Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-08-05
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small notes Of the New Hampshire banks
pass for year to come, but no new ones
smaller denominations could lawfully be
after that date. The penalty against the N
tatIon OF the small bills Of foreign banks, witt
tent to put them IN circulation, is not less
SIOO
The number Of persons employed by the
of England IN the year 1892 was as follows;
clerks aud porters, So prIaiers and engravers
clerks aud porters at the branches--total %
average salary e225 each.
In the years 1924 and 3 no less than GA
stock companies were formed in Great BnN
with an aggregate capital of 1872, l73,lOOL
" about 2u,0O0i however were actually pa'
The bodies of the ioW young men, siudf
OF the Theological Seminary at Auburn,
were recently drowned IN the Owasco lake, q
been recovered and inferred in the tural greg
at Auburn, on the 2nd Instant The asscmb9
which was very numerous, was appropriately
dressed by the Rev Dr.. Cox.
Three hundred fresh salmon, packed IN
| and saw-dust were received from the Penobs
on Monday by the tishmongeis al Fulton NJ
ket.
| Fatal Reacoaire. Tho New Orleans Bee
the 9th says-"Two individuals, one by 4
name of Miller, and the others name we COD
not ascertain, met at the corner OF Poydras al
Philippe streets last evening about dusk, the y
| ter shooting the former through the back-fk
life is desparcd oi---lho other effected his 4
cape.'
The Charleston Courier says "lhc Hon. 10
r. Ponset Secretary OF War, arrived IN this
ty Yesterday morning from Washington, IN y
steam packc, Georgia, from Norfolk. We az
craiifed that our distinguished iellow.cilizen hf
arrived so OPPORTUNITY to join with US IN the ia
iivitlcs of the day.
More effects ofhc Specie Circular. -Con1g
mental Failures. - London, June 2.--The houf
of Frenck & Co., in Copenhagen, has bocou
bankrupt The house of Wilhelm Main, Of Io
tenberg, has become insolyent. The debt IS AZ
and the assets 4l4,000 rx dollors, SwcodiT
banco.
Small Chanac.-A Mrs. Cent, III Wisconsf
has presented her husband with iour little Cents
two male and two female.
The Iowa tOusconsin) News of tho 7ili II Y
saws that new discoveries OF lead orc have BEG
made on the waters Of the Blue RIVER Ireq
success has attended the dlggers IN that part Y
the mining country. "The mineral ground IS "a
siy proved, very little blasting is required, am
, the ore is found within few teot from the SUI
} face of the earth. Not long since we vIs'tc
these sadsgs,ws~,a AVID Witnessed speclacl
which rarely gree,s the Dyes oil mlners. sever
hundred tons weight OF mineral was pned on
: single lot of ground of two hundred yards squar
9 upon which were sunk several shafts not ono
7 which were more than twenty feet deep"
Soldiers in Glores.--By recent ordonanc
gloves are to be worn at all seasons by the TO-
soldiers of the French army. The artillery az
. 40 wear leather gloves, the infantry cotton.
Tallswand. This old diplomatlst j. stlll allv
and still playing the courtier. lie IS announce
as late as 26h May as having an interview WI
the King.
!Suicide.--Wo learn from Briggs Bulletin tn
a man named Henry Lenow, committed sued
, by hanging himself on Saturday evening, III
house on the corner Of Friend aud l. anoyC
1 streets. Boston Morning Post.
, An attempt was made to set fire TO dwen
o house near Fishers hotel, in Roxbury, on Wee
;, nesday evening last. Tho incendiary was sec
: IL he cellar, by an occupant OF the house; b.
Q he quickly made his escape.
Patrick Mahony, tho boy sentenced to be hun
), for burning the Cambridge AIms-ilouse' has h
= his sentence COMMITTED by the Governor al
Council TO Imprisonment for life III the State
Prison. Dos. CourItr.
it Three boys were on Friday detected IN placI
j. stones on the Boston and Norchcster RallIo;
i IN Natck, for the purpose Of throwing the
g. zines and cars of from the track. They We
~ promptly arrested, carried before magslra
s. and, after full examination, committed to The q
10 in Lowell for trial at the next court OF Comm
p Pleas. The punishment for such an offence
n which the lives Of passengers arc cndangci
is fine not exceeding one thousand dollars,
ID imprisonmcnt for period not exceeding tive
n months.-ib.
IL Earthquake.-We Learn, says the Provder
- Courier Of Monday, by gentleman IRON
~ country, that the shock Of an earthquake was
on Thursday night, 22d ult. at SmithheId' Bur
nc vile and Thompson. The duration OF tho she
oil was about half minute; the inhabitants OF
Ire yillapc of Slatersyilc weie so much alarmed a.
IS leave their dwellings. In Thompson the sh'
ne was so severe as to knock down the crock
y. Nv from the shelves.
* 1t gives US pleasure to inform persons nav
I, friends in Texas, or those interested IN that
country, that the Texian Congress has made
nv propriations for the establishment OF a Post VI
ali Department, and that D. Barr, Esq, genel
Of well known abilities, is appointed Post Ma
General. Intercourse can now be had throt
ont the interior of Texas without the delay, VI
dispatches were formerly subjcctto'
A boat from tho Illinois River reported
.om terday, that the steamboat Wave was destrt
inc by fire day or two since, while lying at on
last tho ports on that river. One or two lives arc