Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-12-03

oAmerican commerce cQatinues to increase
10 this place. Large quentttiea Of American
furniture Is being brought ont for sale. Amer
lean carriages, and especlaly harness, sell well
here. The furniture, however, Is Of an infe-
rior quality, whilst good mahogany settees and
sets of chairs would command an imme-
diate sale. 1t has already high reputation
in Constantincpls. Large quantities of Yankee
stoves are IL the market, and sell well. Amer
lean rum and brandy "a of the most vilainous
the benefit of the wretched. I1temperance 10 |
fast taking hold of the higher; even more than
the lower classes, and the poison imbibed ia |
generally the aforesaid rum, sometimes con-
verified into bakki.
ssSomo person in the United States is GER
tainly hoaxing the credulous with accounts OF
the extensive conversion of the Mussulman
population of Constantinople to Christianity. |
Some OF the American papers have even con-
tanned tho tale OF the Bible being read in al
most all of the mosques here The truth Is
that for the last twenty sears that missionaries
have been in this place, two Mussulmans have
become Christians, with their families, while
during that period hundreds-it might even be
said Ihousands--of Christians have become
Mussulmans; and the feeling OF luminosity, and
hatred, and contempt of Mussumaps against
Christianity is as deeply seated as 1t was one
hundred years ago. II any change has taken
place in this feeling, it must be attributed to
fear for the late presence of the allied troops
certainly has imposed somewhat upon the 9TH
erwise fanatic Turk. The sases where the Bible
is read by Musselmans must be few, and in the
mosques none; and the assertions otherwise
are as incorrect as they are indiscreet.
NEsA SAHfB's PRooLANArroN.--Th Boston
Courier has received copies of the following
proclamations, Issued by the leader of the in
surgents in India. they are both dated the LIST
of July. Tha frat reada Tins D.
ssAs by the kindness of God, and the ikbal
or good fortune Of the Emperor, all the Chris
tians who were at Delhi, Poonah, Satara and
were discovered, are destroyed and sent to
he'll by the pious and sagscious troops who are
firm to their religion; and as they have all
been conquered by the present government,
and as no trace Of them is lett In these places,
1t is the duty of all the subjects and servants
of the government to rejoice at the delightful
intelligence, and to carry on their respective
work with comfort and ease.''
Aud ths second is like unto 1t, being as fol-
lows
GAS by the bounty of the glorious Almighty
God, and the enemy-destroying fortune Of the
Emperor, the yelow-faced and narrow-minded
people have been sent to hell, and Cawnpore
has been conquered, tits necessary that ali the
subjects and landowners should be as obeaient
to the present government as they had been to
the former one; that all the government SER
Nanls suouiu promptly anu C0eer1ully engage
their whole mind in execution of the orders Of
| the government; that it is the incumbent duty
| of all the ryots and landed propriotors of every
| district to rejoice at the thought that the
Christians have been sent to bell, and both the
Hindoo and Mohammedan religious have been
confirmed; and that they should, as usual, be
| obedient to the authorities of the government.
and never to suffer any complaint against them
selves to reach the cars of the higher author
ity."
A DREADFUL SPEorAoLE.-It will be remem-
bered that the Russian line of battle ship, Lee
fort, lately capsized at monday in the bay OF
4 Finland, carrying down twelve hundred per-
sons, of whom nearly four hundred were
females. Adiverlately descended to the wreck,
and referring to this a writer in the London
Times, from st. Petersburg, says,
Such persons as were on tho deck at the time
were OF course at once washed away, but tho
divers found no less than l 100 eorpses in the
cabins tween docks, and in the hold of the
vessel, all ciinging to some portion of the tim
oers OF the ship, or to each other. The horror
OF this fearful sight appears to have been ag-
graysted by the circumstance that the bodies
were already far gone in decomposition, and
with few exceptions, the eyes were wide open
and glaring. The effect OF this dreadful SPEC.
tacle ON the divers was such that one of them
was totally unable for many days to recount
the CHASTITY scenes he had witnessed down il
that hive OF putrefying corpses, and on his
persistent refusal to repeat his visit there wal
sent home.
SouTH CARoLIKA.-According to the mes
sage Of the Governor OF South Carolina, the
financial condition of the State is sound, In
relation to the banks, the Governor tbiukstha
10 granting charters heraastara d ~ seohank5
discount and deposit, and contine tho prerog.
atIve of issuing bills for currency to the banl
Of the State, which, in its turn, should be de-
MED the privilege of discounting or dealing il
exchange. Herecommends the repeal of the
usury laws, leaving the rate Of interest at I
per cent. when no contract is made. In rela
ton to the suspension by tho banks, he think
u unwise to isgislate during excitement ant
financial pressure, and draws attention to tn
, beneficial influence or the Sub Treasury sys
, tenn and currency in the recent monetary con
ruision. He briefly alludes to Kansas, ant
. transmits the resolutions of Maine and Con
. necticut on the decision of tho Supreme Cour
in the bred Scott case. He recommends tn
purchase of copy, in bronze, OF Houdon'
I celebrated statue OF Washington.
/ The Report on the loss of the Central Am :
7 RIGA has been made by the committee in Ne
: York, who had the subject In charge. The
say it cannot and should not I've concealed tina
. the testimony before tho committee goes t
9 show that the Central America was not TO uni
8 and equipped as she ought t. have been tina
!
!, she was without carpenter OF suitable car
t penter's tools and what seems to the com
!. mlttee most serious defect, being common
i 1t is feared, in many of our passenger steam
: ers, there was a want of proper organixatio
Q IN regard to the relative authority and dutie
OF the officers and crew of the vessel eac
n department appearing to be independent Z
y the others, instead OF being strictly subordi
!, nate and responsible to the captain, az the IL
| gitimate superior and chief and this indie
? pendence OF action was the more obseryabl
!. In the department of the engineer.
. ALLEGED MAIL RonBsR AnREsTsp.-Spnrso
FIELD, MASS, Nov. 2Q.-W, T. Tuckermar
/ who was formerly Treasurer of the Easter
q Railroad Company, was arrested at New Hu
q ven, last night, on the charge OF mail robbery
= he centesses his guilt. :.
!, BosFos, Nov. 30.--The evidence agains
MIR. Tuckerman in conclusive. He acknowI
edges having $500 worth of stolen postag
!. stamps. Five hundred dollars in notes on til
Lee Bank of Massachusetts, were found on hin
. The Philadelphia mail to Boston being MISE
4 with others the Railroad Superintendent o.
. the New Y ork and Boston route, the POSTING,
ters and Special Agent Holbrook, have bee
o on the alert for several weeks past, to cate
% the robber. The amount of the robberies
n supposed to be large,
g Liberty IN SwEDEN.-During one Of ID
!. discussions in the Swedish Diet on the roy
y propositions relative to religious liberty, N
Y de koek, the Chancellor of Justice, said tina
= II the proposition were not voted, the tribunI
~ would be compelled to pass sentence on seye
n Swedish women, accused of the crime of ha,
;, ing, three years ago, quilted the Evangelical
church and embraced the Roman Catholi
Is faith. They would, answered tho minister, i
% necessarily condemned to exile. This argr
y ment however, as is proved by the result, ha
IL no influence on the decision OF the State.