Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-05-19
Items, General intelligence, &c

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There we're 892 convicts in the Ohio
Penitentiary, at the close Of the last year.
The trial Of B. Rathbun was to COM
mence at Batavia, on the Goth ult. Mr.. r.
left Buffalo early on that morning in
charge ofthe sheriff.
Provisions, such as flour, pork, sugar,
&C., household furniture and farming uten-
sils, are admitted free of duty into Texas.
On the Goth of February there were
$50 prisoners in the Maryland Penitentia-
ry, Of whom 314 were males, and 375 fe-
maless
On Saturday night, the 18th ult., one Of
the United States Armory buildings, at
Harper's Ferry, Va, used as proof house,
was destroyed by fire.
The Sublime.--A Mr.. Aaron Cloud of
De Kalb county, Ga, is building tower
upon the top of Stone Mountain, which he
intends to be 800 feet high. 1t is his de-
sign to mount it with a Telescope, and
make it an Observatory for the lovers Of
nature and science.-[ Edgsfeld Ado.
The Legislature of South Carolina con-
sists of 1863 members--45 Senators, and
1873 Representatives. AS matter of Gu
riosity, we have looked at the Constitution
of the Lower House, and find the various
interests Of the country represented as
follows: Planters So, Lawyers 80, Physi-
clans 22, Merchants Is, and Mechanics 8.
The Clergy, it will be remembered, are
excluded under the Cons titution.-ll6
The Chinch Fly is making great havoc
amongst the wheat, corn, and oats, in South
Carolina.
On the 28th of May last, at Houston,
Texas, w. C. Quick and David Jones were
executed for murder.
Old Bertrand, the celebrated race horse;
died of bolts, on the End of April last, at
Lexington, Ky.
Inaportant Military IntelHgence.--We
learn that the President of the U. States, by
and with the advice of the Senate, has con-
ferred the Brevet of Brigadier General on
the gallant Colonel Taylor, of the First
Regiment of Infantry, for his meritorious
conduct in the last action with the Flori-
da Indians Nat. Int.
The Missouri papers mention the death
of Gen. VIM. II. Ashby, on the 26th oil
March last. He was one of the most dis
ltinguished citizens of that State.
The number of Clerks and other per-
sons employed in the Bank of England is
about one thousand. The number OF clerks
alone is never less than nine hundred
Thirty-eight engravers and printers Of
notes are kept constantly employed. The
entire amount paid to the various servants
of the establishment is upwards Of E2OO,-
600.
A short time since, two small children Of
MIR. Cornelius Mauk, of Brush creek town
thip, Ohio, were drowned IN the South FORK
of Jonathan's creek.
Talking is Erpensive.-The pay Of all
: the members Of Congress amounts TO
: $4,000 per day.
,. Nouel Visitor in North Carolina
, wolf of unusual size, measuring SIX feet
was lately killed near Currituck Cour
House. NC. These animals are seldom
, seen in that State.
. There have been only three instances
of self destruction by fre--that OF the PM
! losopher Empedocles, who threw nlnsel
into the crater Of Mount Etna; that Of
!, Frenchman who, in imitation OF the Tor
: mer, precipitated himself, in 1850, INTO I'M
|. crater Of Vesuvius; and that Of an EngllSll
man, who about thirty years back, JumPe'
: into the furnace Of a FORGE
o His excellency Mr.. Bodesia, Russian
y Ambassador, and suite, arrived at New
:, York in the packet Mediator, from Liver
r pool, on his way to Washington.
|. Chancellor Kent was in Boston recently
!. He's very pIeasant-nay, quite tacetiou
man. Says he, "Mine host, you are tn
:, best landlord ever saw,"--"And you ar
I the best Judge | ever met with" resPonde'
/ the hotel keeper.
l. A City Of Shoemakers.-The town Q
Q Lynn, Mass, according to the last census
e contained population Of 9,325 lncludinI
d men, women and children. The numbe
d of persons residing there engaged IN tn
l. manufacture Of boots and shoes, IS state
to in a late official document at 5,l85, or NOR
q than one half of the entire population Q
u the place. The annual production ofboot
d is 229O pairs, and Of shoes Y 543, 999 pairs
i. In addition to the shoe trade proper, 10
= I - =. (.