The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-12-14
Facts and Fancy.


county, committed suicide on Monday last, by hanging
himself in a barn.
Col Humphreys, Chief Naval Constructor, is
now official visit to Norfolk
The Ohio State Penitentlary Is In a thriving con-
dition having in its treasury Sleo25
Mrs. j. Brown, wife of one OF the pilots, with her
child in her arms jumped into the Bayou at the Bazs
on the 18th ult, and they were both drowned Their
bodies recovered the same day.
Capt. Alexander Cow, OF the tow boat Caledonia,
running from New Orleans to the Balize fell overheard
the night of the End inst as he was coming in over
the S. w. Pass, and was drowned
Vlce-President G.. M. Dallas arrived In Baltl-
Friday, on his way to Philadelphia
Havre -de-Grace is improving in business and
buildings 10 considerable extent.
The Hon. s. s. Prentiss delivers the address
the occasion of the anniversary meeting of the New
Engl and Society, at New Orleans.
The members Of the legal profession in Philadel-
phia are getting up bar dinner.
The steamer Denzen burst her boiler on the
30th Of last month, thirty miles below Vicksburg, kill
ling Capt Srodes instantly and slightly njurng cabin
passenger The remains of Captain Srodes taken
to vicksburg board the steamer John Aull, fer in
terment
and the Upper Middle in Boston harbor, all gone
and have been for week or ten days past.
1t is said that the Pittsburgh Copper Company is
quantities Of ore. and would have thousand tons to
ship by the opening of navigation in the spring The
deposits OF silver were also increasing in richness
The PlttSburgh papers say their police OhcerS had
George Potter the burglar in custody and had they de-
tanned him "a hours longer, they would have been
titled to the reward Of ST oO0 offered for his apprehen
sion Potter was liberated on bail, and left on the
instant.
A specimen OF pure native copper, from the Bos-
ton Mining Company. location on Lake Superior, is on
Boston.
In New Orleans on the End inst, Samuel kenne-
dy was arIaigned on new indictment, charging him
with the murder of Benjamin Wood Waite, on the night
n Ia M
guilty His trial then fixed for Wednesday, the 10th
instant.
Georgia.
The first municipality markets of New Orleans
TSe MaTIe
The Vegetable Market brought 1000
This is more by So 900 than was received for them for
| the present year.
Joseph Loupre, of the firm Of Mack and Joseph
Loupre New Orleans was arrested on the End instant
charged with causing the death of regro boy named
Charles Botc, alias Mousache, slave, by whipping
him.
lady in Philadelphia while walking in Chestnut
street, fell on the ice, and broke her left arm.
The newspapers in Cincinnati are urging the pro-
prety of building another ship canal around the Falls in
the Ohio River at Louisville on the Indiana side This
estimated cost Of some 81 400 000 proposition has
been made for the buy the balance of
the stock of the canal already built The national Gov
already e02 of the 10000 shares OF the
Louisville ship canal and applies all its receipts its
|
vance of 5000 on every 500 paid in About boats
through his canal in The price of the stock
OF ali
he canal. The tribute should be abated, or wholly
| removed
! The boarding house of the Charestown Mass
Female Seminary large wooden building four stories
high, caught fire Friday morning from the the too
close , proximity Of furnace Ppe s partition wall
the night, however me ancholy loss Of life must have
happened as the building occupd at present by abou
eighty young ladies' who were much alarmed at this
cidental turnout.
The Convention OF the Colleges of Virginia, as
sembled at Richmond the oh instant. Delegates
were present from william and Mary College Univer
sity Of Virginia, Randolph Macon, Henry and Emory
Bethany, Hampden, Sydney, Rector College, Richmond
Mea,oa, college and washington COLLEGE numbs,
to draft memorial TO the Legislature behalf of toe
| Colleges.
the States into Canada at Toronto and consigned
tavernkeeper named Montgomery have been seized and
large quantities OF cotton goods. Montgomery was q
prominent actor in the Canadian rebellion, and il
at his house that the murder Of Col Noodle perpe
trated.
On Wednesday evening last, about o'clock, as
Samuel Wheeler, an aged and respectable citizen of Wa
tervlet, returning home from his labor in the me
chancal department OF the Watervlet Arsenal he was
knocked down, and successfully over by two one
horse cutters breaking his collarbone and seriously
msngng other parts Of his body and is thought that
should he recover, be disabled through life from
procuring livelihood by the labor Of his hands The
| scoundres in Albany.
| number of new and elegant dwellings and
warehouses are in progress of erection in Albany, and
great improvements are taking place in the appearance
The Rhinan,hem Coccinea, Is the rather HARD
and outlandish name of flower described by writers
most beautiful II is found in the greatest perec
ton in the woods of Cochin. China where, if the
counts of travellers correct makes the most splen
tops highest trees but as rising over them
and it so interaces and festoons them that the whole
of crimson and gold Of intense color that the eye
can hardly bear to look upon itand the scent is fra.
grant and refreshing as the colors are brilliant"
TROUBLE IN THE CHEROKEE NATION The papers
from Van Buren,, Ark, by last nights mail says the
ST. Louis Republican, Of the Sd inst mention several ca.
police. Joseph Swimmer and Soan, Cherokees of the
treaty party were killed on the Goth by party of if-
stabbed twice through the heart. On Friday night the
l4th ult. Tom Waite, Cherokee was killed in barbar
GUS manner about IL miles north OF this in the Cherokee
nation The circumstances are thus stated in the Van
Buren, Intelligence "A police party Of Cherokees
to the house of Arch turtrey, where Waite resided
about the time he was going to bed and Of them told
him he their prisoner, and that he should go with
them W. replied that he wished to dress himself and
shot dead his head SPLIT open with tomahswk and his
body horribly cut and mangled with knives
Nation in of these acts of atrsc;tv The IN
esencer invokes the nterposon of the State ofhe
United n ,h states to stop tn, these Proce edings
these proceedings have nothing to do with politics but
ARE the ebullitions popular feeling, irritated by
long series Of outages and maddened by the perpetra
traon of one of deep enormy" and that paper coun.
sells the pursuit and arrest Of the outlaws five six in
number, who have done so much mischief and caused
the recent enormities The .1dcocote says -
Msjor Bonneville, IT, s. A., arrived at Evansville some
time last week, having been dispatched from Fort Smith
by Cen Arbucke to inquire into the state of affairs in
that section. Col McKissck, u s. Agent for the Che
rokees and Captain Boone with from thirty forty dra-
goons, are also at the place. in the vicinity
Captain Boone ordered from Fort Gibson. for the
purpose of preventing any further eusion of blood and
to afford protection to any person that might desire It,
We glad OF their location the line under the
mand Of Captain Boone aprudent and gentlemanly Off
cor as they will prevent any unnecessary ociousness
from beyond, that might otherwise occur.
But in the absence of the troops the citizens Of
Arkansas have nothing whatever to fear from the Che
'okees, in their vicinity as they would under crcum
stances perform act to disturb the relations of
In hop H.