Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-12-05
Incredible Punishment,


Incredible Punishment.
GA great book is great evil says an ancient wr-
ter; axiom which unfortunate Russian author
felt to his cost.
sWhilst I was at Moscow" says traveller, 8"
quarto volume published in favor of the Liberties
of the people singular subject, when consider
the place where the book printed In this work,
the iniqutous venaty of the public funconaies and
even the conduct of the sovereign, scrutnized
and censured with great freedom. Such book, and
in such a country naturally attracted general notice;
and the offender taken into custody. After being
tried in summary way, his production termed to
be libel, and he condemned to eat his words.
The singuarity of such sentence induced me 10
it put into execution scafold was erected in
of the most public streets the city the imperial pro-
vost the magistrates, physicians, and the Gar atten
ded; the book was separated from the binding, the
marg cut of, and every leaf rolled up like lottery
ticket when taken out OF the wheel. The author
then served with them, leaf by leaf, by the provost
who put them into his mouth 10 the no small diver
sion of the spectators and he was obliged to swallow
this unpa!atabe food, pain of the knout, in Rus
| STA feared than death. AS soon as the medical
gentlemen Of opinion that he had received into
his stomach, mach at time was consistent with
his safety, the angressor was sent back to prison.
and the business resumed the two following days.
After three very hearty but unpleasant meals, am
convinced by ocular proof, that every leaf of the
book was actually swallowed-Prisoners' Friend
We clip the subioned from the Hampshire Tde-
graph, published at Portsmouth, England, of the
! 18th ult.
SCREW vs. PADDLE-An interesting experiment took
place the other day, at Copenhagen, between two
steam vessels of equal size, 500 and 260 horse
! power. Each vessels engines by Maudslay, OF
London. The Hogerdenser tpaddle) carrying two
60 Founders and six 24's and the Thor (screw) car
rying fourteen 32s, dashed stern to stern, when
the Thor lowed the paddle at the rate of 810hs knots
per hour through the water in spite of the full power
applied to her paddles Being disconnected, they
then tried against strong breeze, when the screw
again had the advantage the paddle but when
they put before the wind (no sails se) the pad
die had the advantage of the TO the extent
Both vessels of similar model, the paddle being
little longer narrower, and sharper than the other
Both had their ornaments, above. and full com.
plenent Of Goals board the paddle drawing 3 fee
inches aft, and II feet forward screw, Is feet
inches aft and IA feet forward. The above is a con
vncng proof, added to the trial made some time ago
between the Rather and Bassk, that the screw is, 70
all practical purposes. better application Of powe
than the paddle; nor is it too much TO suppose tha
long will entirely supersede the latter for ocean
steam navigation.
= Modern Athens.
The modern inhabitants of Athens-perched a
b they are beside the ruins-rresistibly suggest Il
> one camp of gipsies among the ruins of Stone
S henge. The contrast is just about as great and tn
relation of modern TO ancient there quite as respeca
: Bile. Or if you prefer a commercial illustrations wou
o which Europe has put King Otho as kind of g ma
in possession" There is sort of tawdry semi Tur
kish semi French seednesS about these street
which inspires with profound melancholy and dis
r gust. There is muddy palm-tree growing at the en-
s trance of the main street in consumptve manner
false life like the life round about. And there sian
r for and ever brown and ghostlv the temples
the old time, beside which this said life with its noise
falsity, and petness goes busting kind of arak
5 that life round the noble death there-a wretch
n ed wake over the dead queen.
3 HlNDoo WIDOW BuRNINGs-The last number {
the London Quarterly RerieV has some interestin
d facts upon this subject. Until lately widow burning
have prevailed occasionally among nineteeR millions
who partially under British control, and contiT
ually among twenty one millions. who indeper
II dent allies But recently, British! officer Major Luz
- low has convinced one of the most influential Hndo
= High Priests, not only that widow burning was n,
= enjoined by their sacred DO as, upon the suppose
> authority OF which it practised but that infer
y entialy they would have denounced it if it had ext
ted when they We're written, since ii promised etern
= felicity with their husbands, to widows hung chas
ly, whereas Sueesm required them to die with hu
bands in order 10 enjoy the the bliss of Paradise Col
sequeny, the High Priest issued manifesto, decla
of ing that the " self mmoation of widows was less meT
torous than the living suffice of chastity and elevation
The reform spread rapidly, and the weight of law
ing added to it, Hindoo selfmmolation has no
practically ceased 10 exist
Major Ludlow deserves the gratitude and admiratic
OF the civilized world
mIlkman may have a habit of stopping daily ne
the river. and not excite suspicion but when we fl
his little boy fishing for minnows in the milk Qpans,
begin 10 have our doubts.
es 1t is stated by the London Times that the Crys,
r., Palace will be preserved on its present site. T
royal commission have voted 10 pay the builders g3;
600 additional which they would not have done we
they decided 10 pull down the building. This max
R144 they have paid for the price of il if pr