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DISSOLUTIONS, Ac.
rxVaaoLl TiOW.»«Ths eeaeeraol » r.
11 sViTII a CO. i« this da] amsolsed bj mutual
.r ~<: t
■ i .■ ..•• • <•<' taatiaeeewin he attended •• bf B
\\ i si. »hen. aathonaaal toesneiateiaaettlinf
;. i ssi u( tiie eoucera.
R T. SMITH,
. , , let MM WM, .i. rARRuTT.
.i.,,,,.. ~nr. ha.rrl Mr WM J. PA RROT fo
" ~,- Stfcel»tei»f»ceniefll. I' sViTIH Co..
IH<> to ,|.» ssisiaeaa at tbe o"d Stand, and
, • ~. , it-ernst" of m> meads and the puMie
, Ut,itMa X r. BMfTi.
In v« illk'i■••>« ins .■""i the firm of H I SMITH
. mice pleasure in reeouime'adinK Mr. ti. T.
. \ irtl as !'"''. in«'t«i It" liherallj eie-ourau'd.
WM. .1. f'ARROTT.
, iie.Va., Jaa Ist. is*v.i jaU—St*
~iv- . ■ I I I I • W»—Tbe copartnership of
| I w . Ii i> a»* dissolved •■ the Mat ult..
i usiaaae of thagrm will heaat-
I.H. Walks, as he will coatmee tiie
~. \: :oMMISSI()S BUSINESS at
,• ■ >o. i. Main s'.:eet.
1. H. WAI.KK.
A. SIMS.
- > • VW, ja 10—2w
\nli< A. Hai ate sarchased ofE. MORRIS A
\ satire nitereat ■■ theCLOTHlftti
.v; , sH.MhNTMo 69 Main a*., 1 taketbstoa
unttheold Bieadsand patrons of
,-• •■ , • ->r iiue. aaheretofore,
. .. in c ani.' srell aelected STOCK
MAi>KCL< THlNO.witheverj other
'.■ ( in thfl line.to wbicbfwould
:,. r I"-1it >«. Mj tone aracUealexaeri
,. . • ..> • , er.n,- business,onmhiaed withai*
ifaetarinx, enable aseto
fy ' ..-'.rt, lor CLOTH I N(i n tiie best man
*ri nelst ihenbortestaotice. With many thmaks !
... ,'.... . r.ist.uners for the iitierj»l sup j
• ~ > uave extended tome for the last j
'.j ~,. . - rs .• ■" wllj anlieit aeeattaaaaca :
.... i-. which 1 p'omise tbem shall not
11. WHITLOCK,
l.nte with 1.. Morris A Co.,
Opposite St. Charles Hotel.
'PHI t Mil I'.mi.Mll, harm« purchased of
I '•, ■•• NPKRS bn itock of Groceries,
» ' -, ;;■ :i :: v am: COM Ml&sioN
,- the we lea ?w;, stand, occupied for
rears '■» D. W. Saunders. N-». SU
, ■ th« lame nn.l at) le ni .'• 'II.N
~• ~ -. r,R»i ,\ CO.. where the} will keeyeoa
.I& we selh cted atock ol GBO
■ ■ > • tbej v. i sell bj wholesale or ie
or, to punctual customers, no the
•,i -i-. tend terras as .-i>i> e»t?t!'!isii
.« i-.tv. The) !■ rpe, t.v Strict :ltteil
bit* ness, t<> merit it contiaaaaos nt ttie
j \{:,: i :..e *i ~i«-ifi .i bestowed i»n the i.i'e eon
rsrn ul D. W. Saunders, and the public *enerally.
Jull.N F. SAI MiKKS.
DA VI H J. KAI'NDKRS.
annar IJUN. DAVID J.SAUNDERS,Jr.
Tio- aahseriher, ia retmn; f'ein the <jr«>cer>
>ts, ' ike* ' i • method of roturnins hiaaiacera
its old friends for their liberal patronaiee
•io' -■ bt rears, and most nordialU re
I i their confiitenoe the new firm of JOHN
NPKRS A CO. I oaa !«• found at the old
, ere all persons haVinn elsimi astainst me
» eaent tbem for payment, aad those indebted
t .• ■■ \- mako payment » th as little tU-liw as
I. W. SAI NDERS.
, wlm
I ||»M>l.l TloV."- I i ncem of WILSON k
I ' ■,- - ii:' |; .- tli - '..•..- lived bj mutaaJ v*»n
»cot. i ■ wn» of th< tirm will be used by either
suing up the business of the concern.
.'"HN .!. WILSttN,
CHAS. M. HOailKR.
R (dsp, Jan. 3.1960.
>.» Concern. The subscriber will continue
• ■ ... etail GROCKRV BUSINKS3,
,- -.... itand<>| Wilson Ji Boaher,eorner 17th
•v. .i : take* this occasion to return
the ihera! patronaae bestowed oa the
crn, .:■'! liopes, In strict attention to
merit n oontianaatM ol theaama, 1
%. . ■ ■■....■ band « well selected stock of
■ J b .- ti ■•"!-. to which I most re
■ • ivtte the attention of mj friends and
CHAS. M. BOSHER.
\ lard. I :• tulecriber in retina*, from the
i, -. • . kea this net hi»d of return in*
k* to bis old fri snda for their hb
edurin i n imlntr of x'-trs. and moat
recomi nds to their i nniidence my !a'e
■ -, - --...-. Mr. CHAB. M. BOSHER,
• ••" in i by* aav worth* of their confi
• in ■ : imdHt SAMCI !..V WILSON'S,
i: 11, v here we w II I c . id to receive
. :nn 'i ■-
lin A -wire JOHN J. WILSON.
, "iiVji \i. fMltviiii'. the s . eeribl r* have
" ■ . formed s co partnersh p lor the par
i v mi on a GKN V RAL COMMISSION
■ n| Ric '...'-ii!. and have
ice n Sbockoe Bhp. lately occupied bj
s. S. S m el. The) hope. I | personal ittention to
- . • mem the patromue of their friends
itoni raily. A. 8. HAM I'KI,,
.1. J. WILSON.
Hard ft ke tins opportunity ofrsturnia* mj
► ere 11 inks to mj old friends and pAtrona fer
pport, and hope to receive a con
. •■ii of i - me ! tb • ne* . oncern.
kcaim A.S.SAMI'KI.
I)ROY\ \ .\ W, ( LXI.I, \M».
1 J COMMI .-.• '.\ -I KRCHANTB,
i.' .. MONO, Va.
i il I, have I his da» entered into
' i - ■ . he pup ■p ■•■■ ••! conduct ins a
SS ON and FOR WAR pi iU'
■r the nan c md ■•'. ... ol BROWN A
M ,:..,, ill itive theirstrict per
• ; roBACCO, Wli EAT
H ,' - -- •, r,i ■.. and to the purc-lm I
Mci Ijze Ofnci next door to
nu 4 Jan ■■-. on l' i--:ii B ink.
ALK> . BROWN.
■'■ BRCCE M< i'I.KI.I.AND.
- i Mi is re Johnson, i'ounzer k Otey,
■ ■■■ ■ ■'i '■ \ Co., Dr. 3. lirittrin Catiefl,
I Re-hi Hon. T. 8. Ploiirnoy, Key. Jao,
H is o«»unty: Win. a. MiUerand
I, .. l.j nebburc; Col. 8. M D.
'.. er. ~; Kockbridse county:
!■' M. Cabell, ol Nelson; Judaa
1 usta county; Juo. Thompson,
■ • • • ja 7-liu
j j'»«ioi.i riONOF t o-i'ai:t\i:ksiiii*.
1 I ■ ; irtnershis heretofore evistm: be
' i'KRC MOORE aad ANNEO.WEISI
ids; dissolved bj mutual consent. All
us. property, aoeeeats, Ac , of every aescrip
••en. hy deed, aasieaed to us for the
. n ditera, aa therein named.
is indebted to the eonoera are invited
n -ml imma t atelj and pay op, as no ip -
- will be ki inted A ! per-;':i:.s bavins
ainat tbe concern will present tbem to aa
i< nt. BURFOR r .V FRIEND,
- and trustees lot Moors A Weisirer,
Manchester, va.
U'l IIDK THIN DA* associated ourselves
that under the st> le ol 1.V1.K FOSTER Ac
tbe purpose »i conductin* a eeserai CttM
iN.GROCERYand LIQUOR BUSINESS.
'■' s -•■' lar) street.SdoorshekiwUthstreet, mid
• - cit consignments of Merchandise,
' itiufactured and Loaf Tobacco, Flour, Brain, 4c.
1.V1.i: FOSTER.
JOHN R. STEGER,
• !.Te with Ellett 4 Drewrv.)
•I, .'.mi. 2d, UMB. j.-i.'i lin
Vol n » . I.OUIH «'. GILLESPIE is tins aaj
"• i partner in m> busmes. under tbe
! ' ' mdhrmof JNO. C.BHAFER k CO.
J No. C. BHAFER.
'' •: ii ' lan. *, MM. fa S- Im
I TION Ol « O-PARTNERSHIP.
" • ..••■ ■ I DANDRIDGE .V HART ia tins
■■■ K. B. llabt retirinc from the has.
Dier partner is authorized to nee the name
Dg up.
WM. 0. DANDRIDGE.
' haw. FRANCIS B.HART.
"" retirini ! out the GROCERY aad COM
SON BLdINESS, I letum mv mitetul
''" v ' ■ • v endsi ud the public lor the lioerai
ps unase bestowed on va, and take thia
ii mend im late partner, W. G.
v K. to j ou, who will continue the bnat
w< thj i : joui coundsace and au»
--; ,' ' FRANCIS B. HART.
••>.'.■..• i- 10.
( 'O-PARI M It Mil I' MITIIK.- I have tins
: ■ ''''i w.iii myaeli in basineaa mj
' « • BOHKKER, and will eontiaae the
■ I in - AR i" I L'SINESS. at the
> i > Main street, ander the at) le «.f A.
■- • L'O I bavealso allowed Mr. WM.
■■■ i<> has been several \e:,rsin m > cm-
'* known to mj customers, aa
• " ' • i ; -»«ts ■:! . is concern. To mi old
' ' ■ publi, . for their pant hberafand
d patronajte. I return my most crate
- ttis r.-v. concern will endeavor, by
to i isiaess, liberal terms, aad an
""oatins spirit, to merit aoontinuaUoa ol
v ' " r ' v, ; r "- A. BODERER.
■ a, J in. 2d, laaa,
j)lsM»i.i TION.. Th. fnm of RODDEY *
„.,,' KKIcS istbisda) dissolved by mutualeoa
„,„,,. F. W. RODDEY,
*"»• «Mh K.G. MORRIS.'?.
> <> .* l , a "!"' r,hl l , -- Tll< ' undersigned have tins
•-'-■ t,i,, :. ~,, wirtuership, under tnestjle
■ ,t ' e,,urpo • e, ' ,
... WfJ , . F.W. RODDEY,
- I-.2 dim] R.H.STROTHER.
S " ' '' " X U X t. X A (it.
.' ' . ''- risd have this day formed Its
', i' ndei thaatylaol MILLSPAUGB A
-'" Xi i , *i-w*r?R3 l ?A2£ oo H" cl '"« «heHHIl'
1"■ BUSINESS, aad reseeetfally so
- ''' i.iol tueir friends and tbe pu bite.
A. MILLKPACGtt,
JAMES n. KKAI).
I* . '.'ir> and 18tb sts., near the Duck.
••■niiioiiii j,,„ j_ IVAt jaS-lm*
(; VI BtHt.AI.Ms:
IP APPLIED FOR BOON ti
i, c ■•''•'! hue Ivory. Bone. Ebojtv. Hum.
:. v ;-'! Handle TABLE KNIVES and
'-"HV fcRS, he.
. ■■ ' ■•«nnii shshtly daasasedia manulactur
:„. 'J rsiailed very cheap, Bosrelut-houses,
pit ». I '' ■ ''' aaat will do well to call soon. Ap
l.e.r, u| L. B. COOK'S. 70 Main st.
I i |*\f X, ) > ' vo XV, MAHW-WOOD AND
I■■.', ...■VBRW.I.A. FAHArtOL and CANE
i.'i, ~, <,- n Particular attention paid to
KTi"i-V 1 !', , !s .- , /A«'KI-»'E, POOL and ROU
> I'Muot-. , " r- r -KS in new and Isncr pat
- ,i *, A,, V L ,K I. I'ARAfOL HANDLES,
a. : ) x !:Vf,['', vorv' goods.
"*.!*,„, '*■''■* '-l-'Afi and PARASOLS TO aov-
.ZK' 11 *>l V- A. REICBMAN.
, jf , ' Wtb street, near Main.
ICK *ICB.A /(IRK RIVER R. f.C0..(
|>RUl'o» t , v , M clou..nd, Dec. 2J, i.s«», <
' i <■-~,,' •forsaaed to the tire
' /f - o„ , ""'"'ldnit- o, '/iikh.ih ore l':iMei,r<r i
'' *'ii '!.► , "'". """►""l'm hinf blofcli M lle*o»ei
«*B ,r ' THO*. 1(. SHARP. i
Pi,y'im\
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SATURDAY MORNING JAN. It,IBM
OBMESAL AISMMBI V OF VIRGIMA.
SENATE.
Finns v, January I:!, lMjo.
The Senate met at 14 o'clock, and was called
to order by Lieut. Gov. Montaoi v..
A communication was received from the
House of Delegates that it had agreed to the
amendment proposed by the Senate to a bill
entitled an act to change the county line be
tween the tone Use of Warren and tMrirk,
through the lauds of .lames W. Conrad, and
that they had pa»ed a bill making an appro
priation tor the purchase and manufacture of
arm* and munitions ol war.
The last-named bill was referred to the Com
mitteeoa Military Affairs, alter being read.
A Omferma AskssU— Mr. Hkkwali., of the
Hoose, informed the Senate that the House
bad appointed a Committee of Conference on
the existing disagreement between the two
Houses of the General Assembly relative to
the til. to defray necessary expenses incurred
by the Executive in the deisßee oC the State,
and the purchase otarms ami munitions. The
Senate concurring, ihe following committee
was appointed on the part of Ihe Senate, v iz :
Messrs, Keeeon, Hues, Early, August and
Oeghilt.
La, l m th. Tib.'f.— The House bill for the
voluntary enslavement of Mary and her chil
dren, free persons of color, residing in the
county of I 'ulpeper, was laid on the table —
The bill to authorize the Board of Public
Work* to purchase of the ci'y of Wheeling
SJaai shares stock of the Baltimore aud Ohio
Railroad, was laid on the table.
Bill* Rswertsd.—The following bills were re
ported from committees: Amending the v.'i>th
section of chapter 'Ml of theC >de of Virginia,
in relation to discontinuances in criminal
prosecutions; amending the nth section of
chapter II 3 ot the C'jde, and repealing the loth,
llthaad I'-J'h sections of said chapter: amend
ing the act passed Juae sth, 1652, concerning
the salaries of certain officers of government
and officers of the General Assembly, mileage
and other allowances: amending au<tre-eu
acting the :;rth section ol the act passed the
:<uth of March, 1938, providing for general
elections; lor the relief of Jacob Vanmeter
and others, securities of George Schultx, late
sheriff of Hardy county.
The resolution to repeal chapter SOS, in ex
amining i.'.iurts, was reported inexpedient.
RtsolmtUmt of hi'jutry into Rrpcdseßcy.— The
following were adopted: Of reporting a bill
to enforce the payment of arrears of interest
on loan and mortgage bonds due to the State
front railroad and other companies by pay
ments in instalments or otherwise : of report
ing a bill releasing Haniel S. liickinsor. from
the payment of taxes erroneously assessed
upon ins lands in Wi«<» county: of reporting
a bill providing for the establishment of a
Board of Medical Examiners; of amending
the law regulating the jurisdiction of Circuit
Court.- o\<r disor.es, as to authorise said
('juris to grant a divorce m>m the band ol
matrimony alter the lapse of five years, in all
cases, in which decree from bed Bad board
may have been presumed for desertion, if said
Court shall be sansfled. by testimony adduced
before or after the first decree, that such di
vorce is necessasy and proper.
Petition*, Memorials, 4, :- —Mr. A. Rives pre
sented the lietition of citizens of Albemarle,
for a remission of tine and costs at the suit of
the Common wealth, upon a judgment of the
Circuit Court for the County of Albemarle,
against P. Henry Oaks; Mr. Coleman, the pe
tition of citizens ot Caroline eonoty, asking
restriction of number of dogs to be kept by
slaves and free negroes: Mr. Greerer, theme
morial of John Saunders and others, protest
ing against the incorporation of the Union
Lead Mine Company : Mr. McKeooey, tiie pe
tition from James Carrick, President of the
Jackson Orphan Asylum of Norfolk city,
praying that the charter ot said fastitutioa
may be amended; Mr. Brace, the resolutions
of certain citizens ol Charlotte county, con
cerning the Harpers Ferry affair; Mr. Au
gust, the memorial ol the Virginia Fire and
Mar.ne Insurance Company, asking to have
refunded certain portions of the tax paid by
them: Mr. Lynch, the petition of John K.
• 'amp and others, to have refunded to them a
certain sum of money paid into the Treasury:
Mr. Dickinson, the petition of A.J.Steadman
and one hundred and twelve others, citizens of
Carroll county, praying the establishment of
a Rank. In the lowii of llillsville, in the said
county.
Oa motion of Mr.'CABBAWAT, the Senate
adjourned
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
Fbipay, January 13, istio.
The House met at i. o'clock. Prayer by
the Rev. Mr. Pbttiobbw, of the Disciples'
Church.
An amendment hy the Senate to House bill
incorporating the Agricultural Society ol
Southwestern Virginia was concurred in.
Oa motion ol Mr. Christian, the use of the
Hall of the House was granted Rev.Dr. Smith,
of Randolph Macon College, lor an address on
education, Ac, to-morrow (Saturday) night at
T o'clock.
Bill* Reported. —Authorizing the Common
Council of Petersburg to direct a vote on a sub
scription by that corporation to the Blank's
and Wiute's branch ot the South-Side Railroad:
re-arranging the stuth and -jut Judicial Dis
tucts; enabltag the city of Wheeling to com
promise with the holders of bonds guarantied
by her In certain railroads; ceding certain
islands in Chesapeake Bay to Edward Paul
son; Senate bill incorporating the Virginia
Lite lasaraace Company: authorizing the
trustees of the town of Edinburg, in Bheaan
doah county, to provide for their poor; in
creasing the capital slock ol the Sweet aad Salt
Sulphur Springs Turnpike Company; incor
porating the Brunswick and Greensville Bail
road Company ; incorporating the Seneca and
Circles! tile Turnpike Company ; an act rela
tive to the Ralieghand North Carolina Turn
pike: amending the charter of the Strasburg
and Capon Turnpike Company; incieasing the
capital stock of the Sandy River Turnpike
Company: an appropriation for bridging San
dy river: senate bill for the relief of Benjamin
Chihii; refunding a sum to John S. Lahmeyer;
refunding a sum to Wm. S. Martin : incorpo
rating the Rank of Mecklenburg; providing for
more efficient police regulations for the water
ing places.
/tdrsrs* Report*.— To the petition of William
Grant; to the petition of the Sheriff of Monon
galia; to the petition ot citizens of Hardy
county, asking annexaUon to Shenandoah.
Resolution* of Inquiry—By Mr. Ball, ot pro
viding that elections of Judges be held tit a
different time from all other elections; by Mr.
Sugar, of regulating the charges for towage
ot vessels up and down Janes River; by Mr.
Martin,of surrendering to Henry county that
portion of the Danville and Wytheville Turn
pike pass jag through that county; by Mr.
Rutherford, of increasing the maximum rate
ol interest on paper, and placing promissory
notes, payable atoScea, on the same footing
with those payable at bank: by Mr. McCa
maat, of requiring personal service of process
in cases of indictments for misdemeanors, Ac:
by Mr.Lvuch,of paying a sum to Whitley Ful
len; by Mr. Bisbie. of incorporating the Nor
folk and Hampton Towing Compaq-; by Mr.
Hoffmaa, of changing an election place in
Harrison county; by Mr. llolway, ofreleasing
Saaxnaoa Benham. late Sheriff of Scott coun
ty, from certain damages; by Mr. Gibson, of
reducing Ihe valuation of John C Wiudsell's
house and lot in Harper's Ferry.
HttrpsrU Ftrrp.—mt. IK< kwali, asked for
the appointment of a committee of conterence
with tiie Senate on the disagreement between
the two Houses oa the bill defraying the ex
penses incurred by the Governor in the Har
per's Ferry affair.
Mr. McCik moved that the House recede
from its amendment to the Senate's amend
ment.
Mr. Di'CKWALL opposed this motion.
The motionof Mr. Dt't'KWALLprevailed, and
the following committee, on the part of the
House, was appointed : Messrs. Duckwall,
R dietison, Kemoer. Raymond, Smith of X.,
McCamaut and Ward.
Caati stnt Election.— The contested election for
the membership from Calhoun, Gilmer and a
part of Roane, was taken up. Mr. Tirnku is
the sitting member, and Mr. Knott is the con
test an t. The majority report is in favor of the
contestant, aud the minority report asks that
that the seat be declared vacant and a new
election ordered. Both contestants are Demo
crats.
The subject was appointed to come upon
Monday next.
The Chaik explained that tbrougb inad
vertance the name of Mr. Skoab had !>eea
omitted from the Committees ou Banks and
Court* of Justice, and oa motion of Mr. Ma
'iucpica it was added to both.
Bits* Pa*sett.— Providing for the voluntary
enslavement of Mary and her children, free
negroes of Culpeper county.
tfce*ng*M and Ohio Itailroa/t, ft After a
number of internal improvement bills, Inclu*
ding the Richmond and Danville extension,
were made the order of the day for to-morrow,
a motiou prevailed making the Covington and
Ohio Railroad bill the order of tbe day for
Tuesday next at I o'clock. The Virginia Cen
irttl Railroad bill was disposed ol the same
way.
The Senate revolution appointing a ioint
committee to visit the two insane axyluins,
nnd the deaf, dumb and blind asylum, was ta
ken op, Mr. D: cKWAI.I. offered a |-.i».)|ii!|on
for lay in;: the Senate's resolution oa ;ln t-.de.
While the i.m.'ii.; v.i pecs'hip ihe Haute
adjourned. j
THI-: LAWRENCE CALAMITY.
PULL I> IfAI L 8 OF TBI Dll AST X R.
We give below fuller and later details of the
fearful catastrophe at Maw. These
particulars are of painful interest, and con
firm all i!»** IIMMMMIi previously madi
as to the terrible character of the disaster and
the frightful destruction of life l>y which it
was accompanied. The most vivid imagina
tion can picture nothing more shocking than
the sudden fall of the building upon the hun
dred* of unsuspecting operatives, the shriek*
and cries of the crushed and wounded men
and women, and the rapid advance et the
Haines which drove away theirdeliverer.- and
left them to the lingering tortures of a most
painful death. All the circumstances point to
the insecure construction of the building as
the cause of the appalling disaster.
Lawrkxck, Jan. ll— n A. M.—Last nijrht
was anight of the most unparalleled excite
ment, and but few of the citizens of the Tillage
slept in the least. All were busy working at
the ruins—men, women and children dome
their utmost to rescue the dead bodies of their
friends liom the ruins, or relieving the eaffer
inps of those who were buried beneath the pile
of rubbish.
The first frightful crash, coming suddenly,
.just as t he glentnnf night wa-t gathering a, round
the immense mass of broken and lie.i\y ma
terial, enveloping.) many human being*: the
uuinber killed in the violent concussion; the
still greater number probably wounded and
inextricably cutaugled or covered in the ruins
beyond the possibility of extricating them
selves, must, enlist the sympathy of every
heart.
Tin* must, for the moment, have amazed
and almost paralyzed those around, seeming
to them like a horrible dream, and impossible
to be realized.
Then, too, came what must have been anti
cipated by discerning observers—the taking
fire of this great mass of pitch-pine timber,
and plank, and other dry and inflammable
material, resting upon pile* of brick and crush
ed machinery, leaving it in a position to burn
most rapidly, and forcing the thousands of
people laboring to extricate the sufferers, to
ilee for their own lives from the raging fiery
furnace.
All this is heart-sickening to think upon.—
The confusion, the agony, the excitement, tiie
glare of the flames at midnight.and the efforts
to (tay them, can be easily imagined; but the
most tragic description would fall far short of
the actual reality.
Such a scene ot horror can only have lieen
paralleled la the s.tck otTsome city taken by
assault, and given over to destruction and the
ravage*, of an infuriated soldiery, or by the j
devastation of some, violent earthquake, and
even then within so limited a space, coald
never occur a tithe ol horrors concentrated ;
within and around the walls of this great
altar of Moloch, for whose aooaaiaatious ,
either ignorance or avarice in some quarter
most be looked to. as responsible.
It is evident that the construction of 'he ,
building must have been faults* in the ex
trerae, and it seems hardly possible that, its
condition can have been properly observed for
a long rune, in mouths and years back, or '
some warning would have been found of the
danger.
The Pembertoa Mill was built some seven
years since, and the principal owners at that
time were J. A. Lowell, 1\ fj. Lowell. S. B.
Put nan. and Lawrence, Stone & 00.
The main bmiding was in the form of a pa
rallelogram, and immediately adjacent to the
storehouses of the Washington Mills. It was
built of brick, live stories high, and has al
ways been considered one of the finest mills
in Lawrence. It had a flat roof, like the Pa
cific Mills, with an ornate coving. The exte
rior was of handsome appearance, with very
large windows extending through two stories.
The spinning rooms were highly studded,
long and narrow, without partitions, and
crowded with looms. It is supposed the
strength of the mill has been severely tried by
the recent Introduction of heavy fancy looms
it was originally intended that the mill
should cost §150,01*1 to irJ.iu.i'iM. but the plans
were enlarged, until finally the total cost was
fully ayoo.otK). There was in the outset trouble
with the foundation, as quicksands are com
mon on the batiks ot the river at that place,
and this may have tended gradually to under
mine the building.
There is considerable insurance upon the
property destroyed, but whether the policies
will hold gooct except for the loss by fire after
the building fell, i- for the future to deter
mine.
Nearly till employment is suspended here
:e-day. except that of attending to the wants
Of the wounded, preparing for burial the dead
already found, or searching for further vic
tims in the vast smoldering hecatomb which
now 'covers the site where stood the Pember
ton Mill.
The streets are thronged with citizens and
strangers, auderowds of persons surround the
ruitis and besiege the doors of the City Hail,
to learn the fate of friends, or examine the
bodies brought out lor recognition. At the
Hall, about twenty of the wounded lie on
mattresses placed upon the floor, and are at
tended by their relatives.
These unfortunates present a most pitiable
spectacle. Many of them, however, between,
life and death, and are so badly bruised by the
falling mass, or blistered by the flames, that
recognition is very iKtlicult; others escaped
With uiimutii.ited features and livs serious
bruises. All who retain consciousness ex
hibit remarkable fortitude in their distress,
and but few expressions of pain are beard
among the helpless victims.
In a room adjoining the large hall seventeen
dead bodies lie stretched upon the lloor. Their
livid, blackened and blistered faces present a
picture of unutterable horror. The hospital
of Scutari nor the bloody field of Solferino
coald have exhibited a more frightful scene.—
lteiulingover several ol the lifeless forms were
their female relatives, bemoaning their loss
with a low wailing, which melted the stoutest
hearts.
The view at the City Hall is but one instance |
of the many scenes of snJEeriag and death. At j
the boarding-houses and other homes of the
operatives, the sad spectacle is repeated.
Before the tire broke out among the ruins,
voices of many persons wero heard, who were
apparently confined in open spaces formed by
the material of the building as it fell, and who
appeared to be not much injured. The pro
gress of the conflagration soon brought these
imnrieoned victims to a most terrible death.
The citizens of Lawrence, as well as the
officers of the city, have been untiring in their
labors since the accident in behalf of the suf
fering and bereaved. Aid from the surround
ing towns is also at hand, aud the victims of |
the catastrophe are receiving all the help which
mortal power can bestow.
When the disaster occurred, nearly all the
mills wete immediately stopped. The Pacific
Mills, however, were kept running until the
usual hour for closing, in consequence, it is
said, of the absence of the chief overseer, as no
one was present who had authority to Order
the Stopping of the engines : and thus the ope
ratives were kept for some time in painful sus
pense.
THE SiENE OF THE CATASTKofHE.
The IVmberton Mill, where the accident oe- j
curred, is situated on the right side ot Oaaal I
street, near the lower end, on theopposite side
of the canal. It was live stories high, 380 feet
long by ',v feet wide, with an L 15 feet square on
the we.st side. It ran 2,/UO spindles, and !'<>o
operatives were employed. It was not very
thoroughly constructed, according to the
statements of builders, architects and others,
who say that they had no confidence in the
durability of ihe structure.
A tall cdumu on the south sideand a similar
one opposite and near the canal, with a small
portion of one end of the building, alone were
standing, aud trembling as if about to fall.—
Engines were about the ruins, throwing wa
ter into the smoking and burning rubbish, aud
thousands of people were crowding the vicin
ity. The canal had been bridged with rafts of
boards thrown on the cracking ice.
Two long lines of boarding-houses, now so
suddenly deserted, weresituated on theoppo
site sideof the canal, in front of the mill, and
the operatives were obliged to cross a narrow
bridge in going and retumiug from work.—
The operatives were mostly girls; a great
many of them were of Scotch origin, and were
regarded as the most skillful aud faithful
operatives in Lawrence.
KXTKItATION OF TUB BOIHKS.
The news of ihe disaster went like an elec
tric shock over the city, and people commenced
running to the spot. The Washington Mills,
near by, were entirely deserted, and others in
the city poured forth in excited throngs.—
Those on the street rushed to the place, stores
were deserted, housee left unprotected, and
almost the whole population gathered around
the spot.
Those who could work plied bands and tools
briskly, all with heavy hearts, aud spirits sad
dened by the frantic cries of some for help, the
groans of the dying, and the disfigured corpses
of those who bad been killed.
As the bodies of the wounded, dead and dy
ing were taken out, those which were recog
nized were delivered to their friends, and such
as were not recognized were taken to the Onv
Hall. In this way as many as could find room
upon thepile labored unremittingly for hours.
ÜBBAKIMO OL'T OB TUB 8188.
About o o'clock, a fire broke out from the !
enirine-room at the south end of the bunding, i
and soon tjsieaa over the whole ruin The !
rceus vow Was heart•sii'kemi.jT, according to
. vsfv d#*erlptlO». <? >usci"us..i ihe i' r uroii.- •,
i death which awaited ihe uuloi tuuate- wi.ose ,
:•«» Bering* hail not been ended by death, the
bystunden were unable to 11 third them any
relief. J
A few more bodies were got ont, but only a
few, after the flames had begi-n to rage. The
groans of the sufferers canted indescribable
anguish in the hearts of nil around, and to
tli-m were added Use frantic appeals of sofstS
who knew they weregazingon the funeral pile
Of relatives and friends, to whom 110 succor
was possible.
An alarm wa" sounded, the firemen prompt
ly manned the machines, ami made every ef
fort to extinguish the flames. But the copious
streamed water dashing over the hidden ruins
could only prolong the miseries of those be
neath. Though confined within solid brick
walls, assistance had nearly reached them
when the lire broke out.
lv SSltTtasC one of tho.-e persona was helped
to a glass of water by parties who were en
deavoring to extricate them. She said that
near her, separated only by single seams, were
•mx men, uninjured. Ahta. they were all con
sumed in the llames, which spread with prea;
rapidity. How many were thus burned there
Is no data for estimating A person-who was
at the fire from its beginning, became cognizant
01 three parties of individuals—from four to
six in number —who thus perished.
The vicinity of the mills looks very much
like a vast charnel house, as litters, having on
ihem corpses, are constantly passing through
the streets in thai quarter.
TUeCaPn AT THK CITY HALL.
The hall of the city government building
was used as a hospital for such of the wounded
as it was deemed necessary to convey thither.
Mattresses lined the hall on three of its sides,
and on them were stretched mangled bodies,
and others not dangerously injured, but suffer
ing from painful wounds.
Kind-hearted physicians ministered unceas
ingiy to them, and some, whom years of prac
tice might have excused from sensitiveness to
the suffering of others, performed their ollices
with tearful eyes, compassionate counte
nances, and all the gentleness of sympathetic
natures.
tin one pallet lay a little girl, with a beauti
ful pale countenance, knit with the suffering
she could not conceal, yet unmurmuring. She
was watched over by a weeping friend, appa
rently her father, ard my heart was rejoiced
at the announcement by the physician that
she was not dangerously, though severely
wounded.
Still further, on a pallet, was a young wo
man groaning with pain, from several broken
bones, internal injuries and a bruised head.—
Half-a-dozen disconsolate friends were about
ber weeping, for the physician had said -be
must die.
Near the platform was a poor German, eul
fering excruciating pain. He could not talk
English, and no one from tbe "fatherland"
had found him. His case, 100, it is feared, is
hopeless.
On the opposite side are three girls—all
young and beautiful, bat with the cold hand
of death already on them.
Many others were there who alone would
excite the sympathy of those who saw them.—
A barge room on the corner of the halt bad
been set apart as a depository for tiie bodies
of the dead, and this was literally covered
Willi mangled corpses. Young men, and those
past the meridian of life, women and young
Kirls, lay there—a ghastly sight to behold.
They lay as they had been recovered from
the ruins —some covered with blood, and Oth
ers completely disfigured. Another room be
low also contained a number of bodies, and
others were removed as their friends claimed
tbem'.
A.committee of twenty-five are canvassing
the boarding honses of the city la ascertain
the number and the names of all Who are miss
ing At the latest accounts dead bodies were
continually taken from the smoking ruins.
Previous to tbe fire, two sisters were together
and comparatively unhurt. They would have
been rescued. Hearing the roarol the (lames
they exclaimed, '' ()l1 { iud • u '*' have got to die."
Another woman shrinked out piteoasly that
the fire was burning her bair,.bntthe flames
soon alter silenced her.
It has already been statin! previously, that
one man cut his throat lest he should be burned
alive. Mr. Branch told his friends who were
d:ire.hi>: for him, that be should resort to the
same menus to escape the torture-of the tire.
He was .persuaded tw desist, and fortunately
was rescued.
Tbe awful death of which some died by the
fire was fearfully attested by their biaked and
blackened forms when taken out—not in any
thing like those ot human beings.
IHCI MENTfI.
Among th' 1 many painful incidents of this
dreadful uiglit, is the follow iag, related by one
ol the fire engineers: When the firs was be
ginning to rage, and before it had stifled the
erie? and groans ol those in the ruins, be,
with others, forced his way against the smoke
and flame, to try and rescue some of those
whose voices he could hear.
Suddenly he can pin agliinpseof three persons,
imprisoned by acrumbled partition—two men
and a woman. He even caught one of the men
by the hand, and hoped to draw bim out, but
I the crackling of the flames around him, and
the warning voice of an officer, impelled him
reluctantly to desist, and by a timely retreat
to save his own life. Neither of tbe three per
sons appeared injured at all, ami they must
have literally roasted alive.
Asa relief to this saddening narrative, may
be mentioned the fortunate escape ol one ol
the female operatives ir acoolcess winch did
her Infinite credit. She was in the tilth story,
in a dart of the building, when, having but a
moments warning of the Call of the building,
she sprang to the elevator.
She clasped firmly hold of one of the hoist.
ing ropes and slid rapidly aad safely down i: s
length, through live stories, emerging from the
building just in season to escape destruction.
; Her name is Olive Bridges, and site hails from
; Calais, Me.
Through the whole night sl-e was at the City
: Hall, passing like an angel of mercy among the
j couches of the an flower a, anticipating every
! want, relieving pain as far as she was able to
j <lo so, ami breathing words of consolation and
I comfort to the wounded and dying.
Among the numerous recorded cases of suf
j fering, it may not be amiss tp mention one of a
' different character. In one of the boarding
-1 houses opposite to the mills a famuy were eot
j lacted, mourning the-loss of a lady who work
[ed in the mills, when she made her appear-
I auce, shouting, "1 am alive." She was but
slightly injured.
Singul tr to relate, it was currently reported
and generally believed that a man was res
cued from the ruins at 11 o'clock this forenoon,
only slightly injured. If this were so, it was
a most miraculous preservation.
ATTKMl'l'liU aVICUMI Ob' AN O KRSEKK — HIS
itinCCa AMI DXA.TR.
Among the sufferers in the ruiaa at the time
the lire bruke out, was Maurice Palmer, of
Rochester, N. 11.. an overseer. He was much
beloved by his triends, and while the digging
was goiDgon, his voice was recognized. He
was nearly reached when the flames broke suit.
lie implored his friends to save him quickly,
or he should die.
They struggled to reach him, but the llames
swept around them. He was confined, and
could not assist them. A> the heat of the fire
j began to In' felt, his horrible death seemed in
evitable. He was able to move one hand and
draw his knife, saying he should commit sui-
I eide rather than burn to death.
His rescuers pressed on, but his hope of aid
! gave out, and he drew the knife across his
! tiiroat. Soon after they succeeded in reinov
j ing him, and his sell-iiitlieted wound was
j found not to be dangerous, but he had suffered
severe internal injuries, which rendered his
recovery impossible. He was taken to the
City Hall, aud expired shortly alter from the
effects of the injuries received by his fall, and
his sufferings while immured within the fall
en wails.
Beneath the ruins many sufferer* could be
seen and conversed with, ami drinks and re
freshments in some instances, wore passed to
them. When the Are spread over the ruins,
and they found escape hojieless they bid adieu
to their friends, and in several 111* Lances jjave
directions as to what disposition should be
made of their etlec I*.
THK KILLED AND WOt'NDKD.
While the sacrifice of life proves to have
been less than was reiwrted in the first instance
the circumstances lose none of their tragic
character. The mayor of Lawrence has pub
lished a notice stating that the number 01
dead and missing is 111, and of wounded 105.
Of the latter some will undoubtedly die, but
much the larger part, it is tbjught, will sur
vive. Other accounts say that KW persoug are
among the killed and missing, and that l:lo
dead bodies have been recovered. Many bodies
are yet beneath the ruins. The following are
the names of the killed and _missing as tar as
kuown:
John McDonnell, Mary McDonfell, John
Dearborn, Bridget Hyan, Margaret Sullivan
Morns Palmer, (overseer,) Ellen Colbert, El
len Roach, Hannah Shay, Bridget Loughley
Marg't Foley, Bernard Halifteld, Bridget Sul
livan, Catharine Callaghan, Anna Shay, Eliza
Orr, Peter Callahan, Michael O'Brien, Mrs.
Job Jewett, Deuuis Ijoonard, Margaret Ham
ilton, Hannah Mullinax, JoannaCrorau, Ann
Manning, Martha Hughes, Win. Kerth, Pat.
Callahan, Mary McCann, Margaret Peeley'
Richard Miedglv, Hanuah McKee, Michael
Tweeney, Margaret Fallaud, Julia Roberts
Owen Nash, Mathew C. Ryan, Bridget Ron!
j der, Bridget Riley. Kitty Clark. Alice Mur
phy, Wm. Metcalf, Thomas Nicel, Samuel
I Holtr, Jeremiah O. l>rm. John McNnbh, Mar
! tin Hughes, John Hughes, Garret Sweeney
I Catharine Connors, Ellen Hickett, Dora Ryan'
!A. I*. Martin, Van- 1.-wctt, X.v Xoroney
Mary Smith, Bridget Longhenv, Angus I.a I
■ 1 Ago worth. Sump • , Abhj p...ne, Bhrr\
, York, Margare- Etatla », Win. JorUiwi, M;tr- i
garet Coleman, Mary Ryan, Mary Griffin,
Hridget Rubin, Kate Mickey, Ellen A. Ham.
Lizzie Town, Alice Cutting. L. F. Btvmgh,
Elizabeth Kimball, Patrick Connor. Ellen
Connor. Wan Crane, Ira G. Locke, John H.
Allen, Bridget Kelfey, Corinda Ginisou, Mr.
Packard, John Heae, Martin Hnee, Catharine
Oodaors, Cora llickey.
Gov. Let<tasx.—Before leaving Lexington
for Richmond, Gov. Letches was invited by bis
personal friends ha partakeof a complimenta
ry supper, which he declined, in consequence
of the state of his own he:i!t!i and a recent af
fliction in his family. In kia reply keaaid:
Itecent oeenrrencea admoniak us that, rian
geraaie before n», ami thai it will require ,<iil
the wisdom, prude ace and patriotism of the
people North and South, to save the Union
from destruction in the present alarming crisis
of public affairs. [ earnestly hope thenngry
clouds that nowohscure the political horizon
may pass oil. without a storm —that the bro
ken ties of affection and brotherhood between
the Northern and Southern aeetions of the
Union may lie re-united and that the reign of
peace, order ami justice may be revived. To
avert tkedaagews that are now impending, I
will be found ready to do all that duty and pa
triotism demands of me.
It i> cause lot congratulation, that our peo
ple are asore cord laity united floW than ever
before. We are one people in feeling anil
sentiment,and whenever our soil is invaded,
our rights tratr.ple'l upon, or our institutions
assailed, we will be as thoroughly united, in
action.
An honorable and successful administra
tion is my only object, and by an iadepen-
Sent and energetic discharge of duty, I hope
to command public respect, and secure public
confidence.
Gov. L*TCRKK*fI Massaes.—The Charles
ton Mercury tints comments upon the message
of Gov. Letcher.
Our readers will rejoice, we are ure, forp.ad
a message so high in its tone—so truthful in its
positions—and so reflate in its recommenda
tions. The Governor of Virginia tec immeads
that Virginia shall invite a convention of all
the States in the Union to consider 'he matters
ol disagreement between thein,:iuif, if they can
not agree, to provide f»r a peaceful separation:
and that Commissioners should be appointed
to waii on the Legislatures of the Northern
State? which have nullified the fugitive slave
haws, and "toinsist, in the name of Virginia,
upon their unconditional repeal." We con
gratulate Virginia aa>d tke South npon these
recommendations. Every State in the South,
we doubt not, is ready to go in to ageneral con
vention of all the States, If the Northren
Stales assent to the proposition, the South
will either have the guarantees necessary to
her peace and safety, or the Confederacy will
he dissolved. Hut will the Northren States
consent to go into a general convention ! We
think not. Then, we trust, will follow a
Southern Convention. The mission from
South Caroltna is most opportune, and, we
trust, will meet substantially with success.
Tut: T; t:r.—The following is i summary of
last Tuesday esportjon the Tea Broeck Coarse,
Savannah. Georgia :
First A'"■■»--Sweepstakes, aiie'heats, club purse
of £100 and spikes :
1. H. C ("allrev's 1«. c. Nes Tivlor, by Im
ported Sovereign, dun Odd Stock tag,
_ lis Thornhill 2 2
2. T. .' T. VV. Poawell'a eh. 0. Bxeheeuer,
bj Revenue.dam Nun. hi Boston .. 1 1
Time—l:oß. 1:55.
Second *><■*—Jocke) Club Purse »a»:
Nicholas I. bavin* no com petition, galloped around
• ourse aad took me purse.
Third Race— Saddle race lor three voir olds.
Georgia raised:
1. K. S;>-ii:!diu,'s l>. f. by Chester, dam
Bailie 1 )
2. Mi Bradaford's oh c.bj EtttawShark 3 2
3. John 8. Drum's eh. c. by Chester .... 2 ;t
Time2:s. 2.-.M..
Sh ki.k-ism.-The great tragedy at Washing
ton last season has been imitated many times
since the trial of the party accused of the death
of Mr. Key, but we have now to record the
(feed of a copyist, who, in shooting his victim
at Chicago, described the affair in which be
had been engaged in a laconisra that conveys
the whole story without the necessity of re
sorting to details. August Williams shot a
man named Kanfholtzs, and. rushing into the
station house of the police, asked to be arrested,
saying, "It is a Sickles case." Williams found
a letter dropped by Kaofholtzs, that implica
ted the constancy of the former's wife. He
went home and confronted her. She made a
full confession. He armed himself, went to
ward bis victim, placed a pistol at Mde.
and tif d. It is supposed the man will die.
Navt-Yakd M\; 11.1: ; .—Wo understand
that seventeen ship carpenters were taken in
the navy-yard this morning. Our conclusion
is that r increase of force i.- made prepara
tory to docking the Boston built sloop-of-war
Ffarragausett, which vessel, unless we axe sad
ly disappointed, will require the expenditure
of considerable labor and mechanical ingenui
ty before she responds to the wishes of the
government. However, our mechanics are
ju.-t the men for the ta-k.
We also learn, that in a few days the work
necessary for the launch of the new steamer
Richmond will be c implcted. If si;, ii ii- natu
ral to infer that only a short time cau elapse
before this noble gun-boat will be afloat in
her natural 1 lenient. -Portsmouth TtOMScripl.
Milltß KKIIT.S OF THE InUKCKKSSItILE CoK
rue r. —1 lie Petersburg Express, of yesterday,
says:
A number of young women—some eight or
ten-arrived in this city, yesterday morning,
from New York, and dividing into parties of
f-.mr or live each, proceeded South ami West,
in search of employment. They were some of
the victims of abolitionism— poor women, de
pending solely npon the workol their hands
for bread—whose lips, perhaps, never uttered
a word against any section of their country,
and whose hearts never cherished a thought
except for the welfare and iovo of ail. This is
a painful commentary,and is written as with
fire upon tbe trucks of Northern fanaticism.
Tux Latb Jlix.i; Boon by—Hon. William
F. Boone, Judge of the U.S. District Court
for the Territory of New Mexico, -who died n<
Philadelphia last Wednesday, was formerly a
member ol the Pennsylvania Legislator* and
under the administration of Pre.-ident Fill
more was appointed commissioner to Nicara
gua, lie spent three years 111 the public ser
vice npon the Isthmus, lie was in politics a
high-toned and zealous whig of the old
school: but on the dissolution of that party,
joined the demeeraisland in 1356 was appoint
ed by Mr. Buchanan Judge of the U. S. Dis
trict Court of New Mexico, thedutiea of which
he discharged with ability.
Sikh KtMi AcciUKM fkom Weakimi Hooi-ko
Skiii! a.—On Friday week a daughter of Mr.
L. hi. Harr,residu:g"neurH:igerstowii, Md.,was
frightfully burnt whilst washing near a lire
man out-nouns The young lady bad bur back
to the fire; ana having on an extension skirt,
the latter came in contact with the flames a-s
she leaned over or pressed against the tub in
which she was doing her work. She was in
stantaneously enveloped in flames, and though
thrown down and rolled in the snow by her
mother, the tire was not extinguished " until
the llesii was burned to a crisp. She was still
living on Tuetdav, but ber recovery is doubt
ful.
Liki'T.Gej. W. May, w ho died in New York
atew days ago, was formerly a soldiM in C-apt.
Martin Scott's company, Fifth lniaatry. He
distinguished himself at ihe battles of Palo
Alto, Resaca do la Pains, the taking ol Mon
terey, siege oi Vera Cruz aud battle of Cerro
Gorito, and after the last conflict was promo
ted for his gallantry l» a lieuteiiantcy in
Worth's Division. He afterwards served as a
fillibuster with Gen. Walker, and died a victim
to the diseases contracted during his arduous
campaigns.
Mm. Roiuxros.—The editor of the Central
Independent was at Sing Sing recently where
he saw Mrs. Robinson, the "beautiful mur
deress." She turned her lace to ihe wall, aa
usual—tor she imagines that every stranger
intends to-'conjure her"—that is, put a charm
or spell iiik>ii her by some luuguetic power.—
She steals salt and pepper from the table, aud
carries the charm in her pocket as a preventa
tive, throwing it upou susiiectcd persons.
—
Thk Anatv ok Virginia.—There are already
in tbe county ot Augusta no less than nine vol
it nte. rcompaniesjullyeijuipped and organised
and fire other companies are being organized.
In Fauquier there are threeeompaniesof cav
alry, two of which were on duty at Charles
town. The county of Albemarle has tluee
companies of infantry aud one troop of hor&e.
lv Spotsylvania there ure two rifle companies,
oue of artillery aud a troop of hor>e.
Moni'mk* r to Tuomas Bkkton.—The Mis.
souri State Legislature have recently iiuan
imoui.iv passed a bill apprjpriatiug WJM for
it monument to the late Colonel Benton. It is
generally supposed that the appropriation
will be in aid of the project relative to the
same subjects, whit-h ha* been in contempla
tion among Mr. Benton's personal and polit
ical friend* in St. Louis ever since his decease
FKItSANnO WOOlt AT I'll AHt-KdroN. —11 hi
stated that Mayor Wood,olNew York, will 110
t > Charleston to atteud the Deiuoeratic Nt
i i m o «: ••ivfou.iii. with a large body of oarn.
. ins, in addition 10 In. delegates, iti sjMteciai
I e'.eauiei provided b> George Law.
LOCAL MATTERS.
i
Mi/iturtf IhsMeassßn— Third _ Jhiy—Freuing <
Xl «.<"«.--The Con vent ion re-na'st-'inbled at the
nines' Armory on Thursday evening Inst, at
half past t o'clock. Gen. T.\LiAKßrtno resiim- j
in/ th* chair. '
Tbe following delegates reported themselves I
in attendance: Mfb regiment, Ootonnl K. L. '
Wright; •..»!-■ tl regiment, Lieutc.|. F. L. Tay- :
l.ir: 51tl* regiment, Cot. G. W. liicbardson; l:h
r- giment ~t cavalry. Lieut. Arch. Taylor, and '
Lieut. W. B. Newton. I
Gen. Scott, from the Committeeou Business,
soon after the Convention was called to order. '
Mated that they bad passed upon all the reso- <
lotions of inquiry nnd other matters submit- l
ted to them, and were prepared 10 present a '
report, tin some few unimportant reoom- '
raendntioaa the committee were not entirely
unanimous, but as nearly so as could have '
been t xpected from so large n body nf gentle- I
men from all portion* of the state, anteriaSa- '
logdiflVrent views,and representing different '
Interests. He then requested the clerk of the f
committee to read the report, which be ac- '
eordlngly did.
The President Stated, that tbe order of the '
niflit was tint unfinished boniaaas under con- J
sijeni'ion when the Convention adjourned
last Wednesday eight, vix: "The appeopriai I
lion ol the Mill tin Fine Fund to tiie regiment J
from Whom It is collected.'' •
The friends of the measure contended that I
the tines imposed by Courts of inquiry, ought '
to be appropriated to the military; aad that '
each regiment was of entitled |c the use ■
of the mean* collected from their respective [
companies, to lie expended in pnyrt»g>?laeTr Bri- •
gade Inspectors, music, encampments, Ac, I
each regiment to have its paymaster, who
should give bond and security for the safe I
keeping and proper disbursement of the money '
pa t in to his hands. c
The opponents thought the money eoflscted i
frini tines ought either to go into the State •
Treasury as heretofore, or be appropriated to 1
the general militia fund. If tbe plaa proposed
was carried out, those rnmpnntrs aad regi
men's that performed their duties faithfully I
and had no lines imposed, would have no funds J
to pay expenses, while others, whose members I
were neglectful of their duty and attended n<> *
trainings, would have an overflowing trea- c
sury. <
The vote was taken on the recommendation I
of the committee, and rejected. '
The recommendation.-, of the committee I
were continued to be read and acted upon, as 1
follows: >
"Two companies of every regiment of mihtia to '
lie Hrmed .-nil drilled at least on. c a month."
Discussed briefly and adopted.
"Brigadier Generals to tie elected by tiie officers t
<>f their bu'de.a'id Major Generals bj the esn- ■
vers et the r divisions." -
Col. Chanceltor was opposed to any ehaam
in the present law. The le'cislature was fnl- J
ly competent to make tbe ttenerals, and the J
officers thus made would be more iadapeashrat \
than if elected by the men under them.
Col. Farrar and others favored the recom- |
mci dation of the committee. If the princi
pie was richt that Captains, Colonels andoth- j
era should select their commanders, surely it
was even more important that those officers *
thus elected, should nave the privilege of say
ing who should lead them into hat tie and pro
bably up to the cannon's mouth. Let theOstt
erals be selected by the o—Cers under them,
nnd all would feej more confidence in his '
judgment, bravery and capacity to command, J
than If he were appointed by the Legislature "
for mere party services. \
Tiie proposition "iui tieing put to vote, was,
carried b* a largeaeajority. '
"Not to make an* material chaae* ia the present J
militia laws, bat totemedj its radical detects."
Adopted. t
"Not expedient for the Convent] »n to '•nter into
det uls of amendments to tiie present militia laws,
but merelj to tattgsst to tke aueh (
changes aa are calottlated to add te tbe eSeieaey <
of the citizen soldiers." ,
Adopted. '
".No limit to the somber of volunteer companies
to be attached to regiments ol the him; and tbe •
■umber of companj musters to remain as at pre- '
sent.'' I
Adopted. ,
"Minimum nuinherol volunteer eotnpenies to i
be re.lv. Ed Iroiu httj to tort.."
Adopted.
"Providing B>r battalion aad re;;• merit il stua
Adopted.
"Favorin.< cheap umlbrms, and tube made oi
home iiiann! ictures, its I ir >;s praetioabte,"
Adopted.
"Adversetone independent rnlnnteererganixa '
tion. to be used a> mi rate men." '
Adopted.
"Division and Brigades to be reorganised, with
reference to their compactness, and without regard
to tei ntoriaJ limits."
Adopted.
"Mill-ir-. fines for rash and tile to he sot l"ss
than •*! nor in ire than .it'll!, and line • tn be increas
oil two hm tired per. eat. on officers."
adopted.
j " Volunteer a, oa exhibitiiuceertineates from tbeir
commandants id prompt perforssancs of dim and
I'i.e. ii.-,: attendance to drills, to be excused hum
the d.it\ ot rnendinc ro ids."
adopted.
"AaaanuaJ brisads eacarowtnenl «h* volunteer*
of one week, the Stute to turnisfa c imp esmpage,
r etr. '
Adopted.
■ Persons elected as meml<ers of rolnnteer a-.-i
i inie's i dlinx t> lunieriu wrthis six months, to he
strii • enJn.in the roll and hued not iesa than iiu."'
Ad -pted.
"ffo person under thirti five jrears of ace, liable
tn militia datt, to be allowed to become a contrib
utiug luentber of a volunteer eerps—and persons
over thai t-c only to be pormitted to become con
tributing members br fig per annum."
Kejected.
"Busesetiag ac smendtnentofseetioa ll.ebsptei
.i. of the Code, relative to ths election ol eomyani
otScsrs.
Adopted.
"The election nf lieM officers of Artiilu'v and
Cava]') re heoonrhteted in tha sune v.-,- m that '
oi field officer* <>l ths line."
Adopted.
• instruction the C ilonelof ssjchreginteattocm
; ploj :i filer "mi drummer for regimental vi.d coiu-
I pant music."
| Adopted.
"Advising an increase of the Adjutant Oeaaral'i I
! salar]."
Adopted.
" Aweotntinc Gen. Taliaferro arid funr oth«r sen- |
tleinen to press upon the General Asseutolj the
views of this Ceii'.eiitien. as expressed b] there I
commsedat.ons of ths Coavsntioa."
Adopted.
" Hull Brigade Intpeetor to smgto) a dnreratsr |
sndhfsr lur brigade siastera,at a cost oi .fs per
daj arid ten cents per mile, while in sorvice—
Drummer md filer for regimental aud eomyaay i
i inns ers. to receive the same pay."
Atiopred. I
"Asking the Legislators to provide for the pat- \
incut of militia music for the )earsla_-'£*>."
Ado.,led
" Vofoateet eonrpaahM to be allowed fifty eou i
i tibutinx nleiiiers mi iia>inr an annus! tee of fig :
I each,the] to he exempt from unlitia duu durin.' I
j the timeofpe-ics; and prohibiting ins eleetioaof
■ h- no arj memi'"rs. unless the person so proposed
la ne elected b s served ;n tiie ranks or been in
officer of the con s for *o\en iinssssuliis years."'
Adopted.
" Nmi? of the fore-.-.cue recommendatioas to in
terfsrs with put legishUtoaoa thesargeetol vol-
nnteercompanise."
Adopted.
Votes nf thanks to the lirst regiment of
Volunteers, to the HHh and 179 th regimeuts,
to tbe (xo\ernor's (ruard, and Fayette Artil-
I lery. for their hospitality; and e.-peelally to '
the L. 1. Hlues, for the use ot their hall for the .
I sittings..) the Convention. Also, to General ;
Taliafkhko for the able aud impartial man-!
ne* iv which helms presided over the deliber- :
i ations of ihe Cjh veiition ;to the liusiuess ;
j Committee and Secretaries tor the tideiity '
I with which they discharged their duties; aud j
I to the Dispattt), were unanimously adopted.
Son. Taliaferro returned thanks 10 the Con- '
j \eiitiou lor the honor ilie> had conferred upon [
| hi in in him to preside over their dr
liberations, aad leU assured that if the recom- I
nienda ions and suggestions respectfully
made were carried oui by the Legislature, tbe
{Mate of Virginia would soon be so thoroughly
organized and armed that her military might
defy ihe world. Heroucltided by hoping that ,
the members would btive pleasant journeys I
home, that tbey might find their families and
friends enjoying health, and that their private
interests had suffered nothing by their absence
attending to nubile dalles for the public good, j
At halt past •-' o'clo-k in the morning, the \
Convention adjourned time die.
[The following geii'lemeu were appointed a j
committee by the Military C invention to '
memerali/e the Ijegislature on tile subject of ;
the lauiganlmtlrr of the militia, and to report j
the proceedings of the Convention:
_, Major fleiieral Taliaferro, of Gloucester;
■Col. James F. Preston, Montgomery; Col. H.
Coalwr Cabell, Richmond; Colonel "j. Lucius
Davis, Henrico; Col. Robt. L. Wright, Lou
doun.] '
evening n colored
man, ln repairing a tenement owned by Mr.
John i'nddy, on IMb street, had occasiou to
pull up the hearth, uuder which, ia aa old
iron |h>i, ue found *C."», in gold aud sliver.-.
The money was utter wards claimed and taken
away from him by the occupant of the bouse,
named Lucy, owned by Mr. Robert Radford,
and <nnployed as a salesman in market hy
Mr.Slater. The tinder ol the treasure, enraged
*« »•• lo **> repaired to tbe cage and told Onpt.
Wilkinson, who proceeded to the house nnd
took tke same in charge, to await the claim of
us legitimate owner.
gflhspWmd) ot*.—Yesterday during the contin
uance of a very exciting debate In the Hennte,
aud oae which lasted several hoars, one of the
spectator* went last asleep and hnisntc so out
rageous, iv his usual mantfcstatteus, as to re
lL v .? r * *»•!«"* °P" h 7 an oaWiai. The sohjeet I
betore the Senate, was the ditpoeition i« be !
mad» nf the bill for "arming the B?»te," which I
t...- b*e,i return.'.l from thVWtvPe S> j«r*ed-.i i
i > ....!«. •. whnii cvi .-I.;iv di.i no much u»tei'«
est the bucolic cititeu. j
flicjimfliiD $iijaifr.
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L .«*._....*•» fill 1...d». .4 ?*»...,AM»
•V Advertisemewts |*ases_sn datal fsrtna* will
t« charged M eentt per ssjaars of eight base far th*
I>rst intertion. and St cents for seoh oaatmeasnoe.
" ._ .._____—__s_—__yeys_o—fc«_»
Th» Enrknntre**—T%e Tkt*trt, — The hew
spectacle at the Theatre to having • most toe
cewfo; run, and baa crowded _at hulls Mag all
the week. It i. indeed, its described hy. the
Managers, a no velty And present* moreof wkat
on r Theatre-goers have 'not seen Injanerfieoe
belore, than au T play put npon the bJurdener*
for many years The perfernmnce oka* With
a prologue in which is represented Hie deck of
a pirate ship, and during this scene several
very fine choruaes are given, which would
be much better if tbe singers w»nlrf try and
get above the orchestra sntttcientiy to make
themselves beard. The male singers number
over twenty, and Incltxle some of the best
chorus singers in the city. The first act then
opens with very imposing mountain scenery,
which snortly after changes to the caverns of
the pirates, and then to an illuminated grotto,
which i* really splendid and always draws
t it than in voluntary tribute toils magnificence
from theaudience. In the grotto lb.•v!.* a ballet
movement between fairies and demons. In
which tbe forirei-yet decidedly the best of the
awkward devil*. In the second act there Ik
also a good deal of fine scenery—all new.
There is a grand hall, at which there are
dances by Mr*. Adams, a cymbal dance by
the "corp de ballet," and a Chinese dance —
The third act is represented to be an appro
priate climax to the beauty and excellence of
the of lor two: but as ihe writer has not seen
it.be cannot describe it. Tbe music of the
piece is well worth hearing. "La Sicilienne,"
•• Woman's H.>art," and "The Young Nadla,"
arc' sung by Mi.-? Caroline Ri-hlngs, in a man
ner which would not be disc red liable tosny
operatic prima do net who has sung in Amer
ica. The dresses and appointments of the
piece are of the richest character, and really
"reflect credit,'(to use an entirely new ex
pression,) on Messrs. Kunkel A Co. Some of
the scenery is properly designated as magnifi
cent: nnd we think alt who go to the Theatre
during the representation of the piece, will
endorse the term. The "Enchantress" Is up for
performance to-night.
Apniimtion for Bnil ffe/Wsed The Judge of
the Circuit Court, Hon. John A. Meredith,on
yesterday, after a lon gaud patient examina
tion of witnesses and hearing argumeutaof
counsel, refused theapplicatiou of bail in the
case of Robert Reid, proprietor of the Vetan
dah Hotel, sent to the Hustings Court, by the
Mayor, for a felonious assault on George Har
vey, near the the New Market, on the With of
December. Messrs. Wm. H. Lyons and Thoa.
P. August appeared for Reid, and Mr. Taze
well for the jieople. The decision was Hot
rendered till near 8 o'clock last night.
Th' Fun-rat ot Mr. Charles F. McDowell
took place yesterday afternoon from his moth
er's residence, corner of Clay and Ath streets.
The very sudden death of Mr. Mcl)., on Wed
nesday morning, led some to suppose tbat bo
had been poisoned, and on Thursday theCoro
nei determined upon a ;>n«r mortrin examina
tion; but after making necessary inquiries abd
satisfying himself that tbere was no cause for
it, permitted tbe body to lie buried by it*
friends. That the deceased rune to his death
from natural causes, there seems vow to be no
doubt.
A <iu»<- PirsoH.— During the late disturb
ances at Harper* Ferry, and when the militia
throughout the State were ready to a man to
shoulder their muskets and march to the field
of battle, the commander of a volunteer corps
in the eastern part of tbe State, whose patri
otism is only equalled by his piety—for he is
a minister of the Gospel—offered the *ervices
of hi* command to the Governor, and as an
inducement to insure his acceptance, proposed
to pay all expenses to get to tbe field and back,
and while on duty, out of his own pocket.
Bass R( fused.— ln the matter of Geo. Fr.ir.ck
on yesterday before Judge Meredith, of tbe
Circuit Court, the prisoner being an applicant
for bail, the case was settled hy tbe refusal of
the Judge to grant, the petition of the prison
er.* counsel, M. Johnson, Esq. Franck had
been sent on by tbe Hustings Court for tbe al
leged crime of receiving stolen coffee of a
greater value th»n s-ii. An application will
tic submitted to one of the Judges of the Su
preme Court of Appeals for it writ of habeas
corpus.
Aor—Udfor //< i" S'-nH,,!- - Two diminutive
white boys, brothers, by the name of Richard
and Tho.s J. Betbeil, the oldeat not number -
ing more than thirteen summers, were arrest
ed yesterday evening and conveyed to the
cage by iVIr. Frederick Kell, on the charge of
stealing ahorse from him worthai.W, which
they had unsuccessfully attempted to sell to
various persons. The little shavers will be
before the Mayor this morning to offer an ex
cuse for their rather erratic conduct in the
premises alluded to.
Bears Chased from ./<•//.—We understand that
an old resident of tbiscity, after long litigation
ill the courts, succeeded, a few rlaya *loce, In
recovering *i,iiki from a debt or, which so elated
him that Oa its reception he was seized with
apoplexj and died m less than a day. Joy
can kill."as well as grief. It is related that Ike
doorkeeper of the Did Congress, on hearing of
the surrender ol Cornwall!*, at torktown, fell
dead ia a paroxysm of delight at|the mention,
of that circumstance.
The M ■ ring advertised for Sunday afternoon
at Dr. Read's church, will doubtless be an in
teresting state. The Sunday School work al
ways Mings out ihe sympathy of those who
rightly consider iUlmpoitanee. The mission -
nrtes of the Sunday School Union are doing a
great work throughout ihecountry, which will
make its mark apnea the men and women Of
the coming geueratiou.
//run ykirf. for the ladies—an indispensable
article of apparel—are to he manufactured In
this ci.y,by Mrs.Strider, who hits taken rooms
jmi Pearl street, between Mam audC.iry. Our
j lady readers, who are true as steel to ihe
! South, will he gratified to hear of this factory,
! and give the proprietress their cordial sup*
j port.
Th* Hhstfagi Court spent yesterday in the
! trial of civil business. To-day ia ret for the
; examination of Charles Cunningham, charged
wi'h stabbing a negro; after which, tbe office
| judgment deckel will be called. On Monday
' the Commonwealth's docket will be taken up,
i as the Court will set uext week.
//-1. ('. O. M huutrti;. r.— The statement mado
i yesterday that Hon. C. G. Meminiuger, the
J Commissioner from South Carolina, was to
j address the Legislature last night, was incor
, rest. It is probable that he will be invited by
i that body to address them on some day during
• next week.
Cwmeiieii Work.— Laborers were employed
'ou Thursday in digging the foundation for
the new Trinity Church, on the North side of
j Broad, at its Intersection with tMth. The large
j hill to be cut away will probably occupy the
contractors the greater part of the winter
\ months.
R ffgrrwr — Brrj Win. A. Smith, President of
Randolph Macon College, is expected to preach
iat tVntenary Church, to-morrow night,at 7
o'clock.
-J J_
Mr. James Haaa, whose father was one of
' two Huguenot brothers who fled from France
'< to England, and subsequently came to Amerl
i ca, died in l.'tica. N. V . on the 7th lust.
An introduction of the Spanish custot-i of
I silver auklets for those who choose to walk
i out in short petticoats, is thought of by the
ladies in New York.
Tbe widow of the late Gen. Andrew Moore,
I formerly n Senator from Virginia In the Con
gress of the United States, died la Lexiagtoa
, on the tdh iust.
W. 11. Senter, husband of Anne Sealer, tip*
actress, died at New Orleans on tbe same day
\ that the lady's mother died la Buffalo.
The Baltimore papers are publishing a mass
>of testimony ia reference to the late election
. frauds iv that city.
A well known stock-drover, named Rieb
' ardsou, has been arrested in Memphis, Teas,
: for an alleged fraudulent transaction.
j Mr. John Gowthwaite, an old merchant of
' Montgomery, Ala., died recently lit Coos*
' county in that State.
The doctrine of Free Love has found a
! champion In the person of Dr. Chs-ulug, sen
i of the late distinguished Unitarians Divine.
Sir. Nathauiel Ciark, lor thirty years fare
man of the Boston Advertiser office, died ia
that city on the Stb instant.
The steamers Geo. Peabody aad J. B. Oof**
collided near Norfolk oa Wednesday morning.
Not much damage dune.
A youth earned Baker vat badly injure* by
au attack of two teroctoas dogs, la rorte
moutb, ou Weduesday last.
| The lire companies of Portsmouth were ad
-1 dressed last Wednesday eight hy the Rev. Q.
i 11. Hall.
Dr. Samuel M. «*_***% nbystelaa of goad
imputation, was drowatf at Chattanat—,
Teun., last week.
By the buruing of the stable ol Uobi. Steele,
near ClarkevlllcsTena., twenty mules aad em
horse perished.
Abraham Cook, a counterfeiter, has keen ar
rested at Chatmuooga, Ten a.
lir. Wm. Pnnuetl, of Yirgtaia, died at Cam*
j poSeou, California,on skaitthnlt.
B. K. Harrison, a promlaeat tnwyee.shed
| iv Stewart county, t**,,«* th*«rk teas,
i The health ~f Robert Bonaer. >f ska Now
* \ > rf Ledger, is mlpr iViUf .
< >|. . John C MtddufMa ant* ele. ted Mayor
lot Lmngton, Va.aa Mi 7th last.
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