The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-08-20
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Inc farmers OF Michigan refuse TO take anything
but specie for their new wheat Between hard times
and soft currency they have been pretty well reduced
pocket As the times have grown better they have de.
termned to have better currency, being quite satisfied
from experience of the fact that paper at discount of
from twenty-five to fifty cent is not the kind Of mo-
ney to receive equivalent for the product of their
industry and hard labor.
Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Louisiana, as well as the
Rev. N Sayre Harris, of N. r.; NJ. P. Park of West
Sterling of Huntington, Conn Prof e: W. Hackley OF
Col. Colleges w. ~ Pendleton, of Alexandria D. c.;
Geo. Woodbridge Of Richmond, Virginia, and William
Bryant of Buchanan, all Presbyters of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, were Cadets at West Point.
Ri Rev the Bishop of Illinois, and President OF
Jubilee College, we learn from the Kalamazoo 7sLs
way preside the of Dr. Alonzo Potter
as Bishop Of Pennsy lvania Bishop Hopkins OF w., will
preach the conservation sermon.
The Rev DR.. Judson, the distinguished mission
airy from the East daily expected in his native land He
has been absent about thirty three years during which
whole Bible in the Burmah language.
Mayo, the colored man who was recently arrested
in Washingtonby constable Cole Of fredericksburg for
enucing away CERTAIN slaves belonging to Mr. Wyatt
and sent to the penentiary for ten years.
A party of nine Penobscot Indians are encanped
at Trenton and are suffering severely from fever and
ague. They have been nearly all summer Phiadel-
phia making baskets The remnant of the tribe,
or Co., live in Maine.
Haverhill sends out annually one million one hum
dred and sixty thousand Of Shoes the cost Of which
would be between six nd seven hundred thousand dol
lars The amount paid for manufacturing them, is from
500 900 TO S2500O0
The level of the water of Lake Superior is sup
posed to be 900 feet above the level Of the II has
been sounded TO the depth of 600 and 700 feet In
places no soundings have been found It's from 400 to
of water is equal to about "a 600 square miles. The
water is generally very cold When the winds high
the waters b0iserous than those OF the Allan
tic Ocean.
Ii was rumored in Philadelphia that the authori
ties of the United States in case Of war
with Mexico to make drafts upon the volunteers of tn
city and county man the forts the Delaware in
place OF the regulars who are to be drawn of Mexico
The Pea Patch WILL it is aid be put in repair and the
regular tours of duty at that place and Fort Mfin.
A gentlemen of the West end, who for several
years had been in the habit Of meeting small party at
recently discovered at the rendezvous by his wife, who
happened by accident to cast her eye at the window,
which rather a low She wisely determined to
reprove him by expressive silence" On the night Of
the discovery no usual to the cupboard for his
with the name and number Of the street where she had
seen him marked its face He asked for explana.
tons, but the Wednesday following he sent to
| his " old sledge" companions that he could longer
make convenient to attend their partiesBoson Post
The Providence Journal announces the death of
Charles Lpp aged ninety-one, the oldest in Pro-
whence. lie officer OF the revolution and for
vera years at the close the last century, was elected
member Of the General Court.
A woman in Amherst upon breaking large hens
egg the other day found within the she'll what appeared
to be another egg upon breaking which still another
shell found, and till five shells eggs
| found enclosed within the outer one.
The statement in the Berkshire Courier that Hon.
Henry Shaw of Lanesboro had declined the nomination
of Governor rendered him by the Native Americans,
turns out to be incorrect He has accepted the nomi
| nation.
| young lady, whose name we did not learn, on
of picnic party formed at Greenbush Saturday last
for trip Columbia county, accidentally fell from the
train the Chatham depot and the passing her
legs, crushed them severely She was brought to the
city by the train and to the residence Of
| Mr.. Witt at East Albany.-.7Bany Citizen.
The miners have resolved, that until the right Of
the President of the United States to lease Mineral Lands
shall be established by law it is nsSPedisnt to take
Iowa. any person pretending to authority to grant
| such leases.
THINGS SETrLED-To the satisfaction of people
generally, and some in particular -
| That saltpetre will not explode.
That Mr.. Paine is buet-proof.
| That Goodwins dog "died of a" wing meeting
That somebody struck Billy Patterson and
That Major Figg" did not kill Tecumseh.
The Baltimore Patriot OF Monday, announces the
death of the venerable General william Nc Donald
Gen Med in his S1th year, soldier of thel
volution, and wa for long time enterprising
chant OF that city He has been for many years in nrm
| health, and has long been confined to his room.
Immediately on the arrival of the Hiberna. in
Boston, sunday MIR. Drake, the Post Office agent
started by express train for New York with patch
es probably from our Minister 70 England Mir. NcLane
They will lie forwarded from New FORK without clay,
should they not arrive in season Tor the mail train South
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/ MrS MaTtna JOnannet, M ner Qe3tf, left 10 the
Massachusetts Lunatic Asylum 6oooo and favorite
horse thirtyve years old to be kept n clover" long
as he lived
One of the most curious of condolences occurs in
the vote of Davidson county Tennessee For three
cessive years the whg majority has varied but
in ls4s, it was $751; in 1874, So and now $50 again
| The population of Dayton Ohio, according to
recent census, is ss2s. In 1910, 6C37.
| The amount of sales at the Chicago land office
| during the month Of July, was Sls,505.
| Mr.. c. LIE Baron, Mexican Consul at Mobile, has
declined acting any further in that capacity
The Hon, Mr.. Cary, of Cincinnati is lecturing in
! Boston. on temperance
| THE DELAWARE OUTRAGE DELHI, August 18th,
| 1915 Further and Important -4yTests and Dis
ciosursNothing of consequence has TRANSFERRED here
since Wednesday, until this morning Mr. McKennan,
of Masonvile, captured three yesterday, who
were on their way to Pennsylvania. they had previ-
| ously been arrested in the town of Tompiins and dis
charged for want of evidence to detain them Mr. Nc.
KEENAN, did not like their appearance and conduct and
so told them they must come along with him. They
ented, and before they had come three miles, they be-
gan to make disclosures.
| 1t from these disclosures that one of them,
Northrop, Of the principal chiefs, and had sixty
three men disguised and armed under his command,
the day Steele shot He says Warren w. Scudder.
OF Roxbury he man for whose apprehension the Sheriff
has offered reward of s300) the commandern.
chief that day and the who presented his sword
to Sheriff Wright's breast, when w. was walking n
front Of the Indian line.
The number of Indians in the field on that day he
states 220 and the number stationed in the woods to
cut of the horses Of the posse, atl0-all armed.
IL is ascertaned also who it that warned out the
Indians the 29th july the day first set down for the
sale Norhrop says the man was engaged three days
in warning them out-that they ordered at the
request OF Ear to prevent the sale of his propertyand
that they Earls house. after the sheriff had left
and that EARL told them the sale adjourned to
August It'll.
This lNorhrop) is very penitent says he expects
I Ia lie &c. &Is.,l - nm