The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-12-24

Fact aud Fancy.

Fact and Fancy.
The Concord Courier states that the majority
against Woodbury., for member Of Congress from the
Hale district, New Hampshire according to the official
returns is twenty hundred and three The Judges
Of the Supreme Court Of the State TO whom was referred
the question whether plurality elects on the third trial.
have decided the question in the negative.
The shoe dealers in Worcester have agreed TO
close their shops every evening at 8 o'clock
John Cook, OF Wrentham, Mass, has been in
dicted in Norfolk county, for seduction.
The Superior Court ls now in session in Dover,
~ H. On wednesday last we understand writ Of ha.
beas corpus was served in the of Andrew Howard
under sentence Of DEATH who reprevcd to July next
by Gov Steele last month was based on the ground
that evidence appears that the Governor IL this mat
ter acted by and with the consent of the Council which
the constitution OF the State requires The result
have not heard, but it is not I'm likely Howard will be
discharged
A Seminole Chief is preaching Pittsburgh, Pa.
AT Stockbridge, Mass, the dwelling house of
John c. Morgan burnt the night OF the 18th inst
Mr. Morgan rushed into that part Of the building where
his papers for the purpose OF saving them and was
consumed wife and children left to mourn
his dreadful death
The population Of Chicago is l2,OSS. This shows
indeed rapid growthfor was only few years since
that the foundation of the place laid The whole
State presents like great augmentation of population
reaching full 100000 since 1910, and making the en-
tire number 1000 Cook county in which Chi
cago is situated, contains 81 ,5sl inhabitants.
Professor Bush is occurring in Providence, X. ]
The Legislature OF South Carolina has approprla-
ted $4,000 for the purchase of food for the dis
crons has caused tho prenes distress bill has been
introduced into the Legislature to abolish capital punish
ment in of forgery and counterfetng and to SUBJ
of years
Eight trips day are made each way between
Troy and Gieenousn. n; Inc Iives IS crossed py
means OF sleigh from the steamboat once a. me 100. .,
state street The sleigh ride is ree-iare on the ROAD
l2t cents.
man named ROBERT McCieren, was scdiued on
saturday aterhooh IN pnaaeipna, py railing my va
Si pomg Iquo'' a. INC iis ooaiuihs house VI o o'
schuyikh'
Mr. Z. Dangerfleld, OF fredericksburg, va, COM
mt1eo su'ciae last week ny 'aAns corrosive suo'nas
German laborer Was killed IN Milwaukee, on
the sth inst by small piece of frozen earth falling on
his head from bank.
A fire occurred in Rochester, on the night Of the
18TH wbish resulted in the destruction Of the building
and the death Of thee children of Mrs Nancy Roberts
The are as near as we can learn that she
resaeu IN .ne same mouse WIN MS 0 ana h
win ner Jour cnildren one an infant ana MIS- ~ ch
;nv Nv tn nrv;rS os h.r infant d;scovarad
smoke in the room and Immediately ran down stairs to
the cause and found that the house was on
she returned and snatched her infant and threw out oil
the window She again returned but having lett the
door oPen' the upper part where the cnldren were
asleep, was oy inis tme oenssiy niiea Wlsd SMOKE
After gropng an1us ior some ma SIC hnaiiy came IN
contact WIN gri OF Mrs hnoA, winch she 70
r'y auoa ;ne @ IA % 'ae 'es.
and Concluded that thew must perish in the flames and
M srs o. sr bs sna making
uat bam seac al nn in the budag
and the fsess hodes IF If her children were dis
covered She was still in great as to the fate
of her alaest how who was owhere 10 be found Alter
the fire was xtnoushsd search was made and his life
less bodv waa to hsr If possible her
an~r;sh' ~" 0oNoA' y 80 :
Frhe rrocaeds ~ Tho Q ocbester ton marty for the
hs. III s - I tS 40 - p" 400 ~
dement, OF the orphan asylum amounted 70 over Saoo
"A
its next session. for division of Erie county the new
county TO be composed OF Buffalo, Black Rock and To
The question of constructing q railroad from Sv
racnss 10 Rochsstar 10 Tnn narsal with The canal Il
non,smylason annI;ca,;on w he mads to the Ia
giss,mi fr char,r paaIi Tho COMING sas;on - ~
tn 60. -, ~ pa: 80 M r n"'1I.
The Right Rev. Bishop Potter, OF Philadelphia,
met With serious accident on Sunday, by which one oil
his legs was broken
All the Inner Canada naners as far west az Mia
CARA represent the winter as having set in with great
severity and heavy falls Of snow
woman was found frozen TO death in Philadel
p".a, W onuay io'ns' a. muse ~ LohDsru street
William Kicking Weber, sixteen years Of age,
OF Capt John A. Weber, OF the u. g. army, now at
Wateown arsenal Massachusetts, and grandson of the
by fall from the mizen topsail yard of the ship Wood
side, OF BOSTON, at the mouth o. the Hoogly river, in
Sep'emoef
pr,r ms E,-,nns. r,.,,.,,auo,s r. r~;a
Iast Lao har ia a. ~ ~ - 10y
Ean,nahac r;I, pno.; .o ne. ,a i 80 a. a. u an,
steam ferrv hoot a. Roth So; No. Sp a~' "a th
ferry boat did not run The mail Contractor with the
conductors of Jerome Cos Express and Cmsn's Elk.
press, attempted to the river boat They
had succeeded in slowly making their passage through
the ice about hall way across the river when the boat
was between Two huge cakes o. zee and neatly
iammed hard and fast in s c Was 81 carred me e "
some three niles WHARF she law from s;ub onoc IN
the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon every
effort being made in the meantime to force her through
the ice by breaking up the bow Of the boat until
the three persons were wet and covered with ice
Young Young Mower Mover, OF Jerome Companys Express,
otoke rhiousn .ne ICE U .ne river ana an
fronen as TO 1enSer Il ;mnoss;bls to Get thsm
Finding all efforts to make passage aborrve the mail
took to the ice thin as 1t was and led or
rather slipped his body the cracking ice with the
water oozng up about him. and thus reached the shore
Young Mower followed, pushing his boots and yalise
anu aheh sPPne nsem dp 70 mem dmu az
Exnrass 1oiIowed Mover was ohi;geS to wall two
miles with only stocknrs unon his ee and froze hs
toes and heels One font ~ the other conductor was