The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-08-16
Varieties.

The Kingston Chronicle processes to have been
informed, on good authority, that his royal highness
of Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, and Ma
jor General commanding the forces in that province
relieving Lord Falkland and Sir Jeremiah Dickson His
Royal Highnesss last appointment was that of Major
General on the staff at Corfu He will now assume says
the Chronicle, both the civil and military command Of
Nova Scotia
William Wadsworth is the founder of the merito-
rious agricultural school at Geneseo. The children Of
poor families alone to be admitted-Mr. wadswor,h
having uniformly declined applications in behalf of the
Of wealthy parents The scholars spprentced
to him. and besides being made practical farmers.
ceiye a thorough and available education.
The author o pamphlet recently published in
England states The soil of that country which, in
the year NO. belonged abou $40 000 propiieors and
in 1878 was owned bv about 80 600 and ta. hele is eve
believe that this process of accumulation in
the hands OF few, has been going with equal rapid
" from 1915 70 the present time
la the list OF the names of 56 white male citizens
living Norfolk not less than 65 years old, the sg
gregae OF whose ages carefully ascersined is 1865
these persons though not natives of Norfolk have been
residents in il forty years or more.
Halves quarters aud ten cent pieces, made of pew
ter, are in circulation. They may be easily detected by
their eeiins greasy to the touch.
Andrew Howard, convicted at Dover, N. H., Of
the murder OF Phebe Hanson has been sentenced to be
hung on Wednesday, Nov. II,
The lands belonging TO the estate of John Ran
dolph of Roanoke Va to be sold at auction in Octo
Der, numbering some 1900 acres, and very valuable.
II
committed to prison at Racine W. T., after fun eAami
nation await his trial charge of having murdered
Ebenezer Mcdonald in that vicinity the 18th nit -
Purser Cox, OF the U. S. Navy, died at Newport
on Tuesday evening
| The Morris Canal Company have secured an in
junction against the Society for Establishing Useful
Manufactures" forbidding the society its agents.
breaking up impeding in any the navigation
of the canal The voators the property Of the canal
company, have been sued civil action and the da
images laid at 500 for 20 cubic feet Of water
| brought the
| the way to Paterson.
The Sth regiment of infantry, Gen. Worth's,) the
greater portion of which, stationed at Tampa Bay
and Key West has also Just been ordered to Texas and
recruits will be sent from here to make the full
| compliment.
The city authorities of Salem received last week
the SUN Of five thousand dollars from the executors Of
the will of the late Amos Choatethe interest of which
is, by the terms of the devise to be applied for the sup
port OF the insane poor OF Salem
The abolition papers state that several colored
students rejected at Middlebury VT college by advice
of Gov slade been admitted Dartmouth College
in New Hampshire. Mr.. Slade il q very stong anti
slavery man. and supporter of Mr.. Clay.-Bosfon Post
The Hon. Henry A. Wise, u. S. Minister to Bra
animals-a young South American leopard and species
ofthe antelope from the province of Ceara-
'You bachelors ought to be taxed" said lady to
a resolute evader of the moose matrimonial II agree
with you perfectly maam was the reply for bachelor.
ism certainly is a luxury"
We learn by Child & Co.'S Express, that the
schooner Halcyon, Captain Perry, Of and from Tho
evening between Cape Porpose and Boon Island by the
steamboat Kennebec. The schooner Immediately filed.
Captain Ferry lost overheard the remainder the
crew consisting of the captains son and one other
taken of by the steamer and carried into HALO
well.
1t is currently reported in military circles, that
Major General Sir Neil Douglass X. c. B. commanding
the forces in North Britain is to succeed the late Lieu
tenant General Sir Richard Downes Jackson, in the
Colonelcy Of the thirtyffth regiment-Montreai Cou