Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01
From the ChaY,esto,


FROM the Charleston Mercn,-
ar SUMTER, S. c., September %
MR. EDITOR ask brief space in the colur Iu'
the Mercury to call attention to great wrong ;a:
on Inc travelling pubic. Suddenly called to Visit N
York some two weeks ago. in an emergency VIII new
quired my presence at the earliest possible moment re-
caused me until my arrival there the greatest and
and distress OF mind, found myself on INV ar,;y
Weldon, compelled to inger there two nsupnota,at
tedious hours before the departure of any train
North Feeling thoroughly Indignant at this SE;lng
rangement of the roads by those in charge Of haT sr
not hesitate to denounce them when was inforooi Iu
gentlemen posted up the facts that the road W
not at all to blame but that the Post Office were
was solely responsible learn that at Atlanta the reG
similar delay greater, of twoanJ'o ' I
three hours. That in order to shorten the time a VI
ford proper facilities to the public the officers If th N
Wilmington roads, by great exertions succeeded ~ "o
ting convention of all the roads from Montgomors tI
Washington, and a schedule framed which so "
from five to eight hours committee anno;nted e
the purpose, waited the Post Office Departmen+ W
request its adoption, when they cooy snbhed anS
their project not considered It seems tbra
an active competition going on between the SeahoorS
route and the Tennessee and Virginia lines for the tro
gong North and in order to ensure the superiority If
the Western route the trains detained at Atlsn
three hours after the tennessee trains started and
they cannot even get ahead with this start when tb
get to Weldon MIR. Postmaster General Brown into.
poses again and stops the traveller two hours lono
Verify the Western lines ought to pay Mr.. Brown soma
thing handsome for his considerate care of them RI
cannot conceal my establishment that the Southern
submits tamely to this outrage Is there NOT Sn.;a
enough in North Carolina and Georgia to onenIT 10
nounce oppressive action by the General GovernwSnt
against their interests If there be not and th
haroao companies themselves are afraid to complain
think that the travelling public in the Southern Sotos
ought to let the people in Washington know that tbv
will not submit to be held back for hours at a Gtti1
country station to let rival Western lines catch mn
And though myself but an humble planter, ask your
leave MIR. Editor, to utter my public protest in the
hope that when public attention is called to the subject
somebody with influence enough to procure redress NAV
take up the cause. Whoever else may submit to.sncb
odous determinations, they will not be borne without
indignation in SOUTH CAROLINA.
THREE COMETS Their Rising and Settine.-Tbero
are now three comets engaging the attention Of arono
mers.
| Donati's-In the constellation Ursa Major
Rises-3h lem. A. NJ. N. E. by North
Sets sh, Ann. P. M, N. W. by North
Encke 81 In the constellation Cancer
Rises-lh I'm. A. NJ. Northeast.
Sets-5h. I'm. P. NJ, Northwest.
futile Sin the constellation Perseus. This has
does not set to us Is he ba and
the pole, at 3h 34m. in the morning.
The first named however, is the only one, We believe
visible to the naked eye and now rapidly approaching
the earth AS stated yesterday it will attain its perieon
in the first week of October and will then present mapnH
cent appearance will approach within 5000 miles of
the earth The St. Louis Republican referring it, says
VINO upon the small nebul0uS
can hardly realize the terrific appearance of this same oh
ect when in 1854, it approached the with tail ONE
hundred degrees IN length Its tail streaming I'D in the
morning several hours before its head and when its ceus
in the zenith the train stretched below western hor
Zon Its train was first very broad but it decreased in
width, extending enormously in length said to have
disappeared October 3d. the day of the death Pope
Urban w. 1t of thought special orerunner
OF that event. This comet had appeared before in 9 and
also in 395 and 04 mentioned by Chinese anna This
would give it period of about 292 years In 95 its tail
was 40 degrees in length and it's nucleus head was 50
bright to be visible the day time. Its appearance
after 1854 in 1885, in the month of February as
pect very similar to its present being somewhat
paer than the planet Mars and with train of four degrees
in length. 1t has been known ''the great of
Charles V, because it appeared in the year in which his
abdication took place.
Our ST. Louis contemporary however, according to other
authority mistaken in regard to the identity of the
The it describes is believed to be the third Tut)
mentioned above. There great difference of opinion
to what comet the visible really is is claimed
by Dr. Gould to be identical with the comet of 1894 the
first OF the three comets in 1927 and to have period
OF about thirty years-BdH. Sun.
An American Vessel Runaway with Oh the African
i Coast,
BosToN, Sept. 22.-The bark John Gilpu from AZ
RIGA, reports that the bark E. A. Rollins from New
Orleans away with by the mate and crew about
the goth of July last The captain was left ashore.