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

A Convention of the Superintendent
of all the Societies and Institutions in
America for the reform of inebriates
was in session in New York last week.
The proceedings, which were charac-
terized by much spirited argument,
were reported at length in the New
York papers.
The New Orleans Picaye7ac saws
that the recent rains have been of
! great benefit to the sugar crop of
! Lpnisianr, rs the cane required "a lit
/ tie more gre with, and after that cool
and dry weather to promote matura-
/ ton. 1t mentions particularly the
! crop Of Mr.. John Burnside, which it
! says viii aggregate on his several
] plantations 5000 h0GshcadS this year.
, Icing within 9, 900 hogsheads OF his
/ .algest crop before the war.
! The people of the South will be
| pleased to learn that there is a pros
| pect OF an Increase of their banking
capital. The Controller of the Cur
rency Is preparing to carry out the act
passed by Congress last June, provid-
ing for Il withdrawal of portion of
the currency from theNorth and East,
and distributing it in the South and
VISA. liC tAtICSS w NC tt1htu IIOiu
| banks in New York having one million
dollars, and from the banks in the
other States having more than three
hundred thousand dollars.
According to the latest reports many
vineyards in smiling France have suf-
fcred blight this year. The cheap,
light, win ordinaire has risen SO per
cent in price, and now costs 80 cents
per bottle. and worse Than all, the
French hold the American continent
responsible for the blight. The delici-
Gus Catawba grape was recently intro
duced into France from Ohio, with the
hope that French domestication would
add still more to its fruity favor, and
French manipulation improve the
quality of the wine made from it. But
unfortunately the "song of the vine
dirge to the Frenchman. The Cataw-
ba vine has developed an insect whose
generic name is philloxcra, and
the wretch has wandered from his ma
tive grape to the vine of France. It
is this pest who has added so per cent.
to the price of ciaret. Consumers
maintain that this is fable for the
benefit of the dealers, but M. D. Con
way throws the weight of his testi-
mony in favor of the story, and admits
that the blight is a serious matter, and
It's source unquestionably American.
Heretofore the order of succession
to the throne of Turkey has followed
peculiar law of inheritance. The
crown goes by seniority, not to the old
est child Of the reigning Sultan. but
TO tie oldest male descendant of the
House Of Otham, the founder OF the
Empire, sprung from the Imperial
Hare1H. An uncle or cousin of great
er age than the oldest son of the Sui
tan would, by this order Of succession,
ascend the throne. The present Sui
tan, AbduI-Aziz, is an example OF tins |
irr guiari5y. His predecess AID |
brother, Abdul Medjid, left fourteen
children, the Oldest being a son twenty
one years Of age, who, instead of sue
ccedine his father, was compelled to |
give way to the elevation of his uncle. |
While this sort of law of succession |
was q good thing for Abdul-Aziz, as |
heir to the Sultanship, he views it in
q different light at this day. when he
is in power A dispatch from Vienna !
announces that he is taking steps to
break this order of inheritance hy ar
ranging for the succession of his son,
Of the rightful claimant.
What was sauce for him is not sauce
for Yussif Izzedin Ehendi, his eldest
boy, born in 1857. The heir presump
tive, under the immemorial rule, is
the Sultan's nephew, Mohammed MI |
rad EHendi, born in 1910.