Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-31

The smallpox is i'll Washington. 1t
has not broken out among the Credit
Mobilier people yet, though several of
them are "spotted' who are not TO be
"pitted."
The northeastern Christian AdUO-
cate suggests the holding of Pan
Wesleyan Council, which, it thinks,
would be calculated to secure frater
nifty among the different Methodist
bodies in America, and be likely to
lead to speedy union of all the
branches of that great family.
Mrs. Francis L. Barlow, the mother
of Gen. Barlow, of Savannah, who was
died i'll Chattanooga on the 18th, and
was buried in Macon on the ODD. She
was eighty years of age. She leaves
two living children, Mrs. Ford, of
Augusta, and Mrs. Henry X. Rees, of
Macon, wife of the Rector of st. Paul's
Church
She WAS remarkable for her exalted
character and deep-seated piety
If Il man once gets his foot into the
smallest little opening in the quagmire
Of the law, there is no knowing into
what depths he may work himself or
whether he will ever get out alive. 4
suit was begun in Easton, Mass, in
1868, in which the matter of contro-
versy was 81 56 worth of land and a
few cords of wood. Out of this thirty
different suits have grown, some Of
which are carried on at agreat expense
and much bitterness of feeling.
Cakes Ames is becoming respecta-
bic, as compared with the guilty Con-
Gressmen who so Indignantly denied
any participation in the great Mobilier
fraud when first accused One by one,
from the devout Colfax down, have
they all been convicted, save three or
four. The exposure of the Vice-Presi-
dent, if anything, was the most dis
graceful. Mr.. Brooks. we are glad to
the skin of his teeth only-the smoke
still fingers about his garments.
The astronomical expedition of the
coast survey to the Rocky Mountains
has proved complete success. The
increased clearness of the atmosphere
on the lofty heights occupied by the
CT Il b
eye great number of stars, including
nearly all of the seventh magnitude.
Nine stars were perceptible ip the
bowl of the Dipper, instead of three,
as commonly seen. The establishment
of an observatory at Sherman or some
similar elevated place seems to be only
Il question of time.
The Colorado people-some of them
are getting quite enthusiastic upon the
subject of admission snto the Union.
The Denver Tribune has a cartoon
presenting a ferocious buffalo, labelled |
Colorado" in the act of breaking |
INTO the "union corral" an enclosure |
filled with beasts emblamatic of the |
various States, each branded with the |
mark of it's Commonwealth. Uncle !
Sam is shown standing ready with the |
brand Colorado" while outside the |
corral are the other Territories repre-
sented as coyotes, jackasses, rabbits,
etc, sitting upon their launches and
looking wistfully at their comfortable
elder brethren within.
Sand of the best quality for the
of glass exists in abund-
ance in the Gulf States, and several
efforts have been made to
start glass factories, particularly in
southern Mississippi, but these at
tempts have SO far been of no avail for
want of capital. It would prove a
great thing for the South could this
industry be successfully established in
her various States, for the cultivation
'f fruit for canning and preserving in
arge Quantities has become so general
n some sections that glass jars and
glassware generally are greatly in
lemand. Having the fruits and the \
ugar, the South only needs her own
glassware to obtain monopoly of the
rade IN preserved fruits.