New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

Apurvr oy rgr INSECT ROBBERs-Lste last
evening officers Nolsir and CouIin. ard hr So,
arrived IN ihis city having IN custody the tSo ne1
robbed Nsbets Banking House rrst Eres'sl % - -
Wabash River bu, subsequently escaped rom tne
above of5cers in E6nghsu County lney svS -. -.
names William n Thompson and 1eofts .L1
which however are 10 doubt n-titious- Ai'ef toeu
escape from tie officers at EanzhAn- tney ~Nsnoe.s1 ~
about for several days and we're nnaAy
about % miles from tie plsee where tney e,7e'1 e
escape They were taken 20 Ellington sno examined
before Ju,tics, N the Peace and committed IN default
Of $1,000 tai each being urso.e = pay N1loS s-Sy
were placed II the Court House Gnaef slAD :. -.
men. 81 tie ofi.ers in this city spPiseo ~ s..o
On sunday sst they succeeded IN inAAlbs
/ from the guard but were Immediately pursued Ao1
again arrested after bot chase tnrousn ne -
/ The oicers from this oity reached . tnns.on 20 - -
nesdsy ard On tte following DAY started ~ me sI7s7
' ST Louis New Era 9Th.
North CaEoLl~A ys. CALIFoRStA-Messrs'
Canslsr ard =huf1rd are doing crest CAhiorns ous'
nes. ard % humtus sbOui l. a eiiel % ML a.
from as son states ina, si the Hognisn creek mine N
CsisEbs county thres hands made n i~o csy' ana
half With hand rocker and pan, 80 ava o. so.a %.
oi the vein and 50 dwts 5y ine mill out OF ,ne '@e'
below the rocker Toe weeks work oesides tne iooA'
ers vas 35- 6vs Mr. Shuford him'eli pAnned --'
Ets n gold ln pan, the largest paries
d~ts These are iscis-no tEo ways aoolt IL we
also un1erTtsnd ihs: TIE Rhode mine "a Htsion 70
large Quantities Of gold being aie dsuy "h1le me
Hgn shoai Minirg CornDsny also teirs good 5a'
sness. We Vish them All success ana tfa'' 'usl ~
l I'll 0-F trT secunl ct tAALtlJ 'tN as
aeIt they sn.erts ihe iColst notioa ~ Nylns All
} foruis. With its vlc.rii;udsi y I. t'-i'r''
/ SIFAYa0Ar DIsAsrER.-The steamer Highland
Nay No = Capt JOAN Atch'son. from - Peters, aoi
bound Tor tbs p0rt IN snl'ng Tor WJoi hi ''yel'
lsisld about 0 les shove this city sr1cA stump
Al oc.r-k yessrds7 aorlr- sni sulk 10 twenty mi
nl.-s 10 sht-eu iset water. >hs had On ylaa very
light freight eocsstias q ~eeai Org liles, i.sn'; ~
were saved TIE Hishiani Mary Ess very noe post
of Lsr class ard s o1iy insured Vs learn icr : O
some hopes are entertained that sh@ may oe rA'ed
81 Louis Rep lo.
Trr srrrxrss.,s, DrtrH At 1HT SANDWICH
IsLASps-The .s,ss frarsHsr Of Monday says ei-
/ ter dated SAT- grsnc.sco Feb ID, from shipma'ter
who had lst arrived from Honolulu Win MS Nes'ei'
makes mention Of tbs terrible mortality ~ Inc Ssn
wich isands by tie measles which be would und 'uo'-
civ have re had tee deaths reached % anyInln- Se
the extent sta: d 10 the letter pu5i,ned IN toe ''H
lOC00 l. is probable inst the deaths Of hundreds oy
tue disorder, as our accounts have before Iepoil7I
have tecn rnsgnihed At san Francisco 70 thousands
QUICKSILVER FROM CMlTOENIA.-Thereh has
LATELY been exhibited in the EXchsnga News Room Of
tiis own tw0 large lamps 81 q1icAsFsr ore one oi
ia4m weighing s11lt ID los the o!aer about h.it ine
sre. thy the produce oi He INA Cara Nine ~
Juer California Oelonfing 9 h- Alexander toi ocs 81
sia Bas AMI brought mere ia ihs Admi'.srce 10 IS
supposed they contain from 90 q 30 per cent 81 qicA
silver. .LFeFPooi Mercury
IMPORTANT LAW sJIT.-Tnc B)f0H J0urlq.
says tia. the heirs Of late Dr. Esihani Sl,onsal
OF Hsverhil Macs. have recently c0mmcLcld suit
syan, the proprietor, Of Long Wharf and the city cf
Boston 70 possession Of tract q land on the
upper side Of India ct part O which is now covered y
tn Custom House
From PoRr 40 PRIsCE.-A letter received in
Philadelphia By the brig smyrna, dated st Port al
Prince Msrch 3D. s.stes that the Hayten army under
,ha President Soloque mad marched from - Jean for
Azua s. which place II was expected they would meet
the Dom.ncsns and bloody battle ensue.
CEEyAssE DAMAGEs.-The Baton Rouge Demo-
states that the crevssse below Doraldsvlc has
been entirely stopped, and the water, which bad Gov
cred large portions OF several plantations has entirely
dsappeared. The break extended lcO yards. and =
sty s rsysgss II required for two weeks the labor Of
30J men and pile driver al a cost Of 5000
FIRE Is MAcO., GA.-About O'Clock on Wed
nesdsy night the 18th fire occurred in Macon which
destroyed block OF buildings occupied in part by
Nrs Seymour as private residence, and the cotton
shels attached. occupied by Mess!s Field 4 adams
Tharo were about roo bales ri cotton burned. owned
pnucipaty BY planters We have not rsrned whether
lhera Gny insurance on either the buildings or the
cotton
FIREs-The snicadid dwelling Of Franklin sat
;sree OF Athens. Chemung Co y. Y. was burned on
sunday, the s,h inst Lose 81 5C0-insurei for -lWO
80. Tee house Of Isaac Pierce Sing sing Y was de-
siroyed saturday night the OF Mr. T. barely a.
Gaping with his life. no Insurance
FIRES The tavern Of John Bone. a. FaIryiew
(Ind was burnt up on the lih in't-no Insurance
On the l7th the house Of ko5t Psrfon IN Ward Town
chip. 10 the county, was sso destroyec-no insu
rance.
FiEE Is CHARLFsToS.-Ctfriss'1H April .a.-
fire broke out tOiay on Central Wharf About 20
bales of cotton sud i0 cords Of wood were destroyed
Lcss about - 0O0. The Ire ceused By spark
from q steamboat Herald.
MiCHiCAS MEDICAL CoLTFoF.-lhe Regents oi
the state University ast yesr ce.srmincd on adding
% the present College Rnil0rgs additional one, O.
ba used eHcl1'ively for hedlrsl students Tao ercc
t'n of the bulldog Was commenced last week Il is
- be four st0re. high, snt g. feet wide.
THE PHLADFIPHN HOWCIDg At SEA-'ihe
examination OF An1reV l. Higgins. mate Of the fchr
fscCn, charged wi having caused the death OF God
trey Davis, coOred sailor. was concluded Il fniaiel
rhia yeIterdsy. Higgins wa committed tor trial.
DRowSTD.-A Dr. Heath, with his youngest
SOD hired man. and Mr ShOCk, keeper Of the light
house were drowned las' week on J. aks Huron while
attempting to reach Por, Huron In a small sail crsn
~ The sth a. April, So aud ~ were very
muc1 alike. April : l-i- Capt Howe left this port
with the America and during Violent Guow run,
on q Fighting Island. Tails ear the storm was
not severe a. lsstyeag although L. showed slightly
ali day trlegrapbic dspaich informs us that IL
showed hard all night at Cleveland night before last
iae same as II dld one year tgo. Detroit Adv.
r. John D. Smith, Esq of Port Hope, Cana
ia died sl iast pisce lsst week lie prominent
l1yaIst, and a native II A@w York.
re- The new Comet Vas seen at Providence,
r. } on Friday evening II was ssS!ly oznizsd ~
good hand telescope.
~ An inte nperste msn persisted from expo
sure . the weather fen evenings since H9ar B1rit
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