Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-03-17
County Matters.

The following assessment Taxes was made Tuesday
by the County Court of New Hanover County
Assessment of Taxes for 1853.
On the White PoH,-Fer County, 193 cents Poor. Is
cents; School, 20 cents On tie Buick PoN-For county
l9 CENTS Poor cents School, 20 cents Patrol cents
On LdndtOr County, 81 cents: School, cents; Poor
cents.
The following gentlemen were on Tuesday APP
pointed Inspectors for the next two years: -4Hl7
Naval SToREs.-D. Mcmillan, J. Bowden, P. NJ
Walker, B. F. Keith, j. I. Bryan, P. H. Hand. w
]. Price, D. A. Lamont A. Alderman, G. Holmes
]. c. Bowden, and G. w. Groom.
TIMBER AND LUMBER.-Thos. F. Robertson, ]. AL
derman, w. L. Jacobs, J. s. Melvin VIM Debernier
Geo. McDuffe, L. FL Bowden, Neil Clark, A. Math-
ews, A. E. Mott, T. D. Love, and Roderick Shaw
The Court, by vote of 49 10 /, passed a resou-
ton authorizing the Committee of Finance TO bor-
! row twenty thousand dollars, payable in one two,
three, four and five years; said loan to be made
such times and 10 such sums as may be necessary
for the purchase of the site of the new Jail and the
payment OF contractors engaged in the erection of
said JAIL and also for the payment of contractors en-
gagged in the construction of the new bridge at Hilton.
=. OS-We are without mails North of Richmond and
such exchanges have received contain few
! topics of immediate interest The political world
remains nearly an statu quo The Nebraska Bill will
| uG up III LH0 HOUSE III the beginning OF next
week, and will pass by majority of from thirty to
forty The position of the New York Hards is
very difficult to get at. Bronson, the Immaculate col
leetor Bronson, who quarrelled with the admnstra
ton On account of what he was pleased to consider
IFS Free-Sol tendencies, is against the Nebraska
and Kansas BILL and in favor of the exclusion Of
Slavery from the Territories. This same Bronson
has been the little Jupiter Olympus of that pattern
of honesty and propriety, the New York Herald, in
its crusade against the President.
Some days since the Herald of this place contain
ed an article upon the sub ject of making Whining
ton the port of departure for the California Ma;
| Steamers. 1t certainly to that the same
reasoning which would apply in the of steam
er to Cuba, would be equally applicable to any 9th
er port or ports upon the Gulf of Mexico OF thu
e Caribbean Sea.
The justice Of appeal TO Congress for relief il
the matter of r, we'll the absolute necessi
tv for protect our harbor iE view of its ncreas
ing commerce, he present critical position of at
fairs throughout l- world address themselves strong
ly to that body in favor of appropriation for tn
= purpose of closing New Inlet, and carrying on tn
: other works projected. which recommended b.
their peculiar adaptation 10 the purposes of protection
e in military point of view, as we'll as improvement
= in a commercial one.
y The politics of our State, with reference to tn
y coming campaign, are beginning TO assume form an
t pressure The programme of the Wing party wi
, be more fully developed in a short time. One thin
s is certainly ridiculous and ridiculously certain -
d great talk will be made about General Dockery
IL plain farmer "-one of the people-the old wae
oner" and all that sort of stuff. Nov, the truth il
e that General Dockery is of the wealthieSt me
J. in Richmond county, and "feels his keeping "-i
J use rather vulgar expression-as much as any ma
e in the county. He has pleasing consciousness
;. wealth. He feels it down to the heels OF his boo
s and up TO the crown of his hat We have no ,ouF
J he is honestly entitled 10 every cent of it, and
If make no demagoguical appeals against him on at
re count OF his wealth but want our Wing coten
l. porares to have done with all their abol
- plain farmer " WAGNER" etc since it happier
II not to be true.