The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-30
Miscellaneous.

The wheat fields in many parts of Berks County Penn
syvana, said to present very unpromising appear
ancc.
In West Jersey the peaches and early apples have
suffered from the protracted cold weather In Of
the peach orchards the crop is said to have been all de-
stroyed by the cold OF Friday and Saturday nights.
The Potomac fisheries are once more yielding album
dant rewards for the labors Of the fishermen At Alex
andra Monday, shad sold at 81 rs to S. 80 per hun
dred, and herrings at ~ 90 to So per thousand
The wheat prospect, far present appearances
warrant judgment, is unfavorablc The close
Ing Of ice during the latter part Of the winter left the
fields looking quite dead They beginning to look
grcon, but there many spots where the wheat is
nearly all kicd-.dnn .aarDor (Mich) Journal.
Connecticut river falling Wednesday at the
rate Of about an inch an hour.
The new Touring mills on tho Wcland Canal and
the additions TO the old add thirteen Of
to the number at work last season.
A man named Morse, belonging to South Dedham,
drowned himself at Andover Sunday last, In At OF
delirium tremens
On Wednesday night, the buildings known as Dean.
factories, at Mystic Bridge Connecticut, fred by
nccndiaries and burned down, together with a grist
mill and dwelling house.
The ceremony of laying the of the cdhce
designed for the Of the Boston Athenmum, took
place Tuesday forenoon at 10 o'clock and wit
messed by large number Of citizens Honorable Josiah
Quincy Of the projectors Of the institution deliver
ed address appropriate to the OCCASION and the
| ceremonies were observed. The Atheneum property
real and personal valued at S3i2 OOO its library
bers $1,000, and 1t has choice collection Of painting
and statuary.
Last week young lady in Boston had eighty four dol
q
ceived anonymous note stating that the money wa.
only taken as loan and will be repaid with Ave pei
cont interest
The rowdies Tor "hghbindersn as they arc caledJ In
Albany, have commenced upon tho United States
recruits who happen to pass through that delectab
place On Monday, Ave or six dragons (unarmed, Of
oourseD set upon by gang Of these fellows with
clubs and other weapons and severely beaten that
three or four of them borne of nensibe II Is but
a short time since killed In Albany by gang
Of these desperad0es.
The wheat crop Long Island is represented bear
ing starved and thin appearance promising but
m eagre harvest The springsar low
The city Of Bristol on the Delaware river, In Bucks
county Pa was illuminated, on Tuesday night, most
brilliantly In honor OF our Mexican victories
The st. Andrews and Quebec Railroad Is about to be
commenced. Agents said to be now in the United
States for the purpose Of engaging competent engineers
contracting for locomotives, &c.
On Sunday afternoon at about halt. past o'clock,
portion Of Coal HILL above Sligo Pa way and rolled
up the a received the detached portion which had
came to the bottom must have destroyed considerable
property
The steamer from Buffalo bound for Chic ago arrived
at MsckiRaw the 2is and found II impossible to pro-
coed any further her journey in consequence OF the
Ice in the Straits.
The boats from the upper Mississippi report Il to be
falling with thirty inches water the Pwer Rapids
The Illinois s also falling slowly but yet good stage
for the largest packets from Peru down The Missouri
had risen from three to four feet ut Westson but Ia
again falling rapidly with feet water In the chan
mel The river is rising at this point anu there now
cold and Saturday night Ice was made In exposed
situations and IL is feared that will kill the fruit,
which Is In bloom. 10 cloudsd up yesterday after
noon, and had much the appearance Of rain.
The boats from the Missouri bring satisfactory in
formation in regard to the mysterious disappearance Of
Mr. Norris Coburn who was expected at Independence
from Santa Fe, some days ago, but had not arrived
party composed Of citizens Of Jackson county had
turned last accounts from search the Santa
Fe road without making any discovery Another party
preparing TO go out for the same purpose Suspi-
cion is entirely removed from the young man hitherto
spoken Of his relative and who is still ut Independ
He brought with him, and deposited at store In
that town pair u saddle containing the proceeds
OF Mr. Coburn's TRADE for the winter, amounting to
some $4,000 or $4,000 This money principally
In drafts, and could only be used by Mr. Coburn's
dorsement In letter from this young man, received
at this place and dated the 3h he says he has been
detained at Independence, waiting for
MIR. Colburn TO come In.
II II understood that Mr.. Coburn had n mail from
Santa Fc with him, and he may have been murdered TO
get possession OF the drafts treasury notes &C. which 10
was likely 10 contain-st Louis Republican, aprii 30