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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

But, the stampede is over, or nearly SO, and with
the returning serious consideration of the people,
natonasm and Democracy, hand in hand. will re-
assert their influence at the North, triumphantly
as they have asserted it this year at the South
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21
From Havana.

New ORLEANS Dec. 1.-THE steamer Eldorad
has arrived, with dates from Havana to the 12u
The news from Cuba is unimportant. The CresceI
City had not arrived at Havana, though she was d'
ON the 18th.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

New ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-THE Supreme Court has
decided in Mrs Gaines case, that Clarke's will Of
1873 be probaed. and that Gaines be put in posses
sion of the property
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.'-As a very lnleFt,Ii,5
young lady passing down Main street yess;;nns
morning, she was somewhat startled UPON nea'.b r
some one behind her in earnest entreGty lid. ,,q
would stop looking around she behed man arr 5
renty we'll dressed, but with wild look faPiuiH,
preaching her. With admirable coonesS' nc hand
waited his approach, and upon his resting ni ~ any,
upon her shoulder, said "WeII, sir can | ~ oIcet
thing for you 2" Yes madame, You cam iVF5 10
the maniac 6 am in search of partner aaI Amos
som friend.'' Wel,' answered the laoy' ,,anner
any one who behaves himself in proper g 10 r7l
could, | should think, easily find one .,adams,'
really think so :" the rejoinder then ow
laying his hand impressveIy upon his DreIS and
me to make you formal offer OF my bT 20 as
hand" The lady, not at all taken a0"'H n IA, the
founding declaration, quietly replIeu:: o,noan.
street was hardly proper place for so he 5ee'
decaraton-that more private one Wou'T Tbe man
suited for so delicate communication hans. 0,
&C, soohed and delighted with visions Pe1t, some H
cosy tee atee with his fair interocu'or q" advice
ture time, said, I" thank you for your 8oofnI bow
good morning." and departed with g oit wi,boN
leaving the young lady to pursue heF ""
further molestation. Buffalo 4dO. Saxop'
A young Irish woman attended pan dancing u
Vile on Thanksgiving evening" and alJ, she g."
midnight retired to private room wneiv wards
birth to a bouncing boy. Nine houl ok her lt!'
not liking her accommodations sne sOsville, d.
one in her arms and walked to Has nnH5
lance of three miles in less than an hou''
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21
peace Rumors In Europe.

Since the advanced season has rendered active
operations in the field mpracticabe, the rumors of
peace begin again to circulate, as we believe is usual
in such cases. Some continental correspondents of
the London papers speak quite confidently upon the
SUBJECT but, we think, without any tangible foun
daton for their conclusions. Strangely enough, is
said that the main difficulty is apprehended from the
subborness of England which, certainly is at vari-
ance with the opinion generally entertained. To
Louis Napoleon has been usually assigned the credit,
or the responsibility of the disposition manifested BY
the allies to push forward the war to the humiliation
of Russia, if possble-from him any opposition to
peace was expected to come, and not from the Bri-
fish Cabinet. Indeed, this phase of the affair
this reversal Ct the relative positions Of the allied
governments rather tends to cast dscredit upon the
whole rumOr.
In the meantime, the parties engaged are occupies
by the execution OF that diplomatic manoeuv"~
- keeping stiff upper lip" Russ;-
va that she is flush - ekno
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

STRANGE HALLUCINATIoN.-At sale of the es.
tate of the late Samuel Pointer, in Halifax county,
the sum of $500 was paid for mad stone-a minera
supposed to have wonderful healing virtues.-R,ch
nnond Wing.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

Mr.. Burgess Williams has been appointed Post
master at Sneads Ferry, OnsLow county, in place of
Mr. VIM F. Manson, resigned
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

ne latest news from the Crimea states that thu
military operations in that quarter unchanged.
In London peace rumors are still abundant, bu
thew are unauhenticated.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21
LATER FROM EUROPE

New YORK, Dec. 49, The steamer
Liverpool dates to the 9Th inst. p
fax ASIA with
The news bro'' Ids arrived at Hall
li'ts inter-
-" >.gnt by this arrival possesses very
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

The Council Bluffs Bugle, of the goth of NOvem.
ber states that at that place the snow was six feet
deep.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

During the search " instituted" by the editor of the
Newark Times for female compositors, it is reported
that the following short dialogue took place
Brister.-' Good morning, Mr.. Henpeck have
you got any daughters that would make good type
settlers %
Henpeck.-" No; but Pve got wife that would
make very fine devil"
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va that she is flush

30 "nri Id through her
orgap'' her T"0o, i money, and not hurt
q ma'0 che is Sap' ii any other way, and that,
ID W. as-- .uerably better off than if her ports
hSN ~" IN blockaded, her armies sacrificed by long
rNaE eS and decimated by hard fighting, nor her en-
.,rgies strained to their utmost tension to repel the
invaders of the Crimea. England and France also
talk largely of resources" and all that sort of thing,
Int their people and their finances beginning to
feel the effects of the tremendous expenses of the war;
and to grurble at them. They adequate re-
suit They hardly think that the capture OF one
half Of fortress repays them for The blood and trea
sure of two years war. Even if The Russian peo
ME do suffer, that fact will not relieve the suferings
of the French and English people, nor compel Rus
STA 10 a peace any terms of solid disadvantage Il
herself or solid profit to her enemies OF course thu
talk about the independence of Turkey" is all to-
shallow 10 take anybody in at this late day, for ma
tional independence must be thing self-sustainng
or not at all. An independence that depends upol
England and France is a msnomer.
But the combatanls are not yet sufficiently eX
hausted TO mutually sue for peace, and until the
are we see no very great change for the attainment
of that desirable result; unless, indeed, Louis Nape
leon has some other thing in his head that will pa
him bster-some coup de main against England
some other of his rich and fat neighbours who ar
not quite so we'll prepared with soldiers and canno
as Russia has shown herself.
The Jury empanneed at New York in the case
Baker indicted for the murder of Poole has bee
discharged by the Court, not being able TO agr'
upon verdict The jury il was understood wei
divided as follows seven for manslaughter, two f
murder, and three for acquittal.
So all the time and money expended upon the tri
is lost and the whole thing will have to be gone
and without any certainty of definite result Tri
by jury is getting to be next to farce in the Mort
ern cities.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

CoNGREss.-Actuay nothing done. No daylight
yet. The factions have wresed the control of the
House from the Democrats, but they cannot agree
among themselves. They are not only unfit for the
government of the country, but even for self-gov-
eminent.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

CoNGREss.-No Speaker. Members generally good
natured but getting rather fretted The Democrats,
being most Southern men and in great measure old
members, generally get the better of their opponents
in the little cross-frings. The Democratic members
from the North are all old hands and men of expe
rence and ability, so that, in tact, the immortal
seventy four possess power and influence which
holds the opposition in check far beyond what the
mere show of members would indicate
On Saturday the House baIlotted but twice having
got essentially tired of the frutless operation. The
last vote stood-Banks 1O5 Richardson "a Scat,
tering, g.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-12-21

CAN CLERGYMAN MARRY HIMSELF "A curious
case has just been decided by the Irish court of
Queens Bench, in which the question arose as TO
the legitimacy of children of a marriage where the
father was clergyman and he married himself
The Rev. S. $. Beamish was duly ordained cler-
gyman OF the United Churches of England and Ire
land, and appeared that on the 9th of November
1881, being then in holy orders, he went to the
house OF Anne Lyons, in the city of Cork and there
and Isabella Fraser The special verdict described
| the manner in which the ceremony took place ant
the general form of solemnizaon that set out ir
the book of Common Prayer of the United Churches
OF England and Ireland Mr Beamish then declaring
that he took the said Isabella Fraser 10 he his wei
ded wife, she taking him to be her welded husband
The wedding ring was then placed upon her finger
and the blessing pronounced Judge Champion de
lvered judgment in favor of the validity of the mar
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Total 186,49s l09,o75
s,iscoyery oS al. Fkaoe,s

, II -
The propeller Arctic and baroue Re-
lease, of the expedition fitted out in search
for the commander Kane of the missing
Arctic expedition, returned ON the / Ith
inst, having the commander Kane and
his party on board The propeller and
barque made their way north in Smith S
Sound up to 70 deg. 80 min, when they
were stopped by ice. Working their way
in shore, they discovered an Indian VII
lage, and learned from the inhabitants that
DR.. Kane. and party had gone South
They then returned to Disco's Island,
where they found Dr. Kane and expe-
-ditionists Dr. Kane had pushed his
vessel, the Rescue as far north as 81 deg,
where she was frozen in lie remained
by her all winter, sending to the Indian
village for provisions.
In the spring the party abandoned the
ship, and made their way southwark in
sledges to Upper-4Nevit;--trsss' rsss's-w iictiee
ll.e,s JwCra conveyed in q Danish vessel to
the Island of Disco, where they were
found by the searching expedition. Three
of DR.. Kane's party have died; Christian
Alsan, carpenter; Pierce Schubert cook;
and Jefferson Baker, seaman. The re-
mainder are more or less frost-bitten.
The last winter was unusually severe in
the Arctic regions, and many natives per-
ished. No traces whatever have been
discovered of Sir John Franklin.
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IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO

BY the arrival of the steamship Orizaba,
from Vera Cruz, dates from the city OF
Mexico to the 5th inst. have been received.
Alvarez has been elected President OF
the Republic by the Electoral College i'll
session at Curuvacca, but the military
powers of the capital will deny his en-
trance, so that hard fighting may be anti
cipated before he can have the opportu.
nifty of assuming the reins of government
Gen. Vega has withdrawn from the civil
power and refused to obey the orders ot
Alvarez for the arrest Of the fugitive min
lister under Santa Anna, and to arm the
National Guard which was superseded by
Vega.
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The Missing Aeronaut.

ss It makes one shudder to think of the
probable fate of Mr.. Winchester, who
went up in balloon from Norwalk, Hu,
ron county, on the I'd inst. Over two
weeks have elapsed, and no tidings have
as yet reached his family at Milan, of his
fate. Whether frozen to death in upper
air, and thus dashed to earth, or buried in
the deep bosom of the Lake, no word has
come to tell While we wonder at his to
msrIty We must pity his probably sad fate.
Yet there is hope still, as the last seen Of
him his airy vessel was waited toward the
North, sufficiently inflated, as we are told
.sby the Norwalk papers, for voyage oil
from twoto three days. May be he landed
in Canada, so far. from railroads and tele.
graphs as to prevent tidings yet reaching
) his home. 1t is but a hope, however.
! The Norwalk Reflector says:
s1 Itswas reported some days since, that
he had been heard from somewhere in
Canada, but the report could be traced to
no reliable source, and proved to be un-
s founded
1t is pretty generally believed here that
he is lost-as to the precise manner, if so,
there are various opinions. Many sup
pose that he may have ascended SO high,
that he became insensible and perished
from cold His fate, whatever it may be,
is amattersof speculation. We conversed
with a gentleman from Milan, few days
since, who told US that M. W. had, for
some time past, manifested a strong de-
sire for ballooning, and that he had ex-
pressed his intention of ascending higher,
and to make a longer aerial voyage than
any other aeronaut had ever accomplished.
! Wesare told he took only twenty-five lbs.
of ballast with him, which was about hall
as much as he took when he made his as
cension from Milan short time previous.
The Norwalk Erpersmest expresses a
hope that the press every here, ..l4el go
pecially east of us, will speak of the as
cension, and if it should be that he has
landed safely, information. may be sent to
his family in Milan.
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County Intirnary.

N1HE Township Trustees of the several town
L ships, in the county of Monroe, are hereby
notified that the County Inafrmary will be open
for the reception of proper inmates on and af-
Ter Monday the 17th day Of September, instant.
Trustees will be careful, in making application
for the admission of inmates: TO conform to the
following section of the Laws of the State. (See
Sec. TX of ssan act to authorise the establishment
Of poor houses passed March 1S3l):
THAT no person shall be admitted to any
such poor house as a pauper unless upon the
order or warrant of the trustees of the proper
township, directed to the board of directors of
the poor house of the proper county; which or
der or warrant shall be accompanied by state
ment of facts, signed by the trustees setting
forth the name, age birth place, length of res
idence, previous habits and present condition
of the person claiming TO be a pauper. together
with the time or times at which such person
or persons, if not native of the township, has
been warned to depart therefrem; and if neg
lccted to he warned or removed, the reason or
cause of such neglect. And if on a full exam
,,,,r'tion of the facts or circumstances touching
tlic f,elat of such pauper to admission into the
| POOR houss,-rhich may come to the knowledge
oi the oifectoss:they shall be of opinion, from
the failure or neSice> Of duty on the part of the
orerseers OF The poor, or from want of the proper
legal residence, or from any other cause such
| person is not legally chargcable to the county,
as paupcr; he or she shall not be admitted to
| the poor house, and the superintendent shall
not admit any person into the poor house, as a
q pauper unless upon the order of member
Of the board of directors"
BY an act passed March %, 1850, the words
"poor house, are changed to county in6rnaa-
ry, and are required Ia be used in their stead
in all legal proceedings.
JOHN KERR,
BENZ. r. BRIGGS,
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IN Probate Court, Monroe Count,

Petition to sell Lands to pay Debts.
John B. Noll, administrator of Samuel McCon-
nell, deceased,
.9gGinst
William Mcdonnell, Susan Cunningham and
her children, (whose names are unknown),
Nancy Morrow and James Morrow her husband:
Barbara Cunningham and John Cunningham,
Martha Cunningham, and Elizabeth Ralston
and Samuel Ralston her husband.
TIME above-named defendants are hereby in
/ formed, that op the 18th day of September,
1855, said Admipistrator filed his Petition in
the Probate Court of Monroe county, Ohio, the
object and prayer of which Petition is, TO OBJ
tain an order, &c, on the 18th day of October,
1855, tor the sale of the following real estate,
of which the said Samuel "A Mcconnell died
seized to wit: The south west qir>ster of the
north west quarter of section 10. township ,
and range 4, in said Monroe county. zs
JOHN Is. N0LL, .idmir
BY J. 5. Way, his Atty.
September 10, lsaa,-4w
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Fusion Philanthropy.

> ~ = q
Col Tod, in a recent speech, related
the following incident illustrative of Fu-
sion philanthropy:
"On the 4th Of July last, perhaps the
!, largest Mass Meeting that everassembled
in Ohio since the days of $40, was held
at the County Fair Grounds in Ravenna,
Portage. county. 1t was an Abolition
/, meeting; Chase, Giddings and Wade were
present. TO that meeting came poor
negro, bearing from good citizens of Bel
! mont county a letter, stating in substance
that he was worthy colored man solicit
Z ing aid to redeem his wife and children
J from Slavery. They were owned by a
widow lady in Kentucky, by the name OF
Lewis, who was poor and unable to eman-
cipate them herself; yet she was willing
: to take as low as $500 for them from the
husband and father The letter stated
that whatever funds might be contributed
would be forwarded to the Secretary Of
the Anti-Slavery Society," and by him to
Mrs. Lewis, who would thereupon release
those slaves. Mr.. Wade read the letter
!, to the meeting, and stated that box was
at;the gate III which contributions could
be dropped And what do you think
,sfellow-citizens, (said Mr.. Tod,) was the
5 amount contributed bythis Abolition mul
tftude of thousands towards redeemine
that poor mans wife and children from
slavery? Why, the ENORMOUS sum O
EIGHTY CENTSl Don't you think thai
a Democratic audience, with the same
facts before them, would have had them
ont of slavery in no time? The truth was
it took Abolitionists to PREACH philan-
thropy. bnt it took Democrats to prac.
tice i'll"
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4 TTACHMENT.- my instance a writ of
~ attachment was on the sth day of October
1885, issued by Samuel W. Noll, a Justice of
the Peace in and for Ohio township, Monroe
county, Ohio, against the goods, chattels, stock
interest in stocks, rights, credits, moneys apl
effects of Joshua Burge, q nonresident of said
State, for the sum OF eight dollars and seven
cents, and costs Of suit, and will be for hearing
on the oath day of November, 1855 at o'clock
P. ot:o,.u NJ: ., ,s,. JOHN y LIrHAN'
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SasslbO AheaG.

Negroes were permitted. we are inform
ed, to vote the Fusion Know Nothing
ticket in Perry and Butler townships at
the late election. The very men that
seeks TO deprive white men-enterprising
emigrants from Ireland and Germany from
exercising the rights of suffrage, have no
scruples about taking the ebony ''gentle-
man from Africa" by the elbow and lead
ing him to the ballot-box. Indeed, we
learn, that in the strong Fusion township
Of Butler, live Sambo as dark as the
ace of fspades, actually received some sixty
votes for Justice of the Peace. Stand
back white man--make way for tho "cul.
ed population.''-Ohio Patriot,
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Motica in Partition.

/ TARY ANN CRONIN, and Michael her hus-
HI band, Phebe Sullivan, Elizabeth Sullivan
and John Sullivan, minors, will take notice that
a petition was filed against them in the Court
OF Common Pleas of Monroe County, Ohio, by
William Sullivan, on the 18th day of Septenn-
Der 1855, and is now pending, wherein the said
William Sullivan, demands partition of the fol-
lowing described real estate, to wit: The south
east qusrter of the south east quarter, of sec
tfon three, of township five of range six, con-
tanning forty acres of land, situated in Monroe
County, Ohio that at the next term OF said
Court. application will be made by the said
petitioner for an order that partition be made
OF said premises. JOHN SINCLAIR,
Sept. ~, 1855. Attorney for Petitioner.
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foreielr 9Qelos.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC
New York, Oct. 16

New YORK, Oct. 16.
The steamship Atlantic was announced
at Sandy Hook at O'Clock this morning,
and reached the dock at half past 8
O'Clock.
She brings intelligence that the Rus
slams were defeated near Eupatoria, by the
French cavalry, with loss of 6 men kill
ed and 27 wounded.
Prince Gortschakof reports, on the Sd
of October, that an Intellectual movement
had. been made on his left flank
The allied feet sailed on secret eX-
pedition, supposed to be directed against
Nicolaietf and Odessa.
9 The Emperor is at Odessa; he has issu-
ed an encouraging address to the Russian
people and viii shortly be in the Crimea.
A collision was anticipated between the
western powers and the King of Greece,
on account of the Russian proPensities
of the latter.
The food question is still a matter of
serious import, both in France and Ger
many.
The southern portion of Sebastopol is
to be blown up by the Allies, and mines
are now being sunk for that purpose.
Prince Gortschakoff's army was threat
ened by a large force of the Allies from
Eupatoria.
The Atlantic brings intelligence up to
Saturday, the 9Th inst. She has two
hundred and seventeen passengers
The steamship Ericsson arrived at
Cowes on Friday, the 5th inst.
MANCHESTER. The market is quiet
and very little doing. Brown & Shipley
report that the quality Of new wheat is
not promising-old is in active demand
at full prices.
Flour is in better request. Nothing
doing in Bacon Tallow is active.
BREADsTUFFs-Brown d Shiply quote
white wheat at 12s las Cd, red wheat
lis Cd 12s.
FLoUR-W Canal quoted at 40s
and Ais; Southern AIS AIS; Ohio ABS
and 43s Sd.
CoRN-The quotations of white 44s
and 45s; Yellow 40s Sd Ais.
The steamship Africa, from Boston via
Halifax, sgnaled below.
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A POLITICAL BABEL-There are thirty.
six distinct parties in New Y ork, with all
sorts of strange and whimsical names
adopted apparently more out of ridicule
than as characteristic of political prnci-
pies. 1t must be difficult, amid such a
confusion Of parties, for any individual tc
know exactly which he belongs to or OF
what platform he stands.