tc-
li .1
!
fife mlP
Pcrcuion Caj)4f Superseded.
The National Intelligencer gives the fol
lowing account of a'new system of priming
for fire arms, which seems to possess some
decided advantages over the method which
depends on the use of the percussion cap.
Another remoddeling ofgunlocks, which has
hardly yet been completed for that which de-
Micrsoiuan ilcpubliran. m n th0 r th0 m"'' wi" CO,1SO-
T . qucntly become necessary.
Some time since a patent was granted to
Thursday, Sorcmbcr 27, 1S53. 1
Gov. JoIinsJott.
Dr. E. Maynard, of this city, as the inventor
of a new system of priming for fire arms.
iUectins of the. Soldiers of ISJ2.
Tn accordance with previous notice, the
Volunteers of tlie Last war with Great
Britain, residing in Easton and vicinity,
met at Bellis' Hotel in Easton on Sat
cvening, November 22nd, for the purpose
of taken measures to procure an amend
ment cf the act of Congress granting Pub
lic Lauds to tbe volunteers.
The following officers were appointed.
Peter Nungcsscr, President; John Lvd-u-ig
Vice President ; and A. Miller and
Terrible
From the N. Y. Herald. the afternoon. A pall seemed to have settled , There are some useful lessons to be learned
CtUatroiae at Kew 00 everything, and all Greenwhich village from this melancholy event. In the first
! of the killed, as well as those who were ta- j learn that the ordinary balustrade is not a
Nearly I' fly Children Killed, and 1'orty or j jen out o-tm3 building uninjured. It is quite fitting defence for a school where hundreds
Fifty Wounded. j probablethat this list is incomplete, as no doubt j of schollars are liable to be crowded upon the
One of the most lamentable occurrences j some children were taken home by parents or j stairs at one time; and the second place teach
that we have ever been called on to Tecord, friends who did not report them. Of the in- i ers will learn by the excellent example of Mr.
tonL- nlncn nt Ward School No. 2H. in rrom. Hired, we believe the list is very small, com- McNally how important and how wise it ?
which Avenue, opposite Charles street, on 1 pared with the actual numbers. Here is the ( to take a determined stand, and to prevent a
ruau out oi uoors m case of a panic. We
forbear to make further comment on this
wholesale loss of life.
Thursday last, the 20th inst., when nearly
fifty children lost their lives, and many more
were so severly injured, that in all probability
list, as compiled from the returns at the sta
tion house :
KILLED.
It is understood in Ilarrisburg says the 'f he invention was brought to the notice of j Samuel Moore, Secretaries.
Telegraph, that his excellency upon his re- j 0ur Government, and it was considered wor
tirement from, the position he has held so thy 0f a trial to test its efficiency. A joint
much to his own credit, and to the advantage ! board of distinguished officers of the army and
of the people of the State, will not return ' navy was appointed, and a most severe and ;
to the bar, but will devote his, time to other protracted trial was made,
pursuits, and perhaps in entirely different The report made by the board was so full
fields from those in which he has been ed- and favorable that the Government appointed
ucated. He has already been elected the ' another joint board, with the general-iu-chief
President of the Allegheny and Kittanning 1 as its president, to consider and report upon
R. R, Co., a road projected from Pittsburg 1 the propriety of a purchase of the patent right
to Olean Point in the State of New York, j for Government use. The board reported fa
and itis believed he will accept the situation. vorably, and the purchase was made.
Any company requiring financial ability will j Last year an order for a. practical field trial
be fortunate if they can retain the services of j was given, and two hundred muskets and
thirty thousand primers were sent to Texas,
where for four months they were subjected by
the United States troops to the usual trials
Gov. Johnston
Gov. tMtfler'i Cabinet.
The Follsvile Emporium learns from good j anJ ures of milit arms in fieW Cr.
authority, that there is strong probability of
the selection of It. C. Ilaje, Esq. of Mifihn
comity, as the next Secretary of the Com
monwealth. Andrew II. Reeder, Esq. of
.Northampton county, as Attorney General,
and Francis M. Wynkoop, of Schuylkill coun
ty, as Adjutant General.
New-York Election.
The official returns of the late election in
New York, show that two Whigs and six
Democrats are elected on the State Ticket,
as follows:
Maj.
50U
134
769
Comptroller, Wright, (Dem.)
Treasurer, Cook, (Whig)
Canal Commis'er, Fitzhugh, (Whig)
Attorncy-General, Randall, (Dem.)
Stale Engineer, McAlpine, do
Prison Inspector, Storms, do 2860
Judge of Appeals, Johnson, do 3323
The Senate will consist of 1G members of
each of the two parties, giving the casting
vote to Lt. Gov. Church, Dem. The Assem
bly will consist of 65 Whigs and 63 Demo
crats. The Whigs consequently have two
majority on joint ballot.
vice. The report of the officers entrusted
with this trial is alike gratifying and credita
ble to the inventor, and interesting to all mil
itary and gun-using persons. A knowledge
of its merits and advantages secures all that
is now necessary to insure the adoption of
this system wherever the most perfect and
efficient arm for military purposes can be re
quired, and where the same advantages are
appreciated for sporting guns, rifles, &.c.
This invention is extremely simple; it
changes neither the model, weight, nor ac
tion of the gun, and is applicable to any kind
of fire-arms. The arms used for the Govern
ment trials up to this time have been flint
locks, altered so as to use either this primer
1353 j or the percussion cap. The very slight in-
2-130 i creased cost of the arm uuon this system is
fSaiirund.
so mconsiueruoie as 10 ue covered oy tne sav
ing on five-hundred primers, these costing
less than one-fourth as much as caps.
So far as the act of priming is concerned,
"the most difficult act the soldier has to per
form in battle, this invention makes the gun
automatic performs the act itself and,
j that, too, with a precision unattainable by
i hand," without regard to position, or temper-
Thc folio win r resolutions were read
aud unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That while we return "our
thanks to those Senators and members of
Congress who voted for the, appropria
tion of nublic lands to the survivors of!
the late war of 1812, at the last session
of Congress, wc respectfully appeal to the
coming Congress, to raise the qaintity
to the same as granted to the volunteers
in the Mexican war. The low price of
the land, the impossibility of any of us,
at our advanced ages, ever occupying it,
and the trouble and expense of procuring
the proper title-papers, renders the pres
ent J3I11, so far as pecuniary value is con
cerned, almost entirely valueless.
Resolved, That our brethem through
out this and other States, be requested
to petition to Congress to obtain an in
crease of the grant.
Resolved. That our member of Congress,
the Hon- M. M. Dim.mick, be respectful
ly requested to favor our views, and urge
tlicv will not recover. We will srive the facts Virginia Mmgay,
of the case at once, and as briefly as possible, j Geo. Quackenbos,
The sohool house is a magnificent foui story 1 Alfred Pike,
edifice, with a winding staircase from the first j benjamin Jacocks,
floor to the upper landing. This stairway j Abby A Jacobus,
is not spiral, but is formed of short flights of j James A Enrea,
stairs winding round a square wall. The first ( Charles E More,
or ground floor is used as a play ground for , Sarah Bogardus,
the scholars, and is paved with flag stones. ; Mary C Baxter,
The second story of the building is occupied i J"0 McManu,
by the primary department of the institution ; Jhn Knapp,
in the third story is the female department of; iucy barlow,
19 Christopher street.
709 Greenwhich st.
16 Jones street.
107 West 16th st.
109 Eighth avenue.
152 Fourth street.
21 Jones street.
49 Bank street.
61 W Washington PI.
16 Grove street.
11 Sixth avenue.
746 Washington st.
the upper school, and in the fourth story the , Cernelia Ann Cadmas, 43 Charles street
male department. The entrance to each of Jacob bpringstein,
the school rooms is from the landings of the Ann Slate,
stairs. The outer side of the stairs was guar- ( Emma Gidersleeve,
ded by an ordinary wooden bannister, of no ; Matthew Wood,
great height, and not firmly secured at the ( Edward Glenroy,
bottom jor where the bannisters were connected i Sarah Bogart,
with the stairs. This description of the stair- Jhn L. Wooley,
way will enable the reader better to under- j Debby Ann Wooley
understand what follows. At about two . Catharine Downey
o'clock on the same day, one of the teach
ers in the female department, a Miss Harrison
was taken with a fainting fit, and in order to
her recovery she was carried out into the pas
sage wray, where a cry was raised of " Wa
ter ! Water !" by one of her companions.
The cry was not understood, or else the schol
lars thought the water was wanted to extin
guish fire, and the next moment the cry of
"Fire!" was raised, and spread likenvildfire
the propriety of this measure during the throngU the building. In a moment subordi
coming session of Congress.
nation was at an end. The children from
Resolved, That Peter Nungesser, Sam- the primary department rushed to the stairs,
uelMooreand John Ludvrigbcaconimittee as did also the schollars on the floor above
to procure the passage of a resolution in them. The stairway was soon filled, and the
our State Legislature to urge the matter Press aailist tho. bannisters so great that they
c j. i Us,r.r,.i;l.nv ave way precipitating the children over the
upon our Senators and llepresentatn es Ag the
in Congress. increased, so did the number that were hurled
Resolved, That the proceedings-of this ovcr the stairs hUo the space beiow. Two of
meeting be published in the Easton pa- the female teachers made an effort to stop
pers, and that the editors of the Wash- the children ; but so great was the panic that
inton city journals he requested to copy J their efforts were in vain, and they were
them, and all other naners that are friend-. tnemseives Hurried along witn tne current,
f?ccrctarirs.
and despite their efibrts were carried over the
prrs stairs into the space below. In the upper
room, me ooys department, Mr. lUciNaiiy took
his stand with his back against the door, and
forbade any one to go out. Although the
panic pervaded his room as well as the rest
, of the building, yet he stood firm, and thus
A Good Ride. Every subscriber to a succeeded in saving the lives of many, per-
newspaper should make it an unfailing haps of hundreds, for had the larger boys
rule to pay his dues regularly once a year.
ly to the old soldiers. Adjourned.
PETEll A UiNuESSEli,
JOHN LUDWIG, V. P.
A. MILLER, )
S. MOOllE, j
They are then paid without being felt,
but when they are left to accumulate for
years, tnev amount to a sum tnat is not
; ature, or climate, or lirrht, or benumbed, or ; -williuirly paid.
The Easton Sentinel of the 13th inst., con- bruised, or clumsv finrers. or awknrdness of
' - o I
Or5 The New York Tribune has a letter
tains the following railroad item: "We learn tbe soldier.
w..il uie quaere ivauroau company, nave ( As tmy & supposed, the increase in rapid- from Washington which savs I understand,
been purchasing the right of way along the . ty 0f firng is very ffreat. it is reported l0 Le lhis eveninff lnat 0me very important des-
jh.b, .rum uunutmHie 10 rmnpsuurg, oppo-; ron, twenty-five to thirty per cent ordinarily, ' patches have been drawn up by Mr. Webster over the stairs, until there was a pile of hu
site Piston, and indeed on to lislvidere. ; and. under some circnmstanmB u-Sipli nmW. 1 cm i,;0 rnt,, fn t!,r .Unnrtmont n? Stnto nian beings a mass of children eiht feci
rushed upon the stairs as did the younger
children, IJeaven only knows how much more
sad would have been the disaster than it now
is. We learn that some of the boys jumped
out of the windows, and that one of them had
his neck broken by the fall. There were al
together in the building but a few short 1,
S00 schollars. (1,765 we understood to be
the number.) While Mr. McNally remained
firm at his post, the destruction of life was
going on below. Hundreds on hundreds went
Julia Delano,
Archy Vantassle,
Brown,
Anna Mary Hill,
Ann Vandusen,
Morris Walden,
George Walden,
Jane M Devoe,
Phebe Ann Brownell,
Amanda Iloff,
Henry Abbott,
Stephens,
Solomon Levy,
Catharine Reynolds,
Eliza O'Neil,
Margaret Harper,
Mary Penchard,
Hugh Thistle,
Harriet Howell,
That at Phiiipsbur? they have purchased ! i th cnii.iior J.. m .i i: .t.: n .: square and about twelve feet in height. The
i wuuiuj biiu iiiuiuucu iiuiiiu in- Mimr: m m i if iir i lit" iinnrv in ijii i ii i v i'i iiiiit-?i 1 in . . w.
Rosebnrv's and several other nronerties on . ! ., , i i alarm wa;
j i i --- i uuuuicua uvi Lciiu rptrnri in r mm? nr spstpii. winpri is invnir- . i c .i
i . . " ..t..v v. - -" - . ,w with Knnn nr nnn nnn innu nnQtnccinn nr mn
" -"
is V.nw mvpn niifjf!p. nnd tbr nnJirn
. riivaru lo Liitr rnriiL ui bL-iiiuii. which iiiuiv- ..nm .,.: . : c .1..
.... ... . -r . i . r? o : i r. ouuii ill iiiiiiii ruin iiiiik 1 11 it :n ill ill 1.111
tlie river bank, cirect.y below the Delaware j ,.s under some of the Euronean nntont l-'v ' m in thp nwinnsinn nf F.no-1nnl Bn,l Fnnm nrnmisn. r, n ti,0 no.,1,1 n,,,i mmm,n
Bridge, for depots, offices, workshops, &c j a published description would debar the in- to a right to interrupt our vessels on the high ced the work of handling out the children
It is understood that the gentlemen holding ; vnntnrfrnm ninln nntont .;n i ...vu k i. from the perilous position. Those that were
i --.- vutiii v. iuiiiLi it in iih:i i.- ri:ii i niL n in .riiii.ii i. in. hi. it ii ii ii v i iv
the stock of that company have also obtained j y say Ulat this system differs entirely from to nrevent hostile expeditions from this coun-
the control of the railroad from Easton up the i those in which the detonating materials is in
on top, were, of course, but slightly injured, Julia Bansha,
but as soon as these had been removed, the Charles JJarrah,
Lehigh, to connect us with the Coal Region,
and the West Branch and Erie, and that both
the Lehigh and Belvidere Delaware Rail
roads will be pushed ahead the coming sea
son. We learn that the latter will be gra
ded from Lambortville to the head of the
Feeder at Black's Eddy this winter, and will
probably be in use from Trenton to that point
next summer.
" The New Jersey Central Rail Road to
connect us with New York, is progressing,
but the work is so heat- on the 25 miles next
thitf place, that we cannot expect to see it in
use, all the way through, before July next."
! the form of loose dowder (Forsyth's) or in
small pills, or in metallic or other tubes,
(Heurteloupe's, Nobles) all of which systems
have been tried for military purposes, and with Lord Ashburton. This Government has
have been abandoned ; some for insecurity or
inefficiency, and some because they cannot
be understood, handled and managed by the
common soldier. The new svstem is renortnd
as safer than the cap, (heretofore regarded intention to abandon
try against Cuba. I he ground assumed by most heart-rending spectacle presented itself. 1 Jomes Ryer,
this Government, is that which was taken . Some among the policemen were fathers whose ' Louisa Allan,
75 Horatio street.
13G Factory st.
56 Clarkson st.
175 West 20th st.
24 Jane street.
30 Charles street.
36Greenwhichavenue
do do
117W Seventeenth st.
669 Greenwhich st.
668 do do
16 street,near 9th ave.
747 Washington st.
150 Hammond st.
58 do do
do do
147 W Seventeenth st
21 Grove street,
115 Barrow street.
745 Washington st.
18 Downing street.
13 Charles street.
47 do do
123 Perry street.
135 W Thriteenth st.
240 W Seventeenth st.
73 Barrow street,
corner ofTwenty-ninth
st. and Sixth avenue.
Louisa Cooper, 138 Eighth avenue.
There are two others dead, whose names
are not known to the authorities making
forty-four reported.
INJURED.
The following are the names of those who
were taken to the station house, or to their
homes. They are probably but a small part
of the number of children who were injured
by the fall :
Augustus Miller, 86 Sixth avenue,
Deller Ackerman, 30 Charles street.
Miss Harrison, teacher 21 Amity street.
Eliza Fetters, 49 Horatio street,
Jeremiah Edwards, 180 W Twenty-sixth st.
23 Jane street.
49 Horatio street.
212 West Sixteenth st.
8 Grove street.
Cr. Hammond &. Hudson
112 Eighth avenue,
45 Hammond street.
Ellen D Trapagan, Teacher,
Emma Hatfield Leroy and Hudson ste.,
W Smith, 132 McDougall street,
Caroline Waring, Factory street,
Margaret Smith, 23 Charles street,
Miss McFarland, ankle broken,
Martha E Ingersoll, 29 Perry street,
Roda Fisher, 3 Mulligan place,
Patrick McGlone, 99 Fourth street,
Mortimer E Latston, 71 Hammond street,
29 Charles street,
76 West Twentieth st,
Miss Brulison,
Cordelia F Eston,
Caroline Sebring,
Elizabeth Miller,
Jane Burr,
Mar- Clure,
23 Amos street,
Eighth av. and Jane St.,
when he negotiated the treaty of Washington ovvnf children were there. They worked Of the female teachers, five were injured-
Real Heroism.
The Zanesville, Ohio-, Gazette relates
the following case of daring on the part
of Mr. Thomas Launder, of that place.
He was aroused from his sleep in the mid
dle of the night by the call of a man in the
street. When Mr. Launder awoke, the
man informed him that something was on
fire in his store. He rushed in and found
some boxes and papers all in a flame
immediately over which, on a shelf,
was a keg of gunpowder. ' The keg
and the shelf containing the gunpowder
had also taken fire, and were burning
rapidly the keg considerably charred.
Under these circumstances, Sir. L. de
liberately seized the keg of powder, car
ried it into the street, and got water and
put on the fire burning his hands by
the operation. This daring act on the
part of Mr. Launder is perhaps the only
thing that could have saved the lives of
his family, who were sleeping in another
part of the same building, as well as the
building itself;and all its contents.
Judging
Heavy Corn Crops.
from the almost unanimous
expression among our iarming mends,
who are now engaged in gathering their
corn crops, the yield of this year exceeds
that of any former year since the settle
ment of the country. Several farmers,
within the last week, have told us that
they have gathered 80 bushels per acre
from their ordinary fields, and one or
two pieces of new ground are said to have
turned off from one hundred to two hun
dred and twenty bushels per acre. There
is scarcely a sorry piece of corn in the
county, and if there were hogs to feed it
to, or a convenient market for the corn,
at a fair price, this would be one of the
most profitable and prosperous years our
farmers have enjoyed for a long while
New Castle (la.) Courier, 14th.
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manfully and deserve all praise; body after i some of them quite seriously. Their names ff Literature; a species of information, which
bodv was taken out: manv of them, lifeless at are, Miss Kohler, Miss Smith, Miss Barnes.
never lost sight of the principles on which first, came to when theyonce more breathed ; Miss Trapagan, (injured badly in left side,)
that treaty was formed ; and certainly the ; the fresh air, but many, alas, were beyond ' and Miss-McFarlan.
present administration has no disposition nor ! aid and dcalh 'as but t0 PlainIy marked up-1 As soon as the news of the disastrous oc-
. . - on uieir paiiu ieaiures. oome were injurea . iiurioucuiiaubpiuau uuuugn uieutsignuuruuuu,
JS 1 0 i by the fall, and lay writhing in agony; some ' so that it came to the ears of the physicians, the
CJ. S. Senator.
E.t-Gov. Jones, of Tennessee, has been
elected to the United States Senate from that
State; and Mr. Toombs, to the same body,
from Georgia.
PittEiiy K&mes.
In Alabama during the late political con
test, the "fire eaters," called the Union Dem-
uii. uiu.iwit,; uuu on oeiug easily umiersiooa, search or Visit will never, as it was declared mnnnn,!. whiln ntl.nrs chrL-n,! Mth nnm ,.n,t I following jmntlcmRn made their annearnnce nt
and others again, when released, started off ; the station house, and by the prompt aid ren-
Mr. Crit- "or home' apparently unconscious of the awful : dered by them, saved several lives, and con
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ujiu uiauacu ujui uuure simpncitv anu ease ,i,. .:.:., u .i,, i,(i,; ' .i i .i. i .t.., i.,... -.,.) l...
I u.. iL . . i . " . ujut mjiiuwaiiKii, ue iuiciuicu uy una uuuu- auu uwicia U"uni, WilUll i UlUiiSUU. Siarietl Oil , omuuii iiuuot, ujiu uy mu ijiuiuiji. uiu mil
. ..wu , uiju, uuu JlUil UJJUU
ocrats "soap tails." Since the fire eaters
have been beaten everywhere, the Union men ; perfect double barrel sporting guns were made
ri lnl lrrl Inlin I .... A a. T . .1 LI 1 . U1II1L.1 Ull V UI UlllLi V MULL. I Lil XMLm W 1 1 - j
I Z 7 o? , ST , ', , 6 !,CCfS" ' tn inn 1.5c nn.OB rfl8n0(.ti nr w rUr s through which they had passed. One i iributeu to the comfort of many others : Dr.
sity of being touched bv the hand for the do- tenden, m his notes respecting the orders giv- ,. 0 f ' , , M r n n t- n n
r- .? , tu uic iiiiiu, ior uit uu I i o o , Dohceman. Mr. Seabnno-. on raimr to ihr A. M. Gunn. Dr. E. A. C. Pase. Dr. E. C.
' uieJong? st battle, borne of our en by the French and English governments school-house was on the instant, greeted by . Franklin, Dr. V. J. Johnson, Dr. L. J Henry,
T'n f ? i Pa- 3 y ac9"?.,ned wjth this to their cruisers to intercept American ves- the sight of his little girl's face ; her head Dr. II. T. Mesier, Dr. J. O. Pond, Dr. James
pplXTrf rifSfhVinn!" aPf Vflf f f CP ? sels, does not urge this great point. lie as- was all that was vissible, her body being cov- ' Griswold, Dr. J. M. Carty Dr. D. M. Reese,
&J$IJ turned the ground that the orders were nunc- ? those of her companions' Mr! Sea-Dr. J. M. Congreve, Dr. McCreadie, Dr.
Iiuriioru, Lt. Hie iMessrs. IJemmirtOII. of tho finvfrntnnnts rnnpfirnnil. Bill, ns is nnvv ,1 i. i ' fJ.n.V ...,1c ,t, ,!,
- - w " . .. .. 1 - - jiia it 1 1 1 1 1 in. v:i. K r I i .ri irri irri ti iiiuii iliuz?. u 1:1c 1 1 1. L 1 1 1 : r-1 . t 1 1 rT 111 i. 11- iii:i:iih;iii.
, O " O a ' , . ' ; .
declared, this Government will never permit man came up and laid hold of him saying, m a very short time after its occurrence, as
anv foreign power, on any pretence, to search " cni,(1 is there," and endeavored to take were also most of the Aldermen.
inu piace on which iur. oeaunng stoou. l' ln- muug uib uuau was an interesting aaugu
, ding he could not move him, he struck at him, j ter of Sherman Brownell, Esq. She was a
; thus endeavoring to displace Mr. S., and get ; bout 14 years of age.
. in a position to work more effectually in t John L. Wooley, seven years, and Debby
search for his lost child. Mr. S. succeeded in i Wooley, nine years of age, werc the only
i rescuiug his chilli, who proved to be but slight- j children of their afflicted parents.
ly injured. He said he forgave the man who V e are informed that the teachers have
Herkimer, AT. Y. celebrated for their barrels,
both for the United States and private arms.
j have recently completed a double barrel o-un
upon this system of, priming, for the inventor.
Its beauty, compactness, simplicity, and utili
ty, we have never seen equalled. It cannot
fail to arrest the attention and please the
taste of the sportsman. Before we saw this
we were not aware that such beautiful and
our vessels. The flag shall be the security
of the vessel that it covers; that is the Amer
ican principle, and it must be maintained.
Mr. Webster will certainly be the last man
in this country to surrender that principle.
have christened them "sore heads."
( The Peoples' Bank of Palermo-it.
in this countrv
The many and favorable reports that have
been made respecting this important inven-
Rciiiat'ka&Ie lacittesil.
On the banks of the Wabash, the ef
fects of a poor widow, who had been left
The Receivers appointed to investigate the .T JZ L" m ns comparatively destitute at the death of
i lavor oy all military and sportinf "'entlemcn i i i i t i i . , .
affairs of this Bank, have closed their labors, ! who have tried it, leave but little doubt of its !"er husl,and had been seized by the slier-
nnd will soon make a report to the Chancel- j general adoption in this country and abroad. lff for debt aud wcre. beinS sold at auction
lor. Itappears from the assets of the insti- j amonS oluer fluSs' dU1Q , Iamny
tution that Mr. Stimson. the Cashier, nrpri- A KetS2arKaIe tasc. !' "ggu.
T : : j . i i-i 1 1
.z a- rtrr t. iinj liiiii iiiiiiii in-r llf-n Tir Kivinpy nonfc
amouuung 10 ?uu,ui. it is estimated mat i r u.
the assets of tlie Bank are worth sixty thous- S Sfae was Prostrated after a child birth, be
and dollars. The circulation at the time of j came ParaJ'zed. and has never recovered.
Buepension was two hundred and twentv-sev-! The child lived u"as healthy and is now a
en thousand dollars. The Receivers will f,ne yu"S woman.
struck at him ; he knew too well his feelings ! remonstrated several times with the School
A Remarkable Case.
1.1 .VI. .1 .A
The Eastport (Me.) Sentinel, says there is tne constaDle t0 spare tins momento ot
ne
a few
shillings, when the widow suddenly snatch
ed it, and declared she would have some
relic of those she loved, she cut the thread
that held the brown linen covers' with
The woman is not capa- the intent of retaining it : the covers fell
'I f m. 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 , . em .
probably pay about twenty cents on the doU : Die 01 movlng any ot ner limbs in the slight- ( mto ner nands, ana witn tnem two llat,
Inr nf thr rirrnlntion i est manner, and cannot sit up. She can hear, , dirty pieces of paper. Surprised at the
j but cannot speak loud or distinct. What is ; circumstance, she examined them, and'j
Broken Bank Notes. j very remarkable, she appears to be fleshy, ' wnat was lierJy and delight to find that
The following are the prices paid for bro-! has a fair countenance and a good appetite, . Jat eacli called for .300 on the bank of
ken bank notes, in Wall street, New York: j though on account of her immobility, her food 1 f. , , lu"A U1 l" uur
is given m thin or liquid form. She does not ing words . u When sorrow overtakes
change for the worse, but remains as she has you seek y0ur Bible. Your Father's ears
been for many years. Her bed is made by are never deaf." The sule was imraedi-
Farmers' Bank, Mina, 90 cents on.the dollar.
BankofNewRochelle, 80
James' Bank, 75
Conimer. Bk. P. Amboy,50
Bank ofSallisbury3Id25
People's Bk. Patterson,20
i -
EP There is an interesting society in Del-j
aware Co. New Yprk, rejoicing in the singu
larly euphonious name of '"The Devil's Half
Acre." The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
says that, ct.tbe late election, the voters had
a mode of deciding elections equally striking
and originslthey raiUcd for the candidates.
rolling her from one side to the other, and
sue iias no acute pain. Her hands Temain 1 to the iaithtul owner. o. o lrcasuay.
crossed upon her breast her fingers are white
and smooth altnost as ivory. It is singular
that in this inert state of her body, the pro
cess of digestion should go on so regularly as
it does. Nothing is done for the restoration
of tlnVwoman. She is now about 40 years
old, and during her confinement has seen her
husband dip in the same room occupied by
her. Js not her case a peculiar one!
ately stopped, and the family Bible given
Do Girls draw Lightning ? A Down
East paper publishes the following: "The
house of Mr. Boyce, in Plainfield, Conn.,
was recently struck by lightning. There
were twenty-six girls in the house at the
time, but none of them was injured. The
house was never struck before. Do gijls
draw lightning ?" Of course they do,
and sparks also.
to blame him for any act of rashness perpe
trated at that time. The bodies of the dead
and wounded were mostly, unless claimed on
the spot, taken to the Ninth ward station
house, which is near the school. In a few
minutes news of the accident spread through
the neighborhood, and mothers mc rushing
to the scene by scores, all in anguish, but
all, at first, buoyed up by hope. Occasion
ally a mother would recognize the lifeless
form of a child as it was lifted from the mass,
and then the piercing cry of agony that would
rend the air, oh; God ! may it never be ours
again to hear. And now the neighborhood
was thoroughly aroused, and crowds flocked
to the scene of the disaster. Many of the
dead, dying, and wounded, were taken to the
station house, where the entire lodging room
of the policemen was turned into a hospital,
and their beds all used us couches for dead
bodies of injured children. This was indeed,
a sad sight ; parents, whose children were
missing, came here to confirm their hopes or
fears. Here might be seen a lifeless body,
with an agonized mother standing over it,
wringing her hands in the excess of her grief.
There was a father looking the picture of
sorrow, as he beheld the form of a loved one
that he so lately parted with in health, and
then further on was a family standing round
the bed of a little one, whose painful writhings
gave evidence of the patient's sufferings.
One after another the bodies of the dead were
removed; and at length litters were provided,
and the wounded were carried away also It
was a sad evening- in tho Ninth Ward. Near
ly one hundred families either mourned the
loss of children, or watched anxiously over
the forms of the wounded. The cnfnKrrnnh
was almost the only topic.of conversation.
oraan Knots oi men
Commissioners, against the insecurity of the
stairway, and even some of the children had
expressed apprehensions in reference to the
same subject.
Mr. John Wr Latson, one of the trustees of
the school, was present booh after the acci
dent occurred and was unremitting in his ex
ertions to mittigate the sufferings of parents
and children. One of his own children was
somewhat injured, but not seriously. We
arc especially obliged to Mr. Latson, Alder
man Franklin, and the captains of the Ninth
ward police, for the assistance they rendered
us in obtaining correct information, in refer
ence to the melancholy event. At one time
it was discovered that the notes of the names,
&c, a document belonging to the station house
had been carried off, it was not without con
siderable difficulty that the list was recovered.
The captain announced that he had lost the
list, and demanded its return ; but it was not
forthcoming until a regular police investiga
tion was instituted. Such an investigation
was instituted, and resulted in the discovery of
the missing papers, which were in the pos
session of a reporter who hailed from the Cou
rier office.
The teachers belonging to the male de
partment of the school, together with the
trustees, met last evening, to converse upon
the subject, and take such action as seemed
appropriate to the occasion. Nothing was e
licited, as we understand, to vary the state
ment of facts given above. The children who
were killed and injured were, most of them,
quite young, though some were as old as
lburteen, twelve, and ten years. Mr, Page,
a daguerrean artist, at No. 84 Eighth av
enue, has proffered his services to take with
out compensation the likenesses ofany of tho
children who were killed or wh,q are likely
it is presumed, is worth more than the sub
scription to every intelligent person. "
All communications by mail, must pre-paid
A FEW OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
4 The Book Trade' is the name of a
periodical published in this city, which we
can conscientiously commend as a valuable
monthly record of new publications. Knick
erbocker Magazine &
It is designed as well for the scholar
as for the trade, and will be found of preat
interest and value. In general
appearanre it resembles the London Athe
naeum Jour Commerce
We recommend it tn all who have to
do with books Allenlown Democrat, Pa
An excellent literary journal. iY Y
Tribune
A valuable literary record Ev.Post
It will be found lo be invaluable to
authors, clergymen, lawyers, teachers, and
all general readers. Such a publication h.us.
long been needed, and we are glad tn wel
come it. Dem. Freeman, Hudson. N Y
A valuable paper for literary men
Old Colony Memorial ' Nov -21
Stood on thn enrnpru nf
tne streets, and recounted the occurrences of to die from their injuries.
lr. V. M. Swayze,
SURGEON DENT! ST,
Easton, Fa.
Respectfully offers his professional servi
ces to the public. Having studied and prac
ticed with Dr. Crane, of Easton, for threo
years, and having spent three winters in the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, (two
of which were after he graduated.) and from
the experience of eight years practice, he
hopes to merit the confidence of all, and re
ceive a liberal share of the public patronage.
Parents cannot be too;pareful of their chil
drens teeth, as a little care and attention in
time, may save a great deal of suffering, trou
ble and expense, in the future
There are few persons but who, with prop
er care and attention, could keep their teeth
sound and comfortable through life; and thus
avoid the necessity, as well as the trouble,
and expense of having artificial ones.
Regulating as well as preventing irregu
lar, or deformed sets of teeth, forma so un
important a part of the services required of
an educated Dentist, that he has paid, in the
last five years especial attention to the sub
ject and the most successful means to bo
employed in all the various cases that may
be presented.
His advice, or opinion, as to the use, result
or the impropriety of performing an oppera
tion, will in all cases where it is required,
be freely and candidly given.
All operations that are faithfully perform
ed require both labor and expense; and there
fore, the cost of an operation will be accord
ing to the expense and time it takes to per
form it. No metal will be used for any op
oration but gold
All artificial work will be done with great
care and neatness-
Office above the Court House, and oppo
site T. Dpshler's store, Easton Ta-
Ni veinber 27, bjl