Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-06-22
Mems Of tbr mrrk.
Domestic Intelligence.
Terrible SteamhOnt Disasler.

Loss Of 29O LUos We learn from the
True Democrat that the steamer G. p. Grif-
filth, on her way up the Lake, was burned to
the wotor's edge, twenty miles below Clcvc-
land, on Monday morning last, between 8
and o'clock. When the fire was discover
ed, the boat was only miles from land, and
the passengers, on being reused from their
slumbers, were quite calm in the belief that
they would all be saved but when within
half mile of the shore the boat struck n
sand-bar and could not be got of. All was
now CONSERVATION and despair. The pas
sengers plunged madly into the water 10 es-
cape the fire, and of 326, less than 40 were
saved 200-most of them emigrants, from
England Ireland and Germany-perished
| The books were lost, and no list of the pas
sengers exists OF n colony of 81 English
people, bound to Medina County, only 8 were
saved. The captain, his wife, children aud
mother all lost
The disaster was witnessed from the shore,
and one boat-all that could be procured
made three trips TO the burning wreck, sa-
wing as many as possible, but only 40 in all.
THB CENSUS LAW. The Census Law Of 1850
is very comprehensive; the information is to
embrace the population, profession color, occu-
patton, place of birth, number of marriages,
deaths, the persons who can read and write,
\ deaf, dumb, blind, insane, slaves, fugtives and
mantiinitted; the acres of land improved, the
! eaalklSalne of each farm, the value of farming
impleincnts and machinery the live stock, the
produce during the year ending juno l, 1850,
and tho quantity of each particular article; the
products of industry and the values; names of
towns, counties, and cities; the aggregate valu-
alton OF real and personal estate, the ariount of
taxes assessed, tho number and character of the
public schools, the extent of the public libra
ries the number, class, and circulation of the
periodicals and newspapers; the number of
! criminals; the cost Of labor the average price
OF board 10 alaboring man per week, the ave-
| rage payment of a carpenter per day, the ave-
rage wages Of a farm hand, the number and
value of the churches, &c., forming altogether
most valuable sources of public information and
rclcrence.--M Y. Mirror.
TIE HEN FEvER.-Few arc aware of the
extent 10 which the hen fever is now raging
among our amateur farmers. The California
fever sinks into oblivion when compared with
this. Choice hens are now imported for breed
A few days since, an invoice of SO pounds ster-
ling came in the Robert G. Winthrop, from
Liverpool. The merits of the Cumberland, the
Dorking, or the Cochin China, are daily dis
cussed in the railroad cars, and at our fashion,
able hotels. One young farmer gentleman in
our vicinity has gone into the fowl business in
good earnest, and reduced it to aperfcct system.
Eggs are taken in to hatch for SO much head;
the name Of the owner Of the eggs and the
dato of their being laid, written upon the out
side Hens are let to those who have eggs Of a
choice kind, but who have no hens TO hatch
them. 50 and even 81 per do zen is by no
means an uncommon price for eggs OF choice
kind.-Boston 1rar.
GREAT TUNNEL.-The great tunnel of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road, is one of the
greatest works of civil engineering now going
on in the World. 1t is a few miles from Nor
{ gantown, West Virginia, and is through a
mountain (for rail road track,) q mile, and a
quarter wide. There are already sunk three
shafts some 20 by l6 feet, and from l75 to 1856
deep. A large number of hands arc enabled TO
| go to work, tunnelling through the rock-all Of
which has to be brought up through the shafts,
except at the two extremes or sides of the
mountain. They work day and night-ono sot
during the night, and the other by day.
The Boston Bee records shocking accident
, in that city. A washorwoman undertook to
drive nail through board partition. Hear
ing a scream on the other side, she entered the
: next room, and found that she had driven tho
nail into the head of man who had fallen
asleep reading "The Robber Of the Rhine Val
loy." The man has since died.
lie died of the book-not of the nail Any
man who would read the book couldn't be hurt
by having nail driven into his head.-K +.
Courier.
Cor. DENToN.-Some of the Missouri pa
pers have nominated Col Benton for the next
Presidency upon the following platform -
Non-oxtension of slavery.
Opposition TO Banks and Banking Institu-
tions.
Homestead Exemption.
Equal Suffrage.
Election by the People of all Public officers.
Reciprocal Erec Trade and Direct Taxation.
No division on Sectional Issues.
Cheap Postage.
Freedom Of the Public Lands to Actual Set
tiers.
Queen Victoria's last baby is to be christened
Arthur Patrick Albert" The first TO tickle
the old Duke Of Wellington-the second TO
induce Ireland to look upon the Queen as ben
efactor-and the third In honor Of the young
stsr's daddy