The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-29
Items OF News, SO.

examination the condition OF the insane in the ais and
poor houses has visited every county in the state
has travelled three thousand miles night and day
alone and unattended, deiraylng her expenses entirely
froal her own property Accumulated while an nst,ncc
Bost0n Last she made similar tour through
Aasac husettS and presented to the Legislature of that
sas memorial IN relation to the condition of the insane
confined IN cages closets cellars stalls pens-chained
naked beaten with rods, and dashed into obeden
The Utica Democrat says, that her visits poor and
great suffering and comic essness found In Nsssa
ehusets and that she intends to lay before the public or
the Legislature statement of facts which have come nm
der ooserv alton during her tour.
A BEAUTIFUL WHITE OwL.-An extraordinary.
large, and splendid bird of the above descrinton
shot in the neg hborhood of Washington st paman
key, by Edward G. Brent on Tuesday the 10th instant
and has been presented to the National Institute II The
hst pd OF that description which has been seen in this
part oil our country Nothing be finer more beaut
t than its pumage and its much aboy that of thu
owls OF the country Where it came from and how il got
here are questions which may be cred by those Who
are conveISsnt IN such matters IL certainly strang.
or among u.s. and came BY itself When first seen II was
s on ths oeaeh o. the Potamac river, in front of the
Pomonkey house We learn from the Wheeling Gazette
Of the 2lst instant that bird the same speciesas
few days previous on Indian Wheeling creek a few
miles from that city which measured four feet nine inches
from P to tip OF the wing covered with white down
feathers to the ends of its claws One OF like kind was
also Killed week or two ago Trenton New Jersey
These are the only instances within our knowledge Of
their being seen in other than very cold climates
AMERICAN WINK.-The extent to which this bu
sness Is prosecuted IN the valley of the Ohio par
ticulary in the vicinity of Cincinnati is we apprebend
not generally known is carried chiefly by experi
enced German vine dressers from the valley Of the Rhine
VINO are GROWING all the hill tops in the neghborhood of
Cincinnati with their vineyards The Alias of that
city says 1t is informed by Mr.. Mother who has flourish.
ing vineyard town. has sold every gallon Of
his American wine His crop last year from about four
acres NOW In full bearing 100 gallons He has al
o swS III ee acres more coming into bearing His
Guiding some of his previous crops at rs cents to Al per
gallon chiefly at the latter price He has made and Sold
since he commenced the business nine years since 5000
gallons He brandy the presery alton of his
wine which is thus the pure juice Of the grape There
devoted to vineyards of which something like eighty or
ninety are owned by person. The vneyards al We
way In indiana below Cincinnati have long been noted
DRUNKENNESS AND MURDER-A Coroner's in
quest was held on Saturday morning on the body nj
Nancy Lavae which resulted in the following verdict
That she came to her death by blow inflicted on her
head, by her husband Peter Lavale" The parties had
long been known in this city nebrates and
both had several times been confined jail for attempts
appears the deceased had retired bed with her Children
two small girls early Friday evening that her hus
pan came nome soon alter and fell to beating her with
the tongs She made resistance either being intox
Gated herself asleep when she ed the hrst
niowCwhch probably rendered her senseess. The OK.
tent Oh the injury was not known to the children nor to
the inhuman husband, until morning when the lat
ter waking from his couch the floor called to the chill
dren to awake their mother that breakfast might be
prepared They attempted in vain to awake her Their
appeals e unheeded upon the dull cold of death
The father has since been arrested charge of murder
and is now in jail Ctedueland Piaindealer.
MORE RAILROADS IN MAssAcHusETrs-A large
meeting OF cItzens was recently held in Bath, to
10 establish a railroad that to
Portland, to connect with the Portland and Portsmouth
road Acommittee of fifteen chosen to petition the
Legislature for charter and take other steps for the a
Vancement oil the work There is also a movement to.
wards constructing branch road from Amssbury Mills
to ntersect with the Eastern Railroad Salisbury
The distance is about four miles estimated cost $40 600
1t s stated that there Is greater amount of
and passengers the Eastern Railroad from Amesbury
Mills than there is from Portsmouth In Ceorretown
Mass. meeting has been holden TO con,der The erne
dency OF constructing branch railroad from the DEPOT
In Bradford along the bank of the river and up branch
q RI
mont interested in the contemplated railroad from Con-
cord, N H. or Fitchburg Mass to Burlington via Mont
peer are to meet in convention at Montpelier on Menday
jan The call signed by about two hundred persons
ARREST OF Commemorative men Mailing
from New York, were arrested on SATURDAY. one
at Norwich CT and the other board the boat its way
from that place to New London who had been driving
very handsome business in the way of putting off coun
erst notes OF the onondaga County Bank of this State
IL appears that they left New York for Bridgeport thence
10 New Haven, Meriden, Hartford Springfield Worces.
ter and Norwich aying their fare and expenses they
went with the counterfeit notes and naly passing
them upon storekeepers on their route. About ninety
dollars in good bills of banks in the above named places
both Of them rather young men and each it
seems, travelled with alias follows H WILDER
alias VIM Harris-H James, alias H. James Edridge alias
Van osrum-the last said to be his real name The pri
were committed for trial at the February term of
the County Court.
THAT KISSING CAsE-The Jury in the case of the
indictment OF - Baeman for kissing Mrs. Ware
lately tried at the Gloucester circuit could not
The Foreman declared that the jury satisfied in
jurors being unwen the Judge discharged them-Tren-
ron, NJ j. Gazette, Dec ~.
Rights OF PRoPERTY.-A negro having purchased
hat observed to take from his head the fall of
shower OF rain and to manifest considerable alarm
preserve it from the wet On being demonstrated with
his supposed stupidity in thus leaving his head exposed
he wittiiy observed Hat belong to me-head belong
massa"
BODY SNATcHING.-W understand that the body
of the British Pensoner who died suddenly few days
since at the Police office has been stolen from Poers
Field We told that body stealing is become quite
common offence here and that Waterman followed
medical students nights since who had BODY in their
possession but what he did with them whether he
vered the body we do not learn.-.4Bany .adp.
WHALING IN New LoNDoN-The New London
Advocate states that ten ships Of the largest class have
boon added to the whaling feet of that enteprsng
the present year. New London sends out upwards
of 50 ships and baques besides smaller vessels
produce whale and sperm oil
DUEL.-There was a duel fought near George
town, D. c.. Saturday in which Mr.. De Vaut Powell
OF Philadelphia, and Mr.. w. Norris of Baltimore,
and after firing one shot without effect the quarrel
adjusted.
o. The Hon. Albert Smith, of Portland, Me-,
Commissioner ON the part of the United States for running
the northeastern boundary line of the United under
the treaty of Washington, arrived in this city last
ing and stopped at Gadsby's otel.-Gio6e, Dec. 2e
FINE FIsHING.-At single haul in Peoria Qll.)
Lake made short time ago, there about 20 barrels
of fish, among which were pike weighing from IS to IS lbs
each.
PoLrrIcAL ABOLITION. Liberator saws that
acNon Oh the Liberty Party likely to be
efectua in extending the OF African slavery
this Continent than the efforts of shareholders
themselves"
A PROSECUTED observation-disclosures, the plum
derer who tried in New York. and acquitted
they had no jurisdiction boldly walks abroad in
Philadelphia, complaining of his beng prosecuted
Or The following nominations, made by the
President to the Senate days ago understood to
have been confirmed by the Senate yesterday -
Albert Davy of Pennsylvania Consul at Leeds in Eng
land.
Louis Marks, of New York Consul at Bavaria and the
Priissian Provinces Of the Rhine-Naf Intel, Dec a.
BAD CoIN.-Counterfeit half eagles are in circu-
laton in the vicinity of St. Louis Mo- said to be well ex
ecuted.
ELECTION IN New ORLEANS --Freret, whig, has
been elected to the Legislature.
LARD CASA large steam bagging factory at
Cincinnati is lighted by gas manufactured in that