Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-07-08
Summary of News.

tHem was tne newspaper ouice vi tHe sum
nit Beacon.
The Chicago Tribune says that the Barn
burners Of that city have drawn up letter
addressed to Jno Van Buren,, inviting him Il
come west, with view of stirring up thu
Hive portion of Illinois democracy.
The Evening journal, in describing thu
reception Of Gen. Cass, at Albany, says
Gan effort was made to hoist the flag Over
the capitol; but it became entangled in thu
scales of justice, and hung at half mast, il
spite of every attempt to place it in proper
position"
The last ofthe Greeks are departing from
Alabama. The Mobile Herald of Friday
snys, the steamer Amaranih brought down
yesterday forty-eight Creek Indians, the last
remnant in this State of that once powerful
and warlike nation. They are OH their way
to Join their brothers west of the MISSISSIPPI
pi
There are in the United States more thar
one thousand Lodges of Odd Fellows, with
one hundred thousand members, who pay
for the relief of destitute families and sick
brothers 100000 year. Christian, Turk,
and jew may enter, but those who declare
their disbelief in Supreme Being are in
admissible.
BY the British mail packet Great Vest
ern, arrived at New York, from St. Thorn
MS, June LIST, and Bermuda 9th, we learn
that an instruction of slaves occurred at
Martinique on the c2d May. About hun
dred of the white population, including sew
eral women and children, were massacred,
and considerable property was plundered
and burnt. Neither the Governor nor a
French man-of-war then lying in the har-
Dor interfercd with the troops. The last
packet stated them to he more tranquil, but
all business suspended. at Guadaloupe
they were quiet.
Several gamblers, burglars, and thieves
left Detroit on Saturday morning cath June,
by railroad for the West. Several iheits
took place Friday night at the Michigan
Exchange, by means of false keys. They
arc very genteel fellows and stop at the best
Houses.
On Sunday evening last the store room OF
Ausmus Rurnbaugh, deceased, in Green's
burgh, was discovered to be on fire, but was
checked. The fire originated
from the telegraph wire, which had ter
minus in the store room, during a pretty Sc
we're thunder storm. The electricity, in
quantities, was observed pass
ing along the wires into the store ROOM
The damage was qrite small.
The Boston Traveller says that contracts
for railroad iron, delivered in Boston, duty
and all charges paid, can be made in Eng
land at $40 per ton--a price which efiectu-
ally closes the rolling mills in New Eng
land. The mill at Wareham having furn-
ished that made upon contracts, stopped
last week. Nothing short of $40 per ton,
it is said, will pay the manufactures ofrall-
road iron in this county, aud many declare
SIS to leave bur little profit.
A vein of salt water, sufficient to turn an
overshot mill, burst through a rock on tie
farm Of Milton Smiley, in Cumberland CO.,
Kentucky on the a6th of may. This water
will produce pint of salt to every two gal
Ions. Fhe rock from which this water
gushes burst open about five or six years
ago with terrific report.
The trains on the Erie railroad brought
down to New York, on Friday last, SO, 00C
baskets of strawberries aud 40,66s quarts OF
milk. The strawberries measured, allow
ing two and half baskets 60 the quart, one
thousand bushels, and weighed, including
the baskets and hoxes, more than fifty tons.
Gen. Scott has endorsed the nomination
OF Gen. Taylor.
Hon. Daniel Webster is in the field foE
Taylor aud Fillmore. We was to speak al the
ratification, at Baltimore, on Monday last.
The Boston Traveller OF Saturday says,
that forged cheek Tor sS,e9S, in the name
OF l. n. Fiske, was presented 1t the eoun-
ter of the Hamilton hank this morning BY a
SOY, and paid in the following bills; seven
of $500 each, four Of 500 each, and The
remainder in small bills"
Every Papcr We opon, aud every letter
we receive, from the Buckeye STATE, eOnvia-