B v w. BOTH HA*.
TFW SERIES.
Select Poct r n.
MISCHIEF MAKERS.
,V could there in this world he found
Snte little spot of happy ground
U>i-re villase pleasures might go round I
Without the village tattling; ,
(J uvdoohiv blest that place would he,
Wsere all might dwell in liberty,
free from the hitter misery
Of gossips' endless prattling. I
' I
>. ; .. c h a spot were really known,
jijrre peace might claim it as her own,
tnd hi it ? he might fix hei throne
Forever and forever. I
T'.erelike a queen might rain ami live. ,
While everyone would soon forgive (
Xlje little slight they might receive
And be offended never. j '
7 ? mischief makers that remove : '<
f" FJI from our hearts the warmth of love, j s
And lead u- ail to di-approve j ,
What gives another pleasure.
Thrv seem to take one's part—but when
They've heard our rare?. unkindly then '<
Tii-vsoon retain them ail again, j 1
MixM with the poisonous measure.
And then they've such a cunnirg way
Of telling all their ill-meant tales, they say
•Don't mention what I say, 1 pray,
| would not tell another;'
straight to your neighbors house they go, s
Narrating everv tiling they know.
And break the peace of high and low, 1
Wile, husband, l'rieud and brother.
(I! that the mischief-making crew
U>re all reduced to one or two, ; (
AM! they were painted red or hlue.
That every one might know them!
Then would our village, forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and 1 ret, <
And foil into an angry pet, ;
With things so much below them.
ior 'tis a sjd, degraded part
To make another bosom smart,
A;;d plant a dagger in the heart
We ought to love and cherish ,
Then let us evermore he found I
jr quietness with ail around, <
V. ] friendship, joy and peace abound
A;.d angry feelings perish!
TERRIBLE DISASTER. !
Disasters by land and water, by car arte! t
.•■-an : at. have become so common ol late 5
v-ar>, that we are, ordinaria-Uy, but little start-
iij when we hear that, bv somebody's careless-
re-s, or bv una voidable causes, dozens ot scores (
ir b iiow tieings have been crippled tor !1 1 r
Irttrric! into eternity. Ifnt the burning of
! \-w Jersey, on Saturday night, on the rtv
•u IFiaw are. between Smith's Island and Arch
•' ' wharf, i- an occurrence unusual i:i that t
: !e;, ami me well calculated to wring the <
-i t with anguish and awaken public inquiry '
3sta the cause of the fire. The hunving ol '
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nmc fiftv or sixty individuals into eternity in s
the space o( twenty minutes, on the rivet |)<l- '
a vare, within a few feet of the city wharves. e
ith thousand? of eves witnessing the occur- 1
ruice,and thousands of hands almost within
reaching distance, is a startling fact upon which j
we shall, at present, offer no comment. We
trust, however, that proper inquiries will be >
•id", and that, if there itas been guilt or gross '
f '.'iigetice in any quarter, it will be properly
punished. We extract tlie following account ,
n the occurrence from the Bulletin : j
'•On Saturday evening, at half past eight o'- c
fuck, the steam ferry boat New Jersey, belong- ri
Jto the Philadelphia arid Camden *"!> amboet v
} ' •'•'Patty, left Walnut street wharf on Iter reg- ' (
s: trip to Camden. There were on board at
' one hundred persons, as near as can be as- v
c 'rtained, and of these a large number were s
'somen and children. An effort was made to !
,liR the boat through the Windmill Island Ca- !
f : ;t the pilot finding it blocked with ice I
:w[ i"d the bead of the boat up stream for the*! t
[ fose of going around the liead of the bar.— t
Ike tide at this time was running up and the i -
was blowing from the south-west. 1
"Ikhen between market and Chesnut streets, r
; ** was discovered bursting from below the 1
a'outid the smoke stack. The discovery e
flames of course created a most intense r
1; HI. Pickets were procured, but .no wafer t
W'UiJbi l obtained in consequence of the float- t
t: - ' c "- The flames, carried aft by the motion . i
"boat, drove the passengers all forward, r
vrethey clustered on the bow in the hope of I
'ig finally rescued. Capton Carson imme- ■
"'}' ordered the boat to bo h-aded lor Arch '
j''"! wharf, and she was accordingly turned in 1
. : direct ion. Before she had neared the pier |c
Arch street the flames had driven the en- •,
fl * r from his post, the pilot house had fallen i
• snj |||p whole of the boat except the ex- i
"'''forward part, was enveloped in flames
1 Wprp raging with terrific fury. The boat
t nott ' of course become unmanageable, as v
'uther the pi| o t
or the engineer could remain j *
•ir posts. The wheels continued to revolve I
"• nought the steamer on to within a few feet i
pier when she sheered off with her head . t
""stream. Some two or three of those on j
' , the pilot among the number, succeeded t
■ •aping ashore, but the rest of the hapless £
•- - agers were left to their dreadful fate. As i
vind drove the flames direetlv among the s
: • r ger- who were clustered forward. i
blazing boat floated up the river until I
1 r' p d against the ice about opposite Callow- : <
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hill street. She was afterwards towed to the
head of the bar. where she sank in shallow wa
ter.
"The fire was discovered at an early stage
from the State House steeple, and the bell was
rung "North East as the boat n-ared the
wharf the hell was struck "East," and this fact
took a number of citizens and firemen to the
wharf, and some of them arrived in time to per
forin good service. Hose were lanl in readiness
to put water upon the flames, in case the boat
was made last to the wharf.
"The scene along both sides of the rivt-r was
most exciting. The shores were lined with
people watching the blazing boat, and those who
had friends on hoard were tortured with the
rno-t dreadful suspense.
The scene which had before been sufficiently
terrific, now had its terrors increased tenfold,
the hope r,f landing was at an end, and the
flames left the horror stricken passengers but
little- time for choosing between two terrible al
ternatives. Some leaped into the water with
their clothing on fire, while some lew other?
remained on the burning wreck and were con
sumed in the (lames. The details of the demon
strations ofangnish made by the passengers are
too sickening for reciial, and we refiam Irom
anv description of this portion of the terrible
scene. Of those who leaped into the water
many sank to rise no more with life; some were
picked up by the small boats that w ere got out
asqnickivus possible, and others got upon the
floating ice and sustained themselves until they
were taken off. It is probable that not less than
fifty human beings perished by either fire or
water in sight ol their own homes."
The general supposition now is, that some
sixty persons, men, women, and children, per
ished. It was in truth an awful calamity.
Tin: T R:NRIM.K CATASTROPHE ON* INN Drx-
AWARE. —The Philadelphia papers of Monday
morning last contain full particulars of the ter
rible catastrophe on the Delaware river on
Saturday evening. The number of lives lost
will not fall much short of forty. The follow
ing statement of Mr. VV. F. Agnew, one of fhe
survivors, will be read with painful interest :
"I am in the employ of Messrs. Burns is
Piers, proprietors of the Philadelphia Local Ex
press, and reside in Camden. Returning home
from business on Saturday evening, 1 took the
steamboat New Jersey at 85 o'clock fiom Wal
nut-street wharf, and was an eye-witness of the
most serious disaster that has ever happened on
the Delaware. When the boat started, she at
tempted to reach Camden byway of the chan
nel which divides Windmill island, but, finding
the eastern end much blocked with ice, she was
backer! out iffld headed up The" stream with a
view to circumnavigate the island. \\ lien op
posite Market street, 1 observed flames bursting
out around the smoke stack, and raised the cry
of'fire.' An unusually large number of pas
senger? were on board, many ol them women
and children. The (ire originated in the liri
room during the absence ol the fireman, and
spread with fearful rapidity. It soon wrnpp-d
the entire after-part ol the boat in (lames and
drove the passengers forward. The strong ebb
tide setting up the river convinced me it was
impo-sible to run tin- boat aground upon th'
njithern p3rl ol the island, and I was glad to
see the pil't Imad lor the Philadelphia shore.—
The captain at this time was in the pi! .(-house
giving orders. I was upon the bow of the boat
in the midst of a wild, heartrending scene 8f
terror. A crowd of at least one hundred per
sons, including twenty or twentv-five ladies,
were clustered together in the smallest possible
space to a void the intense heat ofthe flame?
some clinging to the guards, others frantically
endeavoring to wrench loose the stanchions
which Were vet free from the devouring ele
ment, while some stood horror-stricken, gazing
upon the fast-approaching flames la-hind, or the
icv current before them. There was nothing
on board save a bench or tvvo that could be made
available as a boat or life-preserver. As the
volume of the flames increased, it caught the
dresses of the women, whose shrieks f<>r assis
tance were appalling. Not until their clothing
was burnt from their persons did the passengers
seem willing to seek a chance ol safety in the
bosom of the other element. One by one, some
times five or six at a time, they made the (ear
ful leap from the burning deck. The boat bad
been forced to a distance of not more than fen
feet from the wharf when the pilot-house fell
—the government ofthe helm was lost, and the
vessel sheered off again into the liver. Some
on the upper deck, however, bad a chance to
leap ashore ; others fell short, and were crush
ed by the paddle-wheels. Every hope of run
ning into the vi harves was now dashed, and 1
turned to Mr. Muschamp, late a conductor on
the Camden and Amhoy railroad, and asked him
if he could swim. He replied that he could
not. I advised him to take a bench, which was
near him, and jump overboard with me. The
engine was still going, and 1 took rare to jump
clear ofthe wheels. I believe my fri-md fol
lowed me, but fear he did not take the like pre
caution. I swam about one hundred yards,
when I providentially reached the bow of a
clipper-ship, and was rescued by the prompt
ness ot those on board."
ATTACKED BY A Bun..— A few days ago a
voting lad of Lancaster, named James Stewart,
was attacked on the public, road by a vicious
bull, and so severely injured by being tramped
upon, that there is scarcely a hope of his recov
ery. The boy was passing along the mad ap
prehensive of no attack from the bull, who was
quietly standing by the fence, hut iiad scarcely
got hv, when the bull rushed at him, tossed him
in the air, and on his coming to the ground set
both his feet upon him; bruising him severely
and injuring him internally. When picked up
it was thought he was dead, but in a short time
he revived and was taken to his home in Lan
caster.
FRIDAY MORNING, BEDFORD, FA. MARCH 28, 1856.
From the JJlta California, Feb. 13.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
EARTHQUAKE IN SAX FRANCISCO —INCIDENTS, AC
CIDENTS, ETC.
The residents •>! this city were aroused this
morning at 3,'23 o'clock, by a most violent
shock of an earthquake which was felt in eve
ry portion ol the town. The vibration appea
red irom N. E. to S. W., and, a? far as we can
learn not a single building escaped the terrible
shock. The first movement of the earth was
very sudden, arid the buildings swayed to and
fro heavily afterwards, and finally the vibra
tions were short and rapid. Evidences of the
violence of tlie shock were visible in different
portions of the city this morning, and it is sur
prising that there was not much more damage
done. Th" fire wall on the top of the store oc
cupied by Messrs. Goodwin Co.. on Front
street, was entirely thrown from the north side
of Ihe building into Oregon street. The store
is newlv built, and the mortar appears to have
been of an inferior quality, or greatly injured
by the recent rains, .?o that there was but little
adhesion quality left.
Two buildings at the corner of Ballety and
Washington streets, occupied bv Sweetzer,
Hutchins, & Co., and the bank of Messrs.
Burgovne & Co., were separated about three in
ches. The direction of the shot k was very lor
tunate ; as, had it been in a direction parallel
with the streets either way, its effect would
have been more disastrous.
The occupants of large brick hotels and boar
ding houses were terribly frightened, and in
many cases rushed wildly into the street lor
safety. The Rassetlee, which is a small town
in itself was the scene of great excitement.
Men, women and children were seen rushing
through the halls in theii night clothes, seeking
safety Irom the supposed danger.
In nearly every portion oi the citv we hear
of houses being injured more or !es. The
plastering was considerably cracked'and torn
off from the walls of Wilson's Exchange, In
ternational Hotel, Trerrnnt House, St. Nicholas
Hotel, the M erchant's Exchange Building, and
tin- City Hall.
The shock was more severely fi It nt Oakland
than here,and various rumors are aflrat of damage
to the government works, at Fort Point anil At
catraz Island ; and aisi the Fa ra I lone? are sard
to he affected very materially.
The vibrations were attended with a heavy
report resembling the discharge of distant artil-j
1-rv, but was continuous, ami produced a deep,!
low rumbling sound.
This earthquake has been the only theme of*
interest on the street to-day, and we have y>t
to meet, the first person who was not ali'"< !ed
by the shock. It appeared to be more sensibly
felt out towards Foit Point than any locality
we have heard from. The sir all dwellings in
that vicinity were rocked like a cradle, am;
persons were nearly thrown out of their beds.
It i> by all mean? the most vident < arthqdak-*
that has evei been known in 8,111 Francisco
since it? settlement by the American?.
There were several slight shocks l-H during
the night, hut did not attract particular att-n- i
tion. The first occurred about 9 o'clock, and
the second about '2 o'clock, and were followed
bv the grand convulsion mentioned above.
SCENES AT THE HOTEL?.
The consternation among the inmates of the
large hotels occasioned scenes which may be
better imagined than described. The popula
tion of the Russette House rushed, tumbled or
precipitated itself down the stairway.? and into
the street : and such an array of beauty una
dorned was never before witnessed in Sail Fran
cisco. This edifice, it is said, show sno macks
of injury bv the shuck. Th" scene at Wilson s
Exchange, St. N icolas Hotel, and International
Hotel wer<- equally remarkable. The occu
pant.? of Wilson's Excbage took refuge in the
Teliama House, which is a frame, and conse
quently in less danger than the other. Many j
ofthe inmates of the International found theii
way en mnxxe !y the Plaza, where, like their
companions in misery, they shared each with !
tin* other such articles of apparel as had been
caught up in the hurry ol iiight.
<*
Anoitirr Bomb Shell.
Read the scorching but truthful letter from
FRANCIS P. BLAIR, Jr. Such documents as the
address of the Father and the letter of the Son, j
should, and will have the weight due to "Ilea- ;
W metal."— Cleveland Herald.
No sooner does a bogus Defnocr ,t desert to
the enemy, than his new allies make instant use \
of him bv turning him into—or turning him up
a mortar, and commencing a bombard men t ol
the Democratic camp. Then it is—"a homh
ahtll pitched into them." "A bombshell explo
ded !" "Another bombshell /" Theopposition
are in high feather now, having a battery "in
position," of no less than three of these bomb i
guns—Blair elder. Blair junior, and Denelson— j
and all "in awful activity." They make 3
great noise, hut like the same kind ol homba j
thrown at the siege <?l Sevastopol, familiarly
known as li eiink-potft, ' tliev do no real harm.
Dm/lon Empire.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. — The Gallatin (Miss.) ;
Aigu.? ofthe 29th ultimo gives the following
account of a terrible accident :
"The most horrible occurrence that we have
heard of lor a long tune occuried eight mil"s
from this place on the Jackson road, at the
store of Mr. Allman. this morning. All/nan
was smoking in the store-room, and, being calt- |
ed to hieakfast, started out, and it is supposed
passer! over a keg of powder, dropping lite into ,
it. The house was levelled to the ground by
the explosion that ensued, and was soon wrap- i
ped m flames. Some persons near hv ran to j
the spot, and succeeded in getting Mrs. Allman
from the ruins, badly, but not dangerously,
burnt and bruised. No property was saved ;
and a gentleman just from the spot tells us that
the skull and the rihs of the unfortunate Allman ,
were all that remained visible of him among the)
smoking ruins."
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
Impoliteness of Women.
A Cincinnati editor says that men are more
polite than women, and proceeds to prove it in
this wise : Not long since we had occasion to
ride a short distance in one of our city omnibus- j
j ep. It was after dark, and the omnibus started
off, nearly tilled with men. Soon it stopped,
and a woman opened the door. Instantly there
was a move among the men ; they crowded to- j
gether, and a seat was furnished fi-r the lady.— ;
Alter proceeding a square or two further, anoth
er lady wished to get itr; an additional squeeze
was made, and she was accommodated with a
sent. A similar application was again soon
made, and a gentleman instantly gave up bis
seal, and got on top. Another soon followed,
: and another gentleman did likewise. Repeated
instances like this occurred,and the gentlemen,
by crowding together, holding market baskets |
! and children, accommodated every lady apple- 1
cant, till we counted inside—men, women and
children, nearly twenty persons. Then the
I number began to diminish ; men and children
gig out, and the omnibus was decently filled
with women, there being only two men inside,
and they at the further end, completely blocked
in by market baskets. And now a won an open
ed the door; not a lady inside stirred. Can]
have a seat ' modestly asked the applicant. J
should like to see where you'd set," said one la- j
dv. "Don! you see this'bus is full," said a
luolher. 'You can stand,' sneeringlv said a '
third. '1 can walk,'said the spunky applicant,
and slamming the door, off she walked. Now,
j had the omnibus been as full of men as it was j
:of women, t i.:ii lady would have been furnished
a seat without a murmer. But it is not only
in the omnibus that men show their superior'
politeness over women. In a rainy day, if we
meet two men abreast on a crossing, one i?tant
lv steps behind the other, and gives you a p.iss
vvay. But it you meet two ladies, ten chances
to one, hut you will have lo step into the mud.
Jn a crowded church, men will squeeze togeth- i
er to accommodate another man, but ladies will
spread themselves out, so that three or lour will
fiii a pew, and not an inch will they move to
abcommednte one ol their own sex. So in rail- .
road car?, and other places where men and wo
men will congregate, and where the true native
disposition i? instinctively shown. We slate :
these a? geneal cases. There are exceptions, of ;
cour.?", hut we wish merely to draw attention to :
j the general far', that while a man's rudeness to
j a woman is so rare as to attract notice when it!
j occurs, tiu- ruderu •?- of a woman, towards a man.
, or towards another woman, is so common as to
he considered a matter of course. If, among
other "Women's Rights," which some ladies
are now striving to obtain, they will engraft
the right to he always courteous and polite to
- .SIHi other, we tnetr wit! take* care of onrseLvf?,
ami tin r i t Cuffl/Ie ? "em. With all their
Ia u It.-, we love them still."
A CALIFORNIA STORY-
Our California fi'i"nds are getting to !>< rd, ait
as full ol fun as tii • sands of her rivers are of,
golden treasure. A Facetious editor makes u.-
laugh heartiiv over a seene lie witnessed in a
daguenreai! galleiy, and which he describes in
nv st amusing stvle. The aiti.?t bung out a very
hand? uw and showy sign over his door, on
which \va? fainted, in round, readable letters:
1 Rabies fair n fill 3 P. ,\f., in two seconds.''
The sign soon caught the eve ola middle
aged woman—but we will let the California
man tell ihe story in his own way ;
"Bless the Lord fur that !" exclaimed the wo
j man, who, with three or four young ones in
her arm?, stood gazing upon the happy an
nouncement. "Ble?> the Lord ' Relief has
come at last! Babies taken till 3P. M. I'll
go right in and fit him take bis pick out ol
' mine. I'm tired of them."
She started in, hut wa? met hv the worthy
artist himself, who was on his way to the
: Stre'l.
I "Good morning, r. v dear madam, walk up.
i What can I do I .r yen to day
Two of the brat? commenced crying,
j "Are you the man that takes babies !
"0 y> >. v\ ith the greatest ease."
The old lady cast a lingering look at her
young Good, as if she was bidding them adieu
' forever.
"I gu c?s von ain't particular what kind of ba
! Dies you take !"
"It matters riot, madam, 1 have taken all
i kinds."
The old woman gave the ailista suspicion?
look, as much as to say, what sort of a man aie
you ?
"You have taken all kinds! Then I guess
you'll have no objection to taking these brawl
ing things here at mv breast ?"
"Oh, it would give me pleasure, madam, to
lake thus • crying babies. Had I not better take
i ail of them at once ?"
The old woman drew hack in astonishment. ;
"All at once?" soi l she. "And do you pre
tend t > so\ that yon will take all these dirty,
i g 1 o 1-1 ir-noihmg, squalling brats at once?
"Nothing would give me more delight, an
swered be, m his usually agreeable manru-r.—
'•I have taken mor • than that at once, fifty
times."
"Well, you can take them, said the old wo
man, as sh" approached him, "hut . h-lore you
do so, 1 would 'like to know what you are going
to leed them on ? ' _
The artist saw his mistake and attempted to
back out. j
"On second thought," he said, "I will not
take your interesting little group. It would be
cruel to dreprive a mother of so many of Imp
beautiful childien." :
"Oh ve," she insisted, "you can take them.
"But, my dear madam,' commenced the ar
tist. turning away in alarm, "recoiled that"—
"Never mind' that. Take them along.—
There's plenty more where fhe*e dime from."
| The artist was compelled to explain the mis
; take, and the old woman h ft in disgust.
AN ELOQIEXT LETTER.
The Louisiana Courier publishes an elequent
letter written by a Mississippi democrat to a
friend in Florida, a whig. We make the fol
lowing extract;
"You have learned by this lim * the election
. of Banks, and have, perhaps, seen th- result of
the recent K. N. convention in Philadelphia.
Surely, tire eyes of every southern man should
i now be opened ; surely, all prejudices ought to
i be laid aside, and if the preservation of the I -
nion is really desired, if the constitution is to De
I handed down to our children, as our fathers
; transmitted it to us—then we should frgel past
j differences and rally around the only party
! which promises safety. The question is, which
is that party ? Let the great rn.-n of the old
I whig parlv (I mean southern m-rt} answer.—'
Where are they to be found ' Acting in 'heart,
i soul, and might,' with the democratic party. —
What does theso-cal!";! American ?:;• ty w ant ?
j 'That Americans shall rule Aineri a." Where
i? the dastard who dares sav to the contra-y ?
Where i? the wretch who bas so far forgott ri
the glorious past as to believ- tha 1 the tin-.- w i;t
ever come when 'Americans will vx! tub A
rnerica V Why sir, Americans r.-.w r ■>, com
paratively, the civilized work:. Ami t-li in
to be afraid that a 'parcel of ignorant fin igtu-rs.
unacquainted pven with our language, with -it
j means, or unity, or strength'—that they v.'ilj
i get the supremacy over us; why, !'-• il-a i?
dpgradinglv absurd : it has no parallel in ih<
records ofthe world, let tho? • who fir it
turn to the history ofottr revolution —fit thern
read it, blush, and shed tears overt!' • memories
ofthe dead, who, although many of themfr
--; eignem, feared riot, for liberty's sake, to m-as
; ure their strength with the lb. a mo?t dreaded
j of all nations.
"But the American party desires to put down
Catholicism. My Ohrislain friend ! v. h-rs reli
gious truth ij- assailed we have a protector —
even our Father in Heaven, who will arise to
! its defence, if Catholicism b- of n n, it will
fail. Jf it be of God, (and they worship th-
I same Father, Son, and Holy Spirit that we do,}
!-t us pan?-, 1-st, unhappily, we be found *tri
• ving against Heaven."
From lb" C'incinraii Con:mer lid.
The Devotion oi a wife.
One ofthe most remarkable instances on re
; coiii of the unfaltering devotion of a wife lo her
husband, under the most trying and dreadful
circumstances, is given in the history ol the ;
Monroe tragedy, in Coles county, Illinois. A.
E. Monroe kiii- J his father-in-iaw—Ellington
—in a fight, in which Eilington struck the first
blow. Public opinion was so savage against
Monroe that the Court, and even the attorneys
tor the defence were overawed, and a change
of venue, which was begged by the prisoner,
was not obtain- !. The attorn v of Monroe
fearefi So oo'dy it, apprvfi.'-ndi:.- rnu -dermis
design? on flu- part ofthe people. Th trial
proceeded and the Jury did not dare to find the
prisoner gu.iiv of anything but murder in th
first degree, .md he wa- ser'-nceij t . b a hanged.
The Governor impr<ssed that something was
wrong in the case, granted a respite of ninety
days, and the mob broke into the jail and drag
ged Monroe out and hung him. Amiu all ibis
terrible storm of iniurial -J ] •; inioa,
though Li? wife'.? father was the \ ictim it; u lios
name the cry for vengeanc- was raise;!, I !i
--had been a fast man, having drank hard and
kept bad company, Monroe retained the love of
bis "Nannie" lo the last. When he had been
murdered bv the mob, she begged fi>r his re
mains, had them transported to a burial place, a
few miles above New port, on the l icking river,
and there, with her child inHicr arm?, stood
the only mourner by his grave. Three day?
• be lore bis death she wrote to her husband as
follows. The person whom she mention? a?
Pole, is N. B. Auhch, a distant r. bi'.iv of lu r
! husband :
CjlAßt STON", Feb. l-'til I.'v) o.
Mv Ever DEAR. H LSEAND :—How miserable
von must be. My \ erv heart aches for you.—
1 have not given up yet—l still have hope. I
am now at Mr. Bail's with Pole and Ma. Pol •
has been a brother to me and a fri* mi lo you.
I intend lo make his home my Lome, wherever
that may be—l hope a good way (rem li-re—
the farther from here the better. 1 would
rather die fo-nigld, than to stay her- among jay
enemies, for those who are your enemies are
mine and ynur friends are my f; i-n.'-.
A?.soon a? 1 can make arrangements and get
the means, I will have this town, weivr t- re
turn again. May is will. Farewell, hut I
hope not forever.
/ subscribe myself i/our I rut an / '/• ?•;/ed wife.
NANNIE MONROE,
rind proud fa own if.
THE DARK LANTERN VoMr:..\rroxs.—Our
friend of the Delaware County llepubHcnn c< •:-
eludes an art id" on the recent nominations in
Philadelphia in the f.diowing word:.:
"We consider the act ofthe On vent En in
making the nominations, as the closing scene
in the broad and ridiculous far. - w • u : i t;v • •
political trickster? have been playing bt i' re the
intelligent people of this Country rr trie pa?l
two vars. Their mumerics are ended, the g—
cret machinery is broken and scattered, and the
sensible part of t.'ie community, who lire
watched the actors whit they "strutted their
brief hour" upon the stage, will iej;.ice in the
fall of th" curtain, and tlx* exeunt ounce of
these scheming and profligate politicians.
"I AM THE OWNER or ONE H INDEED
SLAVES !"—This was the exclamation of AN
DREW JACKSON DOXF.LSON, the nominee for the
Vice Presidency of lh- Hindoo American pa tj-.
"/ was born in a Slav Slate—l am the owner
of one hundred slaves—l lore the insistitions
of the South." These 3reh is recomrre niiatidns
lor tlie Vice Presidency ! A gentleman inform?
us, that he saw twenty or thirty women plough
ing in I.is fields last sumnar. He did nut mention
this fact as one of his recomrn-iidati us. —Pitts.
Gaz tie (Pep.)
TEICTSN, 8 2 PER, VEAB.
VOL XXIV, NO. 30.
STEAMBOAT DISASTER — FIFTEEN TO TWENTY 1 *
L:vr;.? LOST. — The Louisville papers of Monday
contain a full account ofthe terrible disaster bv
t which the steamboat Henry Lewis was sunk,
and 15 to 20 lives lost. It occurred in the 0-*
hio river, about 3 o'clock, Satutdav, a clear"
star light morning. The Henry Lewis, with a.
lull cargo lor New Orleans, from Cincinnati,
arid about forty passengers 09 board, was descen
ding the river, j •?( below Troy, "bugging the
Kentucky shore," at the heaj of A nderson's
b;u, when the E. Howard, ascending, came up
or rather out, fiom behind the point, and a rni
lisiun occurred, sinking the fl-nry Lewis in
tbr-e minutes, in about twenty feet of water.
A wiid scene of excitement ensued, as the pa?- . '
s-ngers were all asleep in tl- ir berths at th" ,x
time of the collision, and were hurried on deck
amid the cry of fire, the hissing of steam and
the crashing of timbers.—The ] ?t are two
chilhreii !, ■! :g: :gloa poor 1 lis'l t.ornan; two
(ob m pa-: -ngers liont Port, mouth, 'Ohio; VVm.
Jacu.'.s ol La. th- se.cond steward, aiid Daniel
McCuti iieoii, ol Steuix-r ville, th" s-d'ond cook:
;-o or twclv- of the fi;.-n :i v. ', - sidjiped at
f iwmnati a.ml who * uarm s n-tiM rot he as
certained; of tie* Cu'.ci mati slaves belong
ieg to Mr. G .ine-, wvr on the luat, including
.Moigarei and fir itill-tit child. The child wax
iioth • - v<■ '. Thev were ta
i ii ll" ; .it !<;.? Friday, front Louisville,
'•'• : v, r- •••IJ tJi-jr way t.i Gaines'' landing, AR
k -E- •:?. file itnßher exhibited no ether feeling
t'.au joy tlie : '. of !-■:■ cliild. The cargo of
the iienr.v Lewis consisted oi' about 700 tons t:f
pork, laid oil, c.in-'ies, 1 heese, and such oth-r
articles of produc- usuafiy sidprx o from Ci:*.-
f mnati. S--v. n- 1 : charge <••!' L'.ipt. Emer.
who, together v. 1< ii Mr. Patters in, his ci-rk and
S. McFarJar.b, th- engin—rs, acre the cbl-f
oivm rs of the !.. . The v.. . ji. tired at t : -
cini.oii,at the V. -fii.agt u ci'y insurance,at-d
MercSian:.?' and Manufacturer's office-;. Th"
iiiult oi" tii*- •. ;-;;?{• r . . not yet Let ri defshitely
tin d on either pari v.
Mr. GREYLY ? l-graph? to the New Y> rl:
Tribune that "!h<- men-z-rs ot Congress who
stand by Free Kansas, and are opposed to Fill
more for President, ai- considering- the policy
of issuing a call for a People's Presidential Con
vention ; probably to meet at Philadelphia sim
ultaneously or substantially so with the Repub
lican Convention. The movem-r.t will b
carefully considered, and r.o st-p laken without
. extensive preconcert and some deliberation.—
So far I have heard of no Member who support
ed Banks and now sustains Filirpore. Lewis
D. Campbell, of Ohio, spoke at the City Rati
fication Meeting on Friday night, hut was care
ful not to endorse the nomination.
The Democratic members of Mew Jer
sey Legislature have expressed a preference for
Jam :> Buchanan lor ihe Presidency.
A 1 - intiin having been ofi-red !n th**
American Council el the Slate of Rhode Island
approving of the nomination of Fillmore and
I). it was laid 0:1 fhe table by a vote of
I'd to 'J.
.Mm: v .- A MAX mm—A I any who caught
b r magpie- ling her pickled walnuts, threw
aba;in It' hot ..?.• ov-r the pear bird, V.N
claim'iflg ;
. you t! ' v • ;;•♦<• nnt (he pickled
walr.u's, have v >. '
Pr Jiii; v.a.? dr.-:: ifully ' urn -!, his feath
ers came off: bavin.; I;:? head entirely bear.-
I; lc>t ail spirit and spoke not a word fir mor
than a year, when .1 gentleman called at the
hotu-- who, on taking off his hat, exhibited a
very bald hea l. The magpie appeared evident
ly s'r'ici, with the circnmsuißC". Hopping ID
on tie* i ack cf hi? cli.fir, and looking hi.-n hasti
ly over, he suddenly exclaim .1 in the ear of hi?
a?lonished visitor:
"Ob, you tlii.'f. you've !.. :) ;! the pick!- d
wairiLts, i.ave you V
A NEW FOASF. OF SoFITUniN SLAVERY. A
gentleman residing i.i i'iciunou. , writiug l
Ins fih rd in Boston, sov? : "The number r.f
lire negroes who have ai-d Jo tin* legisla
luret'tis winter fir (;- pric ifi-g** of choosing
masters and becoming slaves ha? been so great,
that a g'-neral law has been parsed permitting
tin :;i lido so. They are mc-ilv those who
have been slaves, but have been emancipated.
There-son they give •? that they cannot pro
vide lor themselves, and want masters who will
provide }dr them in return for their labor.*'
A FRANK ADMISSION. — Th- Louisville Cour
ier. an old-line whig paper in Kentucky, very
frankly suv> : "We do not, fur a moment, sup
pose l!i.;t the VYl.igscan have a hope for their
• •v. i) success in the next campaign. We. he
ll- ve that it is written down in the book of fate
that the Democracy wiil sweep Iv.-i,ol** coun-
Iry at tfie Presidential election in November
next. We do rot end: tain ti. *„! "fimvv of a
-.! >n'.t but they v. fit carry IC.-:tucky ! y a sweep
mg maj ifity.
\u.: HT \-y < ..ENiy.—.The A- r : **sn F.XCC
- •• '• v iinoifiee of AN'-'ghoy G. tiTity, Pa.,
!.-ving a?• i-M-d at Pitts!)"rg to r ccive the r>-
po; i of the delegates who were sent to tin* Na
tional Convention at Philadelphia, unanimons
i vagr*- 0 lo rej udiate the nomination of Fill
in, a:..! I)ur. !.-.on, and adopter 1 3 resolution in
structing the subordinate councils of the county
to *-!e. t d-legates to the Stale Convention of th<*
unit ed opposition to th- Pierce A dmiui:-ration.
[T -"A Yf ng lady, from Philadelphia, has
been cutting up a great many shin. ? in Peters
burg. \ a., where siie had put on a pair of trow
sers. with other habiliments to match, and was
sporting it like a fine young gent. The father
found her thus unse.ved, and took her home.—
Tiffs interesting specimen of feminine precocity
was onlv sixteen years old.
BUSINESS AT ST. LO. I?.-OD tile 6th instant
tin re Wen ninety steamboats lying at the
wharves of St. Louis, tiir.i v having arrived on
that dav with 20,090 tons :-i freig!-{.