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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
NEW PARTIES.

We said, when the telegraph an
notIrced to the country that Governor
HENDR1oKs, Of Indiana, was in Wash
ington City in secret consultation with
Democratic and Liberal Republican
Senators, maturing plans for future
party organization, proposing to aban-
don the old Democratic party and
forming a new one with an attractive
name and with such n compromising
declaration of principles that its
success will he certain, that sit was
a curious sound to hear that Governor
" HESDRIcKs proposes to abandon the
" Democratic party. Itsounds stranger
{. still to hear that he proposes to COM
promise his principles. The time
:. has not yet come for making arrange
ments to fight the battle of 1876, or
6. even that of 1874. Sufficient unto
l." the day is the evil thereof Let us
&c take as long breathing spell as
g possible before forming new parties
or forcing new issues"
This rumor turns out to be, as we
suspected and intimated, false in toto.
We are now informed that the state
ments, which have been widely pub
lished, of conferences of Governor
HENDR1cKs with leading Democratic
Senators and others for the purpose OF
forming q new party organization,
appear to have been founded on O
misconcsption. At least half dozen
Democratic Senators who have been
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

They have a young lady at Grand
Rapids who is SO cOnsclentlOu that
she won't take kiss without return
ing it.
An Iowa man now ]anguishes in
prison because his wife, to whom he
has decided all his real estate, refuses to
become his surety for $1,000 bail i'll
criminal suit.
The gentleman who set n stell-trap
in a drawer, the other day. to detect
the pilferer of e1tain small articles,
wears This right hand in a sling now
aud calls it rheumatism.
Female deception received a severe
check the other day when twenty thou
sand dollars worth of corsets were
seized at the New York Custom House
while being smuggled through. The
Government is right in levying tax
on artificial appliances for squeezing.
A young gentleman who advertises
for a wife in the Independence Beige
has his little preferences. The appli-
cant must be a Young lady or child
less widow and he would prefer '' a
wife who is slightly lame "a precau-
ton probably against her running
away.
The old fashioned mantilla is coming
again into favor as wrap. The mod
ern form is made of black cashmere.
trimmed with yak lace, bows, betu,
and sashes of watered ribbon, with
buckles and chatelaines Of silver and
jet.
Rufs are becoming very large and
very stiff. An engaged man complains
that he can't get near his lady love
when she has ono on, and would as
| soon think of kissing circular saw
running at full speed.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
From the Battleboro' Advance
A Farce.

After the most officious, persistent
and presumptuous efforts, perhaps
ever employed in any similar exploit,
I Edward Cantwell, Radical Solicitor,
has at last succeeded in getting the
grand jury of Bladen county to find a
true bin against the editors of the
Wilmington JOURNAL for libel ! H.,
For the objectionable sin and dis
loyal conduit Of applying the epithet,
''scoundrel," to the notorious Judge
Bond. the JOURNAL editors incurred
the wrath Of this partisan Solicitor
With an energy worthy of a better
cause, backed by instructions from a
Radical Judge, ,he labored in vain a
whole week to get his bill through the
grand jury of New Hanover.
After this ignominious failure, if he
had been possessed Cf one iota of
common sense, he would have aban-
doned project SO absurd. and so full
of partisan prejudice and hate. But
not 80 with the inevitable Cantwell.
He was made of sterner stuff than that
This was too good a chance to punish
So we behold him, going from county
ing his pet libel bill in the ears of the
everywhere, until he reaches the county
of Bladen Here it seems, he man
aged to manoeuver his bill through.
We look upon this whole proceeding.
on the part of Cantwell and his aiders,
as a perfect farce from the very begin
ming. It is mockery Of justice and
must rebound upon the guilty heads of
its instigators. It makes no difference
whether this smart Solicitor was obey
ing the dictates Of his own unbridled
prejudice, or the mandates Of some su-
perior master in the Radical party, the
result will be the same. It Is an inya-
sion of the freedom Of tho press and
the rights cf the jury.
1t is fortunate for the country that
there are but few such Solicitors and
but few such Judges Their paucity
renders them powerless. It may be,
that n few such are necessary to serve
as a warming, and to open the eyes of
other and better men to the degeneracy
of the times.
Whatever there is left of civil lib
erty in this country can be traced to
the freedom and independence Of the
press, and the safeguard and protec-
ton afforded to society by fair and
honest jury of our peers. SO long as
these are safe and are above the reach
of party tyrants and corrupt Judges,
the freeman may know his rights and
dare maintain them but when these
great and precious rights are success
fully invaded and destroyed, when the
press is muzzled and the sacred jury
box is tampered with, our last bulwark
is gone, and the boosted freedom of
America will be numbered with the
things that were"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
rhe New ocean cable,

All remember what thrill Of regret
and disappointment ran through the
civilized world when the first Atlantic
cable broke, and how many there were
to predict that no such undertaking
would ever be successfully carried out.
Seven years have passed since then :;
there are now three cables under the
Atlantic in successful operation, and
in three months more, If all goes well,
there will be a fourth. The Great
Eastern, which is lying in the Midway,
has now on board the whole of the
deep-sea section of the new cable, and
it is expected that the huge ship will
start in May to lay it. This line, like
that from Brest to New York, belongs
to the French company, the others be-
ing owned, respectively, by the Allan
tic Telegraph Company and the Anglo
American Telegraph Company. 1t is
hoped, if all goes well, that the new
cable will be working through to New
4prk by the 10th of June /; and in that
ease positive assurance would seem to
be Afforded that telegraphic comnuni-
cation between Europe and America
will never hereafter be interrupted.
The new line is to start from new
place-a spot called Germoe, on the
coast of Cornwall, having been select
ed for the purpose. Its advantages
are, that the bay on which it is situa-
ted has exceptional protection from the
sea, aud that very deep water is reach6 d
by regular descent at ho great distance
from the shore. The cable is intended
to be laid down to Freshwater Cove, in
Halifax Harbor. Thence, branch will
be taken to Hog Island, hear the end of
Long Island, connecting thereafter, We
suppose, with Sandy Hook. The ca
bic consists first, of seven No Is gauge
copper wires, twisted in spiral and
weighing 800 pounds per nautical mile.
These are then covered with four coats
of gutta percha, with thin layers of
Chatterton's compound. By this time
the "core" is about half an inch thick,
ana weig!:s some 400 pounds per
mile. 1t is then .:served' with
hemp, and the hemp is subsequently
protec ted by ten wires drawn
from homogeneous iron, each wire be-
ing swathed in five yards of Manila
hemp laid on spirally, with a tsrry
compound to preserve it. Then there
are two servings" of jute yarn.
wound on in contrary directions, and
enveloped with two coats of a preserv-
ative invented by Latimer Clarke.
SO great is the weight of the cable
that the shore ends, as we'll as the lire
from Halifax to Hog Island, will have
to be taken by other vessels. namely,
the Edinburgh, of 5000 tons, the Hi
bcrnia, of 2, 900 tons, and the La Plata,
of 1900 tons. 1t is probable, al
things considered, that nothing but a
great storm or some other untOward
and unforeseen circumstance will pre-
vent tho two continents from being
linked together by four unseen bonds
of electrical communion by the next
Fourth Of July.-N. 7. Times
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

spoken TO on the subject say that
although they conversed very freel
with Governor HENDRICKS during hi
late visit to Washington City. he mad
no such proposition to them.
Governor HRNDRIcKs is not the maj
to go about the country peddling hi
principles for combinations and com
promises looking merely to success
1t has not been by such means that Ii,
has won distinction and promotion
Even during the late Presidential can
vass, he accepted the Cincinnati
platform and nominees only after
the National Democratic Convention
adopted them.
ting tired of seeking after strange po.
litical gods. They have sought com
promises, embraced new party organi-
zations and accepted the situation
so often, that the old land marks are
well nigh obliterated. And they have
looked in vain for the benefits that
were to accrue. Those States which
have most submlssively passed under
| the yoke of ''lOyafty,' and have most
willingly accepted the terms of recon
struction, have been most abused,
worse plundered, and are now lagging
behind III the race for renewed pros
perity and for honorable recognition
This is not only true of States, but of
counties, cities, towns and communi-
ties i'll the same State. 1t is unneccs-
sary to point out examples that are so
conspicuous.
We felt pride in Georgia's honora-
BILE recognition by Vice President
WILSON Il few days ago in calling upon
General JOHN B. GoRDON to preside
temporarily over the United States
Senate. For the first time since Breck-
inridge left it, true Southern gentle
man occupied the chair of the presi-
ding officer of the Senate. And why
was Georgia and General GoRDoS thus
honored? GeOrgia 10 more than any
Southern State has resisted Federal
usurpation and Congressional tyranny.
Georgia, except when the Infamous
Bullock was counted into the Guber-
Material chair over General GORDON by
the military, has at every succeeding
election uttered her solemn protest
against the encroachments of the Exec
utivc and Congress. General GORDON
was q conspicuous commander in the
Confederate army His record is writ
ten upon every battle field, and he has
been prominent and faithful exem-
plar of Southern sentiment during the
process ofmilitary reconstruction. The
compliment is not greater to the hon
orable and manly bearing of the man,
than to the heroic endurance of peo-
pie who dared AMI trayed everything
throughout d dark night of despotism:
to principle and true manhood find ad
mirers among those who have been
foremost in their prosecutions.
It is no time now to talk of new
party combinations. Our people are
sick and tired OF national politics.
They are discouraged from making
new compromises. Their only hope
lies i'll an honest devotion to princi-
pie. They will hesitate long before
forming ne~ ~parties or hunting up new
issues. Rather let us encourage them
to tread the old paths and ne guided
by the Old landmarks. At least in
National political matters let the South
make haste slowly
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

Silence liz still noise.
One ov the hardest things for o man
to do IL to keep still.
Everybody wants tow be heard fust,
and that il what fills the world with
nonsense.
The greatest takers among the feath-
cred folks iz the magpie and the ginny
hen, and neither ov them IL ov mulch
account.
If a man ain't sure he IL right the
best kard he can pla is q blank one.
I have known menny man to beet
in aa argument by just nodding his
he'd once in while and saying 'fiess
so, iesa So"
It takes a CRATE menny blows to
drive in male, but one will clinch it.
Sum men talk just as a French pony
trots, all da long in haff bushcl
meaZurc.
Silence never makes emmy blunders,
alwuz gifts as muteh credit az IL doc il,
and sometimes more.
When seq man listening to me- elias,
alwaz seq. -''Lookout, that feiler is
taking mi meazure.
hev herd men argy Il pint 2 hours
and haf and git no further frllm
where they started than muel in a
back mill they did too nutch going
round and round.
hav sat on jurys and had a lawyer
talk law, fax and evidence ov The case
all out oy me, besides starting the taps
on mi butes.
hev been tew church hungry for
sum gospel, and cum home SO phull ov
it that / couldn't draw a long breth
without startinga button.
Breyity and silence are the 2 crate
kards, and next to saying nothing, say
ing little IL the strength ov the game.
One thing IL certain, it i; only CRATE
thinkers who can afford to be brief,
and there has been. but few volumes
yet published which could not be cnt
down 70 two thirds and menny clean
back to the title paig without hunting
them much. 4.=- sI
It IL hard to find man ov good
sence who kan look back upon emmy
occashun and wish he had sed sum
more, but it IL ezy to find menny who
| wish they had sed less.
A thing sed iz hard to recall, but I'm.
sed it can be spoken at ealy time.
Brevity IL tie child of silence and il
grase credit to the ole man.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

The gifts from the United States to
the Geneva arbitrators, consisting of
three silver sets, all alike, manufac-
tured to the order of the State Depart
ment at total cost of about $50, 900,
are now on exhibition at Tiffany g.
Each set consists Of punch bowl, a
pair of vino coolers and a pair of
candelabra, elegantly carved and re-
lieved with gliding. On each Of the
punch bowls is an Inscription. express
ing the satisfaction of the United
States with the manner in which the
arbitrators discharged their duties.
Three or four Judges Of the Su-
premc Court of Indiana have been
bought by railroad corporation for
the sum of eleven thousand dollars.
To outsiders it will appear as II they
sold themselves very cheap but when
it is taken into consideration that they
have been accustomed to live on a sal
ary of one thousand five hundred dol
lars, which was but recently moderately
advanced, the bargain is by no means
q bad one. However, railroads wishing
to purchase Judges will have to pay
more than that for them IN any othe,
State.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
REQ UISITION FOR LIfTLE T.
FIELD

4 ru,nor obtained here on Sunday
that NJ. s. Llttletield had been turned
over hy Governor Hart to the authori-
ties of North Carolina. upon requisi-
ton from the Governor of that State,
and that he was by that time well on
his way to the old North State, to
answer the long standing indictments
against him there for just such offences
as he has been guilty of since his
residence iii this State. The rumor,
however, proved untrue, and we under
stand that Governor Hart, before
taking any steps looking to Littlefield' 8
surrender upon the re9uisition which
now awaits Executive action, proEQses
to examine Thoroughly into the condi-
ton of the Indictments pending against
him i'll Leon Circuit Court.--Tallahas-
see EIOridiu,t.
Of course J Governor Hart is too
loyal, and Littletield is too valuable a
member of the party of progress" to
give him up to the tender mercies of a
North Carolina jury. Governor Hol-
den found Iittlefeld valuable
assistant i'll party matters, ani ne
doubt Governor Hart is equally fortu-
nate, as our Tallahassee contemporary
says something about "such offences
as he has been guilty OF since his
residence in this State" The tax
payers OF North Carolina know how it
is themselves. an.l those of Florida
vail soon learn.
By the way, our friend Dyke would
be more careful how he talks about
such loyalist as Littletield, if he had
Cantwel for Solicitor. Cantweu is
jealous of the reputation of his friends,
whether Littletield, Bond, Sinclair,
Hollen. or the Devil.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
Qllilmlngtolr gourml.
WfLMINGTON, n. c.:
FRIDAY, APRIL &, 1873.
.I,Ii RIGHTS IN Hi$sfSSlPPG.

II seems they aIe just starting ou
IN Mississippi under a State Civil
Rights bill. \ Jackson dispatch tc
,le Memphis Ippcak reports progress
- follows:
The effects Of the Civil Rights bill
w,. shown last night. The katie Put
,.u,p Troupe opened at Angelo's Hall,
,,.I ,.r,r,arutiun was made for Il quad
,.i,',, ,,oiIrrv, hut several wards of the
,,.tin,. saw 1t to occupy near seats on
+Io floor. No notice being taken of
tLrpy. tl.rv did not enjoy their rights
-, much Only one colorcd citizen
.,,aar,d for his rights: he Is t small
,lri.,,rv keeper. The barber shops
L,y.. ~i!rrumhcd To til" bin with one
,.v,,p+,uu- Jake Wonders, Il c6lorcd
1grl.r. wID swtars he will not shave
,fco,rs. The balance Of the shops
i..y,. lot the best part az their white
custom.
Til. rates published III Miller knick-
Us. r,rivi4t,. boarding house for board
r.-r month Is two hundred and fifty
Ial..r- per week, seventy-fivc dollars; .;
,.r ,Iay. ten dollars: single meal, five
..l.li,r-: ham and eggs, two dollars and
-setv ,.,I.t- oysters PER dozen, two dol
lars and tiftv cents. Everything else
III proportion. No discount, Cash III
advance.
lH"-'. .'.it!@ =. "''.I'i'' 'l'-'' '-'' ~ MS
"t Il ...."' Keeper > '.i' ''-''iiiz' 'ii'' ii'"''
GaF- ". i-o> '"l';"'I'.a'f' hnt we pre-
-..:-s -aa. III" figures are ft''nc'd I'M
DIR r.i.a.h circumstances IL cor
"srt -'.--''1i":! persists IN eating with
tie Poo. "iiLs' tf''-i'' 1T, HIS 70 pay IN
dollars Ii"f meal III advance IL! | >"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
s,tsEsS ASSOCIATION.

Most of the papers of the State have
endorsed our proposition to form a
Press Association. A few have ex-
pressed no opinion, and one, our VII
son cotemporaly, has opposed it. We
take it, therefore, that it is the almost
unanimous wish of the conductor, of
the press of this State to form an as
sociation for their mutual benefit.
If twn-thirls of the papers Of the
State Will unite in such an organiza-
tiou t. begin with. We are satisfied
that it viii not bc many years
before all, seeing the advanta-
"r- to be derived By association,
w.i become members, and that
many Of the stumbling blocks III the
way Of pocuniary success III the news
paper business of North Carolina viii
he removed.
Speaking of the press of its own
State, and the advantages derived from
association and mutual cooperate on,
the Albany, Ga, Neus says
The truth Is, the whole Georgia
press stands upon high ground, and
''to day wields smore power, and contrib
''utes more to tie development and
glory of the State than all the other
''c<fttcs-so o-calIed-that are nominauy
'catalogucd 1st, ID, and 81, put to-
'gcthcr"
It al, TO
industry and capabilities otthe splen-
lid body of gentlemen engaged Ill
''the business more particularly to the
''silrcess OF the Press Association, which
governs by rules, teaches by expert
'-cuce and elevatcs by contact and fra
"tcr1itv. It's fruits are already hang
ing thick and luxuriant upon it's vlg-
"orous branches, and the people may
pluck and feast without diminishing
the cxubcraut reproduction.
There are many things i'll the pubH-
cation of newspapers in which there
cx.sts among all & Tnltua'ity OF inter-
'rts which can and viii be promoted
t.y friendly and honorable co-up2ra-
ti"n- Even the pleasant reunions Of
shc editors OF the Statc viii be advan-
ta2tols III no way can such an or
Gui1ation iniUr.ou,ly aifcct the buai-
,l,ss Of any.
y t. the time and olac" Of 1.la"tinG,
NJ are satisfied with the suggestions
o. the Gioidsboro' lIesse5trc" for the
first meeting to assemble at Colds
horo', on the 14th OF May. II this suits
lie majority OF the Press, it certainly
Vii be agreeable to Us. We are inter
cS,ed only To select the time alii place,
- that the greatest representation Will
bc present so certain are we that
those who attend viii be convinced
tilat great good can be accomplished
Tor the promotion OF the press of the
State, that we desire a full represen-
t:ltion of the editors and publishers.
W" hone that there viii be very gen
cral expression IN regard to tie selec-
tiun of the time and point of meeting.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
Gold is at a premium Of only thi

Gold is at premium of only thirty
Thousand per cent. as compared with
paper currency III Hayti.
The Alabama Legislature seems in
earnest about anncxing West Florida.
In the House, on Monday, the bill pro
'dlng ways and means for the annexa-
tlon was taken up, and after spirited
d'bate the rules were suspended and
'hs bill passed by vote of 40 to "a.
Late advices from Brazil report that
the cotton crop in that country has
suffered serious injury, and that the
deficiency will be much larger than
had been anticipated. The shipments
are already almost at an end, and but
irities are still expected from the in
terror.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

A section of plastering about the size
of a bed-quilt fell on the heads of
groupe Of Slate Senators, who occu-
pied seats together in Nashville thea
tre, the other evening. The frightened
Legislators thought aa Investigation
vas at hand.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

An Oregon youth is accused of dress
ing up a straw woman, and giving it O
sleigh ride through the town, after his
bashful approaches had been rebuffed
by the genuine articles among his fe-
male acquaintances.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04
Rrave and PIous.

Among the many unrecorded acts OF
true heroism by unknown men during
tie late war we find the following,
which some eyewitness has chronicled
in the Edgefeld rs. c. Advertiser
During LongstreeSs campaign in
Tennessee, while portion of his army
was under fearful fire of shells from
the enemy, at Campbell's station, a
private soldier within few feet of the
colonel of his regiment had both his
legs torn of. The regiment was not
fighting, but waiting orders. The
wounded man was lifted couple of
yards to the rear to die. Another
private now marched down the line
under hail of missiles, and said to
the commanding officer, ''Colonel, may
[ have few moments OF prayer w, h
that dying man?" The colonel said,
care you clergyman?' The private
answered, Il am Then, said the
colonel, "do as you desire"
Aud the man of God knelt and
prayed with and for the dying man
five or ten minutes without moving or
swaying his body, seemingly totally
unconscious of storm Of shot and
shell, which the colonel tells us he
| never saw surpassed in fury In few
days the praying private was an
nounced i'll field orders as chaplain of
the regiment -''promoted for gallan-
try and piety on the field" The regi-
ment WAS the Hampton Legion. The
colonel was Gary The private soldier
was the Rev. w. NJ. Thomas, now
pastor of the Methodist Church Of our
circuit.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

What length ought a lady's petticoat
to be-? A little above two feet.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-04-04

The total amount of the various ap-
preparation bills passed at the last ses-
sion of Congress exceeds the amount
OF the previous session about fifty-four
millions of dollars. The details of the
various appropriations are as follows ::
Preliminary deficiency, 81 ,699, ,S33 !;
Texan Border Commission, S1S, 400 !;
pension, $50, 49O, 600; American and
british Claims Commission, 1913 500 !;
Indian, s., 512, 218; fortitication, 81
SO9, 900; Consular and Diplomatic, ST.
81 ,359 Military Academy, $34, GIT !;
legislative, executive and judicial, essi-
mated SIS, ,500, 600 naval so, ,275, 757 !;
army, $31, ,796, J, ,OO8 postoffice, $3, 529, :
167 river and harbor, Sc, liz, 800 !;
sundry civil, $32, ,175, 415 deficiency.
50, ,242, ,S61 total, &19d. d.a10, $50,