Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-09

Tie State OF Mississippi. which did
not eve q dollar III 1867. Is row sad
ui. I with debt Of three millions and
3 hail, and, what Is worse, has nothing
10 show fcr IT.
Minnesota calls It's chief magistrate
"uur grasshOpper governor" because
lie has scared away immigration this
year by his exaggerated reports Of the
grasshopre4 fayages.
General SlckIes las fled formal
claim at The War Department for r--s-
toration to the rank and pay q a Ma
ior General on the retired list Of the
army 1t has been referred 10 the At
torney General.
Pere Hyacinthe Is even more des-
pOndent than Mr.. Disraeii or Victor
Hugo about the peace of Europe. He
sees fearful contests in the future. 40
less than series OF wars-inttrnation-
al, civil and religious.
The Parisisns are becoming wofuliy
ext~avagant again, Notwithstanding the
lesson OF the war. The particular di-
rection it takes IS Ia the matter of an
tique furniture, TO supply the demand
for which eleven manufactures have
been established.
At the junction Of the Delaware river
with the Navesink at Port Jervis, in a
laurel grove, is a flat stone which is
marked with boundary lines, SO that a
man can put his foot on three States at
the same time, New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
M. Guizot's work, LII, storie
de France, will be completed.
The fourth volume, finishing the reign
of Douis XIV, is in type, and the au-
thor has left the necessary material for
the fifth and last volume in the hands
CT Messrs. Hatchette and Company.
The "Wicked Bible" was printed
and issued in 1852. It derived It's title
from the fact that the word mot was
accidentally omitted from the seventh
commandments y one of the intelligent
compositors of the period, and an act
of Parliament ordered the destruction
of the whole edition.
1t is stated on the authority OF one
of the most eminent political econo-
mists in France that the Franco Prus-
sian war, and its subsequent conse-
quences, cost France 9 million, 268
Vi tiauCS. 1DtS VAST SUM WIS
obtained in the following manner:
First, 6 milliards 739 milliards were
raised by means of loans; second, /
nlilliard $50 millions were borrowed
from the Bank of France; and third, l
milliard and 20 millions of francs were
furnished Ivy means of direct and in
direct taxation.
The preliminaries of the marriage of
Colonel Fred. F. Grant to Miss Ida
Honore, of Chicago, to take place De-
cember I'd, have been arranged. The
following is the list of bridesmaids
and groomsmen: Miss Hall, daughter
of Colonel Winchester Hall, and cousin
of Miss Honore, Chicago; Miss Lucia |
daughter Of Judge Russell |
HoVton, of Louisville, Ky; Miss
Irene Rucker, daughter of General
RucLer, Chicago Miss Dul.i.>J, |
daughter of Judge Dunlevy, Chicago; |
Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., brother of the
bridegroom, Washington; Mr.. Henry
G. Honore, brother of the bride, Chi
we; Lieutenant Larned, U. S. Army,
H " % Point; General A. Forsyth, of
"ene'a' ''eridan's staff, Chicago.
ven nio p' Of the IS Of the General Con,
Church, which meets if ian EPlscopal
morrow, will be of great" 1o1A TO-
This is the only body empowtt -
legislate in matters of ritual and dl..o
pine. a General Convention is called
only once in three years, and the sos
sion extends generally over three
weeks. The House of Deputies con-
sists of four clerical and four lay dep
uties from each Diocese. The House
IF Bishops meets always with closed
doors. As much Importance is at
tachnd TO the bates of the House of
Deputies, uerbatina report of them
is to be made, after the manner of the
Congressional Record, by D. F. Muir
ply and his assistants, the reporters
for the United States Senate, and pub
lished in daily morning edition of
the Churchnaan.