The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-10-14

The Late Freshet.
Contrary to our expectations the sccoupts "a
last sysnins from ns and West branch
fnitsy greater than was at first believed The oss or
property has been immense and i is not likely that the
next On the Junsta there has been arr ,his
destruction Of property. The rise in the river was
locks and part of the dam have been swept away md
upon the whole the damage as great II not gre stsr
than that sustained by the memorable food Of 1898
correspondent at Huntingdon writes" Houses have
washed from their foundations-bosts from their
moorngs and the people of the valley have sd 70 re-
We have letters from WillIamsport, which Civ q
picture the disasters caused by the
precedented rise In the West Branch On Friday, the
river commenced rising with alarming rapdy and late
With hs Of bss sn % oua cIs:
out, turn out "the food, 1.-The food" &c 60 Men,
womsniand children rushed from their dwellings, and
alarm, trepidation and excitement seemed to b the
order OF the night. Every effort was made to guard
against an nundstion but at about o'clock satur
day morning, the river broke the embsnkment at
the foundry, and came through the rush, Az
ing the houses on the low grounds the second floor
correspondent writes us that he found dincuty In
making his way In boat from the Eagle hotel which IL
on the main street, to the packet boat landing Pine
and on the creek above it. the destruction Of
has been immense. On Friday afternoon one time,
by wnliamsport The nOod in the West Branch & said
to be az feet higher than that of 1870 We have NO
Accounts been received from the whole line Of the
Tide Water Canal that has received injury by the
posite bridge had been carried sway This il wisate
some staging that had been erected under the bridge to
not injured. The teisgraphic wires OVER Il we're
carried away Preparations making to have them re
on up on that haze
tide very high at Hsvre de Grace SATURDAY. and
no of o. s but
wharves or the property on them. philadelphia Bull
tstin, Oct 10.
Miscellaneous.
In the lower police court, Saturday, Moody Kelly
was bound for trial In the of $500 ssvagsy
beating his father, James Kelly, of Tswksbury with
fire shovel. The father is eighty-two years old.
Cornelius Paulding. of New Orleans paid to several
doctors SAM for medical advice and attendance upon
sore finger which would not get well until he stopped
1t alone when 1t Immediately got well. ,.t
pyrotechnic establishment at Nashville, Tennessee
exploded on the 9Th inst and young man who was en-
taken out charrsd and manglsd corpse It il supposed
that he WAS knocked senseless by bomb or rocket,
which rendered his escape impossible
At Buffalo, on Saturday afternoon, youg man whose
name Is not given, went to the store Of Knapp and Gu
let, and after some words drew pistol and sup
seized him by the aud held him until The pistols
we're taken wrenched from his grasp He was then sent
Azs Robinson, indicted the murder Of Erastus g.
Crommett in Vassalboro' Maine has been acquitted.
1t Is said that drover named Hammond was on Nom
day last robbed of $4,000 while at New Brighton.
In ls46 the exports of slaves from Michigan were
4s6 1885, and the trade for the present year promises
be much larger The exports from Detroit alone Ancs
millions, valued At over $4,000 The stsve trade Of
Michigan this year will probably reach $sooOO-Detro
Miller Co. have extended their express line ON the
Western route from Cumberland to pitsburg Cinoin-
cities Cincinnati Signal, 9Th inst.
| Mall Failures.
The Eastern mail failed yesterday from beyond Column
bus Ga The late irregularities on this route should
rest the attention Of the Postmaster General Mobile
Herald and Tribune, Oct o.
THE CASE OF MTDsHPMAN PoLLocx-Ws
have already given some of the facts brought
the first trial Of Mdshipman Pollock for Attempt
ing kill MAIN Mr. Jewst one Of the proprietor Of
the Buffalo adUertiser The case excited
great interest when came up the second time, be-
fore st the Erie County Oyer and Ts,mihs, IN.
following particulars:"A trial first had at tbs
Oyer and Terminer held in this county, but the
jury were unable to agree, and discharged. The
case WAS presented second time to the grand jury, By
whom new indictment found, charging sssaxft
and battery with intent kill and with intent MAIN
This indictment tried at the General Sessions
The facts set forth in the indictment substantially
the same rs those already published, and they
abundsntly proven The counsel for the defence did
not dispute them but endeavored to produce in the
not intend 10 Kill MIR. Jewett; although, according to
the testimony OF Dr. sprague death would have been
the balls been accidentally prevented from taking eject
Eminent medical gentlemen we're called who testified
without producing fatal consequences; that to pro-
duce death, an important artery, running through
that region must have been severed; that It might
have produced dsathEthst The groin although an I'M
porant surgical region considered as one sf the
and that from the degree Of force with which II:
balls projected from the loaded pistol they would
probably net have penetrated far to the artery
which distance beneath the surface Witness
called to show that the defendant was familiar
with the Of fire. arms-knsw the effect that the W
rious Of loading pistol would respectively produce
and must have been that his pistol loaded
as not be capable projecting balls with sufoient
force to produce DEATH that when the pistol was fred
the defendant stepped back two three PAGES and
to be sgitated. Many officers Of tho navy, who
had been the associates Of the defendant then in
troduced to prove his general good charactsrthst he
not qusrresome vindctive THAT his department
was that of genteman-his manners mid and ahabie
and that they not Of his having been engaged
ton From all these things the counsel asked the jury
to infer, that the defendant did not intend to kill Mr.
under the first count in the Indictment AS to the
charge Of intending to MAIN, there much doubt;
upon the distinction between manning and wounding.
On Friday morning last the case was submitted to the
jury, who after an absence Of several hours returned
with general verdict OF guilty The court then SEN
fenced Pollock to five ut hard labor In the
State prison HHH
THE FIRE AT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PARTIcU-
| LARs.--The Richmond Enquirer OF Tuesday con-
the particulars the destructive fire on Sunday
which originated in the Gallego mills There
tanned In the mills 900 bbs flour and 10000 bush wheat,
which, together with the mill and lumber house were
entirely destroyed Pretty well insured In the Richmond
and Northern ofcesvariously reported at from 10 10
Sl4OOco, nearly sufficient to cover loss The books and
papers saved and the propretors are making ar
rangements to grind in few days &C Rutherfords mills
James river The fire then communicated at the north
the mills to the Shockoe tobacco warehouse
which with twenty hogsheads of inferior tobacco Of
little value destroyed The FIRE next extended to
block OF buildings in the Of the mills
ing with two tenements occupied by Alfred r Harris
commission merchant, who lost small stock Of tobacco
The tenements we're destroyed Mr.. Harris saved his
books. A large warehouse containing about Ave
hundred hogsheads OF tobacco, In the rear Of