Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-02

DISGUSTING If TRUE The following paragraph
is going tho rounds 1.-THE Troy IN. Y y Indies
have introduced feature at their fairs, VIII ch
makes them draw like steam engines. All the most
hewitching girls wear placards labeled Kisses one
shilling each; and in some cases where dealers
possess extraordinary beauty as high as twenty five
cents is obtained. Gentlemen who are TEND of gath
erng this kind of frat, melting from trees, go in
fer it according to the weight OF their purses; and
one of the newspapers states that one rosy Tipped,
brght'eyed gal realized S62 IN one evening. Ono
gentleman actually purchased Sll worth of this
honey"
IMPORTANT FROM MESICo.-Tt appears from our
California files that there is some serious apprehen.
sion that the communication will be cut off between
Acapulco and the city Of Mexico. The Indians,
numbering from 900 to 5000, have revolted near
Chtpancingo, and have defeated tho fusilicrs of
the government and killed tho pro feet of the dis
trict The cause of the outbreaks is that their
priests, who has been preaching insurrectiun from
the pulpit has been arrested and is in prison at
Acapulco. Old Gcn. Alvarez has just left Provi-
dencia with his lndians subdue the bellgerents;
if he does not succeed, the communication will be
very soon cut off between Acapulco and the capital
SENTENCE OF MERCHANT FOR FORGERY IN
ENGLAsD.-Justice is promptly administered in
! England without regard to persons. Al Leeds,
| lately, merchant OF some standing named Joseph
Manning Wilson, was charged with forging bills Of
eXchShge of the value OF 5000. The iorgerics
were executed in the years 1855 and 1856 after
which Wilson abssonded to Australia lie return
|
| his home, but was apprehended in the English
channel, and after trial lasting but eight hours
was convicted and sentenced to transportation for
| life.
-The steamer Western Port which sailed from
Portland for New York on Wednesday took 1000
barrels Of flour for that city, which came from Cana
da on tho q rand Trunk Railway to Portland; being
a fuldlment Of predstiO that flour from Canada
would ut mately be transported to Now York by
that rou.e.
CR0Ps IN MAISE.-A correspondent, writing
from Pennington, Me-, informs us that the
crop in that vicinity never looked BETTER
Oats, wheat, and potatoes ars looking finely
corn rather backward but has decidedly
healthy appearance, and no one doubts n large
crop. Apples bid fair for an unusual harvest.
He adds 81 have not seen such fields of grass
for many years the very road sides will yield
a ton to the acre."
A " MORAL" Townsville citizens of lndi-
anopa. Iowa, we observe by the last Visitor,
have held an anti-circus meeting, deuunciatory
of shows Of that kind, and passed resolutions
against the exhibition of the ueephant' at
that place on account of its immoral tendency.
The editor OF the Visitor has also been brought
to account for publishing circus ADVERTISE
ment.
SUICIDE oP CAPT. DRAYToN.- Captain Daniel
DraytOn, who, as the master OF the schooner
Pearl, attempted to carry off seventy slaves
from Washington, ID. g., was captured, sem
fenced to twenty years Imprisonment, and
after serving four years was pardoned by Pres
ident Fillmore, committed suicide at the
Mansion House New Bedford, Mass, on
Thursday last, by taking laudnaum.
LENGTH OF MILE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.
The English mile is l,7G0 yards; the Russian
100; the Italian, l,467 the Irish and Scotch
1900; the Polish 400; the Spanish 5,02S :;
the German 1886; the Swedish and Danish
1888; and the Hungarian $3.50. The French
measure by the mean league, which is 1856
ards.