The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-28

the robd (tae Philadelphia tuTpptke,) seems 10 htv
undergone tbe pOwere of food. having 10 a vas
number Of places, beer WISHED into guiias siCos
imTassble wherever there Vas . siight depression
the water rushed through. forming perfect crock
At tho ten mile gtte toe turnpike bridge is wastet
svay. At tt3 GuDpowder tns river ~ss hgt, bu
there Was no great csmagc. AZ the Locust grove
furnace. on Stemmers run. tue water rose six feet
~ the masdsw below tbs furnace il was fo1r feet
deep IN the csatirg bousc showing it to Rave been
sope ten or twelve fet rise altogether. The daCa
a. tas furnace was paytia.iy carried away, crd
saont two hundred yards &C the raitsoed, rurniDg
from tue furnace &c shs Pbiadeptia railroad. to-
EetberW WHO brGge over it, we're washed away.
TIE philadelphia rsiiIosd is very considerably
veebed, and 40 uErersaud til culvert Of tho rect
ing houie ives snurely gone In edition, we may
ia extent the roads have tesn droadfuli7 torn I'm.
fences inuuncrsbio wesned CT. scaii bridges car.
I-sd away Gnd tEe corn ana ctleg produce &c carly
ruined by the food The coru in a.. direc,io1s, in
the bottoms, was prostrato vita the ground or en-
tiriy washed out. THIS aggregate Ct loss by the
frcstet, we have nc doubt, will prove very heavy,
bu. We have 10 means o. ascertaining IT,
ANOTHER TRAaEpY-SIN0uLAR AFFAIR -Setur-
csy evening james Peters waytaic woman Of tho
OF Panels kewoomo Preston street. and attempted to
shoot Ler down on the etreet snd then fiot hmsef He
Was mco with OF Colt yoiycrs lad the
pass' him, be fired ~ her times aud then dts.
chsrged bis &. remaining shots in hs body on
heart ut the first fac ot TIE woman tho cap only
plcded The second shot took effect il the hcsby part
tee Srm which caused bsr 20 with gaia aud 20
he@ far life. Tbs tafd shot mieed ta aia aus the
nia.s.nS shots we're turned upon hmssn he seated
house Preston street exhibited his own wound,
70 tie bysaoccrs with evident ssfeoion. The wholo
aA't vas deliberately planned and executed by Peters
lie cripple having been Injured 10 spine some ten
yesn $50. III rencontre with a the Of 1n
W. b shot aud killed by psiess -hst affair vas
Ia reference to this woman who tho reputed
WE 81 Po,Srs he "a unable 70 walk and was carried to
yietia Peters ster icing taken hom9. grldus y spnk
NaSef tho effect Of BIS wounds ale appeared consciou'
OF bis nfproaohias e1d bot wa hardened and malignant
TO the last evilcine no fear OF death. About the last
woFGs Ia heard Go uter before lis ccath ths
following -: expect 70 meet Rakec in hi, but d
Lin. wont speak 70 him "yOtstAe Courier, Aug 30
New RAILROAD SUSPENSION BaIDdE AT NIAGARA
gsthrr facts in the project
ed bridge from the Buffalo Queen C,t 1T will he sim
ele epan OF eight hundred feet The upper floor which
anchorage will be formed by sinking eight shafte In
roca twenty five feet dscp at the bottom Of which will
held down by soa Saddles cast rop viii
support the cables the top Of tho towers capable Of
Sustaining PRESSURE Of six hundred tons Tho towers
are to te sixty feet high sixteen feet square tina base
and EIGHT at the top eft:ber IL the fridge 9lC 100
pounds wrought iron and suspenders l1s 40 pounds
castings Al S33 pounds rails zorro pounds cables bo
tween towsrs GIG 400 pounds Whom tho whole bridge
covered with locomotive AMI train Of 1t is csd-
mated tea. 1t will have 60 sustain weight of 27s tons
which amount Ct burthep. though likely often
cur Is than provided 1t will be the longest
railroad bridge between the points Of esFport in the
word.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT The schooner Msta-
eorda arrived from Boston YESTERDAY and learn from
her melancholy rtory Of sudden Bereavement fear
fully suddsn And SO ceIemiteus to make the heart
ache TO ihirk OF it On Sunday morning last, the 18th
inst wh.-o tho tchocler west Of the rortuges,
ing to ou- po<t, che struck ty lightning THE cleo
tic bo rt,etrated the cabin in which the Captain
Cha-les A Purchase sid his wife and both Instant
y killed Their two young children thus made o-phAus
scarcely ont Of arms The mate too was struck and is
much Injured Fortunately the Schooner soon fell in
rived yessrdaJ-end amors her yassengers procured
Navigator who brought the Schooner safely TO port
iadins ato some ladies' IN the ,an Of the brig tho two
i.' dea- ch,d-en were committed TO their Kind end az
ffctionltc care,-Mcb'ie Register, 5ptt.
pFEILoUs SITUATION or MINERS On Friday
eTcniDs at the coal niacs &C bss-s Moore Ray foot
e dnne five, Portage Railroad OF toe chamber pas
saees c4yed IN and out OF the escape Of two miners
situation known 70 their fellow Sosklnon and
they set ttout .mr e6iaiy making arrangements tc
st.c ara cath cbo,d ~ nc passage but tia the ron
were st Give and fortunately lad dgausbt Q: fresh
Pr ti1.s1gs email y9rt 1hs ms.f, outside "a
fuio,frsiy cisartd 70 re.sasS The passage was
The smal.ness Of ire aperture but could work
tsns 10 s2eter .owe,s.. were ono party TIED e.n az
other ready 70 take their rGco. TIE inside
could near avtry-hinc that wa going en- outside, and
css,sa e.n,sr..t.sn we kept Up t3 cheer them with
| taleD cut they were much exhausted ys5urg
| s'aaiaaa
Nor AT LINN -0a Saturday night at about
s'geYe cloo Constss A. s Cbese ossd frcr ais
ts u e ss 1s M ess rs d he e
tad on eny:rg IDS house found dozen fifteen
lTsnep in the street apparently awaiting his appear
apcc. Sr Chose intne6iaeiy sseaod with stones,
Of which hit lin on the Temple sra another behind
The enr which laid him seuse'ees patty Of men re-
turning to their homes found him thu sidewalk and
ttok HIN 10 his house. Drs. PsEey and Gould I'M
InedLteJ for who, after examining his wounds pro-
pourcel HIN in very critical situation Bleeding fiom
I continued
The city ma1ebl called end succeeded in arrcsting
some four or FIVE Of the villains 1t seems that having
some optic against Ches they took tie above method to
! tss1i hin. Chase stu inys in critical state.
STARTLING Seine IN A CHURCH Last Sunday
se-nocn in tie First Congregational Church In North
Chelsea during he singing Ct the second hyn rabid
cog q noreus size rushed up side aisle ard comen-
ced IN attack upon enc nt tia gows Falling to ofcs
entrance he spraDg with pasraodic Leap to the pulpit,
beating u-osly sgeinst the docrs until he fell on the
head stair exhausted aaa frothing with mpotent rge.
TIE audience instantly thrown into great confu
s!or AID general pe-hape fatal rush for the door
- about 70 tasnc, They omewhst assured
By caotion fem the pastor. Rev. Norwood Damon
TO be sonros.d and main in their seats the surcs
means az safety AZ this crisis, Mr.. Ephrsin Pierce
outL Of IS srped from his pare sized the onim.i BY
tho hack Of the peck and notwith landing several
ents TO bite srccssdsa In dragging hin from tho houss
unframed W
| ANOTHER PROBABLE HoMfoIDE AT Al eedy
hour yesterday young man eyed atout seventeen
tatbsd u the abdomen at the Cont street Vuandah,
BY ThcUas Flanagan II Eppssrs that Ktnnedy and
flanagan walters Ia the hotel and yesterday
ing while the former engaged IN washing dishes
Fisbpsgsn gave BIN some directions which he did no.
receive very mildly Lud quarrel between them tho
consequence While scua,os With another Flanoa-
gan, who much tie Older and stronger OF the two
sized large knife sud ruDgeG 1t Into the abdomen Of
the unfortunate young man kennedy Flanagan ran
oot and mace liz escape, Ird Kennedy removed
the Charity hos pisai oerf.sta from the attending
physician vas received by Recorder Genois II stated
that tho wound IL very erous enc, aud that k6nnsdy
ia i6an exceedingly pIecArious staeEew OritnYs Piea
| DitEe 2lh.
TIE GREAT rDrAEA CAVE A party Of Gin
oiDnst gentlemen have recently explored tho rival II the
Mammoth Cave of kentucky. and have given a detailed
sccount Of heir ne Of the avenues AMI room
IN It, This Indiana appears to extend In variety
Of directions which In ali would measure several miles
dtapce and 20 have many varieties OF almost
The Kentucky This Wysndettc Is situated on
the west eide Of Blue river formerly called yandote