Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-19
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gross ~ho couldn't write them fo
themselves.
L IS estimated that in 42O year
more America viii be without fuel
! good nsahy of Us will be dead b
that time, and will have no cause t.
complain of lack Of heat -Det,.oi
Free Press.
He Constitutional Convention O
North Carolina only cost S31 600, ant
1 q better Constitution for the none,
was never draft. d.-Bosf,1a Post.
y PARTY uf prominent Prus.iaus ar.
/ prospecting around Atlanta, Ga, fol
the purpose CT locating a large colony
/ II Their coua:ryman in that neighbor
hood.
CarroI's official majority for Gov.
e'nor Of Maryland is u, 821. Inde
rerden,s viii hardly venture agair
to attempt TO defeat the regular nom,
inen.
HE Cincinnati fztaquiror saws,
y ant is as much If a hard money
nan now as any Of en-. He wouldn't
read fhat message of lis sent to Con
g1ess d cember. 1873, if you'd pay
him ten dollars, and Grant is exceed
in2'y fond of money.
The majority for the new constitu-
tion iD Missouri is now estimated at
from $4,000 to IS, OGO The people of
that State evidently know a good coz
stltution when they see it.
'H1 0tliH:al Democratic majority IN
the State Of Eew York, at the late cleo
tloa for BiGalcw, was 10, 239. That is
csta My enough to insure a much
larger democratic majority for Presi-
dent IN 1876.
3lAGGlE DAVIS. iaugoter Of the ex-
President of the Confederate States,
y, 1t IS reported, about to marry j. J.
Hayes, Jr,, cashier Of the National
Bank of Memphis
THE re ut An mbassador of the Sui
ten ut Vienna has beeen called home
10 CunstantinOpIe to become Minister
Of Foreign Affairs. This is a change
IL the interest If reform, as the Am
b3ssador has faith in the propositions
made by Russia and Austria.
II. 2iICHAELI is said to have received
si1ty-eight plays on the subject of the
American Revolution for examination
as competitors for the prizes. The
- II ~ lNo l.,
Der. The cable says that several of
the dramas possess "remarkable
merit But alas! will poor Michaelis
be expected TO read them all?
CRAWFORD county, Pa, has in oper-
a-ion IS factories, producing $4,000
pounds Of cheese; Erie county % fac
producing 2,6I0.0O0 pounds of cheese;
Nerc and Nanango counties Il, pro
ducing 647, 100 pounds of cheese; the
aggregate IN the four northwest coun-
ties "t Pennsylvania is 1O1 factories,
pro il 'iug 9,557, 700 pounds Of cheese.
The New York BuIIcti1a, ordinarily
nparti2l, protests against the heavy
g burtLeus If taxation - Federal,
State county and municipal-imposed
upon the n 'tional banks, but says
nothing about the prohibitory tax of
ten per cent on the taxation of all 9th
e. banks.
The loss Of the steamship Pacific.
with nearly all on board, is one of
those sea-tcag which curdles the
blood. Among the officers supposed
to have gone down with the ill-fated
craft is 1Ir. Howell, a brother-in-law
Of J 11ersnn Davis. We trust that the
story t9ld by The only known survivor
is susceptible of modification, and
thot, presently, We shall hear Of other
persons having been rescued.
Ex Gs.vEENoR VANCE, Of North Car
oIina. in passing through Nashville
Iast Wednesday, called upon Mrs.
Polk. During the conversation she
asked the Ex-Governor where he at
present resided il. North Carolina.
Charlotte" was the response. "Were
you born in Mecklenburg county,"
NO madam, in county which you
have doubtless seldom heard mention
ed the county of Buncombe." "Ab,
sir, that then probably accounts for
your buncombe speeches." she laugh.
iUgly responded.
THE law known as the Plimsoll act,
which was passed in the last session of
tho English Parliament, went into
effect on the 1s5 of October It will
be iuteres ing 20 shippers of produce
to Europe to know that this law pro-
vi1ea that no cargc of which more than
one, hiGd consists Of any kind of grain
corn, rice, paddy pulse, seeds. nuts or
mt kernels shall be carried On board
any British ship unless it is contained
il bags, sacks or barrels, or secured
from shifting by boards, bulkheads or
Captains who permit the
violation of the law are liable to a
dne of G2OC.
CtzEERaL MCCLELLAN, in an inter
view With Baltimore gazette reporter
upon the roiiti al situation, declared
that lie vas not III the field AMI was
seeking no cfice. but expressed him
self III favor Of hard money through
gradual return to a specie basis, and
OF reform IN the whole conduct of the
government. Iu conclusion, he an
nounctl himself as thoroughly identi-
fed with the Democratic party, look
Jag to It's success cas- the ultimate
means - .~et3riag ha' nony to the ma
ton" General Mcclellan thinks cf
making Baltimore his permanent home.
C0LoRED CADET BAKER, of Missis-
sippi, has been dismissed from the ..
S. Naval Academy by the request of
the superintendent. His presence al
the academy has been the occasion of
continued trouble, several of his class