HOVHTAIB SIITIIEL
Andrew J. Ehey, Editor.
EBENSBURG, TA.
Thursday, August 5, 1853.
DEMOCRATIC. TICKET.
For President,
1KAXKL1X riCRCE,
of New Hampshire.
For Vice-President
WILLIAM 15. EtlXG,
of Alabama.
I For Canal Commissioner,
W1LLIA9I SEAIUGUT,
of Fayette Co.
County Humiliations.
For Assembly,
THOMAS COLLINS, of "Washington.
For Sheriff,
ATJGTJSTIN DTJEEIK, of "Washington.
Commissioner,
JACOB E. STTJLL. of Eichland.J
Auditor,
JOHN A. M'CONNELL, of Clearfield.
Coroner,
CAMPBELL SHERIDAN, ef Johnstown.
ETuGen. Geo .rotts, is announced in tbe Holli
daysburg papers, as an independent candidate
for Congress in this district.
Bi,We return thanks' to Hon Linn Boyd,
Hon. R. Brodhead, Hon. W. II. Seward, A. G.
Fenn, lion. M. M. Dimmick, Hon. E. B. Hart,
and Hon. Ephraim Banks, for a number of pub
lie documents.
Cool. TLe Thermometer on Sunday last, at
3 o'clock r. M., stood at 50 in the shade. Over
coats and fires commanded a premium and were
the order of the day. We love a cool day and
a refreshing breeze, in Summer time, but the
idea of freezing to death on the 1st of August,
in linen pants and light coat, is laying it on a
little too thick. ,
gf Went fishing on last Saturday, friend
Traugh, in company with a gentleman from
Pittsburgh. Caught a duckiijg too, which has
not improved our health. Haifa grand dinner
on the banks of the stream, u&Jer a tuft of
shade, with the gentle Zephyrs ip?a irg around
us. Eat Sardines from the Continent, and nice
bread and butter from the mountains. Had
some to drink too a wee drop (of khe "0 ! be
joyful." Caught ninety-three , trouty certain ;
not with one fly, but without anys Had a mind
to send them down to you but learned Jyou was
east to see about the Cod fisheries 'Tis rather
a scaly piece of business, don't ouSthink.
Hope the '-fish question" won't injure your and
our trout excursions. "J
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JCSy P. C. Shannon, Esq., of Pittsburg, the
candidate of the Democracy of tbnt district for
Congress has been rusticating in tLis delightful
village for some days. He is in the enjoyment
of excellent health and looking well. We l'ope
the "just discrimination" of the citizens of .Al
legheny county will, in October next, lead tbni
to his support in sufficient numbers to elect laia?
because he has the capacity to render iiivalttfi
ble services to them upon the floor of Congress
and their interests in every respect wonld receiv?
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prompt attention, liaa tuc "unterrihed " and
hard-fisted" democracy of this county an op
portunity of voting for Mr. Shannon, they would
pile up" a majority for him in the real old
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luauiunvu iai,-ttvu ie. iic icuiams some
days yet.
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Fulton County Aomt nations.
The Democrats of Fulton counrj-, held their
county Convention, on Monday, 20th ult.,
and placed in nomination the following ticket :
Congress, Dr. F. C. Reamer ; AssZnbly, Wm. P.
Schell, Esq. ; Commissioner, Wm. Alexander .
Treasurer, James B. Sanscm, Esq.!? editor of the
Ji' inoerat ; District Attorney, E. G. Day, Esq. j
Auditor, John Wishnrt. The ticket is a most
excellent one, and we have no fears'Vor its elec
tiou by a large majority. The nominations fr
Congress and Assembly are subject to the action
of the conferees. H
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On Wednesday morning, July 28th, at 7
'e-
clock, the steamboats Henry Clay and Armenia,
started together from Albany for New-York,
the Henry Clay having on board between three
r.nd four hundred passengers. The boats were
racing for a number of miles much against the
wishes of the passengers on the Clay, who re
monstrated to the captain and officers against
such conduct. Several ladies fainted fromfecr,
but the racing was continued, until, when with
in eighteen miles cf New York, the career of
the unfortunate vessel was at length cut short
by a fire, which ecn.pellcd her managers to run
her ashore, when the was burned to the water's
edge, and from sixty to cue hundred human
beings found a watery grave or perished in the
flames. The fire originated near the engine
room where the principal fire in the boilers was.
Among the names cf those lost w e notice Hon
Stephen Allen, late Major of New York ; IDs
Thompson and child of Lancaster, Pa. ; Mies
Hawthorne, sister of Nathaniel Hawthorne the
Poet; ted J. J. Sjtid, Etq., a lawyer of Balti
more. Among ti e saved we notice the names
of the following I'ittsburgers : Capt. C. W.
L'atcl.eltr tied lady ; Cnpt. Sam. Pccn and la
dy ; G. W. Mullen and lady ; and Wm. A. Ir
win. About 82 bedks have betn recovered freni
the wptcr. There is no list cf Passengers - and
probably there were some strangers on board
tLe ill-luted boat vhese fate will never be know n
in this wcrld. An indignation meeting was
held by ti e jntMLgtrg and the outrageous con
duct of the cfhtcis ctmltniicd ; piece then the
.caiptaii., n:ate, ciuk imd cr.c of the owners, who
wr.s tu Tcaidat the time cf tLe fire, Lave
Iccn circstcd and will bo Uicd.
A Thunder Storm.
On Thursday night, July 29th, this vicinity
was visited with one of the heaviest storms that
were occurred here. The rain was accompanied
with constant flashes of lightning - and awful
peals of thunder flash succeeded flash, in ra
pid succession, accompaned with startling re
ports. The roads were much washed and the
corn very much beaten down. Any number of
trees were uprooted. At 3 o'clock in the morn
ing the barn of Mr. Solomon M'Cullough, one
mile east of Munster, was struck by lightning
and with its contents entirely consumed. About
fourteen ton of hay, a carriage and buggy,
sleigh, harrows, ploughs, &c, were burned.
One fine horse was struck by the fluid and kil
led, and afterwards burned up, while another
was burned to death in his stall. Several pigs
and chickens on the outside of the barn were
struck by the lightning and killed. Mr. Mc
Cullough's loss will amount to $1500.
The Fresbyterian Church at the Summit was
struck with lightning and but slightly injured.
The damage has been repaired.
Numerous trees were struck by the fluid and
shivered into fragments. The lightning and
thunder exceeded any thing of the kind experi
enced here for years. The rain fell in torrents.
Allotmf nt Xtw Portage It. Road.
A letting took place several weeks ago of the
remainder of the work necessary to avoid the
Inclined Flanes of the Portage Road, as located
by R. Faries, Esq., which location, as compared
with' that of the Central Railroad, has been so
strongly sustained by the Engineers appointed
by the Legislature, Messrs. Roberta and Gay.
The profile of the road and plans of masonry
exhibited on the day of the letting are worthy
of our wannest commendation. They were ex
ecuted by that accomplished draughtsman, Capt.
Theo. Franks, who stands at the head of his
profession and as a draughtsman has no supe
rior.
The allotments were declared last week at
Harrisburg, and are as follows :
Section 10 Charles Carson,
" 12 &. 14 Andrews, Barr & Barr,
. 20 Burkholder & Co.,
" 21 (Tunnel) Morehead & Patterson
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" 20 M'Quaid & Co.,
' 24 G. W. English,
" 2-5 J. Daily & Co.,
" 2G & 27 M'Cammon & Co.,
" 28 Baily & Laughlin,
" 29 D. II. &. D. Daugherty,
" SO Hunter, Kirkpatrick & Co.,
" 31 Hoover. Keech & Tammany,
" 32 Rochofellow & Hamilton,
" 33 Arnold & Baily,
" 34 Cummings & Painter,
" 3-5 Alexander & Hastings,
" 30--E. Gillis,
" 37 Beck & Dull,
38 Arnold & Rhey,
" 39 Leisenring & Shriner,
" 40 Geo. Scott,
" 41 Thuig-UeTty &. Murray
ITEMS.
Accident and Loss of Life. A man named
McClosky, a section boatman, was killed at the
head of Plane 10, Monday. It appears that
just as the trucks started to go down the Plane,
he got between two sections of the boat. When
the latter got over the brow, they were sudden
ly stopped, the jar causing the sections to come
in contact, by w hich the unfortunate man was
so crushed that he survived but a few hours.
It is said that he was from Chester couuty, and
was in the regular service during the Mexican
War. Hollidayslurg Standard.
) Accident. Two Irishmen were injured one
,cf them, it is feared, fatally by a premature
blast at the Tunnel, on Monday last. One Of
them had his skull blown aw ay so that the brain
protruded. lie was brought in town and was
him anve yesicruay. ine otter s injury was
on the foot, and is not so severe. Ibid.
Shocking Octi kknce. On Saturday last
the eastern train of cars ran over six Irishmen
a short distance this side of Bell's Mills.
N. B. It may be as well to state that they
were working at the piers under a bridge when
the traio ran over them. Ibid.
ANomEii Aid. Gov. Bigler has appointed
John II. Dopp an Aid, with the rank of Lieut.
Colonel. Col. Dopp served his country in the
Second Pennsylvania Regirneut during the war
with Mexico, and is at present serving the Com
monwealth in the capacity of a State Agent on
the Portage Road. The Colonel is a sound
Democrat, and a clever fellow, and it is with
great satisfaction that we chronicle his promo
tion. J lid.
B3F A thing of Beauty is said to be a joy
forever ; if so, those Daguerreotypes taken by
Mr. T. E. Richards are illustrations of the truth
of the above saying. He has a room in the
house of Mr. Jothua A. Parish where he wilj
be pleased to take your visage at the low price
of a dollar. Call on him.
KuRemeniber, old Jackson men, that when
Gen. Scott was asked to subscribe somethingto-
wards the erection of a monument to the depar
ted sage and patriot of the Hermitage, he re
plied: llIt in a political movement, and I will not
give a cent.
"Better that war, pestilence and fahune should
sweep over the land, than that a military chieftain
should let elevated to the Presidency." Henry
Clay.
tgJenny Lind has concluded to quit the
w orld of song and turn authoress I At last ae
counts, a contemporary says, she was prepa
ring a small edition of. "GoldsmidCa Animated
A'atvre !' "
CQ.A Hen fancier lately procured a picture
of a favorite fowl, which was bo natural that it
lfid on his table for several weeks.
Captain Codgers, of the American schooner
Magdalen, recently arrested by the British, for
inf ringing on their fisheries, w as tried and con
victed of robbing the nets, but subsequently
made his escape tnd reached his vessel in safe
ty. '
ADDRESS TO THE OLD THIRTEEN STATES,
Monument to the Signers of the Declara
tion of Independence.
The following is the . able and eloquent ad
dress of the convention of delegates from ' nine
of the "Old Thirteen" States, .which assembled
in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on the 5th
of July :
To the people and Legislatures of the Slates of Mas
tachusetls, Xew Hampshire, Rhode Island, Con
necticut, New York, Xew Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina
South Carolina and Georgia.
The undersigned, delegates from the States
they represent, in pursuance of the invitation
of the municipal authority of the city of Phila
delphia, have assembled in that venerated Hall,
where more than three quarters of a century
since, the Declaration of the Independence of
the thirteen Colonies was framed, and from
which it was promulgated, to consider the pro
priety and expediency of erecting on the grounds
surrounding it, some durable and appropriate
memorial of that wonderful event, and of the
men who were the agents in producing it. The
results of our deliberations and the mode in
which it is proposed to accomplish the object,
will appear in the proceedings of the Conven
tion, to which we respectfully refer for those
details which are necessary to a full comprehen
sion of the subject.
Our purpose in now addressing you is to soli
cit your hearty co-operation in the execution of
this design.
That event ushered a new member into the
family of nations and electrified all Europe. It
opened a new revelation of liberty, and changed
the relation of people and government, by teach
ing the one how to resist and conquer oppression,
and the other the absolute necessity to its own
continuance, of recognizing and respecting the
rights of humanity. From that time forth, a
new vital and quickening spirit has pervaded
the world. Thrones have been shaken, empires
have been overturned, society has been convul
sed, blood and carnage have desolated the earth
but still the intelligence and soul of the 'peo
ple of all Christendom have been revivified, ele
vated and expanded to a comprehension of their
rights, which will never be obliterated nor for
gotten but will advance, enlarge and increase,
until that moral and social preparaticn for the
appreciation and enjoyment of liberty shall be
effected, which inthe Divine economy is so in
dispensable to the permanence of free institu
tions, While such have been the results abroad
of that mighty movement which the fullness of
time developed after a century of preparation,
how can human language describe the vast con
sequences which have flowed from it in this fa
vored land ? To what point shall we look with
out finding overwhelming evidences of its all
powerful influences ? Thirty-one free, happy
and independent sovereign States created out of
thirteen struggling and depressed Colonies, gov
erned by laws to which they never assented, by
tyrannical Ministers who engaged them as only
valuable account of the opportunity they affor
ded of extending power and patronage their
trade and commerce shackled by oppressive re
strictions, and their prosperity checked by petty
jealousy a population of nearly twenty-five
millions of inhabitants rejoicing in moral, social,
religious and commercial prosperity, springing!
from only three millions, scarcely able to maintain
existence a territory watered by the Atlantic
an 1 the Pacific, and every sea whitened by our
canvass respected, honored and feared by the
nations of the earth overflowing with wealth,
and exuberant in all the elements of prosperity!
and happiness where, where on the face of the
globe is there a country with which we would
exchange conditions ? To whom and to what
are we indebted for those priceless blessings ?
To an overruling Providence, and to the men
who framed, who declared, and who achieved
our independence. Our hearts ache with the
desire to do something to certify our gratitude,
our veneration, and to prove that we are not un
worthy of such a heritage.
Have we no lesson to teach our children and
their children's children ? Shall they not be
perpetually reminded of the goodness of God
and the self-sacrificing bravery and devotion of
their ancestors ? Shall they not have one na
tional shrine of patriotism, to whieh all with
out distinction of creed or opinion can repair,
and unitedly, with one heart and one soul, pour
out their thanks giving and their love ? We are
so constituted by our Creator, that visible signs
and representations are necessary to awaken our
sensibilities, to stimulate our affections. As
the third generation of that posterity for whom
the men of the Revolution chiefly labored, and
suffered, and died, it is peculiarly fitting that
we should erect such representations of their
great and controlling act, as shall speak to our
own hearts, to our children's hearts, and shall
certify to God and the world that we appreciate
and reverence, and would cultivate and dissem
inate the mighty truths and principles which
brought our nation into existence, which consti
tute its very life, and of which it seems design
ed by providence to be the special defender and
protector.
How can liberty dwell in a country that re
presses the outward marks of homage and rev
erence for its principles ? It is one of the most
solemn and imperative duties, which we may
not neglect with impunity, to watch the sacre
mental flame of liberty, to feed it constantly
with tho elements necessary to its existence, to
keep it bright ami glorious, ami to deliver it to
our successors with the charge, that, as they
claim the benefits of its hallowed influences, so
will they preserve and maiutain it.
To these ends the proposed monument will
exercise a powerful influence. Paltry, in com
parison with our ability, as will be the cost, its
value wiM consist in its consecration of a great
principle, the divine rights of a people to re
dress their wrongs and achieve their liberty,
and to establish such government as their cir
cumstances may require, and they may be able
to maintaiu.
Such arc some of the considerations, which
we most respectfully present, as inducements to
the States designated, to contribute the means
for the erection of the proposed monument.
The report of the Committee of this body, which
will be laid before you, points out the manner
and the proportion in which the contributions
may be made, the abundant securities for their
faithful administration, and for the perpetual
consecration of this national offering to its des
tined purposes.
Our duty is performed ; yours commences.
Most respectfully,
Your fellow citizens,
WM. BIGLER, of Pa. President
Cha9. F. Adams, of Mass., " tr- r, ...
Asbi hy Hali, of Geo. lce Residents.
L. S. Foster, of Conn., ") . .
A. G. Waterman, of Pa. Secretaries.
Destructive Fire at Albany, and loss of
jiie.
We take the following particulars of a fire
and melancholy casualty from the Albany Eve
ning Journal of Saturday :
"A few minutes after 8 o'clock, last evening,
William Bamber, Esq., the well known and high
ly respected clerk in the office of the Attorney
General, went into the drug store of Archibald
McClure & Co., to purchase half a gallon of al
cohol. John Rice, brother of one of the firm,
waited upon him, Mr. Bamber holding the lamp
while Rice poured the alcohol into the can bro't
for that purpose. While thus engaged the light
communicated to the alcohol although both
parties, aware of the inflammable character of
the liquid, endeavored to avert any catastrophe
by bringing the light into too close proximity
with it. In a moment persons in the neighbor
hood were startled by an explosion, which soun
ded like the shooting of a large rooket, and by a
volume of bright flame pouring out of the west
door of the building, facing State-street, near
which the alcohol was being drawn.
In an instant afterward, young Rice came out
on the side-walk, with a bright flame encircling
his legs from his knees down. He seemed be
wildered, and ran down the street, endeavoring
to extinguish the flames by brushing them with
his hands. He was soon seized, and the flames
extinguished by proper woolen appliances. He
was at once conveyed to Apothecary Hall, where
Drs. Cogswell, Hun, aud Springsteed dressed
Lis limbs, and the gratifying intelligence was
communicated that his burns were not danger
ous, though very painful and severe. His legs,
from his knees down, were quite badly burned
and his hands and arms up to his elbows. His
face was also scorched, but not seriously. He
is in no serious danger, and was comparatively
comfortable this morning.
It was some seconds after Mr. Rice made his
escape before Mr. Bamber succeeded in reach
ing the door, and when he did so, he presented
a most awful spectacle. He was a perfect sheet
of flame from his feel to the top of his head. When
he came out, he ran a few feet down the walk
and then turned np. crying for aid in harrow
ing tones. A number of persons ran to him in
stantly, taking off their coats to smother the
flames. But they could not be smothered until
a large piece of carpet was obtained, in which
he was enveloped ; and even then the carpet
not encircling his head the flames continued
to burn on his face and head, until a pail of wa
ter was obtained and dashed upon them. It
must have been a full minute from the time of
the explosion, before the unfortunate man was
released from the scorching flames that encir
cled him.
He was immediately borne towards his home;
out when he reached Howard street, he insisted
upon walking, and he did walk from the inter-
section of Howard with Pearl street to his resi-
dence, No. 74 Eagle street. This gave his
friends, who supposed that he could not survive,
hope. But, alas! their worst fears in a few
hours were to be realized.
On removing his clothes, he was found to be
blistered from his eyes to his hips. His breast
and shoulders were also badly burned; as were
also his neck, face and head. His whiskers,
however, were hardly scorched, and his lips
seemed not to have been touched by the flame.
He was, of course, in intense agony. His body
was immediately enveloped in soothing applian
ces, aud by midnight he seemed easier. t 1
o'clock he was so quiet, and appeared to rest so
well, that hopes were entertained for his life;
but he soon sank, and a few minutes past 1 o'
clock he died.
Mr. Bamber leaves a young widow, who feels
deeply the fearful loss she has been thus sud
denly cnlled upon to sustain.
In less than a minute the entire store seemed
to be filled with a perfect sheet of flame. Wm.
Rice, however, one of the firm, succeeded in
reaching the counting roum, from whence here
moved some of the books, finding his exit from
the back part of the store. But nothing else
was saved, except some heavy goods in the cel
lar. The fire raged with the most intense fury,
rendering it necessary for Mr. Tillinghast, who
was in the third story, to escape from the back
of the building by a ladder. One of his hands
was burned in making the descent.
The hose-carts and engines were promptly on
the ground, and in less than ten minutes the
full head of the several hydrants in the vicinity
was led on the fire.
From Utah.
Tassengers arrived at St. Louis from Salt
Lake bring dates to the Sth of May. Nothing
is reported of material interest. The crops
looked uncommon well. A woolen factory had
just been put iDto operation. Good health
prevailed. New settlements were being made
in a number of the surrounding valleys. A
large amount of sugar beet had been sown in
anticipation of the arrival of the machinery
under the charge of Elder John Taylor. Gov
Young and suite had started upon an exploring
expedition through the valleys of the Colorado,
Green River, and their tributaries, for tho pur
pose of making settlements to raise cotton for
home manufacture.
Sad. To kiss a rosy cheeked girl, and find
your mouth filled with Venetian Red, and she
growing pale on it, is truly an awful thiug.
TUB FISHERIES.
Available Xaval Force of the ITnltcd
States.
The New York Herald, in the course of an in
teresting article on the Fisheries, says that for
immediate service in the fisheries, the following
vessels, if so ordered, can arrive off Halifax, as
here given :
Steamship Mississippi" 10 guns, Capt- W. J.
McCluney, (detached from the Japan Expedi
tion for the present service,) is lying in the port
of New York, fully ready for sea, with officers,
men, provisions, coal and amunition on board,
waiting final orders to sail. Her battery is 8
medium 32-pounders, and two long' 120-pound-ers
pivot guns, throwing shot of paixhan shells
of two feet and a half circumference. The Mis
sissippi can arrive at Halifax direct, by the 2d
August.
Steamer Saranac, Commander G. J. Pender
grast 6 guns, (probably long 24-pounder paix
hans) flag-ship of Commodore Foxhall A. Park
er, commanding the Home Squadron. She is
lying at Philadelphia, officered, manned, provis
ioned, coal, &c, on board, full ready for sea,
(said to be ordered to Boston and Bay of St.
Lawrence immediately.) If ordered, can be off
Halifax by 2d August.
Sloops. of-war Albany, Commander Charles Ti
Piatt, (stated 20 guns,) carries 24, (size not
mentioned,) just arrived from sea, at Boston,
belongs to the Home Squadron, is fully prepar
ed for any service, and said to be ordered to sail
in company with the Saranac, under command
of Capt. J. C. Long. She cau, if ordered, ar
rive off Halifax August 2d.
Sloop Decatur, Commander William Green,
stated 1G guns, carries 20, sailed on the 21th
July, from New Orleans, ordered to New York ;
may arrive here by the Cth August; she may be
provisioned and despatched the next day, and
arrive off Halifax by the I2th of August. She
belongs to the Home Squadron.
Steamer Fulton, Commander T. G. Benham,
5 guns, very powerful engine, and fast vessel,
well adapted for towing ; is in comm ission. as a
crusier in the Home Squadron ; last heard from
at Pensacola, where she probably is now if or
dered, can be at the fisheries by the 10th of Au
gust.
Steamer Yixen, Lieutenant commanding, Wil
liam Smith, 3 guns, belongs to the Home Squad
ron, lying at Norfolk, undergoing slight repairs
can, if ordered, sail on the 30th of July, and
reach Halifax on the 8th of August. Steams
slowly, but excellent for coasting service ; did
good service in the Gulf of Mexico, during the
war.
Sloop-of-war St. Loui?, 22 guns, was ready
for sea at Norfolk, on the 2Cth inst., had taken
in powder, &c. ; understood to be waiting orders
to sail for the fisheries; can arrive there by the
5th of August.
Brig Porpoise, (10 guns) Lieut. Commanding
E. R. Thompson just arriTid from the Coast
of Africa, at New York is ready for any ser
vice, and can be provisioned and despatched to
day, and arrive at Halifax by the 5th ef Au
gust. Brig Dolphin, (10 guns) under repairs at New
York Navy Yard ; cau be sent to sea by the 9th
of August, and arrive at Halifax by the 15th.
Sloop-of-war Marion, (1G guns stated car
ries 20) New York Navy Yard, under repairs
can be ready in eight days, and arrive at Hal
ifax by the 1 5th August.
Sloop-of-war Cyane, (22 guns,) ready for sea
at Norfolk ; going into Dry Dock first could
sail on Cth August, and arrive at Halifax on the
loth.
Steamer Powhatan, Capt. Win. Merrin, (9
guns,) preparing for sea at Norfolk can be rea
dy by the 5th of August, and reach Halifax by
the 9th. She is second to no steam frigate a
float, for strength, efficiency or beauty.
It thus appears that we have available for
immediate service, and can concentrate at Hali
fax, if so ordered, the following force :
By August 2 Two steamers and one sloop-of-war
total 40 guns.
" 8 (Including the above,) three stea
mers, two sloops-of-war, and
one brig total 121 guns.
" 15 flncludins the above. five steam
ers, five sloops-of-war, and two
brigs total, (12 vessels) 1G1
guns.
There might be added to this force, certain
small revenue vessels from Northern and East
ern ports, which would swell up the force (th'o
not proportionable to strengthen it) to as many
as two hundred guns. The two steamships
Fredonia and Relief, are both in New York Na
vy Yard ; they carry ten guns, are good sailers,
and would be useful to supply coal to the stea
mers, as well as for cruisins.
The above are all the vessels we have availa
ble to place on the fishing coasts by the 15th
August; but they are enough, if despatched
without unnecessary delay, and as soon as each
one is ready, to prevent the seizure of many
hundreds of valuable fishing craft, to recapture
some already taken, and perhaps, by their en
ergetic action, to deter the British cruisers from
too great a precipitancy, which, once indulged
in, war would become inevitable. We might
thus gain time for diplomatic action, or for fu
ture preparation.
By the 30th August the above force can be
increased by the addition of five frigates, carry
ing 332 guns, besides smaller vessels.
German Emigrant' Marriages at Bremen.
Mr. Locke, of the Savannah Republican, in a
letter from Bremen, says : "The Consul here
drives a considerable business in the marrying
line. On the day of my arrival he united twenty-three
couples all emigrants about to sail for
America. The laws of New York and Bremen
require these marriages by the Consul. There,
unmarried women with children or expec
ting to have them, cannot land without
giving heavy bonds. Here, the laws do not al
low them to get married by a clergymen unless
they have property enough to support a family.
Hence, the duty falls on the Consul. Of all
those who come to the Consul to be married,
four-fifths have leon living together before, and
have nice little families already,"
The following beautiful rem U ,
of Miss Elizabeth Snow, a young girf b
fifteen years of age. She is a daughter of r f
W. W. Snow, M. C, from the Otsego dinnVt
and is destined to be one of the brightest inte'
ects in that section of the country.
shows the writer to be possessed of dtclH
ent with a pure and elevated tone of thought J
How beautiful the teachings cf the "Night v"
ces" to the heart of this fair young girl. yotjj"
ing dark or sombre presents itself to her ima '
nation, but aspirations high, hopeful, and h
fill her bosom. Her spirit is lifted from the
darkness that overshadows the earth, to t'
beauty and brightness of heaven, drinisin
spiration therefrom, whilst her heart iso'erfio
ing with gratitude to the Supreme Being, t.
created all things thus beautiful and gave 'her '
spirit capable of appreciating their beauty
The composition was furnished for the "Jletrop
olitan" of Washington.
The Voices of the Mght.
BY MISS EL1ZABETU SNOW.
To the thoughtful mind the Voices of N;Lt
speak in a thousand gentle whispers, they are
born on the soft breeze, and in the perfume la
dened air, in the murmuring brock tLey have a
resting place. Though mists shroud ni-ht,
beautiful Voices of the Magical Tast and "un
known Future come sweeping in gentle zephyrs
through the mind of man. The Present is an
nihilated and memory with her magic wanj
brings to mind the happy days of youth.
Again the man is a boy bounding o'er hill
dale, with a buoyant step of childhood cl.:;. .
some gay butterfly or bright forest leaf, as .
borne c-oquetishly by the breeze.
Again, he is a joyous happy child with no re
grets for tLe past, no longings for the futr-,
his days are one long dream cf happiness nr. I
sunshine ; and yet a little farther he islorr.i
on memory's pinions to the days of earlv man
hood, when silver tongued hope whispenj t
him of future fame, and when he deemed ti
w orld as free from deception and guile U3 Lis
own pure heart.
l here is a voice, too, whieh speaks to our
hearts when we look upon the azure vault, bes
pangled with those isles of spiritual brigLtne??.
Who, when he looks upon these, has not wi-1:, ,
for wings to fly to those bright realm? TV-.,
too, are Voices that speak to ns in musical ton..-:
of the grandeur and sublimity of the works o;
God.
When we gaze upon those star-lit gems, mem
ories, sad, but sweet, come crowding o'er us;
memories of loved ones that have passed awav.
Again we are taking a farewell of some love
ly flower of earth ; which had been nurtured
with tender care, and surronnded by an atmos
phere of love, but whieh, all our own efforts
could not save; we see the lovely blossom with
er, droop, and die ; they may be likened to those
frail flowers too delicate to bear the dews of
night, and which droop at its approach.
But Night has other Voices than those that
Memory lends. It is then, when all is solemn
silence around, that soft Night-Voices wlisper
to the soul, of Him who ever seems nearer ia
the darkness, and when memorv's waves have
rolled over the spirit until it feels sad and trou
bled, the thought of one day dwelling with tint
holy Being in an eternal day, comes like a bri't
dream of morning, chasiDg the gloom of NicLt
away.
Oneonta, Otsego Co., N. Y.
A Succession of MIsfort nnti.
A merchant of this city, a few months ag
purchased a country residence, some seven
miles from the city, and removed thence with
his family to spend the summer, and if pleased
with a country life, intended to remain dunna
the winter and summer. His family consisted
of himself, wife and three children. About the
second week after their arrival, the vounest
child was taken sick and died: the next week
the second child died, and the wife lay n!nu?t
at the point of death, The servant was sent to
the city for a physician, and while driving a
valuable horse, drove against a milk cart, tlie
shafts of the latter piercing the side of t.c
horse and killing him instantly. On the servant's
return he was sent out to the garden to pick
some cherries, when he fell from the tree and
broke his thigh, and is not expected to recov
er. The gentleman on the recovery of his wife
purchased a costly, and, as he thought, a well
broke trotting horse, and on the first trial, hav
ing his wife and remaing child in the bn.y
with him, tbe horse ran away, throwing all cut,
severeely injuring his w rife and child and lr' "
self seriously. They all remained a few d..v
at a farm house between the city and their home
until they were sufficiently convalesced to be
removed thither, where they now are. These
misfortunes, all happening in such quick suc
cession, are truly remarkable. Everv incident
mentioned is strictly true, and the gentleman
alluded to is well known in the city, and a per
sonal acquaintance of ours. Cincinnati Cra
mercial. An Indian Scene tn the West.
A correspondent of the St Louis Intelligencer,
writing from Fort Lawrnce, under date ef
June 9th, says:
"Yessterday a band of Dacotah Indians
crossed at the fen-y. The woman, children,
packs and dogs were placed in the ferry boat,
and when safely landed on the oppsite short',
the men and ponies took the stream, and as
yells and shouts gained the shore in safety.--Immediately
upon the arrival of the bagg".-!
the dogs wera harnessed between twoK'; f r0'1-'
and their cargo fastened on; the wciaen as;
each other to pack enormous bur:bc:is r? 11
their shoulders, and in an incredibly iLort i-?-e
thirty skin wigwams were erectiv!--t!-o i
boiling little red urchins running arjuu l,
where only an hour before w as an o-.n '
suddenly became an Indian village. IhJ
well dressed, fine looking Indians' cwnuga
large number of horses, more comfortable au
better supplied with articles of comfort than
any other tribe I have yet met with. They
ar very civil, and appear fond of the compatV
of their "white brother." The beau
wore the full uniform, of au V. S. Captain