The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-22

Sons OF Temperance, In Cincinnati, for marrying MS
mother In. law.
The mall between Newborn, N. C D., and Norfolk was
robbed last week part Of the contents were found
In Nsnssmond river.
The bridge the Illinois river, at Psoria Ill., Is
nearly completed
Two canal boats from Easton, Pa. have arrived at
season.
Gold is said 70 BE- found /, abundance near Chapel
The bill to provide for convention to frame now
constitution, has been defeated in the Ohio Legisla
ture having received but 81 votes in both branches.
Rev. Isaac Van Tasssl, Superintendent of the OF.
tawa Ohio) Mission since 1924 found dead In tho
Miami on the Sd inst He was 90 years cid.
An intelligence office keeper named Norman Brooks,
nss oeer nned 500 IN Cineinnati for having conduct
to him to procure her Q situation in . respectable
family.
A small bsx of strawberries, raised near Brighton,
days since, for S.
Michael Tsnby Was killed in Boston, on Saturday,
BY being struck on the head by billet Of wood while
assisting In losdpg vessel.
There were 90 deaths in Boston for the week ending
Saturday.
The bill adopting the plurality rule passed to third
reading, In the Massachusetts House Of Representa-
tivsa on Saturday, by . vote Of llb to 81.
A man has been arrested In Rochester, N. Y, and
fined $40, for stealing Newspaper.
Mrs. Ann Gerry died at New Haven, (Conn.), ON tho
18th inst sged &c. She was reliot Of Elbrdge Gerry
one OF the sgners OF the Declaration Of
The Baltimore Confere nee Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church has passed resolution, nding that
the property question In dispute between the Northern
and branches Of the church, be submitted to
The Senate Of Ohio, on the 18th inst, passed bill
BY vote Of 40 to rs, calling convention to revise
form new constitution.
The Of the loss Of the ship franklin was sent
before tho Grand Jury Of Boston, on Tuesday.
Lieut.. R. H. Long, U.S.A, died recently at Fort
Gibson, Ark.
serpent, ninety feet long, IL said to have been
seen recently on the Florida cssst
M. De La Forest late Consular Agent to this city
from France Ii about to return to Paris.
Hon. Sidney Brssse. late U. 8. Senator from Illinois,
was at Cinein natl ON the 18th inst.
There we're 50 deaths in Brooklyn for the week end.
ing on Saturday last.
The town Of Bsllvills, Mo, now contains aI1s in.
hundred and twsntynve houses built. Ten years ago
II was forest.
Seventy vessels from Gloucester, Mass have loft ON
their nihing voyages fer the season.
I. The Legislature Of Virginia adjourned on the 10th
inst, until the 2Sth day Of May next.
The hrst canal boat from raachsd Pitts.
buIgh ON the 10th inst The canal Is in complete navi
The senate Of Wisconsin has passed resolution in
structng their Senators and Representatives in Con-
Ers:s to ask for an a~endment Of the Federal Const
tuition to tho effect that the United States Senators
may be elected BY tho people.
The small pox prevails extensively at vioksburg,
Miss.
The body Of man supposed to be named George
Ohio. A bullet had passed through his head. He was
supposed to reside at Buffalo, N. York.
The steamers Isaac Newton, Oregon, South America,
North America, Rochester, Columbia, New.Jsrssy,
Of the Hendriok Hudson half Of tho
Troy, Empire and John Mason. will be sold ct tho
Merchants Exchange In this city, in q few days.
Haven Conn for assault upon his tutors has been
discharged upon compromise Of $4,000.
The Sheriff Of Rockbridge county, Virginia, In ct
tempting to qaell . disturbance which happened At
the Lexington court received severe II not fatal,
shot from pistol the ball entering the jaw. Paxton
who committed the crime, is now in jail.
The depot building Of the Worcester and Nashua
Railroad at Cintonvile Mass together with hun
dred cords Of wood and two freight destroyed
by fire on Saturday last. tI.f.. -
We are daily indebted to Mr.. R. McCiregar, Of the
Housatonio Railroad for Albany papers In advance Of
the mail.
(La) Inteiigencer, of the 10Th inst, says:-The
Mississippi river began to fall at this point on Sa.
urday last, and continued to tall slowly until yes
terday, when 1t came to stand The whole fall
here ie not more than five inches. Early this week
we had promise of rapid and heavy fall, the
river having fallen at Memphis about twenty feet
and at Providence nearly four teet. On Wednes-
day last our hopes were dashed again by the intel
on Thursday that news was confirmed The latest
boat down reports the Upper Mississippi, Missouri,
Illinois, Ohio. Wabash, Cumberland, Tennessee,
White, and st: Francis rivers, all rising; that the
rfe had already swelled the Mississippi two feet at
Memphis, and had even been felt down to Bache-
lors Bend, where, on Thursday last, the river was
still rising. Aain we say, guard well your levees
The Memphis (Tenn.) Eagle, of the 18th inst.
the Ohio, the Upper Mississippi, their tributaries,
and all the streams between this point and the
mouth OF the Ohio, to be rising rapidly. At this
,olnt, We have very full river, the waters reach
IL
OF the last hIs water, and nslng rapidly. An i'm
mense quantity Of drlftwood, to the serious lmpe-
oiment OF boats, is floating past. No reasonable
doubt remains OF the fact, that New Orleans and
which more property will be los, AMI destroyed,
and more distress occasioned. than by any recent
casualty ID this country. Nothing short OF an abb
solute miracle can save them. Already the river
issna levees; when it shall have felt the first swell
OF this new flood, 1t will rush over Its banks, and
spread over vast and populated extent OF territory
invading even the busiest thoroughfares Of the
Southern metropolis. The whole South and West
will feel the misfortune, through generous sympa-
thy, and by actual losses in trade. There Is
gloomy future before us.
The Bay Sara (La) Ledger, Of the 18th INST,
says THAT town is fully four feet under water,
and the inhabitants are obliged to 60 from place to
place In boats
ANOTHER AMERICAN ExpRKss-The st. John,
says -" The steamer Conqueror arrived IN our
harbor at Blk o'clock on Thursday evening, from
Granville Point bringing the news by tae mail
steamer America, which arrived at Halifax at
halfpast two O'Clock on Thursday morning, In
eleven days and half from Liverpool. The news
was received IN this city in fifteen hours from
Halifax, which Is the quIcket run on record. II
was conveyed by horse express, at the rate of
about seventeen miles an hour. from Halifax to
Granville Pelnt, wnere the steamer Conquerer
was IN waiting. In her passage across the Bay she
encountered some floating ice, which delayed her
ait houl or two but, on the whole, the distance
from Halifax was accomplished in unprece-
dentedly short space of time and says much for
The arrangements made by Mr.. J. T Smith, of
Boston, and Capt John Lesvitt, of this city, who
had charge of the steamer. The ne ws was lmme-
dIsiely telegraphed 10 the combined press in the
United States, by Mr.. Smith, with whom an en-
gage me mt had been made for that purpose"
The Halifax Nopd Stot,an thus speaks Of the
express:-" The news from Europe by the Ame-
cad tran haana IN Dinhu Gnf