Whales Captnred and Crura Massacred. Cipt. Calhcarf, of the ship Lydia, tt Nan tucket, furnishes a letter, dated Sept. 4,1913, giving an account of two whale chips which hail been taken by the natives nt Strong' Is land, alt hands killed and the ships burned. The following is an extract from the leUer : "The English whaling ehip Harriet, of Lon don, Captain Charles Bunker, about twelve months ago arrived at thia place the ship had been in four days when the natives took hrr ; the chiefs said that some of the men were up the river for water, another pang t another place for wood, and Captain Bunker, the Doc tor and t wo boys were shooting birds. Captain ft. seeing that things were not going right on board, he, with the doctor and two boys went off for the ship ; as the captain was getting up the ship's side, a native threw a harpoon through his brenst ; they were all killed, ship plunder ed, set fire to. and sunk. The natives had no cause for doing so ; it was only for plunder. The next day after Captain Rounds arrived we swept and found the ship. Capt. R. had a diver, a native of Tahiti; ha sent him down with a small ropo; when ho came up he told us he had rove it through the ring of an anchor with the small rope we hauled a hawser through, and then dropped t!ic Pacific over her, and hove tip the bows of the ship, and found both chains fast to the bows; Captain It. saved both chains and anchors ; the bows of the ship were burnt ofTabreast the cat-head ; we thought the ship mUFt have burnt to a shell, and the oil drifted out of the harbor at this place. The next day after we found where the Harriet lay, I was dragging with a boat anchor, and hooked up a small chain ; I think it must have belong ed to the brig Waverly, of Woalioo, comman ded by William Cathcart, which was cut off hore eight or nine years ago ; the small chain was not saved, on account of a heavy flaw of wind striking the ship, which swung her to her anchor, and we parted our line. 1 tried sever al times after, but could not hook it again. When the natives saw what we were about they all cleared to the mountain, except the king and chiefs. Third day after finding the ship and small chain, we went to the kin? and informed him of what we had teen ; at first he denied the crime ; we asked him what other ships were there sunk ; he said the Harriet was all ; we told him no, that there was one more ship ; his answer was, 'Ship small, no more two masts, belong to Woahoo.' " Ttrglon for Consumptive Pallrnis. We find the following in the last number of Dr. Smith's Boston Medical Journal. Physicians, who have had ample opportunity for observation, assert that the climate of the interior of Illinois affords remarkable relief to persons laboring under diseases of the lungs. At Hillboro', a large and flourishing town, the centre of a country, a caseof pulmonary con sumption, it is said, has not been known in the place or neighborhood, in five years, with one single exception, and that was involved in some doubt. A physician, whose lungs were exceed ingly sensitive, and who had several times rai sed blood alarmingly, assures us that he has been restored to comparative health by remo ving to a town that borders on a prairm. He has much confidence in saying that persons w ho have apprehensions of a decidedly disea sed state of the lungs especially those on the Atlantic border here in New England, or within the searching influence of the cold eas terly winds would often find themselves re lieved from the irritability oftheorgans, cough and thoracic pains, which forbode a tearful tendency if not speedily restored, by an escape to the more genial climate of that State. If simply taking up a residence on the most beau tiful lands in the world, accessible by water, stages and railroads ut all times and seasons, offers such promises of relief to the consump tive, who would nut avail themselves of the hap py remedy ! Cannot something bo done, asks the Doctor, in his Journal, in furtherance ofan object that has been several times agitated in Boston the removing the pestilent accumulation of ' dead bodies from under our places worship. What a horrible mass of putrefaction there is in the very heart of this great city, envolving passes through the 6cams and crevices of the floor ; to bo inhaled by tho living. Although there is a fancied security, and we are told that nothing escapes that can be of the least injury to health, it in, we believe, untrue The gastes that are liberated in the process of decomposition, cannot be confined in a tomb they are diffused, and the congregation in sens bly inhale the seeds of death from below, which will assuredly germinate and ripen. The custom of entombling under houses of worship is a relic of a eeini-civilized age, and totally unworthy tho regard of intelligent society in this epoch of chemical light and scientific at taininents, when the laws of health art quite as familiar as the civil code. Money found in a Jail Yi:i. Several hun dred dollars in gold were found last week, buried under a heap of coal ashes, in the yard of the county jail at Reading. When and by whom the money was there hidden, is a mystery. The Ga zette says, it has been conjectured that it may have been concealed by Oschman or Rinehart who were tried, and the latter convicted and ex ecuted, for the murder of Christ, a f w years ago; hut this is hardly probable. PicxPocsrTs. The editor of the U. S. Gazette cautioned the Public to take giod eare of their Pock'.ti during their stay ut Baltimore, ami seem ed to enticipato that the Whig convention would .. vvitjj character of that profes?ion. THE AMERICAN. Sattiritup, .Vag 1 1, 1844. Ucmocratlc Xomlimf lous. for oovi:rnor. HENRY A. MUHLENBERG. FOR CAN At. COMMISSIONER, JOSHUA HARTSHORNE. ELECTORS, For Prmtilrnl and Vice I'renident nf the U. Stutet WILSON M'CANDLESS, c ... ASADIMOCK, JScn.tor.al. RRPRRMENTATIVK. 1. Geo. F. Lrhvas, 13. Gkorok St-hsable, 2. Christian Knf.as, II. Nath'i.. B. Eldrkd, 3. W ili.iam II. Smith, 15. M. N. Irvine, 4. Jonx Hit.L, (Phila.) 10. Jamks WooDnm., .. Sami'el E. Leech, 17. Hron Montgomery- 6. Sami-elCamp, IS. Isaac Ankney, lit. Jons Matthews, 20. Wm. Pattktson, 21. Andrew Bcrkk, 22. Jon M'Gitx, 23. Christian Myers, 24. Robert Obr. 7. Jrssr SiiAttrr, 8. N. W. Sample, 9. Wn. Heipenreich, 10. Conrad Siiimer, 11. Stemien Balpy, 12. Jonah Brewster, I. It. f.1L.nt:it, F.q., at kit Iteal Km. tate and Coat Office, M. 59 ting Stmt, Phi ladelphia, fa autknrlted to act an .Igtnt, at d receipt for all titanic due thlt oticef for snfr icrijitlon or advertizing; (JT There will be ditine service in the Melho. dint Episcopal Church, by the Rev. Mr. Tongue, to morrow, (Sunday,) at 11 o'clock A. M., ai.d 6 P.M. Our Borough Election. The election for Borough Officers, in this place, has always been conducted without reference to party distinction, until Monday last, when the Whigs, who have become somewhat elated with their late success in this district, determined to make a political question of it, in order, as they said, to test the Muhlenberg and Markel vote. The whole Democratic ticket, with the exception of one councilman, was elected. The following is the result : Democratic Ticket. Whig Ticket. Chief Bvrress. Alexander Jordan, 9-ljJohn II. Purdy, 74 Second Birof.ss. Francis Bucher, 92 1 James H. Hustcd, Assistant Burgesses. 61 John Bloom, Geo. Rohrbach, Geo. Mantz, J. G. Youngman, 9t' John Budd, Geo. Young, Frederick Lazarus, Peter llileman. 9:1 90 b'J Common Council. IT. B. Masser, William Martz, Charles Weaver, Edward Oyster, Jacob Beck, Geo. Martin, Geo. Bright, Geo. Zimmerman, 93 92 91 91 90; 89 84 Eli Diemer, PI Charles Beck, 83 Henry Haas, 83 Danl. Drutkemiller, 82 Charles P. Wharton, 80 John Landan, 80 John Randals, 79 83, Sebastian Haupt, 78 High Constable. 89 Ceo. Harrison. 83 Clerk. Daniel Baldy, Peter W. Gray, 91 Caleb Fisher. 81 () Democrats placed upon the Whig ticket by the Whigs, for the purpose of carrying it. for friend. Col. John F. Carter, fomelime since the editor of that racy and sterling Dcmncrs lie sheet, ihe "Nonhcrn Pennsylvaiiian," hat once more made hi appearance among the corps edito rial, a the cui'or of the "Lancaster Democrat," a new piper just published in thai city, and has I hi nt me ef Henry A. Muhlenberg nailed to the trml head. The Col. is a right clever fellow, as well a a rich, spicy and humorous editor, and deserves the suppnrt of the citizens of Lancaster, as well as the Jjuining counties. We with him success, and a long lift of subscribers. We hsve also received the first number of the "Anthracite Gate He," a new whig paper puldished at Pottrvirle, by WynVoop & Kaercher. We) wish them success pecuniarily, not puliticslly. Tui Stati Dibt. It is a source of con- gretulaiion that the last Legislature have done eve ry thing in their power to redeem the faith and hott er f the Commonwealth. The provisions of the tax bill of last session, if properly carried out, will raise ample funds to meet the interest on the Stale bt The tax bifl of 1840 directed a tax to be levied of one mill on Ihe dollar. The act of 1813 made an addition of one mill on the dollar, but it wa provided that the act shoal J continue in force only one year, so tlut the law f.tr tho two mill tat e pirrd last year. The present act direct an a Idiiion of one mill to the 1st of 1810, muking the tax fo this year two milts ; and directs a tax of three mills to be levied neit year, and imposes an additional tax on Bank slocks, stocks in all corporations, etc. Through some misunderstanding the as-essors nf this county levied a tai of two mills, for this year, so that oar assessments aie now correct, according to Ihe present law ; but in ceuntii-a wheie but one mill was assessed the law directs the eoiuiuisaijnufs to add another mill. K7" The Kswsisotos Riot. From the Phils, drlphia Ledger of ihe 9, h iuat., we learn that the ri ot ronlinurd up lo th.ttime. The Calholir church called Si. Mich iel's, in Second street, the Female S tn'uary at the corner of Second and Phenit stretts, and a number of other valuable buildings were fired and tot fly destroyed. The amount of pioprrly thus far destr.-yed, cannot ba Irsa than one hundred and foil thousand dollars. No less than two hurdrid fain. lies have been compelled tore n oa f om their homes. Fars were entertained that attempts would be made lo fire other Catholic churchrs, and the military were strongly posted in tie vicinity of them. Tbe number of lives lost during tbs riM, by burning snd otherwise, bsJ not I been correctly ascertained. Oar Count. Since we established our paper we have en deavored to pursue a straight-forward and inde pendent course of conduct. Wa have, no doubt, committed errors, but we have never permitted ourselves to be actuated by improper motives, or selfish considerations, or swayed by tho fear of the displeasure of the brawling demagogue Schooled in the Principles of Democracy from our youth, we have uniformly advocated those principles with firmness. We have contributed our humble efTorts to the ascendency of the De mocratic party, because we honestly believe that it is intimately connected with the best interests and prosperity of the country. When we have differed from political friends, in matters of ex pediency and the choice of candidates, we have don? srv with deference, and with thnt indep? pendent candor which bus met the approbation rvpn of thos who differed from us in opinion. We thank Heaven that we have never permitted the course of this paper to be controlled by the dittation of selfish partisans, when we believed the business and welfare of the people required a contrary policy. Actuated with these views, we earnestly advocated the policy of a protective tariff, when every other democtutic press in the interior of the State either favored the doctrines I of free trade, or remained silent upon the subject. I The people have sustained our course, and spoken I in a voice that has commanded and enforced obe dience to th-ir will by lb" political press and the selfish pat ti.an. We have a pel feet right, and we have exercised tho right of freely express ing our choice relative to the person to be no minated as the Democratic candidate for tho Presidency. We have deprecated the nomina tion of Martin Van Bur?n. firmly believing that be is not the choice of the people. We have spoken plainly, li cmif we never disunite our o pinions. Wc might refer to the course of many other Democratic presses on this subject in jus tification of our own, if it were necessary, but it is not. We have exercised the common ripht of the conductor of a free press, an J we deny the authority of any one to call in question this un doubted privilege. When the Baltimore Con vention shall have nominated a Democratic can didate for the Presidency, we shall, in obedience to tbe nintloof our pnper, vield "absolute acqui escence to the deci-inn of the majority." Put. until then, we will titter th sentiments of the Democracy oftbe country. We will warn and advise, and if onr advice and warning are tmheed. ed we will not h" answerable for the i-onse-quences. We will not be chnrgable with the guilt of silence, w hen we deem it our duty to speak out. We have been led to the above remarks by a querulous and dictatorial article in the last Ga zette, containing insinuations totally unfounded, and statements stamped with the coinage of the editor's brain. Tbe editor of that paper seems to think that he and ourselves occupy, towards each other, the relative position of the ends of a scale beam, and that one of us can rise only by the other's depression. We desire to occupy no position towards that gentleman. Wc never have acted as if we did, and we have charitably come to the conclusion that he is a little hypo enndriae upon this subject. We are quite certain that, let him rise as high as be may in the scale ol Democracy, or obtain as high a character as he may for obedience to the high behest of party leaders, we shall not foel the least depression or envy. Ami if weslmtild aspire to similar honors, anil be fortunate enough to obtain them, we trust be would not tbeieb v come to any ill-luck. It be did, be certainly should have our hearty sympa thy and commisserxtion. The Editor complains that ho iki not call Henry Clay a duelist, a sub- bath bleaker and the advocate of free trade prin ciples. Wc regard personal abuse as the very lowest weapon of party warfare, and we have al ways left it tube handled by those whose tustcs sympathize with the means. It is only resorted to when the rause is desperate. While we edit a public journal we hope we shall not foiget that we pretend to Ihe character of a gentleman. Be sides, we oppose Henry Clay on higher grounds, irrespective of the man. If we have not attempt ed to prove that he is the advocate of free trade, it is because ve have fome respect ftr our own c haracter, and the inte.Hi genre of the people. When we established the "American," the e ditor of the "Gazette," although a very young man, straightway turned prophet. His first prediction, uttered with the confidence of preco cious youth, was, that our paper would die in less than three months It was quite as nearly ful filled as Father Miller's prediction, on a more important subject. His next was, that wc would advocate the election of Gen. Harrison. His pro phetic vision was very much obscured or twisted by selfish impulses, when he hazarded this pre- iction. We warmly and earnestly advocated the election of Martin Van I'.uren iu vain to be sure; but still we iiroved the editor a false pro phet lie has constantly, since we have conduct ed this press, been prophecying about us and our affairs, and all bis predictions have been flatly contradicted by facts. Now, we never have hazaided but one prediction concerning that gentleman or bis course; for it is a subject that lias occupied but very little of our attention. But we did predict, about two years since, when the editor, together with many other democrat editors, was advocating the doctrines of fret Irailr. and denouncing a protective tariff with his usual ability, that the popular voice would in a very short time compel him to change his course. Were we correct ? We refer the reader to the columns of the "Sunbury Gazette' for the veri fication of our prediction. A word by way of advice to the editor of the Gazette, and we have done, for we do not desire o war of words with him. Cast the beam out of your own eye first, before you attempt to pluck the beam out of your neighbors eye, is a very wholesome admonition and worthy of your con sideration. You have already acquired the cha racter of Father Miller and Joe Smith for the , truthfulness of your prophecies, but you will be obliged to "tarry at Jericho" long while before people will regard you as a trua prophet. In tha meantime, it may be of service to you to reflect upon the homely, but true saying, that "a man may grow rich by minding his own business." Annexation. We regret that the length of Mr. Van Buren's letter, on the subject of the Annexation of Texas to the Union, precludes its publication in our sheet. It is the most able and lucid paper upon tho subject that has yet been published. Mr. Van Buren is opposed to annexation at the pre sent position of the relations between Mexico and Texas, but has no doubt of the) constitution ality of annexation. His argument upon the lat ter question is clear and convincing. Commodore Stewart has published a letter in which he avows himself in favor of annexation. It is surmised that this letter is intended for the consideration of the Baltimore Convention, and that the Commodore may be placed before that body as a candidate for nomination to the Presi dency. It is also tumored that Mr. Buchanan is pre paring a letter for publication on the same side of the question, and that his name will again be placed before tho Democracy as a candidate for the office of President. We give these surmises and rumors as we get them, without vouching for their accuracy. It is certain, however, that Mr. Van Buren's letter has produced considerable discontent in the South, r.itehie, the veteran Democratic editor, of Virginia, is out in opposition to him and in fa vor of Gen. Cass, and desires that the instructions to the delegates from that state, in favor of Van I'.uren, may be withdrawn, and the delegates go uninstructed. It is, therefore, at least uncertain who will be nominated by the Baltimore Conven tion as the Democratic candidate for President. CvA Petition has been sent from the city of Pittsburg to Governor Porter, with three thous and names attached to it, for a pardon for Kaine & Flinn, the two publishers in that city, now in prison for slandering Judge Grier. C7 Ths nLTiiar. CovsTro. The Na. ti.n i Whig (' nvenlion met at B dlimorc, on Wrdnes.'ev, Msy 1st, and wa nriiatvzed by calling Judge Spencer, of New Yerk, to the ch iir. Hat. nr I'i it ws un ininoiis'y noniin tted aslhefed-er-,1 candidate fir the Presidencv. The suhju ned were Ihe proceeding in regard to the Vice Preti dcnli.il nomination. 1st hnll.it, Sd but. 118 74 51 22 275 1.1 3d 1 al. 155 78 40 with'd. T. Fretinijhujsen, J. hn D.ivi, 101 82 MiHiarl r ill more. ii John ferRent, Hi Whole nurnl er of votes, Necessary to a choice. Mr Fnr.LiNnnfftN htving received a majority of the vote, tbe Pre ident announced that he was duly nominated fm tbe Vice Pertidep.ey. "The young men's ratification meeting," was h ll on Ihe fallowing day. The N. Y. Tribune estimates the number of dele, gstes in attendance at over seven thnussnd ; while other whig journals insUt there were over twenty thonnnd present. The ratification rr.iceedir gs mny be summed up in a few words. The procession, with all its ban ucrs, badgi a, and devices, took up its line of msrch eiuhl deep from B iltimore to Cant n, shout ten o'c'otk, A. M. There were some e:ght thousand in the nrocetsion, and ni ly be four times ih it ntim-li- r, who ncted as camp followers. Sjieecbea were delivered by M -rs. Web-ter, Crittenden, Berrien, S-iit-er. and other distinguished lighta ef federal ism. C7" DrtK nrt t. RUh.rovd ArrtnF.xT.-We learn from the Philadelphia Ledger, that a serious Oc cident oecui red on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Bail Uoad, five miles below Ha vre d? Grace, on Saturday evening, about 9 o' clock, by thecollision of two passenger trains of cars, the seven o'clock train from Baltimore and the four o'clock train from Philadelphia, which resulted in the death of one individual, and the in jury of several others. Their approach towards each other was not discovered until it was too late, consequently it caused a severe collision. The lender of the Baltimore train was driven back iu the front car, passing over several of the first seats. Mr. Hill, a conductor from Baltimore, who stood on th platform in front of the foremost car sav the danger they were in, and called to the others to jump and save themselves, while he re mained standing on the platform endeavoring to save the passengers. However, before they had time to get off, the collision took place, and Vr. Kussel, brake-man, was instantly killed, and Mr. Hill had his both legs dreadfully mangled and was immdiately taken to Havre de Grace, where one of his legs was amputated. Mr. II. is said to have exhibited a bravery and concern for the pass-ngers, which truly deserved a better fate. A passenger named Win. H. Cooper, of Reading, was struck in the back by the tender, and severe ly injured. One gentleman from Ohio had his leg broken, and one from Vermont and another from New York were dreadfully mangled. Mr. Duiald', a relative of Henry Clay 'a waa found jammed into a narrow spice of 7 or 8 inches, bul not seriously injured. Que of the passengers in the Philadelphia train jumped outof the window without receiving any injury ; another slipped thiough tbe floor of the car, and tsc.d by falling on the track. Tbi re weie a number of distinguish ed gentlemen passengers, among whom was the Hon. Daniel Webster, 8oine rai undeisttnding aa lo the place of passing, it is said, was tha causa of ths sad disaster. Tbe U. S. Gazette hazards Ihe opinion that the ladies are in favor ef annexation, so far as relates to the marrisge union; and then naively demands the ayea and n e. The nose should not be con sulted in urh delicate mailers. We should be al. together iiiffuencrd by the yc, where lovely wo man is concerned. roR tiir "a.msrican." Muhlenberg in Snnbury. On Monday, the citizens of this Borough held an election for the purpose of selecting their Bo rough Officers. The result has been a brilliant MUHLENBERG TRIUMPH. It is an unusal thing, I believe, to make this election a political test of the strength of parties; hence, the cir cumstances under which it assumed that charac ter, render it a cheering and most glorious vie tory. They are as follows : On Wednesday eveniRg, of last week, tho "markel" men held a secret caucus and made up a ticket, with the intention of electing their can didates, and afterwards of shouting and crowing long and loud for "jnneph market." As soon as the news of this proceedings came to the ears of tho sturdy Democratic friends of HENRY A. MUHLENBERG, they met and formed a Mm lenbf.ro Tickkt, and the result has been as glo rious a TRIUMPH as his most sanguine friends could reasonably desire. It was not the wish of the Muhlenberg party to mingle politics in this contest; but the friends of "markel ' so willed it; and I venture to predict that the claims of "joseph markel," for Governor, will not again b seriously urged within the limits of Sunbury. The "markeT'-ites arc now possessed of rcmnr'i ably long vissages, and seem to have a kind of a dismal foreboding of what will be the fate of "that same Old Coon" at the Gubernatorial election. A. C. Sunbury, May 9, IS 1 1. By ReqMcst. From the Milunian. Common Srlinol Kyatrm. The gloriovs banner of Intelligence, and Uni versal Education, again floats in light over old Turbut. By false representations ol the enemies ol universal education, the peni.le ut rurbut, iu the month t .Msy, lSl.l, were induced to vote down and reject the State system of Education. Having since been organized into three town ships they have all, on the l.jth tnst., accepted and re-est.ihlishrd the school system of the State by large majorities. There isnndistrict in the Slate of equal size, the inhabitants of which possess more sound, and more republican prin ciples, ami uunstentacious sound intellects pure unvarnished friendship and true patriotism, than do the people of old Turbut, now the townships of Lewis-, Delaware and Turbut. Such a people for a time, by false rcpresen- iMtliftna lift nil n ft raiiiti.ii.nl t.i I l.ni. r...... Ih. .1 ......'i., . . i ip'i.iiMii. ... iiilii vn uirai j interests and principles, but the duration of i wrong, will bn only until the first opportuni- ! ty of putting themselves r'ait. Such a pro- I pie are worthy the hisjh boon conferred by the j school system of the State, or what is tho more i legitimate eonstrnction, Stales Public Schools the benefits of which are common to all. This j grand syTem like our Free Institutions puts all on an equality. From tho pauper's ragged son to the most wealthy in the Slate, all are, thank UimI, but one class, by our glorious Institutions and Ijiws, the opinion of family aristocracy to the contrary, notwithstanding. The Common School system of the State, like the Souls with which God has blessed us, has no iKiunds to its elevation. Each district can raise the grade of education any height suita ble to the wish or convenience of its inhabitants by it every youth in each district can obtain an education to qualify bi n for any business in life. It is a noble domestic manufactory ofllo. intellectual raw material of Pennsylvania a glorious monument of Republican equality, and communication throtiirh which thesoul receive? light and power, the State strength and lasting honor, and our Free Institutions purity and per petuity. God has blessed us as a people, with the most Free Institutions ever enjoyed on earth by any nation. A corresponding duty and high respon sibility devolves upon us to improve by educa tion the intellects of the rising generation to teach them their political, civil and religious rights and duties, and to prepare them by the acquisition nf sound and useful knowledge, to be lovers of their country, capable ccntinels to watch and guard the purity and perpetuity of our free Institutions, audio hand liiein down to posterity uucontaminated. Universal eligibility to office, universal suf frage, and universal education are the soul, Isxly and heart of true Liberty, the latter, like the human heart, propels (streams nf knowledge through all pirts of the two former, giving nourishment, purity and power to tho whole body politic, civil, political and ercloi-instienl giving to man what (hid in His wNdoin arid poodtiess allows him to enj.iy to tin glnrv f his j , oftbe ,ri.h w,.re bj pursued down Cad LreaUir. II. M I.UIUA.V ,,..,,. . , ,, . The Princeton ISiin. The Trenton State Gazette thus speaks of the proposed method of forging a new gun for the Princeton, of the same size as that which burst ed: 'Colonel Josiah N. Bird, of this city, has con trived a mode of making large wrought iron guns, j which has received the approbation of Captain j Stockton, and a cun oftbe size of the ''Peace j Maker," is to be immediately constructed at the iron works of Messrs. Bird and Weld. We arc promised a more particular description of the in vention; but at present, we can only state that the process will be commenced by placing toge ther, iu the form of a cy lender, a number of wrought iron staves of th-: whole proposed length nf f lie i.iln and nf tmnr lireii.lfti nml fiiurnr civ . . i .ri in tii. .1 inches in thickness, flfse will be held together bv wrousbt iron boons. Ivina close together, the I whole length of the staves, and welded upon them. Upon this row of hoops, another ef larger diameter will be laid, and these welded upon the former ; and additional rows will be put on, and welded to those previously on, until the desired thickness shall be obtained. The rim of the hoops will be about six inches wide, and they will be so laid, that the middle of the rims in one row of hoops will cover the joints between those of the next smaller row. The sides of the hoops will be carefully turned smooth, before they are laid on. The rims of the hoops will be thicker at the ends than in the middle, so that when, after being put on in a heated state, the hoops cool and contract, they will bind those under them, not only upon the staves, but to each otber, and thus present a resistance in both directions to the ex plosive force of the powder. The pronossd advantage of this mode of con struction, is that the welding of small pieces of iron, such as of one row of hoops upon tbe sur face of the others, can be done perfectly ; while it is scarcely possible to weld large masses per- fectly, or without destroying the strength of the i,a I irea. From the Philadelphia Ledger of May 7. GUKAT niOT AM III.OOD9I1KD IM KKHSINQTONi The neighborhood of the Washington Market, Kensington, was the scene of another serious and alarming riot on the 7th inst. A meeting of the Native American party was held at the junc tion of Second and Master streets, at an early hour in the afternoon, at w hich a large number of persons were present, from all parts of the city and county. Some time after the meeting was organized, a storm of wind and rain came on. Many persons ran from the meeting, to seek shelter elsewhere, hut the majority adjourned over to the market, on Washington street, above Master. A few minutes after tbe meeting was re-organized under the market bouse, a commotion occur, red from some cause, or other, and some twelve or fifteen persons tan out of the market, on tha West side, pursued by about an equal number. A scuttle ensue I ; two desperate fellows clinch ed each other, one armed with a brick and the o thcr with a club, and exchanged a dozen blows, any one of which seemed severe enough to kill an ordinary man. Some stones and bricks were now thrown on both sides, and several pistol shots were fired by person on both sides At the report of the lire arms the majority of the meeting dispersed precipitately, while a number took position at the South end of the market, where they displayed the American flag. Several stones were thrown against the Hi hernia Hose House, pituate inCadwalader street, west of lb" market, and some persons were pur sued up Master street. A frame bons in tbe latter street, b 'tween Cadwalader street and tho Germontown road, was stormed and the windows and doors demolished. Two other frames in Cadwalader street, b -low Master, shared the same fate. Two or three muskets were dis charged at this time by the retreating party, and a rally attempted. Tbe persons who had been in the meeting still kept their ground, and volleys of bricks and stones were continually kept up by both sides. A number of persons, evidently Irishmen, then rallied at Germantown road and Master street, and came down at a brisk pace up on the others with stones and two or three guns. Th" Native Americans retreated, but maintained a fire with stones and one or two pistols. Several persons were severely wounded at this point of time, and the rioters became furious. The Na tive Americans again rallied and recovered a temporary advantage, but finally retreated, under a sharp fire of every kind of missiles, and two or three discharges of a musket carried by a gray headed Irishman who wore a seal skin cap. During the firing a youngman, named George Shifter, between eighteen and nineteen years of age, living in St. John Street, near Beaver, was shot under tbe right arm while on the German town road, below Master street. The charge of the piece fired entered bis chest. He was car ried ofT the ground to the drug store of Mr. Bow ers, at the junction of Germantown road and St. John street, were he lingered for a few moments and died. Dr. McAvoy dressed the wound. An other young man named Henry Temper, in the employ of Mr. Lee, barber, on the Frankford road, while engaged on the side of the Native A mericans, received a shot in his side, whicU glanced ort'the hip bone and only produced a flesh wound He received several small shots in the legs. He was attended by Dr. Bethel, who con siders his case no way d.nmerous. Thomas Ford was struck in the forehead with a spent ball, which diil him but slight injury. Another nam ed Lawrence Cox, bad bis hip seriously injured. Patrick Fisher, late constable of the ward, was shot in the face, but not dangerously wounded. While the contest raged with its greatest fury, the main body of the belligerent parties were j posted east and west of the market house, in j Master st., each rallying and retreating in turns, I while others were engaged in skirmishes in every direction, for some distance round. Houses j were attacked, and the inmates driven out with the utmost consternation and alarm. While a waiacier street, neiow .iasier, a man icn imo inn doorway oftbe residence of Edward Develin, and in consequence oftbe first floor being below the pavement he rolled into the house. Mr. Develin was sitting at the door, and in an instant re treated inside, when between the two the front door was shut. The house was then assailed by the pursuing party with brickbats and stones, some of the latter weighing seven or eight pounds, the windows and window frames broken out, and the place otherwise spoiled. Mr. D. was struck with the gutter pipe, which was wrench ed ofT by a man, and his wife with two or three children narrowly escaped injury. The bouse of John LaflVrty, on the German town Road, above Ma-ter St., was battered with missiles and the interior injured. The adjoining I house, occupied bv a widow lady, named Brady, - . who was in at the time, witli two or inree tc niales, was mu.t sli.nu -ful y mutilate,!. The panels of the front doors were knocked out, the windows broken, large ttones thrown into the . parlor, which destroyed the looking glass, tables, I a,,.l rtt li..r niAr. nf fn m i t n ro Sin me nf the arti. cles of furniture were taken by piecemeal from the room and broken. The cause of attack here was on account of a man, who was pursued, run ning into the alley. The house of Michael Quin, in Master street, above Cadwalader, was attacked and battered and some of his furniture demolish ed. Other houses in the neighborhood were more or less injured. At the commencement of the melee, when fire arms were discharged from both parties between the market house and Cadwalad er street, ball was fired into the door of the dwelling of John Brown, carter, just at the mo ment he had gone into the house and closed the door. The ball was subsequently found in the front room. In this street a Urge number of stones were thrown at and into the Hibernia. Hose Company's house. Thii Irish population were. Ui t dreadful state.
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