"THPTH WltHor?
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
C.1S.1L C OMMISSIOXKR,
WILLIAM B. FOSTER, jr.
Kcmovnt
Tho Office of the 'Columbia Dcmociut'
has been Removed into the new Duck
Hndditig, South aide of Main-street, t few
doors below Ma;kei.
T. 11. PALM UK, ty. is avtKorizt d lo act an
Ai'.Ht Jii" lite. 1 1 oLttai DiMocaiT, and
tc.;i all monUtftr iiubicription and .IJuerti-
mg ut ti's A rmeies in
J'hiladtlpliid A'i. 80 Vim-street.
Xw lVi " IflO Xissau-itreet.
Jh.ttun " 16 Statentrtet.
lull I mo r e .S. E. cor. Ddt. and Calvertttn.
Mire.'ntrti-.hehiiikt and Tradesmen may find
it to t'trlr -hIv ri iclo uduvrtitein thi$ paper, aA
t uric v:i!. Hue p'ibbshed at the county seat,
nnd ka n 'ec'er e'reuUiiion in the amnty than
ti'iif o:;ier pjper i'.:'iiltca Within its Itrnxti.
4i!iOF JULY .dV UIUNGEVILT.E.
II y tho proceedings of a meeting that we
published Inst wet k, it will be aecn that ar
rannemftiU are making for a splendid cele
braiion on iti 4 h of July fit Oiangeville.
From il:e tact of 'mine host.' Mr Brewer.
end the Abilities ol the comrrittea of Ar
rangeiienis. and from the known talenti of
ihe Speaker of ina day, C. R. Uuckalcw
Esq. who is to address the assembly, upon
the subject of the'Exiension of the Union,'
we are warrinttd in anticipating a large
cdcL'tion of people, and i rich treat both
'to the body end mind.
tCpThe Committee of Invitation to the
Orangeville celebration have requested ns
to pive a general invitation to all, to join in
celebrating in a bscoming manner, the na
tal thy ol i he Independence of their belov
ed country, 'Hot" Tor Oraogeville.
There appear lo be no truth in the ru
tnor th.l Great Driiain had offered lo medi
ate between the United States and Mexico.
It is snid that Mr. P.kenham has received
no such directions.
We seldon. remember of hearing, in bo
shirt a period, of so many heavy wind and
hail storms in succession in the month of
-3nn'-f as have occurred the present month
We scarcely lake up a piper but it coiitaim
an account of a 'tremendous hail storm,' or
a 'violent tornado.' On Friday of last
week, a severe gust of wind pajsed over
this place, blowing down several fruit and
other trees, doing, however, but little other
damage On Snurday, we again had a lies
vy wind accompanied with hail. In Green
wood, it was very eevere, lesring down
tres, and unroofing several buildings. Up
the North Branch we learn th'jl considera.
ble damage also done by tho win 1 and
hail, and in Chiilisquaque, several fields of
gram weie entirely destroyed. gentle
man who came from Aiaanlle on Saturday
informs us that the fields on Big Mountain
wi re covered with hml.
THE OREGON TREATY.
The Strait; h confirmed the Oregoi
Trea.y, but its precise condition w.ll
not be made known until it has her r
niTied by the Uiiiish government. 0
il: s there, can be no do'jb',83 it is said ii
( pu cishly conformable lolhe proposi
lion? m ds dy it. The yeas end nays
no ns confii motion by the U. S Sena'i
weir;
Yt-as ?Iesr.. Archer, 53t.ly ,Bab
J?irrov, eirien, Calhoun, Chalmers.
Tiiomas Clayton, John M. Clayton Jol
iit, Corwin, Crittenden, l)jvi., Hay
ton, Dix, Evan?, Green, II y wood.
Jlocs'on, II u n1 i nton , Jjhi.son of M I ,
Johnson Li., Lewi.'.McDuffe Mangum.
Miller, Morehcad, Nilcs, Feaic, IVn
nypackpr, Phe!p, Ruck, Sevier, Sim
irons Sj)dt!,li', Ttunty, Upham, Wib
-eter, Woculbiidti?, Yvilee 41.
S' -yn Mekr. Alk'n,'2 cliison, A 1 1t -f
r'on, IJr-'i i-e, I'rihl, Cameron, C.i!.
l ckion, Fairfield. lLnnegm, Jr-uno:
Semple.S irRon, Wtetcoit 14.
Abnt Jarnin t
'Suk'uJe in !!aem On Sunday
J dm I. Kniyht, Esq- of S; m,
nilii,
Mass
formerly Deputy Collector at thai pon
committed suicide by cutling'his throat wiih
a ra2or. Mo was without . family having
lost many of his near relative?, Ho was
reputed to bo worth Borne $15,000 or 20
000 The ems' of the net is said to be a
irrilanchtly producd by the loss of con-
ccclioni aboie rsleired to.
nil or July
Pursuant lo notice given, a
mt'ctitig of
the citircm ofOmhuenllu was held hi Ihe
house of Richard IHewrr, on th evening
of the 1 2 ill int for the purpose of taking
mtn consideration the maimer oK'ultbraiing
die 4th of July 1810.
The meeting beiu rat Iw J lo order, the
following persons were appnintud lo pre
Hide over the dehbrraiious ol the meeting,
haiah Conner Pieii!ent K, (1 fikketts
u Alfred llou-ell Vice Presidents 11. II.
Caipenter uud I). ' Montgomery Stcre
isnes
Jtcsolved That R. R. Carpenter and Al
fred Howell be i romuiiiiee to provide an
Oraloi lor the day.
lenoved 7'lisl Bwr.j irnin Jones, Silas
Sim klumse ar.d Dr. 6'. V. I. on te a com
mil'ee of invitation
llesnlvedTUtX John Covanhnven Esq
Rrcrd Hrewer A. IV Siewail Ilenrv Mil
ler Jacob Carey and Sunnel lieiz he the
coinmitte of arrangements.
lit 'jolpeti Thai the proceedings of ibis
meeting be signed bv tho nflicers and pub
lnhed in the Columbia Democrat-
Signed by the t fflctrt.
By the following artir'e it will be seei.
that Mr. Rilston has sgaiu been siineesffiil
in blowing in another Anthracite Finnanv
and that even the DanvilleDemncrat is com
pelted lo acknowledge, (hat there are mher
bpsides the 'ron King.' who are capable ol
starlingFurnacrs.and of managing them after
they aie stalled. A wonderful condesren
lion on its pari truly.
Another tinthracilt Furnace B'own in
We undeisund that the large furnace, late
ly erected by our friend Samvel K. Wood.
Esq. at Red A)int, on the North Biaiirh
Canal, three miles below this place, wat
Miiciesafully blown in by Mr. Jamrs Rals
ton, on the 1 1th inst and we are happy to
say is doing well in all reports.
This Furnace is of 14 feet bnsh, and ii
is expected will produce from 100 lo 120
ions of 1'ig Iron per week. The Siean
Engine and Blowing Cylinder are differt-nt-y
airanged from those of any other in this
country, and we hear perform admiiahly.
giving a blast of from five to six pound.'
pressure, as tested by a mercury gauge.
As Mt Wool) has availed himself of al
the modern improvements in the budding ol
Anthracite Furnaces, many of our readm
will no doiihi be gratified wi:h a particuhu
description of this establishment We in
lend visiting it soon, arid will be enabled at
an early day lo lay it before them. In lb
meantime we congratulate the worthy pro
prietor on his s gnal success.
Danville Democrat.
THE ARMY IN MEXICO.
The army of the United States in Mcx
co appears now to be about 1 1 ,000 strnn?,
as the following estimates will show; U
S. regulars, 3500, Louisiana volunteers
4500; Texas, 750; Ali.bauia.75f)' Kentucky
750 .1issoiiri, 750 total 1 1,000, .Villi
this army General Taylor will be able to
accomplish his purpose of taking Monterey
and holding possession of 'l the noriherr.
patl of Mexico. He has alieady made llo
first movement by despatching Col, Wilson
with 8 00 troops lo take the town of Reinn.
so. M ter laKine possession ol llio small
towns, and securing his rear, he will tiki
up his march fir the interior. The encAiy
is expected, will make another stand at
Monterey, if al all, though the last amount
represent that ike gnvermnent had sent or
ders fur the remnant of the army re'reat
to Tampica, wiih a view to the defence
if Vera Citiz. The nexlnevs will proba
bly be the advance of Gen Taylor into the
m'.eiior.
THE OREGON TREATY.
The Washington Union, speaking of iht
treaty just ratified by the U. S. S.iuale,
tays,
If mmor staiei the stipulations of iht
;reaty correctly, they provide that its 'basis
-diall be the 4 'J ill parallel of Uiiiudd from
die RotKy Mountjins to the stiaits of Fucn
--England to retain posiession of Vancou
ver's island, and lo enj iv the navigitinn o!
die Columbia riverun.il the expiration of
oie charter of the Hudson Bay Cnmprmy,
which bus smie sevrmeen years io iun.'
Assuming this to be Irue, or very nearly
-o. il is msnifi si that the treaty setiiis on,
lung-vex i d conuovrr.y iiou Uinis lar
mora advaiiiageous lo us than have tvtr le
fore been offered by England.
. Ii is well known, indeed, thai Great Bii
tain has claimed, steadfastly and from the
tirst. as her boundjry line the channel id
the Columbia liver from iis mouth up to
tlic parallel of 4'J degrees, and ilut she has
inore than once proclaimed the imjMsniLil
ity of rtccdmL from that basis of negotia
tion. The cnimiiy between the Columbia
liver and that parallel which ihe presen
ueaty is s ii I lo stipulate, lias noi yet bect
carefully surveyed or mewurej But im
doubt, vv ii bi lieve, is enter'iiined ihal al leas:
H'" large Stales in ty be formed out of it
Jllowevcr ibis aiay be ihe treaty, a,s rumor
jdeieribes it, gives usaboulihr.ee degrees of
aeacoasl on 'lie tcific, with llae eventual
exclusive navigation ol Hie elm r nvcf on
dm western slope of our continent. The
treaty illows the common navigation of this
river, not to Diiiith subjects generally, but
to the Hudson Bay Company; and thi.i, it
is rumored, for a limited period. II nl all
ihese lopics may be discussed much more
to (he purpose, when ike articles of the
treaty shall have been fully inadd known lo
the country.
THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
At (he last accounts slill remained al
Malanons, and Gen, Taylor was only wait
ing for reinforcements to proceed io ilon
teiey,wliei it was supposed dial Gen. Ans
la was encamped with all his forces.
Col. Wataon has man lieil from .Jatamo
ras with 800 men. under orders from lien.
Taylor lo lake po-tsoision of Rionoso,
which is siinaicd about GO inAes above on
the Rio (Jiandc. It contains about 1000
inhabitants.
AriMa sen! a message to ficnenl Taylor
ordi'iing him lo leave Matamuras, undr
he penally of being whippi d. To this
G'en. 'lay lot sent a reply expressing his
willingness to meet him.
In the New Orleans I'ropiu of the 15ih
mm. we find the following;
I M POR TAN T FROM THE ARMY
A letter was received in town yesterday,
which stated that lien. Arista had sent pro
pnsals to Gen. Taylor for an armistice, and
thai he had established his head quailers al
Monterey, with 1 5 000 men. Taylor is
said lo have sent back an answer thai he
would meet Gen, Arista al Monterey.
We have no Louhl of th) truth of this
rumor. The steamship New York was ex
pected at New Orleans wiih Galveston pa
peis to the 1 1th. News was anxiously rx-
pected fiom Cob Wilson's expediiion to can statesman(?);were to be found ready
Rionoso, as it is staled that Canutes and alljt0 qnt-s' i on the title of their ccuntry lo
his force, consisting of from 1200 lo M 0 0 j , h e whole ol Oregon. To this laltei in it
cavativ. 81 c ( (ii cf tnriilii:ir ,ere urui wi nn
doubt show fight Colonel Wilson's com
maud amounts lo 800
The Sunta l'e I'.xpedition.Ths Si.
Louis New Era of the 19 h says; 'Tin
neamboat Radnor vill slait tn.day for l'oii
Leavenworth, with about 150 tons of pro
visions and military stores lor Hie tronpt
foing on ihe Santa Fe expidition. She has
jlso on board a large number of wagons,
which were manufactured in this city, and
which aip to ha used as baggage wagnro-;
nearly all the shops in llie city hive ben
ennafd in manufacturing. A large por
tion of ihe two hundred ordered uiil he built
on the Ohio '
Wrlien General 7'aylor was a young man
iays the Louisville JonrnrA, he and an el
del brother, William, long since dead, swam
rom ihe Kentucky shore across the 0'iin
river to the Indiana shore, an.! hack iu-ain
without resiinf? 7'ne feat was peifi.niii il
in the nioiith of Mireh, when the r vtr was
swollen and chill- It greatly surpassed tSc
famous one of swimiiiicg the Hellespont,
which h about a mile a ?r. sj, and ol'ifcliglit
ful leinirralurei The Taylors vere not
ai cotnp mri! by a boat, us Byron was when
ho swam ihe Hellespont, which makes sill
the difference in Ihe world. One winter
General J'aylor was st .tinned at Aiarie do
Chien, tie used to walk evi.ry niorning
from Ins lodging to ihe barracks vi ithotii
a great coat, when ihe ihtrinomeltr yvee
lorty degree e le-low zto.
77ie Qttuthm VtttUJ.TUe binh-nl'ice
of Gen. Taylor h.s t reu n ml iVn nf some
louht Virginia and Kentucky have ilispu
ed f.,r the honor of his birth; and in Vir
ginia three counties have claimed him
Caroline, Amherst, and Orange, The;
Washington Union understands, Irmn the
best authority, that the county of Orange.
in Virginia, is entitle d to ihe distinction
I'll a brother of General Taylor, attached to
.he army, and General Tuiylnr's daughter
ho is mairied lo Jefferson Davis, !-iq ,
meiiiher ol the House of ReprescM-iiives
I'oin tr.o Sijie of Missi-jsiprii, ate in Wuali-
llljiloll.
The family of Capi. I'age, United Stall s
Aimy, who was severely wounded in th
battles wiih the Mexican forces are resi-
lcnin of Nt-w Castle, Dehware, and im
mediately on learning the critical situation
of the Captain, Mrs. I'iigo started foi the
Souih.
Snver'd meetings have rcccnily hcen
held in London fur t'uc purpose i f rais
ing a universal feeling against capital pun
ialiinetit.
Capitis M. Ciav hat enlisted in one ol
the volunteer companies of Kentucky, and
cmbaiked at Louist ille eonie da)S since
for Ti xis.
OREGON QURSTION SCITLLI).
Flie Oregon Q KStion has now been
acllled by tretty,on the basis of lite A'J h
parallel, and thin again has the p"oph
been deprived of a territory the litle to
which is clear and unqiiestionthle. The
following; article, I rum the llirr.stun
CAiionives ourvi ew so correctly t ha
we trantiefr them to our columns
We have always held that the title ol
the United States lo all of Oregon we
n clear as the title of any farmer ol
Ft'iinsylvania lo the land he cultivate.';
and in holding these views, we hut ex
pressed the united sentiments of oui
people, whether Democrats or Whigs,
Nalivea or Abolitionists. Pennsylva
nia, during Ihe campaign of 1814, went
t'or all Oiegon and Texas, with all her
impcifections on lur head wiih yvar
ir peace as an accomp.nimenl, bs might
soil the ttiste of the parlies objecting.
We yvell lemember the eniruiatm
ihal prevailed in th H iltimore Conven
tion, when il was 'liesolved, Tint nur
'itle to the wale of the teirilory of Or-
fgon is cUar and unqiiesiioruhle; and
that no port hm if the same iivil to
be ceded to England or any other pow
er.
All know the ardent feelings of the
people on tho subject; and when Presi
dent I'Olk responded to this resolution
in hi inaugural address, that response
was every where greeted in Ihe nio.
enthusiastic manner. The House ol
Representees, embodying the public
sentiment ol ;he country, adopted hold
and manly resolutions yvilh a unanimi
ty heretofore unparalleled ; and it wat
not until the question cime up in llu
Semie of the United Slates that .?meri
i
on the pail of the Senate may wa at
tribute the lo, if it is lost, of a larg
vulinble leriitory.Ohlthal we had a law
like 'hat ol ancient It imp, lor carrying
in appeal from the Senate on all cpH'S
'totis of I. iiilory, lo ihe Tribunal of tin
People, Then vvu Would have fu'l Con
lidence that all was not yet lust.
yve Have ins consolation to Know
that Pennsylvania Minds now, as the
iNvayH ftood, for 51 40, no! abitlng otn
pit or ii le. Uer people are for all o
Oieeou and lur llenreseniaii ves and
Senators slaru! ready lo carry out the.!
will, We ftel pnmd io say that th
compromise policy received no sanction
Iioiii Pennsylvania Senators. They wire
he uncompromising ad vocati s ol 5 1 40
Col. ijseph Cilley, Whio tias bcei
lic'ed by the .egMdUirc of N i y II t n
inie'. lo seive out tlie exuired leim ol
.lu.lge. Woodhuiy in ihe United Sid tec
Senate.
Nritf uLde f Se It ng Cm. Co?
Cases. A man in Will Couoiy, Il'inoi."
crently inn away with another's wife.
The injured man pursued the guil y wo-
ii hi l.er paianiettr to G .leiia,fi over
nok thrm, yvl.er. be settled tin; mali-i
w it It t Ii o depoi'rr of hts wile by taknij;
his noti; ior J-IOO. The husband ihei
(turned to Will couoly and got a (h
voice held in uliet. If he can ctille-c!
he moruy on the note he holds, h'
will have matle a joo-l bargain.
IVynrng Cval Titdc. The sea
-ton is putty niuch advatired, s,ys 1 1
Wilkesha re AtlviC ale, ami owinr, lr
he lateness ol the opening of navigi
ior, Bid iH ocrasiorirl intr ri option
wince, and the fcarcily of boats, hut lit
l has been done in th coal business
Unless ifure should yet tie a mpply ol
boats, a rl rul er favorable circumstances
iccur, we losr our coal irailn will be
ijrea'ly .short of what wis anticipated.
Singular Union .4 marriage extranr
linary was celebrated in the rhurrh of Si
llailin, ('Atlakapiis,) on the 23d till. '1 hi
:jroom was 01 years of ace, and the built-
in white robe and white veil, was 101 years
dd. B ith without serious infirmities, kneel-
d down and made iheir first communion
A marriage pnniise h:ul existed betwejn
hem for sixty five years.
The editor of the New Haven Democrat
lasbeen (resented wiih an egg which rneas
ires eight inches in circumference the long
way, and six and o half the ol her, and
weighs but lulf an ounce shoit of a qtiaritr
d a pound.
1'iom the New Oilmun IVnyune.
FROM li.LVh:sTON AND RIO
CliANDi:.
Tho sieamslrj) tVilvesion, Cap'.
Wiight, was towed up to town yesiei
day moriiiiig, by 1 Ihe lownboal S'ar.
)'y hei we have leceived Galveston
papers to the 10 h iusi;, and our cor
resnoiiilenne tiom the army.
Vo'u iteers hive at last be iu to pout
into (7-ilvesion freely
Mivements of the hlncny A 'rav
'dler fiom Tamjiico mi'l a G ivernment
eairior oelween Ihal place ami Vii'ti.ria
shout ten daj s ago, hunting for the M. x
ican army, for whom he bore orileis,he
said lo retreat to Tampici. Puis
would seem to indicate that the Govern
merit consider the day as defi litely lo-t
in this quarter, nr were unable to
stand another battle, sod were rolled
ing its fi agmenls for Ihn defence ol Vdra
Ciuz.
The pori of Tampioo was not blorlu
led, he states, as ve.scls were entering
and dt pal ling, though an .American
-looi) of wai the St. Mary's was in
sight. Mr. Schatzell and the olhn
iPinericaii", who yvere so riulely (Love
from Matamoras bv !?inoudij, had
reached Tampico in safely, though stia
ken in health by their forced journey of
'hree hnndied miles. They look ship
ping on Ilu23 I ult. for this placjjwlicrt
thry msy be hourly expected.
In order that the fiier.ds abroad need
not he apprehensive as to the troops
stationed here suffering for the absolute
nece-iur es of life, we will irl'orm them
ihatofall things necessary to subsist
o large a body, their is a sufficiency
ind lo spare; besides scaicely any ol
the delicacies which ouiSouthern cilies
present hut yvhal can he obiained here
in abundance. KjJgi milk, poultry,
fresh h- e f, and a variety of V e g tables
ire cor.st Jinly huckstered round by the
.Mexicans' amui'ir our lioop.md though
the rates they impose upon us ore rath
e r e xcrbiaut, they are cheti fully paid,
as an inducement for thfm lo continue
i hei r supplies Ci.C'ee and eating liuus
es, nude r the supei y iaion of 7mericans
are tieromirg i umen us throughout the
eiiy ; and lak rig all things' together
bailing the fl as MaUmoias is not a
;nd pin re lo live in.
Gen. t'ltnpudia. We ate compelled
io cut down somewhat an aiticld upon
this Mexican brave.
An amusing story is told by a Rir
chi lo's wife of thi; haste and liejiidat!Oii
in which he crosesd ihe river on tl
llernoon of the !);h of May a day
likely to he remembered in his eaten
lar. The good worn in s-iy that vim
pndi.i came lo tier nouse soon after the
firinii commenced, a! full sficul and
one, aotl begird her liutband Lke
hound to cross' him over ih" ;ivei bi fjit
'bote shouting devil?, the Ann.'i ions
could ovei lake him. Tiie liu-baudm
eoinoieii arm it ri u el Hie i oor, crest la
!en, terror sli :cken hero aciuss; hut he
id no sooner landed and tlacid the
oioad liver between himself ami hi
itir-uers, then he became li e lisuglilv,
i:i)"i ci lious O.mi. .in.niitia ajiaiii, anil
iiileied h s preserver to play larky
ind groom lo himself and horse.
lie is notorious in this city for hi.-
neann'-ss in pccuni..ry mutters, espei
ally in swiodlinglhe people from whon.
.e hiud ttie furniture of his hune, .since
his last sirival-ind f..r It's cold bloo.lcii
eineltv lo our Consul, Mr. Sella'?."!',
nan ucai 70 yeais i f age, yy'kotn Ini or
l-ied to leave die place, under a guard
'or tlit interior, in such haste as to com
I el the eld man lu go on fool, and stlctj
he fust night in ihe open a:r, in a te
vere noither. lie is also remembered
ft the fiist from tho field of battle,
tvho as an apology for his own covv.ir
lire, swore, that the entire Mexican ar
my was ilestioyed. One i f the many ru
inois i.fl -at is, that AmpuJia has charge i;
Aista with treprhery with having soli
leaimy to the Ameiicans. tQ han
bargain, indeed, to .tfiisli, for his on
v pay was cannon balls and cold steel.
7mpudia soys forlher. that he woulo
have won Ihe day had he had the com
mand. T ly ng biaugatt '.he mat
wno ran at me nisi voitey.wnen stcono
n command, to I f 1 k of ivhal he yvculd
have done as chti !.
.risia'a nlreut will eloubtlesy conlin
ue lo tlie mountains. 2fter loosing ihe
day with five lo one at the l'..'o Alia
ind Rcsscj do la Palma, it is not Lkely
that he will make another aiaml on tiio
,)laius. Gen. Taylor lakei tho li 1 I
vi th so overwhelming force, and
udniiubly ((pnpptd in ibnt lei(ib!
inn, the light ai lillciy, ihal it woul I
he madness in tfieentiny to liht aain
ivhci e defeat would hi; ceilain and re
ienl ini ossihle. Monierey is the firit
P'ks.I ion of any nau'Cal strength, and it
l-o commands the entrance of ihej
iiio,iiiitain fuss lo .S'lltillo. Il is there
in all iiolnbiliiy,iliat Arista will make
his ureal clTirt, which the iinportanca
of the object, in wounded pride, nnil
Ihe advantages of the ground, will all
"ouspire lo make a brilliant but a bloody
day in the history ol this war.
We understand that Cmales is at Ol
mitos Rincho, five leagues on this sida
'if ijiuon, levying con'ribotions upon
'he people, and plunder ing them of all
then mules and other moveable prop
eity. lie has c oed the road, and
intercepts all communication from this
direction, treating ill those who aro
suspec.ed of coming from this place
with the greatest harshness.
JWFUL CALAMITY AT Q7ERH0
From the Qjeboc M.t cur uf Juno 13tli
L has again pleased ihn Almighty lo af
flict our alieady chtisiened eit). Last night
at 11 o'clock, a fire broke oui in ihe7,heatre
lloyal, Lewis sireet, foimerly the Riding
Schoo
At tho close of Mr- Harrison's exhibition
of his chemical diorama, (from ihe informa
tion we have been able lo glean. ) a cum
phine lamp was overset from some cause or
other, and the stage at once became envel
oped in (limes. Tha house had been
densely crowded, but some had fortunately
left before llie accident. A rush was at oi.co
made for the staircase leading from the bflx
es by those who, in ihe moment of excite"
merit, forgot the other passage of egress, Li
an incredihh; short space of lime, ihe vvholo
of ihe intnior i f the building w as enveloped
in one sheet of flu me. The newly elected
platform covering ihe pit and coiinnueaiing
al each end wiih iho stsge and boxes favor-
ed ihe progress of the II lines. The slniu
case communicated with the boxes. It had
fallen from the weight of those who crowd
ed upon it one fool was interposed between
he hopeless crowd and eternity, and on
that space we with five or six others stood
on the fierce ilauies around us and the
dense smuke repelling all e fforts lo extricato
ii, As far back as we could see tltf re t s
a sea of heads and of writhing bodies and
o ilstreiched arms. Noise thero was none;
atid thoiii;!i but low means of escape
was presented to the doomed jet at the ex
treme end faces could be seen culm and ru
ngiicd, of penons who as llie funereal pall
if smoke gradually enshrouded ihein Bps
peared loilrop into eternal sleep.
1'y our side tvas one brother striving to
.'Xtricita another, but abandonment was un
avoidable One poor creature at our feet
olL-red his entile worldly wealth for his
rescue.
The rtgonizing cxprceeion of the facca
before us can never he elf iced from cur
memory. The flames tl the time were a-
oui and firtium! u, but huill.'m aid was e;f
no av;iii, in tiie iiiinuii s 1 1 tui) I'm lime ol
.vhieh ue niiike mi ntion the ma of I timnn
he inj.' who had hul a short interval previ-
nial V been in ihe ei j ivinent of a full add
five i:fe, wete espuscd to ou view a mas s
il ca!c:i eil nones.
Up lii this hour, f irty six bodies hivn
iccn recovriKl Inmi the mii,s. .aii-t of
it iii have been re cognized, A greater 1()3
f life than in tlie two dreadful ronfl mra-
ions of last summer. S..d adii g 1 1 rvailts
too city, hcarcely a sire i can bu iravers
'd in which the closed shut'er or ihe hang
irg ciape dj not betoken a sudden bereave-
neni.
Fathers, sisters, and children of both tsx-
it diilge in tlie deepest lamsniaiions o-
er ihe calamity, which has fallen upon ma-
ly of those who were thus suddenly and
iwfmly sininoned into the preser.ee of iheir
Crealor.
.'? Good ?(','. lit ihe Connecticut Leg-.
cilaturu a bid foi ihe punishment of those
Mho attempt lo improperly influence votes
f persons in iheir employ, passed tha
House by a large nnjority The penalty
s a line ol Irom S50 to SI 00.
fhe quota of volunteers rrnuirrd from
Ohio is complete. nd seveial rompanieg
in addition have tendered Iheir services if
etdedv
I I f Canal it Exchange Banks of Lock-
pur', N. Y. are very lame, and iheir bills
ire nt a discount in New York uf fiQ centi
oh the dollar-