The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-21
Domestic Miscellany.

Capitol : Boston Heroid Dec. 60
Domestic Miscellany.
Mr.. Marbles engaged In blasting Dungeon Rock In
Lynn In hopes Of ndno supposed ha been
hidden Il ere two centuries ago BY pirates
1t sid the d.tsrmioaon Of tina directors Of the
nudsor River railroad to keep passage the
river at Albany for the ferry beat during the winter
The Illinois Gazette says that monk Leshy has bsen
giving ectures in Bsrsboo his arrest for urdcr
Greet crowds In aud about the house His subject
Manl-y.n
The journeymen shcemakers Of Newark have MADE q
comb nd movement in favor Of higher wages Several
meetings have been Eeid and the prospects for in
erase are contideI co favorable
Mr. Charles Crumhoin . German about 40 years OF
see shoemaker by trade, cou mitted suicide the
l6 inst 10 Richmond by shooting himself It appears
that At about twelve o'clock nc retired saoin
ing the diDrs room ano having wrspped one end Of
10 the trigger OF loaded musEet aud placing tho muxzte
under biz ohm bred the piece cf His eutire head vas
blown to and he fell to the A. with the musket
siores'de Of him
The starch factory of Mesus Putnam & Worcester ia
Marsbttid village VT was destroyed 10y fro tho 10th
instant.
ton Of $500 lie pretended to b. In the commission bu
Commercial wharf He d. posted money both at
Dodge between them ciddled the Exchange q. shove
u. bas decsDped The nane Is kept shady" by the
banks
Eighty persons were brought up before the Mayor Of
Cincinnati ON the 18th inst charged with all Of Of
feroes.
TIE ,sil,cad from Buffalo to Lockport wiln open or
travel en- the first Of January The tract0ls nearly
completed.
The railroad line between Cleveland and Toledo will be-
opened for travel on the 2eth inst This will complete
the line TO Chicsgo
MIR. D. Dunham OF I52 Spring street Now York. rs
porte that he was robbed Of his wallet. the l6h inst
his passage from Portland Dsyonsh!re street
Bostos, which contained $34O.
On the 18th inst the Marshal Of Bangor. Me-. made
NJ
the schooner Alhambra lying at tho wharf.
A child three years OF age, named james Donovan
whose father is In California burnt to death house
NO. Oliver street Boston ON the 18th inst Ii LEFT
alone snd according 10 tho statement OF older ohid
wss playing With burnt paper and Its clothes caught fire.
Thirty ptnons In Augusta, Me, have pettoned for .
repeal Of their CITY charter.
Mrs Norten has been convicted OF whipping chud to
death in Marquette CO.. Wis., and to the state
prison for Ten years
Edwin Forrest, and Mrs sinoleir, hts late wife. by
singular coincidence have effected engagements at tho
rival theatres Of Buffrlo TO off IT the time
The Peoples Theatre I'm St. Louis opened on the
9th instant
G. C. Lapgdon, Esq was inauguratsd MAYOR Of Mobile
on the 9th int
A sailor nsmed Edward McCaanan employed on board
the schooner f. B Louder, drowned the ath inst
in james river by the uptettirg Of boat. He was q
native Of New Hampshire.
Mr. Robert Pratt killed by being struck by the
steps Of OF the oars attached to the express train
the Ohio and Per nsyvania railroad ~ it was leaving
Fhllipsvle short distance below Manchester, the
14th instant
Mr. Almond Curtis Of Upper Railway NJ J., commit
ted suicide BY cutting his throat the l4th instant
dead body has been washed ashore at Cleveland and
recognised hand lost Of tho steamer Alabama some
~eeks seo He was German, OF the middle agc-nams
net known.
session liquors to the amount Of $500 which will probably
be destroyed in few day. They seized weeks
ago, f,tm wholesale dealer in that city.
Seventy seven saths occurred In Boston last week
THIRTY males and thirty eight females
Hon. Amos Lawrence has made winter appropriation
Of S. coo for the benefit OF the poor.
The Bangor Courier says that the Penobscot river
closed on the 18th inst the Zoe having made fall stop
The orphan asylum at Columbus, Ca, was destroyed
by tre the 10th inst temporary house was imme-
daey provided for the orphans an sub orpcDs to tue
amount of nearly three thousand dollars raised for the
erection Of new house.
The Lutheran church. about four miles east Of Arm
strong Pa. was destroyed by fire on the 10th inst
There but twenty deaths in Charleston g. c.,
during the week ending on the 18th inst
The Board Of Health OF Cincinnati report two hundred
and thirty three deaths in that city during the month Of
A man. named Henry Buckley committed suicide at
Chicago the 4h inst From letters in his possession
II supposed he his way from shuieburg Wis
consin. 10 Rhode leland
FrsnBln Pierce Is the fourteenth President His mi
tias stand for It, and his IN full counts fourteen
Rhode bland the only OF the old thirteen States
that has enjoy ed tho homer Of Cabinet appoint
msDt
The fat that took the first prize atthe late Kentucky
State Fair weighed three thousand two hundred fifty
pounds.
fire in the Post Office block at Gardiner Me- ON ga
turdsy did damage to the extent Of i've thousand doar
Kelly Co liquor establishment, on Walnut below
Front street Cincinnati destroyed by fire the 10th
inst Loss SIS 600, and covered By insurance.
The Catholic Church at Masslton Ohio was destroyed
by fife on the 18th inst. No insurance.
On average about seven loads OF pressed hogs
daily sent from Columbus, Ohio to New York where
they are cut up and packed The trip 10 abont four
five days 1t il srea. and rapidly growing business.