Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-05-01

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From Havana
We compile the following intelligence from Havana from
the correspondence of the New Orleans Pca1e
az tna port by the Qra City, dates to the lS inst Tho
more intelligence has already been sent to by
The holy week with its concomant festivals sermons
&c has put stop to all discussion of the Mexican question
the expected troops continue as earnestly as beOre The
new barracks on the walls nearly completed that If
keep them comfortable until their ranks are thnned of
the yellow fever am told by friend that this number
anS m S IN whose epm %
The Captain General received several important despatch
s from Washington by the Isabel which will to mod
crate the warmth of the Caan very much in their dis
pue with Mexico In addition those the strong reflections
visit by the vessel will have the effect of bringing
the rulers of Spain to their proper feel
standing present becanso of the powerful aid
that Mexico must receive in such eVentuality:
he houses OF Norega, Olmo Co., and Pard San Pc
1y0 are getting up company Of propeeT to run between
capital will be 100000 in shares of 800 each The
speculation has met with kind reception from the public of
Havana The Government of will be favoraby in
genc The Carolina has been the only successful propeller
and she certainly has amply repaid her eneprsng
owner Sener Don Pedro lacoSte
The Spanish Bank has been authorized by the home Gov
ernment to keep their balances due them by the Cuban
ment would become customer the end. The news has
not pleased the share holders very much,
Tho Rega and MantanZas Rail Road COMPANY have met
with quite serious obstacle Ito the work. Senor Embri
through whose land the road pase has refused permission
property The yet decided the case but the
work has been suspended on this part of the road.
Two MEN HANGED BY Mons IN IowA-On Saturday, the
18th inst, Eli Clifford, half breed hung by mob in
day mob at Bellevue Iowa. orcbly entered the jail there
ana taking prisoner charged hun with murder and counter
Nci in tha
vicinity.
1t appears that Griford when he was forciby seized by
the mob lwho broke into the a) declared his innocence
but when he foung that they determined upon hanging
him. andhore was no probability of escape he made clean
where his body was found. The weapon used was the
rifle and he approached his victim from behind to within
through and lodging against the skull the left eye
He further stated that he nstgatcd the murder and
other named David Mcdonald tnoighbors of ingalls, Gif
ford also confessed that he had to kill other persons
and the other woman.
When told the fatal moment approached he acknow
ought suffer alse Frem 500 to 500 persons witnessed
the hanging offered by Methodist clergy
crossing himself the surrounding crowd standing in RESPECT
full silence When the last arrived leader Of the
party tried ahandkerchie the of Clifford who
manned standing and twenty took hold the rope
At signal they pulled upon the rope together suspendng
the execution two dispatched in pursuit
Of JaErett the uncle and Mcdonald, his accompoe it
Clifford was native of Missouri.
CANINE F1DEL1TY-The Pacific Commercial Ad.
vertser, published at the capital of the Hawain Is-
lands, has the following surprising instance of aec.
ton exhibited by q dog for tie person of the late
kind hearted old king of those Islands;
Among many interesting anecdotes recorded Of af
fiction by dogs for their masters we do not recoect
one where more endurance and constancy were
shown than In a case which many have witnessed
| here durng the past two years. When the remains
of our late beloved King Kamehamena III, were de-
posted In the sepulchre, many the sad mourn
ers who watched ght and day. amentng in heart.
rending walls the death of their King, friend and
| benefactor. Weeks wore on, and human grief was
moderated if not assuaged the mourners quietly de-
parted and returned to their homes and occupations
Not SO the late Kings favorite mastiff When the
body was deposited in it's last resting place, " Eve
lama" took his station outside The door of the tomb
and there commenced his weary watch. For many
weeks he would not leave the spot. After time,
food was not taken 10 him, and at last driven by hun
ger and thirst, he compelled to leave; but having
satisfied these wants, he returned to his post, and
has thus kept watch for nearly Two years Of late
his keeper have3 tried ito confne him. but he is e
queny missing, and, ii searched for, will be found
guarding the mortal remains of him he loved so well
WALLPAPER Po1soNING.-Dr. Kinds, of Birming-
ham, has lately called attention 10 method of acc
dental arsenical poison which should be generally
known, and from which he was himself the sufferer
He chanced to select for the adornment Of his study
particularly bright tinted wallpaper, pattern of
which was confined 10 two shades of green. About
two days after it had been applied he first used the
room in tho evening, sitting there and reading by d
gas light. While thus engaged he was seized with
severe depression nausea. abdominal pain, and pros
tration. The same chain of symptoms ensued on
every subsequent evening when he occupied he room
This led to inquiry into the cause He scraped off
little of the bright coorng matter from his pretty
green paper, and, by sublimaon, produced abundant
crystals of arsenious acid. The paper was colored
with arsenite of "copper" (Scheele's green) The use
of this pigment 10 color Wallpapers has already prov
ed Injurious in previous cases. In one child suck
ed some strips of paper thus colored, and narrowly
escaped with life. (Ed. Monthly Journal, 1871 y
Dr. Kinds remarks that the presence of the arsenca
pigment may be recognised by its brilliant hue, and
by little running of the color at the edges of the
paern as tnoug 1t dld MOI take freely on the paper
London Lancet
Loss Srock IN TENNEssEE.-The Chattanooga
Gazette says
"Ths unusually severe and rroracted winter has
caused great loss 10 stock rasers. There has not
been feed enough in the county to keep stock in
living order and what little could be obtained at all
by those who were out, was at ruinous prices We
Lear of cattle dying all over this country from starva
tiOn. Even in sections of the country where there
| is scarcely ever failure to have an abundance of
grain and forage laid up, they suffering very
terial losses from their cattle dying. gentleman
from lower Seqnatchee, when in this city the other
day remarked that one of his neighbor farmers who
had large number of cattle, was losing them con-
stantly-that when he left home bis nejghDor was a
day and half bs hind skinning" The mortality
is not over As soon the grass sets up so that the
cattle can get enough of it, those that are now very
poor will die under its weakening influence, unless
otherwise fed.
TERRIBLE FALL.--While the mail train from Pc.
tersburg was crossing the bridge James river
Friday morning, the cars received sudden jerk when
about midway across, and one of the passengers,