Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-27

dustrdl pursuits, and adls-"Copious Stats
ucson thuse subjects could not TAI, 10 iuitsl,
a Nast amount of valuable information tor the
usc ct the statesman and of the political eco
nomist.
There were issued from the ] Il OF sIay to-
the 3lat OF July. inclusive. IS patents. Du-
ring the SINE period ui time lour additional
Improvements and dcSig'is were patented and
iour patents were reissucd.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN ST. LOUIS
We learn from the Mssourion. OF the i7Ch.
the following particulars in relation to the ex-
ploslon in that city on "Wednesday last a
bout 10 o'clock on "Wednesday niIht. one a,
the boilers in the Steam FIGURING Mill OF &
r.. WALSH. ~ this city, exploded with TIRE
mendouS violence, mortally womding MN.
FREELAND, aud Slightly woun.ling the Second
Engineer and another person who happened
to DC at the mill a, the time The boiler house
was blown all to- atoms, aud the boiler that
exploded torn tn fragments. one end of which
wds carried up I'M the air and fell some 20 feet
nom the building; the other end was carried
over d two story house on the other side of the
street, Cud lOd ,cd about I'D varls from the
mill. Stones. Shingles. and pieces ofcast iron
were scattered in all directions to a great dis
lance. All The windows and doors OF the mill
were blown out, and the walls neat the boilers
sustained considerable injury The miller hud
pTOvidential escape, being at the time ascend
ing tho stairs, which sheltered him from the
hot water and the fragments that undoubtedly
would have killed him had be been on the
floor. Notwithstanding the violence of the
explosion, Mr.. Frccland, who was in the boil
or room, was not Immediately killed. He
stated, before he died, that he had Just tried
the water III the boilers. and made up the fire
and was about seating himself in the door,
wlettlIe explosion took place. He said there
was plenty of water in the boilers, of which
we have no doubt, for when we arrived, which
was few minutes after the accident, the a
mount of water thrown into the street and
mill, fully attested the truth of his assertion.
The explosion must have been caused by the
accumulation of electricity. Mr.. Freeland
was found covered with fragments, with u
main boiler on his breast, with a mda-hea
OF the boiler on his breast, which he called 10
have removed, as he said it burnt him. He
lived three hours after The accident. and has
teita wife and two children to mourn his loss.
The Nashville Banner OF the 18th has fol.
lowing.
y LARGE PEARL.--We have rarely seen
a larger and more beautiful pearl than one
which We examined on Monday at the store OF
Mr.. J. CAMPBELL, Jeweller, &c, on the
Public Square. The story of the discovery of
tins pearl, as we have heard it, is quite inter
esung, and is 10 the following effect
An orphan boy about II or II years Of age,
living in the neighborhood of Smithland at
the mouth of the Cumberland River, obtains
the scanty means necessary for his support by
fishing. Being bold and energetic he does not
content himself with following his vocation
alone IN tire vicinity Of his humble abode, but
often extends his excursions 10 the Tennessee
River.
Returning recently from one Of these ex-
IctraiVas, with his basket filled with rewards
OF his industry, the youthful angler offered
them for sale to Ole VI rs constant c"einmsgs.
The latter selected such as he wanlcu, had
requested =" change" Tor the coin which he ,,re-
sentcd. The litIle fellow iuMblet Tor a while
III his pocket, and then drew out handful
oil various arliclcs--zuch as pieces of Irvine
rusty fish hcoks-marbles &c, among which
appeared u lew dimes, and something that at
once attracted the attention OF the buyer. He
took II and examined it, and was convinced
that II was large and valuable PEARL. He
asked the boy how he came by Il; ,ffhe latter
replied that he had found il, with Others of
smaller size, in muscle shells which he had
picked up, while fishing on the bank OF the
tennessee River, not iar above It's mouth
that he had thrown the rest away but kept this
because II was ''blg, white aud pretty" The
gentleman asked him what he would take Tor
the stone. Tie replied bit or two--iust as
he pleased. mo, my little fellow, said the
gentleman. you must not sell this pretty Thing
Tor bit or lwo-it is worth great deal more.
II isa pearl, i think, of some value. will
take II with me To Nashville-where il shall
be sent to the North and sold, and the proceeds
shall be applied TO your education" The boy
readily consented-and the gentleman, on arr
irving IN Nashville, submitted the pearl TO the
examination of Mr.. Campbell, who at once
pronounced it TO be one OF the handsomest and
most valuable he had ever seen. he will not
venture 10 say what its exact value may be
but Judging, he says, from the size OF that
winch i placed III the snuff box, sent TO MIR .
Van Buren when President by the Imaum of
Muscat, we believe, and which was valued at
$1,000, he IS Convinced that $500 would not
be too high an estimate TO put upon fisher
boys pearl. MIR. &. intends to send il immc-
dmtely 10 celcprated ladidaTy in Philadel-
phia,
ThispearE is about sths of an inch in diam
eter-weighs grains-and is without flaw
or defect.
We sincerely hope that It may be sold for a
sum sufficiently large to give the finder good
when he exhibited it to the view of his friend
the benevolent Capt. b, of Slnithland.
QUARRELS.-One of the most easy, the
most common, most perfectly foolish thing in
the world Says ameXchangs paper, is to quar-
RENO matter with whom--man woman or
ciuld; or on wheat pretence, provocation, or
occasion whatever. There is no kind of ne
ccssity IN IT, no manner OF use i'm it; and vet
strange as the fact may b., ihcologians. poll
tIcIans, lawyers, doctors aud princes, quarrel:
nations. tribes, corporations, men, women,
chiIdfen dogs and cate, M. and beasts, quar-
rel about all manner Of things, and on all
heneer ot occasions. If there is any thing in
The world tlat Wit make man feel bad except
pinchtng his fingers in the crack OF door. il
rs unqucstiOnably quarrel No man ever
fails to think less Of himself than he did be-
fore one; II degradcs him in his OVID eyes,
OF others, and what is worse, blunts his sen
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