New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-12
DISTRESSING occuasgscE-DgArH FROM DRINK

DISTRESSING OccUaRgNcE-DEATHF FROM DRINK
INC On OF VlrRIoL.-A fine boy, three years
old, son of Mr.. Leach, veterinary surgeon, Yonge
street. in this city, met with his death follows
Mr.. Leach had been making an embrocation,
and was using oil Of vitriol. There were none
of the family in the house, and Mrs. Leach was
ND Btnirs dressing l.. had only left mo-
rnent to take the bYs,le he had mixed into the
shop. when he heard shriok, and On returning
into the room found the cbld with his clothes "a
turated with vitriol they dropped in pieces when
taken off him. An antidote was Immediately
given, and medical aid called in, but of no avail
II appeared he had swallowed quantity, and
only survived it three hours. An inquest was
held on the body, and verdict Of accidental
death returned. Not tho least blame was at
tached to Mr.. l.. as it appeared he was using the
acid ut the time, and had not done with 1t when
the accident occurred. Tho little boy had been
playinp in the yard, and had come in at the back
door when his fathers back was turned, and had
taken the poison for ginger beer, which they keep
in similar bottles in the shop. The occurrence
took place on Saturday, the 3lst utimo at six
o'clock in the evening, and the child died at
nine. Toronto Colonist, Sept. 10.
IMPORTANT DIsouvEaY-Thc attention of Tho
;ron masters has been attracted 10 a process of
considerable Importance lately introduced into
their manufacture. The application of electricl
tv to supercede several ofthe expensive processes
has il is stated, been tried in the Welsh and Der
bvshire furnaces, with satisfactory results. 1t
appears ttct the costly fuel and labor required for
tina publication of the ore from suphur,and phos-
phorus, and subtle clements, create its high mar
ket value, and these being all eiectro-negativo,
have induced the new process, whereby the I'M
pure stream of metal after flowing from the blast,
. Il Tod
powerful voltaic battery, which fo dlsengages the
impure components that IN the process OF pao-
ding, they are readily extracted. The London
hscksmths, it is stated, have tested this iron az
ter single relocating, and pronounce it the best
metal in the market. BY tho same process an
experiment was tried by DR.. Ure, by whom
soft rod of iron was held in osntact with mode
rate red heat, and that gentleman is understood
70 have stated that in a low hours the metal was
converted into steel. Should these facts prove
what thew seem, they arc calculated to affect most
ser;ous,v This important branch Of our trade.
Newcastle Advertiser.
A DREAM.-The Importance of individual
action aud ynlue of the unit constituting large
sums, is very faithfully ans eoauently illustrated
In the annexed dream, which, at a meeting IN
Ohio for the promotion of the cause OF education,
DIR. BeSche. related:-Hc said ne had dream,
which like other dreams did net wholly explain
itself, and in which some of the natural objects
had the power Of speech. He was travelling
near the sources OF the Menongahela, and In
passing over rough country, at every short dis
TANGO he met little stream which 40 could step
over but all Of them were going the same way
At last he ashed one where he was going
Why" replied tho little riil, Il am going to
New-Oriesra. heard the people there want
great canal thousand miles long and fifteen
hundred fec. wide, and l am going TO help to
make IL" And pray what can you do ?'
a don't know what can do, but snail be
shere." And so saying, he hurried ON. He
camc 10 another, and asked the same question,
and received the same answer. All wera hurry
ing on to mako tho grand canal, on which the
steamships of the West, with their heavy burdens,
were to be transported. AT tho heacs of the
AEeghany, the Scioto, and the Mississippi, he
6,uno thousands moro Of fi.fcl streams, and
which. while he yet spoke to them, hurried out
of s;yht. None knew what he could do, but all
wore determined to do something. He passed
ON to the mighty mississippi, and there he found
the canal was made The noble steamships rode
proudly on It's surface, and as Its waters dimin-
ishcd, they were again repleuished to the erim,
BY every mountain spring and every stream.
Thus do the l,ttio rills make the stream. The
river, till the united waters OF Tho whoc pour on
thor way rejoicing to the glorious ocsan. So is
man to the mass, and tho mass TO The grand tide
of human affairs. Each little mortal weak and
weary though he be, can do something In max,
ing up the mighty stream of human events, as
il rolls to the ocean OF eternity.
TKs DsEAss IN PorAroEs,-Some diseased
potatoes have been examined by Boston chem.
isl, Mr.. J. E. Telemacher, who expresses his
opinion through the New. England Farmer, that
the diseese of the potatoe is species OF fungus,
the application of common salt decomposed ihls
fungus. Mr.. Teemacher recommends that
whereve, the disease existed this year. common
salt be literally spread upon the soil. 1t will do
70 harm, If no good, and the experiment Is GER
tainly worth trying.
SHOCKING ArrAIR-.JAassrowN, TUESDAY
NoRsrNe Last night shout half past IL, as
Nathaniel A, Lowry was returning from his
store to his hose, some 6end In human shspe
mel him near his dwallirg, and stabbed him wi h
a bu.cherknile, and then Immediately fed !.
The physicians thapk Lowry in dangerous
situation. lie is stabbed in the abdomen,
iFtedonia Censor.
p Some villains blew up the Iron Safe Of
Mr. Thomas Gilpin. Mecaant Of Cincinnati, on
the night OF the 9th. by tho application powder
INFO the key.hole. The Safe was demolished and
r.o,e;3e,. NJ, Iav,aoo lorc IN the store hut she