Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-06-08

replied, defending his conduct at Vienna. The de-
bate was continued on Friday, when, a division,
there were 219 for DIsrael, and 319 against his mo-
ton consequently the ministry stanIs.
Earl GRAY made a similar motion in the House OF
Lords, but withdrew It,
The bill abolishng newspaper stamps was read
second time in the House of Lords when Parliament
adjourned to the 4ih of June.
On the Oath, Lord Pamerston had IA private meet
ing of the members of Parliament in his house, when
over 200 were present. He asserted the unanlmlty
of the government, and declared the intention OF
prosecuting the war. The proceedings were harmo-
NOUS.
It was expected that by June Goth, every available
man in Great Britain belonging to the infantry regi-
ments, will have embarked for the war =
It was expected that unconditional pardon oi
Smith OBrien would be obtained
The shin G. L. Sampson, of New York, was burnt
at Sea on the 4th of May. All hands were saved.
The steamer Sarah Sands has been taken up by the
British government TO convey troops to the Crmea:
severe earthquake occurred at Aukland New
Zealand, on the 18th of February.
Queen Victoria will visit Paris on the 10th Of Au'
gust.
SpAIN--A conspiracy small scale has been
discovered at Saragossa An ot1cer, with 90 men
belonging to the garrison. deserted
SARD1N1A-The infant son of the king of Sardinia
has died. and it was reported that the king would go
to the Crmea.
Russ1A--Russia has Just annexed four districts of
country belonging to the Mogul tribes on the from
tiers of Ohuia.
The Bounty Land Act.-Are Engineers Firemen,
aud Coal-heavers among its Benefciaries:
This question is fully and satisfactorily answered
in the following ably-wIitten letter from Commission
er Waldo:
PENSION OFFICE, June l, 1855.
SIR: question has arisen whether engineers,
coal-heavers, tremen, and boys who have served in
the navy of the United States in any of the wars
since 1870 benefcares under the 6 act IN add1-
ton certain acts granting bounty land to certain
officers and soldiers who have been engaged IN the
military service of the United States,'' approved
March 3, 1855 This act. among other things, pro-
vides that every officer, commissioned and non COM
missioned seaman, ordinary seaman, marine, clerk,
and landsman in the navy in any of said wars shall
be entitled 10 land In the several classes OF per-
here designated, engineers, coal beavers, ire
men, and boys not directly named and unless
they are by fair construction found to be included
| in some of the named classes, they can
not participate in the benefits of this act. In con-
STRUNG the language of this act, like all others, we
must under stand the words and according to their
usual and most known signifcato We are also to
give effect to the intention of the Legislature, II that
intention can be ascertained. Now: 1t IS very evil
dent that Congress intended to provide for every per-
son connected with the naval service on the sea for
the act designates two unimportant classes of per
that could hardly be included in mere general
term, to wit: clerks and andsmen But engineers
coal-heavers, fremen, and boys may be embraced
and, in common parlance, are understood to be en-
braced in the word Seameu. Webster defines sea
man to be " man whose occupation is 10 assist II
the management of ships at - This is also the
common and usually understood definition of the
word. If an ordinary person should be asked to de-
sIgnate by some appropriate term those who were
employed In the management OF vessels at sea, he
would unquestonably answer, Sedne'l. The duties o.
engineers, cOa-heaVerS, and fremen are intimately
connected q vessels a
indeed these persons are Indispensable to the We'll
being of certain vessels. They are them according
to the ordinary meaning of the word, seamen They
were not technically such as the word was under
stood before steam navigation was known, but have
become such since by kind of universal consent
an, therefore. of opinion that these several classes
of persons included in the more general class
men, and are, such, entitled the benefits of
act IN the same manner and to the same extent Al
other seamen. In this opOn | am Strengthened by
the decision of the Secretary of the Navy, made
April, 9, 1871, in which he held that person in th
navy rated as g boy" seaman within thu
true intent and meaning of the acts relating to nav.
pensions, and also by The opinion OF the present Sc
cretary of the Navy contained in his letter to thi
Office of the Goth ultimo.
Engineers coal-heavers, fremen, and boys, regu
larry employed in ships at sea, will therefore be re
garded as seamen for the purposes Of this act.
: L P. WALDO, Commissioner.
y How Andrew johnson fights acknowledgment Ii
~ Tennessee.
a The know nothing organs in Tennessee feel sens
" bly, the burning lava of indignant denuncatOn whic
Governor Johnson daily pours cut upon their iniqui
u ties One of them keeps standing at the head of hi
d" editorial columns some of the choice specimens c
~ Gov Johnson's burning denunciations. Gov. John
~ son always says what he feels, and minces hi
" words to concliate foe He defes him at all points
and he has the moral and physical courage to defen
rs as we'll as to assail. The people of Tennessee low
pS a bold and fearless champion-ther hearts sympa
y thlze with heroism, whether in politics or in wal
Andrew Johnson is the man for the occasion and fC
their votes If he talks of know nothingsm the
" organs say he does (and we don't doubt it, cor
slider his election certain; it was that policy that
~ cured Wises triumph it is the only true Il
u wards such party We quote the following spec