New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-25
Mr.nrRous ARRAY ON A RAFT.--We

f,,yn The NofcAt- Courier ot the l0tn lnst tuN on
iesn n,oht last two were killef on RAFT ~
sstuny,,. flig. few miles below Natchez. IL scent
p.hs r.ft had been levied on white at the Nttcnez
,sa,nS and man by the name of Joshua nta had
~ nut In charge OF II Alter tue levy nsd Oeeo
~ su,ith went on shore, leaving another man In
nsos DEL ,vbose name ~e have not learned soon afesr
CO. hsd left the hands the raft drove the on
Are that Smith had depatisad, add went away With
~ raft down the river Smith 90 os return, nnong
~ ,sa GENE punued them in a 'kif, accompanied oy
~ others one Of whom named Hamilton Will
a.. and Mr.. Ballard. They overlook the raft az
a. Cliffs above named and Is soon a. they made thr
ss.,ns.s known Smith shot dead aud Will ans
pe.rSed badly. The raf,smen tsr~ard fell upJn
v,Ilsms and dispatched him th clubs Ballard then
,,,hed of from the raft and returned 10 town Toe
Y,oss of thOse the raft were Pearson q. Wuhims,
= Miller, two Sellers, ana one unkown- NO AIest
hs, vet been made.
STEAM ON THE CANAL.-The steam
- J.sob Kinds passed through this village last Tours
~ having Ia tow four OF the largest cas OF boats that
- now navigate the canal They heavily loaded
st.h r.iroad iron, and as eightyiour tuns was the
s-sieht must have been least three hundred aud
senty ak tuns Wuh this heavy line Of boats 70 drag
he tug moved ahead at the rate Ot between three
nd four miles hour, nOtwitnst 4ndog the obstacles
beh the narrow aud shallow wser OF the old canal IN
srr plsces presented IL made no swell 10 wash the
hsnis but moved smoothly hardly breaking the sur
face Of the stream with iipple. lLockpOrt Oem
EXPLOSION AT aUDsoN.-On Sunday
evening about l0l9 O'Clock the immense Gooe (ressr
osr of wipd) at the Iron w mks at I'D son exploded
The report was heard some distance Oft and, for tlme
created much excitement The upper part Of II was
blown off, and II 10 thought that the Gil 'be lie entirely
mined II originally ell OO0 and from lis position
hing near the line Of the Hudson River Railroad, II
was looked upon a curiosity Eopsrson was Injured
Int the damage done Is estimated from sl5 900 20
S00OO Negligence on the part of some of the work
men 10 assigned as the cause Of the explosion
CIR V'bn rnlntOF
writes to Mr. Mills the architect of the Virginia Monu
rnsnt a. follows;
SThe statue, as am now modelling 1t, represents the
sreat man 10 the of meditation. he Is parity enve
oped in cloak which gives very scho sstic effect
snd my object has been create perfect impersona
ttn Of Thought. The costume, so far as Is seen, 10
the that worn by Jefferson. As soon as cast
of the statue is made In pat ter will send you photo
Graph of IT," IRichmond Enquirer, 18th.
The DIME Contribution TO THE
WARRINGTON MONUMENT Proper boxes have been
prepared together with the ioscry tion, washington
Monumt mt Box-0ne Dime TO The Memory Of Washing
tOs" TO be placed adjacent 70 the boxes, at the
nos and one will be sent each precinct ofthe parish.
Tbis will be the second trial OF suggestion 10 raise
funds for the Washington Monument There Is no dts
sentpe voice that heard la regard the feast.
Billy and patriotism of our plan bu, on the contrary,
Ills popularity and rapidly spreading over TIE nion
Plsquemine Sentinel
A BLOODY AFFRAY.-On Friday after
uoon about o'clock, quarrel occurred over game
of cards the steamer Brilliant between two men,
named Charles Home and John Greenwood From
words they soon came blows and after striking each
other several tines home drew knife and plunged II
Into Greenwood Home was Immediately arrested and
locked up In the watch-house Green volt was conveyed
70 the CONNER cal Hospital where ne now lays ina pre-
csrious condition Atlas, Cioclnnau-
~ 1t appears from the official abstract
Of the returns of the Banks of M4iue made on the
first Of May that the whole number OF Banks s 49, WITH
an aggregate capital OF 0OO Tue amountof bills In
circulation at the above date S3,254 oo2 deposits,
a 462 283; specie In the banking houses, S622,3OO
Total amount of resources 81 964 1873 last semiannual
dividends Of Is Banks, per cent; II do or A. aud
the rest 33 per cent average fraction over per
cent.
SICKNESS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
We learn from the ST Louis papers that there is un
usual sicku and mortality ng the i'm migrant pas
sengers the steamboats, running from New Orleans
10 that city Complaints made that the boa's are
too crowded. For instance, 32l German immigrants,
who came TO st Louis on the steamer Pawnee, have
,leued an affidavit that there four bundled aud
seyentysix passengers on board, all OF whom were
landed at quarantine eight Of them laborng under Sc
we're attacks OF Illness. Buffalo Republic
~ The Boston Journal having repre-.
seuted General Pierce to be ineal descendant OF
the family Of the Percys aud the Duke OF Northgmoer'
land" exchange paper hpp1nds what SnaksPere
puts into the mouth Of their cotenporaries
PRINcE HHNRY-"l an not yet OF Percys mind, the
Hostpur of the NORTH he that kills me ak or seven
dozen of Scots at breakfast washes his hands, and
ssys 10 his wife, Fie upon this qEia life, Ioaat o0rk
BLACK RAIN.-On Friday morning, says
The Kilkenny Moderator between six and seven O'Clock
A heavy shower which lasted for upward OF twenty
minutes fell over the city and considerable district ad
Joining The rain proved upon ezam'na'l0n 10 nave
been OF almost inky blackoes, and h4o all the eP
pearance of being impregnsted with SCOT or charcoal
In the last year of the cholera we were visited oy
similar shower and in the popular superstuons the ap,
pearance of that dreadful disease was largely attributed
to the circumstance.
B~ The Philadelphia Ledger of lot |
states that the preparations for resumng stea navga
saton between Boston and Phil tdelphia have been pc
cted and Saturday mex toe regular trips oil tns
line will be commenced by the steamship CITY oil Ne"
York. Capt Baxter, leaving Boston tor Phlladelphla
She will be followed the succeeding Saturday by the
Civ of Boston, Captain Goodspeed, and weekly com
munic alton kept up thereafter by these two vessels
H The York (Pa.) AdcOcdte calls upon
an good Wings 10 interest themselves In behalf OF ne
German ddrocatS He says: " We have been pnblish.
lnQ II al great sacrifice since was started ani
n scarcely fair that should bear the burden alone,
since we did not commence It's pu hcston Oh our y" "
accord but through the persuasion OF numerous wings
Very ressona lie we think. Wing German newspapers
are 10 few too allow willingly to part wtnnose winch
Are In existence.
r5-, ,ur quiet city was thrown into quite
m excemen, "a Friday night last, by the brilliant llu-
unaou of our stre, 's and stores oy tne
Of gas The becse qg.'e o" - .,nsss The
hour, with light hearts and sm,- * 81 on, ns,n. bv
tne effect Of this new element Ia h. "s Uu -
night and rendering city more pies'> S-edoois
bic place Of residence. n. Brunswick =
n A letter from the Treasury Depart
men received In the Senate In to resolution,
states that from the best data in possession OF the De-
Parsment 1t calculated that the amount OF san com
merce Of the Ame, lean ports the Calf inward aud
outward, foreign and domestic exceeds s2JOO9,OOO
per annum besides that Of the Mexican and other ports
on the Cult
n King, the sculptor, who met with so
tevere loss by the destruction OF the contents Of his
studio, In the burning of the fremont Temple Boston,
has received fine block OF mar ble from which he IN
tends TO reproduce the head of Mr. Webster replace
the one lost In the Ere. This bust incompsraoly
the best likeness of Mr. W. ever produced-whether on
canvass or In marble.
~ The Worcester Transcript announces
that silver medal was presented on Tuesday to the