The Columbian fountain., 1846-08-04

Evening. NJ. B. Morgan, Isaiah IL. 7.
NEWS ITE MS.
What is it but Map Of busy life,
Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns p? Cooper.
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A MYSTERY ExPLAINED.--By recent arri-
val al New York, from Havana, with papers
to the 18th inst inclusive, a solution is given
TO the mystery, caused by the arrival OF the
Spanish sloop- ofwar which created SO much
speculation few weeks ago. II appears that
she brought capt ain OF the Spanish navy,
commissioned to purchase articles of American
manufacture for the organization Of their naval
arsenal. t Q8t f bF la
M,pudenee. the hard rain shower
Friday evening, a decenlly dressed man step
ped into the jewelry store in Division street,
and desired 10 see a watch. When one was
handed to him to look at, and the stranger Ia
king it into his hands looked at the shopkeep-
ef. and saying 'good bye lie ye old iellow!"
made OFF with the watch, and has not been
since heard from.-N. Y. Tribune.
The March Of Temperanes new COM
pany called The Boston Light Guards, compos-
ed Of young men between the ages Of eigh
teen and twenty FIVE, at late mee,iug of the
Corps, voted unanimously thai the use Of all
kinds Of intoxicating drinks, should be entirely
dispensed with at any. and all parades 0. the
company. paper.
IMPORTATION OF THE SMALL Pox-The ship
Isaac Newton, which arrived al Baltimore on
Wednesday, from Bremen, has thirteen cases
of small pox on board The health officer or
dered the ship off the new hospital ground,
whpre she will remain until the passengers,
242 in number, are vaccinated, and those
down with the disease are cured. The vessel
will then be purified. an
AN lNaUIsITivE woMAN.-r Through the N.
\. Tribune, Mary Ann Holley, wife of John
}. Hoey, tailor, soliclls Information OF the
whereabouts of her husband, who abandoned
her, and has gone to paris unknown. He is
about five feet six inches high, black hair and
winskers, and hazel eyes, and has passed by
the name OF Geo. w. Runyon, and married
wife under the name. of Troy, Ohio. E4.
Counterfeit Money Of the most Ger
tain and easiest modes Of detecting counterfeit
silver money is TO draw the edge OF sharp
pea-knfe across lhe surface. II good il will
cul like good old cheese" if counterfeit
the edge OF the kuife will catch as if il had
come across some hard substance.
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SCARLET FEvER.-rhis destructive disease
among children has been very fatal IN the city
Of New York this summer. In one family.
That Of Thomas Lewis, there were four deaths
by scarlet fever in eight days, and in another
family, three deaths in two days. 3tt.l !.
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REMARKABLE CoINcIDENcE.--It is remark.
able that one vote carried the tariff Of 1924,
one vote the tariff of 1928; one vote 10 each
house carried the tariff OF 1912, and by one
vote IN the Senate the tariff Of 1876 has be-
Gene law. rog.l&g gfO35t
The AccIDEsr ON THE EsE RAILROAD
The Newburg Gazette of the 20lh states that
of the persons wounded in the late disaster,
Mr. Mcneil, Of Middletown, has since died,
and one or two others, we hear, are not ex-
pected to recover
The Rev. Charles Wadsworfh, the respect
ed and accomplished Pastor Of tim Presbyie-
rlan Congregation in Sixth street, in this city,
II reported, has received an invitation to go
to Boston as the colleague of Mr.. Aiken in
Park street.-Albany IN. W Knickerbocker.
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Ww Spirits.-The junior editor Of the Ten
nessee True American says in his valedictorv,
II have been seized with a knock-some Mexl
can. on the head fit" and under the ufiiction
he has started for the Rio Grande.
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Rum and Crine-Sophla Robb, whose death
was recorded, a few days since, has been in the
House Of Correction 20 times for diunken-
ness and profigacy, She was but thirty years
old,