New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-06
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.


plains b. santa Re with usn valued a. 5000 ths
cournenc, neni Of the Mexican overtssen by
detachment Of L. ;. troops and ordered 10 march in
their -ssr re where. after come det nuoo be
allowed depart again for the northern provinces
| Of Mexico While the rosd his train ~ss again
over,sken and pressed into the service - Col DOM
phsn The Transfers wagons and rules were Of srea.
IN bis famous expedition and AFTER Il had reached
| Chhushus the clsimsn, says they were completely
/ broken down and unit for Mr. II Was compelled
10 leave his merchandise there where IL was aerwsrd
seized BY the Mexican Government The principle
mainly iDsoved in this claim 10, whether citizen OF
the United Ststes has right 20 trade with foreign
country with ~hich the nation 10 at var. Mr. h claims
that he started out before the declared bat
this 10 Of no consequence. he wss informed OF the
declaration OF by the troops BY whom he Wa over
taken. Tho Committee Claims reported In favor Of
compromising him for the oss OF his tsams and mer
chsnde but against his claim OF redress for tho deten
too as that W" incident to his expedition.
philadelphia Nvth American.
BRUTAL MURpEs.-We learn by letter that
most heudsh murder wss committed at Mount Hsr-
mony. Calvert County, Nd on Friday evening. the ga
ult u appears that al about O'Clock that evening.
Mr.. VIM, Wood. who keeps a store ct Mount Harmony
called 10 the door BY some knocking. and on
opening il and seeing Ae stepped OUT when he
stacked By three negroes, one OF whom struck
him with sx, repeating the blows until he WA en-
tirely dead Mrs Wood hearing the noise ran 10 the
door aud recognized one Of the negroes 40 VIM Ray,
who has since been arrested by Messrs WIN. H. Weeks
and stevens a. Friendship in Anne Arundel County.
and also another named Gross In Calvert County and
committed to The other. who 10 not known.
escaped Mr.. Wood was man much esteemed BY tho
community In which he lived and IL 10 difficult 10 ina
CINE what could have Influenced the perpetrators OF ths
brutal murder. Bat sun.
CRYy,SsE At AIGIERs-AnOther of those
trsordnsry land slides threatening destruction IA thu
property of friends the river occurred at
Agers yesterday About IL O'Clock, portion of tho
bstiure adjoining the Csrrol,S Ferry landing gave
way carrying with il the ferry wharf and soma email
houses the vicinity Al intervals during the day the
ba,ture continued to give way, until between seventy
I'VE and one hundred feet of tho bature In ALL tumbet
into the river. Soundings taken last night about
10 o'clock when OF our portmen was present giving
ngs stood in the morning The inner levee stl holds
| oui aud On, little Immediate danger may be expected.
New Orleans Delta 2li
| Destructive FREsHEr.-A correspondent ci
| the flbany ihds writes from Fort Plain, March l. o
follows Owing "a considerable fall Of rain within
the Last week the ice In the creek broke up here zee
terdsy afternoon about three O'Clock. and came down
with such force as to carry away three barns sod
| blacksmiths shop on the bank OF the creek Tho
water thirteen fee, four miHrt,s. As the nhsbi
tants taken by surprise they had no time to clear
the cellars they will therefore ose more than they
otherwise would have done The total loss will be
about ~ 600, of which VIM Sesber losss $500, John
| Taylor $500 and David Jsckson 500
| ACCIDENT on THE RAILRoAD.-We learn that
that on Monday of this week, 40 Rev. Mr.. Bryan OF
of the Presbyterian Church in por,chester was riding
on horseback 10 that vsge his horse took fright ct the
| sudden appearance OF train OF tho New Haven ksh
road and bee anne unmsnaeesble, and BY strange In
fatusilon kept moving sideways toward the spproach
ina car. Al the point of danger the Reverend gente
| man lesped or The horse being thus free. sprsns
before the engine and in a moment almost wm struck
and killed. Mr. Bryan escaped unhurt 81,
| tWestchester Herald.
| N,vn.-The bark American which arrived
NJ this port this ornlng reports at A. yesterday
Cape Cod n w. 10 miles. saw tho frigste Savannah
from this port for the Pacific. We understand that
Commodore Parker will be relieved on the 5th pros.
BY Capt Ts,nal in the command OF The Navy Yard On
this station having been ordered 10 the command OF
| the home squadron. Commodore wilkinson wN or
| dered 10 command the home squadron but owing to
the state OF hs health he relieved from that duty
| Boston Journal Sd
| A ScOUSDREL AT LARGE-Amsn passed through
our village yesterday on swindHs expedition, and
succeeded in passing counterfeit money upon several
mers' and Mechanics Bank OF Railway New-Jersey.
and = o. bill on the Fairfield County Bank. Norvsk.
c. which he passed In this village Tho bills
paper light colored, and the engraving very good.
lklmira IN Y Repub.
| MopEL ARTIST IN TRoUBLg.-Mr Hose. the di.
rector OF an obscene exhibition In Now Orleans known
as Model Artists was recently put In dursnce vile
He then procured writ Of habeds copns took his
before Judge Buchanan and had II esborstey argued
but his honor rendered judi ment remanding the prs
oner william Rose 20 the custody Of the keeper Of tho
Parish Prison. and that the petitioner pay costs
| BROuGHr BAcK-Onicer starkwe sther arrived
| In this city last evening having In custody William VII
son aas Johnson, whom he arrested In New FORK upon
the charge of robbing the bark Gpsey lying at ssr
| 4
| Lamson Committed To take bis Trial Boston Jour %
~ A very large party of forty at least, ladies'
and gsn,ernsn) dned with the Presden, OF ths United
states yesterday lie had with him tho President and
Wee President elect, Gen Taylor and Mr. filmoreJ
and the particular friends of both Col. Bss and lady,
| Gen Csss the Presidents cabinet and ladies, aud
| frIends-the lady OF the present Vco President,
Judge Cstron and lady the mayor OF tho city sh1 his
over any entertainment IL W" scene that Was
worthy Of the manly and noble and refined temper
which snimstes the present Administrator
| tWsshinston Union ID.
~ At the opening OF the First District Court
In New Orleans on the 2st inst Judge Mcienry assin
| sept the Clerk Of the Cour, Mr.. Alfred Rousseli
whose hiss already been noticed BY us " prison
| to ssrvs the unexpired term Of his hrss commit
| rneut This act excited unusual indigestion end Mr.
ROusses counsel applied Of once for writ OF hassds
| corpus which was heard before Judge Canon OF tho
second Distric, Court. Who upon hearing tho sfsa-
| ment ordered bis discharge.
| ~ At Pittsburgh, on the nth ait a FIRE broko
ont in Mr. Mckee's wagon factory and after burning H.
consumed also the two adjoining houses OF MI Barr,
and dam ged two dweings belonging 10 Mr. acMAsers.
Mr. MeKes's loss 5000 During this nfe, nremsn
| Mr. John Mcclure while engaged saving goods from
the burning buildings, was struck, and injured fatally
| as IL was supposed
~ man was run over By the cars near Can
astoa the other day and instantly killed lie vas cut
quite In two IL 10 supposed. ssys ths Utiea Obserpo,
that 10 endeavorng 10 get on tho cars when 10 motion,
he fell between them the track On bis person wsro
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unknown 10 those on the cars.
~ Hugh King, a soldier Of the Revolution
died al Dsnvile H. few weeks since ct the advanced
age of % years. month and 10 days lie q native
OF Scotland but smz grated 10 America when youth.
and served three four years In the war Of lndepen
deues lie left children 90 grand children, and about
| 50 great grand children
~ The steamship Niagara, Capt. Stone, ar
rived q, Halifax n = the I'D ult from Boston sbe
had much trouble In reaching that hsrbor The drft
leo 10 said ~ extend 20 miles east Of Cape ssbs. brig
reported on the 2ith, - miss east Of Halifax In
the ice.
~ We learn from the Ontarlo Reposi,ory
that Solomon g Davis sentenced BY Judge WelIes.
on Wednesday last to confinement In the stats Prison
Agbarn for term Of ten years and SIX months, for
the crime OF incest
~ Rufus Payne's Mil for the manufacture of
wrapping psper together with bis dwelling noosc snd
| barn ia ireland Parish, were consumed by hre on
Thuy,day afternoon Tho furniture In the dwelling
was saved No insurance. Springfield tAsss) Rep.
~ Bill Henderson, pickpocket, was on estur'
dsy arrested 10 Baltimore while In the Get OF picking
,enteman's pocket A. be committed 70 jail, it 10
ronsbls thai be wii not be psessnt o. the losasarsl
O. Ceremonies on Monday
!. " Mr.. S. :. Austin Of Auburn, offers re-
80 of o. Is for the arrest Of Richard BALDWIN with
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