Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-07-05

OUR GOVERNMENT AND SPAIN.-TOSNtUe DeW0hN
for the Prisoners. Sc,-A special dispatch from
Washington to the Philadelphia North American,
dated on Friday. says
'Authentic advices of the latest dates from Cuba,
not of satisfactory character. Gen. Campbell
had not received official copy of Mr.. Clayton's
instructions of the 1st of June but in possession
of copy sent by telegraph to Mobile, which
imperfect. Upon this unofficial copy and others in
the newspapers he had made request for the
lease of the Contoy prisoners which has not been
acceded to-
UNLESS an arrival should, within few days,
bring news of change Of purpose the part of the
Captain General after the receipt and presentation
by General Campbell of his official dispatches, the
President will make positive demand for their lib
Grafton. The Vixen is now being fitted out for the
purpose, and Commodore Morris, or Commodore
Warrington, will be sent out to assume the command
the squadron.
1.-The President will not permit New Mexico to
be overrun taken possession of by Texas until
Congress has decided that the territory does not be-
long to the United States.
enclosures will be instituted ard doubtless indict-
ments found, against the Cuban expeditionists in
New York, as against those of New Orleans"
PAINE's GAS ExPLoDED.-The long and painful
anxiety in regard to Mr. Paines great discovery for
producing light and heat from water, is at length
most painfully relieved. The Journal of Commerce.
of Thursday afternoon, says:
"A party composed of distinguished chemists from
this city, Princeton and Boston, and other gentlemen
Interested met at Worcester a day two since, to
examine the apparatus constructed by Mr.. Paine to
illustrate mis- alleged discovery of new method Of
manufacturing gas. Mr.. Paine left town on the ap-
preach of these gentlemen but his brother remained
to do the honors. They first visited the machine at
the Exchange which remains in the :damaged"
condition to which we alluded last week. They then
adjourned to his house. where the gas is shown burn
ing and succeeded in detecting the trick by which
visitors have heretofore been deceived They will
furnish full account of the exhibition in day or
two, and explode" this humbug, which has excited
such large share of public attention"
From the above, we should Judge that the process
by which the trick" accomplished, is very
nearly as described by Prof Grant in the extract
which we gave from him in article on the subject
In last Saturdays Sum- that is, by the wires which
Mr. Paine pretended were simply conductors of cleo
trcity, being in reality perforated tubes for gas al
ready manufactured to order and concealed in con-
denser in the mysterious box which Mr. P represen-
ted as containing only the magnetic machine and
other secret means by which he decomposed the wa
ter and produced such an incredible amount of gas
therefrom.-Vlve Ia bagatelle.-Balt. Sun.
LAcKAwANA Iron woRKs.-The New York Tribune
says: " The great iron works of the Messrs Scran-
tons are now making forty tons of railroad iron Der
day. while no other in the Union is known to
be making solitary rail. This iron is of such ex-
cellence that the makers sell it easily at seven dol
lars per ton advance on the price of merchantable
English rails
Here is another precious acknowledgment of the
prostration of the iron interests caused bv the tariff
OF 1916! 1t is not strange that while whgery all
over the country is bewaling the ruinous operation
of the tariff, statements similar to the above will oc
casonally slip into the honest of the federal
prints AHentorn Pa Democrat.
THE COFFEE TRADE OF ENGLAND-Tbe Board of
Trade, Tables Of Trade and Navigation for the month
ending 9th May, and the four months ending at the
same period, have just reached u.s. The first imnor
tant object which strikes u.s. is the continued decline
IN the consumption of Coffee, whilst however the
importations are increasing We NAV notice that
the Importation OF the last recorded month was T.
ooo,oOl lbs this year, against only 2027O7O lbs in
the corresponding month last year, being more than
double. In the first four months there were impor-
ted 8, $500 lbs against 1908 351 lbs during the
same interval IN 1919 In the consumption hoRev-
er, there is. falling off from 297O669 lbs in tho
one month of 1849, to 1921 652 in 1850 whilst for
the hrst four months in 1849, II 1856 924 lbs were
taken tor consumption and in the present wear onIv
IOOo. 'of lbs 1t is worthy of remark that of this
quantity the deficiency in B. P Coffee is from TO-,
folzl2 lbs to g. 1872 357 lbs, whilst the quantity of
1orelgn Coffee has decreased in the much greater "a
to- from l905, 712 lbs to $685. 387 lbs The incrpas
ed use OF Chicory, by adulteration, fully accounts
lor 'hiS decrease IN the consumption of Coffee.
SHIP FENTILATIoN.-The New York papers sneak
Q, new mode for ventilating ships, invented hv
frederick Emerson of Boston The Commercial
says: ''''''- '''''
These ventilators are of two kinds-one OF them
9eihg al injector and the other an eiector of air.
Inc once OF the former is to keep up supplV of
pure atmospheric air, which is introduced at one en-
tremy OF the vessel while the impure air is drawn
up at the other by the ejeetor The machine is SIM
PIE IN It's construction and appears to be admirably
aoapted tor Its intended purpose 1t has been apped
On aotra the new steamers Atlantic and Pacific and
It's operations have given the highest satisfaction to
the commanders of those vessels