The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-05
miscellaneous.

miscellaneous.
The post office at Northampton, N. H. was entered
Wednesday night and robbed Of most Of the letters
and some loose monep The bags containing the small
mails for the towns west found about twenty rods
from the Office cut open, and red of their contents all
the letters prepared mailing In the nearly all
the letters the boxes and three or four hundred
and promscuo letter called for taken What
amount Of funds the letters contained is not known
Baker Delano put letter in the office for Sturbrdge,
containing $40 in money and another for the with
draft of Sll0 on the American Exchange Bank IN New
York. payable to Charles Delano, both Of which
gone.-Hampshire Gazette, I'd inst.
The Southerner arrived at Charleston on Monday
morhDg last. She had eighty passengers in the
cabin, and thrty-six in the steerage. The CoW Ter
says ave indebted to the Southerner for New
York papers of the 2sth which very acceptable
the mail from New York failed to-day"
Great preparations making for the approach hing
Fair at Saratoga Tn. committees are busy causing
Two recruits, who enlisted at Buffalo, jumped from
the steamboat few nights since, their way to this
city, and drowned
the Common Council of Boston have voted to give
Capt Youennes the officer who arrested Tirre thou
sand dollars.
Accounts from ST. John, ~ b state that situation of
the immigrants Partridge Island at the of
the harbor beginning to attract the attention Of the
government. 1t is stated That women, sick with the
typhus fever have been left to sleep the damp
for two successive nights during which time no one
came them and other cases Of gross neglect
pointed out.
painful affair it is said took place at the Providence
depot Friday morning, in which the domestic differences
of the parties obtruded upon the public gaze.
We learn that the ground between this city and the
Central Railroad is staked Off and that contract has
been made for the posts As sufficient force
can obtained 1t will not be long before every thing
will be ready for the wire. augusta,
| Georgia.
We grieved to learn yesterday that another Of
the sisters charity, who been mnsterng the
sick in the Charity Hospital, struck down with the
fever Her life is despaired ofNep Orleans Peayune
August ~
IL is said that the prospect for the early
Of the fertilization Sellers Point Fstss
ing brighter aspect that Major Ogden, OF the Engi-
Department, has been assigned 10 duty there and
will doubt make the preliminary preparations
The Mexican Gulf Railway was opened to it's present
terminus % miles from New Orleans, the 10Th ult
A feast given the occasion at Lake Borgne and
speeches made by Col Isaac T. Preston, Judge H.
A. Canon and o. p Jackson Esq, in which they paid g
glowing tribute TO the enterprise of the company
skill and science Of J. W. Smith, the engineer OF the
road
An accident which it Is feared will result in the loss
several lives occurred Tuesday last in front Of the
dwelling and store Of Jos Squire Esq Of Venice In this
county. IL appears, according to the information
which has reached that with loaded gun In
his hand was walking in front Of the building when
number OF persons in wagon, and as the par
ties in the act Of passing each ether the gun went
OIL and wounded four of them IL Is supposed mortsy
Those injured w. Cool, Sarah Matthews, Isaac
Street, and little girl unknown How the acct
dent happened what done with the man who
caused IL, unable to say.-.iiton Is'sgrdPh'
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