Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-11-19

parents chief hope by Death has been shattered
Every remembrance reminds us of his early decay.
Farewell to thee Ashford till Ger fes road we travels
Till we finish the pilgrimage assigned us below
Then the barrier which divides shall be unraveed
And with much joy to thee and to God we will go.
Wilmington, N C., Sept. 18th, 1852.
! Celt and Saxon.
| London Journal having spoken of the late Duke
OF Wellington euloglslcaIy, as " The true type of an
Anglo Saxton." Mr.. MacElherran comes out in
lengthy communications addressed the Editor, de-
monstrang, in style so piquant and peculiar, that
F M the Duke" was 6 ON the contrary quite the
reverse Celt, and not Saxon, that the ~ Y Elk
press tempted TO quote the d6neton he gives of the
physical differences between the two races
1.-THE Celt,'' says Mr. McElherran, g has long
Uranium, high and expressive features, dark or warm
complexion, spare and muscular Frame" such as
find in the Sbakspeares, Newtons. Nelson's, and We'll
lngtons. IN the Stephensons and of enterprise ;
\ IN great statesmen, authors artists, &c. q" Go in
to any learned or illustrious assembly in the king
DOM" adds Mr.. McElherran. " and you will find
nine tenrhs of them having the Celtric oh gsiquen
From long and careful examination" he is as
certaned TO be faxen haired bullet headed, piggy
ed, hngefaced, long backed, ot-bellied, bad-egged
stupid, slavlsh, numbering, suky boor, whose moral
state is disgrace and regret 10 England" Their uni
torm'ty of complexion and figure; their obesity,
their weak legs and scanty figure. their small brain in
proportion TO the long spine and large flat face,
marks Of inferiority."
/ TELEGRAPH.c ENTERpR1sE.--The enterprise of
bringing the Old and New Worlds within four or FIVE
days communication with each other, through the
powerful agencies of steam and electricity, is likely to
be soon brought TO consummation. The capital for
the Newfoundland Electric Telegraph connecting New
York with Cape Race, has already been subscribed
and the completion of the line is promised early in the
comming summer The line will be fifteen hundred
miles long, one hundred and fifty miles of which will
be submarine. Commencing at Cape Race, it crosses
the Island OF Newfoundland thence, by submarine
line of one hundred and forty miles, the Gulf
OF ST. Lawrence. and, traversng Prince Edwards Is
land, by another submarine line reaches Cape Tor
mentin, in New Brunswick, from whence its course
is direct to New York At Cape Race steam yacht
will intercept the European and New York steamers,
gather from them the most important intelligence and
transmit with the speed Of electricity TO its destination
The completion OF the project conemplates the run
ming OF line of steamers to and from some port on
the Irish coast, from whence line of telegraph will
communicate with London.
from Mexico.
New ORLEANS, Nov. 1O.-Latest advices from
Mexico state that the U. S. Steamer Powhatan with
Judge Conkln on board, reached Vera Cruz on the
1st November. The steamer Fulton with the Com
, missoners appointed to investigate the Gardner
claim, arrived at Vera Cruz the same day. Nothing
; had been done relative to Tehuantepec. The
luton was becoming more formidable A radical
change in the policy of the government antic-
) pated. movement was on foot for revising the
Constitution. the election of new President and
the recall of Santa Anna.
ARREST BALTIMORE MAIL RoBBER-PH1LA-
DELPH1A, Nov. l1.-Mr. Horlbrook agent of the
Postofce Department, arrested here to-day the per-
petrator OF several mail rebberes committed at Bal
tmore. The prisoner is John w. Comegys, employed
as conductor of the express train on the Baltimore
and Philadelphia Railroad. He cut open the pouch
at different times, at Baltimore, and took possess
sion of drafts contained in letters which he de.
stroyed.
The prisoner acknowledges his crime and con-
fesses to have destroyed many drafts that he knew
could not be converted into money. He found no
money in the pouches.
Q BRITISH INCOME AND ExPENDITUREs-A Parlia-
mentary paper has ust been printed, showing the
public income and expenditure of England for
the last three years. ended the 5th of January.
The income respectively EST 647. 392, Est, 43I
1885, and 956,834,7ll, while the expenditure was in
the three years as follows In $780, 955. 480656,
+ leaving surplus of income of 92l66836; in 1851,
954 1888 534, leaving surplus of income of e2 493-
262, and in 1852, 954 002 995, leaving surplus in
e come of G2, 83l.7l6. The expenditure on account
Of the army, navy and ordnance in the year ended
e the 5th of January last, was ETA 573,856 The
charges of the collection of the and excise
e last year FL 30O679. The total charge of col
lecting the revenue in the year go, 708. 1876
IS There has been repaid into the Exchequer on &C.
count of King Leopold's annuity, 936,OOO. Last
year G146 392 was expended on the account of the
v abolition of slavery-984, 1862 as bounty on slaves
ELS: $50 to the commissioners TO prevent trafck in
slaves and e46, 4S4 bills drawn on account of cap
q tured slaves.
e Last year the expenses on account of the British
n Houses of Parliament amounted to Gl54.987. O
IF which f5,0O0 was the Speakers salary; G91 ,50(
the salaries and expenses of the officers of the TIVE
e Houses of Parliament, and 953,3 1877 for printing.
n L1BERIA-The fact that the American COLOMBIA
1t ton Society intended sending out ITS colored emf
1t grants in vessel which to leave Norfolk va
5 on the 4th instant being announced the number O
aSnd wh
e from North and South Carolina. One hundred AM
i twenty five from Norfolk and its vicinity. Tn
is company having actually promised passages to a
many as $50. is now preparing to send out two YES
ID ses of which will leave Norfolk on about tn
Id 18th instant and the other Wilmington (N c.
about the 20th.-Nat. Intetigencer.
. Rg~The Worcester Spy in reporting speech O
70 Judge Washburn, whig makes him say, after be
70 wailing the Scott defeat, that .he tchig banne