New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-10

parentiy no aperture for the fame to conmunfeass
with inc nsid. The lamp was of very thick glsss.
The top was blown Of the fuid scattered in all di-
rectons and the room fred in several places. The
person VINO held the lamp fortunately escaped
e A mechanic of Cincinnati has built
a FIRE engine to which be attaches steam. The ma
chine was tested few days ago, and although no,
IN perfect order, steam was raised and water thrown
with great rapidly in nine minutes. Five minutes
is all the time claimed essential by the pasensse
The experiments was exceedingly satisfactory.
P The Panama Echo of the 18th con-
tains the following paragraph "ssnor Louis d.
rand, OF this city late residen. on Santa Anna
Plaza, outside the city walls died last night aged 30
years He had family of over one hundred chill.
dren. They are actually his own children, of the
first generation" The old Mormon
. The Lo,oeU American says that at
recent examination of young law student, prepare
tory to his admission to the bar, Judge Msrrick
asked the applicant if he had read the new Code.
"Yes" do you understand iti" "No." The
Judge said he was very glad 70 hear it, for if he had
said he Understood il, he should not have admitted
him.
q The steamboat Magnolia, during the
late season, made twenty-four weekly trips between
New. Orleans ard vicksburg, commencing the
9th of last September, during which time she brought
81 274 bales of cotton to New Orleans, without she
slightest accident or detention.
u Dr. Isaac Thompson, who was cele-
braed ten or twenty years sgo the propristore OF
"ThOmpson's Eye Water and also made fortune
in that BUSINESS died in New. London last week. He
native Of Stratford, and is said to have been
very good man.
Il A correspondent of The Taunton
Daily Gazette, in writing from seekonk, Mass, says
that live panther has been repeatedly seen In tina
town, during the last four or FIVE weeks It's sup
posed that Vie animal must have made his escape
from some nensgerie.
EMiss Kimberly, the actress, is follow
ing the example Of Mrs Fanny Kemble, in reading
the Midsummer Nighfs Dream, with the accompany
ing music of Mendelsshon. The musical reading
took place in Boston Saturday at the Concert Of
the Germanians, and was very successful.
u The Committee appointed in Rox-
bury and Charlestown, Mass to investigate the sew
eral schoolhouses with references to the safety OF
their construction in cases Of sudden alarm, have
severally reported that the means of egress from
all the school houses in each city safe and sufi
Gent
D MIR. Rives's census contract for
1910 cost the people $4,000. He cleared 100000
exactly Enough TO erect splendid building AID
neatly ft it up The lowest bid for the present
census job il 100000. The highest $l,,oo,ooo!!
tB The American Colonization Society
will send out on the LIST of May, ship from Balh-
more OF Norfolk, with smigrants to Liberia. Quite
a numhar ara making arrangements to go in her.
~ rnrrQSnAnQenL
SAWS that the harbor 10 completely closed BY dr ics
which has become one solid body, extending more
than mile into the bay. This has not occurred be-
fore for twenty years.
u A large whale, with her calf" was
seen in Sandwich Bay last week, but before the
vhslemen could get near enough to harpoon her,
she concluded to 20 down where they did not seem
inclined TO follow.
r. The Pontiac Jacksonian dominates
John H. Harmon, the new Mayor OF Detroit, for
A:ss ssso a' we pSsu'
Felch.
~ II was The Galena Qll.) Advertiser
which had expressed preference for Edward Bates
for President, and Robert C. Winthrop for Vce-Prs
sident. and not The 3luaakss Sentinel, which advo-
Gates the nomination Of Scott and Jones.
BThe New EDgland papers are still
discussing the melancholy case OF the young wo-
man of Salem, killed by the explosion Of burning
dvid.
" II is calculated, says The Boston
Nail. that over 5000 persons have left Boston and
vicinity during the last two years for California
and hundreds are now waiting fora voyage to
Dorado.
~ Mr.. Cyrus Wilson, conductor of the
freight train on the Boston and Providence Rail-
road had one Of his legs very badly jammsd DO.
tween the cars while unsoupling them at the depot
In Boston.
" Commodore Downes, now n COM
mand of the ChMlestown Navy Yard. has been ap'
pointed to tho Bureau Of Navy Yards and Docks, at
Washington.
w In the Lunatic Asylum al Worcester
there ara no less than six women who have become
insane on account Of the departure of their husbands
to California.
~ The value of the real estate Of the
CITY Of Cleveland has been doubled since 1877 such
has been the effect of the railroads radiasins from
that city.
% The U. 8. District Court for Texas
Ia, adjourned. A number OF indictments have
b.en found for violation of the Neutrality Laws but
The trials were postponed
TA Gold Medal has been awarded BY
the Government of Wirtembers TO Prof. Morse, as
an acknowledgment Of the merits OF his system Of
teleersphing
II The Woodstock (Va.) Tenth Legion
SANS that Mr. Lorenzo sibert OF that place, has In.
vented machine that will turn out frsm $4,000 to
100 600 bricks per day.
UA freight car, loaded with cotson
waste took FIRE nom spark from the engine On 'Ae
Taunton Branch Railroad, on Saturday. ana was
entirely destroyed.
~ A few days since 4 fishing schooner
.riysd at Gloucester from Georges Banks, after an
.Deence OF only two weeks from home, with fah
freight of halibut, the valus Of which u over $500
u The town Of Springfield Mass has
taken vote BY an overwhelming majority 70 apply