Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-01-22
LATEST NEWS,

Further details of California by the last steamer
report that Lieut. Beale would soon return to Texas
The camels remained the on reservation in Sonora
In Lower California political affairs were quiet.
A dreadful hurricane on the coast had occurred 1t
drove thirteen vessels ashore and destroyed many houses
at La Pose and San Bernardno.
The Mormons had all gone to Salt Lake.
From Aspinwall the further news is that the U. S.
frigate Wabash bringing home Colonel AndersOns
command Col Anderson before surrendering destroyed
all the buildings and cattle at Castillo and broke up
the machinery of the lake steamers
The steamer Isabel arrived at Charleston the 18TH
with Havana dates to the 10th inst She brings no
of material Importance Sugars firm, with unchang
ed prices. Molasses had declined.
The Ohio Legislature has passed expressing
confidence in the administration of Mr. Buchanan )
reafrmng the Cincinnati platform nstructs her Sena
tors and requests her Representatives in Congress to
vote against the admission of Kansas into the Union
under the LecOmpton Constitution any other Cons
tuition, without first having been adopted by the people
A Resolution has been introduced into the House of
Representatives of the New jersey Legislature, instruct
ing their Senators and Representatives to vote against
the admission Of Kansas under the Lecompton Consti
Gov. Dcnvers Message to the Legislature of Kansas
calls attention to the second schedule of the ecompton
Constitution and advises that no action be taken in the
matter until the decision of Congress upon the subject
be known. If Congress shall admit Kansas into the
Union under said Cons tuition.
R~Ihe intelligence received at St Louis from an
is to the 9Th inst, by telegraph The report states
that The proslayery party in Kansas has carried the
ticket for State officers and Legislature at the election
the 4th inst. 1t is stated that Gov Denver placed
troops at the disposal Of the free State for the pur-
pose of preventing any invasion that might be attempt
ed of the border counties
BSevcral cotton failures are reported to have taken
place in Mobile, i'll consequence it is aIledget of the fall
in the price of cotton.
Beag~Ihe receipts into the United States Treasury
have considerably improved the past week. The 500
notes have been issued at the rate Of hundred thou
sand dollars per day. None of larger denomination
have yet been received from the engravers
BsS~The Washington n. C. Dispatch of the 18th in
slant states that White Shad have already been caught
in Pamlco river and sold in that market at 81 Der pair
half casf-half credit.
The following officers elected by the Sampson
County Agricultural Society the I'd inst to serve
for year President, DR.. Thos Bunting Vice Pres
dients j. R. Beaman, w. G. Draughorn, c. H. Stevens,
F. J. Faison, and H. Boykin Recording Secretary, E
L Perkins Corresponding Secretary, A. A McKoy
Treasurer, G. W. Draughorn Auditing Committee, W.
Johnson, L. G. HUBBARD. and G. W. Atkins
Ba~ Among the appointments confirmed by the Q.
S. Senate, we notice that of Francis W. Pickens of
South Carolina to be envoy extraordinary and minister
Iplenipotentiary Of the United States to Russia.