Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-07-05
News Items.

The steamer Pocahontas with dates from Vera Cru
to the 10th inst, has arrived at New Orleans.
She brings dispatches from the American Legation
at Mexico for Washington. The general news is unin-
terestng.
Mramon was still near Guadalaara Castillo had
command of the Liberal troops there.
Nothing has been heard of Gen. Uraga.
The Liberal army was being concentrated at Santa
Anna and Aratan
Another engagement was daily expected at Pachuca.
The Spanish Minister is Zialleringy. (9
Ugene Adams, under sentence of death in New Or
leans for murder committed suicide the night of the
goth inst by taking strychnine.
The California overland mail of the 9th inst arrived
at Springfield, Mo-, on the 22d.
The Indians making attacks on all the stations
and settlements from Walkers river to Honey Lake
They had concentrated 5000 strong at Tyrannin Lake
! Col. Jack Hays with 600 volunteers and l6 govern
ment soldiers had met and defeated 800 Indians at Viii
iams Station. stronger party had started to force
| general battle.
| The pony express has been discontinued in conse-
quence of these disturbances which constitute the only
topic Of interest At San Francisco the news OF the
rejection of the Santian claim caused great rejoicing
CONVICTION OF MARoNEY, THE RoBBER.-Alontgom-
eyy, June 22-Maroney, former agent of the Adams
Express Company has plead guilty of the robbery of
$4,000 from the express car some time SINCE and was
sentenced by Judge Sporer to ten years Imprisonment
in the pentenary The money was recovered last Au-
gust by Pinkertons Detective Agency, of Chicago
1t found buried IN an OBSCURE place,
pha. The wife of Maroney and other parties are i'm
plicated and will doubtless be brought to justice.
THE ARCTIC ExPEDITIoN.-Dr. Isaac Hays left West
Chester Pa, the ODD having bid his parents fare
well He sails for the Arctic regions from Boston, on
the Goth inst He is in good spirits and confident OF
success.
The commissioners from the original thirteen States,
appointed to superntend the erection, independence
Square, Philadelphia, of monument to the slgners OF
the Declaration of Independence, have adopted an ad-
dress to the Legislatures of the original thirteen States
stating that tie monument will cost not $l50000
aod suggesting that the to be contributed by the
States shall be in proportion to the number OF Repre-
senatives in Congress of each that the material shall
be granite, aud the design distinguished Tor simplicity
u The monument will be constructed as to admit OF an
. appropriate inscription upon by each of the original
TT States The cornerstone will be laid July 4, 1861, If
the necessary amount shall be previously subscribed
ne From Denver City.
Advices from Denver city to the 9th inst have been
received ST. Josephs. 1t is stated that Mr. Fowler,
10 tie defaulting New York postmaster is reported to
have been identified at Pixies Peak.
"a The express from Denver with advces to the l4th
"a has also arrived, bringing $500 in gold The news
ng from the Arkansas mines IS favorable A man from
m there estimates there will be S3OOOOOO taken from the
ce California gulCh alone this One man had taken
he out in one day 60 Others give very unavora
on bic reports and say that but few claims will pay well
I'D large number OF the citizens OF Denver are going
be to Tie California guch 1t is nine miles long and from
nj one to three hundred 5Olohec
asst running into it promise to be as rich the main
TO guch They are all free from and frost. town
~ has been laid out in beautiful valley the mouth OF
&C. California gulch called Jeahoe, which is rapidly filing
The with trading houses etc.
ct MILITARY SUICIDES IN AUsTRIA.-In the year SAC
Ian hundred and sevenyour Austrian soldiers destroy
ed themselves Impatient OF e sick of bearing pres
ent Ills the chance of destruction by the sword seemed
m too remote uncertain. OF this number one hundred
es and seventy-two sixty per cent shot themselves
method of voluntary death more popular among civilian
than soldiers Among the suicides by firearms soldier
cen use the muske sixty times in the hundred and the ps
lem tolls forty times In 1852, Austrian artierist, nine
teen wears DID, placed himself before a and dis
S charged it. His body severed just above the hips
the In period of eighteen years four per cent OF the SD
cdes were nineteen years old eight twenty thrice
pre- twentythree eight, twentyfou fteen twenty-five
anu four, tWentysiX six, twenty seven twenty egh
eeg two ntynine four, thirtyone; two, thrtytwo
no three THIRTY -four The usual causes were fear of puns
ment homesickness gambling wounded honor and boz
most y suffering Sixty per cent shot themselves throug
rit the head forty per cent aimed at the heart a did NJ
srn hit t and two in the abdomen. Some OF the suicd
9th loaded their guns with water and some with brandy
& fluid discharged at hand ugly wound f
parts are destroyed in irregular FORM and the eatur
blown to pieces beyond recognition. blank cartrid
received directly from the muzze of the fre-arm has
luce same effect Unlike the japanese soldiers rarely ee
ntial the happy dispatch by the sword Among Inc MIC
thus golans the correct place is the abdomen
'o"y THE CONGRESSIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEES R
PORT ON THE HOMESTEAD BILL-The Homestead &C
erees met Tuesday, for the Twelfth time and to the 81
prise of both branches of Congress- finally agreed
rs report By this compromise, all the lands subject
te private entry is to be open for homesteads, at %
per acre. and also onehaf of the surveyed public la
ouSe which has yet been offered at public salethat
noice the odd numbered sections. Pre-emptors
num- lit; la. ORC n bovo +uo yoorc after tho nassaoe
o the act pay for their lands and to pay then at
price 6215 cents per acre. The Senate are to strike
their section requiring the President to sell the pub
Two lands within two years after their survey The Ho
ICE conferees insisted extending the bill to all over
wears OF age whether heads OF families or not and to
4n the surveyed lands but this being declined acceded
ne the above with the reservation that they accepted it
act as the best the Senate would YIELD and should insist
enlargement hereafter 1t is understood that of
enate Senate conerees Mr. Fitzpatrick of Alabama, declin
tal Joining in the above agreement. While only Mes
-each Bragg and Pearce the Senate, voted nay, ten m
upon than twohrds of the House voted in the affirmative
touse concurring in the conference report OF the bill
0Pd negative vote exclusively Southern men, there be
from a sectional division on the subject.
Ill the
repre- A THRILLING DIFFERENCE Judge H, of
roit although celebrated in bis profession, was no
apa among his acquaintance being very dull OF seeing
'y OF pun One day being az dinner party, the follow
conundrum was given by one of the guests:
" When is young lady like vehicle IN conn
erman use?"
!, and "When she is little suky."
ort at The Judge Ike all the resto the company thou
= can it first rate The evening" paying visit to
Belle c. the Judge thought it would please
very well and gave it as follows:
saason e:When is young lady like vehicle in conn