Wilmington journal., 1875-09-03

are about to establish a Church paper
at Chicago.
OF the eighteen States which hold
general elections this fall it Is safe to
estimate that eleven will speak for
Democracy,
There are now $40, 900 children m
der IS years of age in California Civ"
the ladies' a chance. says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, and We can get on
without any further Eastern emlgra-
ton.
KATE Field has been taking pOtes IN
parliament, and concludes that Dlsrsa-
Il can not be called an orator, "save
when he is filed with rage and more
material stimuIant.
ONLY q few days since an Arizona
Postmaster caused to he published q
long and indignant card wherein he
resigned his office because the salary
did not repay him for the labor. And
now the Government is looking tor
that Postmaster whose cash account Is
81 700 short.
THE Memphis Avalanche utterly dls-
credits the telegram which states that
Je efferson Davis has accepted an invita-
ton of the Knox comfy. Illinois. agri-
cutnral society to deliver an address,
Invitations are pouring in from the
north but the AraiCo1chc relieves Mr..
Davis hos made up his mind not TO
speak in Illinois for some time to come.
THE Seuz Canal, through the devel-
ement of its traffic, has been placed
npon a paving basis-tbat is, its income
for last year was greater than its cx-
Denditure. NJ De Lessaps states that
in 1874 the actual expenditure was S3-
5O0 900. whilst the ncOme was So, $780,
900.
THE Chicaro Legal AdUiser says
the people pay Grant four thousand
dollars month for staying at Long
Branch and leaving the government to
take care of itself at Washington.
What consolation it must be to the
over taxed and over-worked farmers
and mechanics of the West to know
that the fruits Of their toll is going to
support this great national example of
idleness and n malfeasance
In THE colored convention at Rich
mond last Friday a resolution was
adopted petitioning the Legislature
ag linst the proposed amendment to
the Constitution disfrnnchising n per
son convicted of petit larceny. The
interests of coIorcd humanity demar Il
this concession.
OLIVE Logan, in n lntc Long Branch
rflusiOn. says ,hc IS entirely superior
Ia facts "Auy Gradprind can give
facts. 1t takes your lady correspond
cntS to compound ID readable meiangc
Of fact and fiction and soar into the
r1npvream Of small talk uDtrnmmelled
hv the confirming cor"mcnts of tireaorn"
f,,ct" That's ii fact, Olive. Go ahead
THE Spring field Rcl1uL|ic'ol learns
that !Ihja Laisun, the young China
man who had his queue cut off nj
Yale, was n party to the operation him
self. Upon being questioned regard
ing the affair, he said - don't say
ythng about it at all by George,
let them all rip''-which would Seem
to- indicnte that lie is fast being Amer
icaniH"d
THE sale Of vngrants in Missouri IN
Il ar the Nngrancy act, still continues.
Last week, ut Springfield. two white
women, Mollie Mitchell ard Ida Lask.
were sold to Mr.. Budd FH9g for five
cents. Precisely what Mr.. Fugg
wanted with them DO not appear,
sinco the Lc0der says 'he borrowed
Il nickel from Judge - and took
possession of his property"
The September elections are close at
huud California on the 1st and Ar
kansas on the 9Th, followed by Maine
on the 18th. In California the eau
vnss relates largely to the aggrcssions
of monopOlies, which are endeavOring
to gain the exclusive right to the water
power of the State, and in Arkansas
there is no Republican party worth
mentioning.
Tho Missuurians seem bent on short
| legislatures. The new constitution
provides that the legislature cannot
nave adjourned sessions, and if it is III
| session longer than seventy days every
member loses 81 a day from his pay,
which IN the regular session is So.
The absence of Grant aud his cab
met from the capital begins to arouse
the anger of Mr.. Morton snd the other
Republican. leaders. The absence of
the heads OF the departments great Y
tinOarrGsseS business. Grant could
well be spared, but the absence of the
secretaries blocks the wheels OF COY
eru meut i'll mauy respects. For mon ls
these men have been away from the
capital on JunketIGg expeditions, and
the complaints are becoming frequent
AND bitter. In about year they will
be granted an endless furiough by the
people whom they have abused.
Here is what the Rev. De Witt Tai
mage says: "Yes, We are all sorry Au-
drew Johnson is dead. We hang our
public buildings III mourning, we
bury him III the United States flag
and put the Constitution III his hand
ar,l but IL little while ago we carica-
tuEci and maligned him without mcr-
cy. Oh, the humbug OF human ap-
piause."
In Maine the September election
will have for one OF its effects the
adoption or rejection by the people of
| series of constitutional amendments,
the most important Of which provide
| for gen raj laws as opposed to special
Legislation for the executive appoint
ment of municipal judiciary and po-
| lice, and for the exclusion from the
right OF suffrage for ten years, all per-
sons bribing or being bribcd at
elections.
At q grand Democratic barbecue in
Hines county, Miss, last week, five
| thousand persons were present, in
Guiding some five hundred colored
men. The proceedings concluded
! with the trial of Gov. Ames, who was
present in etfgy, for treason, murder,
and other high crimes, verdict of
guilty being found and sentence of
death imposed, committed subse-
quently to punishment to Massa-
chnsetts.
The heat on the South Pacific Rail-
road grade, near the Colorado desert,
is SO intense that the thermometer
notes 120 degrees in the shade, when
shade can be found. A considerable
number of the labOrers on the road
have died of the heat. There is prob
ably no other spot i'll the United
States that can equal this.
The tied-out horses ia the speaker