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Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12

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lEr 81 u SSId ,sT2a 5Eocsr eiS
. the M. Es Church. GohH
It basitssupBort. ana 't,Ssy t,ISsy 3}t IlTEsd Aid
It's Ministers. TALL of whom skea ete.fEsl to ward
increasing its Calculations s,Istasoyaf
We offer no prerninns- Tha ADVOCATE
stands upon itsintTinstc nerite.c SKA
w hlo 1t Ia Mfthodistic Id dnokr if1A it vii
contain news from all Oh urcheS, 10 az 10 make
it eeome visiTpr to the inteItigspt readers
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Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12

has been quite, an active, ,deuapd for
Crsde nd ,TaFpsni.in"es e d during the week.
taken at the. current " ma fket quota
tions. The market has been steady
and to-day the quotations are un-
changed. ?. Hard seHs at 3I 80 ana
= ehowsDfp and Virgin 1T e. 80 f2'bbl::
The reeeiptsseT tAe week were ,291
bbls, against ], ?20 hbls for last. week.
Che exports for, the week were n hb:s
agoinsts s467 bbis sfer Last week The
stock iii ysta and aHoat is 2,7i4 hbs,
against / .914 bbls for last week. !!
Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12
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nwf4ibe nan ia fzea T.byshe Fs.ners
snd sus:ness Men 81 Ahstu, fS.Sn, stRhT and
OF heS CoIntes stqng the G trnsp S GsHstAp pr all
ROAD, ard the NeTeAaytt - Il>lI 4ttsSr H1tn ess
Wen OF " IN n gtor1 tSey W6gIs. guns IN
ira ie Of that IroFps rofs se etien vss3 dAd
better medinm Tor ad HsEAsins.I unss Z
F',ie'7',',,,.,,qrg 7sad 81 bra esiiqieb
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CASH.
Bacon and Pork.

60 Boxes D. 8. Sides and Shoulders,
% 1T Smoked s 'f'' 3" az
25s Bbis Pork. s-isf a 78 31n ,i''
gp.l. Fer sale bysli ot aI3dmssa 10 ats
OF '' re .allisa1L 54di :
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Molasseszand e. . 'oHee. i.
100 iBbls s, q, sssssa ''s.s asai i
f56 Bags Rio-C Coffee,
For sale by
KKkoHNER q oALpERBROs,
tan a ~
Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12

being n TDLttI or S5Ht~9S5 ilSi
2, 400 balessfor lastsweels: The exports
were Sill bales, and the stock Is
/, 4.19 basles. ( Z! JAZZ
The general Cotton movement for
the week wsas as follows 1t appears
that thetotal receiptsfor the eseyel days
haye reached 10o,152 BALES, again*t
115, 700 bales last week, 101, COS bales
the previous week and %, ,24l bales
three weeks since, making the total
receipts since the fir ,t of September.
1914, 1858, 7T2 bales, against 2, 693. 4Sl
GALES for the same period of 1875
"a, showing anincreases since September
/, 1874, of 57,709 bales. The details
for the receipts for this week Gas per
teiegcapi} and for the corresponding
weeks of tho five previous years arr
as follows:
The exports for the. week ending
reach a total of 1O6, 053 bales, OF
WHICH so, ,6S8 were to Great Britain,
16,W3t to France, and SO, ,852 to the
rest of the Continent, while the
stocks as made up are now $50, 1913
bales. Z, ..~-. p. ..---sz.a.
The following are the official quo
tations to day, ~, -. ,-,..,. .,,- ~
Ordinary, - go. Nominal
Good Ordinary IA cents.
Low Mddling - -. .laE ....5. r . zee
MlddllnS- .-.----. l44 so"
Good Midai1ng. -. Ian
| ROSfN little il any change
to note in the resin market during Tia,
past week, and we have very little al
| teration to make in our remarks pnb
| lished in our last article. TIE mar
ket has been alternately weak ana
-. ,oa lrh ho
| been hard for the closest observer t.
discern which way prices We're leaning
| From day to day this has been the
/ condition Of the market, and prices
have depended entirely upon one or
| two buyers, who are interested il.
| keeping the market up to present
| figures. Holders, on their paia, have
not showed their stock on the market
! but there has been but little troubi.
for purchasers to buy all they have
| wanted. Futures seem to have been
/ neglecue2 during the week, as we have
. heard of no sales. Fine grades OF
! rosin have also been in Light request,
! and no sales OF consequence were re
ported. at the elese3 DAY Strained
is quoted steady at 81 10 hid The
sales for the week We're as follows:
az 81 10 per bbi:" y :
Satartlay-Narket quiet: No. sales
reported ed--geaera!ly held at Slln pei
biol. ....- ..- ..-5..z-.... g.. :
/ Monday-Market quiet and hnset
tied. No sales reported.
/ Tuesday Sales of 500 bbls Strained
At 81 20 per bbl. .ai @. 49,
Wednesday Market quiet, No sale:
reported. ....., =. = =
Ttursdsy-Strained steady at ST Il
IBID. No sales. .--t ...
Ting receipts for he week were
l2,9lIg bbls. against IL. .899 bbfs. 10
last week. The exports for the weel
were 10, ,937 bbls against 1926 bbi
for last week. The stock in yard ant
afioat Is 66.604 hbls.- against f.63
bbls. for last week. +f-
l. The. following were the quotation
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: Oar correspondent s., writing Il
lIoin Holy tosHssHi y, gives ti.v,
1'H9"lnS particulars OF a rtInaElia f,iA
3uSt,Iiic- n "aicL Il cnIisi, less tIinit
| iArco ye.,ra o. age, was lost 404 spent
! tie Iik5Itr "a dIa-NqoU1S. or oltA +of rhx
cp.t,-at 3 4to ve nave hat. this season.
anu Yet $40 - atiH atiye, t4Ii We nope
liz q taIr way T. recover He s4Is:
last ts5ttssti,tv t--~vening3 about 3
O'csych, Ny. teslx Ateg * teis LONE 10
cal OF some 4ttI 81 tI}f. AS Ife was III
cAe x. q Ies.s il5,s ms i1ttIe boy, OF -
$50 years ,tu,t st:yeu mouths ofd,a4kett
to 60 with ulGl, bat his father tod
nim he c0u.d 3J,T le aoutd 60 to tle-5
house aid wG4 = up. Thesiltl1e boy
started TO tne iNuse, and 5IE. IL l.. ks,
L 10 y. i448 t,I,t u was two ctJid fer ii>s.
cinid 10 go with i'm, took tSjVa aHtag.
oi u!s ab>eEce and rode oA. Ii soems1
that the lILe-e- boy di4 net go to the
h"11se, but, as soon as ti1s- father left,
A9 tui i-.o4 ,sIII 1O4ioWea uluI. *
Mel Ks, 81 efpg he yaa5 +" Rh Ets
father, as it was his custom 10 some
times carry him srouf,t, thought nctl
i43 uI his absence uutii ID. MeekS re-
tuned, about DIRK, without him.
Search was then made, but lie could
not be found. The f,tarIu w,.s gwen
aud the nt4aAOpga tLruysd- -unt-Hltn
Fights, DuIit up fiyes, and exhausted i
a,gIE-- nattIs " -tialtt the uttIe fsi!Uv,
Cut ali in vain. 1T u tate itc,ur N tire
night tlteg ceased tta-ir .ss;trei:"a. B.
dag /. .tl4t-thts ,as1a-.t. : nIeFning the
W;uus were IuII uI h,tuter,s EXPLORING
evzGy nuok an3c ner, .anf fca4ne eg tor
!itttt Gss2rge About q o'cIpdk tll,r
morning iIIr. little IeItoa started az
from II tween tHo trees, aud asked II
E,I1.t >ras z. .iil=tI1s, saving. at tie SAM
TINE, Il aa4 20: eta13 . : He uas>ojckes;
tiy and cHrr1,,t home, VIII ~ lis father
and mother net linn a. one tos6.s bat
found again, ana no one car express
tll.5rf, ,....gS I'uv Y.XneettG he would
>zoocs t4le, tuns it-F t.,g wttr ten-F badly
from - live Tie uyiENbors all haC
their remedies, aud went to work h.
restore linn. Il possible. HI, shoes
and stock: 0lts we're trn2e-n st II on tFss
.aut. and u4, t7@<; and feat wtrn pull
i.llza..o stioa aa e1ssat tts4 ltzNas Wlth
difficulty silcy 4 III III get hIS shoes Off.
n lis hands an,t arms ~ ,eHe trozen. and
ms ears were ike lciclcs.- ihey ca itG
IN DR. Etrae-tt, " u0 gave a favorable
ilrt;puoa2s but we tHoUgift, from iil>
ooka. tii8t he was teAriu of ttfe result.
Fora little hoy moi thret years Old
io sleep mt Ill au.of1a- SwaTnpN place
from ) III q. aliitlt - Il. IN, tie fFAt
ia ~ on SHcii T BJgiit as'@last night was.
! when it v.s>, almost tuIO-sohit to EAel
! yai,yn i'll a tie.rt room ass almost Ill =
! erd BIZ. 4,tt4 such Is tefFe. Tee LEA ~
( ttf,ye f4it II almost as ke"n!E a. II ei
-,,s Y,,r Is. fofs ttle-littie boy was d org
: fitt.a fellow, and ,mcI TO be al
IL yfss tz.fs a -
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Cfl1Hllngt01 yolr M.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY IL. 1875.

aJE1Z WILMINGTON. N. G:
Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12
- EFt3I-L - y
GeneraI Market Reports
lBY TED CRAP H.t
Commercial.

New YORK, Feb. Cotton
quiet; sales of 1,5S3 bales; uplands
I55e; Orleans 16c. Flour dull and
declining. Wheat dull and declining.
Corn dull and heavy. Pork heavy
mess SIa 37a. Lard steady-steam l4c.
Spirits Turpentine quiet at 3Sac.
Rosin quiet at 81 10 to So Is. Freights
firm.
Cotten-Futures opened inactive as
follows: February 10 11-16c; March
15s to Is 13 16c; April 16s to Is 3-16c;
May Is ZIG to 164c; June 16 11-16 to
to 164c.
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sket is quiet and paminal at "a ceats e

We'd sday. No sales reported. = >.
Thursday. No sales reported. ..---<
TAR-SiDce last week there has
been no change of prices in this
article. The market has ruled -uni-
formly steady. asd all offered has
BEEN taken ut 81 65 u btl, at which
price the market closes steady to-day.
: The receipts for the week ware $50
bbls, against. 1872 bbls for last weea.
The exports for the wee:1 were 442
bbls against 130 bbls for last week.
The stock in yard and ah3at is 56f8
bbls against 5.2O2 bbls Tor last week,
Tae ssles Tor the week were as follow:
l,rilur- o. l. Il sE -. L.,
Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12

Nellie fsrew ,sA M :. - ;.s.ss !. ~.
zKssla Rasss a. 90
Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12

KERcHNEk & CALDER BROS.
Wilmington journal., 1875-02-12

Nos07"0a. IHat the Cha1rina0 n0Eol-
nate and appolht {st his convenieHo5 }
a'comIu!ttee Of i've pecsoDa, wno vii,
III behalf Of tins meeting, draft Il
suitable memorial aud carry it t. tie
General Assembly of our State, ex-
pftssive of the views OF this meeting,
on the subject matter referred to IN
the foregoing resolution, aud most re
spectiuiiy asking that body to foruear
further notion tAAreaan
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01
Non Resident Notice.

E.. II. Silsbee ct ais VS. Nancy Estill ct ais.
Upon motion. and it appearing to the
satisfaction of the Clerk u Master, from
compliments bill in above cause, which
is sworn to, that the defendants. Jeffer-
son Estill. Wallace BurrOugh, - Witcher
and wife Mary Witcher, are non-residents
of the State of Tennessee, (the residences
of the last two named above is u~nknown,)
so that the ordinary process OF law cannot
be served upon them.
1t is therefore ordered that pub
LEGATION be made for four consecutive
weeks in the Home Journal, Il newspaper
published in Winchester Tennessee. re-
quiring said nonresident defendants to
appear on or before the 4th Monday in
June next, before the Chancery Court
at Winchester, Franklin county, Tenn, and
plead answer or demur to c%Omplainants'
bill, or he same will be taken for con-
fessed, and set for hearing ex parte as to
them. Witness my hand at office in VIM
chester, Tenn, this March 10th, 1915.
y. II. FINCH, C.. IL M.
mar25-4t $50
ii. w. Newman, Solicitor for complain
ants.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01
The Dog LAVA Rich Comment.

There IS no doubt but that dogs
have done great harm to Tennessee
vicious ncs by biting innocent per-
sons, and no-account mes by killing
sheep. Bnt the following letter to a
member Of the Legislature is decidedly
rich, and gives the popular view Of the
question:
ELKToN, GILES COUNTY,
March l7th, 1S75,}
DR.. James Bowers-Dear Sir: l
learn from the papers that the Leglsla'
ture has passed a dog law. Now, Dec
tor, | wish TO know if the dog tax is a
property or a poll tax. If it is a prop
erty tax, | wish to know if it is not I'M
constitutional, because you have no
right to tax property for conIlscatlon,
But I'm told that the tax collector will
kill tho dog il the tax is not paid.
Then the State ought to establish a
tanuery and make dog-skins q legal
tender to pay the interest IN its bonds,
and to start q button factory, make
buttons OF the dogs bones, make bo-
logna sausage out of the flesh, and
send the intcstincs 10 a soap factory.
But, if it is poll tax, then the dogs
will have n right TO vote, and some OF
them will be candidates at the next
election, and will run like Old Scratch.
You may bet some good mar will get
beat at this Internal f%oolishness, as the
darkey who was about being baptized
said when the parson s~trangled him.
The Legislature has been in session
nearly seventy.tive days and has &C
tually passed a dog law It's action
puts mt in mind of the Abbott's lami
ly, whom l once knew in Georgia
There were twenty Of them and they
all went coon hunting, and, having
freed a coon, cut the tree down. l
fell on one Of the party and killed him
One of the survivors cried out, "there
now, we have killed one Of oar hes
brothers" The others yelled out
"Blast it! man, never mind what thu
trees done; don't you let them dog:
tear the coon skin" The Legislature
has been engaged in the consideration
Of tritling bills, while the State owe
twenty-five million dollars, and thu
people will be destitute Of the mean &c
make their crops unless you start you
sausage factory right of.
The dog law gives one.half Of thu
tax to the State, and the other half tt
the man that has his sheep killed
Now, Doctor, l will bet you a fine plug
hat that there will be 0 sheel
claims presented during the next yea
than there are sheep in Tennessee.
The dog law says it is to encourag'
wool growing, and for other purposes
Now, a tax of one dollar on a man
DOG will make sheep wool grow lik'
blazes. | supposed that the assemble,
wisdom of the State had got enough
wool in the Civil Rights act, and tina
it would grow some faster.
Doctor, l was of the opinion las
January, when they beat me TO: Door
keeper, that there were but four sensi-
Bile men in that body, and ! have nc
evidence since that time TO make mi
change my opinion.
l would be glad for you to get q bill
passed to give me q pension, as my
great grandlather's uncle was a coro
ner, and his wife sold cakes and bee
on election days.
You had better repeal the tax OIL
jackasses, or n majority OF your bod.
will catch thunder when the Revenu,
Collector comes around.
Respectfully your friend,
Il. II. WYNNE.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01

Everybody has read the parable OF
the talents, and We commend II to a Ger
tain subscriber to the Home journal
who says the Bible is opposed TO usury.
lie that had received one talent return
ed one, and the Lord sad to the wicked
fellow: Thou wicked and slothtul
servant, thou knowcst that | reap
where | sowcd not, and gather where
| have not strawcd; thou oughtesl
therefore to have put my money to the
c~Xchangcrs, and then at my coming
should have received mine own with
aSayy,'- Winchester Mome J1arAal
Brother Slater does not seem to be
aware OF the fact that the word "usury,'
as employed in the Bible, means sim.
ply interest, or the taking Of money tol
the use Of money. The use of the
word in the sense of cxorbitant inter
est is altogether modcrn-LeJanon
Wcrald
Yes, "brothcr Slater" is aware of
tho fact that DR.. White alludcs TO-.
who has read much Is aware
of the same. Under the Jewish dis
pensa,ion nsury. or, interest, was al
to be collected from strangers
only. We are told that when Jews
borrowed in cases Of necessity the law
did not allow any interest 10 be expect
cd. In these days of modern christi.
nuity, however, the g"eatcr the ncccs
sity the greater the amount of interest,
stranger or not. But this is all aside
We only wanted to tell our eruditc and
clever friend that we can't see how he
could come to the conclusion about
" brother Slater" lie seems to have
come to. He surely wanted n chance
to tell his readers that he knew that
"sHry, as employed in the Bible,
meant simply interest.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01

may ito rs II general rulc, rot without
many exceptions. In many instances
his method would come in contact
with eupIony and ease Of articulation.
AS for example suspicious, auspi.
ciouscr, auspiciouscst.
Now, MS DR., White is in the in1cc
ton of adJcctivcs, SO are wc, to u rca
sonahlc extent, in forming the pas,
tense and perfect or past participlcs OF
some verbs generally corrugated as
irregular verbs, We prefer, for in,
stance-"shapc, shaped, shoped, instead
OF ShoPen. "Strow, strowcd, Sh'owed,'
not StrOWa. "llcld, held, heId'--no,
hOilen." "Sccthc. scctbed, seethcd'-
not soddcn, We prefer giving the reg.
ular form to verbs when it seems
smooth and easy. 1t is quite easy to
articulate "blow. blowed, Nowel," as
much so as to say elbow, blew, MowR"
In expressing anything terrific or de-
structive, in the blowing Of the wind,
we would say in the past The
wind came with mighty roar and Wowcd
down fencing, trees, houses" We. But
if we were speaking Of n pleasant gale
or refreshing wind, coming when we
are %sulIocaling almost with intense
heat, we might say--The wind Meu
pleasantly from the west, bringing with
it animation, life, NC.
Many Of the Irregularities which
have been introduced into our language
10y the aiicctatiOn Of Tom Thumb au-
thors and shoddy grammarians are OF
no weight with us, therefore, like the
Doctor, We "sct up" III such instances
Tor outsclt.
We would advise Doctor White 10
visit Winchester and call upon the In
slitutcs here, if not before, then, turing
the examinations in June, and see il
ho has not been IN places less gram
NAUTICAL than Winchester. He will
find, we opinc, grammatical teachers
and pupils, not only in theory and
practice, but rhetorically correct in
form and degree of expression, not
outstanding the contrary and Gun.
grammatical" proclivilies Of the bois
ferrous winds, DO not judge the place
by our feeble efforts rs an editor, for,
while we profess to be able 10 judge,
we by no means set ourScI! up as the
cqna! Of the editor Of the Herald, the
acknowledged laureate Of the Tcnncs.
see press.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01

The officer appointed to lock after
the children employed in the factories
of Massachusetts says that 5000 of
them are now "srowing up in ig.
n%orancc." But" says an exchange,
" Massachusetts is too hasily engaged
in having negro children at the South
Taught, ut other peoples expense, to
waste much time on her own white
trash" There's nothing remarkable
in this. 1t is mach easier I q attend to
ones Eeighbor's than ones own bust.
ness.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01

1t docs seem that u Legislators in
all their votes and action upon TIE
matter Of interest, were afraid that
somebody would bring a little capital
into Tennessee. Instead Of leaving
men free to contract rs they please
ABOUT interest, they cling to ridiculous
uSury laws. And yet every merchant,
farmer, mechanic, or trader. is guilty
OF usury whenever he asks more than
six per cent. profit on his goods, stock,
labor, etc, for these things are merely
money in another shape. The mcr-
chant puts goods on his shelves for
sale instead Of money because he can
get more profit than the law will allow
aim to make on his money. The fact
5, as we have often said in the Home
Journal, usurv laws make money hard.
r. to get and keep up Il higher rate of
%ltcrcS: by keeping down compc.
tjtiou among lenders. or course
some persons will cvade the law and
Lend money, but they charge more for
IL because they take a risk, and the
greater the risk the more they charge,
irst ns Insurance Companies do. If
cholera was raging in this country and
uamphor was known to be n certain
cErc, don't YOU know that every drug
Hist would advance his price tor cam
phor?-Ies, 500 per cent. perhaps.
let this would not be usuIy, would l.?
Now, when there is n demand for mon.
el, why not allow the owner thereof to
charge what he p~Ieascs, and let the
borrower determine for himself whcth-
er he will pay Il given rate Of interest
or not. The fact is. there are three
things that legislation should leave
free and untrammclcd-Rcligious be-
lief, Social Rights, and money con
tracts.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01
Non Resident Notice.
II. l.. Byron. Guardian, &C., VS. Wiley S
Embrey CT ais.
aprl-3ln

II. l.. Byron, Guardian, Sc, VS. Wiley S
Embrey ct ais.
Upon motion, and it appearing to the
satisfaction of the Clerk IL Master, from
the Cross-Bill of defendants, Wiley 5. IL
AS. Embrey, filed in above cause, which
is sworn to, that the defendants, G. w.
Duncan IL b. X. Duncan, are nOn-resi-
dents OF the State of Tennessee, SO that
the ordinary process of law cannot be
served upon them.
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four consecutive weeks in the
Home journal. published in Winchester,
Tenn, requiring said nonresident defen-
dants to appear on or before the 4th Mon
day in June next. before the Chancery
Court at Winchester, Franklin county,
Tenn, and plead, answer or dcmur to
compliments bill, or the same will be ta-
ken for confessed and set for hearing eX
partc rs to them. Witness my hand, at
office in Winchester, Tenn. this March 10,
1873. II. ii. FINCH, G. IL NJ.
mar2J-4t 80
Fitzpatrick, Gregory & Davis, Solicitors
for Embreys, complainants in Cross-Bill.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01

III blows the wind that profits no
body said Shakespeare, and such a
wind blowcd Monday morning Stat.
ter. What ungrammatical winds you
must have in Winchester DR.. Il. L.
&. White, of the Lebanon Herald.
We suppose that on: learned and by.
pcrcritical friend thinks we should
have said such II wind Uew." This
might have sounded 4 little more
uphonious, but We take the same liter,
" in the disposal of verbs that DR..
White does in his usage of adjectivcs.
1t would seem, from the diversity Of
usage which prevails, that it is left to
the ear and taste, TO a great extent, to
determine the infection of many words
in the English language. AS Il gen
eral rule m%onosyllabic adjcctivcs, and
many dissyllables, ending in q, er, 81
lent G, and those accented on the last
syllable, are mostly compared by an
uesing, for the comparative, er. and est
fer the supcrladve degree.
But the doctor ignores the great
drift OF learned authority by ~annexing
these little s~yllables Ger and est,) TO
poI.ysylIabic adjectives of great length.
For example: He would say. benevo-
lent, benevolcnter, benevolentcst in
dc'atigablc, indefatigabler, irdefaiiga.
blest; incontroyertible, incOntroverti-
bier, incontroveitiblest, and so on.
The doctor dislikes to be troubled with
SO many separate words when the same
can DC expressed III combination. I'll
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-01
a Walk Around the World.

MIR. Mark Grason, of Richmond. Va,
is now in this city training for the pro.
digious and hitherto uninterrupted feat
of walking around the world. Several
weeks ago, Mr.. Grason, backed by
Leon Mccarthy. entered into Il wager
Of $4,000 with j. L. Wilkinson and
Thomas Mnrdock 1.-THE parties being all
from Richmond, Va.,) that he could
walk around the world in six hundred
days. The distance to be included in
the entire route is 1926 miles, which
will make a daily average of a little
over thirty.two miles. Under the
tctms of the agreement, which have
been accepted and signed, Grason is to
start from the City Hall. New York,
on Saturday, April 2, 1875, and to re-
turn to the same place Thursday, No
vcmber %, 1876. Part of his trip will
be on the ocean steamers, during which
time he will make up his daily average
by walking on shipboard. He will be
accompanied by Mr.. Mccarthy and
some persons to be sent out by the
other parties to the wager. The ex.
ceptions included in the agreement are
occasioned by assault or un.
a%voidable accidents. Mr.. Grason is
twenty eight years old. five feet seven
inches high, weighs one hundred and
thirty nine pounds, and has been known
in Richmond in the various capacities
OF an actor, author, and pedestrian.
the excitement Occasioned by
Weston's walks. he started out in the
pedestrian line, and soon accomplished
. walk Of one hundred miles in twenty
'onr hours Wilmington del Ga