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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01

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bie, now GI4i forey cr!
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ss.z .su.as. SSs:1Ty AsEGsIE 'EEsE
-5:<'E' goH:t:E=x.Ss.
Ic I,irG aY4'2reut that it. il the prr
pose OF the Democratic party 10 us,
It's power ii the next Congress TO in
.cajigato and e&pose the oficia; fraud.
and c,r-ap'ions that nave 80 long dis
grac>I lie Government and the coua
try, or Ea6 cal friends are becoming
qtliCe J.uc.t.-. Thcy sec thai judg
nlent Gay i 4 at hand and they ar,
abcut r~gdE 20 call upon the noun
/ t"ius TO Ia! upon them and hide them
from the wrath to come. And SC
frightened are they that they start IL
alarm a. every noise; even the slight
/ est rust.ing in the bushes by tnc
Taysidc is lnagnifed by their fears
into the approach OF an ayenginq
! Democrat with a Committee Of Invcs-
tigation at his heels. Radicals now
fear al Investigation as much as the
| devil hates holy water, but fear never
yet averted danger and the Radicals
are IN danger, very great danger, of
detection, exposure and punishment,
and may Heaven speed the day when
this consummation so devoutly to be
wished may come about. We find
a striking illustration Of the fearful
condition to which anxiously suspicion
aud conscious guilt have brought our
Radical friends in the last issue Of
the Washington City RcloaJ}ican.
1t Will be remembered, one Irwin
having refused to certify to whom he
had paid the $780, coo he Lad secured
from the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany to secure the passage of a sub
sidy bill for that Company through
Congress, that Mr.. BEcK advocated
the. enactment Of a general law for the
e1actual punishment Of witnesses re-
fusing to testify before Congressional
committees. GcGrc9ly were the words
out Of his noH.h before CONSERVATION
seizeI all Bad oallom. Especially is
the Rcloubljcan .lroasy and apprehen-
sive. It saya:
There was g good deal more in the
course OF EIr. BECK and Nr. BUTLER
i'll the House, Monday, on the subject
Of recusant witnesses and the punish
ment of their refusal 10 ans gor than
appeared ca the sUrf-ce. Mr.. BECK,
it VIII be remembered, a..r... cd tie
passage Of general law u:.@ which
persons ike IRTIS, 3ol.>-Ii.9t of
Congress. should be ! II - prison
from session to session ard CCrg- -ess
to Congress. General Butler opposed
it. We understand the aim OF Mr..
BECK WAS to enact law which would
be Of Ger9icc TO his party when tie
Forty yfcucth Congress comes in. It's
policy i 10 he one Of Investigation and
inquiry into al that has been done
during the last fourteen years, and he
merely desired to meet & possible
e4l-gs<t-- : =. !.:0 future. Mr.. EECK
cares n3thing bout Pacific Mail or
IH~r< H-jther does Gen. BUTLER;
but :, lat lew men on the floor in his
party saw, ho had the sagacity TO dis
cover and the courage and ability to
defeat. This is the real meaning Of
that little episode in the proceedings
which seemed SO incompr2heI.sihle to
the majority Of members"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01
EOEs TIE CONVENTION.

Major MARCUS EEWIE, one OF the
most prominent, and probably tie
most Influential Radical il Western
North Carolina, endorses the PROPOSE
ton to call { Convention to amend the
Constitution. It seems, therefore.
there is 10 darger that the Radical
party viii be unit in opposition to
lie Convention, even if that was a
thing to be feared.
The AsHcviilo Clifton says:
Mai. M.rc1Is Erwin is for & Conyon-
. ton, saying the terrible evils the S+at"
suffers from can't be gotten ,tu oI
otherwise. All CT our people VINO have
thought Of the matter, are III favor Of
it. We hope the members after recess
will be more disposed to rise TO their
duty to their State, and not pander to
demagoguical preiudices. Radicals
can Afford TO do that, Democrats can
not. Oar party loses by such, they
can only gain by making an active and
AGGRESSIVE warfare upon the sources Of
the troubles OF our people, and remoY-
ing them.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01
NsinEfOn and the West.
The Asheville Etpositor says:

AAo AoAefiue EII1OSttOT says:
We congratulate our Western
friends upon the completion of this
road, as it opens up to the West the
splendid seaport city of Whining
ton. There is no necessity for r.
valry between Charlotte and Whining
ton, but both places will have untold
advantages from this thoroughfare.
The people of the West do much of
their trade at Charlotte, but every
season the market for the products
of the West in Charlotte is so crowd
ed that our people are compelled to
snip in other directions; but now
they will have a chance at the Will
mington market.
The Asheville Citizen, says:
Charlotte is talking in high-stilt
English since the completion of the
road from Wilmington to that city.
Glad with you, friends. Don't stop,
but let Asheville and Western Caro-
lima be your watchword. You can't
now stand still-to keep on growing,
you must keep on pushing ahead. I"
All success attend you.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01
L remain, very respectfully,
your obedient serv't,
ROBT. M. FIRMAN.

Col. Fremont requests us to say in
reply to Brother Furmaa's enquiries,
that Mr.. Edward Mathews, the princi-
pal owner of the Carolina Central, has
purchased large majority of the
bonds and stock of this Western N. @.
i'allroad, and is determined, if the
State will aid him, as it can without
the expenditure of dollar, that he will
soon complete this line to Asheville
and Wolf Greek. Let Brother Furman
come here when the West is invited to
join us in rejoicing at the compile
tlon Of this first link, between the sea-
board and the mountains, and he will
hear what will make him and his peo-
pie shout for Joy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01
VOL. 81.

| peculiar style Of literature in which
ne Maine carpet-bapeer is So notori
! o1lsly proficient, ard doubtless Ills
Honor would have found it much more
remuocrative than poetry, c,cn the
| poetry Of the Bible But every man
t. LIS ta4'e. !. His Honor really
wished 10 Ggt mp genuine. frat-class,
raw heed aa:i b!o'dy bones rebel Ku-
KIM ma,sllal-sl! >oting, Illicit wlI;skey-
dis,iif"ry Southern outage story, he
made . fstai biunder III not calling to
his assistance SO noted an expert as
this man PERRY, and then, too, how
Invaluable he would be as an endorser
Of His Eonor's statements, Bnt pos
SHY His Honor did rot expect lis
letter to be rubli.L Lod.
And now viii Ills Honor Judge
DIoE be kind enough net to bring us
before him for contempt Of Court as.
he 0jG the foarl,'@s youaG GUDGER
from Madison county last I7all for
words spoken during tue summer
campaign? We sincerely trust His
Hylor VIII &c, u have peace"
Eusral for DIc1z Iiurru3, fer
pEKEl
Dl3I, aud rnrI,E. ose aud insrrara-
bie, now end iorey cr!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01
The Carolina Central and the
Western Extension.

The following. letter from ROBERT
NJ. FURMAN, Editor of the Asheville
Citizen, was received by Colonel Fre-
mont, who consents to its publication,
as an evidence of the great desire the
West has for q connection with the
East by means of the Carolina Central
Railway.
We hope the Legislature will look
thoroughly into this matter, and to
such connection as is here indicated
before any important steps are taken
in any other direction.
AsHEvrL1E, N. O., Dec. 81, 1874.
Col. Fremont:
Accept our entire congratulations
for your SPLENDID triumph. Western
North Carolina rejoices in any success
that may attend any portion of the
State, and no movement has been SO
favorable, and SO admirably and sue
cessfully conducted, as that over which
you have presided.
Now, what for our more Immediate
section Is it true you have Cor your
Company purchased the first mort
gage bonds of the W. N. G. R.R.,
eastern Division)? This has been
publicly stated as fact, hence I do not
hesitate to ask you relative to the mat
ter. 1 would be glad to hear from
you relative to our railroad prospects
with which you may be connected, and
you may rest assured you and your
Company shall have all the support of |
the Citizen in any efforts you may
make in behalf of our section.
Again congratulating you,
remain, very respectfully,
your obedient serv't,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01

Philosophical parodox-Nhen a
youth has decided bent for any pur-
suit he is likely to keep straight at it.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01

A great many p, OIL. have asked IL of ia. c, ,
"huw do you keep Your horse i,o4.n. 81 -Ieek
and RlossO?" We tell them il is the tasie.t
Thing IN the orld; give Sherieft5e's Carniry Con-
ditiOn l'0tcders two or three times n week.
dec 10 3j0-WlwdSS
gentleman in the ea5tern pa:t Of the State,
sho was about having his leg am putated
account of its being bent right angles and ct ii
at the knee heard OF johnson S S4Jeyne Linimcnt-
After using t short time his leg became
straight, and is LOW rs serViceable ~ the other.
dec 10 S0O-dNwlw
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01
w. f. CODY. ("BuffaIo BHl y,

"Lord wha: a COW - was the ap-
proving remark Of II tetotal Judge of
Vermont after swallowing II potent
punch which had been offered him as
q glass Of milk.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01

The Kinston Gazette says: Capt.
Kitchen, our gallant standard bearer
IN the Congressional contest two years
ago, had his gin house and contents
burned last week. Loss Sc, 900.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-01-01

DARD-N Mn.Es, probab' ' tie largest
MAJ. Ct =. cord, born III Evrsh Csuo'i-
La ID 1.t>. ii, 4 IN Henderson ce,un'v,
Tennessee. January q. laEZ +. " rs
! lt-,-f ;:.',. e Inches La-i., ;,.4,i III i>l5
We.l!.rd ',I pourdS. ~ iI;s ,'c:, II h,s
weisL tt sF.l~ i sitt:+ ov@r 1000 ppnr.Is
UHiti 1872 Re w;ts .ct.v, snH .t5,iT,
and allie to labor, hug from that tliut,
was obliged to stay II h'.ine. or lie
hIu!ed about IN o tVo-hoE5e wagon.
In 1929 lis ooGt vas b@.toneJ acouud
three men. each OF tlen Weighing
more than 200 pounds, Who wAlhed
together IN it across the square at
Lexington. In 1870 it required 13!
yards OF cloth, orc ward wide, to make
him coat. His c fin " as feet long,
35 inches deep, b ina3eA acro,a the
breast. IL across t.1e head and ( across
the feet; anG - yards OF black velvet
were requisite to cover tie sides and
lid He was We married aud his
children are very la!Ge, though proba-
bly, nnin If them viii ever Reach half
the weight Of their father
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

&. w. SINGBACH, of Virginia City,
Nevada, who has taken out cayeat
for an invention, whereby the explo-
sion of steam boilers is to be pre-
veHted, has n brass model of it which
is said to work to Il charm. When
by accident water is no longer fed
into the boiler and there is danger of
an explosion, Mr.. Singbach's cOntri
vance comes into play, opening the
boilers and letting out all the steam.
Connected with the apparatus is
self-acting water gauge and an alarm
which not only sounds in the engine
room, but also in every room in the
mill or factory. The alarm is to
show that there is danger of an ex-
plOsiOn, and a moment afterwards the
steam is let ont of the boilers. The
selfacting gauge is to keep the boiler
supplied with the proper quantity Of
water; in case the feed-pump should
break or the pipes become clOgged,
the other apparatus which is to sepa-
rate from and acts independently of
the gauge, throws the steam out of
the boiler. When the critical mo-
ment arrives, and the boiler is on the
point of exploding, a small selfact-
ing lever is drawn, cast-iron ball,
weighing two hundred pounds, falls,
and throws open the boilers, and the
steam escapes. If the invention VIII
accomplish what the inventor CLAIMS
for it land he feels very sangulne OF
success), there is no doubt that
great saving of human lives may be
effected.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

THERE is an epidemic among the
horses of Detroit, kind of influenza,
which develops into lung fever, and
is very dangerous unless soon arrest
ed. The horse becomes weak in the
legs, staggering as he walks, refuses
to eat, the eye loses its luster, the
hair its glossiness, the head hangs
downward, and is apparently raised
with considerable difficulty, and the
breathing is hard and stentorous.
There is, however, no swelling in the
throat nor copious yellOwish dis
charge from the nostrils, as in case
of epi<ootic. AS soon as the disease
becomes manifest, the animal should
be freed from all manner of work,
rubbed dry, blanketed, stabbed in
dry, light apartment. and a veteri-
nary surgeon summoned at once.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

AMONG other discoveries made by
the Wheeler expedition in Arizona
was what is believed will prove a new
variety of deer. 1t is of very dimin-
utiye size, and, with this exception,
nearly resembles the common white
tailed deer. 1t is found in great
numbers all through the southern
portion of Arizona Territory. The
meat of a full-grown doe, after being
divested of the entrails, hide, etc.,
only filed camp-kettle, and was
very delicious eating. A fat four
pronged buck only weighed sixty
pounds. Grasshoppers were found
with colors brilliant and beautiful as
the butterfly, and of great size. A
fully developed black grasshppper
was over three inches long.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28
NUMBER II.

| SIR HENRY HOLLAND, IN his de-
lightful book, "Recollections of
Past Life" in speaking Of Sydney
Smith, to whom he was related by
marriage, on page 277. gives this Incl.
dent peculiarly interesting to Ameri-
cans:
"One of his (Sydney Smith warm
est admirers was the late President
Lincoln, who more than once has QUO
ted to me passages from his writings
which had forgotten. Lincoln him
self was man of much quaint hu-
NOR curionsly expressed in tales of
Kentucky and Illinois life, told in
their broadest form of American
speech. These he brought into con-
nectiOn with events seeming to re-
quire graver illustration. yet which
could not really have been better illus
trated. Ofthe six Presidents of the
United States whom | have known he
seemed to me the only one gifted
with this faculty. | recollected sit
ting with him and Mr.. Seward over a
log tire IN the White House (?) a
few hours onl v after the intelligence
had been received of the first disas-
trous battle of Chattanooga. The
conversation at first centered on this
event; but the cheerful temperament
of these two remarkable men gradu-
ally transferred it to other topics;
and the President amused himself
and us by some of those racy anec-
dotes which so often convey more of
practical truth than any dry reason
ing can afford, (Ah. Sir Henry, you
should have given us some of them
in your delightful book now and
then stopping to put fresh log on
the fire. The possession of this sim
pie and genial humOr, not alloyed by
personal asperities, helped greatly
that popularity, which was mainly
due to the honesty and consistency
of the man, in times of uniform and
perilous trial to his country"
In foot note to this Sir Henry
Holland says:
speaking thus much of President
Lincoln, | may add that L possess the
map of the seat of war in Virginia
which he himself habitually used for
reference. He gave it to me on my
return home from the headquarters
Of the army of the Potomac, writing
his name and mine on the margin of
the map. His atfectiOnate farewell to
me when l left Washington | cannot
easily forget. Three years afterwards
| stood on the very spot of his assas-
sinatiOn."
Sir Henry Holland, Bart, was the
Queen of England's physician; had
travelled all over the world nearly;
having made eight visits to the Uni
ted States, once with the Prince Of
Wales; all over the continent of Eu-
rope with the Princess of Wales, af-
terwards the unfortunate Queen
and was witness at her
trial before the House of Lords; was
intimate with all the nobility and
literary and scientific men and wo-
men of England and continental
Europe since the year 1900. He died
asst year at the advanced age of 81.
lis book is gossippy and reminds one
# an old man telling all he has seen
nd witnessed during long and
ventful life. 1t is well worth read
ng.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28
A WOMAN'S REVENGE.

[Thaddeus W. Wills, in the New York
Mercury.
Among the young people comprising
lat little party ut the Tomlinson's, S,
iss Charlotte Lilly mingled, the
arsonifcation of the flower the name
which she bore. In all lOveliness
I'd purity she danced and waltzed,
lOyed and exhilarated by the healthy
'cial atmosphere of the place, and
the expectation of the coming of
certain young gentleman whose
lme was stored among the secrets
her heart, to the very great de-
ght of that very little organ.
Charlotte broke away from her
lrtner in the waltz when she saw
Ir. Britner enter the room. She,
Ike most young ladies, was good
rategist. Women generally are so.
: is wonder that generals of armies
D not take their wives into the field
ith them. However, Charlotte had
er plan in an instant, cut and dried; !;
ut its Ingenuity was largely wasted
, Y the approach of Mr.. Britner. Her
pint had been to approach him.
he point was now in effect gained,
I'd they stood face to face. Her del
ate white face, with its large, dark
5es, over which were the arched
rows, were turned with the sweetest
smiles to Mr.. Britner's not un-
andsome but yet gross face, with its
-limal thickness of lip, and its rubi-
md complexion, and not very clear
ies. She looked like a lily with
-yo diamonds in it then, if ever she
id in her life. And Mr.. Britner
yled her rs she uttered the silvery
nd magnetic nonsense that, after all,
elped to complete her strategic
Ian.
7 Mr.. Rritner was Tom Millet's en-
lloyer, and it was through Tom Mil,
1T that he had attained to an intro
Suction to Charlotte Lilly three
lonths before; and it was at the So
ables that Mr.. Britner had met
harlotte almost every week since,
hd the two had many a chat togeth
for wasn't Mr.. Britner Toms en-
foyer? That was enough to draw
be two into sort of intimacy, so
lat they had many talk and laugh
$gether. Though Charlotte had al
lays made Mr.. Britner make the first
approaches of an evening, he was
Wiling enough; and this evening he
'elt very much encouraged. Yes,
hat is the-word, encouraged. Frank
Britner had a plan of his own-a
plot.
Charlotte at last brought the con-
rersation to turn that made it per-
fectly proper and safe for her to re-
mark:
80. Mr.. Millet! Yesl BY the way,
don't see him here to night. Where
is hep
"Tom?' said Mr.. Britner. "He's
on his way to Bermuda"
As though something blighting had
passed over her, Miss Lilly gasped
and dropped.
But a young lady carriesa a fan. A
fan is one of the instruments of her
Charlotte raised her fan
to her face so that all those expressive
muscles which lie about the mouth
and cheeks were quite concealed, and
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28
THE TWO TRAVELLERS.
BY wM. C. BRYANT.


IFrom the Atlantic for Fcbruary.l
Twas evening, and before my eyes
There lay landscape gray and dim;
j Fields family seen and twilight skies
And clouds that hid the horizon
brim.
! SAVIOR was it that dreamed?
A waking dream ?-I can not say;
For every shape as real seemed,
As those that meet my eye to-day.
Through leafless shrubs the cold wine
hissed;
The air was thick with falling snow;
And onward, through the frozen mist,
saw weary traveller go.
Driven DER that landscape bare and
bleak,
Before the whirling gusts of air,
The snOw-flakes smote his withered
cheek,
And gathered on his silver hair.
Yet on he Jared through blin,ling SHOWS,
And murmuring to himself he said:
'The night is near. the darkness grows,
And higher rise the drifts tread.
''Deep, deep each autumn flower they
hide;
Each tuft of green they whelm from
sight:
And they who jOurneyed by my side
Are lost in the surrounding night.
81 loved them; oh, no words can tell
The love that to my friends | bore;
We parted with the sad farewell
OF those who part to meet no more.
"And |, who face this bitter wind,
And DER these snowy hillOcks creep,
Must end my journey soon and find
A frosty. couch, a frozen sleep"
As thus he spoke, thrill of pain
Shot to my heart; | closed my eyes,
And when opened them again,
started with glad surprise.
Twas evening still, and in the west
A flush of glowing crimson lazy,
| saw the morrow there. and hlest
That promise of Il glorious day.
The waters, in their CLASSY sleep,
Shone with the hues that tinged the
sky,
And rugged cliff and barren steep
Cleaned with brightness from on
high.
And one was there whose journey lay
Into the slowly gathering night;
With steady step he held his way
Ger shadowy vale and cleaning
height.
| marked his firm though weary tread,
The lifted eye, and brow serene,
And saw no shade of doubt or dread
Pass o'er that travellers placid mien.
And others came, their journey DER,
And babe good night with words of
cheer;
Tomorrow we shall meet once more;
'Tis but the night that parts us here"
sAnd I,n~h he said, 'EshaIf sleep ere
long
These fading CLEANS will soon be
gone
Shall sleep, to rise, refreshed and strong,
In the bright day that yet will dawn.
heard; | watched him as he went,
A lessening form, until the light
Of evening from the armament
Had passed, and lie was lost to sight.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

The other day Bishop Haven took
an unfair advantage of gushing
youth at Marysville, in Marion coun-
ty, Iowa. The Bishop was dedicating
a Methodist Church and soliciting
subscriptions for it, and certain
young man whispered that if GER
tain young lady in the congregation
would marry him he would give $500
to the church. And the Bishop
blurted it right out in meeting and
the young lady, like Barkis, an
nounced that she was willing.-Bur-
lington Haackeye.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

A RECENT patent for a map con-
sists in having those portions intend
ed to represent the rivers, lakes and
oceans filed with actual water. This
is done by attaching the map to q
block of wood of sufficient thickness:
The rivers, ETC., are dug out, filed
with. water and glazed. Such maps
NAV be hung upon the wall in the
usual manner,
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

A MUSICAL TREE.-A man in New
York has a musical tree, shrub
about five feet high, and made in ex-
act imitation Of nature. Touch a
knob in the side of the tub in which
it stands, and the branches are at
once covered with birds of all col
ors and notes, their songs blending
beautifully together. Touch the
knob again, and the birds disappear.
1t is supposed to be the only one in
America.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

''In the church" f
Il will talk to you about business,
tomorrow" said Tom; and he turned
about and left the house.
Should he go to the river and jump
in? No, he could swim. Should he
90 up into his fathers attic and hang
himself? No, that seemed a hard
way to die. Should he shoot himselff
Perhaps that would be the best way.
But in celebrating as to the best
method of putting an end TO himself,
other considerations Of foreign ma
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

A TAILOR speaking of winter fash
ions, says, very correctly: There
is not much change in gentlemen's
pants this month" e M
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

A GUSHING poet asks, in the first
line of a recent effusion, "How mapy
weary pilgrims lie" We give it up,
but experience has taught us there
are good many.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-01-28

The Nail City insurance Company,
of Wheeling, having defaulted in
payment of risk, has been closed
out, J.