Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-16
EDITORIAL EOTES

Colonel Jefferson Davis and Captain
Ulysses s. Grant are invited to a re-
union of the officers in the Mexican
war in Austin, Texas, on the 9Th OF
May.
Germany military forces, including
those of Bavaria, comprise at this mo
ment 81, $50 officers, .o29. 600 men.
314,97O horses, 2,700 field and $50
s eye pieces of canon.
Gen. Marcus J. Wright, formerly
Confederate general, has received from
the Khedive of Egypt the appoint
ment of Adjutant- General in the Esyp-
tian army, with the rank aud pay OF
Colonel.
Hans Christian Andersen, the great
fairy rom ANGER, celebrated his seven
tieth birthday at his home in Copen-
hagen, April 2. His admirers IN Den
mark on that day placed N his HANDS
monument to him in the Rosenberg
Park at Copenhagen.
There are fears expressed that the
great Salt Lake of y ali will soon grow
too large for it's confines. Since 1861
there has been steady rise, and it il,
eating under the land on both sides
a tremendous rate. Whether it is in
dienant at the intrusion of the Nor
mons or is tired Of lying so long On the
the same bed, is not stated
The Washington Star (Republican)
takes matters more philosophicai'y
than some of its party organs. II
says: "a Republican contemporary
that spoke OF Connecticut last week as
the Land Of Steady Habits, now, IL
holy wrath, characterizes it as tn
Wooden Nutmeg State But Connec-
ticut will come ont all right when W:
get through with these troublesome
off years
A noticeable sale Of real estate took
place III New York r Gently, when tUui
lots on the grand boulevard were dis
posed Of Mt prices ranging fir n 81 0C
TO 81, 500 A few years ago any one
of these lots would have brought NOR
money than was realized at this sale
for the four. Will hard times and
general depression account sufficient
ly for such q shrinkage IN values a.
here shown?
1t is said that Prince August Ale KAT
der Louis Ferdinand Alexis Charlie
William Maurice Albert Adelbert. d
Sayn- WittgensteinH oheEsteln, West
phalia. is about to marry the daugh
ter of poor schoolmaster. That the
girl is going to marry A. A. l. F. A
| @. w. ~ A. A, of S.-W.-H., merely
| to secure his name for a well rope o
extraor binary length, seems TO be the
genera. opinion in Westphaiia.
The Vermont sugar makers are hav
ing rather bard time, aud as yet have
scarcely manufactured pouud. The
| Winter has been particularly severe II
| Windham county. During the fins
four days of last week the mercury
fell below zero, and on Monday reach
ed eighteen degrees below, while ther,
are three feet of snow Oh the level
and three miles from Brattleboro vii
| iaga the fences are invisible.
| The last letter ever written by Gen
"Stonewall" Jackson is in the posses
sion of the Southern Historical Socie
ty. 1t was addressed to Gen. Lee
under date of May 2. 1863. and read
as follows: "General-The enemy ha'
made stand ut Chancellor's, whist
| is about two miles from Chapcel urs
| Vile. 1 hope "a soon as practicabl,
to att tck. | trnst that an ever-kiuo
! Providence will bless US with snccess
! Dan Rice has come ont Of th'
shadows Of bankruptcy with smiling
face and proposes to start his old show
, this month. The reason Dan got GU
Of his Troubles SO quickly was becans,
he owed 1856, 900 and bad ussets valuel
! at $50 This WAS thin exhibit, ther-
fore, for creditors, and not one o.
| them appeared the other day at thG
| called meeting. Dan is going to Dor
row the money to Set himself mp agar
from his vile. who always keeps ,
| "few shots in the locker"
The Indian Com missioners throws
ali the trouble about the Black HiIls
business Oh General Clusters expedi
ton last Fall, which be says Was ut
terly uucalled for and unnecessary
He further accuses the War Depart
ment of having little or no respect fol
the rights of the Indians, affirming tina
nothing would have been done toward.
| keeping intruders from the auriferous
| reservation, if the Indian Bureau ha6
not made the most strenuous appeals
| for justice to its charges.
The news from Peru to the 14Hh nit.
is interesting from the fact tha
another great discovery of guano hat
just been made in an out-of thew
place This time it has been found
| below hard crust of sand some few
leagues to the south of Iquique, the
principal port whence nitrate is ship
! ped from Peru. This guano has beer
analysed and found to DE of the hes
| quality.
| The Nashville Union and america,
more than suspects that the alarms ne
story about the yellow fever at h ,
West was heartless hoax gotten NJ
by the government to cover the r.
treat of the Mexican jnnketers. 1t il
difficult to explain otherwise th'
| course of Senators Cameron. ANTHONY
| Chandler. Dennis and Patterson j,
taking passage on the INFECTED" Dis
patch for a cruise back round til,
''infected' coast of Florida Cam