New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-11
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

OUrR.eE-LIrF DssrRoYsD Nj. John Phil
lips. who We believe is The Keeper Of tho ferry, pyni
between the Illinois shore and Bloomington Iowa puo
hshes card in the Rook bland fdrofor Of the 2'i in
which he states that assault was made upon hi,
house the night of ;hc <d ut causing the de'i' O
Francis Nicold German. who az the time Wa ni'
Der Of Mr. Ps family. The asssiants thre hfe o.' p
made OF sakum and saturated with iufpcnilH'' W g. -
house for the purpose Of setting 10 on mr. - III,
states that the door Of the hOu.e D. pfFi" &C., in
balls, showing conclusively that ti' II. Dnr
tended 10 A many oi the inmates H7 ~ .,.,.. f..
ing the afray the door aud one "in''" I'm, ,h-,.f
aud box A'irt with furPcnti"e ~ d. ND .e.I.
,hrough r-r,, the liaht Of which !. ""''p '''-'
the assailants expected % be ap'c ~ - A. p ~
s0ns ~ thin the house, 80 a. 20 iif - e, lf Vrs
family st the time consisted u ninsfi4 SON l-
80 ss a dsrebter l6 and the Old gcnil,nan killed :
,r~ii, cDflrnan and three ladies' hai pu up i' ihe
,.,b, ~ he house Of Mr T. and U s truly astonishing
80, - ,,srv cscaptd unhurt NJ. p. ani fiuly Ie
tended thefn.oycs stOuty as possible, and % s bee
ievea that one OF the assauns party Wa ~oun ed
teud has long existed between rival parties living u
'"' portsmouth lnl) Atlas. i.t
THE OyEEFLow.-Thc ial ia the OVERT w..
which noticed ln last edition. Only continued fo
"wednesday night when the water fO stand, Hfl
yesterday morning commenced rising again bu' very
slowly From Mr. Commuuy ~ learn that tnc Carln
delct Canal Was yesterday five inches higher tan du
ring the great hurricane Of le3l, whom j. was hfe feet
three inches higher than the low water eve. Of the
Lake The Canal is now feet 10 inches higher iutn
the Lake This accounted for by tho Bayou r. john
the width Of which a about HO f"ct narrow
ing ia width a. its mouth 20 from 30 % ~ feet and hu-
the water Is damned. There ls also schooner iaI
with bricks sunk 40 the mouth, and she presents fc
sistant supcrfcics Of about 10 square feet Mr Com
muuy thinks mat W!1oLms br'trh oi inc ii}'' ~
john whol in the Of the hotel a. the cud Oh
the old shell Road would BE- the cheapest manner inHi
the Canal could Doe enabled 20 discharge the volume -
water necessary 90 bring II TO level with ihe Lnec'
and to the lower part Of the city from hu"uH
ton. With every to anticipate an increase .h
the flood as the attempt 10 stop the creYasr ms pcch
abandoned IL behoovcs the down tOwncrs % look out
for themselves and adopt measure that WI obviously
aid in securing thenL n. - p'lia' ISL
R,syf THE MIsslssIpPL-The HQaH'b0i J0uy-
nal of the l7th ult says: There IL much speculation
about the annual June rise in the Mississippi u the
opnion many that the water mas not been a Esh as
IL will be this Spring-thata young Hood may Bee OK
pected in June" Were disposed to hazard pre-
dction this subject should beg leave to dcnur
from this pretty general suppOsliion We have been
raised on the margin Of the Great Father Of Wafcr-
and we have observed that the rise and fall of her
ters is ruled By the orwardness or backwardncss Of
the Spring-hat whenever the fret ircshet IN March
or Apri is heavy the June rise is ncOnsdcrablc md
as we have had an uncommon rise already this Spring
which has lasted for something Ike month, we are
slow to believe that the nver viii be as iul again in
June Since writing the above we learn the ritcr is
again on the rise and that there j. rise of twenty cc
above. We don't believe II.
TRAcK SPRINKLER.-One Of these vauahle ma |
chimes has been attached to the steamboat train the
from Stonngton 10 Boston ana II represented To-
answer the purpose intended. II l. large tank. |
mounted between the locomotive and the baggage car
aud so constructed a., the turning Of cock, To let
a
mosteued and the dust laid in advance OF tine cars
The tank had be- filled but three times between Gos
and Stonngton The operation causes no delay hc
yOnd what is necessary for taking in wood and supply
ing the engine. Should this improvement, on farther
trial be found efectua as 1t now promises TO hc li
will almost the only source Of discomfort (and
II is great One) connected with Railroad travelling
Jour. OF Commerce
AccIDFST on TIE CUMBERLAND BMLNoAD.-
On Tuesday evening. while the special train of cars
were returning from Cumberland, they came IN con.
tact with train proceeding West about I'D miles be-
yOnd ElcOt Mills, at point near the snort curve
The locomotives Of each train considerably knock
cd into pieces and the fuel cars also injured Very
fortunately none OF the passengers sustained any ln
Jury. Inc loss 10 the company, II Is supposed, VIII
reach 5000 The accident is attributed 10 nisun-
derstendng the part of the conductors Ills LNccI
lency Gov Thomas, DR. Dennis Claude, state Treas
the Mayor and President and Board OF Directors
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, were
passengers on the train. lBdt sun -th
FINE "A fire broke out hi. morning in the soap
and candle factory OF the Messrs Provost ON Han
Over-st the Merchants Exchange, which consumed
the building and it, Loss about 50 OuO
There was insurance OF Sl.JOO on the building and
1900 on the stock in the Buffalo Mutual Three hre
men were badly hurt hy the falling o. The front wall o |
the burning building. The names Of two were VIM II |
Clark and Joseph Newell belonging 20 Hook and lad |
der Company No /. They were upon a ladder at the |
time of the accident, against the wall which fell car
ryng them with IT, and severely inurng them with the
falling bricks. Buffalo Com. Advertiser, h:h
BArLEY AcQUrTTED.-The trial of Capt. WI |
liam n. Bailey for assisting slaves 20 escape, termi
mated in Queen Annes County Court Nd on Saturday |
last in verdict OF not guiltyniter 10 minutes absence
OF the Jury. The verdict was received with great |
applause The substance of the testimony was, thtt
man named Works, here in Baltimore, engaged him to
bring In his vessel family of free negroes 10 the city
from the Eastern shore which he, innoccnty enough
undertook and performed in the most open manner |
HE entered the port with them exposed ON deck The
negroes lett the boat, and Bailey was seen no more
with them bait sun, eth |
~ The body of an unknown man was found |
Monday June 1. by Mr. Lawrence Nreeland of hcr |
gen Township. Hudson Co y. j. washed upon the mar
rin of the Hackcnsack River In Harrison Township -
Al inquest was summoned and the body was ideniinod
as that Ot David Walker, ScOtchman by BIRTH and |
school teacher at West Hobokcn II appeared that he
had been subject to hts o insanity. and mad frequently
expressed desire 10 vi-it the Erc Railroad; and % s
supposed that he had taken the Paterson road the
route reach It, and had IN way fallen into the
water in crossing the lacken,ack River bridge. No |
marks Of violence appearing, the Jury returned yer
dict fdcath by drowning. Newark Adv. |
NEGRO REPRESENTATIVES, AT TIE CoUhr or |
Sr. JsNEs-'rhe london Timas of May o. devotcs |
three columns TO the names OF parties who attended the
Queens Drawing Room on her Majesty birthday. IN |
the list OF diplomatic pcronaecs present Is the name o
NJ d. Delva (Senateu) Haytcn Minister In another |
place, II is announced that the Hsyucn Minister pre-
sented y. +. Seguy killevaoiN Secretary of the Hay
ten Legation In honor Of the same occasion Lord |
Pal,nerston entertained the corps dp'5aa'qpe Among
the guests at the banquet we notice the names Of the
1 nited States and llayuen Ministers.
BASS ELECrRO CHENICN TELFGRAPH.-The |
New.York and New England Telegraph Company il
engaged in constructing line Of Telegraph be |
tween New ork and Boston, under charter iom thr
legislature OF Ncwlork, making use of Bans nyon |
ton. which has been patented by our Government
The whole line IL under contract and expected % c
completed and 10 20 into operation in August The |
section between New-lork and New Haven is nearly
finished and will probably be inoperaon IN the course
of the present month.
ATTEMPrED FoRGERY-About l2 N. TO-DAY A. |
lrishnan presented al The shoe and Leather Dealers
Bank cheek ior S9O0 purportlng 20 have been drawn
by Henry Bond The teller Immediately detected 10 20 |
he a forgery. though IL was well adapted 10 deceive
being evidently copied from one which was drawn ty |
Mr.. Bond yesterday The Irishman said he received |
the check from a tall whom he met on City Wharf |
and whom he to meet again al tnc Maine Depot 80
give HIM the money ais story Was believed by thc |
bank otsers and efforts were made to discover the
rogue, but without success. Boston Tray. 9th.
HiGHwAY ROBBERY .-Au lrshman named De
lsny was Knocked down and robbed Of 81 near WI
mantle, Conn. On examination OF his head, the ,Au
proved 10 be fractured in one place The back part
larger than a dollar piece, from winch, subsequently
eleven pieces OF bone taken, ana three other flesh
wounds were discovered IN the same region lie Is
likely TO recover Dennis Daily and John Mcdonald |
have been arrested charge OF having committed The
outrage
ASSAULT AT SEA.-Wllam NJ No re- aud Vim