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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24
THE LATE ACCIDENT AT LYNNFrELp.

The Boston Journal Of Friday has the following letter.
giving the details Of the sad casualty tLynnfed Massachu
se of which gave telegraph account on Saturday
LYSsrIELD, Auausr Is, 1885,
very painful casualty occurred this afternoon in the Sun
tang Lake, in this town. party Of hundred or hun
dred and nifty PERSONS from Lynn and Sangus here on
an excursion of pleasure After having taken their dinner in
picnic style, In the beautiful grove which skirts the Lake
they obtained paddeboat and amused themselves by cruis
ing around the shores and the island in the pond Several
different companies Of the party had made excursions in il
with safety, but the last company met with terrible
catastrophe Twenty-Five persons the boat when it
left the shore As they approached the island the paddle threw
some water side the deck the company then passed 70
the other side this caused that side to be wet they then
crossed back again. This was done several times By this
sudden change Of position they the boat rocking Some
Of the party becoming frightened got up on the seats this
made the boat dip They became panic stricken
and side down into the water some Of the passe
gers sprung upon the wheehouse which in the centre
of the boat when unfortunately the boat was completely cap
sized bottom up, Mr. Jonathan Tarbox succeeded in getting
on the bottom Of the boat and though he could not SWIM he
succeeded in saving number Of lives. man and boy who
could swim, stripped themselves and swan to the shore Al
though the boat the Shore in quiet cove of the
island, thirteen lives lost. The boat was constructed
by covering two doys with deck and placing paddle
worked by handcrank between them. The names Of those
who were drowned follows Robert Shire and his
wife Elizabeth Shirtle They had been married but short
time. Catharine L. Adams, Mrs Mary Howard Mary
Augusta Howard, two children Of Mr. Ephram Brown Mrs
Mehiabe Alley wife of Mr.. Jacob Alley Miss M a. John
Miss Young, daughter of Mr. Washington Alley Maria
Cheever, two children Of Mr.. Joshua Garland.
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Copy of a despatch received at the Nary Depart
ment from Lieut.. Ed. J. De HAVEN, commanding the
United States expedition in search Of Sir John Franklin.
UNITED STATES BRIG ADVANCE,
Whale Fish Islands, June 49, 1850.
SIR have the honor to report the proceedings Of the
squadron under my command up to this date.
This vessel arrived here the Gath Instant after rather
long passage owing to light winds Many icebergs
with on the eastern coast of Newfoundland, and
up as latitude $40 N. From thence found perfectly
clear sea until within one hundred miles Of this place.
when few bergs were met but not enough to obsruct
navigation.
The "Rescue' arrived here on the 9th. By keeping
more to the eastward off Newfoundland, she avoided the
bergs by which we were surrounded and but little ice
during the passage.
To the Ne Of Newfoundland, in latitude 400 30 in the
night during thick fog with light fair wind, in
with large iceberg. 1t could be in time to
avoid it. We got clear of il in few minutes fortunately
with other damage than the loss Of bboom, which
able TO replace.
The English squadron, under the command Of Com.
AUSTIN sailed from here only the day before got in
We fortunate in finding his storeshp here. about
turn England gives good opportunity Of sending
letters home.
was in hopes of finding good supply Of seakin dresses
here for our men, but found that Commodore Austin had
exhausted the whole supply But few Indifferent suits
procured am in hopes, however, Of being successful
at the Northern settlement, (Uppemavk where propose
touching.
For informaton sent boat to Levey, Disco Island
tweny-fves defiant from this anchorage The Danish
thores treated both officers and in very kind and hos
ptable but nothing of importance either in the way
Of supplies or information, could be procured, the English
having engrossed every thing
We shall leave here to-day, and proceed the north,
touching Uppernavk, If wind and weather will permit
Thence shall make for Lancaster sound Should We'll
ngton Strait be open my reaching it, and finding that
of the English vessels have entered ahead Of me-
shall make abod push for the north and west in that direction
With the exception Of one man, (whom send home as
invalid, entirely disqualified to stand the climae) the
officers and Of both vessels in g,cd health and
spirits and appear sangune the success Of our UNDER
taking. am, sir, very respectfully,
EDWIN ]. DE HAVEN,
Lieut.. Commanding Arctic Expedition.
The Hon. w. BALLARD PREsroS,
Secretary Of the Navy, Washington.
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FROM TEXAS.

The people Of Texas much excited about the Santa Fs
affair and determined take armed possession once
Governor BELL has issued commissions for the raising of
troops to persons in almost every county The following
from letter Of Col Thomas NJ Likens Gov. Henderson
Is specimen A4
shall BY virtue of commission which hold from Gov.
De enrol and organize company of one hundred men for
ne santa re expedition the 9Th instant Should ten
we've clever fellows well mounted mules from your
~ meet me on that day they shall not be disappointed in
se''ng situations Please let me know.
Another is follows
opsasnce 70 an order from his excelency the GOVERNOR
'.a.o 70 enrol and organize full company,
u me hundred men, to be received and
respectively from certain countless so that all por-
Ons me state may participate in military expedition to
oan % support the rights of the State to the disputed
territory therefore, notice hereby given to the citizens Of
San Augustine county that members will be received into
the company they will meet in shelbyvIe on Wednes
day. me sis day Of July instant and give me their names
company will be required march for its Destination by
the LIST day Of September next This the I7h Julv 1850
Respectfully, J. NJ SMITH. Of Sbslbv.
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FIVE PERsoNs DsowNED GLoUcEsrER.--On Fri
day afternoon the following persons drowned off Glou.
cester (Mass by the upsettng Of boat. Captain Fuller
and son, Of Gloucester Mr. Grggs and boy named In
gls Of New York, and Francis Edwin Dubois Of Boston,
aged 6 They left Gloucester in the morning on fishing
excursion and returning when the accident occurred.
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SrALwARr WoRKMAS.-John Williams, WEIGH
man. employed in Strengthening rails at the iron works on
the Conestoga, Lancaster county, Pa sedge weigh
ing ninety pounds Every rail made requires at least
blows with his immense hammer straghten H. and oil
the rails are Strengthened BY him, he Is compelled to give
nearly one thousand blows with il every day would
though the human frame capable Of such tremen-
dous exeroD, yet Williams enjoys excellent health, and sp-
paren,ly grows stronger with every days exercise.
Scientific Asnericdp.
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singular explosion occurred the arrival Of the sx
o'clock line from New York for Philadelphia, at Newark
New Jersey, on Tuesday morning last key Of vest was
put into the baggage crate when exploded with emen
dous force tearing off the top Of the crate throwing the key
at least fifty feet in the air II landed the feet Of by
saner having knocked down and completely cover
cd him with ob and scattered the contents the passen
gers giving them udcrous appearance No lives lost
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ARsr MovEMEsTs.-The St. Louis Republican Of 18th
says We learn that the 7h regiment of United States in
fantry, Colonel PLrNPTos commanding from Florida en-
camped jefferson Barracks has received orders from the
Secretary Of War to Immediately to Fort Leavenworh
Orders instructions understand, have also been recev-
ed push forward, with oil possible dispatch the equip
ment and mounting Of the recruits for the draeoon reei
nents Of whom about three hundred Jefferson
barracks.
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gentleman named Duncan, in the employ Of the OReiy
Telegraph Line, while engaged in repairing the line between
bly, stunned by the electricity. 1t during storm that
the circumstance occurred He holding the two ends Of
the broken wire in his hands, when the spark Of the electric
fluid happened to pass along the wire, causing the shock
above alluded to-
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PANAMA RAILRoAD.-A vessel sailed from New Orleans
on the 3ls umo with one hundred hands, destined to Navy
Bay the advance guard Of aboers to commence opera
tons on the railroad to the Pacific.
The New Orleans Bulletin says that much larger force
will soon follow, and all the needf auxiaes, in the way
Of materials tools, supplies, &c. have already gone on, OF
are going forward.
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: STAMMERINe.-Dr TURNER, of Newark, New
Jersey. in a published note on this subject, says:

Permt me to say that sanmerng Is caused by attempts
10 sneak with empty lungs In singing the lungs kept
well inflated and there suffering The method of
is to require the patient TO keep his lungs well edo draw
frequent long breahs to speak loud and to pause the
slant Of finding embarrassment in his speech, taking long
inspiration before he goes again. cured one Of the
vvorst CAGES I ever knew on this principle"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24

AT Bridgeport, Connecticut, Tuesday dog, with the
appearance Of being mad, entered schoolhouse. The
schooLmsress according to the Bridgeport Standard with
threw the contents upon him. This him into commissions,
the scholars had time escape unhamed and the dog was
Immediately afterwards killed.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24

IMPORTANT FROM RIO DE JANEIRo-We learn from Mr..
W. T. JosEs that few days before he sailed from Rio ia
nero had reached that place that the British Admiral
that station with the British steamer Cormorant had
tered the port Of Panangua and burnt four Brazilian vessels
The fort opened fire the steamer and killed four Of her
men. 1t supposed the Admiral had received instruc
tons from home to suppress the slave trade There was
great excitement at Rio Janeiro caused by this incident and
it thought would lead to difficulty between the
Brazans and the British The sickness had nearly subsidized
when the barque sailed the 9th Of Juy.-N Y Post.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24

TIE CRoIERA AT CIScISSArI.-The Board Of Health Of
Cincinnati discontinued their daily reports Of the progress Of
the cholera in that city the 18th Instant the disease having
nearly disappeared The following table will show the
Of the epidemic from its FIRST appearance this season. with the
number Of deaths from other diseases
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24

The FATHER OF WATERs-MAKING THE MosT
OF HM.-A correspondent Of the New York OBJ
server, writing from Dubuque, July 10Th, says:
"In my last alluded to the fact that steamboat had COM
menced running on the Mississippi alone the Falls Of ST.
Anthony, to Sank rapids distance Of upwards Of eighty
miles, Since then have learned that the same enteprisng
Yankee that owns that steamer is building another
extend the Line still further north the reason. The new
boat will run regularly $50 miles above Sank RAPIDS and in
good stage Of water go $50 miles, about $50 miles
above the Falls Of st. Anthony gentleman who has
Gently returned from exploring the headwaters Of the Mis-
sssPpL says that there is coed channel less than
four feet Of water up point within miles Of its
ultimate source viz tasca Lake The country described
as fine, and, although Astounding in beautiful lakes
not low and narshy, as might be supposed.
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER:

BY the courtesy Of the gentlemen to whom it was
addressed we enabled to place before our read
ers the following highly interesting Letter from a
distinguished Wing, well known as formerly Re-
preventative in Congress from Indiana. The points
of the Letter apply well the series Of Senate
Bills as they did to the measures substantially
comprised in what has been generally called the
:" Compromise Bill
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24

The FUNERAL CEREMONIES Bosros.-Severa
umns are appropriated in the Boston papers Of Friday to the
snera pageant of the preceding day. The procession
of the largest which has taken place in that city
The final services took place Faneu Hail. and consisted Of
music by the Handel and Haydn Society requm written
by the Hon. GEoRaE LUsr reading Of selections from the
Scriptures by Rev. Dr. BLAeDEs prayer by Rev. SAMUEL
X. LoTHRoP, and euogy by Hon. JosrAH QurNcr, jr
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Curious history Of the trade IN Pegged Boots
and ShOes.-ln the August number Of" the Plough,
the Loom, and the Anvil we find the following
interesting history of the trade in pegged boots and
shoes, and its connection with agriculture:
tsome days since, in store in New York. chance threw
in our way little printed "repor" by ]. r. Pkin, 6s
Broadway, David Stevens and John H. Cornell, commits
sioners Of the American Union Company formed for what
does the reader suppose Why, for manufacturing staple
or pegged boots and shoes !" WE'LL the curious facts dis
closed in this report among Others that in December Of
last year. Joseph Walker Of Hopknton, Massachusetts, who
other country" still alive and that he had gone on
making his pegged shoes and boots for than years.
without competition; after which, while he Gas hope
he s still living the trade in the article had increased In his
State to the amount Of 900 annually, giving,
stated in this report constant, honorable and profitable
employment to 900 inhabants Of Massachusetts And
yet say the commissioners the demand for the manufacture
exceeds the suPpy which, they urge, should be met
by the proposed Union manuacto in the city Of New York.
with branches in the surrounding country.
Now to contempatve mind, how various and impressive
the reflections that arise view Of facts coming thus
casually under ones notice. The first impulse is to
knowledge the benefit to society," from this simple invention
of unpreendiDg individual now affording, it does
employment and susenance 10 many thousands of his
eow-czens; and then is led to marvel at the perver
sion of political justice which continues to be practsed all
around In this boosted Of and Of progress
For if instead Of nventng process in shoemsking, which
to his State business amounting $lS 600, 000
and giving employment and clothing and susenance and
education to 60 600 and women Joseph Walker had
invented rifle torpedo that would economically destroy
10000 men in day. no honor would be deemed hghno
reward too greaor the inventor Of the dealing imPe
ment Whereas who cares fowho, beyond the village o.
Hopkinon will hear of Joseph Walker the inventor o.
pegged boots and shoes
ION men, some Of hem be II admitted true patriots in the
true of the word Of them, cosmopolitan vsga-
bonds without country principle, and too lazy TO work 2,
any honest trademen who volunteer enlist to macn anu
carry death and destruction among distant and unoienang
people on all such men, besides their pay and ra'ons Gov-
ready bestow rank and honors lands
and pensions. And yet could the rising generations De
schooled and educated they should be- in the ue sP Oh
Christian civilization and in any thing approaching to just
appreciation of the public welfare, Gas they would De edu
Gated If the cuvators Of the soil would compel the estao-
lshment Of agricultural well military schools through
out the land we should then gee pubic anas ana PUBIC
ence to the tendency Of mems lives and actions to promote
public happiness"
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BosToN, AUGUST Is.

D1sTREssIxe CAsUALTT.-A party Of sixteen women
and children belonging Lynn, Massachusetts, drown
ed yesterday by being upset from boat, while sailing
pond near Lynnfeld They had gone out pcknicking.
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Total. Observation-Disclosures ISL 1880 2,03l
The total number Of deaths in the city during the
weeks ending August 6, ls49, 44ss. The deaths by
cholera that year. from its first appearance in May to the
23d Of July, were 2,643.
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and Proudhon They mingle together in their political
creed all the sn Of the day, and delight in nothing
but novelty change, confusion, and excitement consider
the duty OF every good and vuous minded resist
the progress Of this dangerous and unprincped party by
whatsoever means be can honorably employ For myself
shall act upon these convictions without stopping inquire
or caring to know whether they have heretofore been Wigs
or Democrats care nothing for the gaIb in which man
may be clothed the by which he is known II he
Is an enemy to the peace and quiet Of the country he shall
have neither sympathy nor countenance from meas am
sure ne never can have from the patriotic people of State
II strenuousy objected to Mr.. Cays bill that permits
the master to take the escaping slave back the State from
which he escaped to be there tried This provision Of the
bill is just it should be. Il right in the first place. be-
if tried the State where he is arrested the rights Of
the master are in great measure, subject to be miudged
In consequence Of those preudces which the camor
against the institution If slavery is calculated to the
minds OF many very honest And, in the second place.
right because the negro known ia the State whence he
ned and the evidence of his freedom slavery be found
'nere and there only Is not Mr. Webster says case
precisely IKE that where fugitive from Justice is demanded
ne fugitive from justice s to be tried in the State to
winch ne mas He'd but taken back where the prosecution
procure ne evidence TO prove the fact charged against
nm fet ne Is as much citizen Of the State to which he
mas neo as me escaping slave So indeed for he NAV
-. 80 ooin mere. why do not these patriots and phi
uiier their bowels Of compassion 10 yean To-
wards these pt ugtives, who are merely enroedn with
ana "no before conviction, are entitled 10 The benefit
OF the presumption OF their innocence No ,hev lov. ~.
negro better than they do the ,chte man Nv own belief
S that they have no very especial regard for anv bodv h,
ano aa' 'ne,I patriotism and philanthropy is about
A These men base their whole arpupen, as,n., ~, ,
OF fugitive slaves upon the idea that reeue born in tbe Nh
will be seized carried TO the South held in slavery ,he
They offer proof to show that this has ever been don
no reasonable evidence that will be hereafter II i
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ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Copy Of a despatch received at the Nary Depart
ment from Lieut.. En-. j. De HAVEN, commanding the
United States expedition in search Of Sir John Franklin.
# UNITED STATES BRIG ADVANCE,
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-27
From The La,preneeriNe Is. c. Herald.

CEDAR SPRING AsYLUM.-Wc visited 4 few
days ago the Cedar Spring Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, in Spartanburg District, under the
management of Mr. n. p. Walker, and although
we had but few moments to stay, yet we were
mucn pleased ut what we saw 1t was on Fn-
day, which day is set apart for writing letters,
&c; we had the pleasure Of seeing the
mutes exercise in this department, and were truly
astonishcd to see with what .apdty and cor
rectness some of them wrote on the black board.
One whom we knew, Miss BREWSTER, about 30
years old, and who had been in the institution
only about seven months, wrote with great ra-
pidity and sufficient accuracy to be easily nm
derstood, while others, younger, who had
been with Mr.. WALKER some two years,
were remarkably correct in their spelling and
dictiOn.
We felt so deep an interest in the matter and
not having time to converse with MIR. Walker
on the subject, that after leaving there we ad-
dressed a letter to him, making certain inquiries
into the origin, progress, and probable success
of the institution, an answer to which will be
found in another column.
While every other department Of art, science,
literature and education is receiving the atten-
ton of the Southern public, we do not hesitate
to say that this can lay as high claim to public
as any other; and we sincerely
hope the Legislature of South Carolina will look
to it. and see that such an appropriation or other
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-27
Ell Dorado.

"By the beard of the prophet on what great
scale arc things done in this country" exclaimed
the Turkish Effendi in Salmagundi. Louder
would have been his ejaculation had he brought
down his experiences to the veritable cage of
gold," when the stories Of Sinbad the Sailor are
surpassed by the veracious narratives of the
floating population Of California. The public
imagination has become so aurifcrous that peo-
pie here to whom an X is an unfrequent appara-
ton talk of millions in tone of contempt that
would amaze the ghost of JOHN JACOB AsToR
and the specuatons set on footin that region are
of magnitude commensurate with the supposed
treasures snugly slowed away in its bowels.
The last grand flourish Of this kind we have
sccn the New York Herald thus exposes to an
awe struck and admirng public. "Al is not
gold that glitters," however, in California more
than elsewhere:
VALLEJo-THE New CAPITAL OF CALIFoR-
NIA-The Rothchilds are eclipsed by native
Californian. NJ. G. Vallejo, descendant of the
old Spanish settlers of California, last winter
submitted proposition to the legislature of
tlt oCite, 10 Tile lolloWNlB elccI. lie mas lalu
out city on 4 tract of land on the Bay of San
Francisco, lying some twenty-five miles above
the city Of flat name, and proposes to the State,
if they will establish at Vallejo the seat of gov
eminent permanently, to give to the common
wealth l56 acres Of land, divided into the neces-
sary lots and grounds for the government build
ings, university, charitable institutions, &c. And
furthermore he proposes to expend, in the cree
ton of some twenty-five different public build
ings, including $l25,ooO for State house, an
aggregate of $37o,OoO, to be paid over within
two years. The State legislature turned this
proposition over to the people for their decision;
and, as we are informed, they have accepted it
in their late election by large majority. We
understand further, that Gen. Thomas J. Green,
of California, and Hon. Robert j. Walker, late
Secretary of the Treasury, now at the Irving
House in this city, are associated with Vallejo
in this enterprise, making here the necessary
arrangements for entering promptly into the full
flmcnt of the contract The arrangement is
all clear gain to the State; but, with the pros
pect of making Vallejo the great commercial
centre of California, it is not likely to prove a
losing business to the other side. 1t is only in
California, such things can be DONE