Wilmington journal., 1858-08-13
From the New York Herald

The Steamship Line to California and the Frazer
River Mines-PrOposed Immediate Opening
Nicaragua Transit Route by the 10. White Party.
On the lst OF the present month the steamship Her
mann, formerly belonging to the United States mail line
between this port, Southampton and Bremen, will be
despatched for San Francisco and the Frazer river dis
trict she being advertised to take passengers for
those places at very moderate prices.
The Hermann which is to be under the command of
Capt Edward Cavendy will be the pioneer ship OF the
California. New York and European Steamship Com
pany which holds its charter from the Legislature of
California and has capital of two millions of dollars
There Is popularity about the stock issued by this
company which will not only attract attention by its
novelty, but will tend to render the company popular
with those who travel from California The corpora
tion has fifteen years from 1853 and attached to
each certificate representing share Of two hundred and
fifty dollars and fifteen coupons one for each year.
ming to 1872, which will entte the holder to assac
in of the companys ships at any time during the
year which said coupon represents.
In other words, share of stock purchased will
entite the buyer whoever holds the coupon to pas
sage to San Francisco on the steamship Hermann by
presenting the coupon for 1858 in 1859 he is entitled
to another passage and They still have another
feature The company propose to extend their line to
European port, and the coupons will also enttle the
holder to passage the Atlantic, or they will be
received by the company in payment for freight to the
amount of fifty doIars-that being the amount Of
money they represent-buta always being good for pas
sage whatever the rates Thus twenty per cent at
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vance. Captain Henry Randall, who formerly comman-
ded of the sh of the opposition lines between here
and San Francisco is the agent of the company in this
city.
| The steamship Washington will succeed the Herman,
and be despatched the necessary arrange
ments can be perfected When these two vessels get
round IN the Pacific, they will run regularly between
San Francisco and San Juan del Sur which is the prin
cpa Pacific port Of Nicaragua Both steamers will
stop at that port on their way up In short the Mica
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White, and within few weeks small steamer will
leave this city for GreytoWn intended for the lake nav
CATION Immediately succeeding her departure the route
will be declared opened and vessels will be put up for
passengers 1t is understood that Mr. White has
ed the steamers belonging to Samuel L. MtchelPs Sa-
vannah line, which is composed the Alabama Florida
and Augusta, all good ships. One of them will depart
in time to connect with the Hermann, which stops at
San Juan del Sur on her way up. The small steamers
on Lake Nicaragua, which were once the property of
the old Transit Company, Of very Ii tie USE
The Clayton is sunk below the Castillo apds, and
total loss The Morgan is in working condition, and is
in the possession of Martinez, who is using her a
transport between the Upper Castillo rapids and San
Carlos The La Virgin is in good running order on the
Lake. and makes occasional trips between San Carlos
and Virgin Bay. The San Carlos, which is the most
valuable boat on the lake, is ashore near La Virgin,
and if she remains long in this condition will be en-
tire loss 1t is said she can beput aoat for $1,000.
The long agony about the Nicaragua route seems
have given up the struggle and dropped off, until the
quarrel narrowed down to fair fight between White
and Vanderbilt and the former it appears, has thus far
succeeded. During all the time the fight progress
ing the old mail company was looking on with about the
same amount of dlsnteresed sympathy expressed
by certain woman when she saw a struggle going on
between her husband and bear The only feeling the
old mail company had in the matter that the fight
would be prolonged so that they might continue to pick
up the perSlmmOns.
From the London Times.
The War in China.
The last intelligence from China indicates that we are
no longer carrying hostilities against single city
but waging with empire. The fleets and the
PenpOtentaries of the allied powers in the Gulf
Peche gunboat two has crossed the bar of the
PeihO, and the next mail may very possibly inform
that the forts at the rivers mouth have fallen before the
proves of the Western alliance What mad ant
foolish enterprise is this A of forts and gunboa
carried on with huge, impassive empire of 100000,
900 of human beings in order to induce that vast pOpu
aton, at beat of drum and sound of cannon suddenly
abure the fixed habitudes of mmemorial centuries t
acquire taste for merchandise which they don't want
and open up the interior of their strange land to people
they had much rather be without-to people with whom
they have no common link of sympathy and conceiva
be means of ntercommunication-with people whos
ways not their ways and who, without the design
offend or the wish to moest, would every hour be il
danger of violating the most elementary rule of Chimes
good breeding, the most obstinate of their prejudices
and the most revered of their precepts.
And this gigantic piece of Quxotism is to be playeC
off at the expense of English taxpayers by British
i Plenipotentiarv backed by British feet. And th
government of this country is to look quietly and
the forts taken and the shot and shell eXpccd and th
whole course OF foolish and costly and wicked eXtrava
gance carried out without let or hinrance because for
sooth there are grave diplomatic why shoue
not interfere with that which has become common en-
terprse of France England Russia and the Unltet
Y States Now on behalf of the English taxpayer or
behalf of outraged good sense, demur to ths-Wt
forbid these diplomatic banns that would entange US il
: costly war for chimerical objective say that the
British government is bound to interfere. 1t absurC
enough to send ships and seamen. presslngy wantet
elsewhere across the world of waters in order to punis
: the contumacy of Canton and arrogance O
D Yeh Well, but Yeh is punished, Canton is taken,
Tartar chief nOmnaly rules in the city of the IOrcha
under suferance of Bowring and Parkes and what ha
: come of it all? The impassve obstinate multitude
will not feel that they beaten; will still preslst II
their dogged imbece course of living Oh as thoug
nothing changed They drive their bargains anc
90 about their work-eat, drink, feast and merr
after their quaint fashion Just though the Foreign
Devils had never battered down their forts or escaade
their walls made prize OF their gnge Itsvery provo
king this doubt-very contrary to all European prece
den-but there quiet so stubborn matter of facts
Now as Canton is, so is the Empire a vast aggregat
of impassve immovabe human beings Time creeps tor
i toselike in land of this cyclca anquityan antiqu
which the Pyramids are in their nonage." There
It the great city Of Marking for five years it has been
It possession Of the socaled rebels for five years be
leaguerng host Of Imperasts have been quietly benea
its walls It is question of supplies there is next
no fighting. The problem is which host starve ou
the other first and this problem neither party is in
hurry to solve Meanwhile the ter tils, and the sowe
sows and the reaper reaps and the chapman buys an
SELLS and the whole of life goes On as it has gone on
time these last three tn 1usand years the Celestial En-
d pire pretty much as though the Son of Heaven ha
been heard of and there were no robbers and be