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1 I S S & I 5 I I 1 S 1 . FARTBIBGE AND BRITTAN, PUBLISHERS, 342 BROADWAY—TERMS, TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE ; SINGLE COPIES, FIVE CENTS. YOL. V .- N O . 31. N E W YORK, SATURDAY, NOYEMBER 29, 1856. W HOLE NO. 239. B u r y i n g t h f W r o n g M an .— M u. P a t r ic k B u r k e M e e t i n g h i s ow n F u n e r a l . —On Wednesday last Mrs. Catharine Burke, residing in Elev enth Avenue, near Forty-seventh-street,. learned that her husband, P a trick, had been k illed at Tarrytown, by a train of cars belonging lo the Hudson River Rail Road Company. She immediately started for that place, and on seeing the body of deceased, at once recognized it as that of her husband. A handsome mahogany coffin was immediately procured, and a regular old-fashioned Irish wake followed, after which (on Thursday) the body was brought to this city. Five carriages were hired, and being filled with the mourning friends o f the deceased, the funeral cortege started for Calvary Cemetery, but on their way were brought to a halt by the sudden appearance of the genuine Patrick Burke. The funeral procession was, of course, immediately stopped, and Patrick- returned to his home in a carriage beside bis wife. The corpse was started off for the Bellevue Dead-House, where Coroner P e rry yesterday held an inquest upon it, and the above facts were elic ited. The body was conveyed to the Duud-Eb'ii&e for a Lecond recog nition. __________________________________________ T h e D r e a d f u l .C a l a m it y a t K ir k w o o d . —The Postm aster at K irk wood, Broome county, furnishes the Binghamton Republican with kthe particulars of the horrible calamity, a brief mention of which we pub lished under our telegraph head on Monday. The letter is dated the 8 th instant, and is as follow s: “ Our usually quiet town has been thrown into a g reat state of excitement by the burning of a house within about a mile and a half from this village, with all its occupants, con sisting of Mr. Harlow Perkins, his wife and seven children—two of them nearly grown—and Mr. Perkins’ mother, an old lady. Mr. Per kin’s father lived with him, b u t went over lo stay with another son last night, who lived but a few rods d istant. I have just returned from the scene of disaster, and I can assure you it was an awful scene. There was scarcely enough left of the remains of any of the ten persons to recog- bizelthem as human beings. The building was burned last n ight about midnight, b u t nothing can be ascertained as to its origin.” A R a r e B lo c k f o r t h e W a s h in g t o n M on um e n t . —Dr. Heap has sent to the United States a beautiful block of Carlhagenian marble for the Washington National Monument. It was obtained from the ruins of w h at is supposed to have been the temple of Esculapius, and was cut from a most splendid column c f yellow antique marble with red veins. The block is a cube of two f e e t; on a highly-polished surface it bears the arms of Carthage (a horse and palm tree), executed in Mosaic, un derneath which is the word “ Carthage.” The different colored mar bles of which the Mosaic is composed, were all obtained from the ruins of Carthage. In future ages, when not even the ruins of this once fa mous city of antiquity remain to attest its past existence, this solitary block of marble, dug from the moldering ruins of an idolatrous tem- ple, and placed within a monument to “ the Father of his Country,” may perhaps be the sole relic of Carthage from the wreck of time.— English Payer. _______ _______________________ T h e T e l e g r a p h A cross t h e A t l a n t i c . —The New York and New foundland telegraph line was opened to St. Johns, November 9, and congratulatory messages between the New York company and Gover nor Dudley of Newfoundland have already passed over the wires. The long contemplated trans-atlanlic company is said to have actually been formed in London, under the auspices of Sir John Brett. One- half of the required capital to complete the line from Newfoundland to Ireland, was immediately taken up. Contracts looking to the certain completion of the line across the A tlantic next summer, were being negotiated with one of the London submarine telegraph manufactur ing companies, the work to be commenced in November, and the line laid down in J uly next. F a t a l A c c id e n t . — The Benninlon Banner says : “ On Saturday even ing last, one of the most heart-rending accidents took place a t Benning ton, which it has been our lot to record for a long time. It appears that while Mrs. Ranney, wife of Dr. J . W . Rauuey, and Mrs. Colvin, wife of Mr. Y ail Colvin, were riding in a carriage down the hill near the former residence of P. L. Robinson, Esq., in the village of North Bennington, and as they came to the bridge at the foot of the hill, they discovered a team coming in the opposite direction, whereupon Mrs. Ranney immediately turned the course of her horse, in order to let the other team pass, there being but one track upon which to cross the bridge, when her horse became frightened at a pile of lumber, and com menced b a c k ing; and although every effort was put forth to check him in his course, they did not succeed, and the horse, carriage and occu pants were precipitated down an embankment of some fifteen feet, k ill ing Mrs. Ranney instantly, and severely, if not mortally, injuring Mrs. Colvin.” _________ R em a r k a b l e F a m i l y . —A paper in Burlington (Conn.) publishes the following : Residing within a- stone*' ii‘o .ir cf our office is an old lady, Mrs. Pol. Beaman, a history of whose fam ily presents the most striking instances of prolonged life that we ever knew or h eard of. She is now in the ninety-second year of her age. The decease of her partner, Tracy Beaman, occurred but a short time since. lie was two years her senior, and they had lived together in the same farm-house during sixty nine years. They had a family of nine children, the eldest of whom is now seventy-three, and was married when she was fourteen. Of the grandchildren there are now forty-nine, the eldest of whom is aged fifty-six. There are one hundred and fifty-six great-grandchil dren and eighteen great-great-grandchildren. A few aro dead, b u t the family seems blessed with an iron constitution, and most of them are yet living and well. We doubt if there is another case in this country where a venerable mother can call two hundred and thirty of her lineal pedigree around her Thanksgiving dinner-table. A n o t h e r R o y a l M a r r i a g e .— The heir presumptive to the crown of Holland, who has lately been on a visit to the English Court, has, it is said, fallen desperately in love with the Princess Alice, and the Minis ter Plenipotentary at the English Court has received instructions from the Hague to make overtures for a matrimonial alliance. Qcen V ic toria seems to be quite a model mother in tile way of m atch-m aking. She will now have two daughters fiancees to two crowns. S team on t h e R e d S e a .— The Viceroy of Egypt has chartered a steam navigation company, w ith a capital of three millions, of which the government will furnish two millions, to establish steam communi cation between various points on the Red Sea. Mustapha Bey, nephew of the Viceroy, will direct the enterprise. A C o s t l y B r i d g e . —The suspension bridge about to be erected over the Mississippi at St. Louis, it is said will be the most costly in the world. I t w ill cost about two million dollars, will be eighty-four feet above high water, and over a mile in length. The bottom of the towers will be sixty feet below low water. P E R S O N A L A N D S P E C I A L N O T I C E S . S, B . B r l t t a n ’ s P r o g r a m m e . M r . B r i t t a n ’ s P r o g r a m m e o f L e c t u r e s w a s r e c e i v e d to o la t e fo r o u r la s t p a p e r . T h e p o r t i o n o f i t t h a t i s n o t y e t b e h i n d tim e , is as fo llo w s : Chicago, 111.............................................from tho 23d to 26th Instant. N e w A lbany, I n d . , ............................ “ 2Sth to 30th Instant. IiC C tu r c In B r o o l c i y n . M r s . L. S. B ec k , trance speaking medium, who spoke to such good acceptance last Sunday week, to the Spiritualists at Clinton H all, cor ner of Clinton and A tlantic streets, Brooklyn, will speak again at the same place next Sunday afternoon, at the usual hour. l i e c t u r c s n e x t S u n d a y . M r . A m b l e r will occupy the desk a t Dodworth’s Academy, 806 Broad\ way, next Sunday, morning and evening, and Mr. H arris w ill speak in Academy Hall, Broadway, opposite Bond street, next Sunday morning .and evening. T h o s e persons who may feel any interest in the difference between T. L. H arris and L. T. W arner, respecting the duration of Mr. H a rris’ oc cupancy of the desk at Dodworth’s H all, will be gratified to learn that such difference was the result of a m u tual misapprehension, and that such mutual explanations have taken place as to be perfectly satisfac tory to both parties and re-establish a cordial understanding. t . l . HARRIS, N e w Y o r k , November 21, 1856. L. t . w a r n e r . To “ E. C.”—I do not know any psychometrical readers who use Buchanan’s C h a r t; neither do I know of any such readers whose powers or capabilities to delineate characters can be relied on. CHARLES PARTRIDGE. “ E. S .” is informed that the price of Mrs. M ettler’s Restorative Syrup is two dollars per b ottle. PROSPECT HILL FAMILY SCHOOL. T u b su b s c rib e r w ill receiv e in to his f a m ily a l im ited n u m b e r o f pupils, p r o p o s ing to dev o te b is e n ti r e a tte n t i o n to th e ir care an d in s tr u c tio n , w i t h referen c e no less to th e ir p h y s ical a n d m o r a l h e a lth an d w e lfare t h a n to t h e i r in telle c tu a l d e v e lo p m e n t. A n o p p o r tu n ity for th o r o u g h classical, m a th e m a tical or s c ientific train in g , is h e r e offered to those w h o w ish ch ild r e n to bo fitted f o r college, o r f o r m e r c a n tile or m e c h a n ical pu rsu its. Special in s tr u c t i o n i n P h o n o g r a p h y an d V e r b a t i m R e p o r t i n g , in M u s ic an d o th e r fine arts, as m a y ho r e q u ir e d . I t is proposed to estab lish a hom c - s c h o o l o f th e f ir s t order, w i th ev e r y o p p o r t u n it y for th e p r o s e c u tio n o f th e m o s t useful and im p o r ta n t bran c h e s o f stu d y in all directions. T h e situ a tio n is seven m iles from P ro v id e n c e , R. I ., on a s tage ro u te, an d is elevated, h e a lth f u l an d r e t i r e d ; co m b in in g convenience o f a c c e ss w i t h ev e r y adv a n tag e o f p u r e a i r an d b e a u tifu l s c e n e ry. P u p ils w ill be receiv e d a t an y tim e a f te r th o first o f D e c e m b e r. F o r circulars, sta tin g term s , w i t h references, etc., d ire c t to Novem b e r 1, 1850. 237—tf H e n r y J . H u d s o n , R e h o b o th , M ass. MEDICAL. M rs . J u l i a A. J o h n s o n , M .D ., of N o . 4S W a lk e r - s tr e e t, N e w - Y o r k , w e ll-k n o w n in th e B r itish P rovinces and several S tates o f t h o U n ion as a h e a lin g m e d iu m an d M e dical C lairvoyant, offers h e r m e d ical a id to t h e diseased i n C a n c e rs, Scrofulas, n n d acu te and chronic diseases o f tho h u m a n sy s tem . L a d ies w ill do w e ll to co n s u lt h e r in all cases o f fem a le w e a k n e sses. S h e claim s to bo t b e m o s t ex tr a o r d in a r y m e d iu m in tb o co u n try , and is w illin g to be tested b y p e r s o n s o f s tanding. N . B. S h e can accom m o d a te a few in v a lid s w i t h good n u r s in g and b o a r d w h ilst u n d e r h e r care. 237-8t- P R . S . B . SM .T H ’ S C R Y S T A L CALYAXIC B A T T E R Y R u n s nin e ty - s ix h o u r s w ith o u t replenishing, a t a cost o f h a lf a cent. T h o zinc, by its ow n action, k e e p s i tse l f clean. P r ice, w ith tb e D ire c t an d T o and-fro C u r r e n t M a g n e tic M a c h ine, $12—w ith o u t t h e M a c h ine, $3. 289-11 D R . S . B . SM ITH ’ S E L E C T R O - C HEMICAL B A T H , W i t h full instru c tio n s , $65—w ith an appendage w h ich a u g m e n ts i t s po w e r tw e n ty -, fold. P a y m e n t can bo m a d o to tho N e w Y o r k E x p r e s s A g e n ts , in vario u s s e c tio n s o f th e U n ion, a n d tho articles w ill bo forw a rded to t h e ir order: A d d r e s s 77 C a n a l-street, b e tw e e n B r o a d w a y and C h u rch-strccts, N o w Y o rk. 289-lt M E D ICINE H Y I i m r P A Y . I w i l l p r e s e n t one box o f m y M a g n e tic S a lve to an y resp e c tab le p e r s o n .w h o w ill call and receiv e it. F o r B u r n s , Scrofula an d old U lcers, i t is unsurpassed. S. B. M I T I I , E lectro-M a g n e tist, 77 l an a l-stroet, b e tw e e n B r o a d w a y an d C h u rch-strcots, N o w Y o r k . __________________________________________ 2 8 9 -lt II. SH L A R B I U M O ffers h is m o s t faithful s e r v ices as O P T I C I A N A N D M A N U F A C T U R E R O F S C I E N T I F I C IN S T R U M E N T S . Office, 800 B roadw a y , u p stairs. 209 BOARD. D r . W e l l i n g t o n , 81 E a s t T w e lf th - s tr e e t, c o r n e r o f U n iv e r s ity P lace, w ill furn ish fine room s to t r a n s ie n t o r p e r m a n e n t b o a r d e r s . H e w ill fu r n ish all tho co m f o r t of th o b e s t h o tels a t loss prico. L o c a tio n b e tw e e n B r o a d w a y an d F i f t h A v e n u e . 236
