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land, butin doing SO lost two boats. They,
attempted to reach st. Johns, and mislsE.
ing the land, the vessel drifted into the
cove, and on account Of the heavy surf.
struck a cliff and stove h6ie III hef Bow
80 individuals managed to reach Che shore,
and In about five minutes after the Bar
hara fell over and went down, carrying
with her about IFS souls 1
The thirty who were left on the Omega
BY the Barbara, we're afterwards rescued
b passing vessel, ana we're thus fortu-
nately sayed.
John @, Wise, brother 81 Hon. Henry
A., is the democratic senatorial candidate
ID Accomaa, for the Virginia Legislators.
Coon FEE-The New Orleans Delta
learns that Mr. Clay received fee of08.
600 mot $4,000, as previously reportedl
for his services on behalf Of Houston and
others, IN the suit against the City Bank,
of that city Out Of this feo MI. Clay
had to pay the Hen Reyerdy johnson,
who was associate counsel IL tho case, fee.
ofSl 900 Or 81, 500
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LARoRERs WANTED. The Pottsvills
lPa.) Journal, Of Saturday, says aWs
are informed that one thousand or more
laborers are wanted Immediately on the
Central Railroad, between Harrisburg and
Mifiintown The wages are one dollar per
day, and beard provided It % Per week.
M, ~ III ------
was brutally murdered few days ago by
anegro woman, who TO hide her guilt threw
her VICTIM into the Gre in the 6rs-place, b
which her head was shockingE burned -
The wretch was arrested and confessed
her guilt, /.
/ gHKsAPEAKE AND Ono CAEAL.-Ths
Hagerstown News states that T. Whittier,
commission merchant, Of Frederick, deli
YeIed at the canal Office, in chat place, p
day or two ago, q MILLION AND Al HALF or
DoLLARs-the money negotiated for the
/ completion of the cana, with the safe tranS-
Eportation Of which be was entrusted,
AN EsuMArE-At very moderate 81.
innate, says the New York Globe, Che
wealth of the United Kingdom Of Great
Britain may be put down 1t S30, DOC, 00Qf
600 Assuming the population to be 50;;-
100000, there would be $1,000 for every
man, woman and child in the Kingdoril, Of
/ for every head Of i family IF five persons
there would be $4,000. The annual pro
duct of the labor of the nation is supposed
4 to be about So, 0Oo, 006:000, which, if q
qualify distributed among the population,
would give each man, woman and child
800, or each head ola family, $500.
EyGLIsH OPERATIvEs--The English
papers received BY Che Cambria, infogla u
that extensive preparations are being made
/ by the operatives in the cotton trade to
emigrate to the United States in largs
numbers The London Shipping End Msf'
camille Gazette, Of the 8th February, says
that hundreds Of operativesin every branch
ofmanufactures were emigrating toforeiEn
countries, particularlY ia tbs / United
States, and that thousands were preparing
under special organization, TO follow their
Example.
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| NATuRALIzArIoN Upwards Of 5000
| persons haze been naturalizsd asteitizena
| in enc court alone at N Y Dirk, within the
last 8 OF 4 weeks, in view Of TIE approach
ing election 81 III n
| We are gratifed to eeeit stated In the
last Lynchburg papers, that the difficulty
between Mai Walter Gwynn and E.. H
! Gill, ESQ. hes bsenadjusted en terms high.
! " honorable and satisfactory to both, and
that their former friendly FaIatians AZ
restored.
GREaT PRouESY - We learn from the
Trenton News that an old Jersey matron
the widow Of Jos, Newman, Of reTolu,
tionafy taeIaoEy disd The ether day in
| Monmouth county, leaving 9children, 81
grand children, and 90 great. grand chill
1 dren lnakias w desc6ndents
j HATkL ExpLosIoN A steam boiler il
Il Hope Mills, nehr Central Falls, Rhode
il Island. exploded Oh Wednesday last ~
!. The strong walls Of the main building
|Fers literally throNn DORM bus1lng PA n
lheath chem some fifteen of twenty pe<,
sons Eight dead bodies, consisting q
lsix men, ! boy and + Non1an hsTa been
Igotse1 OF !; az and probably more are
lSs;d ID Sc VS. buried ben cath The ruins
!. lIFTorthhsfsiy most of tie W6rkhen wore a
dinner when ths sad accident ocolsssd
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