The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-24

DomesGse MISC ellany.
The Legislature Of North Carolina has pAsseda
ing widow and no child or children, the widow j
TO have half his personal estate If the husbanl
makes will. and the widow dissent therefrom. de
| Is TO receive one third. az heretofore.
Mr.. Annable, who was injured on the Eastern rsd-
road. died at Portsmouth on the 10th inst He In
gered all day, apparently in unconscious state.
when fever set in, and death soon terminated his
| suferngs.
The venerable DR.. washburn, who resides at Yer
non, VT, has performed the marriage ceremony for
| seven hundred and sixteen couples.
A little girl and her mother were found frozen 70
death on the evening Of the 18th, in alley at the
south end Of the city of Troy New York. The girl,
| ket on her arm.
The City Crer Of Boston sheltered six hundred and
eighty children, during the year just closed thak
were found lost in the streets. He found homes for
al but one, girl OF eight years. who was sent to
! A woman named Elizabeth johnson, fifty years Of
! age, was burnt to death at Cincinnati on the l6th
! instant.
fire broke out in Albany, ON the 10th inst, which
destroyed the I" Old Dundee Warehouse" corner Of
! Division aud Pearl streets, occupied by MeeHw.
Bloch Kaichen, as lace and fancy store. Less
5000
State prison recently and who lately swndled seve-
raj persons in Worcester, has been operating in Bor
lin, Ct where he obtained $50 on forged check b.
representing himself to be son of Charles Chapman
Of Hartford, c. The fellow is now supposed to be N
/ New York.
Governor Brown, Of Florida, recently sent . mes
sage to the Legislature vetong the joint resolution
extending his term of Office. The Senate passed the
resolution his veto by vote of thirteen yeas to
three nays and the House passed it by yeas twenty
| one, nays eight.
| A woman named HILL fifty-fvo years old, was
thrown from sleigh near Pembroke N. H.. few
days since, and SO much injured that she died soon
| fter.
! The Courthouse at Lac0n, Marshall county, Mis-
| souri,, was burned on the 9Th inst Books, papers
and records in the lower story were saved. The
building was insured for 81 900 in the Protection
| Company Of Hartford, Connecticut.
| Samuel Treadway, convicted of murder in Salem
county, N. j., has made confession, in which be
states that the circumstantal evidence given before
the jury was correct. He had difficulties with his
WIFE and the idea killing her haunted him. Though
he had never resolved to do it. yet, being out
cunning he ured to the house by sort Of fasoi-
nation, and seeing her by the window, fired at and
| killed her.
Small notes, Of the denomination of five, twenty
five and fifty cents about to be issued by several
| of the brokers in Cincinnati.
The Rhode Island Senate has nonconcurred in an
passed House at the last session authorizing
private houses to be searched upon evidence that
liquors were kept there for sale.
The proprietors of the grizzly bear that escaped
from the Stonington train claim damages for their
loss, and are going to institute legal proceedings
Bruin gnawed through his cage and breaking out Of
the cars, made his escape, and took to the woods,
where he was afterwards shot,
A dispute has arisen between the States Of South
Carolina and Georgia, in regard to their respective
boundaries. Georgia claims the exclusive jurisdi0
ton Of the Savannah river, which South Carolina
| denies.
The clock mandatory of / c. Brown in Bristol.
village of Forestville Hartford, Conn., was de-
stroyed by fire on the evening of the Goth inst Loss
$35 900 to $4,000. Insured for $50 0OO-of which
*5 900 was in the Northwestern office, Oswego and
the balance in Eastern Offices
The Huntington Il. ~ Democrat of the DIST inst.
says that three locomotives and six passenger cars
on the Long Island Railroad, are embedded in a
snow bank west Of Southold and another locomotive
laying across the track, and no wood or water to
| be had.
Judge B. F. Thomas, of Worcester Mass. has
been nominated by Governor Clifford for Judge Of
the Supreme Court, in place of Judge Fletcher, 70
signed The nomination awaits the confirmation Of
the Executive Council.
Mr.. George Cottingham was sentenced at Albany,
on the 2lst inst, to ten years and four months i'm
prisonment, having been convicted by the jury Of
purloinng letters from the post Office in this CITY,
when he was employed as apenny post.
There is petition in the merchants news room.
and also at several insurance Offices in Boston. to the
Postmaster General, praying that the Southern mail
may be forwarded from New York so that il win
reach Boston on Monday morning
The bark Nautilus, from Boston, will carry out
supplies TO the starving inhabitants of Madeira. The
public invited to send any articles of food or Of
| light clothing, to the vessel.
| The eryspelas is raging to a fearful extent, and
from it number Of deaths have occurred, in Nelson
county, Ky.
| A bill has been introduced in the Legislature Of
Pennsylvania, which provides that the Governor.
! whenever he grants pardon, shall publish the rea-
sons which induced the pardon and the names Of
those who petitioned for it.
One Of the most beautiful incidents Of the railroad
celebration at Wheeling was the Illumination of the
| wire bridge across the Ohio. 1t presented magni-
| fcent spectacle.
The city Of Portland has petitioned the Maine
Legislature for leave to borrow $3.50 600 to aid the
Atlantic and ST. Lawrence Railroad.
Resolutions in favor of the immediate annexation
| OF the Sandwich Islands have been introduced into
! the Ohio Senate.
On the 18th inst, r. L. Gibson, of Terre Bonnie
/ parish, Louisiana, was chosen to deliver the vale
dlctory orati0n and 9. T. Lewis of Chester, Pa the
yaedictory poem, before the Senior Class Of Yale
| College, which graduates next summer.
Young Marvin and another prisoner escaped from
the Penitentiary Of Ohio the 18th inst This is
/ the fourth time Marvin has broken ont He is not
yet twenty years of age, but is most accomplished
| burglar and desperate man.
stampede of slaves, says the Cumberland Nd,
IeeSraph took place from our city the 10Th inst;
eight OF them belonged to j. q. Lynn, Esq, and one
to Joseph Dilley, Esq They were pursued and over
taken about twenyfonr miles from this place. in Bed
ford county, Pa, and those belonging to Mr.. Lynn
were brought back Five of them have their feet 50
badly frozen as 20 be unable to walk.
The woollen factory Of Mr. Robert Turner, at
huntsville Madison county, N Y, took fire ON the
18th inst and was totally consumed. Loss $1O 600.
insured for $4,000.
The caucus to nominate candidate for United
States Senator in place Of John Davis, will be held
next Wednesday, by the wing members Of the Massa-
chusetts Legislature.
We learn from the Norwich Courier that the cot
\ nm nf Mr. Nna%I z~. g
klingly, was burnt on Thursday morning.
The Burns Club, of Boston, will celebrate their
third anniversary on Tuesday next, by dinner at
the Stackpole House