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t 1-^ Xtoirnstfr M'ULlSilKD Ar I. VNCASTBU C. 11. 8. C., L DT COPIOUS A C'AKTKK. | WEDNESDAY Mu USING, Fob. 13, 18*iT. j Subscriber* finding * (X)crO??* mark cn the | taarght of their paper may know that their I time is about to expire. j * TKRMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. |* For one year, in advance, - - |3 00 I I For six mon thr, " ! 60 ' For three mouthy " ? - 1 00 (! The Georgetown Railroad. ' ( Wa copv from tlio Pee Dee ((ieorgei | town) Times the proceedings ??f a meet- ( ing of the Stockho'ilers of the above ; Road, which must he of considerable ini ' , terest to our readers. It will be teen i that preparations ar? being made for the immediate surrey of the route to L rncas- I ter Court House. This bears the impress of earnestness ( ou the part of the people at the other end of the route, and should stimulate i corresponding efforts in this direction.? There never was a lime when this section of the State stood so much in need of something to revive business, and invigo rate the peop'e, as it does at present.? The burdens of private indebtedness, and the doubt and uncertainty in reference to ' our political relations, are well calculated to depress every department of tfade, industry and enterprise. Added to this, our population, white and black,has been thinned by emigration to the West, leaving us scarce of laborers and adding to the burdens of taxation! Nothing could more effectually counteract the injurious effects of the causes enumerated, than a Railroad. It would stimulate energy and enterprise, revive tlio flagging spirits of j thtt Hftnnla un*ntt?onrfl J tv% <^11 ? ' r?r._, f.~ ........g. on.,.. IUIIII U|? j the gaps lately made in our population, I aud add to our material prosperity in n number of war* not now conceived of. It becomes Os, then, to second the af* forts of the peoplo at the other end of the route, and unite with them in carry* ing forward an enterprise that is pregnant with such promising results to both sections. Let public attention lie directed to the matter, and although circumstances { are not now encouraging, an earnest ef ( for', from all sections interested would ' soon develop that the project is entirely 1 feasible. IB,U> m j Brushing Up. , We are pleased to note evidences of ( Improvement In our Village. Mr. Hoyd's i Store room, under the IjtJger Oflioe, is ' ' being enlarged an l refitted up, adding ' greatly to the appearance and corveni | enco oj 1110 premises. i tie cornier on ' M ain Street, opposite Dunlap'a corner, j I lately purchased bv Messrs. Davis & f liuev, has been pulled down, and a new and superior building is in process of construction. Oilier changes for the bet- , ter, on the same side of the street, are t contemplated. The services of a skilled 1 and industrions mechanic, like our friend Pennington, are invaluable in a place Deeding repairs, like our Village. Small Fox. J This loathsome disease, we understand, < is prevailing to a limited extent among i negroes in the lower portion of this Dis ' trict One case, originating in that quarter, developed itself in our Village last week. Prompt steps were taken by the J town authorities to have the patient, to , gethcr with all who were in the same j house removed, and there are now no ap prehensions that the disease will spread ,' in this community. Prudence, however, I' .U.. !.-*. 1 ?? I ' wuum uim 1110 uium ion* f be adopted by all, both in town and | country. Price of Cotton. i It is the prevailing opinion among the principal dealers in this country that cotton will advance before April to forty cents per pound. Present prices, in for eign markets, is said to be based upon the supposition that over 2,000,000 bales j will be produced in America the present ' year, but it is believed thai so soon ?? , the true state of things is appreciated in Europe, that the staple will range to20.1. It would be wise for those who can do so, to bold tbeir cotton a little longer. People always measure a man's business bv bis advertiBiiic. and it will, nine time* out of Un, prove correct. If you | * trade wiih a meichant that advertises ? liberally, you may not feHr of being bit. t The man that spreads |?ia wares before ' you through the medium of a newspaper : ' characterizes himself, at once, as not car- f ing for In ties, and it is from such persons ? you must expect to get the beat bargains. , r We direct attention to the new advertise meats in to*dny's paper. The mails above on Saturday, having r failed to come to hand, we are without j our usual variety of news matter for this g paper. fl Tiik sradt of Flokida.? Florida hat proclaimed a general pardon and amnesty ( to all who during the tale war violated t the peace ai d d'guity of tie State. ? [communicatee ] Unconstitutional. Messrs. Editors: If it ii not Very 'nh*- j ormtiln.ionul," I eliottld like to eek * few ( |iie?lions through your ^o^er : 1st. Is H Constitutional for a State to 'e|iii>iiate her own money, or that which is .lie same, (by ntt Act of the Legislature,) j ilusc to take her nun iruuey for hur own , axes? Or is it the object of u few ti lake '. in iiuen/nru ?>f t* verv ti.mir lhn furmur !i s """ u ?I.inter produces and frame a Tax law to P mnsunte it all ? I I '2d. la it "Constitutional" to force ooe :'.tuen to return to the Tax Collector and j 1 >av the taxes of another, who is eutitled to | ill the privilege* and immunities of a citlten, (nave voting and sitting an juror,) eiua- j ily because lie in his employ ? 3d, In it Constitutional to fore citizens ! f South Carolina to pav United State* Revenue Tax, when the St ite La usreprulentod in the United States Congress ; or s the high Court of Errvrs nfrnid to med1!e with this because it tbuches United i Slates authority 1 4th. Is it "Constitutional"for the cotton producer to pay to. the internal Revenue Collector fiom 25 to 75 cents on every liale of cotton he marks "U. S. Int. Rev. Tax l'uid." with a little niece of hMcrmntr? I - I O0 - ? when the law nay*, "the Collector will affix to each bale or package the melalic slntnp"?used to denote tax paid ? Then, too, m it right to charge some ?0, others I 25, nnd others 75 cents, when 15 cents p?r j bale is the 'aw when the cotton is carried to the collectors office or his agents ? Now instead of declaring the Stay law unconstitutional, so also the suspending of 1 the Fall Term of Court, why do not the Court of Krroe? go t.trough the vvuole routine, and make a clean sweep 1 Why lenvo any undone ? And again, of what nse is the District Court! the grandest humbug ever imposed upon any people ! Oh, yes ! that increases taxes nnd hrlps the people to the nmouut of $80 or |S'0,0li0 a year, in the tax bill. l astly, :s it not down right folly to talk of Constitutionality?amongst any of the late Confederate States, when Congress ana the Executive by a stroke of the pen made the Stale cull a Convention through its Provisional Governor and change all ? what the Constitution?look to 1865 mai'lb ridge. February 10, 18t>7. Washington News and Gossip. MILITARY nt'LB ?ANO'rncn GOLD BULL. We understand that a distinguished member of the House was engaged'yea. lerday in the religious work ot preparing * bill of* impeachment, which he will en leavor to precipitato upon the House and country at an early day, the principal feature of which is to declare that upon its passage by the House (General U. S Lirant becomes President ad interim ? Should such a lull pass the House, the next thing in the programme is to legah ize the transfer of the subject to the Senate for trial after the organization of ihe Fortieth Congress, so that the ad interim may consume the remainder of I dr. Johnson's presidential term. < The genius who has concocted this i >ull for the gold market has undoubtedly J rot his agents in New York to take ad- I rentage of the rise. We hope Mr. Mc I Bulloch will let the "dust" ascend to the iHtural point where such dangerous leg station will carry it, in order that the >ui?ine*s community may learn wisdom hereby.? National Republican. I'OI'UI.AK Oiei'LK AHI KK. We notice that evidences are multiply ng of tbe tlisp'easure of the people at the :oun? of certawi members of Cor grtss. ivho ar.j not only doing nil in their power j Lo make the rebellion practically h sue but are neglecting or badly mis. | managing the material interests of the :ouutry.?1bid. > stagnation or BrsiNKfls. A private letter, dated New York, Jan iiary 20, 1607, was received yesterday from a distinguished gentlemen, who has die mean* of knowing whereof he writes, ind who Says : "Let me tell yon that the wild f'enzy >f Congress is producing its natural fruits itagnxiion of trade and business of all kinds, depreciation of values, and a geti( ral distrust of Government and every i?ody iatbe order of the day." This is truly a cheering prospect for the business men of the country.?Ibid. SKFOItTKU VIKWS OK SKOUKTAKY STANTON ON TIIK RITCATIOM. The Weahirgleo correspondent of the Boifton I'ust send* ill? following to that ournal : "Hon. Jolin Covoda called upon Sec etary Stan too ye?t erday, and there en iu>d a long and friendly discourse on the \tutu* of the country. Mr. Stanton ap >??red ?erv des'rou* of diacutning the cur ent eventa of national import, and es ! >re*"<ed himself freely. He confessed that i rom the very ouUet the disputation* of ha executive and legislative branche* of 1 he Government had canned bim the | i iveliest alarm, which, atnce the move < nent toward impeachment, had incraated i o an apprehension of revolution and an- I trchy. The hnrden of hi* remark* en | n regard to certain ante of the President | ind Congress, and he pointed gloomily | o the de'etariou* effects of bach upon the < ta'.ion. In parting with Oovode, Mr < itanlon remarked: **I aided to place i wo tnilliona of men in the field to put < lown the rebellion', three hundred thou and have Intten the duet, and an equal , kllllltlAr AfA OfirmlAA lltVABullAi** lliA l? ? 1 I iad yet, with nil this tremendous effort md corresponding aacr'fice, (be country, i n mv judgment, t? shadowed with gloom if a darker hour than *11 incident to any rieie of the late war." 'Una Utter ex1 |1 irefaion of Mr. Stanton's solicitude ia 11 iren me with scrupulous exactitude by a entleiDMn minutely acquainted with I aery circumstance in the premise*, and i ho further aaera that the Secretary < wemed comp'etely unmanned when he i lltered the laat remark, and abruptly. I urned from bis ?isitors to conceal bis 11 nnolioo." it t- L?' Geo. Grant. ? despatch to the Hc uld gltrei the t following concerning the position of Gen. e Jraiii : . " % Gen. Grant was to day on the floor oT ;he House, In conversaTirn with Mr. Wil- J ion, of Iowa, Chairman ul the Juci:C>ar> j ^ Jommitlee. in conversation with some | L>f the radical members, he gtnted, with j ' rtfl^rmiCi. IO tfltt 8t?t?J?<?t Of lus gOtflg to | r tin- Paris Exposition, that "lid would not { lie found ten hours away from this city 1 1 For n year to come." He spoke of the 8 President's la'.e trip as a mistake, end said, in substance, that no men, however j distinguished or venerated, could depart ' Iroin the right track and carry the people ! with him. in reply to one of the metn | . hers that he (Gen. Grant) would lie drop- j tied quicker than a hot potatoe by the | people if he nhoiild deviate 'ro.ii the right track, he said, "I do not douht it." M embers speak of his conversation as unequivocall v in favor of the C? ncression j al policv. Ho favored the continuation of Gen. Dix, as he was less objectionable i tli a it tlie next nomine*. would be, who would be a military man, end that the Senate would l>o forced into the'position of appearing unfriendly to soldier* inter esla . He said that Gen Dix was not ' wholly averse to Congress. Gun. Grant ' occupied the seat of Mr. DoulwtHI, of ' Massachusetts, and for some time was en 1 irairml in Vurs-i I inn U'ilK \f ? 11 nonar ' - ol the itmn State. The report that a 1 hill w?? to be introduced to day provid ' ing that ha should he appointed acting ! President in care of the impeachment and 1 removal of the President, and 'he revival ! of M r. Kelso's resolutian, declaring that I ' the impeachment and removal of the } President were necessary, are supposed * to he among the reasons why he was ' present. These may also account lor the 1 fact that not a single Democrat c member was seen to pay his respects to him. From the Charleston Mercury. Paunwku. (J. II.. Jan. 28, 1807. Editors Charleston Mercury: Mr Dear Sirs?I have just learned, with great regret, that Mrs. Sarah Howe, of Orangeburg C. II., lias been sold out of house and home hv the Sheriff, and that she is now dependant* on the kind nesa of her family, all reduced hv lh? war, for a scanty support. 1 am sura this aunourcemenfwill touch the heart of everv aold'ar who lifts passed ,nn the road from Orangeburg to Pranch villa during the war. Mar devo'ipn, her tendernesa. her self sacrifice, can never he forgotten. From the first to the last years of the atrnggle she was ever to be found on the railroad ministering to the wants *n<1 necessities of the troops; the sick and wounded first, the hungry next; and rnanv a poor soldier has praredthe food (tod to bless (lie kind heart and ihecenerous band thai ministered lo their wants. Nothing deterred her from this duty of < Iovh and patriotism, because slie was laboring in the cause of her country. The < Slate should rescue her, but, alas ! the < Slate is too poor. Without consulting her (and I am sure i no one will be more surprised than she < when i?he reads this note in your paper). < I propose that everv soldier who feels I s that she has cheered and comforted hitn'j r an Ins weary way, will contribute a small * amount to buy a home to shelter her in I i htr declining years. A mite from each to whom she has ministered, will keep her from want and dependence. . Contributions mac be sent to the edi ( tors of the papers in the South who will ^ publish this notice. Very respectfully j your ooeuieni servant, A. T\ ALPRICII. j From Florida. ? A telegraph to the New York 'World' art* : ? An official letter from Florida tart the 1 Indian* of If>o Everglade* are determined to keep tlie negroe* in their tribe ** *la*en ' denting that wbite man'* lawn are appli- 1 cahle to tbain on the subject of tdaverv. The negroe* claim their liberty, and have appealed to tba military for asaitVence.? It is feared there will ba (rouble in Flori- < da regarding tliie matter. ^ It ia offpiallv reported that the (read , men throughout Florida are renewing | contract*. Largo mi in hern are entering | land*. There wan a large emigration i from Soufh Carolina and Georgia for the i pnrpona of obtaining work, orcolon'zing | on the St. John'* Ki*#r, or South thereof. i General Kiy had arrived from South i Carolina with a colon* of 800 headman. | The colonization agencies in the Southern 1 O... ? * Dimes seamen 10 oe very popular. ^ ? - A Milltok Pkrsoks Rtarvrd td Pkath.? A Calcutta correspondent of the London Timr*, dated December 7th. crises some painful details of the recent famine in the district of Onesa, in Indie. A government commissioner lies prepared j e report of which it said : A picture more heartrending, Orel* more hideous, could not be given. Joe commissioner estimates the deaths in Orista alone mi 600,000 to 000,000, end in some places he admits that three fourths of the population have been carried off ? Drissa bad five millions Add the roor lalny of iJidnapore* which was as severe ly visited ; of (jranjam sod Chola Nag? ' pore, whicli were terribly, yet more mild . ly, dealt with ; of Calcutta, whose ho*, pitmIs still tell so sad a tale, and of the nther districts, where the ttqutlct, at least jf starvation, carried oil many? and re- , member thst the deaths are etid going in at llie rate of a hundred a day, and ' you will agree, with the rough estimate ; ' generally a< cepted here that the Dim her of victims will not be under ft mil lion. ilt-rrati roR York I ?We learn from a reliable source, that on Haturday last, a lady living near Hock Hill, in tkia Die | trict, gave birth to a daughter : forty- | four liaiirt aflnrenril* ?t ? ----- I ?- I ' . ~ - -* -*?o |(nn i??r i n in \ another daughter nod a ton. Tun wc:ght* i sf tlia infanta warn, mpertiralr, 5 8 4,1, t anil 8 ' 4 pound*, nnd tlmv nra nil with t their inotber, 4 doing hi well n* could be I npecled. The husband of lliia lady in . i Her aeaentj yeara old.?Enquirer. \ JJlU. -lLLl'l J't l JJJ'." GKNHHAL GRANT TO OB Tkiwokah* ''rksipm'kt.?In HtitictpHiioa of hi* (John* on'e) leitiovel, set* the New York Her Id, hi till events, it Is given ouk from rVdslilngioii that d law will probably ha tensed \?J Congress Twoviding temporarily i?r th?j promotion of Gen. Grant to the iVlitte llousn as Acting President ? nun wliom very iiHine carries with it the ifesttg# of public confidence and success. "With General Grant in the Executive hair we know that the present unreason ihle, impliceble and defiant rebel States I vould speedily realize their true oilnation; hat thay would he without difficulty re? irganized on the basis of the amendment, md that with, if not l.efcre, the return >f December they would all be reinstated h Congress, and harmoniously co.opera ing witl* the North to carry on the great *ork of the new Union. We are sure hat the South would limn fall in with he new ideaa and new constitution or his new epoch.canting out all the remain US dregs and dry bone* of that old, torr. lowti fabric, whose corner slona. like that >f tjie defunct Jeff. D ivis Confederacy, ?ns African slavery. Nkoiw roi.iOKU*M ?*,The great pro' deni of llio equality of human rights." is styled by Mr. Stunner, is being praeli- ] rally testrd in VYashington cilv, tinder lie impetus given by the p issage of tlie tegro etiflTragu bill, the metropolitan tobce commissioners been just received tn application for a petition on (lie force !>y a colored man, who ia backed by the recommendation* of a dofen or inore white*. It is stated on good authority [hat tida will be at once followed tip bv a demand on ibe pa it of llie black citizens [>f the Diatrict for a proportionate abare of tlie clerkship* in the department, and Further that oerfect equality as to seat* will be inaisted upon in tha churches and theatres. Commrrcial FaII.URKJ.?In the New York Times we find aome interacting end significant statistic* with reference to toe commercial failures at tit North for the past year, as well aa for tha proceeding years. In 1802 the aggregate, liabilities of tbo?e who failed was, in round number*. $2.1 000(100 ; in 1803 the agereea'e w?? $8 000 000 ; in 1804 it was $3 500, 000; in 1805 it was $1 7.500 000. while in ihuu wie aggregate wo* *?7,tH)0 OOO II thus appear* that the aggregate ??f lt>% btiilies of those Mho failed in 1800 in nearly ?'X tuns* a* great as in 1802. and nearly linen time* an great a* in 1865. This is a frightful ioore**e, and Indicate* that the termination of the war wa* but the commencement of financial troubles. Snow in M as* AcntbKrrs.?A letter from Berkshire, Massachusetts, dated Jantiary ?3, e:?y* : The enow out here is twenty five feet j deep. We are hitiied in *dow ; literally covered up and frozen in. ITp to the 1 window sill* ; up to the shoulder on each j tide of the doorway; aiop of fence*;: "jver the gate*, end almost over head and | uri, lies the snow The shrubbery am! ; nnaiter fruit tree* have disappeared, mk ( inder the sea. The road* are impassable, >xcept where relays of Irishmen ere kept tlmosl daily at work. St'icin* on a Railiioao Thai* We egret ty learn that Mr. McOonnell, (of he firm of McDonnell ek (lo^dlett, Cireen ril'e, S C.,) while in a s'ala of mental iherration, committer! suicide, on \V*d' teeday, on the Greenville train. He ep jiied to Uondortor l?n.?rj,fe laaaea for per- | niaaion to or" into hie room. which wa* j jranted, and, a short liin? afterwaid*. f *U*n Mr. I. enlereinhe room, he lound he unfortunate man lymjj on hi* face, on , he floor, with hie throat cot from ear to , tar. An inquest wu held on the body it lie'.ion. JoHNttox Mcar bk Plt our or tiik Way.? When two muleteer* meet on ?ne of thoae <l*ni?eroua ehelve* of the loud p:erclnj? Ande*( aave the New York Herald, where only one can p??e el a lime, it romeiiinae happen*, when neither 1 party will hack out, that the weaker mule and driver are hurled to destruction a mnng lilt rocks, thousands of feet below. [>> such a pass President Johnson mid Congress now stand confronting each oth sr; and here, lo<>, if neither part* will i?iv? wiit, the *e*k?r will be displaced to clear lite track. Mtssnarppi Lvoibi.atvrk. ? A despatch from Mississippi tavt : Genera! A'corn, United States Senator elect from Mississippi, lias addressed botli branches of the Mississippi Legislature, advising them to accept the Constitutional amendment as the lesst of Congressional evils. A unanimous vote rejecting It wst tlie response. Kbiiaskd.? We ere ple*s-d to learn from the Kmgstiee Stor. ofthe.TO-h, nit, that Messrs. J. S Heck and J I'. Bar rmeau. who were arretted by order of The military, on account of the death of the negroes in the burning of the ivingsteee fail, base been released 'rnm Castle Piprknef, upon the requisition of T. B. [?og*ii, I) Strict Judge, lor the transfer of ,be prisoner# to the civil authorities. rilna'* P . - S 1 r 'inf i iii.? n K?>uii?in?ii irom i Worthr-m Ohio?*lw*)? regarded a* a iplandid manager? triad a plantation in Vliaeiaaippi, tin* Miwn, and raporta that !> ia out of pockat altoul $12,00(7 avtr li t crop, and, to u?a lea own langoaga, la* **lat out." I In taya tha "enhrrad man may fight nobly, but thay don't work worlb a d ?o." * Kauar row tm* bourn.?lai Naw ; Vork, tara the World, laava to tbo am ail politician* who now diagraca our national Jongraaa tha odiooa la*k of'kaaping opan i ba nation'* wwnfcda ; and lat thw grant | ttatropolip proa# har right t'? lhat proud naina by atratehing forth bar atior-g arm to I if*, up tha failan. to ootuforl tha aoraly tfflictad, and to aa?? tha mjrriada who are raady to pariab ! THlf oiiAT^ONDON DJSASr?B. | Detail* of the Awful Catastrophe on the Ice Laks ia Recent'* Paik. The new Bremen steamer Union arrived at Ne?* York on Saturday thorning, hav ins left Bremen on the lJlih *n.l South ainpton oh the 16th of January, ?t 2.30 P. M, Bhe brings the Gentian mails, a full cargo of merchandise, nod two bun dred and seventy psssengers. Tbe most interesting feature is the fol lowing description of the dreadful Accident on a skating pond nt Regent's Park, Lon don, ' ^efly referred to, heretofore, by Ore cable, from tbp London Timta of the 10th : Yesterday one of the most awful calamities ever known in the metropolis took place in the Regent'* Park, where, by tbe eimultMN?<rir giving way 01 the whole of the ice on the lake, at least two hundred people were thrown into the water at once, and from twenty to forty persons drowned. * The scene* were most startling and harrgwing Women rushed About on the hank* screaming out that their children or hut baods or brothers were drowning, and imploring help to saCe them. Rots and girls stood hysterically crying ant! Wring : i- ?'t s t iuir winr iimiiiK, hihi exclaiming, v?n, look-at father ! O't, father,*fatlier I'1 and giving expressions (o oilier heartrending exclamation*; and strong men convel sively appealed to those who had no means of help, and pointed out friends Miid relations struggling in the agonies of death. Only those who, like the writer, were on the spot, and saw with their own eyes what took place, can form an ade rpiate idea of the calamity which in an instant placed two hundred person* at the very gates of death, almost within arms' reach of those who were related Jo them by the closest ties, hut who were yet, in most cases, obliged to stand l>y and tee them fighting desperately for life, and gradually succumbing or wait-tig passively, clinging to piece*, of ice till tliev he came insensible ami lost their hold. Hy had past three o'clock the ice I showed unmistakable signs ol break tig up It was cracked I* such an extent that there was not a sound piece of more than a foot or so broad, and the cracks were clearly marked hy the water which rose through them. These alarming -/ "'I "J and many who had sense enough made the ol their way ol]*, expressing their (Tpinfou as they did so tlmi iIih ice would not last many minut<4 lunger. Ettu these in many instances gov a welting in.get. ting out of d ?nger, tor with hardly an exception the ice had parted from toe shore right round the la^e. Not with standii g the warning signs, more than two hundred persona still remained on the ica skatfhg and sliding Shortly before four o'clock thru* children ami two men went through the ice together at about a dozen fee', from the south wenlern shore A gentleman immediately pl inged in and brought to the shore the three children, who clung round <o as almost to drown him. I Tare one of tho Koyal ilunisue I Society's men exci'.eJ a grv.iUdeal of in dignation. lie went a foot or so into the water, and there waited until ili? rKil.lr*t. were brought to liim, and then, with another, cl*iiu?-?l to have rescued tb*m? Oue of the men who h *d fallen in scrambled out, and the oilier whs taken from a boat by a loan! Humane Society's man. Immediately after this several other pern pie fell in, bwt they were aoon got out ?? >oine*h*t awakened to their position by these accidents and the shouts of the peo 'pie on the haul**, a few other person* left I the ice, not, however, without in inoM j cases falling through when near the shore. At this time a dorm people on the north eastern side, near the host house, who were standing close together walchi ing the misfortune* of the others, next fell in together. This was witnessed form all parts, ami created a panic among all who reluaiued on the ice, and they ail, with one accoyj), rushed towards the opposite shore Iief>re this movement commenced, ntimhrrs were seen dropping through the I ice in el! parts. As the frightened gronpe insde for the bank*, the whole fie hi of ice gave two or three heaves, and then as ! multanaoualy t>r<?k? up over tint wliola of the broad p*rt of lite Ink*. !n an inatant Iwo hundred men and children were thrown into the water. A" fearful cry of Jinmay proceeded from them n? they fell, which waa ining.eJ wt?h a loud ahrut of i horror from lit* tboeaand* who lined ti>? 1 bank*. Than all tM confusion and di*. traction. For *?v*ral minute* nothing | effectual wa* even thought of, and there > in the water could he *een children of from eight lu twelve year* of as*, cling injjf to the edge* of the broken ice, crving every mouie.it in fri^ntij voire* fur the a**i*tance which thoae who witr.e**rd their offering* wera powerle** to render them, and >n a brief tint* firing up thair hurt lea** of I fe with a few last faint wave* of Hie hands above the water Tlmee who witntmsed the** scenes cried and shrieked witn ever greater ashibitio* of fee: ing than tli* sutfererwihemMlves The firat *hock over, man rushed wild ly about, seising upon everything in the ?hap* of a rope or *par to throw to th* struggling and drowning', hut hy this time all direct cow at on tea tio* with th*m was cut off hy tha general breaking up of the ice. and very few were reached for e long lime. A err was raised of "the boat*, the ImatsT' and hundred* of wilt ing worker* ran off to return with tb* boat* on tlibir aliouklera. but when ihev got tbeio u.U lb* waf?r the graateet <JitH anli? *m experienced io forcing them through lit* ice. Hop** were rapidly joined, and then on* and of aaeli being carried ncroaa (ha bridge, they vara atre'ebad from shore to above end dragged alpng. A faw persona managed ?v grasp iham, but they could not ba dragged aalior*. and had to remain holding on to them tiH the boat* piekad them upy? Some of them failed to hold on long enough, e?d lha tpe-tainr* vara liorrifiad to aCa, atery now and than, a mag , thoroughly exhausted gradually relax hie I hold and aiak. Maty inuaoce* of iodi*9 fcL. 'I ..'UHl'.t. J?L..!-Li'JSL'J..I1 JL1 ?**> vidual gallantry look place. Une man, at the uiuet iifpnineul risk, plunged in mix) brought sever.; I chtld<en sateiy out. A gentleman, Who broke through near the southwestern shore, fell so. that liia head mix] chest rested on h Urge block of ice, while liii feet were in thi water. There lie lay, kinoking !:;n pipe, for a longtime, while the boats were farther out, picking up as fast aa possible 'those in a worse position, lie began, however, to realize his position, and, removing bis pipe from his inoulb, be called out, "X30 to any one who will fetch me out 1" Several abortive attempts were made to reach him with rope*, poles nod ladders. A ma7 with the aid of a ladder reached a small piece ol sound ice, and endeavored to throw a rope to bim, but it fell short, lie then managed to push forward the ladder to a piece of ice hwlher oat, end standing ?n the former he again threw the rope. In doing so he fel', and in cimging 10 me ladder lie hurl liiintieil end wh? drawn ashore. A gentleman then got inVo en esnnpe filled up wilt barrels al the end. When pushed out as far ae possible, lie got into the water and endeavored to pusb ibe escape along, but be did not succeed. Eventually, a man stripped to bis shirt nnd imoser*, arrd a rope having been fixed to hm waist, he detper? nlely fonght bis way through tlie ice, and seizing the skater round the body, tbey were boih dragged to land amM iremenjOtis cheers. A inan named Moore, who received a medal two years ago for sar? ing people under similar circumstance*, was verv active, and saved several per sons. Just as one of the boat* approach* ed a sulTerer be sank, but a voung man i* it.. >.?. ..I ..I - r.i :... l - ? ??o piuii^cu nun uim IUIV IUV water, and brought liim up. The num* ber of victims will resell from 30 to 40. The Crashing Seven A Northern paper of a late date re* minds us of the curious feet, thsi almost every decade in the history of this country, ending with the figure seven, has marked the beginning of a financial crash or severe depression. It saje : Historic fstalisin, if net actual sign* of the tunes, incline many to believe that 1867 is to be added to the periods in our past history, m?d/ memorable by ftnsn cial troubles. Willi 1 797 came the erssh that wiped out the continental currency, and in 1807 our troubles with KrAnce and prospective war wiih England threw the business of tbe rosmlry into confusion, ( while in 1817 we gut tbe legacy of the war of wi;h England, which was a tremendous financial revulsion ? ' That of 1827 was less severe, hut ten years later it came in good earnest?the smash of all previoua smashes, in which i... i... .i.... ... i i....: I i nr ? !M??o <e*r*??r?ia nil<l UUHI.O** of tli? country want do an, not to rise for nearly five rears. King Hudson reigned over tlia Iviglieii railroad speculation of 184?, and famine, stalked over Europe, and especially in Ireland spreading sufi faring and causing wide spread failures. A purely commercial ena'p emphasized 1857, caused l>y inflation and oyer trad* iug. Hut the crash of 1807, if one is ine?i? table, which we neither proclaim nor a<V* mil, will he '*l*ellon upon Ossa," Indeed. The chasm is too deep and dark to think of, much i*<e to look into ? ?b'f. /joui* JitpuUican. 1 Siksulak Lawhcit (Jaowiso our or lUuittKABr.K I>rr?AV!TT.? A most singular lawsuit has just been instituted in our Justices' Court. It is one that de* ! pieta, in unmistakable language, the de* praved elate of morale that efh'ts iu our | city. A slum lime since, two r.iea wer# courting two girls in the same house, c included to marry, and the ceremony was arcorihugly celebrated. After (our I weeks' conhabitation, both of the men became dissatisfied with the objects of tbeir choice. 1 bey baliered that each bad made the wrong selection, and that ? change of women would be more in keep* ing with tli?'r peace and happiness.? from tome cause the same feeling existed ! on be I * a 1 f of llm woman. A trad* wee nfxikau of, and, aingular lo relate, agreed : to by Vl purlin*. One of the men bad a tielur looking woman than the other, ' and thought that tliia should bring ft premium, lis demanded thirty dollars lo boot. This waa agreed to, and lb* money wae to be paid in two w*?k?.? The chang* of wivea took place. Tbej li?ed together for three week*, jet the thirty dollars waa not forthcoming Tbe u*>ney waa demaaded never*! time* bo* not rareirad. Now the parly claimiaf the tnooay baa engaged legal con nasi, and inatituted auit in tbe Justice*' Court for a breach of contract and the recovery of the money. How it will terminate re* mama lo be aeon. Albany (.V. Y.) KnicktrbocJctr. A Sot'TllKHM CaNDIDATk's platform* ?Jacob Siena, a candidate for Coogreee , fiotn Alabama, pute forth ft funny plat I form : You have * nta to no (b? priaeipula that will govarn my kongreehnnul karear. I am not tba paraoa to keneola or equlvar* kait. My prineiptile ar thoaa of tlia , Amariean Kgul, wbicb, wbar tba karkue ?, oilara getbura togatbur. In ralaakuo to tba niggur, I eoept tba eitoaeioa.? Slaver) ia dad and ao will tha oiggura be bafor long. I am in favor of a general amnaaty to all tho 20,000 dollar loan, eeein tbey bad nut^aa- to do with tba briwgin an of tba waf, of filing in it wbap it war brol. UootU of tbatc were did br tha poor men, but tboaeofthat claea who made aotbin by tba war relink suftlibuntly puniehed, and thoaa who did, art to be pardoned for gallin rich at tba aipeuae ! of the f#Italy un. All I mtt lo a ay u\ konltiution ia, that if aay.maa double mjr loialty eot lotger ha ia a raiaurable tr? tor, and I will fcik him m auoe aa fltrfl guv urn meet ia reatebliahetl DartATio.?;-The S >uiA*m Ckrulian AAvcnt* at a tea that tba prapoeilioa to ahange the Mmi of tha Jfathodiet Kpiaaopal Uliatch Mouth, by tkoQeaefal (Jon. faranca, hat beea defeated. The lay dale* gat ion pro|KMitioo at an J* a chance of abarihg tba aama fatt.