The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-01
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w. sevely Company C. Captain Iamottc were etc to
leave Jefferson Barracks about the middle NJ
March for Fort Crawford.
OH infantry Captain M E. Merrill and lst. LIT
cruitng service
9th infantry-The first brlfalon, consisting of s5l
eo%man r1% M Geaa, Keys East Florida under the
Jefferson Barracks on the IO,h inst. The ore
companies b, c. ID, E and F.
pJmeersCLleut. Col. G Loomts, command M; J..
ne.ssr' adjatant; E. Ogden, asst quarter mas
YER L. Z. Madison, asst surgeon; Capt J. d Sea-
rlgh' commanding company F.; Capt WIN HoF.
man. commanding company ID; list Lieutenant
wait ., iHadi asst com ,nb; lst Lieut. W. H. T.
pany y; "a Ii J. B. Emory; % 1t r. II F,tzoe-
rad; I'd It. X. B. Garnet; Bvt I'd Lit. A. D. Neisan
also Capt. Brown, Lieuts. Monroe, Lowell. Edes
=, MOVEMENTS OF TRoors-Companies and II of
M! Me cd HMeg,men1 Y. s. Artillery, arrived at Fort
Florida The following is a list of the Officers
Lieut.; }. Ketchum, Commanding and Lleu,s.
l. Rankin, i. Judd, VIM T. Sherman, G. w.
Fulwood y surgeon l.
Companies E, l. and X of the same regiment. ar.
rived from the same point, about week since. az
C CoTt P,ckens, Pensacola, under command Of Lieut..
Dol w; Gales Officers attached, are Capt. M.
Burke; Lleuts. w Frazer. b Bragg, ]. +. Reynolds.
Is. FIELD, and W. A. Brown, Adj't.
:, we understand that they intended to garrison
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NAVAL lNTELLIeEScE.-OrD rRs.-March 18th,
Parturc OF the frigate Brandywine now in the Me-
dnerranean, to the U. S. 10th, Mid II. Somer-
vile and II scovelI, orders to big Dolphin re-
vUKea Sat vessel having sailed prior to their
Norfolk. 2lst, Commander s Cnampi,n, Command
OF rendezvous, Buffalo, N. Y. Lieut. T. T. Craven
es ri51 OF receiving vessel, do. Lieut. J. w.
devious, do Mid. H. Scovell, steamer Mis-
g uri, New York. 22d, Lit. G. w. Chapman. det'd
from rendezvous. Philadelphia
consent of the Senate Phntius Kavasales, to be a
Chaplain from March IA, 1872, Henry w. Queen,
OF D. q TO be a second Lieutenant in the Marine
corps, from March II, 1912.
REsIGNArIoS.-Mar 22-John Miller, acting
boatswain.
Lieut. E. r.. Rose has been restored to duty.
Naval Our correspondent at Singapore, writes
under date OF December 7lh, that the frigate Con-
stellaon, and soop OF Boston, were in port all
well, and making ready to 60 up to China.
GREAT RISE OF THE WESTERN WA1ERs.-A gen
tleman who arrived in town last evening, from the
Upper Mississippi, and who left st. Louis on ths
10th, informs us that the Ohio from the mouth up
TO Paducah, was more swollen than at any period
since the great flood of 1882, and that the country
en- the Kentucky side, was completely flooded.
Caiio In Illinois vas also under water, especially
the upper. part Of the town. The principal fresh-
cts Sere from the Tennessee, the Cumberland and
the flood was falling on the 18th. vast amount
OF property has bsen destroyed In many instan.
ces, the inhabitants on the Kentucky shore, lad
their fiat boats moored close 10 their houses in
which they had placed their cattle and furniture,
intending to move eff in case the flood should rise
still higher But as the Dpper Mississippi had on
ly swollen eight feet, it thought that the dan
ger was passing away. Our informant states that
the back water from the Ohio was forced Is miles
up the Mississippi Our friend entered the Ohio
on the 18th, and frat experienced fall at Evans
InAr hasa L.I- -.
to 80 feet As far as heard from, no lives had been
lost. The lower part Of Paducah was inundated,
and the inhabitants were living in the upper stories
Of their houses On passing house about thirty
miles up the Ohio, .lff came of with an anxious
enquirer on board. He dreadiully alarmed,
and In voice Of panic he exclaimed, sis the Mis-
sissiPPi risiog.!" His wife and family were OBJ
| served in the distance, all anxiety and apprehen-
sion, as TO the results Of the Arklike mission.
The joy of the father may be imagined when he
heard cheering intelligence. Phiad. Lq. March
Os,rnUcrrors IN LITTLE RvER.-We perceive
remove the distractions TO the navigation of Little
River, from lis mouth, where ii enters Black River,
TO the junction OF It's two branches, called the Dog
demonia and the Castor, and ND the last named
stream three four miles. to the flint high lands on
the east side OF said stream, 10 the site selected
place for town, and up the Dogdemoria as far as
the state road leading to Naichltoches crosses the
same Such 70 the re aiding Of the act, and we can
not but add that the benefits of this improvement
will be of immense advantage to the citizens OF that
portion Of country, and an Improvement that should
have been made long ago.
Ice IN CASAp,.-The Toronto Herald of the l4th,
the British Jhig Of the 18th, and the Kingston
ChT0nicL, of the Is March were received to dav
the last Of these s,ys the ice in the bay has be.
come rotten and unsafe, and three lives had been
lost in different parts, by breaking through. On
board the schooners and steam boats every pre-
paration was making for awaiting themselves of the
earliest opportunity Of resuming the navigation Of
the lake.
STEAMER Oneida BURNT I'VE learn from the
river that the steamboat Oneida was burned to the
waters edge on the 231 inst, near Letart Falls
The fire occurred in open day, but made such ra-
pid progress that tho passengers had barely time
to escape, some with loss Of baggage. No lives
were lost, but the boat and cargo were dc stroyed-
Cincinnati Gazette.
WESTERN R.MsoADs.-The railroad from Mere
dosla, on the illinois river, TO Springfield lllind IL,
distance ofslxty miles, is iinished and in operation.
Travellers now pass between ST. Louis and Spring.
field in less than twenty four hours
DEATH ~ LIcHrNlNc There was a severe
thunder storm IN Norfolk on Friday evening. The
lightning struck the schooner Tex's, and killed one
Of the crew, Swain Hildrsth, Of Cape May. The
schooner Cohannett Of Kings on, (Mass was also
struck, losing her foretopmast, and sustaining
slight injary in her foremast The &. had just been
brought up from the beach at Cape Henry, having
gone ashore In November last.
PicroJ CoAL TRADE.-A letter from Pietou, Of
a rec.nt date, says 1.-The miners have again gone
to work, and we have prospect OF supplying the
foreign demand to almost any extent, during the
ensuing season.
SUICIDE OF A MURpERER--James Sweeney, who
was arraigned at Woodstock, VT, in December,
for the murder If his wife, and whose trial was
postponed unt June. account Of his i'll health,
was, on Tuesday morning last, found suspended
by a handkerchief 10 the CRATE in the cell of his
prison, dead He took every precaution to make
his work eeGectusl, having file hi: mouth with