The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-09
Varieties

Varieties.
The corner stone of the Howard Athenaeum in Bos
tom was laid on the 4th of july On the 9Th wo1tD~
day thereafter the rafters put upon the bull ing
The building very large and there is great amount
A serious ARRAY occurred at the Deaf and Dumb Asy
um, Thursday, in which black boy shot in the
arm by William Howell. a pupil from South Carolina
The latter received some provocston from the Governor
He was held to bail in $4,000
The City Guard of Brooklyn were expected in Provi
dence yesterday.
man named Thomas Hoy, was killed in Neworleans
on the 9th instant, by one named Dennis KiDen.
There appears to be gang of incendiares in Charles
ton, SC, who are determined to burn the town.
1.-THE Mivaukie Sentinel publishes an account of mur
der of the most diaboca Kind committed that city
The murdered mans name was Keufman German who
recently emgTsted from Prussia The murderer Is suppo
sed to be one Trautman, who came out with him.
woman named Ann Caverly with two small children,
arrived here last evening in the Ahambra from
New Orleans Immediately after the boat landed she
for the arrest of her truant husband Richard Csvery
who is living in this city with second wife on Chesnut
between Eighth and Ninth streets The affidavit
to by her charges him with having deserted her and her
two children in the county of Cork Ireland the year
lS44 Seven months after his deseon she learned that
he had come to America and again married and lv
ing in New York She Immediately started in pursuit.
and upon her arrival there she found had removed to
New Orleans Being of means she compelled
to stop some time in New York but as soon she
of in pursuit again. but again disappointed for upon
reaching the latter city she ascsrtaned that he had fed
and was living in 81 Louis, True to womans ven
geance she followed him. and had the satisfaction Of be-
holding the offender in the clutches Of the law within
two hours alter her arrivals Louis Reviiie.
The Charleston Qkanawha) Republican informs us
that man answering to the description OF cambridge
Epes arrived at the hotel in that place the stage on
Sunday the 10th inst and left next morning for Guyan
don, He registered his name as "B. Davis, from North
Carolina Mr. Talbot, Of Lynchburg pursuit. arrived
at Charleston on Friday the 24tn
Professor Edward de vermeuil President of the Geo
logical Society Of France has arrived at st Louis He
has been for past engaged in geological
yey Of the Empire Of Russia under an engagement with
anime the formation Of that region.
YELLOW FEvER,-This disease has not yet appeared in
New Orleans The statement in the N. o. Courier has
Information has been received at the Department of
State from the consulateof the United Buenos
Ayres Of the decease Patagones that province. of
Michael Bacon and James G. Gardner citizens Of the
United States Mr. Gardner died the 9th of February
last, and was from Newport, r. l..
A by the name of Jonathan d. Pope supposed 10
be from the New England States found desd in the
Mississippi river He was discovered in a :unken has-
boat and had with him quantity Of merchandise and mo-
though possessed of some little wealth.
A dry dock is to be built by government at Phiadsi-
Spencer who murdered his wife in Jersey City and IL
confined in the Jail Bergen Corners has made several
Intellectual attempts to escape and it has been found
Atelegraphic line between Buffalo and Cleveland will
be put undar contract next spring 1t expected that
the Cincnnatians will continue it to that city
The steamboat Quebec came into collision with the
steamboat Rowland II i'll on the 29th ult the Saint
Lawrence River The Rowland Hill sunk and
veral lives lost. The latter boat racing with ano-
Their at the time.
Security for the good behavior of the Randolph ne
groes is to be given and they are to be allowed to settle
The milk establishment of David 8. Mills situated at
East Brooklyn, near the dividing line between Brooklyn
and Bushwick on the old road, set fire and burnt
to the ground between and 10 O'Clock P. NJ, the
2sth inst twas large barn, calculated to accommo
complete set of camp equipage is being prepared by
order Of gentleman in Baltimore a present to Gen.
Taylor There 100 pieces of furniture in the
set
The commencement of Wesleyan College Middlstows
c. takes place Wednesday, and Of Trinity College,
Hartford, on Thursday Of next week 1.
The Accident ERIE RAILRoAp.-The New
bs as dsass syn M ~
since died and one or two others we hear are not sx
pected to recover.
v viii be completed in few days. The wires all
up between Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck.
General Patterson passed through Baltimore the aoh
It rumofed yesterday that Epss, the supposed MUIR
pursued him from Ly nchburg.
The Telegraphc line from Baltimore to Boston, II ia
estimated will be ol6 miles in length and will cost about
break occurred in the Erie Canal about one mile east
Durhamville, on the 2sth 1t would take Ave days to
A gentleman from Columbus Ohio was robbed of
$l2l5 yesterday, in front of the Merchants Exchange
Mr.. Moses Spur and his wife, of Sheffield, Mass. on
returning from visit to in Canaan CT the goth
Of May last, thrown from their wagon in Salisbury
Ct in consequence of the horse running away, and both
OF them MORALLY wounded. Mr.. spurr who wss &c
years OF survived the accident four weeks and Mrs.
Spur who was AZ years old fingered eight weeks hav
ing endured great suffering.
The work Of setting out posts for the magnetic tele
graph between this place and Boston, 10 going rapidly
II expected that II would be finished from Baco to
Kennebunk, on Friday.-Portiind Argus.
Col RAN Peyton committed suicide Monday eve
ming last, at the residence of his brother in Summer
county, Tennessee, by shooting himself through the
head with a pistol ball. He had, told been Ia
boring under alienation of his mental faculties for
three or four years
We learn from exchanges that the Mormons had
all left st. Josephs for their encampmen at Grand
Island, on the Big Platte river.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, by and with
the advice and consent OF the Senate. Seth Bel
den be surveyor and inspector of the the
port of Hartford, in the State Of Connec vice PEN
field H. Goodsell, removed Benjamin 4. Carpenter to
be appraiser of merchandise for the port Of Philadelphia
in the State Of Pennsy vania vice Samuel Spackman,
removed. William willard to be surveyor and nspcc-
tor Of the for the port of saybrook the State
of Connecticut. George T. Nichols to be surveyor and
inspector of the revenue for the port of North Kingston.
in the State of Rhode Island in the place Of William Hal
oway, removed Joseph Ramsey to be collector Of the
customs for the district and inspector of the for
the port Of Plymouth in the State of North Carolina, TO