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Year: 1862

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One the most thrilling incidents which
has ever come to our knowledge, occurred
few days since in 9 side show with Van
Amburg & Co.'S Menagerie, were two enor-
nous snakes-an anaconda and boa con-
strictor-are on exhibition Both of the
huge reptiles are kept in one case with
glass top, opening at the side, and the
keeper was engaged in the act of feeding
them when the event occurred. The lon-
ger Of the snakes, the boa constructor,
which is some thirty feet long and as large
around the middle as mans thigh, had
just swallowed two rabbits when the keeper
introduced his arm and body into the cage
for the purpose of reaching third to the
anaconda, at the opposite corner. While
in this position the boa, not satisfied with
his share of the rations, made spring,
probably with the intention of securing.
the remaining rabbit, but, instead, fastened
his jaws upon the keepers hand, and, with
the rapidity of lightning, threw three coils
around the poor fellow, thus rendering him
entirely helpless His shouts of distress
at once brought several men to his assis-
tance, and among them, fortunately, was q
we'll known Snowman named Townsend,
man Of great muscular power, and what
was Of much more importance, one who
had been familiar with the habits of these
repulsive monsters all his life, having
owned some of the largest ones ever brought
to this country. The situation OF the
keeper was now perious in the extreme.
The first thing to be done was to uncoil
the snake from around him, but if in at
tempting this the reptile should become in
the least degree angercd, he would, in
second, contract his coils with a power
sufficient to crush the life out of an OK
A single quick convulsion Of the creature
and the keepers soul woulG be in eternity
This Townsend fully understood; so with
out attempting to disturb the boa's hold
upon the keepers hand, he managed by
powerfully yet extremely cautious move
ments to uncoil the snake without exciting
him, after which, by the united exertions
of two strong men the jaws were pried open
and the man released in completely ex-
haustcd condition. The bite of the boa
constructor is not poisonous, and although
the bitten hand was immensely swollen
the next day, no serious results were ap-
pretended. A more narrow escape from
a most horrible death it would be difficult
to imagine.
Year: 1862

Scheme.


WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator S. G.
Pomeroy, Of Kansas, has, by request Of the
President, consented to organize emigra-
ton parties of free colored persons for set
Element in Central America, and been
commissioned accordingly. This gentle
mans former success in organizing emf
grant expeditions for the settlement of
Kansas and Colorado, affords guarantee
of happy consummation of his present
plans. The Government proposes to send
out the emigrants in good steamships, and
provide them all the necessary implements
of labor and sustenance until they can
gather harvest. The following address,
prepared by Senator Pomeroy, has been
sanctioned by the President:


TO THE FREE CoLoRED PEOPLE OF THE


UNITED STATES.


The hour has now arrived in the history
Of your settlement upon this continent
when it is within your own power to take
one step that will secure, if successful, the
elevation, freedom and social position of
your race upon the American continent.


The President of the United States has
already signifed his desire to carry out
fully, in the letter and spirit of the late
Act of Congress, the desire of the National
Legislature, which made an appropriation
to facilitate your emigration and settlement
in some favorable locality outside of these
States. And at his request have con-
sented and agreed with him to aid you in
organizing this emigration, and in select
ing locality that will be valuable and at
tractive to your people in itself, as we'll as
give the promise to you and US that it shall
be suitable location for great, free and
prosperous people.


l now address you as one awake to this
momentous revolution in American history,
and alive also to your interests IN this con-
fict of arms, whereby you are led to hope
that in thus unsettling established institu-
tions your people may go free. This then
is the hour to make an earnest effort to
secure your own social position and inde-
pendence, by cooperating with those who
now reach out their hands to aid you. L
! ask you to do this by the pride you may
have for your struggling and oppressed
people now among us, as well as by the
hopes you may indulge of making smooth
and prosperous the pathway OF coming
| generations.


propose, on the first day of October
next, to take with me one hundred colored
men as pioneers in this movement, who
Year: 1862

Tomorrow Saturday evening, a meeting OF the
Board Of Trade viii be held at their rooms, for the
purpose Of taking into consideration the new
form Of receipts iesued By the grain warehouse
men, and also to take into consideration the pro
prtety Of abolishing the system Of grain inspec
tion.


As this is 8 matter which Involves the interests
Of the whole city, we trust that every member o.
the Board will be at his post. Not only grain deal
ers, but also bankers, grocery.men and dry goods
men hare their interests at stake, and We trust
they Will not be absent when their votes are need
ed to protect the general business of the city from
being damaged


Among the commission dealers-1eceiyers n
well as shippers-there is very strong feeling in
favor Of the abolition Of the inspection of grain
They seem satisfied that lite perversion has proYe1
detrimental to the general nterezts Of the country
as well as to the trade OF the city; and the yer,
fact that the warehousemen are exceedingly anx
lous that the system Of Inspection remain undiz
tn1bcd, has made the majority Of the Board O.
Trade moro eager to abolish it. They want :" ey
erJ tub to stand on its own bottomr
Year: 1862

Auttan,g Patent Duster and Ventf-
II lator.


It has always been motto Of the Michigan
C:ntrut Railroad Company to leave nothirg
u1donc which shall secure the comfort and
convenience Of their travelling patrons, and in
the furthefance Of this contamination hitherto
no pains or expense have been spared. They
have capped the climax now by the applica-
tjon of st Rutt4n's Busters and Ventilators''
to their passenger coaches, which secure to
the traveller perfect impnnlty from dust and a
constant supply Of fresh air without the dis
comfort Of draft through an open window.


The contriyance has been recently patented,
and We think is only used by the Central Road.
On the top Of the car there is selfregulatlng
bonnet or receiver, into which the air Is gath
cred and conveyed by means Of tubes on each
side OF the car into reservoir OF bed Of water,
about fifteen feet long and six inches deep,
underneath the car, where al the dust, ashes
and smoke are taken out; the air thus purified
passes through dues on each side Of the car
and emitted through registers so adjusted that
passengers can regulate the supply Of fresh
air according to the demand. After the mir
becomes impure, it naturally becomes heavier,
sinks to the lower part OF the car and is car-
ricd of through other hues underneath tho
seats. At no time while the train is in mo-
ton can the same air remain in the car longer
than four minutes. By this system Of yenti-
lation, the opening Of windows and the use OF
fans and linen oyereoats during the hot and
dusty weather are entirely dispensed with
The car is, in fact, hermetically sealed while
in motion, as there is only an aperture OF
about three By six inches in the windows,
which can be opened, and these are Of no use
while the train Is in motion, as the pressure ot
! air in the car is greater than that outside.


In the application Of this patent duster, the
company have met the exact wants Of the
travelling public It has been tested long
enough to prove its entire success. The pub
| tic will therefore only consult their own com
fort when they select the Central Road fol
their Eastern trips. ALI the other appliance:
for the comfort Of passengers are parallel viii
this, and only serve to confirm the widt
| spread reputation of this road as one Of tht
best managed, safest and most comfortable il
the West.
Year: 1862

BRILLIANT STRATEGY OF GENERAL SHIELDS
The brilliant strategy of General Shields. by
which he drew so srtful and willy a general a.
Jackson into the trap where he punished him
so severely is detailed in his letter which We
published yesterday. 1t shows that he has the
qualities of a good general, and that his expo
rience in the Mexican campaign has not been
in vain. Not a moment ought to be lost in ap
pointing him Major General. A great fuss
was made in Congress about the appointment
of too many generals. Now here is tho true
mode of experimentation the field of battle
that by which Burnside, Grant, Buell. and 81
gel won their appointments. This was the rule
which the great Napoleon adopted. and he
found it to work we'll. Let Shields, therefore,
be appointed Major General at once, and let
no political humbugs or charlatans recommend
ed by members of Congress be appointed in
future. This is the way to save the army from
disaster, and to render it triu mphant on every
hattie field
Year: 1862

BAD SIcNs IN THE SourH.-We have often
had occasion to observe that whenever the
rebels lose battle their generals in command
have to fight another battle with their own
government and newspapers. Because they
were forced to retreat before the superior
strength Of the Union army, they have been
the objects Of official censure and popular op-
probrium, and have had to suffer a persecution
harder to bear than the military defeat just
now the rebels are heaping Goals Of fire upon
the head of General Branch for bis retreat from
Newbern, and the journals Of the confederacy
can hardly find words strong enough for his
denuncistion. The newspapers and Confede-
Year: 1862

rate government have been kept pretty busy
abusing their generals Of late, and they seem
to be dissatisfied with everything, and without
confidence in anything. When thieves fall out
among themselves It Is bad sign; and tho
qusrrelling, grumbling and clamoring of ths
rebels is evidence enough Of their demoralizs
ton. They are looking with gloomy eye
upon their fortunes, and are mutually dis
trustful of each other, while the absence of no
fewer than twenty-four members of the Virginia
Senate from their seats at the present time ma
turally leads them to suppose that the latter.
like jeff. Davis, wish to keep as far away from
Richmond as possible, in wholesome fear Of the
national troops. Anarchy, confusion and ruin
are rapidly paving the way for the victorious
army OF the Union in the rebellious States.
Year: 1862

The DISASTER IN PHLADELPHIA.-The care
lessness ofindividuals employed in powder and
frework manufactures is proverbial Ac-
customed, perhaps, from their childhood, to
handle explosives, and spending the greater
portion of their time in the midst of
large quantities Of gunpowder, they learn
to regard it pretty much as miller
would his meal, and from long immunity be-
come indifferent to danger. We have observed
that many such accidents have occurred in the
South since the commencement of the war.
although none have been attended with the
same destruction of life, and doubtless in every
case the explosion was the result of careless
ness In the great powder manufacturing State
of Delaware we remember that some years ago
the driver of wagon loaded with kegs of
powder, the uppermost one of which served
him for seat, on coming to a tollgate
aighted to light his pipe, and then continued
his journey smoking, the sequel being that
not many minutes afterwards the whole
wagon load Of powder exploded in the street.


The shocking disaster which occurred on Satur-
day morning at the pyrotechnic factory in
Philadelphia may be put down as another in
stance of the calamitous results attending the
carelessness Of those engaged in the manufac-
ture of explosives. Of the seventy-eight per-
sons at work in the factory when the catastro-
phe took place, five or more were killed and
forty or fifty severely injured, many Of whom
il is feared will not recover. 1t is a solemn
and terrible warning to those working
in similar establishments, and we trust that
its effect will be to make them more careful Of
their own safety by tbe strict observance of
those precautions, the neglect Of which may
consgn hundreds to uhtimely graves and carry
suffering and desolation into many homes. A
more frightful calamity Of the kind we have
rarely or never had OCCASION to record
Year: 1862

THE BROADWAY RAILROAD SwNDLE.-We have
received the following advertisements from the
honorable members of the Albany lobby, with
an offer to pay us for them in shares of the
stock of the Broadway Railroad Company. We
do not do business in that way, however, and
never secede from our established principle of
cash in full, except in the case of the seedy
and poverty-stricken Tribune. The advertise
ments are of so novel character, and so signi.
ficant of the doings of the Albany Legislature
and lobby, that we have concluded, upon re-
fection, to give them gratuitous insertion in
our editorial columns, and commend them to
the attention of our readers


WANTED TO PpRCHAsE-EIGHT OR TEN VOTES


w in the Assembly for which the full value will be paid
The votes must be ready for delivery moment
sold cheap for cash Apply to the Hon. HENRY J. Mn
COMPOOP, President OF the Albany Lobby the
Ralroad COMPANY,
Year: 1862

IF it could be ascertained exactly how
much of the responsibility for the present
deplorable condition OF the country belong
ed 10 the churches, or rather 10 political
pris sis who officiate at some of the church
es, il would startle and alarm the Christian
world. The political dogmas insIilled into
The minds OF adults, and children especially
from the pulpit have produced revolution
in public sentiment which has resulted in
clash OF arms,a broken Union ,and a'Iuined
people Men clothed in clerical robes, have
from week 10 week poured the poisonous
oil of sec tionalism in TO the minds of their
hearers, until they have uncaged the fiercest
and most vindictive passions, and turned
loose upon the land consciences educated
10 bigotry and sectionaIism. They tear men
as the devils of old did. They are roaring
lions going about seeking whom they may
devour We say L the part played by the
political priests in bringing about The ruin
which has beiallen our beloved country,
could be drawn truly and faithfully, III would
starlle those profsners OF Gods sacred desk
and cause hem 10 shrink back in horror at
the work of their own hands. They have
forgotten the holy calling 10 which they as
pire Instead of preaching Christ and him
crrcifed, as they are instructed 10 do by
their Divine Master, they are continually
dabbling in the dirty political pool, un:il
they have brought reproach upon religion
and destruction upon the country. Many OF
them have no doubt mistaken fanaticism Tor
conviction Of duty, while others have been
prompted by sinister motives. Indeed, so
far has this evil progressed and so fearful
are its re suits upon the popular mind, IN
some portions of the country, that II ls al
most dangerous for minister of the Gospel
to pursue his legitimate calling, combining
himself strictly thereto.


The popuIace demand that ne shall make
known his political sentiments, his congre-
CATION requires hat he should enunciate
those sentiments from the sacred desk. II
his opinions coincide with theirs. and he
expresses them freely, they are content. If
on the other hand, he disagrees with them,
they dismiss him without ceremony, or re-
fuse 10 hear him preach If his convictions
of duty teach him 10 be silent, regarding
his political opinions as his own private
properiy,to make a display of which would
initiate with his mission, he is suspected
of disIoyal;y, and demand is made for a
confession or a resignation.


II he proclaims .hat his calling is TO the
Gospel aud to abstain from all secular af-
fairs, in imitation of Him who declared His
mission was not of this world, he is brand
ed as traitor or something worse by ianat-
ics While these remarks are applicable TO
ministers of many OF the churches, we do
but justice when We say there are other
shurches comparatively free from this great
and fatal error. There are also good and
pious men, occupying pulpits of churches
most afflicted with this plague who have
not forgotten their duty, and who have
stead lastly set their faces against ii.-h1-
Tusvlne { Cal Expiess.
Year: 1862

One OF the best answers 10 the charges
brought against Gen. MCCLELLAS by poll
liclans is to be found in the unbounded con.
fdence of the army. The officers and SOL
dieIs of the army of the Potomac, WHO have
the best opportunity OF knowing General
MCCLELLAN, are unanimous in expressing
their love and confidence for their COM
mander. From private letter written ty
all officer who participated in the six days
battle, we extract the following:


Little Mac. is more beloved than ever
in This army, and there is much bitterness
of feeling al the injustice with which they
believe he has been treated. AS it was,
their lives and limbs were risked by The
hearlless and lraitorous course OF some of
The politicians. They naturally have pretty
lively sentiments on the subject and If
you could hear The unction with which they
talk OF a rope and the necKs OF certain per-
sons, who are believed To have been active
agents in preventing his reinforcement in
proper time. you would think so too"
Year: 1862

To help those uneasy men and women
who wish 10 escape the moose of malrmo-
ny, we copy the following from an English
record Of many years back:


I" certain lewd fellow OF the baser sort
came from log way of out of The sshjfes,
and married woman who had been whip
ped round our town more than once The
parish officers were her bridesmaids, and
her husband was not afraid o! receiving
cuilain-lectures, for their sole bed was of
dirty straw on the dirty ground, neverhe-
less he weared soon of his life, and went to
the parish clerk, seeking TO gel rid of his
crooked rib. Solomon was sly, and reply
ing 10 his inquiry ifthe parson could unmar-
ry them, said : why need ye trouble his
reverence Have not / m an and boy been
his clerk forty years come, ali-hallow tide
| can do it as well "a e'er a parson OF them
all and as sure "a there is now good tan
of ale al the Bell. Let Us go ihere-you
stand two pots, and ] will do all right for
you. So, after drinking on, his fee Solomon
took The fellow into the church by the
priests door. Now said he ye were mar
ried here, so pu, off your jacket, and kneel
al confession for lis solemn business
Then they went into the belfry and bidding
HIM take of his shoes, and stand or stool
be gave him tie longest rope. Tie that
tightly my lad, round your throat, and as
soon "a am gone, kick away the stool. ]
will return IN about an hour, when you will
be unmarried and out of all your troubles !"
Year: 1862

INCIDENTS OF THE BULL Run BATTLE.-Cue
of the most impressive and solemn Incl
dents that occurred while on that field Of
death was the performance of the funeral
service at :he burial of private L E. White,
OF The Eighty third Pennsylvania, who was
unfortunate enough 10 be In McDoweI's
division and fell while charging upon he
enemy's battery. DR.. Williams, OF Watts
burg, Erie county, Pa, with whom young
White had resided the greater portion of
his life, was IN Was hington the day of the
battle, and proffered his services 10 The Gov
ernment as a volunteer surgeon. On arri-
wing al The army he discovered White was
missing, and was informed by member OF
his company that he was killed, as he had
seen him fall. On Tuesday morning The
Doctor made search for the body, and
found him stll alive and conscious He
was able TO converse, but lived only an
hour or Two af'er the DOCTORS arrival Be-
ing the only clergyman 1pon The ground, at
the request OF the doctor | performed the
religious services at the grave and never,
while live, can the recollections OF hat
scene and my feelings be efaced, as the
little group collected uGder mulberry Tree
and buried patriot soidier- Cor. n Y
Herald
Year: 1862

OUTCRy IN This STATE AGAINST THE NEGIo
INVASION FROM THE SouTH.-0ur Albany cor
respondent states that on Monday last Mr..
Fisher, of Chenango county, presented petit
ton to the Legislature asking that the laws in
force in some of the Western States against the
immigration of negroes be adopted in this
State and there are several other petitions of
the same kind from the interior of the State
awaiting an opportunity to be presented. There
is evidently in the rural districts vast amount
of anxiety lest the State should be overrun with
the emancipated blacks, and the feeling is par
ticulary strong among the laboring classes.
Such are the practical results of the agitation
of the abolitonsts. They have sown the wind,
and now they are reaping the whl Wind They
little knew what would be the effect of their
morbid philanthropy for the nigger. 1t is now
coming home to themselves, and deep and Bit
ter will be the curses hesped upon their heads
for disturbing the white mans free labor by an
inundation of blacks, who, IL they work at ALL
will be willing to work for next to nothing
The people have also a natural anGpathy to
amalgamation, and do not feel at case at the
prospect OF having their pure Caucasian blood
tainted by admixture with that of the negro.
Such are the complicated ills with which the
country il threatened in consequence of the
Temporary success of the ienatics-a success,
however, which will cost them dear Tor the rest


OF their lives.
Year: 1862

and the required for their wages and maintenance
was agreed 20.


In the House OF Lords the 25th ult. the Earl Of
DsRsY gave notice that he should on Thursday put
question TO the Secretary OF Foreign Aars with regard
TO proclamation OF a most extraordinary character
which had been published in the Neapoan papers The
proclamation sets forth that after certain day per-
shall set foot in certain district that all houses
novels and cabins Of every description TO be loveei
10 tho ground and that the inhabitants of every farm
house in which than day food is found shall be
treated as brgands and Immediately shot.


Earl RUssEIL-I have received no information from her
Maestys Minister at Turin the Consul at Naples aud
shall be obliged 10 the noble Earl for copy of the pro
clamation.


In the House OF Commons the same evening Mr.
HoRsFAL gave notice that the 1lth OF March he would
that the present of International maritime
law as II bellgerens and neutras, is undo


lined, unsatisfactory, and calls for the early attention o
her Maiesty's government.
Year: 1862

Paris (Feb. 25) correspondence OF London Times


In tho Senate day the discussion the address was
continued. Prince Napoleon protested against the ex-
pressioDs used by NJ de Boissy. Ho said -


In the Senate the standard OF the younger branch has
been raised in opposition that of the older branch
protested last year against similar nsnuatons. now
repeat that wish TO defend the constitutional and
liberal empire That empire endure liberty, but
tJefy must dk Us IN the order established by cur
onsttutn (Applause) 1t is possible that others for
get this, but who remembered it when Napoleon was
p soner or in exile, shall remember ii all the better
now when my duties attach to the Emperor and TO his
son, and that those duties agree with devotion OF
ancient date and affection which will never change
cloud and prolonged applause) Against the insnua-
tons that have been thrown out against myself per-
sonaly, have determined to answer them only by con
tempt