-- .. ;Vjase.k ~ Ph, - proprietors
stitti Votft#4
O, Wear a - Smite!
O x•rar a sonic.; a cheerful smile.
Though sorrow reign a ithin the breast,
Th.linh sad thy heart, and lone the
And grief :10 pain give thee no rest;'
adt4gn to simile. on all below, : ' •
And cheer the heart oppressed•),sith wo"
0 Wear a smile, a sunny smite,•
twill cheer thee. ( I-It thy 16nely way,
"T4ll mans 'a weary Inutr beguile, -
And
•
brighteaup fife's-darkest day;
G wear a smile 'twill cost thee nought, - -
'Tis oft wrt h heaven-born blessings fraught!
• -
0 weara smile, a kindly smile; - •
Tilough earth ;look dark, and sad, and dieM.,
twill cheer thee in the lone exile,
Twill cheer thee whilea wanderer here
0 deign to smile on ,111 around,
Though fortune bath upon thee frowned.
•
0 wear a smile, a joyful smile,
. •
"Xlwill cheer the 'heart %)ppressed with woe, .
,Anditeaeh the heart.ne'er to revile,
Though it may pain and sorrow know;
0 Man to smile on all around, • • .
Though - disappoitittnetit all bath' owned.
0 wear a smilt, a cheerful smile, •
Though sorrow re•gri within thy .breast;
Thehigh sadthy heart; and lone' the'
• \ And affliction dwell an Unwelcome, gheAt ;
0 deign to smile on all below, - -
And cheer the heart oppres , cd with woe.
FOE THE DEMOCRAT.
A Fragment. - •
the! stars!—There they are in ' . the hended
blue.ahove rne, with th9-ir innumerable lights,
shinitig dowb as - 1)61;4 as they did years
hge,•4len I stood as I._am standing uov, and
l azed up into . their radient homes. An I
:her them to me as new, to night as they did:
* e n ;and they inspire the with_ the same un
41.efiutihle feelings of awe, and awaken within
rav Vosoin the .same deep thoughts,—the
same Solemn =and C.2piterious emotions. •
Other ohjects change and to manhood's
sobered -. view ~do not _present the glut ions halo
that dluddoied the free heart' of childhood.
But these .change not.i The. child' to whose
spirit every Object allies it new and fresh =le
light,looks up to this - Lright but • silent, corn
puny 4,:)f stirs and feels a strange fOnntain - of
rnjoyinent awakened iW his being, and leains
the leSsotoof a mystic nnd tinearthly thought,
The old man, whose Past shows Miura cha4s
.of JoSt endeavo . rs,ifadea hopesailli broken
_,
friendSlaips, turns his] iv9rid-weary eyes upon
thetnand tiatt. thoughts awakened bv their
II
treinbcr lin radiance rings hack the '' - associa . -
-,‘
ted joy of life's early, spring4ime to his heart;
With',,the smite inspirations, infancy and afire
look .through their glom into hearer. AgeS
• t. -
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ago, whets " the world' was t•s yeath, • tnan I fafar , ,;.far , ,;.jlotel, „,._ . situated Oti*TrOadwai, 1V.1.`.; de- I. 2.7.-'l'wo dollars and tifty-live cents 'per .
looked 'up to these•SUblime wonders of God's stiort.,4l. by. tire., *. Metropolitan .114 was:*.ell bushel was given for wheat, hy the quantity
.eabatien,*and his contemplative - ' . ki, ow l i as heinethe finest and most spacious in :New I otk market, A% 14(11 IS . the !ugliest
: -.'- - .7:-.... . concern and lelt tire room in the country ;And- price ...'ever paid. • l'he It holesa le price for .
the mystery- of another. and nit,..orn - ' 2. •
i,
ex- t/i.t LI large. Hi tel, which was within atnentli• flour per bariel was . to 50: . .
istenee.- Ages hence, F!*.e..* *1 1 . : 38 -re_h f*of . otiits ioeiiing — at; was to be unequalled in - 28:-' , H.A cartridge manufactory,* at IlaVens
time shall have become slow and Avetrieotne, 1,4.4_ spleudOr, .;_*.commiadations::- The total' wood,.!L I-, blew up, destroying the ;lives .. of
;mati'sateart will- still go out and expand in Ipie w t ts„abOu'e • . 1i: LI. -,-SteafikshipEropir .about ;twenty young men and' women,. who
its Mea.sureless sphere as he them e. : , ‘ , ..re.at Barnegat on itlai. - -
City,,whic . h....w 4
..
,_ , . , .
.. ~,..,. ,
e ein veil .in the factoty. Two large
~ 0 1 -et
...L in . New .. H. Fork;
t one in
f i l .t . ttint.:
beholds
? lust., was g • oir . and - t? .. iedi.up. to, l 'li: T y
rnoviiia on in their*ehanzeiess'tiiale% 7 ' .
The• ' : i I -„.,.. eet,t nen ►Rat!, which dtA Nye(' le 9)
stars.—Str:lngoothattheyo ...... p . uhlseem •
.r i i 't4 , rha.A. s t t .:„Lib raty. - F , c , ca ll6d- r k .. .,;. • , i ~. tithigin foundry,'anenearly -a: whole block
~ , ,
.so new to us-to-night, when, OlijrAiali,beed- Orthelat6Jolin Jacob. Astor, :who, • •-"; i • r*Jidin g ; an 9 itnO otuer at No. 12. Pearl.
-'..-..aa- and 4 ,4 - $404:006 fe cl , th e '. - 1 ; Wi m ear of 4 • 'i,, , ,,?;', 1 -stieectiiy which -a6out fifty families Were ree
f die mtkieci a Juin.14i&..,,..'": ot- . • ~.. ,„..,' ,', • .-- - -,s - -''' •i nn - - ''' !"'-'• pi '. " • - '1 loss
' ' - %v"*".•'-- - - • 1i6,.." - i n - w e i t iiu,_-: _,,,: k ,._was ,-.. - 1 . if dered I liotrseless. a to.a of property,
voua,ring thought- ' '' P h i !'? 4° ,.,:P brs : -.13 .. " re a
14'-'...7;.'''''' :''''" - lime;* : itiori- .
hi bot h fire, Was vaitted-at noo,ooo.- . The
' ned i sA g el Y °f- 51113 s anj-w°ll 4 - 2 0.. iii i.'l' -- kaiita'abiainfittiel'iti.l'A'7;': l : 4 ' . ?--' l : 7 The'ga - clerns- ..f.teant :it Georgia was burned at the wharf,
.6spited of distances, dimensions and - -iii 44." of il4 iSo6iefy . LtZie'ieji'if'y'r celebrated: hi : a. in
. 41ce'Potioliartrain near New Orleans,' by
Poet4tave sung sweetiv itsitivirdistant lone- *- ball and:airtiveil the . •-.l.hirt`y-ninth ittittiventaty. wkchifiirty live7Were hilt, and property to
'ine&s,l7llobe- - influence r litiitt7l)i-ig
ht thoughts - . of the.L.taitll::lief .:. _ , Chi . T!ps,Tin .. ,-T . amM,auy",.._ . .'ll:e.idlne of 6 . 100,00 . 0 destroyed.
triatiO ' ihem a, they stand aloUeinthe still mid
night.) Mourners have confided' to tbetiftheir,
griek,and hue deemed-theirsyrniithy truer
than that of man, as 'they yielded to th,e eet
r tiat: - .lvere woven about their' hearts,
sokentng down the ruggedness of grief, and
L.ccahilg afflictions. Dreamers bare
liandoisd oribog. them as -in i . fairy
hi wOrld
li-4biaticrels' eyes ' arid-have see thed to .
-
to
niecitAt t ere the radient forms of those-who
were lost to then) on earth. And Astrolo
gers have looked upon them as tile °fumes
br which toanfold the future,. ,and, piercing
the bine n-atery - aboVe, have read in Mein
"the fate.o:tien, and empires." Yet, there
And - n nelia nga hie
Ti .making no re
they shine , on'
:lusters, flooding
light, and look
,
oon the stran , re
•
world.,
'lien your heart
ig by disappoint
are heaving and
- •
kfAiiifrom die" turf nitifice of passion,---
4 11*Vonr : mind is harrisied' by .Care and
/1 ,0 14164;e:wii that zoilpeorne almost weary
.pikui*arid.. capricious life, go out
the araiti beireus, and let the pine . id
iiiii**4 - those-vaiiii orbs carry a holy and
te llo4 l ll l4*itsoUl. gush
Nu . • •
r. a walla laose :cam murmurs, cease those
baUisl from your thoughts
sbottAivea -4 ••
igs of time, and reflect that
die liring fire within you will still burin on .
*ben' those orbs shall bare been lost . in dark..
eess forages..- , • S. 13 . D,
•
:Gdo N:441 kos iinANDs.—Th e reign of
flounces ts.) . a close, eon,elltiently
about. half the silk, veli-et or satin, heretofore
allowed for-a dreaa pattern will he a-clear
raring.. iija4 r ,an. - probably work • herself
nit", witt3.l4ll:ty yard's for a pattein,--Bat
feb Rep.'
/Ur The scientific world of Paris is spe
seially interested at tiiis moment in a subject
wlneit has immediate iMpcittance for the in-'
dastrial world— , L.the fabrication. of sugar and'
alculiOl from wood: -
• -
irr . A wise man never outrages decorum,'
recklessl3 , violates; , preju d ices, . or tho'tlesslv
acts regardless of the opinion of • the . world
••- • .
AV' No entertiihment so cheap as -read
ing. her any pleas - um. so lasting. '
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HISTO
'Annual Chronologk.V.Erieitts in
_the U n iied -
• , • I —.Stules'and. Canada. • 1 • :
I .
.i • 1 .......... . - .• 1 .
1 .
i •
anu-arr.
J
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.. St:l>
•et Y, 1 .--7-400d - 5-log ling in New.‘ ork;
,
snow time:teen inOtes in depth. • ' ; i ;
.
2...,Thi, neW- !year- celebtated. ; Excellent
sleighing i in. New York. I Common Coun cil
- • o f Neiy 'YO'rk: city sWorn !in; p.st organiza
tion nnder the nt&lv city 'Charter of the ;new
1
Boa-rd of Count:lime-a totupose,' d of !sixty
tnern
, bers.r : t - ,
,; .-;
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3.—Legisiature of the State of New York
coyenedi,at Albnv';, receipt of the Govern!
1
or', tueSSiige in Sew York city. Resolution
1
introduceil in cOngress by! ?fir; Cutting, ci,f N.
Yokk, asking for the correspondence in -rela
tion to tit removal from the office of eollector
of New Y'ork of" t!ireene 'O. -Bronson. 1:6:
~ i it)l;k of an' earthquake- felt at Siittipoit _
, C'al
ifornia. . It i . . : •..,,
--Ne!ws recoited of theiloss of the pack
et lair) Stittfurtis4i re, on -lieripa.ssage frontiv.-
elirfari to !Boston, i'm the 30th December;! off
Cape. Salle ; she i..trtick on Ia rock, and -I-the
•caltain, nineteen of the ere w, and one hun
dred - .and forty-thie, e passengers, Making a to
tal of one -hturdso and sixt:Othree persons,
perished. !',.. A bill to organize the Territory of
Nebittskalntrodirced into the 'U. S. Senate by
. 11ir....Dougbis, ofllllinois.l ' Resolution
.intro=
duced into tlientited States Hotise of RiYpre
sentative callinfi npon the Secretary al the
Treasur3ifor . t he 'correspondence
. liet weep,' the
department'and o:teem . : C. .ilrunsoli. in I , ela:
lion
. !'o his.retnOtal front the otliee of collect
or ~ .f, N ew-Yolk--, - Ilaid on; the.table.by I rote
of 101 to :GO. Ti e Legislature of New yotk
adoiOd -f !!the
.re,t)lution ' in' relation to! an
amendment of ttte ' constitution for the', en
largement oftlt , ttanitis, - The steamer Gen-.
oral Bern sunk ctr l the Mississippi river,. jand
eio-hliV get 4
passen, I were drowned. - .
s ,
..
5.4 , -- r ' A large. gadding fell in Dayton, Ohio,
instanl - ,
tly killing three persons,.ana wounding
a number. of 104 Ind women. ' ' I
7.-1-4 A large fi i e - oecnrred inl.'ortlatal,llle..
mm KO destroyed I t be Custom House; l'oStIOf:
flee.' the:United ,r,ates Court House, and i Ya
rio4iother Yalu: tile establishinents. Father
Gavazzi sailed ft-TM New York for Liverpool.
Newii'received tlmtthe 'steamship San k ran
ciscr; which leNgl'eiv-"Ork on the-2.2dil)e-.
eentl.'*r,,bound tg I SatjFrancisco, had k+een
-seen-at sea, with her decks swept; 'and in a
disabled condi!tiot The following vessels
w .,
ere feat to i•ea i settr(Hlt of her: ".. .1
.
Steanip ~.ththaitia - ' from New York.
~ .
Steanisliiit.Uniett" I . - . •-', -" ..
.1
geretitte Cetiei \\ll.4lingtott" . .. .': •
iteretille cutter Poiward, "•rhiladelphin.
111-4 oat; '
S
4.1 . 44 - . 1
I
1.)(111 - of war Decater . - i' Boston. I
1-q.A t ,i'it.t.t Cutlet., ; 1 41. 'it I .
11*.VC:Ore . CU t tei, ' . . . " Ch: '
lleston.! l .
.Isl.eitue ettio.i ' '-. " NVi tuirvrton.
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iSt - iDAY, B.—r — Nletropolitatt 'ILI and La ,
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.11.11111, New York; :.T h e sol diers 0. 1 ,-the..wBr..Of .
.1812 'cuetln._COntention i' , '''....l : ! ; - •.-phil,:hai.;,
I{ - i , rfkirilfeir'tibleci : the - 5 . ,6 ' - 1 - ti4re -
. .•, ,„.. 12 . 4 1 . '
to phice•them On, n'tooti . ;._ ':..-;% ,
.-.:1.,_:.--10oin
tionury pensioners: : Ailk.: - :.';''. - '---• to elet.,
v
a laer M lostbfi, ltiOnte• V. C. _Smith ; wa .
• chosen:- Mr.'
• ,- S :-in-it hq A ,l.:l
rr:r:.",,.~_
'
u
Whig: Th ti,..,-o fell
j . in San ' _
.WR- 4 ;' ,
kr‘ „ lteirsL. Si(etiettsia
speech .
-in the.Vnitedi.States Senate on.the Ettljeat of
the Ciaytun-and,l34wer-Treaty. i • i:. 1
i . 13.-4--NeWs'arii•ted in Kew • York - of! the
! los of the'.steiiiii*Aip Sint Fi-ataiiis'eb. : Olithe
3 ,23 d of December, ale - $:111 Franctsco left N.
'. York, bound f6r min yratlei,-c% 'having • Mi l
j Luard . - in bon 1.. ti-ve Inltidred U S. troops,.n•ltieli,
',together with the 'f.rflicers and clew of ; I
the
,I•es . .i,el. amounted to nearse‘:en hundred 'per- t
i . . - - . i •
: sons.. .., ‘N , hew t• two4ays out, and-about four
', hundr4d• !tides fretiiiiNew York, the sttlanothip
j , was st r uck hy.a,lieltiy sea ; whiCh rompletelv
I.4.lisablt'd pier, and 4l.ried overboard the. deck I
L
cabin nd• about vnti. hundred and fifty :per- I
soils, a I of W hem wifte
.:'ll row tied. • . The . , Ship]
then lac terr:daYS at the 'nervy of the Waves,
during which . tithe •fiem forty to fifty Of'lthe
••perioustrtra b gird di d of dysentery, :when the'
i.,
.'hat k iiilPy .Capt.. ewt;', Pound to' .1 - .3viton,
eaMO .to . .her assistance, and succeeded in tak-
ing iill* . i'lbout Ofle hundred Of the ,Passeirg,eis, - I
4161 Which the drifted Maui and .lost Sight - '
of hei. • - Subsequently -the. ffritish ship.Thrm
, - 1.,‘,11*,1Ce pt.:Creighton, came ;along side of
the .disablcd steamer; and
_conimenced .taking
oh' ht r passengers and crew ; , ,Iwhile she was.
'dOi Ugr, which.' the packet - ship Antarctic; Cant.'
tni to .Lierpoot, also: tame to
theirus,..ist:inee, when • all that : remained!, on
.boa dAh c San - Francisco, were, taken off, after
Whi h. the"ve , set sunk. . !Thi.!"..l3ritish hark
Three Bellg - arrieed at - New 174k, - li s ai int-
Roc:,
xCUtlt two hundred and fifty- • o'f 'th e p_iten- 1g
•
Ors - rescited frbirri ' the stettnslip - San - Fru nci
c 4 The ice iv the lindiOn river btokeL up
-•• , ;
‘.
1 4.--The ship Lucy' Thompson, ciipt4in.
P,4w.11440n, art i?ed in, New Yo'rk_ with one
.
hOndred pitsscrigers •rescuqd troiti the stNatn
ship S ur Fiancisco by the:.bark Kilns. tThe'
Lucy Thompson took them -from' the ,Eilby -
in .a ng condition.c The. packet. ..sb ip
coati nen't;!•arri vv . ! *at ‘Ne yr, York from • Li rer
poOl:reirmlefll buyitig lost fifty.-four: passen:
hers 4y cholera..
Sc
k' "
s roo S r ex ter
St . .' Louis, • deSt 14-0 by Ifirei
Loss $d i o,000 . • • "'
, 16. vfo • vesseli airived 4t
I from I.lautberg,- one having lost, forty-ou l e
her passengers, and the other her captaiiiland
nineteeti „pestiengera by cholera: •
17,..--r3aik.liilbi'arilved "Boston, hating
on board twenty pf the'reioned patiengeis of I
the steamship San Francs l ico. A debate Com
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WEEKLY 3
4v: • ae,54.
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411TRI\TAL--DEVOTED TO POLITICS, HEWS lITERAIf3RE SPriNifiE AT MORALITY
4 , -, •
ottrost, %sottlinnira Cantu, Dorning, aCaluiarg 25, 105.
ERICA
•Inentrad in
,the. United States House' of Rep
resentittives•felative to the division : in the
demotiratic party. - 'The cause of, the diviSion
wa's t'•XplaineP by Messrs; (Junin
. and 'Walsh
of \e4,' York. • •
1 18.4 - -ThOrskableSin relation to the rail
road guage at Uric, Pa., broke out afresh,and
the bridges across Harbor Creek, which • had
been Previously destroyed and rebuilt, were
again Irurrits - 1.11 a party 6f 'women, or men
dressed in disguise.-
19.4—The row'of buildings in the Park;
frontirig On.chambers st., New York, which
*as known as the New City Hall,*hich.was
occupied by a number of courts and city of
fices, was fetraed down. The total loss *as
about one hundred thousand dollars,
treaty for the purchase, on the part of the.
Un;ted States, of Melilla valley, entered into
bet ive4n the Mexican government and Gen.
Gads4n, Mexicrin Commissioner from the U.
States; was received at Washington. 'A 'proe
lamatiim Was issued by the President of the
- United States against the filibustering expe
dition got up in California.to invade the Mex
ican State . of Sonora.
• 20.4—A de . structice tornado visited the'
towns of Brandon and Mount Vernon, in 0.,
which]totally dertiolished or did great injury
to, every house xvhich stood in its course.
vas 410"ctibed as. haVing the appearanee of
. a
great black pillar, with blitelemng flashes of
. •
_l.-r-An.extensire conflagration - occurred
in lioqhester.N. Y., which destroyed proper.
ty to Ore value of ?-5154,000. The S e n a t e o f
Ohio passiAl a resolution expelling' a colored
reportv from that body.
23.-HA res9lution was introduced into the
Senate; ofthe I7nited State shy Mr. Cass
the President for information its re
gard tip the capacity-in which Mons. -I3edini;
t h e I , 4pe', Nuncio, was visiting, this country.
Anew, iwasintroduc e d in th e
United States Senate by Mr. Donola, of Illi
nois, liroviding for the establishment of two,
_Territories out of Nebraska, the one to-be
- called Nebraska and • the other. Kansas, and
leavin . it to the people of each territory to
decidei - upon the question of slavery, thereby
abolisliing the provision in. that. respect of
the l Alissouri Compromise act. Three
truer +ticks of an earthquake were felt itu
Hills - bra, Ohio.. tremendous .tornad o .
swept along the Ohio river, which swamped
fiftv-ti4 coal and grain. barges, and caused
the losis.of several lives.,
large meeting was held in the Tab
ernae4r, New York; for the purpose of ,adopt
. .
ing measures to secure the influenee .of our
nationid government in the promotion of tire
peineipl e s, of religious freedom in ofher . corm
tries. The roof of a large iron founder, in
Yoneskers, Westchester eounty...N. Y., fell in,.
killing one man, and serioindy woundintr sev
en oth,ers. The freedoin of the city e,f N e w.
York, :111.1 a gold aautr box, were tendered to
('apt. ~",reigleton; of the British ,ship Three
Bells, for his bravery 'in., rescuing a portion
of the!passen t rere; of-the Sten.Franeiseo.
Sc DAY; tit
occurred iin
Warees ,
o I
'-pri , p6rty valued
at_ 416.6,0(4; ;, Three .it-lioCks of in 6:t rai quake
were. - 4:4,i44tichester,_;clay county,,
, 2S; w, 2 )(oi k
eitYfqr the . iinirtse nf7el e :pressi : , (1111 s
iit opiimaital to the tsira Seriiitc r DOuglas,
befCrrd : the United State§ Sfho l tie i for or ..
garliziition t,f Nebras.ka-iiiid Kansas;Territo
ries.- 'Senator of Illinois, delivered
a speech in the. United Mates Senate in favor
f hisibill for tin! ritOrial;organization of
.\ - t•
, or • asna and .„
n .
arisas.. - . •
" 31:4-The 1111 for the; organiintion• of - the
Tel fleptV of Nara . bka was introduced in the
United . i.. 4 utte:s,.l.lonse of - Representatives. It
contained the carne
- features ill regard to per
mitting the iiitrodiiction of SlaVe labor as were
eitilindied in . the Senate:l)n The' 31is ., iouti
Iron
.. tVorits., Va.,. Were destrk
ed Li055,.160,000; - . • ;
.:AFebruttri4 • •
.1..-i- - TheTfirliamentdietse--with the build
ings attaulted, : at Quebec,, canada, were de
siroyciA by fire ;
lair for the Consolidation' of the
ditik:tlfit digtricts in Philadelphia county un
der one municipalgbvertitherit, was sign`e:d by
ilur.Goverrlor_of Pennt•ylvinia. Threctsteain
boats iwere totalty:dest toyed,
.and a number
Of ,titers materially .datnaged,hy the :mOve
tnentlof the-ice on the Missisippi river at St.
Louts
• - . •
s`teawboats.:, and:a quantity,Ofxith 7
Vprcipertv, were destroyed by fire - in, New
Orleans, dning:which thirty liveswere lost
-e-u4tly Ves. pie destruction ,of;proper
-4y aufetinting,to nearly' $160,000. . • t.
military ceturt-inartial 'convened' in
New N-ork, for the. purpose of inquiry, into
the' farts_ relative tp . thei r loss, of the.,te!ttirsitil)
S; ' -den. .1r •
,au raneisco 7 ---x_.
dent '6f ihe - cOurt:
104 The stentristip Georgia, 'which' sailed
from INev' Yotk;ott the Bth, , = with passengers
r d awl i Is 'far for n la, put into 'Norfolk i n
.A - ,tteaq t ,betwee4 ; ;llexico,aud Abe,
. 13 "it 441 st l " s l caked tbe,Gadfdfn treaty, Was
t th Fp4 ''t *(1
o„,
,•na jesi ent.
151 The ste s aruship,Aineuui arrived 'at Ilos
ton Wiih. the passeogemwhieli rescued
from ,San FianctO, by.,theAlip Ant4lrt-,
t.bose iesquetiolked on bpi rd
the;:4titartie befa,re rea:elii,niaivirsiool: An
election _held . in
..the Stose. l ot:7Few . :l794.fiti
propfeitian to apc. , o4lp - e : , p0pa1:4464,a
to etviblethe'BLite to' borrow", 4 1 :.4: 111 4 1 9 C.Om
pletrObeeplargement of the Jeeided
altritatireii by a i . ote of 28'5 814 in favor,
ilvd Vt 0,556 Against,
- A, tremendous *noir, stbran in N. Xcirk,
know having (anew and.,,elTifted ju t some
"in the streets of New York city to the,.
' T
;ersaty of Washington's bitihday
ti
deptii
22, Ann' r..
i •
•
;
infield Sood
celebrated in Nevi York.
deep ; ''eXcelleat sleighing. i. '
23. The steamship Northern Light arrived
at New York from San Juan del ,Note,ltrin„if-,
ing dates frOm San Francisco to tit Ist - Feb
tt
rnary. The trip was perforMed iu twenty 7 '
two days, being the shortest tr!p on ecord.—
The sltock of au earthquake at Reading, 31as- .
sachinietts. .
24. The:military court tnartial w licit was
convened in 'New :York -to , in”ifei into the'
facts - relatii-e. to .the loss of - the isteatr ship San
Francisco, adjourned, baying been in session
eighteen days. - .• ' : 1 - . . : .
2.7: The gAlleries of the French . Opera'
House in New Orleans, suddenly - fell while
the attilietiite were witnessing the P(irforman
ces; and three persons were instantly killed
;
and fifty-six tvounda . T
, March. t' . i
• 2. A bill was passed by the; LegiSlature of
Rhode Island, and signed by ;the Governor,.
annulling the judgment of the Supreme *court
of that'State, rendered' against - Thomas 'W.
Dorr for treason. • . A terrible iexpldsion - Of a i
siteamboilert n tt car factory at llartfOrd,Conn., I
oceUrred; by which accident eighteen men
were killed, seventeen of -whom left I families,
and ten or twelve, persons wer4 seriously; in
jn red.
I
3. George A. Gardner, fon' nd guilty in
Washington of •.defrauding the government
out of,a large amount . df mone', was sentenc 7 l
ed to ten years imprisciument to-.the peniten
tiary: The prisoner,_ very soon afte r t the sen
t;ence was pronounced, died, either from tat.- i
. ,
tun- poison or from overirouglit feelinv. A 1
1
bill passed' the Senate of: the I United States
Organizing Territorial 4overnuients Ifor`Kan
izilts and Nebraska: The bill ,abrogates the
'Missouri compromise act, and leaves the . ques- i
tion of slavery .to the decision iof the people
qf the Territories. .Thy~ bill !passed by the
ifollowitur . vote: I,- • I . .
1 For tile Bill. 37. . I Arains; it, 14
- I Stitjay, 5. A large fire occt rred n Spruce
street, near Nassau, - Nev York, by ) licit five
large buildings, were destrovectritid I, ver:three
hundred 'thousand dollars worth Ofl
property
consumed. A'Llock of mart 4 - sendf by the
Pop e of Rottie for, the Washington Nt.ttional
'Monument; was destroyed, and the fragments
were lefton the banks of the . Potonf i ac. -
' 0-. Thellionte.stead bill, whibli Oyes to ev
ery elfine of the United States one quarter
seetion'P ithe public lands,
~; W hiehl shall be
ever after exempt- from execution for debt,
passed the United States Millie of Represen
tatives. Steamboat Caroline Was burned; on
White : river, near the -Mississippi, 'and' fifty
one persons 1...5t their lives. - I .
7. The shock of an eat Iliqu'll-e, Was fell in
*
Lexington, Ky. ,
- '
9. A Prohibitory Liquor bill ry a s • passed
by the Senate. of the .State of ! Newl York.--=
The-steamer. John L. Avery :struck a. snag
;and sunk, in the :Nlicsissippi riser, near Nat
chez, and sixty persOns wereldro‘vned:
.11. The ice mired out of tbe Hodson riv
er at Albany. ; News was- Im+uglvt.., t o N ew .
York by - the steamship North S i tar in tnenty
tivo days and twenty-two hburs from' Sau
Francisco, by thti Panama route, • '- . ..
- :13. Steanier Reindeer explOded one alter
boilers on the Mississippi, at Conneiton, Ind.;
by whiCh thirty-two persons Were killed and
t wen ty-t h reelwoUnd ed. • ; 1 .
- 15. The - Rre,.snlent or the United • States' .
sent a message to Congress in; relation to the,
seizure. of the
the
Blaoc Warrior- at
'Havana, by ; the Cuban authorities.
18.. A tremendous gale Sweptlover . the
southern and northern portion' of the State i of
New York, blowing down anOnroofing bail-
dings, ; and•destroying a number Of liVes. ln
Albany and Tiov, the Aestruciiou of property
is e-timated at t - 200.000..; ;
20. The shock; of an earthqhake Was felt at
Macon, Ga.' . ' i i •- .:
; 1
•-. 22. The Prohibitor Liquor bill passed the
New Yotk AssOrbly, nith itin amendment
making the law to go into operatiqu -on the
lst of May: -:' ;! • ; •
- ' 28: Ex-PresiOutllitlarl Fillmore, on his.
• Western and Sonthern tour,' lihda grand pub--
lie reception- in -New Orleans:: -,:,:,,; .-,
. 20. -The dwelling houco-of Mr.-(,,}roper Ty
ler,:at
;.Nortli'Lawrence„N:l 7 ., was ile.stroyed
by fire, awl seven children • perished in -the
flanics: The olde4,' Was' but; i'ninel rears - of
age. . . • , .
30. Great excitement throng l houtlthe coun
try in cotrequence of an antietpated duel be
t weetr lkii.:Ft:ini.iic A. Cutting; •tt ' !item be r of
congress from 'New :York, 'and .f:
ride,C.lP,reitken
member-of-Congress from
_li. entuckY.
. .
The difficulties acre, however,- atnii.tably .
set
tled... , . ; ••• , .
~ •
31. Governor Sepnbur, of New IYork,;ve
toed the Prohibitory I.iquor-litw. ,;, ~
laltlL.
3. A comet was visible in all parts of the
United States. It .appeared in thOlyiest, - and
could be seen with the . naked,eye :i . ~. •.. :' '
• 4. Gold was discoed at.la. plaice called
Steil:woof), in:Warilsington Territory.. . .. - .
8. Thd stetunboat
, I ,GazellelexplOded. at n
place called Canerti4',ip Oregon .(territory,
by which aceideat 'twenty persons were killed
and twenty-tive.,voneded., i i . .. -
10. A great panther Of the. members of.
the Legislitaturo of ., New York . vidted New
York city_ The-great South4ra• - Convention
- assembled at Charleston, S. C; .t;.
14. Sevete.snow-storm in New Yak.. Two
distinct s4iocks of au earthquake.. .were'felt- in
San Franciseo: .. :!. ' -
15. The Southern Convention,..after a,sess.
ion of.kix days at. Charleston, S. (.1,1 adjourn
ed to rriett,again in-. New Orleans , or, the sec ,
and Monday:in .. .January. The shiP.Powhat
an, bound frotu,liavre to Neiv Yor)c,.ivith a
hundred. emi grants, , was ‘v tee ked ',On. A Ilse
com li - tac . h,.Nesif‘Jersey, and oteryi .soul :on •
board, numbe.ring—passengeis and , erow--:
three htindred , and PvtiltY-six, was Ost. The
schooner,,Manhattan was wreeked.a tbefsatrie
time and near. tilts, some platio . ac t e:, above,
and rsine'4i.ersous perished. The etelimer.Sec
retary,exploded her.boilemitijbo:Bay,of,Elan -
Francisco,,killing thirty perOns,.,*,and...severe- -
ly scalding
.and wounding ahent the,eante
number;
..; -.•, ,i; • \ .! .
..-....
...71...•...,
..,..
- 17. The.tresty: illtich was" snide between
Santa Aun a; . Prosiden t of Min( i cio;-- lind Gen,
Gadsdenionihotift ,of the]: United ~Stittei,
by
.which.li portion of theleriitbry Of 31ekleci:
called Mekilla•Valley, was ceded ...toi-the Uni.e.
tod_States for . the . gum 0f..t0,000g00, was
rejected' by: the United States, Senate. The
L_
egi Stature. or NeWlL'ork adjoUrnedi
18Alie ineW'stoint,' ivhicli coin
the.l4th in 'New . -York, e milintted
intermission of only aliout.sishOu
morning of, the 18th. yearly to;
now two feetl
expelled"
s'ow fell; hut was quickly x by the
influence of the genhil sun. A bill was in s
ttoduced in the United S.tatesllotise of-Rep
resentatives.for the admission of the Teriitory
.
Of Oregon as a State into the Union. '- •
.
20, The . largest steamboat :ever hilt in
this country was launched at GieWPoint, L
- f., She is waled thelletropoliS; and is tweu
ey-five hundred *tuns hurdler'. The clipper
ship Flying Cloud arrived at San !Francisco;
Making the passage from New Yotle in eigh:l
-
ttv-nine days, the quickest-on reEord: -- ' -
-1,
2 ,
•; rain storm, alinust unequalled in
severity, visited New York; the Eastern States,
And portions of the West, Causing i-disastrous
flub& and a great. destruCtion of property,-
darfy ing.away bridges;. dams. mills, Wises .
wind fences, and undermining railroad tracks.
4 portion of ; .Brooklyn Heights "slid down,
and demolished a two-story houskin .which .
at the time Were eleyett persous two were
in s tantly UlO and five severely"bounded:
A portion tif' the Crotati dam, *hick was
built for the purpose of stipplying !New York
With water, was ,carried ;away. At . a place
41Ied SlairWay Brook, On : the. Ede railroad,
ii large bank"the
Way and' forced nine la
borers into the rushing water, seven of whom ;
Were drowned.
1. - • i
!• 23. A destructive tire occurred at Warren
*oli,.Ga.,..whicli consutned !nearly every house
iu the village. Loss about $200,000..
- 1 - _25. The . Gadsden: treaty; -liiiiiitided*. and
.modified, was ratified by the United• States
senate. A destinctivie - fire occurred in New
York, iu the building NO . :• 231 1 Broadwav,
, i .
ivhielt was attended with! the most nelati
-
Choly results. During the progress Of the
fire a portion of the wiill4 of the building fell
in and bulled beneath the ruinsltbiriy-four
firemen, eleven of whom lost their lives, ".and'
idl the others were more 'or.lesslinjuroi.—
Mons: Dillon, the French Consul in San Fran
eiseo, having refused
_to testify On the part of
the United States.again4t the Mdxican:Con
.trl; who was charged - with a violittion of the
tiouttality laws, was arrested and taken be
fore the United States DiStriet Court, where
he protested again 4 the proceedings, struck
his flag; and :refused to act •-: as" Consul of
lzrance under his emmuission.
.i .• ,
I; 27.. A tremendous stoma of vs - hid and rain,
cCompanied vVith thunder and;, `"lightning,
New York. The. calorie* ship - Ericsson,
havin‘ , returned from a trial trip,lwai struck
by a sqviall in ilieNorth river and sunk, and
-
number %v
of smaller vessels ele sunk-• and
tlriven ashore and spme lives lust:;-- - .
' 2S. The Mexican' Consul at San Francisco
L vaii found guilty before.* the United States
A.)istri&t - Court of
,a notation of the
.neutral
itylaws. He was charged. with i laving en
listed men in San Francisco fur tie Mexican
1
hruiv, to be employed in Sonora,. ] i l .
..
; -
:v1.11:. .. . •," I - • •
)3. The Inver and Harbor bill W . :o,returned
'.o Congress by President Pieree i n'ecompa
lied- with - his veto mesa ... de,• • . 1 • .
5. The steam tug Pennsylvapia exploded
lir_kiutters ou the Delaware, river, by whiel
r.e rot persons ware killed 'and tpur 'or 'five
1 wounded.' • Nine horses on board. the boat
'Were also sealded todeath. : 1 • .
i 7. The galleries of the. Rattan Catholic
„Church' at Erie, .I.'a., fell under the weight . of
the immense crowd that had congregated in
the church, insianly killing on man, -and
ladly injuring it large numbero( l others., .
1 11. The United States .I.leuse of Represen
latives' adjourned for the day at half past:
eleven.o'elock Ar. M., after beingj , in session
thiriv-six hours on the bill lot the -organiza
ion of the Territories of Kansas. and Nebras
t.a. :.
..
..
I , 14. The stemner Pike struck' (snag and
Sunls on the MfsSi4ippi river, by l ‘'vhichite
i:ident some fifteen persons %ere drowned.
15. The steamship Washington arrived at
Mew l York, with. 477 . passengers turd crew of
'the - Packet ship Winchester, which:, was bound
from; Liver Pool to Boiton, and Wrecked on
the passage. . A.number of vessel had boar
ded4he Winchester while she .was in a distr.- 7
bled .condition and took off some:of her pass
1.
4:igeri, preitiolls to the arrival ufi the:Wash
i4lgtun. The Winchester went dowprin less
than an.. Lour after the remaintler'of her
iksseng. - Ts and crew had ht.‘esil placed' on
hoard the Washington. - A coal - joy in Cilies-:
t l eiffeld.e . ount . r, Va., exploded ; in4illed nine.
tee . men. , , . .i. _J.
r . The bill for" the 'organization of the
Ter itories of Kansas and Nebraska, which
4-as called the House bill, tiad . Whichointairls
r)
the ame principles and feittitres that were
e:rnodied. in the law which wasf passed; by
l se
the.
pate, passed the House . of. jiepresetttit
ayes by a- vote of 11:3 to 100. ' . ' .
23. 'Five colored men were drbwned- near
Philadelphia by the upsetting of a sinall
boat..
• - • .1
25. , The House bill for organizing the
Territories of, Kansas and .Igebraska passed'
the United States Senate•byi, vOe 0f.35 to
11;3: •Avpowdei:thill brew !The:le : Saugerties;
il'lster counts, N; Y., killing seven --urenand
Flowing six houses in the vicinity: to Jujus. •';
1.26. •An annular eclipse of the Sun wits visi-
Oe rn all parts of the United Stlitos There
uFas fugitiVe' slave 'excitement...and - riot in
oslon, dutitur which
_an attemp .Was'rnade
ti!'rescne the alleged fugitive, and one of the
united States officers was shot. aOd.instantly
.1 31. -A proclamation .was issqd by. the
Itrcisident of the United States warning all
prstins against - fitting out expediticins to the
hilittid of Cuba: Three "wagon leads of gun
liowder, amounting to:about five tons;
died in Wilmington; ;llel., killing seven per- -
sons_ and seriously injuring a nunrer of oth
éh'..- Fifteen horses . were 'killed,. tid -seven ty
f,:ve houses-.moreorlesg injured, sonic of whic:h,-
including the residence:of I3ishop, Lees, mere
enropletOy (14.troyed . ,
. - JUNE.: • •j • . . _
2. A terrible murder, was: committed- at.
why!) -L: L Au IriAmian, gamed .Nioh
,i/lat;,l3eebiurr, broke into the house of James .
a .. retiied - merchant' from New.
York, aid beat out his brains, arid al , o' kill-
a his wife, surd :beat a small neoo boy uear- .
ly to death,- . A fagitivo patued . An
thony Burns, was delivered to' iris master,. in
I3o: stub, after fiVechtyS 'and Wits
'eicotied on 'board a 'United Stntes - revenue
::tuttnr, for the purpose of .beingearried back
10:Virginia, by nearly: ; :tire mill titry.
fore of. the, city, such ,piecautionary
belng.t.alten
.by
- the authorities. thrnugh
the' fear Of an ateettipted rescue by the'mbb...
AiSeriotre'riOt occurred in 13rooklyn,'N.,-
11. i,: between'. the " Irish And .nuMber- -- of pet-,
sons frorn.Now.Yorki who'- were styled , l(ltow
Nothings: A great number of Persons were'
eneed on
with an
until the
feet of.
severely injured, and about fifty Irishmen
were arrested. The riot was quelled by .the
militaty, who, were ordered out by the
-
or.
14. A most disastrous fire • occurred in
Worellester,Masa' which destroted pro ity
to the'value of a ituarter pf a nicliion' o dol
lars.
•
• -
20. The ship Trade. Wind came in 'coat:tot
with the ship Olynipus, at 11
. o'elock . It, M.,
in lat. 41 50, 10n.•57 20. And so vioJent was
the • *collision that both sunk Arhin
an bear after. - Three of the pasSengersi and
three of the crew of the Olympus;
.and, Sigh
teen of the crew Of. the Trade Wind, perish
ed.—
4. .A.• tertihle .collision occurred on the
Susquehauna Ithilroad, near Baltimoie,..by
which twenty-eight persons were instantly
kil 14 and. from - forty to fifty 'severely woun
ded, sonic of whom' afterwards died.
ACIILST.
7. AP election riot broke out; in - St. Louis
caused by an Irishman stabbing aa Ameri
can, which continued for three days, and in
which. ten persons lost their lives, and several
others were wounded.
13. The_ powder niagazine
Ky:, containing E1,11:214 kegs .(?7,500 . 115.) of
blasting and .ritle' powder,. exploded, causing
damage to property in the neighborhood vit.. -
riou.sly estimated at from $30,000 to - 110.00,-
000. Several perseni were seriously injured,
and one negro woman,died from the shock
received. • • '
20. About twenty :emigrahts were . mass
acred' by the Snake Indians in Oregon Tee
ritory.
• 22. Two large granite 'buildings orr the
corner of Battery march and. Broad streets,
Boston, fell with n tremendous crash, killing
three persons and destroYinz property to. the
value of tl 20,00 p.
.
27. A terrible tornado - passed over the
efts' of Louisville, which .unroofed about
One hundred.biddings, and totally destroyed
the Pri.A. -- byteriaul:huj:th, burying _a lamepor
tian of congregation in the ruins, Lid in
'stantlye' twenty-five - persons, and woun
ding many others. . •
- SEPTEMBER. ,
6. During . thet .celebration and procession
of a riumb'er of American Protes•tent societies
in Newark, N. J., an attack was made Upon
them by a crowd of Catholics, when.the
former. setaliated and destroyed the inside ofa Catholic church.. During the - riot, one per,
son. was killed, and m'number were seriously
Wounded on both sides. -
8. astrons hurricane 'swept over the
cities of C 7 harleston, S.C., and Savannah, Ga.,
and the adjacent. country. Houses were
idowi l 'down and unrootl;d, vessels - were:torn
from their moorits, plantations'were strip
ped, anti the streets of. both cities were intm - -
ditted, the wind hilvitig . enused , the . tide to rise
to an unpreeedented height: The destrue
ti.ou,efltroperty could only ~be- estimated by
.11. Terrible riots occurred in New Orleans
between the native , Amerioan citizeits'and the
Irish, during: : which a great. many persons
were shot, of whom eight died.
. 18 A terrific . storm occurred in ,Texas,
Willa entirely demolished the town of
gorda, with the exception-of three houso,and
destroyed a number of crops' of cotton and su
garcane. A great Inany . vesSels - and swim
-
Ler; of .livto were also lOst.
1.t:). The' Reciprocity treaty was confirmed
by 'the Canadian Parliament. '
11. - The cholera, *NA had. teen. raging
sonic time . in-Pittsburg, Pa., this•day' carried
off one hundred and nine victims. • •
25. News: arrived in Sun Francisco of the
,saf4v of the ntissing British ship .Enterprise,
which had been sent to the. Arctic rebion in
search of . sir John; Franklin.
27. The'Attierican mail 'steattishiP Arctic,'
Capt. Itinris C: Luce, - 'on -'her passage from
Liverpool to .Ne* : York when ; .about forty
miles otrQape Race, in a thick, fog, came in .
. 1 collision - With the. French. propellor Ve4d, by
which al - holo t . Was stove beneath the' Water
!
line in -the bows of the Arctic, and she Sunk
lin about fon rhour4 after. the' - accident.: The:
ipropeller, although - her bow-. wits completelr
steie in, managed to rear;!, St. Johns, N. k.':
i The Arctic had on
.board ' two hundred' and
thirty-three "passengers',' Of . whoin fift'veight.
I Were women and 'twenty-two '
.mere - Children
not one of either .of whom :was saved. .Tbe
; crew numbered one hundred and seventy-two
I men and two- woinen. 0' the, hole number
[on board, fourhundred atl d
eighty' souls only
1 twenty-tab passengers`.a , d sixty-five of . the
I crew were saved,tneluding Captern Lueirwho
se heroically retriajned 'on , the deck ,',.f the vessel !until : she
.Went (4cowb, but .sticpeeclettiir,
'clinging to a. portion of tie paddle box ofthe
iretic,.whicli :biokti lcio.- . r from' the VeiSel ;..
and after being two - days.in that position was.
fituilly,picked , ..np,by a sing ship.
/ . .-F29. Two boat, loads, umbering
_forty-six,
passengers mid crew, of 'the • lost; steamship
'Arctic landed in safety near CaPe'RaCe:
30, The French steamer. VeStai,' the: reE
'Which. Came in 'collision-with the . stritativil
.Aretie, arriN•ed at St.. John; N.11,' in -.a
:able('
. condition.., Tlte..Yesitt
.lost': iltinee
ki
her passengepassengers,by, the accident.
9CTODERS
. . .
SI:D.11 : , 1. The. l Pacitic StearnSbipYan,ce
Blade; on' the second day out frtira•San Fran
ciseo,' Cal., bound to'Panatifa,. strnek a - rief
of rocks off Point Agtieliti, and beenntel a to
tal 1055.... had ou,Ainaid abOut nine-bun
•d red passengers, tbit•ty of ‘ybotu were drown- -
ed. . . '
3. State A'grietiltiiral opened.,in,
Ncw'York cite. ' .• • . •
•
8, Tlie.steamer E. K. Collins, while Oniter i
passage from Sault Ste: Marie, to the-head. of
Lake .Erie, was . burned and twenty,ikreet , Der-•
Swiss, perished. The steamer i','nneet•s
buined on iii - er; . near Nit teller:
by uthiCh accident twenty-three'. persotialosV
their 114e5. , : • • . •
lEighteen..passengera . and • crew
.9f Ole
lost ste.auttlip ;hectic arrived at .New ••York
in 'the shili.Lebano.n, haiing picked. up
hr; Union' 'and thinifereil to - 'the
Lebatro' • • - ' • •
A , fiirry skiff was übset - in the, Hudson.
yirer, at_Troy, • by the waves of a steamboa ,
and eleven out• of seventeen persons in it
boat were drOWned: ,
- -14; The bark earribria arrived at • gebee,
kith Captain Lice, of the steam iris= Artie,
ottf , d uitio.others from thatilbfa -vessel; hav
ingeicked them , ue "Pear w erU Mk;
rcnt - ,dowtn .
24: Stioeks of an - '
=ME=
Pollute 1Z
'felt.in Keene; !
20. ,
An awful catastrophe outu
Great V estern RailrOad-,itiCanUda,:teeisioitt- -
ed L' 'tt collision hetNieen two traini!' c of
by s;hich . fOfty-seven persons '•were instsntly
killed and forty-Ofie..wc,ninclisi,
28. A :most dest r uc tive
upwards -of
oceUrred:
Cleveland;,Ohio, Upwards , ,:of :three
hundred thciasand dotlara . worth. of iirroperty
was destrovod; . • •
A'riot 'occurred in'Woreusteir
in ! hieh . the Untied States cOrritais
.sioner of !Boston was irrariy killed by the ,ab
olitionistS ; in 'consequence of the part thU.iui
required ,hits. to- take - arresting fogitno
• •
36.• The estytal- 'haste exhibition ` at New:
Yotk elused pet tnanently. •
ovElutEn.
- .on
,
1:A - steeling tecident happened on::the
Reck . L:landltailroad; by which twelve'per" .
sOn4 , Were killed t'ind - twenty-four Mounded: '
.6, A g,irl,' um:tied - Pdtnelia
. Myera,," wail ar-..
rested in Philadelphia,:charged with niiirderr:
ing four of her illegititnate children : , • - . ' ~ •
- 7. - A riot occurred in Williamsburg, L. '.1.,
between the Sheritrgiotllieers -And - the 'lrish
during which:two men were - fatally !tvotinited ..
and seven or eight persons seriously - injured.
• - 9.- Another riot occurred - in Willianisburg. -
between - the Irish and a - number-4 - Anise=
cans i but only one man 'was shot. : t: `- ' -
~' - 13, The ship NeW. Era; a„:•larges i'essel.of
thirteen hundred tons . - burthen;- bond fro*
Bremerbaven'for , Yew 'York;
,withour lin-
Area and - ten passengers, went a.'shotieat Long
Branch, 3,Cc;w jersey, became imett4didtelyia
•wreck, mid .two hundred . .and twer4 "of her '
passengers 'were-either drowned, or smothered
between decks._ . State'electionfield-in. Meta-.
saebuseiti.,: and all the . State officers and .
neatly every member of 'the' Legislature on
the American or Know .Notningliehet •-were
elected:: 'l' - • -'
. .
• 14: The steamship - Noithernt4glit 'arrived
in New 'York, bringing news from *an. Frnae
iico m twenly- days and twelve - hoars; being
the shortest trip eVer made. ' - . '
l- • 20. Placide's Vatiefieitheafre e
, i New-Or
leans;
ra i
was destroyed by fire, mb ing a loss
of about , $15 . ,,'000. - -...-• . - -_-:
22. A terrible accident - happen e d - on Abe
Ilarloni Railread.tit - Fifty-seventh street New
York, by one train of cars running into . sit
other. : Twer,ty persons wereieverelY injured
some - of when' were mangled in a mast shock, -
ing manner. '.-The . shock of an Otithtplake'
was feh in ,FareWell:county, - Va. • i - -• .
.-1-
' 24. The British - stearnship Canada. came
in collision with the steamer . Oceania Boston
harbor,.by - thich time w
e latter as ,set :on, fire,
and caused the explesion'of one-of her boil
ers, The - Ocean. was . entirely destrOyed
Thkee personslost - their IfVei,
.and ia large
number were niore'or less injured. ; _ ~I, - . - '--.
_ 29. First snow' of the - .season in New :Fork
city.' :Thefust election in F - Ortsa* - -, Territory
was field for delegates . to Cengress, i.when..t.
W. Whitfield,. the pro-slavery candidate, was
ele4tcd. ' -;- - ' - -': , - - ..- . .. - '; :
4.: The scowl session: of the .I.ltiity-tlard .
Congress was. cOmmeneed, at Waihingtoir
City, and, the PresideritVannuai message was
received and published in Nei , YerV., , '
- -5. The canals of the`' State. of New York
*ere 'closed, by order of the canal beard, but
the ice became so thick that a cheels was put
upon navigation two days.eArlier. • : .. • -
O. The navigation of the, Hudspn Jiver
was suspended in consequence of the ice.
.. 11. The shock of au earthquake, was .felt
in .Portsmouth, N-1-.1., at midnight- The
shock was'also felt in Newburypo!t ;Hiss. =
Bill introdncedsin the United!Stated, Senate
by Mr. Adams, of Miitsissippi, to establish a
uniform rule, of naturalizationthroughoutthe
United States. The bill extends the.). term 'of
rtattiralizatiou to - twetrly-one. years.. i •,.,
20. A Mt occtired, in Broadway, New
York, which 'destroyed the. City „Assembly
Rooms, the old Olympic theatre, NiroOd'sEthr
'opiati House,, and a number.of stores:and .of
&e s.' Loss $ 175,000. • Luring the•;confla:
gration the roof of one of the burning 1 . build
ings fell in and =buried-beneath the prinsone
of the firemen, dad seriously , ,injured i pr;lice
team- C'lld werther in New ..York- and the
t
Eastern . ates.-, The thermrimeter iii,New
York city ranged in,the morning et . fout: -4e
gree7Tabck e-zero- • . .. '
~.; ~;%
- .SourAr 31. The steam sh ip •uitY 01-!irlasirm
which leftlivertrool dn. the 1.4. - of - M!ireb 'with
forirhnedred passengers,- has Tiot Yiiei _h e ard
ot sieteg:, , - : . . 1...'• . .. .
A GOOD` Aummart .--A - - c • rrespondent ":%of
"the Boston Transcript;-give _the folloyring
:good aneadote:
rhave•heand a good ineCdatebere of one
of your Boston' men;:: which is tongood to be.
kept from, your 'readers. Theodore - li.:Fisr
ker,,P..sq., merchant in your eitii-laivpend
a ;week since to =be a guest foi 'one. night: at
11fr. I:lnappli hotel. - , After tea, as_ he 'seas, n
joyinglhe eooleesil ofthe evening. breeze nis
thie piazza; he' noticed keittemmiti in
°nice wl3oi 'statvieramining the. book '
and- who afterwards' witlked: Up -.end
down the, piazza,- scanning him (gr4=l?;) uary
closely. SOlllO ten-at Ilfteen,minutts passed.
in this the ititinger'hiviie the ai.
lenc'e by'addressing b ier:
• " ins yoUr usfile Parker, sill"
'"Yes, sir."'
"Thec4nre .P,arkiri 1"•
.-• .
" Yes, sir." -.- -
DO. ydu °erne - from:ilk:4ton, sirl
" Yes, sir:w ; • t / •
' I Theo-54,144th a lenk infif the ident!).,f .
the individual, fairlv - established,) / 1` stiP
pose -tliaCyou are the ,
about
in gen; England; villiOing the itutions:ot
rilesopthtr: - :
-` ".
0, 116,liter' answered - laminated 16.
-Parker, lank, whose eye.s: bug , Ofsleatilms
andu , kettle of tar dan tocanintar3f-?Pee"
de 'deux ; tam The. 'ore Parkerf-4,4m
m o r kh an i ißoat • ; LAM. r•ittlkhe.ittirAtter
wlienryniSpok.a ."
! that, itunk;-)'
the tin Tilrgitaitoi.in'ainildeetbue ;
"But alto • the to give yolu olio:piece - of - 11 -
Vice, as that isif yow , so - .going_ to ',travel
in:th diggirigi,•- you bettor; io; tune,-
wb •you tip your sauzi.ixt particiabir4o4
eke thatp plain :
`,Bowni, like.frientl&-ehoO•he
chosen; anti , Oen, Jike - Oneiriend! l / 2 ;w I PI 401
return to 'cm agathvand..again, Well &flow
ing they w Ittever fait eviiever teeeelo..
et,rot--ite et • '• :* .1)
British mialat.gt a Ntraaiiiiipn
I he 4aps,,tiskuoit 1112
left TA
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