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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL. WILM1WOTOW, W. CM FRIDAY, NOV. 13, TRANSIENT Advertisers will please bear in mind ihai their advertisements cannot appear in this paper, with out first being paid for in advance. This rule will be 'strictly carried out, without respect to persons. No name for either the Daily or Weekly Journal, will hereafter be entered on our list without payment being made in advance, and the paper will in all cases be discontinued tffhen the time paid for expires. DurLix UorKTr Agricultural Fair. The List of Premiums awarded at the Fair held at Kcnansville, last week, baa been placed in our possession, and we intend ed to have given it to our readers in this day's paper, but its length and the pressure of other matter make it impossible to get it ready for the press in time. It shall appear in our next issue. Gov. Ligon. Some things auc wise and some are otherwise. How the proposed action of Govcnor Ligon of Maryland may be viewed, will depend very much upon the point of vis ion selected by those who undertake to pass judgment npon it. The case seems to have been that Governor Ligon knew that recent elections in Baltimore had been only redeemed from the ridicule of a farce, by having in fused into them the tragical element of blood. He knew that, more than once or twice, the promises of the au thorities and the hopes of the citizens had been alike falsified, and he felt that in the ordinary course of things it was useless to seek for redress. His interposition was invoked by citizens of Baltimore, whose experience had produced the same convictions and whose observations had assured them that these convictions would be confirmed by the state things at the coming election. He put himself in correspondence with Mayor Swann, respect fully offering his co-operation, and requesting that func tionary to inform bim of what steps he proposed to take for the preservation of the peace and of the rights of suffrage at the approaching election. The Mayor threw himself on his diemitv. declined to meet the Governor half-way, or to afford any satisfactory guarantee or infor mation, and the Governor felt called upon to assume a responsibility in the matter, a responsibility arising out of tha nature of his office, as he believed. Aa chief jivil and military officer of the State, he called upon the military to assist in maintaining the peace, and sup jWrting the laws in a portion of the State where the lo cal authorities had notoriously failed to do either. Final ly, on further information being given, and further guar antees afiorded by the Mayor, he, at the solicitation of friends, withdrew his proclamation calling out the mill' tary. We do not now propose to discuss the prudence of his first act in calling out the military, or his second one in countermanding that order, placing reliance upon Mayor Swann 's promises and representations, neither of which, as it turned out, were worthy of that reliance. We merely refer to the legality and constitutionality of his course in both cases ; and, we must confess, that the published opinion on these points, given to the world by lawyers like Reverdy Johnson and others, of Baltimore, have more weight with us, and, we presume, had more -with Gov. Ligon, than the slang-whanging ot the unre liable partizan press, or the still more unreliable secta rian organs. We sec that the Herald of this place, and, we presume, other opposition papers, rc-publish a long attack upon Governor logon's course, credited to the New York Freeman's Journal, a Catholic paper. It makes a quasi legal argument against the Governor, interlarded with Latin maxim s, to give it a look of erudition, and with high-sounding references to the Constitution, to supply the staples of eloquence and patriotism, and that is all. It has neither fairness nor justice to recommend it. But letting that pass for what it is worth. Let us suppose another case. Let us suppose that this Catho lic paper had come out in endorsement of Governor Ligon, and the Democrats had undertaken to quote it. Does any roe doubt that it would have been wholly re pudiated as authority, and bitterly assailed as priestly presumption by the Know Nothing press of Baltimore, and by all others whe coincide with that press in its at tack upon Governor Ligon. Surely party organs that express such holy horror of the Church of Rome must be pretty hard run when they take to quoting from the M Foreign Popish organ of Cross John Hughes." The words in quotations arc not ours. We have no feeling either for or against Bishop Hughes or his organs, but certainlv we mav fairly retort them upon those who v have made such feelings a rallying cry of party. The Next Congress. The If oshington Union has a list of the members elect to the next Congress, from which it appears that the House will contain 128 Democrats to 92 " Republi cans" and 1 4 " Americans," leaving a Democratic ma jority of twenty-two, sufficient for all practical purposes, Much will depend upon the harmonious action of the Democrats themselves. If this be not maintained, then all the advantages eo hardly acquired in the recent strug' gles will be lost, and the numerical strength of the party rendered useless. The only epeck of trouble apparent on the Democratic horizon has its origin in the unfortunate Kansas diffi culties. We must say candidly, that in our opinion, Kansas, come in when she will, will come in as a non fcdaveholding State. And to this opinion we have been led, not by reading the papers, but by talking with per sons who have been there. The majority of the people there are either 'rom non-elaveholding States, or if from slaveboldi-g States, they do not think it would pay to carry them from their present fields of labor at the South to employ .hem less remuneratively in Kansas. These we take to be the facts of the case. We may be mis taken, but we don't think we arc. The South don' want to force any class of institutions upon any people The South only wants a fair showing and an untram melled decision, and the result of that decision it is will ing cheerfully to abide. If this feeling has been marred the blundering conduct of Governor Walker is charge able with it. We don't think he could have made Kan sas a slave State if he had tried, and we did not wan him to try we only wanted him to let things take their natural course, and if he had only done this, all would have been right and the South would have been satisfied. We do not like to go into the line of the ferocious denouncers of any man. We only say this much if Walker's conduct be found, on examination, all that it has been charged to be, then let him be visited with the reprobation he deserves. But surely the Democratic party is strong enough to punish it own delinquents and mark its disapproval of their delinquencies, without giving them the power to rend asunder its organization or paralyze its arm. Bank of Wilmington. We understand that the Board of Directors in this Bank was re-elected by the Stockholders at their meeting held yesterday. We pre sume the same officers will be chosen by the Board. Daily Journal, Wth hist. We are requested to state that the schedule of the Smithville, N. C, Mail has been changed to close at Wilmington on Monday and Friday at 6)4 A. M., and arrive on .Tuesday and Saturday at 5 P. M. Outside of the City of Baltimore the Democratic majority in the State of Maryland is nearly one thous and. The Democratic gain in the State outside of the City, amounts to 3,176. Jt" Hn. Robert Toombs has been re-elected one of the Senators from the State of Georgia. There was no opposing Democrat, and the strength of the other party wag too little to amount to a Bhowim;. Agricultural Fain, etc. We are indebted to the attention of. a friend for a sketch of the sayings and doings at the Duplin County Agricultural Exhibition of last week. Wc had hoped to have enjoyed the pleasure of being with our Duplin friends on that occasion. But circumstances interfered to prevent the realization of our expectations in this re spect. W e are pleased to learn however, that the Fair wras, in every sense, a success, and we can well believe that the address delivered on the occasion by our editorial brother of the Standard, was able, interesting and prac tical, in short, all that might have been anticipated from a gentleman of the talents and reputation of Mr. Holdeu. Our Correspondent rather touches a single man upon a weak point, when he expatiates so glowingly upon the beauty of the Duplin ladies then and there present It could not well be otherwise, for no people could be as clever as wc know the men of Duplin to be, were they not blest with the charms of female beauty in their midst A somewhat fanciful traveler in the East ac counts for the bad character of the desert Arabs their addiction to plunder and homicide, by saying that they arc driven to desperation their hands turned against all mankind, by the ugliness of their partners for life. So, on the other hand our friends in Duplin arc of necessity irood. clever fellows, all because of the loveliness and o ' loveability of their fair ladies. A demonstration ! Wc trust that wc shall shortly have a more official report of the premiums, etc., etc. The Fayettcville Observer of yesterday (Monday,) comes to us full of the Cumberland County Fair, held last week at that place. We are happy to learn that it also was a success. The Observer speaks in high terms of the address delivered by D. K. McRae, Esq., on Thursday ; and, judging from the sketch given, it was really an eloquent effort. Daily Journal, IQth tmt. The North Carolina Railroad. Without wishing to enter into any controversy garding the management of the above road for know little of it or seeking to place ourselves in re- we the position of the special friends or defenders of Mr. Fisher, the President a position the very reverse of that which we have reason to believe that gentleman attributes to us, we must yet say that the argument urged against him by the Greensboro' Patriot, or some writer therein, is wholly without lorce or value. Tnat argument is based upon the fact that the market price of the stock has declined. This argument would apply to all rail roads to all joint-stock companies ; indeed, to all kinds of property. Under the existing pressure, the market price of all stocks has declined, some with and some without substantial cause. Town property has gone down produce has gone down State stocks have gone down North Carolina Railroad stock has gone down. Why start a hue and cry against Mr. Fisher ? As we have already said, we are not the especial de fenders or apologists of Mr. Fisher. On the contrary, we know that Mr. F. classes us among his opponents, for we are very apt to say what we think, and we do not approve everything about this North Carolina Road, and have freely said so. But we think justice ought to be done, and no attacks, based upon such grounds, ought to be sanctioned. Mr. Fisher is a faithful officer and an honorable man, and facts of his management alone ought to be urged as charges against him, not the re sults of commercial difficulties wholly beyond his con trol. Newspaper Credits. It is not only usual, but just, that when one paper publishes an article or item copied from another, it should give credit to that paper in which such articles originally appeared. Sometimes the giving of such credit is omitted, intentionally or otherwise, though not often, and never intentionally in cases of any importance by papers of any character. Accidental omissions will occur however, now and then, and it is amusing to notice how the thing is taken. We remember once, and to do so, no great mental effort is required, since the thing is re cent, running our eye over our exchanges and finding ourselves roundly rated for stealing, because, by some in advertency an article from an exchange had got among our selected matter without due credit. Well, we kept on and found, before we had got through, fully half a dozen extracts from the Journal floating around in the same way. So we go.on, never bothering ourselves as to the papers that steal from us, any more than wc mind those that accuse us of stealing from them. Strangers In Town. Our fetrects. which durins the season, have been unu- Biially dull, present, this week, quite a lively and cheer ing aspect. The meeting of Stockholders in the Wil- mimrton Bank and still more, the annual convention of the Stockholders of the Wilmington & Weldon Rail road Company, may be credited with muchxf the pres ent stir and bustle. Wc meet at every turn some well-known face from the counties along the line, as far up as Halifax Many of the Stockholders have brought their families, and the liberal sprinklinj? of silk robes and fair faces relieve the a gloomy cflccts of dark coats and bearded countenances. Among the strangers, we notice Mr. Holdeu of the Raleigh Standard, who makes his first visit to our good town. Many of our citizens and visitors will be pleased to make the acquaintance of a gentleman with whose reputation they are already so familiar. Secretary of State. We notice that on Tuesday last, the 10th inst., the Governor and Council appointed Mr. Page of Raleigh, Secretary of State, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Secretary Hill. Mr. Page has been assistant to the late Secretary for many years, and knows the routine of the business. We believe he is the son-in-law of the late Secretary. It had been reported and generally supposed this way, that John Campbell, Esq., of Weldon, would have been the appointee. This would have been an excellent ap pointment, as we presume that of Mr. Page is also. The Wilmington & Weldon R. R. Co. retains the ser vices of a most valuable and worthy officer. Stockholders' Meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders in the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company, convened at the Court House in this place yesterday (Thursday) forenoon, at 11 o'clock, and was organized by calling: Owen R. Kenan, Esq., to the Chair, and appointing Wm. F. Dancy, Esq., of Edge combe, and P. Murphy, Esq., of Sampson, Secretaries. The Secretaries with J. C McRae, Esq., of Wilming ton, were appointed a Committee to verify proxies and report amount of stock represented. The report is that General Walker sails this week from New Orleans for Nicaragua with a fine Steamer and plenty of provisions and ammunition, and that Col. Duncan, late of the U. S. Army, is to command the artillery. We doubt it, because it is so publicly paraded. We doubt his sailing from New Orleans, and we doubt his success, even if he does. Neither he nor his officers are fools or ogres, as they have been painted, but they will find the whole Spanish race in Central America op posed to them. Wilmington & Weldon R. R. Company. We understand that the gross earnings of this Road for the year, ending Sept. 30th 1857, were $494,508 56, and the cost of 'operating proper " $224,502 22, leav ing $270,006 42, as nett earnings. During the year $65,173 42 was expended in filling up trestle work and in the purchase of additional engines and machinery. These expenses are considered as charge able to construction and equipment, and are not inclu ded in the account for operating the road for the past year. For the Journal. IHipllii Agricultural Fair and the Speech of The W. S . Holdeu, Esq., on the Occasion. Messrs. Editors : As a matter of interest and curiosity to at least many of the readers of j our ably conducted and useful u Journal." I propose to notice briefly some of the principal events of the late annual Agricultural Fair, held in the town of Kenansville for the County of Duplin, on Thurs day and Friday, the 5th and Cth insts, I very much doubt whether any Fair that has ever taken place within the bor ders of our good old State has gone off mors to the satisfac tion of those interested, either as spectators or otherwise. than did this. Thursday was principally occupied ui inspect ing; the various articles on exhibition, and in the trial of the flped, Ac, of the horses in racking aud trotting. The arti cles exhibited were generally worthy of commendation, and in some departments very superior. I heard it remarked by individuals who visited the State Fair, that our hogs and poultry were much better than the exhibition in thoao de partments at Raleigh. I cannot undertake with the limited means of information at present in my possession, to enter into particulars in regard to the exhibition as I have not yet seen the list of entries, or premiums awarded by the various Committees. Suffice it to say on this point, that every one seemed to be not merely pleased and satisfied, but delighted with the whole affair. There was an immense throng of peo ple, particularly on Friday, and no one could turn Ids eye in any direction but that they rested upon the beautiful and fair daughters of Duplin and the surrounding Counties. Hav ing been a resident myself until recently of the up-country, I had Imbibed the common notion prevalent in that section of the State, that for beauty, there wa no comparison be tween tho ladies of this section and the up-country. In this, however, I waa much mistaken. A finer array of beauty 1 have never seen any where, and if there was any old bache lor present on the occasion, whose heart remained unmoved while beholding the beauty there assembled, why then all I have to say is, " he's a gone sucker." Our citizens deserves the highest commendation for their noble efforts to make the Fair such an one as would do honor to them aud their country. It was all its most sanguine friends expected I am almost tempted to say it wa all they could desire. Soon after the opening on Friday morning, the beautiful lasses and j'oung ladies under tjjp charge of Mr. Rogers, Principal of the Female Seminary of this place, marched in to the Fair Grounds under the command of their excellent preceptor, which was quite an imposing and interesting scene. After a general inspection of the various articles on exhibition, at about 11 o'clock, the crowd assembled around the stand for the purpose of seeing and hearing W. Vv. Hol den, Esq., of Raleigh, the Orator of the occasion. Mr. Holden was introduced to the large and most respect able assemblage by W. J. Houston, Esq., of this place, ia just such a speech as every person who has the pleasure of his acquaintance would expect. It was brief, but iu every respect appropriate. Mr. Holden appeared and delivered one of the ablest and most practical Agricultural speeches ever made in the State of North Carolina. I know this is strong language, and may be considered, by some, too eulogistic ; but when the speech shall have been published, as it will be, I think an impartial public will coasider it just. It was well conceived in every particular, and admirably delivered. The universally expressed opinion in regard to it was, that in thought and conception it fully sustained the well-earnod reputation of the speaker as a gentleman of superior ability and extraordinary mind, and its delivery was very admirably performed. Mr. Holden is destined to be come, not merely one of Xorth Carolina's ablest writers, as he is now acknowledged to be, but one of her most elo quent and accomplished speakers. The speech was deliv ered with great deliberation and perfect ease, without any appearance of stiffness. It occupied about an hour and a half, perhaps a little more, and was listened to with marked attention. In the opening of his speech, the speaker traced with a masterly hand the dependence upon each other, of the Agricultural, Mechanical, and Commercial interests of the country. Upon this part of his subject his remarks were most hap pily conceived, and no one could fail to see the relations sustained by the one respectively to the other, and how in timately they stood connected to each other. He next en tered into a comparison of the Agriculture of Xorth Caro lina with that of Virginia and South Carolina, and showed most conclusively that, while the two latter have the credit, before the world, of exporting agricultural products much more largely than the former, Xorth Carolina would be ahead of either, according to population, were she only true to herself, and would provide her own means and ways of exporting her own products, look to the interests of her own citizens, and depend less upon those who frequently seem to take pleasure in sneering at her. While on tin's subject, the speaker entered largely into the statistics of the State, and paid Duplin county a highly deserved conipli ment. After dwelling at considerable length upon Xorth Carolina and her high-toned integrity, Mr. Holden passed to a cousideration of our good old State's relations to the Union, as a member of our great confederation of States and concluded his able and instructive address with a most eloquent appeal to the patriotism of the country. The ad dress will shortly be before the public, when they can judge of it for themselves. At the conclusion of this most admirable speech, the list of premiums awarded was read out by the President of the Society, Jcre. Pearsall Esq.; alter which the crowd was en tertained by seeing a rc-trial of the speed of some of the fine horses ou exhibition, and then dispersed, delighted with the exhibition and the events of the occasion. On Thursday and I nuay evenings, the voung gentlemen and ladies enjoyed themselves at a dancing party, in the vil lege. As I am not gifted in the description of such scenes. I will only say to your readers, that there was a dayiciny party, at which there waa much beRUty ond loveliness in at tendance. 1 have thus hurriedly endeavored to give you some idea of the principal events of the occasion, only regretting that you were not here to participate with us in its enjoyments. The Hon. Mr. Ashe and many other noble and generous spirits of your town were present with us. A . Democratic Nomination. Millkdgeville, (Ga.) Nov. 6. At a caucus of the democratic members of the Legislature of this State held yesterday, the following nominations were made : Hon. Robert Toombs for United States senator ; Wat kins, secretary of State ; Thweat, comptroller ; Trippe, treasurer ; Green, surveyor general ; Lumpkin, judge of the supreme court. The official majority for Brown for governor is 10,772. second dispatch.! Mili.edueville, Nov. 7. The democratic caucus nominees have all been elected. From Washington. Washington, Nov. 8. -The War Department has received dispatches confirmatory of previous reports that the Mormons are bent on a resistance of the United States troops. The administration has received no particularly im portant dispatches relative to events in Central Ameri ca or to Costa Rican movements. From Washington City. Washington, Nov. 10. There is prospect of. an early recognition of Nicaragua and the reception of Senor Yrisarri. It is also believed that negotations of a treaty relative to the transit route will shortly take place. t Gen. Scott informs the President that lie hn.j tnkpn precautionary measures to defend the Sub-Treasury at New York, in case of an attack by the mob. Threatening Demonstration of the Worklngmen Dispersed by Police Military Talked Of, &c. New York, Nov. 9th. At the workingmen's meet ing at the City Hall to-day fears of an outbreak were entertained. Threats were made that the hall would be attacked if relief was not immediately afiorded. The leaders were so inflammatory in their speeclies the mayor deemed it necessary to send a police force to the spot, when the crowd dispersed. The gates leading to the City Hall were then all locked except two, which were strongly guarded by policemen, who made every person tell his business before being admitted. A large crowd of laboring men gathered outside. The object of the crowd appeared to be to intimidate the common council to afford the poor relief. Marshal Rynders and Assist ant Treasurer Cisco telegraphed to Washington for per mission to employ the troops at Governor's Island in case the crowd attacked the subtreasury. Dates from Rio de Janeiro to the 25th Sept. have been received and show that coffee and flour were un changed. The Kentucky Senatorship. The contest for the office of United States Senator in Kentucky, to be filled at the next session of the Legislature, in which the dem ocrats have a majority on joint ballot, appears to be be tween Hon. James Guthrie, late Secretary of the Trea sury, and Hon. Lynn Boyd, formerly Speaker of the House. Singclab Calculation. Mr. Anderson, the Wiztrd of the North , says that during the last twenty years he has paid 25,000 for advertising, 33,000 for bill prin ting, 41,500 for bill posting. He has posted 355,000 square miles of paper on the walla of London, and in dob; tbis be bad osed 1,363,000 pounds of post?. u Nothing Ahead. From the murmurs which are continually heard rela tive to want of work, it eecms that there are in the com munity a very large class willing and able to labor, who are nevertheless never ahead, and who, while times are good, never lay by a penny for a rainy day. A sudden check, a dismissal from labor, finds them without a pen ny in the pocket, and then comes the outcry. Now we know perfectly well that nothing is so easy as for a man to allege reasons for not saving. lie has a , family times are alwavs so hard would you begrudge him his occasional amusement who could save anything out of a dollar a day ? bo the argument goes, and he lives ac cordingly from hand to mouth, as he would if his wages were ten times higher. It is a nemarkablc fact that those persons who are gen erally most saving and " fore banded," arc those who are really, all things considered, among the poorest. The laborer or mechanic, gaining from fifty cents to two dol lars per diem, is not obliged to dress so well or spend so much as many persons lol lowing sedentary occupations, who have salaries but very little larger than those of the ormer. A verv larire proportion of the clerks, copyists and assistants, in all sorts of mercantile and manufac turing business, to say nothing, of young professional men, earn but litle more than the average of mechanics ; requcntlv not nearly so much ; and yet we have ascer tained that in proportion to their numbers, they are genelally saving aud thrifty. Iu fact, there is one rule which ought to be followed that everybody should save, conic what may, a certain proportion of income. There is no getting over this ; for periods of suffering, or'rainy days, should bo calculated on just as much as friction must be allowed for in machinery. I he man who makes us calculations on always earning so much per diem, Sundays, Fourth of July and Christmas excepted, is a unatic. The fact is that Ave arc all, as a nation, the least given to saving of any on the face ot this earth. If Miss Million has a rich silk, not onh must Miss Thousand and Miss Hundred sport the same, but the Missis Fifties aud Twenties must all strain every nerve to come as neai as possible to the great original. Almost as closely arc the extravagancies of Papa Million rivalled by the smal ler Messieurs Thousand, Hundred, and so it goes down to the very dimes and sixpences all of which mus4 have nearly the same stamp at least, if they cannot have the same weight. The same style of furniture must be found in every parlor, the same upholstery through every house, the same large mirrors and curtains, whether there be hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands to back it and a poor rivallv of the ostentation of wealth is at the bottom of it all, interfering with thrift, even when thrift is longed for. Until the duty and necessity of saviner are erenerallv understood, we snail remain wnat we are now, the most extravigant nation ou the face ot the earth It is somewhat remarkable that thrift and economy of the kind which we would inculcate, have really nothing in common with pernicious meanness, while on the other hand the barren extravagance springing from rivalry loes srenerally interfere very senously with the enjoy ment of life. Remember that real pleasures, especially those of an intellectual and social cost, cost but little, as do, indeed, the mere necessaries of life, and there are few persons earning a living who cannot enjoy them and be J l . 1 .,1-1 1 .7 1 saving too, n tney win oniy leave omer people wun ineir finery to themselves. Such is, to a degree, the charac ter of life m many countries in Europe, where the in come, what ever it is, is alwavs understood to admit a certain relative proportion of amusement as well as of saving, A Slaver's Report. A correspondent of the Sa vannah Georgian, referring to a trip to New York, remarks : :Vmong the passengers of distinction was Capt. Thomas A. Myers, of Philadelphia, late Captain of the slaver Abbott Pevereux, well known in the port of Sa vannah. You remember that onlv a few months ago the Abbott Devereux was taken by II. B. M. sloop Teaser, off the coast of Ashantee, with 235 live Africans on board. The schooner was burnt and the slaves were sent to Sierra Leone, and " set at liberty," i. e. made to work five years for Great Britain, for the trouble of tak ing them from the slaver. Besides this, the prize money was $5 for every slave taken. Capt. Myers, M-ho is a genuine old salt water tar, had made two previous trips to Africa, in the above line, but never was caught till the Teazer teazed him. He, however, gave them nine hours run, although the J ohn Bull was a steam propel ler, and only that they came in view of each other as early as the morning (6 a. m.) the Abbott Devereux would have whipped the chaser. Capt. M. says his cargo of over 200 negroes were bought on the Ashantee coast, for from $50 to $80 each, and that the negroes were just as glad as possible to come off into slavery, as to stay at home. When taken he had only just left the port, having given the British frigate Fire Fly the slip, so all was on board, and therefore the English reports of the Captain rendered the matter much more " awful than it really was on board. During Capt. M.'s exper ience in the slave trade he always knew and noticed that the slaves seemed happy and contented, and even sorry when captured by a Britisher." The schooner Abbott Devereux was of course taken possession of, under a Spanish flag, and the Captain and crew, with supercargo, rc, landed at nearest port. From this place, Capt. M. made his way to Havana, where he received his nay ot &o500. (o.OOO if the vovaare had been prosperous.) and thence came to Savannah with his specie. He tells an anecdote of his few days stay in Savannah, that a friend of his and himself went to the Bank to deposit the doubloons and eagles for safe keep- in lint not (lav tlie Cantain's frJpnil trirvl in orf ftio money out on his own hook. Captain Myers thoucht it was owing to the hard times which might make a man a rogue, when honesty failed to get a living. He yester day requested me to tell his kind friend in Savannah that his " doubloons " are all safe and well, and to give his kind regards to his cousin " Jones." A Hint for Public Consideration. The following suggestions we copy from the New ork Times, for the consideration of the public. If there are any objections to the proposition, let them be pointed out : Equalizing the Currency. A correspondent of the Journal of Commerce makes the following sucreestions concerning a mode of supplying the leading defect of our banking system : " Let Congress pass a law authorizing the Sub-Treasury, at its various offices, to receive gold on deposit, and issue 'certificates therefor in sums of $20, $50 and Si 00, payable to bearer or order, as may be desired. This will furnish a currency at par from Maine to Cali fornia, and serve to equalize exclianges also." The suggestion seems well worthy of consideration. It is certainly a very serious defect in our present sys tem that it has no uniformity that we have no paper money nothing in a form suitable for remittance, which has the same value in every part of the country. The necessity for such a currency constituted the whole stock in trade of the advocates of a National Bank, af ter it became evident from sad experience that such an institution was not the safest custodian of the public funds. The Sub-Treasury has proved an admirable sub stitute for it in this respect. If it could now fulfill the sole remaining function of a National Bank, by fur nishing a currency based absolutely upon gold and sil ver, and of equal value in every part of the. country, it would leave nothing to be desired in this direction. The Election Riots In Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun of Thursday, gives the following accounts of the disturbances which occurred yesterday at the different polls during the election : The reporters of the Sun visited all the wards at in tervals during the day, and we have, in consequence, a number of general and special facts as to the character of the proceedings at all of them. Personal statements were made by numerous individual of wrongs and out rages either sustained by the narrators or perpetrated upon others. Yiolant demonstrations were made in several instancies by parties rallying under the flash names of the clubs. Voters were frequently beaten and driven from the polls, and the complaint universal that naturalized citizens were either excluded from voting, or experienced the utmost difficulty in depositing their votes. In several instances members of the special police went to the Mayor's office and resigned their commissions ; others simply remove their badger, and retired with a mortifying sense of their inefficiency. Several complaints were made to the Mayor, and applications for additional force at different wards ; but there was no apparent im provement in any case. In fact, as the day wore on, several of the wards were in the possession of men who seemed pretty much to control the proceedings. Such is an abstract of detailed reports. The New York Herald says : " Among the persons whom the present troubles have forced to suspend, we hear of many, nearly one-half, who are already making preparations to resume business on a prudent and con tracted scale. They delay their decision in order to fol low the banks, if possible," Railroad for Sale. The Alexandria Gazette, of W ednesday morning, states tnat the Alexandria and Washington Railroad, with its locomotives and cars, will be offered at public sate on the 1st of December cxt, Thh Steam Ship Adriatic Hope deferred mak- eth the heart sick," sayslthe proverb, and it is one which very correctly describes our reeling on learning that an important portion Of the engines of the splendid steamer Adriatic is acain to be remodeled. Little has been said nf this shin for several months, bnt r lartre number of men have been at work both day and night, urging for ward the completion of the valves and valve motions, which, although they had worked well on a smaller en gine, absolutely failed to answer the intended purpose, or any other useful one, in this instance. After months of experiment and alteration, attended with continual breaking down, these important parts were formally dis carded, and the ship, or rather this portion of the job, was transferred to the charge of another engineer. The new par,ty was to construct new valve chests aud valves, and new valve gear, and was to have the ship ready for sea on the 12th of SeptenilxT last. She was advertised to sail on that dav. The advertisement was subsequently altered to the 26tb of the same mouth. The ship was towed around to the usual dock of the ships of her line, but although externally she presented the usual appearance of a ship fully rigged aud finished, and although the fact that steam was raised in her boil ers was on several occasions very apparent, still she did not start even ou a trial trip, and we have now the un- pleasant duty ol recording the total laiiureoi inis second rreat enort. 1 he new valve eear lias been rejected, and a crrcat part of it has lecn already removed from the ship. The engines have, it appears, been again placed in the hands of their original constructors, the proprietoi-s of the Novelty Works, who arc fitting them with valve gear similar to that which has been several years in suc cessful use ou the steamship Arago. Wc hope, though wc acknowledge to some hesitation in saying it, that another " few weeks more " will allow her to prove her qualities on the ocean to the satisfaction of the millions who are interested in her success. Scientific American. Indian Affairs In Utah. Communication from Brigham Young. Brigham Young, in a communica tion to the Indian Bureau, says that if he is to have the direction of the Indian affairs", and is expected to main tain friendly relations, he would suggest that the trav elers should omit the infamous practice of shooting them when they happen to see one. Hence it is natural that they wTeak vengeance in retaliation. The govern ment should make more liberal presents. He has proven that it is far cheaper to feed and clothe the Indians than to fight them. When the fighting is over it is always followed by expensive presents, which, if properly dis tributed in the first instance might have averted the fight. The troops, he also says, must be kept away ; for it is a fact, that wherever are the most of these, there we may expect to find the greatest number of hostile Indi ans, and the least security to persons and property. If these items be complied with, he has no hesitation in saying, that so far as Utah is concerned, no Indians would molest the persons or projierty of travelers. He says that the Department has often manifested its ap proval of his management of the Indian affairs, and never its disapproval ; and why should he be subjected to such annoVances in regard to tunds for paying expen ses, and why denied his salary ? Why should the appro priations for the l)enefit of the Indians of Uutah be re tained in the treasury, and individuals left unpaid ? These are questions, he says, I leave for you to answer at your leisure, and m tne meanwtnie submit to sucn a course in relation thereto as you will see fit to direct. The Marion (Ala,) Commonwealth relates the follow ing story. For some time back the negroes of this place have had a religious revival going on, and which, we learn, has re sulted in some good. The other night a ludicrous m cident took place, which for tl e time threatened to mar the enjoyment of the darkies. hue every thing seemed to be going on to the entire satisfaction of the leaders of the meetinsr, a tall black looking' son of Africa deli berately rose in the congregation and commenced pul ling his coat off, as if preparing either to thresh some other darkey, or give the devil, if he was present, the best fight he could, preparatory to closing the meeting. All eyes were turned upon the comical attitude of the darkey, and some of the more timid began to fear that a melee was about to take place in the church. " This however, was not the case ; for our African con vert, seeing the stir that was being made and the ap parent agitation of the whole assembly, hallooed out at the top of his voice : "Bredering and sisters, don't be frightened, I'se only gwine prepare to shout ;" and he gave one of those unearthly yells which vibrated through the church, and shook the windows as if the house were falling. The darkey had to make tracks, or, to use the language of another darkey, was tumbled head foremost right out of the doors by some of the brethren. Bennett on the Panic. " Old Potosi " of the New York Herald, dosen't believe that the present financial troubles originate in high or low tariff, he says : We cannot trace them to the tariff of '46 ; but we can trace them to the banks and stock jobbers, the rail road and laud speculators, the fashions, flummeries, fop peries nincompooperies, extravagances, vanities, licen tiousness, forgeries, frauds, perjuries, and all the other rascalities of a wide spread demoralization among men and women, saints and sinners from puritanical Boston to Sabbath-breaking Newr Orleans these arc the potent causes of the present revulsion, and a two hundred per cent tariff against these terrible evils of the times would have been as powerless as a row boat in the rapids of the Niagara. Millionaire railroad jobbers, land jobbers, stock jobbers, banks, speculators, and forgers, fast young men, fast old men, fast women, fast horses, brandy, billiards and faro, French gewgaws, fashionable rivalries in wasting money, aud all such rubbish, stuff and abominations, have done the business. Yucatan. This, the extreme Southern State of the Mexican confederacy, in which, in addition to the old war of races, a furious political war is now raging, has on the continent an area of about. 52,947 square miles, and a population of 608,624, according to the latest cal culation. The area of the whole State, adding in the Island of Carmen, now united to it, is about 54,000, the population 690,000, the greater part of which is of the pure Indian race. The principal productions of the peninsula are maize, cotton, rice, tobacco, pepper, sugar cane, dye woods and hides. The foreign trade is now very small in comparison with what it was many years ago, amounting to only some $1,200,000, about equally divided between Spain, England and the United States. The principal ports are Campeachy, Sisal and Laguna the first being the depot for the import and export trade of Merida, the capital ; the last of the Island of Carmen. Large Sweet Potato. We have received through the kindness of Mr. Robert Patton, of the Norfolk Line, a sweet potato grown on the farm of Mr. Whitaker, near Enfield, N. C. It measures 14 iuches in length, 32 by 17 inches around, and weighs 10 lbs. Its a monster in its line, and we shall let it remain in our counting-room, to be seen for a day or two, before we "put the kettle on," to see if the quality does not comport with the quantity. We learn from Mr. Patton that this is only one of a very large family of the same sort and size. Baltimore Patriot. . "The candles you sold me last night were very bad," said Suett to a tallow chandler. "Indeed, sir," said he, "I'm very sory for that." "Yes, sir; do you know that they burnt to the middle, and then wouldn't burn any longer." "You surprise me, what, sir did they go out ?" No, sir. "What, then ?" "They burnt shorter." Funny. A few days since a boy was passing thro' the cars on the Cleaveland and Erie road, handing out advertisements of " Nothing to Wear," illustrated. A lady remarked to a gentldman, " That takes off the ladies, I suppose." " N o," said her friend, " it only takes off their dresses." " Then," replied the lady, " is it proper that a strippling should sell it ?" Grain for Europe. There are now loading grain and flour at New York the large number of thirty ships, all for Europe, about half being for Liverpool and the remainder for Glasgow. They will average about 20, 000 bushels for each ship. Such a wholesale exporta tion of these two great staple articles of agricultural produce is unprecedented. The following eloquent speech was made to the crowd by an officer at the Broadway bank when that institu tion suspended : " Gentlemen : It is of no use, we tried to stand it but we can't. We have done all we could to-day. We'll try to do better to-morrow, altera sleep over niirht.- You can't have a dinner to-day that is to be cooked to morrow. The crowd took the speech in good part. The puke de Rianzares has just purchased the rail way from Lispon to Cintra. The worjes are going on with "urreat activity." English trnner' ' Perhaps his Gtace would like to buy a few railroads m tnw country, some of them are dog-cheap just now. A Confidence Man. Mayor Swann's friends had confidence in thia functionary- like all confidence men, A9 cm deceited toose who trusted nun. newer from ucn.- aiKer to the Secretary of state. U ASHINGTON, Nov 7 lft)" The following is a letter addressed by Gen' Vv.iw the Secretary of State, dated Oct. 20, 1857 k(T to Sir t It is currently reported that the ministers oi Costa Rica and Guatemala have asked for the active h terposition of the United States for the purpose of pre venting me and my companions from returning to Nic ragua. This request, it is further said, is based on the assumption that I have violated, or intend to violate th neutrality laws of the United States. The want of all official intercourse between the ov eminent of the United States and that of Nicaragua will, I hope, be a sufficient excuse for my addressinf yo-i ou the faith of a public report. But the rumor conies iu such a form that I am satisfied the Minister of fin.. , temala and Costa Rica have attempted to dishonor the Republic of Nicaragua in the eyes of the United States- and 1 am lurther convinced of this fact by a decree ol President Mora, dated at San Jose on the7th Auoust last, and ordered to be communicated to the diplomatic corps generally. The ministers of Costa Rica and Gauteinala attempt to humiliate Nicaragua by presenting themselves to the United States as her protectors and guardians. In bc half of the Republic of which I claim to be the rightful and lawful executive, I protest most earnestly against this assumption on the part of Costa Rica and Gaute mala, and ask that the government of the United States will n permit itself to be governed by such pretensions on the part of these two Central American powers. On the contrary, it is to be hoped that the United Staffs will, by its conduct, assert and vindicate the indepen dence of its sister Republic the Sovereign Stnto r,f Nicaragua. It is my duty further to say that the peo ple of Nicaragua have not consented to the military au thority at present exercised over them by the agents ot Costa Rica and Gautamala, and that they therefore can not be held responsible for any influences "of these latter states in the administration of the municipal affairs of your (iovernment. Conceiving that the ministers of Costa Rica and Gantemala cannot justify any su "-go. tion they make to the United States concerning the execution of its own acts of Congress, I desire to relieve Nicaragua from any responsibility for officious conduct and intermedling. So far as any violation on my part is concerned 1 deny the charge with scorn and indignation. HavhV been received in the United States when forced for a time to leave Nicaragua, I have in all respects'been obedient to its laws. And permit me to assure you that I shall not so far forget my duty us an officer of Nica ragua as to violate the laws of the United States enjoying the right of hospitality within its limits. I have the honor to be Your obedient servant, WILLIAM WALKER. To Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of State for tin United States of North. America. Difficulty between Sheriff Jones anil Seer-try Stnn- ton. We find the following in the I-nvenvorth (Kansn, ! Journal, of the 27th ult.: From reliable gentlemen just returned from l?comi ton, we gather the following particulars, confirmatory of rumors which have )jeen in circulation here for some days in regard to matters transpiring at Iieeomji ton. The information we have received is to the effect that after Governor Walker's proclamation, which we give elsewhere in our paper, setting aside tho Johnson count v vote. Mr. Sheriff Jones, in company with is friend, Mr. Dunforth, (both members elect by the votes of Johnson co..) called upon Mr. Secretary Stanton, to know if il was true, certificates would lie refused to them. On Secretary Stanton's reply that it was true, certificates of election would be refused them, Jones applied to him opprobious epithets," told him he (Jones) endorsed nil that Keitt of S. C, and the Mississippian had said oi him (Stanton) that he did not apply such language to him as Secretary, but to him as a private individual ; that he could be found in Lecompton until the next day, &c, &c. Stanton was unamred at the time, but went off after Jones had left and procured weapons, but up to the time of Jones leaving Jxcompton, which he did the next day, nothing further had taken place between them. One of the Beautlesof Iiiiow-.N'othlnglsm. The people of Baltimore (says the Baltimore Republi can of the 7th instant) will have good cause to remem ber the advent of this oath-bound party. The reign of violence and outrage which they have endured under its municipal government is indelibly stamped opon the memory of thousands. But to show more fully the effect of these organized bands and the tyranny of the " Superior Council," wc have only to look at the election of ex-constable Hicks, of Dorchester county, as Governor of tin State. This act so fuly exemplifies the binding obliga tion of the oaths taken in the secret lodges of the party, that nothing more is needed to satisfy the public. What else but an oath to votes for the nominees of the party no matter who they were, could have induced any por tion of the people of Baltimore to vote for Mr. Hicks 1 The records of his past public life will prove, beyond all denial, his envenomed hatred of the city, and his repeat ed efforts to embarrass and injure its business. And yet tin man, known only in his public acts as the undisguised enemy of the city, has, by the frauds and violence of K now Nothing rowdies, within our borders, been made Gover nor of the State. Let this fact be remembered, that State lias rejected this partizan nominee, and that if he takes his seat as Governor it will by the fraudulent vote of the city of Baltimore. The slaves of the Know Nothing organization, who are bound by the oaths of the Order to vote for the nominees, have been compelled by this oath to vote for a man who has neither the education nor the principles which are demanded by the post, and who, above all, is destitutue of that patriotism and mind which will enable him to grasp the interest of the State. This is ono of the effects of the secret oath-bound association, and it should awake the attention of those who have not yet sacrificed their own judgement and independance at the shrine of partizan bigotry. Baltimore Republican. Death of the American Horse Pryor. The last steamer brought the intelligence of the death of the American horse " Pryor," one of the trio with which Mr. Ten Broeck first intended doing battle with England for the supremacy of the turf. " Pryor" was a chesnut horse, with white fore legs, aud stood about fifteen hands high. He was sired by the renowned "Glen coe," a stallion that during his life time produced more first class race horses than any other fire in the United States, and went out of " Gipsey," with whose racing career most of our American turtitest must be familiar. He was five years old when he died, and had been a so journer ou British soil for some.12 or 14 months. "Pry or" was considered one of the greatest racing cele brities of America. Mr. Ten Breock's loss by the death of both horses, then, may safely be put down at fcJO.OOU which, with the long string of forfeits he has had to pay during the year, and his losses at the various meetings at which his horses have run, will make a considerable "hole" in the Cesarewitch winnings. Minerals we eat. All know that mean men have a great deal of brass in their composition, but perhaps all are not aware of the variety of mineral that enter the human system. A writer in Dickens' Household Words thus tells the story : " These minerals, which are interwoven with the liv ing structure of the plant, are taken up into the fabric of the animal. And to us they are as important as i" the meanest vegetable that grows. I who write tin boast myself living flesh and blood. But lime strength ens my bones, iron flows in my blood, flint bristles in my hair, sulphur and phosphorous quiver in my flesh. Ijj the human frame the rock moves, the metal flows, ana the materials of the earth, snatched by the divine power of vitality from the realms of inertia, live and move and form a part of a soul-tenanted frame. In the very se cret chamber of the brain their lies a gland, gritty wJtl' earthy mineral matter, which Descartes did not scrupJ' with a crude scientific impiety, to assign as "' residence of the soul. You could no more have lived, and grown and flourished without iron, and silica. anj potash, and sodium, and magnesium, than wheat c flourish without phosporous, grass without silica, cr without iodine, or clover without lime. c are all us indeed, of the earth earthy." A Slave Cae at BostonHeavy Rofclx-iT' Boston, Not. 9. A slave woman belonging to I'"--Sweet, of Nashville, Tenn., was brought from lAwrei to-day on a habeas corpus. The case was heard bv . " Justice Shaw, who, after examination, decided that in woman could go wherever she pleased. Her owner v a in court, and the slave decided to return with hini. 1 examination caused considerable excitement, but undue violence was attempted. t The store of Rogers & Nash, in on "If, ,' was entered last evening and robbed of $4,000 woith jewelry, ribbons and velvets. General Walker. The Evening Post states that New York. Nov. 9. General Walker sails this week for Tsew urieans . - 500 troops for Nicaragua in a fine steamer - vw of provisions and ammunition. Col. Duncan ot w United Statei ftnuy command fe artillery.
Wilmington Journal [1844-1895] (Wilmington, N.C.)
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