Wilmington journal., 1875-08-13

bankrupt is still very comfortably sit
mated 1t ia famous thing to have
a prodiglonsly wealthy parent in Eu-
rope when one breaks in America
THERE is now In session in Oincin-
natl q Convention composed OF the
eolored editors of newspapers in this
country. and other distinguished rep
resentatives, says the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, of the negro race, a large
number of delegates being present.
The sentiment of tho g in attendance
| seems to favor united action on the
part of the oolored people throughout
the country for the enforcement Of all |
! the rights guar anseed 10 them by law. |
RECENTLY foreign embassy sought |
the assistance of the English police to |
find young girl who had just become |
the heiress of many millions. The in |
structlons were vague, and the task
WAS necessarily given 70 one Of the |
keenest detectives. At the end OF six |
weeks the detective reported at head |
quarters and handed In his resigna-
what about the young girl?' II found
her about month ago i'll a dressmak-
or g shop" Was the answer. "And
what then?" Il married her yester-
day, and this morning have just re-
ceived her SIX millions"
TwENrY-s grimes Of various mag
nitu les, from oounterfeiting to wife
murder, are the subject Of twenty-1lx
special telegrams in n Western paper.
There are forgeries, riots, incendiar
is1ns, thcfts, murders, ombe3Elemente
aud crimes of darker hue. This savo-
ry mess is served up iii column by
itself SO that no family need miss it.
and is garnlshed with startling and
imaginative headings. With such
| diet as this dealt out to the community
/ every day, it need be no wonder II
, crime doth make the meat ii feeds
on
. A LARGE meeting of Confederate sol
: diers and eniiors was held in Alexan-
! dria, Virginia, on Tuesday night, 10
!
& Pickett, and to adopt suitable resolu-
{ tiUna of respect for his memory. Gen.
4 Curse, one OF Pickett's brigadiers,
" presided, and made nn appropriate
: speech. Other ex Oonfederates also
! addressed the meeting, and series OF
resolutions, conveying their sense OF
E bereavement and of honor to the mem
If ory of the deceased, was unanimously
/ adopted.
" GUASo was first brought TO this
: country by Commodore Stewart II
1t in 1915, and at that time attracted but
,, little attention. In 1910 it was agaiI
= introduced, and its use spread rapidly
Ii both here and il Europe, and ever
i since, the demand for 1t has gone OF
y increasing, until whole islands have
~ disappeared under the pick and shovel
n and numerous fleets laden with the
a precious material are navigating the
seas ip every direction. to distribute il
- to ell parts OF the civilized world.
v DURING the past three years abou
e thirty English and Irish gentleme1
$ have settled in Amelia county, Virgin
- - 10, on estates which In the aggregate
.r ainount to nearly 1000 acres. These
=. colonists have, it is estimated, invested
IL invested in real aud personal prcpert.
ot 81 and "therwise. between e4OO. oO'
as aud S50O,OOO.
r TdE losses sustained by the South
III in the civil war are estimated by cor
responent of the Now York Evening
! Post to have been 81, 2S4. 600, 900 indie
t. peuden: of the slave property, whicl
le amounted to 81. 400. OOO, 600, making (
u total of s., ,6S4, 600, 900. But this Is be
:! low the mark, for the correspondent
O. estimates that had not the war OCCUR
a red The wealth of the South, taking tn
le ratio OF the decade ending 1860 as
o test, would in 1870 hnve reached S16,
3SI. 600, 900 instead OF which il fell L
III only IS, 1852, 900, ,0OO-a difference O
'e nearly 80 900, 10000
e Returns from the Cherokee election
c' indicate that Colonel Ross, now hold
io ilg the office Of principal Chief Of TIT
nation, has been defeated by Rev
IL Charles Thompson. The Ohieftainc,
u has been held by some member of thu
D. Ross family for many years, In fact
t. during most of the time since the trib,
III abandoned their nom adic habits ant
Is adopted civilized form of govern
'o ment Ross successful competitor ha,
| InnO hnan Tha~
III ohee Nation.
81 The United States District Court IL
J. Oregon las given $4,000 damage TO g
g. young German girl Of nineteen whose
'i beauty was permanently spoiled by s1
10 accident on board of the steamshiI
y Oritiamme, of the Oregon Company
al last NJ arch. The Judge gave 10 as hii
C. opinion that personal oomellness is
7f consideration of Importance In the case
le of every daughter OF Eve," since II
G mny affect her power of obtaining "s
l. secure and independent position In the
:, community by marriage" The opin
y ion must he admitted to be sound, and
II not tie loss sound that it simply trans
J, lates into law the famous old verse:
IS My face is my fortune, sir. she said.
It The platform of the Greenback par
le ty, which is forming in New York city,
y is concisely declared to be "the use OF
n ''the credit of Ghe United States In the
le 'form of greenbaoks, thus saving
'r twenty million dollars annually tha,
o ''are now paid the National Banks on
y their boAds deposited OF Washing
e ton"
II When Spotted Tail and other Sioux
?, chiefs visited Washington short time
= ago, their very plain manner of speak
- | lNp III rtQarl To the mt rut fnlnaSs "a