Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-15
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An ordinance has passed the City Council Of Portland
Maine aboishing the Law against smoking in the streets
the new law repeating the old one taking effect days
from the date Of its passage. .gt 78'
The citizens Of Haverhi Mass are taking measures
to erect monument to the memory Of Hannah Dustin
upon the site Of the old house from which she carried
| by the Indians.
rAere ara in the State Of Indiana, among oil denomi
nations, 1000 houses of worship. Number OF communi
about l24 00one protesting Christian to every
eight Of the population The Bapsts have 800 preachers
and 20, 600 communicates. s +. r<4.
The largest raft says the Cincinnati Commercial that
foated down the Ohio river arrived at that city
few days since. 1t contained million two hundred
thousand feet Of boards thirty rods in length and
4 six rods wide. sff 3e seRH
The Governor and Council Of Maine have ordered new
election in the Oxford and Lincoln district the 7b Of
june to fill the vacancy in the present Congress- occa
stoned by the decease Of the Hon. CHARLES ANDREWS
The Ohio Statesman notices the arrival at Columbus Of
Miss Catharine Scholey aged SO years. who weighs six
hundred and eleven pounds, and who is probably the
largest woman-of her age at least-in the world She
| is native Of Pickaway county.
David Kennison the last of the Boston Tea Party who
died and was buried with military honors at Chicago
lately hundred and sixteen years. three months
and seven days old.
On Friday last train of fifty cars loaded with cattle
came down the central line Of railroads to Albany
leaving enough cattle Buffalo waiting transportation
to load hundred more. The trade the Register
says has grown up within two years. and is increasing
very rapidly Large numbers of cattle have over
the road within the last three days Droves constant
passing through the Streets the great majority of them
being taken South by freight barges Many go Bos-
ton by railroad, and others find their way up the hill
the slaughter houses.
The New Orleans Delta states that the McDonough
tate rapidly melting away in the litigation. The
cutors and attorneys have already disposed Of nearly
100000 and large portion Of the personal and real
of the deceased is advertised be sold to the
| current expenses o
An effort has been made in the Massachusetts Legisa-
ture to repeal the old law which excludes Atheists from
the witness stand for ncompetency The Senate passed
repeating act but it was lost in the House-94 to IA
Two clergymen spoke in favor Of the repeal.
An exchange says that the only money used in the back
part of Oregon live stock-a hog paying for dollar
sheep for SO cents turkeys for 20 cents and young
dogs each for shilling. If Smith Jones $4l2a,
sends him five hogs and receives for change sheep
one turkey and one dog. The money market there
be quoted occasionally as I" very lively
A young female aged twenty-one, by name Ann Eliza
Burns, alias Shaw, alias Blach, alias SpindT, was ar
rested in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon charged
with perperang series Of swndes and larcenies Al
though young Ann Eliza has been married to three
men, the last of whom she took unto herself about two
weeks since.
The Vicksburg Wing states that the Levee Commission
Of Coahoma county have already put under
about forty miles of evee in that county, under the late
law of the State Legislature The Wing thinks that if the
Law is faithfully carried out almost the whole Of the val
ley between ycksburg and Memphis east Of the Mssis-
sipp river, win be free from inundaton within few
years. and win become the valuable and productive
cotton region on the continent
The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance Of vir-
nia at its late session in Front Royal unanimously
solved not to unite, organized body in favor Of the
Maine law but to leave the members to individually
as their Judgments might dictate. ~.
The Canadian journals felictating themselves and
congatuang the public the fact that James s. Bailey
and William Clarke from Rochester have been convicted
Of conspiracy defraud D. s. vandervort and Others
through the agency Of mesmersm and cairvoyance, by
which silver mine was to be discovered They were
sentenced to pay fine Of 800 each and be imprisoned
one month. IA very inadequate punishment appears
/ to u.s.
The Washington (Texas) Star says the tusk o TOOTH
and portion Of the leg bone Of huge animal were dis
covered imbedded in the sand at Hdago Falls by
gentlemen on nshlnR excursion, rev days since. The
usk is feet long, and measures at its greatest circum-
ference twenty-three inches.
i The steamboat men Of St Louis have held public
meeting at which they suggested the necessary
to prevent recurrence Of the terrible steamboat disasters
the Western waters expressing their candid anxiety
the adoption Of restrictive and oogent laws for the
ter protection Of life and property only asking that they
may not be to useless and uncaledfor expend
lures and restrictions.
i great coal mine has been discovered in Kentucky
seven miles back OF Coverpark The coal Is found in
surface veins The district of land first sold for SIS
per acre. years SINCE and it subsequently pur-
chased by Spectator for the Of $4,000 He has
since sold out TO the present for Che handsome sum
Of 100000 The mines have been worked but very lit
tie, and almost inexhaustble The coal burns like
gas and imparts great heat and accompanied by dirt
whatever 1t win readily ignite as candle, and the
steamboat men 1t instead Of pine wood for torches
At meeting Of the American Academy Of Arts and
Sciences at Boston, Thursday evening Prof HosroRp
exhibited the tin camphene vessel whose explosion a Sa
lem caused the death Of female In the where II
took place The stopper of the vessel still in its
place. from which it had not been driven by the erpo
sion Prof ii. submitted satisfactory explanation Of
the manner in which the explosion probably occa-
stoned. He also exhibited the fragments Ct glass cam
phene lamp which had exploded seemingly without con-
tact with the flame, in the hand Of lady Hamilton II
Is evident from these and other instances OF the kind that
the Of highly inhammabe burning uis is attended
with considerable danger in where no apparent
contact with FIRE takes place.
The passage Of horses and cattle over the wbeelur
Bridge during the last winter has been immense Since
the LIST Of December the lumber has probably been not
less than 0000 about double the number PASSED during
immense amount Of Western product could not for large
part of the time have paesed the river ali ht ruat