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Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
fr, Hopkins U:si'

IN addition to the facts heretofore
stated Ill conn ection with Air. Hopkins
will, it is understood that while the
two millions and three hundred thou
sand dollars of Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road stock @oes to the endowment of
tie Johns Hopkins University, the one
million and It quarter Of bank stocks
ow. 81 bytLo deceased IS devised to the
extensive general hospital, for which
the ground had c0lnmt need to be pre-
pared in tno eastern part Of the city
before his death. His one million or
more Of commercial paper is also for
the benefit cf that institution. Alto
gether, however, some three million Of
dollars are devised % the hospital.
Tree scholarships, il IS known aye 10
be established IL liz University, which
,;ru net o-7'~ g.: the Youth Of Maryland.
but tov -. Il Y.rginnia and \ orth
Caroline =. . l1r. Hopkins tecogni-
z1oG thee <:t.t-s IS those from yyhieh
| he derived N trade IS 4 merchant,
which ~ l',- chief l,a4i5 cf his for
tune.
There are about tvso and 4 half mill
lions q real estate OF the deceased. in
cll.Ging ti,A country scat Of Clifton,
where the University Is TO i,e located.
It is from thst portion o. the real estate
which consists mostly of valuable
warehouses in the city that the deyises
to the relatives OF the deceased are
mostly made. as has been heretofore
stated OF the real estate the four
hundred acres OF Clifton are for the
University. as IS a,se the splended
Ria!io building on Second street, erec-
! ted OF marble, and completed only a
I year or two ago.
! In addition to the more important
! deVises for education and charity
/ above mentioned it is also understood
/ that h makes many legacies to charita-
! bic institutions. The University and
! hospital are his resitluary legatees.
! The whole personal property Is not
! less than five millions. but as the larger
/ portion Of it is specifically devised, the
amount to be given to the Orphans
! Court Of Baltimore county by the exc
! cutors has vet to be determined.
/ Three colored servants who had
lived with Mr.. Hopkins for many years.
! it is understood, ere duly remembered
! in his Nill-one. James, his cOachman,
! getting Il dwelling g-house and s., 900 E;
! another, Charles, his BODY or house
servant. $1,000; and the third, q
woman. lis ok, $1,000. The man
James was once the slave OF Mr.. Hop
kins. he having purchased him OF a
MIR. Tayloe,in Virginia. at whose. house
he obs eivcd sHch qualities in the then
! colorsi youth as induced him to bring
! him 10 Baltimore, where subsequently
! he gave him lis freedom years ago,
| doing s. good part by him, ana the
! man remaining faithfully in his service
/ ever sipce. Baltimore Sun.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
Forrest on she Flag.

Gen. \. 8. Forrest has written Il
letter 10 Memphis newspaper, n
which he says: "Within the last few
days have received large number
OF letters from men who were promi-
nent Confederate officers and soldiers,
volunteering to the Secretary Of War,
through me, their services to fight fcr
the old taE,' IL case Of 6 war with
Spain. Being too much engaged to
answer then letters separately, allow
ne to say, through the columns Of
your 1yidoly circulated journal, that It
is very gratifying TO me 10 sec upon
the part Of thee who, like myself,
fought against it, SO earnest :, disposi-
ton to fight fer Ii, il case Of a foreign
war. As Tor myself, our civil war hi.yin =
closed, and ha~ing pledged allegiance
to the government, should she become
involved in war with a foreign power I
should struggle as hard for it as l
! once, as q Confederate soldier, struE-
gled against it. As to those friends
and old companions in arms who have
written to me, I would say, L hope and
believe there viii be no war, owing to
the wise policy adopted by the distin-
guished soldiers now at the head OF
/! the government; but should it come,
let us show our loyalty to the flag by
standing ready TO strike down any
| hand raised against it.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
M usveet are the uses OF

claim. "sweet are the uses of
adversity.'
To the farmer the new year prom
ises much. Bright fields OF golden
grain dawn before his mental vision,
and in fancy his barn is stocked even
TO the rafters with the produce Of his
labors, and his deep pockets being
heavy with its coinage. The merchant
halls his coming. His books arc bal
anced and show profit, his commerce
whitens nearly every sea, old bills are
paid, and new ones about to be begun
and his harves. time is como. The
lawyer marches onward. Through
piles OF dust and dingy books he sees
in anticipation bright career looming
out for him upon the foreground OF
each new coming year. TIE author
forgets his disappcintments lnthe glo"
of new born twelve months, and fix
ing his gaze upward through the NIFTY
future to a castle IN the clouds-throws
his soul into his pen, ann-antlc1pates.
The maiden in the bloom, OF youth
ah, who can tell what thoughts, what
hopes, the coming Of new year brings
to her how bright the sunshine seems,
how everything is rejoicing around
her, how the blue heavens seem liquid
with happiness. And may it thus be
so to all of Gods fair creatures. We
wish them all a Happy New Year. and
we breathe q prayer that the life OF
each one may be full Of sunshine, and
music and flowers. And to our patrons
and friends, and the ''rest OF man
| kind" we wish them. one and all, a
happy and joyous New Year. May
the coming twelve months bring COM
fort and peace to every household
| and crown all your fabors with gol-
den harvest. And last, though not
lesst, We who stand i'll the market
| place, go into the vineyard, ii it Is at
the eleventh hour, and ct the last,
| whatsoever is right. that shall yc, also
rcceive.-Doily Journal, I3itun,Y l.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
Z Kd Kdes.snrisa!;ie EkeScor-Es- Es&p;s-
s58H sseaT E'GEFsax Coureh 0usc.

Abcu. . o'clock Wednesday evening,
King street being at the time crowded
with persons seeking the stores OF en-
i0yine fhc Christmas eve sights, 4 me-
tcor oil most remarkable size and bril-
Eancy shot athwart the sky from cast
to west directly over the city. From
the following account, received from
orr wu;chful correspondent at Fairfax
C1urtlousc, il viii be secn that the
meteor came to lis END by explosion
near that place. It was undoubtedly
tho same one seen here, time and di-
reetion Of coul5o both agreeing. It
sets lis to thinking seriously ana Won
dering what these ferial terrors are.
We shall expect TO hear that some Of
the remains have been found. Our
correspondent, under date Of vester-
day. SAYS
Last evening about : o'clock, amid
the general cracking Of fre-crackers
ana C.har demonstrations usual 10 our
Christmas festivities, our people were
startled by 4 shock, which seemed to
sla se the grouud aud ratified the win
dows CT every house. There were va
rions surmises as to the cause, and
some were confident an earthquake
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
Cotton Culture in Kansas.

The growing interest evinced in the
cultivation of this important staple
wherever the soil and climate is
adapted to its production, is exempli-
fed in the following extract from the
Parsons (Kan.) Sun, of the 9th inst.
Southern Kansas seems fair to enter
upon q new field of industry and
profit. Corn has been found a failure,
not in the yield or uncertainty of the
crop, but from the excess of produc-
ton.
These experiments have been mainly
confined to the counties OF Neosho,
Labette, Cherokee. Crawford, Mont
gomery, Wilson and Howard, and the
results have beea Ssey gratifying
The past season has pes been q very
favorable one for cotton growing. It
has been an extra6rdinarv short seq
son. The spring was late, cold, back
ward and wet. Tho fall came in cold.
The frosts were about three weeks
| earlier than usuaf-s October was a
cold month. November hes been
warm aud pleasant, but We have had
a good deal OF November and Deceln-
Der weather in October. All this has
been unfavorable to the growth Of
cotton, and yet the fact has been fully
| demonstrated that cotton can be grown
| here with profit
Next season will see largely in.
creased surface planted in cotton
There was great difficulty in getting
/ seed last year. Next spring there will
! be ~ abundance CT seed from the cot
ton now being ginned il this city.
/ We can scarcely approximate Tie
/ product grown this season. We know
! that large amounts were grown ii
/ Montgomery, Wilson and Howard
7 counties, In Labette cg35utr ~, can
/ name the following parties: Tverliart
/ !C Natthewso:3, % ;.a:ea ETra. Dick,
! IL acres ; Garrett Reasoncr, IL acres
/ JAS, Jewell, Il acres MIR. Davis, Il
/ acres. Mr.. Hjercs, the Usage Mission
/ banker, informs 2sS thai a ,nali on tia
! NeosLo his grown 50 acgts. In the
vicinity Of Cilctcpl large amount
has been grown.
| Nessrs. IzTcTilart. = leading ner-
chant of Parsons. and liatt,lewson,
! Cashier First National Bank, desirous
| OF encouraging the growth Of cotton
| i'll Southern Kansas, have purchased
and now have III full operation, iirst
class cotton gin. 1t has been running
| for about ten days. The gin ia com
plete i'll every particular and works
with all the completeness of perfect
machinery. Cotton i coming in quite
! freely TO be ginned. On Monday si1
loads were received; Tuesday five
| loads.
Cotton is c ,sh. and cash is king il
this market. = St. Louis gentleman
was here during lie week, anxious t.
advance fifty dollars on every bale
1Ir. Everhsrt has already shipped sew
eral bales to his correspondents in St
Louis. Ii IS now worth seventv-fvs
dollars per bale. Mr. Everhart hope:
to ship one hundred bales this season
! tho product Of Southern Kansas growth
Next year there ought to be ginnct
and shipped from Parsons at lees
5000 hales-SS SS3375, 600.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02

from leading and worthy citizen OF
the place, who owned The land upon
which the depot was located. Even
after the war il was only depot, with
it's hotel, one ortwo small shops, and
with no business enterprise md with
no future prospects.
4 brand of tobacco. manufactured
there in q limited way, grew into snch
popular use during the war that atten-
ton was directed to the place Is q point
for the manufacture Of tobacco. In
tho course of soven or eight years,
Durham has become thriving town
with large factories, Numerous stores,
churches, q good newspaper, and pro
senting oil the appearances Of 4 pros
porous community consequent upon
the establishment OF the factories.
These people might have continued
to grow tobacco for ages, and SO long
as they shipped it to Danyille. feters-
burg and Richmond to be manipulated
they would have kept poor, and Dur
ham would have died down with the
University, which gave its support.
We could instance ether towns in
that section of the State which have
shown almost as wonderful growth
and from the same cause. But we
have referred to this matter only to
show the great-need Of the South.
The striking contrast presented by the
poverty and sufferings of the formerly
oppulent planters about Montgomery,
Ala, and the prosperity and progress
made by the Ignorant and poor deni-
zens of Pin Hook, will demonstrate
more than all the arguments of states
men what the South really needs.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
I g 7 4

Slowly, darkly roll the night-clouds
away. Star after star sinks out of
sight. save one. tho bright herald Of
the morn, which alone tremblingly re-
tains her seat on high until day, beau
tiful day. spreads herself like 3 bright
scroll upon the heavens, lighting up
the dull face Of eartl, aud ushering in
q fresh New Year upor sleeping
world. He comes ere the retreating
footsteps Of '73 lave ceased 10 echo
upOn the thresholds OF the world. and
offers the free gifts of Heaven, with a
Happy New Year." to all mankind.
We welcome him in our heart, and
bidding the shadow of the Old, with
all its lights and shades, its pleasures
and cares, farewell, we heartily grasp
the hand of the New With n warm and
generous pressure.
As a matter OF Course, ones petty
trials and vexations never end in this
world, whether the year he new or
old. We are but nortals. and must
expect mortal's lot but the begin
ming Of new year reminds us Of new
and good resolutions to bear life's
crosses with more azn,ability and fewer
frowns to smile at vexations and dis
appointments to lean more towards
the lights than the shadows of life.
These trials, which are 80 hard to
bear, which bow down the head and
make heavy the heart, are sent TO,
some wise purpose. though at the
moment beyond our conprehension.
Perhaps to wean us from q too erea1
affection for the things of earth, per.
haps to purify us from the dross tina,
warps our better nature. Let us re-
member this, and also bear in min
that the diamond gives no brillianc
but from its polish, and that the rares.
perfume il exhaled from the b. aisei
and broken rose-leat. Feeling thus, i
matters not bow heavily earths trial
may press upon Us, for We shall Ger
taiuly, at the end. be enabled to ex
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
THE LEGISLATURE.

Tho Legislature, during the few
weeks il was in session previous TO the
holiday recess, worked with great as
sidtity. and much important iegiala-
ton was perfected. Upon it's reas-
.,euabling, on the 18th Of January, very
little will remain, to be done Of ordi-
nary legislation, if we except the
Revenue Bill, and the question Of the
State debt will engross the principle
sttention of that body. Already this
subject has been carefully considered,
both in committee and in open session,
and there is pending propositions
which look to the adjustment Of the
debt, acceptable to the creditors
Of the State on the one hand, and her
taxpayers on the other.
Our Legislators have acted wisely
70 ignoring altogether the especial
Tax Bonds" The JOURNAL has been
out-spoken in denouncing them as in
valid in law and there were neither
moral nor legal obligations on our part
to pay them. This we have endeav-
ored to show in elaborate articles,
which have been received, in and ont
OF the State, with much favor. To
our minds these Bonds were so clearly
illegal that We were prepared for
prompt and decided action on the part
of the General Assembly in regard to
them.
We suppose that the Legislature
will be able to complete its labors bv
the first of February. making it the
shortest, ss it will doubtless be the
Tnost important session. sine. the war.
With its close, under the amended
Constitution, ihe Cenere, Assembly
Hlll meet only biennially. the next
Legislature meeting IN November,
1874, and not agaiu, uniess called to-
sether by the Governor. Its successor
will assemble in November. 1876. It
viii be seen that this amendment will
save the State many thousands OF dol.
lars, AZ the sessions Of the Legislature,
held every other year, will rot be
longer than when held annually.
We are satisfied that tbs present
Legislature has so commended itself to
:: ;';.,ni.. Of the State that its success
-" IA i~- more decidedly Conserva.
.i," han the present. \ strong Con.
serTative Legislature elected next sum
mer and the vacancies occurring on
the bench of the Superior Court by
the cxpirition of the terms of halt oi
the present incumbents, filled by 1ner
Of high moral and legal standing vii
give Moth Carolina forward move
n,ent which will be felt Throughout
her borders. God speed the day!
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02

The Boston Giole says that q review
CT the boot and shoe business Of that
city for the year just closing shows u
very tiattering result. NotW iti;stand-
ing the destruction ~ the great FIRE.
the loss of over seventy-tive thousand
cases OF. goods valued at $3.50, 600,
the 1,nsettling of values and the disar-
ranging OF business generally, the
dear money market during nearly all
of the first half of the year and the
financial panic of September, the trade
IS in very satisfactory condition. For
time it looked dolefully blne, but
dealers bore up bravely and 'weathered
storm and disaster In short, the
trade has proved its sounaness, and
the dealers are well prepared to begin
the new year with confidence. The
Spring trade promises we'll, and fair
prices are expected to be realized. In
figures the statement is this: The total
shipments of boots and shoes since
the first of this year reach $50. .553
cases, against 1,451 .596 for the same
period last year The growth of the
trade since 1860 has been very rapid.
the number Of eases shipped in that
year being but 638, ,559, an amount
then considered large.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
WE DAILY AND WEEKLY JOUR.
MAI.

NAL.
To-day we begin the ruESrH-TKnD
and TmETuTR ANSUAL roLCMEs, re-
spectiye]y, of the DAIRY and WEEKLY
JOURNAL.
When We consider the fscs that
there is no other daily in North Caro-
lima which survived the war, and in
this immediate section, no other
.yeekly which cutlived it, We show the
fast hold which the Journal Las had
UPON the regard OF the people of this
city and section, and how well its
founders did their work. Tie Journal
has long since come to 30 regarded as
ona Of the institutions Of Wilmington,
identified fo- thirty years With its
growth and prosperity, and as having
contributed as much thereto as any
other enterprise which has been
fostered in orr midst. It is looked to
at homo and abroad as the unerring
index Of the business Of our city.
There are few houses interested in the
commerce of this port, in the United
States and Europe in which the
JOURNAL is not regular visitor. Our
European subscription, especially, has
increased with the growth Of our
direct trade, and tho JOURNAL can be
found in the counting houses Of Lon
don, Liverpool, Havre, Antwerp,
Stuttgart, Bristol, and indeed wher-
ever Wilmington merchants have busi-
ICES correspondents. This is a oom-
pli1hent to our commercial and marine
reports, which our merchants ~i!l
unite with us IN acknowledging.
In rolitica! circles the JoCtHAl- hes
long been recognized az al influential
parer, an influence secured and Ina;n-
:,.ined by al honest and bold devotion
10 principle in sunshine and storm
an influence acknowledged by political
friends and respected by political
caemes-an influence used always eor
Tha. is believed to be for the best
interests Of our people.
IN tie homo circle the JoCnSAf is
also r. welcome visitor. Sons, whose
fathers and grardfathers subscribed
to the paper, begin to regard il 81 an
heirloom IN their families, aiil would
miss its familiar face as they wpuid
that Of cherished friend. In many
households it is an acknowledged snC
essential tire-side companion.
Il shall be our endeavor n,Ras> t.
deserve tho good opinion vi ou1
friends and patrons, and to Use Hi'as-
ever of influence their endorsement o
us and confidence in us may give oul
paper to promote the moral and ma
terial welfare of our whole people,
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02

: Ee>s York journal has discovered
: new Industry il that city, tho profes-
sors Of which call il "fle-fllers." 1t
seems that there are dozen or two
persons il the city who save all the
papers that come into their possession.
During January they make frequent
vlsltG to the book-binder3 and offer to
supply any papers necessary 10 @-.a
piete files. The binders receive du-
ring that month hundreds of periodi-
Gals to bind and in many cases some
Nos. are missing. The ''fiie-fillers'
then are in demand, and they sell their
wares e. IN advance Of over one thou
sand per cent. Oh o0.5tt.
TIE pablo and private libraries OF
tie United States number lGt. SIS, and
contain@ -. 523Ge :5S volumes, 2 efsl2 42G
of WHICH t's!3nS to thsea th2a::''' 'jhra-
ries. s!Sz=;
According to tie L iist2:es res lt2.s 4 / (
meeting OF the menbega, Of the }}onsfi-
tutional Convention at Harrisbtrg On
Saturday, the majority for the new
constitution is 144, 1862.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
A Definition of an Editor

We have seen many definitions OF
many names, words and phrases, but
the following OF IN editor, given by
Josh Billings, is abontthe best we ever
yet encountered:
An Editor is male being whoze
buziness IL to navigate q nuze paper.
He writes editorials, grinds ont poetry,
inserts deths and weddings, sorts out
manuscripts, keeps 4 waste basket.
blows up the devil, steals matter, flies
other peoples battles, sells hiz paper
for dollar and so cents q year, takes
white beans and apple sass for pay
when he kan git it, raizes a large
family, works 10 hours out ov every 24;
knows no Sunday, gifts damned bi
everybody, and once i'll a while whipt
bi srmbody, ivs poor, dies middle
aged, and often broken-hearted, leaves
no money, IL rewarded fer q life ov toll
with short but free obituary pDtf in
the nuzeparers. Exchanges please
COPY
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
THE ACQUITTAL OF Ex-yEAXOft
EEAILa

We desire to express our unparalleled
qualification at the recent acquittal of
Mr.. A. o. Hall, ex-Mayor of New York
city, says the Petersburg Mdcc and
1ppc0', i'll which we most ]!eartily
agree. Apart from our belief that
Mayor Hall was not lrivy to the
enormous frauds of the ring. and the
asccltaincd and admitted fact that lie
was not personally benefited by thon,
we are minded To view with strong
suspicion the whole so-ctilca Reform
movement ii New York. We have
not space 10 enter into details, nor j.
the subject one which sufficiently in
.erests our people to justify its elaho-
rate treatment in these columns. But
it suffices to say that all t.. indications
appear to point TO the ''Reform's'
being nothing more nor less than the
ousting Of ring of Democratic thieves
b. ring Of Radical thieves: and SO
far IS our sympathies may be said to
attach to either, they belong to the
Democratic Statesmen. MI. Lyman
Trcmaine, the man who got Stokes Of
! ard got Tweed convictc'l--hoth
/ before Judge Noah Dav;@, ms
! former partner and him~ei: late-
! " a I;adical l;ce-holdcr ~ 10
means Calphnrnian III rcputatiol.-was
i elected Congressman-a at-larce OIL the
Radical ticket IN 1872. His first an
! pcarance ia Congress WAS rs the agent
and tool Of jay Cooke :. Co, ii whose
| interests he endeayored To- s:nucgle Il
! provision into the amended bani;rupt
! law, without the linowl, dge OF the
! other members Of the committee. The
! trick was exposed, and Mr. Tremaiae', !,
! Legislative spurs hacked ct. He is not
likely to risc up to view hereafter.
! We have regarded the prosecution
OF the "Rings" rs mainly political il
its inspiration, and rs being designed
70 make vacant places in which another
brood OF thieves might fatten, like the
! new warm OF hungry flies III the fable
/ OF -F,sor. We are glad that ,Mnvor
Hall Las escaped the snare set for lis
feet. Whatever he may have done,
| the Radicals Of New York and ~
other Radicals, are the ,ncH to hold
him 10 responsibility. He i.as escaped
their fangs; not, VIC may be sure, be-
cause Of any leniency or hberality On
their part, but simply because they
broke down in tLeir case, and because
Judge Daniels was on the bench, and
noo the Radical counterpart Of jim
Fisk's Rarnard-Judge Noah Davis.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02

A New York City dispatch says That
the retail dealers in tea coffee in that
city within day or two past have
advanced the prices Of these articles
four TO six cents per pound, in the
expectation that Congress- viii reim-
pose the duty upon them. Chickory
has also gone up in the same proper
lion, and in all three an active specu-
iative movement is noticeable. Twas
ever thus, and the worst Of it IS, that
even ii tho tax IS not put on, the al-
vance viii stick, for it takes longer
time to discover the reasons for de-
cline than for rise IN prices.
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02
Gen, Tonus10sa:s Campaign

It is understood that Gen. J. l.
.Tnllnston's history CT his campalG4
will soon he brought ont. Ii viii t.
a volume OF about six hundred pages
It was currently reported some I'm,
ago that the book will severely, Hs9aI'
President Davis in relation to the cog
duet Of the war; ; but this Is denleu' den, =:
and it is said by those v 10 are vel ~
formed that the General VII: oonlh7
himself to an expla4ation ani vina,c8'
ton of his own military record
Savannah Adcertiser and Rep"bf'c0h'
Wilmington journal., 1874-01-02

We received from friend on yes
terday solid addition to our already
long list of subscribers at Ellington,
IN this county. Many such timely
compliments of the season would
make Us happy.