The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-01


ty. four years old
state convention Of the soil party Of Ohio Is
to be held at Columbus to morrow.
The Lse,lntme Of New Hampshire has passed plu.
Iretide ntial elt ctors.
An act directing the to he taken Of the free
white inha Bit an ts Of South Carolina has passed the
Legislature Of that State.
Both Houfes Of the Legislature OF South Carolina
adjourned sine die on the 10th inst after session Of
twenty four days
The Fond du Lac Republican says that buying and
selling Oshkosh property is all the go in that quarter
about these days
The number Of marriages In Hartford, CT, for tn
yesrending August Z, 1s4s no. of births 1885, OF
deaths 2l3.
MIR. Mitchell is surveying route for railroad, from
Cir cinnati to St. Louis.
Yankee has discovered a bed Of rock salt in the
province of New Brunswick.
There are So churches In Cincinnati of which 10 are
German.
has been made with the Stockbridgs Indians. by the
Hon. M Martin, acting for the United States. where
thrown ope TO settlers The tract lies along the east
bank OF the Fox river. 40 miles from Green Bay Is
traversed by the military road, and Is fine farming
and.
There was entered at the boston custom Hpuss on
the 10Th inst elegant gold brooch studded with dia
monds intep ded present from the sultan Of Tur
key Professor Morse the inve Of the Magnetic
telegraph The duties on this token Of esteem
amounted to over $40
halls Of Louisiana S. 90 having been Appropriated to
that pu'pcfe The commission given to Hiram
Power, but he declares the sum to be insufficient
Mr.. Calvin Edney, whig has bee elec ted In Yancy
county, to NIL the vacancy occasonsd by the rssig
nation Of MIR Fleming, dem This gives the wings
majority OF two on joint ballot
The famous Cherokee warrior. Capt Dutch died on
the 18th ult at his residence In the Nation. His
name was terror to the Ossges upon whom he wagsd
ferocious war twenty years ago. because, for
explained caue they put his Osage wife to death The
report Of gun In their vicinity would All Them with
fesr and they ould fly to their arms crying Dutch
Dutch Dutch At the time Of his death he vas n
m Der Of the Cherokee National Council.
The Louisville Courier mentions the arrival there Of
drove OF nineteen bead choice fat beeves Of Mich
ed Durhams, raised from the Imported stock Of MIR.
Clay. The lot were sold at an average OF $40 not;
reslix'pg about $3.50. One Of them, raised by MIR.
Clay, weighed 1000 pounds.
A fearful mortality has broken out among SONS
p,or colored people, inbabng low ground in the Vol
nj Of Cincinnati. The dises.s is rudden and mys-
teriouo' battling the skill Of physicians.
The jury in the Kentucky slave case in which seve.
raj citiz of Marshall Michigan, defendant Ia
prosecution for rescupg fusves from the hands OF
their owbers sgebts which has just closed De-
troit gave q verdict for the plaintiff Of 81 900 and
costs.
Mr.. Clay left Ashland, few days since on his way
He will stop Bston Rouge for the purpose p,yiog
visit to Gen. Taylor. at whose house he will remain
probably week The health Of Mr. Clay requires that
he should remain In the South during the winter.
Tisbury. on Saturday last; and on Sunday, eighty
ton. Of the same sort" Of delightful hsh taken
At Edgartown.
The Legislature OF New Hampshire has passed re-
his fervices in the Gulf squadron during the Mexican
war. With twenty Ave men he defended prize vss-
eel against 500 MexicAps.
The Providence Journal says Daniel webster's leo
ture before tre Franklin Lyceum la tn at city, vas
bundle Of trash,r which the audience wouldn't have
stood Tor sat from anybody el.e and this after Mr..
NJ .ke bad I'D
comment on his performance. Mr.. w. viii think this
editor a real Algerine.
The Legislature Of Kentucky will assemble at Lex.
ipston on Saturday, the 80 inst. The election Of q
rsnsor in Congress to I'll the vacancy occasoned by
the resignation Of Gov Crttepdsn. and for the full
volve up0 the prefer mt General Assembly.
Much Of the property destroyed by FIRE ct Saso on
the night Of the 22d int. was uninsured The Ssco
Ltmsc,d gives let Of the insurance. amounting to
$1,000 only about one ha II the loss Ofthis 50 300
the Hartford Office 81 zoo the Portsmouth Mu.
tua 81 200 at the ock,ngham Mutual and 81 200 not
stated wbere injured.
The Tallahassee (Fa) Sentinel, Of the 9th Inst
says 1.-THE sheriff Of St Lucs county, In this state,
told vsk~ I'd and worked al the way capi-
tai to posifc HE Preside n,ia return The distance
L. $50 miles. aud $50 wit hopt road house. He pad
died the latter dntance in q batteau"
In Cincinnati, the tsxes-sts.e, city and county
amount to one per cent
The smallpox prevails 20 q dangerous extent a. ST.
Louis.
the posts and burners having just been put up the
pUIpose.
The Kentucky Legislature meets in Frankfort on
Saturday, the Both December
The people OF Lowell met to try again, Weduss.
day for Mayor and fvs Aldermen II no cboios Ia
'n.ced, the City Council will have TO settle the
matter
A petition to the Imperial Legislature, for repeal
or odihcation Of the Navigation Laws Ia new bcing
banded about In Canada for ,igpaturs. We ses that
meetings on TIL. imports subject are being got up In
feveral parts Of the Upper Province.
GEORGIA WINES II is stated IN a late Southern
paper that the culture OF the grape, aud mauutac-
ture 81 domestic vine, have been carried on in
Georgia, with great degree OF perseverance, Tor
more than twenty years. Wine making is now
conducted on large scale, and with much sue
cess.
MISSIONARIES TO CALIPoRNIA.--Rev. Samuel III.
Wiley, OF Compton, N. H., aud Rev w. Dor
Rlas, graduates VI th. Union Theological Seminary