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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

been, was never Baltimore Plug Ugly,
and was never charged upon Che floor
of the United States Ssnate with hav-
ing made it preferable for an innocent
man to run, the gauntlet of the ~buliets
Of batallion of cavalry rather than
to run that of court OF JUSTICE, VIII,
being a cheat, swind,er and q sco.ln-
drel, and who can turn New Workers Of
the ''quieter and slower sort into the
streets on the ground that they and
their associates render the other ten
ants of building insecure, ara either
a very bold people or are ignorant OF
the existence of one Edward CantwcN.
State Solicitor for the Cape Fear judi
c;al District. It is indeed difficult to
believe the French people are SO igno-
rant. 1t is, however, entirely inlpossi-
bic to believe, III spite of all their
known gallantry, that they would not
be afraid OF SO mighty and puissant a.,
individual az the late military Cover
nor of Norfolk, if they only had the
pleasure OF knowing him. President
Thiers and the French people had bol
ter be more careful in taeir talk aboUs
American dignataries, lost at the next
term OF its Superior Court of Bladei,
county. Ir Solicitor Cantwell should
find bill of indictment against Their,
for libel. We sincerely trust that or
friends across the water will grow cir
cumspect. Cantweu still lives .
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
Prom the Scme.vil,e n j. Cnionist.
Hassy Wedding and Quick Repent.
ancc.

4 few days ago Q wedding took place
in Bedminster Township, the princi-
pals in which shall be nameless. The
bridegroom was q man well advanced
in years, having passed middle life,
but possessing the charm of worldly
wealth. He made love to young lady
OF about 90. Vha, otter the repeated
opportunities of her parents, finally
accepted her aged suitor, but before
the time arrived for the ceremony to
take place, repepted and peremptorily
declined TO eonsummate the engage
ment.
A younger sister, hardly ont of her
short clothes, then-half in jest. half
in earnest-voluntarily offered to take
her sisters place upon the man pledg-
ing himself TO settle npon her gil, 900
immediately after the ceremony should
be performed. This offer was gladly
accepted, the parents sanctioned the
bargain, and in due time the union
took place-the minister performing
the service, doing SO with much reluc-
lance. otter it was over, the young
bride, assif for the first time realizing
Der positigh, seemed suddenly filed
with remorse, and franficalH called
upon the eiess lyman 10 Hnfie the knot.
Upon being told that it was too late,
she utterly refused to have anything
further to do with her newIy-made
and left him to make what
he pleased out Of it. Entreaties were
of no avsii, aud the man took his de-
parture.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
The Tra2exe lscciGess, il. Phi:aaeI,
2hiE,

To Philadelphia prvss gives an SC
.o.,,.t oE She trapoze accident :, jiic1
,7oc-rr".l NJ the t1rhnr1 Central Theatre
n LAT ] -, Wndn. Jay 's:Gi.y. to the
Do" gyInu'st Leo. :. portion OF the
.. rtorrltute consists OF the two adult
performers hanging head downward
from the trapeze, while tie hoy I4sc
stands uncr j tran worked by pnsuEa-
tic pressure, which shoots him up
about thirty feet. where Is is Gaugh:
By the other performers. The fea. is
q very dangerous one, and "Wednesday
evening it's execution came very near
resulting fatally. 1t is the duty of one
of the attaches to give The signal to the
engineer beneath tue stage and explode
q quantity Of powder for scenic effect.
BY some Inlsliap Wednesday evening,
and before the boy was fairly IN the
trap, the signal was given, and ,lnpre-
pared for the propc.iing power, the lad
was sent about four feet into the air.
A part Of the scene is IN imitation OF
mortar from which he is supposed to be
fired, and rs be was pushed up by the
machinery he fell hack to the stage,
striking his right leg on the edge Of
the mortar, breaking it above the
knee.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
a sWfNDEIEc ss;.TIlrzy.,

4 HosSss Ph.:anthrnpist-S York
! an.. Philadelphia Hsus>.eH og r,vo
Hundred Dol':.rs yyec,. FORGED
Petitions from switzerland ..ns.
Elsewhere.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. @, March 20. 1879.
Detective Blom was arrested to-day
in West Philadelphia on . cl,arg., Of .
long practised imposition mon the pec-
pie of that city. When arrested pa
per was found upon him purporting to
be certificate from 81 Swiss BenCyo-
lent Society, signed by Rudolph kor-
adj, Consul, and Au eustus II. Wirz,
Secretary, which gave authority to
Blom to collect money for the relief OF
distressed people from Switzerland.
Upon another paper was list OF sub
scriptions that had been collected
to the amount of three hundred or
four hundred dollars Investigation
being made it vas discovered tnat
the names to the certificates were for
geries, and the evidence was conclusive
that whatever funds Blom had col
lected had been applied to his o.nuse.
He admitted that he had played the
same game in New York, and had can
ried it on here very successfully for
SONG moatks without exciting suspi-
cion, and during that time had col
lected from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred dollars per week. Had
he not confded his secret 10 another,
in the hope that by increasing the
number of impostors the proceeds
would be eorrespondingly augmented,
the scheme would probably have not
been discovered for some time to come;
but this confidant inform d the officers
of the law, and the impostor came to
grief. He declared that he had
family to support, and thought that as
good a way as any to secure the neces-
sary mcans.-New York Herald.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

The DAILY JOURNAL, the oldes. daily
paper in North Carolina, and the Only
thrty-two column daily in the State, is
published every morning, except Monday,
q. EIGHT DOLLARS year Four DOLLARS
six months; SEvKNrY-FIvE cents per
iiers in the city at SEvKNrT-FIvE cents
oeT month, or Two DOLLARS and TWEEN
1TEIVK cents per quarter.
The WEEKLY JOURNAL, (Frday) q
tnirty-six column paper, Two DOLLARS
Pc year three copies FIVE DOLLARS And
HALF; four copies, SEVEN DOLLARS 4;
I'VE copies, EIGHT DOLLARS AND A HALF ;
ten copies, FIFTEEN DOLLARS: twenty
copies TwKNTI-FIv DOLLARS.
SUBSCRIPTIONS In all cases payable in
advance, and no paper continued after The
expiration Of tie time paid for.
REs1TrANCKs should be made by Post
Office Money Order or Express. If this car
not be done, protection against losses b.
maj, may be secured by Forwarding a
DRAFT payable to the order of the proprietors
ct tie JOURNAL, or by sending the money
In a registered letter.
Advertising Rates tler inch Of twelve
solit, lines of advertising type,) Ore i"cs'
on Insertion, One DOLLAR; two insei-
ion. ONK DOLLAR AND A HALF three
niger. -,ns, Two DOLLARS; four insertions
Two DOLLARS AND HALF; five insar
tons, HHEE DOLLARS; six insertions
Tr,uFK DcLIAEs AND HALF; twelve
.ertic1.s. PTvE CoLLAR rs AND a HALF
lie month. EIGHT DOLLARS; two months
FIFTEEN DOLLARS; three months, TWEEN
TY-TyO DOLLARS.
Contracts for longer periods and longer
s,ac" made upon liberal terms.
Address,
ENGELHAKD & SAUNDERS,
WiImiuotOn \. ~.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

A wheel for the utilization Of tide
power recently invented, is to be put
up in Connecticut, with force OF 1000
horsepower.
The Louisville Courier-Jour1nl
claims that the most valuable mineral
deposits to be found in the Union are
within the borders o. Kentucky; that
she has million acres OF cheap and
fertile lands inviting the energy Of the
immigrant and the investment of cap
ital; that, taking into consideration
her facilities of transportation and the
vastness of her undeveloped resources,
she offers greater inducements to the
foreigner, than any other State; and
that, take it all in all, Kentucky is the
greatest, healthiest, smartest and best
State in the Union.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
JUDGE BOND AT HONE TRIAs
RE IIJRY. X -.

Ths. Baltimore Gazette concludes a
very sensible article upon cur Jury
system in the following words which
wo DubIisE. to show III What esteem His
Honor Judge Bond is held at his home,
Us well as to give the pith Of our con
te.nIorarv's opinion II Relation: 70 our
present mode Of TRIAL by jury.
- Tie Gts-cEte savs $3.50 2 49,
"Of course there have been. and
there viii continue to bo elsewhere,
cases of wrolG- Tertiicts-but, while
their occurrence frets and irritates Tor
O monClt, it Goes not upset reason and
friissr.te experience. always. be It
remenb er2I, these cases ale those OF
the ac.IItittal Of the guilty, which Is
very bad bat let it never be forgotten
that, IL our day, "a least. thanks to
King Alfred ard his magic twelve,
there are no cases OF conviction OF the
innocent +! VIII any one be bold
enough 10 say that there would be The
the sane see :rity with ii illcE Of seven
aud G concurrence Uf four? Dr is any
one, with cuc ACT very Remote cAperi-
ence, prepared &c aay that tins social
ortF :aiza;:2n 81 c7.r6 is SO perfect Is
nr. 70 be svased by prejudice end
u ss,o:i, ty party fury or religious
s;at>? Judge Bond would have found
irIv practically OF four-au OF them
fed nc:Hroes-a very time-savino ma
c;ei,'e IL did his wicked work we'll
tloA.-h viii. twelve. Thuro VAS ~. =
day dt:2ir9 the civil wa when innocent
'!0ugh a'7spccted. persons wouit mas
:'eu safa under such :, system as is
proposed. On this, alld Oh most such
projects q change, we are ye+ of the
| mind Of the old barons Nolgn,us
Stokes aud Scanned, and Z dozen more
New Eoih assassins, escape the gal
! ,,1;. IAaEe is room for improvements
I = the jury system, -.22iy Of Ni-:>i. 80
very uivioI.a. b.. siley are entirely
ocns.*t@ : r.,'l she preservation OF the
| Institute: Sc
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
The Greeley STATUE fund amounts +

The Greeley STATUE fund amounts to
$4,000.
The District of Columbia has 952 in
dustrial establishments not including
Congress.
A novel by the Princess Mathilds
Bonaparte is announced as soon to be
published in Paris.
The report of the department Of ag-
riculture for the present month proni-
ses to be an interesting and valuable
one to the farming community. The
subject of crop rotation and the extent
of the use of various descriptions of
Fertilizers have been carefully ex-
annined, and the results will be given
u the report. Some of the causes of
he late discouragements in agricul-
ure will also be shown, and sugges-
ions made of remedies embodying the
Iieus Of farmers from ell ps<ts Of the
esatsy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
rom IN. Raleigh Nevl.
EndfctIzss \ Newspaper for Libel.


Endf.tI=sS \ Newspaper for Libel.
We gave full particulars ut the time,
~ the persistent and unsuccessful
efforts of Solicitor Cantwell last Fall,
to have the Editors of the Wilmington
Journal indicted by the Grand Jury
of New Hanover county. for calling
Judge Bond, of the United States Cir
cut Court, scounirel.
Solicitor Cantwcli su bseduentiy made
the same attempt in other counties in
his District, with the like result, until
ne reached Bladen. where, by dint of
perseverance, and the use OF unla wful
means, AS the Editors of the JOURNAL
| assert. he at last succeeded IN getting
the Grand Jury to find h'ue bill
against Messrs. Engelhard and Saun-
ders. the Proprietors of the JOURNAL.
Although they do not so state, we
presume the Editors of the JOURNAL
will justify, in case it should be held
by the Courts that the word scoatndrel
applied to Judge is scandalous mat
ter AS Judge Russell charged the
Grand Jury of New Hanover at tie
Fall Term of the Superior Court, in
accordance with the instructions PRAYED
for by Solicitor Cantweli, that the
word scoundrei applied to a Judge was
libellotls and indictable, and as His
Honor has thus prejudged the case, we
have no idea that the Editors of the
Journal will consent to be tried be-
fore Russell but they will doubt,e 8
apply for removal of their cause to
some other District.
According to some of the newspapers
of Baltimore, his Honor, Judge Bond
does not enjoy a very enyiabie repu ta-
ton III some circles IN that city. and it
may be that his Honor will not thank
Solicitor Cantweu for the opportunity,
or rather the necessity of going into a
judicial investigation of his private
and official career. We remember
reading an article several months Since
from Baltimore paper, we have for
gotten which one, IN which Judge
Bond was handled without gloves aid
if he has not been grossly Inisrepre-
scented at homa it will not I've
difficult matter for the Editors of the
.IoUaNAD = make out II very good case
against MS Honor.
We luui-..c, - tie opinion that Judge
B0nd viii ,,ot feel under any special
Obligations to Solicitor CantweiI for
having this libel Indictment foaud, be
cause If the Judge desired ANYTHING OF
the KIM, Il" c5i.!i had abundant ma
trria' III lis own State, without rn-
sorting ~ the counts of an interior
,oilstv OF North Carolina - vindirate
his character aud 10 upilpld tito IL
s,1,,5ed inot .,stE Of t!c law.
II tic mater III ti.is libel inuict-
.nent. we must T." permitted TO say
that Solicitor E.ntwcli .las exhibited.
-, -
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

tues aud frailties of his family n +,
high degree. He knew nothing .h- 1t
business and he cared noth;ng for
money, and the conseqr.F.-c wts IL. was
always in debt. but he ~as thorough
bred gentleman, and person of rare
attractions. He had Travelled much and
read widely. He talked beautifully.
even brilliantly. aud his cordial man.
ners and genial spirit made him the
life of every social circle he entered
Heheartily sympathized with tbey young
and the writer of this feeble tribute to
his memory will never forget the kind
encouragement he gaze him when he
was upon the Threshold of life
T. H. PRITCHAnn
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
In Akron, Ohio, a Thomas cat. rely

In Akron, Ohio, Thomas cat, rely
ing upon his nine lives to save him,
allowed his tail TO swell. his spine to
curve, and with the battle cry of
hell en,anating frpn his jaws, waaej
into y airrnlar saw in rapid motion.
Alas poor Tom: He was never seen
again; but the boss sawyer, who al
ways stood with his mouth open while
at work, remarked TO his assistant that
he could taste fiddle strings and
sausage meat'in the air that II orui19,"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

Curtin rings up. Place-State of
Illinois. Scene Dark and dolefu1
night in Prairie Hollow. Young man
walking comfortably along the road
with ak on shoulder, probably "think-
ing of nothing at all" On his ear
suddenly falls a sound as of something
striking the ground behind him. He
turns; nothing there. Again the
strange noise is heard again he turns
and sees but cold and empty space.
Again and still again the mysterious
sound is repeated without visible cause,
and the young nan grows cross He
says strong words. Then upstarting
at his siae. making the night hideous
with its questionable shape, appears a
Headless Man. Sensa1ion. Young
maa takes gymnastics exercise and
scanpers through Prairie Hollow as
once did Ichab6d Crane through that
other hollow called Sleepy Ghost
scampers after. A mile and half
runs by, and approaching the house
of the youth, he shouts and strikes the
ghost with his Ak No effect. Youths
friends enter and catch a glimpse Of
the dreadful thing as it vanishes
Youth falls seemingly dead. Curtain.
No explan4tiop. Very awful. Epi-
demic of ghosts.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

The following note was recently All
dressed to the London Times: My
grandfather was born in 1901, during
the reign of William III; his wife in
1919. Ny other grandmother in 1859;
died III 1855. L am not yet 81, and il
perfect health SO, judging by ante
cedents, it is very possible may some
time be able to say that my grandfath-
CT was alive two centuries previously. ;"
Twenty-one steamers and one hun
dred and ten sailing vessels sailed from
Newfoundland, during the first week
in March, for the seal fields, and re-
turns have already been received, the
steamer Eagle having arrived at st.
Johns, March II, with $4,000 young
seals, and the steamer Vairus, March
10, with II, oO0 Seven other steamers
are reported loaded. The Eagle was
only fourteen days from time of sail
ing until her ret4rp with full cargo
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
HEADQUARTERS.
THE PATTERSON CAS-

THE PATTERSON CAS-
HIS AMBIGUOUS DENIAL.
HOW THE NATTER STANDS IN
THE SENATE.
THE TREASURY DECISION
CALDWELL RESIGNED.
CEBE HARRIS UNSHIPPED AND
IKE YOUNG RESHIPPED.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

several years service in the navy. but
Lett the rowing life Of the sea to marry
t:1e daughter OF Mr.. Charles E. John
son, o planter of Chowan, whose home,
'haodo;c on the river, was long the
seat of & refined and elegant hospital
III. He thus became the brother-in-
lew OF DIR. Charles E. Johnson, of
Raleigh. The ex-navai officer became
p merchant in Edenton, and then at
Chapel Hill. but failing in business and
losing hin vile, he read medicine at
the University of Virginia, practiced
for a wear in Gates county, and in 1886
removed to Salisbury, and formed .
partnership with ais brother Pleas
ant. About 1850, he married Melinda
Wimbish, Of Halifax county, Va, the
sister of Rehecca, the wife of his broth
er. Both Of these ladies were women
of such superior qualities of head q, 4
heart as made them The joy and adnai-
ration Of the society they adorned. The
widow q DE-. Pleasant removed to
Texas, where she married Judge Mills.
and now resides in Galveston,
About $50, Dr. Alexander Hender-
son removed to Mississippi. / have
heard that he sympathized with the
Union party during the war, but have
been assured by Confederate soldiers,
who were the recipients of his benefac-
tions, that he let no opportunity escape
of doing kindness to the soldiers OF
the South. Having once been in the
navy, and knowing many officers in
the Federal army, he enjoyed such
privileges of trade, having the full
entire of Memphis, that he could have
realized fortune if he had been more
selfish. He helped his neighbors in
every way he could, but the close of
the war found him a much poorer man
than he was at the beginning, He
removed to Arkansas few years since.
aud his widow and three children still
reside their. His youngest daughter
died few days after her father. He
left three daughters, the eldest Of
whom is the wife of General I awrenoe
s. Baker, of Halifax county, North
Carolina.
DIR. Henderson possessed the Yir.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28

severe injuries. two OF his ribs having
been broken. Two parties have been
arrested and have been identified by
him.
The Goltlsboro' Messenger SAYS ::
The force Of sublime audacity to the
ridiculous could hardly be more glar-
ingly displayed than did Judge ClPrke,
on Wednesday Of last week, in our Su-
perior Court We will describe the
stultifying scene with all possible
briefness, reserving our comments for
future occasion.
ga colored boy, Is years old, and of
more than ordinary shrewdness, stood
indicted for forgery, in that he forged
Gaverg! orders on J. II Powell, Esq, &
merchant of this place, and which
realized him about $40. The boy
came forward in Court and submitted,
wbereupon His Honor delivered him
self of short lecture, admonishing
the young forger that his crime was a
penitentiary offence, and, said the
judge, were you white man
should certainly send you there
Concluding his remarks the bows
father was summoned before His
Honor, whom he addressed thus:
Your hoy is guilty Of q pspitepti-
ary offence, but IT yGtl will take him III
one oil tue rooms below and give him
good chastisemcnt, / will not pass
sentence upon him. I cannot order
him to be whipped, but you have the
right to do it and if you don't do it /
shall send him to the penitentiary for
two years. 1 would like to see you
apply the rod to him myself, but as
can't go, Sheriff Woods will accompany
you aid see it well done, and report"
This queer sentence threw shade
of modification over the members of
the bar present, excepting, perhaps,
the Solicitor, who called to the father
as he was carrying the boy out from
the room to execute the sentence q
the Court: MAKE him take or his
coat"
We learn that the boy was taken to
the Jail and we'll thrashed. This is APP
plying the Whipping Post contrary to
law, aud yet under the law.
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-03-15

THE GREELEY MONUMENT
The plan Of erecting a printers
statue TO Mr.. Greeley is likely to
be successful. We find the fol-
lowing in the New York Tribune ::
Proposals will be received for a
lifS-size statue of Horace Greeley,
to be cast in type metal, the metal
to be furnished by the committee.
All plans, specifications and pro-
posals to be sent in by March 81,
1873, and addressed to president
of Typographical Union No. 6, No.
- Duane street, 4. " The COM
mittee reserve the right to reject
any or all proposals not deemed
satisfactory" The Tribune says
that assurances have been receiv-
ed from the printing Offices in
various parts Of the country Of a
sufficient supply of type metal for
the statue. Among the ideas
suggested for design is that of
representing Mr.. Greeley 'as a
journeyman printer working at
the ease
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-03-15

! AN HONEST CONFESSION The
London (England) Telegraph, in
speaking Of America, says:-"The
time has unquestionably come
when a thorough acquaintance
with the current history, politics,
fashions and geography of the
United States will be deemed in
dispensable to the younger gen.
Grafton of British statesmen. We
observe with satisfaction that it is
becoming more and more fashion
able for young Englishmen ofrank
and fortune to visit that noble con-
tinent, upon which the most
prOdigal gifts ofnature have been
bestowed. No country in the
world offers such variety of at
fractions, or is so suggestive of
thought to al intelligent visitor.
Under every conceivable diver
sity OF form, climate and sur
rounding circumstances, number
less communities are there essay
ing to solve problems for which
Europe was too crowded or too
prejudiced to accord room and
verge enough"
The Arizona sentinel., 1873-03-15
PURE WATER FOR Cows.-A

PURE WATER FOR COWS.-A
case of scientific investigation at
Cornell University, by Prof. Low,
is full of interest to farmers, and
especially dairymen. The milk
furnished by the milkmen at
tracted the attention of the profess
sor, by the peculiar appearance of
the cream, which had ropy look.
When subjected to a powerful
microscope, there appeared alarge
number of organisms of different
stages of growth. The investiga-
ton was pushed by the professor,
and the cause ascertained. The
milkman admitted that he allow
ed the cows to take their drink
from a stagnant pool, instead of
giving them good pure water. 1t
was shown that the foul organ
isms which wero taken up by the
cows when drinking such water,
pass into the circulation, enter the
blood, and even faint the secre-
tions, making the milk a mass of
filth.