Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-26

cleansing Of the great Pontine Marshes OF our
American cities, little accomplish in the puriica
ton of our social life, until we resolve on two
measures LIST. To lay hold, by municipal and State
laws, and by private action, on the rising genera
ton of the poor and degraded and to open to them
the benefits of education, and the practice and re-
ward of industry-by instituting wide system OF
Industrial Instruction; and, Cd BY revising our
emigration laws, and establishing such a system OF
inland transportation and settlement of immigrants,
as shall at the same time relieve our seaboard Of
its surplus population, and build up the untenanted
though luxuriant wildeincsses Of our country into
Paradises of peace and plenty for smiling world
of redeemed outcasts.
When shall the first step be takens Who will
be the Columbus to discover New World for the
Poor f--American Nv. ~ Times.
On the 9th ult., as the train on the South
srn Railroad approached Pearl River viaduct,
between Brandon and jackson, Miss, the cotton
was discovered to be ON fire. The whole load OF
thirty-threo bales was consumed involving the
company in loss of some 81, 500.
49, The entire police force of Philadelphia will
make their appearance in short time in the new
hat adopted by the Mayor. The hat is made Of
six, with the tips and about one inch of the crown
covered with black Patent-leather The expense
will be borne by the policemen each paying 81 rs.
- Ned has runaway with your wife" said one
friend to another. 'Poor fellow, pity him !" was
the reply.
- Aman ed Elias P. Perkins, was arrest
cd on Thursday night in N. Y. with passing coun-
terfeit half dollars. On searching his person, %
of the spurious coins were found.
- John B. Hannis child, IL months old, was
burned to death in New York few days since, its
clothes having taken fire from a stove. The jury
rendered verdict Of accidental DEATH
- Between four and five thousand dollars
have been collected, in New York, for suitable
testimonial to Commodore Perry.
- Be wise, for, in gaining wisdom, you also
sain an eminence from which no shaft of jealousy
and malice can hurl you.
- An exquisitely dressed young gentleman,
after buying another seal to dangle about his deli.
cite person, said to the jeweler that he "woud
All, like to have ah something engraved on it all
20 denote what he was an" "Certainly certainly
will put cipher on it" said the tradesman.
- party of Apache and Utah Indians, on
the 26th of December, attacked a party of whites,
at Pueblo, New Mexico, and massacred fourteen
men, taking three women and two children prison
ers, and leaving two women wounded, supposng
them to be dead. The Indians numbered about
one hundred.
The greatest excitement prevails in Santa
Fe, in consequence of an apprehended general In
dian warfare, and the hostile attitude of the Indian
tribes of the Territory, who swearing vengeance
against the Americans and Me1icans
- The Provincial Parliament of Canada re-
assembled on Friday. A measure was introduced
for the abolition Of postage on newspapers.
- About three o'clock yesterday afternoon
the extensive stabling attached to the Washing
ton House, on Market street, in the Twenty-fourtf
ward, Philadelphia, was set on fire and entirely
destroyed. The stables were well filed with ha,
and oats, and at the time upwards oftwenty horse
Al. TI,ax,x aalle INIT ly n
four, which were burned. One of the horses be
Ionged to Mr.. w. K. Super, the proprietor Of th
Washington House, and the others TO Washington
Rayenscott, a drover from Ohio. The stable
were owned by Patrick Kelly, and were insured
Mr. Super's loss IS also covered by insurance.
The druggist store Of George Coster Co
and the millinery establishment of Mrs Sughi, a
Mobile, were destroyed by fire on the 18th inst
loss is estimated at 10000. Insurance, SIT ,00t
- Storer, the man who commit,sd a highwa
ROBBERY at Lowell, Mass, by stuPefying his victim
with chloroform, has received sentence of tel
years imprisonment in the State prison.
- Steamboat Bacon, from st. Louis, for New
Orleans, sunk on Sunday last, at the junction o
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and with her car
60 is total loss This makes three frst-class ST
Louis steamboats, that have been sunk within ,
week, causing loss of about 100000.
- The British Admiral reviewed the troops
Havana with Concha on the 18th decree ha
been issued and enforced prohibiting the sale 0
firearms and ammunition on the island.
- Martha j. Shepherd has been fined in tn
Newburyport police court, for Furnishing a bo
who went to her school. She tied his hands an,
feet, blindfoded him, and laid him on the floor 70
three hours.
- The locomotives james K Polk ant
al Sam Houston" came together at full speed tn,
other day on the Nashville and Chattanooga rail
81 tran atr, L. .,,I
sued but when the smoke cleared up from tn
field of battle, 1t was discovered that the Polk
was victor over the hero Of San Jacinto. No dam
ACE was done except to the locomotives.
- The incendiary, Robert Wilson, was con
waited at Canton New York, on Saturday morning
for arson in the second degree, and was sentences
for life TO the State prison.
- II Is stated that Mayor Wood Of New
York, is engaged in investigating alleged fraud
in which there is involved over 100000. Il i
alleged that the parties implicated sailed for Eu
rope in the Pacific, and that their positions wcr
Of highly influential character.
- John Mitchell, as the whole United State
knows, started for the South via Cincinnati He
II Ia said, did not go any further West or Sout
than Cincinnati. According TO the New York cor
respondent Of the Charleston Courier, he arrive,
in that city some time since, and had the pleasur
Of seeing in all the papers Geographic despatch
announcing his arrival at hatcher.
- Baracoa, Island Of Cuba, was visited by
terrific hurricane on the night of the 9Th January
ult., the most severe that has been experience,
there for many years. II swept along the horde
Of the northern coast, and it was accompanied b,
an immense fall of rain the rivers we're overflow
ed, and the tobacco crop was destroyed. The co
coa-nut trees suffered alsonot only the fruit, blu
many trees we're blown down. and the nuts from
the standing trees continued 10 fall for several day
in green state.
- n. T. Tucker, tried for the murder o
his son Vincent, and in which case the jury die
not agree, has been pronounced insane and viii b,
sent TO the State Lunatic Asulum
- Henry Loring, of Columbia, Pa, died al
Marietta last week from exposure.
- The Legislature Of Missouri has passed !
bin authorizing loan Of two hundred thousand
dollars TO be made TO the "Paci6c railroadr IN
that State, out of any funds in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated II is expected that III,