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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01
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ATrlUdI OF The Moses Tdylor-$l 600 OOO !"
w yot u gome for the Democrats '"''"e-CoL
new I ORR, sept. 28'-The steamer Moses H.,
Francisco dates to the 9th and three WIN San
gers, and 81 100000 in gold. '''eo paSsen,
The California State election resulted in do,..
administration majority of from six to ten
The Legislature is largely democratic San Fsand-
elected the peoples ticket for local officers and
can members to the Legislature ""u republi-
The news from Frazer river is upsatisacto,z
river was too high to allow of profitable worknsg Ihe
sness was dull at Victoria and property had b
Numbers had returned to California disannoinfod ae1
Rich gold diggings had been found in Shaeto oo
diggers realizing 800 daily ''" county,
A duel took place between Geo. L. johnson 49,
fIllnlstrauon eoltor and W. 5: Ferguson an erS+otc
Senator and Douglaste. The latter was obot . ate
thigh. "' '"o' IN the
A government suit has been commenced at Son n
cisco for the new Almaden quicksilver mines To an
many millions of dollars 1t is charged that t Eaea at
are held by forged title 'le mines
Oregon dates to the 2lst of August had reached q.
Francisco Lieut.. Allen and fifteen men had dotoo Dan
body of Indians on the Yakima river cantnr;nn
prisoners and large number of horses Lient Any
was MORALLY wounded and died next day. 'N''''
Inc Dan FRANCISCO markets have been animated MD.
arge transactions in provisions The whole stool, boa
gone Into second hands, Lard has advanced cents
iA lhe current mporatons and large portion Of shin
niehIs ye1 ~ arrive nave changed hands. Money l.
abundant. There has been large movpma,+ i; 80: ;!
Carolina has advanced 40 per cent There hao hoon
eculative movement in spirits turpentpe which bo
advanced to 80 cents 'N'' 'AS
FROM THE IsTHMUs
Gen. Lamar has arrived at Costa RIGA. Gen OboI
da has been elected Governor of the State of PAM,
Nicaragua was quiet The United States steamer
Saranac was at Aspinwal. The Merrimac and nsco
tur were at Callao. Iva
1t is rumored that San Salvador is about invodi,o
Honduras. 1t is also reported that Peru is abont da
claring against Ecuador w
Venezuela accounts say attempt at revolution had
been made by Gen. Sugor who was sent to occupv -
guayra, but he found himself without armed soldiers
though nearly thousand men collected. He turned
backward with several influential Liberals and was o
rested General Seublette, with the Spanish and Bra
lillian ministers, started from Caracas for Laguayra and
Geographic dispatches from the former place give hon
of speedy and satisfactory settlement
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

HHLsBOROUGH MILITARY ACADEMY-In another
column will be found the advertisement of the above In
stituton to be opened at Hsborough the 9th JAN
uary, 1859. Captain TEw is spoken of in the very
highest terms roth gentleman and teacher, al
Mr.. Gaard. HillsbOrough is of the most pleas
ant and healthful locations in the State.
The DANvIILE CoNNECTIoN.-A correspondent of the
last Charlotte Democrat proposes the holding of Con-
vention of the friends of the Danville Connection at
Greensboro sometime before the meeting of the State
Fair on the 18th October. There will evidently be
strong effort made in that direction at the ensuing egs
lature.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

De- We had the pleasure. this morning of meeting
Hon. Warren Wnslow, the representative in Congress
from this district. We were happy to find Mr.. Wins
low in the enjoyment OF excellent health and looking
markaby well. We were also pleased to learn that Mr.
Wnsow had officially declined the tender of the Sardin
ian mission recently made to him. This leaves his val
liable services to be retained by the people of his district
Dallu Journal BOIL ult.
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Trial Of Captain Townsend.

Boston, Sept. 28<-Captain Townsend, of the slave
bark Echo has been remanded On $1,000 bail to the
October term when the question Of jurisdiction will be
argued.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

Cry RAnRoADs.-The Philadelphia Bulletin says
that there sixty miles Of snglerack railroad within
the corporate limits of that city, all of which has been
laid within the last eleven months
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The Fever at New Or,..n

SAVANNAH, September 27.-There were three inter
ments in this city today all from yellow fever
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

BLACK MOUNTAIN OvERroPPED (?)-Messrs hon l;; j.
l.. Cngman, Professor Leconte of the South Garolin"
College, and Professor Buckley, of New 4ork nave II"
Gently taken barometrcal measurements oil VaFlDu33
mountain peaks in Haywood and Jackson counties "a anu
we learn that the result of their calculation IS 'na
peak of the Smoky Mountain in Jackson county aea
the Tennessee line, is twenty feet higher h
the pinnacle of the Black Mount Mitchell WIZ
recoeced, is GIL feet above the sea. Quite nunlUn
of peaks, we understand have been ascertained 10 "
biz her than Mount Washington, for long time supp
sed to be the highest mountain east OF the
Professor Ieconte informed that he believed t
experiments and calculations ocen maas and re-
measurement of these peaks to be quite % o the ST.
liable and that there could be but little doG1t ol
peror altitude of the Smoky Mountain This may SoD
true But there possibility Of MISTAKE 9as Il a tbe two
sdering the small difference in the height Oh 'e thew
mountains, they will no doubt be subjected ~ the
ought to BE- t. then most rigid be ssfpe '
gpo1 S undoubted and unquesonabe authority m %
not do to rely implicitly upon single ezpeE nRe to err
with instruments possibly defective, anu p,osssors
"Hen uSs0 even y Wv '' AsFevNe NJ c. -SpF'Faf"'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01
The Burning of the Austria.

Almost exactly on the anniversary of the loss of the
Central America the steamship Austria destroyed
by fire. as reported elsewhere in columns, with pre-
sume loss of five hundred persons only sixtyseven
being known to have been saved out of six hundred
The Central America, with nearly five hundred souls on
board persisted in the fearful gale of the 18th Sept 1851
On the 18th Sept 1885, the Austria, with six hundred
on board took fire. and destroyed. The details as
given are narrowing in the 1t is possible that
in this case as in that of the Central America several
may yet turn among the saved than those report
ed at first In the terror and confusion of the wreck
accuracy could be expected
The Austria was first class propeller iron Steam
Ship built or the Clyde Glasgow, was nearly new
and valued at $35OOOO. She had on board valuable
freight. With the Saxonia, Borussia and Hammonia,
she formed the new line between New York and Ham
burg rid Southampton The great proportion of her
passengers Germans, of them emgrants, some
American citizens who had visited Europe either on
business from motives Of friendship. This makes the
eleventh Atlantic Steamship that has been lost since
1910, besides two others lost on the Coast and Gu
lines, which would swell the number to thirteen None
of the passengers hail from points South of Washington
City,
| COMETS AND Coon WINFs.-By a somewhat remark
able coincidence it has been remarked that the years
distinguished by the appearance of comets, have also
been distinguished by superior vnages and the quality
of the vintage has risen in proportion to the brancy
of the Comet Indeed so marked has this fact become
as to assume the character of brand Comet Brand,
as indicating superior vintage This year the vintage
is very superior both to quantity and quality and
have comet. Also the Strychnine crop is abundant
and Whiskey is plenty" Comet Whiskey.''
IA Last night or this morning, about two O'Clock
we were reused by the cry of fire, but happy tt
find that the fire, if any, had been promptly subdued
The ALARM we heard proceeded from the neghbourhood
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

s<ag@ The deaths in Charleston from yellow fever for
the week ending last Saturday, reached 86-being de-
crease, compared with the previous week.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 27-The deaths from lever on
Saturday were 81. The total for the week is AS.
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gas~ We are indebted to W. ", Whitaker, Esq,
Secretary of the Executive Committee of the North
Carolina Agricultural Society," for the courtesy of COM
pim ntary tickets to the Fair Grounds etc, the
casion of the approaching State Fair to be held at
Raleigh the 9th, 2Oth Dist and 22d days of Octo
Der, 1858, From all appearances the fair will be a
very successful one.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

The Queen of Portugal is also p
thank you.
Ditto Queen Victoria.
Likewise the Empress Eugenia.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

H6g@ Last night or this morning, about two O'Clock
we were reused by the cry of fire. but were happy to
find that the fire, if any, had been promptly subdued-
The alarm heard proceeded from the neghbourhood
Of the lower mills.-Daily Journal, 29h ult.
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ORIGIN OF THE DISASTER, &C., &C., &c:

MIRA CULOUS ESCAPES FROM THE BURNING
SHIP.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01

In now dsused burying ground at the corner of
Fifth and Arch Streets Philadelphia reposes the remains
of Benjamin Franklin, the Philosophic Statesman of the
Revolution. The ground is surrounded by solid wall,
from which PANEL has been recently taken and re-
placed by handsome iron railing, leaving a sort Of
window through which the passerb may look upon the
grave of Frankln-and almost literally upon the grave,
and hardly more 1t is we'll that the fame of Franklin
requires no stored animated bust TO perpet-
uate it to future ages. plain sab sunk almost level
with the ground marks the place where rest the remains
of one whose memory used to be revered equally Phi
osopher and Patriotic whom attributed some of
the most practically useful discoveries in electrical sci
ence but who has lately yielded all his aures to Cyrus
W. Field ct I'D genus omne.
It may be that the apparently studied baroness of
Frankns grave is in accordance with some desire init
mated or expressed by himself His is honorably
connected with the streets squares, buildings societies,
and institutions of Philadelphia, the city of his adoption,
and his image in lead stands in the enclosure of the
Pennsylvania Hospital painted every Spring, sometimes
green, sometimes blue, and sometimes black.
Belg~ The Comet made an exceedingly brilliant ap-
pearance last night and will make more brilliant
one tonight should the weather prove favorable 1t is
now very ~ PoluI vi SlCdIcoC anu
commence rcceding 1t is the only really brilliant
Comet we have had since l843 That the greatest
we have any record of, being visible even in the day
time. The Astronomers say that it must have gone
round the sun at distance of not more than ninety
thousand miles from the surface of that unnary, and at
such rate to have actually carried halfway round
in two hours and half
BEM ATTEsoN, the bribed, and worse the found-out
Congressman, from of the immaculate " rural dis
tricts of New York, " declines being again candi
| date" MATTEsoN is we'll off-has made money-wheth
er honestly not amounts to litte-he has made mo
neH and will get any foolish little fuss about
the manner of his making it. He will live respected
and die rcgretted--on his tombstone. A worthy man
possessed of much moral character
Ga5@ We are indebted to W. ". Whitaker, Esq,
Secretary of the Executive Committee of the NORTH
Carolina Agricultural Society, for the courtesy of com
pme ntary tickets to the Fair Grounds etc. the oc
| If OTTO Fol to no hold
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-01
THE LOSS OF THE AUSTRIA.
Narrative of a Rescued Passenger.

THRILLING SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
An Excruciating Joke.

In the reign of Charles II. it was GUS
tomary, when a'gentleman drank lady's
health, to throw some article of dress into
the flames in her honor, and all his COM
panions were obliged to sacrifice similar
article, whatever it might be. One of Sir
Charles Sedley's friends pereeiving that he
wore very rich lace cravat. drank to tile
health of a certain lady. and threw his own
cravat into the fire. Sir Charles followed
the example very good naturedly, but said
he would have his joke in return. After
ward, when he dined with the same party,
he filled bumper to some reigning beauty,
and called on dentist to extract decayed
tooth which had long panied him. Eti-
quette demanded that every one of the par
ty should have tooth extracted and thrown
into the fire, to which they all yielded aft
er many murmurs about the cruelty of the
thing-The Belle.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
The Antiquity Of the Galena Lead
Mines

We have authentic accounts of lead ore
having been discovered on the Upper Mis-
sissippi, running back to a very early pc
rod. French Uoyageurs make distinct men
ton of lead mines in this region at a very
early day, but there is every reason to be-
lieve that the existence of mines here was
made known to Father Marquette and Jol-
let, the first two white men who ever saw
the Upper Mississippi River. While the
brave De Soto discovered the looer Missis-
sippi, it is to the pious and devoted Mar
quette, and to the intrepid and dauntless
Joliet, that the honor of the discovery of
the upper Mississippi is due. 1t was on
the 10th day of June, 1878, that these two
courageous travellers crossed the Portage
dividing the Fox and Wisconsin rivers
They then dismissed their guides, and en-
barking in their canoes, they floated down
the Wisconsin river, and on the nth day
of the month ''entered happily the Great
River, with a JOY that could not be equal
ed" Launching themselves out on the
Mississippi, they foated gently down the
stream, exploring the couutry and smoking
the pipe of peace with the savage. They
went down as far as the mouth of the Ar
kansas river, and returning went up the IL
linois river, (being also the discoverers of
that river) they reached Green Bay in Sep
tember, by way of Chicago and Lake Mich
igan. Marquette sketched map of their
discoveries, which was published in Paris
in 1851. This map shows the route of the
discoverers. Leaving Green Bay they as
cended the Fox river, then crossed the Port
age and descended the Wisconsin to the
Mississippi. Below the mouth of the Wis
consin, and about one-third of the distance
TO the mouth of Rock river, there is put
down on this ancient map (the first one ev-
er sketched) certain Mines de fer (iron
mines) This shows the existence of mines
of some kind in this region at that time,
and as no iron mines have ever been known
in the region where these mines marked
Mines de fer on this map are located, Mar
quette unquestionably made mistake in
designating them Mines de fer, instead OF
Mines de pzomb dead mines. 1t is an in
teresting fact, that the existence of mines
here was made known to the first white man
who ever saw the upper Mississippi, one
hstndred- and eighty four gears ago, and
more than century berore the Declaration
of Galena Paper.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
The Level of the Great Lakes.

There is said to be mysterious rise and
fall of the level of the great American lakes.
which has long occupied the attention OF
many scientific men, In addition TO the va
riations which depend on the changes of
seasons, there is also local, irregular os-
cillation of few inches to few feet, not TO
be predicted, its period of oscillation being
from three to Eve minutes,- and which con-
tinues from one 10 twenty-four hours. In
course of several years observation no wave
has been seen over two feet in hight in
stormy weather, and in calm weather one
and one-half feet. The average interval
has been found to be four and one-kalf min
utes. The waves invariably come in from
the open sea, in line parallel with the
shore The phenomenon has not yet been
accounted for, but Col. Charles Whittlesey
of Cleveland, Ohio, who has recently pub
lished pamphlet on the subject, thinks
that the causes are to be sought in the elec-
tro-magnetic changes of the atmosphere.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
Employment.

say it is employment that makes peo-
pie happy. This great truth ought never
to be forgotten; it ought to be placed up
on the title page of every book on political
economy intended for America and such
countries as America. 1t ought to head
the columns of every farmers magazine
and mechanics m agazine. It should be
proclaimed everywhere Notwithstanding
what we hear of the usefulness, and l ad-
NIT the uefulness of cheap food-notwith-
standidg that, the great truth should be pro-
claimed everywhere, should be made into a
proverb if it could, that where there is work
for the hands of men there will be work for
their teeth. Where there is employment
there win be bread; and in country like
our own, above ali others viii this truth
hold good; in country like ours where
with great deal of spirit and activity
among the masses, if they can find employ
ment, there is great willingness for labor
If they can obtain fair Compensation for
their labor, they viii have good houses.
good clothing. good food, and the means Of
educating their children, from their labor;
that labor viii be cheerful, and they viii be
a contented and happy people.-Daniel
Webster.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
Ladies should Read Newspapers.

1t is one great mistake in female educa-
ton to keep young lady's time and at
tention devoted to only the fashionable lit
erature of the day. If you would qualify
her for conversation, you must give her
something to talk about. give her education
with this actual world and its transpiriug
events. Urge her to read newspapers and
become familiar with the present character
and Improvement of our race. {. Our tho'ts
and our concerns should be to know what
the world is, and improvet the condition of it.
Let her have an intelligent opinion, and be
able to sustain an intelligent conversation
concerning the mental, moral, political, and
religious Improvements of our times Let
the gilded ANIMALS and poems on the GEN.
ter table be kept part of the time covered
with weekly and daily journals. let the
family-men, women. and children-read
the newspapers.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
Be Gentlemen at Home.

There are few families, we imagine, any
where, in which love is.not abused as fur
nishing the license for impoliteness. A
husband, father, or brother, will speak harsh
words to those whom he loves best simply
because the security of love and family
pride keeps him from getting his head bro
ken 1t is shame that a man will speak
more impolitely to his wife or sister, than
he would to any other female, except low
and vicious one. 1t is thus that the honest
affections of a mans nature prove to be a
weaker protection TO woman in the fanll-
ly circle than the restraints of society, and
that woman is usually indebted for the
kindest politeness of life to those not be-
longing to her own household. This should
not be. The man who, because it viii not
be resented, infiicts his spleen and bad TEN
per upon those of his own hearth stone, Is a
small coward, and a very mean man. Kind
words are circulating mediums between true
gentlemep and ladies at home, and no pol
ish exhibited in society can atone for the
harsh language and disrespectful treatme mt
too often INDUCED in by those bound to-
gether by Gods own ties of blood, and still
more sacred bonds of conjugal love.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12

An Anti-Lecompton Sabbath School.
Ii is to be presumed that all the Sabbath
schools in Philadelphia are anti-Leeomp-
ton, but the sentiments of one of them
came out in rather an unexpected way on a
recent Sunday. An occasion of unusual
interest had brought out very full attend
ance on the exercises of the school, and in
honor of the event, the pastor or rector of
the church, under whose care it is, deliver
ed a capital address, which was very oddly
interrupted. He was giving the hundreds
of bright intelligent little people, who eager
ly listened to his simple and beautiful adj
dress-reasons why they should love the
Savior.
He said: ''Now children. you should
love Him because He is friend whom it is
an honor to have. Suppose you get let
ter from some one in the penitentiary-
would that be an honor ?'' -
NO., ahd The hundreds of itous ones
echoed "1No iSiirp'
"Well, then," said the minister, f'sup-
pose Governor Packer would write TO you
would that be an honor?''
The childfen, large and small, of course
shouted Yes, Sir!''
1NO"b puISucu tue SPcdASIs ouppOS6
Mr.. Buchanan, the Presipent, should write
a letter to any one of you-would you not
esteem that very high honor indeed ?''
Here ensued an awful pause-the bright
faces looked puzzled, the mischievous ones
began to laugh, and the younger ones Look
ed anxiously toward the elder scholars for
their cue. The taller boys looked at each
other a moment and finally said, "No, sirr'
and every child in the school, great and
small, shouted out tumhltuously .'No, STRIP
The teachers all smiled, and the speaker
laughed outright, but recovering himself
in an instant, he said, 'H'Why, child rem this
is all wrong! like Mr.. Buchanan; so
ought you; you ought to love everybody:
I had no idea of talking politics to you.''
He then went on to ask them if they would
not like to receive letter from Queen Vic
toria-"who certainly was a very estima-
BILE lady''-and the Queen of England not
being involved in "Lecompton, the chill
dren expressed the opinion that letter
from her Majesty would be an honor.
The occurrence has furnished laughtersto
large circle for two days, SO we violate no
confidence in thus giving it to the public
| Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
Editor Turned Shepherd.

Geo. w. Kendall, one of the proprietors
of the New Orleans Picayune, owns large
estates in Texas. Writing to afriend in
Boston, he describes his mode of life as
follows:
You may perhaps wish to learn the mode
and manner of my life hereaways. Let
me enlighten you. Three days in each
week ordinarily pass, at my rancho here,
three or four miles from Braunfels, with
cia, place of mine thirty miles west, where
my flock of sheep are pastured; and the
other two am on the road backward and
forward, my conveyance an old Jersey wag-
on with two trusty horses. There is one
gap of eight miles on the road without a
house, and another of twelve; yet the way
is not lonesome. never pass over it
without seeing an abundance of deer, tur-
kies, patridges, and the like; carry along
side of me double barrel gun, Sharpe
rifle, and one of Colts revolvers, and some
kind of game is sure to grace my wagon,
both going and coming.
Ny sheep now number some 5000, and
finer fiocks you never set eyes upon. In
May ] hope to be able to count upward-of
1000, as my lambs come in April. l have
beside, a-ine gang of brood mares, beside
some forty COWS, and. like the elder Mr..
NorVal, 'to feed my flock and increase my
store, is now my constant care" Did
not once I'll you that had much rather
see my lambs skipping upon the hills and
playing in the valleys, than TO witness the
pirouetts and entrenchats of the best corps
de ballet that ever existed? If did not
say as much to you, it is nevertheless true.
And since l have been here on this spot In
person, now nearly two years, have had
extraordinary good luck; I have not lost
two per cent. of my sheep per aunum, and
when tell you that twenty per cent. is the
average loss the world over, you may well
imagine that my success is remarkable.
never sell eve or anything that produces.
have pasture for 10000, and any number
of horses and cattle; and to see all this
space covered, is now what am working
for