New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-06
COLONEL IN THE Army or THE REVOLUTION.
VIcE.PREsIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
FROM l-0l TO lc05.
AARON BURR,
BORN FEBRUARY GTH 1850,
DIED SEPT IL, 1895.

From l-Ul TO l-O0.
e On Wednesday of last week, col
ored man, calling himself William Holmes, went into
the County Clerks Office, Lockport, n Y, and stated
that be formerly lived In that place, and enced
away gagged and placed in wagon, In which he trav-
eled three days After arriving In some part OF the
South be sold slave, and has remained In ond
age since, until a few days ago. whsu he contrived
make bis escape. Hs capture reported, occurred
some twelve years ago Al the time OF his being kid
tapped he owned house and two lots In the lower
village of Lockpo and on searching the record At the
time he stated they recorded, II WAS found that
the lots entered In that name and other circum
stated by him lent the appearance OF correct
ness TO his statement. The property he owned when
he left has probably been sold for taxes before this
II A gentleman a few DAYS since drew
out frem one of our banks thirteen hundred dollars In
large bills, and on returning home laid portion away
for saiekeepipg one hundred dollar bill and two
ffties, however be put In envelope and laid In
drawer In his desk at home. Hs then called away
ard during his absence his servant girl seeing quantity
of lose papers about his desk and In the drawers took
1t into head 10 clean up. At 1t she went, gathering all
the lose and apparently useless papers which came in
her way, and among others the envelope with the mo
ney within When she had completed her cleaning she
threw the whole lnto the fire. Destroying the money
and all. Boston laVeler.
n The Knox County (Ohio) Delega-
ton, together with several others about three hundred
In ALL arrived 10 route flr the Falls 30 attend
the Lundy's Lane celebration Supposlng the steamer
Ohio was to run Schosser with load they boarded
Der once leaving their baggage at the hotels In this
city; The Ohio not knowing but all was right. started
three hundred individuals, none of whom discovered
their mistake until they In the neghborhood Of
Erie Some OF them not particularly pleased With
the operation while great majority concluded TO take
ii coolly. Buffalo Rough Notes.
~ The powder magazine on Vine-st.
Hnl Cincinnati, was attacked few evenings since, by
MOP of not less than hundred men, who broke
open the door, then entered and carried to large pond
bv, and tire in upward Of 40 kegs OF pOwde-
The mob then return ed to the builoog did condera
bic damage the INF ie. and left. The powder
valued at 81 600 The loss by this mob violence
will be less than one half Cause.-The failure Of the
authorities to the depot which was believed to
be dsngtrOus to the lives Of the citizens
~ The Norlcich Courier thinks that the
csf pipes In that city are Killing the shade Of treeWe
cannot say it gas bet observe several naples, 10
different parts OF the city Ing ny Inches. lis ca ned
Gays The Nr HGUeH Register, by those who have given
attention to the subject thar where there Ia LEAKAGE oil
in the ground pipes t es show the e.tect AT once
In single branches but throughout the whole tre.
Where 1t does leak, there no tree can live!
How Is it with the trees 10 those PLACES where raura
gas rises from the ground
r. The steamboat Diamond, on her
way up from Niagara Falls, on the !Slh ut- struck a
rock 10 the channel between the head of Navy aud
Grand Islsnds, end knocked hole Ia her bottom she
settled fact that there was hardly time TO run her on
to Grand Island when she sank In about seven feet OF
water She bad bu, few passengers on board who were
taken OF by the steamer Clinton.
r. No less than thirty six men con-
nec.ed with Barnums MepageIie were arrested aud
cage the other side of the river night before last
for maltresting landlord and thrlshing real nent OF
hI friends. From what have heard think the
LANDLORD Is TO blame In attempting to Impose Bar
nuns agent. Detroit Press, NJ jnday.
~ A young man by the name of Lopez,
book keeper and confidential ce,k Ia the house Of
North Scott ,hoedealers at ST Louis arrested
the sth ui for embezzlns SOB from his EN- )Oyers
lie had en- In the h.lt of frequsntng the gambling
/ hels OF thaT city, and this the result.
| ~ At Mr.. Pethrick's mine, rear Val
ley Forge in Pennsy lvana vein of copper has been
struck OF unsurpassed richness At the Chester County
| Mining Compspy's works they working vein of
pure gslrns Of 10 inches Toe company is mining 500
/ tuns weekly.
~ 4 train Of cars, on the eth ult., ran
ssau,t a cow and bull Alton, Ill.,, snd crushed
them TO pieces. fireman received soms severe hurt.
| butt, LIE Of Il passengers were Injured
II The Pittsburgh Chronicle says the
liver lone At that CITY tia, j. confined 70 rs bsd