The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-03-26

A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated
March Is, says the steamer Magnolia,
irregular packet between that place and
Maysyille, with one hundred and twenty
Passengers and crew Of forty men,
with large amount Of freight, exploded
her boiler twelve miles below the city
The greater portion Of the cabin was
carried away the boat took FIRE imme-
diateIy, and after the remaining upper
works had been destroyed some powder
In the magazine exploded, destroying
everything but the hull, which sunk
Many passengers jumped overheard aud
were drowned, others were burned
The captain Of the boat is among the
lost, The boat was valued at $50, 900,
and is insured for $4,000. Thirty one
OF the survivors were brought to the
city By another steamer, most of them
badly injured. a
The past winter has been one Of the
severcst ever known, both in ,his and
other countries. In Algers the suffer-
ing has been very great In Russia, rs
We learn from a letter in a Paris paper,
the cold has been intense. Terrific
storms have added 10 the seventies of
the season in Great Britain. In this
country, the continued severity Of the
weather, and tho great amount Of snow
that has fallen, have been almost with
onta parallel. f a0ol s8s
Should Andrew johnson be. i'm.
pcaehed we should have three Presi-
dents 10 one year from this date--frst,
Andrew johnson; second, Ben. Wade;
and third, whoever is elected In No.
yeulber next. This has happened but
once before in our history, then we had
in about one moDth---Yan Burep on
the 4th of March; VIM. Henry Harrison,
successor for one month; and John Ty.
Ter, who succeeded Harrison st
A gentleman entered Detroit street
car November l. He was followed by
a dog who followed the car to tho end
Of the route, not observing his master
when he quit the car. Since that time
he has followed the same car day after
day, apparently never losing sight of
il, and no amount Of coaxing can in
daco him 70 abandon his selfimposed
task,
A powerful revival Of religion has
been progressing in Mansfield, Ohio,
for several weeks, and still increases in
interest There has never been such
religious awakening known in the pre-
vious history Of that community. Al
together about three hundred persons
have been converted. sfi .s.a ia
" A negro Alderman of New Orleans
has commenced suit against the, Con-
vent Of "fhe Sacred Hear" !" an educa.
tional Institution, for denying aiinenber
hof'hb faznilyIadmissiou TO the prisilegcs
of the sIastitution. He lays bis damage
at ten thousand dellarss -, "a.
Governor Baker, OF Louisiana, is on
his trial at New Orleans on charge of
perjury preferred against himeby'a ne
groLhe fsaa aiai.l 4 81 lsssg4q
llg A block Of wooden buildings was de-
stroyed BY FIRE at Elmira, New York, on
Wednesday last, causing loss Of twen-
ty.iiye thousand dollars s-ra sda
.isA few days ago the wsrehouseOf Mr.,
M Grove, 10 Buckeystown district
Frederick county, Md, was destroyed
M, Benjamin Ebert Of the ifrm Of
Ebert 4 Son, in Frederick : Md died
suddealy on last Sunday. baa
Timm Thode. q peasant Of, Germany,
was recently sentenced to death for
numbering his, whole household. He
Slaughtered, IN one nighl, his father
and mother, four brothers, sisters and
maid servant He isonly % yeaas old.
! A whiskey shop has Just been opened
IN St. Louis called tho NHellary.n