UBIHTAIS SIITIIUl
ANDREW J. RHEY, EDITOR.
EBENSBURG, PA.
Thursday, November 27, 1851.
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FOB PBXSIPEXT OF THE UK1TID STATES,
JAMES BUCHANAN,
OF PE3TKSYLVAJTCA.
W&" The Meadville Sentinel, and Clarion
Democrat, have raised the name of Hon. James
Buchanan as their choice for the Presidency
The cry is still they come.
S& The proceedings of the BIgler Supper
on Saturday evening -were handed us too late for
publication in this paper. They Trill appear
next week.
Is Town. Geo. Merriman. Esq., aieniber
elect to the Legislature from Crawford cunty,
was here yesterday, looking well. As a business
member we doubt if his superior will be found.
Qy Snow began to fall on Tuesday morning
and "come down" until evening. It is about
ten inches deep and the sleighing is as good as
it has been fur years. No doubt it will be en
joyed by old and young.
Sf Major "William Sirwell, of Armstrong
county, is announced as a candidate for Adju
tant General. The Armstrong Democrat says of
Maj. S. " He is a gentleman of most excellent
parts, fine business capacities, and withal a
Democrat of the kind on which old
prides herself."
Armstrong
5Sf To-day is Thanksgiving day all over the
Union. To-morrow, Turkies, Venison, Oysters,
and several other luxuries of life, not excepting
pumpkin and mince pies, will be among the
things that were. We like the custom, and hope
to-day may serve to strengthen an union of
hearts, union of hands, union of States and
union of lands.
f&tr Hon. Linn Boyd, M. C from Kentucky,
was in town last week several days. He was in
the eniovment of excellent health and left for
Washington on Saturday. Congress meets on
Monday and it is not unlikely that he will be
elected Speaker. His competitors are Hon. T.
H. Bayley, of Virginia; Hon. Geo. W. Jones, of
Tennessee; Gen. Richardson, of Illinois, and Hon.
D. T. Disney, of Ohip,
Samuel Fegely, Esq.
The death of Samuel Fegely, Esq., is an
nounced under the obituary notice, in the last
Heading Gazette, which speaks of him as fol
lows: " lie died at his residence in Greenwich
township, on the 4th inst., from the effects of a
disease with which he had long been afflicted.
Mr. Fegely was a member of the State Legisla
ture from this county, for one term as Senator,
and for several years as Representative; and
throughout his public career was a uniform and
conscientious supporter of Democratic princi
ples and measures, and a faithful adherent to
the will of his constituents in all things."
Fatal Accident.
On Saturday night last, about eleven o'clock,
Mr. Francis Kcech, who boarded at Col. Law
hon's Hotel at the foot of Plane No. 2, left the
bar room with the intention of going to bed and
from what we can learn, he must have gone into
his room, which is on the third story, and taken
off his boots, and in the act of returning down
fctairs he fell over the balusters and was precipi
tated to the ground floor, a distance of about
twenty-five feet, falling on his head. The noise
of the fall alarmed the house and those who were
not abed rushed to the spot and conveyed him to
a Bettce in the parlour. He had a large gash in
hi forehead and on the back part of his head.
He lingered Uiltil five o'clock on Sunday morning,
nnd d'lring-that time never spoke. He was aged
about thirty years ; a fine looking, amiable and
good hearted young man, whose loss is sudden
and sad to his mother and a number of brothers
and bisters. j
Adjutant General.
When the first and second regiments of the
Pennsylvania Volunteers were mustered into the
United States service at Pittsburg, Gen. Geo.
W. Bowman of Bedford, then Adjutant General,
superintended the inspection, election of regi
mental officers, 4c, and so well discharged tin
duties of hi3 station, that prior to the departure
of those gallant troops for Mexico, the field and
company officers, without exception, anxious to
deat justly with those who deserve praise, ad
dressed two complimentary letters to him, one
from each regiment, in which they testify to his
worth, industry and capacity. During the time
Gen. Bowman held the office the duties were
more arduous than for years past, and so well
satisfied was the administration of Gov. Shunk,
that an appropriation, we believe,, of 51000, was
offered to Gen. B. which he honorably and re
spectfully declined accepting. IHs friends have
named him for a re-appointment, . and it is a
pleasure for us to mefttjtin the above" facte as
strong - testimonials intyils favor. The selection
of such a man could not but be acceptable to the
democracy cf the State and to Cambria it would
be tbike welcome.
Gov. Shunk and Mr. Buchanan.
The narrisburg KeyBtone of the 4th iuBtant
contains an editorial in which it boldly alleges
that, "in 1848, Gov. Shunk was opposed to Mr,
Buchanan for the Presidency '-aud thatj " were
the lamented Shunk and Miller lioW living they
would be found among tho most 'active friends
of Gen. Cads, and uncompromising opponents of
Mr. Buchanan. "
la answer to. which the Bedford Gazette pub
lishes the following letterwritten by the lamen
ted Shunk to the editor of that paper:
Habbisbcbo, Dec-10, 1847.
Friend Bowman : Among the many troubles
that annoy men who have public duties to per
form, there are still some pleasant things, some
happy returns, that cheer and encourage a man
who promptly and kindly performs his duty,
The enclosed letter will cast some light around
the gloom of many a sullen letter you receive.
There is a smart contest in progress between
the friends of the two Pennsylvania condidates
for the Presidency. As the friends of both
vation, the result of their joint efforts, againsfcjP
either. My course is, therefore, strict neutral
ity. This appears to me to be my plain duty,
What do you think of this decision?
We have no news here. Present me very
kindly to Mrs. Bowman.
I remain respectfully your Friend,
FRS. R. SHUNK.
That the Keystone would attempt to injure
the cause of Mr. Buchanan by merely asserting
that which there is no evidence to establish the
truth of, is not strange, for it seems that is the
book from which it lives. Our own remarks
were thus treated by the editor of that paper
to add to the claims of a rival candidate of
Mr. Buchanan.' The above letter conclusively
establishes one fact, that if Pennsylvania had
had but one candidate in the field in the person
of James Buchanan, Gov. Shunk would have
been his warm friend, but as Hon, Gsorge M
Dallas was also a candidate, in the words of
Gov. Shunk, "as the friends of both sustained
me generously," he acted as became the man,
and preserved a "strict neutrality." Were he
now livius. we have no doubt be would be a
strong advocate of the claims of Mr. Buchanan.
Hon. J, S. Black,
Says the Somerset Visiter, elosed his labors
of Preeident Judge on Tuesday last. For ten
years he has presided in our Courts in such a
manner as to steadily increase his brilliant
reputation and render the highest satisfaction
to all claimants. The close of his term of office
will he reeretted bv hundreds : for they feel
that though his successors may be as good, none
can excel him. He will enter upon the dis
charge of his duties as Chiel Justice of the Su
preme Court with a reputation second to none
of his fellow Judges, and with the confidence of
the people who know him best.
From the N. Y. Herald of Friday 21st.
Terrible Catastrophe at Ward
School, IVo. Twenty-Six.
Nearly Fifty Children Killed, and Forty or Fifty
Wounded Melancholy Scenes in Greenwich
Avenue, &c, &c.
One of the most lamentable occurrences that
we have ever been oalled on to record, took
place at Ward School, No. 20, in Greenwich
Avenue, opposite Charles street, yesterday af
ternoon, when nearly fifty children lost their
lives, and many more were so severely injured
that in all probability they will not recover. We
will give the facts of -tho case at once, and as
briefly as possible. The schoolhouse is a mag
nificcnt four story edifice, with a winding stair
case from the first floor to the upper landing.
The stairway is not bpiral, but is formed of
short flights of stairs winding round a square
well. The first or ground flor is used as a
playground for the scholars, and is- pnved with
flag stones. The second story of the building
is occupied by the primary department of the
institution ; in the third story is tho female de
partment of the upper school, and in the fourth
story the male department. The entrance to
each of the school rooms is from the landings
of the stairs. Tho outer side of the stairs was
guarded by an ordinary wooden bannister of no
great height, and not firmly secured at the bot
tom, or where the balusters were connected
with the stairs.
This description of the stairway will enable
the reader better to understand what follows.
At about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, one
of the teachers 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 passage way, where a cry was
raised of "Water I Water!" by one of her com
panions. 1 his cry was no understood, or else
the scholars thought that the water was wanted
to-extinguish fire, and the next moment the cry
of "fire!" wa raised, and spread like wildfire
through the building. In a moment subordina
tion was at an end. The children from the pri
mary department ruskfe! to the stairs, as- did
also the scholars on. the floor above then. The
stairway was oon, JilleiL. and the press against
the balusters'o great, that they gave way, pre
cipitation ihfe children over the stairs down to
the "ground floor. As the rush increased, so did
the numbers that were hurled over the stairs
intfljhg' space below.
TWo of the female teachers made an effort to
sfp the' children; but so great was the panic
that their efforts were vain, and they were them
selves hurried along with the" current, ud des
pite their efforts were carried over th5 stairs
into "tho space below. In the upper room, the
boysr department,. Mr. McNally took his stand
with his back against the door,- and forbade aDy
one to go out. Although the- panir pervaded
bis room as well as the rest of the building, yet
he stood firm, and thus succeeded in saving the
lives of many, perhaps of hundreds, for had the
larger boyg rushed upon the stairs, as did the
younger children, heaven only knows how much
more sad would have been the disaster than it
now is. Wre learn: that some of the boys jumped
out of. the windows, and that one of theni had
his neck broken by the fall.-
There were altogether- in the burlding but a
few short of 1 ,800 scholars. (1,705 we under,
stood to be the number.) While Mr. McNalTy
remained firm at his post the destruction of life
was going On below. Hundreds on hundreds
Went ter the stairs, until there was a pile of
human beings a mass of children eight feet
square and about twelve feet in height. The
alarm was now given outside, and the police
were soon at-; hand, and took possession of the
premises, as well as they eeuld, and commenced
the work of handing out the children from their
perilous position. Those that were on top, were
of course but little injured, but as soon as these
had been removed, the most heart-rending spec
tacle presented itself. Some among the police
men were fathers, whose own' children were
there. They worked manfully, and deserve all
praise ; body after body was taken out ; many
of them, lifeless at first, came to when they
once more breathed the fresh air ; but many
alas were beyond aid, and death was but too
plainly marked upon their pallid features. Some
were injured by the fall and lay writhing in ag
ony; some moaned, while others shrieked with
aBJ othera a8ain. hen released, started
off for home, apparently unconscious of the
awful scene through which they had passed.
One policeman, Mr. Seabring, on going to the
school house was, on the instant, greeted by the
sight of his little girl's face; her head was all
that was visible, her body being covered with
those of her companions. Mr. Seabring, urged
by paternal feelings, of course, directed his ef
forts at once to the release of lis daughter.
While he was so engaged, a mao came up and
laid hold of him, saying "My ehill is there,"
and endeavored to take the plao on which Mr.
Seabring stood. Finding he culd not move
him, he struck at him, thus endeavoring to dis
place Mr. S., and get in a positioi to work more
effectually in search for his lost child. Mr. S.
succeeded in rescuing his child, wlo proved to be
but slightly injured. He said he forgave the
man who struck at him : he knev too well his
feelings to blame him for any act of rashness
i
perpetrated at that time. The bodies of the
dead and wounded were mostly, unless claimed
on the spot, taken to the Nintl Ward Station
House, which is near the school.
In a few minutes news of the tccident spread
through the neighborhood, and mothers came
rushing to the scene by scores, all in anguish,
but all at first buoyed up by hopi. Occasionally
a mother would recognise the lifdess form of a
child as it was lifted from the nass, and then
the piercing cry of agony that yould rend the
air, oh, God! may it never be ours again to
hear. And now the neighborhood was thor
oughly aroused, and crowds flocled to the scene
of the disaster. Many of the dsad, 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
as couches for dead bodies or inured children.
This was, indeed, a sad night ; parents, whose
children were missing, came here to confirm
their hopes er fears. Here might be seen a
lifeless body, with an agonized modier 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 had 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 the Ninth Ward. Nearly
one hundred families either mourned the loss of
children, or watched anxiously over the forms
of the wounded. The catastrophe was almost
the only topic of conversation. Small knots of
men stood on tne corners oi me streets, anu
recounted the occurrences of the afternoon. A
pall seemed to have settled on everything, and
all Greenwich village was in mourning.
The Mayor, Recorder, Chief of Police, and
their aids, and sixteen city Physicians, were at
the scene of the accident in a very short time
after its occurrence, as were also most of the
Aldermen.
We are informed t?--r the teachers have re
monstrated several tiv t-s with the School Com
missioners, against tin insecurity of the stair
way, and even sodip of the children had ex
pressed apprehension ? reference to the same
subject.
So far as ascertained the number of children
killed is forty-four, and twenty-six wounded.
Their ages vary from eight to thirteen years.
Of the female teachers, five were injured-
some of them quite seriously.
Ikw iork, rtov. 21.
The loss of life by the calamity at Ward School
No. 26, was much greater than I represented
yesterday. Up to nine o'clock last evening, it
was ascertained that forty-four children were
killed. A further return this morning increases
the number to forty-nine. In addition to these
fifteen others died of their injuries during the
night, and eighteen more are reported injured.
Pat for the admirable presence of mind dis
played by Mr. McNally, the destruction -of life
would have been much greater even than it was.
He was the teacher of the grown boys, who,
when the panic seized them, made a rush to the
door for the purpose of escape. Not knowing
what was the cause of the alarm, but feeling
certain that if the building were on fire even,
that life would be lost if his scholars were al
lowed to rush pell meil down the stairs, he put
his back to the door, and forbid a single boy to
leave the room. Ho remained at his post,
despite the alarm of the boys, until the excite
ment subsided, nad he not acted fn this man
ner, it is'ccrtaiA fl hundred, and probably two
hundred, children could have lost their lives,
for his boys were all large and heavy.
When we consider that Mr.. McNally did not
know but that the building was id flames, and
that being ia- the uppermost story, his own life
was in danger, his conduct under the trying cir
cumstances was- heroic. I am informed that a
suitable testimonial will be presented to him by
the parents of the children. Mr. McNally de
serves to be immortalized. A Coroner's Jury
was sworn this forenoon to investigate the cause
of the calamity. They will be engaged all day
in driving around to view the bodies, and tfco
testimony will be commenced to-morrow.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
AURIYAL OF THE ATLANTIC.
New Yobk, Nov. 23. The steamship Atlantic
from Liverpool, whence she sailed at 1 P. M.,
on the 12th inst., arrived at half past one this
morning. She brings 62 passengers, among
them Mr. E. Riddle, Commissioner to the World's
Fair, and E. II. Thompson, bearer of despatches
from the American Minister at London.
Captain Cofnstock, of the steamer Baltic de
tained over night at Quarantine, for want of
water to cross the outer Bar, received papers
from the Atlantic, and also the city papers of
this morning, and sailed shortly after seven
o'clock.
The steamer America arrived at Liverpool at
9 A. M. on Sunday, the 9th inst.
Official notice has been given that the Crystal
Palace will be handed over to the contractors on
the 1 st of December.
The Atlantic experienced a heavy gale from
the South East between Georges and Nantucket
Shoals, which afterwards shifted to the West,
and continued until her arrival in the lower Bay
last evening. All things considered, the Atlantic
has made one of the best passages on record.
The public announcement was reiterated that
Kossuth would leave for New York in the steamer
Washington, but some private letters speak of
the possibility of his deferring his departure for
some days longer. He visited Birmingham on
the 10th, and Manchester on the 11th, and was
hailed everywhere with the most extraordinary
display of popular enthusiasm. A procession,
numbering some 150,000 persons, escorted him
into Birmingham, where he was entertained at
the Mansion of Mr. Geach. Owing to feeble
health, Kossuth confined himself to a brief ex
pression of thanks for the hearty welcome he
received. At Manchester, on the following day.
according to the London Times, his reception
was more warm, general and enthusiastic than
he has met at any other place since his arrival
in England. All business was nearly suspended,
and the day was generally observed as a holiday
by all classes. He was publicly received at the
Free Trade Hall, where the meeting was pre
sided over by George Wilson, Esq., and a very
flattering address was presented to Kossuth, to
which he made a most elpquent reply in a speech
of an hour and a half's duration.
Lieut. Pirn, of the Royal Navy, proposes a
further search for Sir John Franklin. He pro
poses to go through Russia and Siberia to the
locality where it is thought further traces of the
expedition must be found on the Polar sea. The
enterprise has the support of the Admiralty and
of the Royal Geographical Society. Its friends
also anticipate the aid of Russia. Lady Frank
lin devotes 500 to the project
In England, next to Kossuth, the most promi
nent topie of discussion was the Lord Mayor's
Day Celebration, which took place on the 10th
inst., the 9th falling upon Sunday. The usual
ceremonial and procession took place in the city,
followed by a ve; y magnificent banquet at Guild
hall. The procession was augmented this year
by 19 men in full armour, mounted upon char
gers from Astley's Circus. By some singular
combination of circumstances, not one Foreign
Minister was at the banquet many being out of
town and Mr. Lawrence, the American Minis
ter, being too ill to attend.
ENGLAND.
Notice is published by the Commissioners of
the Great Exhibition that on the 1st Deeembcr,
they resign the building into the hands of Messrs.
Fox and Henderson, the contractors, and that
all goods should be removed by that date, or
arrangements made with the contractors for their
continuance ia the building.
Mr. Riddle, the United States Commissioner,
who came passenger ia the Atlantic, addressed a
farewell letter of thanks, prior to his departure,
to the Executive Committee. j
IRELAND. '
The Galway Vindicator of the 8th inst. con- j
tains an account of a meeting that had been held
in that city on the subject of steam communica
tion with New York, at which a Mr. Wagstaff,
who presented letters of introduction from Mr.
Abbot Lawrence, stated that he and his father
had determined upon trying an experiment for
six months, with first class steamers t5e first
of which, one of the fastest and strongest that
ever sailed, would leave New York on the 15th
December. Very superior emigrant arrange
ments were to be made, and emigrants conveyed
at 6 a head. A resolution was passed that
Mr. Wagstaff 's vessels should enter the port free
of all dues for six months. The greatest una
nimity and enthusiasm prevailed.
FRANCE.
The affairs of the French Republic continue
to engross public attention throughout Europe.
On Sunday, upwards of COO of the officers and
men of the Regiments newly arrived in Taris,
were introduced to the President, who addressed
them as follows :
Gentlemen" : In receiving the officers of the
different regiments of the army, who succeed
each ether in the garrison of Paris, I congratu
late myself on 6ecing them animated with that
spirit which was our glory, and whih- now con
stitutes our security. I will not speak to you,
therefore, cither of your duties, or of yoor dis
cipline you have always performed your duties
with honor, whether in the land of Africa, or on
the soil of France, and you have maintained
discipline, in tact, in the midst of the most dif
ficult trials. I hope that these trials will not
return, but if the gravity of circumstances
shosld renew them, and compel me to make an
appeal to your -devotedness, I am sure that I
should not be disappointed, because you know
that I demand nothing that is not in accordance
with my right, recognized by the Constitution,
arith military honor, and with the interests of
the country ; because I have placed at youTdjLgajl
men who have my entire confidence, and' who
merit yours ; because, if ever the day of danger
should arrive, I will not do as the governments
which have preceeded me have done I will not
say to you, ' March, and I will follow you,"
but, I will say to you, " I march follow me !"
This speech is looked upon as the declaration
of war against the Assembly and it is said was
greatly disapproved of by the Ministry. It
caused a slight decline on the Bourse, but no
other results are apparent.
Tho people have received it favorably, and it
is said that officers of all grades, and soldiers,
declare their intention to adhere to the President
in preference, and if needful, in opposition to
the Assembly.
To the report of the Committee to whom had
been referred the Electoral Law proposed by the
President, was read to the Assembly on the
11th it recommends the absolute rejection of
the measure.
The Democratic Socialist Committee of Paris
has declared it will take no part in the election
in that city on the 30th, in consequence of the
curtailment of the franchise by the law of 31st
of May and it recommends all republican clec
tors to pursue the same course.
At one of its meetings, the Commissary of
Police was present to watch proceedings, when
the Committee declared it would not deliberate
in the presence of the Government agents and
adjourned.
The proposition of the Questors with regard
to the calling out of troops for the defence of
the Assembly, is the prevailing topic of Paris
it having been discovered that although the As
sembly has the power, the appointment of a
General over the said troop rests with the
President.
Two emissaries from the Central Committee
of Refugees in London, had been arrested in
Paris and the houses of persons in communi
cation with them, had been searched, and inauy
papers seized.
It is reported that all grades of officers and
soldiers declare their intention to adhere to the
President in preference to the Assembly.
The Execution ofCouklin at L'tlca!
for Arson.
Utioa. W V Nov. 21. T' M Tn afoord.inf e i
At i it i t- x i .
with the law, II. B. Conklm was to-day executed
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fur arson. Throughout the dreadful ceremonies ' it lias Deen decided by the department that
attendant upon his execution, he manifested ! subscribers living in a county where a new.-j.a-great
penitence, and said that he thought he had p1" is published, ore entitled to receive it f:ec
made his peace with his creator. He made a ! of postage, even though the post office throucL
full confession, which will not be published en
tire until after the arrest of the rest of the gaug.
Many other persons are to be arrested, and will
doubtless be indicted by the next panel of the
Grand Jury.
Conklin was but twenty-seven years of age at
the time he committed the crime for which he ; pensing the city hospitalities. Alderman Frank-to-day
suffered the penalty of death. He was j lin accompanied them, on Sunday morning, to
six years ago married to the daughter of W. L. the Rev. Dr. Cones church, and in the evening
Crosby, who then kept the Westchester House, to the church of the Rev. Vr. Beccher, Brooklvn.
iNo. 10, liowery, jNew Iork city, lie leaves a
wife and three small children.
Iu his confes -
sion,
most
he mentions the names of some of the
wealthy and respectable citizens of this
place, who furnished him with money, and told
him they would stand by him in any trouble
which he might get into through them. Of fifty
four fires which occurred in this city during the
past Iwo years, he applied the incenliary torch
to the following places: The First Baptist,
Church, James Sayer's house, Foster & Dickin-j
eon's drug store, Keyser's barn, Harrington's I
barn, aud other places. The confession affects
many of the most respectable men iu this city. J
. Troops at nine o'clock were stationed arouud ,
the jail, at which time the jury arrived. ' At
eleven o'clock the death warrant was read to
the prisoner, in his cell, by the District Attor
ney. After the prayer by the clergyman, he
was led out to be executed. The jail yard was
filled with spectators When Conklin was led
to the scaffold, he said he had no more to say
than what he had already given in his confes
sion, lie caiiea uou to witness to nave mercy
on his soul.
The rope was then placed around his neck by
the Deputy Sheriff. At eighteen minutes before
twelve o'clock the rope was cut and the unhappy
man launched into eternity. After hanging 20
minutes, the Physicians pronounced him dead,
and he was cut down and placed in a coffin, and
given in charge of his friends, who conveyed
the body to the residence of his father.
There was a large crowd outside of the prison
walls. Much feeling was evinced, and the fu
neral will be largely attended. After the receipt
of the Governor's letter, the prisoner manifested
great repentance, and spent some time in prayer.
The Mississippi und its Tributa
ries.
The St. Louis Christian Advocate of a late
date, contains a highly interesting article on the
"Topography and Hydrology" of the Mississip
pi valley, accompanied by a table exhibiting the
Mississippi and its numerous tributaries. The
author was unable to ascertain precisely the dis
tance to which each stream was navigable ; but
he has satisfied himself that the aggregate ex
ceeds twenty thousand miles. From this fact,
some idea may be formed of the vast influence
which this stream and Its tributaries arc to ex
ert upon the commerce and industry of the
North American continent. The total length of
"the Great River" with all its parts, is 51,000
miles. What other country under heaven can
boast of such a stream ? .
J5t2? The Legislature of Tennessee have unani
mously adopted a series of resolutions compli
mcntary to Kossuth and to the Hungarian
cause. They pronounce hini entitled, more than
any European of the present century, to share
our admiration and friendship ; they extend to
him an invitation to visit Tennessee ; ami they
declare taat any aid or donation to him and his
followers, by the American Congress, "not in
violation of the Constitution," will meet with the
cordial approbation of Tennessee.
figy Col. Bragg's Battery of Flying Artillery,
which did such- noble service at the battle of
Buena Tista, had a drill parade at Jefferson
Barracks (Mo.) on the 9th instant ia theiu-e-sence
of a large concourse of spectators. The
company consists of seventy effective men, and
of these only three First Sergeant Swartwout,
Sergeant Herron, and Musician Kgrtherey
were with him in Mexico. They were in every
battle with Gen. Taylor, . and the first named
was -ffoundol twice.
From Our Exchangee.
The length of telegraph lines built, and b
operation in the United States and Canada '
estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000 miles. Xh
most distant points in communication are Hal'
fax, N. S., and Quebec with New Orleans, nea.
3000 miles intervening between them, follow
ing the circuitous routes of the wires, n,
towns and villages which are accommodate
with telegraph stations amount to between lj)
and 600. -As there are two or three lines ur
der different companies, between New York ani
other principal cities, many of the towns L
two or three separate telegraph offices.
One of the large water pipes in Albany lur.t
suddenly a day or two since, under the sMewa
at the corner of State and Exchange street
So sudden was the mishap, that a gent'ea n
who was crossing the street was swallowed u
in the hole caused by the bursting, and buri. !
up to his neck. He extricated himself, howeve
escaping with a pretty thorough drawling.
IIoeeible. A woman was committed to tip
jail of Lebanon, Pa., last week, on a charge &"
whipping to death a little girl three years old ty
whom she was step-mother. The child fell froIa
her hands dead.
The Democratic papers generally speak in fa
vor of Judge Campbell, of Philadelphia, for At
torney General. This we believe would be a
very popular appointment.
An Irish sailor, as he was riding, made a
pause ; the horse in beating off the flies, caudu
his hind foot in the strrup ; the sailor c-bserviL-
it, exclaimed, "how now, Dubbin, if you are
going to get on, I will get off, for by the powers,
I will not ride double with you."
One of the most important female qualities
is sweetness of temper. Heaven did not give
to women insinuation and persuasion in erdir
to be imperious: it did not give them a sweet
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iu uc villi 'in in &coiuinir.
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which they receive it may be out of the county.
Subscribers and postmasters will please notice
this.
The Hungarian exiles who arrived at New
York iu the Mississippi, receive unremitting at-
. tentiou from the committee charged with uis-
Robert J. Walker's Sneech at the Soutliamr-
ton banquet to Kossuth has attract.-d much at-
, tcntion m Eni:UKL The LouJon -cwasretk'
; of it as the moSt relHaiklible ET,eeoh tliat h
been heard for years; und says that IJossaiL
himself could not surpass it in the deth if
meaning or power of expression.
The Bunker Hill Aurora says that of cm-.T a
riy 11, which went from that town with the Mas
sachusetts Regiment of volunteers to Mexico,
and numbered nearly 100 men, only 21 ofScers
aud men are now known or supposed to be living.
Of these remaining soldiers, several are so .-.
bilitated by the effects of that campaign, tLut
they arc entitled to pensions.
Shabp Retokt. Two smart fellows, rMliig
after a fast nag, observed a farmer sowing seed,
and one of. them accosted him thus:
" Well, honest fellow, its your business to
1 sow, but we reap the iruit ot your laoor.
"Tis very likely you may," replied the far
mer, "for I am sowing hemp'
The Saco, Me., Union, tells about a singular
sea monster captured at sea, about twenty miles
from that place. He is described as having a
head like a porpoise, shark's teeth, fins like a
whale, and a tail resembling a lizard's. He is
sixteen feet long, ami, when taken, weired
800 pounds. His skin has beeu stuffed, and i
now on exhibition.
With the present rate of emigration from Ire
land, here will not be a million of Irish left in
that coucfry in 1S52, The English, meantime,
are hiring the estates- afid moving in, and the
prospect i? imnrinent, (says a Galway paper.)
that the Celtic race will become extinct on its
proper soil.
The R.ed Land, (Ia.) says, as incredible as it
may appear to many, the secret of the perpetu
al motion has really bt-en discovered by thr
young men of our county, by the name af Force.
They are now in Washington City applying for
a patent, and they write back that there is n
doubt of success. The principle upon whica
the machinery is propelled, is the pressure ol
atmospheric air upon a succession of vacuums.
They have been offered in Washington $o0,000
for the patent right for the State of New ork.
Michigan is fast becoming, and perhaps is
one of the most prosperous States in the Uniuu,
though but about twenty years of age as a set
tlement of any agricultural growth, and mucu
less than this as a State, her real and personal
property is valued at 100,000,000, while she
raises 2,000,000 pounds of wool, S.OOO.OA'
bushels of wheat, 10,000,000 worth of manu
factures, has 3,500 farms, and nearly 201,000,
000 of acres of improved land.
It is understood, says the N. Y. CommerciaV
that the President has decided to remove Enf
ham Young from the Governorship of la
territory. We apprehend no other course t-
left to the Executive. His successor, nu
will need to be well supported if his author-.
is to be respected.
A most horrible accident occurred on
TA'eJ-
nesday atternoon at tne marDie
as, in Baltimore county, from which the stone
of the National Monument and the Patent t
extension are being quarried. The wor
were engaged in raising one of those immfr
circular blocks, weighing ten tens, intendc
the Patent Office, when the tackle broke,
two brothers, named Buckley, were U8M
derit. One of them was completely niaslH
a jelly, and , the other lost both his legs
which he died uoxt uwrning.