JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, July IS, 1850.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
TOSHUA DUNGAN,
. - OF BUCKS COUNTY.
FOR ATiniTOU GENERAL.
llENR Y W. SNYJDE1J,
OF UNION COUNTY,
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL
JOSEPH G. HENDERSON,
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY
Dr. Swayze, Surgeon Dentist.
We are requested to state that Dr. Swayze, has
arrived in Stroudsburg and taken rooms at Mr.
Hollinshead's Hotel, where he is prepared to wait
upon all who may need his services. His sojourn
in this place will be brief, positively for only two
weeks, after this, consequently, those who wish
any operations performed must call soon. To
such as are unacquainted with Dr. S's qualifica
tions, we would state that he is a graduate of the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, and has ta
ken great pains to qualify himself for the success
ful prosecution of this difficult profession. His
entire success in all the operations he has per
formed in this vicinity for the last three or four
3ears, we think, is a sufficient recommendation to
all who may require his services.
ID3 A Union Caucus of members of Congress
without distinction of party called by Mr. Clay,
was held at Washington, on Friday. They agreed
to fix the boundary between Texas and New Mex
ico on the 34th parallel of north latitude. A pro
position was made to fix the Southern boundary
of California on the same line, but it was not de
termined upon.
IET Vice President FILLMORE has assumed
the duties of Chief Magistrate of the Union ; and
Mr. KING of Alabama has been unanimously cho
sen to preside over the deliberations of the Senate.
UCPBishop Doane, of New Jersey, has issued a
touching and beautiful letter and -prayer, addressed
to the clergy of his Diocese, in relation to the death
of President Taylor.
The Cholera was carrying off three hundred a
day at the city of Mexico, according to the latest
accounts.
(ICp'A Paris Journal announces the death in
England of the Siamese Twins.
Beware of $10 counterfeit notes of the
Bank of Northumberland. They are well execu
ted of various dates.
KT Gen. Winfield Scott. This gallant offi
cer delivered a short and patriotic address at the
celebration at Newburg, N. Y. on the Fourth. If
lie has fair play, he will deliver another short ora
tion on the Fourth. We allude to the Fourth of
March, 1852, when he will swear to support the
constitution, &c. as President of this beautiful
Republic.
jJjSince President Taylor's death the Lo
cofoco papers are giving the lie io their recent
outrageous charges of imbecility and corruption,
which have been the burthen of their song for
the past year, and were embodied in the follow
ing resolution at the late Locofuco celebration
of the Fourth in Philadelphia :
Resolved, That the folly, imbecility and cor
ruptions which have marked the administra
tion of General Taylor, manifest his utter un
fitness for the Presidency, and while we ac
knowledge his bravery, we regret that he has
sought a sphere for which he has not the
slightest capacity, and has thus irretrievably
tarnished the fame which his prowess in the
field bad alone acquired for him.
The Morris Canal is doing a better business
this season than ever. The receipts, thus far,
exceed the estimates more than 15 per cent.
Hon. S. S. Prentiss of New Oileans, (for
merly a distinguished member of Congress from
Missisippi,) is dead.
Moses Y. Beach. Gov. Johnston has deman
ded this individual from the Governor of New
York for trial on an indictment found against
him in Lehigh county for fraud in the manage
ment of the Lehigh Bank. Gov. Fish has is
sued a warrant for his arrest and delivery, which
will be served as soon as he shall recover from
a severe sickness which is upon him.
KOSSUTH.-TheNew York Tribune learns
from Count Dembinski, that Kosseth intends
coming to America, as soon as he is permit
ted to leave Tuikey; and that forty of the one
hundred Polish refugees who lately arraived at
Southampton are now on their way here the
otheiB obtained employment in England.
DELAWARE CANAL. Amount of Tolls
collected on Delaware Canal, at Easton, since
November 30th, 1849
Amo.unt previously reported, $54,909 37
Araoup for June, 1850, 32,524 90
Total, . $87,434 27
Excess over same period last year, 83,629 97
GOING TO A PARTY.Mi.s Margaret
Forry, a pretty and intelligent young lady, of
York," Penna., Jeft her father's house a short
time ago, on pretence of going to a parly. She
had not gone far, however, before she pel a.
young gentleman from Orwigsburg, Schaylkill
roiijniy, who had a carrige waiting for lier.
When they met they look a kis, jumped iji the
carrige, asd drove ofT.io Lancaster, where they
were made "one fleth and blood.'
r Foreign HTcws
The steamship Hibernia arrived at Halifax on
the Uih inst. with news fiom Liverpool tto the
29th ult. Commercial advices represent business
as very dull. The Cotton market was active
and firm, but without change of prices. Flour
was dull without change. Corn was from one to
two shillings a quarter lower. The weather
throughout England continued favorable.
Assault on the Queen. Shortly after six o'clock
on Thursday evening, as her Majesty was leaving
Cambridge House in company with prince Albert,
when from amongst the crowd assembled to wit
ness her departure, a manwalked out with
walking cane in his hand, and made an assault on
the person of Her Majesty. He struck her on the
head and face repeatedly ; but fortunately the
blows took no effect beyond the demolition of her
bonnet. The Queen appeared at the Italian ope
ra on the same evening, where she was greeted
with the most loyal and enthusiastic reception.
The miscreant has been taken into custody and
undergone an examination, at which he appeared
perfectly sane, and it is said that he has been in
good circumstances..
Long debates were had in relation to the policy
in relation to the difficulty with Greece, and on
the vote taken, the Ministrs were sustained by a
majority of 42.
It is expected that the Emperor of Austria will
be crowned in July, when it is said a general am
nesty will be given to all State prisoners or polit
ical offenders.
On the authority of Pesth Zeitung it is stated
that all the officers who before the Revolution had
quitted Imperial service and enlisted under the
banner of Hungary, and who were afterwards con
demned for so doing, are to be set at liberty forth
with. The full pardon of several has already
been announced.
Great numbers of persons belonging to recret
societies in Paris and the Provinces, have been
arrested.
From Spain. It is said that General Narvaez
has had a warm discussion with the Minister of
the United Stales, in which he expressed his as
tonishment and regret of the Spanish Government,
that the Government of the U. S. had not prevented
the expedition of Gen. Lopez from being prepared
in the States, but had allowed it to depart, with the
object of attacking Cuba, and it is also reported that
the Spanish Government has addressed a warm re
monstrance to Washington, embodying the views
of the Spanish Government, and that this note is
not written in a very amicable spirit.
At Benares, India, upwards of one thousand
persons lost their lives by the explosion of a mag
azine, une ooat was loaded witn tnree tnousand
barrels of gunpowder. A whole fleet of thirty
boats was destroyed, besides doing immense dam
age to the town near which' the explosion took
place.
At Naples. A frightful accident occured on the
the 18th of June. A part of the Grenaglia an am-
mense edifice, used as a barrack room for troops,
gave way and fell down involving four or five
hundred persons in the ruins.
The Galphiu Claim.
The Hoilidaysburg Standerd has a good deal
to say about the Galphin claim. Will the edi
tor have the cando to inform his readers that
General Jackson considered the claim a just
one, and that John Forsythe, while Secretary
of State, endeavored to secure its payment 1
And will he also state that the bill authorizing
the payment of eaid claim, was passed by a Lo
cofoco Senate and signed by iVJr. Polk ? that
the principal of the claim was paid by Robert
J. Walker and the question of interest held o
ver for the purpose of embarrassing the admin
istration of Gen. Taylor I And furthermore,
will he have the goodness to inform us why the
claim thus acknowledged to be jut, by his party,
was not entitled to bear interest like any honest
debt ? The Siandard editor has grossly mis
represented the facts, and he must either re
tract and do justice to Gen. Taylor's adminis
tration, or stand branded as a wilful and mali
cious falsifier '-Huntingdon Journal.
Counterfeits -Arrest.
A young man who says his name is Carey,
and that he is from Jersey Shore, was arrested
at Wilkesbarre, a few days ago, for passing
counterfeit Bills. I here was found on him a
bout $230 in counterfeit Bills, mostly purporting
to be $10 Bills of the Northumberland. Bank
The Bills are a good imitation. The miscreant
was committed to prison for trial.
There have been passed in all that blace,
several counterfeit $5, bills purporting to be of
the Bank ol bermantown.
The citizens must be on their guard, as there
seems to have been a full stock of counterfeit
Bills brought into that region lately.
How to Build the Washington mon
ument. The Democratic papers are amusing them
selves by copying the following effusion of
some little brain :
It is said that the Taylor Cabinet are having
cut a block of marble for the Washington Mon
ument, with the following expressive inscrip
tion "Galphin !"
Now we. will not say with the Scriptures,
let him who is innocent cast the first stone,
but if the Democrats will subscribe one brick
for every peculation known, proved and ac
knowledged, during their possession of the na
tional government, a monument can be built
higher than Babel. Till they agree to this,
let them no more talk of the Galphin Claim,
which has been approved by at least three dem
ocratic administrations. Phila. Sun.
The number of emigrants who arrived at
New York from foreign ports during the month
of June, was 12,763, and the number during
May was 45,058. The arrivals during June
of last year numbered 31,373, showing a re
markable falling off this year.
The last recipe for. the Cholera (from Bosu
ing) is this: Tske two ounces of hep's milk,
put it in a hog's horn, and stir it up with a
cat's feather; then divide the mass into pills
as big ae & piece of chalk, about as long as a
stick, and swallow them vonmss-Jrequcnlltj.
Interesting Particulars
OP THE
v LAST ILLNESS AND D;EATH
op
GENERAL ZACHARYTAYfcOIfc
I yesterday stated that his indisposition began
-on the Fourth. On the morning of that day ne
was, to all appearances, sound in health, and in
excellent spirits. In company with his family,
and several of the Heads of Departments, he at
tended at the National Monument to, hear JMr.
Fool's independence oration, and even up to- five
o'clock exhibited no symptoms of illness. How
ever, while upon the ground, he partook freely of
water ; and men, alter consieraoie exercise m
walking; and exposure to the sun, he drove home.
Arrived at the mansion, he "felt," as he expressed
himself to Dr. Weatherspoon, "very hungry;" and
without reflecting that he was in an unfit condi
tion to indulge freely in fruits &c. he called forsome
refreshments, and ate heartilyof cherries and wild
berries, which he washed down with copious
draughts of iced milk and water. At dinner he
appnea nimseu again io me cnernes, uulliai 'c
remonstrances of Dr. Weatherspoon, and in an
hour was seized by cramps; which soon took the
form of violent cholera morbus. His physician
prescribed the usual remedies, but for a time he re
sisted, deeming the attack only temporary, and
that it would yield finally to his naturally strong
constitution, Toward midnight, instead ot relief,
the attack increased in violence and threatened
desperate results, if not speedily arrested. He
continued in this condition, without much change,
until the evening of the 6th. It was then deemed
advisable to call in other physicians. According
ly, Messrs. Hall and Coolidge were invited, and
promptly responded ; but they thought it further
advisable to send for the assistance of Dr. Wood
of Baltimore. TIrat gentleman attended immedi
ately, and in the same cars cane Colonel Taylor,
the brother of the General, and his family, who
had likewise been telegraphed for. By this time
(the morning of the 8th)-"the disease had made rap
id encroachments on his frame; but by the united
skill of these eminent practitioners the visible sta
ges of the cholera morbus were soon alter checked.
However, fever ensued; and from a remittaet
character, it took the form of typhoid. Anxiety
now began to manifest itself, not only among the
exhalted patient's family, but among the physicians
themselves. His chances of life hung upon a
thread.
Meanwhile, there were other causes, beside
merely eating and drinking, that operated fatally
upon his system. To his medical attendant on
the 8lh, he said: "I should not be surprised if this
were to terminate in my death. J did not expect
to encounter what has beset me since my eleva
tion to the Presidency. God knows that 1 have
endeavored to fulfill what I conceived to be an
honest duty. But I have been mistaken. My
motives have been misconstrued, and my feelings
most grossly outraged." He alluded doubtless to
the Slavery question, and the manner in which he
had been variously assailed. Even the sanctity
of the sick chamber was invaded by certain South
ern ultraisls, who came to warn him, that unless
he took some necessary steps to protect the South,
they roould vote a resolution of censure on his con
duct in the Galphin business. I repeat merely what
I know to be true. On the 5th, Messrs. Stephens
and Toombs waited upon him, as a committee ap
pointed by an ultra caucus, to remonstrate upon
the same subject ; and according to the facts de
veloped, the interview concluded with a threat
similar to the above. It was not until after his ill
ness of the 4th, and the conference of the 5th, that
the mind of the President seemed so sadly op
pressed, and which called forth the remarks just
given. From this time forward his mental suffer
ings were equal to his physical.
But to proceed. Toward the evening of the 8th,
the chronic type of dysentery which had set in
disappeared, and vomiting ensued. Dr. Joubron
(!) of Philadelphia, who is eminent in these branch
es of treatment, was telegraphed, and a reply re
ceived from him that he would arrive last evening;
but, alns! too late to be of service.
The condition of the patient was now at its crit
ical point. The sick chamber was restored to so
lemn silence, attendance placed on the outside,
and none permitted to enter except the physicians.
The family of the President, with Col. Bliss and
other relatives of the deceased, occupied a room
adjoining, where they remained, overwhelmed with
grief, and refusing even the indulgences of neces
sary repose. Bulletins were hourly sent out, to
inform the masses of the changes observable in the
patient; but these so slightly varied for the better,
that all hope of his safety was dispelled at li
o'clock. From that period until daylight the ut
most anxiety prevailed.
The ninth dawned, but gloom still surrounded
the Executive mansion.. Thousands began to
flood the avenues leading thither, and throughout
the day a messenger was kept posted at the nfain
door to answer the interrogatories that were inces-
santiy pourea upon mm. At iu o'ciock a. m. a
report circulated that the President had rallied
at 1 P. M. that he was dead. The consternation
created by the latter rumor was happily relieved
by an official bulletin at 3 1 2, that the crisis had
been passed, and that he was then beyond imme
diate danger. Bells rang for joy, and even the
boys in the streets lit. bonfires, and shouted in
childish gratulation. The stream now to the White
House was greater than ever, but about 7 in the
evening the pall of gloom again shrouded all fa
ces, for it was announced that the illustrious hero
was dying.
I will not attempt to describe the commotion
that ensued. Mrs. Taylor thrice fainted from ex
cess of apprehension, and Colonel Bliss, who had
never shed a tear perhaps upon the battle plain,
wept like an infant. At 5 two hours previous
the physicians refused to administer any more med-'
icine, considering his case hopeless, and in the
hands of God. The Heads of Departmentcor
porate authorities of the city, diplomatic body, and
officers of the army and navy, paid their respects
often during the day, and seemed to entertain live
ly feelings of solicitude for his safety. Everything
that could contribute to the comfort of the sick,
thenceforward, was extended; but the sands of life
had run out, and his hours were numbered.
At nine the vomiting partially ceased, as all pain
had disappeared about four in the afternoon. But
the system had wasted under the shock and grad
ually sunk beyond recovery. Green matter was
thrown from his stomach at intervals until twenty
minutes past 10 that peculiar coloration of bile
thatlridicates the dissolution of patients thus seized.
At 35 minutes past 10 his wife, and other membes
of his family, were called to his bed side, to re
ceive his last earthly adieu a farewell that the
stoutest could not gaze upon without -a tear. It
must be remembered that his was a domestic life;
and his beloved partner, ignorant as himself of
those fashionable formulas which sunder the hus
band from the wife, felt for the first time the lone
liness of a bereaved heart, arid understood nothing
of that rigid discipline that would have dictated to
her, Go and weep in solitude society decrees
it." Her abandonment and grief were truly
heart-piercing.
The Last Moments.
A few minutes past ten, as. I have said, it be
came apparenUthat the soul of the hero and con
queror .was about taking its rest. The medical
yielded to the spiritual agent, whose office it was
to prepare for the approach of the King of Terrors,"
But there was nothing in the conduct of the suf
ferer to indicate that he feared the mortal leap.
In the secret communion of his heart with Heaveni
who can say that he died not a Christian I After
prayer ho seemed refreshed, and called for a glass
of water. It was given him, and he dranlr sparingly-
JJe then inquired of. Dr. Weatherspoon,
how long ho'thought he would live, to which the
latter replied, "I hope, General, for many years ;"
but, thinking this a useless deception, he added, "I
fear not many hours." " J know it," was the res
ponse ; then, musing a moment, fie asked for his
family. They were sent for, and soon entered.
The interview was indescribably affecting Mrs.
Taylor prostrating herself at the bedside, and her
children clinging around her with sobs and groans
expressive of the agony. The pain, which had
afflicted the patient in the side of his chest, ceased;
and attended by other symtoms of ease, it was
thought he might enducre till morning. But he
himself knew better, -and so declared in a quite
audible voice. He was asked whether he was
comfortable. Very," he replied, "But the storm,
in passing, has swept away the trunk." Finally,
he adverted to the subject of his previous brood -ings
the Slavery question and observed, "1 am
about to die I expect the summons soon I have
endeavored to discharge all my official duties
faithfully I regret nothing, but am sorry that I
am about to leave my friends." These were his
last audible words. He essayed to speak to his
wife a few moments before his dismise, but his
voice failed him. Dr. Weatherspoon administered
a stimulus, but it was powerless in reviving the
functions. The soul of the hero had fled.
" The lightnings may flash, and the thunder may rattle,
He heeds not, he hears not, he's free from pain ;
He sleeps his last sleep, he has lought his last battle.
No sound can awake him to glory again."
Congestion of the brain and stomach begun at
half past 8 o'clock, so. that no earthly power could
stay the fatal result which has plunged the nation
in mourning. The unwearied attentions of the
medical advisers deserved credit, andtheir skill is
unquestionable. It is believed, however, that had
the mind of the President not been laboring under
embarrassment and affliction, proceeding from
causes named, the disease could have been check
ed and his life saved. But now that he is gone,
it is vain to speculate. One succeeds him whose
sensitiveness is not quite so keen, because inti
mate with all the trials of politics, and therefore
possessing fortitude sufficient to withstand them.
Those surrounding the dying President at the
moment, were his own family, including Col. Bliss,
Col. Taylor and family, Jefferson Davis and fam
ily, Vice President Fillmore, several Senators and
Members, several members of diplomatic corps,
the Cabinet, Benton, Hale, Wood, Coolidge and
Weatherspoon, and a number of intimate friends.
Without the mansion, the grounds were literally cov
ered with an immense multitude, who continued to
linger in groups until after midnight, scarcely
crediting the intelligence, though officially an-
nounced..
Gen. Taylor died without a struggle. It was a
kind of sinking into eternity, without feeling its
pain, or experiencing its horrors. When all was
over, the chamber was cleared, until the under
takers had concluded their duties. The body was
encased in ice, and ordered to remain where it
was until this morning, when it was finally robed
for the grave, and laid out in state in the east
room Thus ended the melancholy siege of dis
ease against a strong bulwark of nature.
Funeral Obseqies.
Washington, July 13, 1850:
The sun rose beautiully over the eastern hills,
as the booming of cannon awakened our citizens
to the sad reality of the solemn scene about to be
enacted.
The remains of thelate President were removed
to the east room of the Executive Mansion on Fri
day morning, at 2 P. M. the doors were thrown
open to the public.
Gen. Scott arrived at Washington on Thursday
night, to command the military portion of the fu
neral procession.
To day, Gen. Zachary Taylor, the first Pres
ident who died while Congress was in session, is
to be consigned to the tomb.
The city was soon astir. Every private resi
dence and store was dressed in the sable emblems
of mourning, which shone out in melancholy con
trast with the bright rays of the mourning sun.
The Presidential mansion and the different pub
lic buildings were all tastefully decorated with
black crape and muslin, which trembled and
waved wiih every breeze.
The special trains of cars from Baltimore
brought a vast number of citizens and military,
and every avenue of approach to the city was lined
from an early hour this morning, with crowds of
people coming to pay their last respect to the dead
President. Never before, on any occasion, did
the capital city of the Union contain as many per
sons, as now. The grounds around the Presi
dent's House, and the streets leading to it, are
filled with people.
The doors of the Executive mansion were
opened at 9 o'clock, a. m. for the admission of the
heads of departments, the foreign ministers and
others, who, by order of the Committee of the two
Houses of Congress, were entitled to admission.
The crowd in the mean time filled up every ave
nue leading to the mansion not appropriated to the
military and other bodies that were to take part in
the procession.
The Senators and members of the House of
Representatives were in attendance at half past
ten o'clock. The usual badges of mourning were
prepared by the proper officers. The galleries of
both chambers were crowded with ladies and gen
tlemen. At 11 o'clok, the Rev Mr. Butler deliv
ered a very appropriate and impressive prayer,
and the Senators and members of the House with
drew to proceed to the President's mansion from
whence the grand civic and military procession
was to move.
The members of the cabinet, the diplomatic
corps, the pall bearer's and those of the two Hous
es of Congress, who could be admitted, occupied
the east room. Col. Bliss, Col. Taylor, of Bal
timore, Col. Jefferson Davis, and other relatives
of the late President, occupied positions near the
remains.
As soon as all assembled, Rev. Smith Pyne, D.
D., of the Protestant'Episcopal Church, performed
the solemn and impressive burial seiviceof that
church, during which many an eye was moist and
many a sob was heard among the large asemblage.
A most eloquent and touching discourse was
then delivered by the reverend gentlemen. The
family of the deceased were within hearing of it.
The coffin rested on a raised platform in the
centre of the east room.
The coffin is a magnificent one. It is covered
with black velvet, the edges being of silver, with
huge silver tassels, looped with gold fringed but
tons. The inscription on the coffin plate is as follows:
ZACHARY TAYLOR,
' PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
iET 66,
The countenance of the ddceased is unchanged,
though much emaciated. Mrs. Taylor would not
consent to embalming the body.
The services being concluded, the coffin was
removed and carried out of the White House. It
was then placed upon the funeral car provided for
the occasion. Near the car was the favorite war
horse of the departed chieftain, "Old Whitey, ap
pointed to follow the car to the place of interment.
The funeral car was a plain hearsa under a
raised canopy, beautifully triratuedjnhe American
eaglo being represented in the centre. It was
drawn by eight dark gray horses with black hous
es8 Each horse was led by a groom in oriental cos
tume. The troops.wera formed at precisely II o-'cloclr,
in the avenue in front of the President's mansion,
with the right, consisting of Major General Sedg
wick's troop of United States light artillery, resting
opposite the war department.
The troops altogether consisted of a firing party,
of two companies from Washington, and two from
Baltimore; one battalion of United States marines,
one battalion of United States artillery, one troop
of light artillery, and several other companies.
The procession moved at2 o'clock, p. m. Aa
soon as it started, minute guns were fired by de
tachments of United States artillery stationed near
St. John's Church, the City Hall, and the Capitol
respectively.
A heavy discharge of cannon announced the
starting of the procession.
All the troops from the different stations within
reasonable distance of Washington were in attend
ance. The whole of this portion of the proces
sion was under the command of Major Gen. Win
field Scott, commander-in-chief of the U. States
army. The officers and men of the navy and the
marine corps were also out in very unusual force.
In their brilliant uniforms, with their muffled
drums and badges of mourning, this portion of the
procession was unusually imposing.
The procession was about one mile and a half
long. Every window along Pennsylvania Avenue
was occupied, and the concourse of spectators on
tho side walks was immense.
Gen. Taylor's favorite war-steed, "Old Whitey,"
led by a groom followed immediately after the fu
neral car. He was housed in the same military
trappings in which he conducted his master thro
the victorious battles of Mexico. Instinctively,
the poor steed seemed to realize the melancholy
scene, rlis nead was cowed down, and he kept
step with the mournful notes of the music.
The military portion of the procession was fif
teen minutes in passing the National Hotel.
The Heads of Departments the Foreign Minis
ters, &c. in carriages the firemen and societies
on foot were half an hour in passing. There
were from three to four thousand persons in the
procession including about six hundred soldiers.
As the procession moved down Pennsylvania
Avenue, the sun shone with most intense heat. It
was truly, a melancholy pageant. The mournful
notes of the music the solemn and measured tread
of the soldiers the booming at intervals of the
cannon inspired all with awe.
On arriving in front of the Congressional Bury
ing Ground, the military escort was formed in two
lines ; the first, consisting of the detachment ap
pointed to fire tlas the volley, facing the Cemetry and
thirty paces distant from it ; the second line, con
sisting of the remainder of the Infantry in the es
cort, twenty paces in the rear. The battery of ar
tillery took a position on the rising ground, about
one hundred paces in the rear of the second line.
Arrived at theburying ground, the Episcopal
service was performed, and another salute waa
fired.
The body was then placed in the vault, and'the
procession returned. " This is the last of earth."
Here rests General Taylor, the Hero and patriot,
So sleep the brave, who sink to rest r.
With all their country's wishes blest !
- When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to the deck this hallowed mould,.
It here shall find a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod;
By Fairy hands his knell is rung ;
By foams unseen his dirge is sung ; .
Here Honor comes, a pilgrem grey, . -
To deck the turf that wraps his clay ;
And Freedom shall awhile repair . :,
To dwell a weeping hermit here.
Dreadful Fire 111 Philadelphia.
400 to 500 Houses Burnt!
Terrible Explosions and Loss of Life.
One of the most extensive iires that has oc
curred in many years was kindled at Philadel
phia, on the afternoon of Tuesday 9th inst. It
commenced at half past four o'clock in a five
story warehouse adjoining Ridgway & Budd's
known as 78 North Delaware Avenue. The
entire building through Water btreet was con
sumed, as also Messrs. Ridgway & Budd's
warehouse, and a number of store houses am!
dwellings on the west side of Water street were
soon in flames. At this moment a large quan
tity of gunpoweer and saltpetre, stored in a
cellar, exploded, and fifteen to twenty persons
were blown into the river, and soma (en or
twelve seriously injured. The fiie now raged
fiercer than ever, and soon spread in all direc
tions. It was not long before two other terri
ble explosions of saltpetre took place, throwing
the flakes of the combustible matter in all direc
tons, by which the fire was communicated to a
large number of houses. Delaware Avenue
was filled with a mass of human beings.amqng'si
whom were several hunred firemen, when liiese
last explosions took place, and it proved" fatal
in many cases, causing the deaths of a number
of men, women, and. children.
On Delaware Avenue and Waler street the
scene presented wasfnghtful indeed appal
ling in the extreme and such as we cannot
and will not attempt a description of. On the
eastern front of the above stores, when the third
and last explosion of the saltpetre occurred, the
rush for life was terrific. Men and boys, fire
men and bystanders, rushed away from the
conflagration, and as they endeavored to get
beyond reach of their danger, hundreds of them
rolled over each other while running and jum
ping on the large collection of cotton and other
goods on the wharves. Several were knock
ed down as if dead, and hundreds ran over
thorn, causing legs and arms to be broken, and
injuries inflicted of a very serious character.
In the fright some were thrown in the Dela
ware, while a large number jumped voluntarily
in, to shield themselves from the bricks and
cinders thrown from the burning stores.
The fire now raged fearfully, and rapidity
extended through Front street, near Race, to
above Callowhill; then through Vine to Second;
through John, Newmarket, and Second; from
New street up to Callowhill St., leveling at
least 400 houses. Both Morse's and House's
telegraph lines were burnt off, and the burnt
district covered an area of at least a square
mile!
Among the killed and wounded, the follow
ing names are given : David Milford, a mem
ber of Northern Liberty Hose, was killed in
Water street, at the .time of the third explo
sion; Mortimer Morris, a fireman; a young girj
mamed Rosena Morris trampled to death
Three men and two boya were drowned" injha
Delaware, at the time of the third explosion,
in attempting to jump on board a schooner.
Marcus Marcus, a young man aged sixteen, was
carried to the hospital, awfully burned, and he
died almost as soon as he entered that institu
tion. A fireman was burned to a ciwp in Water
Street, David May, a young man aged-nineteen
was instatly killed by being struck on the
head with a brick. Wtu, Hickman had both
his legs broken.