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Nearly Forgotten.

New York, Aug IL.
A reception will be given Saturday TO
the American life team. There will be a
salute at the battery on the arrival of the
team, procession in which four or five
regiments will take part, speech of well
come by the mayor, banquet, and pre-
sentatlon of some suitable testimonial.
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Grant and Burnside.

PROVIDENCE, Aug. II.
President Grant and party reached Brls-
toll at $40 and proceeded to the residence
of Gen. Burnside. The town was fast
filled with strangers to participate in the
receptiOn.
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Pleasant and Profitable EMPLOYMENT

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Merrll's orchestra (sixteen pieces.)
Other distinguished musicians from
various parts of the country will also be
present and assist 10 the exercises. Five
grand concerts will be given. There Is
already good attendance and prospect
of full class. ]. X. p.
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When initiation was first agitated, Uncle

/" be in too id big hurry, Thurman.
" Remember that no man ever made him
" self president. The people make presi-
" dents" But Thurman didn't heed the
advice, he was in "too - big a hurry
and so, in endeavoring to ride two horses,
he fell to the ground. Poor Thurman
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John Cain, Director aud Agent of the
Vermont Mutual also, agent for Rutland
county of the Peoples Mutual Fire lnsur-
ance company of Burlington. Office I'M
der the Town hall.
Rutland, June 10, 1875.
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Musical Convention at Keene.

The twenty-third annual festival of the
Cheshire county musical convention com
menccd on Monday and continues five
days The following have been engaged :
CONDUCTORS.
VIM. F. Sherwin of New York w. o.
Perkins of Boston, Mass
SoLOISTS.
Miss Abbie Whinnery, soprano; Mrs.
Flora E. Barry, contralto MIR. VIM. J.
Winch, tenor Mr.. j. f. Rudolphsen,
basso
ADELPHI QUARTELTE.
Henry Gates, LIST tenor Geo. A. Fitch
I'd tenor Henry d. White, let bass
Geo. B. Titus, I'd bass.
PIANIST.
T. P. Ryder, organist at Tremon,
Temple.
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EllXir OF Phosphates and Calisaya as food for
the brain and nervous system is founded on
wen established chemical and physiological
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the formation OF these organs and capible OF
supplying them with nourishment Great
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air, excessive Indulgence In habits that use up
the vital powers speedily interfere with the
nutrition OF the brain and nerves which preside
over all the functions or the body, and sooner
or later fatal consequences must inevitably re-
suit. In the EliXir we have u reliable remedy
for nerve exhaustion and loss or constitutional
VlgOr from THESE causes. auglId&w2w
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DENNIsON's PATENT SHIPPING TAGS,


over 200 millions have been used within the
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ORCHESTRA.

T. p. Ryder, organist at Trer
Temple.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-07
a EskIAVH 8Ss.sbH%.

Of al of the many, and by DO means
uudeeerved, heavy blows which have
recently fallen on President Grant
and bis followers, that dealt by Judge
hel!ey, of Pennsylvania, will be most
acutely felt Judge Kelley WAS mem
Der OF the last Congress-. and IS a mem
ber elect IL the next. He has been all
unconpromisiDg Republican, and mas
heretofore given an earnest support
to President Grant in ali of the mi
duitOus measures which he has sought
IT, fazten upon the Southern people.
We must accord him the credit,
however. Of having acted from mis-
conception of the true state OF affairs
II the South. But he has recently
the States, and his eyes have oeen
opened whether during the tour or
by the complete reyutsIOn of public
feeling at the North, we are unable to
say. He has seen with his eyes and
heard With his ears, and SO relnarka-
bly, well has be used these organs that,
since his return North he has
deliberately gone back on his
own record, and has declared
that the vote he most regrets during &
his fourteen years in Congress
i chat which he cast Ias6 Winter for
the force bill Instead of the int -nSe
hatred of the two races in the South,
depicted IN such thrilling terms ty
tie Radical press at the North, and
even asserted on the floor of Congress,
he found nothing but genuine good
feeling; only in political matters did
they differ, and these were not allow
ed to influence the ordinary relations
of life. Unknown and unobserved he
witnessed the proceedings at Augusta
on Memorial Day. He saw only
the natural sorrow of people
mourning for their dead, and heard no
taunts, no insults and no complaints
uttered towards the people of the
North. 1t was all a revelation OF
new life to Congressman Kelley and
something that he did not expect to
see. and when he returned to bis
friends in the Northern States he,
one of the most decided partisans OF
an unscrupulous Administration, did
not hesitate to make known to his
friends all that he had seen, to repent
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-07
Catching q Caanon Ban.

A very singular exhibition was given
YESTERDAY at the Jurdin MabiIe
There las been performing here TT
the FOHes BefGeras, q matt nanIt.i
Holtuin, an American, who has a ctf.-
non bail fired ;,t h:m ard catches the
bail in his hands. THIS prodigioUs
feat was Witnessed nightly, and a.
though the actors present avowcd
that there was 10 trick, Pierre Ncr-
uon, OF the 4NOitd ILttsStrG, would not
believe it. He SAID the cannon BAH
must be thrown 10 Hutton from thy
stage. The latter made a bet OF 5, 0t:J
francs that ne would perform
the feat under conditions whlcn
left 10 room TO doubt, end when tie
bet was taken, Vernon des! gnat, q
Mubile as tie place tor the trial. All
the journalists of Paris were invited.
aud they found noltun there befor
hIs cannon. l. vas examined with
minute care, and the heavy bail Wa
pa eed from hand 70 hai.d- 81 am no
longer III my own hOu~e, sad HOltun;
''yDn are master acre, and you must
Wa. Oh over all Che arrangementa.
Having carefully aimed and la-ied his
cannon, 1T was charged, ana ItOltum
took his place against ii plank target
3 'L1C tCl1 az ~ y Ills "1S t.
show that the ball was solid, aud the
send it through the plank, Holtum
got the AIM Of ms gan and then place q
his head ! Il certs:Iu D DaltIOn against
the plank, giving the cuELnand to t:e.
Tie batl just grazed tie ha'r aud
broke through the plank, rolling some
twenty yards further ol.
FT'b, .-.,,1,. I, N.a,, III, nv
journalists, who again charged th,
cannon and sent home the ball. ard
thi, time Holtutu caught th2 bali 10 l. 10
hands as neatly as he does nightly
upon the stage. He won his bet, ~ d
DO Cpe seemed disposed to accept Lis
Offer Of 5000 francs 20 any one who
would perform the same astounding
feat. The phys ciaI force required
must be enormous, but Holtum
sho we'd his strength by tossing
up canuou balls as If they Were
so many oranges. The only pre-
cautions taken are very simple: he
wears very thick leattaer gloves, and
covers his breast with mGny thickness
of this paper to form sort of cuirass.
This looks to me ike very danger
Gus at, and particularly the first part
of it, where Holtum places his bead
against the target half al ihch below
wh.re tue n,il sill p obab'y atrik@.-
Ii ;le powder should c1aucA tu ba de
+, ctlve, some day there might be an
accident 1t is like the fUOihardy tick
of putting ones head into lions
mouth. One day [ fancy that ball viii
snap his head very neatly Oil. Paris
Letter.
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VOI. 81.
ssogg COTTON MILLS PAN

The a0nual meeting Of the. Granite
vile Cotton alanulucturiug Company
Was nc,d lat week Ike report Of
President Hickman shows that the
profit OF the year were STA. .58S, a
trIhe oyer nineteen per cent CT the
capital stock. This result j. very sat
iaiactory aud encouraging. for the year
wh3 con'essediy hard ono for ,tton
miIis, aud many IN the North either
ran on short time or stopped alto
sether. The GraniteyilIe mills were
roI oD fuG iIne aud t full pay dl,ril g
Tie whole year. Their probe ions
were 10, 336,5 800 yards Of fahrcS, be
sides quantity Of knitting yarn; 8, III
bales Of cotton were copsur. 4, whjch
cost II $500 cents ii ponuI. Che
od Board we're nlAniin6u5iy elected,
aud the prosperous fact ny er,t,rs
uDo" aaotacr year VITA bright pros
poets
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'TEzE 2ssaS5 BURIED.

Is. t. Butier, the N III who has stood
for SO long time high il the councils
OF che Republican party and vino was
identified with SO much of the Radical
ra>caiity and maliSuily under which
the South has suffered for ten long
years past, is scarcely ever heard Of
now. representative OF neither de-
cercy, honesty OF patriotism, he Mas
ply one OF those miscreants spevt 4
up by the late war aud now that men S
passions have cooled and fraternaI
feelings are once more finding expire
sion all over the common country,
Butler sinks TO the cesspoois from
which The Mar called him into public
existence.
Still, man cauuut lie either nor
ally, socially, or politically, wititout
some one coming TO the front with II
word OF Two OF euiosy and III this IL
stance the indianapolis Jott9ytuI, MOI
wishing TO say too ruUch ana altogtth
er unWi ling to say nothing al a /,
launches Oh the current of press jItera-
ture the following renal lkable para
graph, eulogistic oi the air. ally Still
lag carcass Uf the Beast
He is charitable, ch,ste aud terl
pGrate. He does not boast Of gcrer-
Gus acts, but often does them. Il:
never gombIes, rarely takes glass oi
wine, aud Only NWcars OH considerable
provuoatlOu. He is not u s:tjnt, bat,
compared with some of his d fumeis,
he is Hyperion to Il satyr."
As a curiosity this paragraph IS ccr-
taiuiy worthy of the free circulation
which is bling given to it by the press.
There Is not oue word there OF Buffers
long life as a politician, lzor one singh,
endorsement of any action Of his il
public life; nothing said IF his honesty
or veracity as a man Of Of any possible
claim which he might put forth to any
OF those noble virtues which refine
and elevate the souls of the son Of
neil. 1t Is decidedly a left-haEdad
and about as negative as
q compliment could possibly be. &C
coriing to the JoumuEs obituary,
Butler Is neither miser, d hbertinc
or a 0runkGrd, nor does he boast ol
his good deeds-probably because he
has -ever done any; he is not gamb-
ler, nor is he proEane-except on ''coL-
siderable provoca5on. As the pare
graph speaks only OF negative virtues.
i is to be inferred that he can show
no positive ones. Taken altogethe,,
the article wouid furnish rather
poor passport TO good society in this
world or in the next
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-07
Enc Cotton a.g ply

The total receipts Of cotton - t8e
ports from the lSt Il September, 1873,
to the 9th OF April, 1870, were SIS,
7OG bales, and for tie corresponding
period OF last year, 3,5to, GfJ bUl@S.--
This shows a decrease in recei ista thus
far in 1875 OF 2G0, 500 bales. The to-
tai shipments TO foreign ports from tLc
1st OF. Septemb ber, 1871, u the present
date, amount 20 bu5 2, 225, ,239 bales,
against 2, 424, 2I6 bales tor the Same
period oflast year, showing decrease
IN exports OF 1913, 977 bales. At Gisc
sight ii seems surprising that Il ship
ment OF cotton snort by nearly 300 Gl#
bales, together W III the prospect Of
short receipts from his date uu5i!
the new cotton yeaI Ia SeytCM-
Der, as compared y tb the same p
riod of last year, should exercise @OilL-
tie influence OF the price Of
Jtton at homo and abroad foI
cotton is today fully J cent a
pound cheaper in Liverpool than last
year, and p cents u pound cheaper
than in 1873. The explanation, hoW-
ever, is readily found IL the dE,lne-s
Of tie market for cotton goods ANA L..
the dun nisbed CONSUMPTION Of cotton
by foreign a. well as domestic mill.
TIC shipments from the United States
TO Europe from the LIST Of &sDsaIatar,
1873, TO the Both Of ApEIl, 1874,
amounted to 2,424,zi6 bales. LAs
stock Of American cotton IL Europe
and ahoat was at that time l,@Iz0J0
bales, showing that Europe used from
the 1st Of September to t.a 2Jtn o.
April, 1,177,216 bala5 of american
cotton. Now let l5s tJI.n = 10 The pr-slE
cotton year. We sent 10 EUrap tGom
the 1st OF September, 1874, to tie ZG-H
of April, 1915, 2,21J, % bales q col
ton. On the 26tn CI Apr! tHe s.~c.-
of American cotton il t1us0Ie a-s-
afoat was 1,142 600 bales. SLOWING thu,
Europe consumed G3, ,$15 baigs le.7 uI
American cotton during this period o.
nearly eight months L-2I damn 5 tll..
same period OF The plcvlou5 81. l.
other words, the unusual Il auaJiUu II
trade in cotton fabrics made unr stol.
shjpment-short by IealJy 2yu.tu3
baies-less felt tHaa II woUiu i'aye
been if the Ordinary amouab ol bgst-
ness had been done, Eib dun 3 l...
cotton trade OF Europe has been. WISH
consumption shout by nearly ] 1909 q
bales III eight months, Il Ia A-V----..-
less true that the u Ibst suIsts a-
American cotton IN stock IA L4i.55.
and alioat is diminished by sos-e
40, 0U0 bales, as compared VIZ .s-.
same period UI last year. Alg. l. -
but reasonable to asaUm" tl-t a.,usl
there be merely au ia3e.tion -
a revival Of trade IL cotton 1@l3-
RIGS IL Europe, winch MI naturally
Iu1 chs fly on the AlLer.c4a s.,slj....
the short supply from here Hou.t z.
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Glow proud her lover must be OF

Glow proud her lover must be OF
her"
leaned the least bit in the world
forward, to see the young man IN
question.
Good heaven
It was Clarence.
And as [ sat staring. comp5otelycou
cealed from his view by the golden
hair and the lilac willow plume, Z
could hear his light, peculiar laugh.
"YOu wouldn't have me- yours Elf
Kate, said he ''you have only ye,gr-
self TO blame for it. "
That's no reason you should throw
yourself away" pouted the lady.
''She's desperate cid maid" SAID
Clarence, ''as Old ~ the hills ana
twice as antiquated. But she's got
the money. i man il ny position ms
got to look cut for your moucy, yoU
know, Kate. Would you Ike 10 see
her photograph ?"
And then the two heads were c,ose
together for al instant. aid the young
iadys ripping laugh mingled witt
C'arcnce's meiiover tones.
'"Ihe idea OF carving such n thing
next TO your heart.' said she
cit does seem rather Outra@ e0us,
don it ?" said he. "3ut when W are
married, all that sort Of thing WI be
over. I'll see that she finds Her Level. %
Yes, when ! thougi35I, now thor
Oughly diseIchan5ad.
And | got up and hurried ogtD Z sAe
restaurant, nearly stumbling oEera tI;ly,
dish of oysters and Il emp OF coifeo.
''I---Tvo changed my mind. -
said /, finging sovereign toward
him. ''Never mind those oystara.'
[ took the next train to c., and
wrote a scratching note to Clarence
the same evening.
Do you want to know What was in-l
Of course, like al wo4=Li'a letters,
the best part of it was IL tha post
script.
Our engagement is at 81 end,
Il Il.
"P. S-The next time you 5xanlrue
ladies photographs IL 4 crowded res
taurant, it might be well to examine
your neiglbora.
Clarence had some sense after al.
He never came near NE With useless
apologies.
[ gave the wedding dress to little
Dorothy Miller, who Nes 20 be uiar
ried III October, and couldn't uH0rd
a trOussCau.
[ suppose IshalI wear out tGo blu
and the peach color e2a tha maroon
III time.
Oh. 1 forgot to say thai Ms Rich
ford was very angry.
It seemed that Clarence had pronis-
ed to pay her a hundred pounds t:.@.
he had borrowed Of Ler, WAc14 lac go
bold OF my money.
And ] ala thankful from tbe bottom
Of my heart that ] stjl remain H=tti1
Hyde.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-07

\ Cnloiit.tp editor VINO has sen tic
bauGhercniet OF Wiiiia'n pm, w4'ich
j., - l..- tX.Il;si5, 4 :t tire !,n:iad, ,p.3al
Centennial. vs. ii it: ".Th:- tiar dkrr-
ciisf is n II toterati, fair state of
pr, sarvatioli, with the exception Of Il
hole III the centre The morning Mr..
Penn went ont under the tree to con-
cIude his celebrated land-grabbipg
operation with the Indians, the forest
foliage was laden with neavy dew.
oud. as the youag Indian chiefs and
maid@ns put on tie br IS rings and
glass beads, which the conscientious
| William had given them III exchange
for their broad, square leagues OF Z
tie land, and commenced 10 dance in
Joy, they shook down the dew on his
venerable head, ard he caught a
/ severe cold III his nose. Aud the Wig
! orous use to which he was obliged TO
| put his handkerchief resulted in wear
| ing big hole in it. -
! All wrong. The venerable William
was Quaker you know, and covered
up his face while the maidens were
dancing, but he couldn't resist the
temptation, and SO punched hole in
the handkerchief and went one eye
on it.
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him, with a genuine sorrow, for his
past political misdeeds AID to confess.
with deep contrition, that the people
OF the South were more sipned against
than SHINING,
And yet. Judge Kelley has stood up
in Congress many times during the
past ten years and inveighed against
the people of the South when the
same short journey from which lie has
just returned. undertaken five years
ago, would doubtless have wrought
the same Impressions. But eleventh
hour repentance is better than none
and judge Kelley's trip to the SoutE,
will roll up thousands Of votes against
the Administration party in tue next
Presidential campaign.
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for the ,Fourua
Gen. Y5ass w stansOzsa.

NcSSy'S. EGtfOrs:-The uGWayering
support uniformly given by your pa
per to this distinguished Senator finds
cordial. enthusiastic endorsement
in the great, pOpnlnr Democratic heart
of North Carolina. HIS recent great
speech in the Senate places him IN the
front rank of American statesmen. IT,
is a rare luxury To read MS mastery v
exhibition of patriotism, elOqutncc
aud stat@smanship The abilities al q
services OF Gen. Ransom should make
every true North Caro:inian proud Of
tn man and proud that North Caro-
lima has snCh a faithful, untiriUg, ex-
a.ted, m9gnaLlmOus Senator iii Con-
gress. HIS comparative silence i'll the
Senate for So long Il tIIl] caused iDpa-
t:euce III some OF his friends at home,
but it IS plain shat they did not com
II hrDd the wisdom OF skill of the
noble Senator. II vas 'here laying
those deep foundations of lniiu-Ec- ~
the Senate and OF usefulness IN til"
nation when he has attained hy lis
course, but which he could not have
secured by much talking on the tiuttc
OF the Senate. Big speeches he car.
make as any time III the Senate. hut
Senator Hanson vent there 10 serve
his State and the South. as we'll as t.
cement the Union, and there were
abundant OCCASIONS for the exercise
oI lis sple l.tid powers to these noble
ends outside of the too popular Gus
tom of making speeches, made as too
many OF them III Congress are, for
Buuconbe or Tor SENSATIONAL ttfec5
alone, Silence is often WI-d"m aud
reticeDce IL e highest order of states
m aDship. 10 oitIcians DO nov compre-
pend thlS truth, out statesmen do, and
1t L, qulreS Il statesman like General
Ransom to know when to speak and
when TO maintain silence. He b: 8
spoken at the night time and accom-
pllshed by it vast amount of good
No Democratic Conservative Senator
| from the South has gained such an in
| fuence III COngres, and at the North,
aud Is now able to VIE d such power
for his State and for the South as Sen
ator Ransom.
| The Cape Fear region has no better
or ADLER friend. No man ever worked
harder for Wilmington since he has
been in Congress. But though living
in the East he has heart so large
| and SO warm for North Carolina that
| he embraces alike in this common de-
votion the East and the West, the
| North and the South.
| In due time he will enter upon the
| campaign of tn, Constitutional Con
vention. speaking at different points IN
! the State He has consented to speak
inkthe ne county of Pender, to which
be is warmly devoted A rousiDg
mass meeting will welcome him to
Pender.
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3 E,.sE s.EEe.N RE.g.

Il tins sort Of thlug 4 goes Oh m':cL
longer i vii soon come tn such (. pas g
that honest and decect men viii look
WIN more tiItn suspicion uvon Pr.si-
deGt Grants romina:ions for Office. Il,
/. the .ong jisf If pious !echtrists We ale
NV called rpon 10 a3d ;ttenalue of t. e
new United States Treasurer, 81 ,
story OF Immorality AID shocking bsu-
taIty on the part OF t"at gentl.Taun
(Iohn c, New) !, being c:rcrjattd iy
the ~ - win ii Iniuutcueas OF detalG
winch gives ii IN air 0! tt.urg proba-
blnty. Abe story goes that the Treas
ure:. Il deacon III the church, iuadc q
mistress ~ an unfortunate, but ac-
cumpA>led and teuutlful grr:; that
subsequently, beng tLre,t"usd with
e>Po. are - 4 reverend ioyyr OF ;L"
gil, lie induced her to siGl state
inert 1hat he had n-yer had criminal
communication with her. The story
continues, shat he theu prosecuted
the preacher for Diacknaiiing,
forced the girl to swear to
tie truth of i.er statement, had lie
preacher convicted ami sent 10 the
ponitentiarX; threw If the poor si,I.
and, when she Appealed to Lm fer
help, Threatened 10 have her indcst q
for perjury. 4 letter from the girj,
Nellie De Los, to NV, upblaldine
him fcr Iii IL, atment Of her, Is pub
liahed as part OF the story. All this
occurred 1T Ia.3ianapol;s, and TIE girls
Litter is dated from that city. April
ID, 1875. john c. New hal better
CO Gle up with ''statement.'