The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1850-07-18
LATEST NEWS.

LATEST NEWS.
The Nominee arrived on Wednesday
morning, it being II hours before her
time. The melancholy news OF the
death of Gen. Taylo is fully cofrmed
We clip the following from the Calepa
DAILY Advertiser Of Monday:
THE Presidents IIlness--his last Words.
II The disease of which the President
3died was diarrh9a which he cont acted
lin Mexico, resembling the cholera The
attack had been coming on since the 4th
5of July. On the 9th he was confnad to-
his bed, but he was not considered dan
lgerous till the Sth On the 9th he died
His last words were: ''I am prepared
II have endeavored to do my duty .
Congress--Action on the Death OF the
President.
On the 10th inst, at Ii o'clock IN the
Senate, after prayer by Rev. Mr.. Butter.
two communications were received from
Mr.. Fillmore, the first tendcring the
Presidency of the Senate. The second
twas delivered by the hands Of Mr..
Fisher of the State Department, an
(nouncing the death of the Presidcnt on
the evening of the 9th, at 35 minutes
(past 10 o'clock, in the midst Of his fami-
lily and friends, calmly and in possession
|of all his faculties, and proposing to
take the oath of Office, as President, at
IL NJ. that day. A resolution, offered
10y Mr.. Webster, was passed according
!ly. Speeches were made by Messrs.
Webster, Cass, Pierce and Berrien.
In the House, communications were
received similar to those sent to the
Senate, and similar action was taken
IMessrs. Conrad, Winthrop, Davis. Bav-
ly, Mcclure and Marshall spoke in Gu
|logy of the late President.
The Cabinet.
The Cabinet have made a tender 81
their resignation to President F'ilimc.o.
|They win, however, continue to hold Of
fee for the present
The funeral of President TayIot took
place on Saturday.
I Col Bliss is dangerously III with
cholera. Several deaths with the same
disease have occurred at Washiu gton.
CHOLERA AT NAsHvILLE.-Forty- eight
|interments for Thursday last - on
Friday. i6 on Saturday-nearIy 3 Il from
cholera.
GREAT FIRE IN New YORK. The
extensive turpentine warehouse of Mir.
Thompson, Fulton Ferry, was burned
on the morning Of the 10th, together
with several other buildings Los.
$500 900. .fsef 81 =
Mr.. Buel, late consul at Mahon, died
at Washington on the 10th, of cholera.
G. R. P. James, the celebrated novel
list, arrived at Newly DIRK, on the 5tb
Great Fire and Loss Of Life Mt Phila-
delphia. '
qgt3 PHILADELPHIA, July 10
One Of the most destructive fires lAat
has ever occurred in this city took place
yesterday afternoon and evening. The
fire first broke out about haif-past j o.
clock, p. NJ, in the fourth story Of a
building occupied for storage, on Della
ware Avenue. When discovered IL had
made considerable beadway--the flames
spreading in every direction. They
soon spread to Water street, anu north
and south to Caliowhi!l street.
A terrible explosion occurred from
3, 900 bags Saltpetre in Brocke's Ware
house. Delaware Avenue was toni
|ple.ely filled with mass of human be-
ings, among whom were several hundred
of our noble hearted tiremen. IT, first
explosion did not cause much excite
|ment or Gear with the mass; nor did the
second, except some slight fears for
safety, when they moved to the eastern
lend of the Avenue. The third explo-
sion, however, was fatal in many cases,
killing many on Delaware Avenue and
Water st. The scene was appalling III
the extreme. The rush for life was ter
|rific .-..
Men and boys, firemen and by stand
|ers rushing away from the ruinous cor
|fagratlen; and in the endeavors to get
beyond danger, hundreds rolled and ran
lover each other, while running over a
large quantity of merchandise on the
!dock, causing legs and arms to Be bro
ken and injuries and fractures of serious
character.
a woman, burned to a crisp, was IA