The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-18
Miscellaneous.

The New Orleans National In an .r,i.,. .u.,, A..
& ana volunteers who
volunteer. fresh from the Of in
appearance feruehus;' dark sunburnt comn,syyom ~
grizzly beard battered garments and ne pressbv
inimcsl to all shape and fashion marks tho outward
man few days residence here, and change as great
take place. The volunteer enters barbers shop, and
has threefourths of his head and face
cut away Hs then patronzes French tailor his
Ike habiliments are rejected for purple and fine nen
and he out according to the latest Style lastly
Is succeeded by something pronounced exquisite aud
the metamorphose Of the volunteer into fashionable
guisss obliged to know each other by their voices
only and this Is continued until familiar acquaint-
snce Is made with the man"
The number of engrauts arrived at the port Of Que
bee, up to the 18th inst, was 10 ,397.
On the night Of the 18th inst. breach made In
tho towing path Of the Erie Canal, near Mindsn. The
break Is about s. feet In length.
Our boatnen have reaped q golden harvest from the
sea during the last two months Within that time they
have taken about many dogdsh besides
halibut bass &c. The Goldfish worth in all, $1,000
the doghsh, $3.50 The oil obtained from the codfsh
about 500 We can safely add another hundred for
haiiout and bass taken which makes the handsome
sum OF sl7oo.-Edgartown Gag, June Ia.
=, At Cincinnati in one week the Court Of Common
Pleas granted twenty divorces.
The celebration OF the anniversary Of thu batts Of
bunker ti was to have come of, and probably did take
place, in Charleston yesterday.
The Georgetown Is g. Obssrr,r states that many of
the poorer families OF that district suffering for the
want OF bread such is the scarcity Of in that
| gon.
New potatoes have made their appearance in the VIII
mington, (Del) market.
| Wilkinson, the who Mt San Augustine Texas
poisoned large wedding party ii Ia said In the Houston
Telegraph ovcraken in his flight by party Of the
regulators and hung by them He belonged to the
moderator party of Sabine and he said that he
opportunity to destroy many regulators possible
to avenge himself for the injuries they had inflicted
upon him and his friends.
At New Orleans the 10th, there was to be grand
procession honor Of the returning volunteers
division Of the procession contain the wounded
volunteers who were all TO ride.
THUNDER HAIL SroRM-The thunder storm
which passed over this city at about half Mon
day afternoon was much the Sound, and
accompanied by much furious fall Of hail than 10
usual in this quarter vessel which arrived during
the evening reports the storm Of fierce
ness her decks being covered to some depth by hail
stones Of great size. gentleman living the Great
Neck in Waterford informs that the hall storm
exceedingly severe also in that neighborhood many Of
the stones being an inch in diameter falling ercey for
about ten minutes, and doing considerable damage to
the and young garden vegetables during the
time. How far the storm extended Westward havo
not heard Tho hall was rs usually is tho precursor
Of great change Of temperature 1t cold enough
| FOR November yesterday.-NeW London Neps