Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-09-11
Lord PolmerstOn on the Indian Force.

In the Indian debate in the Commons on the GOTH
Lord Palmerston said
Nv honorable friend the UnderSecretary of State for
War; has explained generally the points of detail which
have been referred to in the of this debate can
onlv repeat what he has said that in fixing the number
of the militia which in the first instance think it
pedient to embody, by means bind ourselves not
to call out if circumstances should render it expe
dent to do However, recruiting has gone on with
great success in spite of the harvest and entertain
no doubt that when the operations incident to this peri
cd of the year completed, the number enrolled will
very rapidly increase, and shall within very limited
period be able to place in the ranks number of men
equal to that which has been sent to India My honor
able and gallant friend the member for Westminster,
repeated tonight very natural suggestion which was
made on previous evening that these troops should be
sent to India in screw neOfbatte ships which could
easily be adapted to that purpose which could be navl-
gated by small crew, and would carry large number
of with convenience and despatch. In the first in
stance such arrangement may appear to be very ad
vanageous but l would request the House to bear in
mind other considerations in regard to the amount OF
our military force at home which have been very fOrci-
bly, dwelt upon. We were reminded that we had been
compelled to despatch to distant stations large portion
of the military force for which asked and which Par
Lament granted for the general purposes of the country
in the time of peace and it said By doing you
have greatly weakened your defensive at home,
and foreign countries may take advantage of yonr weak
ness and either hold language which you ought not to
The which gave to that was, the people Of this
country wonld not endure conduct of that Sort and that
if emergency should require it, men would be raised
rapidly and upon the sudden. That very consideration
however, shows how ineXpedent it would be to send to
the 9th end of the world the greater portion of
! val force. Hear hear Because, although these
steam neofbatte ships are 1t is true lying in ordinary
and of no immediate USE yet any of these events should
should want suddenly to put to large fleet
and how could do that if the ships which should
require doing duty transports in the Indian seas
Therefore think that prudence shows that the despatch
of these ships to the East would have been very mex
pedent course In fact it would have been falling into
the which the great orator of Greece imputed to
the Persians. He said " When you strike blow at
part of them they put forth their hand to that part
and leave exposed every other which may be struck in
turn. Do not, you Athenians, follow so unwse and
foolish an example,. | think that we should have fallen
into an error of the kind if had sent to India
the fleet which circumstances occurring in Europe might
at short notice render necessary for defence at home
! Hear, hear.
THE GROWING CoTroN CRoP-Opnions differ SC
much in relation to the growing Cotton crop that it il
impossible to give any opinion which may be considered
reliable Some persons think that it will be heavy
crop; others place it low three million bales
The CROP beyond doubt is behind hand in its growth
but is admitted that there is at least fifteen PEI
cent increase in the breadth of land cultivated. Thu
news is, too, that generally the sandy lands promise
Il
from now to the end one might safely predict large
crop 1t is the probable condition of the future which
occasions the extreme opinions the subject. We shall
be surprised at neither large a small crop-D1o
\ bile Tribune.
81 A MATCH FOR DEATH.-While the brig Governo
Anderson was lying at Tampa Bay, Florida lately he
commander Captain Simpkins, took the yellow fever
He was down with it on Monday. On the Tuesda,
following he attacked with Asiatic cholera TIL
next day, Wednesday he dangerously i'll with small
pox and on Thursday he transacted business in lamp;
city, and prepared his vessel for sea- The Peninsula
styles this case for the faculty. somewhat equivocal
ly meaning, we presume, not that the faculty Nigh
achieve what disease failed to do in disposng of imp
kins but that they may be able to find out the secret
his recovery from three such mortal foes yellow fever
Asiatic cholera, and smallpox, in three days Perhap
there is something Of medical virtue in the mvstero
power of vehement WILL and that other wonderful cou
rage which depises bodily ailments and laughs at weak
ness induced by disease though it were efeminat
fraility.
WHAT Is AN INsULr.-Justice King, of Chicago. ha
decided, an application for warrant that to spit