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Hampshire are already organizing for the mex,
campaign. large meeting was recently held at
Concord in that State. for the purpose Of eNohons-
ing congratulations on the suspicious result OF The
late elections in Connecticut and Maine. Among
a number of pointed and spirited resolutions, the
following recommends itself,o the adoption Of all
true Wings.
Resolred, That like the Wings of '76, we have
enlisted "during the ,car - and that, following
their glorious example, we viii not lay down our
arms, until the surrender of the Lord CORVALLIS Of
the South, nor until the sons OF New Hampshire
shall have given another Bennington defeat 10 the
Tories Of the North,
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New MANuRE,-M. Jaufl'tet, of AK in
France claims TO have made n discovery
OF the highest Importance nothing less
than means of making n rich and fertiliz.
ing manure in any quantity by chemical
process, from materials every where easily
blamed, and at little cost, The discovery
II 1t really is what it promises to be, is one
OF the most important ever made by hu-
man invention. II yet remains a secret,
but NJ Jauflfet has satisfied many practi-
ca men in France and England Of its COM
P'ele utility by experiments made by him.
VI the manures we now have, a great
portion is wasted or turned to little account.
Very few farmers in this country make the
most OF the manures within their reach
The most valuable, that from sinks vaults,
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From lhe I.ouisyilIe Journal.

TIE EXPLOSION OF TuE ORONOKO
W mentioned yesterday the bursting OF
The boilers Of the steamboat Oronoko at
Princeton, on her way for New Orleans,
aud The great destruction OF human hfe on
poard OF her. We have since received
from our friend G. w. jackson, clerk OF
the Peru, the annexed statement of some
OF the circumstances Of the dlstre. sing
occurrence. Mr. J. informs us, that The
'aloment, as TAR as it goes, can be fuiy
relied OF, 1t having been obtained from / 5
or 90 passengers of the unfortunate boat.
who came up on the Peru. Wa have con.
yerSed with several passengers. all of
whom declare their inability to give any
thing like an adequate idea of the scene of
horror.
To The Editors Of The Louisville Journal !,
The steamer Oronoko, Captain John
Crawford, left New Orleans on Monday,
April 10th, 1888. On Saturday morning,
the cath, at about S O'Clock, having made
but two revolutions after leaving Prince.
ton, Miss, she burst one of her boilers,
blowing overheard some IS or 90 persons,
and severely scalding between 40 aud SO
that remained on board. Some 6 orr of
the latter died previous to The departure of
the Peru. Among the scaded that were
on board, as near as could be asoertained
there were between 20 and 80 white men
chiefly deck passengers, s or women, and
about the same number of children, from
the age of to- years that have since
died,
Among those that went overheard about
4 or S were saved. Some few cab, pas.
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one who. by his own acknowledgement,
justly mcrilcd his doom. He was known
black leg, and in the extremity of agony in
which he died, confessed himself the in
ccccndIary who lately fred the Pinkard
House with The fiendsh hope Of burning
up The city of Vcksburg! Revenge for
The acts by which his fellow gamblers were
routed out he avowed to be the cause that
influenced him, and denounced another
gambler, named Doctor Saunders, not only
as his assistant in the act. but as his par.
tncr in the intended sack Of the city,
That some such purpose is still entertained
by the Infatuated gamblers there is too
good reason TO believe, ana it beboves the
Gil lzens of Vicksburg to keep an active
look out. We hope to acquire still fur
Their information on this subject.
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HOW SUB.TREASURER'S WILL
WORK.

w OkN.
We give the following from the n. Y
Courier for double purpose: first, TO cor
rec, the iocofocos, some Of whom pretend
that The government has suffered immense
losses by the pets, and thus account ior
the horrld treasury reports. This is no.
so. The second and main purpose is to
show that government has lost and cll
loose enormously by subtreasurers.
1t appears from official documents, that
OF the whole amount of public money in
the vaults Of lightweight deposit banks at
The period of suspension, but few dollars
will be ultimately lost to the Treasurv.--
The amount thus and then deposited was
S32 O58. Ofthis, thirty two millions
twenty seven thousand have been paid;
about four millions and half are eli her
paid, drawn for, or secured according to
tie act OF Congress: aud only about flv.
six thousand have been put in SUIT. o.
these tiliy'sx thousand about forty thou
sand appertaIn to the Commonwealth's
Bank Of Boston, the especial pet Of Isaac
.'n'' u"o t"c hu'h'n'stralIbh--dhu the
balance TO the ffank''n Bank OF he same
cfy--'he ialter we believe, under the
charge Of a br0ther.!n law of Mr. Wood.
oufy. who enjoys the entire confidence Of
his distinguished relative, and has imbi.
bed large portion Of his eminen. financial
genus,
VI Inc elgh'y~eiPht hanks employed a.
The time Of the suspension, forty-siX have
eh'lre'y 'q'ua,eu 'hc balance against them.
VI 'nc te'nu'n"e 'wen'y'e'9h,' the oa'an'
ceS nga"st We",y hau oeeh dfa"n Tor on
Tue -',"o VI AZ CHI ""u J" e'g.t lAe oaIan'
Gus We'c c""s'uti'u b'hlaOIe lof pubic
service ana SUBJECT To tfait.' Thus Il
appears 'na' u" loss 10 'be treasury Is ap-
prehended from ihe Depost' banks, with
the exception possibly OF the two cases
above Indicated OF the institutions in
Boston.
Here Is one SIDE OF the account. Let
Us see now 1t stands with individual agents
ana receivers general. For the tacts we
are lnuep'fd 70 an abstract OF Official doc
nmen's published by the Madisonlnn
l WILLIAM LINN, receiver # PubHc
'honeys Of Idndal'a. Here is precious
instance OF poI'Ica custody Of Public
Money Ga the 90 h of October, after
one or Two communications of similar
tenor atoge'h"t nnnoiiced by he receiver,
Mr. Secretary Woodbury. addressed him IN
the following language; "The public mon,
eys have been permitted to accumu ate in
su"' "a"'s =, - ''J'4',on y ,"'0 anu ne M
81 uan o ~ nI AKA ,ha, ,'"., S,nce ,"e 81
on. ,,i,,a =, ,ha ,', 1''' ls'o w ~, We
~, oa ",,,'"G V, hn ,an. ~, $3.50 '''
o 'w" " "," 'no ~ W., e"''''"'0 "es'e"
loo, onI nn";n n ,o "',i",',n ~ '"e sup
J or,ho ~" I',e ,"a1 '"c "nn'
o. o"e p"o.'. "'u"'t1 ;, !" wv, po'seSE,"n or
h hr eu 'u' , NV, IT,, "s was 'Io"ed
,oo,,n ' 10y l%a one Ir,n' VI us neg
AZ. wv '1I au''"", ,',I " ,"e department.
, ~, E oooou,! "o" "n submit 'uo case to
n"J nNr.'''F0, '"' 'eco''uneuu 'he op'
nn o. a"o'mo, ~ MS pace Mr.
'I'" ~" '1"''"ur" ~ "'s, '"c Instructions
W ."o .''u",, ".u n''ead OF beng
ae" 'a',s'a -wus 'eGP'o"Iea when ms term
~ A. sv,y,oo eNp,'eu' oy rFeS'dent Jackson,
hs mo,o %o r""o"u'u 10 .hrea',n1and
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DREADFUL STEAMBOAT DISASTER

DREADFUL STEAMBOAT DISASTER -
The ScubenviIlc 10 Urion Of the 2lrh
cit. 1t becomes our painful duty to record
a serious disaster which took place on
board the packe, Euaw yesterday morn.
ing, about 6 o'clock. The boat was pre-
parIng to leave our wharf for Wheeling.
IN the performance Of her daily trips, and
the engine had made but two revolutions
IN backing out from shore. when by some
cause Two Of the flues collapsed, which did
great injury 70 the boat, and many persons
on board. The clerk, Mr. Fulton, was
slightly scalded; one Of The engineers, Mr..
Smith, badly scaldpd--we regret to learn
his life IS dcspared Of; Mr.. O'Neal, en-
pIoyed on board, had his skull fractured
Mr.. Vanosdell, deck hand, was thrown
overheard, and was drowned an indivldu
al, whose name we could not ascertain. is
missing. This we believe was the first
explosion of the kind that ever occurred at
who to censure we know
not, but believe it was caused by natIen,
ton, and we hope in future more care viii
be taken.
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MEXICO AND FRANCE.
OWce Of The Pensacola Gaseiie.

APRIL %, 1888.
The United States schooner Grampus.
Sanders, lieutenant commanding, arrived
here this morning from Vera Cruz, and
orthgs intelligence that the French squad
ron Is no" blockading the MEXICAN coast.
IT was supposed that the castle of San
Juan de UIoa would be immediately inves
ted, and that from its condition it could no,
nod out any length Of time.
The Mexicnns were willing to pay the
indemnity demanded by the French, bu,
the latter required some apology, which the
Mexican government refused 20 make.
One individual had offered 10000 horses.
and the church had agreed to supply one
million Of dollars to carry on the war.
The French squadron consist Of one fri
gate and five briggs Of war, to which add
tons are expected. The French ships of
war at Martinique and Havana, had beer
ordered to repair Immediately to Vera Cruz.
The Mexican government is confident of
lis strength and ability to meet the present
emergency, bot approximations were enter.
tanned that if the French squadron should
lombard he city OF Vera Cruz, the federal
parry would take part with the enemy. and
The city would be sacked All the women
and children were removing 10 Jalapa, O
town few miles Fl ON Vera Cruz. The
Me&can8 and inhabitants were removing
all luelr valuabes.
Whne the Grampus was at Vera Graz.
'h'eIOgence was received from the seat o
government, that the Mexican Congress
mao before hem proposition TO expeI all
fenchmen IRON the republic.
the French brig Of war Eclipse also ar.
rived here this morning and exchanged
saIutes with our squadron.
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FiRE.-About one o'clock, on Wednesday
morning. the inhabitants of our village
were aroused by the cry Of fire. 1t was soon
asccrialncd TO proceed from The Catholic
Church, and we regret TO say. the flames had
made so much progress before being disco>
vcrcd, that all efforts to save ii proved I'M.
avalling. There is not doubt but that il
was tho work Of an inccndiary, as no fire
had been used IN the building for several
days. We hope he may be discovered and
brought to unishmcnt.-Seniinel.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-05-11

MIssISstPpI.-Tbc returns from Ibis state
are such MS to leave no manner of doub, Of
the Election of Prenlss and Word to
Congress, by very decisive majority.
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CoNNErrTcUr.--Tbe Legislature of
Connecticut convened at New Haven on
Wednesday. VIM w. Boardman, W.,
was elected Speaker of the House by a
majority of l06 votes over all Others.
Chauncey L. Cleavcand. the Loco. Foco
candidate, who was Speaker last year, re,
celved 81 votes, and there were 3 scat.
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votes! 10 "a towns heard from the votes
are for LoNc tWhig) 3274-PAnRts Loco
Foco) 3527-Scateting 227. Net Wing
gain as compared with last falls vote for
Governor, 400.
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Usage WAR; The st. Louis Reoubli
can Of the Goth says: By the steamboat
Dart, which left Fort Lcuvenwortb en- the
18th inst, we learn that The dragons had
returned from the Usage country and that
the difficulty with the Indians was consid-
cred at an end.
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D VI II n Z yr @ II @ yr
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY II.

81 Ornamental TREES. There is truth and
good sense in the following paragraph. from
The Calcdonian
The season Of tho year has arrived for
iransplanting trees, and who that has not
already done it, will neglect for another year
10 surround his dwelling with such as viii
add beauty TO the spot where centors his az
fcctions--his home We in the country arc
disposed TO think that labor bestowed upon
external decorations, not Of actual utility,
thrown away /; but this is an error. Every
tree planted in a proper place, even about the
door Of the most isolated farmers house, adds
four fold in value TO the farmer upon .bc
expense Of rearing it, besides making his
home moro pleasant TO himself and family.
IF tho little enclosure before the door is orna.
mon'cd by tasteful'y selected and well arran.
gcd forest trees, which can be done with
trilling expense. the passers by, as they gaze
peace, charming residence and happy
home. And lie who seeks retirement and
country residence, will fix upon such spot
as the very place on earth FOR him and the
owner, if lie puts his house and lands into the
market, will command for them p,ioo ho-
You'd that he would otherwise receive, in the
absence Of all external attractions. Nolhnt
makes village more inviting than TO see lis
way.sides and door.yards lined with forest
trees. shrubbery and flowers. The dwellers
in it find their attachments strengthened. and
the traveller fingers in and abou, il. smell.
bound by It's beauties and whoever fttirrlv
ornaments the little spot of earth Of which
he is the inhertor, adds comfort and value
TO his home, and confers a real benefit upon
the public"
Mr. CATLiN, we observe, has made good
beginning on Wirooshi Avenue and he in.
forms us that he has still large number Of
fino thrifty locusts, which ho will furnish
gratis 10 those who own land on either side
oflhat road. We will contribute an hundred
handsome mulberry trees for the same object
Nearly two hundred rods Of that street is
already lined with trees, and if the owners
OF the several beautiful lots upon il would but
make Sigh, effort in concert, the road from I
the Cantonement TO the Bishops farm nigh, |
be rendered one of the most delightful in The |
world.
BY the way, we hear that our friend Mol.
Is fitting up an establishment at the Pine
Grove below Mr.. RussellS-a cool retreat for
dog days.
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LIE MtsMANAGEMENT OF STEAM.-It
Is Shid by foreigners to be a characteristic
OF the citizens OF the United States, that
'hey are the most reckless of human life
OF any people under Heaven. That thew
not only display the most indomitable va
!onr IN battIe--as witness Lundy's Lime
but That IN matters Of every day occur,
renee, they appear to be utterly regardless
OF the value OF existence.
The dueIIlng, the stree. fights, the ela-
dlatoral combats with the bowie knife. and
the dariug assasslnatIons Of the west, are
cited to Justify this opinion. |, finds
stronger Illustration IN the comparatively
bret impression, made upon the pubic
mInd' by the repeat cd and dreadful loss of
Ives from the explosion Of steam vessels.
Warning after warning seems to be given
IN van, and terrible experience teaches
IN tbs matter no lesson Of advantage. l.
would really seem as if the travelling pub
'lc IN the United States had adopted the
Turkish creed Of iaralsm, each individual
being conlcnred to take his chance Of
dreadful death, IN his anxiety to go
Hhend!' In tins particular, the Amer.
cans dn not act with their usual shrewJDpss
and good sense. They might borrow some
valuable hints from Cd England, if they
would resolve diligently to investigate the
reason why fifty explosions occur in the
United States, where hardly one is chron.
lcIed IN Grea, Britain. IN this last most
appalling catastrophe of the MosELLE. q
key Is furnished to one, probably the mos,
frequent, cause OF these terrible disasters.
The Captain Of that boat was CLEARLY in
competent to the charge with which be
was entrusted, as to skill, temper, and
knowledge. lie has paid the forfeit of his
own life for his valn.giorious temerty, but
what consolation is that to the surviv ing
kindred of his hundred victims?
The subject Of the dangers Of Steam
Navigation is now before Congress, and
an effort was made on Monday last to sus
pend the rules, IN order to take NJ two bills
IN the House of Representatives, which
have already passed the Senate. But the
House is involved IN the fog of the ques,
ton of privilege growing out oflhe ClIley
duel, and would not suspend. |, is not
Improbable, however, that the destrucI ion
OF the Mosele, with its wholesale slaugh.
ter OF passengers, will starlIc the House
INTO prompt and efficient action.
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The Inflated city Of Vlcksburg was the
scene Of another destructive conhagralion
April cob. Nearly whole square was
burnt down on First East street, including
tie dwelling Of VIM. II. SINS, Esq, store
and dwelling Of Messrs Ayre g. Swain
the boarding house of Mis-. Fretwell, SC
Total loss $50 600. No insurance.
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Troy, ~ Y.-Tbc Wings have carried
every ward in this city by about five hum
dred majority. Not single Loco Toco
candidate has succeeded.
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THE CHARLESTON FfRE.--A slip from
the Charleston Mercury Of Monday the
30Ih ut, received by this mornings maj
says :-"Total number OF dwellings, and
stores destroyed, including Nonon'S old
Rice Mills, Kerrs wharf, set on fire by
flakes falling on pile Of light wood and
burnt to the ground 500. The rumbcr of
cat bui!4iogs destroyed estimated at about
j96-tOlal number Of buildings DESTROYED.
1853. Such is the mere arithmetic of tai
frightful caIamly-who shall count the
mental suffering, the loss Of hopes of
security, Of comfort' Upon the best esri
mates which have been m8do TO Is, W to
the latest hour, we set down the loss Of
property at over S3,OO00Oo TIE whole
amount covered by insurance, -is not far
from $500 600
OF This, SIS 1000 falls upon the Georeia
Offices, at Augusta. The new Hotel was
insured in this city for $4,000. and $40,
900 in Augusta. It is believed now, that
the Offices here will pay All. or very nearly
all, Of their liabilities --Jolu' C9m.
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ELECTION IN THE OXFORD DrsTR1cr
MAINE,-By slip from the Boston Atlas.
we learn that the Van Buren candidate for
Congress, in this district, Mr.. Paris, has
been elected by probable majority OF $50
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The STArEs-Of twenty.six States, eighteen
boast AT the present moment Of Wing Governors
while onlv egh, subjected to Loco Foco domin.
ion. Oflhese eight, New York, Mississippi and
Michigan will no doubt throw of the collar at the
next ppctinn
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Mr.. BRADIsH's Lectures on PqteS,ine
appear to be well received. The subieo,
is one of surprising interest; and those
who have listened to Mr.. B, speak of him
as scholar, man of extensive inrorma
ton, and gifted with graphic powers Of
descriptOn.
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The LEGENDARY OF VIcKsBURGH Kill

The LEGENDARY OF VIcKsBURGH XII.
LED The New Orleans papers of the
25th nit. show that the citizens of that
place have been as greatly shocked by the
dreadful explosion Of the Oronoko, the
news OF which had just reached them, as
those of Cincinnati by the still more horrid
affair of the Moscle. BY the New Orleans
True American we perceive 10 individuals
are supposed to have persisted in The Orc.
noko. The boat was new, and fitted up
with remarkable elegance for private FAM.
lies and it is now ascerlaned she had with
all this show, old boilers. The same pa
per relates the following awful retribulon
Among the victims to this calamity wus
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FrRGINIA ELEcTroN.-Therc no longer
remains doubt, that grea: and signal
victory has been achieved by the gallant
Wigs of Virginia at the recent State
Election. The Administration party has
sustained complete route throughout
the southern and western sections of the
State the changes are astounding; the
"Anciant Dominion is at length fully
aroused to the present dangerous position
of the country; and with galantry which
is worthy of her best days the days of
her Washington, her Jefferson. and her
Madison--she has thrown off the yoke of
oppression and has taken her place once
more among the free States of this Union.
The Richmond Enquirer gives up every
thing in Virginia but the privilege of
prophecying, after the Jacob Faithful
fashion, better luck for the Tories mex,
time:
"lt is idle TO despond; but we are beaten in Vir.
gina. We still retain The Senate. After making
every allowance for The exaggerated accounts rumor
mas walled to our ears and after the most favorable
estimates of all the remaining counties, we admit at
once mat the Wigs have carried the House by at
Feast lo or IL neutrality-suspicious. from IL TO l6.
,"ey may even nave as great ma jory in the next
House oil Delegates, as we had in The last
=, 1hey can already count up AS. and counting
franklin % Delegates which they have won to 20
The Baltimore Chronicle piyes the
result thus far as follows conservatives
6-Whigs 57-Loco Focos q. Last
year ii was 35 Wings and 40 Van Buren,
Mr.. SLAUGHTER's DIsTRIcT. I'VE
have now new name for Mr. PArroN's
district in Virginia. 1t is now, beyond
doubt, Mr.. SLAUGHrER's district. The
majority is small-but it is a moiori,v
This district was formerly one of the
strongest Jackson districts in the State.
At the presidential election, it gave Mr.
VAN buren, majority of 535.
The Fredericksburgh Herald gives the following
as The majorities in each county:
Slaughter. Barks,
Spolsy'van'a, ia majority
Orange, 90 do
HHupeper, iG2 do
Mad'soh' 800 maj.
Greene, III
ass Al
r. S. The Fredericksburg Arena Of F,id,,
sneedes Mr. Bankss election '"s
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WING GOVERNORS.
Maine, Edward Kent.
Massachusetts, Edward Everett.
Vermont, Silas II. .Jenison.
Rhode Island, William Spraguc.
Connecticut, WIN. W. Ellsworth.
New Jersey. VIM. $. Pennington.
Pennsy lvania, Joseph Riner.
Maryland, Thomas W. Veaze.
Delaware, G. p. Comcqys
North Carolina, Edward b. Dudley.
South Carolina, Pierce NJ. Butler.
Georgia, Geo. Il. Gimer.
kentucky, james Clark.
Tennessee, Newton Cannon.
Ohio, joseph Vance.
Indiana, Daniel Wallace.
Louisiana, Edward u. White.
Illinois, Joseph Duncan.
Loco FoCo GOVERNORS.
New Hampshire, Isaac Hin,
New York, VIM. l.. Marcy.
Virginia, Daniel Campbell,
Alabama, Arthur =. Bagby,
,ilssiss'ppl, A. G. McNut,
Missouri, j.. W. Bogcs.
Michigan, Stevens r, Mason.
Arkansas, James s. Conway.
Three Of these States are irrctreyably los, TO tn,
administration. The late Municipal elections
u Michigan, demonstrate conclosively. that lh
'lale is in the opposition. The sub. Treasury ant
Wild Cat Banking have destroyed Loco rocoism il
Is borders. Some Of the Districts, where the 70
les stood last year two to one, the Wings have
arrIed by yhle oflhree 10 one. Or Mississippi
here can be no question.
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ass An
r. S. The Fredericksburg Arena Of Friday
sneedes Mr. Banks's election.