Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

EDITORIAL NOTES.
A grand pilgrimage to Jerusalem
start. d from Marseilles April %, at
noon. The price, including passage
and provisions, is 1869 francs first
class, and 1165 francs second class.
In 1850 the Presbyterian Church of
England contained about 70 congrega-
tions; in 1860 the number had risen to
90, in 1870 it had reached III, and in
1874 the number was reported at lat.
A Florentine journal, the Epoca,
now says that General Grant will vi. b
his own hands place the beretta on
''Mokloky's" head. Il is we'll to know
the news of the day.
The value of the wedding gifts of
Mile d'Albe, niece of the Empire Eu-
genie, is said 10 reach the pleasant
amount of $1,6OO.OOO. One of these
gifts is a cameo ring which belonged
| to Charles V.
The silver inkstand which supplied
with ink the pens of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence, is now
in the possession of Governor Hart
ranft of Pennsylvania, and efforts are
| making to procure its return to its
original position in Independence
Hall.
The Chinese are evidently pagans.
They celebrate all their holidays by
paying their debts, forgiving their
enemies, and shak ug hands all round.
The civilized people who have gone to
China have not yet induced them to
| relinquish these old and ban barous
! habits.
| It is said that man by the name of
Kelly has been in the Jail of county
Roscommon, Ireland. since June, 1853,
and Aooody knows what he is there
for. As his keeping costs the county
about $3.50 a year, the authorities be-
gin to take an interest in him. There
| is tradition thst he is in for contempt
of court and Payment of costs.
It is suggested that for purposes of
Identification (of criminals), it is only
| necessary to get distinct photograph
| of the palm of one hand, taken in q
strong oblique light, SO as to bring
out the marking strongly. This will
be found a map, it is said, never the
same in two persons; no disguise short
of actual Disagreement will do away
with the difference.
Ex-Governor English, of Connecti-
| cut, who has just returned from his
tour of the South, says of the people
of Texas that "they have seemingly
forgotten that there ever was a war.
and from every act and expression I
CLEAN the information that they well
come any body who will come there to
better their condition, regardless of
any political association. 1t is a very
rare thing for them TO refer to man $
politics; not half SO much as we in New
England do"
1t IS the fashion now in Cincinnati
to give TO the public. Probasco gave
the great fountain Sinton gave $50
600 to the Bethel !; Groesbeck gave
$50, 900 for park music, and now Mrs
Thomas Emery, widow. proposes to
give 100000 for the erection of q
suitable building and hall for the
Young Mems Christian Association,
which shall contain q magnificent tab
let to her memory.
The New York Herald says: The
corollary of General Spinners excuse
for sending only ten dollars in aid of
the Mecklenburg Centennial celebra-
| bration-that he had left his office as
Treasurer of the United States a poor
man-would seem to be that if he had
enriched himself as other office hold
ers have done much larger sum
might heve been expected of him.
Should this idea generally obtain
among our public men who grew rich
at the expense of the people the Phila-
delphia Centennial will not be in any
want of funds.
On the 18th of January last tele
gram was sent from Boston to France.
announcing that on the previous day
great cyclone, with its centre at that
time in Newfoundland, was moving
thence eastward across the Atlantic.
and in four or five days would proba-
bly, arrive in Europe. by way of Ire
land. The etorm did, in fact, reach
Ireland on the 18th of January, and
proceeded eastward. This vertical
ton of weather forecast is mentioned
by M. 81. larry, in a communication
to the French Academy of Science on
the possibility OF predicting the arriv-
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