From the New York Papers.
Another CJrent Fire.
Jmmrnte ihntriwtinn of Ptapcrly-Apprc-TitnJcii
on of Life TVrt ihle explosion
Another "vast burnt district" 'Troup or
efereJ out for the. protrclion of Property
The Katterj again converted into a ll'are
house.
New York has fallen again, we regret to say,
Into the lineef great eonflagratiisns. Within a
lew year the catalogue of terrifte burnings on
out side rtii Atlantic hat included New York,
1'hiladelphia, Mobile, Wilmington, Pittsburg and
Quebec and iiow the naanef New York i ad
ded to the list for Ve aeeaod time.
A fire broke out "between three and four o'clock
this (Saturday) morning, in New atreet a nar
row passage between Ttroad atreet and Broadway
extending from Wall atreet to Beaver and
spreading with fearful rapidity among the dense
ly built ediCcca of that neighborhood, ha already
swept through to Broadway on the Went and
South, across Broad atreet nearly to William on
(he East, and is still burning with srarcely a
percept iWe check. An immense amount of pro
pcrty "h been destroyed, and, more to be de
plore, a lamentable '.oss of life has added to the
terrors of the occasion.
The sidewalk in Broadway, above Trinity
Church, on the West side, is filled with furniture,
pianos, looking-glasses, mahngony bedsteads,
rich tables, ai.J other articles of household
lemshing , and hundreds of men are still busily
employed in removing goods from the ware
houses and dwellings within reach of the fire.
We hare two or three reporters on the spot, ga
thering materials for a full account, and in the
mean time we give such information as we Lave
been able to collect.
At about four o'clock, Crocker k Warren's
store, In New street, in which was stored a very
large quantity of saltpetre, blew up with one of
the most tremendous explosions ever heard or
felt wi ;he city. That building itself was, of
course, sttered in frsgnieiits in an instant, and
those near it were little better off. The explo
smmj created one of the most frightful spectacles
it was ever oar misfortune to witness, and the
noist-and uproar could only be equalled by the
explosion of a magazine.
The first explosion was comparitively mode
rate, filled the room of the writer of this para
graph w ith a light more intense than at noon day,
and, upon looking ot upon Broadway, a scene
in 't our gate, that can never be forgotten. Hard
ly had he reached the window when the second
and grand explosion took place. The buildings
uh (ar as the eye could reach, appeared one mass
of flames, while the buildings on the West side
of Broadway, from the Mansion House to the
Astur, were so brilliant that the eye could scarce
rest upon them. The spire of the Trinity Church
t mked (ike a pillar of fire, and the moon, which
a moment before we saw jut above the roof,
piled under this vivid tight, and was invisible.
The sky, over the region of the fire, and along
tie rauge of Nassau street, was filled with a mass
of flame from the burning gas, alchohol and cam.
phine, let loose at the explosion.
High in the air as the eye could range appear
ed an iiiininife quantity of fire, that had the ap
pearance of serpents darting spirally upwards,
like the small rockets of a fire work. These
tongues of llarne, too, shot out in all directions
from the centre, making together the whole look
like a mountain of fire, which created in the air
a noise like that caused by a flash of electricity
in a thunder storm. The panic caused by such
an explosion, who can describe ? The street,
from the Waverly House to our office, on Broad
way, presented a thick multitude o men, run
ningasiffor their lives, shrieking as though
they were in the agonies of death. Those who
could keep their feet were fortunate, indeed, for
the masses behind, in their terror, over-ran ma
ny who fell, regardless of anything but their own
safety.
Through the other streets a like scene was ex
hibited, but as the others were narrow the eon
fusion was greater. The firemen and spectators
left those parts only to receive in another place
the shower ol bricks and other missiles forced off
by the explosion. So awful was the shock that
the thick plate lass in nearly all the buildings
in Wall street was broken in fragment and
strewed over the pavement, in many instances
the substantial window sashes themselves being
broken in. The cries of frightened people, the
f ill of missiles on the roofs of buildings, the
crash of glass Uon the pavements, added to the
tumbling ol buildings from the force of the ex
plosion, and the vivid glare of the flames, assail
ed the numerous multitudes now out to see the
fire and gave the impression that a great convul
sion of nature had taken place. The windows of
the City Hotel and buildings near us were in a
moment filled with the tenantry of the houses,
who, until the great explosion, had remained qui
et in bed, thinking the fire an ordinary matter,
but not until now thoroughly roused by this aw
ful shock.
The concussion in the Courier oflice was so
severe that the substantial atone walls of the
building shook to their foundations, and the peo
ple there thought for one moment that they were
tumbling to their base. The workmen in the
composing room in the fifth story found the stone
en which (he loriu was making up, rise several
inches from its testing place ; the gas all went
out instantly, and during the darkness that fol
lowed, the scene Was, to say the least of it, an
exciting one. TI.e workmen employed in the
Press and Engine rooms iu the basement story
fully believing that the entire building was about
to fall uKn them iu a mass, flew with rapid steps,
into the ktitH-t.
The same ocrunencrs took place with the
workmen in our oflice. In a moment they were
iu darkuess, and astounded by the shock they
flew as if an earthquake were tumbling the wulls
upon their heaJs. All soon recovered, however,
and went to w-oi k to give our readers, in a second
edition, tne details of the progress ofthe fre
A tumor prevails that there was a quantity 1
of gunpowder in this building, received in barter
for saltpetre. Of the truth of this we cannot at
present obtain any satisfactory evidence, though
it is very certain that saltpetre in its common
state, and having undergone no preparation will
not rrWe, though it is highly combustible.
There were about one thousand bags of it in the
building. Five or six stores on each side were
thrown down by the shock. F.ngine No. 22,
was buried under the ruins, and if all the men
escaped with their lives it was almost miracu
lous A report is current to the contrary, but an
eye witness expresses his belief that they all es
caped, the police having kept the ground so clear
that they had ample room to play their engine
and to run at the first sound of the explosion.
While speaking of the police we should here say
that their conduct at every part of the conflagra
tion was excellent and above praise. We never
saw in New York better arrangements.
The Journal of Commerce gives what appears
to be the true cause of the explosion. It says,
"the explosion which set this most disastrous
conflagration in motion, we have no doubt was
from the reservoir gasometer of the Manhattan
Company, situated in New street, caused by the
heat of the neighboring fire. There was nothing
else which could have made it, and that could.
In consequence of this, the gas lights of our of
fice went out instantly upon the explosion."
Onr o'clock. The fire has subdued and has not
spread any farther than already described, though
the destruction within that limit is more com
plete. At 14 o'clock the dwelling-house, No. 23, at
the corner of Broadway and Morris street, fell
with a tremendons crash, striking with great
force against the opposite building and breaking
in the w indows, fcc. No one hurt.
The flames were distinctly seen at Newark,
and the report was heard there. It was suppo.
sel that the authorities were blowing up houses
to arrest the progress of the (ire.
Our city readers will be generally aware that
the burnt district is the most impnitant and valu
able part ol the city, being composed of Urge
and costly buildings, filled with expensive mer
chandise. The French and Geiman merchants
congregated chiefly in that district.
Atfor fiute. The conduct of .Messrs. Cole
man K Stetson, of this hnusej is worthy of the
highest commendation. A bystander infromt us
that he met Mr. Coleman, followed by his ser
vants carrying bread and meat and coffee, in vast
quantities, wjWh he was actively distributing a-
monf the almost exhausted firemen at the hot
test of the fire. At the same time, Mr. Stetson
opened the saloon of this great house to others,
and gave a welcome breakfast to four or five hun
dred. What could be better timed ? What could
be more grateful to wearied men ?
Occurring thus iu broad day-light, the fire pre
sented many scenes and incidents such as are not
generally attended upon like occasions, or at
least do not fall within the observation of specta
tors. We have mentioned the curious exhibi
tion of household wares along in front of the Trin
ity Church yard tables, mirrors, pianos, bed
steads and bedding, costly lamps and well-worn
tin candlesticks, cradles and pic tures, bird-cages
with the birds in them, crockery, fenders, chairs,
footstools, knives and forks iu a word all man
ner of articles employed in splendid or lowly
housekeeping, heaped, pell-mell, together with
the utmost disregard for propriety or effect in
grouping.
Incident. The police of the city is put in ac
tive requisition and a cordon is placed at the
head ofthe streets leading to the fire.
It is curious to see how frantic and inconsider
ate people are. We saw several persons throw
valuable furniture out of a five-story house, and
the instant it touched the ground, it was da.hvd
into a thousand atoms.
The glass, w hich was nearly a quarter of an
inch thick, in the building known as the former
Bank of the United States, was broken by the
explosion.
The stench of the city was so great, caused by
the burning of spirits, oil, and every combustible
matter, that it was otiVusive to those ap
proaching the city for many miles before they
reached the dock.
The city from the bay presented a vastly sub
lime sight. Spectators beheld it in silence. It
suemeJ ns if all the city w as in flames. Tit
sheet of firt and smoke ascended to the clouds.
At the time the explosion took place, a fire
man belonging to F.ngine Co, No. 22, standing on
the roof of a house next to he explosion, was
blown as we are assured by the Foreman of the
Company, two squares before touching the
ground. He escaped w ith a sprained ankle.
A melancholy and truly distressing scene took
place at No. 10 Green wich street. M. Henry,
sou of John Carey, died of consumption while
the fire was raging, and while the flames were
spreading to such an eitent that it was sjpncd
that the house in w hich he was might be consu- I
med. Death, however, came, and his body, wrap
ped in his bed clothes, was immediately removed
to place of safety.
It is estimated that the oia of merchandise w
$'2,000,000, we think it will prow much great
er. We heard of two firms who loot t :)00.000
each, very many lose $100,000, We think
the loss in building and merchandise will be
not leas than $rfj,0OO,OOO.
The fire could not possibly have occurred at
more unfortunate period. We understand
from Merchants in Exchange Place, Heaver
and Oroad street, that great many warehouses
had upwards of $3o0.000 worth of goods atored
within them. This ia an unusually large
mount lor this season ; but il is a fact, that all
the drygouds houses were overt-locked with
merchandise. Many establishments Uad no in
surance, and ire, therefore, entirely ruined.
There is something appalling and startling in
J this sudden tleii ruction of property.
",M""""3Se5Wi
THE AMERICAN.
Saturday, July 20, 1 845.
i n. r.itnnii, ;?., mt m iient t$
late and foal OfKcr, corner of 3d -d Chrtnut
Street; Philadelphia, U authorized to act at
.iftnt, ai d receipt for all moniet due thin
office, for eubscriptttm ar advrrtMng,
.lima at hi Office. Vm. 160 .VHiiau tfreet,
.Mar r.
Jlnd ft. K. Comer af lialtlmor mud Calvert
tie., Baltimore.
CTThe Hem. We do not recollect ever
having experienced so long a continuance of hot
weather. And what is singular, the warmest j
days during the warm season have been Mondays ;
About th middle of May we had one extremely j
warm Monday. On Monday, the 0th of June, ;
the thermometer, at Philadelphia, stood at 101, '
and Monday week last, the thermometer, in this j
place rose to US. On Monday last, though the
thermometer only rose to 00, we thought the heat
more oppressive than any day this season.
CTiie Cnors. The Harvest is nearly past
and the crops, generally, with the exception of
the hay crop, have been excellent. In some
places the yield is not so abundant as might have
been expected, but we think there never was
better grain produced than the wheat of the pre
sent season.
Statistics in rrlntion 1o n fonliniions Rail Ruad
from Minhory to Pailadrlphia.
In a former number we stated the addition
al tonnage that would be carried over the Reading
Rail Road, by the completion ofthe Shamokin,
Mahonoy & Schuylkill Rail Road, might be fairly
estimated at 000,000 ton per annum, the gro-s
receipts of w hich, at the lowest rates, would a
mount to 1120.000, leaving the nett receipts not
less than 'J 10.000. These estimutes are not
based on visionary or imaginary views, but are j
derived from actual results, and are deemed, by 1
those who have some know ledgenl these matters,
rather lower than what they should have been.
To this we have not added the travel that would
naturally seek this road as the cheapest and most
speedy route for travellers from Northern Penn
sylvania, and, in fact, from the State of New-
York and the Lakes. The travel from the Sus
quehanna to Philadelphia, by way of Pottsville,
is already of considerable importance, and if the
contemplated Road from Shamokin was finish
ed , travellers would be carried through from
Sunbury to Philadelphia in ten hours. If
we estimate the niimbrr of passengers at fifty
per day, earh way, we have .10,000 per annum,
which, at SI SO for each passenger, would a
mount to $ I ', (100 per annum, v. hirh, after de
ducting fifty percent, for expenses, would leave
VlO.OOO, or .1 per cent on ?i;otl.OOO. the estima
ted cokt for the completion of the Road. To this
we must add the immense coal trade of the road.
There is. probabl) , no Rail Road in the world
that traverse, . greater or more extensive coal
.i .i.-. i -t .. l- l
region iimn ini, nearly every nine oi wnirn
will be located through the coal ieeion, where, i v,Mru ,n """ '"nrn ol ",""r"'- ' "' ""' fa
in many places, there is a breast of coal .'.00 feet , '"''""'I parent, to educate their sons for other
auove wa.ericvei, wi.nvc.n.a. ..-., u.ree turn.
more numerous and extensive than those in the
Pottsville legion. The coal fiom Shamokin, on
. , . . .,i .
the western end of the route, would be carried
... . ,, ,
about 20 miles to the Susquehanna. (The road
from Shamokin te Sunbury, on the Susquehanna,
beine already in operation.) The coal on the
eastern end would be carried from 1.1 to 25 miles
to Pott.vile, w here i, would take the ji,,,,;
Road toma.ket The amount feal earri.d
these two sections nf the road would not be less
than 200.000 tons, in two years after its com
pletion, and would, we believe, in a few years,
more than double itself. Allowing. then, but 2.' cts
per Ion as Ihe nett profits, we have a clear in
come, from coal alone, of S.'.0, 000 per annum.
We have shewn, in a former number, that the
Iron, lumber, grain and bituminous coal from
the Susquehanna and its tributaries, that would
pa, over this new road, would not be less than
140.000 tons, which, with 00.000 tons for the
1
return trade, iu the shape of merchandize, would
amount to 200,000 Ions ; and, taking the net!
receipts for this tonnsge, st half the amount
charged lor the same amount of trade over the
Reading Road, the result would be a clear in
come of $120,000. We shall, therefore, rera-j
pilulate what may be deemed a fair estimate of
the probable nett receipts from the trade of the
proposed new road, viz : j
From iron, lumber, grain, bitumi-
coal.AiC, $120.00o
From anthracite coal, 50,000 !
Fiom passengers, 30,000 !
tioo.ouo j
Here, then, we have $200,(00 as the nelt re
ceipts of a road, which, it is said, can be con
structed for $000,000, but if we estimate the cost
of the entire road at $1,000,000, we still i.ave a
sum sufficient to declare a dividend of 20 per
cent, on its actual cost. The whole or nearly
the whole of thia immense trade, would pass o
ver the entire road from Pottsville to Philadel
phia, of which the proposed new road is but
mere extension. It would be greatly to the in
terest of ihe Reading Rail Road to make the con
nection, even if it should never pay one cent, as
that road, by the great increase of trade, would
double iu value iu less than one year after the
completion of the new route. The Schuylkill
canal, when enlarged, might also expect a share
in the benefits of this trade
D7The Supreme Court commenced its ses-
sion at this place, on Monday week last. The
Judges are all present. Judge Burnsides makes
his first appearance her, the present session.
We also observed Robert M. Barr, F.sq., of
Reading, busily engaged in "takin notes." Mr.
Borf has been appointed, by the Governor, the
Reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court,
under an act of the Legislature, passed last ses
sion. Mr. Barr is a lawyer, of course, and was
formerly a member from "Old Berks," which
county he represented with great ability. He
devotes his whole attention to the subject, and
will, no doubt, give general satisfaction to the
profession, as a Reporter. The labors of the
Supreme Court have greatly increased within
me last 12 or 13 years. The Judges on the
Bench toil incessantly at their labors, and, with
the exception of about three weeks in the year,
are constantly engaged in the discharge of their
duties. Their's. is, indeed, no sinecure office.
We know no men who labor so hard and so inces
santly, as these self same and much abused
Judges. We certainly do not envy their station.
and had we the abilities of Chief Justice Marshall 1
we should be loth to accept a seat on the Bench j
with them, unless compelled to do so from dire '
necessity. j
CAjsoTIIF.B CoorLAi.KATloX IN NlW YciRK. !
-The present seems to be a remarkable season
for great fires. In another column our readers
will find an account of a tremendous fire in New j
York. The number of buiMing destroyed is '
268. The total loss is estimated at five millions
of dollars. The number of buildings, compared
with the heavy loss, is comparatively small.
The fire occurred in the most wealthy and btisi-
ness part of the city. Some of the ware houses
consumed, contained merchandise to the value of ;
J300.000.
G7 A not hk it McnnvR. On Saturday night '
last, John Stewart, of Nippenose bottom, near '
Jersey Shore, was killed in an affray, by John I
Hunt, nf Lock Haven. Hunt is a brother-in-law
of Stewart. All that is known is from Hunt's
own confession, who says that Stewart and him
self quarrelled as they weregoine out to the field
for Hunt's horse, about 1 1 o'clock at night. That
in the affray he drew a dirk knife and stsbbed
Stewart. The knife entered the left breast, cut
ting off a rib and penetrating the heait. Hunt
went to Jersey Shore, and next morning gave him
self up to the authot ities, and is now confined in
the jail at Williamsport.
CC7 A rumor was afloat on Saturday last, that
Mr. Bt ciiaxAK had resigned the office of Secre-
tary of State under Mr. Polk. As the Baltimore
and Washington papers were silent on the sub-
jet, we took it for granted that it w-as an tin-
founi'cd report. The Washington Union contra-
dicti the report in the must positive manner,
and adds : "The reason assigned for his resigns-
tion, is as fabulous as the repoit itself. There
is no difference of opinion in the cabinet on the
Oregon question. There never was a more har
monious cabinet, and there is as little variety of
opinion on all the great questions whi,'h rome
before the present cabinet, as in any of its pre
decessors." Tor the American.
Estimate of Fnrmins Exprmrs ia EnjliinJ
ami Amcrira.
It is the opinion of many individuals that
'"""ing is not a protitaDle Mis, ness in this conn-
j l",a,1M ' price of labor and the low
P''1'1" r P'0''"" wo"11' preclude all hope of ,e.
numeration lor labor bestowed and canital in-
ance
. V, " " ' f ' "' ' " V
! w,,h ''"I'e that, by devoting their time to
j ,n"e 'v"aI professions, they were enabled to
hetter their condition in life inrre.-i.e their r..
i "urr U1,r c"""""" '" "" '"rrcase their re-
cneetahil tv and teml tl.eir i...r.j!.,... T
I Vrl"il . exten.l tlieir useluliiess. In
! ,0"' i,ol",cd c,r ,h' ",ic if""i,,ns o r"n'' PJ"
i r,"nU haV' aUo Wn tfhtl ounft men
of lumU' ,UUon- h,v' in,,",ry "d ,'v"e
PPl't. on, become shining lights, end
! consequently matei.ally bettered their condition.
Kut, iii nine cases out ol ten sucb lias not been
the case ! In pm suing my professional duties, I
have come in contact with men w ho delighted, in
their boyhood, to roam about their fathers'
farms, and assist in such work as their physical
streiigtl. and experience would enable them.
Their kind parents, however, thought to elevate
. , . . ....
lo " conumon. ami weie willing to
n,ake Sreat P- ''y -acrifice. to fit them for a
j ,,a,ion ""X at a future lime, design-
' f ' occuPy- I""-Ven " the commencement of
their professional career they were disappointed. I Dr. Dickes, by which the eaith, including the
Throw n upon a celd and deceitful woi Id w ithout ; pis. rest soils, and even sand, are made In pro
friends or influence, they were romelled to en- j duce abundantly all sorts of crops, without any
ter into competition with powerful rivals, be : (ind of manure !
eiposed tothe deceitfuli.es. and Ire.chery ofthe T,e mnpy Kn(,anJ ,nrf Scoil .ml,
uesignmg, ana even sometimes to untust perse
cutions. They soon discovered tSat a learned
,
profession is the most arduous and perplexing ;
end, in their difficulties and perplexities, they
often regretted that they ever quitted their fa-
thers' occupation. Now, in order to induce
larmers lo educate their son. in the science of
agiiciltu,., I will, with your permission, make
sn -"".ate for stocking a farm in Fugland and
the I mted States. You will perceive, after a
careful perusal, that the expense of fsrniimr
Lng'and is much heavier than in this country ;
but, notwithstanding, it ia there considered a
very respectable and profitable business. If so,
why can it not bemade equally as respectable
and profitable in this country. We must bear in
mind that in England the soil is not the property
ofthe farmer: it either belongs to Ihe crown,
the nobility, or the church. It is cultivated up
on certain conditions, and for a stipulated price,
and the owner always retains the privilege of
controlling the lessee in his farming oerations.
In this country the farmer is commonly the own
er of the land he cultivates, and is consequently
happier and more independent. My estimate
for stocking a farm in England, is taken from
the "British Husbandly," published under thi
superintendence of the society for the diffusion
of useful knowledge, a work which ought to be
in thelibrary of every practical farmer.
Capital required to enter upon a farm of 200
acres of a vaiied soil, at a rent of 200 lbs. per
annum : '
.C X d
18 10S 0 0
14 .10 0 0
II 2S 0 0
9 18 S 0
II ,V2 0 0
4 40 0 0
120 0 0
8 0 0
105 8 0
C draught horses at
2 young horses,
2 draught oxen,
2 steers, 2 years oh
4 cows,
10 Scotch cattle,
80 sheep, at 30s.
10 pigs,
Livestock.
20 acres of wheat and 20 aeres of
barley, sown by the late te
nant, 20 acres of clover and 20 acres
nf mixed grass, soon by late
tenant,
Payment to the late tenant.
Implements, say 2 wagons, .1
carts. ,1 plows, ft harrows,
winnowing machine, roller,
sledges, Vc, purchased at
half com. second hand,
Haifa year's rent to be paid be
fore a return can be obtained
Trading capital for wapes, tax
es, manure, extra stork,
200 0 0
.10 0 0
2.10 0 0
130
100
314
CV.it 0 0
tlXAFITt I.ATIOM.
210
.'.01
it
II
0
0
Live stock,
Late tenant,
Sundries,
Capital repuired, 0.000 1 XM103 8 0
i Since my sheet is almost full. 1 will give you
I my estimate of expr-nse for stocking a farm in
the I'nited States, in gross, omitting the items
Livestock. tl22' 00
Late t.-nant, 0000 00
Sundries, 100 do
Capital repuired. Si:i2'i 00
Cattawissa, July l'.i, 1S45. W. J. L
For the American.
1 saw n beautious flower : it raised its head
Proudly and gloriously. But there came a Mn.t
From the ro!d North the flower '. it passed
away .
I saw a summer cloud, to splendour lit,
By the descending sun. Its gorgeous hues
Were far beyond the pencil's art, to paint.
Sti'l lower sunk the sun Where was th- cloud,
With its niot lustrous beauty Passed away.
I saw a maiden in her spring of life,
Lovelier than summer flower, or son-lit cloud.
Her eye was like the stars her form waurh
As Sculptures dreamed of in the olden time,
j But hush, my feeble muse ! it is not thine
j To sing of charms like hers. The days roll'd on.
; And where was she the loved and beautiful ?
j The erave has claimed its own she passed away,
And so it is with all tlat's bright on earth :
Like to the maid, our joys like to the cloud,
Our hopes like to the flower, our dreams.
NorthM., July 19, 1815.
Arrival of the Stramship Rrittannio.
rOt HTKKJI HAYS HTKHI
The ft pa m ship Britannia arrived at Boston
on Saturday, with fifteen days later news from
r "
r,nrop.
There is an active demand in the cotton mar-
ket. and the sale have been Inr 'e.
WPnthf.r has been favorable, and the
: rr,pjl are W.i
j Thc illce ,n,rko, m,inf.in. , firm Bppf..r.
The American provision trade is dull.
American securities, in conscqueiice ofthe ef
j frts made by the people of l'em.eylvania to pry
: .... 3 '-
j " e P "P-
Large siilw-cript ion have boen made in Lng-
h 1
' land lor the sufferers llV the fire St Uilt'lifC.
j
j Mr- Kviretl, the American Minister, has
j In-en delivering an addrens before Ihe British
Agricultural Association at Cambridge.
The Journal des Debsts contains sn account
of the Russian Count Apraxin, bis wife and
child. en, being burned in vengeance by their
infuriated serls. tie trilled his murderer, it
is said, with unheard of cruelty, sod the terri
j ble retaliation is therefore the less surprising
Madame Iirel recently ascended iuherh il-
i i,mn ,fmn Avignon. The balloon dropped into
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--. " "or w.e cxen.on. ... . young
j m-n who jumped into Ihe river to her rescue,
( ' wnutd have been drowned.
j The Rsilwsy Rell announces a discovery of a
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' . v. 1 . . a. ,
1 and Schisril societies, amounted tu no less a sum
1 j.-m (J,., u ,u ,,u ,c
' ' '
TlIK SfATr 1ji-at. A.v.,.-Allhe last
fess-iiHi of Ihe legislature, 15,(11)0 were appro
prjapj buiI,Iinff , SU1 ,jMnic A
Um ,nd w , proceedi Ilf , hic
w,,ieh w, MM IwJ (,7th
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in ! , ... k
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1 he law requires that the building to be erec
ted shall be large enough to contain V.r0 in
mates, and shall cost M,()00. Some $3,000
Lave been already subscribed in llarrishurg for
Ihe purchase of farm for the site, and about
$0,000 more will be required to secure the lo
cation in that county.
Miss D. I. Dix, through whose laudable ef
forts tho law was passed, authorizing the estab
lishment ofthe Hospital, pledges herself to g.ve
$10,000 tothe building fund, as soon as thefsrin
is subscribed for. The Ilsrrisburg Union says
she has the amount in hand for which she stands
pledged, and will give it cheerfully, as soon as
her terms art complied with. iVn'er.
Jackson' l.t
mrnt.
AVI 1 1 and Testa.
Extract nf a letter Irnm Nashville, dated June
7, tu a gentloman in Washington.
'The last will and testament ol the old hero
was thi dny approved in onr county court, and
isof public record, lie commences by giving
his body In the dust, whence il came, his soul
In find that, cave it, Ac-, devoting his estate,
fi-pt to the payment of two debt?, viz: one of
1.000, with interest, borrowed nf fieri. Douche
of N;w Orleans ; another nf ftlO.OfX), with in.
terest, borrowed nf Blnir St R;ves; and the bal-
; ance to his son, Andrew Jackson, jr., with the
! exception of few servants to his grand-chil-
' dren.
j "The sword presented him by the State of
' Tennessee, he pivea to A. J. Donaldson, (hie
i nephew,) now charge rie affaires at Texas. The
i sword presented at New Orleans, he leaves to
I Andrew Jackson Coftee, the eon of his old friend
fieni-ral t'liflee. The sword presented to him
1 at Philadelphia, he leaves to hie grandson and
namesake. The sword and pistol which he
' carried through the Ifritish and Indian wars, he
' leaves to (Sen. Armstrong. The pirtolft of
! Wasliii.fjton, hy him riven to l.sfnyette, and by
j l.ifsyette given to Jickson he! 'avesto (orj9
i Washington lifayette, i he son of (ieneral La
fayette. Sundry otln-r prewnla nnde him du
: ring his lonu and eventful career, are lolt with
, his adopted son, with instructions to him, that.
n the event of war. they shall, upon the resto-
! r"i,,n prnco, be disf.h,.te. amongst those who
MW" "ove coiinucuu t.iemse.vee most wormy
; of their country in the conflict, in the opinion
of their 'countrymen and the ladie.
' Il is dated, I think in September, 144, and
revokes a w;ll made by him several years be
fore. It is ;n hi own steady and firm hand,
writing, and like all things that ever fell from
his pen, breathes the purest patriotism through
out."
Crnrrst Jnrksott "nil Ills flares.
We find the follow ing letter in the Cincinna
ti (inr-'tte :
Nabiivii.i.k. June It, 1'I.V
'Gentlemen 1 attended the fiin Tal of (Jen.
Jarkson, and took my lat look at the old iu:in;
evt'ry thing wan as einip'e as could he wished.
There wan one thing ftruck me very forcibly :
he has always been charged with being tyran
nical; but if the evidence of In. slave is e t
mony to the ci ntrnry, I am a w tt.esa'lnt trier
w.is sorrow, iinivcrHs1, among what I suppose
miiHt have been seventy or eighty. You would
fee Ihein standing around the Hermitage in
j groups of filte'-n nr twenty, (dressed in their
j Sunday dress.) in silent grief; the tears rolling
I down their datk faces. The house servants
: were immediately aro'ind the foot ol the coffin
I !' or fellows ! when the reverend clergymen
'(.Mr. Edgar) addressed hiinnelf' to them, n tr
(the dimrs ic chnraetcr of their deceased f.ithei
j anil friend, there was onegoh of grief thoul
silent, and I, ns usual, sent forth my shower.
,
! A S''1 C,u vr, Y K We re
' en'd with emotions id pride an act of "sllnntr'
i i e .
i m l"r,'""",l 'Y ,"
; Ul wharf in New i ork, which, while it '
i honor to a gallant member ot the rd'
S'cssiou, reflect deep disgrace up'
ol spectators wlioc.uld see a IjiI
' out a maiilv efr .rt to nave he
are thus stated :
On Weliiesly a young
the eteamlioat Telegraph of
I hud swung off some 10 or 1
led into the North Kit.:
; plank from nf) the ei!g
her brother, who w as
i in charge, thi u'li n.
, rence, was attracted hy
' the hint, and just caught ..
. unking beneath Ihe wav
j spran'j in after her, (an act,
, did il" t e"-m to liny occurred
; min! who were spectators 01.
! ami was fortunate enough to si
' rose, and hy the assistance of a f
hand of the Saratoga stcamboat-
Conm.in, who attracted from the oil. e.
: Ihe wharl hy th cry that some one w
' board, ran to the spot at once leaped
ver) he was enabled to reach the log
' pier, and support her there ti'l a plank wss a
j'i'led and lowered for their rescue,
j S irely we may he permitted to add, (wh
j we have accidentally learned) without io
1 ting any personal feelings, that this noble hi
ther isour 'rieml Wa. (J Kino, Esq , the edit
- :
of Hie N. . Evening Gazette who, it he.
. , j . l .l .,
. not more than hia duty, haa Ihe enviable s'
j faction to reflect that he did it manfolf
' nd ',h P'-"P-'-'l
,min ,he Co""'". 'P,r,i whn J"1'
quietly .',. on while his uster drow ned."
Ar-r Daily AJc.
Low Rnairs, crsr.ii at rEsrs of imp
hum rs in Ihe Moo I. Health is the st ite of U
' anj miud which render mere c ri'lenre a bl- s-i.
j ,hilie ,,, of , u ,j u rluw.j
,he tccurnuL,j0 of mo.Ud humors in the blu
snd other juices, hf neglect of vegetable purgii
The cuie ia very simple ; open the nslursl du
of the body which nsture hss provided for tits car
Ir.g out of sll iie impurities, and healib will be s
lo follow. This can I accomp'ished without
inconvenience, by the use of Dr. Basisit
VsetTsaia UaivsassL Pills, which a. e kno
J by lbs experience of iboussn Is, 10 perfectly clca
the blood from sll foulness, remove every mort hl
lection, and renovate weak and eufeebleJ consti
tionsi.i perfect heelih snd vigor,
' qt Purckase of H. D. Msaser, 8untury, 01
j ibs sgems, published in another psit of ibis pspt
General