Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-05-28

RoBBERY-On Wednesday night last about
9 o'clock, P NJ, the house of Francis James
of this town, was broken into by negro, as
is supposed, and robbed of about thirty dollars
in money MIR. James was at church when
the robbery was committed. 1t has not been
discovered as yet who the perpetrator of this
act is
GEN DRoMGooLE-In the Petersburg Re-
publican of Monday, we find letter written
by the late distinguished Geo. C. Dromgoole,
in which he gives a history of his family
Mr. Dromgoole says that his father was an
Irshman born in Sligo-that he emigrated to
this country while very young. He was bro't
up to the trade OF Weaver, but on his arri-
val in this country, he applied himself to the
tailoring business, at which he worked for
many years-that the thmble he used is still
preserved in the family-that he afterwards
bored for 60 years of his life He states that
he was at Halifax, n. c., preaching, when
the news of the Declaration of independence
reached that place, and that he read it to the
congregation from the stand, at the request Of
Willie Jones, Esq, and other distinguished
patriots of that town. General Dromgoole
was the youngest child of this good and pious
man.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.-We see 1t
stated in several of the English papers, in al
luding to the generous aid which has been so
timeously sent from this country to Ireland,
that it has chiefly been forwarded by Irish
men (born) who have made large remittances
to their relatives in the Green Island of the
Ocean, either for the purpose of aiding them
there, or of enabling them to emigrate to this
country. This statement is very wide of the
truth, as we know of our own knowledge
North Carolina has sent thousands of dollars
in cash and large amounts of provisions; and
we will venture to assert, that nine tenths OF
the whole has been the voluntary subscription
of men who were bound by no ties to that
beautiful but unhappy country, save those
which the suffering of their fellow beings i'm
pose upon every feeling, generous heart.
m+Our attention has been called by friend,
to the attempts which are being made by the
Federalists, to create the impression that the
! Administration had or has resolved to lay vi
client hands upon the Church property IN
Mexico This is an entire mistake. What
| first started the idea, was an article IN the I'm
ion, limiting at the sequestration ofthe Church
property during the war The Union urged
this course, in as much as the Church was
furnishing the Me&icans with the sinews OF
war, and thereby retarding the period when
we otherwise might reasonably expect peace
For our own part we see nothing wrong IN
the suggestion of the Union. Be that as il
may, however, in subsequent article Mr.
Richie, (the editor of the Union,) expressly
states that the first article was written with
out any consultation with any member of the
Cabinet. Indeed, that the suggestions then
made, are at variance with the views of one
and all of the members of the Administration
So much for this piece of Federal ''thunder.'
THE AMERICAN PRESS IN Mexico There
are now eight newspapers published in the
English language by Americans, within the
borders of the Republic of Mexico. Truly
the press is a powerful instrument in the
hands of free people.
H-We see from an extract of a letter dated
Madeira, 25th April, and published in the N
Y. journal of Commerce, that the inhabitants
OF that Island are suffering dreadfully for the
want of the necessaries of life. The lettei
says that there is not one grain OF Indian Corn
in the market, and that Flour is selling at $24
a barrel The cause assigned is the failure o.