Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-02-07


great advantage in being less fettered
in their action by Government joboing and mono
poly.
Daring SHY Feat o Horsemanship.
At the stewards ordinary, at the White Hart Ho-
tel, Aylesbury after the arstocratc steepe- chases
yesterday week the conversation turning on the
feat of bring a horse up into the dining-room in
which the company were then assembled which
during the meeting of the Royal Hunt few
years ago. Mr.. Charles Symonds, of sporting noto
rety at Oxford offered to bring grey horse of his
up stairs and lead him round the table. No sooner
was this said than DONE for off he started, fetched
the animal from the stable, and very shortly an
nounced his progress by loud Gathering the old
oak staircase. In few minutes the horse was gaz-
zing the assembled company. His owner then led
him over flight of chairs, whched he jumped beau
tfuy Nothing then would satisfy the company
but that he must jump the dining tables. MIR. Fow-
er proprietor of the hotel fearing lest serious
accident might occur. as the room is of great an
tquity having been built by the Earl of Rochester
in the time of Charles H. made strong objections;
but he was overruIed, and the horse leaped
the table, everything standing. The champagne
glasses ratified, the plates quivered the candestcks
shook but nothing displaced; back again he
went clearing everything at bound; whereupon a
most ardent sportsman. Mr. Manning, of Wendover,
volunteered to ride him bare backed over, and
to the establishment of all present, he accomplished
man jock, Captain Barlowe next essayed, and man.
aged to make smash of one table with its contents
This only temporary check, for in the
face of tremendous fire and the cheering of all pre-
sent, he achieved the feat CALAMITY. It was now
time to desis and to get the horse down stairs this
was said than DONE for the stairs and pass
ges being kept polished, the gallant grey slipped
about dreadfully and was evidently afraid of the
descent At length, at the suggestion of worthy
baronet he blindfolded and thus descended into
the entrance hall but managed to break about a
dozen of the carved oak banisters in his progress
Bucks (Eng.) Chronicle.
FIVE WEEKS SICKNESS CALrFoRNIA.-We OBJ
serve, by the =" Placer Times" of the 18th Deem
ber that amongst the accounts presented for dust
aent the City Council of Sacramento is the fol-
lowing bill of expense attending the illness of the
late Mayor of the city of Sacramento who was
wounded during the squatter riot:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. %, 1850.
Hon H. Bigelow, Mayor of Sacramento city,
To J. w. STILLMAN, DR..
To cash advanced for sundries during his
illness at my house S4S0 w
To cash paid out for washing clothes soil
ed by his wounds " ............... 165 90
To five weeks of the best and largest
room in the house at 500 ........... 500 oC
To one carpet ruined by chloride of lime
used in sick room ~ W
To cash paid for pair boots ......... 16 OF
TO sundries, bandages extra candles, extra
refreshments wines &c, for self and at
PENDANTS at night, sc, five weeks ....... 500 o.
To FIVE weeks attendance Of Mrs. Stman
night and day ............ 500 VI
s2,536 o.
BAY STATE SHAwLs-The ladies will be interested
to learn that the Bay State Mills in Lawrence, ar
now running the whole of their machinery in tn
manufacture of Bay State shawls. They emplo
nineteen hundred hands, and daily use the wool G
more than three thousand sheep. This latter fact
saws the Lowell Courier, may assist the reader VIII
is unaeauainted with the details of manufacturing
in forming some conception of the immense amour
of raw material requisite to keep such vast estat
lishment in notion and the capital energy, and er
terprse engaged in it.
JESUS JupeED BY THE JEws.-Dr. Raphael of BIZ
mingham, (the same distinguished and learned ger
tleman, we suppose, who has been lecturing in TIL
country lately.) says:
While and the Jews of the present day prote
against being identified with the zealots who WEI
concerned in the proceedings against Jesus or Ma!
reth far from reviling his character OF derl
ing his precepts, which are, indeed, for the mo
part, the precepts of Moses and the prophets &c
have heard me style him, the Great Teacher
Nasareth for that designation l and the Jews tai
to be his due'
Boz IN RussIA-Dicken's bombay and Son b
been translated into Russian and published al St.
tersburgh.