" Ttie Sun at Midnight.
A scanibuat leaves Stockholm every week
nn l touches at Gcfle, Hudiksvall, Hernosand,
I 'nieli, nnd other points on the western mast of
the gulf nf Bothnia, nt Wasa on the eastern,
on its wny' up to Toruen, at the head of the
Uiilf. This voyage in a very plensuut one, ami
j,'ivQ3 nn opportunity to those who wUh to go
up to that very northern city nt the summer
wist ice, or on St. John's dny, when from the
neighboring mountain they can have their finth
cuni'mmd in the truth of the Copcrnican sys
tem. For, at the epoch, the sun, to those who
uie on that elevation, does not descend below
the horizon, but is seen to decline to the north
west, and verge more and m ire to the exact
north, until it reaches nt midnight its lowest
point, when it is just visible above the horizon.
In u few minutes it is seen to commence it
upward course, towards N- r'. and thus con
tinues its glorious progress until it rcuches u
g.iin it zenith in the south. Even toone who
is at Stockholm at that eioch, the nights fur
two or three weeks arc FiitTicieutly light, from
tin refraction of the win' rays, owing to its
l iiiff so little beneath the horizon, for the
jeifonnnnco of almost any business. We
happened nhottt this time four years ago, to be
going; up to the promotion of Upsala, and were
obliged to travel all flighty nnd we have a
distinct recollection of reading a rotter el mid
night with ciso, even whilst passing through a
forest. And the year after, at lire season, we
often vvhiled a way our leisure moments by sit
ting at the windows of the house where we
staid, on the English quay in St. Petersburg, a
city w hich is situated in the same degree north
ui Stockholm, and reading until midnight
During that period scarcely a cloud was to be
seen in the sky, which had both day and night,
tluit light blue which is peculiar to these north
ern regions at that portion of the year, ami
which is occasioned by the rays of the sun strik
ing the atmosphere of that portion of the earth
at so small an angle. Scarcely a star was visi
ble in the heavens at night, and the moon,
even when full, hardly formed a chaduw. At
that season there is something unnatural and
deathlike in the nppearttnee of things as night
eta in. Businers comes to un end before the
win ocs down, all nature falls into stillness
und repose whilst it is yet light. And it you
liii v e been unaccustomed to uuch a state of things
yui seem, as you pnss the streets, whether it
bo of Stockholm, St. Petersburg, llcrnsand, or
Tufina, Ui be in the midst of a city which is
utiiukibiled. No living tiling, perhaps, is to
be teen any where, as you pass street after
Meet, save some solitary sentinel, with his
ficy coat -and musket Buird'a Travels in
Europe.
Au Incident.
The following romantic incident is taken
from n very interesting and appropriate address
delivered in the first Church in Dorchester, at
i he funerul of the Rev. Thaddcus Mason Harris,
D. I)., formerly pastor ofllie Church, by Rev.
Nathaniel Hall, its present pastor.
"It was during his junior year in College,
that an incident occurred in his history, which
both for the interest it has in itself, and the in
fluence it exerted upon his character long, it
not ever afterwards, I know I shall be pardoned
in relating. His mother having learned, by j
a visit to his room, of his great need of comforta
ble clothing, and unable herself to help him,
save by her hands, had proposed to hrm to raise
in koine wny the sum of money, a very small
one, which would enable her to purchase for
him what he needed. After many fruitless at
tempts to do this, he set off to meet his mother,
as by previous arrangement, in Boston ; having
nothing in jiossession or prospect, but a few cop
)crs which he had transferred from his trunk to
lus pocket as he left his room ; and these so
strong were his benevolent sympathies he
gave to a foor crippled soldier that he met on
his way, and who, faint and famishing, solicited
his aid. As he went on, deeply depressed at
his seeming Cite, he perceived something ad
hering to the end of iiis rude stafl'heout on his
way ; and found it to be a gold ring, into which
his btulf had stuck itself as he walked, and ha
ving engraved upon it the words 'Gud speed thee
friend' its pecuniary worth proving sufficient
for his present exigency : and its moral value
incalculable , helping to clothe him 'in whafhe j
felt he needed a cheerful faith and confidence i
:., f..J Tl, .. . l. ..; i.:.
eensitive nature, predisposed as he was to see
in every thing whk.h befel 4tiut a peculiar and
eacred significance, subdued and overwhelming
him; and appears to have given to his charac
ter a stronger religious determination. 'Tli.il
motto' are his own words 'has 'ever been Uio
support ot my laiw when it -was feme, ami the
strength of my heart w hen it was faint.'
lh I'm.
"'Tin (aid that if a brilliant .tar
Where Mnclu.li front the dome tlf night,
A printei'a new. it ..o.i. J tin if.
Would ihul anew a ra.li.iit buhl."
Tbia was uneoftbe .toutX urn ut the Bo,
dinner in WaaL.inton, a week or 'wo xn.tr.
and the eenttutcut is ut true as! he pox-try i.. 1
pretty.
It was tlie Pces which termitiutC'l the Imp
tiiglil uf iguorui.ee, knowrt us the dark a'i.
it is the press uli'.di hoa In en tlieprxufrnlilit
ner of mind lor four-cciturie, past. It is t!w
press which has kept up U acon fin ol lib rfy
in pulitica and religion, wherever it has U-tu
established. It is the presn which unloosed
society in all its elements from the chains el' a
civil and mental Erebus, and like a bright noon
day luminary, has dazzled lack to the gloomy
caves of ignorance, the Cimmerian uhadea
which to lorijj before its riuing, retttd on mankind.
Interesting Scene.
At the meeting of the American Bible So
ciety, at the Tabernacle, yesterday, the I'resi
lent of the Society, the venerable John Cot
ton Smith, presented to the Nestorian Bishop,
Mar Yohnnnan, an elegnnt bound quarto copy
of the Bible, inscribed as follows:
a rorv.
OF THE HOLY BIBLE,
PHMENTID BV THE
AMERICAN BIDIJ3 SOCIETY,
TO
.MAR
IllSltOP
YOIIANNAN,
OP OollOOMIAII,
ri;a ia.
1812
The Bishop replied in .Syriac, his remarks
being tiansated by the Kev. Mr. Perkins,
missionary at Ooroouiiah. In tlie course of bis
address hn presented a manuscript copy of the
New Testament in his own language. The
scene was one of the deepest interest, and held
the great audience in silent attention through
out. Christains and philanthropists can ap
preciate it- The bishop was in the drapery of
his own country. He is a man of fine appear
ance and agreeable manners. His visit to
this country was undertaken at his own ex
pence, Hint he might see the people whose be
nevolence had sent missionaries so fur to visit
his people, and do Iheui good. His unaffected
qiety and simplicity have secured to him the
warm affection of all who have bad nn oppor
tunity to make his acquaintance. Ar. Y. Jour,
of Commerce.
A merlcaii Antiquities.
A vessel recently arrived at New Orleans,
from Yucatan, with a number of cases of spe
cimens of antiquity collected in Central Ameri
ca by Mr. Nor sax. The editor of the New
Orleans Beo, who has had au opportunity of
examining them, says
Mr. N. travelled in the interior of Yucatan,
and sojourned several days at Tchechen, and
other places, never visited by Stephens and
Cathfrwooo, and abounding in the most in
teresting relics of an aboriginal race, a well
as in monuments yet undecayed by time, and
attesting a people far advanced in civilization.
The samples of statuary, sculpture, and hiero
glyphicul engravings which we saw are of the
most surprising character. They are uniformly
executed upon an extremely hurd stone ; and
when we remember that not a trace of iron has
been discovered in that country, and that these
elaborate works have been compassed with in
struments not more finished or finer than sharp
ened stone, our wonder is excited ut the hardy
and unwearing industry that must have wrought
such stupendous labor with such imperfect
tools. Air. Noit man's designs of the great Tem
ple at Tchecheuan edifice, 400 feet in length,
and of a variety of mounds and monuments
which he discovered almost concealed by mas
ses of tangled and exuberant vegetation, are
fraught with deepest interest to the antiquarian
and enquirer. It is his intention, we believe,
to send to one of the northern museums, in the
absence af any public repertory of curiosities in
this state.
Iamss of Camels in Affgiianiktan. The
"Ibindbook of India," published in October,
140, says "from the commencement of the
Afghanistan campaign, in 1S38, to the pres
ent time the number killed, stolen, or strayed,
is somewhat beyond fifty five thousand. The
avetage value of each may be taken at eighty
rupees, which makes this single item of war ex
penditure above forty-five luce of rupees, or
four hundred and fifty thousand ixiunds.
Since that time, the loss of camels must have
been nearly doubled, and the English have al
so lost at leatt thirty thousand men, and oeeni
to have gained no advantages but hae con-
verted into bitter enemies a numerous and war
like people, inhabiting a country replete with
narrow mouutaneous passes and defiles.
Horrible ! A most meluncholy occurrence
took place in Grand Blanc last week : A prom
ising sonofMr. Henry Leory, formerly of this
village, was, we are informed, nearly devoured
ulite. by a sow ! The boy, we understand, is
about five years old, and is mangled and dc
formed in a most shocking manner one side
of the head with the eye and ear having been
literary mini oT, and his body bitten and bruis-
yesterday, and it was thought would recover.
Flint (MuJiigait) Uatrtlc.
Mystfiuovk. A half barrel which had been
standing Groine months under a shed adjoin
' ion the warehouse now occupied by Mr. Elbert,
t in r;,. wag 0,tvim v,erJaVl onu found
totont.iin the body and bones of a human being,
tpjrirei'Oy thesireof a man. There was some
j 1101K iiin:k'u tiiKin trie ton ot the turret i He
t.irr.'l tood with a numU r of others, whicl
ut re !l:cre wh' ii Mr. EUtert took possession ot
the wartliousc this aprintr. No discovery baa
i t lneii made as to where the barrel came from
. l' i om-r's inquest wua held over the matter
y;jirrd-iv. Uit wc have not heard the result.
. !rr.i t'nr I'rmt.
tiriiBsiN THb Ali iiAitLT. TlieSandwich
' l.-l.oul Alphabet has Yi letters ; Burmese 19
(he It . I un.'iO; the B-ngaleec 21 ; the Hebrew
Syri.w, (JhchU-e, Suinaritan, and llin,! each
the En ni b 'i't ; the Greek 21 ; the German and
Dutch :ti each; -the Soanish and Sm1vouic27
each i the Arabic 28; the Peric and Coptic
:i2; lite Turtikh Iki; the Armenian 38; the
KuNiittu 41 ; Ute Muscovit 43; the Sanscript
and Japunr; e U); tlie Ethiopic and TarUrian
20.'.
ncTolnlloimry II li tor jr.
We hive bten allowed M .ub!inti the fulhiwing
letter from the lata Thomas M'Kcan, to C- A Rod
ney. Wilmington (Dtl.) Journal.
PniLAiicLPiiiA, Aur. 22, 1813.
Dear Sir : Your fvor of the 2'JJ lit month
with copy of the Journil of the Congre.s at N.
York in October, 17G5, printed in the Baltimore
Register, came safe to hsnJ. Not htvirR heard
of iIuh publication, I bad lbs proceeding of that
body (not the whole) reprinted hero about two
innnthe ag' from the ropy I found in the 11 vol
unm of 'Ameiic.in Tracts' (contained in f.iur octa
vo,) edited by J. Allium, of London, in I7C7. Much
en im;ortnnt tmnsiction thould not be unknown to
the future liistorian.
I rcciillect what hd panned in Congrcwin the lie
ginning of July 1770, respecting Independence it
was not an you have conceived. On Monday the
1st of July the question wa taken in the commit
tee i f the whole, when the State of Pennsylva
nia (represented by seven gentleman present) voted
against it : Delaware, (having then only two rep
resentative!! present) divided i all the other
Stales voted in favor of it. Wheicitpun, without
delay, I sent an eptci (nt my private expense)
for your honored uncle, t'irsar Rodney Esq., the
remaining member for Delaware, whom I met at
the State House dir, in h'n boots and spurs, as tlie
members were assembling i after a fiiendly saluta
tion (without a word on the business) we went in
to the Hall of ('(ingress together, and found we
were among the latest : proceeding immediately
commenced, and after a few minutes the great
question wh put : whui the vo'e for Delaware wa
called, your uncle aiose and said : "As I believe
the voice of my rouatiiucnt and of all aen -ible and
boneal men i in favor of Independence, and my
own judgment roneur wilh them, I vole for In
dependence:" or in words to the same effect. The
State of Pennsylvania on the 4ih of July (there be
ing only five members present, Messra. Dickenson
aud Morrit.. who hnd in the committee of (be whole
voted ngiinst Independence, were absent) voted for
it; three or two, Messrs. Willing and Humphries in
the negative. Unanimity in the thirteen !t itea, on
II important point on so great an occasion, was
thus obtained : ibe dnscmion of a single State
might have produced veiy dangerous consequen
ces.
Now, that I am on ihr subject, I wdl tell you
some truths, not generally known. In the primed
public Journal of Congress for I77U, vol.2., ii
would appear, that the Declaration of Impendence
was signed on the 4th of July by the members,
whose names are there inserted : but the fact is not
ao, for no person signed it on that day nor for ma
ny days after, and among the names sulvcrihed, one
was eg si nut it, Mr. Read, and seven were not in
Congress on that day, t: Messrs. Morris, Rush,
Clymcr, Smith, Taylor and Ross of Pennsylvania,
und Mr. Thornton of New llainr ihire, nor were the
si gentlemen last named at that time member '
the five for Pennsylvania were appointed Delegate
by the convention of that State on the 20th July,
and Mr. Thornton entered Congress for the first
time on the 4ih of November followinj, when the
names of Henry Wisnet of N. York, and Thom
as M'Kean of Delaware are not printed as sub
scribers, ihnugh both were present nnd voted for In
dependence.
Here false colors are certainly hung out ; there
is culpibility somewhere. What I can oiler as an
apology or fxpl istation is, that on the 4th of July,
1776, the Decliratiou of Indeondeiice was order
ed to be enrolled on archnn nt and then lo be
signed, and I have been told, that a resolve had
passi d a few dny a alter and was entered on the se
cret journal, that no person tdiould have a seat in
t'ongress, during that year, until he should have
signed the Declaialicn in order (i I have been
given to understand) to prevent traitor or epic
fiom worming themselves amongst us. I was not
in Congress after the 4th, for some months, having
marched with my regiment of asanciators of this
city, as Colonel, to support General Washington
until a flying camp often thousand men was com
pleled. When the assoeiatoia were discharged I
returned lo Philadelphia, took my seat in Congress
and iben signed the declaration on parchment.
Two d tya after I went to IS'ew Cattle, joined the
Convention for fuming a Constitution for the fu
ture Government of the State of Delaware (having
been elected a member for New Castle coun ty,)
which I wrote in a tavern, without a t ook or any
assistance.
You may rely on the accuracy of the foregoing
relation. It is full time to print and publish the
secret Journal of Congies during the Revolution.
I have thus answered your request, and trust it
may reform errors. Accept, dear sir, my beat wish
es for your happiness.
1 UtJS. M KtiAIM.
Ctfisia ArcetTt's Rorntrr, Kiq.
An Officer Shot by an Empbtior. It is
raid that a military insurrection recently broke
nut in Russia, which was suppressed by the
Emperor in person, but not before he had f hot
an officer at the head of his regiment.
Mimtarv Gheainkss The last number of
the Fort Gibson (Miss. ) Correspondent says :
"John C O'Neal, a entU manly UnKr, con
fined in the jail of this place for taking sundry
bales of cotton which.it was strongly auspi
ckined, belonged to some one else, had just re
ceived the intelligence that the sovereigns of
his district, Indiana, have elected him briga
dier general !"
Victoria saya that Albert is a fine soldier, for
he ia always in artu. So are the babies for
that matter. Where's the pappoon. N. O.
Crescent City.
Its handle is in Kir Robert Peel's hands, and
its bowl in every nation on the face of the globe
where there ia any thing to scoop. Dual. feit.
Why ta a printer like a righteous man?
because the drxil feare bun.
X'XXMJ AlTAJUstVLU AJCM .
Saturday, May 21, 1842.
A fire occurred at the Shamnkin Anthiacite
Furnace on Wednesday I tst. The casting house,
part of the boiler house and the hoisting apparatus
were consumed. The boiler and engine remains
uninjured. The Furnace has commenced blowing
out to make the pecessiry repnirs, hut will resume
business again in about three weeks.
QT5 In another column we give an account of
the fnsteat race ever run in t'is or any nlber coun
try. $25,000 was offered f r fashion aft r the race,
rjj" The Mdtonian of last wc.k says, that Judge
Lewis intends to have hii leg amputated. Wesnw
the Judge in attendance at court on Monday week
last, at Williamsport, and arc pleased to say Ih it
al hough be was not entirely well, yet he was able
to walk about, and for several days attended to his
duties in couit, and bus no idea of so summitry a
disposition of one of tfTe most important members
of his b dy. Editors, however, not uiifrcqueutly
kill olf mm in their papers without their consent.
Taking offa leg, therefore, should not l considered
a very extraordinary surgical operation, when per
formed by the pen of an editor.
The grand editorial encampment came off
at Reading Ibis week. Friend Carter of the Ly
coming Gazette, passed through here on Wednes
day last, post haste, to assume the duties of the of
fice to which be was rvcently appointed.
(Xj- The V. i. Gazette of Wedntsday con
tains a letter from Mr. Johnson, the Attorney Gen
eral of this state, to the Governor of Kentucky, in
which he state that he has entered a nolle prosrtiii
on the indictments agjinst Levis, for the puriose
of enabling him In testify in reluiiou to the fraud
of the Schuylkill Bank.
(fjf The President has addiessed a letter to the
Governor of Rhode Inland, dating tbr.t be would
send government troops if necessary, to put down
any insurrectionary movements. Ii is likely, how
ever, that all difficulties will e heubd by compro
mise of bo'.h parties, agreeing lo go into convention
to form a new constitution.
(Xj In the city of New York last week, about
twenty thousand scholars of the ditleient Sunday
schools walked in procession.
" A young physician of Rome has discovered
the means of petrifying, in a few days, all substan
ce of organic foimation, w ithout materially chang
ing them in color. Wn recollect of reading an ac
count of this discovery in Rome, some lime since;
but it was then stated that the discoverer had dicJ
veiy suddenly, and that the discovery had perished
wilh him.
frj" The Philadelphia G7.' tie is fieiiuenlly, and
o'len veiy justly, iliiuiciiselv severe upon John Ty.
ler and n'.i Madisonian, for it weakness and servi
lity. (Tj" F.sls tin Covrr.r. The editor of the Thil
adelphia Gazette says, a small live eel was discover
ed in a cup of coffee, while at his brenkfa-t a few
morn nigs since. The only way he accounts for
the appearance of the little stranger, is, that the
milkman had not put a strainer on the nozzle of the
I pump, when he watered the milk.
(Xj Hon. II. A. Wise was arrested on 'I'hur-dsy
week last, on a warrant issued by the Circuit Court
at Washington, charging linn with au intention of
fighting a duel with Mr. Stanley of .North Carolina.
After hearing the arguments of counsel, be was
sentenced by Judge Duulop to give bond with se
curity in the sum of $3,000, to keep the eace to
ward all citizen of the United Stales, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, for one year, and not at any time
within that period to leave the district with the in
tention of fighting a duel with I'dward Stanley.
If they had been suffered to shoot each other, it
would probably have been a good riddance to the
country.
j The Emperor of Kua-ia ha invited Major
Whisller, an American Engineer, to superintend
the construction of a rail ro.d from St, Petersburg
to Moscow. Our mechanics and professional men
are acquiring a reputation that i truly gratifying
to every true Ameiican.
Free Trade Doctrine.
The subject of the Tariff is beginning to occupy
the attention of men in eveiy rection of the Union.
That the people are in favor of a judicious revenue
tariff, discriminating in favor uf our mechanic and
niaiiufaitui. rs, is too obvious to require comment.
The only opHMlion made, is by designing politico.
The idea ihat intelligent Americans will consent lo
receive the products of the pauper labor of England
free of duty, white (hey in return prohibit the in
traduction of American product by high duties, i
loo pr. posteiou to be entertained. For instance,
under the present tan If, English manufacturer,
hose laborer work for ten cent per day, living
chiefly upon bread and potatoes, cm send us over
as many shoe a we may want, by paying a duty
of seven rents per pair, while England in leturn
imposes a duty of ninety cents per pair upon the
same anicle manufactured by u. This is free trade
with vengeance! The docl'in. of our free trade
advocates, amounts to simply this: "No encourage,
men! or proieclion to our manufacturer and me
chatiic. If they cannot kfford to woik a cheap aa
i he oppreised pauper lbourrn of Europe, why let
them starve or gel at something eise. Wty should
we pay the present price lo our mechanic, when
wa ean in port our boots, aboea, hat, Ac, al twen
ty per eint tess from Eurofis." Will our merhan
tea sgree to ihist Will our faimais, w ho whl
is only admitted Into foreign ports when their own
supply falls abort, and when their people are in a
starving condition, agree to this one-sided system
of fee tra.KI Will ihey tonsent ihat enr iron works
and various manufactories which afford a m .rkel
for Iheir produce, shall be broken up merely for the.
benefit of foreign manufacturers 1 If thev do, ihen
let them suppoit the fee trade doctrine, and oppose
a judicious tariff.
Jacob Mas Omvictcd. We learn from New
Castle Ihat Jacob Bias who was indicted for
murder by the Grand Jury has been convicted
ofmanslaugter in the firtt degree Ihl. llejntb.
fp The jury in Ihia case wa certainly impar
tial, having no bios for murder.
MicntoAW. A great lax sale of lands will lake
place in Michigan eaily in August, comprising
nearly 2.000,000 acres, which will I sold for the
dues of 1839, and without redemption.
Peter C. Br -oks, one of the wealthy capitalists
in Boston, pay a tn of f: 5,540. This is a larger
lax than the city of ew Ilaven pays, with a popu
lation of 16,000.
Frightful Accident.
The Tompkins Volunteer records one of the
most frightful accidents, and al the same lime one
of the most marvellous esco, which occurred at
Ithica, N. V., on Saturday the 30ih tilt , that ever
came under our norice. On the arrival of Ihe cars
from Owego, the passenger car, containing several
passengers, broke Iooho, at the head of the inclined
plane near Ithica, and precipitated itself to the bot
tom with one passenger remaining in it, who,
siiange to say, escaped wilh his life, There are
twe inclined j lanes leudiug from the summit of the
rail road into the village. The upper one is about
twelve hundred f el, descending one font to every
six, and Ihe second plane, eighteen hundred, de.
scending one foot to every four. It has been the
practice invariably In let the p issenger car down
the first plane, wilh the aid of a llrnht, with Ihe
passengers in. As the usual train arrived from O
wego, and after detaching the car from the rest of
the train, they proceeded down the pi me. After
they bad gone some one hundred feet, Mr. Hatch,
Ihe superintend mt of the road, and who always
stands at the br.k'', felt something give way. He
spoke to some one near him to assiM him, os the
car began to move with double rapidity. But he
soon discovered that the brake was of no avail, he
leaped olf thinking he could stop it by bl tekuig ihe
wheel. But in jumping olf, the car moving wiih
greater velocity thin he supposed, threw him, and
before he could warn the passengers of their danger,
the car was oul of hearing of this voice. S .me of
the passenger seeing that all was not right, began
to leap out. Judge Dana of this place, and one or
two more escaped from their p. ril ius situation after
the car bad entered the Knit'in; Hou-e where the
other plane commences. A Mr. Win. D. Legg,
one of tho passengers, deserves unusual praise, for
his almost unpaialhded piesenee of mind, in saving
himself, and a lady who was in the : pnrtment with
him. lie say he was uueonseions of any dang, r,
until he happened to look nut and saw two or three
jumping out, and the Lady looking out nt the aame
time exclaimed, Oh we fhall all lie k, lied." He
told her be would save her, und al the same instant
clasHd her rounJ the waist, opened the car dooi,
c rried her out and walked to the back of the car
and stoo.1 down on the et p ami there watched for
a favorable plac , where be could K't her fall, with
out coming in contact with the tio.hets of the road.
The car was then under swift motion, and as it
entered the engine house he let her fill, and inline
dial, ly leaped oil himself, when the cur was Within j
I n feet of the other plane, lie struck on bis feet
hi id received no injury whatever, and lan back lo
the ladv. He found she had received but little in-
juiy comparatively speaking, but was much fr gltt-
ened. But the worst is lo lie told.
The car pasted on, aud says our iiiforinuU, so
great was i:s velocity, afier it had left the scci nd
engine house, that it was scarcely visible, leaving
behind, as it were, a pillar of smoke. It kepi the
track for nearly seventeen hundred feel; when it
ran off with a tremenduous crash, and went end
over end some one hundred feet, and was litendly
dashed to pieces, not a wheel or any of the heavy
imn woik of which it waa composed remained
whole they were either twitted or broken to pieces.
And what makes this accident miraculous, is, that
a Mr. Babcock, who remained in the car the whole
way, waa picked up, from among the wreck of Ihe
car, alive !! But he was a horrid spectacle hi
nose wa nearly cut off, hi right arm, between the
boulder and the elbw, waa broken in two place,
his head wa mutilated in several places in a most
shocking manner; but neither of hi leg were bro
ken, and we are informed thai no internal injury
ha been discovered, that i of a very serious na-
lure. He w..s immediately conveyed lo the nearest
J
house, and Dr. Hawley diessed hi wound.
'Ihe
chance of his iccovcry i about two to five.
Bradford 1'vrtcr,
Domestic tVnrk .n.t Domolle Wood.
We called yesterday at the furnituie store of
Mesais. fronts, in Sixth near Gieen street, to look
al a quantity uf furniture which ihe Messrs. C.
have manufactured from the wood of trees, found
in and immediately around our city elegant bu
reaus, centre (able, and stand, from the kingly
oak, the black wa'uul, and the locust, taking a polish
a. rich aa the mahogany,; and also a table from the
apple, among ihe trees of the wood, presented a
beautiful spjiearance. Hickory, too, lake rich
polish ; and exceedingly brilliant wa the wood
of the calalpa, Ihe mulberry, the paper mulberry,
Ihe Engliab walnut, the elm, and the afr i.
Bui Ihe beautifully figured red, and the perfect while
of the cedar, presented a d. hghlful contrast when
laid on the top af Ubie, A chamber furnished
uniformly from sny of ibese beutiful woods, could
not fail of pleasing.
Wa understand that the Mnan. Cfoul intend lo
luv a number of lhve article at th next Coaver.
sation Meeting of the Franklin Institute. V. S.
Cat-
I'romthe New York Courier nf Wednudny.
TUB GflKAT RACE.
On the Course all was excitement. It is not
possible lo estimate the number in attendance ; but
it was greater ibnn in Ihe former great contest be
tween the Nonh and South, and certainly exceed
ed riFTT Trtocsmn. liotfun waa the favorite i
and betting ranged from 100 to 50 to 1 00 to 80
$ 100 to f 70 being about the state of the odds.
At the call, both horses came forward without
ny attendance and solely under the control of
their Riders. There was no show of trainers no
holding by the bridle to aid in keeping lliem back
no prancing or excitement ; but both nags ap
peared to undersrand that they had work to do of
a serious character, and came forward pretty much
as two determined combatants would take their
ground at six paces. At the lap of the drum, both
were ofT in gallant style without cither having ex
hibited the slightest excitement or anxiety.
Hc tun took the leid at a killing pice, followel
at the distance of about two lengths by Fanhion.
At the commencement of the third quarter, she in
creased her speed and made som thiug of a brush,
which only resulted in changing her po-ition and
increasing the speed of Hnnhn. They came down
the straight side in gallant style, ll4tm about two
, .1. - i. . .: . i. r .
u-ngois aiirao nine i ni. 0.1$ s. in me same
place as before, on the second mile, Fashion a
gain made a brush and lapped the hor?e, aud con
tinued to do so until in passing the stand, when
her nose was within a foot nf Host tin's tail. Time
of the 2 first miles 3 m. 4SJ s. The third mile
was beautifully run. Fush'un continued close on
the qnaitersol Huxtuii, evidently putting hin to hi
speed and forcing him to a killing pace, but not
attempting to pass so long as she compelled h'm lo
keep up lo his work ; and they again passed tho
stand nearly in the same position as before ; the
whole m le being the mon beautiful specimen of a
race ever witnessed on the course in a four m le
heat. Time of ihe iluee miles 5 37. Fashion
now made play ; and no sooner had she passed
the Southern gate, than her rider, Josr.pii Lttan
shook his whip over her head, gave her the spur,
and she shot ahead of her adversary wilh as much
facility as if up to that period she had only been
lakii't? t ir usual exercise, while Duslon hid been
kept at the. top of bis speed.
At this moment Mich a shout from the assemble 1
multitude rent ihe air as we never heard before,
and never ex peel to hear again. It was the shout
of victory of victory which admitted of no ques
tion, because it was evident to nil from the man
ner of her taking the lead, th it up to this moment
her only object had been to keep Boston well at his
work while she had been running at her ease.
Now came ihe death struggle of Boston. The
whip and spur were both liberally applied ; but it
was in vain, and during the third quarter of the
mile he wns not less than thirty yards in the rear.
As the Horses lurried the north west corner of the
track to como down the straight side, such was
the intense excitement of those on Ihe tr ick who
could not witness what had pased, and knew not
the state of the heat except from the shout of tri
umph put forth when Fathion took her proper
-Istion, that a rush was made and the track com
pletely covered wiih a dense miss of numan beings.
As Ihe Mare approached it, she faltereJ and was
thrown from her stride.
It was a critical moment. Jlmtnn, who was ro V
by the veteran, f7t7 Patrick, mule a gallant brush
at her and recovered nearly all his lost ground.
The cmwd saw their error. As one man they
fell back ; mid then with a clear course before
them, the noble animals came down the straight
side. The moment was one of intense excitement
Not a whisper was heard in that immense mass;
even tlie space through which the horse had just
passed tern allied for a moment vacant, laird
rode, he lutifuflv, with his eyes cast over his right
shflubfer fixed intently on the white n ise of Boston
about fifteen feet in his rear ; while (HI was ply
ing whip and t--pnr in a manner which but too
clearly t.-ld old white fare that he was out ofposi.
lion. In this manner they passed the stand ; and
then again such a shout of triumph and of victory
rent the air, as startled even those who joined in
it.
Thus terminated the first heat ; and when it waa
announced that the time was skvf.w susctfs
th i nt two and a H4iF v.cots7 each man
looked at hi neighbor a if to inquire can th be '
and once mere the spontaneous hur.za denoted the
high estimation in which both the gallant steeds
were held.
Thus terminated the first heat, being ihe fittest
four miles ever run cither in England or America ;
and beating the far-famed EcLirss and Htsnr
heat.
Both horse "dried up" beautifully ; but it wa
v.rv nrttfn ibst Fnaliifoi was lpM wearied than
, ' . . . . . . ,r
I her more aged and justly fnined competition two
to one was now fretly ofl'end on tlte race, but there
wer nn takers.
Again t key were started at the tap of the drum
! in same quiet style a. before, FaMn of course
taking Ihe inside track previously occupied by
tosrVo. T he fin mile wa run alow, tatluot
taking and keeping the lead, and paasisig the stnd
in two minutes In ihe third quarter of tin mile
lhtil made an uutuccesaful effort toceme along
aide; bul she threw Itim ufT with great eabe, and
pa.-sed lb stand three length ahead.
Four hundred to one offered on Fathion, and
taken by one of her heaviest harkei as a hedge.
I A sain in the srcnnd mile at the same place. Boston
made a rush and inel with the aame fate. F athion
agarn leading about three length. Time of the two
mile 3 b. Again at the commencement of the
third quarter on the descending ground Boston
made a desperate tiuggk, cam up long aide anil
pasted, getting by the stand two length ahraJ.
Time of the third mile 6 ii. Hjt no sooner had
they passed ihe gate than Fathioi wa again put
to her work, and passed Botten, like an arrow shot
from a how ; and from this moment it w plain
ihat th had it all her own may, and might
distanced her antagonist if an unkind feeling had