The Columbian fountain., 1846-05-09

Philadelphia on the lst INST, al Which tn
Hon. o. b. FIcKLIN is said to have deliver
ID an eloquent speech. The Keystone says
. 1t was the largest meeting ever held within
the wnlls Of any building in Philadelphia.
took place at the large saloon Of the Chimes,
Museum. The principal object of the meet
ing was to give warm reception TO mum
who had taken stand in the councils of the
nation for the whole of Oregon, up to $40 40'
and TO give decided expression OF opinion on
| that great question
The GEN. CoNF. OF THE M. E.. CHURCH.
| Louisville, KY, in relation to the book con-
cern. II was referred to Committee on Fl
| nance. A like petition from Athens Geo
was received and referred Some effort was
made to effect certain changes in the Hymn
| Book, but they were Intellectual. A commit
tee, Of which DIR. Bascom is chairman, was
appointed 10 reply TO Bp. Soule's address Of
Saturday last, when he should furnish it in
writing.
| EXTENSIVE RoBBERY.-Mr. McCabe, of Bal
timore, was robbed of 1921 last week, on his
way 10 Philadelphia, in one Of the steamboats,
The money was taken from under his pillow,
while he was asleep in one of the berlhs, and
consists OF $4,000 in notes of the commercial
and farmers Bank of Baltimore, $4,000 on the
Union Bank; and 1921 on various banks in
the city of New York. There were 81 900
notes among them.
G5- The Police reporter Of the Boston Sun,
gives the following item:
PAINFUL DEPRAvITY.--Two youths in age
but old in sin, fell right 10 drinking rum and
gina practice which too often will, give them
dreadful bitter pill, and make them turn in
deep disgust, from what has ground them in
The dust
In short metre they got drunk, and were
fined 81 and costs Their names were Charles
H. Carpenter, and Charles Tilden.
W The Eagle says: A fellow in Albany
went 10 his room drunk, and in the night got
up and shot the looking glass. He saw him
self in it, and thought ii was a robber The
account does not state whether he was sleep
ing or waking, when he fred at the glass.
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0G- An extensive dislillery at Nashville took
fine from the gas generated in the process Of
distillation, and was entirely destroyed. The
loss TO the owners was considerable, bur the
community would suffer but little if all the dis
tilleries were out of the way
The American whale ship Helvetia was de-
stroyed by fire on the 25th of January, Capt
Porter of New London. She had on board
1850 barrels of oil--the the total loss cannot
be less than 5000.
GEN. TERRELL DYING.-General Terrell
late Texan minister 10 France, is said TO be at
Austin, dying of consumption. When he is
gone, Texas will have lost one of her most
devoted friends
The Steamer Cambria got off at high tide
on the 4th inst without injury or the least
strain. The passengers held meeting at Ire
mont House on the 9th.
A fire took place at Roxbury, Mass, on the
5th, which destroyed property to the amount
Of $4,000. No insurance Work of incendi-
aries.
The ladies OF Louisiana have adopted a rule
never TO marry man who owes an editor
more than one years subscription.
A female is said TO have stolen 500 frosn a
gentleman on board steamboat plying be.
tween New York and Amboy, on the 9TH ult
One Of the editors Of the ST Louis Revele
has joined an expedition to California under
Col. Gravson.
Ther rumor that Mr.. Marshall has given up