Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-18

He Rail- ROAD MEETfNG-The Stockholders in
the estern Rail Road Company met this morning g.
MAJ u. g. McRae was called TO the chair, and w.
II. Halgh, Esq. acted as Secretary
In consequence OF the inability of Messrs Smith &
Colby 10 be present (ther stock beiEg represented by
l. H. Underwood. Esq. their proxy,) the meeting adj.
Journed I'LL the 26th nst when they can be present to
uhlle IN Inc organization of the company Some dis
appointment is elt IN the community any delay of
Inc WORK but the Commissioners in charge of the
matter have assurances on which they RELY, that the
New YORK gentlemen will make amends for if, by
energetic action alter this brief postponement
Alter the Rail Road meeting was closed, Town
meeting Was called, (the same gentlemen officiating
When communication was received from the Will
ming'on Committees, mentioned elsewhere as 10 a
connection at this place of their contemplated railroad
with the Western Road and the Wilmington Com
mIitees were invited 10 Seats in the meeting reso
u"on was adopted, with hut one dissenting voice in
very full meeting, In favor of that connection
Particulars OF the meetings in our next
Fayetteville Observer, 14h inst.
The DELIVERY OF NApoLEox's WILL TO THE FRENCH
6oyERNMENT.-An occurance, Just recorded in our
columns though shaped in The unatraciive form of
legal application and decree, is of too interesting and
indeed OF too important character to be passed over
without some further introduction of lis pnrpori 10
The notice of The public. On Thursday morning last
The Queens Advocate, appearing before Sir j. Dodson
In the Prfrogave Court, requested on behalf of the
secretary oil State Tor Foreign Affairs that the original
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IVered out of the Registry for suIrenderng TO the
French Government The application was heard, ar
gued as point of law and decided like an ordinary
case IN favor of the applicant Napnleoes will there.
tore Will be transferred from the keeping of British
Court 10 the custody of his own counrymen and this
proceedings follown the translation of his remans
may be said 10 eXlngush the last record of his deien
Ition.-London Times
DEEP SEA SoUNDINGs.-An interesting account has
Just been received by the Royal Society of e1pe-
dltlon ter making survey of the Pacific. Captain
Denham Il. NJ of the HERALD gives the result of the
deepest sea soundings ever made, taken by him in
80 deg. 40 min south latitude and 81 deg 6 min
longitude. The sounding o. tanned on a calm
day, o? a passage from Rio Janeiro to the Cape of
Good Hope. Capt. Denham had received from ON
Mckeever: L. s. Navy, $4,000 fathoms of line TO-
900 fathoms on reel and 5000 on another and
that was the line used. The plummet which was
eleven inches long, weighed nine pounds. When T.
O'6 tlthoms were run off the line the sea bottom
was reached. Capt Denham and Lieut. Hutchinson,
by whom he was assisted. several times drew up the
line fifty fathoms and dropped it again. but it stop
ped at the same mark and would not run another
turn OF the reel. The time occupied in taking this
sounding was nine hours twenty four minutes, and
sixty five seconds the length of lines geograph
zeal miles OF 50 to degree. The highest summit of
the Hmalaya mountains does not exceed % 900 feet
Thus the sea bottom has depths which greatly sur
pass the highest elevation upon the earths surface.
Great care was taken to bring up the Pummet to
show the nature of the bottom. but it broke at 14O
fathoms below the water line carrying away a Their
mometer which had been tached to it, at The depth
of 5000 feet. This sounding is the deepest made.
The strength of the line equal to y lbs. in air
the 100 fathoms wei hed when dry II lbs, ex-
elusive of plummet-London Paper.
handsaw is good enough in its way, but bad to
shave with
| Better trust all and be deceived,
And weep that trust, and that deceiving,
Than doubt one heart, that if believed
Had blessed ones life with true believing.