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4v HE CON8TIT0T1ON AND THE LAWS-THE 0..ARDIAN8 OP OUR J.l BERTV. Vol. XLV. ' HILLSBOROUGH, NIC., FEBRUARY 10, :1864. No. 2232. w3swppajwaaaraae - " The Terrible Catastrophe in Santiago. From the Patri of Valparaiao, Tkc 18. We write under the shadow of A itisr Dublic calamitv. On tha ftrk n. '. tire occurred in Santiago, the fatal reauito t t " L. . ! a 8- . - a a a a . ii wnicn are wunoui parallel in the histe .ry of the nation. Two thousand persona, for the most part females, were burned to sieatn.wiinin an nour; This horrifrin? event nrrnrr.l in tharch called the Corapaiia, from it once iavwg otiongea io me Company d Jesus, the Jesuits. The 8th inst. wan the festival in honor of the Immaculate Conception o the .Virgin Mary, and the evening was he apart Ivr the climai ot the ceremonial. At an early hour in the afternoon the audi ence began to assemble, and in such num. a t a a . . i.ers mat ueiore uarK persons had to return home, unable to obtin room within doors. A short time after half cut rn th ill... tuinations were lighted. The splendor of ne pageant may oe estimated from the fid that there were . twenty, thousand lihia. Of these, five tinmen. i IP at mm r. m phrne lamps, one of which exploded, and v.-iiy u uirrnj, aepioreu then rinurii. It is reported that the fi in a transparency that represented the half fuiiun connectou wun the pedestal of the Virgin : and, as the botlding was covered -.... w.aiiuii i .I'lijj'mctj ui i issue, game and painted canvass, the Hunts spread with inconceivable rsniditv over th (r f it.. grand altar, mounting tn the very roof. wurni wnr nomeais me scene in the bo dy of the church waa one nfn5r.t, horror that completely baffles aid defies all aucmpti at description, in an instant the crowded assembly was overwhelmed with consternation. lhoe io the centre ner teived the progress of the flames first, while those nearei the doors, honi: th. fire would bo extinguished, were unwilling tm ut ionog meir place. I he conse quence was that those from the centre, rnniog io me aoors, came in mas up'ttt it ose near the doorways wfiile yet seated or koeeline as tha fl.tor. Tl unable to rise in consequence, the former W.t miciu, m' ncn ornipq leu 00 tbee, and so oo, until about the doors a , wall of human bodies. entmrUd i another dresses, completely chocked.op -rry ovcave or e, cape into tl atrefi. "Ile rtaraohena limna Ml fra.n atr thargiog their iaflamiosble conteats on the iii.r.ta.i .i . .'-..vu . ivinua, wrappiog iwem 1Q SB in- Mint io lames. It is doubted if one in trn escaned t and aI tw f . w..w iu ll V IW part were so burned or otherwise injured ucain nas since ensued., , , , Terstins in the steeet report that over ... w-...vw uvurt wiiain ine aoor way they could see individuals in the cen tre of the churck runalng hither and thith-t-r amid the flames, wkilej, it waa im possible to render them the slightest as siiUDcefiiv. that it waa out at thm na. tion tooxtricatifevea tboso who were near the doori. Thia tt a distance seefna quite capiicivtc j obi irom the energetic eha rscter of some who sbught to render the sufferer aid we are sure it.must have been out of the euetiion, or it would have been dene. ; . -: . . , . , t , ......... ,,. - At the end of an hoor the lary ofnhe conflagratitn hid passed, and then of all that imrae&se number or persons for whom scape bad been impossible, not a lout ur. med. Theibelfr; bad fallen, and io had aauch sf the roof, while the wall were standing. And sow imag inatiet , fail to oepict the horrors ef th Wk. st before bad been gathered the tliU of i I' " irr Ie' portion ar the most re- il !',WV,.IM of lhe ,,Bd retln ei ktti Jafcless bodiei blackened and char red io death i some piled up in all imigiaa oie confusion, some ia rowi yet kneeling, tie with the heads burned or, others with k.j J can,"me, e rest of the body bad net Mffere ere. a lesion. ; t Ja fku0Bi "Ms their lervanta and childre0,bid peri.hcd a a Comen 4, iw Uttbtri. with familin of dagbUri, bad disappeared. Husbands vainly sought from street to street and house to house their wives brothers their sisters, and parents their children. , ? . ; The first intelligence was brought here by telegraph that five hundred had perish ed. It was hoped this would prove to be an eiaggeration ;but the nextday the num ber was six and then eight hundred, and then a thoesand. It was then thought the tale of horror could not proeeed further. And yet it has. Until now seventeen hun dred names have been published of. per sons mining, and the remains of more than two thousand have been borne to the cem etery. These, in some isolated cases, have beeorecogniMd; hut the overwhelming masahave been Derfoctlv undkrino-yiahaht. For four dajs i crowd of laborers was at . I. a . . a wr exiracung the remains; and nearly two hundred rart loads have been carried to the cemetery. Fifty men were there employed opening an immense excavation to receiv them; a number that proved to be insufficient, and had to be augmented. The fire occurred on Tuesday evening; and on Saturday evening the fearful task had not been fully accomplished. : Perhaps never in any land has a calami ty o dire and unmitigated, so Hidden and awful, so heartrending and borryfyinjr, been recorded. Connected with the fire already record ed there are incidents narrated that give rise to the bitterest reflection. Far in stance, through the vestry of the church there was an opportunity for some to es cape. Uy this avenue a Miss Armstrong did escape, besides another lady ? but then the door was closed in order to" have more room and freedom for removing articles of furniture, evenjtn benches, candlestick, crucifixes, &c. We pve an extract from the pen of oor special correspondent, dated December II Yesterday we stated ttat the priests and servaots of the cnurrh. while that multitude of females was horning, were bur in sav. iBgine iniseraote lurnuure of the vestry. To-dsv we have seen images, of saints. silver ornaments and niintin. in the ad- , . . .. 9'-. jwiuia. Muvm iik na ocen sirea id me a a. a . - . miosi oi ine, contusion. We have seen a lare itasge, with its gli framework, in the egar snop en tne comer or the square; we .... k(h iiivuiauua i inuiDg oajeciS last were got out instead of the peruhing vie tims inanimate stocks instead of hamia wiej.. . ... . i .... . ' K ATlOX AL' PECL'LIA RITIIS. . The health of a Deonte must de npit. in ao small derree. udoo the ocnat nnalitv of u loou, ana ibo oauus lormea ia coasum mg it. And this must be allowed to be true, even while we acknowledge the al- mast unlimited canacitv of the human am raach. to, dispose of the most varied, and aV i a " too ottea t))e most inappropriate articles. N'ol to dfell upon the peculiarities in diet . a . a . a.. wnicn are muniy cue to climatic mfluen ce such aiw the enormous injestioa of fattr substances io verr cold reriou. de 'i-.i . l :p t manucu bjbc necessities oi, ins numan conitituliou. and thelarzeconsumntioD of fruits and iisht farinaceous articles in warm ... . .1 . isiiiuaes tne every uay nsage or the in habitants ef the temperate zones, so fa mil' iar to us,.ari not unworthy of a closer con sideration than is commonlv accorded to them, both in a hysteaic and dietetic noiht oi vitw. That no standard can be set un aa nnli - s WW cable to all, in regsrd to the amount of a a a a M . loou to oe taaen. is onaeaiauie. conntieti circumstances combine to render this a va riable nuantitvi but it mav bo aafel aa. terted that, generally far too raach'fd f-a. sJY a is taaen oj laose wnose meant anew then to indulre their palates and overload their stomachs. This it true on the 'sea, ai well at en the land, at we latelv had , occasion to remark, when ntticior the dietetict of ir iixariotuijappotntea steam-pscxtts. If we were to particulate, we should say that the Eiglishinan it mere prone to ex ceed in taking solid food, and (he Scotch tnai in his potitioas although we ess iciui i a smprovtmcaii ia wi latter respect, in many parts of the land of " bar leybree." The Irishman,- when he is pro Vlieilt eaoudl to S-et anvthinr 1 i Ir art nhnn dance, is very apt to combine the faults o his fell(iw-islanders;and when transplant- ed to Scottish fchnres, testifies his decided preference for their whisky over that o his own land. The American has a fault which is fully at destructive to individual and to national health and viror. as oirhar of the others mentioned although the re- II I ta n -m. nn : 5 We refer-to the rapidity of swallowing, " 'ns ao so uniortunatety a characteris tic of the inhabitants of the Statea. ThU is a trite subject, but not the less a most nnnnrt.nt ..... ...I L : L !. . L .1. . r um, iau which 11 11 me uoiv oi . 1 .! . . . ine meaicai profession always to bring proroinentlr before the Deonle. An adt junct evil is the too great variety of sup uiemeniary articles consumed amongst us an error observable elsewhere, it is true, but, as we think, especially noticeable in our country, and expressed often - in the providing of sweetmeats and knick-knacks of arjous sorts, whidh tickle the palate. but tease the stomach. The sstonishing quinuiy oi coaiectionery ' consumed a mengst us can hardly be estimated, bat it is both preposterous nd,enormou. U'n have heard of young persons at school, who not only lavished all their pocket-money in the purchase of candies, cakes, &c, but even raa largely in debt for similar de structive edibles., This vicious appetite prevails to a ereater extent still in hot la. titudes. We have, known young Cubais, and youths from eurSuuthe'ra States, who i .... ... . nau nearly uestroyed their health by these aoporasie aaotts. . Virgin, t Mtditl Journal. THE SPEED OF RAILROAD. The Great Western Ernrat ta P.f.r England, travels at the rate of forty-three u'c m imar, laciuuing stoppages, or ni ty one mileraa hour without ineludia? the stoppages. To ittaini this rate., a speed of ixiy raues an nour is adopted midvar between some ef the stations, aad. in r. tain experimental trips, seventy miles aa nour, nave oeen reacnea. A speed of se venty miles on hour is about enuivalent t thirty-five ytrlt per second, or thlrtyfive a at ..I. IV . A -l .O . . a jaru uciwccn rwo Biais ot a common clock. All objects near the eve of a t.aa. sengtr travelitg at this rate will past , by ;s in uie lairij-uiin pan or a secouu J and if tkirty-fiye takes were erected at the side ef the 1 road, a yard asunder, Uey Would not be distinguished oni from an. other; if (painted red, they weald appear buiictiircij- ceaiinuous nasn ei res Color. If two trains with thia anted tatt ed each otter, the relative velocity waul J oe seventy yards per second sad u oat ef wauia tverv . arcQiv varui , lonr.i ir 11 . 1 . . . - " wuuia nasn oy is a single seeendtr Sup posing the locomotive which draws such s train to have drivin? wheals seven feat in diameter, these wheels will revolve five times in a second; the. yalve moves and tho Steam escanea ten time In a'prnnrt (kti. - . '.L f- 1 ..L' L v mm mere ore iwo cyuaaers, wnicn acr alternately, there are reslly twenty puis or etcaoes of steam in a second. Tho la. comotives can be heard to "cough" whan raoviag slowly, the cough being occasion ed by the abrupt emission of watte steam p 'the chimney ; but twenty cooght.psr second ciaaot bt separated by ' the air, their individuality beeonaiar loatl " SorK a locomotive speed is equal te nearly ese- luoria 01 actaaot oaiijana me momen ttttn of a whoto train, mavinr at aurh speed, would be nearly equivalent tt the. tggregttt force ef a number of cannon balls tqt&l to one-fourth the weight of the train. A TALK WITH THE PLANTERS. The Meridian fMIit.l Clarion af tlio 16th. hat the following rood advice for the farmert of the Confederacy 1 New that wt havt fill entered into the new ytsr, the bollidayt over aad the hinds rafreihed. nd read tnptm fahnra nf tftfti wt desirt to say a few words to ear plait iog friends upon tha tubjtct ot the nut crop .Each year the war aai.iacreued me responsiptiities resting upon you. Ev ery succeeding season has placed our cause more completely in your hands, and the defeats we sustained during the year re cently closed, have served, to render still more important, the duties of the produ cers of the country. -..The Joss of East Tennessee, of a large portion of Mississip pi, and our isolation from the Trans-Mis- oissippi, win greatly reduce our sources of su inply, while the decrease in consumers win hardly be perceptible. Without bread,', meat, work animals, implements, clothiog and other absolute, necessaries of life, we cannot carrv on the war. and it ia t tUm producing class of our population we must iwik mr incac articles, to supply the army, and the women and children and other non-prodtcers at home. Every farmer should, therefore, increase his plantation business, and produce as ranch of those articles demanded by the country as his working force will allow. Let eyery plan ter feel that to a certain extent, mar mr. cess rests ipon his shoulders, and being thus thoroughly alive te the country's wants, put in a crcp that will excel any he ever sent to market before. Every plan ter, thus aroused to a full appreciation of the importance of suooliea (or the armv . each vieing with his neighbor in quantity tnJ nn.lll. til .1 . tJV .. J. mm vj-aii.;, win in co nave a certainty ct there being no danger of starvation in any lai . ui mr country next autumn. During the eresent moitk thr ia mrh mw ao Miwvia work to be done on the farm, and as the exigencies of the times are putting men in charce ot elantatiena ineinerinrd th busiatss, we will 4venture s few bints which may be ef some service to , them. The land fur the next crop shetld be clean- eu oh ; new una cleared, manure hauled, fences pat so and the plow started and kept esinr whenever the weather and tK. condition of the soil will admit. Plough deep when breaking sp land. Deatror corn stalks and cotton stalks by chopping nt hlirninr 9B ia fr.niiantl .1... IT.?.I ---"0, - VHIII UWRl I1IUI your manure where it can be tsed as the - a. . f .0 . piougaers aavance wun tneir work. Log rolliic should aot be overlooked. Pi!,; your logs' up -and burn them saving the aaaes io mrrcrse we growth el your torn. Stock far the butcher, for the team aad other nurnoaes it rettieT verr ararr ni you shtcld give this branch ef the planta tion business a great deal of attentios. Cattle, sheep,' hogt and herses Vill be is great demand next tassmer, snl as we are cat off from Texts' aad East Tennessee we mfi St endeavor to raiie enaovk imnn t - Ow vmm selves. Give this natter voar ' cerannal tupervision; tee that the live stock hive p.wpci at,ruiiwd, paruoHiariv lavwei wea- .t , . . ior, acru are tuppuee hours. t 1 ' 4 j itb food at regular t !. j What it the da tr ef hverv n. tn ku Sotfthern confederacy? ft is not to find fault with and uick lawa in hn ment it It not to labor te incense tho pehplt against their rulers it is not to threw obstaclet ia the vr nf arKiaitta. our Liberty it it not to Breton? the r by ear acts hat it is oar dotjr to pitch tm ana aeip i conquer s peace that recogni zes our right to govern ourselves; if it b not convenient for us to shoulder tho nm. ket, then it is our duty to aid aad assist ia iooprusccuuoa 01 me war to tne extent 01 oor ability, by all other aeiat. ! Ura mnat be s united and not a divided people. We are in the war now, and the only honorable alternative left st it to fight it out, ceil what it may. It it too lite now to say the job it bigger one than we'expected, or ' that it it costlier than wt dreamed of, tndV ergo we bad best give op, ' That Wtat do 1 If werivt on we cover ourse! vet with Uat- ing shame snd itfamv, and bequeath to posterity disgrace tod the iron chaias of tiavery... , . - - .,. We did net advocatt this wars we nn pofed ttcesit to the bitter end, because wa believed, wun bhakspear, that we bad " better bear the ills wo hid than flr tm ethert we lntw net of.1? ,We thoaght we taw. in secession eivil war, aad e Itnt
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