Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-01-05


year. She will also be very apt to grieve the one
which is coming n and to shed cold and rainy tears
alike on the bier of 1859 and the cradle of 1860 The
truth is that nature does not care "copper" but it fat
tiers human vanity to imagine so if only in JEST
Nature keeps her reckoning and pays respect to
our almanacs.
1859 has been quite an eventful year. with more than
its fair share of and of wars instructions
invasons and disturbances. The plains of Italy have
been traversed by hostile armies and the forces of two
great military monarchies have been brought into fierce
collision in masses almost unparalleled in the history of
modern warfare, and the abruptly began, was al
most as abruptly closed after the battle of Soleripo
had been lost by the bad generalshp of the Austrian
leaders, and the Emperor of the French felt that be could
push his success farther without the danger of meet
ing with reverses and the certainty of being involved in
general European war.
The British struggle in India has been brought to q
close, and the Hndoo is PROSTATE at the feet
of the European masters of his country The military
difficulties being overcome the financial ones begin, and
they of the graves character, since India must be
for years drain upon the British Treasury.
China too, has engaged the attention of the world
We think China is preparing for herself difficulties of
the most serious character Already involved with the
two great powers of Western Europe she also seems to
have recently taken such as must bring her
into collision with the great COLOSSUS of the Northeast
which lies Europe and Asia, and stretches from
the borders of Germany to the shores of the Pacific
from the mouth of the Niemen to that of the Amor
from the Black Sea to the Frozen Ocean. What may
be the result of all this, we cannot say. OF course
China cannot resist the pressure OF the great powers of
Russia, France and Great Britain, although the
in which her batteries were recently served upon the
British when they attempted to force their way to Pekn
shows that the Tartar inhabitants of the North Of China
far superior to the debased Cantonese of the South
Will China keep her treaty stipuations with the Uni
ted States2 We shall see.
| Our own continent has been the scene of stirring
events during the year which is about closing. We
need hardly mention the revolutions and changes which
have occurred in the Spanish-Amercan States to the
South OF us. These chronic and year much
like another, that nothing short OF peace, good gov
ernment, in these countries, could surprise Mexico
is drifting to still worse place, day by day. The ques-
| ton becomes more pressing-What shall be done with
| her?
But our own country has not been as peaceful as it
ought to have been-the growing arrangement between
the sections has progressed with an accelerated motion
to which peculiar circumstances have contributed
not little. Harpers Ferry has been sufficiently refer
red to and discussed OF course no one supposes for
moment, that the ncursion of handful of apat
cal criminals could of ITSELF have so powerfully excited
the public mind. 1t derives its Importance from being
regarded consequence of the teachings of prom
inent leaders of public opinion at the North and an in
dication of the state of feeling generally prevalent in
that section. To the imJious rawlings of Wendell Phil
| Rail nd o4bor
mouthed sympathsers with Brown we attach little i'm
portanc but to the elections North endorsing those to
whose doctrines Brown merely gave tangible effect we
must attach Importance.
We are now without Congress-an important de-
parment is without funds to carry its operations or
maintain its aith-the public interests and the public
character surng-business and social intercourse
between the different sections is interrupted and all be-
fanatics must charge themselves with regulating
the conscences and the social institutions of other pee
pe and because wiley denagogues for the sake of pow
er pelf stir up this feeling and pander to it.
What may arise during the coming year, who can tell
All Europe and America may be convulsed for aught we
know, for there plenty of disturbing elements We
hope for better things, and upon we suppose the best
plan for us ALL is do duty, and leave the rest to
providence, especially as can't do anything else
Bae~ 1t is matter OF complaint with business men
at the South that the agents of Northern business
houses and manufacturing establishments who pay no
taxes subject to rent and contribute nothing to
the prosperity of the communities in which they solicit
orders, allowed to do so in direct competition with
the resident who pays his share of the public burdens
and contributes his due proportion to the general pros
perity.
We have been informed and we have no doubt of the
correctness of information that almost weekly there
are drummers here from the North selling all sorts of
wares and merchandise, by sample Others taking
measures for all manner of wearing apparel so that
many thousands of dollars worth of business is taken
from our own business men, who pay town, county and
State taxes by those who pay nothing. 1t is said that
wrtingpaper has been sold by sample few reams
here and few there.
This is not fair We trust that the laws will be rig
idly enforced in all cases. and that where detective they
will be amended at least to place our own people
in as good position as those from other States.
KENANsvILLE N c., Dec 3Oth, 1852
MeSsrs Editors: Below give you the weights of several
One lot killed by Stephen Herring Esq, weighed as fol-
lows 1888, $50, 406 440 487 1885, and the heaviest one
namely, the one weighing 1885, was Is months and 10 DAYS
lively Ats and 46, and the weighing 46 was the
Herring Pretty good for old Dupn. If any can beat
| IL shoulo ike 10 near from him. A FARMER.
ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MA1L-Jeferson Luu,
jan 1.-The Overland Mail, with California dates to
the 9th nst reached here at to-day. No arrivals
| The business of San Francisco was dull
Judge Hoffman, of the o. .. District Court has filed
an opinion confirming the Sherreback claim to 24OOO
square feet of land Rncon Hill and contiguous there
to- being of the most valuable property in the city
of San Francisco The claim is based on what purpors
to be Mexican grant to Sherreback, in l845 1t
was rejected in 1855 by the U. S. Board of Land Com
mssioners To this decision appeal taken to the
liStrict Court Ihe nncted continuation of the