The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-30
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An American ut Cape Good Hope hu,. r,i,b;,
twelve years, sold hundred thousand Ynnke,
plows TO the Dutch for vineyards.
The German papers mention that the sister Of
the poet Schiller, Madame Elizabeth Reinward,
died ut Meiningen, on the 3lst ul,., IT the aye
of ninety years.
A Belgian gentleman has taken cut a paien,
for machinery TO eaable an aeronaut, withou,
letting off the gas In his balloon to ascend or de-
scend ia the atmosphere at pleasure.
Among the patents recently taken out. is one
for cotton envelope, the wriung on which can.
not be erased, While il can be read easily even /,
wetted.
Jacobs Well is seventy feet deep and min,
feet in diameter, hewn out of the solid rock
"The well Is Deep" was the description piysn
Of it by the woman of Samaria 10 our Lord.
HEAVY RonpERr AND AREEsr--A clerk in
the employ Ct Thomas, Watson, & L.on,.. Bos-
ton, absconded on Saturday week with the sum
OF $3.50 belonging TO his employers He was
arrested in New York.
There have arrived at Quebec, from the 9Th OF
May 10 the 9th Of October, ninety one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-two passengers
from England. Ireland, Scotland, and Germany.
EMIGRarIoS.--The number of foreigners who
arrived at the port Of New York, from Nav 5th
to September 3Oth, inclusive, is l0l $40 The
amount Of money received by the commiss o n
ers OF emigration for fines aud communications
during the same period, Sl0l ,677 SIS; amount
disbursed, S30,525 ii; surplus in the treasury.
81 ,09S IL.
The White Mountains, in Maine, on Tues
day, the 18th inst, were covered with snow as
entirely as in the depths of winter. Snow fell
at Buffalo on Wednesday week.
RoDGER SHEkMAN's PLouGH.-Amonp the
many curious things now exhibiting at the Me.
chsnics' Fair, in Boston, one of the most inter
esiing is u plough which formerly belonged 10
that distinguished patriot, Roger sherman, OF
connecticut, one of the signers Of the Declare
ton of Independence.
William Harper, one Of the Chsncellors of
South Carolina, died at his residence in Fairfield
on the 10th inst.
A son of tine Rev. A. Campbell, Of Bethany,
Va, was drowned in the Ohio river, on last Sat-
urday week. Mr.. Campbell is now in Scot
land.
The Geographic wires were connected from
New York to Montreal on Saturday 18th inst.
and communication opened between the two
cities distance over ,000 miles. This is the
greatest distance Yet achieved over the wires
NEwrouxDLasD.-The Times. a paper pub-
lshed in Newfoundland. states that the whole of
the land in and about Conception Bay is rising
so rapidly as materially 10 affect. il not eventu-
ally TO render useless, MANY Of the best hartors
on that coast. At Port de Crave, n series of OBJ
seryations have been made which prove the ra-
pid displacement OF the sea level in that vi
cinity.
The Augusta Chronicle, Of the 18th inst, nm.
nounces dividend of three per cent. Gecla red
10y the Georgia Railroad Company, from the
profits Of the last six months. This, remarks
the Charleston News, must be equally gratify-
ing TO the friends and stockholders of the road,
and is, in our opinion, foretaste of the reward
this great work will bring to them in future.
The New York Journal Of Commerce Of Fri
day last, notices the return of the United States
frigate Macedonian, which went out in comma nd
of Com. Dekay, with 4 cargo Of provisions and
clothing contributed TO relieve the wants Of the
destitute in Ireland and Scotland.
Some of the London letters state that Lord
Ashburton sold out c5O6,0QO Of the funds to
strengthen the Barings
The New York Tribune SAYS that the mer-
eantiie failures in England, notice OF which was
the sum of S2l ,l77 600. This is exclusive of
4 number Of houses whose Liabilities are not
stated.
The Razor Strop Man holding forth at the
Agricultural State Fair, was thus addressed by
a young man. who thought himself remarkably
smart: you're a fool" ''One more left of the
same SORT" said the Razor Strop Man pointing
at the presumptuous individual.
A writer in the New York Mirror vouches for
the fact that there lives in the LIST Ward Of that
city a miser, who picks up rags in the street
reputed TO be worth $4,000.
The New Orleans National states. on this
thority of an officer from the Rio Grsnde. that
Gen. Taylor may be shortly expected in that
city.
The SIAMEsE TwIxs---A recent visitor at the
home Of the Siamese Twins, at their plantation
in North Carolina, says that each of them has
several children, and that they are quite prosper
Gus as cultivators Of the soil, owning two plan
tations and numerous servants. living plainly
and economically, and apparently very happy
They have adopted the name Of Banker, in
honor Of their banker of that name in the city
Of New York.