Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-07

Il great number of contributions of n,ou.,
and articles of different kinds have beer
made in addition to what has been mentioned
Among those mentioned are 81 600 from G
IT, Evans, book publisher of PHILADELPHIA
5000 from the Philadelphia Corn Exchange
$500 from Lathrop, Luddington Co., of N
L., and box containing l25 linen sheet,
from the owners of the steamer Memnon.
A correspondent, writing on Friday after
noon to the Boston Herald from Lawrence
says that one more dead body has been TAX
from the ruins, apparently 25 years old, but
so shoekingly mutilated that even the eyes Of
nearest relatives could not possibly recognize
any familiar lineaments. Her face was
Scared and burned to the depth of about
half an inch.
Nothing remains standing at the scene 0!
the disaster except two immense chimnevs
through which ran the shafting which car
ried on the works in the various rooms.
The Pemberton corporation have the ruins
in charge, and employed about fifty men in
cleaning away the rubbish Their progress.
however, owing to the storm and the difficult
ties OF the job, has been slight The opera
tives, who had worked there with almost SUI
perhuman efforts for "a hours, were worn out
with fatigue, and it was impossible to hire
laborers to prosecute the task of exhuming
those who yet lie buried in the rubbish
The smoke is still ascending from the black
heaps, and streams of water from the fire en-
gines from Manchester were kept on the
heated mass.
A dispatch from Lawrence on Saturday
night which is the latest, says
1.-The remains of Mary Barrett, aged q
years, and Catharine Sweeny, aged %, were
discovered in the ruins to day. both the
bodies were nearly consumed by fire. Four
additional bodies were also found, but they
cannot be recognized. There are now parts
of FIVE bodies at the City Hail. Two are ut.
terly unrecognizIble; the other three can
only be recognized by shreds of clothing
One of the latter is the whole trunk of wo
man.
On the night of the accident, a little daugh
ter of James Bannon, 10 years old WINS
prnned fast in the ruins when the fire rnke
out, and seeing that there was no escape for
her, she took II due Till from her pocket and
handed it to another girl near her, and said
You will lie saved-I will not Give his
t. my poor, dear father, and lid him good
bye for me-"
The most complete list of the dead and
missing that has appeared is contained in the
Lawrence sentinel, and figures up us follows:
dead, 80; missing, lO7; buddy wounded, l04,
slightly, 81.
The free negro I'LL, as amended by the As
sembly of Missouri has passed the Senate, |
aud only awaits the signature of the GuveI- |
nor to become a law. Some of the paper,
are already urging that its consttutioualill |
lie tested, = ould it be approved. This is tn,
last day Of the session, and nothing has vet
been done for the railroads Tor which the ad |
journed session is being held. 1t is though t |
the Governor will call the legislature togtth.
er immediately upon adjournment, should |
nothing be done.
In the Ohio Legislature, Mr. Harrison has
introduced IA bill to prevent forays from that
State against sister States.
Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylvania, says "he will
stick to sherman, for Speaker, till Gabriel
blows his last trumpet"
During the last excitement in the House,
when MIR. Haskins' pistol fell from his bosom,
the ladies in the gallerys became much excl
ted. Several of them leaned forward anx-
iously exclaiming, "let me see the fight"
The failure of Mr.. Douglas, of Illinois, |
to announce the death of his friend Brode- |
rick, in the Senate, is severely criticised by |
some Of the letter writers Who are hostile to |
that gentleman.
The appointment of j. Faulkner, of Va,
as minister to Spain was sent in on the 10th
and has not yet been acted upon.
Daniel H. Donvan has been appointed Sur
veyor of the port of St. Louis.
1t is reported that a strenuous effort is
now being made at Washington to secure the
nomination of ex President Pierce at Charles
ton, by New England politicians, and it is
said that a gentleman lately from California
offered to bet 800 to five cents that Pierce
would be the nominee.
On Saturday evening last a dinner was
given to Bayley Payton, of Cal, at the Acad~
envy of Music in Philadelphia.
A ship will leave n Y. this week for Glib
rata, with provisions for the relief of Moroc
co. Dispatches have been received at Wash
ington stating that the actual events of the
war with Spain are very different from
what are represented through Spanish chan
nels, and that the Spaniards are in rather
bad way.
The gorge in the Mississippi below St.
Louis has broke, and the river is again open
to New Orleans.
The Western Female Seminary. at Oxford,
Ohio, was burnt to the ground. The inmates
all escaped.
At Savannah, Ga, on Saturday, Fanny
Washington won the 3 mile race. Competit
or was second in the second race. Elk
checque beat Tyler two straight heats.
The Washington correspondent Of N. Y.
Times says Capt. Simpsons report of the
survey of the route from Camp Floyd to Car
son Valley recommends an appropriation OF
$3.50 900 to be expended between point
near Pixies Peak aud Tripaugoose. over this
route to the foot of the summit of the Sierr"
Neva ~ in Lake Valley. This will he the
shortest and the principal route AS nm emf
grant road from South Pass t" California
Col Lenders route, the correspondent I'M
,lrrstunds. will be abandoned.
Hon j. E lgar Thompson has accepted the
Presidency of the southern Pacific Railr1 al,
the terms aud conditions required 10y HIM
having been fully and satisfactorily met ly