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ANOTHER FIRE IN BROADwA

ANOTHER FIRE IN BROADWAY.
Between twelve and one O'Clock Tuesday morning
IRE was discovered In the hoop skirt mandatory Miss
N. j. Carr, No s3l Broadway. The flames spread randi
y and in short time the entire store and building were
on fire. The loss on stock and fixtures will be about
companies. The building owned by the Iorilard e.
tate damaged about 81 500 insured Phineas God
Union square Post Ofce The letters were sayod but
the stock and fixtures are damaged about $780, Insured
fo VI eooin the City Of Hartford and Everett Insurance
companies. Tho building No. 49, owned by the LOril.
lard estate, damaged about 5000. Insured in the
Iorilard Insurance Company. occupied BY Chas
stock about $500. Insured for in the Pheni1,
Hrtard, Montauk and Firemen's Insurance companies.
FIRE IN HOUSTON srREBr.
Between nine and ten O'Clock FIRE occurred In the DOR.
Tar house Of Alexander Cross No. el2 Houston strsets
damaging his stock the Of 81 $780, NO insurance
Damage 70 furniture by nre and water about 81 900; no
insurance. The building Is owned by VIM. c. Ameran.
damaged about 1000; insured for 5000 in the
FIRE IN THIRD AVENUE.
AT four O'Clock on Monday afternoon fire occurred In
the dwelling No l4l Third avenue among some bedding;
e1tdinguished with . few pals Of water. Damage
FIRE m EAST NINETEENTH STREET.
About nine O'Clock on Monday night IRE was discov-
cred IN the dwelling house No. Is East Nineteenth street,
caused BY the furnace heSer; extingushed by the
FIRE IN LEXINGTON AVENUE. O
Shortly asef ten O'Clock Monday night nre occur
red in the house Of No. 10 Hook and Ladder Comp6v
corner Of Fitch street and Lexington avenue peeo.s
the names were exnguished the building and Suck ver
considerably damaged The hre supposed 70 Do SSe
work Of IN incendiafy.
FIRE N EAST TwRNTY.sEcoND STREET.
About ten O'Clock yesterday morning nre occurred IA
the dwelling house No. 17o East Twenty second strest
caused by child settiag fire to . bed with 8 Hshte3
candle. Damage hs0ne.
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BxRLx, Dec. II, 1859.
Dismissal of General Von Bonin-Artstrory Conduct
the Prince Regem-ASother Eletioneerino Struggle Be
tceen tie Democracy and the Consitutiowalias-
IN Fdov Of Maintaining the lnriolabliy Of Neutral
Properly on tAe High Seas-HealA Of he King &c., DC
To-day am able to communicate further particu
ars respecting the dismissal Of General Won Boniu which
continues engross considerable share Of the public at
tenton appears that bis plan for the
the army had been discussed In Cabinet Council previous
to the journey Of the Prince Regent 10 Besau and after
protraced debate in which the General gave detailed
ezoss Of the specific reasons for every alteration pro-
posed was finally approved Of by all the ministers pre-
SENT and by the Regent himself the increased ex
pendture that would be occasoned by the new organz
ton, no difficulty raised that score there being
about fourteen million thalers remaining from the yolun
ary loan Of the present year. the application of which
to military purposes, for which they were original
" designed, would hardly be objected TO By the Cham
bers After the Princes return from Breslau however
be sent for BONN, and informed him that he ad
ed the subject and found that his project involved TOO
radical change in the military institutions Of the king
dom, which bad worked so well during the great war
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late meeting convened by an indignant shareholder
broke down for want OF quorum. There considera-
PIE noise and osnfuson }" but no resolutions nor sens
BILE conclusions At the meeting of shareholders to be
held jan 1lth $780, all business pertaining 70 the
ship will be brought forward, and definite action
piece Of marine architecture the world ever saw There
nov direct prospect that the ship viii be chartered 70
and majority Of the shareholders being n favor Of thai
course. that DONE will thres or four very
desirable ENDS The company win raise money enough "a
pay of all the debts and finish the ship abe will be put
into regular trade and the shareholders viii guarau
eed handsome dividend on their shares at par 1t is
much TO be hoped that this will be DONE for Mr. Lever
gets the steamer she win make her fret voyage TO New
York, and give several million Americans the
patras barge the Adriac the Vanderbilt and the Persia
al relied into ons and something grauder than them all
Whether the Grea. Eastern If put into the New York
and CALIFORNIA trade depends upon chc instances
The mail service from Liverpool via Cork has utterly
broken down. The last mail landed by the Canaia at
Queenstown was forty hours in getting TO London
and twenty three hours before the mail was delivered In
Liverpool, the steamer was riding at her anchor
age in the Mersey. This will never do Cork
out OF the way 1t 10 over five hundred miles from Lon
by combined land and carriage and il out o.
the way for the steamers to in there On the other
hand, Galway is q day nearer America than Cork and
several hours London that short cut at taking
the wind of the sails of the Galway steam Comnanv
will not answer. Perhaps IL Mr.. Cunard and the Liver
poolans could have the shaping fashioning Of the
British ises TO their own liking, they might out
better job than dame Nature did As it Is, must put
mp with the handiwork OF the Almighty As sam Sick
says, Zone thing "a pretty certain and pity they up
there on the Mersey could find 1t out Liverpool amt
all the word" Should that unfortunately be the case
you will probably find ii out soon az
BY this steamer Mr.. Bucknghau, Smith goes 20 Anne
RIGA He has served two three years Secretary OF
Legation at Madrid, and probably added much to
his FORMER extensive learning the field OF Spanish
literature and history. Since the death OF irving
aud Prescott he at the head OF American writer's
an scholars IN everything pertaining the literature OF
the Spaniards, the Moors and the Mexicans Among a
large number Of Incompetent deadheads aud pretenders
that havT represented your country abroad Mr. Smith
has stood conspicuous scholar, q inguist ana a
gentleman and he is every way honor your nation
and 70 the diplomatic service hope the rnites States
may soon have bis services in higher position
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-02-10
A Series Of Ca!amities.

Last week was marHed by several fligh,fu
accidents, involving. death in the most pain
iul forms. the burnln. If the Elm stree,
tenement house in New York Was less &c
s,raclive than was at irst supposed. and pro.
badly not more than nine or ten persisted, al
though some of the survivors appear to bt
fatally injured. The hnldins was % +, ct b,
% and six stories high. and was occupied b.
~ families. embracn. 10 persons. In,
passage u the upper stories was bv a steer
and narrow staircase. which was first involv-
cd in the flames, and no ladders of the fire
department. could reach the upper stories, So
that all "cre>> Was cut off.
The explosion at the hat factory in Brook.
iyn on Thursday caused lie death of six men
an" the manning of many others The noise
OF tine explosion was heard IL mile Distant
The coroner S inquest on the explosion in Il
Br"oklyn di>tllrry. several DAYS before, by
winch two men were killed. attributed the ac-
cident to deficiency Of water in the boilers
bat found nobody 10 blame The boiler of a
Sic I'm grist-mili Il. Wilmington. DEL. explo.
ded on the l,t. tearing the building to pieces
Killing the fireman.. negro. and slightly
"onnd'ng another man. \ piece OF the boi
Ter weighing thousand pounds was thrown
loIty feet and through brick wall The
boiler of saw-'niil al R.v. Mich. exploded
on the Isl tor Lack Of water The fireman
was killed. and the boiler passed through Il
frame house adjoining. kiilinya woman and
severely Injurny child
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The LAWRENCE Observation-Disclosures OF
THE CORONERs JURY.-The verdict of the
Coroner's Jury in the case of the Pemherton
Mill has been made public. They declare
the direct cause Of the falling of the mill was
the weakness and inetficiency Of the cast iron
shoring-that the thinness of the brick walls
and their manner of construction, the length
of span from one support to another beneath
the floor timbers, as we'll as the distance from
"ne floor timber to another, were additional
causes and aided in the general deroli,ion Of
The building-that so far as actual defects in
the cast iron pillars existed, the responsible
~ rests upon Albert Fuller, the former con-
tracing agent and foreman Of the Eagle Iron
Foundry, then at West Bos,on-,hat upon
Charles II. Bigelow. beirg the architect as
well as superintendent Of the structure, rests
I'LL responsibility arising from the insufficient
test Of said pillars, and from any and every
defect, weakness and insecurity in and abou,
the general construction of said building.
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A WHITE GIRL Bo,Gur ny W,pn pr,,

WHITE GIRL BOUGHT ~ WARD BEECH
ERS CIiuECH.-A white girl, nine wears OF
age, one-sixteenth African nv blood. WAS rx-
hibltel in Rev. Henry Ward Beechers church
r""klyn, after service on Sunday. and tn.
$500 necessary for her purchase pledged ON
the spot, Lady III the audience making her.
self responsible for any deficiency in III.
amount collected. The story of this girl is
beautiful commentary on the slave system
OF this country. She is one of six children,
born at Washington, the national capital.
whose father is white phi, stefan of the hiph-
est responsibility. and the mother a lirbt p,u-
latto slave. Five of the children and the
mother had been sold to go South, and this
one had been engaged for $500 by slave
trader, when clergyman at Alexandria learn
"a the facts and got permission to bring her
North, to see If money could be raised to
Tree her. Such an appeal could not be re>is-
tea by Mr. Beechers church, and tie little
white girl will not be sold South TO become.
"a breeder" for some respectable white man
a An eminent physician of New York
got on board one of the city railroad cars a
few days since. In moment he said-"La-
DIES and gentlemen. there is a malignant case
OF small pox on board this carl smell it :"
l" moment the Car was stopped, and the
passengers fled. all hut one, and that NO.
man, closely vSiled. The doctor asked her
to lift her veil. She did, and he beh.ld
most dreadful case Of that foul and danger
Gus disorder. She said that size was on her
way to the hcspital--her attendant was on
the outside.
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ing as occasion required; ard thus the peo-
pie were poisoned.
THE CALIFORNIAN,
BY G. NJ. STONE & co.
St. Johnsbury, Friday, Feb. 10, 1860
For County Commissioner.
Hon. JAMES D. BELL, Of Walden
ELECTION-First Tuesday in March.

As We noticed last week, q Republican
speaker has been elected and the Union has, mt
been dissolved yet. As unexpected as this
event may be to our readers,-after the
threats Of the past two months,-we believe
it is strictly true. Pennington is speaker,
and the onion stands!
This late contest shows contrast with
that of two years ago which is highly favor
able to the Republicans. Then the House
consisted Of 22S members, and under the
plurality rule Mr.. Banks received 1903 against
100 for his leading opponent, Gov. Aiken Of
$. c. There were ten scattering votes and
fifteen absentees on that occasion. Now
the House consisted Of 237 members and
was full with the exception of three-Mr.
Brown Of KY, who is not yet Of constitu-
tional age to take his seat, Mr.. Stallworth Of
Ala, dem. and Mr.. c. B. Cochrane of N. Y.
rep, who were both sick. MIR. Pennington
did not vote. This time, it was found impos-
>i5le to adopt the plurality rule and the Re-
publicans were enabled to elect their speaker
by clear majority, he receiving III and his
opponent ll6.
One word in regard to the conduct of the
Republicans in Congress in this remarkable
struggle. They are entitled TO great credi,
for the Grmness, punctuality and moderation
that has marked their conduct during this
exciting and protracted struggle. They have
stood shoulder to shoulder, and acted with
wonderful unanimity. Having decided upon
Mr. Sherman as their candidate, they allow
ed no taunt, threat, or wilful misrepresenta.
,ation to swerve them from their course. Pa.
tiently and firmly they stood by him, till he.
seeing he could not be elected, resigned
Then, with the same spirit Of harmony and
unanimity, they turned from him to Mr.. Pen
nington, with their entire vote, and elected
him. For their untiring devotion to princi-
pies, and their discreet action, they deserve
The respect and praise Of every true Repub-
iican. Prominent among those who hav.
come out Of the struggle with honor, stands
John SHERMAN. Bold, manly and magnan-
imous, he has won the hearts Of all. II.
vas defeated, but it was no fault on his part;
he has shown himself worthy Of the hishes,
i'onors, and he may get :hem yet
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lature for disunion convention came up fol-
consideration in the Legislature of Maryland
and the leading men Of both parties denoun.
ced the proposition as reasonable, and there
was large vote to lay them on the table
without reading.
1t is reported that the slave trade is brisk.
The captains Of the slavers are bold, and
scarcely make any concealment Of their plans.
Several cargoes Of slaves have been known
to leave the west coast of Africa within a
short time, and nobody was near to prevent.
When We get an efficient administration We
shall hear less Of the African slave tade, both
at home and abroad.
The Republicans Of the House found no
more difficulty on Monday in electing their
candidates for doorkeeper and postmaster
than was experienced in the previous cleo
ton OF those for clerk and sergeant-at-arms.
George Marston Of N. H. was chosen door
keeper by IL majority, and Jonah NJ. Lucas
OF Illinois, postmaster by 6. The Democrat
ic vote in both cases was divided between
two candidates, and the Americans had sepa-
rate candidates also.
Referring to the State Convention, the
Burlington Times says, I'VE feel authorized
in predicting that it WILL be held in Montpe-
lie.."
The Legislature Of Florida has followed
the bad example Of Arkansas in enac,ing a
Hack law. It requires all free blacks to
leave the state previous to October. or choose
masters and become slaves.
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st. JOhnsbury Centre u. N. DC.

Key. I. Merrill's lecture before the Deba-
ting Club last week was decidedly good one
The subject was, The Positive and Negative
mind The Club met last Friday Evening
and discussed the following Resolution:
Hes"leed' That the subject of Slavery has
"een to" long mingled with party politics
resulting in the formation Of sectional parties
contrary to the spirit of the Constitution
and dangerous to the Union, therefore il is
the duty of every citizen, North and So,,b
East and West. to discountenance all par,;ps
tased on the Slavery question. The t;scus.
sion was spirited and interesting. As there
was hot time for all of the politicians nres.
ent to express their views on the resolution
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ANOTHER INSTANCE OF HERo1sM. But 8
1.-THE of the deeds of heroism which occurred
At the time Of the destruction OF the Law
renee Mill, have probobly been told to the
public. Gen. Henry X. Oliver. in lette,
acknowledging donations from Salem. relates
the following:
"There were instances of heroism, of posi-.
tive her"ism, in the attempts at rescue. tina,
were above even tbs highest praise. JOIN,
Shaw, youngster Of some twenty years
himself within the building when it fell drew
around him three girls. to place of safety
when the mill was all down, he took them
out OF the danger, went back, and dug ont
and sored three more. place this same John
Shaw above the John Shaw Of the English
Life Guards. who, at the battle of Waterloo,
s'ew seven Frenchmen. A higher hero he
Who saves than he who Stays"
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Rc;oicings Over the Election of Speaker

WASHINGTON, Feb. L. (N. y. Herald cor
respondence.) The city has been wild with
rejoicing since the election of speaker. 1t i,
participated in by all parties WHO have suffer
I'd more or less financially from delay in or.
Sanlzlng. Pennington, Sherman and Hick.
man were serrnad-d at Wizards by Wither'.
Baud, accompanied by large company Of
citizens and residents Of the district.
Wizards Hotel was ,hronged with people
The sentiments uttered by the speaker, (Mr
Pennlngton) Sherman aud Hickman were
bold and decided against the extension Of
slavery.
The serenaders proceeded to the residenc.
OF IL. Winter Davis, but did not find him a,
home. They then proceeded at about /
O'Clock t" the residence of Mr.. Grow, and
called him out of his bed. lie responded in
a speech congra,ula,ory to his visitors, and
that Republican speaker had been elected
aud the Union not dissolved.
lledecIared in most unmi>takable LANGUAGE
the purpose of the Republican party to ex.
cluce slavery from the Territories, and pre-
serve the guarantees Of the Constitution and
Union. and I" elect Republican President
This YEAR All speeches were enlhusiastical-
~ "pplauded, and cheer after cheer was Civ.
en- for Pennington, Sherman, Hickman, Grow
Davis and the Union.
Senator Cameron introduced Mr.. Pe ming
ton to the neople, and distinguished citizens
from all sections were present and listened Ia
the speeches.
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WHAT DOES He MEAN? The editor Of
the burlington Sentinel,-the organ Of the
Democracy in Fermon,-in speaking Of tn.
election ola Republican speake. in Congress
says:
Seward, Greeley and the Devil at large
are defca,ed."
We understand that in the election of Mr..
Pennington the last named individual is de-
fea'ed' but Seward and GreeIey-they belong
10 the other party!
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FOURTEEN STEPS EoRw.Rnr~E ,,.p NJ,

FOURTEEN STEPS FORWARD IN ForR YEARS.
February 9. 1856, Nathaniel Z. Banks WA.
elected speaker of the National House Of
representatives. after nine weeks STRUGGLE
by plurality. receiving 1913 votes. Frhrnar,
!. !SGo' William Pennington was chosen by
majority. receiving III votes. The Republi
can party of tine Union has marched fourteen
PAGES IN four Years. and the elements which
now back the III votes of the popular branch
OF Congress. are much better consolidated
and disciplined than the clements that back
Cd the l03 votes in 1856. Thus freedom adj
'ances and slavery rece!es. Thus the
strength and ascrndency of the Republican
party is established by the irresistible fore
ct mathematics. The fourteen votes indi
cate Republican gain in popular opinio,
that lifts US into victory in Pensyl.ania, NJ,
Jersey and Illinois, with more than an eve,
chance in Indiana.
Cling to the flag, We men of Saxon will the
indomt:ble freemtn of the country, and for
ward to victory and national con,rol-Een-
nebec Journal.
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Cabot.

Cabot.
Mr.. Isaiah Smith of this town killed h.,
few days since, Isl months old. wb;cb
weighed when dressed. 563 lbs. Mr.. Sni,b
is no: boastins man, but if any o,bt,
Smith has heavier hos he would Ike =
hear from him.
Mr., Lyman Housh,on raised a bushels
II nice wheat upon one acre the pas. season
which will compare with any western wheat.
tie used western seed, and is entirely salts.
ted from this and previous experiments. tia:
western wheat can be proitably PRODUCED
here
Mr.. Richard kimhall also raised good
crop OF exeeilen, wheat. and agrees with Mr.
Ho"sh'on, that it is decidedly the mos, pre-
t'able crop of the season. There are MANY
farmers tina; produce fair and profitable CROPS
o: wheat every year, aid when these facts
ar" Known i, is strange ,ha, acricul,urists %
not mere generally turn :heir attention 10
this branch.
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Lyndon.

FAIR AND FrSTlvAl..-The Ladies' S.w;,-
''rcIe of the Congregational Society. viii
; hold their Festival at Chase's Hall on Tues-
day evening Feb II, for the benefit of The
sabbath School. and other benevoen, inter
ests. In addition to the fancy and usefu, ~
''sles' valentines, confectionery, &c, connect
ed with the fair there will b. supper. inclu
ding tea, coffee, and oysters. The ladies Ct
Lyndon are preparing an entertainment, wor-
my the Patronage of the public, and one a,
which all who participate can have good
time
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Mr.. PENNIXGroN's NOMINATION rop Cox-
GHf>s. n gentleman who Was at the time a
neShh'r OF Gov. Pennin.,on'>, saws tina, the
latter received his nomination to tie present,
Congress. by acc!ama,ion. without any SEEK =.
Ing IT his own. and without any sn>pic;o,,
on his part Of any such intention of the mar
ty-h!, first in,inaion If the fact beinr !, 9
announcement by the committee appoin,.d
70 wal. upon him for the purpose. Such ca.
se> are 10. Of very frequent occurrence in
these daIs.-Eostoa Jonnul.
At Readshoro. a son of Merritt Ioush,on
aged Years, tell of plank oyera stream of
water, broke thro' the ice and was drowned.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-02-10

VERMONT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
AT meeting Of the Directors of the Yer
mont State Agricultural Society held a,
Brattleboro on Wednesday, Feb. /, it wa.
decided to hold the next annual fair a, Bur
lington, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursda,
and Friday, the llth, 18th, 18th and 18th
DAYS of September next.
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another discussion is to be had mex, =,
evening. Feb. 10th. The Rev. w. .
Hayward will deliver lecture before
Club on Monday evening, Feb. 18th, a, g.
O'Clock. All persons are invited 10 a,,s.,
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u Hundreds of citizens OF Fon du Lac
county. Wis. were suffering with intense
pam through the lower part of the stomach
and bowels, 1.-THE epidemic in some case. end
ing fatallyJ when it was ascertained that the
miller OF a Touring mill in the neiyhborhood.
under the impression that the grooves in the
stones sf. were too deep. was in the practice of
n'''nS them up with preparation of white
'eao' and when /, wore or came out, of refill.
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The County Commissioner.

Mr.. SToNE-Sir: Allow me ,brouc, =,
columns of THE CALIFORNIAN, to sax
words to the Republican party of the &c.,,
'y in regard to the County Comm;,,;o,o.
1t is fact that for several Years ps>. ;.
Commissioner has been chosen from The D
publican party, and elected by both Re-.
lican and Democratic votes, and NON .o.i,
. it be any thing out of the way to ask H..
Democrat may he elected this term. Til
the organ grinders motto. "One coed -.
deserves another" would it not be do;~
good turn" to elect man fro., the j..
cratic party? In behalf of large nu,,b
OF both parties. suggest the name Of ,on.
c. fIBBE1Ts of Sutton, as Democra, IA
strict temperance man.
by giving the above ar insertion You ~,
obiise number of your subscribers.
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T)anville.

Danville.
The friends of Rev. Mr.. Fales met =, TIE
chapel ves,ry on Wednesday evening, Feb. l.,
in large numbers; and after enjoying them
selves for awhile with conversation, music.
Nc. repaired TO their demonstrating LEFT. ss
substantial token of their regard. some
serenity dollars-mos,ly cash.
Debating Club meets Friday evening. Feb.
A. Northumberland. Tha. woman
should enjoy equal civil. social. and religious
rights with man. There will also be sever.
Al orat'ons. and Humorous lecture on AMI
nal magnetism, by S. II. Stone.