The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-26


Friday last bog floating past New Richnend
II was about the size ofa large sperm candle boxssy
;nrs. feet long and one deep Tho 1n'S:nt; sSpsSs
to the wharf immediately, on taking % the cevsr;
imagine thsir CONSERVATION to 9Dd i contained he
portions Of the body Of grown up female, unjoubtsd-
" the mother Of the children. The whole town was
well a. ali the most prominent citizens Of that place
| The unfortunate mothsr-h was the gsnersl opinion
probably the c% o. v aeS
her babes.
VALUABLE CARoo.-The ship Iowa, cleared this
morning for Hsvrs has board cargo valued at one
hundred and nine thousand hundred and ninety.
bales Of sea island and 1881 upland cotton and bis
Of rice. = CAsrissson Patriot Wsanssdsy.
IMPORTANT Decision. Supreme Court Of
Ohio has decided tht the purchaser ofs steamboat with
original owners takes the boat subject 70 such debt
and that any boat may be seized and sold BY the crsd
tor In the hands Of such purchaser with notice
FIrcHvILLK FIRE-We understand the amount Of
burned to the ground on Tuesday Of last week was
SAT 900. Fifteen thousand Of this was at one Of the
Hartford ofices.-Norpich Courier.
Varieties.
A diabolical attempt was recently made to take
the life Of Colonel KERRY collector Of custom: a. Fort
bank of the river not far from the widow Forsyths resi-
dence. watching boat filed with goods which was ~
from, as he believed, wood shed attached 10 the resi-
dence before mentioned great number Of shot enter
Cd III from ps5:trstins deeper was Bright noon
light night. and the Colonel turning round man
Oh: Ia. ..: nd
distinctly heard the ball whiz past him and strike the
ne. Ksrby but this exceeds them ali for cold bieeSsd,
nendish atrocty.
Two persons have been held 10 bail, on the Anne
we'll the Canadian side to take their trial
for attempting to destroy the steam ferry boat which
plies between Fort Erie and Black Rock. II appears
this vessei-two by boring holes through Inc bottol
and three By placing large Quantities Of gunpewd:r N
the hrewood strict watch Is now kept on board day
gold medal was presented to Gov ernor Briggs,
Massachusetts BY the Washington Total Abstrs nes
on u; at onr deen mon level on the
The snow is said to be Ave feet deep in Vermont.
Miss Freeman, of Sandwich, who ieleped with
M. ~ s.1 hss s.s :. 5.
A meeting was held in Philadelphia, on Monday,
Of the Sabbath school teachers and other friends Of the
oy,n: The State Of Indiana with brsrss sr ksr Sunday
p ~:s
hundred Libraries to the State Of Illinois.
The steamer Missouri, from st. Louis for New
Orleans, took down . cargo Of more than twenty-five
about thirteen thousand dollars. Al Cairo she took In
tow second barge, with additional freight making
doubtless the largest cargo that ever dsscsndsd the Ms
sissippi.
The Weston Democrat Of the 9TH inst, says tho
Missouri river Al that place he'd been for several days 10
nns navgsbs condition. There had been re: nve &c
six feet. The company Of Dragons ordered 70 wen
river returned, on the 7th instant, to Weston nsy
marched sixty miles in eleven hours and
The meeting Of the Iowas, Omahoe Secs and cccAs, ~
suited in an amicable settlement Of all dimeunss ~
Thomas w. Butler, master Of the schooner Con-
cord Of Charleston, arrived ct Elizabeth Ciy' >. ~, on
the 22d ultimo after having miracuiousiy escaped
watery grave in two INSTANCES. n.,..,..
By The census Of ISae, Missouri nad popuanon
AZ aa ooo IN Is44 5i O00 for 1886 BY the same ratio
incrsa.s We should set down $4,000.
The House Delegates has postponed the bill in
s.Sn;tsiv TO call State Convention to adopt Q
Constitution for Virginia. The vote was 80 toa
Carsten Reicke, a store-keeper in Charleston, 8.
G. was arrested the 20th inst and lodged In jail on
charge Of forgery appsars that Rsicks has for some
time past been countsrfsiting the signature Of Mr. John
A. Cook to notes placed In the Union Bank. and has
far successful a to have large quantity some
II thousand dollars worth Of paper IN that fnsu
ton Upon investigated this scheme Of villany ~ss
found 10 have been carried on for soms months