Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-04-23

oWIss RlDIcULE OF THE PRINCE PREsIDENT.-A
new owIss question also engages public attention 1t
appears that the people OF Basic their carnival frol
KS exhhited still more shocking irreyerence for the
lhe Prlncc President of the French republic than the
burghers Of Client have done. monkey, dressed up
~ generals uniform, with large nose and black
houslacnols was paraded through the streets repre-
sent Louis Napoleon, escorted by an immense
course OF people ornamenied with asses ears. These
followers were supposed TO be French citizens The
crowd sang republican songs into which couplets,
turning the President into rdicule were introduced for
Inc occasion. Some officers of the cavalry in garrison
al Hnnnigue proposed TO get horse whips TO chastse
me Insolence of the reveers but they were advised
hat II would not be prudent and they RETAINED. What
makes the matter worse is that the whole affair was
known and arranged week before hand and the po-
lice OF balse carefully absained from interfering -
Satisfaction has been demanded by the French Gov
eminent.
Spell murder backwards, and YOU have its cause -
spell red-rum IN the same manner, and you have its
Effects
Not single instance, says the historian Nehuhr,
can be produced OF ii really savage people which has
become civilized OF lis accord and where civil
Za;lon has been forced on such people from with
out The physical decay of the lace has ensued
GREAT SLAUGHTER IN CHINA.-A late Canton pa
per records great slaughter of government troops
near Yung- gun-chow, by the rebel army About
10000 soldiers and more than 60 officers were slaugh-
tered
4 contemporary adTertises for horse 81 for Ia
d. of dark color good trotter and of styIish ac-
ton" The horse s. must be young, and have long
tail, about fifteen hands high"
The man who kicked by saw-horse last
week, was obliged to submit to an amputation =
His trousers legs were taken off just above his boots
His case is sad one.
Upon coming into the office the other day, we
asked the " devils his rule for punctuation Said
he, g set up as long as hold my breath, then
put in comma; when gape, insert semicolon
when sneeze, colon and when | want another
chaw OF tobacco, | make paragraph We cannot
withhold these rules admirable for their smnli-
city, from tile public.
MONEY DRUG--"I don't know what do with nv
money" said gentleman 10 this morning. 81
can sell certain lot of stocks, day. and realize a
profit Of ten thousand dollars but don't know what
do with The money! Out of pure compassion we Of
ered 10 take small pile to which he promptly assent
ed, at the rate OF per cent per annum Hasn't the
" good time that has been so long coming, come
~ 7. Mirror.
LATER FROM CHINA-IIoNG KoNG DESTROYED
Loss $4,000, 900 The bark William Watson, arr
we'd at San Francisco from Hong Kong, brought thu
intelligence of most disastrous conAagration there
which destroyed nearly the whole city. Hundreds o.
lives, it is SAID were lost and every newspaper office
was destroyed. The public market was DESTROYED
and much suffering the result The total loss was
Put at $4,000, 900.
Love makes one half of every man foolish and the
other half cunning.
Belgian journal states that the accumulation O
bullion in the Bank OF Amsterdam is so great that thu
floor of the cellar has given way, and has been founl
necessary to remove the money to the royal palace