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The details Of the Annual Bill of Morality
OF the city of New York, are noticed in the
following manner in the Journal of Commerce.
We have obtained a sight of the Annual
Bill Of Mortality for New York during the
year 1882, which was presented to the Com
mon Council last Monday evening. and i
now in the process of publication from,
which we derive the follow ing particulars.
The whole number of deaths during the
year, was TEN THOUSAND THREE HUN
DRIED aud FlFTf-NiNE-bcing three lhou-
sand mine hundred aud ainefg-six more than
ever occurred in the city before i'm any one
year. This extraordinary increase of NOR
tally is mainly attributable TO the rayapcs NJ
Malignant Cholera, which carried off no less
Than three thousand five hundred and fifteen
indiViduals-all in the months Of July, Au-
gust, September and October.
Reduction Of rstss Of carriage on the railroad
we learn from the Frederick Herald, that
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company
have reduced the charges on plaster az PR,
to about one half of the former rates viz
on plaster not ground, three cenisper ton Der
mile, being at the rate Of one dollar and eighi,
esns per ton from Baltimore 10 the depot in
Fredericktown, and two dollars TO The Poin,
oil Rocks; on salt in sacks, and FISH in bar.
reis' the charge for transportation hns been
reduced to four cents per ton per mile.
Hinehester Repub.
.Netc York Cdnafs.-From the annual repor,
Of the New York Canal Commissioners' re-
Gently published, il appears that the expendi-
lures on the Erie and bamplain Canuls have
amounted for the past year 20 nearly SIREN
h"ndred thousand dollars! On the Oswego Ca
nal, the receipts for the same period were
sl'i1Oo, ana The expenditures thirty thou
sand Renarking on this magnifce1, 49,.
Of expenditures, the New York fommerc;aI
says that no ono need wonder after This =,
the result Of their late election.
Extraordinary case # SounamBuIisU,.--W
learn from Pembroke. n. II. that on Monday
the .lh inst. an extraordinary case Of som
nambuiiSm occurred In that town. attended
with melancholy and probably fatal conse.
quences.
lad by the name Of Prescott, residing IN
the family Of Mr.. Coffin, received direction
the evening previous, TO get up al 4 o'clocl
IN the morning, and make Ere, after " Licb
he was TO call Mrs. C., IL being ,ra,hiu- Jg,
IN The course OF the night be nwaked ard
thinking " was four O'Clock, arose. agrce,.
BY 10 his Instructions, and made a fire. Unon
looking At THE clock, however, lac found that
he had made a great mistake IN his oalcuIo.
uons, as u was only ~ o'clock IN tl,r even
ing Tic ihen went out and got q buffalo
SKIN which he wrapped about him, aud ~,
down BY the IRE, where he fell aslee,. a.
oout O'Clock he got up, went TO the wood.
bo'se, and took UP an axe, with which be en-.
tered tho room where Mr.. and Mrs. {. ,,er.
Sleeping. While they thus Law. upeopsc,o,,.
pt ineir danger, he leVeiied a blow ur,,, tLc
head OF Mrs. &. which broke "a her ,h.sL-
bone, and then upon that Of Ne - -
broke his scuii lie :hen ran for Tie dor
vhich being shut, be rushed s0,i,,s, y 80,
such violence ~ 10 wake himself an
On coming "a his senses. and n.,s.f.;.,. 81.
horrid work be hsd been doine,. L. ,.is,d ],
Shrek which brought down The motber ~
Nj e, who lodged N the chsmher .h,,,e
" ben she saw what was done. her str.,y,t
failed 4 she tainted. The nov tool her an 80
having laid her on che bed, ran Tor he n.,gb.
oors' and then for the doctors. ON IA. rrsar,,
&c toiu the persons who had assemblsd. tbsi
~ dreamed two men were attempting "a kiii
hnh' and vas trying 90 defend bisnseH Sem
aiteF' ~ became deranged Two or three
t'u'rs " tho course o. TIE day be hsd Iue a
intervals, during Whieh BE- inquired uib
greet anxiety conserving bis master and mis-
.Fess, and WoPi bitterly. iis would then re-
ispee INTO state 81 mental alteration.
When our informant lefl (ihe day after
the eceurrence took placer Aif. and Mira 4
we're both alive, end u gas boped that tie
AFTER would recover. Mr.. G. was nearly
deePaired a. We understand that J.feseosf
= 81 much beloved b. che family and fkat ~,
Ote suspects dat be bad any evil intene
~ " Jesrr sf e.,