{"newspaper_name": "The Columbian fountain.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": ""}
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THE VoLuErEERs.-The several companies
Of Baltimore and District Of Colurhbia. Volun-
teers, under the command Of LII. COL Watson,
were carried down on Wednesday afternoon
last, to Fort Washington, where they are to
remain until their embarkaton'for the Southern
army. The preparations Tor their reception on
board the steamship Massachusetts,, now lying
at our wharves. are going on rapidly, and the
whole battalion will proceed in that vessel to
the Rio Grande.--.Aler. Gas..


VIGoRous- Those who desire better un-
derstanding Of the full import Of this word may
"get an idea" from the following, which we
clip from the Philadelphia Times


"E. A. Poe, esq, well known as the most
vigorous critic in the country" says one Of our
country cousins. The vigor Of the meat-axe
or hand saw


WEsrERN PApERs-There are l6 daily
newspapers published in Cincinnati, eleven
of which are in English and four in the Ger
man language. Seventeen weeklies, uncon-
nected with daily issues, two semi-monthlies,
and twelve monthlies.


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A WELL-DRAwING STovE.-Two persons,
each occupying room in the same building,
the one in the story above was complaining
that his stove did not dra,c well. The other
replied, II thought that it did dra,c ,ceA. for
find il drawing my wood up stairs"





AN OLD REvoLUTIorER GATHERED TO his
Fathers. Samuel Lounsbury aged 89, sol
der Of the Revolution. and distinguished for
many exploits, died at Bristol on Saturday
Happily he lived TO hear Of the victories Of
the Rio Grande.


The loss by the tornado at Grenada, Miss,
is estimated at $4,000 or $4,000. Twenty
one persons were killed and sixty wounded,
many Of them dangerously. The number Of
houses torn from their foundations was ll2.
The barque Pons sailed on Wednesday ior
the Mediterranean. The proprietors have sig
nifed their intention to alter her name to that
Of Caroline. M s st