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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04
Extraordinary Walking


Mr. Thomas Rogers, of Hereford England, vouches
for the truth of the following extraordinary feat. 1t is
recorded in tie Sporting Magazine VOL page 222
1.-The following instance of wonderful exertions in
walking performed by one Thomas Sa5ager which took
place the beginning of the year 1882 is related by the
Rev. John Lodge, in his Sketches Towards Topo-
graphical History of the county of Hereford"
This man Thomas Savager, alias Guinea TOM who
at that time fifty years of age five feet four inches
high, and lame rome leg being considerably shorter
than the other undertook for wager of twenty guneas
to walk four hundred and four miles in six days. The
line agreed upon for the display of his agility the
turnpike road from Hereford to Ludlow and back again
from Ludlow to Hereford. Owing to the unevenness
and badness of the road in general and especially to the
lofty hill of Dnmore, which he obliged to pass at
least three time day. the odds at starting guinea
to shilling against him, and still further increased
on the third day by fall of snow, which made the
road exceedingly slippery and dirty. He continued bis
career however, with infinite spirit, and the wager
five hours within the time allowed. 1t appeared after
wards by adding together the superhuous ground, he
had walked to his lodgings at Hereford, Ludlow, and
elsewhere contiguous to the road that instead of four
hundred and FOUR he had actually travelled less than
four hundred and Twenty-Five miles, which makes more
than three miles hour for the whole hundred and
thirty-nine hours.
In the same volume page 296, We find the following
Thursday, March 49, 1918, the Yorkshire pedestrian
completed his arduous task of walking six hundred miles
in ten days, in Sydney Gardens Ball. halfpas three
o'clock in the afternoon, half hour within the pre-
scrbed time He accomplished the feat with such spirit
and vgor decidedly proved him the first pedestrian
of the day, and next morning he apparently so little
atigued to be able to undertake similar task Up
wards of three thousand ladies and gentlemen attended
to witness the accomplishment of the journey when
independent of the full amount of the admission re-
ceips at 3D. each presents of considerable sums were
given to the pedestrian. The ground marked out on the
occasion was quarter of mile, commencing about
the centre Of the principal walk proceeding towards the
labyrinth and from thence round to the orchestra to the
place of starting The following is correct statement
| of each davis walk:
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04
Public Opinion In England-V hat Is Thought OF the
Crisis.

New York, March 27.-George Peabody, the Amerl-
can Banker in England, comes out in strong letter
against the coercion programme of the Northern Abo-
litionists.
Cores General advertiser, the great commercial Or
gan of LIVERPOOL dtnounces the North and its tariff,
and saws that Great Britain qcU form close alliance
aUah the South, and Dishes God speed to the ne'0
RpDublic
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

/ CAUTION TO PAREN1s.-Parents should be very eau
tous in allowing small children to in the streets with
small or careless nurses We are informed that child
some three years DID, yesterday very quietly dis
possessed robbed in the public Streets of necklace
and fngerrng, valued at about $40, by mischevous
boy, while the nurse was paying 10 attention to her
duties. We mention the fact merely to caution parents
having small children. Take warning.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04
Rumored Reinforcement of Fort Pickens- WilIth,r
I,o M, Ex,nn SaSsion The ECor.i,rn Aunain4.....

RumOred Reinforcement of Fort PickCns-Wtllthtr
be an Extra Session !-The Foreign Appointment
WASHINGTON, March 29.-There are numerous
rumors afoat concerning the reinforcement Of For.
Pckens One of these is that the fort was successful
reinforced some ten days since by means Of small boat,
at night, and that it is now in condition to stanl The
longest seige that the conederates can bring against
There are good reasons for doubling this rumor, how
ever, and until it receives authentic confirmation lH
will be few who will credit it. Commissioners ROmI
and Crawford do not hesitate to pronounce it aabr
ton, though on what authority does not appear
The President and his Secretary of State aHhi
sad fix regarding the tenor of instructions to bgm
to the new Ministers to England and France lh
serious and uncertain aspect of the southern and re
nue. questions annoy them exceedingly, and the enr
rassment is also increased by the almost certain pro;
pect of the recognition of the southern conedHacy
the government in question.
Nothing reliable is yet known regarding the calm
of an extra session; the President is believed to be
posed to it, though there is no telling what nauuc.
may be brought to bear upon him to call one.
Reports are current that foreign goods brought int
western ports, via the south, free Of duty will be con
fscated.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

The STEAMER BnzNvmLE.-New York, March 29.-
The of the steamer Benvle has been arranged at
Washington, and she will now sail on Monday, her
regular day.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

IA J. L. Pennington, ESQ.,, of the Newbern Pro-
gress, paid US short visit this morning Mr. Pennng
ton is one Of the portly and personable editors, who
looks as though he parook of the good things Of this
life and they agreed with him. He has done what we
think nobody else succeeded in doing in Newbern-
he has made newspaper business pay. Few men have
been more untiring industrious than the Editor of
the Progress and the of that paper is evil
dence that tact and talent have not been lacking to its
management.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

GREAT YARTH Most of our readers who can look
back the Presidential election of 852, will recolect
Messrs Foss and Fogg, of New Hampshire, the true
uent abolition endorsers of all sorts of abolition ISLANDERS
against Frank Pierce. Fogg has been brought to our
mind by his appointment minister to Switzerland,
while man named Pike, of the New York Tribune, is
to 60 as minister to the Hague that is to the Court of
Holland
James Harvey, Black Republican newspaper cor
respondent in Washington, connected with the PhIa-
delpha North American and the New York Tribune,
has been sent minister to Portugal
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

It is singular coincidence, and would SsS 1
present time to possess quite oracuar ne PRESIDE
the syllable lin occurs in the name OF oo'n h
and Vice-President, which signifies "to the Pr:
Webster) Lincoln-Hamlin--th name o v f Prs
dent beginning with n" and that OF the that b
cn aha game Of tbe President aqa ends the
" ham," and the name of the Vice-PreSldenV 'OD'
with ham," ato Weld
The learned Theban tells that lin means ~ iisn
We'll ham, in the Hebrew, means black apu In o.
supposed to be the father of the negro hare
ham together would seem to mean" to yleiu
Of piggeys"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

BG~We publish to-day our table of exports from the
port Of Wilmington for the quarter ending March 3lst
1861 as compared with those for the corresponding
period of 1860 In Spirits Turpentne there is falling
off, as there is in every article Of naval stores, with the
single exception of Tar which shows slight increase.
In Timber, Lumber Shingles and Slaves, there is an
increase, especially in the foreign shipments. There is
a slight gain in Pea Nuts, and decided loss in Rough
Rice but the most marked feature is the increase in
Cotton from 1921 to % 724 bales coastwise and 7l3
foreign this increase far than making up for any
falling off in naval stores. Owing to the short Wheat
crop last year in our middle and Western countless there
has been no shipments of breadsufs from port and
little of North Carolina growth from any port
AS things stand we need hardly emuse ourselves or
fatigue oar readers by indulgng in speculations which,
in ordinary tines might realized, but which are now so
liable to the action Of disturbing causes as to render
them totally useless.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

The STEAMSHIP DANIEL WEBSTER bELo"9 % II
Troops FROM TExAs.-New York, Marm sbe b
steamship Daniel Webster is signaled below
on board the U. S. troops from Texas.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04
From Observation-Disclosures of the bIo
Confederate Troops Pc

New ORLEANS, March 28.-The adVlcss u Obi roos
sacoa are to the 26th inst. The U. 5. s'eam 10
Ign had left, and it was supposed she had floods
West to obtain provisions. The coni1derae 100
tinue arriving at Pensacola, and will soon nun',
men.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04
n. G: sTocKs-sales of Stocks in New York, March

VESSELS RELEAsED.-The Secretary of the Treasa-
~ has ordered all the vessels seized at New York for
having cearances from officers ports Of seeded States
to be released and the fines incurred to be RENTED
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

THE INAUGURAL ADVOCATING NEGRO EQUALLTTY.-
One of the straugest things under the is that there
can be found south of Masons & Dixon's line a
not at heart Black Republican who apologize for
and find nothing to condemn in, the contemplate and
silly pronuntamento of the new administration. To
say nothing of its tacit endorsement of the infamous
Personal Liberty Bills, to say nothing OF its ominous
silence regard to rights in the territoriesto say
nothing of its homogeneous and contradictory remarks
the subject Of coerciOn-to say nothing OF the covert
blow aimed at the sancity OF the decisions OF the SUI
preme Court there is startling feature of the in
augura which should arrest the attention OF every in
dvidual who is opposed to the accursed doctrine Of
negro equality Mr. Lincoln has said that the different
States have the right to make negro citizen of the
United States if they choose"
In his inaugural, Mr.. Lincoln asks g And might 1t
not be well to provide by law for the enforcement of
that clause in the constitution which guarantees that
the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the
privileges and immunities Of citizens in the several
States ?' IT, as Mr.. Lincoln says, State can make
negroes citizens it follows, necessary consequence
that negroes be allowed to enjoy all the privileges
and mmunities of white men. This doctrine would
make the blacklist negro to be found in the land eligible
to the office of President of the United States This
is the legitimate and inevitable conclusion to which Mr.
Lincons inaugural, taken in connection with his pre-
vOus position, would lead US 1t has been decided by
the Supreme Court that negroes cannot become citi
and this is the Lincoln will not consider
the decisions OF the Court fnGtuy.
Freemen of the South whittier are you drifting, whel
the Chief Magistrate of the nation procpims that negr
men your equals, and when be advocates doctrin
that would place it 10 the power of negroes to make
interpret and laws by which you to be gov
erned !-Orford Leisure Hour.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

Gov: EIL1s.-We are happy to state that the health
of the Governor is mnch improved and it is confidently
hoped that he will be able to return to discharge OF
his duties in few days He has suffered greatly from
painful Sickness but his friends will be pleased to hear
that ne has not been SO seriously afflicted of the
journals led the public to be lieve.
| State Journal 30th uh.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The Cabinet did not hold
meeting to-day.
There has been some talk about difficulty which
Cured at the White House between rival applicants for
Federal posts in California.
High words passed between the beligerent Calfor,
mans, and they boserous to force the Pres
ident to interfere.
Mr. Lincoln requested the troublesome politicians tc
camly state their business and then withdraw.
A conference between the Department of the State
and the Spanish legation has been held and it is stated
that the officials dscred the statement that the island
of ST. Domingo has been or will be attacked by Spain
A large number of department clerks paid of
and dismissed, to-day to give place to Republicans.
The Post office Department at noon, to-day, CLOSED
the time for letting mail contracts in New York and
New England large force has been detailed to eper
and examine the bids. The announcement of the sue
cessul contractors will be made on the oath of April
Mr.. Lamon says, in his report about Fort Sumter
that Major Anderson considered the South Carolina bat
teres very effective They had been entirely remodelet
under direction Of General Beauregard and heavy
lahlgren guns had been mounted.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

Miss Angelina Darlington says, that her mother
don't believe word about the moral tarif-she be-
lieves that all politics and politicians are anaporal
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

The whole number, COL miles, and $50 yards, In the
ten days.
Wright was sergeant in bis Ma;estys late Essex
regiment of fencibes and was at the time of the match
in his sd year.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

mainly the product of slave labor for negroes not
to be slaves they will be such drag upon the country
as to PROSTATE all its energies drag down the white
to their level so far as such thing is possible, and
render production for export impOssbity thus cut
ting off the power of paying for imports.
This cannot be treated a question 1t will
not do to argue what might be done if had no MEM
bers of different and subordinate at the South
We haze Them and from the standpoint of this fact we
must reason and argue All history has shown that the
only safe position which such occupy, either
for themselves for the State for the white race is
that of subordnation- slavery Change the relative
position of the races Attempt to do what history end
the dictates of nature forbid to be DONE abolish the
aton of slavery of subordinaon OF compulsory LABOR
and you destroy the greatest agriculture IN the world
you ruin the most profitable marketyou deprive COM
erce of its broadcast basis exchange of Its most stable
foundation And yet fanatics rush bindy on, and deni-
agogues tell the white working that his interest 10
antagonistic to slavery.
In proof of the great influence eXered by the insti-
tuition of slavery necessity for the production OF
the raw materials of commerce, we need only refer 10
the general arrangement felt throughout the whole COM
mercal world consequent upon the difficulties In the
United States threatening as they are supposed to DO
the regular supply of these raw materials NO other
cause could give to the present political difficulties IN the
United States their worldwide commercial Importance
! DgE We think that undue Importance has been at
tacbed to the news of English and French naval
force having been sent to the American waters on the
Atlantic and the Gulf OF Mexico. Half dozen frgates
in all, is no more than is sent by any naval power to
look after the interests Of its subjects citizens where
collision between parties is expected, in which COLI
sion danger may arise to the rights of persols entitled
to the protection of the flag Of such naval power When
Spain was expected to attack Mexico by means OF q
force against Vera Cruz the United States squadron
was increased in that vicinity. So during the
troubles in China 1t is understood that the Spanish
Minister dsavows on the part of Spain any design tt
seize upon Saint Domingo
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

The n. Y. Herald reminds the Administration that
nothing has yet been done for Messrs Garrison and
Phillips though Giddings and Others OF the Abolition
disunlon crew are already provided for-to Canada
Portugal, AID so on.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

COMING HoME.-The American Minister to France
Mr. Faulkner, who has resigned has taken his passage
for the United States for the first week in April Hi:
family remain while longer in Paris
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

A CRACK REG1MENr-The President of the Confed-
crate States has accepted and drafted the regular
army the Zouave Regiment of New Orleans, numbering
$50 men, commanded by Col. Copper, formerly of the
French army large majority of the regiment have
seen real service in Europe-al French and the o.
ders are to be given in the French LANGUAGE
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

A VISITOR TO THE SOUTHERN CONFERENCE.-The.
Russell the London Times correspondent it Is said is
commissioned to pay visit to the Cotton Confederacy
with view to ascertain what public opinion on the
secession question really is there TIE stupid and sys-
temat misrepresentation of that part of the country
by the Northern Republican journals is too much now
even for intelligent Engishmen-and hence the despatch
of special correspondent by the leading British journal
to enable it to and judge for ITSELF The step is one
which does much credit to the impartaty as to the
enterprise of our transatlantic coemporary aud there
can be no doubt that the reception of its correspondent
by the Southern "barbarians," will be quite as genial
as his reception in this latitude. IN Y. Erpress.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-04

holder?
In referring to Spain and her revoIted colonies
we speak of the lessons to be derived by the South
from the results of the emancipation and equality
of the inferior in the Spanish American republics
as we'll as in the West Indian colonies of Great Britain
But these lessons might be even useful to the
North than to the South and certainly their study is
demanded there in order to dispe the dense clouds
of ignorant and a1atca prejudice that obscure the
vision of the people of that section, combining its
to narrow circle and certain restricted surroundings
Never since the world began, did any section of
try enjoy such commercial advantages the Northern
States of this Union have long enjoyed the importing,
trading aud manufacturing agencies of the Southern
States. Cotton, hemp, tobacco rice, naval stores, all
the distinctive agricultural products of the South form
ing fourfhs of all the foreign exports Of the country
and the materials for large proportion of the
ufactures of the North, have all been returned in for
egn goods imported through Northern ports or in the
products of Northern industry. The North has had
the profit both ways nearly every dollars worth of
Southern exportable produce What was not returned
in the form of foreign goods, upon which New York,
Boston or Philadelphia merchants had reaped their
profits in Northern made goods enhanced in price
by the protection afforded by the duties levied upon SIM
liar goods if imported from Europe
The cotton and other Southern staples that afforded
the basis OF all this commerce. that sustained all the
foreign trade of the country that gave 10 the North the
best of markets and the largest basis of exchange all
these were the result almost exclusively of slave labor
AL this must either cease to be at ALL continue to be
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-10

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