Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-08-22


tratOn Free Territory has been annexed to the Union
Louisiana. Texas and Florida Slave Territories
hut Ca ifornia, under Fillmore, into the Union
Free. Why doubt Z"
THE CHINESE AND THE YOUNG DoNKEY-The COL
den Era, California paper, states that six clippers
brought in the latter part of June, about two thous
| and Cinnamon to San Francisco. The editor goes
to say " Ii is very amusing to them streakng
through the Streets following the carts containing
their baggage, The drivers of which ust for sport
on q sharp ro, and brighten the poor Johns with
the idea that they about to lose their traps
We saw flock day or two since, of fifty or more
in full chase of job wagon ahead, that moving
off at lively pace, containing lot of goods and
chattles, that smelled of camphor wood and opium
| smoke. The wind was blowing strong dead ahead
and the tail streamed Straight out behind swapping in
the breeze, and The Celestial following High YAH
! high yoo." flock of them come donkey
having with it juvenile donkito about week old.
| This something They hah-yah'd and
walked around ii several times finally, one of TIL m
discovered that it had tall and undertook to unfok
| it he took hold of and strag htened it. They all
gathered around deeply interested in the new species
of john" when the little institution resented the
idea of relationship by letting drive with both heels
into the rice recepacles of the party knocking down
half dozen, and putting the b,lance 10 fight.
| APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF THE GRAND DUKE
| MICHAEL, OF RUs>IA.-A elrer from ST. Petersburg
gives some information relative to Giro INSTANCES
nected with the late betrothal of the Grand Duke
Michael. 1t says:
T he marriage itself will take place. it is said, in
the course of the winter. The Princess must be first
instructed in the Russian Greek religion, which she
is bound to embrace, that change being sine qua
non tor any Princess who enters The family of Ro-
manof. 1t is. of course, amongst the Protestant
courts Of Germany that ives selected for the
Russian princes. Russian grand duke Or grand
duchess never change his her religion such
step being utterly inadmssible according to the Rus
sian church, which Furnishes most severely any seces-
sion from The Russian G eek religion. 1t appears that
the Grand Duke Michael had first applied to the court
of Saxony to obtain The hand OF The Princess Sdonia
but the Princess positively refused to change her re
gion. Afterwards, during the Grand Dukes stay at
Sans SOuci, near Berlin, he the Princess Mary
of Holland and he applied to the Emperor Alexan
der for permission to ask her hand in marriage The
Emperor replied that he should prefer 10 see his
choice fixed on German Princess 1t was then that
the Princess Cecilia chosen. The mother of the
/ Princess (of the house of Wasa of Sweden) at
first opposed 10 the union but at last persuaded
by the Empress Dnwager OF Russia 10 consent, and
So he bride is now about to change her religion -
THE Re Action ALREADY CoMMENc EDIT re
quIres bat little political asacIty that he tide
of publc opinion has already begun to turn with
overwhelming force |gain>t the sectional and dis
unonlst Back Republic; party. The reacon has
already commenced. The sober and rejecting por-
ton OF The American people are becoming tired Of
these prOfless ag taiions, these idle inten IONS with
ont any legitimate object They see in the Demo-
crhtIc party organization comprehensive in its
policy, national In its character, wise and just in g
management, and they rally ing the support OF
Its taIhtul standard bearers. They wish TO he de-
lIvered from the blIghtng evils of Abolition fanati.
cIam, with all lis impraclcahle vagaries and dan
gerous combinations. They desire see unity, ha
mony, fraternity, fellowship and confidence restored
between the different portions of the Union and one
Peope one Con tltutirn, and Destiny, the motto
OF every political creed These are the wishes of the
conservative men of great nation, and thew are
producing their Legitimate results in the minds of a
multitude. Our opponents see, we'll as Ourselves,
hat their prospects are daily becoming more and
more dark and desperate. This will continue to be-
the case until November. Revolutions never go back
wards Their game is nearly played out.
| The INFLUENCE THE LONDON TIMEs.-lt may
not be generally known, saws contemporary that the
leader of the Times is teIegraphed every morning
to all the principal towns of England; then written
out in large letters and AFFIXED to bulletin board,
and is placed in the public Exchange All Glasgow,
Liverpool, Manchester, and other towns OF less
mercia importance, crowds of merchants and oth Ell
may be seen early in the day reading this article
AS ii thus, in effect, does the thinking for the mass
of the middle classes IF Great Britain it's influence
with them must be very great. 1t is difficult, act,
TO understand It's extent and power, which no class
we presume, and not even The government itself, fails
10 acknowledge.
THE GREATEST WONDER YEr-Calvin Edson and
all The fat women, dwarfs and giants, ecpsed by
a now on exhibition at Havana, who was born
without either legs arms, but who, having lena
clousIy set himself to work to conquer the nconve-
nences naturally consequent upon such deprivation,
has made himself wonder by the variety of his ras.
Among other things, he announces that he is able to
spin Top with such perfection that it will hit any
spot named, to spin dollar over table, to threw
sling, to take sixpence from table and put it in
bis left and take 1t out again, to make knot with
a halter thread needle 10 ascend and descend
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