The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-28
Home Observation-Disclosures Intelligence
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NAvAI..--We learnt that orders have been received
at the BALTIMORE rendezvous 10 discontinue enlsting
INTO the naval service any more apprentices or o,ne
boys ndlandsmen. II Is said there are about ioo
now in the navy, and no more can be taken, owlAs
10 the inability of the Secretary OF the Navy 70 en-
ploy them at sea. The naval appropriations nav
been 80 cut down" as 10 require the mos a IN
economy 10 keep the present naval force anoat' 70
more ships, we learn, 10 be tilted Tor sea .lls
year, and Mechanics will have 10 seek "oih
wherever il is 10 be found-No5oN Beacon
FIREs ~ PATErsoy.-G hedwlck's lumber store
house and cabinet shop, IN the rear OF 81 johns
Hall were bnrnt ON TUESDAY morning, with guam
tty of mahogany, &c DR. Masee s!apie, aoloin-
ing, also burnt, with quantity OF nay aha oats
fremen in limiting the spread OF the lre. Swit's
stables on Congress street were burnt on Monday
night.
FrE.-About three O'Clock yesterday merning, it
was discovered that the frame two story dwelling
house in West Second street, opposite l.. p. Hig-
bees, occupied by John McCulIum, was on fire in
the kitchen and the flames spread SO rapidly that
before the engines reached the place, IL seen 10
be impossible to save the house 1t belonged to the
estate OF Joseph Knowles, deceased. II was not In
sured.-IrentOn Gazette ding %.
A SHOCKING DExrH-The St. Francisville U-a)
Chronicle mentions the death, by hydrophoba, Of
Mr. l.. Smart. who was bitten about three years
ago by a rabld dog. No symptoms OF hydrophobia
exhibited themselves, until within few hours pre-
vloGs to his terrible death.
WARM WEATHER Van Buren, Arkansas on
-Sil the stOOu III llNttN-Nr IN
the shade, and one hundred and forty-five in the
sun.
ACCIDENT The philadelphia Times says that a
son of Mr.. Eli HendlXon, aged twelve years, was
shotby hlstather in Smiths woods, about two miles
back OF the Flood Gates, In Jersey, on Monday al
ternOon The father and son were snipe shootl e.
when the former, in firing at a snipe, lodged the
whole contents OF his gun IN his son s abdomen
y o hopes OF the boys recovery were entertained.
DRowNED-At Mobile, on the 18th instant,
young man named Campbell, was drowned while
bathing the ship yard In that city. Also at the
same place, on the same day, "A lad aged thirteen,
son OF MIR. II. Eter while playing on the wharf, fell
IN, and was drowned. Also on the day previous,
negro elfrom the deck OF sloop and was likewise
lost
HEAVY RAINS AND Destructive FREsHEr. =
Our town and the surrounding country were Vi
sed few days since by one OF the heaviest rains
we have ever witnessed. We fear that much in
Jury TO the crops may have resulted. The James
River at Scottsville, we learn, was rising rapidly,
and it feared might again overlap It's
banks.
A correspondent from the country writes us
under date of the 18th inst:-
. On the evening oil the 10th, many small branch
IN this vicinity rose to height greater than Tor
forty years. number of the hncs tobacco crops m
this part OF The country were greatly injured, and
thousands OF plaut- NOT actually washed up have
been 50 sobbed, that they VIII DE OF no Account
Tne great flood on the James River and its South
VA tributaries, and Northerl as low down as Il ock-
ash, with the many local rams, will cause vast
reduction in the tobacco crop. Great loss has
been sustained IN whed, by rust, and sprouting from
the long damp weathe- Corn and pork have ilou
rlshrd :; the farmer Tough unable 10 raise much
money, viii hiv. fH abuu1 tnce to eat
We regret arm tblt our enterprlslng fellow
citizens, Villa. ny. '.uer, 50 William Garth
Esq. and no doub o.. r-rs IN that neigh
borhood, have suir particularly III
their tobacco crops 90 -SOMc lido OF dug %
Destructive Hail STORM - We learn that n
most violent hail aud rain storm occurred on the
evening OF the 10th inst In the North Western part
of this county winch proved very destructive TO the
crops OF cora and tabacco in that region, and pas
equally injurious there Large quantities OF
corn and tobacco were utterly destroyed, and the
most promising prospect for hne crops has been thus
suddenly cut off.-b
WESTERN RESERVE CoLLEGE.-The regular COM
mencement exercises took place on the 10th inst -
The day previous hatlng been occupied by an ad
dress before the alumni, the literary societies, and
the exercises oil the theological department. The
graduating class numbered seven. A. M. in course
was conferred on six young men. The honorary
degree OF A M. conferred upon MIR. Erasius
Smith, of Hartford, OF, and the honorary degree
of LII d upon MIR. Simeon North, president of Ha-
milton College.
A SISTER SHor BY HER BRoIHEE.--At Lelant
Downs, on Thursday, lad named Edwards told
his sister that he had some percussion caps which he
was about 10 try. SIZE. came out OF her room TO
look at him, and not knowing that the gun was
loaded the brother discharged The piece, when the
whole of the contents lodged IN the temples OF bis
unfortunate sister, who dropped lteiess on the floor.
The poor girl was about IL years OF age; and her
brother has been quite dera nged with grief ever
since.