Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-03

, several cakes OF DeeSWaX, WHICH are suppose
to be portions of a cargo of beeswak ths
formed the loading of vessel which fount
cred in the Gulf of Mexico, in 1888, and wa
designed for the use of the Churches in Mex
co. For many years similar waits have bee
thrown on the beach in that section of tn
country.
A HORRIBLE CRiME-A MOTHER RoAsrs HE
CHLp.-POrtiand, Me. Aug. 81. "A mulatt
woman, named Wilton, has been arrested il
Scarborough, in this State, charged with muir
dering her son, aged Is, on Monday last, ant
afterwards placing his body in the oven, AM
then setting fire to the house. The remain
of the boy were subsequently found in the
oven.
The CRoToN.--It appears from the official re
ports by Professors TORY and Chiffon, that the
I'd taste Of the Croton water is caused by the pre-
sence of microscopic aquatic green plant, which
is perfectly harmless. The wholesOmeness of the
water has not been impaired in the least, and Dr.
Chiffon says he has partaken Of the green matter
procured from the Lake in its concentrated shape,
and also after it had been converted into a jelly
by heat, without experiencing any i'll effects.
Spurgeon's Men tabernacle IN London.-on
the 10th of August, the foundation stone of the
new Tabernacle for the Rev. Mr. Sturgeon, was
laid in London in the presence of about 5000.
modate 5000 persons, and will have spacious
school and lecture rooms, the whole costing about
f25, OO0.-Addresses were delivered by Rev. Mr.,
Spurgeon.-Rey. Mr.. Inskip and SirS NJ Peteo
member Of parliament. The assemblage present
on the occasiOn subscribed nearly f5, 000 Of which
$4,000 was given by one gentleman, and f100 by
Mr. Spurgeon himself towards erecting the building
Scene in a Newspaper Office Foreman-Pl Please,
Mr.. Editor, send me one or two paragraphs to fill
out column.
Edtor-What shall it be- Let me see.
Foreman--A murder, riot, rape or anything
horrible will do
Editor-lIere boy, bring me Baltimore paper.
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HONE Commodore Chas. Stewart the senior
Captain Ofthc American navy and one of the most
ustrious of its commanders, has returned from his
European tour. The venerable captain, with MI
the weight Of eighty years upon his brow, says the
philadelphia Press, looks as active and ms brave as
when he trod the decks of the Old Constitution,
nearly fifty years ago, n terror to her British foes
He is the last of the gallant band of heroic men who
have made their names and their countrys glory
immortal. Preble Decatur Dale Banbridge, Trus-
ton, Hull, Lawrence, Shubrck, Conner, Perry, and
the rest all have passed away. Long may sold
Ironsides'i live to receive in person the grateful
homage which nation pays to the glorious services
of himself and his brave companions
A COUNTRY NEWSPAPER recording the running
uuNu VI u COW VII tHf runway jsilys-'lu WIS cut
into cayes.n An astonished mturist waited on the
editor, for what the auctioneers call further
and received it in the following form
"Erratum-For Calves, read halves
The Keokuk iowa Gate City, of the 10Th ult,
says that ex Judge Watson of Charlton county has
been indicted for robbing .he equity safe of $5O00
about year since when he acting as county |
Judge.
uNsuccEssFUL IN THIS LfFE.-I confess that |
nnr hiring with than in al nefl
respect for those who do not succeed in liie as
those words are commonly used. Heaven is said |
10 be a place for those who have not succeeded |
upon earth /; and it is surely true that CELESTIAL
yraces do not best thrive and bloom in the hot
blaze of worldly prosperity. Ill success sometimes
Uses from superabundance of qualities in them.
elves good from a conscience too sensitive, II
ase too lastidious, self forgetulness too romantic
modesty too retiring. l will not go so far as
% shy, with living poet, that, The world knows
nothing of its greatest men, but there are forms
If greatness or at least excellence, That die and
make no sign; there are martyrs that miss the
,am but not the stake there are heroes with
nut the laurel and conquerers without the triumph.
FIRE ENGINE LEVIED 0N-A man by the name
# Downs having been run over by fire engine
It Nashville, while ON the way to fire, was so
injured that he instituted suit and recovered $1,000
amages The money not having been paid, the
nBHit uppuIubuS hiNo Deth icfteh uls
New LIeHTHousE.-The Craney Island ligh,
oat below Norfolk Va, is to be superseded by
crew pile lighthouse, which now being construct
within twenty yards of the spot where that vessel
moored. The work on this structure is rapidly
and it will be ready for occupancy in
few weeks.
RAILROAD ACcIDENT.-0n Tuesday morning
Ienry Nichols, deaf and dumb boy while stand
1g beside the track of the Cumberland Valley
iaroad, Mechanicsburg Pa, was knocked down
passing train, and seriously injured, that his
,covery is very uncertain.
The WEsTERS Corn CRoP.-The Cincinnati
commercial says The prospects for a corn crop
full average Yield throughout the region of coun-
y about which there was recently much APP
have been well reassured by the gene
ous rains of the last two weeks, aud the increased
mount of land planted throughout the west will
AXE the yield of this great staple. present an ;
cipations are realized, much greater then ever !
sfore gathered.
ALLEGED FoRGER ARREsTED.-A police officer
Pittsburg Pa, recently arrived in that city from
CIV York, where he had succeeded in arresting
G Langd0n, who is charged with having passed
pom the Citizens Bank of the former city, two Y
rged certificates of deposit on the American Ex- \
range Bank Of New York, amounting to S27. 500
e was committed to Jail for further hearing on
onay, the 9TH of September.
CINcNNATI BELLE met with terrible acct a
mt, last week. She had, for some time past been
the habit of bathing herself just before retiring,
it'll a mixture of camphene and salt, generally
lown to be quite excellent as a method by which
preserve the comexion, and make the skin clear
i'd smothe. During her customary nightly abluton,
Tuesday, the camphene took fire from n lamp upon
n toilet table, and her face was severely burnt.
lie had been much admired for her beauty.
FRoM THE WAGON ROAD EXPEDITION. I
nee has been received by the Secretary of the j
terror from Supt. Landon of the Wagon Road q
xpedtion, dated at camp near Blackfoot river, 4
lily 21st. The party express themselves delighted nj
tn the new road, which all the emgrants are now
ing Though the emissaries the rancho Keepers Il
the old route have made strenuous efforts to g
event travel the route they have signaIly u
led. Notwithstanding the rivers were swollen to :
unprecedented extent, all the wagons got safely
rough except two, which were swept away at the :,
zen river ford, where, also, aman was killed
idge Green river is needed but il is thought ii
the Superintendent tina could be constructed 10
n less cost then 100000 The Indians on the hi
ute are reported by the Superintendent to be pc
lite trubesome, but he is confident of being able 70
exercise sufficient influence over them to secure y
safe transit Of emigrants. :
MUNICIPAL " GAY DEcEIvERs The New Or
ms (a) Crescent of the Goth instant contains N
following eloquent passage in the local II
umns The dogs continue to SILVER and drop j
der the influence of the poisoned meat dropped L.
them by the too seductive policen The too Sc ~ y,
ctiye police is good.
IN ALL EUROPE, which contains some two hun III
ed and ten millions of inhabitants, about five
lions and half die annually being one fortieth
TT of the whole but these deaths are distributed
~ unequally between the Northern and Southern
lntries. In the former death takes but one man n
g. -. InAa. IL.