V
waves 'vera 'Hid 'ttidnntains 'lilgU. tle jWevCr. accurtetl In 'ourrri'y-, If we except
eca'me'n'bn board 'tallied; komo fragments the explosion on Jjoard the steamboat Mo-
Bail were set
''masts, and there
et'onittho temnaniirofsthe selle, spmdeaTsmce.
Vc "was a rhince of r,afetyl-. ftVe havofalspT received a .
M'Cliae spoke not. but watched the.helai. Mofying , Messago, wlfioh etatei
Tlie wind shifted in their favor, and hope niinjbckil'ed is between (20 ant
rose in every heark The, Frith or Tay those wounded from 60 to'100, n
was now onen imd thev were saved 1 tally. ... ,
lip" from Ure
mics thai the
and '30, and
very lieatt, 1,(10., r.nlll Ol -.lay wnsc wuunucu uuiu uiu ivu, uiuujr uiui
." ..1 . I- I iL' n' ' i-i- ii- r .1...
Light-was the heart Of M'UIISO wnen lie l no uincinnau uuzeiio ui niunuajr, ic-
kept away the vessel, and gave the helm ceived last night, states thai the Whdje
up to Uio male. . He hastened to Kalejina number of persons killed, at the lale firo in
c-jrt'.?ri;n olnnil nm-thnMetlt. rsisctl her that city, so far as ascertained, is nine. Mr.
V"w 1 . ma l .1 ..... .!ll.t,
up, whispered'comforfand reluming love; n. v. nierni is me oniy. person kihcij
ibut slieuieardinot slie.couiu not lorgei wuosc nana- o uu i mo uai wc pun"
and she wept bitterly. ea yesterday, t lie number oi persons
'VVc are saved' dear KaterinaT ' severely worinded is 14, and about 20 are
ii..... ii... ... uA Kon.lrt.il' rpnlipd renorted to be slirrhllv wounded. The
' she, mournfully following wounded persons were not men.
.Nonol -sav not so. with your own nioneii-yesteruay; .Lewis wisoy, jonn
An,lrB. nfe.ctncr vnu lo hia bosom.' M M.'Vansickle, Joseph Trefls. arms broken;
'Your bitter cursel' A. Oppenheimer, James Tryalt, Robert;
'Twas madness nothing. I 'Tuiew rot Rice. Wm. H. ttoodloe,
r what 1 said ' On account of the mournful calamity 'at
I n,tt h imn had entered into her soul. Cincinnati on Saturday, business wis gen
" Her heart was broken. erally suspended on Monday throughout the
You had-better cive orders for them to city. J he Chronicle of Monday says
" nAt nniirnr'ilio -HhII Rnrk.' obsetved the 'In consequence of the deep feelinc exci
man- at (lie helm to M'Clise., " ted by tho recent dispensation to Divine
Th? RAt "Unhid M'Clise shuddered, Providence, the City Counc.l met lasleveri
..t .,t. ,i.,. CWvnrtl wp.nt tho inrr. and reauesled the Mayor of the city
vessel, impelled by ihe sea and wind: one to issuo his proclamation requesting Uio
'mnmni mU-.t nlnfi. nnd , lowering over the places of business to be closed to day.
uri?eJ. at anolhei,. deep in ihe hollow Accordingly tins morning the Mayor
"trough, and walked in by '.he convulsed issued his proclamation to that cttect, and
Mni!. dill heM hi Kaierina that the citizens should attend to the funer
.in tili'm. wlm rpsiwinded not to his en- als of deceased, as they might occur, thus
.dearments, when a -sudden shock threw paying the list tribute of respect to (heir
them on deck. The clashing ol.the timsers, memory.
Jt.0nn.,r!nBnfiliB waves over the stern, the J Purine Saturday night throughout Sun
-heeling and settling of the vessel, were but 1 day and all day Monday the cititzens were
.ii.. ,w.l"r fnw .ier.nnds. One more busily engaged in rcmovintr the ruins, fear
furious shock she separates- falls on her ing that other bodies -might be discovered
h.m n,i. anH itm zinmit seas -sweeo beneath them. None were tound.
oyer her,
lU'Cli'ae tbrew from 1iim htr wnum he
had so madly lo'-ed, and plunged into the
wave. iCaterina shrieked, as the dished
after him, and all was: over.
, . , .
' When the storm rises, and the screaming
""sea-gull seeks the land and the fisherman
liastens his" bark toward the beach, 'then V
o'be seen, descending (from 'the dark clouds!
From the Baltimore American.
A TERRIBLE EARTHQ,AKE
10,000 Lives Lost.
Destruction of the Town of Point Pelre,
Gua&khvpc.
ISevefdl Tliousand Lives Lost.
Capt. Thompson of the biig Frances
' . . . ' .... i .. -i . e -1 I
with ihe rapidity -oi iignnung, iiiDiorinoi janef at,,his t ye&lerday fromSl.iohns
Andrew M'Clise, the heavy bell to which ,p KV reports the occurrence at that place
no is auacucu me "" .0f a severe shock ol an earthquake tjn the
uown 10 nis uoo.-n. ( lh February, which lanted about two mm
X And wPen all is smooth and balm, wlien ute,, but did no sm:cial damage, Intellh
'at the ebbln? tide, the wave but gently 'nu .iMiru.iS' r ...ii,
kisses the rock, then,' by the, light of the: wkeia varit)U, olher jsIanjg is g:ven' jn
silver moon, of the vessels.which sail from itlB anhejced extracts from letters,, recefved
mc a rim aiiu i aj, na.
form !o'f Ihe beautiful Katerine, waving her
white scarf as a signal! that they should
approach and take, her olT.from the rock on
which she is seated. At times she otTe.rs a
fctfer for tier father Vandermaclin; and she
inourh's and weeps when the wary mariners
wlih ilii.ii' even fixed on 'her. and With
folded arms, pursue their way io silence All persons fled from their houses ,but most
aud in dread. - fortunately no one was hurt, and no -materi
ai uamage was uone more, a vessel arnv
bv the Francis Jane.
St. Johns, P. R. Feb.'U, 1843
We had a severe shock of ah earthquake
on the 8th inst. but it was not bo severe as
the one last year, though it lasted a longe
time. In ol. 1 nomas it was very' severe
and is said lo have lasted over two .minute?
ed at St. Thomas from Antigua reports that
all the houses were thrown down in that
Island, and the windmills were either dow
or so much injured that they cannot
worked. In Nevis, also, every thins (cx
cept the liath House) is down, and to
sill of 8,eamer P,as?'ng Martinique, Quadaloupe
"tBOTII WITHOUT KAn '
?
SJITtf JJlV, -JMliciI II, 1843,
EOIl PRESIDENT,
JAMES BIT C II ANA IV.
(Suljject la the decision of a National
.Convention.)
A week ot two siu're We adverted lo tiie
'factKlhil theOBfrtyJyklSeirtinehliHtl ahowil
its teeth in favor orUaptaih 'I'yleVi Mlin
timated that it Was in puisuance of il fcchairf
Contract tnatle.and eniered into ' at Harris
burg, sometime) about the first of Febrtli;
ryj when a great mttn received the appoint
ment of colleclor 'rjf a 'rendtrrfed port of
entry, called Berwick. The junior editor
of the Sentinel takes Us to do for out hardi
hood in mentioning thejacl and says ho is
not now a Tyler marr, but 'intimates that
he may bo
.
The Berwick Sentinel has 'becomo ta
hid at our exposure of its reasons for its
base ami uncalled for attack upon the char
acter of Col. II. .B: Wright and would fain
make us believe that they were prompted
in their course-by. mere love of democracy,
and a desire to maintain its principles invi
olate. Now, if this was a fact, if'theii
opposition io him truly originated, from no
oilier cause but their ardent desire lo sus-
tain the clurioud landmarks of democracy,
then we would say, be vigilant, be faithful.
But when wt know their opposition arises
from selfish personal motives alone, motives
which if encouraged by the party, will
destroy "the best men in the state, and make
democracy subservient to the interest of a
few greedy and unprincipled office hcldersr
we feel ourselves cald upon, as faithful
sentinels to strip them of their veil of cu
pidity, and show them, and their masters,
up in all their naked deformity.
Two years ago Col. Wiight was repre
sented by them as'.one of tho most, talented
pure, high minded' democrats in the slate,
but a spirit came? over their dreams, when
ne came mil in opposition io ineir unuoiy
Wcoiinty and
Calvin BlyUlbrwatt nojinlfialrd and unanl
mously confirmed as'Culfeclur of the poil
or Philadelphia. ,r,
.... . .REM OVA I.. QUEBTIPN; '
drvthe Sd ihsl. Mr. Snyder, introduced"
!ri.to thoiHouse of Keptesentatives a bill
leaving the settlement of the removal hues
ilon Jrt a vbte of the' people of the, eountyj
and on Saturday, Mr. kiddl'rof J.uzernb
Introduced a sliiilnr dill in if.K
He dare not deny, however, leadlev- havinrr nrPin0i t..x- '., .x.u
that the article referred l was Wfitlen by ,enilt0 rtoBr ,al ifjm cmd ,n0( Ca .bi mW
one of lh editors, but says it was piit in C0lllUy b,.. ,; , . . ,
the paper as a communication. This is a
silly manner of shifiing the responsibility.
Publish an editorial article, as a comrmtni-
catio.i,and then Bay il is not the sentiments
of the editors. This, VC should sby, was
whipping the devil around the stump, when
he was running a direct path into a
quagmire'
I ho story therefore circulated bv thri
Danville faction, for effect, that. the removal
(fuestltftf could not agair be agitated, turnd
out (o be as many other of their assertions
in relation to the question, have heretofore!
beenjUcslitCite Of the truth. '
The skeleton
By the way, was riot a certain ju"iof been recently found at a depih of sixty feet
in the earth, near Sinsmewa Mourd, in the'
northern part of the Iowa Territory. It i
said Ihe enamel of the tusks is as perfect as1
when the huge animal roamed the earth,
although the skeleton has probably been
editor appointed collector, upon an express
pledge that he was to purchase the right of
his partnef to the establishment, and hoist
the flag of Johnson, Cass or Tylef, when
ever directed by his .nastors; and was not
. . t 1 If. M I ll'tl , ,
me anicie lauuing iyjer, puonsneu ror u.e ,mbeded in the rock and clav for aB(.
certain Post Oflice.as a part of the contractt
And was there not a further clause in tho
contract requiring the junior editor to hoist
the name of a certain gentleman, westward
ho, as a candidate for the next governor?
The peoplo would liko to know. As for
ourselves wc aio satisfied without any an
ewer.
"Matr!mony"may he arraeramatized into
0! try man" and' husband" into "Ahf
snub'dl" good jokes to bachelors, but no
fun for. married men. -? '
Flout at Cincinnati on the 24th $2 50 af
Threo vessels arrived at New Orleans riW
Tho late attack of the stipend prceses of the 16th ult, from London, Liverpool and
111 t J i HV I, ( VVIIIII T lltll It WV V 1 , . . , . 1 -
removal. Their Mmocratic prinv.iples ; " - i - - --. v'oi 9iuv,vw in spe
. , . - , r ,u .i I critic memuers oi tne legislature, who au cie,
be
THE LATE FIRE AT CINCINNATI.
The Cincinnati Times, of the 5h, con
tains the following particulars of a sad
eatastropliy which occurred in that city on
Saturday morn'ng.
, Y.esterday, about Oo'clock, p, m,
4 i. r.:... . ...ui:.u..
!. !.?" ? r.::. "r w" i: and Monserat, saw those islands covered
wessr. rug,. -'"'"'-' with a dense cloud of dust.
fire-The firemen repaired to the spot No accounts, have yet been ;rece,ved rom
. i .... .;, r,i -,i.:u l,i any other Island, but we fear we shall hear
?T great destruction of prope.ty and loss of
... vwi.iuui.i.k " . . ; , j i ;r . : .. I
roof of a smaller building
were invaded, because lorsooth, their own
pockets, and tho'se'of Iheir neighbors, were
not to be filled at the expense of the people
of Columbia'and 'Luzerne. A secret and
unrelenting warfare, was set on foot to anni
till ate him, but they dare not, as yet open
ly mak an assault. This contemptible act
is left for. the, new, collector, in obedience to
the malignant anUenvious commands of
two of the. canal commissioners, to gratify
their hatred & malice towards Col. Wright,
for the independent1 stand lie took in ferret
ing out the corruptions piacticcd in a cer
tain political "hucksters shop," or in
plain language, the canal commissioners
room in Harrisburg. This wc have no
doubt was one of the conditions of the ap
legis
vocated. the papsage of the law authorising
the election e-f the canal commissioners by
the people, is one of the strongest argu
menu in favor of the measure, that can be
brought forward. The press'should be uu
trammelled, and independent of all official bur;,
influence, or its glory is departed. We
all know what an influence a well conduct-
eujuurnal is -calculated to wield over a
community they are "the safeguard of our
rights and of .our liberty, and if any aspir
ing demagogue ever succeeds in changing
our republican form of gcvernment, it will
be throngh the venelity of tho press.Know
A vain of gold 4 feet thick, from which
two hands in three days rained 100 bnshel
of ore worth 910 a bushel, has been dis-
covered by Dr, Stephen Fox, near Mecleti'
The New Bedford Bulletin describes
Maniac on his knees in the snow before tfier
office, at the moment o-f writing.wiih Miller1
pamphlets in his hand, alternately praying
and blaspheming in the roost pitiable man-ner.
in combating
were on the
conlftcted wtih the main one: when a dread
ful explosion took place, occasioned, it is
conjected, by the combustion of gas.gener
kted, by the fire inside the building, which
was very close.
The' rotffttif' the small house was blown
off and the walls of the other thrown out
vard,'burying many of the firemen and
spectators under the ruins, while some of
those on the roofsunk into tho house, or
'. -.. . . . .1 I 1 e ouiia I
were precip.taieu io uu grounu BomB IBW The , of - ty js irame-nse(
Mitlirtiii mniarml minru. At thin mnmcnl. I
the 11 me i for the first time burst out, The
concusions of the air was so great, that
persons on the opposite side of Walnut
street, who were standing on some tiers of
bsfrrelsof pork, wero thrown down, and
part of the upper tier of barrels' wero thrown
upon one or two, whoai? limbs were broken j ' j
by lliem: 7..'i,hc eartliquake whose eficcts have
C., limn t,n unnclainAliAn A V nilol h I , w- .
wM,-......u.. v.v. uj been so fcarfullv exoerienced in the West
l,e suociis ot uio expioS.on-wn,cn was ,n(jia Umil Q- m February was ;
heard anu ie(t in u.aiani parts o, .no cuy djcated b (he s ht shock8 wich wtre
-that several minutes elapsed fe- fcIi ontlii same cloy nt WaBhii.ston City.
tore tne spectators recovereu irom 110 Newborn, Raleigh, Chrloston , and other
eufferers.some of whom were dead-some M Qih inchiMve. It will also be
o ureau.uuy ram. aicu auu wuuuueu hi. rec0,eclert ,hal ,he U. S. brig Decaltu, at
r.X :::6'"T -Norfolk, and the barque loea at th port,
life in all the Windward Islands. We can
not vouch for the truth of the a'boye, but
we give ii as we received it from a credita
ble source in St. Thomas. '
St. Johns, P. R. Feb. 15, 1843.
We yesterday rereived advices from the
Windward. Tho effects of tlie Earthquake
of the 8th instant, have been awful indeed.
The town of Point Peter, Guadaloupc, is
entirely destroyed, and ten thousand per
sons are supposed lo nave been killed,
At An
tigua there has also been a prcat loss of
property, though but few lives were des
troyed. All the mills and sugar works are
more or less injured, anu tne greater part
of thff crop will be lost. Nevis, Montserat
Uarbadoes, dec, are all said to have sullered
much, but to what extent is not known
ing this the board ol canal commissioners, At the Montpeler Vt. Court of Assizes.a-
.. . . . i i . -
isvo in ineiriaie appoinunenis, tauen goou man named Pomerede was aentenced to-
pointment, and If io it Wbeen faithfully c,arf 10 8ecurc m raa"? PaPers been convicted of arson.
i.i... vuuuj v.m,,,!, 'inir.ciecn nignway robberies, two actual
could be found willing to lend themselves mrdeis, and five attempts to commit mur-
to be used as automatons lor a salary ol a (cr.
few hundisd dollars. Thus il is with the
Columbia Spy, Williamsport Gazette, Der- Mr. J an Bur en in Mass. At a Con'
wick Seuiinel, whose editoiaure collectors, ventiim of the Democratic members of the-
and several otheis who have had their jiar- Massachusetts Legislature, assembled orr
ticular friends appointed to office, like the Ihe 2d inst. several resolutions were passed
Danville Intelligencer. Il is from presses one of them expresses a perference for
of this stamp, and this alone, that the abuse Martin. Van Buren as the nominee of thrr
carricd out. But will the democracy of the
north countenance hired stipend, in thns
wreaking his vengeance, and that of his
masters. Upon art independent agent, who
dares to raise his voice against. the corrupt
ion of their oflicials; who not only bribe the
press to sustain them in power, but to Ira
duee all who dare raise their voice against
hem for squandering the public treasurer to
advance theinte.ret,f a few aspirants, to
the injury of Ihe'eommort'vealih, and of the
whom died in a short time, and some may
possibly recover.
A deep, appalling and mournful feeling
pervades the pity, those rescued from the
ruins 'are amongst our' most respectable,
intelligent and enterprising citizens in f lie
prime of life, with families, and noted for
thejr public spirit-aruj social qualities., $6
many loiflictlng statements, areafloat in
retftlon to this greal calamity, "that at this
timo His impossible to speak Willi any
renorted that they had distinctly felt the
shock of an eathqtiake at sea on the 8ih
February the former In lat. 20, 18, N.
and long. 01, SO; and the latter in lat. 17,
80t N. and long. 00. The same shock was
also fell at sea, by several vesse.s which
have since arrived at New York, Boston
and elsewhere.
ICT-There was a distinct shock of earth
quake felt on the 4lh January in the valley
f I . M!n!fl!nnit rtt iirtilir ill Iflth
ieEree qi.areuracy.em.ero, ., or Febru(ir h -(lna t0 be 8een whether
. ii. w.0M.i.s.Biic;...g. Vi.Pbu...iuh, these were connected with more violent
, i ne genual iPimwui " Pnnuinn at distmt noints
liii.va i l.i i m imnmniin rnrr'nr.ivns nnAratPfl. I '
rheunner nail of ' the bulldine d6wn td
ihi rirautnrv was ihrdwn into the streetH A Persian philosopher, beinir asked 6y
ciive.jnff Walnut at. and Canal si. with what method lie had acquired so niuch
liriuki and heuvv limbers, keus of lard, knowlfduewinsivered, 'By not being pre
tented by shame, from .asking questions
No lush: heart rerylinjj; ar.U tragical event I when pe wbb ignorant;, tt
dpmocratic pdriy.""fWe think not. Ralhcr
will they be foond rallying around him
heaping high honors upon him, in gratitude
for his servftes, that others may be induced
to follow in his footstep's and shake off the
shackles of despotism and tyranny, and
expose the corruptions of our public agents
n whatever stations they may be found. It
is to such men we are to look for the safely
and continuance of our republican institu
II . a
lion, and we have' no hesitation in saying
that they Will bo istnjfaincd' by tho honest
and intelligent ol1. all parties, who have the
interest of the 'stato at heart, but we must
always expect to sec them slandered tra
duced and defamed, bv those who are
willing to sell themselves for a mess of pot
lace to nerform the distrusting work, lite
the junior editor of the Sehtihel.'
There is hardly a solitary democratic.
paper in Iho staie,which is not edited ba
collector, or in which some canal officer
comes, that has been heaped upon the inde- Democratic parly for President of the Im
pendent democrats of (he legislature; who. Stales, subject ho weyer.lo the decision of.'
National Convention. ,
have boldly stood, forth in defence of the
rights of the people, while the other demo
cratio papers of the state, which are not
under the immediate control, by-interest, of
the commissioners,, or their friends, have
nobly sustained them in their work of re
form, and so will the people, because they
are not p'trchaseable property, and look
' lo the interest of (he whole, in' making up
their decision. We again repeat that if
none other are opposed to the passage of
this bill but those whose salary is at slake,
we are led to believe thai it will be of gen
eral beutfit, ind should becomo a law.
TAe Cabinet- The United Slates Gaz
ette says. We have no information from
Washington Inuchinir the formation 'of tho-
Cabinet, It is understood that Mr. Spen
cor, will enter immediately upon the
dutlesoflho Treasury Department. Wo
learn that Judge Porter left th';s city on
Tuesday, for Washington, and ho will
probably lake the War Department, vacent'
by the translation of Mr. Spencer,
Tror. . Jefferson.-' Tiio cenlenniaial1
birth day of this distinguish republican, is
near,nl hand. Mr. Jefferson wis' born on'
the 2d of April, O. S. 1743.
THE CLOSING SCENES IN CON
GRESS.
On Friday night, the 3d mst, at 12 o'- An editor out west objects lo the sub'stitui
clock both houses adjourned, after a session lion of ladies for wine at our public dinners,.
oi three months, having done very little for because they are much dearer.
the. country, or themselves, exeent to receive li.. w'juiii
I n . . . . ...
their eight dollars per dav. Previous to the M Lonlruc:iomu,l say, my-
ariiouriiment nf the gi-naiP. ilm Prpsl.li.ni I'1"" n. where does that right hand roadi
s not immediately interested, that does not nnininatej M. c,ls,in., nf M,....h....n.. 8'' 'Don'l know, air, taint-been nowherei
. . c t .1.. I.... .... O . ....
take strong grounus in layurui mc iaw Uu
thonging the election of the canal cominis
sioners by the people, while all those that
are controlled by the canal commnsuners,
through their appointments, are loud in their
denunciations of. the measure, and of its
advocates. Sttawa show ,fWhieli way the
winds blow,
since we lived here.
The Supicme Court has decided that the-
Slay Laws of ihe Slate ours for insianeo
-are uirconsiftutional.
O . r.l ffll mn mi
oecreiary or ine treasury, anu nir. wise
of Virginia, Minister lo France, both of
whom were rpjected by the senile. They
were subsequently twice renominated and
as often rejected. Tho last time receiving
lull ivi nnmi in -
wiinqviii iii u u 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 en new aicaiiiv
Hon. W. W. Irvin, representative frdm boats at Cincinnati, have been made during:
Pittsburg, was nominated and unanimously lue i8l f0,ing,t.
confirmed as charge lo the Court of Den
mtol I T" . 1 l-
uaviu niiffree, tsa. a benevolent 'rner-
The Hon. EdwaTd Everftt, at present chant prince' of Salem, Mass, who !ia
minister lo the Court of Great Britain was already provided a bushel of meal for every
pages each, ll wilt be the most complete nominated anl confirmedjas Commissioner needy and deserving family of that city, is-
oyograpny vii,ui '"j;uiiiiuu mn i iu luciiiiuii,, mc wuimncitiiii intercourso now lurnisning each applicant wiUi gal
Illuttled by engravings, - ' with thi E-npire Slate ' ' hon of'mofanesr
Lift of General Jatkson.kmas Ken
dall is abobl to publish ihe Life of Gen.
Jackson, in fifteen or more numbers, of 40