Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-12-23

81 Cantain Dan to shin him to tho Worlds Fair
where bets will be made that in tie exhibition OF
his peculiar parts he cat &c beat by no animal mat
goes on four legs-N @ Crescent
The WAY IcE Is FORMED AT SEA.--Capiain Scores
By in his OF the Arctic Regions, says wniie
describing The formation of ice in the open sea, thai
he has literally srow 10 conscience capaole
Of stopping the way Of ship, with BRISK wind
and this even when exnoset 10 Tie un force OF Inc
waves OF the Atlantic The surface is first covered
BIZ 4 peculiar substance called sudge.' resembling
snow which has been cast ntc The water 100 cold TO
dssnive it This smooths the surface oi the sea ae
II oil had been poure5 upon 1t. II Is composed o.
small detached CRYSTALS, which gradually unite. bat
are broken by he motion of the waves, into pieces
about three inches in diameter These pieces 0econ' /
ing thicker and siouieT again nn'le constituting Whal
is called pancake ic+. These pancakes come to- |
reher in their turn, and form cakes perhaps foot
il thickness and wards IN rcumference hen
the sea is perfectly 10Th the freezing process pio-
ceeds much rapidly haI III tnfty-eght hours
the ice viii have become capable OF sustaining a
mans weight.
Social LIFE IN BosToN We trust country
friends will not credit the various stories which arc
told with mach pathos, and we may with truth add
pathOs regard 10 the great increase OF CRIME IN Dos
ion The fact is the increase of crime In this city
has not by any kept pace with the increase OF
our population he records OF our courts SHOW, That
thirty years ago there actually crime IN pro-
portion 10 the number Of people than there is at pres
ent and this Notwithstanding the vast increase in our
foreign population # our visitors from the country
would not furnish business to officers and courts
the degree they DO al present, the result would be
still favorable TO the character Of our resident
citizens Boston Transcript
| The CONTENTS OF a n EGRo's HEAD.--The Lynch
burg Express says " not great deal h0ppens IN
Lynchhnrg, but what does happen is worth record
ing" 1t then tells Of d negro fellow arrested Sun
day night last, in the streets Of that city, and taken
to the watch house. Upon searching him they found
! hoah Tho n hlrh ado #
! battered nnepence, wooden comb, few crooked
pins, and smell of musk From his bosom they
drew forth eeuen liue chickens; and in the seat of his
panaloons they found bushel Of coal. The rumors
atloat 10 the effect that he had saddle OF mutton in
the legs of his panaloons. the editor pronouncea apo
chryphal but the above he endorses. In considera-
ton of his service he paid 80 ashes the spot,
with promise OF 80 more very
A MODEL SUBsCRIBER.-The editor of the New
Orleans Picavune, speaking of a model subscriber
! to that paper, says:
! I'VE have on our subscription list the name of one
gentleman, who has taken the Weekly Picayune ever
since 1839 and has not once during hat whole peri
cd, that We remember found fault with the appear
or contents OF the paper, complains of being
rregularIy served by the mails. He paid his first
years subscription in advance, and has not paid nny
thing SAace."
Tagging CHINESE GENERALs.-There is in the off
cia in the Pekin Gazette of progress of the
rebels, sad mixture of tragedy and farce. In one
Imperial Governors ordered up to the de-
fence of Provincial city threatened with attack One
Governor returned no answer,and another occupied ten
days IN gong four miles. Such negligence, the En-
peror remarks is truly abominable, and he forthwith
degraded The offenders to the ranks, with command
the General that if they showed signs cowardice
to behead them with one hand and write the report
OF it with the other
NATIONAL POETRY .-Haiis Efendi, Turkish poet
has written Il national hymn, in the style Of the
II
is stimulating the enthusiasm Of the Ottomans
against the Russians N extraordinary degree The
Turk has heretofore not been supposed to have much
, of the chanting cherub about him but all Turkey
is said to be sounding with the strains Of the
) new lYro.
CLERICAL JoKE.--A few years SINCE when the
Rev. DR.. Hawks, the celebrated Episcopal clergy
man. was about leaving New York for the South he
waited upon By the yestrymen cf Il small church
OF Westminster county, and urgently solicited to
take charge OF the The Reverend Doctor
gracousy received the committees but respectfully
declined the proposal, urging chief objection
that the salary though large for the parish they re.
presented, would be inadequate for his expenses,
having considerable family of small children to
educate and provide for. One of the committee re-
piled:
The LORD will take care Of them he has prom
ised TO hear the young ravens when they cry. and
to provide for them
Very true" said the reverend gentleman but
ne has not promised TO provide for the young hawks -
The JAPANEsE.--Tbe report Of the Commander of
the Russian Expeditions sent to Japan in 1852 states
that the expedition consisted OF single ship the
Prince Menchikof, Capt Linderberg, The Cap
tain was sent out to Interchange cvilites and re-
sto number Of Japanese shipwrecked on the
Russian coast The Captain states that he was no.
iely received but ealonsly watched by the japan
ese officials and not allowed to land the poor
fellows he had brought with him
! WEIGHTS AND hIEAsUREs.-The following table Of
The number Of pounds to the bushe may be Of inter-
est To farmers and dealers:
OF wheat, sixty pounds.
Of shelled corn: ffty-Si2 pounds
Ofrye, ffty-six pounds.
Of oats, thirty five pounds
/, Of barley forty weight pounds.
Of potatoes, sixty pounds.
OF beans, sixty pounds.
vi bran, twenty pounds.
OF clover seed, sixty pounds.
Ottmothy seed, torty-fye pounds
Of fax seed fifty-eight pounds
Of hemp seed, forty-four rounds
OF blue grass seed. fourteen pounds
Of castor beans, forty-six pounds
OF dried peaches, thirty three pounds
/ Ut dried apples. twenty four pounds.
vi onions, ftty-SeVen pounds.
CANDID ADvERTsEMENT-In the New Zealander
; Of May 49, we find the following card
= BOOr AND SHOE WAREHousE-JuSt onened n
splendid variety of ladies', gents, and children,
boots and shoes, the very best ever imported also
: | nf Tho 1.o+Iy