The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-15

vessels then in respect such vessels the of second
March, eighteen hundred and nineteen entitled IAN act
ond Of February eighteen hundred and entitled
regulate the carriage OF passengers In merchant
vessels the act Of second March, eighteen hundred and
forty seven entitled San act to amend act entitled AN
to regulate the carriage OF passengers IN merchant yes
and determine the time when said act shall take Ell
the act Of hiry6rst January eighteen hundred aud
fory-eght entitled dan act exemptng vessels employed BY
the American Society in transporting coored
emrrans from the United to the coast Of Africa
provisions OF the acts OF the twenty second February and
second Of March eighteen hundred and forty rsgua
May eighteen hundred and forty eight ent
lied An provide for the ventilation Of passenger yes
eighteen hundred and forty entitled an to extend
the provisions of all laws now in force relating to the
rape of merchant vessels and the regulation
thereof are hereby repealed But nothing in this act
tanned shall any obstruct prevent the prosecution
recovery distribution remission OF any fines penalties OF
foeitures which been incurred respect
prior the day this act goes into effect in to
such vessels under the laws hereby repealed for which
pose the said laws shall continue in force.
But the Secretary of the Treasury in his discretion,
and upon such conditions he shall think proper discon
tinue any such prosecutions or remit or modify such penal
Approved March 8, 1885,
THE NEW ILLINOIS sENAroR.The point has been raised
that Judge Trumbu the newly elected senator from Ili
nos is ineligible the ground that the constitution of
Illinois contains this provision
aThe judges of the supreme shall not be eligible
any other Office Of public trust of profit in this State the
United States during the for which they elected
for year thereafter for either 1f ~ Tor
any elective office, given 81 tie general assembly the
people, shall be void"
And that in 1862 Mr. Trumbull was elected judge Of
the supreme court for The term Of nine yours The Chicago
Times which opposed Judge Trumbus election, says:
awe believe that Judge Trumbuls election is in strict
accordance with the constitution Of the United States AZ
much would have been the election OF Gen. Shields
That his election is unconstitutional SO far ms the constr
tuition of this State is concerned think is too plain &c
be disputed but have hesitation in saying that The
provision of the State constitution Is voidbeng in con
fct with the constitution of the United States.
NAVAL 1NTELLIaENcE-We have already announced the
safe arrival Of the soopowar Decatur at Valparaiso
Valparaiso journal says: H
ain her passage through the Straits of Magellan the
Massachusetts, up with the corvette Decatur. The
captain had visited the Gillian colony OF Sandy Point
which was in the greatest want provisions and other
tices of first necessity The Decatur did all in her power
to aid the colony leaving large supply of her own pro-
visions. The towed out the Decatur from the
the Pacific The latter brought dispatches from
the governor of that colony to this intendencia
"The Massachusetts brought superb astronomical in
strument for the Observatory at Santiago The captain
states he could have made the voyage in AZ days
However, the steamer has made it chiefly under sail hay
ing only used coal in the straits in towing the Decatur BY
which the voyage was SO much protracted"
A New York paper says:
aThe construction of the new war steamer Niagara is
progressing rapidly at the navy-yard On Saturday the
after sternpost raised, and the forward one will be
raised to-day and her entire frame will be completed in
eight or ten days There hundred carpenters and
about eighty aborers employed in her construction Messs
Hease and Murphy of the Fulton Iron Works, are also
progressing rapidly with the machinery the boilers four
in number nearly completed and ready to receive the
brass tubes in number about $780, and weighing $1,000
pounds they will be fully completed in six weeks
Commodore Stewart commander of the Philadelphia
navy yard board the United States steam figa
Susquehanna Monday morning, and took possession
the ship. The crew then discharged The commo
dore received with salute of nine guns The vesse
will be taken the drydock and undergo thorough
pair 1t is probable that her boilers will have to be re
newed, as those now in use leaky
The FIRE PRNcEroN COLLEGE nIowing partic
uars Of the late fire at Princeton New Jersey College
copied from the New York Express:
"The graduate and friends OF the college of New Jersey
NASSAU HALL at Princeton will regret to learn that the
main building the old North College built in 1850
destroyed by fire Saturday evening last The fire orig
mated by the sparks bursting from open fireplace in
of the rooms, while the occupant was absent Thu
students in the building lost most of their furniture books
and clothes. $4,000 will hardly cover their loss Th.
loss the college $4,000 of which $4,000 is covered
by insurance. None OF the other buildings injured
The building destroyed ZIG feet long by so wide and
four stories high surmounted by bery and containing
students rooms and the old chapel which had recently
been converted into picture gallerythe contents Of
which saved Previous to the battle of Princeton il
occupied by the British troops as their barracks and
the basement they used for stables; it afterwards
regained by the American soldery. At the beginning
of the war there hung in the chapel fu-ength por
| trait of King George il, but during the struggle
cannon ball very unceremoniously entered and quite
as unceremoniousy took off the head Of King George
besides leaving the rest of his body in dilapidaed
condition The frame of the picture was however
| unnjured, and in it afterwards placed picture
by the elder Peae representing the battle of Princeton the
principal figures in which fu-length portrait o.
Gen Washington and Gen. Mercer dying in the arms O.
his comrades. This painting hung the chapel up
the time of the fire and fortunately saved with til,
rest But other thing besides the picture saved
from the building and that was the carved head of Homer
the main entrance which has always been object
peculiar interest the of Nassau Hall Doubtless thu
old North College will be replaced by spacious
edi6ce but the old mbers carved all with
many of which llusious in this counys history and
the charcoal sketches the old walls be
by money and he who turns aside and then from The
business of life to make pilgrimage to his Alma Mater
will mourn their loss
TERRIFIC PINEgIEs OF CARoLMA.The passen-
gers the Wilmington and Manchester railroad, in the
northern part Of South Carolina enjoyed Friday night
last the exciting and magnificent spectacle Of fire in the
woods extending distance of ten miles and show
ing first side then the other, and frequently
both sides of the road. A passenger writes
Occasionally the to the dignity of sublim
ty. Many tall yellow pine was fire TO its very top
waving in the strong wind like vast plume Of flame
Now The flames would crawl up and lick the wheels Of The
locomotive rendering the air the windows TOO ho
to be endured and filling the with suocatng smoke
and then, passed rapidly on, long waverng lines
fire would be sweeping to attack and
unburnt field Now and then would pass large field
which had cultivated upon which great numbers