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Kor iff THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL j RATES OF ADVERTISING f in 1 pq.i:u", of 10 lines or less, for ach and every inHi tioii, si. Spe. irtl N"ii' will li charged $200 per aquare r(;F.MI,UO .V PRICK, rrrrlctor.. frt all Ullrrn Hhsim mut be addressed. I f reach and t-very insertion. All Obituaries and private publications of evary character, are charged as advertisements. arNoadertisejnent,reflectingtipon private I character, can, under any cmcraiSTAHCIs, to I admitted. Terms of Snbscription. tf.vklvraper, onoyear in advance, Do Six months, in 00 Paper, one year, in advance ix month?, ftft . three months, in advance, J J"j one month, " VOL. 25. WILMINGTON, N. C, FBIDAY MOBNING, MAY 14, 18G NO. 14 4 li'il I "Ort 1 '1 lvi I ITIT ; II rfI3T .0,1 lsl is JJ ''M? yer's Sarsaparilla, FOB PURIFYING THE BLOOD. The reputation this ex cellent mdicine enjoys, i3 derived from its cures, many of which are of a truly marvellous char acter. Inveterate cae.i of Scrofula, where the svstcm seemed utterly civen ui to corrujitioa, have viclded to this com pound of anli-strumoua virtues. Disorders of u scrofulous type, and af fections which are merely ..--nvued hvthe presence of scrofulous matter, e lice'i radically turt-u iu aui- umuiivui -.- i i cvt-rv settlement in the country, that the !,.-! i-es a spe.-itl and absolute remedy. .i:ijlo:is poison is one of the must destructive , ic. nit.-- 1' our la. c. Often, this unseen and unfolt i, n;i!it of the organism undermines the constitution, . ! fa vites the attack of enfeebling or fatal disease.-,, iioi:t exc iting a suspicion Gf its presence. Again. ,- n-.ii to breed infection throughout t!m body,ji!it on some favorable oe-casi'm, rapidly develop . one or other of its hideous forms, eitrier on the :1i-!,i. e or among the vitals. In the latter, tuler- i.iuv be suddenly deposited in Ui3 lunars or or tumors forme-l in thi liver. Thesa facta .. tlie Ovvasional use of the Sarsapirilla as a ; m .e itive, advisable. i- t mi-take to supo.se that so lonj; as no erup-;..-: humors appear, there mu-t be no serofulou.s i u ir. 'I'heso forms of derangement may never .. i.r, aitl vet the vital forces of the body bo so re-.'.'-.d l'v its .ubtle agency, a materially t ii.ipair .if health and shorten the duration of life, it is a . jnram fine-, also, that seroful i is strictly heredi. It iJ.yes.mdee'J, descend from parent to child, ,' n a!-o 'ugender'd in persons born of pure . 1. Low li viiir, indiu ;-t ion, foul air, licentious . .!-. iin !eauJinesj, and the aeoressing vices gen-proda-e it. Weakly constitutions, where not . , ;iie l bv the raot onstan$ and judicious care, . ; peculiarly liable ti it. Vet the robust, also, : . ; t.irbi 1 b'o-nl .-.wells the vehis wit'u auappar ' v exuberant vitality, are oien eoaTamiiuited, , .! ia ibo roal to its Vonseiueiifs. Iudeed.no . . -. - ..r condition caa depend on immunity from r I'.v-i insensible to the importance, of an eu"eo i i i r.-.uedy. ; i St. Anthony' Fire, Jtnse or Erytlpclas, ire T--tt--r, Sftlt liken m. Scald IZ-mi, Iting ,..,. Sore. Ear and Jiie.B. and other eruptive 0 vi.-i!h) forms of the disease caused primarily by -i-rofalous infection, the SaranparilUt is so e f-:i.-:-nt as to b-i indispensable. And in the more . in i-.iled forms, as in I)'prjniift, Dropsy, Heart t'i. -iir f I'itn, llpilrnsy, Xcuratyht, and other ti.tiisof tlie mu.-cularand nervous t-y stems, the -.( sirmriiln, through its purifying power, re ;:; the cause of the disorder and produces aston :i cure.-:. '!!. s-ir-;spari!!a r.ot of the. tropics does not by -:! ;n hiev thesw re-ult-. It is aided hvttht; ex :r. cviisbincti with it, of still greater power, so ; ... 'it is (his union of healing virtues, Syphilis or t and Mercurial Di itert.tr t are cured by ". . i ;.ouh a Ions time is required for subduing these, .'! i in. ire maladies by any medicine. I.t'ttcJirrhfra- ( Whiten, l.'teriiie Ulceration, and J"emalc It! .MKc.i in general, are commonly soon relieved iud ultimately cured by the invigorating and puri : ing iQVi;t oi'our Sarsiipnrilla. llheutnatistn oid iioat, often dependent on the accumulations of .t raucous matters in the blood, have their remedy d.-o in this medicine. For Liver Complaint, erpidiry, innammati-m, abcess, etc., caused by oui.hnr poisons in the blood, we unhesitatingly 1 commend th! SarsirpariKn. fins medicine restore- health and vigor where no tjieciti-.; disease can be distinguished. Its rest.ora- power is soon fv-lt by those who are Isnianld , .("..' less. Despondent, Sleepless, and filled with .Wrrrrtirs A npre tension or J-'enrs, or who are ir.'ubled with any other of those affections pymp-ui'-, of we ikiiess. JIany, alter taking it for i.-y -r.it Di-hility. have written us of the yonth- iirn- iinpartei to their nervous system, "which ; is-'d buoyant with thv.t proliiic life they thought deo'trted on the alvanec of age. Others, whose. ;;'.c.!a'i!is of life were always sterile, ackuowlelgc o'.digations to it for an obvious change. Ayer's Ague Cure, i o"r.'OT ami AgH. 5nt'rniitleiit ! .-r, C'ijiJl Ft'Vfr, Sloinittont IVver, iy:ii", Crjiliral or ISilious : . u-i-. 4.c uuil isleMl ull tUv afTeo iio.iv iiic.'i ari.' fi-ai iiiulariouo, or iiiaiatic piiisons. A r ua.ne implies, it does 'nre. and does not .Y:i. i o:itaininvr lieiLher Arsenic, luinine, liisinuth, .l!! I will;.- oeiilb. ! rict.-. or siny oiiier mineral or poisonous puosiance it' in nowise injures any patient. The r cod importance of its cures in the ague dis a;e literally beyond account, and we believe ;,:i.eit a parallel in the history ot meuicine. tur p; ide i- gr.i'iiied by the acknowledgments we re , i c of the radical cures etfected in obstinate cases, .Mid where other remedies had wholly failed. i tiacciimated persons, either resident in, or ; liinr throucrh .niasinalic. localities, vril be pro i -. 'd by taking the AiiUH Vl'JiJ-7 daily. !'; I. Seer Complaints, arising from torpidity ..;;.!:( I aver, it is an excellent remedy, stimulating :i Liver iuto healthv activity. . "rep:! red bv Di:. J..C Avku & Co., Practical iid Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold i.i round "the world. i'liiuv, SJ.o'j vi:r iiotil,iz. i- Sold in Wilmington by E. "Willis, W. n. Lippitt and all Druggists and Dealers every where, dec 16, l3G3-G7-eodlw-ltw DEGEAAF k TAYLOR. FURMlTUREg GARPETS AND MATTRESSES, W2aolosalo and notail. SrANUFACTOKY AND WAKERO0MS, s? .v h'J BOWERY, Or, CHRISTIE: 8T11KBT, 130 133 II EST Kit STUEKT, NTKW YORK. (cOXXi:CTED TTXDEIt OXE EOOF.) Wo have now on hand tho largest stock of en tirely new patterns and designs for furnishing Houses throughout ever offered by one houeo in the City, and at a great deduction in price. Oar CAUPET DKPAP.TMliNT is under tho su perintendence of H. 8. liAUNES, lio is well and favorably known to the public, having been a long time with Sloano A Co.. Broadway, and for the la,st four j ears with Lord & Taylor. Our stock of (Jarpeta i entirely new and well selected, this 1 -aich having been just added to our busiuets. Tho MATTilESS DEPARTMENT is entirely under our supervision, all being made on the premises. Every Mattress guaranteed. Steamboats, Hotel?, Churches, Public Halls ami Private Houses furnished throughout at wholasale prices, The Floating Palaces -the Steameis of the IVoplo's Line on tho Hudson River were fur uiahed bv us. PRICES DEFY COMPETITION. f( ond and Third Ave. Cars pass our Stores. Entrance 87 & SO Bowery, N. Y. 4pr 8 WSmch TO CONSUMPTIVES. r it E ADVERTISER, HAVING BEEN RE JL stored to health in a few weeks, by a very .-Laiple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe lurg affection, and that dread dis ease, Consumption is anxious to make known to his fellow-sufierere the meacs of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the pieucription used (free of charge!, with the di rections for preparing and using the same, which thev will find a SURE CURE FOR CONSUMP TION. ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, etc. The ob ject of the advertiser in sendiug the Prescription is to benefit tho afflicted, and spread information which ho conceives to be invaluable ; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will coat them nothing, and may prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please ad ire S3 Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON, Williamsburg, KiDgs County, New York. feb .UVURUGE GUIDE. BEING A PRIVATE INSTRUCTOR FOR married persons or those about to be mar ried, both male and female, in everything con cerning the physiology and relations of our sex ual system, and the production aud prevention of oil'spriag, including all tho new discoveries never bolore given in the English language, by W2I. VOUNG, SI. D. This is really a valuable and in teresting work. It ia written in plain language for the general reader, and is illustrated with nu merous Engravings. All young married people, or those contemplating marriage, and having tbe least impediment to married life, should read this book. It discloses secrets that every one should tj's acquainted with ; still it is a book that must bo locked up and not lie about the house. It wiR ba sent to any address on receipt of 50 cents. Address, Ds. WM. YOUNG, No. 416 Spruce street, above Fourth, Philadelphia. ir AFFLICTED AND UNFORTUNATE. No matter what may bo your disease, before you place yourself under the care of any one of the notorious QUACKS native and foreign who ad vertiso in this or any other paper, get a cop of Dr. Young's Book and read it carefully. It will be the means of saving you many a dollar, your health,j and possibly your liie. Dr. onng can bo consulted or. any of the dis eases described in hia publicatione, at his office, No. 4ig flprnce etreet, above Fourth, Philadel phia. 2J.Jy A STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OV SEW HANOYEK, Atkinson & Shepperson, ) 5 Before E. H. McQuigg. Geo. 11. Moore. ) J. p. PLAINTIFF claims judgment in the mm of i t7o 00, due on balance of account for rent and for the coat of the suit, on the Sd day of Jane, 18G9. when the defendant, George II. Moore. i.s hereby notified to appear and answer, may 7 187-dltw3t ERRORS OF YOUTH. AGENTLKMAN vrho suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for the Bike of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the receipt and directions for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishitg to profit by the advertiser's ex perience, can do so by addreesing, in perfect con- tide nee, j JOHN B. OGDEN, No. 42 Cedar street, New York. I feb 15 52-Sm STATE NEWS. We have recently had the most delight ful rains in this section. Vegetation is promising, and our city now presents a j very beautiful appearance. . Hal. bent met. His Excellency Gov. Holden has com- ! missioned Martin Miller as a Justice of the Peace for Davidson county. Ral. Standard. Stanly County. A friend writing us from Stanly county iuforms ns that tho wheat crop in that section is looking very fine. The fruit was generally killed by the late frosts. Ral. Standard. Angiiy Discussion. It is rumored that the Radical commissiooers appointed to lo cate the Penitentiary had a regular quarrel yesterday. Gineral Dackery " was made I chairman, Cebe Harris, Superintendent of Public Works, took umbrage because he considered himeelf as ex officio chairman of the Board. We think Cebe was right. There were angry words uttered and bad feeling manifested ; tho result was, Cebe Harris and Attorney General Coleman ten dered their resignations. How will the I State get along without Cebe and Cole ; man ? Ral. Sentinel. Serious Accident. A negro cabin on the farm of Mr. Reddin Williams, a few miles from this place, was burned last week and the lives of two little children lost. The circumstances as reported to ns are as follows The negro man who staid in the house had collected a pile of trash in his yard to burn, which was carelessly put near tho door. He set fire to the piles and i went off and when he came back the door i was in flames and it was impossible to get 1 in to savo his children, who perished in the flames. We have also heard that the house J caught from the inside, but however it ; happened, it seems evident that it was a i pure accident or a piece of carelessness. J Tarboro' Southerner. Opinions of the Public Treasurer on 1 the Revenue Law. David A .Tonkins, (Esq., Public Treasurer, has delivered the ! following opinions on the new revenue law : i W. S. ToaiLiNSON, Esq., Bush Hill, N. C. : bir: I thiDk the plain construction of section 35, schedule B of tbe Revenue Act, requires that each insurance company, not incorporated in this State, doing business therein, shall pay a tax of at least $400. If three per cent on the pre miums received, Ac, exceeds $100, then tho com pany is bound for such three per cent. The agents of tbe companies in the several counties will pay to the Sheriffs three per cent, on the premiums, &c. When the returns shall be made to the Treasury, if it shall appear that the aggregate amount paid by all the agents of any company does not reach $100, then the difference will be collectable by the Treasurer from the prin cipal agent of the company. Very respectfully, D. A. Jenkins, Public Treasurer. Robert Jonlb, Esq : Sir : You state this case : you are traveling agent for the sale of " R ad way's Ready Belief." Yon take orders for tbe purchase of the medicine and transmit them to merchants, residents of this State, who sell tbe article on commissions, and who fill your orders. On this statement of facts, I think you are not bound to pay tax under section 33, of echedale B of the Revenue Act. The merchants vlio fill your orders will pay tax on such sales. Section 33 applies to agents, Ac, of non-resident merchants selling goods in this State by sample or otherwise. If you carry the goods about with you from place to place for sale, you will be liable to pay tax under section 29. Very respectfully, D. A. Jenkins, Public Treasurer. Ral. Standard, j Mat. Seaton Gale3 We have known for some weeks that this well known citizen, so long associated with the press of the State, has been invited to deliver the Lite rary Address at the next Annual Com mencement of Davidson College. He has accepted the invitation. The Major is an unusually graceful writer, and a tasteful and appropriate addess may be expected. Ral, Sentinel. Robbery. We are informed that on last Sunday nigbt the lock of Mr. B. D. Henry's crib was broken by thieves who entered and helped themselves to a quantity of corn ann salt. Mr. Henry lives a short distanco out from Wadesboro'. Wadesbor? Argus. Moke Robbery. On the same night that Mr. Henry's crib was forced, the gin house of Mr. James E. Home, a neighbor of his, was broken into and some fifty pounds or more of lint cotton stolen. No clue as yet as to the robbers ; but it is to be hoped they will be detected and brought to justice. Wadesboro' Argus. We learn that Col. A A. MsKoy.of Clin ton, will deliver the oration btfore the Pittsboro' Scientific Academy, on the oc casion of the next commencement on the 10th and 11th of June. Raleigh Sentinel. Turtles. Turtles, in large numbers, are being caught and brought to market, and those of our citizens who relish this Alder roanio dish can now luxuriate upon it at litle cost. How our inland friends envy us. Newbern Journal of Commerce. The elegant address delivered by Dr. Satchwell, the President of the N. C. Im migration Association, at its late meeting at Uoldsboro, and which address was order ed to be printed in pamphlet form for gen eral distribution throughout the Eastern part of the State, 6ays the Roanoke Hews, is now in the hands of the nrinter, and will soon be in circulation! The Dr. is thoroughly acquainted with tho suojects upon which he deals, and the address will be read with interest by the thousands into whoso hands it will fall. .i ... Iredell County. G. F. Shepherd and HiAj Tuifec liu o-u poit,l Justi ces of th? Peace for Iredell. Raleigh Sta?idard, ' ' ' ' ' . ' : Trom tk Raleigh Sentinel. Pen aud Ink Sketches of the Universi ty of Nor th Carolina, as it Has Seen. DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 8TATE, ASR TO THE ATATMXI OF THE rNIVEBSTY. i no. 1. The University of North Carolina, situa ted at Chapel Hill in the beautiful hill country of Orange county, was founded al most immediately after the Revolution. We are all familiar with this fact, and also with the compliments that are always paid when it is stated, to the Scotch and Irish blood of our early settlers, who are popu larly believed to have been wider awake to the importance of education than any other class. That they may have been. But it is one thing to have a keen desire for a good education and its accompany ing advantages, and another thing to be willing to pay handsomely for it. Estab lishing a University was alivery well, but when we come to look at its endowments, I do not think North Carolina has much room for bragging. Gen. Davie may be said to have been the father of the University, though every man of distinction in the State at that time manifested a deep and cordial in torst. in tho nnilerfcukine' Tha act of Corporation was passed in 1780, jutt eighty I years ago. ITS rEINGirLES. The great principle of preserving invio lato tho civil and religions liberties of the people was early and deeply impressed on the minds of North Carolinians. There were certain gross acts of injustice and tyranny committed by the mother country, that no doubt did more to arouse the spirit of re bellion than the Stamp Act. For instance the charter of the very first college ever at tempted in the State, Queen's College at Charlotte, Mecklenburg county (college, town and county, all three, named in loyul compliment to the Queen of England) wa3 revoked by George III, because there were some trustees elected who were not mem bers of the established church of Eng land. Besides tbe money that belonged to the common school fund of that day was squandered by the government in the erec tion of a superb residence in Newbern for the royal Governor Tryon. We may bo very sure that the vow was registered deep in the heart of our indignant fathers that tho day 6hould come when their rights and liberties were to be respected and when their children were to receive a liberal education. Therefore, in the State University, no establishment of a principle was more distinctly laid down than that it should be uncontrolled and uncontaminated ly party politics, and that, while the great truths of Christianity should be taught and enforced there, no sectarian bias or interference should be tolerated. All honor to such prin ciples, and to the men who carried them out ! ITS ENDOWMENTS. The General Assembly of North Caro lina has always acted the step-mother's part to the University. What has been given to it by that body has been given sparingly and grudgingly. At the begin ning nothing was done beyond endowiDg it with certain doubtful debts due the State, all escheated property, and subsequently all confiscated property ; of this latter source of revenue the Trustees were soon after divested. So that if aid had not been promptly and generously given by private munificence it would have been long years before the Institution could have struggled into existence. It is a principle in human nature to value that most for which we sacrifice most. If the people of North Carolina had been made to pay a good round sum early for the support of their University, ever since its foundation, love of it, and veneration for it, and a zealous care for its welfare and reputation, would have grown with their growth, and guarded it as with walls of adamant. At the very first meeting of the Trustees Col. Benjamin Smith (who had been an aid of Gen. Washington, and subsequent ly Governor of the State), gave the Insti tution twenty thousand acres of Chickasaw land. Major Charles Gerard, who had also served through the war, and who was childless, adopted the newly born child of the State, and bestowed on it property to the value of S40,000. Gen. Thos. Person, the old Chief of the Regulators, gave 1,025 . nit a. in cash towaras tne erection 01 tne nrsc buildings. This gift was the most imme diately valuable of all, as there was little or no money in the country. These three men were the earliest, and remain yet the most munificent patrons of Chapel Hill, and their names, not descending to ns through any of their blood, are preserved in Person, Gerard and Smith Halls among the University buildings, and will be fra grant in the State as long as the love of letters remains among us. There were doubtless many men in North Carolina at that dav richer than either of these. But they preferred a different investment of their money. WThere now are their names, and what has become of their real es tate? The ladies of Newbern, in token of their interest in the undertaking, presented a quadrant, and some years later, the ladies of Raleigh a pair of globes. I have seen the letter addressed by the Raleigh ladies to the Trustees on the occasion, written by the elegant pen of Mrs. Winifred Gales and signed by some dozen or more who were then prominent in "Raleigh society. The paper was worn and discolored, and the gentle signatures much faded by time, but the generous impulse and the intelli gent interest in a noble undertaking were still fresh and striking. ITS BEGINNING. What led to the choice of Chapil Hill for tbe location of the University is a question I have never beard definitely an swered. Gov. Swain himself, who knew about most thincs than any other man in the State, never could say. The story is, tho Committee appointed te de termine the site, traveling through the up lands of Orange, stopped at Chapil Hill to lunch, and taking their refection at the foot of the great Poplar which now stands in the campus, fell bo in love, under these benignant circumstances with the beauty of the spot, that they resolved to look no further. Chapel Hill was certainly a local habitation, and had a name before the days of the Revolution, for tbe ruins of a Chapel of the Church of England were plainly visible forty years ago 011 a lot then belonging to Dr. Mitchell. The house own ed and occupied for so many years by old Mrs. Nunn must have been a roadside tav ern very near, if not in Revolutionary times. Whatever determined the choice, it must be allowed to have been fortunate. The situation is central, elevated, retired, and healthful. And how beautiful ! Its hills nnd groves and glades are indeed fit I loved haunt of tha Musts sacred to all j gentle aud classic oompanionship. Whoever livel there that dil not love the very nir that breathes over it, or left it without pangs of regret ? What ftnde.nt of all its hundreds, has ever fa i ltd to cast a longitg, lingering look back towards it. or has ever ceased to thitjk lovingly of thai .Mi h tiuav when be trod its walk or re! mod '.iimI er the shade of its oaks. The bu&iuefas of edueut'ou iu tlu; Uni versity was begun early m 179o, seventy four years ago. Hi n ton James, of Nw Hanover, was the first student. Tho first instructors were the Rev. David Kerr, it graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, Pro lessor of Languages ; Mr. Charles Harris. Mecklenburg, a graduate of Princeton, Professor of Mathematics, and Mr. y. A. Holmes, Teacher iu the Preparatory De partment. The two Lileary Societies, the Dialectic and tho Philanthropic, were organized that year. The Dialectic numbering twenty seven members the Philautrhopic twelve. Next year the Phi's numbered seventeen and tho D's thirteen. Here it may be said that thesa Societies have exerted a marked influence in the University, and have been of the greatest service in stimulating the literary ambition, and forming tho tastes of the young men. A generous rivalry has always existed between them, which Dr. Hooper in the inimitable ' Fifty Years Since " says was manifested in hu day abont 1804; in this way, that when one So ciety got a new book the other was sure to procure a copy of the same, only if pos sible, more handsomely bound. ITS EIRST PBESIDENT, Joseph Caldwell, was a New Jersey man, and a graduate of Princeton. In 17'JD he was Tutor at Princeton. He was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Chapel Hill in 17'JO, in the place of Prof. Harris, who had known him at Princeton, aud by whose re commendation he was chosen here. Dr. Caldwell was singnlarly well fitted to be the frst President of a new College. no. 2. its first president. A great literary festival was hold at Princeton last Fall on occasion of the inau guration of their new and distinguished President, Dr. McCosh, and the Alumui of tbe old College were gathered from all parts to assist in the solemnities, and to rejoice in the prosperity of their Alma Mater. Two graduates of the class of 1793 were present ! Bending with years and honors, these venerable men were saluted by tho vast assemblage with reverence and enthusiasm. One would like to enquire what are their recollections Jof the young and obscure man who was their Tutor at Nassau Hall seventy-four years ago, who became our first President, acd who was destined in the Providence of God to play an important part in our State, and to have his name handed down with reverence to distant generations. Whether or not he impressed his associates at that early age with any distinct sense of his superiority, it is certain that Dr. Caldwell was a re markable man, and singularly well fitted to bo the frst President of a new Univer sity. ITIS APPEARANCE. In ti lirst place he was a man to mag nify hio olSce. Ho had a high sense of the dignity of Letters, and never forgot what was due to his position. Though not above the middle b ight, his appearance and manners were impressive, formed in the old echool of dignified and formal courtesy. His eyes were dark and pene trating, overhung by bushy eyebrows ; his dress was always neat, precise and hand some. He looked the President and thorough gentleman. He was perhaps something of a martinet in his notions of authority and discipline, though this was always tempered with be nignity and kindly allowance. No man could be in Dr. Caldwell's company with out at once acknowledging that here was a man to be respected and deferred to be yond ordinary limits. He was well known to be an ardent and untiring student, his tactes inclining him to the exact sciences, though his classical attainments wero also extensive and accurate, no was an admi rable Latinist. HIS CHARACTER. A man however may be a gentleman and a fine scholar, and yet make a very poor presiding ofiicer. Wo caunot look at what Dr. Caldwell alone aud unaided did in the early years of this century, for the strug gling infancy of the University without feeling that he possessed other qualifica tions more rare than those which mark the close and successful student. Ho had very great administrative ability, and the power to inspire unlimited confidence in all who approached him. His integrity was known to bo inflexible; he was utterly fearless in the discharge of duty; his bare word had the authority of an oath. I can scarcely imagine the indignant scorn with which he would have repelled any sugges tion of underhand dealing or intrigue more especially for hi3 own interests. All men felt instinctively that a moan or self ish thought was never harbored in his breast; that he was iu the fullest sense of the word what we in these later days would call reliable. Added to this power of impressing and controlling others. Dr. Caldwell had great intuitive sagacity iu judging of character, and in operating on those around him. Bat what most distinguished him perhaps in that day of small things in North Caro lina, was his far-seeiDg and liberal views of internal improvement and plans for the public good. He was in many things sin gularly ahead of his generation. A man who looked far beyond aad over the nar row agitations of the day, aud thought for posterity. THE ' CARLTON LETTERS. It has been now ten or fifteen years since I saw Gov. Swain with a copy of Dr. Cald well's 44 Carlton Letters " in his hand let ters written forty or fifty years ago to the people of North Carolina on tho impor tance and advantages of Railroads, and now forgotten, but which would do good if iu circulation now. Gov. Swain loved to speak of them and point out their ex cellencies. There is a homely humor and force of illustration, a plain way of putting the argument, with such evidence of keen and sagacious observation of the common people, their ways and their wants, as we rarely see in a close student and man of letters. In those points they are not un like Sydney Smith's admirable lectures to the poor of hi3 parish. One of these letters, I think, took the form of a dialogue. The old hard-hearted farmer is shown the advantage of quick re turns for his crops, and the advantage of a variety of crops on his little farm. Charles the eon is told how, instead of lounging and yawning away his odd hours round the country store or tavern, learning to drink and talk politics, he might easily acquire skill in some light handicraft, to be carried on in the interests of farm work say basket-making baskets made from rosiers crown on. the creek side and shipped to ' Newbern and Beaufort uer railroad, and I sold directly. While the girls, Polly and I Betsey, would sd ready sale in the same market for their knitting, and weaving, and butter and cheese: Thus profits are shown to flow in through a dozen small chanueis before unthought of toil is sweetened, life invigorated and brightened, iud advaut; gained everyway. " Fmm th mountains to Beaufort" was Dr. Cald-wj-U'h great idea and as many eide branch es as you please. There are plenty of farm ers iu iho State to-day who would do well to read those letters penned by the first President of the University for their fath ers and grandfathers. WHAT HE DID FOR THE, UNIVERSITY. When Dr. Caldwell came to North Caro lina its so-called University was little more than a grammar school. Its resources were far from corresponding- to the magnitude of its plan. People had relapsed from their first enthusiasm and were comfortably set tled in the belief that with so many thou sand acres of wild land, and bo many inde finite wails and strays conferred on it by the Legislature, its future was secure. Its pretensions, however, were in reality very liu mole, lint two instructors were em ; ployed, the ecalo of studies exceedingly contracted, and thj patronage slender. The population of the country was rude and uncultured, aad the young men un trained and impatient of restraint. Among Dr. Caldwell a early associates were men of loose principles and habits, infected with the infidelity of the day, which the French revolution had made fashionable. There was very much to try the patience aud tho feelings ot one to whom was entrusted the task of maintaining discipliuo and giving instruction. For the first nine years of its existenco uo ouo of tho officers of the University was distinguished as President. But Dr. Citldwell, immediately on his entrance in to the Faculty, became its master spirit, and was the presiding Professor till 1804, when he was formally elected President. It is very clear that upon the character of the President more than any other man connected with the University, hung its life and reputation. It wa3 for him alone to digest and arrange the course and meth ods of instruction and plan of discipline. It was hia part to lay broad and deep the foundations of morality and reverence for the christian religion so that they could never again bo disturbed a lack of which care has well nigh proved fatal to the exis tence of the Universities of sister State?. It was for him to manage its resources to secure the co-operation of his colleagues, the veneration of his pupils, and the entire confidence of the Board of Trustees, and the people of the State. A hird. but no ble task for a young man. Dr. Caldwell threw himself into the work of building up the University with all the energy and resolution of his character. He did not spare himself. His reputation as a scholar, and instructor, and discipli narian steadily advauced, and with it tho patronage of the public, until in 1811 it was found that new buildings and ampler facilities were needed to accommodate the increasing numbers. Tho Legislature, in it3 wisdom, had by that time withdrawn one of the sources of tho revenue at first bestowed, and refusing further assistance, Dr. Caldwell appealed to the private mu nificence of the people of the State. He spent the vacations of this year traveling over a portiou of North Carolina, and so liciting aid. So generally was he respect ed, and so great was the confidence felt in his administration, that he obtained the sum of 12,000 in a short time, and with this was onabled to complete the South Building, which had stood for several years but a story and a half high, and un roofed. Thence forward the success of the University was beyond doubt. CHAPEL HILL IN DR. CALDWELL'S TIME. A body of Professors began to gather around the President who would have given reputution to any College in the land,, and who strengthened and upheld his administration in every way. A socie ty began to form in Chapel Hill which naturally expanding with the growth of the village, was yet guarded by the .conserva tism of tho College, and possessed a prestige of its own ; a society in which by the pro longed lives of its heads, two generations were closely linded, so that it came down to this day unimpaired in tone, yet eleva ted and improved by the culture of the day ; a society that has only lately been broken up and dispersed for ever, but the like of which North Carolina will not soon see again. Such communities are the liuit of long years of cultivation, the growth of more than one generation. A liecipe Worth one Thousand Dollars, The Ohio Cultivator says recipe is worth $1,000 to the following every house- keener : Take one pound of sal soda and a half pound of unslp,cked lime, and put them in a gallon of water, boil twenty minutes, let it stand till cool, then drain off and put in a small jug or jar, soak your dirty clothes over night, or until they are wet through, then wring them and rnb on plenty of soap, and in one boiler of clothes well covered with water, add one tea cup full of tbe washing fluid ; boil half an hour briskly, then wash them thoroughly with suds, rinse, and your clothes will look bet ter than by the old way of washing twice before boiling. This is an invaluable re cipe, and every poor, tired woman should try it. An Expedition to Cuba. In our local columns will be found the fall details of the sailing of a large stea mer, supposed to bo the Arago, from this port, with nearly a thousand armed men on board, to help the Cubans in their revolt against the Spanish power. This is really startling news. Everything was done openly. The vol unteers went oa board the s,eHmship with their muskets over their shoulders, after having partaken of a dinner at a public hotel. There was no attempt made by the United States authorities to put a stop to the expedition, although the administra tion must have been aware of it, as rela tives of some of the young men on board telegraphed to Secretary Fish to have the vessel stopped. Tho United States authorities here ex cuse themselves on the ground that, as President Grant has as yet issued no neu trality proclamation, they are not supposed to know that any insurrection prevails in Cuba or anywhere else. Heretofore it haa been the invariable practice Of our Presi dents, when any filibustering expedition was on foot, to promptly announce the in tention of the administration to enforce the neutrality laws. That President Grant has so far neglected to do so is, to say the least, significant. ' If other expeditions are allowed to de part in the same way as that, which sailed in the Arago yesterday, a war with Spain cannot be very far distant. ' ' I f,;U . -t - , - i r N. Y. World. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Cor. of the Baltimore Gazette. Loyal, Civil and Military Leagues and t'nloui-Tlteir Keeognltlon by President Grant and the mm I which they are to be put The Imperialist and an Im perial Government Drifting A fore tkadowlag ot" what may yet come to ia Sevreiary Doric and what the Newark Journal Says of Him A Quota tion from the Imperialist Boston and Ita Peace .Tubller Ita New Coliseum, and a Commentary on It A JDeaerter and Ilia lSeward Foreign Relations. Washington, May 0, 18G9. Tho organizations known as the "Loyal Union League," the "Grand Army of the Republic," and the " Soldiers and Sailors' Union " are recognized here to vital and progressive bodies. A delegation of one or more of these infernal conspiracies, un der the lead of Governor Geary, of Penn sylvania, has lately waited upon General Grant, and was " cordially received " by him, according to the official party organ. These pestiferous combinations have here tofore been considered as aiming, more particularly if not exclusively to control appointments to office. Sd long as they confined themselves to this business no one uaw proper to object. It had long since been a foregone conclusion that the Uni ted States was to be represented in all its relations by the vilest of its population. But it seems these organizations are look ed to by the Government as adjuncts and willing helpers in more important affairs, and designed to havo direct influence in the contemplated change in the form of the Government. They are put to a two fold use. First, to show that the country is and has boen for the past eight years practically under their control, and there fore not governed by officials known to the Constitution and the laws. No worse state of things, it is conclusively argued, could possibly exist. Secondly, they aro relied upon as the physical agency to set afloat a new imperial government through which this acknowledged evil might be suppress ed ! The principle upon which the Impe rialist at New York was founded is fully comprehended in this simple statement of facts. By Radical machinations the neces sity of a strong government has been made apparent ; by Radical ambition the reme dy has been thus foreshadowed ! A slight glance at the columns of the Government's New York national organ will sufficiently show the drift of tho current along with which wo are gliding to imperialism. I have already noticed the fact that the "Imperialist" is received at the White House. I have now to say that tho organ ization of the Cabinet was inspired by direct reference la combinations having in vieic the overthrow of Uie form of our repub lican institutions, and with an eye to the means as detailed above of accomplishing that object. A single fact will perhaps snfiice to prove this: It will be recollected that Mr. Borie (a known life-long mon archist) was transferred from the Presiden cy of the Philadelphia "Union League" to tho Secretaryship of the Navy. We have now the high authority of the Newark Journal, edited by one of tho most dis tinguished men of New Jersey, to the ef fect that the moneif of Jfr. Borie largely aid ed in the establishment of the "Imperialist." What the present Administration think of our Constitution, and the manner proposed of its overthrow, may bo inferred from the language of its new organ, as follows I quote from the " Imperialist." "The fact is, that very little is left of our Constitution. We have so battered it in the hurlyburly of our national politics that its own fathers would not recognize it. Its defenders have defended it almost to pieces; but there is, nevertheless, a great deal in it which may well bear making over into the something' ncio which is to take its place, and as for the rest per haps Barnum would give something for it; we would not. In order that America may be spared the fate of other countries which have tried the rash experiment of Republi canism, and escape her impending doom of anarchy and tyranny, it is necessary that thoso who are sufficiently enlightened as to the necessities of the times in which they live should organize themselves for action. That this is to be accompli.shed bv the exislina association ice hove and be- lUve." This burg is a mere appanage of Boston. We receive all our inspiration from the " Athens of America." There is a notable jabbing just now about the " Grand Na tional Peace Jubilee," to come off there in June next. Washington will be a "desert ed village" about those days. It seems that the party of progressive ideas aro erecting a building of tremendous dimen sions in Boston to be plastered all over on the outside with placards of "Let us havo Teace" tho inside to be partly filled with twenty thousand children and one thousand musicians, including fifty horn-blowers. The managers of the con cern have, with remarkable fitness, selec ted a name for tho enormous building in which they propose to hold their orgies. It is called tho "Coliseum." The Roman structure, after which this was named, was no temple of "Peace." It was an amphitheatre, in the arena of which poor defenceless animaU were thrust, to be de voured by wild, ferocious beasts, for the gratification of the morbid appetite of tho public, in which captives of war were ob liged (as gladiators) to amuse the people by butchering each other, and finally in which, for the mere pastime of the million aires, twelve thousand Jews and Chris tians (who were forced to build it) wero given over, in a body, to thousands of hungry lions and tigers. It is, neverthe less, well named, for tho hypocritical cry of " Let us have peace " means, with such men, subjugation or butchery. But whose statue will grace tho inside of this modern "Coliseum ?" that of Grant, or the renowned Pref-ident of the " Provident Aid Society?" who starves roar seam stresses to the tunc of a shilling a day ? Allow me to make a quotation merely for the purpose of " pointing a moral.'' The Chronicle of this morning ,i.)s : "Mr. John Fishbaek. of Indianapolis, returning home in bad temper after :tn unsuccessful trip to Washington lor the parposo of get ting himself appointed postmuster of the first mentioned city, permitted himself to be run as the Democratic candidate for Mayor, and in the election on Tuesday was defeated." Moral Let the Domocrats be hereafter very chary of being iu a hnrry to reward deserters. They are coming over ia shoala by the hundreds and thousands, but let them lake pot luclc .' "Crow, Chap man, crow !" The gaffs are all ready ! Our foreign relations are becoming hourly more embarrassing. Tho Spanish journals dsf?nd the capture of tho "Mary Lowell," and deny that the British Gov ernment, at the instance of the United States, have made any demand ; on Spain for restitution. About seventy telegraph wires have been run through the Chicago river tunnel since it was opened, ; ; A Tornado aud Water Spout on the Ohio River. The Louisville Courier gives an account of a destructive hurricane that swept across Kentucky above WicklifTs landiDg, thirty five miles up tho rirer, on . Wednesday afternoon. While the Leonora was moored at the landing, about 4f o'clock, the pilot on daty saw two immense clouds come to gether a short distance off. In a few min utes a hurricane, rendered still more awful by deafening thunder and blinding light ning, rushed with indescribable fury across the river just above the landing. Imme diately on reaching the stream the fierce tornado lifted a great body of the water and hurled it along over the bank, delug icg the vicinity and exciting the utmost terror among the people. The path of the hurricane was abont a hundred yards in width. Throughout this track for miles 011 both rides of the river the devastation was complete. Houses, trees, fences, Ac, wero uptorn acd scatter ed like straws in all directions. The air was densely filled with huge limbs of trees and other fragments, and the whole region of the storm was iu a state of chaos. In tho general destruction the dwelling of a Mr. Goeshler was blown down, and that of David Hogan was completely Tazed, In the latter house were four or live persons, all of whom were more or less injured. Sid. Lee's barn aud n new dwelling near by wero unroofed. A lookout station at the landing was blown entirely away, Although the Leonora lay some distance below the line of tho main hurricane, all of her skylights wero shattered and tho glass hurled into the cabin, creating a wild panic among the passengers. If the boat had been within full range of the squall she would have gone up the spout teetotal ly. The most skilful pilot could not have saved her. This terrific blast was followed by rain that fell in torrents and flooded the whole region around. It is difficult to estimate the extent of the injury suffered by the victims of this storm, but it is cer tainly very great. Advertising as a Fine Art. The reading public have recently been made acquainted with Mr. Hem bold the "Buchu man," as he is called through his generous donation of forty thousand dollars to tho Democratic campaign fund, and still further by his offer to bet a mil lion dollars on the election of Seymour and Blair. An exchange asks and answers tho question, "Where did this man's mo ney como from ?" and says: "live years ago Hembold was a poor man, but full of business tact and shrewd ness, and resolved not to remain poor. He cast about and found the philosopher's stone in tho barrels of printing ink there was turned out from the manufactories of the north, and distributed to every portion of the country. This he availed himself of, and, by a judicious but most liberal system of advertising, chiefly in the news papers, has, in a very brief period, amass ed a fortune. Tho moro he spent tho greater his gains, until his bills now amount to hundreds of thousands, and his receipts, perhaps, millions. Nor was it a mere experiment with him. Ho gathered wisdom from the cxpeiienceof others. In casting his eye over tho business world' where ho saw a meagre few who had amass ed fortunes in a quiet sort of a wav. ho also 8a w that in nearly every instance where a man had anything worth having, and advertised it freely, ho had grown to wealth and influence in the world. Ho had, therefore, only to follow in tho foot steps of his predecesson, and he did it wisely and well." Our Cincinnati merchants have yet to learn the value and importance of judicious advertising; they have yet to be taught the truth of what Horace Greeley said long ago, that the man who paid moro for store rent than for advertising was ignorant of half his business. This is a reading ago and country, and people expect to find every thing worth knowing in the columns of a first-class daily newspaper. Cincinnati Commercial. Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun Trial of Miss Cairnes for Murder Talesmen Summoned, Belair, Harford county, Md., May 5. Yesterday was set apart by our court for the trial of Martha Jane Cairnes, indicted for the murder of Nicholas McComas, of James, but on account of the absenoe of some important witnesses, the trial was deferred until to-day. By order of the court the sheriff summoned fifty talesmen, from whom and the regular jury a jury is expected to be formed at an early hour to day. Between sixty and seventy witnesses have been summoned in this case. Attor ney Gcu. Jones assists with tho prosecu tion, and H. W. Archer, H. D. Farnandis and H. Stump, Jr., defend tho prisoner. Public opinion is divided on the matter, but rather in favor of Miss Cairnes. Tho court room during tho trial will, in all probability, bo thronged, as intense inter est is manifested by the jmblic. It will be recollected that Miss Cairnes shot Mc Comas three or four weeks ago at Jarretts ville, because of his alleged seduction of her and persistent refusal to marry her. An Important Admission. The Philadelphia North American, an intensely radical sheet, makes the follow- ing admission concerning tne nnanciai situation: " We havo for several years past boen of the opinion that very much of the trouble about getting money for tho regular pur poses of trade is clearly traceable to the immense sums invested in Government se curities, and to the fact that the interest on gold bonds is larger than can be legally obtained by loaning money on notes of hand. This has been the opinion, also, of some ot the ablest bankers and financiers in tho country, from whom, indeed, we ourselves derive it; and this belief has in duced tho various attempts to consolidate the national debt at a lower rate of inter est. Many of those who havo clamored loudest against these patriotic efforts have been themselves engulfed in bankruptcy by sudden revulsions largely owing to this ciose, while others who have escaped ruin have sustained numerous heavy losses from the same causes." 1 Plant sweet corn in hills, instead of j drills the rows to be 3 1-2 feet apart and t .-II- t . . if tr .nftlA 111110 OLIO IOOI Itptlil. A ecu v wtiv, "ears and all," and more butter than can be made from grass feed will bo the result. MAKniEIl. At Oxford, N. C, on Thursday evening. tu 23th ult., at the residence of the bride' if&er , by tbe liev. M. H. YauRhan, Oapt. Wtf. MOa8. Editor of the Tarboro Southerner, and Hl LIZZIE COOPEE, second daughter of J. v. Cooper, Esq. -
Wilmington Journal (Wilmington, N.C.)
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