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Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-09
EfrOCcCdslAgS
OF the Law and Order Meeting in This town.
The evening previous TO The late Election.

OF the Law and Order Meeting In This town.
The evening previous TO The late Election,
At half past seven o'clock, on Tuesday
evening, The 3lst uIt,, the Chair was
taken by the Hon. lIoBERr B. GRAN
sroN, aud the meeting Immediately called
to order.
WM. S. Nichols, Esq from the com
mi,iee appointed on the 18th uli. to nom
mate suitable candidates to represent
this town in The General Assembly, the
present year, made the following report :
The Committee appointed at tho reg.
ular meeting Of the friends Of Law and
Oder, assembled at the State House on
18th inst, TO nominate suitable candi-
dates to represent this town in the Gen
eral Assembly Of the State for the ensu-
ing year, respectfully recommend the
following candidates, who were unani.
mously agreed on by the committee
For Senator. GEoRGE HALL,
For LIST Representative, RoBt B. CRANsToN
I'd " ED. w. LAwroN,
Sd 4" EDWARD CLARKE,
9TH 4" JoHN A. HAZARD,
5Ih CHRIs'R f. ROBBINS
Al Rohh;ns ,s nominated IN eli A.,
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-09
The Errshcls ct The East.

A Correspondent of Tie Boston Advertiser
gives ;he following account OF Tie late dis
islruuS food on the Pcnubscot.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-04-09

i will propose far her this very
evening" said Afford TO hiaself, about
six weeks after he had renewed his vis-
its to her, she must love me - she does
love mel will beg her forgiveness on
my knees, aud seal it with kiss as in
former days.
That night tho lover found his mis.
,rrss alone, aud in a few minutes was
nn his knees offering her his hand and
heart. Bu, when hc came to the crisi.
be couId not tell her how he had one
mhuscd her lovc-he could not do Sc
even Ia sue for forgiveness.
Rise said the widow; but her ac
cents were so calm aud passioniess, tha
fnr the first time, her lover felt mis-
giving of the success oi his suit. lii
fear was Increased when he arose an,
took srat beside her on the sofa Sh,
did uui nSrll brr face, her eyes did no
seek thr gfhggd, ,!,rrc was no consciou
blu. III oH bcr ch,rb hut she was as col
lrricJ ~ l she vas performing tn,
IN, IS, trivial of her daily household du
iIrs. The brhn al 4 liord suuk within
him; he tel, pahg such as he neve
rxprtrnrrd before. II was pang no
Dny of mortified vanity bat Of hopeless
agnnizing lu,e.
Listen 10 mc, Afford said Mrs. Cor
don, ! am mol surprised at ihis-yo
zee an nni--inr hav" expected
daily for r,riniab, You start, bu
,.cullrci am nm ~ ] was in oihe
days. Travel aud snrrow aud years hav,
tnslr me y different b-ng. have iiua ia
NJ 10 read Tie beats VI obe,s Us The.
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STEPHEN DECATUR.

In the United States Gazette we find the
following incident Of this distinguished of.
ficer. aF .-t ,r 1
/. The first time had the pleasure Of see.
ing this illustrious man, was in the Wes
Indies, during our differences with the
French Republic. He was thena Lieuten.
ant on board Of one of our largest frigates
whose officers had been selected from a.
mong the most promising in the Navy, and
were on the occasion 10 which allude
generally on the quarter deck grouped, as
is the custom, in different places, convers-
ing on the various subjects of their profes-
sion, was introduced to many OF them
they were pleasing, genteel men having
the characteristic look and air of sailors
but in. Decatur, was struck with pecu-
liarity of manner and appearance, calcnla,
ted to rivet the eye and engross the atten~
tion. | had often pictured 10 myself the
form and look Of hero--such as my favor
ite Homer had delneated-here, | thought,
it was embodied On being released from
kind Of spell, by which he had rivetted
my attention, turned to the gentlemen to
whom ] was indebted for the introduction,
and inquired the character of Decatur-the
inquiry was made of person, TO whose
long experience and knowledge of human
nature, the inward man seemedto be unfold
ed. "Sir," said he, "Decatur, is an officer
Of uncommon character-of rare promise
man of an age-one, perhaps, not equal
led in a million !" ga man overheard Wa'
now buzzed through the ship" "2d cutters
away--3d cutters away" were passed
from deck to deck-I observed Decatur to
spring into the mizen chains-l ran to the
stern--in a few moments saw youth, up
held above the surging wave, by buoyan'
and vigorous swimmer, and thus sustained,
until relieved by the boats-life had nearly
fled-but it was not extinct--it returned
il was the life of one who has since had
celebrity, and lived to see his preserver the
pride and glory Of his country.
II was under such circumstances, ! frs
saw the generous and chivalric Decatur,
man more unique, more highly endowed
than any other ever knew--to whom
perhaps the country is more indebted fol
that naval renown which the admiration o.
the world--a renown, so associated will
the name Of Decatur ss to render them IN
| Ndissoluble,
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COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.
MR.. ]. B. COUGH.

The following interesting communication
is from the Boston Journal, of Saturday
last, and was handed to us by friend;
Mr.. SLEEPER By the steamer Caledo-
MIA of this week, a letter came to my care
for J. B. Cough. Being present when he
read it, had the opportunity not only to
know its contents, but to witness the hap
pness it gave him when he said, ''Why,
here is letter from my father--ihe first ]
have received since the fall of ls38--and
whom have not seen since June 1899"
Il is an excellent letter, written correctly,
in fair hand, and dated ssRoyal Hospital,
Chelsea, Sept. 90, 1886" Believing few
extracts may be interesting to the public,
they are made at my request. He COM
mences by saying: 4u a
at is a long time since saw or heard
from YOU. / had indeed given pail hopes
Of ever hearing Of you again. think about
three months since, Mr.. Ross called and
informed me that he had seen my son in
America, and that he had published histoy
of his life, which Immediately procured.
| am at loss, my dear son, how to ex-
press my feelings OH reading your book,
more particularly the first part Of it, You
must be aware that The narration Of the
many trials you encountered, must have
narrowed up the feelings Of father. Al
though am not member of the Total Alb
stinence Society, yet | bless God that such
a society exists, for by its instrumentality
am happy to say that my son was dead
and is alive again, he was lost and is found
and do dope tina. through grace you
will be enabled to perform with all fidelity
as Christian, your duty to God and man.
Oh, what unspeakable pleasure would 1t
give to your poor old father once more to
see his son before leaving this world OF
trials. am now in my sixty-sixth year,
and am in good degree Of health, and en-
i,y my present situation as pensioner OF
the "Royal Hospital" Give my very at
ectionate love to your sister Mary and FAM
ily, hoping they will all do well. My son
YOU have drawn sorrowful picture OF your
dear mothers nterment in your history;
felt that part Of it keenly. Remembef me
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COM M u NICA IONS.

MEssRs EDIToRs In perusing the columns OF youi
interesting Sheet was rather surprised to find that
you, too have given publicity to that copperplate i'm
posture, which has frequently appeared in other
public newspapers claiming to be the identical death
warrant Of Jesus Christ " Now, according to my hum
BILE opinion, the object Of this monkish imposture
to raise money forever superficial reader may at
once question its right to genuineness, first from the
fact that it claims to have been engraven stated in
Of the London papers, in Hebrew characters
the Hebrew language being confined, in that age, to
the learned is the Greek, Of the present day And
then again, from the closing sentence, which directs
copy to be sent "to each Tribe" from which il is
evident, the author Of the mposture ignorant Of
the nonexstence OF Isaelitsh tribes during the days
Of Tiberius, the Roman mperor. aaffsY - .
Lord Howard, the purchaser Of this sacred impos-
tpre, whose gullibiity excited the laughter Of his
colmtrymen, felt heartily ashamed Of his purchase,
and would have gladly resold il at price approx
mating the purchase money. u A
Any man who reads the evangelical record Of thu
trial and condemnation Of Christ win readily perceive
that testimony was admissible at the bar OF PLATE
but that which Christ bore Of himself; namely, that
he the MessIan, rfc Sur 81 tho iiyi.' aaa'fn,
this-his oaon testimony--he was condemned to die;
and not for other specifications additional, il is true,
which appear in this newly discovered /" literal death
warrant"
In word, Christianity needs not the affected resur-
recon OF marble vases copper plate engravngs to
establish the fact that her founder condemned as
an mpostor. No good accrue to her friends from
such pretended discoveries. And il her enemies will
not be persuaded OF the veracty Of her exalted CLAIMS
by the reasonabeness OF her doctrines, and the holy
lives Of her followers surely marble and brass
tablets arising from the dead, will not convince them
JOSEPHUS.
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COMMODORE DECATUR.

The removal ofthe remains Of Commo.
dore Decatur, suggests the selection to the
Pennsylvania Of the following extract from
the second volume of Rush's Residence a,
the Court Of London, which may not be
unacceptable to some of our readers,
:" May l6, 1920, Dined at Lord Molville's
the first Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Rose,
British Minister at Berlin; the Russian Am
bassador and Countress Leiven; Lord and
Lady Binning; Lady Castlereagh; the Am
bassador faom the Netherlands; Mr.. Plants;
Mr.. Bagot and others made the company
Among the table ornaments was a very
beautiful representation Of Neptune, in ala
baster, holding in his hand the trident Of the
ocean," " s
Tropics during The dinner hour and eve-
ming, were such as the new reign sugges-
ted. One other, foreign one, shared atten-
tion-,he death Of Commodore Decatur, the
account whose fall in a duel with Commo-
dore Barron, near Washington, had just be-
come knownin in London. To Mr. Bagot,
next to whom sat, spoke of him, lamen-
ting in his death the loss of a personal
friend and old school mate, besides his loss
to his country. II was known to me that
Mr.. Bagot had made his acquaintance
whilst the former was British Minister in
the United States, as well as that the Com
mordore's accomplished wife was known to
Mrs Bagot. Mr.. Bagot spoke ofthe Com
modore in the handsomest terms, and this
not for my ear alone, but that Of the whole
company. His closing words were, AL
that he said or did was ever carried of
with soldierly grace And lei his schoo
mate and friend here pay him the passing
tribute of adding to words so true, that lof.
" patriotism ever animated all his thoughts
and deed; that he was SHINING exampie 70
others in profession which he desired to
lift up to the highest pitch not only by his
valor and naval accomplishness, but by the
noble ambition OF intellectual improvement
in other felds-an ambition that he seemed
to cherish but more with advancing
years; so that, had he lived longer, his coun-
try might have beheld in him fame even
more full-orbed than that which his untme.
ly death cut short" a1
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loratp, Gerature Arts, sienff Business ans eentro
a@ DAnY1


TO your wife, and assure her that IL would
be source of the greatest comfort to see
you both. May the Lord bless you and make
you happy, is the prayer Of your affection
ate father, JOHN GoueH.
T. 8. Let me hear from you soon as pos
sible." iaa
Mr.. Cough has spared no pains Is find
his father by inquiy and writing, and when
Mr.. Ross left this country he was charged
TO do it if possible, and succeeded as the
letter shows. M. G.
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United states Agency and NOtarial or
- fee established I'm l843.

EDMUND +. BROWN, .Attorney and .dgeni for
n Claimants Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner,
Sc continues to settle all kinds of business with
he several branches Of Government, with his
usual promptness, efficiency and fidelity, especi-
aIly CLAIMS ron PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS, Posr
OrrIcE AND OTHER CoNrRAcrs, &C., 7th street,
a title north Of the Post Office.
~ Letters must be postpaid,
feb 6--law6m,
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THERE'S THE PLACE, eth street ans
CanaL-Just received, and now landing car
go of bords, sawd lahs, palngs, post rails, joist-
scantling ss, together with assortment Of Z
s-1 white pine and cypress plank.
Also dressed flooring, N. GHOSTS and stepping.
FOR RENT.--A brick house on llth street.
april 25--tf WARD d LEHMAN,
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SPLENDID.

A RCHERS highly improved Jet Black Varnish for
n the use Of Boot, Shoe, Harness and Trunk max
ers. Preserving the leather and giving to oil kinds Of
black leather splendid polish, and is admitted by all
who have tried it, be superior to any in market I,
is made andsold by the subscriber, wholesale and re-.
tail At the Shoe store of Mr.. Lewis Paynes, op
posite the Farmers and Mechanics bank
p'%''N p%' w. LANG
Georpetown--sept 22-lm
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MAIL ARRANGEMENTS

MAIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Io. 1.s
The Eastern Mail for Baltimore, tPhladel
phia, New York and Boston, closes .at4A and
9P. Nj daily, except on Saturday nights.
No mails sent East OF Baltimore on Sunday
morning. 5l aa5 a @I a}
Vii The mails from the above cities arrive daily
aaai 8 AIM. and P. NJ. except Sunday night
The Western Mail closes ut 9 p. M. anc
arrives at P. NJ. daily.
The Southern Mail closes at 8 A. M. and
], arrives at s p. M. daily.
Office open from n A. M. to ?. M. daily
excep, Sunday, on which day !, is open IRON
!, 7s4A. M. 10 10 A. M. and from l2 M. TO !!
Pm, and from TO 9P. M.
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SPEAK 1T OIL DL Y

- EAK 1T OLDLY
f By REy. ,. PERPoaT.
Be thou like the first Apostles
Be thou like HEROIC PAUL;
II a free thought seeks expression,
Speak il boldly .--sPEkK IT ALL
Face thine enemies-- accusers,
Scorn the prison rack, or rod
And il thou hast the TRrTH to utter,
SPEAK! and leave the pest to GoD.
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A. GLADMON,

HOMEOPATHY Jonas Green, (late Of
IL Philadelphia tenders his professional SER
vices to the citizens of Washington andits vicinity,
as : practitioner of the Homeopathic system ofme-
dicne. His residence Is on street, near Sd.
4 dec 23-tf }.8# i a5kt Hf4-s4a 4t{F
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POETRY
It's words

Its words
Are lew, but deep and solemn, and they break
Fresh from the fount Of iseling. Psrcival
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BUSINESS CARDS.
CH ZAP FOR CASH!!
l4,se.s L. 8, BECK,

House. Furnishing store, Pennsylvania
Apenue, South side, betueen 9th and 10Th i
streets. Washington. fFF
have on hand new and secondhand goods
such as Bedsteads, Beds, and Bedding; Tables,
Chairs, Bureaus and Sideboards; China, Glass,
and Crockeryware, Cutlery, Hollow-ware Of every
variety, shovels and Tongs, Carpets, Brooms,
Brushes, Willow and Woodenware; with va
riety OF articles too numerous to mention. apr l6
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a@su aa SPOONS.
A NEW aud beautiful article Of Table, Desert
IN and Tea Spoons, warranted equal to real silver
at one-th the cost Just received and for sale by
aalE l E. WHEELER,
oct l0-lm - Penn avenue, near 7th st.
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MODEsTY.
AIethinks the rosa

NIttHilKS tHe TO54 |.I |-I--
Is the very emblem Of a maid sa .r
For when the West wind courts her gently,
How modestly she blows and paints the sun
With her chaste bushes when the North wind
4s comes near her,
Rude and impatient, then like chastity g
She locks her beauties in her bud again,
And leaves him to the base briers
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ISAAC STODDARD.-Backsmi in gene
raj, on Four and half, between f and F SITS.
Work done cheap. 1.t A@
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nENNIS HUMPHREYS Livery Stable, cor
j J ner Of 9th and G. streets Horses and Car
riages to hire. Horses taken at livery, and kept
in the best manner. 9a aslss1 @lfitHa
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DRISCOE s. CLARKE, Dealers in Cloths, Cas-
ID simeres, Vestings, &c., Pennsylvania avenue,
4 few doors west of Browns Hotel. 1
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BENJAMIN HOMANS,

BENJAMIN HOMANS,
Auctio0eer and Commission Merchant,
Between 10th and lh Streets, frmting PENN
ai8aa syluGniG Avenue. tpsG co
Sales Of Real Estate, Furniture, and Personal
Property, attended to at any place within the city
march Off ~
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HATTERS.

HATTERS.
CTEyEN'S & EMMONS will introduce the
- aAutum, fashions for Gents Hats on Saturday
Sept s. ..fglt. Ii II. Ina
,roduce simultaneously, "Lsary's' and Beebe d
Cos,or's Fashions, =. III, i, 2 e3..
Gentlemen who have Their sizes registered with
ma will forward their orders.
Sales Rooms Nos J. q 2. Browns i'ote'.
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A Card

sus Fine Watch Repairing.
HCHRONOMETER,D Duplex, Lever, Leplne,
aORepeating and Music Watches, accurately re-
paired, also common Watches, Clocks, and Music
boxes, pu, in order, at the sign Of the Watch, with
the guard key and chain north side Of Pennsylvania
Avenue between second and third streets.
lttAM3 BY CHAUNCEY WARRINER.
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CIRCULARS, etc. etc.
Neatly printed at this once
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nRESLEY SIMPSON, Pe,,nsyluania .apenitt,
North side, Cd door east Of llh street, keeps
general assortment Of Family Groceries.
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nR. HAMILTON p. HOWARD, tenders his
professional services to the citizens Of Wash
ington, ID. c.. He may be found at DR.. +. How.
ards, N. f. corner Of F and llth sts Dec. 3.
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A NDREW y. JOYCE, Horse Shoeing and
~ Smithing Establishment, successor to John
Daley, corner Of l4th and f streets, near Fuler's
Hotel Thankful for the patronage he has receiv
ID from liberal public, lie solicits continuance
IF the same.
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The following interesting communication
is from the Boston Journal, of Saturday
last, and was handed to us by friend
The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-31

NV III. GUNNELL-Deaier IN Lumber,
w Lime, Wood, &c. Corner Of Canal and
9th streets, near Pennsylvania Avenue. I.
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RICHARD VANSANT, %
Merchant Tailor and Gentlemens furnishing store
Pennsylvania avenue, between l4th and 18th
streets and adjoining Fuller's Hotel.
march l2-H ~-
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-03-31
A sPECk OF WAR.
Important from the Army OF
Occupation.

z arc iiiucuttu W ttC 4tSW OiA~oi4-
! Picayune for an Extra, under date OF
March Ia, containg the following inter-
esting and important intelligence:
The steamship Galveston, Capt.
Wright, arrived at this port at an early
hour this morning. She left the bay of
Aransas on the Ilth, and the city of Gal
weston at noon, on the 18th inst. Her
news is important.
The main body Of Gen. Taylor's army
had marched towards Brazos St. Jago,
and the last regiment, with Gen. Taylor
and his staff, was to leave on the 18th
inst. There were rumors that large
force of Mexicans had been concentrated
to oppose the advance Of Gen. Taylor's
force. and these produced considerable
excitement. The United States troops
were in the highest spirits in expe citation
of conflict with the enemy. The fol-
lowing orhers have been issued by the
General:
Head Quarters Army of Occupation,
Corpus Christi, March 1916.
As the Army is about marching to the
frontier on delicate service, the Com
manding General wishes it distinctly un-
derstood, that no person not properly at
tached to it, will be permitted to accom-
pany the troops, or establish themselves
in their vicinity, either on the route or on
the Rio Grande. on any pretence whatev-
er. Itmay save many individuals use
less expense and annoyance to beinform-
ed thatrigid measures will be taken to
enforce this regulation, which is deemed
necessary for the interest of the public
service. By direction Of the General.
w w. S. Bliss, Asst Adj't. Gen.
Head quarters Army Of Occupation.
Corpus Christi, Texas, March 8, 40
ORDERS, No. 30.-The Army Of oc-
cupation being about to take possession
of the left bank of the Rio Grande; under
the orders of the Executive OF the United
States, the General commanding deems it
proper to express his hope that the move
ment will prove beneficial TO all concern
ed, and that nothing may be wanting on
his part to insure 50 desirable result, he
strictly cnoins upon his command the
most scrupuIous regard for the rights of
all persons who may be found in the |
peaceablc pursuit of their respective avo-
cations, residing on both banks of the
Rio Grande- No person under any pre-
tcnce whatever, will interfere in any man
ner with the civil rights and religious
privileges OF the people, but will pay the |
utmost respect to both. Whatever may |
Be required for the use of the army will |
be purchased by the proper departments |
at the highest market price The Gen
eral commanding is happy to say that ne |
has entire confidence in the patriotism and !
discipline of the army under his command |
and feels assured that his orders, as a
bove expressed, will be strictly obsery-
ed.
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From Canada.

MONTREAL, March TO.
The events of the past week with one
or two exceptions, are SO meagre Of pub
lie interest as to be scarcely worth chroni-
cling.
A decided thaw appears to set in, and
any one who has ever seen the breaking
up of winter in Canada, can form an idea
of the present condition of the streets and
thoroughlares of Montreal. The masses
of ice detached from the roofs by the
mild weather have caused numersus ac-
cidents. On Friday, young man was
killed instantaneously, by the descent of
one of thse avalanches, and may persons
have had narrow escapes. The st
Lawrence has become dangerous for
crossing in the neighborhood of Montreal;
the ice traverse opposite the city, is for
a considerable distance more than two
feet under water; two horses were
drowned a day or two since, while
crossing at Bout de FIsler, the driver es-
capped.
Montreal is at present blessed with two
Mayors; the voteg of both parties are E.
quail, and each claims the victory for its
candidate. Pending legal investigation
touching the validity Of one of the votes,
one Of the councillors elected being A
mcrican born, and supposed not to have
been naturalized as British subject, the
former Mayor, who is also one Of the
candidates for the present mayorality.
holds office. The other candidate for the
chief magistracy is American born, but is
believed to have been duly naturalized.
The half yearly statement Of the Bank
of Montreal, shows the monthly average
OF notes discounted at $5,922, ,640-the
liabiIies, s3,76l ,384--the assets, SO, ,967,-
044.
The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 183?-1852, 1846-03-31
Loss OF two Mere SHeafal Boats
and of two Lives,

We regret 10 announce the loss oil two
more metal boats, and one of the lives of
two of the hands. Mr.. Joseph Wentzel
had loaded four boats with the metal of
Mr.. w. B. Fetzer, Messrs. Shipper and
Black, and Messrs. Reynolds and Sons.
Two of his boats were sunk at Plumer's
dam in Clarion River. The other two
reached the Allegheny in safety, and on
Thursday evening attempted to land at
KattannIng, but failed. Another attempt
was made at Pickles Eddy and two of
the hands landed to cable fast to the shore,
but this also failing, the boats passed on,
leaving the two men. Il was now night
and the boats, which were lashed togeth-
er, struck pier of the Aqueduct, and
sunk and both of the hands, one named
John Shilling, and another, ayoung Irish
man, from Washington furnace, name not
recollected, were drowned.
These make the number of boats lost,
ten, with between and 700 tons Of met
al, the most Of which will be recovered
in low water.-Pitts. Amer.