The New York herald., 1845-12-12
Facts and Fancy.
good in Alhany

counties n r. and the ssighng nrst rate" Ditto at
Cleveland, Ohio.
The boat, on Monday evening, landed her pas
sengers at Kingston, on the Hudson.
On Saturday morning at sunrise, the thermometer
at Utica was nine degrees below zero
The Rev. Charles L. Belanger, a Catholic Mis-
ultimo.
The Springfield and Northampton Railroad is
completed. The fare between the two places has
been fixed at 90 cents.
VIM. McEidson, of Russelvile, Kentucky, has
be sentenced to the penentiary for twelve years for
passing counterfeit money.
At three of the Churches in Ashtabula, Ohio, the
afternoon sermon was on the subject OF American sla
lature to from the blacks Of Ohio all dsabi
ties on account Of color
The Rev. Dr. Judson has received call from the
Baptist Churches in Hartford.
A State Convention is to be held in Virginia.
Eight women and six men were baptised by i'm :
mersion in the MonoDgahea by Elder Knapp the 7h
inst Thermometer below the freezing point!
The vessels on the lakes are about all laid up for
the season.
The Rev, DR.. Baird is lccturing on Europe in
Albany.
The thermometer at Nashville, Tenn, on the Sd
inst, two degrees below Very cold for the
south.
Richmond, Va, is to be lighted with gas
There appears to be excellent sleighing all around
thory for the Life and Trust Company to issue notes,
are in circulation in Ohio for signatures.
The clergy of Alabama have called Sabbath
Convention to be held in Mobile the 26th Feb. ls46
The citizens of Henderson county, Ky. are making
efforts concentrate the Green river trade the town
of Henderson. An immense warehouse is about to be
erected at that place for the reception of tobacco.
VIM. Dennis, aged about 40 years, was stabbed
to the heart st Louisville last week. by barkeeper Of
that city named Brown The parties were playing cards
The late gale did not do so much damage at East
port, Me-, as was feared.
The weather at the South has lately been re-
markably cold.
There was heavy rain at Macon, Geo, on the
4th inst and the Ocmugee river was said to be in good
navgable condition.
There is town down east, where the cows are
fed upon fishes. Their milk is not scay, but skim milk.
Above the Potomac Bridge, says the Alexandria
| Gozette, navigation is impractcable from ice.
The steamer Independence burst her boiler las,
| Wednesday, while on her way with passengers from
| this city for Philadelphia
! The Baptist Board OF Foreign Missions have off
cally announced that the subscriptions necessary to
| tinguish the debt OF $40 900 have been completed
There is only only one daily train of cars on the
rail road between Albany and Buffalo The leave
Utica for the East at IL O'Clock in the morning and for
the West at o'clock in the afternoon.
The Bostonians are starting an institution, under
the name the Boston Polytechnic similar its cha
racter to the in Paris and well known through
out the world.
4 Tn the morning OF the Sth InSt the M0nOngd la
river entirely frozen The skating appeared
be excellent from the number and uproarious mrth
| the boys.
| Professor Bush delivered his second lecture, in
Boston, the 9th inst, at the Swedenborgian Chapel
his subject being the scientific character Of Sw edenbog
| There are 1856 newspapers and periodicals IN the
United States and but ,s9l in all the world beside
| The price oil coal, in Wheeling, is three and a
es!f bushel while at Cincinnati and Louisville it
is 30 cents a bushel and supplies extremely limited
a Hvpf nla IN 1sf in
the attic If the wine and liquor store OF f. A. Deyer 2e
Market street It was extingushed after doing consde
fable damage
What is called the ash pone, the hoe cake or the
baked bread Of Virginia be made of Northern
No laboring class in the world healthier anc
stronger than the slaves who live on this bread, viii
pork or bacon.
They are hodng fair, in Philadelphia, at the
Artists Fund Hail. for the purpose Of aiding in the
ton Of an Episcopal Church in MoyamensiDg.
Cough, and the Rev. Thomas Spencer, from Eng
land, were speak the fremont Temple Boston on
| Wednesday evening at temperance meeting Cough
we suppose, has been getting up steam during his
| excitement, If possible Where's the young man who
| asked him to drink soda waterl
! Coffee houses, in the west, are those very COM
mon institutions here denominated groggeries-pixenous
| to public morals.
Dancing is said to be like new mk-it strength
| ems the calves.
On Thanksgiving day, citizen of Simsbury
! Conn.,, choked to death while dining
j lTdlVdnlC garte[S are advertised In q 81 Louis
per. What next? Why, galvanic bustes.
| town meeting was held in Philadelphia, on
Wednesday evening last and well attended, to adopt
measures for the immediate construction of railroad
between Haisburgh and Pittsburgh Pa The iron bonds
| of society are everywhere increasing
| The 81. Louis Republican says, that the work is
being carved out for great suit in that city involving
n 10 WSr,n quarter o. al ~, OF dol
| In Arkansas, few days ago, a man, having three
or four wives living, married woman who has some
| or three living husbands.
An anonymous person has sent 500 to VIM d,
Coolidge Boston, money due to Mr.. Cs fathers estate
sixteen years ago The letter is postmarked Washing
| tos, ID. Z.
| Lawton Taylor, of Portsmouth, r. l., has received
year. from field of eight acres produce to the value
| Of s6s5 6e
| Some of the Canada papers are agtatng the pro-
ject of steam communication between Bantry, in Ire
land, and Portland
The Delaware, from Philadelphia to the ocean,
| is open.
The fashionable season has commenced in Phila-
dephia 1t has here with several splendid balls gwen
by military companies, STOCKHOLDERS, blacklegs etc
The vicinity OF the Union Church, (colored, } in
Coates street, Philadelphia, was Wednesday morning
the scene OF great excitement in consequence of the dis.
covery that the body Of had been surreptiti-
common occurrence in New York. We have two or
three private dissecting rooms up town
CHARGE OF MURpER.-Benjamin Eddy was
brought before the magistrates on Monday, charged
with the murder OF Alfred X. Shepard The amount Of
the testimony that the deceased the witness ana
another person had been riding in the evening and stop
ping at different places, at most all of which they
hour on Saturday night, goth ult they met with Eddy
tho proner and that place they all drank liquor twice
They rode together from that hotel to Pawtucket and
to Abcls house, but could not get IN and then
turned to the New England House in this city In get
ting out OF the wagon in front OF the stable Eddy at
tempted get shepards cap but did not succeed in
keeping it. and struggle ensued in the course Of which
Eddy said " Now IN have my revenge" and drew a
Shepard, who immediately exclaimed, Oh, Lord
you've killed me-" Eddy then pursued Butler who
dropped the lantern he held and escaped and called the
wsich who took Eddy in custody Shepard died sun
day evening and the testimony OF Dr. Rivers who was
called after the wound inflicted TO show
that the dea in consequence OF that wound
ridence Herald
CiuANo.-We learn from the Netc London Star
that the barque White Oak, of that port, which re-
Lear a fha Indian has