Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-07-19
LOCAL ITEMS.

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! THz GARDfSxa CAsE-On Thursday evening, in pur-
suance of the finding Of the Grand Jury Mr. j. C. Gardiner
was arrested by the officers Of the law Yesterday Re was
brought before Judge Craword on writ of hobeas cpus
ana ae consideration Of the case in which the counsel for
ne accused Messrs BRADLrr and CAaIIuE, were heard
ne was held to bail in the Of ssOeo Dr. TaonAs Mr.
LKR unng 10 fns recognznce Before the Trial can be had
evidence touching the be Obtained from Mexico
Bold RoBBERY.-About o'clock yes,eydav ahe,noon
wedressed called the residence Of Dr. M f,f thu
pretended purpose Of professionally consulting him. Being
informed that the Doctor not at home he signe his
wish to remain till be returned because said the Doc
tor had appointed to meet him there The person was ac
cordlngy shown into the Office there await Dr. Mays re-
turn In the time the house servant who had an
swered the be busy employed in setting out the table
service preparatory to dinner, room between the Office
and front door, In the of this his duty called him to
the basement which circumstance the patient in The Office
no doubt acknowledgement by the dinink
room, whence he conved eyen silver Teaspoons
name silver forks and dozen dessert spoons; total value
about Sl0O As the rogue leaving the of his
pot he heard noise the steps by the his
way up stairs and almost rung the front door
DELL 70 aPPze the servant he asserted that be could
wait u the Doctors return, but would es again at hapast
three o'clock He had le note he said, upon the Office
table to that effect With this be got of without trouble.
very soon alter the coored deoved his loss bat up
% the time Of writing this the rogue has been detected
The note left signed course ciously Jss WILSON,
to Be- hoped that the vgiancs Of oar police win succeed
N his speedy detection The articles marked NJ in
German text. sl !. 80.
CANAL Coal TRADE.The activity Of the coal trads on
the chesapeake and Ohio Canal might be judged from the
fact thai from ten fifteen per day pass rspass
Rock Creek lock at Georgetown. we take half Of these
going down and half sing up the amount or coal passing
onward each day to market will shout ss ksdyed IONS
And this in the infancy efihe trads. III
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a BRIEY VIstr TO 1nx ,SxgrzsoS FAN .--Ea cursory
visit for short time the Smihssnan Instituon yeser
day we were sgreeaby snpsed fnd many things in sd
vance Of what might be- considered reasonable expectation
80 as to incline as briefly to- notice thems "
The industry and intelligence Of Professor BAyRD have
Deen well applied in gathering ample and
collecioain many BY his own hand-om their ma
i've homes and haants of the reptiles of the north
ern and middle regions of Union Amones, these
recognised some old acquantances made during pis
catonai or other sporting expedhons many that bad al
together eladed not only oseFvad very suspi
cson OF their existence in the country ALL For instance
We were shown an aquatic monster fom the Aghany nver
Win which It is in places, aeemng the obvious
noJance and disgust Of the angler in that stream. is
called there the Alligator, though himpropsy. and certain
catfish, with elongated TAIL Many cf the reptile speci-
mems exhibit strange depaues from ordinary coneep
tons Of the conditions necessary being for example, the
cese where aneXerna fringe of sharke substance sub
tons The and aatler ohes Of and lakes
are pienfuy represented and the array Of serpens aud
lizards seems to be ver,especabe both species and
individuals.
From some Of the received and opened we were
shown several striking specimens ofhe anters head-gear
OF the moose elk, and varieties Of the kind-obiects
truly we consider that they the produc
Of buta single season.
In the department of foreign exchange the Institution Is
busy Stout boxes and packages Of the printed records and
ansaoions OF the institution amosnting many hundreds
making up oc transmission various kindred ns.itu
lions ofcontnenal and nsuar Europe On the other hand
The institution continued ecei from foreign institutions
of similar books-and records. @s.s
The Smithsonian Institution is steadily pussung is way
owara respectable standing amongst those great scientific
centres whence the modern world derives much if not most
of its inAellectuai life, sussenance, and vgor.
The Pubic ScHooLs.-The examinations of our public
schools progressing finely furnishing abundant evidence
OF gradual improvement in every branch of learning there
taught well of excellent Of harmony and dis
cplne throughout s worthy Of remark that popular
the system become that nearly all the are
small and others Of equal size could in single week be
wded with gentee children anxious to be educated therein
SALss OF REAL ESTATE made day or two since in
ogstown successfully showing the upward aspect Of af
al rs there. The mansion Of the late Col Con- situated on
ne Heights and occupied by Mr.. Scott was sold for
7O0 being S3 200 above its Mr.. Scott was
b o purchaser.
Sundy vacant lots also changed hand all of which sold
prices much beyond what they would have brought twelve
iontts They bought BY those who will improve
hem.