Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-10-18

CALIFORNIA CosTUMEs.-A correspondent of the
Newark Daily News gives us the particulars of the
California costume at the mines They are yery in
teresting. but we doubt whether they are as aecu-
rate as the following
Morning Dress Nothing very new in morning
dresses Blouse with slashed Sides and black belt
trimmed : with coteaur de chasse and revolvers
PAmer1cGfne. Shoes the strongest Butchers, with
iron heels and hobnails as big fists The only or
nament powder flask or butchers steel: the on
ly walking stick, light carbine. No gloves
1t is generally the fashion, for party exceeding
SIX 60 travel about the country with a small eight
FOUNDER, which affords capital amusement in the
evening amongst the natives.
= Evening Dress, for the Ball Room or the Gambling
House .-Waistcoat of shot silk. Handkerchief
hight Robespierre red Coats pale moonlig ht color
padded with horse-hair, and made as a thick, gal
vanized substance, almost impenetrable. Under
Walstcoat an elegant bulls hide. Pistols de rigaeur
court sword Light cane, with spring blade or a
life preserver, filled with lead, and gold tassels.-
Opera hat of light sheet iron.
w, CLERICAL ANEcDoTE:-"E En- penshong," as Mr..
Wagstatf would say, writes contributor to the
kmckerbocker, & in late number of the
Knlckerbocker some anecdotes of a preacher which
reminded me of like character way down East,
IN the State of Maine On occasion he en-
deaVorng to give his congregation specific idea of
the magnitude of Noah's Ark. He proceeded to tell
them how many animals went in thereat, beginning
with the smallest kind, and going up through the
various gradatons of size to the elephant then rails
Yes, my hearers, and the gre-a-eat wha-a-les went
IN, bless the Lord and there was room for all on
EN-" On another occasion, he took his text from
Revelations, sixth chapter and fifth verse; And,
beheld, and To- black horse and he that sat on
him had pair OF balances in his hand Unhappl-
y, in reading the text he mstook balances for bel
owses and went to describe what kind of bellows
they were. These bellowses,' said he, wasn't the
bellowses the housewife blows the fire with neither
g was they like them which the blacksmith uses but
| a-at eft hoI.
lowses that he blows sinners into hell with This
is strictly true and if any of your readers shall
doubt its entire authenticity, refer him to me. My
name and address accompany this notelet."
GETTING INsURED.-The Troy Post relates 'good
one of Jacob Barker the Quaker, who hearing of the
loss oone of his vessels which he had omitted
insured wrote to a broker with whom he had Spoken
on the ubject as follows:
"DEAR FRIEND :-Ifthee has not filled up the poll
cy which bespoke on Saturday, thee need not, as
B. nave heard from the vessel"
The broker in fact had not filled up the policy, blu
presumed from the tenor ofJacob note that his
was safe, and tempted by what seemed good chanc
to clutch his per centage without risk he filled it III
forthwith and sent it to Jacob with the assuranc
that 1t had been made all ready for him Saturday
On Monday morning the first thing that met his eye
3 on opening his newspaper, the loss of Jacob
vessel which he had so wickedly insured on Sunday
Then also he discovered the cunning ambiguity Q
Jacobs note" he had heard from the vessel"
ATTRACTION OF THE BorrLE-Some 'bottle-nos
whales" have been off Ireland. 1t is but fai
to infer, then, that they were pointing their nose
towards Cork.
The TiSh-American Sea- Serpent-The Irish seer
to be taking the American Sea-Serpent quite entire
Q ly' out of the hands of the Yankees 1t is Difficult
labor to mag ine an Irish-American Sea-Serpent-
The only picture we can draw of him is with shol
pipe in his mouth brandishing shillelagh with on
of his fins, shouting out, d" VIII any jintleman jus
tread upon my tail q
ID English Locatsts.-In the East they have armies
i locusts that quite darken the sun. In England, W
have no locusts, but have -gatherers for it
Of doubtful if anything could block out the light
ID efectually than the Window Tax.
N Question for Baron RothschHd.-To be asked {
h the next London election appropos of Haynau-
o Who's your friend!'
IS '' What's an a name2'-A deal of money sometime
for just take passport to the Foreign Office, an
ID you will find that you charged G2 Is. Cd, mere
" ly for putting the of Lord Pamerston upon
Ie Il Meteorological Phenomenon is very curior
coincidence which has been observed to occur wit
almost unerring accuracy, amongst meteorologic;
phenomena-more especially that branch arisin
from the difficult process of q Raising the Wnd"-
that if man has accepted BILL he is pretty sui
to evaporate on the very same day that his bill b
comes deU.
PRoFAN1TY-It is said that in California ever
body damns the streams and blasts the mounta
sides.