New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-25

BRIDGE OVER TN Commemorative learn
that the Hartford and Providence Railroad Company
have made a contract with Messrs. Harris stone oi
Springfield foi the construction OF railroad bridge
over The Connecticut river, about threeeighths oil "A
$1,000 OF which is TO be paid stock This is hand
some saving from the original estimate which was 10y
100000 The work s 10 be commenced forthwith, and
20 be completed by the first Of November ls49
Hartford CoursnL
THI Crops IN CASApA.-A by no means agree
able chAnse has occurred Ia the weather. The eXces
sve heat OF summer has given place 10 November at
nosphere and the rain has fallen almost necessarily
The agrcuurss begin 10 entertain fears for the safety
OF crops which have not yet been gathered in On
the Island of Montreal and in the Lower Province gen
orally. the harvest IL only just commencing but we
learn nom the Upper Province that the crops there ara
for the mos, part already safely housed
Montreal Pilot, l9thgs
GLoRY.-The HdrerkW NH gazette makes
honorable mention OF a returned volunteer who went
away with a company Of CO, only IL of whom are now
living lie enlisted with company in Portland, aud
has himself Lost eye had bayonet run into mis-
body. and ball shot through his knee When he went
away he left wife and two children and has returned
10 them d" useaup man.. shattered In health and mut
lated in body, and uiserably poor.
MURDER on SHIPBoARD-The first officer OF
the ship Ansss of Boston stabbed 10 the heart hy
one OF the seanen and died few minutes sfterward
The murder was committed either in Bombay on
the passage from China hither The seaman was placed
in jsil at Bombay, and would be tried before the Su
preme Court We do not learn the names Of either the
mate the sesmsn, but understand that the mate be-
longed 70 Portland lBost AdV.
MANsLAUGHrER.-Denni McShane, a married
man living at No Water ct died last night from iuiu
RES received on Wednesday night by kicks received
from Barney Leedy, young man OF this City. The de
ceased was a quiet man. who reading the Irish
news when Leddy interrupted him by some imperi.
nent remark. which led to words and the fatal kicks
Teddy asd this morning. Albany Evening Journal
DIsAPPEARASoE OF Nix. WINANTs.-ltis now
enc week since the mysterious dssppea of George
AZ NNt,aptS and thauoh the mos liiuauf
mas been made and Of his friends have travelled
several hundred miles not the least trace OF his where
sbouts HE fate be sscertaned appears quite
mysterious as the disappearance OF young Fierce
months since and II is natural that spprehensions
should be Eel, that his fate may have been as trsgca
and cruel lRoeh Dem
RAILROAD AcCIDENI.--A mau named Abra
ham Whitcolnb about - years old, brakeman the
road was run over near West Acton the Fitchburg
Railroad about 10 O'Clock this morning. The wheels
passed over both hi. thighs crushing them in hord
manner He was brought to this city and taken TO the
Hospital but II Is thought he csnno, recover The &C
cldent caused by his falling upon the track. after
having unsnsckled freight which had not lost IL
momentum, and which passed over him Dos Trav<i
FIRE IL DoRcHrSrER.-A about ten O'Clock
last night an unoccupied dwe house, situate az the
top Of Popes Ill., in Dorchester discovered to be-
on hre. and totally destroyed The house, which
was hne one. had been finished but about month
and had no, been occupied. Il was owned by Mr.
Alexander Pope and Mr.. Csrruth and was valued ~
$1,000 insured Tor $4,000 at the Mechanics Mutual
once, in this city There is no doubt that the re
the work OF an incendisry ere had been lsttory
used about the premises The engines which reached
the ere were useless for lsck OF ws,er
Boston Trsv. 23d
FIRE IL CASiISE.-By Jerome's Express per
steamer Penobscot learn that when the T. F. Secor
left Cssiine, ire was raging Al that place which hsd
consumed the dwelling houses OF Messrs Job Nelson
and Ots Little and threatened 70 destroy the prpc
pal part OF the town The Belfast Engine Comnany
thsh way 10 render all the assistance In their
power. Boston Bee
THK FIRE Al LOUisyiLLE.-We mentioned
yesterday the burning Of the bsggng factory on the
Nessrs. Hewitt Anderson & Co and the loss est
mated a. sSS00o upon which there was sn Insurance
of $4,000. The factory employed from % 70 100 per
sens, who are al thrown out of employment Il Is
supposed the IRE originated from spontaneous comeus-
non. Louisville Jour. 10Th
COMMENCEMENT Al CAasRIpGg.--The eNer-
to-day at Harvard College were OF exceedingly
interesting character and the graduates did honor both
to themselves and ,ksT instructors The church 10
which the services were held WAS crowded to over
dowrs--msny being unable TO obtain place even %
stand The most perfect order prevailed throughout
the city, snd nothing occurred 10 mar the pleasure u the
Cay Boston Jour 95d.
"WuL Hawks PICK oUI HAWKS rKN "A
slaek maa was committed to jail yesterday, after mar
rosly escaping a ynchng BY the hands Of rhas men
for stealing couple Of colorcd children and taking
them over TO Kentucky and dspOsins Of them for
money % those who intend to carry them into lie
slavery. Cincinnati Times 18th
LoUIsviLLE.-According 10 the most recent es
inmates. the population OF Louisville ny Is now $500
the number OF buildings 1900 and the value OF proper
~, real md personsl si3047,54
y Valley u i67, having aggregate tonnage OF 1872 500
tone