Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-06-02

vial Importance are at stake.
THE SHORTEST PASSAGE TO SAN FRANCIsCo-We
learn by Telegraph from New Orleans, that the clip
per'shp Flying Cloud has beaten herself, having
made the passage from this city 10 San Francisco in
eighty-eigM days. She had discharged her cargo of
1000 tons of merchandise, and sailed for China on
the goth day from leaving New York-a feat beyond
any thing before accomplished.-N. y. Com. Adu.
REVOLUTION IN NIcARAGUA.--NEw York. May 26
The steamer "Northern Light" brings intelligence
Of Revolution in Nicaragua under the leadership of
Senior Castillo, who from Honduras with con-
siderable force, and captured ReaIigo and Chnande
ga. He marched thence upon Leon aud the capitol
The whole Country is under arms.
CUBA -WAsHlNGToN, May EFT is rumored here
and the exces good deal of interest, that Pre-
sident Pierce will on Monday send into Congress a
very belligeent message with regard to Cuba There
will be great anxiety of course until it appears, or
until ii is known that such message will not be sent
There is great restlessness here just now with regard
! to Cuba. On one hand there is large party anx.
to prccipitate Cuban difficulties into open
hostilities, while the other such result is dreaded
and every effort will be made to void it, The opinion
is quite current in Congress that the administration is
not indsposed to hostiIities, and would be rather
pleased than Otherwise to See them brought about.
STEAM BOAT CoLL1ssIoN.-W are grieved to state
that the Steamer Fanny Lu terlOh sunk last even
ing by coming in collision with the Steamer Gov. Ora
ham. The boats met short distance below Mrs.
owens ana owing II is supposed 10 some
misunderstanding OF each others intention of passing
to the light left the Graham struck the bow of the
Fanny and sunk her in three minutes there were
40 or so passengers board mostly Delegates 10 the
Wilmington Bar Convention, (among them the Junior
Editor Of this paper) but including several ladies and
children all OF whom saved, but wet, and with
the loss of all their baggage, which foated out of
the boat. 1t Is feared that negro man, the pro-
pery of Capt. Stedman, was drowned as he was mis-
sing when our informant left. The collision occur
cd before dark. If had been half hour later it
is thought that many would have been drowned
We learn that the passengers generally went to
the house of Isaac Wright, Esq where they were no
doubt Hospitality entertained during the night.
1t is probable that of the passengers will re-
turn to town on the Graham, and we learn that Mr.
Lutterloh will engage the Sun to go down for the
others. When he left the Fanny's smoke stack was
lying across the Grahams deck.
1t is surprising that some understanding does no
exist river to the dire cton which boats shall
take when they meet, either to the right or left
There was imminent danger OF a similar collision or
Tuesday morning last when the Senior Editor of th
paper coming up the Sun, but for the presence
of mind of Capt. Rush, who, as always, was at hi
post, and made signal to the down boat as to TIL
direction to take-FayetteU'Ue Observer, o5th inst.
We find the following in the Boston Chronicle
of the 9th ins in regard 10 the parties to the Fugi
tive Slave arrest in Boston, which has created tn
riot there. Ii speaks for itself
: "HAPPIER AT HOME" the following is given tn
conversation between the alleged fugitive slave Burn
and Mr. Suite, who claims TO De his master, Thurs
day, after the arrest of the prisoner Suhe Ito Burns
Have you not always received kind treatment from
me? Burns-Yes. Suttle-HaVe not always per
mtted you to go where and work for whome yo
pleased! Burns-Yes. Sutue--When you was sick
did not give you up my own bed that you Nigh
e be made as comfortable possible! BnrnS-( afec
IT ed TO tears)-You did, master you did kind master
o Sutic--Do you want to go back to Virginia!
e Burns-i do. Suttle-WiIl you go back?
J, BmRs-l uW. [ want 10 go to-day. I'm a goo
deal happier at home.
s COMPARATIVE PURITY OF WATER.-The report c
It the city committee of Philadelphia appointed to
slider the expedeney OF erecting filter of suthcIen
e capacity to filter the entire supply OF water for tn
N population is adverse 10 the project which is regal
e ded unnecessary and mpractieable.
q Connected with the report is table, showing th
amount of solid matter in gallon of the water use
nj in about dozen places in this country and man
E. in Europe. The Boston Cochjtuate water stands
the head OF the list a gallon of this contains onl
337 grains of solid matter. gallon of the Schuy
kill water used in Philadelphia. contains 5.34 grain
and gallon of the Croton used in New York, 10 9;
The European waters average much more The W;
he ter of Lake Geneva has 1864 grains, which is Ii
It. least mentioned the Seine, at Paris has 1919, an
IL the average of the London Companies supplied ro
We the Thames, is 81 .46 grains Of this solid matte
be part organic. Cor chiefly vegetabe and part inc
ganic.