The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-10-28

Varieties. -
A large public meeting recently heid al Lau-
rel Indiana in consequence Of the alarming extent 9,
in that town. supposed to be caused oy csns
feeder which passes through the place reported
that out of population OF 400 persons nearly 800 were
prostrated with the fever and ague The meeting broke
up WIN me Sout law The deaths hsv. been sw
from the complaint
Professor Bache, of the Coast Survey, lately at
tempted soundings in the Gull StIssm Enoru ~ors s
reach the depth Of $50 fathoms, the temperature
wa, a degrees These ar: to be =,
and at the next trip line enough Will DO 10 son
the bottom--f there IL any
lawyer OF Louisville says that, by his profess
siona he has within the last few years Pro
he been enabled to observe the CONDITION OF al OF
them made by their being set at libsrty-thsi
they subsequently became poor thieving drunken ana
abandoned wretches.
The statue of the Hon. Henry Clay, proposed to
be erected in Richmond Virginia by the ladies' q the
to this effect.
In Mexico, the custom is when duel has been
passes by throws stone at the Some ingenious
Yankees have taken advantage of this custom to clear
toney land by erecting crosses where no duel has been
fought
| The Baltimore Patriot of Saturday, says that John
A. Innis arrested that morning on suspicion of steal
ing or aiding the escape from his aster OF negro
who calls himself John Innifer nnis Is said to be M.
| tive of Massachusetts.
| The lady of the Hon. Lynn Boyd, is no more.
departed
second instant after illness of only two weeks du-
ration at the early age of thrtywo years Wo'A'"s
| ton Journal
| Arthur Mulholand and Patrick Regain were each
to Eastern Penentiary for four years by
Judge Parsons, Saturday, in Philadelphia for the
convicted of murder in the second degree the crime
having been perpetrated in the course OF an not
| blood
| The trial Of Andrew p. Potter, for the murder OF
Lucus P. Osborn was commenced on Thursday at New
| Haven Most Of the day consumed in obtaining
jury those being rejected who declared taat sney neG
opinions from what they had read OF the case IN
| the newspapers. One was sensible enough to say
that he formed opinion but considered himself ELI
| court very properly held him to be competent,
| Gov Owsley, of Kentucky, has appointed Thurs
day. the 10th of November, for general thanksgiving
| Some of the persons who few weeks since muir
dered Mr. selby, in Mountain Township washington
county, Ark have been arrested, and are now in CON
nement. The guilty persons are named burney OF OF
family who also concerned in the murder, has
made escape Texas but three were in pursuit
| of him The object of the murder was robbery.
The PorAro Ror.-We are sorry to state that
the failure of the crop in this vicinity much more ex
quantity planted and all or less affected
From present appearances there will not be nan Of an
s
cold weather The fall has been unusually mild
frost until within the last week-S .d'oo"s
| Messenger.
| GREAT vERDIcT.-At the late circuit court, held
at Whteplains, Westchester county, Miss Conk!in,
rising Of & %
same age, for breach of promise OF marriage
STEAMSHIP CAMBRIA, which left Boston at 70 mi
utes before NJ 10th inst srryed at Halifax ,o about
with twenty additional passengers
Cold WsArHER.-At Claremont, N. H., on Mon
day night, there sprirklng OF snow-the thermo
clobed in the gsrb of winter We learn that At East
port on Tuesday last fell to the depth OF twelve
| Lches.
BLoopy ArFRAY AT BENTON, MIss.-Some days
go dreadful ARRAY occurred at Benton, Miss, Pc
tween Samuel swishsr keeper Of the Eagle Hotel and
Colonel A. Bailey planter Of Yazoo county, IN which
bailey entered swishers house, and without provocs.
ton made brutal attack with large Bowie knife upon
wsher who at the time was unarmsd ana n1csoo Sc
he house and told swisher to arm hmseth ne would
return in fifteen or twenty minutes and make another
assault upon him. Accordingly, about twenty minutes
| ,rerward, he returned, and brandishing his Bowie
Knife attempted to enter the house again when swisher
fred both barrels of shot gun at him their contents,
gheen shot ring his right side and breast He fell
the ground and died in about half hour M swisher
| was tried and acquitted
| SHIP BUILDING AT THE WEsT-We were in error
| yesterday in stating that the Geo. M. Bib" was
' Regina osfil' saii. at Freedom p and
packet between New York and Mexico. She carries
me hundred and thirty-eght tons, cusomhouse mes-
urement; is seventy three feet long on deck and has
twenty-five feet beam. Capt Kimball her commander,
W proceed direct to New York and will receive freight
that port Portland the water the falls
| will permit her to descend There il q bark in
Of construction at Marietta. We have doubt
shipbuildng will become quite an important branch
the Ohio in few years, vessels be built here
about one-thrd cheaper than at the East-LouispiIe
Journal, Oct %.
THE CHERoKEEs.-The company OF Cherokees
sho have gone out to explore the country upon the
olorado were from the last accounts hne health and
rts Our information is up to the time they left Fort
Washita.--Yap Buron (J9rk) Int Oct. IL.
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