The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-04

600 miles, md the latter Of 2 900
In this stage Of the matter, caunot form esti
mate Of the extent of TIE advantages which these
treaties win confer upon the country large and lu
siye trade will be opened with both Uruguay aud
Pa agusy under the privilege. thus secured by The fore
cast and sasachy OF President Fillmore aud similar
fragments equally advantageous, VIII be made with
other South American countries in of the
instructions which he has given Representative
there.
foreign policy of the late administrations does it
need any encomiums. The people win appreciate its
elevated character while enjoying the benefits IL has
conferred upon the country.
Destrustive Gale ut Quebec, and Steamboat
Explosion.
EIGHT LIVES LosT-vEssEL SUNK AND PART OF THE
CREW MIssING-RUMoRED LOSS OF SIX MORE
LIVES.
from the Quebec Chronicle. May3l
The weather melting hot yesterday until late in the
afternoon the sky overcast and there was every Up
pearapce Of storm At half past three O'Clock there
rush Of wind which whired the dust hsh into the
air covered the surface OF the St. Lawrence with
w. the vessels of the Point Levi shore had great din sal
ty in keeping their anchors Boats and timber which had
broken away from the to be seen adrft and
the bark Norder foundered opposite Mbbts The
ship sank about quarter past four O'clock and the &C
cdsnt observed from Durham terrace. The ve-sel
when first observed appeared the sailors would say
by the head The bow Kept sinking gradually, and fua
y got altogether under water. The stern began to
sink and in q second OF two afterwards she went plump
down and completely covered at three quarters tide
the upper part OF the lower masts being visible out OF
water 1t is said that some Of the hands missing.
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left open.
The Norder Norwegian vessel recently arrived and
commanded by Captain halversen Shortly after having
sunk she rolled her side and portion Of her is
Visible from town.
The river police we're out during this storm, endeavsr
Ing 10 save the drift boats and drift timber.
About the time, awful catastrophe occurred at
Glmours Cove The steamer st Pierre of the ferry
boats, sometimes employed in towing, having put on
board Of the for Montreal from vessel In the
stream, upwards Of two hundred and ninety passengers
proceeded to Gmours Cove take barge in tow and
while preparing to do her boiler burst and out Of ten
persons who were on board eight perished Captain
the air. Mr. Terrisn had his skull split open By pieces
Of the boiler and his wife and two children who stood
by him, killed. but their bodies hardly at all
disfgured.
The other sufferers fremen and deck hands,
whose names have not ascertainei OF the two who
and the other close atern attending to the tow rope
Both were thrown into the water, and saved by
clingng to fragments Of the wreck The vessel wen.
stanty down in deep water. Five bodies have been
covered
Captain Barras was energetic and intelligent man,
and will be sincerely regretted. Terren the engineer
last year assistant engineer board Of the
Montreal boats, and is highly spoken Of hr former
employers as steady, careful, and W. e.aing man,
who knew his business. His wife had only from her
home morning to see her husb t and is sad
to know that before the had set husband, wife and
children were sent into eternity toRether
1t rumored that boat, with six persons board
was capszed during the gale, and that all persisted
In relation to the st Pierre accident learn that six
bodies Of the dead lying in shed belonging to the
Nessrs Gilmour and that not eighty persons have
been killed. eight persons only board of the boat
Of whom two escaped One man on board OF the barge
which being taken in tow, killed by fragment
of timber which fell upon him. The engineer body ha,
not yet been recovered.
The Woman's Rights Convention at Ravenna,
The second day of the Woman's Rights Convention at
RavepBa was fully a. interesting the first.
The morning mainly occupied in the transaction of
Esq. Mrs. Emma X Coe Of Mansfield, then offered the
following spirited and spicy resolutions =
Whereas, The Declaration of Independence, accepted
by fcrefatber in 776 embraced and promulgated the
principles upon which this movement is founded namely
the Of 9, an th to
Of speech And Whereas the constitution and laws of
the United States deprive women of those inalsoable
rights by dsquaying them for the exercise of that mes
inestmabls privilege the duty OF suffrage and that still
greater privilege The discharge Of Official responsibilities
Of every character And Whereas tho itution and
laws State Of Ohio deprive woman Of the right to
acquire and propert Independent Of her husband
strip Eer Of her earnings to snIna others at the death Of
social condition. shs becomes divorced from her husband
Therefore,
ton Of Independence are they be- admitted
correct the claims advocate must be regarded
just.
Resolved That it liz as a right and not as a privilege
that ask to have secured to the suffrage and
eligibility to Office of every description Ct which they
now 20 unustly deprived
Resolved, That 30 long law deprives of pro-
periy custom Of our earnings and public sentiment of
the rights which the Declaration of ce acknow-
AMI promulgated We cannot see the force Of the
much vaun.ed respect which the chvalry of the age
would have US believe is paid to womanhood.
Resolved That to substitute the courteses Of 50.
ciety for the important duties of life 10 treating
woman the cunning traveller do.s the unskfu Indian
Exchanging gaudy trinkets and baubes that glitter be-
fore the eye and please the fancy for substantial geld
and silver the essentials under the present formation of
Sepryes Of rsSs az ths one b.na
her nothing the other in lieu of the derivation, the
courtees Of society being reciprocal and each sex reliant
upon and essential to, the opposite for true enjoy
mept and worldly prosperity.
Resolved That . committee Of three be appointed to
draft petition and to be circulated throughout
Assembly of Ohio asking to have removed the various
disabilities under which suffer at the pre- ent time,
by the laws Of this State that she be- in all legal
lie reer Of her bus band and another comttee
of two to visit the General Assembly at its next session.
and present to that body these petitions aud the claims
of woman as advocated in this Convention.
Resolved. That Convention, tender sincere
thanks those ladies and gentlemen Of the city Of New
York. who nobly stood for the right in the recent
issue betv cen dominant power and freedom Il speech,
during the late Temperance Convention held in that city
The following committee was appointed to prepare and
Mr. Tidbal Of Mansfield; Mr. Tfany, of Cleveland, Mrs.
Robinson, If Salem; Mrs. Coe, Of Mansfield and Mrs.
Mesdsmss Coe and Severance were chosen to present
the claims OF woman before The Ohio legislature :,
The Committee on Permanent Officers reported the
names Of the following persons -
Iresident-Josephine GrifiDg Salem.
Vice Presidents-N e.dames r. Coe, Mansfield; E. A.
Aldricb, Cincinnati; Z. Heaton, Salem.
Secrddry-Mrs Francis Bradburn, Cleveland.
1reosuyer-Nrs. N. J. Tilden Cleveland.
Egec,aiye Comniace-Mes danes e. ~ Severance Cleve-
lard: j. S. Brown do; ii n Addison, do J. s. GriGang
Salem, Emily Robin ION, do Mss Caroline Stanton do
L s. Hall Ravenna; N. A. skinner, do; Messrs B. s.
Jsnes and Samuel Brooks, do
Resolution. then adopted, endorsing the spirited
action of the Womans New York State Tom peraHce So
cs and rendering thanks to the citizens Of RavennS &C.
After which the Convention adjourned sine de.
Fossil Remains or Nebraska.
from the st Louis Intelgepcer, Nay %
10 hAtu For Ear
the latitude Of fortytwo tract of country called from
its bsrrenness and desolate aspect, AdpdiN TsrTcs
Pa Ard lnrf ba of IN ~ a far