The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-11-04
Items of News.

| ana twenty-five miles below ~. LOUIS,
Oh Wednesday night, while on trip
from thence to New Orleans The YES.
sci was run on a bar which was entirely
isolated from the shore by deep water,
and nearly all who attempted to reach
the shore were drowned Four officers
aud forty -four passengers have been
saved out Of the two hundred and Rhy
on board, Many persons after reaching
the shore died from exposure, while Of
eleven women on board only three were
rescued from death. The boat was
loaded with hay, and burned very rap.
idly, which caused in great degree the
immense destruction cf human life
Another steamer appeared on the scene
three hours after the disaster occurred
and succeeded in rescuing nearly all
who,were alive at the time. The ter
rible affair resulted from the careless
use of lights. The citizens of St. Louis
are making liberal arrangements for the
recovery aud scpulture of the bodies of
The passengers and crew lost by the
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for the relief of families rendered DIES.
titute by it. Later accounts state that
sixty bodies have been recovered from
and near the wreck of the steamer
Stonewall. Indignation is intense
against Captain John T. Washington,
Of Submarine St amer No -, who
passed the burning wreck at the time
Of the disaster, and when, it is said,
many lives might have been saved, but
without offering any aid. 1t is reported
that vigilance committee has been
formed at Cape Girardeau to lynch him
on his return up the river.
The Agricultural Bureau estimates
that the cotton crop Of the Southern
States this year viii! be worth $40 600.
600, while the total value of the exports
of the South is set down ut S32S, 500,
600. The South is actually richer than
ever before the war There is not SO
much concentration of wealth among
the few, but there is general prosper.
ity which is most gratifying, and which
has made itself felt 10 the fall trade of
the Northern markets very perceptibly.
The West is purchasing no more tn u
usual, and is beginning to manufacture
in competition with US, SO that the re.
generated South is once more our best
customer.
A magic concert was lately given at
a private party in Paris. The iustru.
ments were placed on platform aud
there were no performers visible, but
the overture to William Tell was heard
distinctly to issue from the piano, violin.
cello aud harp, which made up tho or
ehestra. The concert took place in
broad daylight The explanation was
that each OF the Instruments was con.
nected by bar Of wood with au identi.
cal instrument in an adjoining room, ON
which the performers played.
lnthe published report oithe proceed
ings OF the Grand Lodges Of the United
States Of the Order of Free aud Accep.
ted Masoas, it is stated that the mem.
bership Of the order in the different
States aud Territories and tue British
possessions reaches 45i ,355, including
4,79l in Maryland, 1883 in the District
of Columbia, 5000 in Virgiuin, IL ,lS4
in North Carolina, 13.l67 in Georgia,
1850 in Pennsylvania, aud l6, 500 in
Tennessee.
A recently appointed postmisress at
a postofiee on the plains sends her first
quarterly report to the Department,
with the following foot note: "For
weeks past have slept with six shoot
er by my bedside and carving knife
under my pillow, expecting ut break O.
day the Indians would come for nv
scalp: but all of this has not been half
SO harrassing to my mind as the making
out of one quarterly report"
One man IN Portland, Me-, has put
up at his different establishments in
that State, this year, nearly two million
cans Of green corn, berries aud peaches.
Six thousand persons were employed
six weeks in canning.
Miss Pet Mckay, beautiful young
lady, of Quincy, ILL.,, deliberately drown.
ed herself in the Mississippi, at that
place, on Thursday. She left a note
stating that she did not commit suicide
for shame, nor for love, but because
"all her friends were enemies" aud pthis
is a cold, dreary world to live TO-"
Apples are very scarce in some parts
of Massachusetts. Hardly a peck for
pies could be found in three large or.
chards in Richmond, and farmers who
have heretofore had quantities for sale
aud cider to boot, have to import their
fruit this season.
Boston, now, for the first time 10
many years, is without negro minstrel
entertainment. She has had SO much
Of the real darkey that the counterfeit
presentment is Of no account there
Boston does not affect the burned cork
negro; she wants the sweet. scented.
high-heeled, oleagnious simon pure, and
We wish she had him all to herself.
AT Lansing, Iowa, thirty young men
have formed themselves into club.
aud vowed solemn vow that no man
shall marry any one except widow
The husbands Of the place are also cul.
tivating clnbs--mostly of hickory--and
swearing there will be multiplicity of
bachelor funerals forthwith.
An excursion car on the Canadian
Grand Trunk Railroad, lately crossing
into the United States, the Collector OF
Customs at Port Huron assessed duty
on it as an import. Remonstrances
against such an act were useless, and
the railroad officials we're forced to hand