Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-02-04
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Terrific and Fatal Explosion,

NEW YORK, Jan. ZSln.-c te"sA
Ball and Cartridge Factory q! Ravens
wood, L. l., exploded yesterday AFTER
noon by which nearly 90 persons, most n,
ly boys and girls, were instantly killed,
Upwards Of 5o,o 900 cartridges exploded
and houses for miles around were shak.
ell and their windows broken. The
magazine containing 800 tons Of pow.
der narrowly escaped. Thu number gen.
orally employed was thirty. All inside
the building at the time were killed ex.
cep, two. Three girls belonging to one
family were killed. Their bodies were
all blown into fragments and mingled
with pieces oftimbers, machinery,&c
SECOND pEsPArcHl
Another account states that the num-
Der killed already ascerluined is only 10
Others were shockingly mutilated and
some fatally. The scene is terrible
scarcely a fragment bigger than walk.
ing.stick can be found Of the building.
Heads, limbs and trunks Of human be-
ings are scattered in all directions.
Nsw York E7trauaganc..-The Her
aid, in speaking oil the extravaganza that
prevailes in the world Of fashion in New
York, says:--AIready our ladies, whomake
any pretentions 10 The title OF fashionable,
have commenced way Of rivalry with the
European aris,ocrucy; and if they do not
surpass them in the style rdress, they are
certainly their equals in extravaganza. In
one year a lady Of fashion living on The
Fifth avenue will expend seven or eight
thousand dollars upon dress; and we are
assured, upon the most reliable authority,
that walking or promenade dress, such as
is seen in Broadway, costs from fifteen
hundred 10 two thousand dollars.
Some of the Boston bankers offer a re-
ward Of $500 Tor the discovery OF an eff
fectual mode OF preventing the alteration
Of bank notes from small 10 large denomi-
nations. The alterations are effected by
a chemical process, by which the original
name iflhe bank or denomination Of the
bill, is extracted, so that others, suited TO
the purpose ofthe countertei!er, may be
inserted.
II is rumored, in Paris, that NJ. Roths-
child offered TO accept the terms proposed
for the Turkish loan, or even 10 advance
larger sum, provided mortgage was CIV
en- him on Palestine.
It is said that a new species Of rattle
snake has been discovered in the western
prairies. "Their tails are covered Tor some
six inches from the point with alternate
white and black rings OF hair or bristles,
about quarter Of an inch long.
Punch says that the reason why editors
are SO apt to have their manners spoiled,
is because they receive from one cores
pendent and another sucha vast nupber
of evil Communications. {.
There is a woman, an inmate Of one Of
the Irish poor-houses, who has been mats
ried TO her seventh husband. They were
all weavers and worked al the same loom
in her FIRST husbands house. The imple-
ment is still in operation. But what is
most remarkable is, that she, poor woman,
is in full possession OF her mental lacul.
ties. ....
The depot of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad in Wheeling, the lntelligencer
says, is now overlooking with business
and shippers and consignees are engaged
in it day aud night. From so 10 100
freight cars have departed daily Tor Balli.
more than week past.
The French minister of war has recen.
tly, in answer to call Of the emperor, fur
nished a statement oil the number Of
men that. France could, if necessary,
place without delay on war footing
The number is set down at 100000.
There will be great national poultry
show in New York, FEBRUARY 18Th. Premi-
ums amounting to $500 are 10 be offered
for competition The highest premium is
$50 for the best and largest variety Of
pure fowls. The second premium is S25.
Others Of $50, SIS, $40, So, S., &c., for
all the varieties known.
Anewspaper may be destroyed a! night.
Il may light cigar-it may curl a lady's
hair. On! only think Of that, girls. An
editors thoughts completely, sweetly, ex.
quisitely wrea,hed in your rich tresses,
and-yes nesting down with you in your
midnight slumbers, gently to guard and
peacefully keep watch over your happy
dreams.
Quite aspirited effort was made in the
Kentucky Legislature few days since
for the removal Of the seat Of government
10 Louisville. The matter, however, was
laid on the table.
The number Of soldiers engaged in the
war Of the revolution was 2Sl, 79l. OF
this number there are less than fourteen
hundred now living, whose ages must a.
verage nearly ninety years. Seventy three
have died during the past year.
u William Ilend.y was tried in Pro-