Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-06-25

topt OF her. Two holes were cut in her fore.
head an inch or two deep, and the bone broken
| 1t is doubtful whether she will recover.
|
FOrtne Delaware Repubtlcan,
THE PRICE OF BEEF.
Mr.. EDITOR; notice in the Philadelphia
papers several communications in regard to TIT
high price Of beet. | also observe that lndig
/ nation meetings have been held there by TIT
butchers and others with the design of retus
| ing to purchase beef at its present prices, and
intimating that means should be taken to force
| the graziers and drOvers TO lower these prices
| It's also proposed to import cattle from Vene-
zuell at $50 head, to supply the markets oil
this country This is all idle talk. Supply
and demand will regulate the price OF beef as
they do the value OF every other commodity.
As well hold Indignation meetings about the
price of tea, sugar, and coffee. The simple
truth of the matter il, that The consumption 81
beef ia this country is gradually and steadily
becoming greater khda its capabilities % supply
1t is the same case likewise in Europe, and q
pound of good beef cannot now be purchased
at retail in England or France for less than %
to so cents. Our graziers make no more profit
at present from cattle than they did several
years since, il we consider the enhanced value
Of every thing they themselves have to pur-
chase. They now procure cattle from the
they then did, and he in turn, from the scarcity
and value Of cattle everywhere, is compelled
to purchase Of tho breeder at the same In
creased priGe.-As to the importation OF cattle
from Venezuela, or any other distant country,
any one acquainted with the subject well KNOWS
that such u scheme is simply absurd. One
storm on the voyage hither, with the decks or
hold of vessel occupied to any extent with
cattle, would be the destruction of halt OF
4 tlnm L nj shores
it woSld r9qRirc a lung pasturRge for them to
recover from their pmaci0ted condition, anu
then their meat would not compare in quallty
with any thing but delapidated Marylander.
The remedy is to be less wasteful in the con-
sumption Of meats than we are, and to cease
the indiscriminate slaughter OF our calves
| Last week on q single Salem steamboat there
| passed up to the Philadelphia market, on' han
tired and .ify calpes. Had these animals been
retained BY their owners until three and four
years Old, there would have been nett saving
to tho country by o fair calculation OF at least
Sirty houSlad p0Mnds Of beef!-Let us keep our
calves thea, and permit the laws of trade to
regulate Il matter which they have hitherto
invariably done, and which they will as 1nvar-
iably do in all time to come.
NEW CASTLE County.
| foREtGS NEws.--Ihe steamship Persia ar
rived at New York. Tuesday morning, from
Liverpool, which port sne left on the 18th inst,
bringing news one week later from Europe
Douglas Jerr0ld, the novelist, is dead. In
France the election excitement was increasing.
The Spanish Mexican question remains unset
tied. The Brkenhead half of the telegraph
cable has hcen completed, and pronounced to
be perfect, after the requisite tests. The U.
s. steam frgate Niagara is expected in the
Mersey in . few days, to commence taking II on
ha nf X
don and Australian shippers, has failed liza
bilities E200,000. In France the Rcd and
White Republicans nave coalesced in their
opposition to the government at the coming
elections. The Bank Of France shows very
large increase of Cash. The text Of the Per-
sian treaty has been published. The overland
nail has arrived, with later dates from China,
India and Australia, but the news presents no
features of Importance. At Leghorn, on the
night Of the It'll, the scenery Of the Theatre
Del Acquidotti caught fire, during the repre-
sentation of piece called ttThe Capture of
the Maakotf" The flames spread rapidly, and
great confusion cnsued. Two hundred persons
were killed or wounded. The Grand Duke,
on hearing of this unfortunate event, went TO
Leghorn and caused the wounded to he plac-
ed in the hospitals The English parliament
airy proceedings arc chiefly of local interest.
In the Commons, Lord pamerston announced
| that the French government had given no OPP
portunity for remonstrance in regard to firing
war schooner, for it had promptly expressed
its regret at the occurrence, and dismissed the
officer who ordered the firing. The bill for the
admission of the Jews into Parliament was
read second time. The Roman Catholic
members, headed by the Duke of Norfolk, are
opposed to the measure, and had waited upon
Lord Palmerston, and also held meeting fol
the purpose of securing relief for the Catho.
tbn Oh bta drnc in, hn
oaths now taken by members Of Parliament
The interview with Lord Palmerston was not
satisfactory, and the Catholics have resolved
to support amendments to the bill in commit
tee embodying their views, and also to memoir
alize Parliament to frame an oath for all class
es, without distinction of creeds. A meeting
OF merchants was held in Liverpool, for the
purpose OF assisting the movement for obtain
ing an increased supply Of cotton. Resolu-
tions were passed referring to the present in.
adequate and uncertain supply of that staple,
as well as the unduly Quotations in price, and
expressing the opinion that the Colonies OF
| Great Britain offered ample resources for the
4 cultivation and development of the cotton
plant. and that it is the duty of the British ma
tion to aid the measure by which its growth
may be established and extended. A commit
tee was also appointed to cooperate with the
Manchester Cotton Surply Association. The
general rains in Ireland had largely ben
Gifted tho crops, giving promise of great album
dance. The returRs from the Bank OF France
show i'm increase of upwards of fifty millions
Of francs. A reduced rate of discount is
looked for. The harvest prospects of France
continue satisfactory, and the accounts IRON
the silk districts are more cheering.
| 5--s--
The BoRNEo DYAKs AND THE CHINEsE.-Thc
Chinese who attacked Raah Sir James Brooke
at Sarawak, murdered Messrs. Wellington and
Nicoletts, and wounded Mr.. and Mrs. Crook
shank, have suffered eariulretribution at the
hands of the Malays, having been nearly eH-
tirpated from the country by their RELENTLESS
pursucrs. 1t appears that, not contented with
the mischief they had already done, they re-
turned to the town in greatly increased force
but the whole Dyak population was in arms
and the Chinese had to retreat, closely pressed
by the Malays. A letter in the Penang Gaseht
says :--'EAbout 1000 to 1900 Cinnamon have
had their heads taken OF by the Dyaks, who
are in arms in all directions. Tho Chinese had
held possession of tho town for about two days
before the steamer Sir Jas. Brooke arrived
and were in the forts and about the town.
The first shot from the steamers long eighteen
FOUNDER cleared the fort, and, In a short time
they were all swarming out OF the town, the
steamer all the time hard at work with gun
and rifles, which did considerable execution
Every day, boat loads of heads were arriving
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