Wreck orthe Bark Florldhus, of
New York ---Nearly two hundred
• Lives Lost! • ,
The lambi Chronicle gives the following account
of the loss of the Floiidian:— -
Flinsvice,--Sunday, March 4,
With the deepest regret we have to record one
of the most frightful catastrophes that-prohably.
ever occurred on this part of.the English' coast, vizi_
a total loss of a large emidrant ship or the Lone
Sands, with.nearly two hundred souls oft=board..k
took place during the tempistous and fearthlWeather
on Wednesday last, without doubt the severest that
has been experienced on these shoriA for a length
eked period.
The mournful tidings, as:mey be readily imag
ined, created the deepest sensation throughout the
town. Owing to the exhausted condition of the
poor sufferers, who had been exposed to the rage of
the storm in the rigging for forty-eight hours, it
was impossible then to elucidate any facts connect
ed with the catastrophe, beyond the certain fate of
the ship, and her living freight. It was not till
yesterday that the correct details could be elicited
'from them by Mr. Billingsly, the to Lloyd's
of this port, and the assistant agent, Mr. Oppen
heim, to whom the reporter is indebted for the sub
joined details respecting the deplorable affair.
'The ill fated vessel was the bark Floridian, 500
Mils burden, Captain E. D. Whitmore master, front
Antwerp. She was the property of 'Ali - . E. D. Hul
bert, of N. 'Y. and had been chartered by a-German
company for the conveyance of emigrants to the U.
States. She was announced to sail from Antwerp'
on last Tuesday week, but for some reason she was
delayed, and did not finally take her departure from
the coast until Tusday last. The number of emi
krauts that had come on board before her weighing
anchor, is stated to have been from 170 to 200.
They comprised young respectable German labor
ers, with their wives and families, and many grades
of mechanics. Amongst the number on board, were
from fifty to sixty women, and between twenty and
thirty children of different ages. The ship kept on
her course, the intention being to make for the
South Foreland Light, running under reefed foresail,
ffiretopmast staysail, and the main spencer. Al
though the storm increased in fury alinost every
hour, no alarm was manifested for the safety of the
ship until about three o'clock, when (according to
the statement 01 one of the seamen saved) the chief
mate expressed some misgivings as to the course
they were then pursuing, and calling to the second
officer, requested him to take charge of the watch
while he went below to " look into his Coast Pilot
Directory."- Scarcely had he quitted His post before
the - ship struck with terrific force, so great, indeed,
that her planks and false keel immediately rushed
up'alongside, too truly showing that She was lost.
A scene of horror instantly presented itself on
deCk. The emigrants hastened up on deck in fran
tic dismay, and the sight that followed when they
beheld the fate that awaited them to a certainty,
maybe readily conceived by the reader. Within
a lew.moments of the vessels striking,the sea broke
into her hull with much impetuosity, blowing up
the hatchways, and sweeping 'many of the poor
creatures overboard, while others were drowned iu
their births, being unable to rise, from the effects of
sea sickness. Capt. Whitmore perceiving the- in
evitable destruction of the ship, gave orders to his
men to launch the boats, which were carried out
with the greatest despatch. but they were utterly
insufficient for the purpose of saving all on board;
for if. in fact, they had outlived the fury of the ra
ging
surf, they were not capable of containing one.
third of the poor emigrants. The first boat broke
adrift the moment she was launched, and it is said
capsized directly with two men wit° were in it.
'File moment the second -boat was lowered, the
Captain jumped into it with Mrs Whitmore Otis
wile.) This led to a desperate rush towards the
craft. Sonic twenty or thirty poor creatures, men
and women, leaped from the quarter deck of the
foundering ship into the boat. The result was, that
it also instantly capsized, and the whole party was
instantly lost. There being now no possible means
of escape left for those on hoard, the crew took to
the rigging, to which they lashed themselves; - and
upwars of oue hundred of the emigrants congrega
ted on the quarter deck. Here they had not been
for more than an hour before the ship broke in two
admidships.
The mainmast fell over the side with a fearful
crash, and a tremendous sea carried away the whole
of the quarter deck, with the mass of human beings
on it. A frightful shriek filled the air, and the
next moment the unfortunate creatures were seen
struggling in the deep. By great efforts eight or
ten were rescued by the men who had secured them:
selves in the rigging. And, alas !as will be seen,
only to meet with a more horrible death. The
moment the ship broke imtwo, her cargo, mostly
merchandize, floated out and intermingled with the
drowning sufferers. For some sime, meffAxvomen,
and children were seen floating about on the pack
ages ere night had set!in, however, all had disap
peared, and it is sadly to be feared that not one
escaped. The then survivors, about twelve in num
ber, continued in the rigging of the foremast, which,
with the forepart of the vessel, was all that remained
of the wreck, the Whole of the night, enduring the
greatest suffering. There was no moderation in
the violence of the weather. The sea kept break
ing over them, and the cold being most intense,
rendered their condition more painful: When
Thursday morning broke, it was discovered that
six of the poor sufferers had' died in the course of
the night. They had had been frozen to death, and
their bodies were dangling in the rigging. All that
day the same fearful weather existed, and not the
least aid could be rendered to those whostill existed
in the rigging. They could see vessels passing at
a distancembut they were too far off for the crews
to observe their situation. Thursday night and the
greater portion of Friday passed away, yet no help
came. Only four now remained, three sailors and
one passenger; the other two were frozen to death
in the course of the preceding day and night. The
sufferings of the surviving poor sufferers continued
frightful in the extreme: and their feelings and hor
ror. may be readily imagined, when they found the
third night setting in, and death likely to overtake
them, as in the case of their wretched companions.
About seven o'clock, however, great was their joy
at. perceiving the approach of a vessel, whi ch proved
to be her Majesty's revenue cutter Petrel. The .
crew belonging to her, by the direction of the com
manding officer, lowered their boat, and pushed off
to the spot, the, heavy surf beating around the
wreck in such a manner as to render the running
of the cutter alongside extremely dangerous. Aft-,. r
considerable difficulty, the poor sufferers wer , got
off and taken on board the revenue (mite r , when
everything was donefor their comfort. "; hey were
in a deplorable state of exhaustion, wild partly be
reft of their senses. Their' hands and feet were
severely frost bitten, and how th‘2y escaped with
their lives appears most remar)-able. The Petrel
mad for this port. with all and arrived about
11 o'clock last night. Mr. Billingsly, Lloyd's
agent and vice Consul for the Belgian government,
afforded the poor sufferers every attention that was
possible, by placing them in comfortable quarters.
Al 6. names of the seamen saved are Henry Hill,
William Hariy,and a Sxcede, name unknown. The
fourth is one of the emj,.grants, apparently a mechanic.
He has been dered ever since he has been landed.
Life , in Mexico..
The city of Mexico is a hard old place; so writes
a member of a company for California by the over
land route. To walk the streets in safety you must
carry a revolver in each hand, and " keep your eyes
skinned." Why, the first night we arrived here,
two or three of our company took a bath. One of
them was robbed of $l5O. The Alcalde was sent
for, but he was found to be the owner of the estab
lishment. So "it was all sweet," as Charley says.
I called on Mr. Clifford, our Minister, this morning.
He informed me that a few eyenings since he saw
-a: man lassoed and robbed before his own door.
There is no safety here for Americans from assassi
nation. The California fever rages here to a great
extent. Hundreds are on the' road from Vera Cruz
to this place. This is by far the best route for
those of limited means, as you can travel through
the country for almost nothing. You can btry
horses here from $l2 to $2O. The cost of keer,ing
yourself and horse while travellino: 6 will not exceed
.50 cents a day. Therefore I would advis e th ose
Who think of coming to come this way.— as it is
much the quicker and better route. T here is no
danger to be apprehended on the road from the
Mexicans, for they fear the Amerir.ans. and give
them plenty of room.
Terrible Di saster—rioiler Explo
sion—Five Fersons
Dwellings. Destro'vd.
P rfTSBURG, March 2(3.
Our neighboring cify . of. Allegheny was thrown
into a great state of alarm and excitement by the
explosion of the boilers of ,the Cotton Factory of
Messrs. Fife & Brother. The boilers were thrown
forty feet, and the roof raised from the building.
Five of the adjacent buildings were destroyed by
the explosion. . •
Fife, one of the proprietors of the factory, was
killed, and the bodies of five others have been dug
from the ruins.
Four persons Were badly injured by the fall of a
chimney, and it is feared that several persons are
yet buried in the ruins.
Rsrimitsro Collyer,yrho was the first
to introduce the model artists k has made an affidavit
before the Mayor of New York against such an
exhibition, as lewd and demoralizing to the minds
of the spectators. •
,Intelligencer St., Journal
E. W. HUTTER,EDITOR.
Lancaster, April 3, 1549.
Er.lnclisposition of the EdittiF must : excuse the
'wanrof the usual amount of ed4cirial in this week's
intefligeneer. In his hour of.:lteed, however, the
journalist has ever a ready resource in the Scissors,
and we flatter ourselves that this, our trusty and
well-beloved Assistant, has discharged his trust in
a manner not at all discreditable. Our outside .
page will be found especially interesting. The
Sketch entitled : "A GOOD CONECEENCE,"_trallElated
from the French, for the Buton Olive itinich, con
veys a wholesome moral, and is withal full of cu
rious coincidences, tending to demonstrate the dan
ger of a too positive reliance on circumstantial
testimony, however plausible and convincing. The
article headed: "A. CEMETERY WITHOUT A MONU
MENT,- is in the highest degree graphic and elo-
quent, and furnishes an appropriate commentary
on the heart-rending details of the wreck of the
bark Floridian, by which nearly '290 German
emigrants, men, women, and children, perished in
the foaming deep. We commend these selections
to our readers, as far superior to any thing that we
could have conceived or written.. •
11Y Hog. JAMES BUCHANAN, late Secretary of
State, has returned to this city, after a Most cordial
and gratifying interchange of ct:yilities with the
Democratic representatives at Ha'rrisburg. Mr. B.
is looking unusually well, and a general feeling
of gratification is felt among his old neighbors, that
he has again returned to- the society of which he
waszo long the pride and ornament. It is the inten
tion of the Democrats, we understand,soon to tender
to their distinguished Fellow-Laborer some public
manifestation of theirregard. Mr. Buchanan's fame
as a Statesman is'the property of the nation—but
by no class or community is he held in higher esti
mation than by the Democracy of Lancaster city
and county.
LEACOCK P. o.—Emanuel Swope, jun., has been
appciinted Post Master at Leacock, in place of
Jacob Holl, Esq. removed.
Mr. Hell has been an attentive and accomoda
ting officer, and owes his removal entirely to his
politics. In respect to loCation, too, the change is
highly exceptionable. It removes the office one
and a half miles eastward towards New Holland.
Between Lancaster city and Swope's, a distance of
eight miles, there is no post-office whatever—and
then follow three, (Swope's, Bareville, and New
Holland,) within a distance of join miles and a half!
the two former less than a mile apart ! The people
in the neighborhood of Mechanicsville (the old
site) are highly dissatisfied with this arrangement,
as well they may be.
FIRST OF APRIL—As this great "day of ac
counts" the present year came on the Sabbath, the
business usually transacted on that day had neces
sarily to be postponed until yesterday (Monday.)
The day was unusually auspicious, and from early
until late our streets and thorough-fares were
thronged. We presume there is not another
inland town or city in the U. States, in which the
same amount of business is done on this day as in
the city of Lancaster. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars change hands—thousands of acres are trans
ferred to new purchasers—old liens are liquidated
and satisfaction entered of record—title deeds are
perfected—and every other matter and thing is
done that distinguishes a frugal, wealthy, industri
ous, and enterprising people. ,Lancaster is a great
county, at all times, but her greatness is never so
conspicuous as on the Ist of April.
New Line of Cars.
PAUL liorturoN & Co. have commenced running
a daily line of cars between Columbia and Phila
delphia, and propose to take passengers through at
the rate of two dollars—all intermediate places in
proportion. Their cars are entirely new and have
not been surpassed by any that have ever run on
the same road. We trust that these enterprising
gentlemen will meet with the encouragement they
so richly deserve.
Da' . THE Kmrs.robrx, which under the vigorous
and graphic pen of 0. BAR.RETT: Esq., had earned a
good title to sound and radical Democracy, has
not;,- • associated with it the Hon. JESSE MILLER,
former Secretary of State to Governor Shunk—un
der whose auspices we doubt not, the paper will
sustain its previous high reputation.
The First Frulit4.
Only 30 days have elapsed since the installation
of ZACIIAILY TAYLOR, as President of the United
States, and the change of Government from Demo
cratic to Whig counsels, and the consequence is—
a reduction of Goveriunent Stocks from 114 to
109—a falling of 5 per cent. in one month! If
such results ensue in the green tree, what may we
not dread in . the dry?
Important Rumor.
Mr. JAcnos, the former Ca-Alier - of the U. S.
Bank, and long its Agent in England, is now in
Washington, and it is rumored that he is to be em
ployed as the financial agent of the U. S. Govern
ment in the stead of Co [MORAN and RIGGS. We
presume Mr. Jaudon's excellent management of the
fiscal concerns of the Marble Monster, has recom
mended him for thi.s important part in the conduct
of the TAYLOR ndministration. The next step
will be to galvanise the Monster himself.
ILL - HOll. ROBERT JAVALKER, late Secretary of
the Treasury, arrived in Philadelphia on Tuesday,
from Charleston, in the steamship Columbus, on
his way to Washington, w.t.re he designs taking up
his permanent residence.
ET'Nfr. Clayton the Se cretary of State, has es
tablished himself in the former residence of Mr.
Buchanan. Mr. Meredith has taken the well known
mansion of Mr. St. Clair Clarke, on President's
Square. Mr. Preston has succeeded Mr. Mason,
not only in office, btit in his household.
117 - The members of A ssembly at Albany have
presented Mr. Prindle, their Clerk, with a valuable
gold watch, as a token of their appreciation of his
character and services.
VT' The Georgetown (D. E 4 Advocate states
th.at the great telescope used by 'the famouS philos
opher and astronomer, De Vic(r, in his discoveries
in Europe, has been received at: Georgetown Col
lege, the object glass} alone is valued at WOO.
CHOLERA IN ST. 1.01115.-11. Le St Louis papers
publish an official report. saying that there is no
cholera in that city, and in direct contradiction,
the Louisville papers state, 01 > the authority of a
St. Louis physician, that there were twenty-seven
cases of cholera in that city on the 14th inst., and
ten deaths from it. Doctors will disagree.
REMEDIAL JusTicE.--Zibulon Paine, who was
wrongly convicted and sentenced to the Massachu
setts penitentiary, has obtained, by a vote of the
LegiSlature of that f3tate, $5OO for his time' and
services during his incarceration.
FORGED LARD WARwrxs.—The Philadelphia
American says that th' number of forged bounty
land warrants now in existence, it is asserted by
one who has some ac quaintance with them, is ex
treinely great, and there is need of caution by those
who purchase them_
117" The National Intelligencer says that Mr. Black
well, of Coleman's Hotel, has failed for upwards of
$60,000. Grocers, Butchers, and wine merchants
are an long his crediitors i 7 and his whereabouts no.
knom i.
Torn,in the Mamie.
Already we see in the political horizon the oer
thin return of the people to their inherent love for
.
Droocratic principles. New Hampshire stands
firm as her own granite mountans, and in the face
off the recent defeat of thelfeinocrtiiiclitirjy:, has'
1;406(4_ her exertions, aid swept. the State of
Whiggery. . Michigan has evinced the same spirit
and the Whigs, so lately trinniphanfin her cities,
.are now left without a name. We hat these
events as omens of good import, and shall • expect
to see Virginia, the noble and incorruptible State,
arousing herself with all her ancient glory, and
casting far from her the shackles with which mo
nopolizing Whiggery would bind her energies. .
Believing, as we do, that the perpetuity and
prosperity of our country depend under God, upon
the' triumph of Democratic measures, we can but
watch with an anxious eye, , the proceedings of the
party now in power, whose leaders have ever held
opinions which we deem adverse to these great and
paramount interests : The combinations of factions
and parties which succeeded in elevating General
Taylor to the Presidency, will for a season have the
controrof the destinies of this great nation. Whe
ther they can adhere together sufficiently long to
pull down the leading measures which the Democ
racy have established, is a problem which time
must determine. That such, an attempt will be•
made, there is little reason to doubt. The Whig
party has been so long devoted to the maintenance
of special privileges by the organization of huge
corporations and high tariffs, that it will not quietly
forego the opportunity now enjoyed of bringing
forward those favorite principles again. Entertain
ing these views, we rejoice to see the people rally
ing around their ancient landmarks, and feel it ost
privilege and our duty to encourage them thus to
do. As we have heretofore said, we shall not op
pose the administration, simply because it;was not
of our choosing, but we shall watch it with a care
ful e) el because of its identity with that party to
whose principles we have ever been opposed, and
whose practices when in power has been such as to
bring upon it the speedy condemnation of the peo
ple. We advise the Democracy throughout the
country to bear these things in mind—to remember
the course of former Whig administrations, and to
think that such as they were formerly, so are they
likely to be hereafter.—Bollimore Repuldiran.
Soinething New
Mr. SNELL, of Bethlehem, says the Easton Argus,
has invented a new and ingenious machine for
which he has obtained a patent. It forms ladies'
and gentleman's gaiters, halt gaiters and short boots
without seams, at the same titne producing any
size required, in all their proportions, so as to fit
with the greatest nicety and exactness. The ma
chine will form any of the Materials in general use;
such as patent leather, can, kip, men's morocco,
split leather, or anything woolen. It dispenses
with the knowledge of boot cutting and more than
halt the binding. Such is its simplicity that any
person unacquainted with the business cnn use it.
We are informed it will reduce patent leather boots
to one third their usual cost. A full description of
the machine will be given at some future time. ,
Cabinet Meeting—the Appoint-
ments.
WASHINGTON, March 2!)
No important- appointments have been made
this week, though several commissions have been
issued. Sixty Postmasters have been appointed in
the interior of Pennsylvania, but are all at unim
portant towns.
The Cabinet: was in session to-day upon the sub
ject of the Steamer fitted out in this country, for
Prussia to take part in the contest now pending be.
tween that country and Denmark. The prominent
Post Office departments were also the subjects of
considerations, but no conclusion was arrived at.
There is no doubt, however, that Robert Morris,
Esq., will be Postmaster of Philadelphia, and Wal
ter Forward, Esq., placed at Pittsburgh in a similar
capacity.
The post office appointments made to-day were
all by the department and not by the Cabinet.—
Among them are new post masters for the towns of
Lewisburg, Lewistown, Gettysburg, York Springs,
two in Blair" county, Mechanicsburg, Petersburg
Marietta, &c. &c. The important appointments
were to have been made this week, but so fat have.
not taken place. Applicants were told that they
could not be served till Pennsylvania was disposed
of. The post office appointments will first receive
attention.
Convention Bill Passed in Ohio.
We learn from. the Ohio Statesman of Friday
evening.last, that the Bill providing for the calling
of a State Convention, has at length passed both
brances of the Legislature, and is now a law. The
Democratic and Free Soil members voted for the
bill, and the Whigs generally opposed it: they
oppose all measures giving more power to the many
and taking it from the few.
In Ohio it is proposed that the following, among
other reforms, shall be introduced into the new
Constitution:
A total reform in the Judiciary system and the
practice of the Courts.
The election of ALL OFFICERS BY THE
PEOPLE!
No increase of the State debt, except by a vote
of. the people themselves.
A system of common schools and of 'education,
worthy the age and the state.
Nu legislation, but what the people can reform
or annul when found injurious.
We observe that Col. Medary, the able Editor of
that spirited paper, the Ohio Statesman, has issued
proposals for publishing a weekly pamphlet, of 1G
pages, to be called the "The New Constitution,"
which will of course advocate the reforms above
mentioned. It will be published at the low price
of $1 per annum.
Hon. James Buchanan
Hon..Temss BUCHANAN has been spending some
days in our borough, at the invitatiUn of the Dem
ocratic members of the Legislature. His fine ap,
pearance, courteous deportment, transcendent abil
ities, and unblemished private character makes him
the centre of attraction, wherever he sojourns.—
Almost every member of the Legislature, and a large
number of our citizens, Whigs as well as Demo
crats, called upon him, all being anxious to mani
fest their high appreciation of the distinguished
services he has rendered his country, during the
long period that he has occupied a place in the
councils of the nation. It must be gratifying in
the highest degree to the retired statesman, after
serving his country for a quarter of a century; in
the most trying positions that a statesman could
oecupy, to find that he still retains to the fullest
extent the confidence and esteem of his fellow
citizens.—Harfisburg
ID — Mr. Rush, the Minister of the United States,
whose popularity in Paris has no equal among the
other members of the diplomatic corps, was Ares•
ent at the public ceremony of the anniversary of
the 24th of February, 1848, given at the church of
La Madeline, although he had not been officially
invited. This mark of deference to the young
French Republic was much. appreciated.
Ili Janesville, Wisconsin, has, according to a
census just completed, a population of 1,812. In
1843 it was but 333. Of this population, New
York has furnished 453, Vermont 103, and Penn
sylvania 88—the remainder being a mixture of
people from all parts of the Union, as well as Eu
rope, the majority being from the-Northern States.
This is a type of the population of the new States
of the West.
THE MOTHER OF STATESMEN.-NOt an adminis
tration has been formed since the adoption of the
Constitution, which did not contain a President
or Cabinet member, from Virginia. The present
contains the President and the Secretary of the
• It.r.The following report, upon a subject of naur.ch
importance; was read at the meeting of the Schciol
Directors, on Tuesday last It is understood that
the'Trustees of the African Church intend to call
upon our citizens for the 'purpose of obtaining sulk
ascriptions to enable them : to erect a sehool hots;
for colored children. The Board . of School
tors haveagreed to furnish one:hundred and Ctili
dollars for this purpose, provided an equal sum lie
colrecteby the Trustees. .
The report of Mr. Mathiot, Who was the visiting
member to the colored school during the last month,
throws much information upon the subject of the
education of the colored children of the city ,of
Lancaster. It is to be hoped that in a community
so distinguished for benevolent enterprize as is our
own, a laudable object, like this will not fail for
the want of necessary funds. •
TO Da. SAMUEL HOMES, '
Reporting Member of Female Department East:
DE.an Sra—The undersigned, visiting member
for the current month of Lewis Hood's school for
colored children, respectfully reports—
That, in performance of his duty, he has, visited
the school under hie charge three timeti,.and on
each occasion instituted an examination of the pu
pils. to ascertain their progress in their respective
studies.
As is well known, there is but one school for
colored pupils in the city, and of course children
of every age and of both sexes are there taught.—
The highest class is composed of five or six boys
and two girls, who have progressed beyond the
first rules of arthmetic—have commenced . the grain
mar—have a good knowledge of geography—write
a fair hand, and are excellent readers. It may be
here remarked, that this class of colored children
read with distinctness, emphasis, and proper modu
lation of voice, and in this respect would compare
favorably with any class of white 'children in the
schools. There are three other classes learning,to
read, spell, etc., who receive the instruction of
their teacher with quite as much facility as white
children of the same age. Whether the black, in
tellectually; is inferior to the white race, is a ques.:
tion not necessary at present:to solve It is, how
ever, an undeniable fact, that the pupils of this
school have made great progress in their studies,
and if they possessed the advantages enjoyed by
white children, of being transferred to higher
schools as they advanced in their studies, would
undoubtedly become godd scholars.
The discipline of the school is admirable—the
most perfect silence is maintained during the hours
of study—and the pupils are kind, well behavea,
and obedient to their preceptor.
The Rev. Mr. Hood has no desire to enrol his
name among the Reformers of the age on the sub
ject of corporeal punishment. He is old-fashioned
enough to believe religiously in the precept' of
scripture, "Spare the • rod •and spoil the child;"
and lie regards his rattan as a sort of magic wand,
with which, in the twinkling of an eye, he can
bring order out of confusion, and change the most
refractory spirit into one, gentle as a dove. We
should, however, be sorry to intimate that Mr.
Hood ever inflicts unnecessary punishment. His
conduct is squarred with the rules of philosophy,
and it is only when the offender is to be reformed
or an example to be furnished to others that the
rod descends upon the luckless victim.
There are two suggestions • which I desire, to
make in reference to this school.
*lst : The number of pupils should be increased
By the census recently taken it appears that
there are 206 colored persons within the city of
Lancaster. But this number probably does not in
clude many who, having a tinge of negro blood in
their veins, would, on that account, be excluded
from the white schools. I think it fair to infer that
between foity and fifty colored children mighty be
collected into this school if proper exertions were
made.
2d; A proper school house should be provided. '
The present school room;, and also the one
rented by the Board for the next year,. are small,
inconvenient, and not adapted for the purpose.
The Trustees of the African Church propose to
raise one hundred and fifty dollars by subscriptfon,
provided the Board of School Directors will appro
priate an equal sum, to be expended in building a
school house for colored children upon ground be
longing to the Trustees, near the African Church.
This project commends itself to the favorable con
sideration of the Board, if on no other consideration
than that of economy.
If these suggestions are adopted—the number of
pupils.increased—a good school house erected, and
a large school collected, the most beneficial .re
sults will follow.
You will, I hope, pardon me for the length of
my communication. I have felt that the attention
of the Board should be called to the subject. The
colored people are among us and were fibs; brought
hero without their consent. Every Pfinciple of
justice requires us to educate their children. But
if a stronger motive were wanting, Policy will fur
nish it. If we suffer these colored children to grow
up in ignorance they will become vicious, corrupt,
and depraved, and in the end will be a charge upon
the community. The alternative is presented—we
must either pay for their education in our schOols
or for their maintenance as paupers or prisoners in
our almshouses or jails. Let us thhil afford greater
ficilities for educating their children and it will
not be our fault if the colored population of this
city are not elevated in the scale of moral and' in- ,
tellectual being.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. MATHIOT.
LANCASTER, March 19, 1849.
On motion of Messrs. Ford and Balinson,
Resolved, That Mr. Mathiot's Report made this
evening, on the condition of Lewis Hood's school
for colored children, be printed in all the papers of
this city.
The Democracy of Phil adelphia
Gratifying and Auspicious.
The election for Inspectors, Judges, Assessors
and other officers, on the 16th inst. in the county of
Philadelphia, says the Pennsylvanian of Monday,
were hotly contested, and called unusual numbers
to the polls. We point to the results as eminently
satisfactory. They prove conclusively, that the
avalanche" of last November, " has moved off to
parts unknown," and that the vote'then cast. for
Taylor was not the vote of the resident population.
They prove that the Democrats, in any fair contest,
must be in the ascendant in the county of Philadel.
phia. In the "Old Cradle of Democracy," .the
Northern Liberties, which gave Taylor a majority
of two. hundred, the Democrats have carried six
wards out of seven—in Spring Garden, which gave
'Taylor a majority of eighteen hundred, (!) the
Democrats got four wards out of seven, losing, the
fifth ward by a very trifling majority—in Kensing
ton two wards—in Moyamensiug, three out of the
four, &c.
The King can do no Wrong.
Blackstone tells us that " besides.the attribute of
sovereignty, the law also ascribes to the king, in
his political capacity, absolute perfection. The ,
king can do no wrong."
If we are to take the eulogists of Gen. Taylor
for our expounders of the constitution, this British
maxim is to be engrafted upon our institutions.
Gen. Taylor, it seems, is to hold his cabinet re
sponsible for all the bad acts of his administration,
and doubtless to claim all the popularity of the
good acts himself. All the appointments
. are
turned over to the ministers, and if the people
choose to impeach them, very well, they may do
so, but the President is not to be held. accountable
and is to continue his bad ministers in power. and
let them rule as the...'hus the apology of
the nomination "Tr. M'Gaughey as GOernor of
Minesota, which is almost universally condemned,
and which the Democratic Senate so nobly rejected,
is attributed to the ministers, and no blame is to
attach to the President. The people will be likely
one of these days, to pass their judgment upon this
new British reading of the American constitution,
in the meantime we shall look on very calmly and
patiently.—Boston Post.
A Strange Defence:
Hon. Mr. Pearce, U. S. Whig Senator from
Maryland, counsel for Tom Hyer, compared and
justified the prize fight, by the ancient wager of
battle for the adjustment of disputes by single
combat, under the common law of England.l He
argued that the affair was an "amicable contest,"
and as such would not be regarded as a misde.
DREADFUL CALAXITT-TIIREE PERSONS BURN
ED TO DEATH.-TWO houses inhabited by German
families, located in Alice Anna street, Fell's Point,
Baltimore, were destroyed by fire on Wednesday
morning, when melancholy to relate, Jahn Fetter
and his wife and child, inhabiting one of the upper
rooms perished in the flames.
1:U - A verdict of $lB,OOO damages has been given
against the pioprietors of the North Upper Canada
stages, for injuries sustained by Mr. Russel, in con
sequence of the intoxication of a driver. He was
precipitated into the water, which resulted in the
loss of his feet and hands.
Judges.lgeeteil by the re,Pl43.
It is perhaps generally known that fora number
of years the Judiciary of Mississippi has been elec
ted by-the popular voice. Tho "highest testimony
has been borne, by the most eminent citizens
thittinte, in behalf `of the Winking of thirijystept
testinu*dedueAai from the ch4acterind
ificatiou2of the` udges themselves We now
hide to this matter, to which we shall have occa
sion frei" litently : to refer - hereafter, to introduce an
extract from a letter which appears in the N. 0
Delta:
CITY OF JACKSON, Feb. 20, 1849.
Messrs. Editors: The High Court of Errors and
Appeals now in session at the Capital of Mississip
pi, is a most learned, dignified and independent
Bench of Judges, whose laborious decisions will
stand the scrutiny of legal criticism and the action
of time upon human views ; while the incorruptible
integrity of-the Bench is a refutation of that opin
ion so derogatory to the character of American cit
izens, that Judges, elected directly by popular
suffrage, will be less just and independent-in their
decisions than those appointed by a State Executive,
or'elected by the Legislative branches of a State
Government. The Chief Justice of the Bench,
Judge Sharkey, is a legal giant. He has been so
long on the seat of Justice, that law and equity are
as natural to him as the breath he draws • and he
has had the strength of mind to break away from the
legal fictions anti bewildering sophisms; by which
English jurists seek to justify and apologize for the
-vested rights, hereditary priviliges, and inequalities
of condition, so rife in that land of most oppressive
aristocracy.
Judge Clayton is pure minded, most conscien
tious, sincere, mild, and gentlemanly in• his intel
lectual and social efforts and relations.
Judge Thacker has a refined, scholar-like, criti
cal cast of mind. No young lawyer and jurist in
the country has had better opportunities for mental
culture and legal acquisition, or improved them
better than this accomplished scion of one of the
oldest families of New - England—a family which
has produced so many distinguished judges, that
the household annals might well bear the name of
the seventh book of the Old Testament. Although
distinguished for his black-letter law studies, he
has had that acquaintance with life, with men, man
ners, and things, which enables him to detect mo
tive almost at a glance, and to follow the tortuous
thread of evidence through the mysterious labyrinths
of clouded and interested minds to the triumphant
demonstration of immortal truth.
From the Harrisburg Union
Relief Notes
The foreign news published in . another columns
shows the discredit brought upon our public stocks,
by the continuance in circulation of the miserable
relief notes that disgrace the circulating medium
of Pennsylvania. The London stock circular con
tains thefollowing bitter remarks on this subject:
" That lthe Pennsylvania Dividends have been
paid one-half in relief notes, has been a source of
unmitigated disgust to the holders, who consider
that Pennsylvania could have paid, if she would,
and they point at the reverse conduct of Maryland,
which, with much less resources, does not avail
itself of such paltry subterfuge to plunder foreign
creditors. Penn , a 76 to 77; Maryland 33 to 85."
If the semi-annual receipt of the relief notes is a
source of unmitigated disgust to the' holders of our
State stock in Europe, how much greater must be
the disgust of our own people, who are forced to
use this most filthy, fraudulent and villainous trash
in all their business transactions. The large mass
of these notes now look like the pieces of cabbage
leaves that have been used as a dressing on putrid
Ay blisters, or as the covering for the face of some
suffererer with the smallpox, to prevent the pustules
from eating deeply into the skin. The small pox
has been prevailing throughout Pennsylvania for
the last year, to an extent never before experienced
in our history. Several of the members and officers
of the Legislature were taken with it last spring
about the time of the adjournment; somehavehad
it during the present session, and we have not the
least doubt that the disease, to some extent, has
been communicated by this relief currency, which
will almost bring on a fit of sickness by looking
at it.
That a circulating medium so disgusting, so
depreciated, and so dangerous to the health of our
citizens, should longer be continued with a Legis
lature in session, every member of which is sworn
to discharge his duty faithfully as a Representative
of the people is passing strange.
Let it al once be swept from circulation and there
411 be great joy throughout all the borders of Penn
Death of lion. B. A. Bidlack.
From the Perkwylv.iaJa.
The New York Herald of yesterday, contains
intelligence of the death of Hon. BENJAMIN A.
BID LAC K, American Charge d'Affaires to the Repub
lic of New Grenada. He died at Bogota, on the
tith of January, of apoplexy. This will be sad and
sudden news to his numerous friends.
Mr. BIDLACK was a Pennsylvanian—a citizen of
Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county. He had served with
distinction in the Legislature and in Congress, and,
was appointed in 1845 by President Pour to the
mission which he filled at the time of his death.
His career at the Government of New Grenada,
was marked by the most zealous and intelligent
attention to his duties. He concluded, a few months
ago, with that Government, a highly important
treaty—not the least valuable feature of which was
the success with which he carried out the instruc•
tionsof his government in securing the right of way
to this country across the Isthmus of Panama. He
wts held in the highest esteem by the authorities
to whom he was accredited, and no foreign agent
of this country was more confided in by the late ad
ministration. He was a man of noble and prePos
sessinab appearance—of great suavity of manners
—and of warm and generous impulses. An esti
mable family, and a large circle of friends, will
deeply mourn his premature death.
Election of U. S. Senator by the
People.
The following Joint Resolution has passed the
Senate of Wisconsin by a vote of 12 to 3:
Joint Resolution relative to a proposed amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, concerning the
election of Senators in Congress.
Whereas, It is more in accordance with our re
publican institutions to give to the people the pow
er of electing all officers of government as far as
practicable; therefore
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be in•
strutted and our Representatives requested to pro
pose in Congress an amendment of the Constitu
tion of the United States to the effect that the
People instead of the Legislatures of the several
States shall hereafter elect their Senators in Con
gress, by general ticket.
PHENOMENON.-A Syracuse, New ,York, corres
pondent ol the New York Journal of Commen,
says:
On Wednesday, the 21st inst., about half past
three P. M., the snow falling rapidly, with the
wind at North West, a vivid flash of lightning, un
heralded by any previous indications of electricity,
startled the inhabitants of the city of Syracuse and
its vicinity; nor was their surprise diminished by
the tremendous explosion which followed, like the
discharge of a hundred cannon in the clouds, iuc
ceeded by a prolonged roll away towards the hori
zon, and ending in a swell which shook the ground
like an earthquake. Probably not in ten years, at
any season, has there been experienced by those
who were observant of this dischage, a thunderclap
exceeding or equaling it in intensity. Not the
least singular circumstance attending it, was the
fact that no thunder was heard before or after. It
had been raining about an hour and a half pre
viously, but a quarter of an hour before, the rain
had changed to snow, which continued to fall
heavily during the rest of the day.
A STRANGE Ammer..—Col. Fremont has recent.
ly dispatched to Corpus Christi an extraordinary
animal which hia party succeeded in capturing,
after three day's chase, in the neighborhood of the
River Gila. A letter received from one of Col.
Fremont's party, by a merchant in St. Louis, des_
cribes it as an animal resembling a horse in every
particular, except that it is completely covered with
a close curly wool resembling camels hair in color
and the fineness of its texture. It has no mane,
and its tail is like and elephant's. The r animal pos•
sesses wonderful agility, leaping over obstructions
ten feet high with all ease.
The Government Jewel's.
The case of 'Tom Hand, who was arrested for
stealing the Government Jewels from the Patent
Office, was taken up, on Monday last, before Judge
Kane, in Philadelphia. After a long hearing, the
accused was fully committed, upon the evidence
against him, for trial.
From Vie Rt:4BbuTikPoilY Morning_ Fag..
Departure of Eal"{mutts to Call
torola--Interestlug Speech of
Col. Samuel
At 1 o'clock yestenlay.aftetnoon, (March 15th,)
the,eml!eo of the.-"Pftbilneigh and California.,Fn
teri#.2 ComPanY," tlegan:lenasemble in Allegheny
HO, when, after making` arrangements and trans..
a*tg buaness, they organized in pm:canon and
marched to the.-.l3xeliiinge.„- At about 3 o'clock,
Col. BaCK. aiveired on the Penn street steps, and
addressed the company as follows:
.1117. FRIENDS:-I have but few words to say to .
you at parting. What Ido say will come from
my heart. I trust that whatever of good and truth
I may deliver may reach your hearts.
Before you return, you will have seen no little
of the world; what you see will .be so much learn
ed beyond what you now know.
Hence at the very outgoing of your enterprise,
there is a good object in view.
Some persons complain of the expeditions as
being sordid and unworthy. . To go and Big for
gold, they say, is not only not meritorious but cul
pable. I, for one, do not, think so. All the world
is a gold digger, rather indeed a gold scratcher.—
And it often happens that in scratching too greed
ily, we bring aivay the skin of another's face, be
times the flesh of another's bones. The farmer in
the field, the mechanic in the shop, the merchant
in the store, and the lawyer in his pursuit, chase
their daily business for gold. Even the preacher
does• not work unpaid.
The ship that spreads its wings like a bird, and
tiles into the far off depths of the sea, follows its
trackless course for gold while the pilgrim on the
shore wanders life's journey over with the same
object glittering to the eye.
This is all right and according to the purpose of
our creation.. Our father has planted money in the
earth for the benefit or his children. To make it
by any honest industry_ is noble and deserking of
praise.
To accumulate it with proper motives,' is meri
torious_ To love it, is mean and condemned of
God. In His regard, meanness is not merely, as
some suppose, a miserable detect. He has pronoun
ced it criminal.
One of his own great attributes is generosity,
which in its searching love descends to the minu
test want.
You are starting upon a long and perilous jour
ney, allow me to make a few suggestions, which
may not in the end be worthless. You leave with
out a flag ; make a banner for yourselves, and cling
to it. Inscribe upon its folds FRATERNITY and
FRIENDSHIP. Let the same devotionjnspire you
the soldier feels for the standard of hiS country.—
In all things, be one; 'a perfect unity of affection
and interest will make you prosperous and invin
cible. Organize yourselves into' companies; elect
judicious and skilful officers, men of intelligence
and nerve. When you give them the power of di
rection, always sustain them in its lawful exercise.
Discipline is essential to your safety and success.
When you choose a man to act lo? you, you sus
tain yourselves-in sustaining him. Each day start
early on your marches; you will thus escape the
injurious effects of exposure to the sun, and find
yourselves early in camp. Seize every opportunity
to drill by squads and companies, and no assault
against you can do else than fail. It is probable
you will encounter danger ;- to meet it successfully,
you must be accustomed to.act together. 'Amer
icans vanquish Mexicans and Indians by a union
of discipline, with courage.
I know that all your messes have ardent spirits
among their stores. These may, be useful or per
nicious in proportion to the judgment with which
they are used. In the life on which you are en
tering, you will find occasional necessity for the use
of stimulants. They are useful only where the
system is prostrated by disease or exposure. If you
indulge yourselves in daily or ordinary use, they
can never be beneficial. You might as well try, to
make a kindly impression on a hand covered with
a thick glove, as apply brandy with any hope,
where the system is lined with brandy already.
A kind-hearted friend of all our race has just
requested me to say if there are any of the " expe
dition" who have not yet received Bibles, he will be
happy to furnish them here. His ofler is generous,
warm-hearted and worthy of acceptation. By all
means lay hold upon it. It does not perhaps become
me to speak on a subject sograveand serious,being
myself but a poor specimen of morality. Yet I
cannot but say that this, "the Book of Books," is
the best companion you can carry. Whether for
pleasure or pastime, improvement, knowledge, or
devotion, it is a never-failing reliance. In the centre
of the city, or round the circle of our continent,
amongst the busy scenes of active life or on the
prairie, where the pilgrim finds no mark but the
foot-prints of the wild beast, it is , a perpetual adap
don to every exigency of man's career.
To-day, I saw in a paper, the declaration of one
o' you, that in all his wanderings he would carry
the Bible in the bottom of his trunk. Let me
suggest an improvement: The bottom of the trunk
is no place for the Bible. Deposite it on the top ;
so that every time it is opened; it may remindyou,
if necessary, that you have not looked into it that
day for wisdom and counsel. I do not care how
good or bad one may be, how learned or ignorant,
brilliant or stupid, he must gain by reading the
Bible. You are surrounded by a thousand anxious,
beating hearts, every one of which swells with as
pirations for your success and safe return. The
general prayer is, and will be, that no evil will
I befall you, nor any plague tome near your dwel-
Hugs. Come back enriched, and make yourselves
a blessing to the destitute at home. 'The hour of
grief hangs heavy on the hearts of many. Let them
have no other cause of sorrow than this separation.
Your incoming will be a day of bright and thrilling
joy. The tear that stands still in the eye, or fol-
lows its fellows across the feverish and scalded
cheek, will be replaced with diamonds. The red
autumn of present sadness will pass away, and in
due season the glorious summer will succeed, and
bring its golden harvest.
Hurricane—Central Railroad
Bridge.
On Wednesday last we were visited with a se•
vere hurricane, which seems to have extened very
generally ovei- the country as we perceive by the
papers. In the afternoon a sudden whirlwind
caught the new railroad bridge five miles above
Harrisburg, and lifted six spans of it from the piers
and hurled them into the Susquehanna. The cords
and part of the timbers of three additional spans
were piled on the spans blown away, at the time of
the accident. The parts at the bridge blown down
lodged on the islands in the neeghborhood of our
borough, and will nearly all be recovered. The
accident we have no doubt is to be attributed to the
fact that the arches were not in and the timbers had
not been anchored down to the piers. The part of
the bridge thus securea stands firm. The contrac
tors and the company have taken immediate meas
ures to replace the lost materials, and we under
stand that no delay.in the opening of the road to
LeWistown will be occasioned by this unforseen
calamity, provided the spring freshet subsides suffi
ciently to enable the superstructure of the bridge
to be proceeded with in good season.
WASHINGTON'S BIRTH DAY AT PANAMA.—The
Panama Star gives the following account of the
celebration of the 22d February:
Washington's Birth Day.—The assemblage of
American citizens on the morning of the 22d, tem
porarily residing in this city, to celebrate the return
of the birthday of Washington, the Father of his
Country, afforded strong proof that although far
distant from their homes, in a foreign land, the
same spirit which animated their fathers in '76 has
not degenerated in their offspring, and burns with
the same patriotic spirit, which is the boon of all
Americans. The procession, numbering several
hundred, formed in front of the American Hotel,
at 6 o'clock, A. M., marched ,to the Governor's
house, fired a salute, gave him three cheers, and
then proceeded to the East Battery, fronting the
harbor, raised the American flag, fired a grand vol
ley as it floated to the breeze—marched to the
American Consul's house, gave him three cheers—
passed the French Consul's house, and gave three
cheers for the French Republic, marched to the
American Hotel, and dismissed. To the Governor
of Panama the thanks of our countrymen are due
for the promptitude with which he furnished us
with a band, and also for the use of the East Bat
tery for the display of our patriotism, and to the
French Consul, who so kindly exchanged congrat
ulations with us:
Destructive Fire.
Pirrsnunca, March 49
The Union cotton factory, with a number of
out-buildings, the dwelling adjoining, and a number
of small tenements, were destroyed by fire last
night. The loss is very heavy, and there is but a
partial insurance. The principal sufferer is Gen ,
Morehead, the owner of the factory. There was
fortunately no lives lost.
EU" Mayor Havemeyer, of the New York city,
has declined the Barnbumer nomination for re-elec
tion. They have nominated in his place Myndert
Van Schaick.
Attempt to Bora Sit. PailLlChurch.
Irmo the Boehm' Travel'. of hid.. Evening.)
Within a few weeks, two or three unsuccessful
attempts have been mule to burn Park at. Church,
by setting fire to kindling stuff in a coal bin in the
basenlent of the building. In consequence, several
'Pblico , 'officers have been "placed an the watch, and
last night itimall boy- was seen by officer Heath,
'hidden on the..premises, to : come down the stairs
from- kr.. Tower's school in the same building,
which lie attended, and having placed some waste
'japer in the bin, to set it on fire. At this moment
the officer came out of his hiding place, seized the
boy, and put out the fire before it had done any
harm. The boy's name is William Seaver Adams,
about ten years of age. His master, Mr. Tower,
states that during his attendance at his school he
has been a good boy, and has not given occasion for
a reprimand.
Since his arrest, the boy has confessed that he
set on fire the livery stable of William Prescott,
corner of Washington and Dover streets, on Satur
day evening, the 17th instant, and in this statement
he is confirmed by other .boys, who say that he
came into the stable yard on that night, and soon
went away, and that shortly afterward the flames
burst out. The fire was put out with a few buck
ets of water.
' It is said that when the first attempt was made,
the boy himself informed the master of the ffict,
and thus the tire was put out without damage. Of
course such a proceeding tlyew MT all suspicion
from the boy at the time.
About 1 o'clock, complaint was made by officer
Heath, in the • Police Court, charging him with at
tempts to burn the Park street Church, and also
the stable of William Prescott. On the former
charge he was held to -bail in $1.500, and on the
latter in t , 2000, for farther examination on Monday
next. HiS father and a friend became his bail.
What motive a boy of such au age could have
these attempts can hardly be imagined.
Noble Sentiments.
Gen. LEWIS CASS, in a short speech addressed
o the citizens of Ctunberland, Md., a few weeks
since, said
Fifty years ago I passed throtigh this place. I
was then but a lad, on my way to the Far West:
I located in the then Territory,mumbering about
20,000 inhabitants. I have, under the Providence
of God, lived to see that then unsettled country pro
duce five States, which noiv contain about five mil
lions of people! Thus our country is advancing..
Whilst the .governments of Europe are tottering
from centre to circumference, the Ainerican Union
is growing in sttength, and has spread herself from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. We are now the admi
ration of the world. All eyes are-upon us. Hence
it behooves us one and all to do our dut*in SuppOrt
our institutions, which I-hope, under a kind PrOvi
deuce, may be perpetuated to the fiftieth 'or hun
dredth generation.-
James Buchanan.
Frpm the Washing on Union
This distinguished statesman was visited, on the
eve of his departure from the metropolis, by a nu•
merons and highly respectable company of his
friends and acquaintances of Washington city—as'
also from all parts of the Union. The interview
took place on last Saturday evening. The visitors
moved in a body. to his residence, and were received
by him in a free, cordial, and dignified, manner.—
After a hundred or more gentlemen had entered
the room, our respected and esteemed citizen, Mr.
Dow, made some brief and appropriate remarks,
in which he expressed the feelings of the company;
stating that they nad called on a visit of personal
kindness, and wished to make known to him their
regret at his leaving Washington.
In answer to this brief address,
Mr. Buchanan
returned his thanks,•and expressed his gratitude for
all the past kindness of his Democratic friends in
Washington, and, his heartfelt regret at parting
from them.
The party remained about an hour, and then
took leave of him, expressing for him their heart
iest good wishes for his health and happiness, and
hopino• 6 that he may soon again return to Washing
ton. We are informed -that Mr: Buchanan will go
direct to Harrisburg, and there. by invitation, meet
and interchange congratulations with the rhernbers
of both branches of the Legislature, and from that
city lie will proceed to his homestead, near Lancas
ter, Pennsylvania. .
141.ErastCHOLY‘ OC CUB RENCE.—We learn that Rev.
Mr. Burroughs, of the PhiladelphiuMethodlst Epis•
copal conference, who had just completed his year's
labor on Kent Circuit, prior to his departure for
conference, paid a visit to his wife's .relatives near
Sandy Hill, in Worcester county, where he unfor
tunately met with a Mr. Bishop, who is said to
have had an old grudge against him, and who
im
mediately indulged in the most insulting language
towards him, threatening personal violence, running
his hand in his face and placing himself in a pos
ture as if about striking him. Mr. Burroughs im_
plored him repeatedly to let hini alone, assuring
him that he wished no controversy with him.
Finally, Mr. Bishop left the store where they
had met, threatening vengeance against the; preacher.
Subsequently, Mr. Bishop is represented hs having
waylaid Mr. Burroughs, and commenced ail attack
upon him, when the latter drew a pistol—with
which he had armed himself, as he states for self,
defence—and discharged it, aiming at One of his
limbs, but unfortunately the contents eriterecbthe
region of the abdomen, and produced death in a
short time. Mr. Burroughs immediately surren
dered himself to the civil authorities, :and will
await the judicial decision of his case. 'He is re
presented as a worthy and estimable. clergyman
and the occurrence gives his numerous friends the
greatest grief—Baltimore Sun.
Emigration to, California
The New Yolk Herald contains a list of vessels
and passengers that have sailed from the ports, of
the. United States for California, from the com
mencement of the gold excitement of the 22d inst.
The following recapitulation gives the number of
vessels, the ports of their destination, and the num
ber of passengers:
Total in 198 vessels, via Cape Horn,
45 " 4 4 Chagres,
8 4 4 " Vera Cruz,
" • 11 " 44 Brazos,
3 " " Corpus Christi,
2 " " San Juan river,
2 " " Tampico,
1 44 4 4 Lavaca,
Total in 270 vomit+,
Besides the above, says the Herald, several vessels
have cleared at aNew York for San Francisco, which
have not yet sailed, the list of passengers in•which,
if any, has not been published. If those who have
gone out West, to go overland, were included in
the above, it would swell the list to about twenty
housand.
Cuatous ERRATUM.—The editor of a county}'
paper, speaking of the people of France, says, in a
beautiful and fulminating leader : " When the pro.
visional government promised the laboring classes
that they should never again want either work or
high wages, them asses actually believed it."
We thought , this rather strong and a little un
grammatical, when the next week's paper contained
the following—
Erratum.—For " them asses" in our last, read
" the masses."
However, there is a deal of coarse truth wrapt
up in a bit of bad grammar sometimes. For our
selves, we decidedly prefer "them asses:'
Destructive Fire.
The Parker Mill, Rolling and Nail Factory, sit.,
uated in Wareham, Mass, was totally destroyed by"
fire on the 231.1 ult., The loss is estimated at $5O,
000, on which there was insurance for $30,000,
which was equally divided between the. Washing
ton office, Providence, and the Hartford, /Etna, and
Protection' offices, Hartford.
' The importance of one vote, so much insis
ted upon aboutelection time, was manife4ed in the
most striking manner in Mt. Carbon, Ra., where
for Judge of the polls Mr. Joseph George received
one vote, and there being no. other alt day he 'was
declared duty elected.
12,323
3,229
694
765
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