Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-10-22
Additional News by the Ariel.

New York, Oct. l9-The following additional for
eign news obtained from the steamer Ariel off Cape
Race, has been received here:
The Ariel has 250 passengers for New Ork.
News had reached England that the Franklin Arctic
expedition had reached Bans Bay and that the pros
pec was favorable for accomplishing the object of the
expedition.
There is improvement in the working OF the At
antic cable at Valencia.
Mr. Henley the engineer of the Atlantic telegraph
reports it as his opinion that serious injury has been
sustained by the cable at distance of 800 miles from
Valenta. An attempt to raise it in deep sOundings
would its destruction, but he does not despair of
its working in its present condition Shares held at
G450.
The Submarine Telegraph Company have issued pro-
posals for G50OOO additional capital to lay two cables
from Hull to Elbea in Hanover and Tonning in Den
mark.
London sugar speculator has failed with liabilities
amounting to G2 100000.
The English government considering the project of
federation of the American colonies from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
The Emperor Of Russia is to pay visit to Paris and
London in the spring.
A meeting is to be held at Paris in November, to
make arrangements for the construction of cable
the lsthmus OF Suez.
The specie in the Bank of Austria amounts to ell
100000 sterling, and the aggregate amounts held in the
Banks of England, France and Austria is - five
millions.
The Western Bank has made a call for one hundred
additional shares tor the LIST November.
There large quantities of tea at Canton, waiting
the reopenng of trade for expectation Trade had been
resumed at Shanghai.
Rumors afoat that there two French ships
of war at Lisbon, demanding the restitution of Charles
George.
The King of Denmark was quite i'll.
Lord Elgin at Japan. Affairs at Canton were
in most unsatisfactory state.
The Indian Battle on the Plains at WIchita-KiIIed
and Wounded OHicers-Kansas Gold Fields.
ST. LOUIS Oct l8.-Intelligence reached this city
Saturday of desperate battle between the y. S.
troops and the Camanches, Wichita village, in
which part of the whites Lieut. Van Camp and four
men were killed also one missing and ten wound
ed, including Major Van DOran severely. The enemy
had forty killed and considerable number wounded
Advces from Fort Kearney to the I'd instant report
that Major Crossman, Captain Newton and Lieut..
Bryan, OF the engineer corps and Lieut.. Vileghege of
the second Dragons reached that place the Goth u
on the steamer United States They report the gold
excitement still very high, though the actual results
of the operations not so cheering the accounts
would seem to warrant.
SECOND DISPATCH.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct l8.-A letter from an officer Of the
army received to-day, confirms substantially the account
of the above battle AID adds that the United States
force composed of two hundred and fifty men of the
second cavalry, under Mao Van Dorm, and one hun
dred and twelve friendly Indians, under Capt Ross
| The latter officer wounded. The whites captured a
number of horses and took two hundred women and
children prisoners.
! Governor Denver, of Kansas who has arrived here
says his designations positive and that he does not in
tend to return to that territory.