Show ACCIDENT at on the morning a of the fourth A 1 some of tha th boys and young men in the absence of a suitable piece of artiller artillery yi with which to thunder forth their sentiments of patriotism in an appropriate manner made use of some soma iron concern that had been provided as substitute and in loading it in some peculiar way it went 0 off T injuring t five or six persons badly and it was feared by our informant resides there that one of the wounded men would not survive that was the only serious accident so far as we have heard that occurred in the territory on that day and that would not have transpired if no substitute for artillery had been deemed necessary the steamers ampre and dewdrop were totally destroyed by fire on the agae ri river er anthe ft of juze june |