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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02
High Prices for Negroes.

MAGSoL1A DUPLN COUNTY, Nov. 29h, 1859.
Editors Journal Il will inform you that at the sale
of Timothy Newkirk, deceased, the following slaves
were sold and brought unprecedented high prices, on
the oath, instant vz-Virgil, aged about 40 years,
$685.; Dave, 65, $2O5; Brster, so, $6O5; Emily,
90 81 800 Margaret 49, $500; Chilly, 90 ST. ,535
81 ,4lO Thankful, $3.50 Rachel Ann, 20, ST 49l
Andrew, 10, 5000 Essex, 80, $3.50; Diannah, IL,
$9O5; Betsey and child, 40, 1920; Grace and child,
As, 5000 Jerusha, 4, $475 Susan Jane and two
children 40, Sl,750; one negro and two chill
dren nearly 40 years. for &c. and several other old
slaves, all selling high.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

A SINGULAR STORY.-AleXander Dumas has lately
published singular story concerning the late Gar Mich
olas of Russia viz that after the disastrous from
the Crmea of Russian defeats the Gar resolved to die
Should he retace his footsteps ard abandon his policy
he would have to give the lie reign of thirty years.
Should he persist in carrying the war, be would ruin
Russia. But what he could not ask without loss Of
honor viz peace, his successor mig He therefore,
by pressing solicitation obtained from his physician who
had previously resisted for two months dose of poison
strong enough to kill him. but yet weak enough to allow
him to live few hours after having taken it. Tie ply
stefan left Petersburg the 7th of February, having
obtained from the Emperor a declaration in writing
which made him safe at all points. On the morning Of
the l6h the Emperor swallowed that poison alter which
be sent for the Grand Duke Aexander-now Emperor
and told him all. The latter would have cried out
for help but the Emperor prevented him by order
positive that, and subject, be could not disobey
his father and his sovereign. Then the Emperor ex-
planned to him in detail the motives which induced him
take this heroic step The young Prince brokenheart
ed by sobs listened to the dreadful narrative his
knees and clasped his hands, excaiming, 81 my father
my father p The Emperor would not allow him to quit
bis side until he had obtained solemn promise to let
death take its without attempting to stop it
But the instant the Young Prince out of the
his al love trumphed over his fidelity his word and
he summoned the whole of the royal family, and also
three physicians The latter arrived too late. The En-
peror, after hot violet agony, expired at TWEEN
ty minutes past twelve, at noon, the 18Th of Febru-
ary 1865 At the instant Russia changed not only
her master, but her policy.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02
Death of VIM. Larkin, Esq.

Mr. Larkin died in this city Sunday last at an al
vanced age, probably eighty years. and was OufD
yesterday. ,,rp
The deceased was noted for his kindly genial naluI'
We suppose he hardly ever had an enemy and to our o
citizens he was greatly endeared by long acquanIaSss
and thousand neighborly acts. He was MEMBER"
highly pectabe family of New Hanover county o
G., and much of his early life was spent in mngsThD he
where he had many friends. In the tuness OF on
has passed away but bis honest, good name win fTI be
survive him. Mr. L. was consistent member VI .rT
Baptist Church, and has gone to the Christians re"O
" Be ye also ready".-lNOagomry Ma| 1St"'
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

THE DEAD HOUSES OF EURoPE.-A correspondent of
the Troy Arena says In Frankforton-the Main and in
Munich dead houses to which bodies are sent pre-
vious to burial, where they kept for some two
three days for the purpose of aiming whether life
has become extinct not On the fingers of the corps
es are placed thmbs which are attached to cord com
municating with bell. The slightest movement of a
finger rings the BELL and thus in of suspended ami
nation efforts are made to restore the BODY, instead
of burying alive, doubt, often happens in this
country. In Munich it is compulsory on the friends
aud relatives of ALL whether rich or poor, to send
the body to the dead house. and allow it to remain
a certain number of days-the exact time have for
gotten In Frankfort think, it is not compulsory but
it is, nevertheless custom very generally followed
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02
A PRAIRIE FIRE-A letter from Cannon Falls Min
npsota to the St Panl Pioneer saws

PRAIRIE F1RE-A letter from Cannon Falls Min
nesota, to the St. Paul Pioneer, says:
The night arrived here it was our privilege to
witness of the grandest sights of the Western
try. We stood on high bluff overlooking the town
and prairie fire in all its madness and destructive
From out of the west above the dim horizon the
great red flames surgng in long, quivering waves
extending four or five miles the prairie As they
roaring EDWARDS the perfectly magnlG-
cent. The whole heavens red as blood the
flames rose fifteen or twenty feet in the air and seemed
to threaten destruction to every thing before them
Some farms which lay in their way very narrowly es-
capped by having burrows ploughed around. Several
wheat stacks swallowed up and one man only saved
his dwelng-house by six feet. Men worked like Tro-
jams all the night fighting the fire. About quarter of
mile the other side Of the river the flames wheeled
around with sudden change of the wind and went tear
ing down the river eastward. lofty abrupt, rocky
bluff which seemed to bar their way efectualy, was
scaled in two three seconds and the fire poured down
the slope the other side in several distinct streams
looking exactly like liquid redhot lava pouring down
rocky mountain The next morning this fiery food
had left great backened waste far as the eye could
reach"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

Loss OF OCEAN STEAMERs-THE STEAMSHIP INDIAN.
The New York Herald of the oath Instant, contains
the following:
The screw steamship Indian belonging to the Liver
pool and Canadian Steamship Company, which sailed
from Liverpool the 9th instant, for Portland Maine,
got the rocks of Mary Joseph, off Guysboro, Nova
Scotia, at o'clock the morning OF Monday the
2lst inst and is total wreck She parted amiships,
and had lost three and two boats at the date of
last reports from Portland and oackvile, n. B. The
remainder of the passengers and saved but
as the Nova Scotia Telegraph Line refused keep open
beyond the usual working hour last evening" we do not
know as yet where they taken to how they Jared
The India first class iron propeller of thous-
and seven hundred and sxtyour tons burden She Was
built in Dumbarton, Scotland in the year 1855 and
enjoyed very good reputation for speed and safety
She was two hundred and eighty feet long, and fit
ted with five Haertight bukhead compartments. Her
engine was a vertical direct one, with two cylinders Of
sxty-two inches in diameter and three and half feet
stroke.
our readers are aware the first steamship that
ed the Atlantic the Sirius, in 1888. The regular
line OF European steamships started by Mr.. Cunard
In l84O and since that time there have been lost the
Atlantic twelve steam vessels, making average in
nineteen years of about in every eighteen months
The disasters may be summed up as follows President
never heard Of Columbia, all hands saved Humboldt
all hands saved City of Glasgow never heard of; City
of Philadelphia all hands saved Franklin all hands
saved Arctic, few only saved Pacific, never heard
of; Lyonais, few only saved Tempest, never heard
Of Austria, burned with great loss of life; Indian
three lives lost.
Guysboro, near which the Indian was wrecked, is
town situated at the utmost Eastern extremity OF the
main land of Novia Scotia 1t had about eleven thous
and inhabitants when the last census of its population
was taken.
TEMPERANCE is the father of health cheerfuuess and
old age.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02
BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 29th, 1859.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov 29th, 1859.
Nothing is known here as to Governor Wlses lnfor-
nation relative to the movements of the abolonists
but much significance is attached to the continuous IN
Of the troops in the upper counties and to the
large orders on Government for arms and amunitlon
several hundred and howtzer carrd
ges of shell, canister and round shot.
Death of Washington Irving.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 1859.
Washington Irving died last evening.
-Four Days Later from Europe.
PORTLAND, Me-, Nov. 3Oth, 1859
The steamer Bohemian from Liverpool, with dates to
the 18th inst. arrived yesterday.
The Times says that the feeling of hostility towards
England in France is bitter than since eithteen
hundred and fifteen The enrolment of thirty thousand
of the navy reserve force in England the
first of January next.
Carignan declines the italian Regency. Chevaer
Buoncompaghie accepts it.
From Brownsville, Texas.
Cortinas has hung three Americans to revenge the
death of bis leader.
Later from Mexico.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 29th, 1859,
Dates from the City of Mexico to the 10Th instant
have been received. At recent battle at Queretaro
the Liberals took twentone cannon and large number
of prisoners. including General Alvarez. The Liberals
have gained a hard fought battle at Tuancingo.
Liverpool Market.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18th, 1859.
Cotton.-Sales of two days 10000 bales, market
closing with little enquiry and prices weak.
Flour is firm, with average business without quo
table change.
Wheat firm; holders having advanced their preten
sions, sales were only moderate.
Corn is quiet and prices firm.
Spirits Turpentine dull.
Rosin steady at As. a As. Id.
Consols for account closed at 9616 961l.
New York Markets.
New YORK, Nov. 3Oth 1859
At the close yesterdcy]
Cotton dull-Mddling Uplands IL to ll15c. Flou
excited and advanced cts per bb Southern S. 81
S. IS. Wheat held at an advance of ! &C. Corr
dull yellow "a 95c Spirits Turpentine dull at 4!
cents per gallon Rosin dull. Rice firm
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

GENERAL Thomas THUMB, who, although barely knee
high to grasshopper, made large fortune for P T.
Barnum and snug for himself is reported to be
about to unite himself in wedock with lady of youth
and beauty The authorities differ greatly about her
height and it is yarousy stated as three feet six and
six feet three.
The Hon. Edward Stanley, late of North Carolina,
but now OF California is said to be about to enter the
ministry OF the Protestant Episcopal ChuscL
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

baT They caught two white shad in the Savannah
River last week. They were caught up Augusta,
and are said to have been large similar sized fish
are usually seen and weighed about much as fish of
equal dimensions could be expected to weigh. The
Savannah Republican, says the shad about the size
of piece of chalk.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

D7IDEND.-The Bank of Wilmington has declared 6
semi-annual dividend Of ~ per cent.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

An Irish coachman, driving past some harvest fields
during the past week. addressing smart girl engaged
in shearing exclaimed, Arrah, my darling, wish
was in Jail for stealing ye"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

WASHINGTON IRVING, the most genial of humoriss,
and the purest of writers, of whom it might well
have been said that be touched nothing that he did not
adorn-ths great and good died last evening" aged
some seventythree or seventyfour years. His death is
public loss
Bg@ In the last number of the Fayetteville Carolinlan,
our talented young friend, Mr.. A. r. Banks
the close of his connection with that paper stating that
circumstances about which the public would not be in
terested, have induced him voluntarily to withdraw.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02

WHAT IS REMITrANCE-A suit involving the qres-
tion whether money sent in registered letter is remit
lance, decided in New York few days since Ed
ward Morrison sued the Farmers Bank of North Caro-
lima for $780, the product of draft collected and which
was sent to him i'll registered letter. but not received
The court held that the defendant not authorized
to remit money instead of drafts is the usual custom
the money mailed to the address of the plaintiff could not
be considered payment and the defendant was therefore
liable in the action. The jury found verdict for the
plaintiff accordipglv
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

GROUSE HUNTING ON THE PRAIRIE.-The prai-
rie chicken incuoates in the tall grass of the
wild prairie, or in fence corners, the little
patches of meadow, and other undsturbed
hooks of the farm each pair of birds Matching
out IA brood of ten to twenty-five young ones
the hen and the cock relieving each other alter
nately on the nest. When disturbed on the
nest, or with her young brood, the hen has in
common with the quail the plover, the dove,
and other birds, the faculty of Stimulating disa-
blity, and will Autter along, just out of reach,
apparently with a broken wing, until she leads
the intruder away from her nestor brood, when,
suddenly recovering, she will take wing and fly
away. The proper time for shooting grouse is
between the first of August and the last OF Oc-
tober. during which time they feed upon the
scattered grain in the stubble fields, and lie
close to the dog. They are then fat, tender and
juicy, with fine gdneish flavor. Until the
heavy frosts set in, late in the fall, each brood
lives and forages as an independent community
but on the approach of winter they become gre
garious, and collect in small hocks. In cold
weather they perch on the fences, where they
are slaughtered in large numbers by the pot
hunters-the hunter sneaking along the fence
corners until within range, and often killing
half dozen at shot. The fight of the
grouse when flushed by the dog, like that of
the quail, is in direct line, and very rapid
When young, they are shot even by bunglers'
but when full-grown, it requires quick eye
and steady nerve to bring them down.-Cinc'n-
matt Commercial.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

The BEDouINs.-It 1t is a curious fact, observes
the London Quarterly, that while the Christian
Missionary has made his way to every part of
the globe, and has taught with more or less
success, he has never succeeded in mixing with
the Bedouins. They wander over region
which, from physical causes, can be Inhabited
by none others but men following their mode of
life From earliest times every effort has been
made to reduce them to subsection, and to rem
der their haunts by human skill fitted to receive
settled population. Canals and water courses
were carried as far as human ingenuity could
devise, and where water could reach there the
land was conquered But there remained be-
yond large region which the BGdouin could
call his own There he is to be found still, as
we see him represented on the walls of Assyrian
palaces, riding his swift dromedary we read of
him in sacred history, suddenly appearing as a
robber in the midst OF the quiet cultivation Of
the soil, and as suddenly returning unharmed
before their well-trained legions during the
height of their power he remains to this hour
unchanged in his manners, his language, his
arms, and his dress 1t is their unchangeable-
ness which renders Bedouin so interesting a
study He is the only link between the earliest
ages of mankind and the present time-liko a
single, strange animal connecting the actual
world with some geological period.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

The TRADE IN ToADs None but Frenchmen,
of course, would think of making regular
business of trading in these brown coated gem
tlemen, and accordingly we find the trade -four
ishing in Paris alone. Toads for some years
have been the Indispensable allies of the French
market gardeners, cultvating rich and moist
grounds. Many of these men fill their gardens
with them to get rid of a throng Of insects in
furious to the vegetables they have raised by la
borious and scientific culture. Especially do
toads attack and demolsh the slugs and snails
which in Il single night sometimes utterly de-
stroy the commercial value of lettuce, carrots,
asparagus, and even early fruits In having
recourse to these singular auxillaries, the French
gardeners initiate their English brethren.
great portion of the vegetable supply of
London IS derived from kitchen gardens in the
vicinity of that immense city, cultivated, it is
said, by 35 200 persons. These gardens are a
perfect marvel of laborlous culture. You see,
sometimes, acres and acres, covered with hand
| SiupoCo. IelCHlJ IltuulOu anu oCuulOucl1 bOhN-
ed, some of these garden spots are so managed
as to yield five crops annually. Not only is
there not weed among them, but the vegeta-
bles are examined with lenses to detect midew
and fungi Besides toads, which they pay six
shillings dozen for, they make use of fowls to
destroy the aphides, rigging them with boots
which prevenc their scratching, and allow them
only the use of their bills.
The price Of toads is lower in Paris than in
London; in the former city they are still sold
notwithstanding the demand, forabout fifty
cents dozen, and many are exported to Eng
land. The dealers in this strange commodity
keep them in the bottom of huge casks, into
which they are constantly plunging their bare
hands and arms, without showing the slightest
fear of the liquid secreted by the toads, which
science has sometimes declared harmless, anC
F sometimes pronounced venomous. Busy littl
fellows these repulsive looking creatures are
and worthy of all possible encouragement AM
patronage.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04
nlistellanp.
Written for the Green Mountain Freeman.
October.

OCGOUCks
Fresh is the crown which wanton May
Binds around her graceful head,
The perfumes which roses shed,
Love IN her''amber locks to stay,
With the royal hues of the violet's bed.
Mother of Flowers, thou'rt Queen, | say.
Aye, Queen thou art OF Life and Mirth;
The Fauns anil Dryads round thee meet
In circling dance, to measures fleet:
The offspring of the teeming earth,
Start into life beneath their feet
Thou, the Lucina of their birth.
But grander rites the Hours devise,
When ripe October mounts the throne;
The Nymphs and Satyrs all are gone,
And gold IN stars haze left the skies,
To gild whereon he walks alone,
With Pomp's sublimest majesties.
Ills crown is Of the yellow corn,
Enwreathed with Autumn's purpling leaves.
He sits among his golden sheaves,
His sceptre, Plenty's bounteous horn
Whose outpoured wealth kind Earth RECEIVES,
And proffers to her children born.
Beneath 0c'ober's golden reign,
The emerald hills have turned to gold,-
With hues and tintings manifold,
With purple shade, and crimson stain,
With glories countless and untold,
Though pic ured on the burning brain
But storms will strip the gay-leaved woods,
That robe so grandly all the hills;
And soon will lurk unkindly chills,
Where sleeps the sunlight now in foods;--
The harp whose tones the woodland fills,
Shall wall in wild and solemn moods.
October, soon thy reignis o'er
For hurrying down from boreal plains,
Pregnant with storms and feathery rains,
November brings his wntry store
And though the skies grow blue again,
Thou, royal month, art seen no more.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

A Frenchman. wishing to speak of the cream
of the English poets, forgot the word, and said,
/" de butter of poets.' A wag said that he had
fairly churned up the English language.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright and shy.
If we strive to grasp it, it still eludes us, and
still gltters. We perhaps seize it at last and
find it rank poison.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

A man and woman were married in Jail few
evenings ago in one of our western cities. As
long as they remain there, they will not be like
" to make each other jealous by straylng of
from home.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

The man who travels a thousand miles in q
thousand hours may be tolerably quick-footed ;
but he isn't touch to the woman who keeps
up with the fashion.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

Why are young ladies at the breaking up of
a partv like arro,cs? Because they can't go
of without a beau, and are all in qu'ser till
they get one.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

you'll kill yourself smoking so much, hus-
band" " Indeed, wife, must use the weed"
g Oh, very we'll, guess shall have occasion for
weeds myself pretty SOON
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

A man of sense may well disdain artifce,
just as a man of known wealth may venture to
appear in plain garb
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

A Tennessee editor bitterly complains that he
has recently seen banks shaving their own pa
per. We once saw a hank director actually
shaving himself
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04

" Do you like the game of drafts, Madam ~
" No don't like any gamo where | can't
take man without having first to jump over
him.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-11-04
The Snake Indians.

The following particulars respecting thes
wild and degraded bands of savages are inter
esting now when rumors are current of theil
outrages upon some of our troops in Oregon:
/" The Snakes, or Sboshonies, known more
commonly as Diggers, are the lower order Of
Indians. They are divided into quite number
OF bands, all speaking common language.
They occupy the country from Burnt river on
the east to the Des Chutes river on the west,
east of the Blue Mountains, and extend as far
south as California. Very little is known about
these Indians. There is reservation at the
Warm Springs which embraces Des Chutes and
Iylch Indians, but no Snakes that we know of
have as yet crept into it, although the location
is peculiarly adapted to their taste and habits,
abounding as it does in roots-such as kouse,
la kamas, wapatoes, and wild onions-which
have been very important part of their sub
slstance. With the exception of the immedi-
ate margin of the streams, their country is al
most barren waste, affording very little veg
citation, except the artemisa or wild sage. They
subsist, accordingly, not only upon roots, but
upon almost every living thing within their
reach including reptiles, crickets, ants and 9th
er insects aud upon emergencies it is said they
eat one another. 1t has been asserted by gentle
men of the Hudson Bay Company that they are
proverbially improvident, and neglect to store
up any subsistence for winter, though constant
ly admonished of scanty supply and conse-
quently, in extremties, resort to cannibalism,
In summer they go in a state of nudity, and in
winter, to partial extent, they bring into re-
QUESTION skins of rabbits. and of wild foul,
such geese and ducks, as articles of clothing.
The wild sage furnishes them shelter in the heat
of the summer, and like cayote, they bur-
row in the cath for protection from the inclem-
ences of winter. They are thieving as well
as indolent people, but are without the means
as well as the energies of being warlike."