Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-04-07

near the court OF SWeden, uateu ctoGhno,n' ie"' 80
1854 contains compliment TO Lieut.. Maury which
he richly merits:
:" | have great pleasure In inform
ing YOU that the Swedish government are desIrous OF
Offering a compliment to Lieutenant Maury; and as
he NAV not receive the badges and decorations which
would be conferred upon him were he officer of one
of the governments OF the continent of Europe, King
Oscar has ordered gold medal to be struck IN ms
honor at the Swedish mint, having on one SIDE iiKe-
ness of the King and on the other, understand
Latin inscription with the name OF the distinguished
object of the compliment.
. Baron Stieweld'volunteered to inform me that
the medal will be made OF Swedish gold con-one OF
the purest in Europe and in weight will be equal to
f9y Swedish ducats."
RIVAL STEAMERS Mr. Chambers, who cannot be
suspected of any partially thus contrasts the merits
of the Cunard Collins steamers in his Things as they
arc IN America, publishing in Chamber S Journal
i is by he Tunard and Collins steamers that the In
tercouse with North America is mainly carried onand
on both sides of the Atlantic there much keenness OF
feeling as to their respective merits. The Cunards
are strong and compact vessels, built wholly IN the
Clyde, and possess engines of the most trustworthy
workmanship. They are likewise in the charge OF
first rate seanen But from the rounded form other
bows some other architectural popularity they do
not sail fast the Collins steamers, and they ship
water on the decks to somewhat unpleasant extent.
They also fall considerably short of the Colnses in
point of spaciousn and elegance OF accommodations;
and am sorry 10 say that in the ticket dispensing de-
partment at Liverpool there great room for increased
attention and poeness. On calling to get my ticket
the night previous to departure, experienced such
treatment as might be expected by pauper emigrant
who went to seek an eemosynary passage. Nor
this the worst of it; for although paying the
highest fare, Eos, which | had RENTED ten days
previously, and although informed that one of the
best herths in the ship had been assigned to me,
found that this said excellent berth among the
fore cabin passengers-a circumstance that led to
much discomfort during The voyage, as shall after
wards have occasion to notice. aude to these cir
cumstanees with reluctance and only under
Of public duty"
AN ENORMOUS ErITIoN The Philadelphia Ledger
publishes from It's books list Of its circulation for
every day of the present year The lowest edition
printed ffty-one thousand three hundred and
sixty, on the 18th of January and the highest sixty
thousand Saturday. the 4th of March. This is an
enormous circulation, and exceeds that of any other
paper in the world. The London Times prints about
40 900 daily, the Paris constitutional $4,000, and
the New York Herald claims over $4,000. The
Ledger's statement shows that from January I'd to
the 18th inst inclusive, about two regular months
and half, February being short month"; there have
been consumed upon the regular daily editions of the
Ledger, seven thousand four hundred and nnety-two
and three fourhs reams of paper making at the rate
of over seventy thousand reams of paper per
1t shows the aggregate of the daily editions for the
two and half months to be three millions five hun
dred and ninety six thousand five hundred and tWen-
~, or exceeding at the rate of seventeen millions of
copies per annum. This includes neither extras or
weekly paper. Two of Hoes fast eight cylinder
presses used by the Ledger in printing this i'm
mense edition, and it concludes It's statement with
apt comparison of these rapid machines with the old
mode Of printing with hand presses:
by the old mode of printing with hand-press, it
would have taken, at ten tokens per day, which is
pretty good work for ten hours, fifty days to have
printed this edition. and II have printed only during
the five or six hours, within which time the edition
OF the Ledger ought to be printed, it would have
taken nearly one hundred days"
+ THE Future OF GEoRGIA.-The following the
concluding paragraphs of the excellent article upon
Cotton and its Cultiration, in the March number of
Harper's Magazine. They are fra4ght with instruc-
!ion to the people of the Southern States:
Georgia has set an example OF wisdom, and very
she viii possess within herself completely all
the elements OF empire, that she might forever be
separated from the surrounding world, and yet -four
ish with unexampled prosperity Upon her hill
tops begin to smoke the wealth achieving furnace
, the huzz of the cotton spindle mingles with the
whisperings of her clear blue streams; the g iron
horse p" is far and wide circulating her products
, her heretofore isolated population is beginning to
feel that market is created for s. home industry,
and that Georgia could, if the demand was made
make her shipment of ung nned cotton obsolete
, is cotton in the seed. What cares such State
whether foreign country enriches itself by spinning
her cotton! The staple is produced by the wearing
labor OF the muscles OF men, defiant of malaria anC
regardless of fever breeding heat-the easier, anc
quadruply more profitable work of manufacturing
by the never firing eng inc, and the sinews of thu
spindle and loom, is at her command. Georgia has
but to grasp the sceptre, and she is commercially
free
Will her sister States, so rich in agricultural pro
ducts, and which equally interested with her il
n the cultivation of the 'great staple,' initiate he
Il example If they do so, the South . will become
in the natural of things the most independ
ent portion of our extending empire, and thus fo1
l. ever hold the benefits of great cotton monopoly il
). her hands"
! FAST TRAvELL1NG.-" Dick Tinto' the amusin
Paris correspondent Of the N. Y Times in his letter
;, January 26, writes as follows:
- &c Two remarkable experiments are acrostaton hav
e highly astonlshed this city Of the first did no
write you, Tor supposed it hoax. But it has bee
~ repeated since, and eye witness has told me c
- the wonderful results. man enveloped in a ne
- work containing large number of bladders file
, with hydrogen gas rum two Sundays ago, down tn
h Champs Eiysees at the rate of thrty-fv miles a
U" hour. His leaps enormous; the ascensona
"a power OF the gas not sufficient to carry him ar
but II neutralized quarters of his weight Las
is Sunday he renewed the experiment upon an exteric
Boulevard with little more gas He made 40 mile
y an hour, and said that with favorable wind h
TT could easily make IS, and beat any locomotive with
o. ont fatigue With the great muscular power pos
sessed by man 1t Is evident that if he could any wa
TO lengthen his legs this invention in reality doe
be would realize the fable of seven Leagued Boots
Caudler the agile clown Of the circus who wa
IN present, agreed sOon with IL similar apparatus
as jump over the Senine | understand that doze
N machines, with improvements are now in course
of fabrication and that the idea of annihilatng spat
nd has seized upon more than adventurous brai,
eo As to the onauts they all acknowledge that the
n may as well burn their balloons.
MARRIED.
Mt In this town. on the 23h u by James L. Corbett ESQ