Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-06-08

few years ago on the Mississippi short distance
below Randolph, on the Tennessee side. tie succeed
cd in amassing property the value OF about Sl4OOU
and like most of the settlers made business of SELL
ing wood to the boats This ne sold at Sz.5O cord,
while his neighbors asked IS. One OF them came to
demonstrate against his undersellng and had night
with his brother-In-law, Clark, in which he beat
en- He then went and obtained legal process against
Clark, and returned with deputy sheriff, attended
by possee of desperate villains When they arrived
at Clarks house ne was seated among ms children
dren and putting three balls through his body
Clark ran, was overtaken and knocked down in the
midst of his cries for mercy one of the villains fired
a pistol into his mouth, killing him Instantly. They
then required the settler to sell his property them,
and leave the country. He, fearing that they would
otherwise take his life, sold them his valuable pro-
srty for $780, and departed with his family. The
.nerf one of the rchasers.--LouisUiile Jour
nal. as
HoNonlNa THE Apos rLEs--Surely have entered
or the register the strangest name imaginable
masons wife, and belonging to the next parish, pre-
scented her urchn. What took place is exactly as
follows; "say the name" said l with my finger in
"what do you mean ~ Thinks to myself will
ar the clerk to spell it, He did; Acts-s) Acts was
the babe, and will be while in this life, and will be
doubly and treby so registered if ever it marres
dies Afterwards in the vestry, asked the good
woman what made her choose such name. Her
answer rerbatim: Why, sir we be religious people,
we've got YOUR on 'em already, and they be called
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and SO my husband
thought he compliment the apostles bit The idea
Of complimentng the apostles with this little dab Of
living mortality was too much /; even could not help
laughing 1 have no boubt she will 60 on to Revela
tons, they being particularly religious people,
sitting of the British Society of Arts Mr.. E. Cowper
addressed the meeting recent improvements in pa
per making. He referred TO the origin of paper ma
king and to the various plants drawings of which he
IN f~nsx, A hoA haaY facttrr
Speaking OF the strength of writing papers, he produ
ced sheet fpest quarto, the ends of which he had
pasted together and rasd half hundred weight with
it. The same Sheet he said, had lifted man Oft the
ground. He tsen adverted to Mr.. Babbage's expert
ments for ascertanlng the color of paper least nJu
rious to the sight which he stated to be green though
in printing papers, the type was never more effective
than when used on white. He explained the nature
of the machinery used in the manufacture of the art
cle and observed, that, though objections had been
urged against it on its first introduction 1t would now
be impossible produce the required supply by man.
ael labor. He showed the construction of the frame
for making wove paper, and perfected two sheets in
the presence of the society. In his observations on
the length of paper whchhad been manufactured, he
mentioned that one sheet had been completed which
would reach four miles and that an eminent manu-
facturcr whose mills were visited by the Duke and
Duchess Of Sutherland, had sheet made to cover
the lane they had to pass from the propretors resi-
dence to the works, of three quarters of mile and
which answered all the purposes of carpet.
n. u
his life and habits, relates the following anecdoe of
his frugal and affectonats wife. Awfe could scarce
ly make prsttier apology for purchasing her first
piece of luxury.
"He that would thrive
Must ask his wife,
il was lucky for me that had one as much disposed
to industry and frugalty as myself. She assisted me
cheerfully IN my business folding and stitching
pamphlets tending shop, purchasing old linen rags
for the paper makers, &c We kept no idle servant
our table plain and simple; eur furniture of the
cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was for long
time bread and milk, (no tea and ate it out of two
penny earthen porrnger, with pewter spoon; but
mark how luxury will enter families, and make apro-
gress in spite of principle; being called one morning
to breakfast found it in china bowl, with spoon
of silver. They had been bought for me without my
knowledge, by my wife, and had cost her the enor-
nous sum of three and twenty shllngs; for which
she had other excuse or apology TO make, but that
she thought her husband deserreda silver spoon and
china bowl well any of her nelghbors. This was
the first appearance of plate china in house.
which afterwards in the course of years. as cur wealth
increased augmented gradually to several hundred
pounds in value.
On Tuesday last, in the case of Jacob Burn the
South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company,
verdict of s425 with interest from January 81 1885,
was rendered by the jury in favor of the Plaintiff for
the burning OF quantity of hay, blades, and other
provender for cattle, contained in barn, near the
junction Of Meeting and King street roads which took
fire at the period above stated from sparks issuing
from one Of the locomotives of the Rail Road Char
iestos Courier.
New AMEnrcAS TRAGEpy.-A new tragedy
written by Rufus Dawes ESQ., former editor of the
Washington Mirror, is we learn in the hands OF DIR.
Manager Barry, of the fremont Theatre, Boston, and
will probably be produced this season The heroine
Of the tragedy written expressly for Miss Citizen
MyRTLEs OF THE SouTH SEAs-The myrtle, known
in Europe only as small shrub, grows IN Van Die
mans Land to the height of two hundred feet, and
from thirty te forty feet IN circumference, the woedre
sembllng cedar.
An ESeLIsH MANUrAcTuRER.-MrJ John Cockerli,
living at Liege possesses in that vicinity, coal mines,
forges, &C., which employ 2400 workmen, l5 steam
engines Of 4OO horse power each-at AK la Chapee
A merno manuiactery-at Ardemne one for paper
at Kotbus in Prussia enc for nets-zinc mines at
Stsllberg-a cloth factory in Poland-a cotton one at
Barcel,na- sugar mills at Surnam-llncn factories in
Belgium.
The resident directors of the Lockport Bank Henry
walbridpe Washington Hunt Nathan DAYTON Au-
mssus Boyce and Archibald Nc. Donald have come
u, in the Lockport Balance with an explanatory lie h
,sr IN relation TO the Lockport Bank, in which they
complain OF the precptaney and injustice of the Leg
STATURE, in repeating Their charter without giving
shem an opportunity for defence
pv.prruAr MOTION The Cayuga Patriot describes
+, machine now exhibiting at Auburn and which il de-
aannates "a philosophical perpetual motion" 1t
was invented by Mr.. Charles Lyon Of Sparta, Living
.ston Co.
CoupAn.rrvE SAILING or AN AMERICAS AND