Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-14
MISCELLANEOUS CLIPPINGS.

The last received number of the Mobile
advertiser says: ''The Espinosa troupe hav-
ing concluded successful engagement at
our theatre, departed for New Orleans on
the mail-boa Just before the time of leav-
ing, however, a female, robed in black,
" solitary and alone" walked deliberately
through the crowd, apparently looking
anxiously for some one, nobody knew whom.
At length her eye fell upon one of the tight
rope dancers, upon whom she fell like tiger
upon his prey, and with cowhide or riding
whip she administered over the head and
face of her victim divers, well-directed and
telling blows The hero of the tight-rope
stood it awhile, but, it became too tight, and
he broke and run like quarter horse,' to
the infinite amusement Of the by-standers.
Having accomplished her purpose, the female
cody Wended her way into the city. Who
she was, or what was the grievance which
she SO summarily redressed, are shrouded in
the most profound and impenetrable mys-
terry"
A white married woman, residing at Comac
Village, Huntington, L. l., was murdered on
Saturday last by a negro, the husband of
the woman being absent, wood chopping.
Both the woman and her husband were in
temperate, and have been in the habit of as
sociating with this negro and other vicious
characters. The discovery was made by the
husband on his return home at night. He
found his wife hanging by rope, adjusted
to a beam. On examination Of the body by
the Coroner, it was found that the woman's
throat had been partially cut, her skull
bruised and her person otherwise violated
The negro was arrested, and facts exist lea
wing no doubt of his guilt. He was lately
in the State Prison.
A woman, partially insane, was few
DAYS ago found in the streets of St. Louis,
Mo, in destitute condition, and taken to
the calaboose Her name is Mary B. Aber-
nathy Her husband, Moses F. Abernathy,
formerly resided at the Beetown land dig
gings, in Wisconsin Intending to go to
California, she states that he took her to
Pap's Town, for the purpose of making ar
rangements for her comfort during his So
iourn in that State, and that he suddenly
left. leaving her among strangers, houseless
and penniless. This cruel desertion, it is
feared, has made her maniac for life.
Monsieur Petin, the inventor of the new
svsteH of Eronautics, is in Boston, having
recently arrived from France. He claims
that he can navigate the air in any direc-
tion. by creating inclined planes at pleasure.
He has large machine suspended by ropes
from three huge balloons. The body of the
machine is slender timber work. To test
the system fairly, large amount of money
is required, and if he can 'raise the wind, .
Mons. Petin purposes to make an ascent from
Boston.
A Detroit paper states that within few
weeks Rowe & Co., of that place, have ship
ped to Philadelphia, and other eastern cities,
the enormous number of eighteen thousand
five hundred and seventy-six quails, near
five thousand eight hundred grouse or prairie
chickens, besides several thousand partridges
and other rare tit-bits Of the feathered tribe.
To secure this for Messrs. Rowe Co., some
four hundred persons are employed IN New
York, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, &c.
There are in the United States not less
than 2O7 colleges and professional schools,
OF this number 120 are colleges proper, 43
theological, II law, and q medical schools.
Out Of the aggregate, Pennsylvania has IL
consisting of colleges, theological, z law
and medical schools. The number Of vol
umes contained in the libraries of the collie
res, exclusive of those of the professional
Schools, is, as far as estimated by imperfect
returns, 81 300.
The Cincinnati Gazette notices the fact
that the ladies of Chagrin Falk have sub
scribed some So, 500 in single shares Of stock