Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-02-07

The Richmond Dispatch says.John
Pool, the scalawag Senator from North
Carolina, who is urged for a seat in
Grants next cabinet, I" is covered with
conhuent p,,stnles Of infamy." Bless
your innocent soul, what's the use of
saying, or proving it, either ? You
can't scare the rest of the cabinet that
way. They've all had it, SAYS the Ma
con Telegraph. -. .....-..+
The name of General Jubal A. Early
having been mentioned i'll connection
with the Governorship of Virginia, he
has written to the Lynchburg Ncms
that he would not consent to take the
oaths required to be taken, to hold any
office within the gift of the people, of
the Legislature, or OF the Executive, If
the emoluments were ten-fofd what
they are at present. '-"
The New York COn,nterciat (Radical)
says: 1.-The hitherto inexplicable pig
headedness of Uncle Sam, in clinging
to our present snobby and expensive
system of Ministers PlenipOtentiary
abroad, is at last shown to have been
most charitably inspired by the wish
to accommodate eminent citizens who
! do not think there is anybody III this
country good enough t" marry their
daughters.
Since August 3Ist, SAYS the Column
bus (Ga) San, our factories have taken
in from their warehouses ., iOS bales,
against 80 the same time last year:
showing al Increase, of s3s ba'es in
five months If this cotton had been
sold, it world have brought S216, 72O.
Sent from our, @fseteries it brings
$3.50, 1so-a gailii,.e Of s4ss, ,44o. Quite
a handsome differehce in favor of Co
lumbus.
The Senatorial contest in Florida
still continues, both houses baliotlng
daily without result. Public interests
are suffering, and all legislation is
blocked until the contest is decided.
Gen. Henry S. Sandford, Minister to
Belgium under President johnson, and
recalled by Gen. Grant, is working
actively, but it is not probable that he
can be elected.
General John Eaton, Jr., Commits
sioner of Education, will in his forth
coming report, give the following in
teresting facts in reference to the iilit-
eracy of the people of the United
States: Total population of the United
States, 3s, 55s, ,371 illiterate, 10 years
old and over, 1858, I44; estimated
number of persons able to write. III
1870, 90, ,422, ,572 per cent. of total
estimated illiterate, to total pOpIlla-
ton, 3147.
At a recent meeting of Jews at Ber-
lin, it was definitely resolved to form
in Germany a sister alliance to the
Alliance Israelite Universelle in France,
founded by NJ. Gemleu1. The alliance
has for its object to promote all Jew
ish interests, protect Jews from perse-
cution and unequal laws, and assist
destitute persons OF its own pers,la-
SIGN. Delegates will meet trienniallv.
A committee of twenty was appointed.
The alliance will bear the name Israel
itscI1c Alliance in Deutschland.
In collecting the important duties
on sugar the United State. tariff laws
adopt the Dutch standard for regula-
Al 1n Tho IT Dn1,4 ,.t-
ment at Washington, i'll order to insure
accuracy in this standard, has inst
procured from the American Consul at
Rotterdam twenty-five sets of sugar
samples. indicating the various grades
OF the Dutch standard, and these sam
ples arr. to he furnished to the varlous
Collectors of Customs to aid them III
determining the classification of i'm
ported sugars.
Nl his American tour from December
.. 1867. to April 20, 1865, Dickens, it
is stated. gave 76 readings, to audi
ences averaging 100, the average net
proceeds amounting TO 5000. giving
him fortune of S22a. 900 in what may
! be regarded RS a simple holiday excnr-
sion of five months. His smallest
House was at Rochester, \. Y, which
Welded 81, 800, while his largest house
gave him $4,000. At the first sale of
tickets III Boston, on November 18th,
Mr.. Dolby sat ut the pigeon-hole thir-
teen consecutive hours, taking in
12,00O. Mr. Dickens was listened to
. IN america hy ia, 200 people. ..
A person in New York recently al
vertised for housekeeper, offering
! board as compensation for the Light
duties required At the appointed
hour fifty middle-aged women, mostly
well dressed, although in many cases
the garments were thin and faded, pre-
sented themselves in answer to the adj
vertisement, willing to give their ser
vices for a comfortable home, without
cent i'll money as recompense Tor
their work. The incident reveals a Ia
mentable picture of that large class in
society who cannot find remunerative
employment, and wonld rather endure
the privations of poverty than solicit
charity. ..-....
OF General John B. Gordon, Sena-
tor-elect from Georgia, the corrcspon-
dent of the Cincinnati Commercial
says .. .s-
''He has nothing Of the Stephens in
his composition. He is AS different as
white is from black. He is young,
ardent. stout, eloquent; full of nerve,
energy, vim, and push; brilliant ora
tor, dashing military officer, and a
man who never knew fear. In the
Southern army he won the title OF the