Working Men's Protective Union

Tho obpcis of the imtitution are to combine individuals for t!io pui-pose of purchasing merchandize of nll sorls required in a fnmily, and to ronder nr'lual aid, according to the moans of each División. Tlio Institution is c.illed the Working Men's Protectivc Union- the branches of which, are called Divisions. Tiicre is a central or Supreme División. The name is significant, as indicating n regird for high sounding woi-ds and natnes which, in the estimntion of those wlio usc Iheiil, nrc thingt. The progress of the Union has been as rapid as ils most sanguine friends have anticipated. The first División was lormei as nn mont nboiit a year anti a nal t since. - The !)tl) División has been in existencfl nboutsix months, and thc Divisions niiraber at present 21, and are consiantly ncreasing. The First División ha nbut 200 members - the 9th about 130 - and the number of members of the severa] Divisions varies from 15 or 20 to 200.- Tbey purchasc grocerie and other rnerchandize at wholesalc, nnd sell them to the members at nn advance on the cost, ut suffieient to cover the expenses. - The 9lh, nnd I bdieve tiio lst and some oiher Divisions, cbarge 0 per cent.on :he wholewla cot. I do not know whe'.hcr any oí ihe Divisions charge less or more. As far as my knowledgo extend", they makR a savingof from ten tolwetity percent, on ihn reiail yirices. Tho effect of the organizaüon has been to canse some vendors of grocerips lo ofibr tlieir goods at cost. - líos!. Liberainr. ÍLf" Tlie I'ennsv Ivania papers contain fu 11 accounts of the recent tremendous explosión of Dupont's powder factory. Tlie Delaware Gazetle stvs : " The plnce Svhere the buildings in whicli the explosión occurrei gtood, is leitas bare and desolate ns thongh the work of human labor andskül ha.) never been expended upon it. A few loose stonrs, fragments of mortar, bl.ickened nnd charred splinter., contitute everv thing that remnins to indien te the exact positinn whicli they so reccnily occupied. The amount of powdcr exploded, it is believed by the owners, did not exceed 5,000 pounds. The pecunia ry loss is comparatively smal] ; aHhough the glass is sbattered from the wiodows, and the plastering strippod, in a great degree from the ceiüngs and vvalls of the houses for a mile round. We saw many windows blown in enti'-e. In sonie of the large residences of the Messrs. Dupont, not a window is lelt pei fect, and on some sides they are blown enti rel y out. Much glass wasbrokon at the dfstance of a müe and a half. The screnms and lamentations of the women nr.d children were truly hoart ronding. They ivere heard bewailing their drendful loss, at thedistnnee of more than a mile. Of course, it is altogather impossible to form any conjeciure as to the cause of the explosión. It is even unknnwn which of the tvvo buildings exploded first. The coronBrs iield an inque-t on the mangled nnd blackenorl remains of the killed. Verdict accordingto the facts as already dctailed. Those killed have almost universally left wives and children. They were among the most valuable and successful hands nttached to these great works : many of them were men of independen! meins. We understand that the Messrs. Dupont, in accordance with a practice of their father before them, generously bestowed on each of the widows of the unfortunate victims of this dreadful casualty. 8100 annmlly. so long as tiiey remain widows. A head of one of the bodies, though so much disiigured as to be unnblc to lell lo which of tho btackeced and mutilaled trunks it had belonged, we were informcd, was fcund tlie bes! part of a mile from any of the bodies, and nearly all the hu man remains were so dresdfully torn and discolored as to be with great difficulty recognizod by their friends. Tho picture was indeed ono of the most hcartrending that t is possible to imagine." ttJFather Matihevv writes from Cork, March 31,- " We shall ever regard America at ourdeliverer in tho honr of bitter calamity. The immense supply of Indian corn, wafied into t'ie Cove of Cork, the lasi few days, and the free gift of cargoes, ilnily expected, havo had an unexpected eflort upon tho corn market. Maize has tallen from L19 to L10 the ton. In the darkest hour of calamity'we should not deppair. The morcies of the Lord are above all bis wondrous works. lam resolved, God wil'ing to leave Ircland for the States noxtsummer. Tt shall be my constant, anxious, prayer, that the Loul may remove every obstacle, and allow me to indulge this dading desire of my hcart." (Cr The Free Press inentions that yotmg Phillips, of Lodi, in this county, has been appointed a Cadet nt West I'oint, by recommendation of Messrs. Felch and McClellanJ.