act lt against all Wept, fradulent er unjust claims
which may be-presented for their adjudication.
This tfistriet, which has neither voice nor vote in
your deliberations, looks to you for protection and
aid, awl I commend all its wants to your fin-ara
ble consideration, with a fnll confidence that you
will meet them not only with justice, bet with lib
erality. It should be borne id mied that in this
city, laid out by Washington, and consecrated by
his name is locates! the Capitol of our nation, the
emblem of our Union and the symhol °four great
ness. Here also are situated all the public build
ing. necessary fur the use of the Government, and
all these are exempt from tnlntion. It should be
the pride of Americans to render this place attrac
tive to the people of the whole Republic, and con
venient and safe for the transaction of the public
business and the preservation of the public records.
The Government should, therefore, bear a liberal
proporition-of the burdens ofall necessary and use
ful improvements. And, as nothing could contrib
ute more to the health, comfort, and safety of the
city, and the security of the public buildings and
records, than an abundant supply of pure water, I
respectfully recommend that yen make such pro
visions for obtnining the same as in your wisdom
you. may deem proper.
The act passed at your but .session, making cer
taM propositions to texas for settling the disputed
boundary between that State and the Territory of
New Mexico, was immediately on its passage,
transmitted by express to the Governor of Texas,
to be laid by him bonne the General Assembly for
its agreement thereto. Its receipt was duly acknow
ledged, but no official information has yet been re
ceived of the action of the General Assembly there
on; it may, however, lie very soon expected, no,
by the terms of the propositions submitted, they
were to have been aeted upon, on or before the
first day of the present month.
It was hardly to hare been expected that the se
ries of measures passed at you last session, with
the view of healing the sectional differences which
had sprung front the slavery and territorial ques
tions, should at once have realized their beneficient
purpose. All mutual concessions in the nature of
a compromise most necessarily be unwelcome to
men of extreme opinions. And though without
such concessions our Constitution could not have
been formed, and cannot be permanently sustained,
yet we have seen them made the subject of bitter
controversy in both sections of the Republic. It
required many months of discussion and delibera
tion to secure the concurrence of a majority of
Congress in their favor. It would be strange if
they bad been received with immediate approba
tion by people and States, prejudiced and heated
by the exciting controversies of their representa
tives. I believe those measures to have been re
quired by the circumstances and condition of the
country. I believe they were necessary to allay
asperities and animosities that were rapidly alien
ating one section of the country from another, and
destroying those fraternal sentiments which are the
strongest supports of the constitution. They were
adopted in the spirit of conciliation, and for the
purpose of conciliation. I believe that a great ma
levity of our fellow-citizens sympathise in that spir
it, and that purpose, and in the mein approve, and
are prepared, in all respects, to sustain these en
actments. I cannot doubt that the American peo
ple hound together by kindred blood and common
traditions, still cherish a paramount regard for the
Union of their fathers ; and that they are ready to
rebuke any attempt to violate its integrity, to dis
turb the compromises on which it is based, or to
resist else laws which have been enacted under its
authority.
The smies of measures to which I have alluded
are regt.rded by me as a settlement, in principle
and subtstanee—a final settlement of the dangerous
and exeitingenhjects which they embraced. Most
of these subjects, indeed, are beyond your reach,
u the legislmion which disposed of them was, in
its character, final and irrevecable. It may be pre
sumed from the opposition which they all encoun
tered that none of those measures was free frdm
imperfections lout in their mutuid dependence and
connection they formed a system of compromise,
the most conciliatory, and best forth entire coun
try., that could be obtained from conflicting section
al Interest nod opinions.
For this reason I recommend your adherence to
the adjustment established by those measures, NW
til time and experience shalt demonstrate the ne
rushy of further legislation to guard against era-
Mon or abuse.
By that adjustment we have been rescued from
the wide and boundless agitation that surrounded
us, and hare a firm, distinct and legal ground to
rest upon. And the occasion, I trust, will justify
me is exhorting my countrymen to rally upon and
maintain that ground as the best, if net the only
moans, of restoring peace and quiet to the country
and maintaining inviolate the integrity of the Un
ion.
And now, fellow-citizens, I cannot bring this
eommuuication to a close without invoking you to
join me in humble and devote thanks to the great
Ruler of Natiors, for the multiplied blessings which
he has graciously bestowed upon us. kits hand,
so often visible in our preservation, has stayed the,
pestilence, saved us from foreign wars and domes
tic disturbances, and scattered plenty through the
land.
• Our liberties, religions and civil, have been main
tained; the fountains of knowledge have all been
kept open, and means of happiness widely spread
and generally enjoyed, greater than have - fallen to
the lot of any other nation. And wldle deeply
penetrated with gratitude tbr the past, let us hope
that his allwise Providence will so guide our coun
sels, as that they shall result in giving satisfiaetion
to our constituents, securing the peace of the coun
try, and adding new strength to the United Gov
ernment under which we lire.
MILLIARD FILLMORE.
Wasarnorost, DECEMBER 2, 1820.
Railroad,Accidents.
On Wednesday evening last, as the Night Line
was proceeding front this city to Philadelphia, it
was thrown from the track a short distance this
side of Morgan's Corner, in consequence of one of
the rails being out of place. There was no one in
jured, however, with the exceptionof theeugineer,
who was slightly scalded, and a passenger, who
sustained a trifling wound in the head. The loco
motive ran a short distance into a field, where it
was almost entirely imbedded in a bank; and to
gether with five new ears which had been placed
upon the road but a few days before, and belong
ing to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was'
reduced to a complete wreck. When we take into
'consideration the number of passengers the cars
contained, we cannot but look upon their escape as
almost rairactiloqs.
On the day following, the Slow Ling came in
tallish= with a burthun train, near Walkertown,
by which both locomotives were injured to a con
siderable extent, so as to be rendered unfit for use
for some time. The first of these accidents is of
course attributable to the had condition of the road ;
bat in the latter case it is evident there was mis
management somewhere, as both trains were upon
the same track, else the accident would not have
occurred.—Lancaster Tribune.
Cholera in Jamaica.
Verbal accounts by the officers of a steamer just
arrived from Jamaica, report the cholera to be in
creasing there to a frightful extent. The loss of
life is very great, the deaths per day being 150 to
200, the inhubitancsocen dying AO hat that coffins
could uut be prepared to supply the demand; in
sumo instances pits were obliged to be dug to bury
the dead. Every precaution wee being used to
*soli in wagon.
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tington on the 14th inst.
THANKSGIVING Der.—Thursday neit, (12th
inst.,) is the day set apart by Governor Johnston,
fur general Thanksgiving throughout Pennnsylva-
President's Message.
The annual message of President Fillmore will
be found in this paper. It is an ably written, dig
nified and business-like State paper. And not
withstanding its brevity, every subject which prop
erly comes under the notice of the Chief Executive
is lucidly presented to the considered. of Con
gress. On the subject of a Tariff, Internal Im
provements, &c., the President shows himself
worthy of the confidence reposed iu him by the
Whig party. Our agricultural friends will be
pleased to observe that the President is not un
mindful of them, and recommends the establish
ment of an Agricultural Bureau, to be charged
with the duty of giving to this leading branch of
American Industry the encountgement which it
83 well deserves. This recommendation is impor
tant, and wiil be received with great satisfaction,
throughout the entire country. It is useless, how
ever, to go into extended comment on this Ines
' sage. All will read and judge of it for themselves.
Post Master General's Report.
The most important feature of the Post Master
General's Report is the recommendation of a re
duction of the inland letter postage to a uniform
rate of three cents, pre-paid, rind five cents not pre
paid, and that the Postmaster General be empow
ered to make a further reduction to two cents,
whenever, after the present proposed reductions,
the revenues of the department shalt have exceed
ed its expendetures for two consecutive years, five
per cent. He also recommends that a reduction
to twenty cents be made on correspondence to and
from the Pacific coast, South America, the Eastern
continent and its Islands, and points beyond either
and to ten cents on all other sea-going letters ex
cept when the rates shall be otherwise fixed by
postal treaties. Ile. recommends a reduction on
the postage of newspapers sent out of the States to
one cent, and also a reduction upon pamphlets,
periodicals, &c.
THE U. S. Slur PENNSYLVANIA.—We learn
from the National Intclligcncer, that the Secretary
of the Navy has given permission to Stout the a-
Love named vessel to cany articles to the World's
Fair at London. The matter, however, depends
upon Congress making an appropriation to meet
the necessary expense; and, as the ship would be
an admirable specimen of American naval archi
tecture at the World's Exhibition, in addition to
its superior capacity for the purpose for which a
national vessel is to be sent to London, it is to be
hoped that the required means wilt be promptly
voted by the representatives of the people.
rUIITiTER anon GEORGIA.—We learn that re
turns of the late election for members of the Geor
gia Convention have been received from upwards
of eighty counties. The result is, that, with the ex
ception of ten, all of them have elected the Union
candidates. Their popular majority is said to
be overwhelming. Whatever it is, it would have
been greatly increased if the Democrats had con
tested all the counties, and thus brought out a full
vote. In some of the counties they presented no
candidates, and in others made but a slight show
of opposition.
DnEADFUL ExmostoN !—A despatch from
Charleston (8. C.) under ante of Dec. 1, says:—
"The steamer Antoinette Douglass burst her boi
ler on the Alabama river, on Tuesday morning
last, killing 30 persons, and wounding 28-25 mis
sing."
Pennsylvania. Interests.
"More than three-fourths of our population,"
says the President, in his late message to Congress
"are employed in the cultivation of the soil." If
this is true of the United States, it is specially true
of the State of Pennsylvania, which produces so
largely, wheat, corn, provisions, wool, that, and
other staples that are the original elements of
wealth. Pennsylvania sheep produce soma of the
finest "fleece" ever fabricated, and well entitled to
the ancient name of "golden fleece." Her flour
commands a preference In the markets of the world
and her rye whiskey forms the basis of rivers of
French brandy. Commerce, manufactures and
mechanics all draw their wealth originally from ag
riculture, which furnishes the raw material for fab
rication. Let farmers think of this and "speed the
plough"—and let more operatives cultivate farms,
as inviolable "homesteads."—Ledger.
EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA.—Govenior
Seabrook, in his recent message to the Legislature
says that over twenty thousand persons in South
Carolina era ignorant of the alphabet.
Report of Secretary of the Interior.
The report of the Secretary of the Interior is a
highly interesting document. We give an abstract
of its contents, which we clip from the Daily Sun,
on follows
It recommends further legislation to define the
duties and powers of the Department, and the cre
ation of the office of Solicitol to decide queStiOns
of law upon appeals, subject to the revision of the
• Secretary.
.The estimate of the Px penses of the Pepartraent
tbr the next fiscal year, exceeds that for the pres
ent $1,728,670 . 68; the Secretary fully explains
the reason for this increase.
There are now 10,758 persists on the pinsion
rolls, and the amount expended for pensions du
ring the year, was $1,400,000. The number of
hind warrants issued for services in the revolution
ary war, is 12,588; in the war of 1812, 28,878;
number of claims for laud warrants and scrip in
lien thereof, for services in the Mexican war, 84,-
705. The number of claims presented under the
Bounty Land law of September lint, up to the sth
of November but, was 9,468, and the number is
increasing rapidly. The whole number of claim-
ants will be about 250,000.
The report of the Commissioner of the General
Land °lke, shows that the aggregate amount of
lands sold, located by warrants, and otherwise dis
posed of in the Ist, 2d, and part of the ad quarters
of 1850, is 2,815,366, 42 acr es.
• The appointment•of a Commissioner is recom
mended to adjudicate conflicting-land claims in
California, and also that the mineral lands be di
vided into small tracts, and sold in fee simple, to
the highest bidder at public auction.• The extent
of the lots should depend on the apparent richness
of the mines; but they should be small enough to
afford all an opportunity of becoming bidders.
Our relations kith the Italians will demand the
prompt attention of Congress. The annexation
of Texas and the treaty with Mexico have added
about one hundred and twenty-four thousand per
sons to our Indian population—many of them fierce
in their dispositions and predatory in their habits.
Agents have been appointed for the Indian tribes
of California and of Oregon, and two special a
gents have been commissioned to co-operate with
the resident agent in Texas, in conciliating the In
dians of that State. Three commissioners have
been appointed under the same act, to accompany
the Mexican Boundary Commission, for the pur
pose of obtaining information in regard to the
tribes on our southwestern frontier, and, if possi
ble, to establish friendly relations with them. It
is to be regretted that no authority was conferred
by law for the establishment of resident agents is
New Mexico. The Indians of that country arc
the most savage within our boundaries. It is es
sential for the fulfilment of our treaty stipulations,
as well as for the protection of our own citizens
that agents should be sent among them, who can
exercise a restraining influence over them.
The importance of a great national highway to
the Pacific is considered, and the propriety of an
immediate examination of the country, to deter
mine the practicability and probable cost of the
work, is suggested.
The establishment of an Agricultural Bureau is
recommended, and the purchase of a farm, to be
managed under the direction of the bureau, sug
gested as an auxiliary in illustrating the hest
modes of culture. The Secretary adds that, if this
idea be favorably received, Mount Vernon might
with great propriety become a model farm, to il
lustrate the progress of that pursuit to which the
Father of his Country was so much devoted.
The returns, coming in daily, give assurance
that the census gill be completed within the time
limited by law. The immediate completion of
both wings of the Patent Office is urged, for the
accommodation of the Department of the Interior
and the officers thereto attached.
Congress.
The second Session of the Thirty-first Congress
was opened on Monday of last week. In the Sen
ate forty-two members were present. In the House
a large number of members answered to their
names. The old officers holding over in each
branch, there was nothing to do by way of organi
zing but call the roll and appoint the usual com
mittees to wait on the President.
The President's Message was transmitted to both
Houses between three and four o'clock on the first
day of the session. After the reading the usual
number of copies were ordered to be printed. Be
fore adjourning the members of the House drew
lots for scats, and thus closed the proceeings of the
first day.
On Tuesday little was done in either House. In
the Senate the acting President was authorized to
appoint all the Comtnittecs. Col. Renton gave
notice of a number of bills which he' intends to of
fer. Athong them is ono granting lands for the
construction of a Railroad and common highway
front St. Louis to Situ Francisco. In the lions::
Mr. DANNER, of Pa., elected in place of Dr. Nes,
from the York and-Adams district, appeared and
took his seat. Mev, Mr. GURLEY was re-elected
Chaplain.
On Wednesday. the President of the Senate an
nounced the' Committees. They are the same as
last year with one or two exceptions. An election
for Chaplain was then held, resulting in the choice
of the Rev. C. M. BUTLER, Episcopalian. Ten
thousand extra copies of the Message and docu
ments were ordered to be printed. Mr. Cooper
announced the death of the lion. Chester Butler,
of Pennsylvania, and pronounced a feeling eulogy
upon him. The usual resolution were passed and
the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Butler's death was announced
by Mr. Chandler, coupled with a beautiful eulogy,
similar resolutions were adopted to those of the
Senate, and the Rouse adjourned.
On Thursday, the Senate adopted aresolutioo to
print the President's Message and accompanying
documents in two volumes. The several parts of
the Message were on motion referred to the appro
priate committees. After the transaction of other
unimportant business the Senate adjourned over to
Monday.
In the House the Speaker was authorized to ap,
point the Standing Committees. A resolution was
adopted raising a special committee to consider and
report upon the Bounty Land Bill of last session.
Mr. Schenck offered a resolution that thecommit
tee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire
and ascertain the requisite expenses for fitting out
the ship Pennsylvania, to send to England with
works of art and productions of the United States
to be exhibifetAttltd , rtiii.• Objection'
was made, and the motion lies over. The House
then adjourned to Monday.
Jenny Eiiad-
Jenny Lind, the "§wedish Nightingale," capti
vates till who have'the good fortune to hear her
sing. A correspondent orthe Lancaster Tribttntr,
who attended one of her recent concerts in Phila
delphia, dins writes r
What shall I write of the singing? Words 104
their sympathy, when they attempt to describe the.
vocalism of Jenny Lind. It is past all human con
ception. At times like the tinnily)f a thousand
silver hells, hying -away in the notes of the softest
flute. Anon it whispers with .the sweetness of the
evening zephyr; then breaking forth will m the
wind, and clear us the trumpet. But the most re
markable feature in her. voice, is the echo. Yon
have heard the echo of a deep cavern, or sonic ro
mantic vale. 'Jenny Lind excels them both. It
is astonishing. l)on't talk of • the music of the
spheres, or the song of the stars ! Jenny Lind, as
the music-minister of heaven, has caught the per
fection of the one, and the inspiration of the other,
and blends them into one glorious flood of sound
and beauty. And theta, 'Rothe, Sweet Home."
She sang this little song with a fervor, a pathos,
and an originality, which elicited the most raptu
rous applause. I had a near view of the songs
tress, and noticed distinctly the feeling which
evinced itself during this effort. The audience
hung with trembling emotion to each note, and the
Swedish Girl gave vent to her heart in tears.—
'•Home, Sweet Home," struck a tender chord in
the bosom of every one present, which reverbera
ted to the yoke of memory, and the dear thoughts
of that dearer spot. "Home, Sweet Home," ap
pealed to the heart of Jenny, and slit leo. She
sang, sad thought of Sweden, she looked as if she
had caught the image of those dear faces who
were the friends and companions of her early days.
I would not have missed the hearing of this song,
for the prolonging of life fur years.
In personal appearance, Jenny Lind is common
place, and reminds one of many a familiar, bene
volent thee, which we often behold in society.—
She is not handsome, but possesses true, natural
beauty. Her eye is bright, and sparkles with the
tire of the sours purity. Her mouth is large, and
well formed, and the general contour of her figure
is that of a woman who does not know her attrac
tion or. her real worth. She is modest without
being prudish; frank and joyous, hut devoid of
levity. Indeed, I scarcely trust toy pen, in at
tempting to describe Miss Lind, for fear it might
be guilty of committing ludicrous extremes. Hear
and see her by all means, or miss the greatest en,:
jOyment ofihred to us poor mortals.
The Pursuit of Wealth.
America has produced some eccentric characters
whose morbid acquisitiveness has mead them the
wonder of mankind: A recent instance is to be
found in Illinois, in the person ofJacob Strewn, of
Jacksonville, a very extensive,landlord and cattle
dealer, and probably the .sealthiest citizen of the
State of Illinois. He is .the owner of some forty
thousand acres of land .inthe. State, and his agri
•
cultural and °than itusiness transactions have been
of an extent correspthuling with his landed posses
sions. Fur years he has been by far the most ex
tensive cattle-dealer in that or any of the Western
Stretes,.and bits, by continued and the most mire
mined. exertions, accumulated a princely fortune.
The. St. Louis Union says—
Mr.. Strewn has been even more extensively
known for his excentricities of character, than for
his great wealth. For days and nights in succes
sion he has been known to pursue his business
without intermission, never sleeping, unless whilst
riding in his saddle. He chose his wife, as he
would a ,fitrin, or a hat of cattle, by mere inspection
of her person, selecting her froth among her sisters,
who were called to. the door at his request, and
married her withoutauy more ceremony than was
necessary to complete a moneyed transaction, and
conform to the laws of the State. Everything with
hint was a matter of money and business, pursuing
these :It the sacrifie of everything else; indeed, at
taching no value to anything which could not be
measured by a pecuniary standard.
The St. Louis Union of the 16th inst., states that
Mr. Straws was brought down the Illinois river'
the day before a maniac, in charge of some of his
friends, who were trying to convey him to the Lu
natic Asylum at Columbus, Ohio. His insanity
was brought on by the terrible tasks to which every
energy of his mural and body had been subjected
for years in pursuit of wealth.
In artier to induce him to travel in the direction
of Columbus without violence, it had been neces
sary, nays the St. Le a k paper, to deceive him by
the promise of great rewards for accompanying his
protectors. Even in 11. i, his all absorbing passion
was predominant. muds to a large amount; with
large penalties in ease of breach of contract, were
readily executed, to secure hint the compensation
agreed upon. Even before leaving the boat, and
with the appearance of a correct regard to business
he had the agreement read—re-read it himself—
and called the attention of the bystanders to see
that everything was correctly and explcitly under
stood.
"And this," continues the print above quoted
"is the value of wealth ! Life, health, great en
ergy, everything devoted to the utmost stretch to
secure immense possessions and to enjoy nothing.
Truly idler all, there are grouter slaves than they
who come, and go, and labor at the bidding of an
other. There ate those who are poorer than they
who are fed by the slow and unwilling band of
charity, and there are none more to be pitied than
those who bow down in adoration of their countless
thousands, knowing neither comfort, pleasure, rec
reation or intellectual enjoyment in aught besides
their treasures:"
Hospital Destroyed by Fire.
A despatch front Augusta, Maine, under date of
Dec. 4, says: ~r ho hospital for the insane was
totally destroyed by fire this morning. It is sup
pwed that from twenty to thirty inmates perished
in the Haines. The fire was caused by a defect in
the chimney. The slam was first given by some
of the lunatics as soon as the fire was discovered,
but the keepers supposing the noise to have been
made by some of the insane, such as they were ac
customed to, gave no attention to it.
QUEER DFCISION.-In the Sup. Court of Penn
sylvania, at Pittburg, Chief Justice Gibson deliv
ered an opinion in the cam where a Railroad Com
pany took a man's house from him for the purpose
of laying the rails on its site. The decision was
in favor of the power mourned by the Company.—
Judge Coulter dissented from his opinion, and said
that a man's hon.° should be sacred, and should
nut be taken by a private corporation against the
ounce's consent, unless where the public safety
absolutely required it. Judge C's opinion seems
to us to be the more corret of the two.—E.v.
Late News From Europe.
New York, Dee. 4.
The steamship Arctic, Captain Luce, from Liv
erpool, lion arrived here, with four days later nova
from Europe, having sailed on the 20th ult.
Corn was tirmer, andtptotedat 30s 6d. for white
and 315.-per.quurtcr for yellow.
Floor maintained the Into rates. Wheat was
improving.
F. ugiali d:
The political news generally is unimportant.—
Thlt last accounts front the West highlands and
Isles announce a failure of the potato crop to a
very.cowidemble extent. It is the impression that
a severe and very general distress will prevail in
1851.
Parliament, ori Wetlunlny, was further prorog•
ned to the 17th December.
cerintut y...
On the 15 th 'November, the Prussian troops
eimcnated Kiel, which was immediately occupied
by 'Baden troops. The, Thltssian troops were in full
retreat from Baden. ,i,counts front Berlin have
been received to the 7001. The Prince ofTrussia
has been appointed to the chief command of the
second, third,, and fourth eerie of the Army.—
These corps are to hold the ground between the
Oder and Elbe.
Great excitement has bcew created among the
Bavarian population of the Palatinate frontier, by
false reports of Prussian invasion.
The inlvices from Vienna are mare pacific. The
Wurtemburg government has applied to the Em
peror of Austria for troops to compel the refracto
ry subjects to submit to lawful authority. The
Itolsteiners advanced on the 14th ult., against the
Danish lines, but retreated after losing several men.
The Danish Are concentrated upon Sanderburg
and arc fortifying their position at Ban.
France.
The Moniteur of Saturday published a decree of
the President, calling under arms 40,000. mem :of
the 78,500 young soldiers still at disposal of the
contingent of the class of 1849. Some of the lead
ing journals of Monday comment with surprise on
the ordinance for increasing thmarmy, as being in
contradiction with the Message of the President,
and the less called for asthe German disputes are
in a state of settlement. Private accounts state
that the true cause. of.inarease is to be found in the
revolutionary disposition of a portion of Switzer
land, and fear lestrim withdrawal of Prussia troops
from the Grand Duchy, Baden should attempt ano
ther revolutionary or insurrectionary movement in
that quarter.
The4leurse on the 18th ult., was dull.
The first volume of Harris, the new Supreme
Court reporter, it being the 13th volume of the se
ries called the Pennsylvania State Reports, is now
out, and in the course of distribution to the profet
, area
Terrific and Destructive Tornado.
LorolvaLE, Nov. 30, 1850.
Ono of the most appalling and destructive tor
nadoes which has been experienced in the Missis
sippi V.iiiry fur several years, occurred about two
o'clock in the afternoon, •
It *wept over the town of cape Girardeau, Mo.,
situated en the Mississippi river, just below St.
and demolished sonic seventy or eighty
buildings, many of them the fittest and principal
houses in the place.
The Baptist and Catholic churches, and the
Catholic convent were destroyed.
Two of tha large and splendid telegraph masts
belonging to the St. Louis and New Orleans Tel
egraph Company were cracked, shivered, and
brought to the ground with as much ease as though
they had been stems.
The steamboat Saranac, No. 2, which - had just
rounded to at the wharf, hod her upper works com
pletely blown off, and several persons on her were
severely injured, and some it is probable, were
drowned.
The wharf boat was likewise blown front her
moorings, and almost irreparably injured.
In order that you may judge of the tremendous
violence of the storm, I will state that a cow was
unceremoniously lifted caller feet on terra firma,
and deposited in the top of a tree, sixty feet front
the ground. The loss of life by this awful visita
tion cannot as yet be ascertained, but it is certain
ly very great, us numbers are doubtless but Tied be
neath the ruins of the fallen buildings. There are
also a great many persons who are seriously inju
red, and some of them are so crippled and maimed
that they will never recover. The town is literally
torn in peices, and looks truly wo begone. Many
citizens who were this morning to be seen with
light hearts and milling faces are to-night wrapped
either in the anus of death, or else are weeping
for their friends who have been thus untimely
swept away.
MURDER IN TIIE JAIL OF ALLEGHENY COENTy.
--On Friday lust a colored lad aged fifteen years
who had been committed to prison on a charge of
larceny, was killed in the county jail under the fol
lowing circumstances : Cox was in the sonic cell
with James Kelly, a white boy, aged sixteen years.
Jacox, also white, and Alfred Miller, colored boys.
All were committed for larceny, and nono of them
were over sixt,n years of age. On Friday eve
ning about 7 o'clo,k, Kelly announced that he was
going to flog Cox, us ho alleged, liar having told
lies on him to Mr: Glenn, the jailer. lle procee
ded at once to execute his threat by beating
him with a stick after which he stripped off his
clothes and placed him on the pipe used for heat
ing the cells, burning him in the most horrible man
ner. lle then beat him on the head, face and neck
with a bottle which was in the cell. When they
found Cox he was insensible; an alarm was raised,
but it was too late. lie died at live o'clock on Satur
day morning. A Coroner's inquest was held up
on the body, before whom Butler, Miller and Jocose
testified to the above related. The jury returned a
verdict, that Cox had come to his death by blows
and injuries inflicted by James Kelly. Cox was a
small buy, and unable to defend himself from Kel
ley's attack. The others were smaller than Kelley
and it appears were afraid to interfere. We have
never heard of a more cold-blooded and atrocious
act committed by one so young.—Bilsbary Chron.,
ad inst.
ANOTHER OF JENNY LIND'S GOOD DEEDS.—
The citizens of Calais, Me., were much pleased and
the heart of a needy woman cheered by the receipt
ou Tuesday last, of a cheek on the bank fur $5OO
drawn by Miss Lind in favor of Sarah W. Clark,
widow of the late Joseph N. Clark, mute of the
barque Sophia, of Calais, who lost his life on the
3d of September, in taking off the crew of the Swe
dish barque Johanna, w 14.11 was in a shaking con
dition.
[For Aho JOUrII4
Our Borough.
• "Night" has been more frequently "made hide
ous," in Huntingdon, for the past few weeks, than
for along time previous. Rowdyism seems to be the
order almost every night M the week. Now thin
should notbe so. The peace of the citizens forbid
it, atul•the welfare of these engaged in it also calls
ou the otlicemandorder loving citizens to
#utti dawn. Boys 'are ; now frequently seen in
foxiented• iu the evenings. Where do they get the
liquor? Certainly not at our regularly licensed
houses. Are there nay unlicensed haunts where
the youth of our Borough are_beinpi deMortilized
and ruined? RitsPicions plac'es sliotild be closely
watched, and if any violation of law is discovered,
let the guilty be duly punished. This street row
dyism will be suppressed, end the came of it root
ed out, if the citizens have any regard for their own
peace and satety, and the morals and future pros
pects of the rising generation of the place. •
Let us, then, Mr. Editor, one end all make an
etlbrt to give -a high and noble direction to the -
ambition of the boys of lluntingdon Ronough. To
rescue such as two about entering on a career of
vies, and witinhem'aver to a virtuous and orderly
course of life, should be deemed worthy the am
bition of every good Cttiien.
A CITIZEN Asti FRIEND OF mini-Bore.
The Message..
The Ledger, a neutral paper saver "Philadel
phia hailed.the•Ptesident's Message with a hearty
welcome, as more adapted to her peculiar notions
and interests thou any similar document that poli
ticians have produced for• a series of years. Mr.
Fillmore is opposed to land monopoly. He receom
mends that "the mineral lands he sold in small
parcels, under such restrictions as will guard most
effectually against combinations of capitalists to oh -
tain monopolies." This inn excellent suggestion."
Again, the same paper says : "Benejolence al
ways shines with double lustre when it conies from
thosein power. President Fillmore has not for
gotten the "old soldier" and his sufferings in . hit.
recent message, in which he recommends to "the
favorable consideration of Congress the establish
ment of an asylum for the relief of disabled end
destitute soldiers." Such . an institution is neces
sary to rescue our country from the charge of want.
of humanity."
Law Reports.
This volume, was printed at Lancaster by Ham
-
ugly & Co., and is remarkably well got up in style
and appearance. The reports published a feW years
ago will not bear comparison iu appearance with
this volume.
We congratulate the reporter upon the evidence
of satisfitetion with which this volume is received.
It is admitted by those who have read these reports
that the industry, clearness, .and general ability
displayed in this volume are highly honorable to.
the new reporter.—Pennsyvanie Telegraph.
Progress of Invention.
In 1809 there was only one steam-boat in the
whole world, now who could count the number?—
They navigate the Nile, the Red Sea, the Ganges,
the Clyde, the Hudson, the Ohio, St. Lawrence,
the Mississippi, the Danube, the Rhine, the
Thames and the golden sanded Sacramento.—
America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, exhibit in eve
ry steamboat a monument in the progrest of
vent ion.
In 1830 there were only thirty miles of locomo
tive railway in the world. Now there are no less
than 18,000 miles. America has no less than 7,000
miles, and will soon have 10,000 in operation.*
Massachusetts alone has more than 1,000 and
Pennsylvania 1,200; In 1830, there were only 15
miles of Railroad in the State of New York, now
there are nearly 1600. Then the slow canal boat
and stage coach would lazily up the Mohawk Val
ley, and we remember well how it required snore
time to whip an old bolter into a canter, than it
now requires the iron horse to whistle itself from
the crags of Cohoes to the rocky pass of thh Little
Fulls. What with the Steamboat, t h e Railroad,
and the Telegraph, as inventions for distancing
distance, the ends of the earth are brought togeth
er, civibration is fast binding its way into the most
darkened corners of the earth.—Scisatfic Ameri
can.
IRON WORKS STOPPED. -The Allentown Iron
works, in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, were do
sed on the sth of November, and all the workmen
discharged. These furnaces have made as much
as ten thousand tons of iron in ouo year; and in
that time consumed 20,000 tons of Anthracite Coal
23,000 tons of ore, and 12,000 tons of Limestone.
They were constructed with all the new improve
ments, and were very advantageously situated on
the Lehigh Oliver. The quality of the iron was so
decidedly superior, that it always obtained the
highest prices. But the price of iron under the
present Tariff has dwindled down FO low that it
will no longer pay expenses to keep the works in
operation.—Reading Journal.
IMPORTANT TO TANNERS OP LEATIIEL-ITCII- •
ry NV. Ellsworth, Esq., says the Lafayette Jour
nal, has shown us several specimens of leather,
which were tanned under his own eyes, in tho
space of ten minutes, by a process of which Mari
on Hibbard of Rochester, New York is the inven
tor. This statement may seem almost incredible,
when it is considered that six, 'eight or ten months
are required to tan leafier by the ordinary pro
cess.
Mr. Ellsworth has in his possession a pair of
boots and a pair of shoes made from a raw hide is
less than a day and a half, tanned by his new pro
ems. The loather is finned by a compound of
chemicals, and in time and materials is a saving
of at least flee thousand per cent. over the pres
ent slow method or snaking leather.
Tho right, says the Journal, for Connecticut and.
Massachusetts was sold for $500,000; Ohio for.
$150,000; Michigan tar $100;000. This is un
doubtedly ono of the greatest improvements of tho
ago.
The Mayor of Pfttsbtug.
PITTSBURGH, l'a., Dec. 6th.—The trial of May
or Barker closed yesterday, and resulted in his Le
ing convicted of misdemeanor.