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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-17
SPECIAL NOTICE-LADIES

~ CHEAP srORE-The subscribers have on hand E
varied assortment Of Ladies Congress Lace Caters Morocco and
Kd Boo and Buskns which they selling much less thar
arst cost An cheap Caters VII please call
ie26 ALEN HILL 4 90 ,12i Main q,
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FISHER q SHEPHERD.
mr.. rIcCIintock,, cold and Cough rTIxturc

DR.. mcCiintOck's Cold ana Cough Mixture
Is safe n plA, with rattesnake 70 title with cold
cough Meet tbs insnus enemy the threhhod with this ire
ssahe sniioc all irritation N the lung and
Enippe With wonderful ceey and m operation varies
dsspp0ints Price IS cents. Sold hy
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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-17

MeIsrs. w. 4 HAS AGO.
Troy, " Y.
eH-Oar having sold large quantities Of your Infsbls
Hair Restorative and hearing universally commended by
many patrons 10 The highest lis SnrABLH
qualities Induced give trial, having for years
been troubled With falling ofthe hair dyness ofthe scalp well
me additional Of grey hairshe scalp being
apparently diseased Aer fLhfuy using small bottle Of
the Restorative, and finding lie good qualities apparent
-nce The Off second and my hair better cond
tCn than before during recollection II has stopped
nz and me scalp has resumed is functions cheer
fully recommend article having all TIE virtues you claim
ior L. In addition my can point ont az edf my
Dersts cify rAO hare bod ne experience m Is
yscE You liberty this letter you may
proper and vii be happy recommend your article personally
any and al oecLsonA
Yours respectfully,
JAMES STEWART,
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-17

OFHcE HosK MUrUAL FIRS MAINE ISsURAScE Co,
81. Louis, Oct 20, 1859
We havs used Helms,reea Hair Preparation, nmltabe Res
torAe) and and the purposes for which design
ed better ihAa Anyh have used before and
oninend It IN the hi chest terms. B. b. HENRY,
O. L. CHESTER.
g. " CROSS
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-17
is TT POSSIBLE TO DO BETTER

MYTH an experience Of than a Of
w century. du Ing which time uousAnds
choice PIANOS have been sold, and AddSYFa42H
with truth without selling bad one" Hay.tf
Ing Superior facilities for the Pianos
her them taer ba1 good
| be procured North South.
some Of late styles have sold they
and d the principal a.iraetors the ch deep
ard dell ate touch -
To friends who prefer ord ring direct from
greatest possbl inducements and Advantage
select PIANOS subject them S
FIVE WARS. No respectable u do b,ie
H. p. NASH A CO,
no2 PsterburF Va
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-17

THOMAS l. GALLEHER
Richmond, Va
The announcement for the session Of $780, 81 VIII furnished
10 those who apply As lndicated. iy6-iy
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29

Full s,ooo,0c0 tuns win come 70 market tie pres
ent year. Seventy per sent, OF 5,Go0 600 tuns, has
gene through TIE jaws Of the breaker leaving behind
tovsr o00, COO tuns Of waste which wase before
stated, lie tie Iurest portion Of the whole The guam
tiiy thus ost ocreases annually with the growth Of
the business In ten years. II will probably amount to
1900 600 iuns rnless less destructive machinery
should be introduced. Three remedies present them
selves as worthy Of attention. Frst Tat coal should
be deposited in large quantities, in urSroken lumps,
AT dentey populated points where even the mere dust
produced by breaking mp would End ready sole for
let it he remembered that tie mountains Of waste
piled up ct tie mines would find a ready market in
every manufacturing town, If Il could only be trans
ported tLitLer. BY this concentration loss would
,ccur but saving Of half dollar per tun between
the price Of broken and unbroken coal Second that
II breakers must be used. something shall be in
vented which viii do the work without the nghiful
loss realized from using the present breakers. But IL
these two euratives should fail then, third that
process shall be invented by which the millions Of tuns
of rich, pure DUST piled up around the mines, may
be eLeaply converted into Jumps as large ordinary
stove coal and thus sufficiently enhanced in value to
bear transportation to market. Compression will
soldiy dry clay but coaldust possesses natural ad
rodueed into tho mass, cheap tenacious, ind water
proof. Machinery will efectualy accomplish the rest.
Chemistry ought to be competent TO this work.
Tie field for such enterprise ia already white
untotLe harvert and the living who will put
in HE sickle and gather it. No great enterprise is
better worthy of attention than this. Vast the coal
trade has now become il is even yet in it's infancy.
1t sgiowiDg rapidly that Of England, which now
amounts to coco, 600 tuns annually. Had we good
Government, it would be difficult to Say what would
be its volume twenty years hence. Even under official
hostility for succession Of years it has gone on increas
ing aid ia M greatly in excess Of any previous
one. There must be minds in this country who can
appreciate this suggestion for utilizing the coal waste
and come competent to effect it. Let them think de-
termne, and make the attempt. All great ideas have
been met by ridicue at the commencement Such may
be tie fate Of tbis But he who succeeds in solving
tie difficulty will take rank public benefaster, and
become millionaire.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29
FAT OFFICES OF NEW.YORK,
-
Of The Boston Post.

Correspondence Of The Boston Post
EiIst, in Importance ard revenue Comes the Coilec-
toslip, with it's fixed salary. of $3.50, and some
S2OC0 more in the form Of rckings and fees In the
Custt House. as subordinates 10 the Great Tycoon
above referred to- are Auditor at s. 900 an Assist
AMI Auoitor, 5000; Cashier, 5000; Assistant
Gather $500 seven Deputy Collectors e. 500 each
G,Ier'l AIprther. $3.50; three Appraisers, 81 500;
1900; Warehouse SupeiiDter dent, 1000; Drug Ex-
sniper $780, Il iryhree Clerks, at 81 500 thirty.
three Weelers, Gaueers, ard Measurers, at 81 4S5;
twepty.,A ks, hi 81, 400; Liqmdating Clerk
ffs. ight, at LILO; two hundred and ixtyone In
spectos, &C., AT OBS; thirtyur Clerks, at 81 00),
ard ole hundred and twenty-five regularly salaried
Clerks, &c. whose pay varies from 800 10 $500 per
snnum. Deed moi enlarge upon the suggestive Item
of extra ICES fees, ard the long detail OF similar
meih,ds Of increasing both the number and pay Of
Off, II IN hs department Of Uncle Samuel shoussbod;
ICED refer 20 the local ight-Hou service with
its inn ense IatronGge-say $780, oO.
Then, us Fort Of eorollary must be named the Ma
val Office With its chief officer at 1880 and the in
DE- tLe Tor rather nfnite ecr three deputies, ~ 600;
two ,ute dnat.s al 500; seven Mt 81, 4o0 two at
sI,2O0; FIVE at 81 ,G5G; twenty -sve at sl,OoO and
thirteen at from $500 TO $500. Let not omit men.
ZION Of the Surveyors Office which furnishes easy.
chairs for the following oficisls: Surveyor, $500;
two derniits ut 5000 one clerk NJ 200; four al
81 100; five at 81 600 and several subs at from
$500 70 $7C0 each.
II Pos,-C thee ia always vastly overestznated as q
source of income IT, it's incumbent, albeit tho late la
nented Dir. Fowler found it profitable placer. The
actual salary is oily e. 900, with commission upon
the rent Of the boxes and sundry fees and grsbbin,
which, united, mahe tie lace worth from five 10 eight
Il ousaid honest dollars er annum.
Tie DistIict-AtioIne, and the Marshalship are
Iut down in tie appropriations at 500 and fees This
lat item il Of vary ing magnitude, but Ii most rsmuner-
alive in the of the Msrsbsl whose Office IL worth
protally ten thousand dollars honestly and can be
made to Jay twice much by such cannot afford TO
keep cons fence.
The Assistant Treasurer gets s6000 bis chief clerk
g. lO0 al Lire clerks, messengers and wstehmen di-
vi an org II EN- come tl2,tO0 annually. The Super.
ntendent of the Assay Office receives IS, 500 and the
Assayer and Refrr each s. o0 then there arc eight
atsuians and die'ks who receive from 81 $40 to 800
each.
Steam boat hulls and boilers have TO be inspected by
Two sffcials who pocket $4,000 for this service
srperi oiy Inspector gets 500. OF Oour-s there is
ling LET ~ nopdesctipt public officers wboes emolu
ments avail TO keep from starving hundreds if not
thou,ards Of our citizens. The above are, however,
such M viii first DO exhausted in the impending
scramble.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29

again. snd that the period Of this oscillation from,
maximum back to maximum O. ain, or from uiiniuu n
back 10 minimum was about 10 years. This remark
Tie law Of recurrence shortly afterfuy confirmed
by General Sabine. British officer, from magnetic
observations made at Toronto and Hobarton who with
Profess y Gantitr and Wolf Two swis physicists,
detected what had escaped lamont that THE period
areed with that Of the collar spots and that the maxi
mum and minimum in each corrcsponded exactly.
Lamont's period was shown TO be little too wall,
ILL years being considered the best result.
The lonor Of the discovery OF the perioAciy Of the
collar spots belongs exclusively to Schwabo Of Dosu,
who began 10 watch the daily in l63G, and con-
tinusd 10 do 20 with penSent devotion seldom sur
passed in tho annals Of astronomy His observatory
was small apartment the top Of bis dwclng-house,
aDS his apparatus, like that Of Lescarbsult, the dis
of the apocrypha planet Vulcan, was Of the
simplest kind In 1913 he first announced bis suspicion
of Ieriodicty but it was not till 1851 that it was
given forth TO tie world, completely established in the
Sd volume Of Cosmos.
TIE correspondence of this period with the magnetic
period first discovered by Lamont is thought to promise
tie discovery of principle prevailing throughout the
solar system, perhaps coextensive with grsvitatiOn
RCporter-This s all very wonderful Doyou think,
sr that these spots on the sun have anything to do
" it'll the weather.
AstroHom1.-Itiss 50 suspected. Professor Buckley,
Of Columbia College, has been engaged in this very in
vesdeation for the last two years keeping daily
meteorological journal and comparing the records with
TIE solar spots. He finds the atmospheric changes Of
temperature follow the changes Of the spots with re.
uarkable precision. No considerable openings in the
solar photosphere observed to be turned toward
the earth during the recent severe weather. while,
throughout the term that preceded it, there were
several fne groups of spots. In of these psrtic-
ularly, there enormous spot, large enough 10
admit sphere eight times the volume Of the earth.
The Professors theory s, briefly, that from these great
mouths of The sun elastic matter ssues, which, by
contraction it approaches the earth, evolves heat.
This ia field of discovery but little trodden, and
premises rich returns to the dilgent investigator.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29

10 X, On hr retirement stocks 20 the value Of $4,000
lie had realized In lhs concert sPecuhsiops large
a~eunts al 0f which be lost in attempting 10 esablsh
opera.
We rave little 10 reeie in the way Of musical enter
tainmentf. The Philharmonic Society give their usual
round the learned interest conferred on q symphony,
about which the majority present Gady refuse TO be in
Srtuss, 0servng their best appliance for come central
figure al ave-a cornet player in too or something
hardly Ices resonant. Piano Rolos at discount at
these concerts in the Academy for the they
would be in Washington square. The place Is too
large for the instrument. All singing at them ia more
or hes rslbd being shorn Of dramatic energy and ideal
baton. The public ould bet reconsider the orchestra
and i works for that is the life and soul Of the Phil
harmonic all else being accessory and dispeusable.
On Christmas night according to custom. the New.
York Harmonic Society gave at the Academy Hsndels
kss''@h-the principal parts by Mesdamee Eckhardt
and Scepel, and Nessrs. stigelh and Formes The
elous not powerful enough for the building, and
tie orchestra too weak. The eolos Of this work are
without q c charm of more modern melody and the
Interest ,ught 20 lie in great masses Of sound Amid
much II the old fzle and glut Of fugues there come
passages fresh and potent. The Halielai chorus for
example: This however the freshest of the collection,
rsquirs FIVE hundred voices and hundred orches-
ira. Then we arrive a. perception of its big OBJ
jetNes. For spiritual music in the fine Of the
the religion OF sorrow-the grand character
ktc 81 Christianity in Standardization 10 the Jolly
crowd Of Olympus-we must not look TO Handel's
Ass'iah. But for perfect mastery in the mechanical
contraction and transcendenia meaning Of the fugue
about tie only form ventn'ed upon one hundred and
twenty Year, ago for vocal combinations, this work
may be ever studied. There is one portion Of it,
apart from the old Italian rbodomontade Of vocal
kourishes utterly beneath the dignity of the subject
namely, g TIE Trumpe! shall sound" where an obi.
CATO ,olo for the trumpet web adapted to the opening
couptyfair and fearfully high TO pitch-kpocks
ali thoughts Of scriptures futuIity the head This
sang by Hr. FOrmes ard played well by Mr.. -,
epeored We sorry 10 say.
This society works hard-a labor Of love. Composed
Of amateurs who pursue study for its own sake, and
meet literally the expenses Of the concert-roon they
sAnnet be TOO well spoken Of regarded by the pRbc
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29
Reserve, died IN Ellsworth Ohio, on the 9TH Of Decem-
To- In, ba 7qsh NJ hia

Res rye, died IN Enswoh Ohio, on the 9TH Of Decem-
Der, in the 18th year Of bis age.
Bigler Of Pennsylvania, meeting John Cochrane
casually in the hall at Willards Hotel ssid, what
about tits Bailey fraud, Cochrane do you hear any
thing in addition I" "Oh," replied Cochrane, there
is nothing in Addition: It's all in Subtraction"
--Ileut.. Col. William Henry Walker has resigned
his rosion in the United States army on the issue OF
Ies,tanee to Linooln's Inauguration. He was shot
seven times in one day in Mexico.
1t is stated that Charlotte Cusbman, by her four
weeks .Dgagen ent at the Boston Theate realized the
Ian dsome Gum Of sir thou,and doiiarS
Mr.. Reginald southcy, nephew of the poet, has
been elected to the Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship at
Oxford.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29

As an evidence Of the latent Union feeling still ex
iuiirg and unsubdued at the South bear that within
the tint two days after the delivery Of tho great Union
speech of Senator JOHNSON Of Tennessee he received
lC3 letters Of approval from Mary land sad Virgins"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
The seeeder. Sustained in Deiawsr,

NEW CASTLE. Del, May 2s-Messrs. Bayard
aud Whitley addressed a meeting of The reouls,
democracy on Saturday aud gave an account OF
thelr Stewardship at Charleston After an e1cit.
ing discussion OF more than -four hours the meet
ing sustained their action The county convsn-
ton also held It's session and instructed Messrs
Baysrd and Whitley 20 resume their seats in the
Baltimore Convention provided. in their opinion
the nationality Of the Constitution should be ~
stored by the action Of a Sufficient portion Of tbs
regular delegations from the seoed ng Democratic
states There was only one negative vote In tle
Convention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
Proceedings OF To-Day,

IN THE SENATE, to-day, no business Of import.
ance was transacted up to the taking up of the
special order-the Houmas land grant bill-when
our report closed.
HoUsE-The House resumed the consideration
Of the Pacific railroad bill
Mr.. Woodson, as a compromise between IN.
various propositions, proposed a main trunk from
san Francisco between the thirty eth and fortv-
second parallel OF north latitude, to connect with
branches from Iowa, Missouri and Texas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
THE LATEST NEWS
TEL EG RAPHIC.
Three DAYS LATER FRon EUEoPt
Arrivnl Of the Arnhin

arrival Of the Arabia
hAL,FAx, May 2s.-The steamer Arabia has
arrived With Liverpool dates 90 the 10Th inst
Florence N@'i"s oieo -
Dens Life announces that a meet ng took place
c,ss ~. sey rs anu heenan at that once 70 dis
'ne means OF term insting the dispute betwren
mem as 70 The possession Il the chan MON n, l,elt
ax was ultimately agreed that two new beits.
.ho,sa ~ .eIbarus OF the one 80 much coveted
suoulo De made, the money for the purchase 90
oe raised by public subScrfptoa Each OF the
helaAtes Is To head the lisa Ger that % be held
ey ais opponent The old belt will remain in
the Possession Of the proprietor Of Bell, ~. 90
/ OF wearing IL. - -''''
sayers l.@s engaged TO retire from the prime ring
1 The Intelligence from Sicily toprhfny t;,,f
4 oaldl movements still continued 20 10 nneaC,e
sno cohnleuag, but the reports gen, rally concur
S h representa- ny him as making good progress
| some accounts say that he had CAPTURED sll the,
most important positions In Sicily e,ceptipV Pa
/ lermo and Messina After he had landed III,
forces at hassla, Neapolitan vessels commenced
pom 9sIoIng mat town without giving any warn
Ing, but the British vessels inter posed for tho mo
lection Of the English residents
~ was reported that the King Of Naples has . ID
Piled Tor Intervention II was also r1mored that
| treaty, offensive and defensive had her con-
cluded between Naples Rome ana Austria ana
an the deposed ltsl an sovereigns
Inc latest accounts from Naples state that the
utnost CONSERVATION prevailed. Tumultuous de-
nonsratlons bad taken place the troops were
dlspirited, and the ROYAL family were hacking
thelr jewels In anticipation OF an insurrection,
whlch, nom numerous strong indications seemed
| to be imminent
6sribaldi was moving on Palermo
Inc BRUSH Government has issued a proclama-
ion against the enlistment Of troops for the Pope
In Ireland. -
IL was reported that General Lsmo,c,e,. h,d
'haoe forward movement with the Papal troop.
and that 5000 Piedmont-se troops haa smbnrked
from Genoa TO check him
positively asserted that the French army
nas oeeh ordered to evacuate Rome Also. that
the sandman Government has ordered the oar
Ilson OF central ltaly to move rapidly by forced
marches TO the Poutheal frontiers
Inc Paris BourSe las been greatly depressed.
but the rentes closed irmer
-Four ships Of war have been sent to NapIes a
aue Iedues, OF the French Minister. Another feet
was about 10 proceed to Levant
Unauthenttcated rumors Of a new French mill
tarV loan were In circulation.
Accounts rom Spain state that General Con
cha has been elected President of the Spanish
Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
PernanaI.

" Prof. h. t. Fristoe, of Columbian College
In this city, has been elected to the Professorshr
OF Mathematics and Astronomy in the Missouri
State University, at salary of 81 900 per annum
''" Capt Fl. w. Morris, u. s. N; Mr. Kemper
man. OF Bremen; Messrs. Parker. OF China: w
and r. Maitland, of Calcutta South Africa: and
T. Dayee, of Smyrna, Asia Minor, are at Will
lards,. v -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
Weather and PeIi,ic. I'm G.orria

ArGusTA, MAY 2S.-The weather throughout
the state is getting intensely hot Politics are
raging with considerable luminosity. The anti
seceders are using every endeavor 20 secure a IA
vorable resu II IN the approaching State Conven-
ton, and the friends Of the seceders are no less
energetic 70 defeat il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
AIDES. MISSES. AND cVUDRpN,s

fiad. - n -. U7s ,esp ectfuIy 70 Inform his
t,: Lends. Ladies Of Wsshinston.. III i''S
piaces,-of the removal of his Ia
70 No. "S s1 s'H Pa i ssen Fifteenth 49,
corner 81 Tenth street, south side ana will ...n
an Wednessday sth instant. with an slsfent.
Shn2ren's CUSIOd-MADE SHOES. mad to
sPecia order for this opening, md as traaf 70 ~,
ei..iasie patrons everywhere. - ~ MS
arem. unnecess airy to give q detailed de-
sSass ~ the New - OK as taking up too ueh
=, Sgh 70 lsarn that the "Shnes have come ~ Int
o. .ees ~ The community who have never yet tried
own in,sl me nndersigned begs To say for their
al ~ "a ~ me hIst day-lt will be to tae interest OF
"'A - VI - C. wEIRMAN. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
Alexandria Markets.

ALEXANDRIA. Nav % -Flour-Famfly S6 ga
8 25; extra &C .50aS6 IS; SUPER IS s7kas6 whsai
white. fair to good, ~ 39aSI Is; red 81 3ns
81 b Corn-white 79c mixed SOC yellow TIC
I'VE ceas;Sc; Oats 40ai4c. Corn Meal 74aSOc per
bushel. Seeds-Timothy - SOas3 50; Clover S5a
IS So Flaxseed 81. PrOvisiOas-Butter, roll lea
2oc Bacon lOci Pork S7s7 50 Lard 1Oa12c
whisky 2sa36c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
Marine Disasters.

NORFOLK, May 2S The schooner Maud from
Germantown, bound To this port, went ashore last
night on Willoughby Point. Her cargo is a total
loss.
The ship Luna, cher port and destination no,
named) ashore at Carriers Island is going 10 pieces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
Baltimsre Markets.

BALTIMORE, May 29.-Flour is steady; Howard
street s. SO. Wheat is qdiet; white 81 sOaSI g
red 81 30al IS. Corn is active; white 6sa72 vel
low 63a67c. Provisions generally held at higher
rates mess pork sis; prime SIS; rump SI4; bacon
sides lOa Whisky Is nominal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
Observation-Disclosures,

BosToN, May 2S The nortberly end Of Long
wharf which hos bern repairing, slid into the
docf last night, destroying stone sea wall sixty
feet long, and an earth embankment twenty zee,
in depth. Loss $40 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
rNEw YORK AVENUE CHURCH

@NEW YORK AVENUE CHURCH FES
~ IlNAL AND co y &c RT.-Fhe Festival
iof me cement OF the New York Avenue Presbt ts-
nan Church will commence This Tuesday JEVF
NM, AZ hall Past O'Clock, at WIllards' Hall
anu continue i9I four nights. Tie ladies' of the
cong aton VIII spare no pains to make this the
most agreeable affair of tn season. WIZ
All VINO may honor them by attending NAV rest
assuieu tnet they viii not only spend pleasant
ss,hins but contribute at the time to an Oh
Isos IN exefy way worthy of the patronage of gen
n nc estiya will close on Friday Night with a
Zones toi vocal and Instrumental Music al which
the direction of Prof Daniel ma sa ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29

TMILlTARY-Captain TAFT. of the Natior.I
QS Guard, and captain king, of the ITnion
SssIds' having, at the various Joint meetings OF
omcers representing the volunteers of this eitS
snds avored to foIm egiment in one uniform. and
nndlhg that come ether commands did not show a
dIsp ,stlou TO co operate with them have now de
termlned TO consolidate their coInpanies To he
known as Company A and b, as a basis of a battai-
ION or regImental Organization. ma n M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29
Immense Destruction Of Railroad Propert,
bV Fire

PHrLADELPHIA, MAY % The depot Of the Cam
den and Amboy Railroad Company at Borden
locomotives. besides a large amount Of other
property were destroyed.