The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, May 10, 1854, Image 2
t'em ale Vanitv.?In spite of being lift
ur years of ago the Dowager Princess i
Vast Friesland was much handsomer tlu
ladies are wont to lie at that period of lif
She was well aware of it. anil neglected not
of the innocent arts of the toilette to pr
serve her eharuis.
In her wardrope she had more than tv
hundred drosses, and it afforded her tl
greatest pleasure to continually clianj
her nttiro. Her wardrobe always accoi
daineid her wherever she went. During
visit she was paying jo the Dnke ol CVI
at his chateau of Brnckluiusen. in lt592
violent p.iin in the heart suddenly attach
hor, v\ Inch the physician declared was im
tab?On her inquiry, they informed lo r
the impossibility of effecting a cure. S
prepared for death like a Christian ; but
soon as the clergy man had quitted her roo
she ordered all her Indie's maids round t
bed,and arranged her toilet with the gre
est accuracy. She wasdrvssed in her best 1
en nnd a white dress shot with black; bad 1
hair arranged, and her handsome head dri
but on. All was most carefully select
"Clown to the white gloves. She then utt<*r
lier hist wishes, among them she expresf
ordered that no surgeon should lay 1
hand upon her. She had Iter eotlin lin
'with white satin, and placed in a roo
"He greatest apprehension was lest the jo
Ing of the coach, in \\ liich her reniai
would be borne home, might disarrange h
K-ation and dress : and only n few momer
fore she felt the approach of death, throu,
tho coldness of her extremities, she mc
earnestly entre ted her attendants, to ta
care that she was properly laid in her eoll
and securely fastened down, that nothi
might bo disturbed.?Can any one be mc
consistent in vanity, in the presence of dea
We notice tti it the Turkish Army
favored n ith a female officer. This bra
girl, named Gara, against all the persi
aions, entreaties, and intimidations of I
friends, persists in marcbing on and figl
ing the enemies ol" ber country. She I
manifested spirit of true bravery, and gi\
fair promise of being anoth- r Joun of A
The Gkeek Church.?The futidnnn
tal difference between the Greek and lv
man Catholic churches consists in the
jection of the supremacy of St. l'ercr,
the pari of the former, and the denial of a
visible representative of Christ upon t
earth. In the view it takes of the lb
Ghost it is also at varienee, not only wi
the Roman Catholics, hut with the l'rot<
taut churches. This variation consists
the idea that the Holy Spirit proceeds frr
the Son alone and not from the Father a
Son. It recognises seven sacraments, a
H.unn'9 mi: ouenng 01 prayer to s tints a
the Virgin4 encourages the use of picturi
but forbids images. ft holds in rcvoren
the relicts and the tombs of holy men, n
enjoins strict fasting and the giving of alii
?looking upon them as works of intrins
merit. It rejects nuracular ? onfession, ar
hold* that modified form of the Roman do
trine of the Eucharist which is denominatt
consuhstantiation. It administers b iptis
by cnimcrsion, and many of the church serv
'cos consist almost entirely of cerimonial o
servances. The intrinsic doctrine of tl
two churches do not differ materially, at
the canse of their Reparation was doubtle
tuore owing the rival pretentions of the tu
imperial cities. Rome and Constantinopl
than to any serious disagreement in relate
to doctrines or ordinances.?.Veto York Su.
day Tims.
HT They have some queer jurymen in low
A few days since an old toper died rath
suddenly?the coroner, in consequence, he
an inquest?listened to the lesti uony of
physician?and was about rendering a vc
diet, ' water on the brain," when Mr. Slocu
Pepplepodis, riz to object. "Mr. Coront
I have known the deceased for ten inort
years and I know he has never seed a sob
moment in all that time. To say that su<
a man can die of "water on the brain,"
therefore d?d nonsense, It can't be dl
Cause why! He never took any i.ito h
system. The true vprdict, Mister Coront
should be, gin, ruin, or brandy on the bra
but as w e cannot get such a verdict, I a
willing to split tlie difference?compromi
?and bring in a verdict us follows: -Di
from the effects of brandy and water i
the brain." The compromise was agreed
and the verdict is part and parcel of t
doings of Iowa.
OltIGI5 or THE TERM " OLD DoMI.XIOS."
Few things arc so well calculated to nwniki
in the mind of tho proud Virginian, whi
wandering in foreign lands, touching reini
ances of home and kindred, ns the simp
mention of the 4 Old Dominion." And v
there are comparatively few v\ ho are awa
of the origin of a term which has so lor
tnd so generally been applied to Virgini
it originated thus:
During the Protecturate of Cromwell, tl
colony of Virginia refuu^ed to acknow
his authority, and declared itself independan
shortly after, when Cromwell threatened I
send a fleet and army tc reduce Virginia 1
subjection, the alarmed Virginians sent
message to Charles II., who was then nn e;
fa in Fi&i.ders, invitinig him to return in tl
ship of the messenger, to be king of Virgini
Charles accepted the invitation, and was <
the eve of embarcation, when ho was reenlli
to the throne of England. As soon ns 1
was fairly seated on the throne,in gratitui
to ths loyalty of Virginia, *he caused h
coat of arms to be quurtcred with those
England, Ireland and Scotland, us an ind
pendent member of tho E.npire?a distin
portion of the Old Dominion." Ilence aro
the origin of the term. Copper coins of Vi
ginia were issued even as late as the reij
of George III., which bore on ono side tl
rout of xrin of England Scotland, Irclaf
and Virginia,
BancsorT, the historian, snystho Pitrilai
established a worship purely spiritual. T
thorn the elements rem tinea but bread an
wise; thor invoked no stoioU; they rai*<
no site." they adorod no crucifix, they* kisw
no book; tfijy asked no xbsolution:fthy pa
no tithes; they sitw in the prieet nothing inot
than a man. Tho church m a place of wo
hip, was to them but,* meeting honse; th?
dog no grave* tn eonaecrated e.vth. Unlik
their posterity ihny married without a mi
* Jeter Md byrrjed the dead without a prayo
A lady * walking draea ia now the rage I
Pari*, of the foltowind eurrioue constructs
The drees ia ao ever dress, made of etf
materia]*, ao the* ia ana* of rain ia th
<Boutevard*i by springs at the waUt, it I
thrown ap so an tp never the head and bod
?-sad serve the nvrpoa* of n buga.timbrel h
two loop holes in the skirt, ec.rvo M eye
ft* navigation, ??d the dreaa is very moo
ndmiNVby the fstirhtaaHo weabi.
tTHE LEDGER
ij'l LANCASTERViLLE. S. C.
lis
WEDNESDAY, MAN 10,185
m. ._
It- J-gr* The Lancaster Ledger is print,
l>r every Wednesday morning at the fcllowii
its rates of subscri|>tion, viz:
gh Single copy one year $2.00
?st Five copies, 8.75
kc 10 15.00
in, 15 20.00
ng HO 25.00
Advertisements inserted at modern
ith
is Pr,cc*ve
Job work of ail kinds executed wi
in- despatch at short notice, und as low as in
jvr bo done any where.
i as Apology.
es Wo are just out of bed from a spell
rc' fever and unable to make much use of tl
Pen. It was our intention to conclude tli
" story' on ti e cut-dde this week,but from tl
rc. same cause we have not been able to wri
on it out. We hope to finish it next week.
he New Advertisements.
?lv Attention is directed to the new ndvc
merits in ibis p per. b\e the one of I loo
" &, Co., of Philadelphia; also, the ndvci
in
,m iseineiit of Dr. Z. J.Dellay of Cainde
nd ' out i Carolina. The best evidence of tl
u- purity of the drugs mid medicines sold 1
D \ Del lay is, that all medical prnetitione
,,J in this section purchase their supplies fro
id I him. I lis prices are low, and tortus aceon
us inodating.
ie i m mm
d To Correspondents.
Our young correspondent is informed, tin
ft* wo are grateful for his kind and tlatterin
m
n >tice ot our paper, at the same time w
b- take occasion to say, that wo wore deceive
c by manufacturers at the North with reaper
to the quality of the Ink. Our intenlio
was to procure a good article. It is no'
l0) however out, and we arc using a better a
>n tielc.
'* As regards typographical errors, thev cai
not Vie avoided, especially is this the ease
a country otlieo where we do not have i
cr clean compositors as are found in cities.
We have ever observed, that young wr
a ters are prone to find errors in their first pii
j ces, not unfrequently the case the errors wi
be found in the original MSS. Wo do n<
(11
I suv tiiis bus been the case in this instanc
I ; We read onee of a reward having been o
| fered in Edinburgh to any one who coul
^ | discover an error in a printed docutnei
which was exhibited in a publie place f<
IS {
j, i several days- No one could detect one, an
. I when it was taken down a mistake wasdii
IIS , , ,
I covered in the first line,
r, ^
in [ Advertising Rates.
m j Would it not he well for a meeting of tl
s? Press Association to he called, say about 41
L'd j of July, in Columbia, to settle this matte
?'i j Or how would it answer for the pulilish
to of the Laurensvillo Herald, to call in tl
lie j assistance of one or two neighboring pu
| Ushers, and draft new prices for the regul
| tion of the country Press.
I A project of thin kind affects nil the coui
*n I try papers, nnd not the Eastern or HVji/ej
i.n section of the State. Country Press wou
n.j adopt the new prices of Mr. Stokes, at a
|tf | events we would soon know who would, an
et j who would not.
Hon. John McQueen.
'? i In o'tr last paper, we published a compl
a* mentary notice of our immediate Reprcsci
] tntive to Congress frmn the Charleston V/ei
,c ' rury. What called forth this notice froi
i the Mercury, was, an intimation that Gel
'* McQueen would not be a candidate for r<
; election.
j We hope Gen. McQueen will consent t
n | have his name put in nomination for th
** , Representative. In this, we feel sure w
10 ! speck the opinion nnd feelings of the cit
i zens of Lancaster generally. It is trui
,n | Geu. McQueen is unknown to a great man
j of us, but he has worked nn acquaintnm
' with onr people by his nttention ns the
i Representative. Ho has been particular!
cr kind and attentive in furnishing the Prei
j nnd tho people of th!* District with valunb
*' public documents.
-0 Our fiiend of th; Liurousville Herald i
jr. ; famous for mistakes lately?he contradiul
,n tho Kinmain verdict?also, the time of E:
^ tra Court?then the Hail Storm. May b
1(j Stokes, you may predict tho Milleneui
right?suppose you try your hand.
We hnva reeeivod tho first number of th
Spartanburg Exprcsi a now paper, eatablisl
j ; ed by Mr. E. II. Britton, At Spnrtanburj
>d j?. c.
;d j Britton don't write very correctly yet tli
piper it good an a newspaper And worth
* of patronage.
,Jo "Mvw Paper,
Wo here rcceired the proapeetua of Ih
r. M Waff ori Guardian" a weekly Newapepr
F to be published at Spartan oury, 9. C. b
C. C. Puckett, and to b? devoted to "Man'
A rights, hia Intellectual expansion and hi
ff SalvHtioo."
* Term*: Two Dollar* par annum, if pal
' in adyaoao, Two Dollar* and Fifty Cento, i
?;* Month* after reeaivlng the fire
m number. We vaktoma Mr. Packet* intoU?
h fraternity tgd wiab bin and Ma paper tear
Mtcoasa *7^ t'wdl'-*-*
* * ? e ,r
1 ' liiiriifeiif..rtfifi
Behind the times.
A paper in Mississippi dated April
| forms its readers of delegates being n
, ted to the Southern Commercial Conv
to assemble in Charleston in May.
EDITOR'S TABLE.
The Southern Cultivator for Ma
! well filled as usual with agricultural
1 edge. This agricultural periodical lu
I before the public for about ten yea
receives we hope that liberal patronage
it so Cvell deserves.?Published at A
(J.i., by VV. S. Jones at ?1.00 per t
Soutiiehn Medical and Surgicai
sal.?The May number received,
marks upon some of the Diseases dc|i
upon Spinal Irritation." "Remark*
! tiio Computation of the term Gesl
_ j "The effects of Digitalis upon the <
Organs, and its use in their Affection
are some of the original articles.?1'
ed Monthly at Augusta Ga., at $3
ycai by James McCatfe
E<1 The Wakd Tkial.?Tlio trial c
thew J. Ward, for the murder of I'r<
Butler, at Elizabethtown, Kentucky,
was commenced on the !2()th,has been b
to a close, and the prisoner acquitted
Murder on Edisto Island.
te a.. ; ? i..u i- "
4iu uajutot. ?as uiriu uy v^wruncr i
at Commercial wharf, yesterday, uj
body of a man named Timothy C
t,n wlion the following circumstances w?
ited: Timothy Clancey, the deceased,
Smith, and Hugh Brown, and Mark
of were engaged upon the Salt Wo
he Kdisto Island, owned by Richard The
at j The parties were all engaged on th
lie ' i"g cf the first of May, at the house
to the hands lived, in a game ofe.irds.
hour grew late, Henry Smith propi
leave, and Timothy Ulnncey prope
go with him part of the way ; nftei
r( demur it was at last agreed that lie
' go and stay all night at Smith's hous
the morning of Tuesday, the sccont
about 7 o'clock, the body of Titnothi
cey was found lying at the road si
Smith's gate ; blood was seen upon tl
r* upon the step* of Smith's house ; U|
111 axe and chair, near the lire place, at
* upon Smith's hands and face. Upon
ry being made as to what had happe
Clancey, Smith put the axe and cha
it the lire, and ordered deponent to bt
g ot he would shoot him. The verdict
e Jury, upon these facts, was, "that tl
d Timothy Clancy came to bis death
t residence of Henry Smith, Kdingsvilb
n a blow inllicted by an Axe in the ha
iv Henry Smith.?>C. Courier.
Another Kozta Affair.
n. The Vienna correspondent of t
jn Y. Tribune brings to public notice tl
of an unoffending man, travelling urn
protection of a United States passpo
j. is now incarcerated in nn Austrian
j. His name is Simon Taussig, and be
II wife in New Jersey, where he has be
tied as a shoe-maker, and where he I
0 i k'jn the necessary steps to become an
f. ican citizen. lie returned to A us
|(J business the present year, and was <
point of leaving the country to return
,r when lie was arrested by the Austri
id lice, his passport Ukun from hitn,
9. sent to prison. The American minis
interferred in his case, but the Austr
thoritics have refused his liberation.
.? ? ? ? - - - - ?
,e Lamented Death.
t|, Our District has sustained a great
ri the demise of our aged and highly es
cr fellow-citizen, Mr. William W. Brad
|e who died ?t his residence in this I)ist
I,. Tuesday the 25th uit. liis whole
.j. been characterised by firmness, prob
plain honesty, and in a good old age
jj. oeen "g.um rea unto hid fathers," leu*
hind him n large number of sorrow ii
I,) lives and friends. The putriarehs
)| District are fast passing away, and 1
1(j aged friend whoso death we are now
jng, they leave behind thein enviable
tations for all that is good, just, hoi
and virtuous.?Sumpt. Watchman.
i- ? m .
South Caroli.mans n< Coxgkess.?
r- members of Congress from South C
11 are natives of this State except Ger
? McQueen, who was born in North Ct
Besides these, Senators Thomas J. R
Texas; J. P. Bcnjatnan, of LouUiann
') phen Adums and Albert G. Brown, Mi
ie pi; were born in the Palmetto State?r
six natives of South Care I inn in the
i- alone; while in tho House are Dr. Di
u, Rccso ~:;i C"! Klijab W. Chaatain.ol
v gia; Phillip Philips, of Moblia, Ah
e and Theodore G. Hunt, of Louisu
If South Carolinians by birth.
|r
" An rust tor Slave Steaiisj?
,c i J. J. Jotv tt returned to this city yei
i morning, having in custody n party
s | Sidikt Bailey, who was arrested i
lit tcageville, Ua., by virtue of a requisite
i. Gov. Massimo to Gov. Jojiksos. of G
Pf stands charged with the abduction
m alavea from a citizen of Williamsburg i
whom it is sieged he nttempted to
Edgefield district.?lie will ho co
10 by the proper authority to the jail (
liamsburg. to await hie trial in due <
if' The slaves had been brevionsly recc
' The silken lie" has been most villi
y
iy ontraged of late. Eighty three <
cases were before the Superior C<
Concord, N. H , at it* late sitting.?
e thirty-three separations were decreed
>r applications denied, and forty three
f were reserved for f urther advisement,
a ? im sae^?-s
Balti*oh?, April ?0,11
It is our unpleasant duty to annoon
d otl.er disastrous lire in tnia ?Uy. St.
if Episcopal church, in North Charlesit
was totally consumed last night. It eoi
t one hundred thousand dollar*, of whfc
f thousand only wan insured. It wi
? work of an incendlnay.
fMkg/t s*dV| ~ V J* ' f
65(sJkii
Fire in Charleston.
20 in- Avery destructive fire took pl.icoinChi
ppoin- I K'Mtvn, on King-street, near Burns' Lane,
ention Wednesday the 4th iitst.atld nine dwelling
with their stores and out houses were cc
suraed. A large portion of the property w
however, covered by insurance. We c
y 1S aK the following from the Charleston Ut
knowl- dard:
is been I Nathaniel Nathans was insured 82,500
house and 500 on kitchen. Mrs Reicks 5
irs ana | ^|rs pul|t.r< jt500. Jolin McKeegan 1,2
> which ! W. (.Vouch, 2,000. John Daily, 3,0
ligusta Robert White, building 3.500, furniture,
milum. i C. 11. Close, 500. Messrs. Jac
! 1,200. Prior, 1,000. linrbeson. 1,200.
. Jot'R- The circumstances of the fire woi
"Re- j strongly indicate 'he fact that it was 1
cndeti. work of an incendiary. It occurred ab<
4 o'clock, when if tire had been accidents
s opon jn j|K, Rftolien it must have died out,i
lation. it commenced on tin outside oftho wooc
(icnital kitchen, where it was hardly possible t
s" (t*c., accident could have placed it. The negr
ublish- octM,py,n? the kitchen where it original
report that it was hlazhig upon the nuts
.00 per .l(|j into the second story windo
ktv. when they discovered it, and through t
blazing window one of them, at icust, I
if Mat- to make his escape.
ifessor Occurring upon a spot so crowded i
confined, it was to have been expected t
which pr,.nt damage would have been done, i
irought that many casualties would have occurt
The damage will amount, however, to 1
more than #20,000, the buildings being g
crallv small, and not very valuable,
w e must mention to the credit of Char
)evaux, Farrnlly, more generally known as " Hai
ion the 8ome Charley," an act of intrepidity wh
. t saved the life of a negro child. The kite)
>nee), w|,oru 8|cj,t was in tlames, the roof fall
ire clic- jn when ho licard of its perilous positi
,lleniy His only access was through the sect
Kelly, "tory window, which he stove in,and gui*
rks on ?"'y 8<,rt':uns litt o sutferer,
found it, and bo:e it otf in safety. Itsclotl
massy. Were already on lire, but he tore them nv
e even- and brought it otf but slightly injur
where Chorley is a daring fellow, and if at i
As the ''0>u '''s nc'8 should not be altogether
. coniiueiidable as the one we mention,
[)j?ed to |,0p0 will be remembered that infiiteiu
sea to only by the promptings of his own heart,
r some risked his own life to save that of a nej
should baby*
e. On MunnER.?On Sunday morning about
1 inst., o'clock, 2 boys,cousins, named EvanderJa
)' Clan- son, son of Nice)' Jackson, nnd Evander
de, by Jackson, son of Warren Jackson, (Evaw
legato; Jackson about 14, and Evander W. Jacki
pou an about 12 years of age,) took a gun from I
i.l also store-house of maj George, and wentabou
enqui* quarter of a mile where a dog had tree
lied to rabbit, after they reached the place, I
ir into tho disagreed, and commenced thro
' gone, ing lightwood knots at each other. The i
I of the ceased (Evunder W, Jarkson.) then liud I
tic said gun and threatened to shoot the other, af
at the somo words the deceased gave Evanc
, from Jackson tho gun, who stopped off soi
uid* of paces and said, "Now, I'll shoot you," t
deceased then pulled opcu his shirt bosi
uud told liiin to shoot, Evander Jackson i
mediately discharged the gnn, and the wh
he N. contents "were lodged in the breast of I
le case unfortunate Evandet W. Jackson at the p
Jer^thc
ciso spot exposed by his shirt bosom,
rt, who unbred sn exclamation, staggered a few
prison. fe3 aIu^ nn<j expired. Evander Jacicaon I
has a heen arrested nnd lodged in jail,
cn set- What a sad commentary doea this mel
lad to- choly event furnish upon the violation
An er- tho Sabbath !?Marion Star.
tria on ??
on the Severe Hatters with Indians in N
hither Mexico.?Advices from Santa Ee state t
in po- * bKbl occurred ou tho 5th of March,
nnd jlc tween a detachment of twenty-six rn
ter has under the command of lieut. D.Bell, of
ian au- t'cond dragoons, nnd n party of Jicar
Apache Indians, number unknown I he 1
of the United States troops wns two kil
and four wounded. The Indian loss ti
loss in killed and twenty-one wonded. The ci
teemed bratcd Abaehe chief, I.obos, was um<
ley, Sr. the killed.
rich on On the 30th of March another fight ti
life has place, twelve miles from Lonr, betwcei
iiy and company of sixty dragoons, commanded
he has Lieut. J. W. Davidson, first dragoons, i
'ing be- a party of nearly three hundred Jicai
lg rela- Apache and Utah Indians. The soldi
of our suffered severely, being twenty-one kil
ike the mid eighteen wounded. The Indian los
record- unkhown, but supposed to be very gn
> rcpu- Another report gives the uumbcr of soldi
vorablo killed at forty. A strong force, under c?
m.uid of Col. Cook, are in pursuit of
IndiansAll
the Twenty United States soldiers desei
arolina ther posts at Fort Albuquerque on the I
i John ult. taken forty of the best horses, and
irolina- the Colt pistols belomrma tn tt,?ir
u?k, of
u; Stc- NEW YOBK C0RHESP0NDENC3
Hsrasip- ?
miking Trcmriulous Rain Storm?Destructive
Senate undations?Damage to the Railroad
tvid A. Obstruction of the Mail*?Hiidgts Su
rG?o- awe*a* the. Erie 'Ihrack?Failure of
ib.mii;' Milk Supply Young America on i'r,
inn, nil , Allowance"Land slide at Bror.klyn t
host tf Life? Hreach at the Crotan I)
? Sinking if the Caloric Ship Ereessm
-Officer Destruction tf Lif' at the Broadway f
stcrdav ?Funeral rf the Victims?Sentence rn
n lined cate ?f Vul.Uatcs?Trial of Major IV
nt Mil Court Martial?//aye* case?Cryi
in from Falace Shir in the Ascendant?Progn
n He me for the Reinavguratiun?Prize ode !
of ten
lislriet. New York, May 3, 1864
ell in Mr. Editor.
nveyed It is my painful duly this week to reei
if Wil- a chapter of accidents almost ur.pantile
course, in tho hiatortfvDfour city. The spring h
ivcrcd. thus far, tl^nj?nprseedeuted extent bt
fcrtilo in diaA-ttert. and will be remember
linouv wit'' ?orrow by many a bereaved and atHi
Jivorcu e<' household.
>urt at On Thursday afternoon set in the trenn
Thirty dous ruin storm whose inundations have <
, ^.vi, umivum >nv uainn^v ncieriDed below.
cum waa introduced by a squall or whirlwii
which swept off tin roofW, prostrated wa
in the process of being laid, and dealt de
'M. dad havoc among sign-boards, awnings, a
ice an- such email gums. Incessant thunder a
Paul's lightning, con tinned for nearly six hoo
street, also added their terrors to the scene. Frt
it over that time until Sohdaj morning, we bed e
h fifty eoetieooos, a^w^etod, poo ring rain.
m the seemed as if the windows of Heaven wi
mora oyoM^ the foundations of t
great deep were broken up, and the sublime
ir- drama of tho Deluge were to be enacted
on over again. Everything in the streets swam;
gs, the gutters ran Alpine torrents, and cellars
>n- were converted into young lakes,
as, The same phenomena having taken place
Hp for miles on all sides of us, on amount of
au- damage has been dono as yet uncstimated.
All the railroads converging to the city have
on suffered more or less. On the Harlem, HudOb
son River, and Philadelphia lines, the wash
was so great nsto make long breaks in covj^
eral places, to interfere will, the running of
ob the trains, to obstruct the mails, and to
cause great apprehension and detention to
those caught on the way. Passengers are
Jut still obliged to change cars at different points
t|| v of these roads, in order to get over the breaks
ind not yet repaired. The Erie, however, as is
hi Ucneially its fate, suffered most Tho track
nes settled in numerous places, and was elseled,
where inundated to such a depth us to be
\ule impassable. Severs! bridges over which
ss * the track passed were swept uivay ; on one
lad t'u'8<J wt'rc n'n? moo. seven of whom lost
their lives in the swollen stream. Even the
ind mighty locomotives employed on this road
hat were completely nonplussed, and for thirty
six hours it was impossible to nttcmpt a
not Pn8Hage- The city depends almost entirely
en- f??r its milk supply on the country bordering
the Erie Road, we were hy this temporary
' j8 obstruction tnnde to realize what wo owe to
jclj the benign institution of cows. All day
ien Sunday nnd till a late hour on Monday, nei-liimr
er love nor mnm.v ..nnld .. '1 ?e
? j f .. V.
?"- milk throughout the length nnd breadth of
led ^'ew ^'OI* ? nn<* m),ny ft hungry youngster
jlu with lacteal* just developed was thrown for
lies the time on n solid diet that was far from
,!lX being palatable.
_ At our sister city Brooklyn the continued
, jJj, rain* produced a land slide from the I leights
we which buried a house, crushed two persons
'c'd to death, and more or loss injured several
he others,
rro
The most alarming result of the nyn,
however, ami one which threatened the most
serious evil to us inhabitants of (he city, was
c't" a breach in the works nt the Croton I)ani,
^ in consequence of which it was at one time
^ir feared that we might be cut off from our
>on supply of water. The city uses 25,000,000
gallons daily ; and there were but 150,000,*
n 000 gallons in the Reservoir. The water
^ * was at once cut olf from shipping, manut'ic">c
torics, bath-houses, Sic.; and tho Mayor isvv"
sued n proclamation, calling on good citizens
L'e" to bo as sparing as possible in tlu ir uso of
it It is found,however, that the damage is
less serious than was anticipated ; nnd that
the repairs can he made nnd the water turned
on before the present supply in the Reservoir
is exhausted.
,m On the day of the squsll, the famous Cal"j"
orie ship Ericsson, which has Wen undergoI
ing changes in her machinery, started on a
10 trial trip, with an invited company on hoard.
F!' The experiment wan in all respects satisf.ic?
tory .established beyond s doubt, the etf? ctiveness
of Caloric ss n motive agent. The
maximum speed attained was 14 knots.?
When the Ericsson,on her return, had nenrUl>j.
|y reached her wharf, she was struk by the
whirlwind above referred, keeled over, and
the water pouringin through Ii<t dead-light*
ew she sunk in eight fathoms' water. Here
hat she still lies submerged ; an etfirt will bo
be- made to day to raise hor. The guests were
en, all saved.
the The fire on Broadway, alluded to in my
ilia Inst letter, was more fatal in its destruction
oss of life than was supposed nt the time I wrote,
led The fall of the wall caused the death of
line thirteen persons connected with the Fire
fie- Department, nnd injured twenty others.?
>ng The deceased Firemen were buried with
pomp on Sunday last, their funeral being
ok attended by seven thousand of their brethn
a ren, the heads of our city Government, and
by delegations from the Firo Department of othnnd
er cities. The causes of the catastrophe are
ilia now undergoing investigation before an iniers
telligent Coroner's Jury, It appears from
lied the evidence thntthc fall w is owing to the
s is insecure and reckless manner in which the
eat. j buildings was put up; and from the records
iers j of the Fire-wardens it seems that there ere
>m- , in different parts of the city fivo hundred
the I other buildings equally dangerous.
Col. Giles, lately tried bv a Court Martial
ted | in this eity for unsnldicrlike conduct on
7th { board of the San Francisco, has Wen found
11 guilty on neveml of the specifications nml
uy, will bo obliged to resign hfseommnrrd. T?ie
WS Deportment Imve kept the matter as quiet
an poHMible, in consideration of the age and
former service* of the Colonel and the try
'n* ing circumstances in which he won placed]
* To-day commence*, at Governor'* Inland,
ePf before * Court Martial jont organized, the
^ trial of Major Wyne, another of the Han
*'T' Francisco unit-era. liis oRVuee is dis?h?dienee
of ordera in refnning to lead hiscommand
on hoard of the Falcon (one of the
' transports provided for the conveyance of
irf the Snn Francisco survivora to Anpinwall)
,fu because, having ordered a thor>ugh evamy*e
ination of the vessel, lie found her unaea"al
worthy. Having declined going and rcaignrm*
st hia command into the hands of the neat
senior officer, he waa immediately after the
nailing of the detachment, arrested by G?n.
Heott'a orders and eonfined on Governor's
Island. The result has proved that his opin
?rd | Ion of the Falcon wm well grounded ; for
led being utterly unable to proceed, the waa obAa,
liged to put into Norfolk.
*n Yesterday commenced t the trial of Mrs.
'ed Hayes for the murder of Dr. Butener, who
ct? was m steriously sassssinated in his office
several months since. Tha trial will proben.
ably be long, and the evidence entirely eirM.
cumstaritisl.
It To-morrow the re-inauguration of the
id. Crystal Palaee will take plaee, and Barnum
lis In doing his beet to get op an ereitenutnl
c?- and make It a greet event Addresses will
ad be delivered during the day and evening by
nd Elihu Bnrritt, the learned blacksmith. Horses
re, Greeley, Henry Ward Beer her, Parke God*
m wis, Rev E. H. Coapia, Hndtat Brooks, of
no the Kvpress, and others. Of the two prizos
It nf ?1,00 each, offered for the beet odes of
w tO And 00 ttnes respectively, the Aeet was
ho awatded to WWMag Rons WhlUvot the te?
' ' \"A.
cond was not given, either because, as some
shrewdly suspect, the funds of the Association
nre rather short, or because, as the Committee
Report, there was none handed in
worthy of the money. The prize ode has
been set to music by Wm. H. fry, and will
be performed by the Harmonic Society, consisting
of 400 members, and Dodworth'a
brass band as nn accompaniment. Other
musical performances will bo interspersed.
Nothing new in the markets. Cotton
continues dull; fair New Orleans stands at
!9e. Flour is rather forwer than at last ad'
vices. Favorite State, Western, and cau?dian
brands range from $8 to $8 26.
Yours,
HUDSON.
i e o rttttn news.
Arrival of the
Pacflic.
PTtnOPF.SR nv TTTP. WAR
DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS.
Imincme Preparations for a Desperate
Conflict, |
CAPTURE OF RUSSIAN MERCHANTMEN.
Russia* Soldiers Ordered to Fall Back
ard Destroy Cities.
The political information brought from
tbo Continent of Europe by the steamship
Pacific, which reached New York on Monday
morning, is very interesting. The dates
from 1/ondon arc to the 18th, and Liverpool
to the 19th ult.
Among the Miscellaneous items we learn
that Richardson & Brothers had announced
their inability to obtain a steamer to take
the place of the City of Glasgow, w liieh it
was believed in England was detained by
the ice.
Failures arc beginning to create some stir
on the other side of the Atlantic. A rum
mercial house in the oil and tallow trade, at
Riza had failed for *100,000.
The Ministerial crisis at Copenhagen was
over, the Cr.binel having concluded to remain.
The war question caused great excitement
throughout England and France, but the
people of Ireland Were in a remarkable State
of tranquility.
Several arrests had been made in Paris on
the 12th. There was rumor that the garrison
was under arms.
The steamer Africa arrived at Liverpool
on th? 17th.
The English Parliament was not in session.
Breadstuff* will be admitted duty free into
Sweden until the end of Jnly.
Latest relative to the War.
Up to the 9th of April, no pitebed battle
bad occurred on the Danube, but much fighting
and cannonading was going or from I
March 13th to the 17th of April.
The combat at Matschen was very sanguinary.
Three Russian and three Egyptian
battalions remained dend on the field.
The Czar highly complimented Prince
tiortchakoff for having effected the passage
of the Danube.
Sir Charles Napier bad captured several
vasscls loaded with rnntri.h m.l 1.-r
wnr.
A late Mr^plile (lenpulch, d?tud, Cnp?uhngcn,
states that an Knglinh frigate arrived
there with several Russian prize* and n num*
ber of prisoner*.
These prize*, the first of the war consisted
of five Russian ship*, laden with lend
and sulphur, from Lubec, boundtoa Rus
sian port on the Onlf of Finland. They
were ruptured by the frigate Tribune,
which had rejoined Admiral Ni.flier's fleet,
from Admiral IMtiinridge's division.
Another buttle had taken place between
the Circassians nnd Russians, in which the
former gained u deckled triumli. The Russians
met with terrible slaughter.
Tho Russians wore constructing forts
which comreaind the entrance to the south*
ernmost mouth of the Danube.
Omar 1'nsha has been instructed to undertake
nothing uutit tho arrival of tho anxj
diaries. The British troofis landed at Varna
on the 21th. And tho veasel leaving
leaving thorc was said to have been ordered
to proceed to blockade Rcbastopol.
An army of 90,000 Russians was s'.a?
tioned about Odessa, which was said to be |
otherwise well fortified and prepared fordo- :
fence.
Knasinn troop* were ntill croedng the
Danube in great number*. It ie said that
the object of the Ilueemne in crowing the
Danube ie to push on with nil possible epced
In the direction in which the Kngtish end
French armies were situated, with thededgn
of fortifying ali positions that may obstruct
tho advance of the allied army.
The Turks had effected a passage of
the Danube in grand style on the 29th ult.
At SimuiUa moat of the peop'e fled to
Bucharest.
Varna, which was the only place defended
by ail thousand men, has asked rein-;
forceir.cnt from the fleet The English and
French troops which hhd arrived at GalopoI
lie, it is ask), with be ordered there.
The Grveke had been defeated at Amiro,
with a ioea of 900 killed. The utmost division
and disaffection continues amongst
their leaders, who begin to ery trues en.
The expulsion of tho Greeks at Constantinople
continues, but tho Roman Catbolie
Greek aulgaeU mo allowed to NOwiu uum^loeted.
The Cue had ordered all pilots and men
capable of baa ring anno to remove from
the Islands to-the meis laud?Fin hud Alas,
to rem*** av bora down all aMpu aad
n M
The Russian* hsve dismantled the i?*
land fortresses, and burned theilt, attd iw
moved all their shipping and retired to thd
mainland.
Sulina, at the mouth of the Danube, wait
still blocked.
A permanent camp of 10,000 men at Toulon
had been decicded upon.
The combined fleets were seen off Odessa
on the 1st April. The Inhabitants were
greatly terrified and fled the city.
Napier's fleet, numbering 37 sails, hnd
left the linchorago at Ridge Bay and put to
j sea, bcand eastward, supposed for the pur-'
pose of making an attack upon the Russian
squadron.
TWertty-two ships of Admiral Napier's
fleet paMK-d in front of Bornholm on the
15th.
The Black Sua allied fleet sailed from
Varna April the 6th, in the direction of 8chastopol.
Since then no accounts have been
received of its movement, excepting a rumor
that the fleet was blockading or preparing
to attack Odessa.
Admiral Disclaims has sailed with the
French squadron to join Napor.
The Grand Duke Constantino had assumed
the command of the Russian fleet.
Mustaphn Pncha has bis main forco of 50,000
men nt Knmsao, and likewise holds
Schcnowaka and Kustendje north of Trn-'
jan's Wall.
The Russians maintained themselves in*
the Drobrudselia. Omar l'acha would not
hazard an attack until he had the allies in
Ids rear. About 10,000 of the allied troops/
had ranched Gallipolis.
There had been a great absence of an
thentic information for some days past irw
regard to the war. ,
The entrance of the Aostrlsna into Tornru
was supposed to be true, but the rcpaet bna
not been confirmed.
The Austrian Consul-General at AfusRii*dria
notifies the Russian subjects th??t ?ns
protectorate over them ees ich tfw 29th
April, when they must leave Kgvp't- .
Russia continued tho r jost ntetaftr preparations
for war.
The anmo is obscrva1 >lo throughout Turkey.
The Turks a?jp?nr to be to much bet?er
spirits.
A state of siege was to be raised in Hungary,
Ser\ is, (i.d'eia and Cracow on tho
1st of May.
From Asia, dr.ti's to Mnrdi 6th have I wen
received. No op 'ration* Itml taken place at
Caxoroum, ov in g to the unfavorable weather.
Guyon eorvtinued zeulou-ly occupied in
I organizing an army, which wan now well disciplined.
provisioned and paid, Zanif Pacha, 4
Commander-'ji-chk f, had arrived. TheRosaians
woie concentrated at Gumrie which ,
they Wcl a f jrtifyiug.
Attitude of the Various Powers, ct\
! It is si ?ted that a treaty of nlll.ince, olio-uive
w.ul defensive, had positively b on orehanpeil
between England and France, to: 1
that copies were circulating in Paris.
Tho Queen of England Issued a proclamation
for a day o' general humiliation ui.it
prnyrr, that tho nrma of Great Britain anl
Frrnco bo blessed Willi success in war.
Lord llowdcn addressed a note to the
I Spanish Government requiring that it sh..ll
| ? lo*e its ports apdnst Russian privateers if
Ru?mu issues letters of io.uvj to.
| The Emperor of Austria pnniists, in his
I negotiations with Prussia, no having full
. liberty of act.on against Russia if circumstances
render it ncccwsary.
The King of Prussia refused to assent to ,
the tro-ty unless Austria will not make any
movement without firnt consulting snJ obtaining
his consent. A
The disposition of Austriu ia evidently
le ming gradually more and utorc towards
the Western Powers.
Prussia remains neutral, but is favorably
inclined towards thu combined armies.
There are daily accounts of disaffection
amongst the Hungarians, and Austria looks
upon the coudilion of affairs with some a- # A
Isrtn.
In Poland there was also a gro ving uneasiness.
The Sardinian Government have forbhl 1
1 any privateers under the Russian flag from
being armed, provisioned or h irbored with
their prizes hi the Sardinian porta. * *
At St. Petersburg the Go crotuenUl papers
wsa 12 per coot discount.
^COMMUNICATION.
Ma. Editoc :? Please announce P. T.
Hammoni, Esq., as s candidate for tho Sonste
to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the
J death of Col. T. W. Iluer. and oblia* T??
i altaw and Vicinity. * M
May 4, 1854.
AcqaiUl of MntUiow V- Ward.
Great excitement haa keen produced at
Louisville by the verdict of ncqnitUl. rendered
ly the jury at Elixabvtht wn, where
the trial took place, io the raae of Matt P. * J
Word, charged with the murder of VV. H.
O. Butler. On Saturday night, a crowd of
from, it ia a.iid, eix to eight thousand peracne
aaeembled at the Court Homo a* Low
iaville aad passed resolutions condemnatory
of the rerdiet The call for that meeting
was couched In the following tonne: ^ '
r TO THE "WOLFE BLOOD HOUNDS
OF LOUISVILLE."
Fr li.ow "Blood i/uOHM
The moat nttreeiona murder ever perpetrated
in any community, waa the killing of ^ ,
Mr. W. H. G. Butler, by M. P. Ward. Die
a aaerrd and eoletna doty due to the dead,
end In the now blackened and dUhonored
name of Kentucky, from whomo truth has
god oodioulleo haa been disregarded, to sail
n melting of the "Wolf Blood Hounds of J
LialaclUc," that wo aaay giro eapnaalon to 1 x
oar fcoliogs in rrferunco to thle moot out/a- I
genua verdict of a llardin county jury, ami
tho man who dared atlgtnatiao Americas ?B- I
hcenr ne ^
* BLOOD HOUNDS," j'r" A
bceauao thoy dcaired juetlee to he dnna tho *
iravror* of tfeo h?i|M lallil, W? pro* * I'
po*?> IUU 8rturdfijr ntgfct, at tfco Cmott Ho?a?, gfl '
ihm Utn# mi4 for oimiib^ com m*., <
MM >H.Mdlit kmtamky giro ?*H*" R 4
H^p^pki Uui