Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-01-28

ON
gress on the lst inst In view of the NAV III
o!c'As ana revolutions of his unfortunate co,ntrv
MS message has tone of despair but no calmiv
souioels congress upon the means and measures Of
and individual security He saws that soo;.1 ~
IN Mexico are organic, and that from the varat, If
It's races the only natural condition of the conntr
appears TO De state of perpetual anarchy Still.
ne PleaaS ohae by persevcring and united efforts on
the part OF the Executive and CONGRESS- the conntr
may be saved. o' ~ Whit
ne President makes it appear too. that the
strength and condition of the government troons
have BEEN and still may be sufficient to PROSTATE
the designs of the insurgents Bnt alas Tho t~oaS',
ry is empty, the fifteen millions Of money received
from the United States for the cession Of Mnx;co |
Utah and California, are exhausted as are also in
ternal and external taxation and loans The foreign
relations OF the country present fattering pros
pect, and there is likelihood of an amicohIe settIo
ment of the Tchuanepec difficulties.
From the Charlottesville JeGersonian.
A Description Of Heaven
Revelation, xxi. chap, 1G And he rncosur t
city Tth the reed twelve thousand furlongs The length
and the bTedh, and the heigh of it are equal e "
- coo furIongs=7.920 900 feet benz cnbpd r
=496793 088 600 000, 900, 600 cubca feet The half
of which will reserve for the Throne Of God and
Coul of Heaven, half of the balance for streets and
the remainder divided by 4,O96 the cubical feet in
room 6 feet square and Is feet high will be=3O, 321
843,750, 000,0 0O rooms.
We will now suppose the world always did and al
ways will contain 900 millions of Inhabitants and
generation will last 334 years. 700 millions every
century, and that the world will stand 100 thousand
years. 700 900 ,O00, 900 persons Then supnose
there II 800 such worlds equal to this in num-
Der of inhabitants, and duration of wears then there
would be a room l6 feet long, & feet wide and Is
ieet high for each person And yet there would be
room. t C**x**
Abemarle, Jan. 1st 1853
REMOVAL FREE PERSONS OF Color FROM y1R-
tod in he
house OF delegates which provides for the appoint
ment OF overseers who to be required to hire out
at public auction, all free persons of color to the
highest bidder and to pay into the State treasury
the sums accruGg from such hire. These sums are
to be devoted in future to sending free persons of
color beyond the limits of the State At the eypira
ton OF five years. all free persons of color remaining
in the State to be sold into slavery to the high
est bidder at public auction the proceeds of such
sales to be paid into the public treasury provided
that said free persons of color shall be allowed the
privilege of becoming the slaves of any free white
person whom they may select, on the payment by
such person Of a fair price.
We record this week death and marriage
which took place in the same family, on the same
evening, and nearl Y at the time. The day for
the marriage of Miss Mary Ann Keffer, and MIR.
VIM. Woods, had been previously fixed upon, and
the company invited. But few hours previous to
the ceremony Mr.. Kefer'S little daughter, Emily,
an Interesting child of about four years of age was
taken suddenly i'll with the Group, and although ev-
cry used to arrest its progress all proved
unavallng. and death put period to her suferings
an hour OF two previous to the performance OF the
marriage amy. When the company (Which
was numerouS) arrived, it was to find a corpse in
one room, and to witness the marriage ceremony in
another.-Bucbanan Recorder.
ANOTHER PRESENT TO GEN. P1ERcE-The Con-
cord, n. H.) Reporter says - We saw in the bar
room at the Eagle the other day, rustic chair
which came from indianapolis, Indiana a present
to the President elect 1t is made of hickory branch
cs with the bark on and although strongly and in
gonIOuSly pat together, and of symmetrical form
appears to have had back made with no other
tools than an axe and a jackknife. Some of the by.
ISLANDERS inquired if that was the Chair Of State''
The Roman Catholic Church in the United States
comprises archbisops, % bishops 1471 priests. anc
1915 Oh urches, distributed among 81 docesses and
apostOica vicariates. AS to the fact of population
the Catholic Almanac says" The figures were oh
tanned from official, and consequently the most reliable
sources. If we suppose the Catholic population o
the doceses of ST. Louis TO be 100000, Boston 26O.
600, Galveston 10000, and S.. Paul $780, the tota
number of Catholics in the United States will b.
shown to be 2,O96 300. The educational institutions
comprise 33 ecclesiastical semnaries, As literary in
stitutlons for young and 102 female academies
The entire number of clerical students is 513. Th
Catholic religious institutions number AZ for males
r and SO for females. The charitable institution
amount to l08.
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINoIs.-Gov
French, Of Illinois, in his annual message, sets dow
the State debt, with the interest due at 6,724l77
He estimates that within five years the State will b
able to meet the entire interest upon the debt
becomes due without resort to increased taxation
On the first of March next, the surplus IN the treas
ury, over and above all expenses, will be over on
I hundred thousand dollars. This will be large
" augmented each year hereafter, in consequence
of the rapid increase in the value of property in tn
: State 1t is recommended that the surplus be ap
piled by special law to the payment OF the lnteres
on the State debt and that the present revenue ia
be reduced from 20 to 10 cents on the 800 Durin
the last two years the assessable property of tn
State has increased 80 per cent 1t is also recon-
mended that the banking law be made more strir
: gent against the improper issues OF paper money.
0 A MAGNIFIcENT PLEASURE TRIP.-The New Yor
Il Tribune says; " prominent steamboat owner
) this city, who has made immense fortune IN steam
y boating, has devised novel, most LIBERAL and mag
nifcent plan for disbursng some of his gains. Fl
" proposes to rig in the most perfect style seamf
= Yacht now nearly completed, furnishing her in tn
Z riches, MANNER at cost of $4,000 ordinar
u ships of the kind About the first Of May he WI
! take on board his sons and daughters and forty
fifty other guests and sail for London, Copenhagen
Stockholm, st. Petersburgh Havre, Bordeaux, Llsbor
= Gibraltar Marseles, Naples, Malta, and such othe
l. ports as may be desirable staying short time at eac
? port giving fees and seeing the lions. The entlr
I expense which is estimated at more than $4,000
{ Will be borne by the protector This is about III
most extensive plan Of pleasure trip ever yet ente
: tained and when carried out (Which it undoubtedI
will be) will be very apt TO give Europeans some ne
u ideas of the outside baFbarians of 1ahkeedom."
- Western gentleman now on a visit to the cit
: of New York, and stopping at the st. Nicholas fi'
It tel gives the following description of the Bird;
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