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" -a. - - '-ii -m air -.1.. jl. i Jiill i n TTmil QUIT ii("ir- r - - WILMINGTON C: SATURDAY. JULY 8. 1S54. FOB ,OOYEKNOB : ' GEN. ALFRED DOCRERY. bv Mac-far- Richmond Thompson, Edi- OUR CARRIER, Forth North side of the town is still unablefo deliver The Commercial. Those who do not re ceive their papers are requested to send to the cH3ce Tor them. SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. We have received the July number of the South ern Literary Messenger. Published Una. Fertnrson & Co., Proprietors Virginia, at 53 year John tor. THE CHARLOTTE CONVENTION. A Mend informs us that the Rail Road Cooven- met nt Charlotte, on the 4th of July, at 10 o'clock A. M. Robt. E. Tbot, Esq. of Columbus, vas chosen President, who opened the meet'nt; with some excellent remarks. T. Blbr, jr. of the Herald, and Donald MacRae, of the firm of J. &. P. MacRae & Co., were chosen Secretaries. The Convention was opened with prajerr Mr. Steele, of Richmond, made a tcry sound, and ap propriate speech, containing much statistical in formation and evincing a thorough knowledge ol the subject. Joshoa Q. Wright, James Ossone ; H. L. Holmes, Esirs. and others addressed the meeting in a very happy manner. A CommitiWof two was appointed from eac) Delegation, to report matter for the action of the meeting. The Convention adjourned 'till next day at 10 o'clock. The Delegates partook of an excellent dinner at Kekb's Hotel, provided by the hospitable citizens of Charlotte. At the meeting, on the 5th, it was Resolved to establish a Road from Wbiteville, Columbus Co., through Lumberton, in Robeson, Rockingham, in Richmond, Wadescoro', in Anson, and Charlotte, in Mecklenburg, to Jonesboroi, Tennessee. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. Onu of the most terrible railroad accidents that ever transpired, took place on th.e Ballimore'and Susquehsnnah Rail Road on Tuesday, !y which "2b or 30 persons were killed and a much larger number more or less wounded. A little before 5 o'clock, the accommodation train for York start ed on its way up, the Conductor having instruc tions to lay off at Green Soring Switch until one of the excursion trains should pass. This he did The accommodation train then started, and, dreadful to relate, an excursion train from the Grove had also started ; and they met, about hroe-qnartera of a mile above the Relay House, at Hie torn of an abrupt Switch, and caino to tether mith a fearful crash. About half a dozen cars were crushed or shivered to atoms, and a large number of ibeir unhappy inmates either killfd npon the spot or dreadfully injured. We fear that further par'.iculars will but swell the catalogue of the dead and wounded. A Coroner's Jury waa held, which lays the blatne Ofl'the conductor, Scott, who was running without due precaution and out of time NORTHERN WHIGGERY. The State Central Committee of the Whig par ty of Massachusetts have issued an Address, cal ling a meeting of the Whig'Convention, and' ap pointing the time for its assembling a month ear- ! lier than usual. The following paragraph from ! the Address will show the why and the wherefore of this stir in the Camp. wtrat.on called ,mo p,werf became it was suppo sed U, have '-.set It, f...:e ;IN ;, t:,r .,; ol ,77". o, secuouAl conflict, vhe in the very lace of the solemn pledges of the South, of the Dem- SLl ?tfr ee"' Without solicition from any t,e,nUor amazement of the whole S yLTCntn,y aQd suddly tears down the " J greeted DV a HI "it. npnoritinn rf Upoi everj- con- moral or con- T k'eStn.ess- thf Per?, the infamy of tl !9 neci', sa enlarge, beeause upon thesi cbaractenst.es of the act, there i.s no difter- sctU or?"'0" am."S th Whig9 of Mas,achu Z H' aDy f t,,e Free Stilt8- And if there one among ua who doea not re2ard himself and asaosomieiy released from tract, compromise or nnderstanrlSncr . - niui a. , rApressea or implied, upon the suhject ?J. .Ze7-' the P'ain and hect Provisions of the C m U " aiWa'8 excLTted. we can only say that his name has been unspoken in our ears." The parties are evidently much " riled" about this thiH5, which is a favorable symptom. People are rerj apt to affect a passion when they know they are in the wrong, aud become calm and quiet after awhile. The Committee should have given southern Whigs a full share of the " reck lessness, the perfidy and the infamy" of the Ne braska matter. We are glad to find the Whigs of the Free Bute, cutting themselves away from convention, and contracts, political and moral, with slavehol ders. They need not have mentioned moral though for they Jet loose from morality long ago. Po htical honesty they never had -so they had noth ing to cut from in that rfespect. The subject to be pressed upon the Convention i th. restoration of the Missouri Compromise, which i, now termed "that great bulwark of Freedom." We thought the Constitution of the United State, was the " great bulwark of Free- and guess we are not mistaken, though our brethren of the North think otherwise. On every occasion the northern people reiterate their de nanciatiofis against the repeal of the Compromises not one of which did they ever obey when they could avoid it ' The Committee say : " Of conrse it cannot be opposed that under such an outrage asthn ror of the Missouri Compromise, to say nothing of WIW TOormit.es, the rumors of which are floated to us on every breeze, the Free States trxll lie down 1 tneai Muiimsston." If Is not necessary to " lie down in weak ub miMlon." Nobody ask. you to do it. All you ?Jl.0 down and make yourselves as agrable and comfortable as possible. The Ne braska medicine operates very violently on cer tain poliUcaayatems, but it will do our neighbors a jraat deal of good. It will cause them to eject the redundancy of bile which is Tir too much for health? atimalant to the system, and makes them fnrion. and foolish. Keep quiet, neighbors we told you long-ago you would hare to take the medicine. Thought the Doctor would not dare administer it, ha 1 Guess he did, though 0 '' ' WHiHlNGTO.f ClTTi Jnlv R -VjiBotsmiijeWil.to establish a line tif a steamers between San Francisco and' Shan ehai. In Cbioa, was passed by a vote 22 to 13 The- Mil for theiore eflVetual .oppre,iun of the stave trad waaalaopaaaed. , The bill toanihri. tbecxtenaioBotthe Aleiandiia and Waahinrton railroad into Washington over the Long Bridge waa lata on toe iaoj oy a rote of 26 to 12. -Th.. bill for the idppprif the indigent Inaano, e toed bylhrreildent, wasagiin underconsidera tiosv ;Wr. Brodbead, of Pennsylvania, ustained the PresUent a iew U the yet, bat his ftrgn Baeai was prlocipalry dif eoted'against the pend fng. Homestead BiU, Fbkh be coasidece snjst ana uyunosa (osoMujfwic. CANADA AND GREAT BRITAIN. The subject of the separation of Canada from Great Britain has been talked of in the British Parliament. The following sentiments were ut tered in debate ; not, however, without opposi tion. The subject was a bill to repeal those claus es in the Union act which prohibit legislation by the Canada Parliament on this subject, and to leave the Colonial Legislature entirely free to act as they mny think fit with respect to the creation of a second Chamber. " The Earl of Ellenborough did not rise to op pose the second reading of this bill, but to express his opinion on a subject of greater importance. We made such progress last year in the work of concession to Canada that the question now was, not whether we should stop in our career, still less whether we should attempt to go back, but whether we should not, in the most friendly spirit toward Canada and the other North American col onies, consult with their Legislatures on the ex pediency of taking measures for the complete re lease of thoe colonies from all dependence on the Crown and Parliament of Great Britain. He re collected having a conversation with Mr. Huskis son in 1828, duric- the time that statesman held the seals of the Colonial office, in which he inti loated most distinctly that the time had already arrived for the separation of Canada from this country, and Mr. Huskisson had even ao maturely considered the matter that he mentioned the form of government which be thought it would be for ffor interest to have established in Canada, when our Connection with the colony should cease. " It must be borne in mind that during the last few years, a complete change had taken place in oar relations with the North American coloniesf 'In 1846 we repealed the corn laws without reserving the privileges which Canada enjoyed under them. At a subsequent period we repealed the navigation laws, which gave us great advantages in matters of trade and navigation. In addition to those measures, we have altered, to a great extent if we had not entirely abolished the discriminating duties on the staple produce of the North Ameri ican colonies. Thus we have deprived ourselves and the North American colonies of the advanta ges which each formerly derived from the con nection subsisting between them. For several years, too, in dealing with the Le gislative Assemblies of the colonies, we had acted on a principle diametrically opposed to that which formerly influenced us ; we had established in the colonies what was called responsible government, or to speak more intelligibly, we had given them, practically, independent governments. And, re ally, he could hardly imagine a situation more humiliating than that of the representative of Her Majesty in Canada. It was almost wonderful a British gentleman would consent to hold such a situation of nullity, unless indeed from a consci ousness of his own abilities and resources, he should think himself able to be as Lord Metcalfe was the Minister of the colonv. " What was the use, what the practical advan tage of continuing our connection with the colo nics ? The connection might be of some small use in time of eace ; but, on the other hand, consider the danger arising from it in matters re lating to war. There could be 110 doubt that the chances of collision between this country and the Uuited States were greatly increased by our con nection with the North American colonies. It was equally certain that in the event of war oc- carring between this country and the United States on grounds totally unconnected with the colonies, they must, from their connection with us, be drawn into the war, and their whole frontier would be exposed to the greatest calamities. Under these circumstances, it was a matter worthy of serious consideration whether we should not endeavor, in the mot friendly mari'ier, to divert :iirselvcs of." connection which must, j:ove equally onoreus to both parties. " Now, in case of war, could we hope to defend the colonies successfully 1 He would advise, not the noble Duke opposite, who to his great catis J faction had been released from the duties of the 1 Colonial office, but the Right Hon. Baronet who 1 had succeeded him, to read a dispatch received j from Lord Metcalf in 1844. We were then, it was I supposed, on the eve of a war with the United ' States a war connected with matters in which Canada had no concern a war for an object the value of which was not, to either party, equal to the expense of one week's hostilities. Let the Colonial Secretary read Lord Metcalf s dispatch, and sec the amount of military aid which would be required to enable us successfully to defend Canada. At the time he (Lord Ellenborough) thought Lord Metcalfs estimate was extrava gant, and he did not attach any great weight to that noble Lord's unsupjiorted opinion ; but, hav ing consulted persons who from their position were most competent to decide upon the question, he found they confirmed Lord Metcalfs estimate as to the amount of force uecessary to defend Canada successfully, and it was utterly beyond the means of this country to provide it. It might bi said that we did successfully defend Canada in 1814, and that we had made great progress in weaith since. That he admitted, and wished he could add that we had made equal progress in military strength. ' If, however, we had advanced in the career of prosperity, consider the enormous progress which the United States had made iu their innumerable railroads, their well appointed and well disciplin cd army an advantage which they did not for merly possess, for they conducted the war of 1814 with a mere rabble. Considering the increased strength and appliances at the command of the United States, it would hardly be possible to de fend Canada with any hope of success. The very idea of a war with the United States was horrible. The event would be one of the greatest evils, one of the direst of human afflictions. Connected as we are in all the details of commerce, it would be more like tearing asunder the limbs of one human body than the collision of two separate bodies. Why needlessly increase the chances of war 1 " Our brethren on the other side of the Atlan tic are very ambitious, and extremely sensitive on the point of honor. So were we ; and we were also extremely sensitive on the point of justice. Not only would we not endure injnstice to our selves, but we could not tolerate the perpetration of injustice to another. These considerations should lead us to regard a rupture with the Uni ted States as an event which might happen at some period. Under these circumstances, he ho ped that, at an early period, the government would communicate with the leading persons in ther leg islative assemblies of the North American Colo nies, with the view of ascertaining their opinion on the .subject of a separation. We should -.consult with- them in the most friendly spirit, as if they were members of one and the same family ia. which we felt a deep concern." -' " THE WORLD AGAlNStf CS -.-, TJie bT4sa;qrjtaion soufttlrae josed m regard to Che South, intimating Chat the ill will it expresses arises from the Institution of Slavery. Those who imagine that the political world has any sympathy for any particular class, in any country, are very much mistaken. The world is against us on account of our increasing power and greatness in the association of Nations. Whenever this Institution is used against us, it is pretence and nothing more. A band of traitors in our country have made slavery a theme of de nunciation against the South, and foreigners take it up as a convenient weapon of assailment, be cause the propriety of their conduct in abusing us is, in part, asserted by our own people. For eigrers, in assailing the South, intend to assault the whole Union and hence the anxIoua"are with which the seeds of discord and -disunion are sown among us, and cherished by au interchange of courtesies with our fellow eiUzeiif the Abo lition party. j?f If the people of Great'Britain feel any interest iu our slave population,' on the score of humanity, it is an anomaly of the most extravagant charac ter. It is not possible they should have an)' care about the condition of the African race in the United States, while they have none for the "white slaves of England;" none for the incredible suf fering of both sexes of all ages, in the mining and other industrious operations of the country. The horrible records of suffering and crime and shame among the lower classes of workmen we have al ready placed before our readers. Contrast these with the account of a Barbacne held on Senator Douglass' plantation, in Mississippi, which ap pears on the last page of this paper. . If it be unlikely that the people of Great Brit ain can sympathize in this matter, we surely may not expect the Government of that country to br incited by tender leelings in this regard. II uinan ity i.s not in the list of virtues requisite for a Statesman to possess ; nor is it ever permitted to i.iteifere with the olicy of that nation or any other. There may be a pretence or affectation of this sentiment, but it is always with sinister mo tives, and invoked to answer some purposes of di plomacy something promotive of public interest or national glory. No. The world is not against the South. If the slave States composed a separate and inde pendent nation, its friendship would be cultivated and its alliance as eagerly sought for as that of any other nation on earth, of the same power and means. Slavery would not a fleet its political in tercom se at all. A Sr.-WIK OF G It AC K. We find the following in the fijrlvn AJas a paper well known to our readers as rampant aho liiion: Mr Scmn'kr's Spkkcii. We -ave yesterday an nbtract of Mr. Sumner's speech in the Senate ; nd while we arc pleased with its independent, manly tone and its promptness in retorting ujmiii Southern Senntors. we cannot Mibscribe to what he says of his conslilvlianil obligation f. We have teen taught to obey the Constitution a interpre ted by the Supreme Court, and not as inteipretid by any private iudi idual. We hope it will turn out that he has not been correctly reported. After all. theie is a spark of g'-nce left; the Editor cannot quite sanction the violation of an oath. If we have lightly viewed this matter Mr. Sl'MNKR declared he did not feel bound by any of the prowMons of the Constitution in re gard to slavery, and, consequently refused to obey that instrument in the uay liims-lf under stood it. Will the Alias rebuke the Senator if it turns out that he is " correctly reported," arid s'unds guilty of one of the highest crimes against the peace and security of society 1 'An oath! an oath!'' He "has an oath iu Heaven !" THE LEO ARE. ' The U. S. Surveying, steamer Legare," JA, Commanding J. M, JUffitt, (U. S. N ), past ioto Hampton Roads on Sunday; night Jb a .finking conditions JThe L. sailed from Charleston, J5C, on Monday, the 19th lost and. the next T sprung a leak in the Gulf stream. aift was brought Into port - with great difficulty if tb weather had bcei;loiteronsA bettahst ineVitaVly ' A PALPAI1LE HI T " Tiie New York Journal of Commerce thus hits off the fashionable Watering Place, &c. There m, in our opinion, more gammon than poetry, in the virtues of medicated springs ; and the di'ph-t ion one's finances exK'i ienco during a mouth's indulgence iu them, is certainly anything but romantic. Why wate a roll of bank bills on a jannt to Sharon, w hen a beverage equally plens ant as the one found there can be obtained h imtneiing a decayed mackerel in bilge water and decanting the solution 1 Or, why encounter the terror of a crowded hotel, and at'eim.it. 1 pocket book, at a sulphur spi irig, when the water of a blacksmith's cooling trough, drank out of an old boot, possesses the identical constituent pro perties! If ony of our readers ore yet undecid ed ns to where they will resort to obtain th tonic of fresh air and rural comftits, whin I he thermometer ranges among t he nineties and re laxed muscles and wilted shirt collars aie the older of the day, we recommend some old farm house on the outskirts of a country villag with wide piazza, and shade trees that ca..l broad shadows over a goodly greensward, where miv be found generous hearts and a fat kitchen, and the perfection of rural comfort. In our o; iniot there are more beatific sensations derivable from rompiug iu the newly made hay, with un interest ing female cousin or giving the ' top o' the morn ing" to dairy maidens, among clover and honey suck es. than in all the fashionable twaddle and nonsense that is heard and perpetrated iu the saloons of Pavilions and Halls and Hotels; and more real music is made by little birds, niakit g love under the maple leaves, than ever tortured piano emitted in the drawing room. Having found a retreat such as we have suggested, lit the pleasure seeker cut loose from the associa tions of business and try to recall the freshness of feelings once experienced, when on a Saturday afternoon, Cicero was thrown gladly aside, at d temple Equations consigned to the obscurity of a hook shelf, and the sunny hours were cotisi elat ed to ch irping-birdtt and huckleberry tramps, or to popping down chipmunks from the fence rails with a shot gun. A month spent in rational re laxation lika this, will seem at its close almost to have conferred upon the participator a new lea-e of life, and give a charm to future hours, to be sought for iu vain in adopting a reverse course in pursuit of the same object." AN ILLUSTRATION. Shepard Carey, the Liberal Democratic candi date for Governor of Maine, in hi recent speech at Bangor, said : In politic, be bad always been a ground-tier Democrat of the oi l school, and wa not aware that he had changed his opinions. But the old political parties were now entirely dissolved, if not completely! demoralized. Isms of various kinds had drawn off a majority from both organizations. The Democratic party was like an old goose, that'was foolish enough to let anybody that came along thrust any aud all kinds of eggs under her, and shove her own out in the cold. Consequently, the Democratic party . had of late hatched out all sorts of broods queer kind ofchickens peacockspducks and fighting cocks some 'taking to the water and some to the land and altogether too unmanageable for the old hidy to take care of. f For himself, be thought it was time for them to separate- ? - TERRIBLE COLLISION AT SEA. ; ' V Bostow J uly 5, The clipper-shipTrade Wind,, from Mobile for Liverpool- and the-sbip Olyropia, fm;Liverpool for Boston-,, came into cojlislori off Cape SaWe. Both- vessels went to the bottom-r Jt to supposed that pp wards iOwcnlr ltsesfe ffrt t--WNW Yon, July 5J64, Bbau &u - f', '; - The 4th of iofy has had a warm reception- the thermometer tanging from 80 to S jr three days past. The, whole city has been .Submerged for 48 hours with powder, crackers, rackets, etc.; a grand military display was had on yesterday; the proces sion was just one hour iorpft'ssiiig from 6 to.12 deep in foot and horsemeI0rations were delivered in different parts oflhe city. ftev.'E. H. Chapin delivered the .principal one at the Crystal Palace. Had Columbia? Yankee Doodle, f-c, bad a full share of attention. Good order and general hi larity prevailed, though from the excessive heat of, th day many were sun struck, several died, a gTeat number.drank too much cold water, whilst another great number drank too much icarm tcaler or rather Gov. Seymoure's " rot gut." The dis play of fire works at Castle Garden, and Madison Square, and other places, at the expense of the city, was truly magnificent and attracted immense multitudes that no man could number. Miss " Nebraska's" attempt to prevent a celebration of this day, as far as I can learn from all quarters, has proved a most signal failure; for from all quarters there seems to have been a general and almost universal preparation. There arc a few patriots iu the 1-nd yet, besides the Sumners, Sewards, Garrisons, Smiths, Philipscs, Talkers, &c, and the ' Greeks." It seems that the " Know Nothings" have got away over to Memphis ! Let them go. I can truly hope that your people will select a Governor and a Legislature this time that will lend all their energies in promoting tlie interests of the State, by a well systemized plan for extending her rail and plank roads, opening her rivers, &.c, and not bo loading themselves with infamy by opposing all such as a loiy, and appropriating to themsel ves nt the same time all the honors, emoluments and offices ! Gov. Ileid's " lust kick" was too dir ty a trick even for him. But the S!n mtard , not he, is accountable for what is done by the Execu live of North Carolina ! Alas! for her. S iinc boity made a great mistake in my last let ter, in stating at the bottom that there were "one huii'lrcrt deaths n rlny" here by ehnlcra'. There was a report when I wrote that there were one hundred that wctn, but that turned out false, as the weekly report only showed 77, and these were mostly not from an epidemic, but from eating wil ted food, green vegetables and various kinds of unwholesome provender, such as man never ought to eat. So far as the cholera proper is concerned, it finds a fevv persons but it .would be hard t" find it, as you may perceive, when there are only 77 deaths in seven days out of G00,i00 persons! Consumption kills nearly .is many. The Walker divorce case is now in its twelfth day. Mr. W. married a rich lady, lived high, got in debt, was imprisoned for two or three years, and in that time both parties are accused of im proper conduct. Mrs. W. sued for a divorce, and thus the present trial. But the weather is too hot to write Utters, BUNCOMBE. 'v- The mistake occurred with our Correspondent, it was inserted as per copy. 1-n. From the X. O. Delia. VICARIOUS GREATNESS. We have had frequent occasion during the pres ent session of Congress to admire the delightful accordance in seiitiiucnt which so felicitously characterises .the conduct of the illustrious citi zens upon whom, oddly enough, the distinguished honor of representing Louisiana in the Senate of the United States has descended. If Col. Slidell introduces a private claim, Col. Benjamin is ever ready to do the talking its suecussful passage may demand; if Col. Slidell declares the Africaniza tion of Cuba a fixed fact well u;.h. r.Mt-od by him, instanter, Col. Benjamin dares any man to gain say the statement; if the neutrality laws accor ding to Col. Slidell demand rescission, forthwith, Col. Benfumiii jumps on his feet, looks defiance o:i the astonished body, and as much as to say, 'Who's afraid " pronounces the newspaper scrap harangue, f his colleague a matchless piece of Ciceronian eloquence, and bis views statesman like beyond any ihing in the recollection of the little orator. Jurt so again when Col. Slidell en deavored to take a snap judgment on the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs, of which he happens to be a member in the African squadron busincs, (Col. S. is , on Africa) our little Colonel is on hand aain, chuckling over the amazing sag;. city of his wonderful colleague, and looking with all the vacant simplicity and delight of a Robinson Crusoe's man, Friday, on first beholding the ef fects of firearms is his master's ham's. All this is very amiable as well as grateful on the part of Col. Benjamin, who, as our readers will recollect, was seated in his place in the Senate; by the stren uous efforts of Slidell and his followers in Baton Rouge, but it affords no good excuse for himself, when forgetting his friend and associate, Col. Sli dell, he puffs himself and his efforts, in the ptib .i-ihed pamphlet copy of his speech on the Nebras ka bill, which he franked to this oflice and to ma ny others besidvs. At the close of that speech in the pamphlet coov Col. Benjamin thus rhapsodises on his ow n "fervidcl oquenee"' and the 'unrehearsed incident' , that befell its delivery. The hour of sunset came and passed ns the honorable gentleman spoke, and the subdued twilight deepened into a settled gloom; but there was a freshness in his fervid eloquence which cre ated a genial warmth. Every ear was attentive, and the clear tones of his voice were re-echoed from the dome. As he closed, he exultingly con templated the passing away of the sun's obscura tion, and the radieut light that the glorious orb would again shed upon the earth; and suddenly, simultaneously with the utternanee of the words "radiant lieht' the effulgence of the chandelier burst forth "and illumined the Senate Chamber. The combined effect of the Senator's eloquence, and the unrehearsed incident, astonished and be wildered the delighted auditory, and the decorum of the Chambor was violated by plaudits that were uncontrollable. Now we most positively object to this species of puffing, not that it is not as decent as getting newspaper scribbling correspondents to write stu pid lies, as Col. Slidell we are sure has seen done, in favor of any one who will pay them a few dimes, but because it is anticipating the delight the people must derive from the "fervid elo quence" of Senators irrespective of the radiant light of the "effulgent chandelier." THE ENGLISiTaTiTk'jaPANESE. A letter from Hong .Kong announces that Sir John Bowriug had arrived there, with instructions to follow the footsteps of the Americans in their negotiations with the Emperor of Japan. 8o soon as a sufficient force can be collected, he, together with the newiy appointed commander of the Brit ish naval forces in the east. Sir James Sterling, Rcar-Admiralof tbe White, will proceed to that empTre for the purpose pf making hi, demands. It is not apprehended that he will find much diffi culty, in obtainingvall f that' Commodore ny does. ; 3 ? , "it'n pntt NRnRASKa.i. ;T a ? A Chicago paper says Mr. J,?Folsoia started from al t. Clemens. day or t wo aiBce, for Nebras ka. 'He drives aUb'himsqniW tbreO'vlnnJred" sheepr.many'of them the best 'Aierono nd-Sas- oay- Dtood;teo.a vwaeOB,.Jou m oinnjuw': .ether fowls to watch-'.Wfe iloticed thai.hchad in hi. teams two tokeof Jta-wi rathcF"a ooelty'or 'Arrival of the americav: . rrTSEVEN DAYS LA I KK INTELLIGENCE - THE EUROPEAN WAR..--! The Russians Dm u from SdisUia by the Turks. Halifax, July 5. . The steamer America arriv ed here this morning, 'bringing-date.-" from Liver pool to the 2ith ulf., being seven days later. The Turks unassisted have defeated the Rus sians, drove them across the Danube, raising the seise of Silfstria. -,1'he Turks crossed an arm of the river, and. seizing the Isle of IJoppa, blew up the siege works thereon. The Turks then erected tempo raiy batteries on the Bulgarian bank of the l iver, before the north face of the fortress. The Russian batallions east and west of Silis tria Immediately retreated iu good order across the river, destroying the bridges. Admirals Dund.is and Ilameli.i have issuj la circular announcing the close of the blockade of rhe mouths of the Danube. Most of the fleet was cruising off Sebastopol. Six or eight ships at Varna were as.-d-ting to convey tioops. The Russian accounts from Buchari.it admit that cperalions against Silistria arc Mipended but say that the siege was not finally rais ed. The Russians have evacuated Monsuerela and Simibea, and 5(X Turks occupied Jutukai. It was r ported, but doubted, that the Tuikis.!. Gariisson of Hutschuk lrd crossed to Guingenze, and kill-d 400 Russians and taken 0 pins. The Russians at the latest dates were in the vicinity of Kalaraich, wailing re-infoi cements and orders. The victory was gained entirely by th, Tuiks. The whole plan of opeiations from Bui gai i i must now bo altered. It is surmised that I'askiewitch will order the whole foice to fil: back on Jassey. Ere this the- Russians have probably relinquish ed nil positions on tin- left bank of the Danube excepting the forts of llorsovia, Makrhin arid Ukakalsha. Apprehensions of their advance on the Balkans for the present are at an end. A transport with heavy guns bas ing arrived, it was likely that Scbastapixd would be attacked soon. The Baltic news wns unimpottant. It is said that two Eoglish steamers were destroyed at tin wharf, and some gun boats in the Gulf of Both inij. SILISTRIA RELIEVED. The Tmks on the 15th. the day their Anglo French succors were promised, sallied out of Sil istria and attacked th-.- Russian i:i taetr t rvnekos. A severe bat le took place, ending in the tot il dis conifiiurc oflhe Russians, who were pursued by the Turks and fled across Hie Danube, and thej sncceeded in destroj ing all the Russian siege works. It is considered that this victory will change the face oflhe campaign. G' neral Luders was ainorgst the wounded at Silistiia. The life of General Shiclders was also in danger. It is said that much disunion exists among the Russian Genoa's at head quarters, probably in duced br ill success. Austria's summons that Russia should evacu ate the principalities is said lo have caused the utmost irritation at St Petersburg. The answer was under discussion. Prince Paskiew itch, who was on the rnad to Jasey, is said to have been ordered toteturnand take Silistiia at anv cost. SPAIN. Advices from Madrid to the, 15th of June, state that Generals Orlando and Messina were arrested on the charge of harboring Generul 0'Donnel. Messina escaped, and Orlando was sent to Galli cia. AUSTRIA. Despatches from Vienna state that a conven tion has been concluded st Constantinople be tween Austria and the Porte relative lo the Danti bian rinciimlit ies the condition being that if .lussia voluntarily retires the Austrian troops will enter the Principalities anil form a defence between Russia ami Turkey. If Russia refuses to retire Austria will lake such steps as appear ne cessity to insure her d ing so. CIRCASSIA. The Russians have been surprised and beaten by the Circassians. ITALY. Advices from Turin to the 15th state that Judge Gubby. who was charged with the preliminary enquiry into the guilt of purti-s charged with assaulting the Duke of Parma, was mortally mounded with a poignaid iu the street of Paima on the 12lb of June. Conspiracy to Assassinate Napoleon A Conspiracy to assassinate Napoleon ha been discovered iu the South of France , aud one huri dnd ami fifty arrests were made. HORRID OUTRAGE. Last night, about eleven o'clock, a free negro boy. bound to Mr. A. Morgan, of this place, was stabbed in the side, while asleep on the deck of the schooner Augusnis Moore, ljlng at Messrs. Rankin &. Martin's Wharf. Mr. Morgan's broth er and one of his hands were also asleep on thw deck at the same time, and were, waked tip by the cry ,f the boy who was stabbed. The wound was evidently inflicted with a knife. Var ious pirts ofthe rigging of the ve-sel were cut, as were also the i igging of other vessels in port. A fine cow, belonging to Mrs. Prescott, bad also her bowels ripped out, and, of course was killed. It is feared that the wound inflicted upon the boy will prove fatal, the knife having penetrated lull six inche.. The parties against which sus picion rests, went to sea this morning, on board i he Brig , in tow of the Steamer Calhoun. There ere various circumstances which attach -usplcioB to two sailors on board ibe Brig refer red to, apart from their notoriously bad charac ter. The miscresnls who would be guilty of these outrages are capable of any atrocity. Jtrumal of yesterday A DOG STORY. On Monday evening, as a dog was walking leis urely down State street alone in his glory,' and seemingly abstracted, one of a gang of newspaper venders standing io front of the Traveller office, threw his cap al him. It struck Caar's tail. He thereupon turned round, looked at the cap a moment, and then at the boys. After reviewing the latter with military-like circumspection, he appi-odcDcd the lad who was bareheaded, placed his paw upon bis shoulders, and barked three times iuto his face, as much as to say, "Where did yon learn your manners V The urchin was fright ened half out of bis trousers, and screamed and trembled and trembled and screamed again, and, thus terrified, Caesar lfc him. Btsto Courier. -' " TRUE TO HIS FK1EN DS. The Georgetown (Ky.) jVraM comes to us in mourning having its column rules turned up kide down on accon at f l he im prison men t of its Ed i -lor, MrrHenry K. French, who has been locked up in the comity jiity for refusing toi ve evidence jn court as to thosu "of hU friends lio hail seen drink intoxicatiag liqnora in the Hotels of; that towndoring the month "of May, "He preferred, fn carceration in a miserable d ungeon, the r sceptical of thieves and murderer, to the, infamy of prov ing treacherous to bis friend." Such instances -of fidelity t6 friends arb rarelyseen in. this wooden country wbeWdeciv, hypocruy and treachery ar the characterfoiogtraiu tof men-, women' and jrNHFB INSURANCE COMPANY Th Fifth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of tills fltfnr'nbiiig Institution took place In this eity, on Monday last. From the reort of the Board of Directors, we gather, the following items: , Whole No of policies issued lo Jane 2, ls54., Do. do cancelled and expired S 2P8 1 2t5 Now in force, Receipts. Amount on hand er last report Do. of premium ree'd during year Do. Interest Do overpaid by Agents and in the hands of the Co. Disbursements. Amnnnt paid for losses, sala ries, commissions, &c. Assets. Amount of premium notes draw ing 6 per cent. Do. Bank Stoek nnd Ind. Bonds. Do. hands of Treasurer Do. do. Agents The old Board of Directors was 2 mi 675 417 H 6'.810 50 3,3U9 65 117 5" 131,774 75 40 428 51 S64.f"17 -H't 17 581 0 ' 6 052 XJ 3 81)5 1 8 5131 771 75 re elected lo; ' SCENE O TUB OHIO. ' Our boat stopped toWa to wood.'--On tU.hors ' aiuong thecrbWd, was a remarkably-stupid taw' r with hi hands in his pockets aud his uuder lip hanging down.' A dandy , ripe for a scrape, tjp;)e(1 nods and winks at all around, saying "Now 111 have some fun; ill frightm the greenhorn." ' He jumped ashore with a long drawn Boaio knife, brandi.hing it iu the face f the ' grceu 'un," exclaiming M Now I'll punish you-I're been looking fr you a week." The fellow stared stupidly at the assailant; he evidently had not sense enough to be scared ; but as the Bowie knife came near his face, on of his huge fists suddenly vacated his pocket, and fell hard and heavy betwcea nie daudvs eyes, and the poor fellow was floundering iri the Ohio. Greeny jumped on board our lat, put hi, hands iu his pockets and looked around. " Maybe, said he, there s somebody else hero that has been looking for n.e a week 1" But theia wasn't. MM -Ho 4 Stupedous Fiaud in Xi W York. Nkw Vork, July 6 There is g.cnt ixcilemer.t anronc tli stock hobh-rv of it,., v...- -....i. . Ibe ensiii, g year. At a subsequent un-cling of ' . Iljvi n r . , . rv of an immense over-issue of stmk. The fraudulent issue is estimated at 800 000 tid il 000 000. The g;catct Consternation prevails in our flo- uneial circh-s. a catholic coc.vr.ir. A writer in Blackwood says that, with the ex ception of Spain, Belgium is probably the most complete Roman C.ithulic sovereignty in Europe. Iu peculiarity in this respect is one of the firtt things noted by a strauger at Brussels. Upon a Su iday, for example, he sees the shops open ou every side; priests iu their long gowns every where in the streets; people of all ranks crowding to mass, the crossings ofthe Catholics in the re motest places where the tinklings of the church bells can be heard, the air of superiority assum ed Uy thelergy at the altars; the evening thea--tres and Sunday amusements all tell cif a for eign people and a foreign church. Out of the 4,3:17,000 Inhabitants of Belgium, 4,327,000 are Catholics. The total revenues of the church, including four millions of francs received from the State, ere about five million francs, which divided amoi g the five thous.viid clergy, gives one thousand francs as the average stipend. When it is known th; t the Archbishop's stipend is Lut ISO, that of the Bishop 5S0, and of a Catherdral Cannon the Board. Dr. Charle E. Johnson was le-eleete President, W. D. Haywood. Esq , Vice PicMilciit J. F. Jordan. Secretary, W. II. Jones, Treasurer C C Root W. R. Scott, and W. D. Cooke. Exe cutive Committee and II. W. Ilusted. A 'tonuy. JiaUigh. I! -f.fter. II.iw are We .o ' vvh'p all Oration !' The Boston Tunes of Saturday last had one of the most sensible editorials having a bearing on the manifest destiny, extending the-arca-of free dom policy which we have seen in a Democratic paper for a long time. Commenting upon the bill of Mr. Bocock for re-organizing the navy, the Times says : " What is wanted is a large addition to our na vy of ships that shall combine all the modern iui provenients. We should be in a position to put afloat, at not lucre than two months' notice, a fleet that should be sufficiently powerful to command the respect of Europe. The only alternative is to refrain from talking of what may be offensive to European Powers. If we should make up our minds Lo remain content with our preset. t v.i.-.t possessions, which it will require an hundred years to people in full, we need not trouble our selves about building men-of-war or of increasing our expenditures on the navy. There i.s not the slightest probability that any nation will attack us of its own vviil. Fearful of our increase, England and France may tombine to assail us if we should take measures to extend our territory, though that i SLVl'Y, one would suppose the cIurgy"to be badly would depend a good deal upon the direction in off. But it is the system of fees and unseen pay which we should march. I incuts w hich in reality forms the great proportion- " On the supposition, then, that we are to go o ' annexing' every thing that we like, there should be no timo lost in putting the navy on such a fool ing as should make it equal to any woik that might be demanded at its hands. If a war should grow out of our desire to have more sugar plan tations, it would be essentially naval in its char acter. It would be waged in the West Indian seas. Without command of those seas we'inight as well look to obtain, or, having obtained, to hold, Sicily or Malta as Cuba. The Western In dies have always been the prize of the strongest maritime nation, and they always will be. If we would have them, we must cease gasconading about certain matters, and go to work at comple ting such a navy as no nation or combination of nations could afford to regard otherwise than with respect. It may be very fine to talk about the ability of the United States to have their o n way ia all things, but sensible men know that if they should come into collision with n sl;'otioer nation they would be beaten, and badly so All the heroism, bravery, and ' manifest destiny ' ism in the world would not save us from disgraceful defeats on the ocean, if our enemy should have a decided superiority of force there. Something beside words would be found necessary to meet all the results of modern science that England and France have brought to bear upon naval warfare." This is placing the matter in its true light be fore the public. If we are to become an aggres sive nation we must have a larger navy and a standing army, with the oppressive concomitants of an enormous debt and heavy taxation. If we are content to keep within our own borders, to confine ourselves to the legitimate pursuits of peaceful enterprise, to improve our already vast unoccupied domain, we must quit gasconading and discourage fillibusterism in all its forms. Boston Journal. FILLBUSTERS. The N. 0. Picayune ridicules the investigation that has been in progress iu that cit3', in relation to an alleged invasion of Cuba, and intimates that it will lead to no satisfactory results. The editor says: "It would have been a great surprite in New Orleans if any proof had been elicted of the exist ence of a military organization, or any prepara tions for a military expedition, to be sent from tha city or its vicinity, to iuvad the Island of Cuba To be sure, we have read in distant papers startling reports of w hat has been going on here, and cir cumsfances descriptive of the presence and look8 of formidable fillibusters gathering in our streets, and camping in our neighborhood; for a "raid'' upon Cub. But these were well known here to be the imaginations of alarmists, or the inventions of the malicious. Nothing ofthe sort has been seeu by eyes accustomed to New Orleans. If there has been an enlistment or engagement of men for any such purpose, or any uncommon pupose, it has been kept so profoundly secret, and the men have been so closely immured within walls, or hidden in swamps, that the most zealous Cuban liber -tionist in feeling and there are multitudes of them about has never been able to guess wlicre they are." GROSS OUTRAGE. Shortly after eleven o'clock on Saturday night last, a Mr. Reed.living in West Washington place, was passing through Washington square,' when four men stepped np to him, and asked whether be was a Protestant or Catholic. He declined satisfying their curiosity, when one of them ex claimed, "Von are a d d Know Nothing Protes tant," and at the same titue struck him in the face. Another of the gang then drew a sheathed knife, and attempting to stab Mr. R. in the breast, but he warded off the blow, receiving the point of the blade in his hand. He then cried out, "I am stabbed," when the ruffians' ran off, and- have, thus far, escaped detection oV arrest. of their income and menus of living. It i but fair to st ale. iii relation lo thi Catho lic couiiliy, that the Protest.tnt clergy, seventeen in number, are also supported in very handom style by the government, and even the Jew are allowed a revenue of eight thousand francs from government for the niaiii'.ciisiicu of their cyns eognes. Such religious liberality is deserving of credit, and all the more so as mi exception to the genei.il rule among Catholic countries. , l'OST OFl'JCK AVIIMIXCTON, Ti. C, June ZdlU. 185.1. . ON and after the 1st Julv, the Mail for tliii North will close at 2 P "M. and 9 P. M. daily, chanirin? on Sunday from 2 P. M to 12 M. The Mail for the South closes at 8 P. M .daily. Northern Mail is due 0 A. M., and 71 P. M. daily. Sou:hern5A. M. daily. DANIEL DICKSON, T. M. Julv 1st l&-4. GUI BOOK MNDEliY. : OUR Book-Bindery is now cornple e in every article necessary to turn out work in a handsome anil substantial style. Mr Phillip llrinsberger, under whose charge onr Bindery is placed, is a master w orkman and wp have no doubt will give satisfaction to our customers. People in this sec tion of country how have an opportunity to pro cuie binding wit h lit I le or m trouble ; ami it rests entirely wirh the public whether tho eslabiish ment shall be made -rmiueni or not. We hava done our part, and now look for the reward, wh c' we hope lo receive at the bands of a gene roil -i public, who have heretofore so liberally oalion ized us from the time of'onr location in Wilming ton. ( 1 1 r Bn.ii.-ry is in the boil. ling immediately South of the Cape Fear Bank, on Front Stieet. Work nihy be left at the Journal Office, or at the Bindery. FULTON &. PRICE. Wilmington, June 11 1851. 9 t-w-liu. Jour uf Cam." i h - 4outh75e. LOVE AND DEATH. A party of Irish young men ami women' went out in a scow last Sunday, on the canal reservoir at Whitehall, Sussex county, New , Jersey,, for a boat ride. When aomw distance from the shore, a young man sitting in the stern, between two girls, pnt his arms around then, and playfully re marked that it would be-easy 'for fcim to keel fhep over'inlo t'hft'water Making feint do so. be lost his balance, and all three wnt over back-wardsC-' One of the girls' fortunately caagbt the sidtpf jhe? boat, ind, clungon till the, party had recovered sufficient presence xf mind to pull her in.rTlfci9tEer girlod jroung man were drown5 5TI1ENRVS INVIGORATING CORDIAL: The merits of this purely vegetable e.xtrnct fr the removal and cure of physical rst rat ion, gen ital debility, nervous a (lections, &c. &c: are ful ly described n another column of this p;er. to which the reader is referred. S2 ier butlle. 3 bot i li s I., r t" six hollies for 58; I6 per dozen. Observe the marks of the oknvin'R. 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Diseasc.all .Nervous A flections, Fist -lenee, Heart Burn, Ueileflnrss, Numtinoi, Neu ralgia, rai-ing the spirits, snd tlving power to the whole nysiem, il is almost itiirsculousin iis sflect ' !S0 rpiti bottle. ' - IR J S. ROSFTSSARSAPATIILLA COM POUStt, this preparation is made t.f fnh llan daras .-Sarsaprida, snd combined i h ther in redients to render il the very best Blood Purifier made. As a ispring and Summer Medirine-er Drink, ti is palaiable, relre-hjng and medicinal; it is also efficacious n enrichinf ll-e Blood, curing all Skin Eruptions and Diseases, Scrofulous, -Sores, Venereal Diseases snd lis bad effects upon theeoa fiiiuiion, Dropsical eldnL's, Rlit iinu'irr, fi-m Mercurv, Biles, Old 'orev, Kidney snd Bladder Af fections, snd rsising up a weak and broken con stitution from any capse..' ! .. - x , Price 1 for quart bottles; SO cents for small batltes DR. J. S. ROSK'S PA IX CURER will core Sufi iVeek. Sore Throat, Pains- in thesee, side, " back or Hms, from a , Cold. 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