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BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL.
mere was nothing in last evening BALI
n, more papers, BY Telegraph from New York, or
Philadelphia. .....l,
REWARD OFFERED.-Goy. PRATT has offered
reward OF 5000 for the apprehension of naoro
George, who killed Mr.. Jesse Cook, in Charles
county, on the 18th instant. John D Bowling.
Esq, the owner Of the negro, also offers a re-
ward. The murderer is thus described in The
Governors proclamation "The said negro
George is Of black color, his hair long and
bushy, about feet 9 inches high, and about
25 years old.
HEAVY Loss-W mentioned in Yesterdays
paper the robbery of an immigrant between
New York and this city of his trunk, containing
large sum of money. We are informed thar
the immigrant was German, and that the
amount OF money he lost instead of being 22OO
franc, was 200 FIVE franc pieces. The loser
mas heard no tidings Of either the trunk or mo-
ney. he was in this city yesterday in a state
OF mind bordering on distIacton--Phil. Times.
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MAYORS CASES. There were but three ca
ses before the Mayor yesterday all ON the
charge Of intoxication. Two were fined and
the third was discharged with an admonition.
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Hon. Simon Cameron, U. S. Senator, ar
rived IN town yesterday, and took lodgings at
the Merchants Hotel.--Ib UA%H
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FATAL ACCIDENT WHILST CUNNING. A lad
named George Jones, residing in Catharine 81.
above Sd, was instantly killed on Thursday
afternoon, on meadow near the stone house.
short distance below Philadelphia, BY the
accidental discharge Of gun. The contents
entered his neck, and came out the back part
Of his head. He fell without a groan. a
Il PLENTY OF MONEY. An old miser, by the
name Of Dick, died at Millville, Ohio, last
week. After his death, there was found ia an
old iron chest in his room thirty three thousand
dollars in gold! .a.....yi sr5s
Il Quilted THE STAGE. George Mossop,
clever comedian well known in Philadelphia
has. formally abandoned the stage for some
other avocation.
NAVAL. Com. Charles w. Skinner has
been appointed to the command Of the Gosport
Navy Yard, as the successor of Commodore
Jesse Wilkinson, whose time expires on the
lst of October. tfaa z .1t
LIBERALIrY. Abbott Lawrence, of Boston.
has given money for the purchase of splen-
did library to be presented to Williams Col
lege. -.
WHAT A MISTAKE! A man at ST. Louis
was recently so badly bitten by mosquitoes that
the physicians mistook his ailment for the
small pox
The Hermiker county Jail has been empty
Tor several months. They cannot afford to
support police there and consequently, the
rogues escape.
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One Bird, jugger, has flown from Pitts,
burg. The printers ask about him with much
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hind.
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Captain Beckman, owner and COM
mander of the steamer Ohis, was robbed at
St. Louis on the night of the 18th, of nearly
$4,000. y"
The total valuation Of the factory corpora
ton at Lowell, Mass, is 1926, 900; and they
pay a tax of $64,5 ,558 20.
Edward c. Delevan has declined the nomi-
nation for Governor of New York Of the Ma
tive State Convention.
DIED. Judge Kennedy, of the Supreme
Court Of Pennsylvania, died at his residence,
on Wednesday evening" after short illness.
The ceremony Of placing the crowning stone
on Girard College, says the Phila Times. will
take place to-day, at half past O'Clock.
The publication of the Daily American Cit
izen, in Albany, is suspended.
A man in New Orleans has stolen an umbrel-
la What horrible place