publican and two democratic aldermen. New
Brunswick elected democratic mayor. Ho-
boken elected democratic municipal officers.
The World says that the people of Louis
lana who did not vote for Kellogg are organ
izing to resist the payment of taxes.
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Almost Incredible.

1t almost passes belief that single life in
surance company should be able, after only
thirteen years Of effort, to make such bust
ness report as that just published by the
Equitable Life Assurance Society. Starting
in 1859, without other capital than the $780,
600 required by law, and wedging itself, as it
were, into the very heart Of BUSINESSMEN
then supposed to be overdone by the few con-
servatives who titled the field--the Equitable
has made for itself an enviable position in the
confidence of the public. Instead of the $780,
900 it had at the beginning, it now has almost
$40, O0O, 900 ofsubstantial, well-invested, in
terest-earning assets; and from the modest
business it began with, its volume of tranac-
tons has now become enormous.
That life insurance company, only thir-
teen years old, can report having issued l2,-
491 policies, insuring nearly $52 100000 in
one year, almost staggers credulity. For, it
must be remembered, this sum of $50, 000,-
600 is not only large amount of itself, but
also that it is nearly twice as much as the
average amount at risk in all the life insur-
ance companies in the country, young and
old. That is, the Equitable's business last
year alone was equal to nearly twice tue aver
age aggregate business of all American COM
panies during their entire existence. But, to
make this comparison more striking, we need
only reproduce few figures from the official
returns for 1871 of certain other life compan-
les older than the Equitable, the names being
omitted for obvious reasons
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FROM NEW YORK.

New York, 8. The Italians employed by
the New York gas company have all left, and
Germans supply their places, Everything is
quiet around the gas works. The strikers
have given up all hopes that the employees
of the Manhattan company will join them.
The car drivers on the Belt line will strike
to- morrow for S2.75 per day. Their present
pay is 80.
Helena Kalls, doctress, was arrested to-
day on the charge of Mrs. Arlington (who
claims to be the wife of Gen. Fred W. Ar
lington) Of having procured an abortion on
her. Mrs. Arlington was found lying on the
sidewalk on Monday suffering intensely, and
she is now at the Long Island college hos
pital, where 1t is now stated that she canno,
survive.
Judge Tappan decided to day that Mrs
Myers, witness in the Goodrich case, should
be discharged on her own recoguizance and
security of $1,000.
Commissioner Bell has revoked his order
that no reporters should be admitted to the
Tombs without passes.
The supreme court has cut down the claim
of Charles Guidel, the street paving contrac-
tor, from 1871 ,532 to Sl3,30O.
The Erie railroad authorities annsunce
that all distractions of the road at Port Jer-
Wis have been removed.
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The Postal Car Question

New York, G. The United States Senate
committee heard to-day the continuation Of
the arguments in reference to the postal car
question.
President Hinckley, of the Philadelphia {
Baltimore railroad, read an extract from the
annual reports, showing the small profits re-
sulting to the company from the earnings of
carrying mails.
President Harris, of the Connecticut VAL
ley road, stated that his company received
$4,000 from the express per year, and if
they were paid accordingly for mails they
would get e45,95O yearly. As it is, they
only get ten dollars for the round trip by a
81 feet car, with two messengers. If the lat
ter paid their fare it would cost them seven
dollars.
Mr.. Hinckley resuming read documents to
show the inequality of the postal remunera-
ton. His own company received 62 cents
per mile for thirty feet car, while on the
Delaware branch they only received IA cents
per mile for thirty feet cars. The mails were
carried in the same class of cars on both
branches.
The committee then adjourned until to-
morrow, when Mr.. Davis will make an argu-
ment for the postofice department