New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-08
How TO KILL AN ALLIGAToR.-Te

Bo,ton Post gives An account of tae way officer la
the British Army Of lndis Killed an alligator, and thinks
Il may have suggested the volIac battery Ia the CAPTURE
Of whale TIE alligator had established hi nsei close
10 ford to the disgust and terror OF the nelgnborng
population. The officer sowed mp Fix undf OF guo'
powder In the stomach Of nice fresh hi, with which
he went trolling for the creature, as fisherman would
for pike Having bOted il gTeedily the brute SUNK 20
the bottom enjoy its digestion at l-isdre His scen-
iifc enemy then applet votslc battery 70 copper
wire running through bis fishing ne AMI there Was
violent tumultuOus boiling Of the water. large torn
pieces floating hitler and thher In the eddy The ALL
gator q life and his dinner finished together.
I~ Hon. w. A. German, member OF the
Houte Of Representatives from Indiana and one OF the
e. mmtee 10 inve,igate The csuses Of explosions and
disasters On the rivers and lakes was among the pas
seDeers on the Reindeer and Just previous 70 the ez
plotion standing on toe upper decS almost dreS.
iy over the boiler verting upOn that subject Nns
the LANDING was made NJ Bristol be went GU. on the
omerade deck AMI Ike he Oh r' there, escaped
without injury Mr. Johnson, OF the HOUSE vas also
on The boat, and escaped unluJufed Al0. I've Jour.
u The Ogden,burg Ne,cS says that at
the s;e fire n that town very remarkable fact oc
curr d. crtarg good deal Of slarm by tbs exploii N
or bursting OF the tag gng Ia front Of the burning ouhd
jpgs The flaes were OF iotsdam store aud tue Acuon
of the heat sed them explode wiki noise A. bud
as the report Of musket throwing the fragments al
high as twenty ieetin the air.
II The LocO-Foco papers charge Gen.
Scott with "cowsrolce." "di,ho1or N,iiyesm, and
"iucompetency," and We npw SEQ that, over In lnil
ana be Res been bum. IN gfgy
They ought l. have wrapped the envy In the Amsri
can fac ch he waved on Ten baenelds, and burn "a
them poto together while the band IN ateudance struck
nm Cad save the Queen" Chicago Journal
DA schism has taken place among the
Germans In Wheeling Va 10 relation TO revolut mary
movements They have divided int tT" iactors, Gait
iIp themselves Freem' ami Old Hunsers The tree
men have rallied around Prot Winko aud are SAID u
ener,sin the most enlarged Ideas Of liberty and to nave
decided Abolition tendencies.
DEATH OF PROF. NoRTON.-lt be-
GENES our painful duty the death on sep
8 Of John p Norton Professor Of Agricultural Cnen
istry p Yale College. Mr. n. was young man o. ns
attain In his profession aud justly esteemed fo
lis neral and social Qu4lllies by large circle OF &C
quaintances. lNeT-haVen h-gis'el'
EF A man named Wise was killed
few days since at Winsor Rlenlsnd County, ny, 81
the explosion If powder in magazine attached u
gun carTisge while the way % )co f0co ConVen
ton at Ash and. Several others were II jursd
CHOLERA IN BUFFALO We perceive
by statistics published Ia The BnflJ Republic OF satuf
cay evening, hst the total number OF deaths 10 ina
city by cholera during the month OF August 4ai J-o-
an average Of sbOuI eleven day.
~ Edward Boughton j. now in Itch
felo Conn, Jail awaiting trial for placing obstruction
on the Naughstuck Railroad track, 1t Jericho Bridge
and other places il that neighborhOod.