The Democratic Watchman iv - -=4l - 7 - P. GRAY 'IEEE' JOE W. FUREY, AUOCIATZ EDITOR Terms, $2 per Annum, in Advanoe iii". 46- BELLEFON7E, 'PA Friday Morning, May 6, 1870 "Unknown," Unseated Lands Within the past few days we have heard a considerahle.amount of growl ing among a certain class of specula tors, because the County TreaQurer has advertised lands, the warrantee name, of which no one knows as "linknou The fact, that They are adiertmid ns "unknown" is•the excuse f,ir the coin plaint, but the real cause is, that they are advertised at nil. , Fer yearn back, there Las been a nuniber a tracts of land that we Le 'neve hive escaped the re.;nlar ta' sales, simply bemuse the "narrantee name was unknown, and because Mr. WOLF has seen proper to 4 advel lln these "unknown'• land, and otlet them for sale for the in \e-, 1- the reason ot the efill.e ot the 0-.01 ling nitwit tlw dry bones 01 sistenlaton In tin-olrt , l lands. The% qa‘, Ito ad CCI /SS the 0:11I eol the Irmo r. he does not 1%1101% OW I /1 . the Malin; trc" That nnuld be a A er'% , It thin do. There Is .career a tract t,l land m the count , t ifin 1 ..1 a dozen or itt,.re 4,t laitaht how is he to deckle n 119.44 the onratr ' The dtherkiit prlrlll , 3 lNlirt clam, ,t t know theineel%es 1%110 8111oIlLt 111,•111 1-1 the rightful 011rier, acid ac ‘‘“ttld ,to 1:1101% lon litt. Trett•llll'l* 1, to de cute. There is not a man, inn el. who On ne one acre of 111.,e111cl land , in the count lin' to lan ta i upon theta--he Isnou , a al,o that it he does not pan 1:1.1 ui v ll lu Sold. litioulog Oil-, 1,. pay his tate-, nal it lie 10.11 I I,:t lie Shouldn't complain it they are Pohl, though the u;inanloe atol ,unit are both unhncmti. 1 . 1,0 fact that he ha- i t pa,.l 1,1, erittit r.l i t o (to man that hi 1an,14 lII] Ibe 4,tlet td ali,nmlt}n•l k‘ll,:in tri.eo Ifis it nano-+ a- --onit to gt t! tilvto that much iiwry of a title—p.tll, iwrhap., ‘‘al,ch liti.l another claimant tor ~hftt tho) untuzine their,‘. amt the lithe thlttci .•t 25 per *vela. to be paid in ndl.tt.t,, 1,0 fore titer Cali 100,01 i,41 h 1 tai the rartiett ttt tvliotit the In, I, n.!, , kid on Pay votir tiozvg un nit n Vel laude, and %oil nvi.41,1 I n i n I 1,,•,•a„, thee are whern, Let the Editorial Convention be at Bellefonte itt the Ilrintt II 1 , 1 , ,I If ~ I k, ‘l,• 11 At tit LIT IS 111, 1 (~,INTi )1 St the present tone 11.. tt tt let - of 11 1 setnociato arts are puratung masterly tea , nun oft t I, I- dm, um ull,l 0.110 intele•la of t Ito state told oat hat he till]. • ./111 he Its e, a, Its e 111. it, Clio Ili". 11, Itart to grapple the 1,11,4 4 , 11 h.• rl.,t tletink . ; i rltt s and plan a victory not only f ,- tits c ttre atonal e nut-t rapidly approac tong, lett fa the pretteletitnal montompt 1I•'z per 11,1,1 plirpl”4l . 11 1111/111 , 1 I el 4 111 /110 I,tt•ti,etn a fro wet 1.4 ago irked i 111 1 1014 ttonsention of Item... de .tl tot• .tt -Lai 14 111114. and place tia omild la. tottrt ill iii, but a eplrit of local pride prompted . I t tor to pante hir son town 14.3 Li,,' meeting, and title resulted 1111114..14 14,1 4,f t project. K e look upon tin 111.4114, 1,41.1 1111 portant to Ito longer neglected And 1,1.111'.1 therefore urge upon tur l.relhera prtmapt ud haritiontoUtt action. It la foe . s.,uy that LI 15.1.1 lasge clues and as near 1110 4 . 4.11 Lie of tit, Stilt LS p.110 , 11/11 . Ve V 14,111.1, theref.tre. 1.11g141,1. 111.41 81101 ronvention be !Mid 111 1111".1.) , ?[. lEndatoduy the 2304 umlaut. at 4 p 1/4. Let etc y erfit or it the Statt• w I,is opposed to negro Fllnt/141. it„ , reseal, .1 , 3. 1, . r!• Ilioe rabic editor Of WI) tile re ate) VI f..• I Ate accepting Lion mongrel altuei pa Now, gentleuten, let us go to work and bold thin COIIN entton in accordance with the above suggestion and the mug gestions wade by this paper se% era! weeks ago. That such con% ration thut juncture to our party Im-tor, there Call be lit, hull and that it should be lien at ft . !, from mfr great cities and roarthe mitre of the state, is equally apparent Where, then, IS there a better, a wore COHN e nient or more pleasant place to held it than just here, in beautiful, romantic Bellefonte? Here, no corrupting in lluences could be brought to bear upon the deltherations of the convention, and we might expect to lia‘e a calm, earne/st and Wise consideration of the vital questions now affecting not only our future prospects but our very ex istence as a party. We trust our exchanges wbII •Fiticak out upon this subject between now and this time next week. If the responses be favorable, we shall then issue a call for the convention at the time above specified or as soon afterward as miry - beragreeitishrbtrthe greatest num ber of editors. /3peak out, gentlemen, and let us know what you think about it. Bellefonte _bad' fbur Itirge hotels, namely, the , "Bush House," the "Alp. kerhoff House," 4"Gartnan's not 4,", and the "Ciirtiming's House," besides' numeroug boarding places, so that there is every convenience for the com fortable accommodation of a large niunber of strangers. The "11ush }louse . ' itself has 100 sleeping rooms, the "Brokerhoff" about 80, "Otirman's about the same number, -while the "Cumming's" runs up into the fifties. Oar railroad facilities are all that can be desired, three &rains leaving the town daily, cast and west. We have splendid scenery, first class trout-fish eries,,and our mountains and woods abound with game, so that there is every‘hlng to amuse the eye and grafi ' iv the taste. Itut while there are all these things, it is not probable that much amuse !neat aill be indulged in. The occa• sum mill be too seriotl9 a one for sport, and the line of policy to be adopted by the Democracy in the future will en gage all our iitteution. The course of the patty in regard to the Fifteenth Amendment, must be indicated by a 111 J 1i \ pre, , lop of the Mews of the men ho do work, and their resolves should go torth to \ the a lhl clothed afth all 'the power o hich rigorous, ihonchtlnl mind' au ,l high ',Aiwa, intevrity ran me them. We shall n,iiionble‘to Bork. and we shall aork not,alone tor the party goo.l, 101 l tor the good of the it hole pe,;pli , of to day and I,u the bent-lit of gvi.eratnimi yet Needs Baking •••mmt half bilked inovigrel up 111 I ki .. .tOti 11IX% ill,lllll, 1,,Ca1l 11,, = COTIJIIII , Ht , ItcI , 4114111 . t appoint hull .1— Vrm about a litdreolaran ul 1 , ‘a.1.11c, affil 1.11111,g a1,411:t "ring. roi.nonons , of Iho I h 1 . “1111111.SIMICN, Lich lie git into the negro organ of do- place, take die iollo‘‘itig, in reference to he in.trii. 11011 given the appointee. ei I. r o. tt 1. its hl. t.ntf.• . eti I It. ftl.ll. ttll tVIII, h.. /11.11r1/..1 4 .1 ttp feet.l. tr to toke. lie pretterlts 1..4., per . Pill I 1111.1101f') aro stem); unether I. 1 . :.11..1.1p I. .ill I pl•-silee - c. ept 1111 , ten s t o Is.. tf 1..1 tss pf efe• h 1.11.1 I. II t . .e. ••1--0, of Its f s.t,,s, sen In+truel..l Iss %Al,r property ekt on. hell NiM, till' II %%110 l{ro(t . , (lie men %%110 1 , 10,11 , 11e.1 such stuff, tliu,t be either fool. thetio4elAt , or imagine th,ir readert.. be 1 rawer, !sillier lip ,❑n 4,11 e C%Cr r,a,l There h, not a man in the count) %%110 ct,h::',l hi I,IIIIW Ulll . ll hi. 11l II 1%110 doe" Ilia know, that the ("maim, •otottsr-t instrucliond to AliaesittorB are Matte o l tt w totkordtitiett with the tioVer ftcl, pc int,' and pasted (po tlo• r•I eadt hoots, 11111 that nlL r unnr.uni aliat nrticics chimes ittt with the I.olmtin g i ii-lriletiolls • rt e 1•••• 6% ,10In 11I ~ . ~ LAN. o f 40,1111 , 111.. 11111 ,11,1 h 1 -h ill r • ‘,011,1 kl I , ott 0.i0, , 1 eraloon, o Les o th. uno./41 od too I I, Ikol pui 11. 1 11 , 1010 .111141114 • 111.1 t Ilt. I r Idt 0.• .Li • tt s• LII 1 -11 Li• s • 11.• I t ,1; 4/1•114,4 Oh. I. 1 . 111, the •-1 ., ,q au4 , ert t. 1141, ikll.lhew he(•“1111 a.-ern llrj per cent. Imiller than the law direet. Iwo to, orb put t‘sp , propl•t to at wie tLtrd it, ti.rl salt'. Flu.tori trip, proper t‘ at .o.e hall it, real ‘altie, will take he 01l eell4l 'IAA ISCON ered that '"rl' I, the i a,r, t" e‘l'l"'" NVe tt nl l aa‘isu the I 111-toa e.;rrespot),l,llt ,o 1 the ligmbii,an, to pot his head tutu the lirtot oven Le utile,. to, and hate It Laked n little There are elri.letitly, se%eral tery )Ift spots about it. The Difference lusc,l the Deinticrae) have had (lie eiffintv finances. Why) the‘ eat.' iut putter at thnt 1111 , 14,1111 I it it li n 11011. ,of one /isfidrrd and forty lire thousand do/Lai:it, thatllic K now•notliings of that Its -the mongrel par") of to day. heaped upon it in six }ears. 't Vat luta hu lieen redneed to '7•:;rl,rii with *37,000 of taxes due the conta in sioners, to pay it will b. A 1 . 111111.- ty order, is- worth just one hun dred center on the dollar, and will be taken the ease as afflney by any busi aces man in the county. Away back in 1550 something, the party in opposition to the Democracy got control of the finances of the b(4- ough of Bellefonte. At that time, there was not a cent of debt against it. To day, no one knows howdnuch it is indebted, but the general estimate places it above one hundred 'thousand dollars. We do not know the exact figures, but we do know that since ilift4, the council has got authority from th e Legislature to borrow winery thousand dollars. What it has done with this there iszo ouelmuse---11—Laa_lionow al it at, 8 and 10 percent and pays fbe taxes on it, and the borough exeditf to day, in in such a corlitOn, that s bor ough order will not bring sixty cents ors The dollar. There is not a business man in town who will take them, over the amount of his taxes, and you can't even trade them for store goode. Now, will the 'Republican editors who are continually howling about the county finances, tell us why it is that a county order under Democrotic flnan• ciering Will bring ahVndred cents on the dollar, and a .borough order under Mongrel financiering will not bring over sixty cents on the dollar? /90 °they roN'T. They DARE 710€ "503" The negro rote In thin Senatorial District is el Matted at 530, divided up among the dif ferent collation as Con Oro flair Huntingdon nrnwt . . .Ittnittin Perry.... . It is,this mass of black ignorance that radicalism expdcts to Make out weigh the white men of the district. This is the body guard it expects ,to close round its candidates for Sent& and secure their election. This is the body of black a•moors, whom the de- Ch ed devilish,o theising, labor-op. pressing, silk stocking leaders of the radical party say shall decide nit() shall represent theifyxst white men of the De.triet in the Senate Chamber at Ilarrisburg tor the three coining y e,are. Shall they do it? ---The calamity at Richmond bt %%loch rlsr , ollA here Willed and 0% or 100 nounded, one of the sadde.t oc ctirrefleefl that ire have ever heard ot. Some ot the bet-t citizent , of Richmond lt,d their Incs, and man i ) a famil 1111 , 4 le en plunged into the tteepc-t griel. In anoiher place ne pnblt It 1111 account of this sad affair. I'. 11. AviAr, a ‘rry .I,,tin,:undied lan) er and a great grand Rai lot the celebrated k ll t vet, ha- , Lelled, pith many other noted per gonnges. the breaking of n girder , from behenth o,liich the pillar, had, been removed to impros e the appear ance of the Court Room, was the came ot it all. Thus, for the Rake of appear mace, the lac, of ;fl people luau, 1, / , aacrificed. •I'hr Ne‘% York 7)0, , , relerroig to the intolciabli• lloteroA,fil the eountrt hr the proterttoni-t: , through their adroit arid irersisteld rt.:ent.- in II .111 , 1 .'fl, (fro tltt 1..1 I. 1.. -1. , 1110 t.ttttlt. 1.11 r..t..t t urtl. 11.1 1..51 t h.. VI , 1. r 1 , 1 $•• ti tr HO, Ilittlly ro lit's , I 111. i. 11. NIII , II 11e•ipth oil all it. I b.• ~ 1 th.. .1. 111 `lll. ',II , 11 4111.• nation kW! N 1 in t gigtitinle and te,peet nt1,...er.1111g Init. • "• Intelligent nubile gentinierlt la the Wert Is 01.•11,11. 1111111gty 1,1 f t,..r .‘ tint, rt , f.., in 'I ht• ut•ltt mt. , 11 t• ehrpotatinng very t.l 11g0 , 1 still 14' ~1111..111 lender , gill .../011 1).1,1•01110 ill. It•gt.-1.tt1..11 of IL. ..1111. try Abut fentr-ttlth. “( tit. %%I -to rtt 0.1.1 n i.. 1.1 ot 11.,tt t.ll r ing im.t.• thitt a pr. , ) I.t...ttgltt b.,.• el.•ryth,,m 11, gain and nothing 1., I.) nt. tug.. 3lts.“ , otrt orr , t Late Publications I 111.0. 1 ) 0 , 1 I , I Her:110, .1•14 . 11 , ` :trot MI I Ellis vt 1771, 11(1.1 1 1 , .111111 I , 11,.,11.11 \ .10 I 11, & 0. \ Ip• MIIIIIIII, low. I to 1111, only strictl3 I)ctiloCratie Mag.:l ime in the cumin.). And tt bile being ,tnetly ItrnlucrullC, It I 9 not exclii , :y, ly So I tii 41eitartinents ut Literature . , Science and \n, are not excidied tiny of till, !Mae 111 etell I.llti pu ol lru Initul of the lay, awl its political :1711 lift.e it ring about than that round- good 111 the degenerate tunes ut 11111 ti grel rule. Vre would like to see the (I t n tlt NRI, 11l even 11011.11101 d 111 the countiy , IL yuuld augut of better ME TIIC Win I:4 I.!, M tfl4l,Z IS JlLnurr 'Furl - 11.1111 k Sliirdock ington r nnnntn f`.1,00 The May number altraction4 are Mary Itmisell Maori', by Margaret .1 Preston , My Mauler, SI Paula, The LIMN of M . icenee, \V. Oiltnore Initienborougli Tale., No. I , more Perch , Ranilden 1n ,Nfeueo„ en nine l'arineli!lie. Monogranin Cham ber's Jllllllllll , The Earthy l'arn.h.e, Win !land Itronne , Theft .1 the Yearn, Charlen W. lid's, ()pen Hand ed Vices, Edward Spencer ; Sweet 111 of her, Mrs Judson; Mystery of Ed win I /rood, chapters I 111, Chacles Dickens; Mosair--i4eb inwo—Nen Books The Green Table,&e.,—mahlog in :ill, one of the finest and most entertaining tulle of contents presented by any pub lication for many a month. The New Ecleticws always good. 11111 AWUIT4TUNAI. /(10.111. and Amer - loan Itnilangialn nal, by Samuel Sloan Halm 114.1plaa, Claxton, Ullmann S Ila & 821 Markel Street Yvr 11,1111111 Single copies GO route. We cannot give a better plea of this valuable publication than by quoting part of the proprietor's notice, which tells us it is "Devoted to the develop ment of that Art which embraces all Arts, and to relative Mechanical in ventions; to the spread of building news, practical' intrmatttm, etci, in America. Its reglkhiili contributors are the ablest, most practical and enter prising men orthe times. It coque illustrations and information of ectit value and ititeret to the general pub lic. Further, It is the Organ of no in dividual or section, on the contrary, architects and,,,others arc solicited to make use of its columns lbr descrip• lions and Illoetraiione of prominent, buildings, and novel and interesting de *no from every. portion of the cone. try, thereby opening ugfor themselves widbr sphere of usefulness, and aid ing us in making the Rsvisw more cosmopolitan." TheColore I Democrats. '' That the yMmooracy,stiall coax the negro vote is atividea that we object to. In fact we protest against any such de basing action on the part of the Deno• cratic party, and while there is, much that i'lli4Pfutliful in the following article, yet there is not one Democrat out of a thousand who can endorse the line of policy, it would-eventually necessitate; or the principles it would necessarially imply : The entire republican press of the coulitry is now agitated because the democracy Wive expressed a detertnina• ium to control the negro vote. Ifemocrats are charged with hypocs rise and inconsistency, because, after opposing the Fifteenth Amendment, and declarin.lie negroes In the south ern status incapable of properly exer cising the privilege of suffrage, they now avow their purpose of arraying the blacks against the ruling party. The affectation of facetiousness with which republicans treat the idea that the negroes can be withdraw 11 from that party, is curiously mingled w ith alarm and indignation that such a propos] tion tdo4kld be made. They seem th think thtftt the "mini and brother" was released from his former master to Is: come their property, and that an at tempt to•W rem. him from the gripe of the carpet Barger is not only the climax 01 impwlence, lout an effort at larceny for a Inch those making tt ought to be severely punishul. It ooull not he strange should conrress pass a law making it an indictable offence fur a democrat to present a negrc with the ballot, or iiistruct hint arl 10 the a irk• 01111...1 and rottenness of the ruling par. ' ty. Such a lan would not be one whit I ,,„ r ,: e ! ean ty nuttiuuutnal, absurd and wicked than the general prat 1.1011., of the reco,,tractium .1c to the alleged inconsultency and h% oldernocrali4 h) working to inar•lial the ile;roe, on the right our republican friends will do %sell I.) retotoolter that ovito.otiott to a tto.a , ore a }cry ditteretit thing before and at ter its acconiphAincrit. 111 the 11 nrnn r cave, a nia% be twill politic and ju-t. and in the latter, inexpedient and wron,!. Probably a cool man) noire than half of the men in the vonntr?, to iire obedient to and mahing the lie.t ot law to which the) acre oppu cl at the lllnv tit their pa , .agc. Admit, for the take of Tit 11:IS 11,11111 . 11ted it without any re:‘ervntion,—that the democracy were wrong in their rimariition to iie gro suffrage, does it follow that they continue to oppoQe it when e.dab li lied by the federal con.ititntion ? Mr republican advi.er+ have told 119 that we are lihe the Bourbon., in that a e never learn anything; but now. when ilekpocrats nay lhet will not only tin prose on republican tactie., but Vl.lll edn ale the , 1/ 1111'V a 111 under stand the political 'mica mo-t nearly and directly affecting the intereqts of 1,,v0r men, those name republican ii_ur, tell its that the idea N not anti prci Lot eminently :t%i-h, i.anse, in mit, it looks to the i11...1,1,11 leg of 1)/1' ruling party of it 3 property. We bate I.llly coneddered Oft , right rain to - electioneer the for the pm po , e of dimaliti-ing the minds republicana of the idea that no .lich right existed, and that to ri- , ,ert it in effrontery The black 111.111 N 1111 logger I•ol.trahall.l Ile iv I tree to go and come between political partie., and it is the pm. itege and duty ill democrat. to Will horn to it lis t. her part% 111:111 1111` one now tanning him t•\1•111.1,1•1% 1114 It 11%111. N. to the ztliiliti of the demo, far% to control the negro vote, it )a hardly it debniahlc ipie-lion. Governor Cog naid lie could do no in Connecticut. In 1 'irivitinati the Macke" have .trongl v condemned the tai In - Michigan they mote independently. In Tennessee they are acting with the democratic party In Virginia Governor ‘Vidlor bun releivil them from the control ot the carpet baggers. 'file leading men of Lotimann have assured Senator 114(n,1n(•Ln that thee %%11l turn (he Marks Itotit,t the ~•.lnthllPaln.. The erith4 111 (--;(mth (4krollmt (-ay they 1111 earn the elate if they can have a fair eleehon. The republican ',arty has carried the reeun,diuction infamy to completion on It to place in the hands of deinneritts weapon %bleb 144 ericdi the au thorn of it. - L'hlrap, Grant and the Negroes General ;rant closely resembles cha r : e q `inner lii respect to his not liking to conic into close physical COll. tract nith the tiegroes. The other night, during the celebration in honor of the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, just slier he had finished his "speech," and when the portico in front of the White House was packed wit h p en I de, nit old negro worn an rush ed towards hint front out of the crowd, and, seizing his hand, began to kiss it with great vehemence, accompanying each effort with a gurgle of satisfac tiou audible to those some' distance off. When she had finished, he was shout to slip his hand back into his breeches pocket again where was before. but was prevented by a cross eyed boy, al so black, who darted forward and re peated.the Icisethrg operation with equal gusto. Grant let him have his fill, however, but when he.,lisd finished, turned round to Marshal Sbarpe, who stood behind him, Withddrii remark, "I can't say' that I like - that . much, Sharpe." It was hardly to be wonder ett at, for the cross-eyed boy used, the weed, and Great's hand had untleredne a salivatory bath. THE RICHMOND HORROR. Portionlars of the Dlsaster—Terrible Scenes and Incidents How the Dead were Disfigured—The Entire City In Mourning—A General Sus pension of Business--Numerous Pro vidential Escapes. RICHMOND, April 2.T.—Such woe the intense interest felt in the declaim - to be rendered by thi3 State Court of Ap peals in the Mayorality case ,to,day, that by eleven o'clock m. a ;crowd of,,eager citizens filled the court room, which is located on the upper floor of the capitol building on the north side, and immediately altota the House of Delegates. The room is about 20 by 25 feet, the judges' bench at ono end being confronted by a small gallery at the other. The entrance to the court room is front a balconied gallery in the upper story, qyer the Washington mon ument, on this lower floor, and above is a sky light in the roof, which ad. mite the light. This balcony, or gal lery, was also filled with people who could not gain admittance to the court mono. At the time of the catastrophe it is estimated that no more than three hundred persons were in the court room, but these tilled it to its utmost caps. city. Q large number of the legal I l e ternity and members of the pre.s were in the room inon?diately in frmit. of the bench and the gallery. The oppo bite end 8119 end i ng eitizety, and die centre of the small room was thronged by a crowd, both ~e aled and 'there 11 as a general con vershtiou or dowto , ..ion 114 to the 111(TitS of the case going on among the a-seal tiled autiftmee, and all %%etc eagerl 'imailing the ndtcut of the itidge4. At length No of their lionorii entered— ! Judge Joynel and Cndcrson —+ un htool. them seats, %%lien the conver,ation lull I ed among the people, amd for thu first time there was it pet eelit ible ;deuce. OM= suddenly and a aattiting the ar mal If the remaining judgus, a report ni of a , niothef6.ll gnu under the floor was heard, followed ititinediate:v another stflular report, and Cl er body started front their seats and looked to Wards the centre of the room, from %%hence these 011)InOtis lair tld4 roomed to is . sue. l'eople there stood oip and looked theniselte4 for an explanation of this r-trange and tostetiotts Rut they had not long to aait, carte emu:king sound, tu.i of -orate ton her, lirealong, raid then the floor teat felt giNing. away :it the centre of Ole room. Siiiiiiltatieousl:, t,-erybiel) Jumped to their feet, tor nil tell the danger aas imminent, and self-preser. Nation is the first law of nature,. But it oas 100 late. Down tient the thiOr ,itira terrific era'-h, ttith huitig, breathing and frightened human tre.:lo dragging ‘‘ikl,l At the gnller aiid Ito Ili tug inane, and tiya a thet, vent a ihs twice of nearlyerwenty lite feet to the floor o h the II otD , e of I wlegntes. hen, %Sala the detWeitellteg the ithpre, tthlch War, ..(itiielio%% ttttuchel to the gallon also, came doan n ith another teartul crank, smothering and crushing the hl tug and strugg,'.iii;.; nias4 4itt Melons beneath. 1,1 \ fl k 1,1 A ledge ((I about 1,,e1‘•• 1... t, on %%Ilich the ben( 11 N‘:l4 l((oated, (11.1 riot ditAyti, amt ((II Itirth‘ acre r•a%cl r 1'1(11'1(11g tic jii(l;(••• au,l rept(rt erg \ ,;( - , )(((i a, Ili , t,oo(trre(l, tlo(-0 it h.) roald (Mitch hold ‘$111.101 , ;•+. ..t 1110 gal- Icn au 1 rah out to (411((r rm(lits, and lbw( 11111.1i . 1 °then., is en. (-a ed. I= Tile ',Celle lt lilt 11 t.,11,111:61 11l Witt IN be% 01111 llc-rnpn In itttorell tile tllO 0 01, v fi4 j 4,r : 1 11,1 l eilnlg IV'l4 the and the and pow er of the latter, with the _nller•. ul on them, forever hilein their ern, for help. It %,:13 n 'cent of horror never to he forgotten by thii-e who wit ite, , sed it. To tho-e who remained. abuse, aria who ventured to look down into the vacant ..pace of the court mom, nothing wa-i limbic but a cloud of thick dust,through this the frantic cripiorthe %Idling vet alive could he Ireard vainly appealing for hell,. The eratili 51114 felt in every portion of the building, even to the basement, out 01 which the officers ran in precipitate ihiste, and coon the alarm! 01 the catastrophe was pealed through the city on the bells of the surrounding churches. Thin sound had the client of to inging promptly to the nceile the lire department, besides a large concourse of eitizei.e, who were under the iinpression that a conilagra lion had taken place. stooks and lad dere were at once brought into active requisition, and the work 01 extricating the dead, the mangled, the wound ed and lie dying Was COMlLleneed. I= Luckily it was an hour prior to the meeting of the legielature, when the House of Delegates would also lia%e been thronged, and hundreds 01 others would have been added to the already immense list of killed and wounded. As it was, come fifteen or twenty per sone are reported to have been in the house, some of whom Apcaped and were killed,. one of the mikee among them. An'lneident ot the lamentable eceaskm'is that both the mayors— Mem) and Cahoon -- who wore the most interested pdrties present, went down with the floor into the yawning room beneath, I:4lisort escapingn nhur while Cahoon was slightly injured.; Wit DEAD DISFIGURED. When the corpses were brought and exposed to the square , scarcely (Mc of them coat . bo' recognized, so-41'earfully disfigured were they, and the broken hearted wives, sisters, and mothers, of several even tailed r in sows instances, to recognize the victims. The faces of all the dead 'were foarfully swollen and blackened, It is sttppotted, from etiffoca lion, and about the tilouth'and lips was a sort of o§aAulaitid 'ftoth,' , tinctured with til cl. whig!‘'llritftrenett 'ltnd stiffen with iiofit, , ti Oijtiaa of I)r.. 3', B. oali a repirr sit T tlle ragtreeer, ( it is sits 111rWl, TOII4 to roogitlze' him, ar.l a bred!! c forrter only dts-. - - , covered hie identity by searching Fie pockets. THE CAPITOL BUILDING Which dates nearly 'to the Revolm tionary era, is dilapidaded and insecure, and is now but a wreck of what it was, the whole northern side of it being a man of debris. While the dead and wounded were being removed many alarms took place, and the people rualied4rom the buildirig repeatedly in terror of another calamity. SUSPENSION OP UUSINIISS, Throughout the entire city business has Inca suspended, stores are closed, and the community are mourning their ir reparable loss. Many oldie stores are draped in the emblematic crape. We , . d men and children arc crying arid weep. ing in every direction, an men are rushing hither and thither seeking fresh details of the sorrowful tragedy. A 11E5TING CALLED, The following call has been issued for a meeting, at which floe. Walker will preilide : To the Citizens of Itichmond• terrible calamity has just occured, which ninny who were in lite , hut day ago pow sleep in the cabin. repos e of dent!). It is fitting upon- such" an Wash - in that some public action shoal) lie taken expressive of the deep sorrow that pervades every Ileart and rt 1 , therefore recommended that the People assemble on the capitol square to mor. row nt iwelwe o'clock to give a expression of their grief and sy pat liv on this tnournfitl occnvion. 111 \I %Ms %lAA: _kiliong the miraculous escape_ thotse of the repoxicra of the IV/ty, the and 'Male Journal :LII tit whom were seated immediately tin the edge of the Parting door, poor being 1 , 1.) lairhad.-that lie fell into d i „, feat lid abyss and k,st his hie. others grasiail or clutched hold ot doors, Ns indut% .4 or benches, and ri.k,l them-ekes by ektktordinary exertio,ii and the intarpusitkin of l'ickiilenej. II is l'.xcellency, kus .IValher, office p•in-i mart ii-14/111 l% t. tlio cantinas occurred, Lad a naiiir.s cape. his untiring esertion hiring die 41a% lie \An, inhtruinental in;; the sounded, and hating the dca,l t , nwier liirr ~~ouW other‘s 18e 1110 C beell the ( 'With great I+romptitudetheGutllnor cuniniatiileil the haddm' , to 142 e 1..—1. and prevented the crow? rudong 1:1 deetrnetion when it wndcertain p iese nee couhl only entbart ass the I ro ceoitngs. Tuutr Ui the 11101/ 1111)111C41 the a 1,, but the Go% ernor tnod upon the ,cl., and, ',lngle handed, tinrreil the keeping then' hark until Its"!. During Ilse tat lie wag titnntl) on the -.Celle, 1,.:1%1N,, , direct' —, a na by hi, pre.eace t•tnuulating II -0 who were worl,i•vg to f utther e‘er! II !clea-on , g the , ulTrriti , and deal .1111.11 g, tho-e ui the w o un,l e ,l wI (o'n.llt ton a-, ino.t dot) Mtn, welt (10‘ernor Welk, Mr.la . Nei.- `Mr ( 1 1.-tertnan, Mr an.l agent of the Po(111111011 SWIOII4IIII I . .olipari The 111,4 are reported bet. ter to night, hut Mr. Dunham 1 , pocte.l to 11%e \ .g.•ntleurin who narrov, .1:11 11 with I io hie.,lesc bi , gth \ I x‘:l , 4 seated fa Olie "1111,110 t h -A the reirrr(cl. When the 11 , 101 . in, 1111.1 ei t•ibmg of •1 , I timber t, ll llrl. M . \ chair Ilia- I. Li fell :Ind I nun, over Ilse ledge, I ot 1111 grarlii , l the floor anal I r , rf.i.eri involmitstrik CM1111 .,, have mere) upon un I i gone' It eaa a terribie mono n• I Ital I no er tor t. The crashing, of the door, the of the nias4 oho went down in Ilo"r lentil Fiallgiltvr, and the frantic ettorti of sonielo eseape, tt llh tn . !, oi‘n elranee4 of lie, inere all learluils sentel in a singly instance \VI , i"I recovered and got tnysell hack on th , platform I lilt , ' tainted, and net. Inl mil by somebody from the fatal apart merit. Till: KILT En kV!, Wm Ni,p,D. Fifty ei¢Ll iprmonti Isere killed a-1 ono hundred nr.ol Feventeett wounded. 115331 Ito Jimmy, April 28.—T0 day all the houses of btlailleriti are closed, hat crape Oa the w I litlt/a Itti,l the in •np 11011--- - Closeil in coniuspienee iit calamity at the capitol." The strec are tined a4th 11.1111:Tal et/TEA:4;O. Intl. funeral corteges or the head troth sad of pollee joined. All late 1 0 1111i1110/11ties seem to have lac , forgotten. Thu hells of the city 11.0 i tolled all day, and the streets I r k like Sunday. A crowd of about 7,000 people lir , flow assembled in the park hearing ad dresses of condolence front Gut ernor Vial ker ;. .l tido Orr, Judge Crump, ( w. • error NS Ise and milers, delivered fowl the southern portico of the capitol. Thomas l'. Baldwin, one of the In jured, died to.day. Jle was frontN OV. ark, N. J., and owned a large clothing house hera. Roth betimes of the legislature held informal.lueetme Lida. morning and agreed to unite with the cil t izens it any general procedure. Alnd The body of colored Senator was Bent home this titorny i lgi t he hearse being fpllowed . by w ite anti Cililgrifial Member"of the SeAdle to die depot. Ex•Governot Wells is better. —The New rtrletir4liptes says that ever since the ,tatininaoon of the War the mind of f s ierreillonld halt been un. settled, and Oat the ones great orator, snquitlled adit•eate,"dedo4tplished .l riet and seholaeflwlndlqdinto a help. 94 ttopeletvi imbecile, and passed t e I4st, 606 years or hie Tire in the wet frliPlotla's.nd Imbecile man ire'''. atiPnti qui colitkpleo 'ev &throw of ..01.1r Ff. r .94k r . o .ool i t t it' °*°*. • "La—`lll'it tit icTig P—ttrity and A Nit le ] i~tt4t's 419rertirttent, let all the it.!±!!!tmen 1"
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