Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-04-28
THE CITY OF GLASGOW.


committees they will receive the sanction of our
National Legislature nnsJvaniam.
THE CITY OF GLASGOW.
News from FayaI o April Sd, without TIdngs of
Her-Icebergs In Atlantic.
1t is now ffty-four days since the steamship City
of Glasgow sailed from Liverpool for Philadelphia,
during which time not a word has been heard of her.
and the apprehensions for her safety have increased
10 painful extent
1t was hoped that news might have by this time
been received of her having put into the Azores to
repair some slight damage obtain supplies of coal
but this hope has been disappointed The
barque 1thona, of Antwerp, arrived at New York on
Friday, having been obliged to put into Faya in
distress. She left Fayal on the Sd of April, and
makes no mention of the City OF Glasgow. This was
thriythree days after the Glasgow sailed from Ii v
erpoo and afforded time for her TO have reached that
port of refuge, unless she entirely disabled or
hemmed-n in the ice much more completely than
the other vessels that have encountered it,
The dates from Liverpool are to April sth, late
enough for the Glasgow to have crossed the ocean
twice. at her ordinary rate, and the hope of her
having put back to English port is also thus
frustrated.
Every vessel arriving at American ports reports ex
raordinary quantities of ice and ceburgs in the At
anic directly in the ordinary track of the steamers
The ship Columbia, which sailed from Shields March
5th, four days after the Glasgow sailed from Liver
pool reports that she in the ice from 9TH to 18th
of April; fell in with the FIRST part of it in lat At,
long. Al 26, running with the wind at WSW. was
never during that Time with less than from forty to
fifty large iceburgs in sight and frequently surround
ed by them and much drift ice 9Th instant, lat 46
3d. long 40 80, saw an immense island of ice bear
ing from about SW. to NNE.; the nearest part of it
within three four miles distant and extending as
far the eye could trace from aloft between those
two points judged it to he about 40 feet high the
last we saw was in lat 43 80, long. SO the weather
was generally clear while in the ice.
Such REPORTS these give f0 the worst faars
tor the safety Of the steamship and her precious
freight of over four hundred human lives. The time
that has elapsed since she sailed exceeds by four
days that during which we without tidings of
the Atlantic In 1851. But the A. reached Cork in
IS days after she had sailed and we have news from
all the ports of Great Britain 80 days later than the
date of the Glasgow's sailing from Liverpool
The excellent qualities of the steamship and the
experience of Capt Morrison, (who had served long
in her as mate, though this was his first VOYAGE as
captan,) make US, says the Philadelphia Bulletin
still cling to the hope of her safety but we confess
to approximations of the worst kind
The War--Important Operations upon Varna-sup-
posed Tactics ofthe Russians.
AS soon as Gortschakoff had crossed the Danube
and established himself in the Dobrudscha, he issued
proclamation to the inhabitants similar to that
which published in Moldavia and Wallacbia.-
In connection with GortschakoAs movements, it is
mentioned that five steamers, towing barges contain.
ing 1000 men, had left Sebasopol for the western
Turkish coast of the Black Sea If this be true
they chance of meeting with the ships of the
allied fleet cruising along that shore Prince
Paskiewitch was to set out about the 18th inst from
| Warsaw for the seat of war The Emperor will not
himself go to the Principalites
There is doubt that the Russians have lodged
themselves in the force stated, namely over 900
men, on the Turkish banks of the Danube Opin-
| ions are however, divided as to the importance OF
this movement. While some view it as a great tri
umph to the Russians. others profess themselves un-
able to what advantage the invaders expect to
gain by it. They 0he Russians) are not yet in Bull
garla, nor on the rout 10 Constantnople-bu in the
Dobr udscha, an immense marshy plain, without any
point d'appul, and deprived of communications Be-
hind them is Turkish force of 10000 to 30 OOO anC
before them line of fortresses such as SilIistra Ko
siendje, Varna and Shumla, between them and the
Balkans 1t is true that in 1928 the Russians enter
ed the Dobrudscha by Hirsova, as they have done
now, and proceeded on to Varna and Sillistria bu
then the sea was open. Omar Pasha too, who is no
given to vain boastDg, has said in adispach publish
ed at Constantinope, that if the enemy would Blu
cross the Danube 1t would render great service to hi
plan OF operations. That we are on the eve of som
important event there is but little doubt and the re
suit OF the movement on the Austrian frontier, anC
the next operation of the Russians on the right banl
of the river are awaiting with much anxiety
= The British steam frgate lnfexible was employe
IN conveying Turkish troops from Constantinople
varna portion of the British feet was also nea
Varna. with the intention of watching the new an
unexpected movements of the Russians
\ Concerning the additional news that has come b
telegraph to the effect that Hisrova and Matschin ha
been captured no details are yet to hand AS 500
las the intelligence of the passage of the Danube
the Russians reached Omar Pasha he sent reinforce
ments to the troops posted at Traans Wall, betwee
E Chernayoda and Kostendie. When Mastopha Pash;
the Turkish commander found the Russians were
too great force, he retreated at first upon Matschi
and subsequently upon Badadagn. His force in tn
held is not than 90 900 men, exclusive of Carr
sons: Success in the present operations would ri,
the Russians complete command of the mouths of tt
Danube They have already drawn chains acro
/ the Sulina channel.
CoTToN Is KING.-Charles Dickens, in late nun
Der OF his Household Works." after enumeratin
the striking facts of cotton, saws:
t " Let any social or physical CONFUSION visit Ii
United States, and England would feel the shock fro
Lands End to John OGroats. The lives of nearl
two millions of our countrymen are dependent upo
the cotton crops of America; their destiny may
SAID. without any sort of hyperbole, to hang upon
! thread Should any dire calamity befall the land
cotton thousand of our merchant ships would r,
idly IN dock ten thousand mills must stop their BIZ