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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WIIMMUTOW. W. CFfUPAY APRIL IT. 186T 5- The English paperi very frequently make amusing and ridiculous blunders when they under take to discuss questions of American domestic poli tics. But have the papers of the United State any right to sneer at their British cotemporaries ? How many conductors of the press in the United States can understand the divisions of parties and interest in Great Britain their odd manceaverings strange coaliiio is and as strange disruptions. We are unable to see ow Cobden, the head of the anti-corn-law leatmp and Earl Derby, the chief of the old Tories, o w now calling themselves Conservatives, can be found acting together. How Gladstone, the head of the Peel party, can unite vrith Lord John Russell, the former opponent of ?ir Robert Peel ; or finally, bow Lord John himself can combine with all these au&inet Lord Palmerston, his late colleague, and more recent principal, under whom he acted at Vienna. Still less can we understand the varying phases of opinion as they are produced by local causes dif ferent in the South of England from the North dif- feient in the boroughs fr m what tbey are in the counties, and different in the Universities from any of the others. Neither can we fully appreciate the effect of a semi-religious element arising out of the Puse)ite division in the Anglican Church. There are two parties in the establishment the High Church or Puseyite party, and the "Evangelical" Exeter Hall, half Puritanic and whole Abolitionist crowd ; with also a sort of third or medium tint, as it were, not belonging exactly to either ultra faction. The Prime Minister appoints the bishops of the churoh just as fully as he does the embassadors of the crown, and Lord Palmerston has had the filling ftf anmn tiiilf dozfln vacant bishoprics, to none of which has he appointed a Puseyite ; neither have the new bishops been taken from the ranks cf the rant ing " Evangelicals' although the appointments have given satisfaction to that most numerous, and, with the people, most influential branch of the church. Then there are the large commercial towns and heavy capitalists who generally favor Palmerston, looking upon the Chinese difficulties as having arisen out of the zeal of the government for the promotion and protection of the interests of trade and com merce. Then again there is a third and outside party an Irish radical party, whose demands would in the United States be looked upon as fair and reasonable, although still looked upon in England as dangerous. They will be swayed as much by the position of par ties upon questions ot local policy as by the test of the Chinese war, or any matter pertaining to the for eign policy of the nation. There are in the British House of Commons some what over six hundred members, of which Ireland and Scotland send less than two hundred-while Eng land sends over tour hundred. The King or Queen has a theoretical veto, which is never exercised. The House of Lords may reject any bill, but they never reject a bill which has been passed three times by the Commons. A majority in the Commons, is, therefore the test of political power. When a minis ter is defeated in the House upon any teBt question he either immediately resigns, or "goes to the coun ty y" that is, he dissolves the parliament in the Sov ereign's name of course and writs issue for the elec tion of members to a new parliament. If a majority of the members elected to the new Parliament sus tains the ministry then it continues in office if not, it must resign. This thing is going on, or has recently been going on throughout the United Kingdom. By means of a coalition of the outs, a vote of censure on Lord Pal merston's administration was passed through the House of Commons. The resolution, so passed, con demned the Chinese war as barbarous ar.d wrong. Lord ralmer6ton announced that he would bring forward the " budget," embracing the necessary sup ply bills, after the passage of whioh the parliament would be dissolved and an appeal taken to the Con stituencies. This appeal has been taken and it is probable that the administration will be sustained. The fact is, that right or wrong the British are in for it at Canton, and must put it through, and Palmers ton is the only Statesman they have good for any thing as a war Minister. Slnicnirnt ot Ktctwttof the Wilmineten & Manrhntter Rail Road during the momh of February, 1857 and for the curt etpimavng montn ofiatt year S urte of Receipts. 1856. From Through Travel $17,306 20 1857. $22,605 16 6,128 62 Way " 5,21b 88 Freight.... 9.G66 47 Mail 3,562 50 10,978 98 3,562 50 Total $35,742 05 $ 43,270 26 increase over February, laoo, $7,ozH 21. The i.bove table was intended to have been hand ed to us jesterday for publication, but, by so me inad vertency, did not reach u in time. We further un deretand that the receipts for the month of March are also very considerably in advance of those for the corresponding month of le56, but, owing to the fact that full returns have not been received from the various points where through tickets are sold, an ac curate statement rannot yet be made. The Company has just got two new locomotives, of the best construe tion, and the operations of the road are carried on, and its connections made, as regularly as upon any road 0 the same length between New Yoik and Montgomery During the period of extreme and unprecedented cold, in the beginning of the year, some failures 0 connection unavoidably took place upon this road as upon all others, and these have been seized upon and exaggerate! by interested parties competin for the mails and travel. We are pleased to be thus au thoritatively put in possession of facts which indis putably establish the growing prosperity of the road in every branch of its business. Daily Journal of the llth inst. 09-The Raleigh Standard say s that the Board 0 Internal Improvements met in that city on Monday present Gov. Bragg and N. E. Canady, Esq., of Gran tille. Calvin Graves, Esq., of Caswell, having ten dered his resignation as a member of the Board, John M. Kirklacd, Esq., of Orange was appointed to fil his place. rtL rt. .1.1 11 me aianaara turtner learns mac tne interest 0 the State in the Cape Fear and DeeD River Naviga tion Company was under consideration ; and that Governor Bragg is expected to attend in person the meeting of the company to be held in Wilmington to-morrow, the loth inst. We trust that Got. Bragg will make it convenient to be here on the occasion referred to. He will be sore of a hearty welcome. Daily Journal oftht 15th inst. Populamtt. A man named Kalloch, a preacher has recently been under trial in one of the courts in Boston for adultery. The jury could not agree and was discharged. Whether the fact was legally proved or not may be questioned, hut that every one who read the testimony is morally certain of the impro priety of his conduct no one can doubt. Mr. Kalloch has now got his name up and "draws' better "houses" than any peacherin Boston. He is the fashion. His congregation has earnestly request ed him to resume his services as their Pastor. We fear that there will be something like an epidemic of this kind among the Boston clergy. There is noth ing like incouragement to stimulate the march of Q3- We ought sooner to have acknowledged the courtesy of an invitation to Fayetteville, as a" gutst of the Independent Light Infantry, on the occasion of the visit of the Wilmington Light Infantry to that ancient burg. We wish we could eo. These Fay etteville men are great to squabble with on paper, and equally great to have a pleasant time with when you meet them personally. Also, we are indebted to a young friend for a ropy of the address delivered last year before the societies of our University, by M. W. Ramson, Esq. It is & very able effort. We have also the April number of the North Car olina University Magazine, edited by a committee of studei.ts; and, upon the whole, well edited. In turning over its pageB, we find some devoted to the poems of Philo C. Henderson. Poor Philo, we knew him well in other days, and regretted his death sin cerely. His poems give hut little idea of "the man, as we knew him, and even the man too often gave but a feeble and improper idea of himself. We know not why it is, that so often, in speaking of the de parted, or even the living, distinguished by geniality, and that nameless something which people call seni lis, a half subdued ton3 is adopted, and we murmur, almost instinctively, ' Poor ," uPoor fellow " poor, too poor, in worldly prudence ;oo poor in happiness, too poor in cucccs, however rich in other endowments. Well, it may be that the world and all of us are wrong Who is happy? Is it you, Mr. Piudent Man 1 do you really know what hap piness is ? Htve you ever taken time to be happy ? Perhaps so, but we doubt, and so do you ! However, all this has nothing to do with Philo. What f orrows shaded his life and made it abortive it is not for us to know or say, but we do know that we have beard from bis own lips flashes of wit, touches of poetry so totally apart and different from the rather common-place rhymes given to the world as his that in the latter we recognise not our old friend. These however were but the flashes, the random touches of undisciplined genius, which could neither be sustain ed nor brought under control by a mind impaired by long indulgence in these desultory habits of reverie which so many mistake for thought. Poor Philo, for long years he has lain quiet and at rest where the hands of affection placed him, beneath the soil of his native Mecklenburg. Like all who die, the grave gradually closes over his memory as well as his remains. In the battle of life we have no time to look backwards no energies to waste in vain regrets, and it is only when some passing allu sion, some incident occurring in our daily rounds brings the name andhe image of the dead before us that we re-open the chambers of memory, acd after hurriedly glancing over the pictures that we find there, close them again, as hurriedly, and pass on upon our weary way, murmuring to ourselves "Poor Philo !" unthinking tbat bis is the happier lot, and that we who toil and moil beneath the burden of life are really the parties to be pitied. Our little hopes and fears our little joys, growing less as we grow older, our little sorrows which once appeared nought, but now rat into the bone like shackles of iron, are they not objects of pity to angels and to the disem bodied spirits of those who dwell in the grave, where the wicked cease from troubling and where the weary be at rest ? Who would not be there. Cape Fear iid uncp Ulver Navigation Company. The stockholders in the above company convened in regular annual meeting this forenoon, at Commis- sioners' Hall, in this place. On motion of CoirJohn McRae, the meeting was organized by calling Hugh Waddell, Esq., to the chair. Mr. Waddell, on assuming the position to which he had been called, made a stirrine address u 1 setting forth the magnitude and importance of the work, and appealing to the patriotism and public spirit of the stockholders and citizens at large. His Excellency, Gov. Bragg, anived here by last evening's train. VVe have no doubt of his desire to do everything in favor of the work thm ho ran An consistently with his convictions of the duty incumbent upon him as an executive officer, under existing laws. If he should feel called upon to object to any ar rangements made or contemplated, we feel confident that he will urge no objection that he can avoid and none in a captious spirit. Daily Journal of yesterday a rn 1 GCj- 1 nere is no Mate news of importance. In fact people in our State do nnt furnish the papers with many exciting topics. e have no Burdell mysteries, uur ikHiiouu iriais. n e are distressingly tame and stupid. Our old neighbour of the Charlotte Whig has just found out that there was a first of April, and also, has waked up sufficiently to say tbat somebody else says, that there was something in the Wilmington journat 01 me nrsi, without point or humour." It 1 J .f it 1 .. . . . - must be first of April all the time in the office of the Whig. Oimocrutle Meeting. Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of the mem bers of the Democratic Association, and other Demo cratic citizens of the town of Wilmington, was held at the Court House on Wednesday evening, Apri 15th, 1857. ine meeting was called to order by W. T. J. Vann Esq , President of the Democratic Association, and the organisation completed by appointing J. M. Ste venson, Secretary. The Chairman stated the object of the meeting t be, to take into consideration the question of running a Democratic ticket for Commis sioners of Navigation at the approaching election, in May next. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Geo. Houston, who moved that a committee of five be appointed by the chair to report business for the action of the meet ing. The motion was adopted, and the following committee appointed : W. J. Price, Geo. Houston, James Fulton, VV. C. Fergus and John Whitledge. During the absence of the committee, the meeting was addressed by John L. Holmes, Esq. The committee on business, after consultation, sub mitted the following report, which was received and adopted unanimously. Resolved, That we deem it not only right and pro per in itself, but in accordance with the wishes of the Democratic jarly of the Town and the best inter ests of all parties, that a Democratic ticket should be nominated anJ run at the approaching election for Commissioners of Navigation, to be held on the first Monday in May next. Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to. use every honorable efiort to secure the triumphant election of the following named gentlemen, who are represen tatives not of any particular interest or section, but of all the various interests and sections composing our community : GEORGE W. DAVIS, ROB'T G. RANKIN, HENRY M. CURTIS, DANIEL M. FOYLES. On motion, the Chairman of this meeting was re quested to apprise the gentlemen composing the ticket of their nomination, and request their acceptance of the same. On motion the meeting adjourned. W. T. J. VANN, Chairman. J. M. Stkvensok, Sect'y. 09- At the election held in Cumberland county on Thursday last, for the purpose of taking the vote of the citizens of that county on the question of subscribing $100,000 to the Western Railroad, the majority of the votes was largely in favor of sub scription. In the town the vote was nearly unani mous for subscription ; at Kockfish it stood 99 to 2 against. Even in the county outside of town sub scription carried tfct day. Extraordinary Trial of Stringth. The Troy Times of ihe 6tb, recounts a singular trial of strength, which took place in that city on Saturday evening, between James Madison, " the cast iron man," and Professor Carl, the strongest man in America." The challenge for a trial of strength sent by Carl, having been accepted, a large issembly witnessed the performance. " I revious to the trial. Professor Carl gave an ex hibition of magic and ventriloquism, performed his celebrated guitar and drum solos, balanced sixteen chairs upon his chin, and performed other feats cal ling for an exercise of strength, wnicn muse nave wearied him somewhat. Mr. Madison then appeared held an anvil weighing two hundred and fourteen pounds upon his breast, while two men struck upon it with sledges ; held an anvil uocn each knee ; broke a number of stones with his fist ; bent a bar of iron one fourth of an inch thick by striking it over his arm ; and held an anvil weighing about two hundred pounds upon each arm, while men struck upon it wiih sledges. Prof. Carl then appeared, held the anvil up on " his breast ; bent the bar or iron almost double upon his arm; held the anvil upon his arms, etc., for a longer period than Mr. Madison had done. He then took .the large flint stones which had been re jected by his rival, and hammered them to pieces, signalizing bis performance by cracxing in two a nag stone about large enough to serve as a stepping-block for a door. Afier this he held one of the anvils over his head for forty-one seconds : lifted a sixty-pound weight upon his little finger and swung it around his head ; and held two men on his bair while be whirled them about, top fashion, until their feet stuck out at an angle of forty-five degrees. Mr. Madison was then called out by the audience, and requested to give an account of himself. He ex cused himself in the matter of the stone by saying that bis rival vas in constant practice, while he had not broken a stone for a year. Being urged to swing the weight about his head, he declined to do it, on the score of inability, and as Professor Carl had not held the anvils on his knee. In short, he virtually acknowledged himself a wh:pped man. Professor Cat I is a great fellow to " lift," but we have something in our possession that he never has succeeded in " lifting," although he has had years to do it in. It is a small strip of paper tommonly call ed a note, given by said Piofessor Carl, to Fulton & Price, on account of certain monies due by the said party of the first part.for and on account of bills printed, setting forth the mighty deeds of Prolessor Carl, and the amusing performances of Bill Worrell, who wore a suit of motley. It is evidently easier to lift two men by the hair of the head than to lift a note for $29. 3- There is a Democratic gain of two members of Congress from Connecticut. The delegation in the last Conirress stood all Republican. It now includes two Demociats. The coalition majority on the popu lar vote is 266. Evidently, Connecticut is coming out all straight. JByThe two horses that ran the one hundred mile race in New York State a few drys Bime, are doing as well as any other people's horses, while a set of sympathising old tabbies are bewailing their fate through all the organs of sentimental flunke) Um and every other ism. 03-T. C. Thackston, Esq., retires from the joint Editorship and Proprietorship of the Petersburg, Va., Democrat, having disposed of his interests in I that paper to A. M. Keiley, Esq., who will hereaftei act as the associate of Mr. Banks. Close Shaving In Connecticut. The Coalition candidate for Governor beat the Democratic candidate only 219 votes, in an aggregate of over sixty-one thousand. fcj-The Southern Literary Messenger, for April, is on our table, with a full and interesting table of con tents. Price $3 a year. 03- The report that Hon. Abraham Rencher ol this State had been appointed Governor of New Mexico, is contradicted. 3- Wesley Jones has been re appointed Marshall of North Carolina. The Brooklyn Nary Yard. A triD to the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Wednesday afforded some jottings which may be of interest to our readers. There was a wide contraat between the activity at the yard on this occasion and the frigid stillness of all its departments wnen we visnea 11 issi wmier, when every thing was cio&eiy lockea up Dy ice, ana the workshops were as quiet as village churches on a week day. Now the blacksmith's hammer, the caulker's mallet, and the carpenter's axe are rmrrily ringing every where; and the gardens and grounds have already put on a mantle of deep green. It was a wise step to demolish the dilapidated smitheries, no longer ueful, which stood between the main aven ue and the extensive workshops. The beautiful park of an acre, which is being graded upon the spot hich they occupied, in the centre of which is to be erected the flag staff, will add much to the beauty as well as the usefulness of the establishment. The great event of the day was the advent of the steam frigate " Niagara.'1'' At nine o'clock in the morning the little United States steamer Vixen haul ed alongside of her as she lay at the wharf ready for sea, and escorted her out into the East river opposite the yard, where she droppeJ anchor to await the turn of the tide. Thousands were gazing from the shores and house tops, and every body seemed to be full of admiration of this beautiful piece of naval architecture, when her immense and symmetrical proportions swung grac fully to the stream. It should not be forgotten that the great aim and end of the distinguished naval constructor, whose sudden death prevented bim fron witnessing the re sult of his scientific skill, was to create a man-of-war of the fit st class which would be unexampled and unequalled for her architectural beauty and fast sailing. When he took the yacht America to Eng land he was told by one of the noblemen, "If you are right in your lines, we are all wrong." The re sult proved that he was right, and the Government of the United States subsequently gave him a carte blanche to build a first class frigate according to the right " lines." It is not as a steamer tbat the Nia gara is expected to excell, although the engineers have said that her machinery is like a piece of per fect clockwork, and will prove a most powerful aux iliary. Capt. Hudson has not yet received his sailing or ders; but we believe it is understood that be will make a Bbort tiip of a few days, running out into the Gulf Stream and back to port, before proceeding directly to England. It is said that the capacity of the Niagara between decks to Teceive and coil the telegraph wire cable is in all respects ample; and that it will be necessary to remove but a few of the bulkheads between apartments to anoru convenient room. The Niagara will sail upon this special mission freighted with the hopes of the world for the success of the great telegraphic enterprise, and especially freighted with the hopes of those who loved the char acter and cherish the memory of the lamented Steers, stricken down in the mori ing of his fame and in the midst of his usefulness. Journal of Commerce. Mousn Citt vs. Cairo. Mound City, Illinois, it is understood, is to overshadow, swallow up, and annihilate the ancient city of Cairo. At least stock holders in the former hope so. Naturally enough Cairo is not pleased with this programme, and the editor of tbe Times illustrates his opinion of Mound City by the following circumstance : We saw a couple betting high a draw poker, the other night. The ante was two niggers, and the lit tle one had run up the pot to a cotton plantation and three wheel boats. I'll go you the City of Sandoval better," said the big one. I'll see you with Mound City and call you !" said t'other triumphantly. " Pshaw ! that ain't money enough,"- said big bones. " Well, I'll take that back, and bet you a keg of tar and a blind hone." " That'll do," said big bones, "but don't try to ring Mound City in again, for I want to play a de cent game." We are not informed when tbe " proprietors" of Mound City are to sell their lota : the proprietors of Brunswick fell on the I4lh of May. Gas and Gasometers. Gas is now used in almost every city in the Union, and while the stock of the eompanies which manufacture it for the consumption is always " above "par," constant complaints are made about the quality and the measurement of the gas furnished. So outrageous have been the extor lions practiced in som places that the matter has been officialL invested, and a report of the special commifee of the New York board of councilmen re lative to the Manhattan Gaslight Company, together with the tes:imony taken therein, has lately been publishe..'. From this report and testimony we make a few extracts for the benefit of all whom it may concern. The investigation was set on foot owing to the alleged fact that, although the company had reduced the price of gas to 2 50 per thousand, the bills of consumers were nevertheless increased. Among other things that the comraitte reported were the following : " That the company owned and furnished the metres used ; that metres are liable to set out of or der; that they can be made to registerjfalsily, either in favor of the .ompany or of the consumer ; and that the consumer has it in his power to regulate the flow of gas, and effect a great saving in its use, by atiending to the state of water in the metre, by the use of regulators, and by attending to the stop cock in the service-pipe, and by changing the burners from time to time. " Mr. Roome, the I resident of the company, was subjected to a long examination. From his testimony we learn that the pressure of the gas is often in creased, and tbat an increase of pressure drives more gas through the burners than can be economically consumed. The remedy foi this is to turn the stop cock at the service pipe or at the burners. 4 A burner which under the pres-ure of $ inch wiil consume'4 feet of gas, under a pressure of an inch and a halt will consume six feet of gas, and the 1 ght will in both cases be the same.' He says : I have known a burner consuming gas at three feet an hour, after two years use to consume seven feet of gas in an hour.' The increase is slow and imperceptible, but sure ; the orifice grows larger all the time. Mr. Roome said if the stop cock at the service pipe was attended to, it would effect a very great saving to the consumers of the gas, and remedy most of the complaints against the company.' " Mr. Down, a manufacturer of metres, said there was only one way by which tbe metre could be made to register in favor of the company, and that was by tipping it on the left side; but there are four ways, which he did not describe, by which the consumer can cheat the company in the use of the metre. Mr. Down also said he could make a metre which appar ently records one thousand feet when only one hun dred feet passes through it, and yet it presents the same external appearance. " Prof. Gibbs said the only guarantee of the cor rectness of the metres was the honesty and honor of the manufacturers and company that put them up. " Mr. John Firmin, speaking of ths gas burnt at the New York University, said that all the gas used in that building went through a large metre ; that then it went through small metres into different rooms, and that he ..as turprised to see - that one third more was measured by the little metres than passed through the large one ; and, in addition, some of the gas passing through the large metre was con sumed in the halls, and did not pass through the small metres, and those metres were the ordinary ones in the employ of the company. " Prof. Ellet said, in regard to the phrase ' gas of eevmteen caudle power,' that gas burning at the rate of five feet an hour, gives a light equal to that of seventeen spermaceti candles, each candle burning at the rate of one hundred and twenty grains per hour. Prof. Ellet also said that the leakage is very great from the service pipes I firmly believe some where between fifteen and twenty-five per cent., and it is said in some cases to be much more.' ' The grea'er the pres-ure upon the gas the greater is the disposition to leak.' " The evidence also reveals the f:ct that scarcely a house holder in the city who burns gas understands how to regulate his metre, or to detect any defects in its working or construction. It wou'd seem to be a very small matter to acquire the necessary informa tion, but we advise all gas consumers who object to the charges in their bills, c r doubt tbe correctness ot the metres furnished by the company, to satisfy themselves by petsonal inspection, and not depend entirely upon the gas metre inspector, if such officer be appointed. Another fact to be borne in mind by the consumer is, tbat he can regulate for himself the pressure or his burner, and thus be independent of any increased pressure at the woiks of ihe company. On this point we quote the evidence of the president: " On every sc rvice pipe, which is a wrought iron pipe that conveys gas into the house, there is placed within the building, and under the control of the con sumer, a cock, which he can open and close at pleas ure, and by which he can regulate the flow of gas as he may require. If this was generally attended to, it would effect a very great saving to the consumer of gas, and remedy most of the complaints against the company.1 This fact is probably known to all gas consum ers, but we doubt if many avail themselves of it. Ig norance and carelessness on the part of the consumer will account for a large portion of the increased a mount of the bills, all of which mures to the benefit of the company, without affording the consumer any additional advantages. The evidence shows that most of the complaints against the company have come from wealthy persons, or those who, in all pro bability, pay least attention to their domestic affairs, and comparatively few from thoe who exercise pru dence ar.d frugaliiy." None of the papers that scold the Wilmington Journal for its first of April story announcing the de feat of Walker, on the authority of an arrival in the Cape Fear river, were hoaxed by it not they! Well, the Wilmington wag didn't catch us with bis chaff ; but we don't think it necessary to join in lec turing him ; and, though we disapprove of hoaxes, we cannot help saying that the Journal is a clever paper. It is useful for ship news and reports of the tar and turpentine market. Besides, we'll bet a bar rel of peanuts the editor is a gentleman. Who can blame him for being tiied of the Nicaragua contra dictions ? Boston Post. blrcs In JMni't'li. The losses by fire duiing the past month are quite heavy, the number of fires in the United States, as stated by the Charleston Courier, during that period, having been thirty-three, and the total loss $1,783, 000 The mo6t destructive were as follows: At Chicago, stores $350,000 j Mobile, cotloc. $224,000; New Britain, Ct., factory, $125,000 ; Hartford, St. Louie, and Plymouth, Ind., each $100,000. The fol lowing shows the aggregate loss by fires in the United Slates during the first quarter of the present year: No. Loss. January 33 $1,010,000 February 29 2,030,000 March 33 1,783,000 Total. $4,823,000 An amiable bill-sticker was putting a placard on a wall, when be was attacked by the words ' Post no bill." He put down his bucket and brush, and with folded arms conlronted the offending inscription!; "Post no bills !" said be ; "and why not ? Do you s'pose such a thing as you is going to "top me ?" VVhere's your signatoor t Where's your authority ? What right have you to say about it ? I know not what other men may think, but as for my single self, I don't recognize no titles of postnohility, and so here goes." A moment after a big placard informed the world that everybody was taking the "Concentrated Phlagroot" for worms. Paper Towns in Nebraska We would advise all our friends to beware of paper towns. There is at this time a perfect town making mania ; every body seems desirous of being the owner of a town. All persons desiring to secure an interest in Nebraska would do well to examine for themselves 01 get a re sponsible agent to act for them. Never buy from floating speculators, unless you thoroughly examine the title and property, or you may be " fleeced." Nebraska Pioneer , March 24. Mrs. Ex-Pbesideitt Polk Mrs. Polk, the esteemed widow of the ex-President, has determined to reside in Wash ington darning the next session of Congress. Heretofore, since her husband's death, with the exception of a visit in London at the time when Mr. Buchanan vas the American minister there Mrs. Folk has resided in Tennessee. It will be remembered that the deceased ex-Prasident left to his widow the charge of taking care of and published his me moirs which, eo far as they relate to his administration, are said to be minute, fall of interesting personal anecdote and abounding in reflections suggested hy the state of pub lic affairs and the conduct of his cabinet. N. Y. Post. Thrilling Narrative ! A dog's tail under a cart wheellll This is all of the above 'mazing story we shall publish in the Expresi." Petersburg Exprett. 3 Arrival of ibe Isabel." " The U. S. mail steam ship Isabel, Captain William Rollins, arrived at her wharf in this city at about twelve o'clock last night from Havana via Key West, with dates from those ports to the 10th inst. There is no general news of importance by this arrival with nprhans the exceotion of what is eetting to be an old story the constant arrival at the island of cargos of slaves, (in Northern vessels) both under the coolie system, and that which the " high con contracting powers'' of the world have made a cove nant to prohibit and put a stop to. Our correspon dence, however, is full and comprehensive, and to this we are content to refer the reader, as it will be found under its several and proper heads. Charleston Courier of the lZth inst. Fortnight Later from Cnlifoi ula .Arrival off U10 George Law. New Ycrk, April 13 The steamship George Law has arrived with tie California mails of March 23, and nearly $1,250,000 in specie. She connected with the Golden Gate, which left San Francisco on the 20tb, her appointed day, but put back in consequence of a slight accident, ?i,d sailed again on the morning of the 23d. The GolJen Gate spoke, March 26th, off Margueret ta Islan', the John L. Stephens, with the New York mails of March 5th, bound up. The George Law rescued on her outward passage the crew of the biig Mary C. Haskell, from New York, bound to Cienfuegos, wrecked March 26 at Cape Maize. The George Law left Aspinwal April 4. The Gran ada left the same day for Havana with the New Or leans mails and passengers. The Tennessee arrived at Aspinwall the same day with dates from Grevtown to the 2J Colonel Lock- ridze went up tbe river 24lh March with a'l his forces to attack !?an Carlos. When last neara irom nr was at Machucha Rapids, intending to attack Castelo the next morning, the 27th. He had removed every- thinff from San Carlos and Seraniqui pievious to leaving. There is nothing late from Walker. There was some excitement on the isthmus, grow ing out of the apprehension of an attaci of the na tives on the foreigners. The railroad company were tion to protect the passenger? takinir every prerau and the property in the transit. A bearer of despatches from Bogota took passage at Aspinwall on his way to Washington with news that Mr. Morse had been refused all negotiation on the riot question. A proposition had been made in the New Grena dian Senate to send a force to the Isihinus, which met with opposition. The news forom California is meagre". There had been no further action in the legislature concerning tbe State's debt. The prisoners in the State prison were starving ; some had already died. The legislature had appro priated $5,000 for the releif of the sufferers. Trade at San Francisco was vo roving. Chinese prrduce had largely advanced teas fully fifty per cent. Flour had declined 25 per cent., closing at $11 for superfine. I he receipts of gold dust were very large. New York. The Express publishes a despatch, dated AspinwaJl on the evening of the 14th, stating that news had reached Greytown on the 2 1 that Colo nel Lockridge captured Fort Castillo on the 30th ult. The report is considered here to be of doubtful authenticity. Three Unya Later from Europe. New York, April 14. The steamer Borussia ar rived here this evening, bringing Liverpool dales to the 3lst ult., received via telegraph to Hamburg. There is no English news of moment. Paris, March 29. There is nothing certain known about the day when the Conference of Nocfcbatel will hold its fifth session. The general opinion favors a saiisfactory settlement. Count Morney's return is expected in My. Duke Grauement and D' ke Montebello are mentioned as likely to succeed him in the mission to Russia. At Lyon numerous political arrests hrd taken place. I t was said the police had discovered a secret Eociety whose members had united for the purpose of furthering the election of a well known republican, Raspail, who is not eligible under the new election law. Spain. The election for the Cortes began on the 25th. The prospects wre favorable for tbe govern ment. The Infant don Enrique, brother of the King, had been ordered to quit Spain because he had de clared for the proressis as. Copenhagen, March 30. To-day the French am bassador exchanged ratifications of the sound dues treaty on the part of his government. The only commercial advices received from Liver pool is merely a mention that cotton was steady, with sales of 10,000 bales on Monday and Tuesday. Consols for money 93. From Washington. Washington, April 13. Kirby Benedict has been reappointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico. The administration has acted on all the cases ex cepting four where the coir.missions of the custom Louse officers have expired. The other commissions will not expire till 1858. The new naval court of inquiry met this morning and arranged ihe preliminaiies for its proceedings. The treasury instrucions to the collectors reject ing the tariff act will not be issued for two weeks. The President Ins appointed John H. McBrayen, of Kentucky, Indian Agent for the B ackfeet and oth er neighboring tribes, v:ce Mr. Hatch, resigned ; and Vincent E. Grier, of California, agent for the Indians of that State, vice Mr. Patterson, removed. The administration have just acquiesced in th plan of the Euiopean powers for the redemption of the Sound dues. Later from Kaunas. St. Louis, April 13th Kansas advices to the 7th inst have been received. Robinson and Deitzlcr ap peared at Lecompton on tbe 6th inst. to stand their trial for alleged treason, but the time, place, and the court being changed, they were directed to appear o'j the 1st Monday ot May. Tho requirements of the law not being carried out respecting the census lists, no voting will be allowed at Lawrence or Lecompton. Two obscure places have been designated for holding the polls. Unmoral Kelief of Walker. New Orleans, April 13. It ia rumored that pre parations are being made to send a thousand men from Charleston for the relief of Walker, and that Charleston and New Orleans contribute $5,000 to ward the defraying of expenses. Hartford (Coim.) Election. Hartford, April 13. The entire democratic city ticket was elected to-dav with one exception, and half of the democratic candidates for aldermen and councilmen. Later from the Florida War. We have dates from Punta Rosa to the 22d ult. A correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune, says : Reinforcements were sent out; Lieut. B. Wingate, 5th infantry, from Punta I osa, with twenty picked men from company K, Capt. J. A. Whithall, 5th in fantry, from Fort Myers, with all his company ; and Capt. J. A. Brown, 4th artillery, from Fort Denman, with all his company. At least 500 men were at the scene of the recent engagement on the 12th int. A letter of the 18th inst from Big Cypress, states that a few days previous the troops made an attempt to surround the Indians by entering the Cypress in three columns. The columns fell in with the Indians, and if one of them had been two minutes sooner some of the Indians would been intercepted. Two men were shot, each with three balls, but not killed. They did not see the Indians ; only three guns were fired hy the troops. Gen Harney went out to the Cypress with forty men, and returned on the 20th. His intention is to capture the women and children if possible. If the Indians are not brought to terms before the middle ot May it never can be done. Gen. Harney has tried every means that experience and ingenuity can Buggest, and we await the results. Capt. Pratt, 2J artillery, and Lieut. Wilson, 5th infantry, entered the Cypiess at Chokalisku, below Cape Roman, and came out where Capt. Stevenson was operating. If the troops now fail they had better be withdrawn and sent to a healthier climate during the summer. 03-A Post office has been established at Rose Mary Duplin county, North head, Post Master. Carolina; Bur well White- The New York Times announces the lamentable fact that more Boiwell letters have discovered. recently DeeD romtb? Cumberland Telegraph A Fearful Ride. . 6iava. On Wednesday morning, as the early coal trai from the mines of tbe Cumberland Coal and ron Comnanv was comine down the erade. ah., .n o'clock, the train ran over a large boulder which hI rolla-l ,1. t ,u 1 1. I : J- . . u "H uiivu uuvtu Mum iuc cuiuaukiutui iiiJiueuiaieiy unnn the center of the track. The locomotive passed over it with slight laraage, but the balance of the train including the tender, had every brake ripped on! from one end of the train to the other. The brake man becoming aware of this fact, seeing in a moment that the cars could not be controlled, eoin? Hrv, . grade of over one hundred feet to the mile. thinU discretion tbe better part ot valor, at once left the the train. On it went, and at each revolution of wheel the momentum increased until the became absolutely frightful. Tho whistle sounded to put down the brakes, but the only answer was a wild, unearthly whistle reverberating among ihe black bills, scarcely heard before it died away or was drowned by the rattling of the swift revolving wheels upon the iron track. At length the engineer became convinced that something must be the matter. Adjusting his valve, he began cautiously to i, his way to the vear of the train. As he advanced through the thick darkness he tried to put down the breaks of the first one and then another of the cars All were broken off or damage,! by the rock on the track. He at length felt his way back to the two cars at the rear of ihe train. Pulling out the coup, ling pin, he lolt sure that he could control them when detached from the train. But they were in the same condition All were broken. No control could be exercised over them. The train was now running at a fearful speed. What to do ? was the next consid. eration. To jump seemed like certain death, while to remain upon tbe train promised no exemption from a similar fate. A moment's thought determined the course of the intrepid engineer. Clinging for a mo ment to the rear car, be commenced climbing down until he could feel the ground with his feet. He then let all holds go, falling against the ground with much violence, but escaping with few painful bruises. Oa went the train at a fearful rate. The two de tached cars were thrown from the track before going a great distance. One of the other iroa hoppers had the truck knocked from under it, and was dragged some distance, completely ripping out the bottom, but finally checking the train some three miles alcove town. Take it altogether, it was a frightful occur, rence, and seen in the deep darkness of the mouniain, whipping in and out amongst the gorges of the moun tain, with the sparks and steain issuing from the lo comotive in a vast column, with a solitary man clinging for life to tbe rear car, or cautiously climb ing down to escape from almost ceitain death, it must have presented a scene of fearful import. The name of the engineer was Mr. George Myers. Organship. Tho Washington correspondent of tho Philadelphia North American has the following in reference to the Union : As it is now decided Mr. Appleton is to go out of the Union, the next question is, who is to come in1 This is the subject of no little embarrassment at the West End of the town, because there i an inclina tion to discard all organship, and let the Administra tion wag on without an official spokesman. Organs are pests to all parties, and if the Union were quiet ly dumped into the Potomac, it would be a most for tunate relief to Mr. Buchanan. He probably could get a certificate to that effect from Gen. Pierce, who had to submit to the infliction of its support for four long years. As long as the paper stands, the administration will be held responsible for its opinions, whether they be countenanced or not, and consequently, it must either be recognized or closed. Being the lever by which the proprietors behind the curtain have seized upon the vast patronage connected with the printing of Congress and the departments, it is their interest to keep it afloat, whether the President selects an ed itor or they provide one. And if the alternative be presented, they would prefer the latter course, as furnishing a still greater opportunity for securing the gigantic monopoly by which hundreds ot thousands of dollars have been amassed in the last few years, notwithstanding the liberal fees distributed for polit ical influence of various kinds in and out of Con gress. Members of the Cabinet, familiar with the facts, which are notorious to every body here, have grown restive under the imputations by which they are in directly compromised, and are seeking the means of relief. The President cannot be insensible to the im pressions which are abroad, and with his own high sense of integrity, must see the importance of discon necting his administration from influences that arc basely venal, and wholly regardless of principle in making the means justify the selfish end. Where the Money Goes. The following table exhibits the extent and coat ot Kail Koads in IMew England : Mile?. Cost. Maine 500 New Hampshire 387 i Vermont 592 Massachusetts 151S& Rhode Island 172 Connecticut 510. 117,162,618 12,402,021 23,886,016 71,026,038 6.2I8.F68 16,963,956 Total 3681 $147,659,520 Thus it will be seen that in a period of twenty years near ly $150,000,000 of New England capital has been invested in New England Rail Roads aloae. The magnitude and im portance ot this investment will be better appreciated when it is considered that the whole amount of capital inreeted in tho bank of New England is only a fraction over $110,000, 000 the investments in rail roads exceeding investments in banks about i-5 per centum. Many ot these investments were unwise in the extreme and will probabley result in a loss of one-third, or $50,000,000; but the foolish as well as the wise have called for capital and obtained it, while at the same time large amounts have been carried away for similar purposes to the Western States. There are still several unfinished roads in New England which are calling f r more money, and tho amount of invest ments will doubtless soon reach the sum of $150,000,000. It is this enormous demand for capital which has kept up the rates of interest so long, and although that demand for the New England States is nearly at an ead, as we may suppose, it is still very heavy elesewhere, and will make a vast drain upon capital for many years to come, both at home and abroad. Where the currency could have been obtained to sustain these great operation, if the mines of California and Austra lia had not been discovered, is a difficult question to answer. Connecticut Laws. The Hartford Times says that Judge Storry, of the supreme court, has given it as his opinion tbat any person, otherwise qualified, who can read in the English or any other language, can he admitted as a voter. This will admit a num ber of Germans who were rejected last year becauso they could not read in English. Boston Post. This reminds us of an old story of a law said to have been passed by tbe Connecticut legislature, " once upon a time," via : That no negro should be permitted to go at large after dark without a lantern. The negroes obeyed and all carried lanterns, but no light. The next year the legislature amended the law so that the lantern should have a candle in it, and they obeyed that also, but did not light the can dle. The third year they succeeded in perfecting the law so that negroes should carry a lantern with a lighted candle in it.Kocfc Island, Illinois, Argus. A. A. Dalton, owner of one of the horses that made the 100 mile race from Albany, curries down the Springfield Republican for moralizing upon the " cruelty " of the affair, and says the horses are both in good health, in fact were fresh and active on the day after the journey. Mr. Dalton writes well. It is a good thing to be practical, and have sense and courage, qualities that are sometimes wanting in those who aspire to teach the world through the press. Mr. Dalton's young mare, in whose " sufferings " the public were called on to sympathise, is a gelding, ten years old ! and on the day after the race the owner drove her eighteen miles very comfortably. Mr Dalton lost tho bet because he stopped several times to rest and refresh his horse, and says he paid . " cheerfully. We don't know but the owner of the other horse, and winner of the bet, who lives in New York, is more sensible even than Mr. Dalton ; for, though he has been assailed by the sham republican humai-ity press of that model city, he hasn't vouch safed any public replv. Whale Caught. A whale of large dimensions was harpooned and killed yesterday (Thursday; morning, near the Shackleford Banks, about six miles from this place. It is said to bo sixty or seventy feet long, very fat, and will yield upwards of nltj barrels of oil, which will be worth at least $1,00 The lucky fellows to whom the honor of catching this " monarch of the deep belongs, are Messrs Samuel Moore and Absolom Guthrie. Where was the Doctor t Beaufort Journal. A comic poet, who wrote before the recent r.e?Jvai of hooped petticoats, seems to have had tbe spirit 0 prophecy which was anciently ascribed to poets well as the regular vates. Hear bim talk " Behold some damsel, slender as a red, And fair as slender, beautiful mdeed, StniManlv rmw to iUOh nOmOUS 8il0 That vou can soaroely half believe your eyes ! I Spreadin to seem, with each reooeading nunute, I - It. Pet? dal with ft inU cWW tttk in.
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