The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-29
miscellaneous.

! Miscellaneous.
Weston r: Ga les, editor OF the Raleigh Register,
died Of apoplexy on the 23d inst
Ralph Waldo Enc rson. who has been on lee
turing tour to England and Scotland, came home
IN the Europa.
The British bark Agenoria, Hunt, from Liver
pool, 18th ult, with 27 steerage passengers, arrived
at Boston on the 9th, and was ordered into quar-
antine Four deaths and one birth had taken
place on the voyage twelve, sick with ship fever,
have been ordered to Deer Island Hospital, and
more may yet be sent.
John j. De Croft, of Schenectady, who formerly
represented his district in Congress, died on the
18th inst.
cold Phil" servant belonging to Mr. James
Brent, of Charles county, Maryland, died on the
9Th instant at the age of one hundred and fifteen
years Up to tn day of his death this faithful
old servant enjoyed almost uninterrupted good
health.
We learn that the heavy rain of Satur day last
caused serious freshet IN the neighborhood of
the Jsnata River, by which the banks Of the Penn
sylvania canal were, IN many places, carried away,
and the aquetuct at the junction with the Susquc
hanna was destroyed. -Phiiadcih,a ". american
27ih July.
Theodore Olcott, cashier of the Canal Bank Of
Albany, says the albany knickerbocker, was ar
rested on Monday, at The instance OF a clergyman
named James A. Cornell, and charged with fraud
The nature of the charge is that he sold some fiji
teen hundred dollars worth of stock of the Canal
Bank in Apri. last and represented the bank 10 be
IN a sound condition. lie was held to bail on the
charge.
The city of Quebec employed Yankee EN-
gneer, to report plan with estimate of the cost
for supplying the city with water. HIS report is
highly praised by the press OF that city. Two points
for procuring water are recommended--La
Charles, and the Trois Sauts of the MOntmOrenci,
in both of which cases the cost is set down at
100000. Baldwin, the engineer, estimates that
per cent upon this amount would be realized even
for the first year.
Fine sweet patatoes raised in the vicinity of Gin
cinnati, are now plentiful in the markets of that
city.
The ViccsJ,wgh Sentinel of the llth says: "T The
three remaining companies of the I'd Regiment ar
rived here on Sunday night. The men are being
paid off and discharged as fast as circumstances
will permit"
M. CADET has written to Gen. Cavaignac, re-
questng him to grant passage to Texas for CO.
lony of Icarians M. CADET proceeds along with
them
The BostonIans were on the lookout for the
steamer Europa on Monday night, and sent the
steamer Mayflower out to lay at Hull, ready to re-
ceve her mails, passengers, &c, with Custom
House officer to pass their baggage.
Nine bars of gold, weighing 100 pennyweights,
and valued at 600, were recently taken from the
mines of Messrs. Mosely e. Co., in Buckingham
county, Virginia, and were sent to the mint
1t is stated by the Cincinnati papers that thirteen
of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, who passed upthe
river last week, had Mexican wives
1t is stated in the DelaWartan that so much sick
ness was never before known in Wilmington as
now, and that less than thirteen funerals occur
red in one day last week. The principal disease
is a low bilious or typhoid fever.
The american Republican, at Weschester and
the DoylestOwn Democrat, recommend the rectlOn
OF monument to Ex-Governor, Skunk, of Penn
sylvania.