Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-01-18


West Indies Guiana and Bermuda. 100000
Australia Colonies and New Zealand 250,O0O
India .... 49, -. '':' ooo'ooO
Cape Good Hope, Sierra Leone, Liberia 500'O0O
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The French language is spoken by about thirty
five millions; the German forty millions the Russian
forty-two millions. Now, from this tabular state
ment of the present, let turn to the future. We
know by mathematical certainty, that unless some
unusual dispensation Of Providence shall occur,
own race in America, in eighty years, will number
two hundred and forty millions; and that there is
nothing to human view to prevent their gradual
spread through the whole American continent. AS
the French Dutch Swedish and Spanish have dlsap-
peared as far as the Rio Grande, all others will
vanish as far as Cape Horn
CoNUNDRUM-s'I say, Glenn" said one darkie to
another, "can you told me why a niger is neber
dead broke p
sNo, Ginger" said Glenn, q I don't know, and dar-
fore draps de subjec widout spression"
"Well, den," returned the other darkie, "Fl tell
you why niger is neber dead broke it's bekase
he's always got scent about ST him
it's bad SCENT so de niggers dead broke, arter all "
CooL-The following mirth-provoking anecdote
may suggest moral perhaps, if the reader has wit
enough to find it out:
An nfrm old gentleman was found by a rogue
moaning sadly at something lost.
What's the matter, sir p said the fellow.
ooh, sir villain just stole my gold laced hat from
my head and ran away with it."
| WWhy don't YOU run after him ?" asked the rogue.
| Bless your heart sir, can't run at i can
hardly walk"
"The deuce you CAN'T said the rogue d" and he
stole your hat q
| Yes, he did, sir!'
"And you can't run q
''No not rod"
Nor catch the thief 2"
" No. not at a snals gate
-" Then here goes for your wig" and accordingly
pulling off that thatch for the head the fellow went
like shot, and the old man left bald as coot-
New AMERICAN NAVAL STEAMERs-There are
now building for the American Navy four steamers,
Powhattan, Susquehanna, Saranac and San Jacinto.
The first at Norfolk, the second at Philadelphia, the
! third at Portsmouth. N. H. and the last at New
York. The first two are $50 feet long. and IS feet
BEEN the last two are 1876 feet long, and 81 feet
beam. The first two have side wheels, and two in
clned engines, each with cylinders 20 inches dame
ter and 10 feet stroke the third has side wheels,
and two inclined engineers with 60 inch cylinders,
9 feet stroke; and the fourth has a propeller and
two inclined engines working the ship; with
cylinders 60 inches in diameter feet inches stroke.
The first load of Cotton by the Granville and Co.
lumbia Railroad, came down On Saturday last. A
freight proceeded up the track to the plantation
of JOHN D. FROST Esq. and returned with eighteen
bales The work is still progressing fnely-the iron
being laid down as fast possible.
Columbia Telegraph.
MATRIMONIAL SpEcULAT1oN-Some years ago,
when all the world mad upon lotteries the cook
of middle-aged gentleman drew from his hands the
savings of some years. Her master curious to know
the cause, learned that she had repeatedly dreamed
that certain number was a great prize, and had
bought it. He called her fool for her pains, and
never omitted occasion to tease her upon the sub
Iject. One day, however, the master in the
paper that the number actually prize of$100-
900. Cook was called up-a palaver ensued-had
each other NAL VnaTS-lOth to naPt Sc in
short, he proposes marriage, and is accepted They
were married the next morning, and as the carriage
took them from church, the following dialogue took
place:
"Well, Molly two happy events in one day. You
have married, trust good husband. You have
something else. But first let ask you where your
lottery tickit is q
"Molly, who thought he was beginning banter
on the old subject, replied
Don't ye say any more about that thought
how it would bel never should hear the end ont
so sold it to the baker for fUe dollars profit! You
needn't make any more fuss about that"
SOMETHING FOR THE GIRLs.-Somebody has taken
the trouble to collect statistics from the United States
England, Ireland and Scotland, on which is based a
calculation of the chances of marriage woman has,
at different periods of her lfe taking one hundred
the whole number IF chances she gets of marrying,
The one hundred chances distributed follows:
Between the ages of fifteen and twenty 149
twenty and twenty five, So twenty-five and thirty,
IS thirty and thIty-fve, 81 thirty-fve and forty,
81 forty and fortyfve, q forty-fve and fifty, Ii
fifty and ffty-G7e, ffty-fve and sixty, / over
sixty-fve one-tenth of chancen
Young women should attentively study this table
and regulate their conduct towards their suitors by
it. Before twenty they be as captious as they
please, for their best chance has not come yet. Be
fore twenty-five they pick and choose but after
thirty their chances diminish in frghtful ratio and
the sooner they secure husband the better.
A D1sAPPoINTED GREAT MAN EM1GRATINe.-The
Fort Smith Herald learns from a gentleman who re-
sides in the Seminole country that the great Semi
mole chief WILD CAT is making arrangements to re-
move with party of his nation-his adherents-to
Mexico The cause it is supposed is in consequence
of his popularity and influence being on the Wane
among his countrymen.