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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
STATE NEWS.

lhe ttalelgh Crescent SAYS: A la+to
from Salisbury inform us that tho ''e
tofious John Allen Ketchev has ;nst
been sentenced for rape. to he L,,n
the twenty-second of next month
hetchy says he didn't nay, ;na.:.
lone him, and shat If lie is hnnr, sc
that C lme, he "fli ire murdered
man.
The Raleigh News says: We repre,
TO learn that the tobacco mannfactnx'.
Oh Messrs. Lyon " Bro. at Kittrells
was destroyed by fire yesterday in
Eo!Vin@ "a loss on that FIR Il of ssI Olm
1t Is generally believed that the g.
was the work OF an iDcendiary an5
certain parties are suspected of the
tiepdish and diabolical act. VIC
The Raleigh Crescent SAWS. W.
gree To learn that the Ii tie son Of ~.
Jos ph Giake, six miles from this DIV
was kicked by mule Yesterday morn'
ing, the animal planting his bonf
square against the little boys forehead
and breaking his skull. Tie little foI
low was not more than ten Years of
age and Ii Is feared that he is mort;
ly hurt.
The Monroe Enquirer saws At
meeting Of the Subscribers 70 tia
capital stock of the Monroe Rank bald
III this place on the Goth inst. the
following persons We're elected direc-
tors for one year, or until their suc-
cessors shall be elected 81. NJ. Hons-
ton, Z. A. ArmfieId, A. F. Stevens.
l.. II. DeRosset, J. d. Stewart. G
Austin, A. IL. Crowell, L. d. Winches-
ter and NJ. Austin. Thirtv-three
thousand eight hundred dollars has
been subscribed to the capital stock of
the company, and the books have
been ordered to be kept open for sub
scriptlon for thirty days longer or nm
til sixty thousand dollars be taken
There Will be another meeting on the
second Monday in May.
4 Washington correspondent of the
| Raleigh Crescent writes as follows of
two North CarOllnians in Washington
City: Senator Matt Ransom has
been uOTker here, though he has nor
as vet made any elaborate forensic
effort. It is mistaken idea tn at faith
fri repreS entat!on and care and regard
for ones constituency demand neces-
sarily continuous speech making There
the committee room, in the depart
ments and in social augmentation,
member with member. Gen. Ransom
VIII be heard from when occasion
offers. He is highly influential here
and is capable of holding the Senators
in their seats "a thing not ordinarily
done) by his rare eloquence. We all
know him to be polished orator and
a pure patriot and scholar. North
Carolina in honoring him has honored
herself. The State may well be proud
of both of her Senator'S That excel
lent gentleman and walking encyclo
pmdia, Col. John III. Wheeler, Of
North Carolina, still sojourns here
He should publish his recollections O
men and events at the seat of Govern
ment. He is said to know everybody
in the United States, either by reputa
ton or personally, that has ever at
tanned any prominence outside of his
own township"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
HARRELL's SCORE. n. c..

Dear .jO11n0t:
This is indeed an age of progress.
Everywhere we see man tested, a
lively disposition to excel While it is
gratifying to chronicle such fact us
this, let it be the chief aim of every
true citizen to improve the morality of
our citizenship.
There is nothing mole deserving of
praise in the annals of nation, than
the honest rectitude of its citizens.
We remarked in the outset that this
was an age of progress, and every
where around us we find abundant
proof to verify such an assert on.
Let us take IL retrospective View OF
the past, and, do we not see much i'm
provenent in the department and lit
erature of Olr nation, as we'll rs in the
arts?
Let Us go back IA few years See
low profusely literature was sown
broadcast. throughout our entire land,
Are We not also making rapid strides
in the Improvement of art?
it behooves lis to use our utmost eX-
elt;Ons in fostering our colleges, our
Summaries, and all useful organize
tions of whatever sect, having for their
chief aim, the advancement OF odnca-
ton The time has come tand do we
notJ rejoice because thereoi?) when Il
man, ii he attains to a position of
honor and Instruction., must be well
versed III literature.
No lorger do we listen with rapture
to the uneducated orator. Educ,tion
has unfurIed her mighty wings and ig-
norance crouohes beneath her gaze.
Education gives Il power TO her pos
SCISSOR, power of such might that
even death fails to eradicate the foot
prints of him WHO chose her for a
motto. While we ascrIbe such I'M
bounded praise, let us by 10 means
infer that education makes a man
moral. Tar .rom it. This much, how
ever, we do affirm, that education, al
though it does not make a man moral,
does not tend toward immortality.
Education sill walp hand in hand
with religion, and both will appear
to better advantage thus than when
taken alone.
While We all admit that education
and the arts are being improved, will
we hesitate for moment in saying
that morality instead of advancing,
has greatly deprecated? Who denys
it? What proof have We to show that
it has depreciated?
Sir, We can --ahunlantly prove that
our morals are not as bright as for
merly.
While we, as people, have had our
morals sorely tried. yes, been tempted
in many ways, to fall from the stand
ard CT true lQorality; we have had
equally rs much to encourage us in
building up and patronizing institu-
tons OF learning.
This is one of the best means in our
power to gain our former standard OF
morality. Has morality kept pace
with education, is question that need
not be argued. Although the dark
clouds of adversely and ignorance
have lowered thickly around us,
bringing SORROW and dismay to every
true citizen, yet thanks to Him Who
"doeth all things we'll" the clounds
are fast dispensing and the beautiful
sky is fast giving her beautiful light
to aid US in our march to the highest
integrity.
Let us use all honest means in Gull
tivating and improving morality and
education. Yours truly.
SOLITUDE
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
What General Forrest thinks III gilt
haV been

Gen. n. B. Forrest, of Tennessee,
has been talking to newspaper re-
porter about the operations of the war,
and on being asked if he thought it
would have been possible for the South
to succeed under any circumstances,
replied There were some turning
points in the war, which, [ think, had
they been properly managed, would
have made the struggle success. The
two greatest disasters were the failure
of Gen. Beauregard to follow up the
victory at Shiloh, and of Gen. Bragg
to follow up the victory at Chickamau-
ga. / look upon them as decisive Of the
fate of our country. l think if we had
followed up those victories the South
would now have been an Independent
nation. At Chickamauga, on Sunday,
the rout of the Federal Army was COM
plete. Monday morning [ drove the
Federal pickets into the town of Chat
tanooga, when the enemy was entirely
disorganized, with the exception of a
few brigades. If Gen. Bragg had fol-
lowed ur his victory on Sunday night,
he could have captured the entire army
with little or no resistance. With the
captured horses he could have mount
ed 20, 900 men, including his own cav
airy, 18th which we could have recap
tured Nashville and the State of Ten
nessee, and could have taken the whole
of Kentucky and perhaps Cincinnati,
before the enemy could have gotten
re;nforcements to check us. Had this
been done, the backbone of the war
would have have been broken, and the
contest settled i'll our favor.
Reporter-But do you think it was
possible for Gen. Bragg to have &C
complished this in the face of the diff
culties by which lie was surrounded,
and in the face of such ii large army
General think it could have been
done had the pursuit been kept up on
Sunday night. The Federal troops
We're completely panic stricken, and
We're huddled together among their
wagons and cattle, and other places,
and were in no mood to fight. | think
it was one of the greatest disasters in
failing to push on in that fight.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
The States against expansion may
classified rs follows:
Each of the States in the first list

Each of the States in the first list
given above voted Overwhelmingly
and III many cases unanimously-in
Congress for expansion. Tt is no idle
assertion, therefore, to say that they
would stand by that vote III Presi-
dental contest. The result as indi-
Gated in the table shows how vain it is
for any man, or set of men, to attempt
to stem this tide. If those who have
hereto fore opposed the mild measures
OF expansion are wise, they will cease
this opposition aud permit Congress
yet to do justiceto the country. If they
persist in their blindness and will not
yield, the responsibility must be theirs.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
LATEST EROM BALD AND STtkE
MOUNTAINS.
The Disturbances Incrca sing in See
ve-iay-'Ehe People still Excited
Hat the Alarm Sab siding.
A correspondent of the Raleigh
Netps, living at Stone Mountain, writes

A correspondent of the Raleigh
Meas. living at Stone Mountain, writes
under date OF April oath, as follows:
The volcanic disturbances still ex-
list and are occurring daily iii Stone
Mountain. There were several heavy
reports and very severe shocks on
Tuesday, which shook the earth con-
siderabiy for miles around, even as far
a. Old Fort, seventeen miles distant
from this point. Thursday the reports
aud shocks were frequent during the
day and night, but less severe Fri
day, at 5 o'clock p. M, the severest
shock occurred that has yet been ex-
perienced in the mountains. This
shock occasioned considerable alarm
with the people on both Stone and
| Bald Mountains at the time, but
through the Intervention and influence
of the ministers, who are still with us,
the fears of the people were allayed.
Saturday and Sunday the shocks
continued at irregular inter walls; in
short, they have been, and are now.
Of daily occurrence since ten days
after your special reporter, Captain
Woodson, left the mountains.
Explorers and professional men from
every section of the country are seen
| k's1SSihS w anu iIO SNSi nay. L SilM
g. number on Stone Mountain this
morning taking observations, and
though they inform US their object is
wonder. yet they never reveal any facts
satisfactory to the people here.
The citizens, particularly about
Stone Mountain. are patiently await
ing some report from the number of
| ,.,f,, no al
gion, having only seen from the News
from Prof. Dupree, of South Carolina
through an interview. 1t is true many
of the people have their own ideas
popular one being that it is warming
of Gods that His wrath will overtake
the guilty. Some few whose stubborn
hearts would not Yield to tie pressure
of the great religious revival, held at
Eiliott's in March, say the disturbances
are caused by an earthquake in South
America. Be that as it may, there is
one gratifying fact that [ have to re-
port in this connection, the people are
not so much alarmed as at first. but
| very few even speak of leaving the
mountains. As Bill Arp would say
they are getting acclimated to the
panic" and are better prepared to
stand it. Some few that left the
mountains have returned, but the
Rev. Posey Ownsby. whose flight by
moonlight was SO correctly and APPLY
described by your special reporter,
has rot yet been heard from Poor
Poseys flight will long be remember
ed by the Bald Mountalners. / do not
vouch for the truth Of the statement,
but we are told that he particularly
cautioned his wife not 10 look back.
fearing that lie might have an extra
quantity Of salt to transport and did
not wish his progress irnpeded
Should any unusual distlrh3uc
occur DUNG the present week | viii
report to you on next mail day.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
PLAYING. SM iSS5.

Grant hes been playing smash gen
orally lately, says the Augusta Chron-
icze and Sentinel. First, he grossly
ins,1lted the representative from the
taxpayers of South Carolina. who
came to lay the grievances of the peo-
pie of that State before him; next, he
treated with contempt a Committee
from Boston, who called at the White
House to present their views on the
financial situation, and lastly he snub-
bed the representatives of the New
York anti-inhationists. In the last
mentioned case he graciously per-
mitted the merchants to rest them
selves while he held consultation
with Ben Butler, and he replied to
their address by an onslaught on the
Boston delegation. TheBoston men went
home without having formed high
opinion either of the courtesy or abil-
ity of the Chief Magistrate of the
nation, and the New York men were no
more deeply impressed. But what
difference does it make to the Presi-
dent in what esteem he is held by the
business men and fnancieas of the
country? Has he not Butler, Logan,
and Morton AMI that class to lean
upon, and what need has he OF frmer
support than they afford? Neverthe-
less, if he keeps on alternating friends
the way he has Of late he may soon
find t.tat he has very weak and very
few Dr0DS
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

THE fresidents statement that there
are four millions Of national bank cur.
rency not yet called for, is ascertained
to be an error. The sum in question
is allotted to States like California.
which don't want it, or like Florida,
where there is not enough business to
absorb it but the greater and more
prosperous States cannot get dollar.
The President was deceived by some
treasury official into a statement that
is literally true, but glaringly untrue
as presented in the veto message.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
TOO CRUEL! POOR SCHUYLER

" IItJ7tOt1CII1
"Grant's Own" says:
Schuyler Colfax has written letter
on resumption. Presumption is the
word that should be used to character
1ze 1T. Faithful and direct friends of
the Republican party will carefully
avoid giving it any publicity, SIS
Schuyler's attempt to resume place as
a leader will not add to the good name
OF the organization. Let him be salts
ned with back seat. He nay feel
lonely Just now, but let him Se
patent. The people are getting tired
OF frauds, and the party is purging
itself OF them with such rapidity that
he will soon have plenty of company.
Already he may find congenial spirits
among the ranks of unemployed Chris
tian Statesmen.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

The st. Louis Globe speculates con-
corning the obituary of the future.
and presents these specimens: CHARLES
Parker; 81 pounds, cremated July 8,
1872. For wife of above see third
pickle bottle on next shelf. Little
Tommy, burnt up September 16, 1862.
Jane Matilda Perkins, October 3, 1869.
Put up by the Alden Corpse Cremating
Co. None genuine without signature,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

Tie Baltimore Anacrican, a Radical
says ct costs more to
" keep a set Of Department harness IN
81 repair in Washington than any other
IS CITY in the world. The Treasury
" Department owns a set of harness
" worth, probably, S1O0, upon which
s. something like 81, 100 was expended
80 last wear"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

WASHINGTON, July, 1872.
United States Department of Justice,
to Andrew J. Joyce & Co, DR..
One pair stitched pole-straps and
gold slip-buckle, So; new silk lining
III landaulet, $42 so; various other
items same nature 1924 SO; total,
$211 -.
Then in November last there was
another bill for repairs of landaulet.
and again in December, making in all
oyer $500. The landaulet seems to
have been repaired from June, 1872,
to December laet, :? the amount Of
about 81 100. It must haze been that
it was not good landaulet when it
was purchased, though costing 1000,
to require that amount of repairs.
do not believe that it is under any
circumstances legitimate to appropri-
ate money to the heads Of these De-
partments for the purpose of trans
porting them about this city. Why
not make similar allowance to mem
bers of Congress? Why not make an
appropriation of the same kind for the
benefit of the judges of the Supreme
Court? Why lot make the system
equal and Uniform everywhere? This
constituent of mine is the only one
who INDUCES in this gorgeous oriental
splendor of riding in sixteen hundred
dollar landaulet. Why, sir, lawyers of
my State of his calibre ride upon the
of a fifty-dollar mule, and
think they are doing we'll at that
upon one of these useful animals. who
have no pride of ancestry and no-hope
Of posterity.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

Texas will have to be held RESPONSE
bic a the storm-breeder of the bad
weather Of the last week. The weekly
weather chronicle of the Signal Office
states that the storm centre of last
week, attended with heavy rains, moved
from Texas eastward through the Gulf
States to the South Atlantic coast. A
second, also attended by heavy rains,
passed from Texas northeastward, and
a thild followed, and was on Wednes-
day central over Eastern Tennessee
and West Virginia. The rainfall of the
week ending on the Odd was unusu-
ally heavy in the Southern sections,
viz : Middle Atlantic States 10 !;
South Atlantic States Is 4; whilst in
the Western Gulf States it was 4 5, and
in the Eastern Gulf States 40. All the
Western and Southwestern rivers are
unusually high, and it is predicted that
the freshet wave passing down the
Cumberland, Missouri and Ohio rivers
will probably cause a continued rise of
the Lower Mississippi during the
present week.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

VIM. III. Barnum, one of the lead
ing Democratic candidates for the
United States Senate in Connecticut,
has an income of 81, 900 per day.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

The Pope has received Easter gifts
valued at s15, ego from the serving
maids in Great Britain.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
Should a national issue be made, it

folOUIN NltIOIaI ISSUE De IIaUt, To
needs no prophet to foretell the result.
It viii be IS certain as the vote. The
following table will Gliov at a glance
the States which may be safely set
down as anti contraction, with their
Congressional representative and cleo
toraI vote,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

Grant has bottled Butler again this
time with a veto cork.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
FEDERAL ExrKAvAGAHCE.

On Saturday last there was quite an
interesting discussion in the House of
Representatives at Washington City,
upon AR. Attorney General Williams
famous 'Landaulet,' cr IL plain Eng
lish, his carriage. The discussion
arose upon the motion OF. Mr.. Nesmith,
of Oregon, to strike out Of the appro,
priation bill, then before the House, a
Cause appfop1iating, among other
things, fer the Department of Justice
''for care Of and subsistence of horses,
81, 400; repair to carriages and harness,
5000"
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Nesmith said
[ do not know if my amendment is
adopted that it will be a saving to the
Treasury. [ see that heretofore, when
no appropriation of that kid was
made, the contingent fund has been
used for similar purpose. / hold in
my hand copies of vouchers for moneys
paid out Of that fund. They are as
follows;
WAsH1SGTos5, January p, 1872.
United States Department of Justice,
to Andrew j. Joyce 4 Co.. DIR.
To one landaulet, No. "a, LOGO
Received payment,
ANDREW J. JOYCE & Co.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
ORANGE GROVES.

Just south of this county, in Cal
houn, is what is known as the Dead
Lakes being, in fact, nothing more
than the Chipola River, which rises in
South Alabama, and like the North
East branch of the Cape Fear, run
ming through a fiat country, is slug
gish deep stream, and just before it
empties into the Appalachicola, widens
out into an irregularly shaped lake,
some eighteen miles long and seven or
eight wide. On the banks of this lake.
or Dead Lakes" as it is called, for it
rs rather a chain of lakes, separated
by immense forests of cypress, are
quite number of orange groves, some
old enough to be in profitable opera
ton, but most of them recently plant
ed. This locality is regarded as the
best point in the State for the cultiva-
ton of tropical fruits, and is fast at
tracing attention. Several groves
have c''ang"d hands this season, and
new on 49, being planted.
In loc,s. 4, these groves water pro-
lection is ought, which these lakes
and their innumerable arms furnish.
and it is found that the trees are sell
dom or never injured by frost and
cold when those even in East Florida
are. killed. In twenty-four hours
steamers can land the fruit at Eufaula
and from thence to Nashville and
Louisville by rail is trip of but few
days. A barrel of oranges containing
two hundred and fifty, can be set down
m Louisville from these groves for
81 &c. Or in thirty-six hours the boats
land the fruit in Columbus, and thence
aty rail to Atlanta. where a ready and
good market is found.
The orange tree is raised from the
seed, as it is found that healthier trees
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
HEADQUARTERS.

THE F r z ED NJ E n IS SAVINGS
BANK
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SUI
FERERS.
PROPOSAL TO INIPEACH JUDGE
STORY.
E EXTRACTION TREATY WITH
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
RaTTIlInpF T11r 90 1879

BALTIMORE, July %, 1872.
United States Department of JUS
tice, bought of Coblens & Kaufman,
one pair of bay horses. $3.50.
Received payment,
COBLENS & KArtMA,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01

% u. Z OOL.
Gen. w. r. Cox. Chairman
Executive Com, Raleigh, n. c..
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18
SaSies' Department.
Welded.

Heart linked to heart in each noble en-
deavor, Husband and wife
We're adrift. oh, my sweet on the beau
tiful river, The river fife.
The shore of my girlhood, far back in
the distance.
Still | can see;
But your love, true and faithful still
makes my existence
A heaven to me.
Thy strong arm Of love has never yet fail
ed me, Never, dear heart
Nor your faith oh, my darling, when
censure assailed me.
Life, when apart
Loses its sweetness joys radiant flowers
Bloom never for me,
As lonely walk through the desolate
hours, Waiting for thee.
When Faith for the pilot, and love to cast
DER US The light of her smile,
The waves of the river of life vet before
US, Look tempting the while.
There's naught in the past that is worth
the regretting,
My darling instead.
Not moment this hour we would fain
be forgetting,
Since we were wed.
! fear not the storm-clouds that hover
around me. Drifting with thee.
For the spring time and summer of life
yet have found thee,
Faithful to me.
%. on to the shore Of the blissful For.
ever, Husband and wife;
Together we'll float down the beautiful
river-The river of life.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18

MANAGEMENT OF HoUsEHoLD.-
loung ladies, cut this out and pin in
your bonnets: No young woman ought
to feel herself qualified to become a wife
until she is sure she understands how
to do the most that can be done with
her husbands money. The manage
ment Of household is not a thing to be
properly and safely intrusted to hireling
hands. A servant is broken reed for
the head of family to lean upon.
There are thousand little ways in which
money must be expended, in which real
shrewdness and enterprise are requisite
In order to use it to the best advantage ::
and there are thousand other ways OF
saving money, open only to those who
have studied Alright the art of economy.
The Turkish proyerb has it, that "a
prudent woman Is mine of Jewels, :"
and, like many other Oriental savings,
this Is beautiful for the truth it embed.
les. A wasteful hOusekeepsr not only
actually rObs those for whom she under
takes to manage, of the comforts it is
her duty to provide for them, but keeps
her husband head over ears in debt, and
makes the domestic life of poor man a
continual series of experiments in shin
ming 1t from one day to the next in
keeping the stomach full, though the
purse be empty.