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TUESDAY rBBRUAnivi6,
New Series.
Vol. 4.-No. 14.
ICSES'
Orphans' Court Sale of
.lies! H8iateB
"T N pursuance of an order of the Or
E rihan's. Court wf Somerset county
there will-be exposed to 'sale by way of
public vendue or outcry on the premises,
on Saturday the 14th day of March
next, the following real 'estate, late the
property of Andrew Bird deceased viz:
O n t tract of Land,
situate in A-idison township, adjoining1
lanefs of John P. It. Walker John A,
Mitcliell. Robert Robison and others,
'containing 270 acres more or less, on
whice are erected two dwelling houses,
Lam and oilier buildings.
ALSO
One other tract adjoin
ing lands of John A Mitchell, Robert
Rubison, Thomas Glissen, amps Wil
k'ms and others containing SCO acres
more or less, on which are erected a
dwelling house barn and other buildings.
Terms: one third to remain a lien
on the premises, the interest thereof to
be paid to the widow annually, during
lier life time, and at her death to be e
qusily divided among the heirs and legal
representatives cf said decaased. One
third of the balance in baud and the
remainder in three equal annual pay
ments without interest to be secured on
the property by judgment bonds.
Attendance will be given by John
Ilannn. Administator of the estate of said
deceased.
Bv the Court,
"W. H. PICKING,
Feb 3. 1840.
Clerk.
P1UYBESEATED!
Don't stand up zchile chairs
and sofas arc so cheap.
GHAlS&'Si CABINET
HANU- fjl I FACTORY.
"70ULD respectfully inform liis
V f o'd customers and the public in
general, that he has purchased from
Mr. Jocob Myers, chair maker and
w heel wright his entire stock of materials
and has commenced the chair making
business with tliat of. cabinet making, at
his shop on main street in the Borough
of Somerset, one door east of the resi
dence of Simon Gebhart Esq., where
lie will constantly keep on hand and
will make to order, common fancy and
Jllahazom; Chairs, bed steads, wheels,
BusAra,
Tables, Stands, Settees, So
fas. tS'c. &c. Sc,
He will sell common chairs at S3 per
felt, and other articles in proportion.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore
extended to him, .he would invite the
public to call and exemine his work,
which he will warrant to be made of the
best materials and finished in the neatest
and mst durable manner.
Approved country produce will be
taken in exchange for work, at the high
est market prices.
sp8'45.
Valuable Farm
AT
Private Sale.
OITUATE in Shade township, Som
k3 erspt county, adjoining lands of Da
vid Rogers, Jesse Berkebi!e, John Pow
tl and others, containing about-
350 ACRES
of land, abeut one hundred and fifty of
which are cleared, the remainder is co
vered with the best of timber; there is a
goad proportion of meadow and there
may be one hundred acres mada into the
best of meadow, the
will all produce clover and timothy, and
etery species of grain; the land nearly
all lies to the sun, and it is decidedly
the best tract in thai part of the county.
It lies about a snile and a half from the
Id furnace, and about three miles from
the new one. it contains an abundance of
JjRO.Y ORE,
and there is every indication of roal on
many pr.rts of the surface. The im
provements are indifferent, consisting rf
an old log barn and house, and a new 1-g
Ktuble; there are on the premises many
fine never failing springs of the purest
water; there is not perhaps in the county
a farm combining more adtantages as
a grazing, dairy and grain farm, it has
on it a ma!l
ORCHARD,
and is under tolerably guod lei.re. Per
sons wishing to purchase a good praper
ty are requested to call on Robert W.
Mason liviag n the premises, who will
show them every part thereof, or to en
quire concerning it of Mr Poitlelhwailt
in Somerset, or of the subscriber living
in the borough of Stovstown.
JOSEPH MASON.
'Felrtiiry TO, 1816.
OR. ca roiGiio
HESIDEXT J) EXT I ST,
Bedford, Pa.
REFERENCES.
Hon, J, S, Black, Ur, J, McCrery,
Hon; A. Thompson., Dr, N, W, n-K
. Office at Ankcny's Hotel.
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WIFE,
Of all the titles, woman fair
Dear woman here can ever bear
Though all are holy words to me,
With holy thoughts and things
Yet oxe among them ever brings
Such gushing feelings on its wings
Such memories of Love and Care
Of Trust and Faith in days that were
Of J lope and Joy for time to come
Of Truthof Chastitv and Home
That of all others, that I feel,
I love thee best, in woe or weal;
It is not Sister Lover Bride,
Tis dearer far than all beside !
In all the chequered ways of life,
Ilcr hand in mine, I'll whisper Wife.
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THRILLIXG NARRATIVE.
LIVING BURIAL AND ESCAPE.
For the subjoined graphic account of
the remarkable disaster at Carbondale, Pa.
and die almost miraculous escape of a
man who was buried in the crushed mines,
the editors of the New York Commercial
Advertiser are indebted to the Rev. Mr.
Rowland, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Honesdale, but formerly of
the Pearl street Church, New York.
The narrative is equally interesting and
extraordinary:
Correspondence of the Ar. York Com
tnercial Advertiser.
Honesdale, Jan. 15, 184G.
On Monday morning last about nine
o'clock, an accident occurred in the coal
mines of the Delaware and Hudson ca
nal company, at Carbondale which has
produced considerable excitement in the
community. A large portion of the hill
or mountian into which the mines extend,
following the law of gravity, suddenly
descended on the honey-comb cavities
within its bosom, burying all the unfor
tunate individuals within its reach. Very
many acres descended in a mass; and so
great was the pressure of the atmosphere,
occasioned by this descent, as to shoot
out from the mouth of one of the mines
as from a cannon, a train of cars with a
horse and a boy, throwing them to a con
siderable distance. Think of a bellows
moved by a mountain power, and you
will form a very correct idea of the blast.
Painful to relate, fifteen individuals were
beneath the descending mass, only one of
whom has had the good fortune to escape;
and his adventures exceed every thing on
record. The remaining fourteen are buried
alive, if not crushed, and may ba now
hopelessly wandering in those gloomy
caverns beyond die reach of human aid,
and shut out forever in all probability
from the light of day.
To present a distinct idea of this oc
currence, I must first give a brief descrip
tion of the mines, and the manner of
working them, There are several open
ings to the coal, which are numbered as,
1, 2, 3, 4, &c, two of them are above the
bed of the Lackawanna, and th others
below it. These openings are holes in the
side of the hill, about six by eight feet,
and are the main entrances to the mines.
Trom these mouths are roads leading into
the interior of the mountain, following
the dip of the coal sometimes ascending
and sometimes descending. The extent
of jhe mining operations will be percei
ved from the fact that there are thirty-five
miles of railroad . laid under ground, in
the bosom of the mountain, including the
main roads with all their ramifications.
The coal lies in a horizontal stratum of
from four to six or eight feet in thickness,
between strata of slate. The method of
mining is, to cut out and remove the coal,
leaving only piers of it to support the
hill above, aided by wooden props made
of sections of trees; . cut of a suitable
length As fast as the coal is removed,
the lateral branches of the road are aban
doned, and the main avenues pushed on
to the coal beyond. In this way the coal
has been removed for a mile and a half
under the mountain, and the roads extend
that distance. About a mile from the
mouth of mine No. 1 an air-hole was cut
to the surface, up an inclined plane, by
which access could be had to the surface ,
of the earth, and down which props were
taken. . The excavation for coal extends
half a mile or more beyond this opening.
It was in this vicinity that the accident
occurred, and by closing the mouth of
this passage cut off all hope of escape to
those within, in this direction.
As fast as the coal is removed, no par
ticular care is taken to support the mass
above, in the chambers which are aban
doned; the props are left to decay that
the reek and earth may gradually eetuV
down and fill up these cavities, as it has
done in former instances; but care is ta
ken to guard the main avenues to the coal
from being thus obstructed.
The coal lies beneath a mass of slate;
above the slatt is the sand stone rock, and
above this are the gravel and soil. I have
often noticed, in passing through the
mines, that many of the ends of the props,
which support the slate above, were shi
vered like a broom, from the vast-pressure
on them; and I never saw this indication
without thinking what might happen,
should the mass from above take a notion
suddenly to descend, and always breathed
easier when I had passed through the
mines and emerged to the light of day.
Symptoms of the working of the mass
above had been for some time observed;
and these symptoms had gready increas
ed for a few days previous to the catas
trophe. Every thing was done which
could be done in these circumstances to
avert danger. No one supposed it possi
ble that the rock above would prove so
firm, or that it would settle suddenly or
in a mass.
Only a few of the workmen, of whom
there are nearly four hundred employed
in the mines, had gone in on Monday
morning, when Mr. Clarkson the super
intendent, discovered the ominous appea
rances, and immediately set some hands
to work in propping up the slate. On
coming out of the mines, about Sj o'clock
he met Mr. John Hosie, (who is well
known on the Croton water works as one
of the ablest masons, and who has been
in the Hudson and Delaware Canal Com
pany's employment for about a year,)
preparing himself to take charge of the
new mines to be opened below Carbon
dale, and told him that he had better wait
till he could go with him, and they would
examine the mines together.
Mr. Hosie went on, however, in No.
2, intending to join Mr. Clarkson pre
sendy, and had proceeded about a mile,
when instantly the mountain over his
head descended with an awful crush of
every thing which opposed its progress,
and shot down over him, filling up the
road with crushed coal and bending him
double, leaving not a foot of space be
tween the solid mass above and the crush
ed coal below. The distance descended
was the height of the mine, or from six
to eight feet. So great was the pressure
of the air that it produced a painful sen
sation as if some sharp instrument had
been thrust into his ears. All was total
darkness, every light in the mine being
instantly extinguished. Ever and anon
the thunder of the fallen masses roared
through the caverns. After waiting a
suitable length of time for the rocks to
cease falling, Mr. Hosie began to remove
the loose material around him and to
creep. He tried one way and it was clo
sed. He then proceeded in the other di
rection, and after nine hours incessant
toil, creeping, removing loose coal and
slate, and squeezing himself past obsta
cles, he made his way into the open mine.
Here he tried to strike a light, but his
matches had become damp and would not
ignite. He then felt around him and dis
covered by the direction of the railroad
that, instead of making his way out, he
had gone farther into the mine, and was
cut off from a return by the mass which
had settled down upon the road. He
then bethought him of the air hole, and
attempted to reach it; but that passage
had been crushed in and closed. Being
in the vicinity of the mining operations
he found some powder and spreading it
on the floor, he endeavored with a pick
to ignite it, but could not. He found al
so a can of oil, which he reserved in case
of necessity to use for food.
All was ; total darkness, and the part of
mountain over him was also settling,
throwing off huge pieces of slate and
exposing him to imminent danger at eve
ry step; for but a part of the mass above
had come down at once, and the other
seemed likely to follow. Sensible of his
danger, Mr. Hosie protected himself as
well as he could; he wound up his watch,
and felt the time by the hands. He also,
with a piece of chalk, wrote in different
places his name and the hour when he
was at certain points. Being in total
darkness, however, he missed his way,
but was enabled through his acquaintance
with the mines to set himself right. He
first tried to reach No. I, but after toiling
to that road, found it was also crushed in.
His only chsnce seemed then to proceed
at right angles with the main arteries of
the mines and pass over to No. 3, and this
he labored . to do in accordance with his
best judgment. ..
At one time he passed through a nar
row entrance into a chamber, and in en
deavoring to creep out on the other side,
he was caught in a narrow place by the
hill above setding down upon him, and
remained in this position an hour, expec
ting to die there. But another setding of
the mass crushed out some of the mate
rials around him, and he was enabled to
free himself and draw back to the cham
ber of the mine. In returning, however,
to the hole by which he effected his en
trance, he found to his dismay that he
was compelled to hunt a new passage and
finally to dig his way out with his hands.
Thus, after working for more than 38
hfcur, he at length reaehed ?fo 3, whtre
he rested, and then when he partially
ceased its working, proceeded towards
the mouth of the mines. On his way he
met Mr. Bryden, one of the superintend
ents, who, with his men, were exploring
the caverns with lights, in search of him;
and at 5 o'clock in the morning: he emer
ged to the light of day, having been giv
en up as dead, and been incarcerated in
utter darkness beneath a 'setding moun
tain for forty-eight hours. Mr. Hosie
told me many of these particulars, and
the others I gleaned from the principal
officers ot the Company, to whom they
were narrated.
1 At one time Mr. Hosie saw lights
from a distance, but they soon vanished.
They were the lights of the men in No.
3, seeking for him. These lights, how
ever, assured him that he was pursuing
the right course. Mr. Ilosie's hands
were cratched and cut up by working, so
as to be completely covered whh sores.
He never for one moment lost his self
possession, and to this fact, added to his
tact and perseverance, is to be ascribed
hi deliverance. -
There were about forty men in the
mines when the catastrophe occurred, and
the twenty-six who escaped owed their
preservation, in a great measure, to Mr.
Bryden, one of the superintendents, who
conducted them out with great coolness
and self-possession, while portions of the
hill, other than those which first fell,
were settling down around them. Lear
ning that one poor Irish laborer, who had
been struck down by slate, was left, with
his leg broken, he went back alone and
brought him out. Sometimes he was
compelled to creep, and draw the man af
ter him, through crevices which were soon
after closed by the settling of the hill.
In two hours more the whole had shut
down, so that if he had been left his
death would have been inevitable. Thanks
to Mr. Bryden for his coolness, iutrepidi
ty, and humanity.
The greatest possible efforts are now
made by working night and day to reach
the place where the fourteen were at
work; but faint hopes, however, are che
rished respecting them. The place can
not probably be reached before the middle
of next week, if then. The probability
is, that they have been crushed to death.
Most of them were men with families.
One boy only is known with certainty to
be dead.
Except the loss of life, this unforseen
occurrence is not much to be regreted,
nor will it greatly impede the company's
operations, since it has occurred at about
the time when it is usual to suspend labor
for a couple of months, to repair for the
Spring, and every thing will be rectified
before then. The immense strength of
the rock above prevented the bill from
settling in the usual way; but now that
is to be rejoiced at, as it frees from future
danger, and the roads when re-opened,
will be perfectly secure. It was an in
novation for it to come down suddenly
and in a mass, instead of the quiet decent
way it has adopted in former instances,
and no human foresight could have pre
dicted the manner of its descent, nor
could human prudence, in the present
state of knowledge, have provided against
it.
The quantity of mountain fallen, is
variously estimated. Mr. Bryden said
that it was about three quarters of a mile
long, by half a mile in width, Mr. Clark
son said that it was about half a mile
long, an eighth wide. In the former case
it would be but 240 acres, and in the lat
ter 40 acres. Mr. Archibald, the chief
superintendent of the mines and railroad,
whose science and practical skill are not
exceeded, estimate the amount fallen at
far less than either of his assistants.
Since the first avalarrche, it must be borne
in mind however, many other portions
have gone down. W hat the extent of
the whole is, no one can conjecture with
any approximation to certainty: and it is
exceedingly difficult at present to get any
accurate information respecting it.
I do not know that the company have
any interest either to magnify or conceal
the matter, inasmuch as it is more likely
to prove a benefit than a damage to their
future operations. The only expense at
tending it wdl be to repair the roads and
remove the obstructions; but these will
then be the safer; and the knowledge ac
quired by this experience, may prove of
the greatest utility hereafter.
Tiiis occurrence seemed to me so un
like anything I ever heard of, that I com
menced writing the account of it to my
friends; but it has proved so long, that to
save the multiplication of letters, I have
concluded to send it to your paper, which
most of them are accustomed to read; and
they may, if they choose, consider it as
personally addressed to each of them.
There may be others of your readers al
so to whom it may not be uninteresting.
With sentiments of respect, I am yours,
H. A. ROWLAND.
A baby, three months old, was stolen,
in Cincinnati, a few days since. The
child was stolen from the cradle during
the absense of its mother.
The Virginia House of Delegates, has
passed a bill to allow tht banks to issue
' ira all notes'.
j REMARKS OF JIIt.IIILI,,
I (OF WESTMORELAND.)
In Senate, Feb. 3, ox tiie bill crant-
. IXO THE RIGHT OF WAY TO . THE BAL
TIMORE and Ohio Railroad Compaxv.
Mr. HILL said it was not his design
to occupy much of the time nf the Senate
I in discussing the merits of this bill. lie
j was willing to leave that with abler
; hands. But this was a subject in which
his constituents, and indeed, all cstern
Pennsylvania felt so deep an interest,
that he felt bound to ask the indulgence
of the Senate to offer a faw annimcuts in
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favor of the passage of the bill.
Mr. II. said he had supposed the time
had gone by for so serious and formida
ble an apposition to be made to this
measure. There was a time when it
was the opinion of many that Pennsylva
nia had the control of this improvement,
and that it was her policy, so far as our
own State improvements were concerned,
to prevent the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company from reachfug the Ohio
river at any point. But, sir, that time
has gone bv; for it is now as certain as
any future event can be, that that compa
ny will never stop short of the Ohio riv
er at some point, the predictions and dec
larations of the Senator from the city of
Philadelphia, and the Senator from
Bucks, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Now, (said Mr. H.) this being the case,
there is no time for Pennsylvania to
slumber. When we look to the North
and the South, and see the efforts that are
making to ditert the whole trade and trav
el of the great valley of the Ohio and
Mississippi, from passing through our
own State, and reaching our own great
commercial citv. it is high time for
every Prnnsylvanian to be on the alert.
And what was most strange to him was
to find the Senator from the city, (Mr.
Crabb)and the Senator from Bucks, so
zealously opposing themeasure a meas
ure which, in his humble opinion, was
pre-eminently calculated to promote the
best interests ol that city, for it was now
evident to every reflecting mind that the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
were determined to reach the Ohio river,
and that they were able to do so was be
yond dispute. That company was now
nearly out of debt they were deriving a
splendid revenue from their work in its
unfinished state, and were laughing at the
predictions of Pennsylvania politicians
who talked of their inability to reach the
Ohio riTer west of Plitiburg. Now sir,
this being the case, the interests of Phila
delphia and of Pittsburg, and indeed ot
our own public improvements, are all
deeply inv olv ed in the passage of this bill,
If we, by our contracted and selfish poli
cy, exclude this road from passing
through our own territory, it must and
will terminate at Parkersburg or some
other point on the river, west of Pitts
burg. And he would ak the Senator
from the city, where would the Western
trade and travel then go? It would go to
Baltimore, and would be forever lost to
Philidelphia, and it would be out of the
power of Pennsylvania ever to retrieve
the loss. But by. granting the right of
way to Pittsburg, we have but a short
link to connect that road with the Cum
berland Valley Railroad, and by this short
and easy connection, we have a continu
ous railroad from Pittsburg to Philadel
phia which would at all times secure the
Western trade to Pittsburg, and thus have
a choice of routes through the whole
length of our State to Philadelphia. Mr.
H. said he was willing to admit that if
Pennsylvania had the control of this im
provement and could arrest its further
progress, it might then be a question of
State policy to hold it where it was; and
even that would be a contracted and un
just policy; it would be unjust towards a
large portion of our fellow-citizens who
reside in the south-western parts of our
Commonwealth, who are groaning under
their share of the burdens of taxation,
and who had never received onedollarout
of the forty miilions that had been ex
pended in making canals and railroads
through other parts ot Uie Common
wealth. Mr. H. said he was for adopt
ing a more liberal policy than this. He
would go for a railroad from Harrisburg
to Pittsburg he would go for the right
of way to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road; and he believed ij was the policy of
Pennsylvania to go for every improve
ment that would bring the western trade
to the city of Pittsbug, even if part of that
tarde should go to Baltimore; and he
would say to Philadelphians not to be loo
jealous of sharing part of the trade or
setting down at the same tabic with Bal
timore, for the time was not far distant
when Baltimore would fare sumptuously
every day, and Philadelphia be left to
pick up the crumbs that might happen to
reach her. Sir, Philadelphia has always
pursued a selfish policy she has always
had her false prophets. He recollected
well when the Tide Wrater Canal Com
pany asked the privilege of constructing
that work, the Representatives Irom the
city and countv of Philadelphia raised the
hue and cry that this was a Ba'timore
project; it was calculated to build up
Baltimore, little Baltimore, at the expense
of the city of Philadelphia; and he would
now appeal to the Senator from that city,
if this improvement had not been of vast
ly more advantage to Philadelphia than it
had ever been to Baltimore; and just so
it would be widi the Baltimore, and Ohio
Railroad, for the simple reason that Phila
delphia was the best mrket for welern
produce, and the cheapest place to pur
chase merchandize. Let Philadelphia
think and act in time on a question of
such vital importance to her interest and
prosperity. Besides, sir, is the city of
Pittsburg of so little importance as to bt
entirely overlooked and disregarded bv
the eastern'part of the State? Defeat tht
bill, sir. and you "prostrate that city; yoi
strike a death blow to her energy and
prosperity; yes, sir, the contlagration lh.it
laid waste one half, her wealth on the 10th
of April, 1815, was but a trilling circum
stance when compared with the defr-it of
this bill. Let the Baltimore and Ohio,
and the Harrisburg and Pittsburg Rail
roads both terminate at Pittsburg, and
Baltimore can never compete with Phil
adelphia; but let the former terminate at
any point west of Pittsburg and it will
prove a successful competitor to all th
improvements that ever have be?n or
ever can be made from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg; and if there was but the shad
ow of doubt of this company passing
through Virginia and tapping the Ohio4
west of Pittsburg, that doubt alone should
be sufficient to secure the vote ofevery
Senator of Pennsylvania for the passa
of the bill.
TIic IVlId Cattle ofTcxaj.
We find the following article, in rela
tion to the wild cattle of Texas, in a re
cent number of the Houston Telegraph:
"The settlers who have recently o
pened farms near the sources of the San
Gabriel and Brushy, find the country
well stocked with a singular breed of
wild cattle. Large droves of these cattta
are found not. only on the San Gabriel,
Leona, and other tributaries of Littla
River, but also cn the San Saba, tho
Liano, and many tributaries of the Up
per Colorado, far above the settlemcntj.
They differ in form, color, and habiu
from all the varieties of domestic catde in
Texas. They are invariably of a dark
brown color, with a slight tinge of dusky
yellow on the tip of the nose and th
belly. Their horns are remarkably
large, and stand out straight from lha
head. Although these cattle are general
ly much larger than domestic cattle, ther
are more fleet and nimble, and, when
pursued, often outsrip horses that easily
outrun the buffalo; they seldom venture
far out into the prairies, but are generally
found in or near the forests that skirt tho
streams in that section. Their meat is
of an excellent flavor, and is preferred by
the settlers to the meat of the domestic
cattle. It is said that their fat is so hard
and compact that it will not melt in tin
hottest days of summer; and the candles
formed with it are far superior to thoso
that are formed with the tallow of other
cattle. Some persons have supposed
that it is possible these cattle are a dis
tinct race, indigenous to America; and
the immense skeletons of a species of
fossil ox with straight horns, that are
often found in the beds of the Brazos and
Colorado, would seem to strengthen this
opinion. But as these cattle arc now
found only in the vicinity of the old Mii
sions, it is much more probable that they
are decendants of the cattle introduced by
the early Spanish adventurers. It is
said that a species of wild catde, differing
from all the domestic breeds of the East
ern continent, Is found in the Sandwich
islands; but it is well ascertained that this
breed is derived from the domestic cattio
that were left on those islands by Van
couver. These cattle are so wild that
they can only be caught alive by eutrap
ping them in disguised pits. The cele
brated botanist, Douglas, while on a tour
in one of those islands, fell into one uf
these pits, and was gored to death by a
wild bull, who had been thus entrapped.
Several attempts have been made by the
settlers on the San Gabriel to domesticate
the wlid cattle in that section, but they
have thus for been unsuccessful. As
they are far superior to the domestic cat
tle of the country, not only in ize,strer.gth
and agility, but also in the flavor of their
meat and the density of their fat, they
might, if once domesticated, become a
valuable acquisition to the agriculturists
of this country."
Terrific Fire in Turkey.
Whole Village Conscwed Elevk
others Attacked.
A journal of St. Petersburg, published
an account of a fire which took place on.
the 23d of September, in the government
of Tobolsk. It appears that it commen
ced in a forest near Omsk, and extended
to a distance of fifty Freneh leagues, over
a breadth of fifteen. Eleven villages
were attacked in its course, and one was
entirely destroyed. In the ten others
there were burned thirteen miles, 1,85')
barns, 77,803 ricks of hay, and an im
mexse quantity of wood for fuel. Twenty
five peasants, GC5 horses, snd 915 heal
of cattle, were burned to death. "We, ir
the United States, should be thankful
that we are saved from such awful events. -Only
think of a fire reaching a d:?uriCij
of fifty French league.