Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-02-24
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in maintaining the Wallachin bank, and they had be-
gan to throw up redoubts between Islas and Turna
PERSIA
The latest accounts from Persia state that the Emo
! lish influence preponderates
Dispatches received by the Turkish government
from the ambassador of the Sublime Porte in Persia
announce that he has succeeded in defeating the in
trgues of the Russian Envoy, and In inducing the
Shah TO renew his alliance with Turkey.
FRANcE-The council of the French Cabinet, held
at the Iulleres on the 3Oth ut aecided-so the re.
port goes-to send $4,000 troops in four separate
bodies, into Turkey, under the command of Generals
Caurobut, Macmahon, Pellssier. and Bousquet
! RUssIA.-Count OrIoffs mission to Vienna was for
the purpose of asking permission for Russian force
to pass through Hungary. 1t is reported that if
Count OrloH failed to obtain this the Gar would visit
Vienna in person t e.
The Russian Vice Commander at Sebastopal had
been cashiered for allowing the Retrbuton to enter
that port
The interview of Count Orlof with the Emperor
| OF Austria was brief and unsatisfactory. Count Or
loft greatly dissatisfied with his reception and
it further reported that the Emperor of Austria
would consider the passage of the Danube by the
Russians equivalent to declaration of war
| The Rrssian Chambers have promptly granted the
supplies necessary for complete state of defence
| lURKEY.-English steamers engaged in ex-
amlnlng the soundings at the mouth of the Baltic
Col Dein, sent by the government of France 10 re-
port on the condition OF the Turkish army the
Danube, pronounces it capable of keeping the Rus
SLAMS in check for a long time. The Turks were
deficient in cavalry.
Two French officers had also been sent on simi-
lar errand to Asia.
PRussIA.-The Prussian Government has not vet
spoken, but the Crown Prince is reported to have
declared strongly in the Council of State the necess.
ty of siding with the Western Powers.
AUsTRIA-Ihe people appear more in favor of the
Western alliance
The concentration of troops goes on in Romagne
SwEDEN.-The hostility Of the Swedes to Russia
was increasing
ITALY.-Uneasiness prevails throughout Northern
Italy, and an outbreak was feared.
The Very Latest.
Dispatches from Vienna state that Count Buo had
drawn out declaration of neutrality, with strong
leaning towards the views of the Western Powers
and has given this to Count Orlof as final answer.
Orlos r lsson has. therefore, failed. The Gar pro.
posed to form defensive league with all the German
Powers, and if the Western Powers attacked any of
them. Russia would assist them, and conclude no
peace without consulting their interests. The Ger.
man Powers through Austria declined the proposal.
i The Western Powers Immediately to demand
and compel the evacuation of the municipalities.
The Russian Minister at London has paid final
and formal visit to the fore gn department.
The Paris Bourse on Friday, after much 1uctuation,
closed with rise.
/ Dreadful Steamboat Explosion.
ST. LOUIS Feb. 16th.-The packet Kate Kearney
exploded at the wharf this morning, killing 20 pas
sengers and wounding many others. Many were
drowned. Among those badly wounded is Major
Bcal, of the army
Good Living
Shakespeare makes Cesar express wish to be
surrounded by gentlemen in good condition-persons
OF fair rotuhdity of paunch and not g lean and
hungry" men, like that same Cassius who after.
wards, aided and abetted by certain other lean and
hungry" gentlemen, amused himself by putting his
knife into his friends ribs at the base of Pompey's
statue whereby {" the foremost man of all this
breathing world" was stricken down To plav
good knife and fork the festive board is obviously
a much more rational and innocent amusement than
TO use the former Implement upon your fellow crea-
lures. Cesar right in his view. Who ever
heard of fat assassin Regicides notorously
living skeetons-ferocinus Calvin Edsons SAN
culinary Falstaf would be monstrous anomaly In
fiction he would be disallowed on the stage, he
would certainly be hooted.
Some people have a morbid squeamishness about
eating, and fancy that it is very unrefned confess
to an appetite but we nothing highly po-
etical in a condition which argues dyspepsia The
Hon. Frederick Froh says: "I'm quite of my Lord
Byron's opinion, it's most disgusting thing TO see
! woman eat. horses eat, pigs eat-a sorts OF crea-
lures eat | never eat But Milton had healthier
taste, and makes the angel who visited first pa
r,nts sit down with hearty relish to that hosptable
board where Eve administered
Some verdant you his, who see lovelorn damse
at the dinner table daintiIy picking at a pigeons
wing fancy that women live, like he chameleon, on
air; but let such mistaken verdancy be corrected
let these angelic creatures be observed at luncheon
time Yur word for it, the deusion will thenceforth
be dspeled; for the daines of them eat, and thrive
by eating.
contempt for the pleasures of the table is by no
means common fault. Our countrymen certain
lv nation of good eaters. When patriot returns
from Congress to his native Bunkumville, we give
hm dinner when an ambassador comes home from
serving his country abroad, we feed him in public
Where would be the eloquence of Fourth of July
oraton but for the Fourth of July dinner in perspec
! tive? That much abused Bird the American eagle,
takes broader flight in the fowery language of the
speaker when the mind of the latter glances forward
that other national Bird the turkey that ornaments
tables profusely his fellow does our rhetoric.
For our own part, we hold to a moderate degree Of
good living and believe it productive of good, both
to mans mental and physical health
Gleason's Pictorial
NEW YORK CITY.-The Herald, in auding to the
social condition of the city of New York, and
particularly the district known the Five Points,
paints the following picture:
:. Here is district of the city in which four or
five thousand men, women and children manage to
Yegetate and it is safe say that three-fourths OF
~; yyha in he