Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-10-27
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three years. by paying into the Treasury all tuition
fees.
For the Journal.
At meeting of the citizens residing Beattys Bridge,
Baden county, held Saturday last 2st inst, at which
DR.. VIM H. Beatty presided Chairman, and A. J. Haw
ley acted Secretary the following gentlemen ap
pointed delegates attend the Railroad Convention to be
held at Salisbury, the I'd OF November next yiz:-P.
Cromartie G.. M Gibbs, Coen Shaw, James Kerr James
McDuee E. J. Anders, D. P. Beatty, S. Anders J. H.
Meredith and Washington Pridgen
The Chairmans afterwards added to the list of
delegates A. ]. HAWLEY, Secretary.
ARRIVAL OF THE WASHINGTON.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM UROPE.
| SANDY Hook, Oct. 24-1O O'Clock, P M.-The
steamer Washington, from Bremen via Southamp.
ton, with Liverpool and London dates to the 18th
instant, four days later than the advces per steamer
Africa, arrived off this point few minutes since.
The Washington brings $50 passengers, and re
ports the London market as Is dearer. Consols
closed at 954 955, and the money market tight
The Washington left Bremen on the 9th inst, and
brings 200 tons of freight and her usual mails.
| Among the passengers Baron Gerot, the Rus
sian ambassador to Washington Baion de Bodisco,
bearer of dispatches from St. Petersburg the Rus
sian legation al Washington; j. H. Porter, Jr, at
tache of the U. S. Legation at Berlin; j. A Statyner
ex- Postmaster General of Canada and family, and
| Capt. Nichols and lady, of the ship North Star,
which was sold at London.
The steamship Pacific arrived out at Liverpool Oh
Tuesday night.
The U. S. steamer San Jacnto was in the South
ampton dry docks.
| The London Times of the 9h 10th and lth con-
| tain voluminous details of the battle of Alma
FROM THE SEAT WAR.-No official dispatches
have been published relative TO the battle of Alma
The English lost 1000 men in the engagement in
killed and wounded and the French l4OO The al
lies had changed their plan of operations and were
attack SabastOpOl from the south, where it found
to be weaker The base of the operations is Balakla
va, where the cavalry and the seige artillery have
landed.
After the battle of Alma the Russians burnt all
the villages which they passed through in their re-
treat. In their flight they left 5000 wounded be-
| hind them.
! One thousand Russians, who were escorting con-
voy of munitions of war; had been made prisoner and
Prince Menchikof himself narrowly escaped capture.
! The Russians have sunk seven ships of the line at
! the mouth of the harbor.
| The bombardment of Sebasopol began on the 5th.
Marshal St. Arnaud is dead, and Gen. Canrobert is
in command of the French army
The news of the death of ST. Arnaud reached Paris
and London Sunday.
/ VIENNA, Tuesday Evening On the Goth Sepem-
Der 100 heavy guns were dsembarked at BaIaklava.
/ BUCHAREST, Oct 5.--Prince Gortschakof is i'll =
There is great concentration of Turkish troops at
Matchin. and Omer Pasha will begin operations
against the Russians in Bessaraa Immediately.
FRANCE.-A despatch from MarseilIes, dated Oct.
10TH announces that orders have been given to re-
ceive the remains of Marshal ST Arnaud with all the
honors paid him upon his departure for CONSTANT
nople.
i The farewell address which St. Arnaud had adj
dressed to the army, dated Goth September, had ar
rived at Toulon, in which he says: Overcome by
cruel disease, against which he has long strug-
ged, he is obliged to resign his command" He pays
the highest compliment to his successor, Gen. Can
robert.
|
! OF Sir John Franklin md His Party.
MONTREAL, Oct 21.-The Montreal Herald of this
morning has the following
In extra of yesterday evening We informed
the public that rumor was current in town that the
remains of Sir John Franklin and his crew and their
ships had been discovered.
eve Immediately despatched special messenger
TO the Hudson Bay Company's house at Lachine and
through The kindness of the Governor. Sir George
Simpson, enabled to lay before our readers the
following outline of dispatch received by him YES.
terday from Dr. Rae:
g Dr. Rae has been absent on the coast since the
first of the month of June, 1858, and returned to
York Factory the 28th of August last, whence he
forwarded letters by express Sir Geo Simpson, via
the Red River settlement.
AFTER briefly noticing the result Of his own ex
petition, and the difficulties with which they had to
contend, he proceeds to state that from the Esou-
maux he had obtained certain information of the fate
OF Sir John Frankln's expedition, who had been
starved 10 death after the loss of their ships, which
were crushed in the ce and while making their way
south 10 the Great Fish river of Buck the outlet
of which party of whites died. leaving accounts of
their sutferngs in the muliIated corpses of some
which had evidently furnished food to their unfortu
nate companions.
I 'Ths information although not derived from the
i Esqulmaux who had communicated with the whites,
and who found their remains, but from another band
who obtained the details piUa uoce may vet be relied
on. No doubt is left of the truth of the report as
the natives had in their possession various articles
OF European manufacture which had been in pos
session of the whites.
i 'Among these several silver spoons forks
&c, of which is engraved Sir John Frank
lin K. c. b." while the others have crests and mi
tails on them which identify the owner as having
belonged to the Inflated expedition. Drawings of
of some of these have been sent down This fearful
tragedy must have occurred as long ago as the
Spring OF 1880"
The foregoing embraces all the particulars as yet
known in Montreal
Discovery of the Remains o John Franklin's
Party--lnteresting Particulars.
BosToN, Oct 23.-The Montreal papers received
here contain additional details of the discovery
of the remains of Sir John Frankn's exploring mar
ty. In the sprIng of 1850, party of forty whites
were seen travelling southwark over the ice DRAGGING
their boats by some Esqumaux who were occuDied
in killing seals on the north shore of King Williams
Land None OF the party could speak the native
language lntellgibly, but by signs the natives were
made to understand that their ships had been crush
ed in the ice, and that the whites were now GOING
where they expected to be able to shoot deer
From the appearance of the men, all of whom with
the exception OF one chief officer looked thin it was
supposed they had got short of provisions and thew
purchased supply of seals from the natives. At a
later date In the season. previous to the dsrun
ton OF the ice, the bodies of about 80 white persons
were discovered on the continent, and FIVE more
bodies were found on an island near about a long