New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-23
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LETTINGS ON THE ONO AND MIssrssIP-
~ RAuuIr-Ths oids for the part OF she Obin and
Rssr-y advertised received At the Of
Zee Fl thr Company on THE l6th Inst They were 90
hume rous tat Il tsken several terks sace IN In
6ex aud preface them Tor DECISION op~ero o. seotsg
BITS vert received sBons these we're one or two TOR
the vho,e line from fbis 81 Louis and several for
the ,evcniy miles from this 70 the intersecton 9Th ths
Madison road. They were generally on most favorable
tsrus The result tho~s the utmost confidence In the
Company and the Contractors Everything 10 nov con-
duetd with the Utmost energy. ssd hope for speedy
COMPLETE D of the work Cincinnati Gazette.
WHAT Is HE RESERVED FOR!-There is
lad Of only n years, W. a W-ddell, living At Poca-
bontas Arb who, In the spring OF 1850, was stabbed,
the wound thought 10 be mortal, the same fail wa
Knocked senseless and cold BY hghtning In the fall
of 1851, over by four mules snd wagon Last
winter I'll from the third story ~indo~, nsnuns upon
ue OF stones about six weeks since was shot, three balls
entering bis body The Of all there ugly accidents
i, sH alive and healthy being reserved doubtless, for
some other kind of shutting off this mortal coil
MELANcHoLY.-Drowned in Ellsworth.
Me- ON the 10th ns, Webster JeIlison aged H. Enoch
Grant aged Is and Nehemiah Wentworth aged 10 years
while bathing in the Branch Pond. Thy got beyond
their depth and being unable 70 swim, wei drowned
Their bodies discovered Ia about half an hour al
ter the accident The Argus says Euocn Grant the
third son that Mr. Grant has lost by drowning, and
Webster Jeson the third that has lately died suddenly
from the same family.
A BOLD AND DARING ACT.-On Satur-
dsy night last Mr. Edward Bacon who resides in Men
don near Milford returned home about 10 O'clock and
found note pinned 70 the door OF bis house In which
d,atk ." few minutes AFTER while Mr.. Bacon was sit
ting by his chamber window, piece OF wrought iron
discharged, It 10 supposed by gun, struck his hand
and lodged in the wall Mr.. Bacon has offered a re-
ward of $50 for the detection Of the offender.
Milford Journal, 18th.
RAILROAD AccIDENT.--The Gambler
land Miners Journal that the 7th as the after
noon train for the Eckhart Mines abou, passing the
point where the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crosses
The vsduct the passenger car by asIp If the switch,
took wrong track and was dragged on oy the engine
and throw upon pile OF cross nes. Inc car vas
broken to pieces and several persons but none
seriously boy had two ribs broken and several men
and women were somewhat bruised.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-As the guns were
being fired near the Arsenal yesterday afternoon an
honor of the nomination of Gen. Scott, Nc Allen Vb'
berts of this city, who assisting careessy ran be-
fore one of the guns as it was discharging, and
Instantly killed Tais sad event Of course suspended
the firing. Mr. VibbeTts was thirtytwo years OF age
He leaves q wife and six children The 1uaersl VIII
take place this afternoon. We understand that the
Wbig Commnee have given directions for the payment
of the funeral expenses, and we trust our citizens VIII
Hartford Cours,,, Tuesday.
II The advertisement of the Jackson
Monument Committee for proposals to erect the pedcs-
tai In jackson square, says the ~ o. Piodylne: " has
again brought the subject Of the monument and shalt
permanently before the public No plan has been hxed
upon for the pedestal and persons sending IN proposals
are required TO furnish specica ions, &c Ii Is eshma'
ted that brohse pedestrian statue would cost SlOOo
and marble equestrian ,tafue 100000, and bronze
equestrian statue which, the committee has decided 10
adopt will cost between s2s 600 $4,000 Only about
half this amount bern raised for the purpose Inc
Legislature has appropriated $4,000 aud nearly SSO0
has been obtsDeo by subscription When tue pedesth
shall have been erected another effort will be made TO
raise the whole of the required amount and We have no
doubt the desired result will be attained L is expected
that the entire work will not be completed In lees than
three years AT the expiration OF that time JACKSON
square will be of the hsndsomest places oil the kind
and size in the United States The trees will then have
grown up to sord that shade much desired BY
persons who now visit the square,
~ One of the workne at Lowell
Island recently found pinetree shilling, one OF those
venerable relics of the early days of Massachusetts, in
the old hulk of vessel which lies upon the beach near
the steamboat landing On one eide Is the Inscription,
New England An. Dom l652-Xn." % the other u
the pine tree, surrounded By the word Misathv
II found between the outside pankng and the TIM
ber the hulk being nearly roued away. Ii must have
been dropped there by the workmen when the vessel
building, and probably at time when that coin was
in circulation to soale extent at least We could not
learn the history of the vessel nor her age nor the pc
Rod of her dece0se. She must have been built many
years ago. There are but very few specimens OF thl'
coin In exsenccwe do not recuect OF ever seeing but
one before 1t wonderful how this has been preserved
as 1t has
A Houlton correspondent of The Bangor
URig that at one o'clock on the morning OF tue
9Th, fire discovered in shed in the rear OF the
occupied by Rufus Mansur, the norh side OF
the square in that village; which ragged without the
possibility Of stopping il, until it consumed the build
ngs that side OF the square, consisting OF the store
of Mr. Mansur and Of its contents, with the con.
teDts of The Office Of Dr. Dennete over IL; ana ther
store occupet by Samuel +. Fnsbie and Mrs Mchor.
rige, millncralsO three dwelling houses occupied by
James A. Drew, Isaiah Gould and Mr.. Mansur and Jas
Lender together with the large barn and lumber yard
of MaDsur. The lumber was worth $1,000 or Sh,0n.
Total loss cs,msted nj from $4,000 70 $4,000. rne
insurance was light Origin Of fire unknown.
w E. G.. Harmon, of Troy, Miami Co.,
Ohio has taken to patent for spdng
space TO be used by printers when setting up type
The inventor is printer, and he employ ths spring
space for facilitating the operation OF forming spaces b.
tween words and for "spacng out" and correcting
proof This Is subject tor printers. great many
mscbDes for "settiDg type have been announced but
Of them have appeared, for the that the
machinery could not accomplish the main point, which
forming spaces between the words, and spa,
cling out short lines. But here we have this part oil
the machinery without the setting parthat Is, here
we have 1t announced, and that s about all we SHALL
ever see Of it.
e Rev. Daniel Robinson, of S1uthing-
ton, Conn. charged by The HartfJrd Tines VITA
fanacism, &c, In relation 10 Whiggery aud the Maine
Law. His Pensioners held ui-oting and appointed
Committee 10 snte the acs of toe to the pubic.
Their report concludes follows:
The whole article in question is libel on the char
Oh worthy minister OF GDspc, ana oilnl
upon the church Of which he is the much pas
tor and the undersgoed not only for the pastor add
thu church. but for the Of tnh, feel called upon
to make the above statement Of facts which can be re-
lied upon"
70 The citizens of King George, Va,
have bad meeting In regard to the growing evil OF The
irCc colOTed population resolution ad ped ap-
proving Of the scheme introduced by Capt Browne Of
StsfoId. The meeting also resolved thai, as free ne
Rroes young and cd now and likely to become
chargeabe TO the counties where they reside that 10
in the opinion Of those assembled all free negro chit
dren should be bound 10 some white person Of good
character, 10 be brought up in industrious habits bu.
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