Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-12-05
DemocraIic Yic1o1

AT the election held yesterday in New Haven for
town othcers-viZ seleclmen, town clerk, collector,
grand jurors, constables treasurer, and registrar
the democrats carried the day, sweeping out the old
held their positions many years.
C For the following telegraph despatch we are in
debted to the New Haven Register
"'NEw HAVEN, November 81
"'NEw HAVEN Town ELEcrIoN.-About $500
votes polied Democratic majority about 2O0-for
the first time in twenty three years
he democrats have several times elected the city
officers, but not for long period Uwrnty years
the despatch says) the town officers. The town
prises two three thousand inhabitants outside of
the city limits Whether the revolution extends to
all the town officers cannot say but no excep-
ton is mentioned in the despatch
Thus, for the first time many years, the Starpes.
rife gentry of New Haven, who toed the bells,
with the exception of one two, or perhaps more,
which they could not get access to- in sympathy with
Nature, during solar eclipse which occurred
after the passage OF the Nebraska bill, are brought
under democratic government, city and town which
will no doubt be able TO keep the baby quiet. AT
the presidential election, November a. the Fremonter
had a plurality over the democrats of III votes.
CoLD REGIONS ExTENDING.-It is we'll known as
matter of history, that when Greenland was discov-
cred it possessed a much warmer climate than it does
at present The ice packs have been extending South
from the polar regions for some centuries, and the
Northeast coasts of our continent are much cold
er than they were three centuries "go. The cause
of this is well understood the fact on is known
1t is believed by some persons that there is great
eddy in part of the polar which sometimes
changes its direction, and by drifting large icebergs
from one place TO another, changes the climate of
those places whence they drifed by the presence
of such of ice diusing their low temperature
10 great distances.
In the month of July last, the White Sea was
blocked up with huge mountains of ice, and the COM
merce of Archangel pped-sornething which never
happened before. In the Farce Islands snow fell in
the valleys in the middle of July, the like Of which
also never happened before If tnis drift of ice
nues regularly for few seasons, the coasts of the
White Sea will become as inhospitabe as those of
Greenland now are.--Sc,entJfc american.
RESULT OF EHE PRESIDENTIAL ELEcr1oN-The
New York Journal OF Commerce presents The follow
ing view oil the result of the Presidential election
Buchanan has ma ority of all the votes il mai orr
~ (16) of the States viz Pennsylvania, Indiana,
(probab,y,) and all the savehoIdng States except
Maryland, comprising aggregate population,
according to the last census, of 12,3S1,8
Fremont has majority of all the votes in
each of the six New England States,
and in Michigan and Wisconsin, COM
prsing population of 3,43I, 16l
Fillmore has majority of all the votes in
Maryland; population 583O34
In New York New Jersey Oh o. Illinois and
Iowa, neither indicate has majority;
population 661O,962
California not heard from, 92,597
Total population of all the States, 23,099, 578
The States in which Buchanan has majority of
all the votes comprise more than half the popula-
ton of the country; those in which Fremont has a
majorty but little more than seventh of the whole
population
The total number of votes polled for Buchanan at
the recen, ection, may be satated in round mum.
bers, at 100000
For Fremont, 1878, 0OC
| For Fillmore, $50 O0C
Total number of votes, 1926 ZOO
Buchanan over Fremont, 525, 900
Over Fillmore, $4,000
Fremont over Fillmore, 425,OO0
Buchanan's plurality over Fremont is 100 900 more
than Fremorts plurality over Fillmore.
Fremont lacks about 1916, 900 of majority of tn,
whole Buchanan lacks about 325. 900 of a maiorit,
| of the whole.
IT, all the non-sIavehoding States taken together
Fremont is in minority of mole than 200, OOO Hi
vote, however, exceeds Buchanans in said State
about 100000.
WEDDING EP1DEMIc--The New York Miro
remarks:
Marmony, just nov. seems to be prevailing il
this city to an alarming extent. The fashionabl
quarters of the town, about the middle of the week
wednesdays and Thursdays being marrying d,y
are blocked up with carriages and bridal cards. cake
oO4uoVe dlc dUou1 DIS GDlck as snow Hdkes
THE ewery business if may judge from the dis
play of bridal presents, must be fourishing beyon
precedent and if matrmony opens the gate of para
disc, New York contains good many happy couple
about these times. One of the largest and most sper
did of these nuptia festivals came off Wednesda,
in 22d st, the bride being the only daughter of one
our wealthiest merchants and the happy bride groo
a young and rising member of the bar Of this cit,
1t is estimated the doors of not less than thou
sand carriages were opened and shut by Brown
let out and in the guests and the jam of beauty an
f fashion can be better imagined than described"
n From GautemaIa.
letter in the New York Herald, dated Gauema
la, Oct. 3d. states that the CenteraI American allie
were preparing to dispatch formidable force rei
force the army already in the field against Gen Wa
ker. Two thousand men were to be sent from Gui
temala six hundred from San Salvador, and or
thousand from Costa Rca. These contingents, it
!, said, would increase the number of the invaders
some eight thousand men, all represented to be we
equipped for service, and confident of quickly ann
hilating Walker and his paritzans. Part of tn
IS new force to 60 by land and the remainder
Is sea, in two vessels under the escort of an armt
schooner At the date of this letter the result of
i battles OF Massaya and Granada were not known
g Guatemala. 1t is not improbable that Intelligent
would materially change the purposes of the allie