Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-08-27
Later EUrOpe-ArriVal OF the Steamship Ara
hia.-NarrO1Y EScane of the Cable.

bla--Narro,v Escape of the Cable.
New York, Aug 2O.-1he R. NJ. steamship Arabia
arrived here at early hour but the regular packages
and newspapers are missing consequently nothing sub
sequenty to Friday has been received.
The Agamemnon arrived at Vaentia on the morning
of the 5th On receipt of this intelligence the cable
shares advanced from $50 to 1850
despatch dated at Valentia the 9Th, says that
break in the communication occurred to the cable on the
day the Niagara and Agamemnon parted, which lasted
for an hour and half. The Agamemn0n was stopped,
and the injury repaired though not until all hopes Of
holding on to the cable had been abandoned.
On the succeeding Friday the Agamemnon encounter
ed gale against which the Ship under full steam could
hardly make Roadway For three succeeding days the
gale continued with violent squalls; the running
tremendously high, and no board expecting the
cable to hold from one minute to another
On Wednesday the storm moderated shallow water
was gained, and all went we'll until the Agamemnon
anchored in Valentia harbor.
The German papers says that the Queens visit to
Berlin is to arrange for regency with view of pro-
tecting the interest of her daughter
Later from Mexico and Texas.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 19.-By adviccs from Mexico
we learn that Vdaurr left Monterey on the 9th with
second column against the capital. He would unite
with tie forces of Zuazua. Col. Coronado prcpar-
ing to join him from Durango Vdaurri was expecting
a bIoodess victory.
Later Texas advices announce that General Twiggs
had ordered expedition of four companies of calvary
against the frontier Indians Col. Tuss company pass
ed Fort Chadbourne on the 29th for Sonora.
SU1c1DE-Col Ed Marlboro, son of the proprietor of
YarbOros Hotel, i'll Raleigh, North Carolina, commit
ted suicide in that city Tuesday night by cutting his
throat and stabbing himself in the heart He was much
esteemed in Raleigh and leaves widow who was so i'll
at the time of the occurrence that she could not be inform
ed of it until yesterday morning
| DEFINES HIS Pos1r1oN-It will be remembered that
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the effect that Captain Harry Maury, of Mobile had
announced himself the champion of the Blount family,
and ready to maintain their HONOR in letter address
sed to Cleveland, Ohio paper in which the writer
stated that he then soournng in said city of Ceve-
land 1t now appears that the Cleveland editor was
cheaply sold by the bogus Harry Maury of Mobile -
who addressed him the letter in question: and others
touching the same matter for in card to the Mobile
Tribune the real Captain NJ makes this emphatic and
spicy denial of his identity with the writer of the Cleve
land letters:
Ii is well known here that have been in this city
all this summer. l never wrote line to any paper in
Ohio in my life and pronounce the entire article in
which my name is mentioned TO be deliberate lie.
may be willing to rest quit under the modification of
having met equal terms One who though imposed on
me at the time gentleman has since turned out to
be cherGtter d. lndttarte. | may be willing to pass
over the baseness of adventurer who fought me in
armour but to be presented to the world in the rdicl-
lous attitude of the champion of the Blountde Rviere
family, is little too strong, and it may be fortunate
for the author that he maintains his incognite
| IL. MAURY, Mobile, Ala
| STRANGE CoNPAR1soN-One of our exchanges gets
slightly excited and piles the high fautin in this
wise:
A grain of carmne will tinge gallon of water, so
that in every drop the color will be pereeptibe and
grain of musk will scent room twenty years Just SO
if cheat the printer-the stain will be forever
of
leave scent of rascaity about an individual strong
enough to make honest turn up his nose in dis
gust and kick him out of his presence if he can't get
rid Of him any other way.