Wilmington journal., 1875-08-13
EDITORIAL ROTES.

dollar to firm in New York who ad-
vertised receipt to prevent bad
dreams. He received a small slip oi
paper, on which was printed "Don't
go to sleep"
+ In large white letters upon tie fen
ing of a New York burying ground is
inscribed the followij g notice "Usa
Jones' bottled ale if you want to Keep
out Of here" a..... . .........
GEN. E. KIRBY SMITH is now Chan
cellor of the State University of Nash
vile, Tenn, but thinks of leaving to
become Professor of Natural History
IN the University of the South at Sc
vance.
JEFFERSON DAVIS. Alexander II.
Stephens, and all the ex-officers and
soldiers and sailors of the Confederate
army and navy, have been given a
general Invitation to a national re-
uoion of ex Federal soldiers soon to be
held at Caldwell, Ohio.
IT is thought in Tennessee that the
Governor will appoint Gener Viii
liam b. Bate to the seat of the late
| Andrew johnson in the Senate. Gen.
Bate was close competitor of Mr..
Johnson. tn latter winning only by a
very small majority.
THE Boston Light Infantry Associa-
ton has accepted the Invitation Of the
Washington Light Infantry, of
Charleston. s. c., to participate in
the Centennial celebration OF the bat
tie of Fort Monltrie, on June rs, 1876,
| aud to take part in the proposed Gen
tennial Legion" A committee, head
ed by Capt j. @. Laughton, has been
appointed TO make the necessary a.
rangements.
A LITTLE Idaho three-year old fell into
we'll recently where the water was
only six inches deep, aud remained
there six hours before he was discov-
cred -~ When he was finally rescued
his pent up wrath knew no bounds.
There was no crying about it, but such
volley OF 1nvectives upon the heads
OF neglectful parents never before fell
fiom childish lips. Here is I'll exam
Pile: "You ink L kin tay IL a well
wifout muffin tie eat like fog Fly
l WASH no better foder'n mudder'u 'ou
Ia do wifout children y
New YORK is disappointed as to the
result of the late census. She looked
count in suburban towEs to make rp a
million. According to the Times the
taxes levied twenty years ago in New
York amounted to but So 2S per head
OF the population; they amount this
year to S553l 5G per head. Still more
disquietnig is the fact that the ratio
| of debt per head of the population
has risen from $23 81 iu 1855 to Sill
| q in 1875. The outlook Just now is
any thing but pleasant to contemplate
taxpayers.
| 4 MARROW gauge railroad through
| the mountainous regions OF Vermont
! has been projected, and the northern
end of the route has been surveyed
! It is to run from Shelburne Falls in
Massachuse etts to North Troy, Yer
mont, distance OF 246 miles. The
estimate OF the engineers fog building
the lower eud Of the road is S12, 800
per mile, ard it is thought that the
cost Of he, upper end viii be less. The
narrow gauge is continually growing
in favor for railroads where the pros
pactiye traffic would not warrant their
construction. upon the more eXpen-
siy., plan OF the ordinary gauge
NOTWITHSTANDING the tremendous
efforts cf the Repu bicans to reduced
the Democratic majority in Kentucky,
the party more than held it's ground
in the election on Monday. Colone
Mc-Creery, the Democratic candidate
wheliniug majority. Old Kentucky is
as solid as a rock against the Oh
s,aughts of Radicalism.
The action Of the Board of Inquiry
in the matter of Bishop Nhittin CHAM
at Baltimore, was in the nature OF 6
comp romise for while refusing te
present the Bishop for triad, the board
censured the Rev. Messrs. Perry ant
Richie, the two clergymen, whom The
Bishops accusers thought he should
have subjected to eclesias tical discip
line. The vote by which the boar6
refused to present the Bisphop fo1
| 4 -. ho
suring Messrs. Perry and Richie va
unanimous.
T. mouster suit against the United
States mas just been instituted In th'
UritSd States Court OF Western Mis-
souri, by the heirs of :. ceriain Spanle1
officer stationed at the post of Arkin
sas III 1898, for the recovery OF 81
million acres OF land in Arkansas an(
Missouri, granted to him at that date
One third of the contested lands have
been owned by private citizens 70
seventy years, undor tho grant from
the United States. Four millions c
acres are still unentered. The inhabi
ted part is filed with towns interset
, ted by railroads, built up in village
and laid out in farms. The claim
looked upon by lawyers as being pei
fectly valid. The claimants are res
dents of Arkansas, and are nearly a
o of them poor people.
Jerusalem is again agitated by se'
tartan dissensions. A ponder
Il writing from the Holy City. .iunder Ii
date OF June s. states that Oh Asce1
9 sion Day told style) an encounter too
. place between Greek and Armenia
u priests, who had been allowed by IL
u Latins to make use of chapel belon;
/ ing to them, and built over what
u believed to be the Saviour's footprint