Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

The year 1854 will begin and end the Sabbath FIVE
months in the year will contain FIVE Sabbaths each and
there will be fifty three sabbaths in the year.
At Ashland KY, Saturday night, at rafting match,
two young quarreled about cents, when one
named Thornton Hool, stabbed the other named Manks
! through the heart, killing him instantly.
Rev. Jacob w. Cooper Methodist clergyman Of South
Groton, Mass, arrested at Lowell Saturday
ing for breach of PROMISE and carried back to Gro
in the custody of the sheriff He is accused of hav-
ing promised to marry two ladies of his congregation
few days since the lightning train the New York
Central Railroad ran from Schenectady Utica in one
hour and forty five minutes including stopsa not
far from fifty miles hour Such speed must have been
perfectly delightful to the passengers especially such OF
them held the safety Of their necks Of particular
account.
The California steamships Yankee Blade Star of the
West, and George Law, which sailed from New York
Monday took out aggregate of fourteen hundred and
fifty passengers
robber in hotel in Halifax the other day was found
kneeling at trunk in the of boarder, and ON
being discovered said he was at his prayers and begged
deyotions and decamp with his booty.
The receipts Of the Kentucky Colonization Society
from October % 1853, to December g. 1853 amounted
TO S5,482.
Speaking Of the mining prospects for gold in Franklin
county, Maine, the Portland Advertiser says that tho
original discoverer of the gold contempates mining with
fifty hands the coming 1t is rumored that $500
of gold has been taken from the mines the past
The beautiful block Of buildings on Brooklyn Heights,
and overlooking the bay, known Coonnade row. which
entirely destroyed by fire Tuesday morning con-
sisted Of eight houses fronting Columbia street. and
extending from Middagh Cranberry streets They were
nearly all occupied the families Of New York merchants
who were successful in saving but little Of their furniture
The buildings erected in 1885, a Of one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars.
Fifteen Of the arzans and mechanics employed ne the
United States Mint in Philadelphia have been detailed by
the Treasurer to proceed to California to assist in the
Uaniy of nj md
for ddty at the New York Assay Office.
Robert Hamilton seventeen years Of age got his fingers
caught between n bolt and shaft in mill at Centre
Falls on Friday night last and before the wheel could be-
stopped he was carried round the shaft fifty times
his body striking dresser, which stood foot and half
from the shaft at every revolution lie was injured in
shocking manner both thighs, both legs and both arms
being broken, Zone arm in two places) ankle dslo-
,ated, and the two fingers that caught torn or
strange to say hopes entertained Of his recovery
New MATERIAL PAPRR.-we have just examined
several samples Of paper made Of reeds of spe
cies which grows in great abundance in Southern
States and also sample made by the process
from white pine shayngs. In such age Of invention
this ncredulity is be tolerated therefore We
submit with the best possible grace to the white
pine The reed paper is quite promising article, APP
preaching in quality under the second experiment. to that
on which the Sun is printed, both in color and tex
ture. Another sample composed Of rags and reeds
third OF the former and twothrs Of the latter is quite
article and its value estimated by the makers equal
70 nat from rags worm IA Genus per pound The paper
from pine shavngs designed for wrapping envelope
paper it was first beached and then coored for that
purpose and is valued at 124 cents per pound also
Paper has been made within few years past from
several substances, and with various success A small
quantity made from straw recently worked in the
regular edition of daily paper in neighboring citv
and the result Of an original experiment was consider
cd quite encouraging The effort now brought 10 our
attention is highly croditable and has the promise Of
entire The gentlemen entitled TO the credit At
il are u. A. Lavender Esq and Mr. Henry Lowe an
analytical chemist Of this city They have been expert
nenting for some months upon the material employed
making finished samples Of paper from time to time,
which we have occasionally seen, and the improvements
$ considerable They are sanguine that with proper
apparatus paper can be manufactured of reeds or wood
IS the main staple, by their process worth 12i to 6
tents, and at cost not exceeding 81 per pound
Balfimors Sun.