Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-10-07
The :. sreaking Up" az hand.

The :. Breaking Up,'' at Hand.
When Santa Anna returned to Mexico it was sup
posed that his presence might, for while. prevent
the breaking up of that republic His popularity was
thought TO be great his energy was well known and
the firm hand he was expected 10 hold, would it was
thought save the ship from the breakers But those
notions have proved to be unfounded. Already, if
rumor can be credited, Santa Anna is medltating re-
rement from his 81 beloved Mexico;' and return TO
Car,hagena and cock.fghting. Several States have
declared openly against him, and others exhibiting
symptoms of dissatisfaction. His cruelty, tyranny and
rapaciy, are the common talk. Even the soldiery
appear to be dsafected towards him, in spite of his
braggadocia about them, and in spite also of the
wards he has showered around What becomes, un-
der these circumstance, of the with this country
which, asserted by certain tmorous souls, was
sure to follow the return of Santa Anna? What be-
comes also Of the rumored restoration OF Mexico to
Spain, with Santa Anna as viceroy If The returned
dictator cannot even keep his seat. how can he
expect 10 influence Mexico to an act of madness, per-
| haps deed of suicide
The truth is, as becomes more evident yearly, the
| days of Mexico numbered. That once great fe
dera state is like dead body, out of which the breath
OF like has gone, and whose parts, waning
the cohesion of the vital principle, preparing TO fall
asunder. 1t has long been republic only in name,
and now it has ceased 10 be nation. No faith
in each other, agreement as TO the future no gor
Ious traditions IN the past, hold the separate comunl
|
vera commemorative is in condition of more Or less
dissolution. The whole body, so TO speak, is going
TO pieces member falling away from member, the
flesh from the bone, Atom from atom. Before Mexico
can live again, she must experience a resurrection
Or rather Mexico never live again until she has
been organized entirely, were
Her present elements will have TO be combined with
fresh ones, and the whole moulded into young, Wig
orous and different life In what way this reconsuc-
on is to be brought about, it would perhaps be pre-
I'M NH Mt Fnr hnar
specializing vaguely about future, of which insult
hicent data to Judge rightly wanting. All we
know now, because all we can certainly see, is that
Mexico is great wreck, standed the shore of time
and fast breaking up-PhH Bulletin.
Railroads In France.
However, riding on the top of an omnibus is moth
ing to riding upon a Railroad car, distraction
which such of spend the summer in the coun-
try enjoy night and morning We turn our backs
upon the eng locate ourselves in very ccmforta-
BILE seats, and contemplate the prospect. When it
is windy 60 inside, CT course. There is a sta
ton upon the route of those who travel west worth
a moments notice. Thisis Asnieres four miles from,
Paris The lines for Versailles, St Germain Havre
Rouen, and Deppe, start from Paris together, and
branch off for their various destinations at this sta
ton 1O4 trains stop at or pass it going out every
day. and 104 going in On fete DAYS, when the
Great Waters of Versailles or St. Cloud play, the
number of trains is increased up TO l6O each way
5000 people get out and in every day here, and only
one accident ever happened. An engine, some six
months ago. Numbered into baggage car, anC
slightly bruised one man. AS the Versailles trair
passes the switch is turned and this simple fact il
siGHaled along back to the station in Paris. The
ST. German train, five minutes later, is that it,
path is clear. On all the frequented roads, too TIT
passage of the various trains is signaed from eacl
successive station back to their point of departure
The overseer of the station at Versailles is thus
once informed of the arrival at Paris of the las
train he despatched, and vice The mode o
signalling is to cause large round signboard tt
present towards the next look out man in order it
fiat surface, instead of it's edge 1t turned by wires
running-in stakes just emerging from the grounC
sometimes a distance of quarter of mile
These cranks and pulleys never liable to be de
ranged, as no travellers or intrudeTs allowed OF
the Railroads, on any pretence To profane a ce
mentry would not be half serious offence as t.
= trespass Railroad This nicely and sense O
responsibility carried through the entire system
u renders steam conveyance in this country what it
absolutely secure. [ have read with pleasur
your editorials the weekly outrages at home, an
hope earnestly that some remedy for the evil viii
l. speedily be found for have been told more tina
q once by Frenchmen, that it useless to talk
enjoying liberty if it is out of the question enjo
l. lie and they preferred living where the monopol
of killing belonged to Louis Napoleon, and wher
S the Railroad companies shared with him only tn
privilege of transporting.-Pari Cor N. Y. Time
u FRENCH INc1DENT.-''A married COUPLE" says tn
Paris Gazette des Trbunaux, after living togethe
< or bad terms for some time, resolved few day
ago. to separate. They sold off all their furniture
but, finding tuat the sum it realized was not yer
y important, they proposed to commit suicide an
they went to the Canal Saint Martin to execute tn
: design. The husband leaped in first, but after
\ while, being capital swimmer, he raised his hra
- above water and perceived his wife standing quie
y on the bank, watching him. He began abusin
> her. and said that, according to their convention
she ought to drown herself. Instead, however, {
complying, she accused him of intending to let he
drown whilst he saved himself by swimming.
called on her to plunge in at once without any
talk but she refused. Thereupon he got out of til
j. water and gave her tremendous thrashing. Som
e persons who came up, went to seek the guard, an
j. the loving pair arrested. On being QUESTION:
d they made the facts known"
Is The Rattlesnakc.
" This snake finds superior foe in the deer and bac
- snake. Whenever buck discovers a rattlesnake
" situation which invites attack he losses tin
in preparing for battle He makes up within ten
twelve feet of the snake then leaps forward and ain
= to the body with his sharp and bifurcate hoof
" | The first onset is commonly successful, if otherw
the buck repeats the trial until he cuts the snake
" twain. The rapidity and fatality of his skiIlful M
nnuvre leave hut slight chance for his victim eth
~ to escape inject poison into his a'e1t anag
IF MIST
~ The rauesnake also finds dreaded opponent
~ the blacksnake. Such is his celebrity of motion, n
only in running, but entwinng itself around lis vi
tim, that the rattiesnake has way of esca ping fro
its fatal embrace. When the black and rattIesna
are about meet for battle, the former darts fOrwa