Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-01
HILLsB0RO.
HILLsBoRo, April 21st, IS. :.

Editors Journal:
For the first time within the last
week the weather is propiti"ns. 1t is
really bright, beautiful and bracing
this morning, and makes confinement
to the house hideous bore. The rain
of Sunday put up the streams again to
high water mark, and yon may look
out again for the red wat. RS of the mp
country to stain the Gear tide Of Your
part of the Cape Fear.
I hear of no damages, but the con-
tinued rains retard farming operations
very much, and threaten to give the
wheat too vigorous growth. This
looks beautifully just now. and almost
the first time since the war, there is n
prospect of bountiful crop. But
wheat is subject to many casualties,
and it is unsafe to rely on any prom
ises until it has passed through its
bloom.
We had two occasions of interest
last week which broke the weary mo-
potony of existence, and gave us some
thing to talk about for a few days at
least. The first was the lecture or adj
dress of Ma or Rob't Bingham, de.
hvered by virtue of an invitation ex-
tended by committee of citizens, on
the subject of temperance and proai-
bition. The hall of the Masonic
Lodge was crowded to its utmost ca
pacity, the ladies constituting large
portion of the audience. Maj. b. is
very popular here, and his lecture last
year on the "Anglo Saxon Race" made
so marked an impression that, though
the night was dark and the walking
execrable, no one was willing to forego
the pleasure of hearing him.
The address was fully up to expec-
tation, in fact beyond it, for no one ex
pected to find novelty i'll SO trite a sub
ject as temperance; while. in fact, the
lecturer by his originality of treatment
and boldness of views, did invest his
theme with the charm of freshness.
Maj. Bingham is a loyal worshipper
of Anglo-Saxon superiority in every
thing But he thinks the Creator has
endowed him above all the rest of
mankind, with a brain already stimu-
lated to the highest point of intellect
ual activity. That brain needs no
artificial aid to the accomplishment
of its purposes. Alcoh olic stimulus
acts upon such an organization as fuel
to an already consuming flame. But
by q singular fatuity, this race Graves
above all others for this fatal fuel.
The craving becomes vice, nation
al one, which becomes fit subject for
| legal restraints.
Upon the subject of individual riahts
the main argument against restraint,
| the lecture was clear learned and con-
vincing. But | would consume too
much time in further notice of an adj
| dress, which is unanimously pro-
| l.,
ever heard here; calm, moderate, en-
tirely free from fanaticism and at the
same time clothed in beauty of Ian
| guage and aptness of illustration.
which made it as fascinating to the
scholar, as it was agreeable to the I'M
| learned.
The second occasion of interest was
a contest between the "Boys IN Gray
Base Ball Club from Bingham school,
and the Independent" club of Hornel
& Graves. The weather, fortunately
behaved itself for a few hours, and a
large crowd of spectators We're pres
ent, including many ladies', among
whom I observed all the young ladie:
from Misses Nash and Miss kollock'<
school. The game was well played
and the players pretty evenly matched
though the Boys In Gray complain
of the Interpolation of two outsiders,
by whose superior playing the game
was decided. The Independent were
victorious, scoring 63 to 26 by theil
opponents. If you have farther curl
osity about particulars, 1 refer you tc
the Recorder of to-day, which has the
score in full.
Tobacco active and sales very fail
during the past week, and ou- marke,
begins to attract more attention from
the farmers. c..