New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-28
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

YOUTHFUL PERsEyERASCE.--A lad about thir-
teen years oi age arrived 10 this City By the sbt
osiore last Hi' story, thossn 5iief IL an interesting
one, ana exhibits strength Of cos4cinsing Affection
which II Is pleasure TO record His mother and sister
isf Ireland about year sgo fJr America and the boy
be log then bound apprentice was not permitted 70
accompany them, although ne desired - Do some
eight months after their departure the LITTLE fellow
without penny In bic pocket, Away from bis
Ter "sked 70 Dablin City told hi story 10 the Captain
o. an American chip and tesrfuly solicited bic aid IN
taking him q his mother. The Captain told him TIA:
the United States very large couutry. and should
ne ge. there be sht not End the object # bic search
but the litte J.phet determ ned t. Try and
finally got, Captains consent - take him the
ocean IN the capacity Of second cook. The vessel
arrived At NeWYork and the little fellow, al alone
searched the Metro pOB throus Misunderstanding
the lrisn families o. the whereabouts OF his mother
bu. n NJ purpCsc-no one knew her During this
search which continued more than a week, the llll.
fellow met bis current expenses BY doing chores In tee
streets. such a. holding horses Ac-fOr lad II Mqt
kind could MT - cshCDest Failing In New York &c
worked his pss@ge on steamer - Aibsny-reachei
that City and worked bis way 10 Buffalo, thence 70
Sanausky, and on b Cincinnati-nsking Journey In
all, Of about four thousand miles. in search OF hi,
mother Upn his arrival here he irrnsd atey sou aht
out the Irish eidents and for the frat time, heayd Of
tho object q his long and singular pilgrimage He
learned thatbis mother and slater had lived In Cncn.
matt but Abo9t month since had moved VsncebUrg
NJ. The liite "Jsphst In tire fulnsss OF his joy
determined bat an hour should not be lost and wen,
10 Captain q ace Of the Brilliant yesterday and tod
ns story. Tie Captain took him on board. gave bin
some rnopeysnd provided him comfortably for the
passage. and doubtless this, tbs little fellow is in
the Of tic loved Of his search. Il 10 fart
not unworthy of record presenting, as y. doss pleas
ant Incident 10 the train Of the story inst while
board the Brilliant The boy vas recognized By gen
temsn who Vls passenger on the same vessel upon
which he crossed tho ocean who fully cOrro0ors,ed
biz story Cincinnati CONNER cial, sd
ExTRAORD SARY SURGICAL OPERATlOS.-We eek
before lsst 40 Invalid gir named Margaret shes eyed
"a, was sent from Deer Island 10 TIE Ms,saehuset's
General Hospital al the suggestion Of Dr. Morarty 10
submit her mysterious and painful case - lne poes
sOnsl judgment Of the eminent surgeons cnf physi-
clans o, that excellent institution I, appears from The
statement she made that about bali the time during tho
ss four yesrs she has experienced very curious sens
lions in Der stomach. such al one time, leadeu,
choking obstruction, at another sickering ise!ing
which seemed 10 absorb the vlgor Of All her physca
powers producing fsintng hts spasmf and at otners
sort OF inward life sqlirming, in5ehn1ole some
thing, al Of which daily becoming more serious
In their nature. She stated tina, her only brother in
England s.raDgled 10 death, about two years a.
by stape-worm. This piece Of Information. taken IN
connection with the symptoms above de'choed soon
convinced Drs Warren. Chanung, stevens and Bow
ditch that her complaint was the same a. her broth
ers and that unless the WORM was extracted, she also
must inevitably fall ia victim. After deliberate consul
taton. these eminent physicians decided 10 make d
rect incsiOn into Msrgarets stomach end seize the
reptile If possible, with pair OF hooked tweezers-a
matter Of lie or death 20 the patient She was, with
great reluctance, induce 10 DbAe the ether when fa
y insensible. DR.. Warren applied the knife with won
~ seconds he inserted his instruments aud brought
out to the sstonishmeDt OF ali. coil OF living tspe.
worm (ory-0ne feet teJen inches IN length II was OF
bueish color, Of about the size OF cosrse thread
80 completely was the pscn, under the influence Of
the ether that she observed on coming TO her sense
20 have bad a pleasant dream, and feel relieved
The wound was dressed with great care, ana the mas
scarcely planned Of pain since the operation This,
are told Is the only record whore the tape
worm has been literally cut from the human stomach
and for this operation humanity and the scientific world
aiuNa he'd nt hae xfFa tfpar
All honor and praise be bis We are informed that
out of company OF some thirty practitioners witness
Ing the operation. there not face unys'ted BY
tears Of JOY and gratitude they behed this triumph
of modern surgical science boston news
GREAT AND INTERESTING WILL CASE. - The
case Of Hlyard and others Peter Miller, on writ
of TO the Common Pleas Of Northampton County
is before the Supreme Court Of fennsyvanis, on
judgment Obtsned against the plaintiffs In An seton
Of eectmcnt brough, by Peter Miller defer dan, IN er
In Court below. TO test the will OF the late 70
Miller Of EastOn. the defendants uncle refer MIL
lo deceased, by his will gave all the residue OF me- rs
tate after some small egaces 10 trusieee with diFoc
tons that should DO leased, loaned and Invested, 80
that the of his estate might form fund for the
purpose me noued in his will His purpose Is 10 ASSIST
with loans of money bond and mortgage. Al Interest
farmers and mechanics who want 10 purchase farms
or having purchased want 10 pay for them, or make
improvements In the borough of Easton, townships
accent The estate is to accumulate 80 long as epp
cations TO borrow money continue. by the VIII II Is
farther directed that If should 40 happen In tue apse
muls,e beyond the applications for such loans hnd
shou Ia be likely remain So and the amount thus IN
employed would safely justify the undertaking, and
when mechanics and others may be In want oil employ
ment then an asylum shall be built out Of the income
of the Income Fund for the benoht Of the poor widow
and gle and the same be supported and main
tanned out of from that fund. The heir al
law contends that the will Is void In law, because 4,
creates a perpetuity and If suffered TO stand, would
be furious 10 the public welfare That nothing given
in charity II any thing was Intended II IA uncertain
ioth a., tho a devoted,
time when IL will be applied That The Intention OF the
testsor which must govern IL Vt war Wild every rue
of law On the subiect of charitable uses Inc phntus
In error contend that IL s charity, and must stand or
fall upon the point what was the intention OF TIE ties
tsori The estate worth over $500 900 the whole Of
which s tied up by this very strange device The whole
subject charitable and mortmain, ana the doc
trne of perpetues and law relating to the last VIII.
snd tcs,anents will be thoroughly and ably examined
by the counsel concerned. A. T. brown ana JONI 20,
geant. Esqs for plaintiffs in error d. H. Jones snd
81 Porter, Esqs, for the heir at law. Phil Ledger
MiSrsorA-The State Gazette, printed at Bur
lington Iowa says The population of the new terrific
rs (Minesots) is al present very limited and 10 almost
entirely confined TO the eastern bank OF the MISSISSIPPI
and the north bank OF ths - Croix The town oil 81
Pauls on the former, five miles below 81 Peters, con
tans some 800 Inhabitants, and saltwater on The
81 Croix Is somewhat larger. These, We believe, sre
the only villages worth naming In Minnesota Inc prin-
cpal settlement 10 on the 81 Crox, stream possess
ing great hydraulic advantages and the banks OF which
are covered with inexhaust0le supplies OF pine.
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points running several hundred SAWS and giving EN-
ploymeut to one half of the entire population OF The
Territory Indeed we led believe from reliaole
Information that the county lying between the ni'ss
sipp and lake Superior Is chiefly valuable Tor us iun
Der and II may be, mineral resources For farming
purposes il IL Of but little value, being fu OF swamp
lakes and marshes The country west OF the Mss'sip
p Is by far the best portion OF Mioesots but nniort9
naely the lsnis all belong 10 the Indians ana 'he'e
no place to which settlers al present be ia'ed-
No time should be lost by the Government IN obtaining
I IL ~. a rN,rffln
10 beautiful strip of country lying along the shore OF
lake PepiD. owned by the Sioux haioreeds, which
would De speedily occupied if thrown open to white
settlement The prosperity of Minnesota demands thst
every exeron 90 made 10 induce the owners oi these
lands to dispose Of them 10 the Government
RIOT AT ST. CHARLES tlLL)- correspondent
Of the CAicaRO TSibuHs writing from st Charles under
date Of Thursjay night 10Th inst gives the particulars
of rio, there on the same day. arising from the con
duct Of Or Richards and bic students in obtaining
subjects Tor dissection. Two hundred or more men
sbundsnsly armed took part in the melee ana Dr. X
WAS severely wounded 81 three different times 20 insi
his raroverv in randered doubtful The citizens OF the