New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-17

" pBER Nv Mlss!ssIrp-T supposed Mr.
dsrcr ArreSted An old citizen Of Amlte County,
Miss MIR Francis Buckner was murdered at his
residence, near Centrevilte, on Sunday night, tile
9th utimo, 1t was cold blood merceuary mar
der To hide the deed, the perpetrator SET fire to
the house in hopes no doubt, his victim would be
consumed where he lay bat the purpose tailed
The urighbors attracted by the light, fastened to
tie house and found the old man corpse on the
floor sbis room, in bis night dress The deed IS
sai,! to have been done with hatchet. Suspicion
attached to n man named Campbell, an itinerant
lecturer on astronomy. He bad been at the house
OF MIR BQckner several days-iong enoagh 10
learn that he was in possession OF conslderaple
money. Tho apparatus OF this astrouomtca al Zee.
turer was found in the house, but he had he'd
reward OF s. coo WAS offered Tor bis appfenen-
sion, He was pursued and traced, and we learn
from the BagoH ,SayG ledger, was captured ldst
above W aterloo, il the parish OF Pointe CoaPee,
on the nth ult Just three days after the hendlsh
act was committed
SHE'LL BANKS ~ ALABA5A.-SheIl banks. very
common in the neighborho0d CT Mobile are not
less singular because common. On Middle river,
last above the city, says the Register, IS huge
bank of shells, some twenty-five feet IN depth
As fardown as eighteeuteet from the surface rem.
nants Of cooking utensils, evidently Of Indian
origin, have been found. In another place, close
by is hank Of shells, which runs IN the form OF
a ridge, and covers fall two acres. This by the
nearest cat ia over quarter OF mile from any
water course, and at present the shells have u be
hauled a. east halt mile before reaching tue
barges In Bonne Sec0ur Bay is huge hill OF
oyster shells over thirty teethlgh, and from winch
vast quantities OF lime have been already maae,
yet the consumption only heretofore seemed TO
cut wall-lik face tn the mound. But the shells
found near the city are oI tina clam KIND, VARYING
from the largest TO the smallest SIZE The South
err people make eXceile roads Wlththese shells.
MIcE PowER-A gentleman IL KirkalIa, Scot,
land has trained couple OF mice, and invented
machinery enabling them to SPA cotton yarn
The work is so constructed that the common
house mouse g enabled to make atohemeht to go,
cety fer past otienses, By twisting twines and
reeling from lC1 10 I16 threads per Gay. To con
plete this, the little pedestrian has TO rIa 10
miles. 4 hatpeDDy worth OF oatmeal, at I'D.
per peck. serves one OF these tread9hee1 lprlts
for the IoUg period Of five weeks. In that time II
makes 10 threads per day. Al this rate mo9se
earns IS. I'd. per annunl. Take off Sd for board
and Is. for machinery, there VIII arise IS. clear
for every mouse annually. The mouse employer
vas going to make an application Tor the lease OF
an old empty house, which viii hold 10000 mouse
mills sufficient room being lett for keepers, aud
some hundreds OF spectators Allowing tor rent
there will be balance OF $4,000 per annum-
ALLIGATOR SHooTSG.-0n recent trip ofthe
r. C 0glesby from New.0rieans 70 Alexandra,
three passengers killed o. alligators These crea-
tires have been driven out ofthe Mississippi river
but tie number does not Eeem to diminish in Red
River Every boat plying on that river carries
guns ara ammunition, and the passengers and
oficers arnuse themselves in killing these lizards.
Thousands are annually destroyed but the dismal
region extending from the mouth .ar one hundred
and ifty niles, furnishes them retreats IN which
sheirv6ung are reared. They are as abundant
now as they were fifty years ago. IN Florida they
are now extensively killed for their oil-the tough
skin on their belly Is tanned and used as saddles.
An inezhaustible supply is annually produced.
A Coon REsoLuTIoS.-The citizens of Belmont
County Ohio, at a meeting held Tor the purpose
of expressing an opinion upon the Fugitive Slave
Law, passed the following Res0lred L the
Federal Government has any slaves to catch, i.
may catch them Alright. The Federal Gov
erument has no power to eompe} any free citizen
to turn slave catcher. portland Me. Zion ADV