New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-20

| the North last evening, as wen d. y
the Office Of the Budget and the Argus OF SATURDAY
| morning. we have received intelligence oil feat-
ful caI.mty which occurred at Troy on the alter
noon of Friday last. At about o'clock large
ror,;o, of the hill called Mount Ida back OF ,ha
c;,v and little south OF the OF the slide OF
| 1887 gave way and suddenly rushed forward,
crushing beneath it several dwelling houses AID
turypg beneath their ruins the families within.
1t is supposed thar trenfy or thirty persons
were buried by tie avalanche. The gentleman
from whom we chiefly derive ourinformatioa, say.
that as he left the city stated that sersnteen
person, were known to have persisted. The mas
Of earth which fell was some acres In extent and
apparently fifteen or twenty feet il depth. So
suddenly did it come that man passing at the
time leaped from his sleigh just in lime to escape,
his horses being buried beneath the earth Had
the catastrophe occurred in tbs nigh; the loss OF
life must have been much greater The buildings
were mostly new and inhabited mainly by lsbsTers.
Tue following letter from the Argus embraces all
the particulars we have received -
TROY Feb. l7-halEpasi 5P. NJ.
Our City has been again visited with an awful
ca !amity. Another terrible avalanche mas swept
houses and families away in its course OF desiruc-
ton 1t is useless 10 attenptto raricnianze when
it is utterly impossible to do 80 on this mourafu
occasion. Suffice it to say, that the earth slide
occurred in the immediate vicinity OF the terrible
avalanche of 1887, about four O'Clock this after
noon, covering acres of ground at the base of tbs
hill, and crushing to atoms SONS ten or twelve
houses, nearly all occupied Whole families have
| persisted, and the only warning they received was
| the death blow that carried them into eternity.
| have Just left the ruins to communicate to you
these few lines. There all is panic and confusion
Eight or ten dead bodies have already been taken
out from the ruins, and how many alive or partial
| y injured cannot tell. The crowds are moving
in masses from spot spot, and 10 the centre OF
each the rg or,a remains of some one who has per-
shed, are being carried from the OF destuc-
| ton to some more suitable place. Tho municipal
officers nre on the spot doing all that is possible to
be done to rescue the living, II any are yet TO be
found and TO take care Of the dead. When left,
| the smoke gushing from the smondering rsins,
and several hose companies were there. While
am writing the alarm bell for fire Is ringing, but |
do not apprehend that the destruction can DC aug
mcned ~ FIRE.
Let me assure YOU that the scene presents
awful and melancholy sight Babes in their cra-
dles-mothers with their chi!lren in their arms
and stalwurt men, who had but two hours ago
brea,hed freely and in health-have been taken
from the ruins, mutiiated and manged corPses
The buildings destroyed were nearly all new, and
had bat recently been erected. They were ten
anted principally by poor and industrious mechan-
les. The details of the calamity you will receive
more at large through our city papers of to.
will state for the information OF your distant
readers that the centre of the avalanche was at
the head Of Washington-street, little below what
has usually been termed the Five Points OF this
city. The names of the families which have per-
ished that have been able to learn, are, Brdsail,
(tho father of Major Birdsall who WINS shot
somo years ago pear the arsenal in Albany,) Day,
Kelley. and some others that | cannot
collect.
~ TIE WEST RexBuRY COMMUNITY, (nne
miles from Boston,J ..---;-o ~-'- :, -'--1- --.'-'-
;ngs and other accommodations, otter to receive
and educate n few more children and young per-
sons on terms not dissimiiar from the hleheE Aca
demical institutions throughout the Country. The
peculiarites Of Education at this Seminary
rsarked that we are induced To mention some Of
the more prominent as hints to Instructors and
themes of reflection for Parents generally.
In the first place, the least possible restraint ia
used over the children placed there for Education,
and the least practicable manifestation of Author
ty or Superiority made the part of ,hril Teach
ers and elders. The design is to inculcate ideas
of Freedom, Equality and Responsibility IN tender
years Every child is made to feel that what is
elsewhere eaforced By Punishment is here conf
IDENTITY expected from his Seli-Rcspcct, Intelligence,
Gratitude and Love.
Again: Children especially the very young, are
not rigidly required to devote many hours per
day to the study Of their lessons, but every effort Is
made to awaken their interest in the acquisition
Of Knowledge, to lead them to solicit instruction,
and, having liberal range Of hours and fields for
exercise and recreation, to feel no coastrant for
maliiy or irksomoness in the School-room, bat to
enjoy the lessen as much as the holiday nlermis
sion
Thirdly: 1t is intended that the 'choie Inteec
tual and Moral being of the pupils shall here be
developed in perfect harmony with the Physical.
so that child shall be occupied with the techni.
calities of the Latin Grammar before it has learned
the meaning of an English sentence; or have its
head filled with barren terms before it has acquired
any knowledge Of tho things which they signify.
Such are some o: the pecr!1arltes, as We un-
dcrstaad them, of this Experimental Seminary
Should any desire to learn farther of it, they viii
address Geo. Ripley, Esq Principal, Wost-Rox-
bury, Mass,
20 Hon. WIN. B. CAMPBELL (Whig) NJ. c.,
from Tennessee, declines reelection
Dk. WV. DoAs, of Ohio, (Loco), also de-
clines.
10 The Grand Temperance Celebration of