The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-19

miscellaneous.
Mrs. Jeremy Drake, OF South Boston, committed sui
oids by hanging herself on Friday night last She was
so years Of age and probably insane. I1
Emperor Iturbidss sldsst sop, brother to Major Au
was for time student in Mr.. cartridges military
academy In Connecticut He vent to Europe some
was said to hold the oiaos Of Colonel in the RUSSIAN
Cavalry. -r- .'...
charged with the murder ofFrssman viz Luther Fer
nald son OF the tavern keeper thsre James Usher and
person named Burnham Thsverdict Of the coroner's
jury had not been announced at the last accounts.
Boa Travsiier, Dec II.
The ocal Of deaths in the city of Norfolk dur
Ing the month OF November Is lat the rate of only
Is per cent per snnum ofthe population.
An unusually large number Of movers passed through
this village within the past two three weeks On
vehicles belonging to mossy Georgia
and South Carolina passed through on their way, most
(fis) Beacon ........I
scientific Congress assembled at Venice during the
present year, and fourteen hundred and seventytwo
Of science and two thousand lovers Of science
met In the Duoal Palace commencing ON the 18th Sep
TENDER, and continued three weeks. The assembly had
TICS mechanics geology minsraosy, geography srohas
ology agriculture technology, botany, vegetable ply
| observation-disclosures Intelligencsr, 18Th inst
On Friday morning about sunrise two went
to the house Of Robert Tete (colore In Hopsws Cum
SSrsnd county N and took of his wife and child -
won't TO- We have not been able to learn Robert was In
| Town AZ NATURALIZATION Chroutcle.1
The population Of Cincinnati and its suburbs In set
| down at 100000. ....
Tho brig Harbinger, which arrived at Boston on the
18th ins from Fsya brought passengers 10 desti-
tute Amerieans-mosty disabled seamsn from whsers
company is to be formed In New Haven for lighting
| the city with gas
The telegraphic posts have been asrectsd from Wor-
ceser to UAbridge and 1t calculated that BY last
lance, II there be delay in obtaining the WIRE the
telegraph will be in operation in few days.-P,ovi-
denee Journal, 18th inst.
panther was killed on Friday last In Bucks county
Psnnsylvania
The newly elected officers of Grard College, Phila-
dephia are Hon Joel Jones, President Judge of the
President Mrs. A c. Tlghman Matron Jane Mitchell
Principal Female Teacher Mary il. Turner, First As
Assistant Female Teacher; Samuel Ovsrn, Steward
pbysicians-Dr +. w. Sargent and Dr. Samuel l.. Hol-
Linn, Elizabeth willis and Susan wrglsy. ~
Capt Stephen Carmiok, OF the brig Pedraxs Of this
city has been presented by the Queen Of England with
magnificent gold medal, for saving the lives OF four
British subjects at sea. Captain c. native Of Fhla-
dslphis , I
The rass at the land ONCE in Milwaukee for the month
Of November last embraced 1921 acres and the re-
oeipts amounted to S767l o. As usual the great pro-
portion OF the entries ware in 40 acre lots
The little steamer Champion bound up the lake from
Buffalo, took fire OF Dunkrk on Monday night last,
under her boiler deck and very sharing the
fate Of the unfortunate Phenix 1t with great diff
Guilty the fire was extinguished.
| MO
~ Riley visited friends house In Chelsea accompa-
MED by her brother insw, where she met fellow
tended meeting leaving Flood and Miss Riley alone
in the house. which he took advantage for the most
brutal purpose, locking himself with the girl into the
room and than outraged her person, in = foreibl,
manner The next day the girl entered q complaint
Gushing IT. resulted in committing the accused t
staks.-Boson Mail, l6th inst
The water was to be drawn of from the Welland ca.
nal on the 9th inst.
Charles g. Hasewell, formerly editor Of the Ohio
StatsDs is to deliver the address before the Franklin
Typographical Society Of Boston, the 10th OF
January next.
The steamer Guadslquiver, which sailed from this
port for the West Indies grounded while entering the
port Of Neuvitas. She remained the bar two DAYS
She sustained but little damage.
There Is permanent lake Of water in Jefferson
county, about sixty miles below Woodvis II Is
be remarkable for it's medicinal properties and
ginning to be much rssorted during the summer sea
son by invslids. -Ndssdoehes (La) 7tmes.
The survey Of the ship canal designed to the
navigation Of the St Lawrence river with of
ChRmpain, Is progressing and will It Is thought result
in affirming the practCabity of the noble enterprise
Ths black tongue fatal epidemic, is said to be pre-
recently died with it, and others are not expected to
live.
There at present In town ten thousand hogs
awaiting transportation to Baltimore by the railroad
Every day to increase the number and 1t Ia
putsd that they four thousand bushels Of
per week SO great Is the demand for corn, that far
mers readily obtain . dollar per barrel, while
some parts Of the National road, the price is higher
Cumberland Mountaineer, Dec. II.
On the 3Oth of September last the penitentary oil
Virginia contained al convicts, Of whom 1871 were
whites, and so negroes.
We yesterday saw. at the Mayors Office number OF
documents received from the Mayors If New York
Boston, in relation to the system of taxation practed
In those cities and the expenditure they under for
their city governments This mark Of courtesy will
We have doubt b. recprocated at fitting occasion
These documents will furnish worthy Mayor with