Posted inDaily News Maritime & Naval History

The Dramatic Artist and the Terrible Marine Monster

The Semaphore of December 22 says:

While the steam packet Le Claire was on its way from Marseilles to Algiers, with 400 passengers on board, it encountered a strong gale from the south-west. In the middle of the night a tremendous sea struck the ship, swept the deck, penetrated into the cabins and engine room, and threw every thing into the greatest confusion. In the midst of the general panic, while the crew were making every exertion to rid the interior of the boat of the superfluous element, a terrific cry was heard from the second cabin: “Help! help! the shark is gnawing me!” screamed, in a voice half-suffocated with terror, an unfortunate dramatic artist, who, awaking in a cold bath, had found in his arms a sheep, which had been precipitated into the cabin through an opening made to let off the water.

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Buddhist MSS

Original literary monuments written in the old language called Pali, used by the Buddhists in their sacred books, are exceedingly rare in Europe. The Imperial Library here and the Royal one at Copenhagen are the only establishments possessing a series of MSS. in that tongue. This extreme scarcity is owing to the great reluctance the Buddhist priests evince to intrust their religious writings to Europeans, or to allow them to copy them. Two years ago the Imperial Library succeeded in purchasing a series of MSS. of this kind, and valuable on account not only of the number of volumes, but also of the contents, which are extremely curious.

Posted inUS Civil War

July 23, 1861 – Two Days Fighting!

Terrible Slaughter on both Sides

The Federals Defeated!!

Special Dispatch to the Western Democrat.

We are indebted to Mr J A Selby, of the Columbia Carolinian, for transmitting to us by telegraph the following:

Columbia, Monday, July 22.

Fighting has been going on near Manassas Junction for the last two days, (Saturday and Sunday).

Yesterday (Sunday) the battle raged from 4 in the morning till 7 o’clock in the evening.

The slaughter was terrible on both sides, but the Federals were compelled to retreat.

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July 22, 1861 – The “Daughter of the (Sixth) Regiment” in Uniform

Lizzie Clawson Jones, 6th Massachusetts Militia Regiment's "Daughter of the Regiment" (Source: Library of Congress)

The non-commissioned officers and privates of the Sixth Regiment have presented to Lizzie Jones, “daughter of the regiment,” a bright girl of ten years, who accompanied them, a handsome uniform, consisting of a dark velvet jacket, or basquine, trimmed with gold lace, with a skirt of red, white, and blue silk, and a jaunty white hat, trimmed with tri-colored plumes. They also presented to her a richly embossed canteen of solid silver, and a sword and scabbard fit for the daughter of so gallant a regiment.

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An Obituary Note

A recent English paper, in an obituary notice, states, with solemn gravity, that the deceased was notable "for the active part he took in the management of the society for…