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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-11

At EIGHT O'CLOCK PRECISELY.
Lecture lst. The World before Life.
Lecture End. The Formation OF
Metallic Veins,
Lecture Sd. The Coal Period and
the Worlds Tenants nj the time.
Lecture ith. The Age OF Reptiles.
Lecture 5th. The Tertiary Period
and lis Mammals.
Lecture 9th. The Human Period
and Present Geological Changes.
TICKETS FOR THE couRsE..........si 50
SINGLE LECTURES.. ............. 1
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
BEFORE THE SUPREME TRIBUNAL.
A Catholic Bishop Sentenced 10
E'our Years imprisonment With
Hard Labor.

At 10 clock On the morning of the
Dist the trial of the hight Reverend
Bishop of Pernambuco charged with
acting IN antagonism with the laws of
the civil government was resumed by
the Supreme Tribunal. His Grace
was accompanied by the Right Rever-
end Bishop OF this city and bv his
Lordship the B shop of Kansas, q. S.
who came to Brazil to collect don atoms
for the poor Cath bic Churches of that
State. The court was densely crowd
ed with people of all classes of society.
though dignifed in the extreme, bore
evident signs of deep sadness.
The report of the Judge Relator
having been read, the President ad-
dressed to his GRACE the question
whether anything within the docu-
ment just read was Incorrect? But his
Grace, faithful to his original answer
antelH tuccb0t did not reply
to the question. 4 long debate then
ensued about the right of the sponta-
neous defenders to address the court
in behalf of the accused; the Presi-
dent, however. firmly declared that
the tribunal having already granted
L,
Iuesting, however, the spantau Gu
orators to be brief. on account of the
ateness of the hour.
Senators Zacarlas aud Candida Men |
les, who were allowed to defend the |
Bishop in the quality of spontaneous
advocates, then delivered successfully |
heir defence in two most eloquent
md pathetic speeches. But the doom
If the poor Bishop was sealed After
he defence the Court closed its doors
or session. At $40 p. M, the doors
icing again opened, the President pro-
eeded to collect the votes Of the SUI
IRENE Judges, which stood thus: Six
the Bishop to four years
for the simple crime of
isobedience, and one for the nudity
f the whole process, or for the ac-
Initial of the Bishop.
The Bishop of Pernambuco, there
ore, by large majority vote OF the
upreme Court of Brazil, has been de-
Jared guilty of high crime against
he laws of the Emp;re, and condemn
! to the Penitentiary with hard labor.
Rio de Janeia'O american Mail
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
STEPHENS ASDfagIL.

General A. H. Colquitt has been re-
Gently interviewed by the Albany
Nr'rs about the Stephens-Hill contro-
versv. The General saw Mr.. Stephens
In Augusta few days ago, and was
surprised to hear that gentleman reit-
crate the statement that Mr.. Hill was
not in Richmond at the time in ques-
ton. Mr.. S. thinks Mr.. II. has con-
founded meeting of the Georgia del
egat:on in his room to consider a set Of
resolutions he himself had prepared,
looking to the appointment of a Con-
missioner by Congress, with the sub
sequent action by Mr.. Davis in that
regard. He is positive and uncom-
promising as to the truth of his state
ment, but General c. thinks Mr.. Hill
onght to know best where he was on
the 9th of January and up to the Sd
of February.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
THE s:ALD MOUNTAIN TERROR.
Pref. DuPre says ssEsarshquakes.',

The more recent noisy manifesto
tons of Bald Mountain, says the
Knoxville Press and Herald, have re-
newed the public interest iu the phe-
nomenon. The terror is now SO great,
even twenty-four miles from the noun
thin, that many settlers are preparing
to leave their homes. There seems,
after all, to be little doubt that the
shaking of the mountain is traceable
to volcanic influences. Professor Du
Pre-, Geologist of Woford College,
South Carolina, i'll his official report
takes this view. After describing his
visit to the scene of the disturbance,
he says:
All the testimony which we col
lected from the people while passing
along the eastern and western side OF
tins mountain, covering q distance of
eighteen miles, concurred in the fol-
lowing summary That there were GER
tain days marked by loud reports and
severe shakes that from fifty to sew
enty-five shocks have been felt since
the 10Th OF February that the noise
begins with an explosion like blast,
followed by rumbling sound, lasting
only few seconds; that the shocks
are Simultaneous, or almost SO, with
the reports, and seemed to follow the
direction Of the rumbling sound, with
this exception, that those near the top
OF the mountain assert that they an
pear to be under and all around them
that the reports all come from Stone
and Bald Mountain Ridge, those living
on the east side pointing to the west.
and those on the west pointing to the
east Tor the direction of sounds that
that these reports occur as often dur
ing the night as in the day, in fair
weather as in foul; that the effects are
felt five miles on each side of the
mountain ridge, and extend from
Broad river on the southwest to Ca
tawba on the north, a distance of
twenty-five miles !; that houses shake.
trees with their dead leaves trembIe.
glasses and crockery rattle. sbayipps
Ill their workshops shake and CULVER
as one expressed it. This testimony
was collecsed from thirty or forty men
and women, of different degrees of in
telllgence, and their remarkable con-
currence In the above statement places
the fact beyond the possibility of
doubt"
Prof. DuPre discusses with mnch
profound wisdom the various bvnotb-
eses which have been proposed to ex-
PLAIN these facts, and announces that
the phenomena connected with the
agitation OF Stone and Bald Mountain
must be referred to the general vol
canIc or earthquake force, which
seems as necessary to the economy of
nature as light, heat or electricity.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
ssHc,.e

Highlanders have the habit, when
talking their English, such as it is, of
interfering the personal pronoun che"
where not required-such as "The
King he has come," instead of "The
King has eome." Often, il oopse.
Gnerce. snntenea Or IN expression is
rendered sufficiently ludlcrous, as the
sequel will show. A gentleman says he
had the pleasure of listening to clever
man, the Rev. Mr., (let his To-
cality be a secret and recently he be-
gan his discourse thus: My friends,
you will find the subject of discourse
this afternoon in the first Epistle
general of the Apostle Peter, chapter
9Th and verse Sth, in the words: The
Devil he goeth about like a roaring
lion, seeking whom he may devour..
Now, my friends, with your leave, we
will divide the subject of our text to-
day into four heads. Firstly, we shall
endeavor to ascertain "Who the Devil
he Was. EecUud J, Se s4aI Inquire
into his geographical position, namely,
Where the Devil he was going
and this of a personal charac-
ter. Who the Devil he was seeking g.
And fourthly and lastly, We shall en-
leavor to solve question which has
never been solved yet, What the Devil !
le was roaring about"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
vention beg leave to submit the follow

| vent1On peg leave TO submit the fOllOW-
ing report:
After careful consideration of the
question we unanimously recommend
that each county represented in this
body, whether by one Or more dele
gates, shall be entitled to the exact
Conservative vote cast by such county
in the Gubernatorial election of 1872;
and that any candidate receiving ma
| jority of the whole vote cast shall be
| declared the nominee of this Conven-
ton.
Upon motion of Mr.. E. hIurrill, of
| Onslow, the question was divided upon
the adoption of the report, first upon
manner of voting, and second, upon
the number required to nominate. The
first part of the report was adopted
Mr.. Kelly, of Duplin moved that
the second part of the report be
amended so as to require two-thirds OF
the whole number of Evotes cast to
nominate candidates.
Mr.. Kelly urged his views upon
the Convention. DR.. G. T. Murphy,
of Sampson, and W. Fl. Bernard, of
New Hanover, opposed the motion.
The Court House being inconvenient
for the purposes of the Convention,
motion to adjourn to the City Court
Room was made and carried.
Upon the reassembling Of the Con-
vention the President ruled upon a di-
vision of the vote that in the decision
of this question each county would be
entitled to cast its Conservative
strength as determined in the Guber-
material election of 1872.
Upon the call of the roll the follow
ing counties voted aye Duplin and
Onslow, and the following nay, Baden,
Brunswick, Cateret, Columbus, New
Hanover, Robson and Sampson. The
motion was lost.
Upon motion of MIR. r. X. Bryan, of
New Hanover, the report was amend
ed so that it would only be necessary
to have a vote by counties when any
county should demand it.
The second section of the Report
was then adopted, and the Report as
amended was adopted.
The Convention upon motion OF Mr..
McDiarmid, of Robes,n n, resolved to
go into the nomination of a candidate
for Judge.
Mr.. J. w. Plummer. of Robson,
nominated Col. A. A. McKoy, Of Samp-
son, Capt. W. T. r. Bell, of Carteret,
seconded the nomination in a speech,
urging the claims of Col. McKoy.
Mr.. W. j. Tolar, of Robson, nomi-
mated Capt. J. W. Ellis, of Columbus,
which was seconded by Gen. T. F.
loon, of Columbus, in a few remarks
acknowledging the compliment to his
county, and commenting upon the fit
ness of Capt. Ellis.
Mr.. J. n, Stallings,o of Duplin, placed
the name of Coz. W. A. Allen, of
Duplin, in nomination, in a speech
urging the claims of his candidate and
his county.
Upon call Of the roll the counties
voted as follows
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
SOUTHERN LITERATURE.

The New York Times lately contain
| ed warm and truthful tribute to
Edgar Allan Poe, the great Southern
| writer. It made an admission, says
the Lynchburg Neacs, which We never
| saw made before in any Northern
journal, or by any Northern critic
that Poe possessed more real genius
than any other writer that this country
has produced. We are glad to see
that the truth is beginning to be &C
knowledged in the North, and that
they are commencing to admit that
something good, in literary way, can
come out of our Southern Nazareth
Hitherto it has been sufficient for any
thing literaryto have Southern origin
to damn it forever in the eyes of the
Northern people and Northern critics.
This has been the case, not only with
regard to works of fiction and light
literature generally, but has been ex-
tended to every department of itera-
ry effort. Southern authors have
been laughed at, and sneered at, and
ridiculed by would-be critics In the
North, who were not worthy to so
much IS touch the hem of their
garments, from whose heads they
so vainly attempted to snatch
the crown of their justly de-
served fame. And the Southern peo-
pie have themselves to blame in
great measure for all this. They have
not encouraged and cherished their
cwn literature as they should have
d. ne, but have suffered it to pine away
neglected and uncared for, or have al
Lived il to be bounded and hunted by
literary ours of the lowest degree from
Northern kennels. We have gone
North for everything. We have OBJ
tanned there not only the material lux
uries of life, but it became SO much
the fashion to look to the North for
everything, that we actually sent there
for our literary ideas. All our school
books were from the North and writ
ten by Northern authors all the works
on art and science that We read came
through Northern hands, even if not
written by Northern pens: in
short, most of the reading that
we did, came from the same source
Perhaps, under these circumstances,
it is not SO much to be wondered at
that the North should not credit or adj
NIT the existence of literary talent in
the South; it concerned both its pride
and it's interest that it should not do
so. OF late years we have been be-
coming more independent, in every
way, of the North, and as we have de-
veloped enterprise ii our material
concerns, we have at the same time
walked up and called forth our DOR
mant and latent literary talent and put
them to work for the benefit of our
section. We believe that the South in
the future will produce as gifted
authors as she has great orators, and
soldiers, and statesmen in the past.
Eut to do this she must encourage
Southern literary enterprise and effort,
for it is as true in letters as in any
thing else in life, that "men will
praise thee when thou doest we'll to
thyself.'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
MERREroN'S SPEECH.

In the Senate tie Louisiana question
was resumed by Senator Merrimon
to-day, and he made a most able and
powerful speech, which was listened
10, towards its close, with a or, ut dea!
Of attention. He became very anina-
ted and dwelt at times upon his sub
ject with crushing force and an unan-
swerable pertipacity. He denied that
the republican party lost any votes by
the failure of the colored people Ia
Louisiana to vote, as the people of that
race never declined to vote, and would
go ally distance to do SO, be 1t long or
short. He said the republican party
had accomplished its work and was
now on the decline. He would not
say what party ">.u:d succeed it but
the day of that party WAS over.
Mr.. Davis, (democraD of West vir-
ginia. Amen Iaughter.)
Mr.. Merrimon argued that Mr.. Nc
Emery was the legally elected Governor
of -Goidsboro Messenger.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08

The following remarkable story is
taken from the Geographical Magazine
for April. 1t WAS told at meeting Of
the geographical section of the Inpa-
rial Russian Geographical Socety by
s,General Heine, late in the United
States service" in d paper On the pro-
gress Of civilization in Japan: \ Young
Japanese, who was sent to America to
study, receiving from his government
al allowance Of 81 ,0G0 per annu1n, en-
braced Christianity and became a
Methodist. According to Japanese
law, he was punishable by death Con-
siderlng lie was boul d to notify the
tact to his government. he wrote home
and renowned all further claim to his
allowance. The government of Yedo
therenpo1 instituted inquiries in
America into the manner IN which the
young man was following his studies:
the result of these being in lis favor,
all the reply that he ob.ained from tie
Japanese government III answer to his
notification was an increase Of his an
nual allowance to 81 500.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08

The actual suffering resulting from
the overflow of large portion eff
Louisiana has caused the pecuniary
damage to be somewhat overlooked
The New Orleans Re1audlcau of late
date has published statement of the
estimated loss OF property by the
flood. 1t estimates the damage to the
sugar, cotton and rice crops alone at
about $1,000. 600, or about one-sixth
the total annual production. To this
must be added the 500, 900 head of live
stock, the poultry, vegetables and
other articles of food, which will help
swell the aggregate loss very largely,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
WELDON. n. G. Nav 3

A funny incident happened at the
Boston Theatre a few nights since. -
Maggie Mitchell was playing "Fan-
chon." In the third act a scene was
set in which bridge began on the
right of the stage down near the audi
forum, ran directly to the rear, and
thence along the whole width of the
stage, which is perhaps the largest in
the country. At the end of the act
after ''Landry's" dialogue with Fan,
chon," he runs off up the bridge. and
when about to do this, and Just as he
took the first step on the bridge. the
hero's trousers, which were of the
haggy kind generally worn by stage
peasants, fell down i'll the rear. and
Immediately a square yard OF linen be-
gan to futter il sight Of the audience.
Landry, felt Ehat had beeallen him.
clapped his hands to the exposed
place, and ran up ard along the
bridge as fast as his legs could carry
him. For the first couple of seconds
the audience hardly could believe it's
eyes, but when the situation was fully
appreeiatea there Was perfect howl
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
How They Dron Snes.

A reporter of the Baltimore Aneeyt-
can thus describes one Of the many
processes of making shot in one Of the
shot-to"ers OF that city: One OF the
secrets Of the Manufacture is the
mixing OF the lead with a certain pro
portion OF q combination OF mineral
substances called temper" Tie ten
per IS fused with the lead, and gives
the molten metal that consistency
which makes it drop. II it were not
for the temper" the lead would b.
nodded by the sieve, and would form
little pencils instead Of round shot.
When "BB. " shot, for instance, are to
be made, the lead is poured into pan
perforated with holes corresponding
to that size. The little pellets come
pouring down IN a continuous shower,
and fall into a tank filled with water
on the ground floor. IN their descent
OF 200 feet they become perfect spheres,
firm and dense, and they are toiarably
cool when they strike tie water. al
though the swift cUrcussi0u5 make The
tank foam and bubble Is i thC water
WAS boiling fGriousIy. The shot must
fall i'll water, fer Il they would strike
any firm substance, thy wuuld be
fiastened and Knocked out of shape.
70 set the little peIess perfectly dry
after they have been in the well is
the most difficult and troublesome
process Of the whole manufacture. An
elevator with small buckets (very
much like those used III -four mills)
carries the shot up as fast as they
reach the bottom of the well" and
deposits them Ill box sixty feet above
the first floor. The water drins from
the buckets as they go up, and not
much is poured into the receiver above.
although it is Intended to be sort Of
dripping machine. From this receiver
the shot runs down spout into Il dry
ing pan, which greatly resembles a
gigantic shoe, made of sheet ZION. The
pan rests at an angle which permits
the wet shot to roll slowly down 30 the
chamber below, and the pellets become
perfectly dry as they pass over the
warm sheet iron.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08

Ex-President Johnson is now in
Nashville, and will remain there a few
days. 1t is reported that his move
ments have reference TO the approach
ing political campaign III the State. in
which he proposes to take part. 70 q
reporter he stated he wonld not be i
candidate for the lower house Of Con
gfess, but does not disguise the fac
that under proper and fitting circum-
stances he VIII be candidate for tile
United States Senate, and fayors al
expression at the polls from the people
on the senatorial question. So all
hopes of keeping him IN his own dis
trict are at an end, and a lively CAM
pagr may lie expected
Two rival lovers in South Haven.
Mich, recently determined to settle
their professions By shooting at a
mark. Very properly, after it y as de-
cided, the young woman refused to
have anything to do with either of
them.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
Senator fEerriiaaSsa.

North Carolina has cause to feel
proud of her present Congressional
delegation. and in particular of her two
distinguished Senators-Eansom and
Merrimon. Only few months since
Judge Merrimon took his seat N tt 9
Senate and he is evidently winning for
himself an enviable, national reputa
ton. The recognized leader of the
"lntiationists he has just added an
other laurel to his craftsmanship in a
late speech on Grants usurpatlon in
Louisiana, which speech reflects honor
upon this State aud the people of the
South alike. The New York Herald
thus speaks Of the speech
THE LOUIsIAEA INSTRUMENTATION
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08

The Mormon war in Utah has broken
out into a new and wordy conflict.
Outside of Salt Lake City, and COM
handing the town, is Camp Doug
lass" the United States military post.
with its guns in range of the Taberna-
Gle. The MOrmons do not like this at
al, and they bear no love for the SOL
diers, and whenever any of the Latter
stray into the city and misbehave, they
are arrested and put into the chain
gang, and made to do all kinds of me-
NAL work. Against this punishment
Gen. Morrow, who is in command, has
protested repeatedly, saying that he
would punish the soldiers according to
their deserts, but tie protests are
unavailing. He is advised by counsel
that the course of the Mormon anthori-
ties has no legal authority, and thet
these soldiers should be punished only
by the military power, and he has.
therefore, reported the state of affairs
to Gen. Ord, commanding the military
division, asking instructions. Gen.
Ord has sent the report to Gen. Sher-
idan, with a Wig orous endorsement,
and Sheridan, in turn, sends it to Gen.
Sherman, with still stopger endorse
ment, asking whether he ought not to
go to Salt Lake City to "attend to the |
matter Gen. Sherman, with further
statement, equally Mormon, has |
sent the papers to the Secretary of
War, and the matter looks very much
Is il a quarrel were brewing that
would further eonplicate the uncer-
ain state of affairs in Utah.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
Ho..nS America. - CaIigc..tz.,

The girls of a California seminary
lately developed & singular tendency
for using three one-cent stamps. in
stead OF the regular kind, upon their
envelopes. .he letters We're SO very
plain and matter of-fact. and the at
tempts at eyading suryelaDce in tie
oid-fashioned way grew 50 scarce,
that one inspecting teacher investi-
gated this whiIn- And 10. the Gun
ming creatures had taken to writing
tender epistles TO their lovers r.ndcr
the ST lmps.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08

The Knoxville Press and Herald of
Thursday reports four and half
inches OF snow at Jonesboro, Tennes-
see, on the day before at nine o'clock,
three and half inches at Greenville.
and two inches at Bristol. It hears.
however, OF no injury to the growing
wheat or the fruit.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08
LAYING Down Ehe Law,

A horse thief Oh trial at fernando,
Mississippi, pleading insanity, ex-Gov,
ernor CLARKE, who was acting as Dis
trict Attorney, argued thus to the
jury : eff the prisoner is insane he
should be sent to J ackson to the In
matte Asylum, If he is a thief, he
should be seat to the State Peniten-
tlary. Ii he is partly thief and
partly an idiot, he should be seat
there to the State Legislature.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-08

There was more than the usual cere-
mony i'll Mr.. Beecher's church in
Brooklyn on Sunday, occ@sioned by
the accession of more than one humid
red members to the communion. This
was celebrated by multitude Of floral
decorations and Il cross surrounded by
multitude of floral decorations and a
cross surrounded by crown, embla-
zoned "Fictory.' After the service.
Mr.. Beecher distributed the roses
among the new members, a somewhat
picturesque and appropriate custom.
Then was sung a "Te Deum," after
which Mr.. Beecher made what might
be called joyful discourse. He did
not think Christianity should be
gloomy and painful. The New Tesla
ment was full of the idea o. rejoicing:
an JOY, 20 MIR. Beecher's mind, was a
sign Of love, virtue and holiness.
There was a popular idea that religion
was commercial transaction, paving
a certain amount of sorrow here for
the sake Of g very large dividend of
JOY hereafter; but this was not the
true view.