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Day
6
Month
November
Year
1847
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Public Domain
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California. - The correspondent of the New Bedfjrd Mercury frorn Califor■Jiin, gnys that tlie number of ernig'-ants frnni tlio United Slates is about 3,000 ; iibout one-hal( ofwhom have arrived ihere luring tlie las! soason. The native poji intion of Upper California aoc.irding to the most authentie data, is aboul 23,000. A líttle girl, hearing lier mo'lier say tliat she was gjitig into half mourniiig, inqtiireJ "is any of our folk? half dead." Ska Soïwdixo. - Captain Ross, by throwing over a heavy weight into tlie ocean, to w!ic!) asrnillline was attached, mío ceeiie i in .-enetrating five miles and 120 fet. the greatea depth thil has ever Ijen aüainfid. ['Ure Ano Smoke. A wet si!'.; liaiKkerchieflied (vil hout fulJing over ;he faL-e, itis said, isa complete sacurlty ngaiosj .ufTicruinn an ) smoke ; it permits frep bre ithing and at the sanie time exclades thesmoke from the lungs. Il lias been eflectuaüy (ried. Qtekn Victoria's b?st go-to meeting rlothes cost half amülion of dollars. - Tlrisñ tliat Bonaparte used to wear, when Kmperor, on state occasions, nearly a million. Tlie Englisli alphabet contnins 26 letlers; the Ileb'ew, Chaldre, Syri.ic, anci Saiïiai'ilon, 52 eüch ; the Arabic 28; the Per.sian 31 ; ihe Tukish 33 ; he Georgiii 30 ; tlreCpic42; the Muscovite 48; lbo Grrek 24; the Lnlin 22; the Sclnvenii: 25 ; ihe Dulch 20 ; the Spanish 27; the Italian 20 ; the Elhiopian ar.d 'l'.-ntirian, each 202 ; the Indian of Bengal 21 ; the Burmpse 19; the Chinrsp have prttperly spciking n.) alphabet, cxcept we cali iheir who'e languflga hy that name - tlieir letters ure words ; or rnliier hieroglyphics, arnountiug to 80, 000.- Spirit of the Times. The Nasbville pnpers just received brings news of an awful calamily at ihat p'.nce, Ihe efiects of the Storm on Tuesdny evening last. The ligiitning struck the Powder Magazine, causing an awful explosión, the report of whicli was equal to ihe loudest eartliquake. The destruction of hfe and property was immense. One liundredhouses were distroyed orinjured, and ten Jead bodies had nlready been taken frorn the ruins. The house of Mr. Stevens wns torn tö picces, the ftimily were much iujured,and one of tliem- a young lady - killed. - The houses owned by the following persons are injured or destroycd. Williams, Taylor, Mrs. Cleveland, Mr Ried, Chandler, Bang, Farren, Harris, Mooie, Cole, Stout, Defirmey, Stephens, Shandler, J. L. Smith, Rev. (I. Enkle, Marsh, and 50 or 00 others, including a new Methodist Clmich. All of the household ware was broken. - Cincinnali Press. Railroad to Chicago. - A road to conncct with tlio Central Railroad, at the Indiana line ; and run from thence to Chicago, is to be forlhwith built. The work is to be done by the Bufíalo and Mississippi Railroad Company, whose charler nllowsof ihe running of branches in all direclions. At a late meeting of tliis company, tlie following gentlemen were chosen Directors for 'lio ensuingyear, all of whom were friendly to the proposed connection : - Wm. B. Ogden and J. Y. Scammon, of Chicago; C. B. Blair, and Col. E. D. Taylor, of Micliigan City ; John B. Niles. and Wm. C. Hhnnah, of La Porte ; nnd Mr. Brooks. of the Michigan Central Railroad.

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Signal of Liberty
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