Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-12-19


have been rumors here of difficulties on board the
Mississippi and some have gone so far to say, that
kossuth challenged the captain These internal
lies part of the Austrian system of calumny.
kossuth is silent any differences he speaks in the
acGrmest terms of the officers.
The difficulty was this: That old humbug of
consul at Marseilles had the impudence to tell Kos
suth, after his Marseilles address (Which, by the
way futtered the Voscans more than any thing
they have had for long tme) that he had degraded
or compromised the American flag by the address
Kossuth replied (and Capt. Long was present) that
he had accepted no conditions for his release froa
bondage although liberty was many months since
proposed to him condition he was not aware,
that in accepting the hospitality of the United States
he had bound himself 20 abdcate his convic
ton of the course which it was proper for him to
pursue; that if, however, the consul, as Ameri-
representative Or Captain Long considered such
to be the he must ask at to leave the ship
The consul, believe made apology, and matters
went before. We must not deceive ourselves
as to the aid have given. The Turkish ambassa-
dor here asked our minister, if in case Turkey was
attacked for the release by Russia and Austria he
could promise them single gun in aid-the res
ponse was a dead silence He applied to Lord Pal
merston; the reply was, You shall have the whole
British feeth and this no idle promise for in
September, 1849, it sent, and the since publish
ed instructions show, with the firm purpose to act.'
California Cows and Potatoes.
One of the best of the letter-writers from Cafor-
nia is Winchester, the correspondent of the n. Y.
Tribune. From his last we gather couple of in
teresting items for farmers -
| "A few days ago | sat down to dine with ten
others, mostly adults. large dish of potatoes
graced the table, cut in pieces before boiling Our
landady informed that there were two potatoes
| in the dish. and no more. But there was enough
and to spare On another dish was one-third of a
beet Onions often exceed pound in weight. A
cabbage at the door of a restaurant near weighs
% pounds. These vegetables not the result OF
forced culture. The soil, in many localities, can't
help producing them. Very little attention is paid
to tillage, and no is employed. am in
formed that Of the gardeners in the vicinity
applying manure, but have not seen load of that
commodity in California
Butter is retailed at so to IS cents. very small
quantity is yet produced in the country Those who
raise cows can better sell the milk at fifty cents
quart, if they live market. The native COWS
are poor mixers They are large, masculine-looking
animals, and being generally allowed to retain theil
calves for six months longer they do not willingly
submit to the regulations of the dairy. 1t requires
two or three men to milk California COW. They
set to work on horseback and first Iasso her anc
tumble her to the ground They tie her head to
post and then bind her feet together tightly in pairs
t One of the men does the milking, while another
holds the bucket, the terrified animal enduring TIT
process with the docty cross baby ex
hibits while its dirty face is scrubbed One tw
quarts of milk are the result of the operation"