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honor that which is good in the changes which have been introduced. To-day, for example, you come from all parts of France to take oath in presence of the first Magistrate of the Republic. It is not to an individual that you swear fidelity, but to the law. You come here in presence of God and of the great powers of the State, to fulfill religiously a commission of which the austere accomplishment has ever distinguished the French magistracy. It is consoling to reflect tnat, without the pale of political passions and of the agitations of society, there exists a body of men having no other guide than their conscience, no othe pasion than that of doing good, and no other object than that of contributing to the reign of justice.

"You, gentlemen, are about to return to your Departments Carry with you the conviction that we have quited the era of revolutions, and that we have entered the area of amelorations which prevent catastrophies. Apply firmly but likewise impartially, your greatest privilege-the tutelary dispositions of our codes. Let there never be a guilty man unpunished, nor an innocent man persecuted. It is time as I have already said that those who are well intentioned should be reassured, and that those who wish to set up their opinions, and their passions in place of the national will should abandon their intentions. You, gentlemen, by administering justice in the noblest and in the most entended acceptation of the word will have done much for the consulidation of the Republic, for you will have fortified throughout the country a respect for law, that first duty and that first quality of a free people."

This speech, which was delivered in a clear and firm tone of voice, was received with unanimous cheers and cries of "Vive Napoleon!"

From the N. O. Picayune.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PERSONS KILLED.

One of the most deplorable catastrophies that ever occurredlin the history of steamboat explosions, took place at our levee yesterday evening, a few minutes after five o'clock.

The steambout Louisiana, Captain Cannon, bound for St. Louis, loaded with a valuable cargo, and having on board a large number of passengers, had rung her last bell, and was just backing out from the wharf at the foot of Gravier street, when the whole of her boilers burst with a tremendous explosion, which resounded throughout the city. The concussion was so great that it shook the houses to their foundation for many squaren distant. The Louisiana was lying along side the steamer, Bostona, Captain Dustin, at the time of the disaster, and the steamer Storın, Captain Hopkins, had just arrived from Louisville, coming in on her starboard side. The upper works of these two boats are a complete wreck, their chimneys having been carried away, and their cabins stove in and shattered in some places to atoms. The violence of the shock operating on the boilers was tremendous. A part of one them, a mass of considerable size, was hurled with inconceivable force on the levee. It ent a mule in two, killed a horse and the driver of a dray, to which they were attached, instantaneously. Another massive portion of the same, twelve feet long and of immense weight, was blown to the corner of Canal and Front streets, a distance of 200 yards at least, prostrating three large iron pillars which supported a wooden shed or awning, which stood before the coffee-house there. Before coming in contact with the iron pillars, the fragment of the boiler cut through several bales of cotton, which lay in its passage, making the staple scatter through the air as if it had been run through a cotton gin.

The news spread like wildfire, and our citizens rushed from all directions to the scene of the disaster. Already, on our arrival, a number of bodies, in every conceivable state of sad mutilation had been dragged from the wreck, which were surrounded by the dense crowd that had assembled. Hacks and furniture carts were sent for, and the wounded were conveyed away to the hospitals. The sight of the mangled bodies which strewed the levee on all sides, and the shrieks of the dying, were appalling, making the blood curdle with horror. We saw one man with his head off, his entrails out, and one leg off. A woman, whose long dark hair lay wet and matted by her side, had one leg off above her knee, whilst her body was shockingly mangled. A large man, having the skull crushed in, lay a corpse his face looking as if it had been painted red. Others of both sexes, also with legs and arms off, mere trunks, lay about in different places. Two bodies were found locked together, brought by death into a sudden and close embrace. But it is utterly impossible to describe all the revolting sights which met our view. Suffice it to say, that death was revealed there under almost every variety of appalling horror. The Louisana sunk about ten minutes after the explosion, and it is supposed many who went on board to assist the wounded were carried down with her. This we judge from the fact of several persons, who

that he in a sentiment of friendship, had been pleased to accord an audience of honor to the Sultan's envoy; but that from the moment that this latter had considered it necessary to appeal to the intervention of France and England, his kind disposition toward the Sublime Porte must naturally be changed, and henceforward the communications of the Turkish envoy must take place through the Minister of Foreign affairs.

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overboard were providentially saved.

A gentleman who was a passenger on the Louisana, was standing on the hurricane-deck, abaft the weeel-house', when the explosion took place, and escaped. He distinctly saw the faces and arms of several ladies and gentlemen vainly strngoling to free themselves from the falling timbers. They were carried down with the boat when she sank. He succeeded in saving a little negro boy. About twenty persons were standing on the bow of the boat when she went down, most of whom were saved. ever called upon.

It is impossible to give anything like a precise account of the loss of life on this sad occasion. Some estimate it at fifty persons, some a hundred, whilst others assert that not less than two hundred men, women, and children were killed or drowned. Mayor Crossman, who was on that part of the levee where the Louisana lay, a little before five o'clock, immediately proceeded thither when he heard the explosion, and states that from observation and dilligent inquiry, at least one hundred and fifty must have perished by this accident. The wharves were lined with spectators. The Storm from Cincinnati, was loaded with passengers, and as the destructive fragments of the Louisiana were scattered in every direction, the havoc which was made among the crowds cannot fall much below the figure in his Honor's estimate. The effects of this disaster, unexampled in any former steamboat explosion at New Orleans, was visible in every circle of society here last evening. Dismay was in every countenance, and sympathy for the surviving friends of those who were thus prematurely hurried into eternity, and for those who have been mutilated, rent every heart. Never, perhaps, was there a boat which, by the explosive force of that subtile and terrible agent steam, was so soon reduced to fragments as the Louisiana-never one that in an instant came nearer annihilation. We learn that before proeceding on her way to St. Louis, this unfortunate boat was engaged to descend the stream to the Third Municipality, to take on board two hundred German emigrants. The Storm it is also stated, landed a considerable number of passengers at Lafayette, in coming down, which circumstance, no doubt, was the cause of much saving of

life.

THE BOSTON PRINTERS.-On Saturday evening a meeting of Journeyman Printers of the City of New-York was held at Stoneall's Hotel for the purpose of divising means to aid their brother craftsmen now on a "strike" in Boston. The Boston Printers have found enthuiastic and substantial sympathy in this City, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and other places where their cause has been represented. At Pittsburgh a strike is in preparation, or rather a bill of prices being formed which it is hoped the employers will acceed to without compulsion. The Pittsburghers resolve to contribute $1 each to the aid of the Bostonians. We also record with pleasure the noble conduct of the lately "Striking" Tailors of Boston; they knew, by experience, the need of aid in such cases, and sent $70 to the printers last week, with an intimation that more would be raised. The following resolutions were adopted :

Whereas, The journeymen Printers of this City have watched it with anxious solicitude the progress of the struggle now existing in Boston, between their fellow-craftmen and their employers; and, whereas, we consider the new tarriff of prices adopted by the "Printer's Union" but a just and reasonable advance of their former "starvation wages;" and, whereas many of our brethren have been thrown out of employment by the refusal of their employers to accede to their moderate demands. Threfore, be it

Resolved, That this meeting heartly approve of the noble stand taken by their fellow-craftsmen of Boston, to obtain a fair equivalent for their labor.

Resolved, That while the Printer is the hardest worked mechanic in the country, he is frequently the poorest paid.

Resolved, That we extend to our brothers in Boston, our sincerest sympathy, and that their appeal to the Printers of NewYork shall be responded to in a way that shall assure them that

Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting it is high time the Printers, and Workingmen of this country arose from the lethargy and inertness which have for some years characterized them, and that they now make a decided and unanimous stand for their remaining rights, as well as to recover those which are lost.

Resolved, That in looking at the State of the Working-men of our country-in contemplating their position now as compared with former times, we are forcibly struck with the gradual but sure decline which has taken place. This decline has gone on irrespective of the Party which ruled the Country or the policy they pursued; thus showing that the disease was deeper and it needed a more radical remedy than any proposed by the parties who have yet had power.

Resolved, That while we keep in view the grand source of the evils which oppress the Workingman, still we do not mean to remain idle till that great wrong is righted, but that, while we will never lose sight of that heaven-given right, we earnestly recommend to the Printers of Boston and all other Workingmen on a strike, to combine as many of their numbers as possess means or credit, and start in business for themselves, and thus show to capitalists that Working men are not yet entirely powerless but have the capacity to work for themselves at least as well as at the beck of others; remembering the glorious success of the Printers of Paris, and of the Journeymen Tailors of Bos

ton.

Resolved. That in the appeal of our brother craftsmen in Bostou we recognize the voice of brother unto brother; that it is with the sincerest sympathy we respond to their call for aid; and the better to testify our approval of their late course werecommend the appointment of a Committee to consist of one from each office to solicit subscriptions in aid of those who have unfortunately been deprived of work in consequence of the refusal of some of the employers in Boston to comply with their just demands.

On motion, it was resolved that three Treasurers be appointed by the Chairman to receive and forward to the Printers in Boston such moneys as shall be collected by the above Committee. This was carried unanimously.

The Chairman then appointed the following gentlemen as said Treasures; Thomas N. Rooker, William Barton Jr. and Charles McDevitt

On motion, it was

Resolved, That it is with sincere feelings of pleasure that we have heard of the manly and praiseworthy manner in which the Journeyman Tailors of Boston came forward with their sympathy and means in behalf of our fellow craftsmen in that city, and that we tender to them our sincere and hearty thanks.

DREADFUL SCENE AT AN EXECUTION. -A Rockingham [N.C] correspondent of the Fayetteville Observer gives the following scene at the execution of a man named Robert Hildreth, at that place on the 2d inst.:

The axe glittered, the trap-door falls, and Hildreth swings by the neck. For half a minute he remains motionless. Is he dead? Can his own weight without having fallen one inch have broken his neck? No! Poor fellow, he expected one pang and that his last! but the fatality which often leads Sheriffs to gross negligence in executing the law, must cost him now a With a convulsive effort he reaches the platform and stands on earth again alive. The cap has fallen from his face. The blood was already fast rushing upwards. But his large and muscular neck prevented the rope from tightening. Even then his meekness did not leave him. He spoke without complaint in a clear voice, that was heard with awe by every ear; "Come here and fix the rope-it won't choke me to death!" The Sheriff did go to him. First with an axe, then with a piece of scantling he endeavored to knock away the boards. At last he pushed Hildreth's feet from the scaffold and hung him inefficiently a second time. The poor fellow made no farther effort to recover himself. Finding that he was hung

in a way which produced the most excrutiating, because gradual suffocation-with the blood slowly collecting in his brain, through a circulation only partially impeded-the unfortunate man, compelled by the pangs which momentarily grew greater, drew up his legs as high as possible, then, with all his force, threw them down to tighten the cord. Three several times at intervals of a minute, he did the same again. Then his struggles ceased-his own executioner, he becomes unconscious of pain. The scene at Rockingham, or something equally shocking, disgusting, abominable is of frequent occurrence. It is witnessed almost without exception wherever capital punishment is inflicted in North Carolina.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT ARREST. -Recovery of $15,000 worth of Stolen Jewelry, Diamonds, &c. - On the 18th inst., officer A. М. C. Smith, in company with Mr. G. Wilkes, took into custody a man named Samue! Dury, and hta son Samuel Dury, jr., charged as being the individuals who in the month of May last, made the diabolical, but fortunately unsuccessful attempt to destroy the lives of Thomas Warner, Esq., and family, by the introduction of an infernal machine into his house, which, on being opened, exploded and threw down the partition wall between the dining-room and the entry, hurled the window into the street and broke the ceiling of the room in which the family were dining at the time. Suspicion since the time of the transaction has rested on the accused; but, until the 15th inst., evidence sufficient to cause their arrest had not been obtained. On that day the father was overheard in a conversation with two notorious rascals, to say that he bad constructed the machine and sent his son disguised as a Spanish negro to Mr. Warner's house with it; that he had used his best efforts to destroy Mr. Warner and his family with it, and regretted exceedingly his want of success. He also urged the individuals with whom he was conversing to make a similar attempt. On this information, a warrant was issued for his artest and that of his son, and the gentlemen above named took him into custody at Brooklyn. On searching his house at Astoria, about $15,000 worth of jewelry, gold watches, diamonds, spoons, &c., together with a large number of vignettes for the purpose of counterfeiting and altering bank bills, dies for coining doubloons and other coin, Spanish and American, and counterfeit and altered bills of the Eagle Bank R. I., were found. A great part of the jewelry is supposed to be the proceeds of a burglary committed in Roxbury, Mass., some time since. An examination into the affair will take place in a few days, and will probably lead to very important disclosures in regard to very extensive counterfeiting operations which have for a long time been carried on.--[Jour. ot Com.

ROBBERY OF GOLD DUST.-A heavy robbery of gold dust was effected at some point between San Francisco and Philadelphia and Baltimore. The facts are these: -Two boxes of gold dust was sent from San Francisco to Messrs. Dewitt & Co., of New-York, and by them forwarded by Adams' Express-one to the mint at Philadelphia, and the other to Baltimore. On opening the box at the Mint, it was ascertained that about five hundred ounces of Gold had been abstracted from one of the inner tin boxes, which had been effected by boring a hole through the wooden box, and then with a chizel perforating the tin box. In this way it was emptied of its contents. A

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The wife of Hon. Lewis C. Levin, M. C. from Pennsylvania is figuring quite largely in a curious trial now in progress at Baltimore. Mrs. L. is charged with a violent assault up young man named Fite, the son of a wealthy merchant. The assault was committed on a public road leading from the city Fite, riding in a buggy, passed the carriage of Mrs. Levin and looked in-expected as he says, to see one of the family with whom he was acquainted; but failing to recognize who was within he drew up and allowed the carriage to pass again. Mrs Levin, immediately taking his conduct as an insult, ordered her footman to seize the young man, which he did, and held him while she cowhided him.

HOW MANY MILES A PRINTER'S HAND TRAVELS.-Although a printer may be setting all day, yet in his own way he is a great traveller, or at least his hand is, as we shall prove. A good printer will set 8,000 ems a day, or about 24,000 letters. The distance travelledover by his hand will average about one foot per letter, going to the boxes in which they are contained and of course returning making two feet every letter he sets This would make a distance each day of 48,000 feet or a little more than 9 miles; and in the course of a year, leaving out Sundays, that member travels about 3,000 miles !

ADVANTAGES IN WETTING BRICKS.-Few people except builders are aware of the advantages of weeting bricks before laying them. A wall twelve inches thick, built with good mortar, with brick well soaked, is stronger, in every respect, than one sixteen inches thick built dry. The reason of this is, that if the bricks are saturated with water they will not abstract from the mortar the moisture which is necessary to crystallization and, on the contrary, they will unite chemically with the motar and become as hard as a rock.

MILK FOR BOARDERS--The New York Express says:

The milk at a very fashionable house in the upper part of the city, which was usually very good, was found to be very poor one morning last week, looking blue, and having a waterish cast. Next morning, the milkman was arraigned and asked, what was the matter? His reply to the servant was:

"I beg your pardon, I made a mistake. I helped you out of the Boarding-House and Boarding-School can. I will be more careful in future. It shall never be done again."

PURE BLOOD SHEEP. -Messrs. D. W. Catlin of New York, and C. B. Smith of Litchfield County, Conn., have just imported twenty-five fine Saxony sheep as an addition to their flocks in Torrington a Conn. The sheep are from the flock of Maximilan Baron de Spenck Leitchena, near Leipsic Saxony, and are imported with a view of introducing, so far as

practicable, in this country, the system of wool growing practiced in Germany.

RETURN OF MR. BURRITT-Elihu Burritt, the Philanthropist and editor of the Christian Citizen, has returned from Europe, having been absent three years, engaged in efforts for the promotion of love and good will among the nations. He was the

about one hundred ounces had been abstracted from that box, making over 10,000 dollars' worth, in all. The parties concerned in this city have offered a reward of $3000 for the detection and conviction of the offenders, and $1000 for the recovery of the gold dust.-Journal Commerce.

and also of the one held in Brussels last year.

AN OCTOGENARIAN JUDGE. -Hon Samuel S. Wilde the octogenarian Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts graduated at Dartmouth College in 1789, just 50 years ago.

DAVIS' NATURE'S DIVINE REVELATIONS.

manifested at the absence on it of the recognition of the supreme sovereignty of God, in the letters "D. G. F. D.," Dei Gratia Fidei Defensor, "By the grace of God Defender of the Faith." hitherto imprinted on our whole coinage; the coin is to be reissued with the letters added.

A PLEASANT SIGHT. -The Path Finder mentions that George N. Briggs, Stephen C. Phillips and George S. Boutwell, the three candidates for Governor of Massachusetts, were all seated at the head of the Adams house dinner table, a few days since, indulging not only in the substantial things provided, but in very friendly conversation. It is an example worthy of imitation. They are all temperance men, of course, and act consistently in patronizing a temperate hotel.

The Picayune says that an old miser, a planter, died at Attakapas lately, who was worth in money, land and negroes at least $300,000. He had his coffin made before his death of rough unhewn planks, in which were found after his death, some two or three thousand dollars in gold. Secreted in the ceiling of his house was 45,000 in gold, and in an iron chest, also, a very large amount in gold and paper.

TURKS IMPROVE. The Turkish Government has established a system for gratuitous medical aid throughout the Empire. Physicians are appointed, with salaries, to visit and attend the sick, and prohibited to take any fees from the poor. They are to report their cases every three months officially. They are subjected to penalties if they neglect the poor in favor of other

classes.

THE WHEELING BRIDGE -The wire suspension bridge at Wheeling was opened in grand style on the 15th inst. The city authorities and managers of the bridge company united in a public jubilee. The Pittsburgh papers are out strong against the structure, because it has already stopped several steamboats the chimneys of which were too high to permit them to pass.

WHAT'S IN A NAME. A noisy individual caught by the New Orleans police last week, and brought before the Recorder on a charge of disturbing the peace, declined to give any other name than the Fillmore Ranger Wharf Rat." The Rat having been sufficiently worried was consigned to the cage.

MR. AND MRS. JUDSON.-Late letters from these devoted Baptist Missionaries, say that both are in excellent spirits and in good health. Mrs. J. has entirely recovered, and now has the prospect of a useful life to come amid scenes of labor and great interest.

COLORED MINERS. -Some merchants in New York have formed an association of colored men, ten in number, for the purpose of mining in California. They are among the most respectable and intelligent of the colored citizens of New York and will leave in the Hampden during the week.

The Bangor Mercury thinks the farmers in that region should pay more attention than they do to the fattening of poultry, It says-"to look at some of the poultry exposed for sale in our market, one would suppose it died of consumption or gave up the ghost after a fruitless chase after grasshoppers."

INTERESTING MEETING. -Henry Clay, accompained by his friend Alderman Benson, called upon Father Mathew at the Irving House, New York. High and deserved compliments passed between the two, and hopes were expressed that they would soon meet again at Washington.

A new edition of this great work has just been printed, for

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N. B. In answer to many inquiries, the subscriber would say that the work on PSYCHOLOGY promised by him some time ago, is in a considerable state of forwardness, but circumstances will have to determine whether it will be published before the coming Spring. Its publication will be duly announced in The Spirit of the Age, and other papers.

CONTENTS,

Man and his Motives,-
Happiness,
European Socialism-The Bank

of the People, An Ancient Art rə-discovered,

The Church of God with us,

WILLIAM FISHBOUGH.

PROSPECTUS

OF

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