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Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

PERILoUs SITUATIoN.--On the 10th of De-
cember, Captain Grant, of the ship Tay, recent
ly arrived at Adelaide, Australia, discovered
smoke ascending from the main hatchway, and
upon making the closest examination Of the
laden hold, ascertained that the coal had be.
come ignited by spontaneous combustion. To
attempt to extinguish the fire by removing any
portion of the cargo, and SO giving the air free
admission to the hold of the vessel, would pro-
badly have most destructive course A more
safe remedy-that ofbattening down the hatch
ways-was adopted, and the captain, first officer
and q few ofthe crew, to whom alone the perilous
accident was known, watched with anxious soil
citnde for the general safety, and, while the cap
tain cracked on the vessel with sedulous earnest
ness, the cause of his eager efforts to terminate
the passage was unknown to his passengers,
whose ignorance, while it did not exaggerate
their danger, preserved them from unceasing
and torturing alarm. Above the Goals were one
hundred and fifty barrels of gunpowder and a
large quantity Of spirits. The FIRE was SUBJ
dued, and there is little doubt but that she will
deliver her cargo in good order.
London Globe.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

and from every place where it could accom-
plish any essential mischief Let abolitionism
raise its banners and marshal its forces. Let
1T unite with the northern wings, and make
common cause with all the factions of the
north, and no harm, but much good viii come
OF IT. The democratic party, strengthened by
the wings of the south, will rush upon them
and scatter them to the winds; they will dis
appear like chaff before hurricane.
Outside organizations may be attempted
Novelty and secrecy may enable them to en-
| trap the unwary and mislead the unrehecting.
| But thunderstorm never lasts long, for the
natural elements cannot support such a phe-
nomenon but for little while. After thun-
der-storm, the atmosphere is purer, and the
skies more serene. The disaffected will natu-
rally unite in secret. Our belief is, that the
Nebraska bill will force them to unite, in the
face of the nation, and when that is effected,
the great labor is accomplished Nothing else
will be needed, then, but to marshal the patri
otism of the people and point out its foe
When that is done, all will be done speedily
and without further trouble-the whirlwind
will have been aroused, the chaf viii have dis
appeared not to return to trouble US again.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08
KEY WEST, May %, 1854.

.
The brig Sterling, Captain Dickey, from Ma
tanzas, Cuba, with cargo of molasses, bound
to Montreal, Upper Canada, went ashore on
Conch Reef, on the evening of the 10th, and
soon became a total loss. The captain sup
poses there was strong westerly current in
the gulf and had calculated upon an easterly
one; thus misjudging his position, ran ashore.
The vessel and cargo have become total loss,
nothing being saved but a few casks of molass-
es and the materials to the amount Of 1865.
Total sales OF vessel and cargo, $497; salvage,
SO per cent.
The ship Sea Lion, of Bath, (half clipper,)
from Matanzas, bound to Boston, with cargo
of 1000 boxes of sugar, went ashore on Delta
Shoal on the night of the 18th, and remained
there until the next night, when the wreckers
succeeded in hauling her off into deep water.
They took out only forty-six boxes of sugar.
The vessel leaks freely, making two feet of
water an hour. 1t is thought she will be taken
to New York or Boston for repairs.
The brig Amesbury, Gould, sailed for New
York on the l4th. The expenses of repairs,
salvage, &C., exceeded $1,000.
The brig Tavanier arrived from Cedar Keys,
on the llth, and sailed for New York on the
l4th, with a full cargo and long list of pas
sengers.-M. 0. Picayune.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

are required to renounce all their cherished po-
litical principles and convictions, and to bind
themselves to carry out the objects oftheir order
We can understand how the northern whig
party, defeated and crushed as it was, should
make a desperate effort to regain its lost ascen-
daney We can understand how it may ally it
self with freesoilism, native Americanism, or
any other ism, to reinstate itself and regain its
losses. We can also understand how one
idead man, who hates foreigners; or religious
bigot, who hates Catholics, should, like all fa-
natics, join society that would enable them
to crafty their spite. But how sound demo-
crat, with a wellregulated mind, who knows
that his creed has been handed down by the
fathers of the republic and been illustrated by
patriots and statesmen, can renounce that creed
and take up in its stead the malignant, intole-
rant, and one-idea creed of an obscure man,
we cannot understand.
| We call upon democrats everywhere to set
their faces against this monstrosity-which is
shrewdly suspected to be the mongrel spawn of
northern federalism and abolition fanatcism.
We call upon southern wings, as patriots, to
see that they keep themselves free from its foul
embraces. 1t avoids the light of day, and
walks out at midnight. 1t cloaks itself in mys-
terry, and it conceals its purposes in silence.
A secret political society in free country,
where the Constitution guarantees to all free
dom of speech, and freedom of religion, is an
iniquity and an abomination. That there are
many good men in it we are prepared to be-
heve; but they are misguided. If they have
political ends to carry out, let them emblazon
them on their banners. IF the Constitution is
their guide, and their country's good the end
they have in view, let them show themselves tc
their countrymen, and trust to their knowledge
and virtue Let them scorn the miserable
arts Of the mountebank and the impostor
and not seek to entice the ignorant by their
mystery, the ambitious by their ostentatious
display of power, and the unprincipled by free
dom from personal responsibility.
Our denunciations may fall on friends; if so
it is their own fault. They are engaged in q
wrong thing. We warn all, that our warning
can reach, to shun this pestilence; to fly from
this evil, and to keep themselves pure and un
tainted.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08
Great Excitement at Baraboo-Liquor De
stroyed by Mob of Women.

An extra from the Baraboo wisconsin
Standard, informs us of stirring events at that
place on Tuesday, May %. 1t seems that the
sale of liquor had grown into a monstrous
nuisance, and led to frequent difficulties and
abuse in families. AT length the ladies called
a secret meeting of their own number, and laid
their plains for general destruction of the
liquor in the village. The Standard gives the
following account of the riot:
Accordingly, about 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning, procession of some fifty females
was seen issuing from, in or about the Court
House, and passed on to the Wisconsin House.
In very short time after a number of excited
ladies we're seen bringing forth barrels of beer,
rum, brandy, &c. emptying it into the streets,
amid the hurras and shouts Of a hundred spec
tators This job finished, they proceeded to
the saloon on the opposite side of the square
and emptied the ale and beer there contained
in donble-quick time. The procession then
wended its way TO the saloon of French Peter,
followed by the shouting populace. They here
found the door fastened and we're informed by
the owners wife that determined resistance
would be offered, and that they would not be
allowed to enter the house unmolested.
"a group of ladies were holding a consulta-
ton on the piazza, when the muzzle of a gun
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT FROM CAMPHENE.-We
are informed that on Monday night, May 22d,
three daughters of Rev. Mr.. Perry, Methodist
preacher, living at Ell Dorado six or seven
miles this side of Harrodsburg, were horribly
burned by the explosion Of a camPhene lamp,
and that there is very little hope of their re-
covery.
p. s. Since the foregoing was written, we
have conversed with G. w. Craddock, ESQ.,, the
uncle of one of the unfortunate victims, and
from him we learn that the whole three are
dead, and were buried in the same grave on
Wednesday. The circumstances Of the horri
BILE catastrophe are briefly as follows: Mr.
Perry, his wife, and infant child were absent
from home and in Jessamin county, where he
had gone to fill an appointment. There were
at home three daughters and servant woman.
Two of the daughters were grown, aged per-
haps l9 and IL. The third was a girl of 9
years. Monday night, while the servant was
washing the tea dishes, and the oldest daughter
was wiping them, the second daughter under.
took to replenish the camphene lamp by which
they working, and called the youngest daughter
to hold it. She took the lamp in one hand,
and held the top through which the wick passed
into the other. The wick was still burning as be-
FORE and the lower part of it yet in the lamp, but
she held the wick some little distance from the
mouth. The other commenced to pour cam
phene into it from can containing about half
a gallon. By some means it caught fire, and ex-
ploded, covering them and the whole room in an
immediate blaze, and saturating their clothes
with the combustible fluid.
The servant woman sprang out at the door,
and plunged into barrel Of rain water, by
which her life was saved, although she is badly
burned. The door, it seems, closed after her
the daughters in their confusion, could not
open it. They then went through the parlor,
and out at the hall door, and ran about sixty
yards to their fathers store, screaming, and
enveloped in flames that completely covered
their bodies, and extended at least three feet |
above their heads. There, and near there,
some persons came to their assistance, and en-
veloped one in blanket, another in a quilt,
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08
DEATH OF HON. JOHN f. sNODGRAss
OF VIRGINIA..

1t was with much pain that we saw the an
nouncement Of the death of the Hon. John F.
Snodgrass, one Of the representatives from the
State of Virginia. His death was sudden, and
occasioned great shock to his friends in this
city. He left here few days ago in his usual
health to visit his family; but, while enjoying
the pleasures of the domestic circle, the mes
senger of death came on his sad errand, and
terminated his useful career on earth. Mr.
Snodgrass was an honest man, faithful repre-
sentative, and warm friend. May his family
derive some consolation from the reflection that
his last moments were spent among them, and
that the privilege of ministering to him was
permitted to them by kind Providence. They
have the sincere coincidence and sympathy o.
his numerous friends.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08
A GLORIOUS VIsION.-CASsIUsn M.
CLAY'S LETTER.

The worst abolitionist that can be found
and happily for the country they are very scarce
is southern abolitionist. There is one such
who is well known to the country, Mr.. Cassius
M. Clay. That he is sincere in his convictions
all who know him allow, but that his convic
tons are those Of a madman, all likewise agree
There is a violence, a fury, and an extravaganza
IN his denunciations of the institutions of the
South that give unmistakable evidence of in
sanity. But the abolitionists resemble those
savage tribes among whom the most crazy are
deemed the wisest. They are regarded as seers
and prophets. Mr.. Cassius M. Clay is one of
the pillars of the abolition faith.
He has recently written a perfectly insane
letter to the New York Tribune in which he
uses the following language:
! honestly believe that ere,y man Of the free
States acho uoted for the repeal of the Missouri
restriction deserves DEATH But there is no leqal
'cay of inflicting the penalty-the halter then
they must escape. But one thing can be done
break them on the wheel Of public opinion
Let no man deal with them in business-ban-
ish them from the social circle, and dsfranchise
them practically forever! This seems hard
but the race of traitors must die before we can
live"
The amusing portion of this paragraph ID
that in which he proposes the baaishmeat from
STANDARDIZATION Society Womans' Rights
Society-of the northern friends of Nebraska.
This idea, but for its accompaniments of death,
halters, disfranchisement and starvation, would
| be ludicrous in the extreme.
| He next proposes that men of all parties
shall give up their political creeds and join in
the rallying cry, Shall America be slave or
free"
He then proceeds to picture to himself a
series of glorious victories in the contemplation
of which his imagination becomes entranced.
He says:
"We must therefore calculate what is to be
| the result of our success. Suppose then q re-
publican elected President, on the issue above
stated, and that the ultras of the south in their
| madness overawe the more thoughtful citizens,
and secede from Congress, and declare the
Union dissolved. Then either we must whip
| them in, or allow a peaceable separation as
| circumstances shall warrant. If we fight her,
we have the advantage of being the govern
ment de .facto. We have the Organization
| the treasury--the navy, and the army. II vic.
| torious, we could compel emancipation. II
defeated, we would be abudantly able to main
tain our national existence against the world.
| And with, Canada, western Virginia, Kentucky,
and Mississippi (which would probably unite
with us) annexed, we would form more pow
erful people than even now"
| Now, this in old fashioned phrase is counting
chickens before they are Matched.
We have no comments for such produc-
ton. 1t is of piece with all the writings Of
the abolitionists. 1t is the wild dream of a
raving madman, but will be received as an
oracle
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08
Mrs. Emily Judson Fanny Forrester.)

Mrs. Emily Judson, W dow of the late Adoni-
ram Judson, missionary to Burmah, and popu-
larly known in the literary world as Fanny
Forester" died at her residence in Hamilton,
Madison county, New York, after lingering
illness, on Thursday, lst instant, aged about
forty years.
The maiden name of this lady, so highly cele-
brated in religious and literary circles, was
Emily Chubbuck. Her native place was Eaton,
in Madison county, New York. She first be-
came known to the public as a writer for peri
odicals, and under the assumed name Of Fanny
Forester" she acquired great reputation as
writer of refined taste, and style of compost
ton which was much admired as unique and
attractive, while the morality of her productions
bore striking contrast to many of the ephe-
neral works of her contemporaries. Her sue
cess as writer for periodicals induced Miss
Chubbuck to appear, under her literary cogno-
men of " Fanny Forester" as author of g Al
derbrook," and other Volumes in the school of
light literature, all inculcating moral lessons
and tending to increase her reputation as q fe-
male writer of great delicacy and elegance of
style.
In June, 1916, while she was in the height
of her literary popularity, Miss Chubbuck as
tonshed her many admirers by an entire change
in her career and pursuits, in announcing her
resolution to devote herself to missionary life,
| and of course leaving her native country with
but doubtful prospects of future return to her
relatives and friends. AT that time she became
the third wife of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, D..
d., Baptist missionary to Burmah, in Asia, and
on the llth Of July she embarked, with her
| husband and other missionaries, in the ship
Faneuil Hall, from Boston for India. They
| arrived at their place of destination in the
month of November followinp
The Rev. DR.. Judson was one of the most
| remarkable men among American mission
aries, and enjoyed a high reputation in the
| Baptist church. He was a native Of Massa-
chusetts, and was born in 1888. He was edu-
Gated and ordained as clergyman in the Con-
gregational church, and in 1871 was sent by
i in company with the Rev. Mr. Newell. The
missionary labors Of DR.. Judson in Burmah
or Eastern India, extended over period of
about thirty-nine years, terminating with his
death in September, 1850. While in Burmah,
his views respecting baptism underwent q
change, in consequence Of which he left the
the Congregationalists in 1914, and Joined the
Baptist church.
! Soon after the death of her husband, Mrs.
Judson returned to the United States, and for
the last two years has been in somewhat feeble
health. Her publications since her return
have not been numerous. Among them is an
colo of Domestic Verses"
| In her personal appearance, this lady was
prepossessing and pleasing, and agreeable in
| her manners and conversation. By an exten-
sive circle of friends and acquaintance she
| was highly esteemed for her Christian virtues
and literary taste and attainments.-M Y
| Herald.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

GooD JoKE.-A correspondent of the New
York Post, and, we presume from the sigma
tdrey cse of the editors of that paper, relates
an amusing incident which occurred on board
one of the New York and Stonington line of
steamboats,, few 4ights since. 1t seems that
an abolitionist of this vicinity, who is noted for
his advocacy in season and out Of season of
the habeas corpus act was on board the boat,
and some of the passengers, willing to enjoy a
little sport, informed him of the presence Of a
colored man in the ice box of the steamboat
and also that gentleman, apparently his mas
ter, was standing by him, as if having him in
custody. The abolitionist, in obedience to his
philanthropic impulses, Immediately profered
his gratuitous services for the benefit of the fu-
gitive. The supposed owner responded by APP
pointing an individual to advocate his claim
A passenger assumed the character of United
States commissioner, and negro waiter was
brought into the cabin suitably manacled, to
represent the slave. A mock affidavit signed
by James Wilson, was read. On the back of
issued by Judge Hitchcock, of the northern
district of New York, ordering all United
States officers to arrest the slave and bring him
before commissioner.
The trial was commenced, and the prelimi-
nary formalhies having been gone through
with, the innocent victim of the hoax opened
the case with long speech, quoting at some
length from a work of his own authorship,
called the unconstitutionality Of slavery" In
the course Of the speech an attempt was made
by the alleged slave to escape by rushing from
the cabin, but he was recaptured amidst in.
tense excitement. The counsel for the claim.
ant, after number Of original arguments and
witticisms at the expense Of his opponent,
closed his remarks by declaring that q man i'm
prisoned in nice boa could not be regarded
as improperly confined.
The commissioner, stout man with an i'm
perturbable countenance, then delivered his
opinion, declaring that the prisoners council
had failed to prove black to be white, and as
black was the mark of an inferior condition,
and as slavery was condition of inferiority,
he must deny the application for release, and
remand him to the ice box. Before SO doing,
however, hat was passed round for the bene-
fit of the fugitive, and fund of three cent
pieces was raised, which made the waiter roll
up the whites of his eyes in grateful astonish-
ment The court lasted three hours and the
abolitionist was not apparently undeceived to
the last
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

A New IMPLEMENT OF WAR.-A letter from
Paris, dated May 10, in the Cincinnati Gazette,
says:
A curious experiment was made few days
ago in the basin of the fountain in the Palais
Royal in the presence of crowd of prone
naders, who soon collected. A glass globe,
containing certain liquid, was thrown on the
water and then broken with pole,. The liquid
Immediately spread itself over the surface of
the water, and taking fire spontaneously, con-
tinued to burn with an intense flame for pc
.riod of fifty-six seconds, throwing out dense
smoke. The basin had the appearance of be-
ing all on fire. Three gentlemen well known
to science in Paris, have invented this fuid
after long and patient study, with the design
of making it available in the present war, in
burning ships, and in protecting or attacking
fortified places where there may be ditch
Thrown by means of forcing pump on the
head of sap, into an entrenchment, or ditch
full of water, or on the breach at moment of
assault, or in naval combat this liquid would
cause the most terrible ravages. An expert
ment has since been tried on the river Seine, in
which instance the fluid continued to burn with
flame sufficiently intense to set fire to the
sides Of ship for more than minute. Sup
pose thata boat laden with this liquid, should be
hoated into the midst of an enemy's fleet, and
should be so managed that it would take FIRE at
the moment of arriving near or in the midst of
the feet and that the liquid should then be dis
tributed on the surface of the water; the whole
feet would take fire in spite of all the efforts
that might be made to prevent it,, and they
would take fire exactly in the most danger
ous place. 1t is not necessary to enlarge on
the nature and importance of the services
which this formidable application of chemical
science, may render in the continental and naval
war which has just commenced.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

and another in web of linen, and succeeded
in extinguishing the flames. But it was too
late to save their lives. From their hips up
ward they were burned horribly. The youngest
died the next morning at s, the next in the
age at III, and the eldest at o'clock Tuesday
evening. Each retained her senses to the last,
and was able to give fun account of the cir
cumstances of the terrible affair.
Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08
JU N E 8, 1854
CONGRESS-.

The Senate was not in session yesterday.
In the House Of Representatives the Pacific
railroad bill was taken up. Several speeches
were made upon this and other subjects.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

ginian of the Cd says, the wheat fields along the
line ofth railroad, from Lynchburg TO New river,
give promise Of one Of the finest crops ever har-
vested
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

HARD HrT.-Ienry Ward Beecher says he
means TO vote against the Nebraska b though
the ballot-box should be placed In the jaws OF
h-lL
To this the Wheeling Argus replies, that every
man has right to vote in his own precinct.
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08

TARsON's LETTER AND CAP Pa
~ per.-An additional supply just received by
w. G. .ZANTZINGER,
Washington sentinel., 1854-06-08
Kansas Filling Ur.-The s.. Louis Intel,

gencer, Of the 30th ultino, says:
We learn from friend who has just reached
counties, that hundreds Of Missourians have been
eagerly awaiting the news of the passage of the
Kansas aid Nebraska territorial bills, and that
very large emigration will Immediately cross the
river.n
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