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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-06
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
New Hanover County Court, September Term. 1s5;
Levi A. Heart

Jas. A. Whpplc, Master of the Schr.
Arcade.
TT APPEARING TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE
Court that the Defendant, James A. Whpple, Master of
the Schr Arcade nonresident 1t s therefore ordered
by the Court that publication be made in the Wilmington
Journal for six weeks notifying said Defendant to appear at
the term of this Court to be held for the county afore
said, at the Court House in the of Wilmington the
second Monday of December next and plead, answer,
demur judgment pro confesso will be taken against him.
and the property levied upon sold to satisfy Plaintiffs debt
and costs.
Test, SAAI. r. BUNTING Clerk.
November 6-lO-6t
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-06

NOTICE.
WHEREAS, my wife, ELIZABETH ANN, has, without
w just cause left bed and board this to forewarn
all persons from creditng her my account will not
be responsible for any debts of her contracting
Oct. 2Sth, 1851 44-lt9-2t*l HENRY NEW.
LATEST NEWS FROM SEAT OF WAR.
TTNHE subsc rbers having erected STEAM SAW MILL
i in the county of Dupn, c. near sricklands Depot,
got out of long leaf pine They would respectfully solicit
share of patronage from the public generally.
TAYLOR, LINTON & co.
Jan 1Ith-Tl9.ly.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-11-06

&B- THE HARDWARE Branch of the business will b,
continued as heretofore.
Wilmington, N. c., Oct. oath, 1857 42-tf-isf.
, 1857-02-06
Valuable Coal Mines on The Pacific



By recent dcspatchcs to the Navy De
partment from Commander Swartwout, Of
the United States steamer Massachusetts,
the important fact is communicated of a
discovery Of valuable coal on the Straits o.
Juan de Fuca. This discovery was made
by Captain j. X. Thorndke. About foul
tons oil IL was aug oy inc Indians ana ties
teu on ooaru 'lie Nl"SSac'"set'S' tnouSh the
teS' Cmmahuer 0"artwoutre REMARKS
Cannot be considered as fair one, be
cause, as miners call it, it was the first croI
OF coal, taken about three feet below thu
surface, and which is always regarded al
refuse. Doubtless when they get deeper
INTO the nine, the SPECIFIC gravity and Other
'aiuaoIe properties VIII prove 10 Do greatly
ennanceu'
The situation OF this mine is on FucO
Straits, nearly equidistant between Pillar
Bay and Clalam Bay, aud about twenty
three miles from Cape Flattery. In repor'
ting on the local position and circumstances
of this mine, Capt. TAarndike says
"The bicbt Of the mountain is from ten
to twelve hundred feet: the formation is
sandstone: six leads Of coal ranging in
thickness from one to three feet, dip 10 dc.
grees distance between coal leads ranging
from twelve to one hundred feet. From
high water mark thirty feet; to low water
mark $50 feet. From coal leads to five
fathoms water about 600 feet.o
Con, TborrdiLo has commorcod vorLiro
,bO oaf' "dino ,;th sono n1 ovnnri"n"oJ TnnI;n3 %
',narn %T ," who ' ronor, S yorv fayoroLIv of tSn
nmnIitio. , "%H oT ,bn % cooI Tho nina Z odr,ir @
, 1857-02-06

RELIGION MADE EAsY.-A London Jour
nal has the following hit at the practice Of
disposing Of church livings in England:
Chmch Lirings for Sde.-The dull sea-
son for the sale Of church livings is passing
away, and yesterdays Times contains q
few advertisements from patrons eager tC
effect ready SALE There is a living in
Somersetshire, beautifully situate, with al
income of R4O0 year, the present incnm
bent is ninety years of age. Interest is to
be allowed on the purchase money until
possession of the living is obtained. The
next is a living in Suffolk, beautifully stu
ate, with a60O year, population 100, and
early possession. Then there is living
in Norfolk, also beautifully situate, neal
a railway station, with 9500 year, popula
ton small, and prospect of immediate pos
session. Another is in a good county, and
"in the midst Of good society,"" population
small, duty light, and On income Of 930o {
year The last that may be mentioned i
in beautiful part of the south of England
income about e400 per annum, with al
old-fashioned roomy house, and the prescn
incumbent nearly ninety years of age. A
present these desirable bene6ces are some
what scarce, but by Christmas the marke
will no doubt be well stocked.
, 1857-02-06

Snowy MoUNrAIH.-There has been some
question as to the existence Of a mountain
in Africa almost directly under the equa-
tor, whose height is enveloped in snow.
The facts respecting it are given by Rev
Mr.. Rebmann, to the Church Missionary
Intelligencer. He says, that having at
tanned Kilema, the fnrthest point to which
he had advanced on previous journey, he
and his party proceeded in the direction of
Madame. For six Or eight miles the path
lay in northwest direction, over q country
gradually rising during the distance of ten
miles, which intervened from the base Of
the Jagga mountains mass to Kilema.
They then reached the northern limit of in
habited land, about eighteen miles distant
from the foot of the Jagga mountain.
Here the severity Of the cold was as great
as in Europe in November nor was this a
matter Of surprise, for so near was he to
the mountain that even by the light Of the
moon he could easily distinguish it. On
the next day they proceeded several miles
in the same direction until they entered o
mountain forest, when the path became due
west. This portion of the route consisted
Of an uninterrupted series of ascents and
deseents. Having completed about twelve
miles, they entered Uru, a province of
Jagga, which they found to be intersected
by valleys from fifteen hundred to two
thousand feet in depth, through which ran
perennial streams, supplied from the abun-
dant snow stores which covered the head
Of the mountain. In q day and half the
party crossed, between Kilcma and Jagga,
about twelve rivers, with pretty large vol
umes OF water, on an average five inches
deep and five yards broad. As it was in
the middle Of the dry season, they must
have dried up had not their source been
from the perpetual snow. As they ap-
preached Madame, they arrived at the
fine river Weriweri, crossing which they
were some four miles from the foot Of the
mountain, which is described by him as
ha{ing two submits, rising to the limits Of
the snow out Of the common mountain-mass.
The eastern is the lower, and terminates in
several peaks, which in the rainy season
are covered far down with snow, but in the
dry season it sometimes melts entirely
away, while at other few spots will re-
main. The western summit is the proper
perpetual snow mountain, which, rising
considerably above its neighbor, affords
also much more room for snow, it being
formed like an immense dome. 1t is ten
or twelve miles distant from the eastern
summit, the intervening space presenting a
saddle, which, so far as Rebman could
ascertain, was never covered with snow.
, 1857-02-06

The BRITIsH MOVEMENT AGAINST PERSIA
Our readers have noticed, doubtless, thai
the British have declared war against the
Shah of Persia. The pretence is thai
Heart has been guaranteed to Dost MahdAn
med by the East India Company, thongl
there is no certainty whether that province
forms part Of Cabul or Persia This wal
movement attracts the attention of the
French press The Paris Patrie says, III
plain terms, England should be no longer
allowed to persevere in her East India
spoliation. Lc Nard, the Russian organ
in Belgium, says she will not be allowed
in the future. The same paper gives full
account Of the present quarrel, in an official
article, translated from the Persian. il
had still more disgraceful origin than the
enlistment difficulty" with the United
States, which had not England quietly
submitted to be snubbed in the face Of al
Europe, might have ledto war:
1t appears that q Mr.. Murray, while
British Charge dAfIairs ut Teheran, moi
only had carried on improper relations
with Princess of the blood-royal of Persia
who had previously lost her character on
account Of other reasons, although mar
vied woman, but assumed the right of bul
lying the authorities for placing the lady
in question under restraint. He thus be
came so insolent and insulting in the coursC
ola few months, that finally the Shah de
manded bis recall, and this not having beer
complied with, he was ordered to withdraw
Ia Champion.
, 1857-02-06
pO23AY I.
The Merry Heart.

'Tis well to have a merry heart,
However short we stay
There's wisdom in merry heart,
What e'er the world may say.
Philosophy may lift its head
And find out many flaw,
But give me the philosopher
That's happy with straw.
Iflfe but brings US happiness,
1t brings us what we'gr told,
What's hard to buy, tho rich ones try
With all their heaps of gold.
Then laugh away, let others say
What e'er they will Of mirth,
Who laughs the most may truly boast .
He's got the wealth of earth.
There's beauty in the merry heart,
A moral beauty, too;
1t shows the earth's honest heart.
And paid each man his due;
And lent share of what's to spare,
Despite Of wisdom's fears,
And makes the cheek LEES sorrow speak,
The eye weep fewer tears.
The sun may shroud itself in cloud,
The tempest wrath begin
1t finds a spark to cheer the dark,
Its sunlight is within;
Then laugh away, let others say
whatc'er they will Of mirth
Who laughs the most may truly boast
He's got the wealth OF earth.
, 1857-02-06

POPULAR DEIUMoNs.--It takes q keen
observer to detect all the popular fallacies
that are rife in the country. We1Pasanf,
note few Of them; -
It is a popular deIusion TO believe that On
editor Is public bellows, bound to puff
every thing and every body that wants to
us, him.
That the most certain road to fortune Is
through the turnpike Of politics. ~
That mans intellect is in ratio with his
assurance. ~
That poor, hungry player, though he
does wear q tinsel crown, can feel as happy
as king .F'l 81 "a
That the most Christian like course which
clergyman ean follow Is to slander and
vilify those who differ with him 10 the doe
trinOl points of faith. W
That powder on a lady's face has the
same effect as in the pan Of a mnsket-as-
sists her to go of.
That Nature, when she made lovely
woman = meant, but Omitted, to have en-
ished her Of with hustle.
That the music Of q consumptive piano
is fully equal to that of the spheres. d.
That formidable moustache inspires Q
poltroOn with tho courage Of brave sold
ier Efl
That ones country owes him a living.
and will discharge tho debts without any
effort on his part for its recovery.
That an ignorant and vulgar man, by
being smuggled into one Of the learned
professions, is a scholar and gentleman.i
, 1857-02-06

To those who have endeavorcd to throw
doubt upon the statement as to the extent
to which polygamy prevails in Utah, pub
lished in the HsraA some days ago, we
would commend the pcrusal of the follow.
ing extract from sermon of another Of
the Twelve Apostles, Heber C. Kimball:
" l had rather have one woman that is
humble, than twenty that are not and
she is more honor and glory and happiness
and heaven to man, than twenty disobc
dient ones. You that have but one wife
know this pretty well, Jut are trhO hart
scores, know it better We are further ad
vanced in the experience Of this lifc."
1t will he seen that Heber is not by any
means to be regarded as a modest man
He does not mince matters much. He ac.
knowlcdges that he has scores OF wives, .
and the structure Of the sentence admits Of
the supposition that there are many more
whose households are just as much extend.
ed. But we must leave the subject for the
present. Our space does not admit of fur
ther extracts.
, 1857-02-06

Ia At the stables of Garston's Hotel,
in Liverpool, are male and female drom
edary, together with four beautiful Arabian
horses, the property of an American gen
tleman, intended for breeding. Theowner
of these animals has been upwards oi
twelve months on a sojourn in Arabia
Egypt and Asia Minor He has brought
with him an Arab well accustomed to the
management Of horses. The horses are
the admiration of the grooms in the neigh
borhood,
, 1857-02-06

EPrrAPH.-The late SternhoId Oakes was
rather eccentric, and offered reward for
tGe best epitaph for his grave Several
trled for the prize, but they flattered him
S 700 much he thought AT last he tried for
himself, and the following was the result
Here lies the body Of Sternhold Oakes,
Who lived and died like other folks"
4, That was satisfactory, and the old gen
Senan claimed the reward, which, as he
nad the paying Of it himself was of course
, 1857-02-06
Dg- Mr.. Warren Clark, of Gospor

DS- Mr.. Warren Clark, of Gosport
writes to the Lockport Journal that the
laborers on the canal enlargement, neal
bis residence, few days since, came upor
q large deposit of human skeletons, mum
bering probably six hundred. 1t is sup
posed that this assemblage Of human re
mains is due to the occurrence-perhap'
centuries since-of terrific Indian con
fict, the dead of which were all inferred
in the pit now first opened TO the whit
mans inspection.
, 1857-02-06

PRESSURE OF FIRED GUNPowDER.- i.
well understood that tho pressure of the
explosion in a gun is greatest at the begin
ming, aud gradually dies away as the bal
moves forward; but this depends much oil
the combustibility Of the powder. The pres
sure at the instant the powder is fired i:
immense; but until recently no one has been
able to measure it. Dr. w. F Wood
bridge and Major Alfred Mordecai have
been recently making some experiments, at
the expense of the United States Ordinance
Department, for testing this point, at the
arsenal in Washington. With ball weigh
ing about 6l pounds, and q charge of II
pounds of Duponts cannon powder, the
greatest pressure at any instant on the
interior Of the gun at one inch from the
breech varied between l9, 900 and 81 ,00C
pounds per square inch. AT one foot from
the breech the greatest pressure was only
about 5000 pounds; at two feet. about the
same; at three feet, about 5000; and at
four feet, about S, 900 pounds. The pres.
sure Of small quantity Of Hazards rifle
powder, fred in cavity from which there
was absolutely no escape, was not sufficient
to burst the box, the strength ofwhich was
estimated sufficient to sustain on interna
pressure of about 5000 pounds per square
inch. These facts are interesIiug, as they
serve 10 show how the metal should be dis
tributed in casting cannons, and also to re
move the belief which exists among practi
cal men that one grain Of powder absolutely
confined would exert an in6nitc force.
, 1857-02-06

ALPHABErs.-The PhGnician alphabet,
,a.ented sn by Cadmus, had originally only
ni'een letters, but the English has twenty
ga. sn, the Spanish twenty-seven, the Arabic
TTe1ty-elght, the Persian thirty-two, the
~ 1urSlsh S thirty-three, the Russian forty-one,
tae Sanscrit fifty and the Chinese two hun.
dred and fourteen.
, 1857-02-06

l6r A man killing hogs became vexed,
and venting his spleen, wished they were
n. "Oh, dear me, what can he
mean !" exclaimed q little girl who over
beard him. Mean? l suppose the
awful wretch wants his provisions sent on
beforehand
, 1857-02-06

Sd'- Mr.. A. G. Stoddard, of Boston, has
presented to Williams College two Egyp-
van mnmmies, Of the Time Of the Pharaohs,
III an excellent state of preservation. Also,
mummy crocodile, an animal which the
aat ancient Egyptians worshipped, and two
IOlGmns from the Giants Causcway in Ire
, 1857-02-06

Ba~ 1t is very rare to find ground which
produce nothing; if it is not covered with
flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it pro-
duces briars and pines. 1t is the same
with man; if he is not yirtuous, he becomes
vicious. La Bruyere.
, 1857-02-06
OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY FRIDAY FEBRUARY g. L

as Delilah did Sampson, and make you
powerlesS. Break asunder the cords, the
ropes and cables that bind you, and come
forth, ye old men, out of your shells, aud
break your lariats and your stakes, aud be-
gin to drink of the fountain of life with
God and his servants"
, 1857-02-06

bG- Lord Brougham once facetiouly
defined lawyer thus: "a learned gentle
man, who rescues your estate from your
enemies, and keeps it himself"
, 1857-02-06

What animal has the greatest quantity
of brains? The hog, ofcourse, for he has a
hogsheod full.
, 1857-02-06

~ Moderation is the silken string run
''Ns through the pearl chain Of all virtues
, 1857-02-06

TO WHICH nuu % IOr Jhe uuulDcT tnUu
living Of Governor YouDg's wives, and you
have the whole number Of females thus rep.
resented by the members Of the Legisla-
tuFe, officers Of same, and his Excellency,
amounting to 420; or, in other words. 40
men have 420 wives. These, Mr.. Editor.
are sober truths, and in what they will end
is for the dark and dolefnl future M
Ancus CURIk "a
, 1857-02-06
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, 1857-02-06
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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-11-11

bear, he caused such excrutiating pains
that Dick was compelled to relinquisf
his grasp. Then he struck the soldier
temple and both fell down.
Fatigued, but not insensible, Johr
Putnam recovered in half an hour suf
ficiently to catch one of the steeds SC
lately strided by his enemies, and mount
ing he galloped to the headquarters oi
" ashiDgton, who Immediately, on hear.
ing the story of his adventure, ordered
the bodies of tho victims to be buried.
However, when. sought for, only the
corpse of Wolf could be discoYered.-
Doubtless the captain had recovered,
and retraced his path on the remaining
horse.
John Putnam lived to old age, but
after this achievement he left the army
and joined the quakcrs. Nothing can
be adduced against his personal bravery.
He always remained warm personal
friend of Nashington's, but his mind
took religious bias, the peculiarities of
which are always respected in an honest
man. It was the blood, he often said,
of the man that he killed with his own
fist, that ever tinged his mind with mel
ancholy.
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He was already suffering from the inces-
SAINT labor and exposure of the last two
days and that long Friday night. His
fatigue must have been great, and when
the waves closed. oyer his ship, he WAS
in all probability, too much exhausted
to struggle with the rest in that pool Of
drowning men for floats and life.a II IslraSis
Everything that could be done by the
best ea-captain to save his ship Waaf
done to save this one Brave hearts,
and strong arms, and willing minds were
on board. There was no lack of skill
orr of courage Order and discipline
were preserved 70 the last and she
went down under conduct that fills the
heart with sentiments of unutterabIe adj
miration, Z. = q ''sst
Herndon vas ia the 44th year Of his
age. He was born in Fredericksburg,
Virginia, on the 25th day of October,
1918. He was the son Of the late Dab,
ney Herndon, of that place, and was the
fifth of seven children, Eve sons and two
daughters, Of wnom Mrs. Maury is the
elder. He was named after Captain
William Lewis, of the Navy, who ywas
lost at sea on board the U. s. brig Eps
ervier. Lewis Herndon was left early
an orphan; and entered the navy al
the age of fifteen. Afectionate in dis.
position, soft and gentle in his manners,
he was beloved of his own he also WON
the love and esteem Of his associates
wherever he went, and he became fai
uorite throughout the service siasGs
None new him better, or loved him
more than, - e-TsS'
Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
NJ. F. MAURY, -
Lieutenant United State Navy
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now WOULD ENGLAND's DE-
CLINE AFFECT AMERICA. sa


we observe thatamany of our cotem-
poraries sympathize with Epglandfn
relation to her Indian troubles, on the
ground that the loss of her Eastern Em.
piro would be but the prelude to her
decline and that her decline would prove
serious injury to the United State. We
dissent not precisely from the eympsthy
but from the cogeneg Of the reasons.aug-
gested for it. On many accounts We
should regret to see Great Britain push.
ed to the wall We cannot forget that
in spite of many shortcomings, she is the
feetest country after our own, in the
world; that liberty is advancing and exi
tending with herat every generation and
that lher ruin twould but put back the
hour hand of progress-to paraphrase p
metaphor of Robert Hall-for genera
tions, if not for centnries. But we think
it is demonstrable that her decline
would benefit, instead of ipjure, Ame1
RIGA. For were the Manchester mills
utterly destroyed-were the vessels
of Great Britain swept from the ocean
the factories of this country; the ship
ping of our Atlantic ports, would supply
the void. There would be no icompeti-
tors left for US !; we shonld have consul
mers comparatively at our mercy. SO
utter o ruin, however, cannot overtake
Englend in our day even If she lose the
whole Of India. It is not improbable,
indeed, that a successful revolt in Hin.
dostan would injure her material prosper
ity but little. The prestige of Great Rrl-
tain is what is put to peril in this insur;i
| rection; not her manufactures, her ship
ping, or her enormous private wealth,
Long after. India is lost, if it shonld be
iost-the energy, industry, sagacity and
capital of the British people will keep
England a. head and shoulders above
every other nation but our own. And
when these fail England, and she goes
down, we, and ve only, can succeed. to
her manufacturing snd cOTPmercia1t
| greatness. 3 ! a4 seg
But it would be unworthy Of Us as men
five were to desire, on this account, the
| ruin of England. So long as Great Brit
ain is a benefit, in whole, to the Eumen
race SO long she has our hearty wishes
| for continued prosperity. Longer than
| that she does not peserEe to live Longer
than that We donot believe an all-wiss
/ Providence will permit her TO live. when
she has done her work she viii perish.
as Assyria Egypt, Greece and Rome peri
| ished before her. How far in her condust
| towards India, sac has violated the great
law by which she IiTes, OF. how far, i
guilty in this matter, the good she dOss
elsewhere 10 set off against this one
crime, are questions on which it would
! be presumptious to give ! IN opinion
hastily, even if there are, as Jet; data
sufficient to justify e conclusion. We seq
much frcthy defamation about India
but little sense, and still less charity.-11
Phiyade{phiG Ledger. ~