Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-09-01
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-sTa q 71z-s later from Havana.
CHARLESTON, August 25th.-The steamer Govern
or Dudley arrived today, with dates from Havana
and Key West to the 2ad inst.
Z The Captain General has paid Don Manuel Chris
fonol de Yeagas ST. 274 for experimenting in Mariel
District one hundred and seventy four newly landed
negraes The reward was ten dollars each for males.
six dollars for females, and three dollars for chill
dren.
Sugars were dull molasses scarce al ) to and
A reals for MuscoVado the market was amply sup
piled with rice good butter was scarce and IN
demand no lard in market in first hands-the last
sales were at 1Sc. to zoe for inferior no arrivals
of pitch pine the first cargo has realized good price
$50 were paid for cargo of good boards freights
are limited and vessels scarce.
Cholera ia New York.
New YORK, August 25--The cholera is decreas-
ing, and the daily reports have stopped
New York, August 26.-The United States mail
steamship Union sailed at noon to-day for Havre-
She took out fifty passengers and 5000 600 in specie
stable in Thirty ninth street struck by
lightning this morning. A man, named John Mar
iin killed instantly. Another named David
Stevenson, was fatally injured.
/ Observation-Disclosures has been received by the
Department of State that Lord E g'n has given di-
rectons subject to the approval OF her maestys gov
eminent that, pending the action of the imperial and
provincial legislatures the reciprocity treaty, the
river St. Lawrence be thrown open to American yes
sells, during ker ajesty's pleasure, IN the manner
provided for in that treaty.
IMPORTANT LEGAL DEcIsIoN.-A decision in the
of Jefery Boosey has been rendered by the House
of Lords, which very seriously initiates against
American authors Some of our prominent writer's
historians, and others, will be affected than
S25, 900 each by this decision AS instance Gifts
practcle operation, informed that the very
day after the opinion made public no less than
six London publishers commenced the work of reprn
ting Mrs. H. B. Stoves Sunny Memories" Her
publishers took the leads out of the edition they
bad in type, and went 10 press with edition OF 30
600 copies Mrs Stowe will be likely TO lose some
$50 600 on her last work Such an instant of i'll for
tune viii! not surely be very "Sunny Memory TO
| her. Exchange.
| SALE OF CoFFEE.-On Tuesday, a cargo of 5000
bags of Coffee imported direct at Richmond, Va. was
offered at auction The attendance large, but
the bidding, it is said, was far from being spirited
| Only about fifth of the cargo solo, and at
prices ranging from so a $40 40 per hundred.
| CENTRAL AMERICA "A letter appears ina New York
paper from Omoa which gives some interesting par
ticuars in relation to the late nsurreconary move
ments in Central America The letter, which bears
date of July 10th, says:
! {; The revolution in Nicaragua caused by the
conspiracy between Chamorro late Dictator of that
republic, Carrera, the Dictator Of Guatemala, and
the Honduran refugee Guardola, to invade Hondu-
ras and subvert its liberal administration. Some of
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secrets of the consprators thus becoming known the
authorities of that republic gave assistance to the Nj
caraguan eXlles, and encouraged them 10 return 10
their own State and overturn Chamowo This they
have done efectually, and the chagrin consequent
upon the failure of the conspiracy is said to have
caused the death of Guardiola, which is reported to
have taken place at Chiqumula on the lst of July.
Everywhere throughout Honduras the devastations
of the locust have been great among the growing
crops that famine stares the people in tn. face Or
ders have been sent the United States for consde
rable quantities of corn and -four and the govern
men has sent agent to visit the departments to de-
wise means for destroying the insect. In St Ba1bary,
where the scarcity extreme, the Honduras Rail-
way Company presented the people with cargo of
corn, which afforded timely relief to thousands"
PorAro CRop-PR1cEs. potato crop in this
region has proven very short one this season, in
consequence OF the very severe drouth, though in
some few localities the yield will be fair. In very
many places the farmers have abandoned their crops
altogether we'll knowing the yield will not pay for
digging.
| Potatoes form important item Of commerce at
this point being annually invested upwards of $780,,
I 600 in their purchase for Southern markets. The
shipments in 1912 were 10000 barrels, but thus far
this season, owing chiefly to the unusually low wafer
the shipments have not exceeded 1000 barrels We
ieri Of sale yesterday of the proceeds of a crop
from 200 acres supposed to amount to 1000 barrels
at So per barrel. The purchaser Mr.. H. Muir
ray. Potatoes in market command dollar per bush.
el Louisville Courier 22d.
MARIO AND GRIsI.-The Paris correspondent Of
the n 0. Picayune (Alr. KendaID writes:
By the way you to have Mario and Grisi mex
fall Mr. Hackettshas engaged them for five months
giving them S85, 900, and he paying all their expen
ses, tavern bills carriage hire, servants &c. Forty
thousand dollars dsposted with the Earrings as
the security money; they TO be paid after every
third performance, and if Mr.. Hacxet fails to pay
them at the precise time-if he is in arrears day
the engagement is instantly avoided, and they have
right to return and received the $4,000 de-
posted with the Earrings the penalty of the bond
Shylock himself would have framed no different art
cles of an engagement.
A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS FIRM-The~ late Jane:
NJ Hoyt, whose death noticed on Saturday, was
the last of the we'll known flour house of Eli Hart
John Downs Co., which house was composed o
Hoyt, firm which, during its existence, has exer
than any concern that has been or probably
ever will be in this country. All the members O
, that firm farmers sons, and commenced life
: with capital save decent school educa
ton, good habits and determined energy. 1t is al
extraordinary fact that, although it is estimated over
ninety five per cent of those engaged in mercantile
and commercial pursuits in large cities die insovent
all the members of this old firm, after passing through
the vicssItudes of prosperity and adversely, have
passed by from the stage, leaving large for
tunes. 1t may safely be presumed that a parable
case of prosperity in business of so large numbe
of individuals, composing firm whose business ant
interests have been separate and distinct for fiji