Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-10
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Surgeon THOMAS G. MOWER, the senior surgeon the
army list who served throughout the of 1872 died
in New York on Wednesday.
Pennel Hendricks has been convicted Raleigh IN C)
of passing counterfeit gold coin, and fined s. 500 and
be imprisoned and confined to hard labor for
ten years.
proposition is before the South Carolina Legislature
to appropriate $50 900 build monument in Columbia
in honor of John G. Calhoun
The Odd Fellows Hall at McKeesport, Pa fell
down on Tuesday, dreadfully njuring five workmen.
Hon. THos CoRwIN has been elected President of the
Cincinnati and Cleveland short-line railroad, and Judge
MCLEAN one Of the directors.
JAMES MONTGOMERY, the poet has just completed his
eighty year.
The Wings of North Carolina to hold State Con-
vention at Raleigh on the 21st of February.
JONAS CHrcKERrNa the famous manufacturer of pianos
died at Boston, of apoplexy, on Thursday night.
An excitement produced in the National Circus at
Philadelphia Wednesday evening by alarm of fire,
and number of persons trampled under foot as
the crowd rushed from the building: No one was Sc
riously hurt
Three men, named McMenamen, Delayhey, and Thos
Healey, crushed to death on Monday in an iron
mine at Conshobocken by the falling of piece of rock
from the roof.
The duties collected at ST. Louis upon foreign imports
upwards Of $500, 900 each year.
WRECK or A STEAaER.-We learn from the Quebec
Mercury Of Saturday evening that Capt. Rodolph late
on Friday evening with the intelligence that the Mon
rea is total wreck sheet of ice struck the Inflated
boat with such force to cut her in two far down
the engines and at the time it drove the steamer
Point Levi hard ashore The latter had been sent to the
relief Of the Montreal which very fine boat GER
tainy equal to any on the st. Lawrence
ALTERED BANK NoTEs.Tweny- dollar bills of the Bank
of Baltimore of date of January l. 1851 have been
altered to $780, and sklfully done that the unwary
may be deceived by them. The genuine 800 bill has
Tuscan figures in the left hand corners above and below
and also the rght-hand In the altered bills
the figures plain and only in the lefhand upper cor
In the genuine bill the vgnette-whch consists Of
\ shield with a sailor either side--is in the centre;
while in the altered bill it is the right corner
There other variations.
SENsIBLE.-Capt. Mcclure, while making the North
west Passage" had an interview at Point Warren with
wild be of Arctic Indians the chief of whom being asked
why he went great distance to trade with the Esqu-
maux instead of trading with the posts on Mackenzie
river, said the that the white there had
given the Indians very bad water, which killed many and
made others foolish, and that they would have any
such water. Think Of that we hardy Of the 10th
latitude who think 81 bad water" essential to keep out
the cold
A RARE PIAST.-we saw on Saturday in the green
house of O F. Winchester Esq, Court street. the most
beautiful flower that has under observation
II is tropical plant, called by the natives Esprtu
Santo," Tor Holy Ghost and was sent to DR.. Toten Of
this city, by his brother COL Totten Of the Panama rail-
road-a duplicate of which also given Dr. Cope Of
Philadelphia last spring 1t is remarkable exotic
The blossom is Of delicate waxy appearance the interior
which represents pure white dove with
WINGS richly notified Its delicious fragrance and long
period Of remaining in blossom combine to render il
most desirable plant-NeW Haven Register.
LrBRARIEs AT CossTASTNoPLE.-Ther are numerous
libraries at Constantnope the number Of volumes which
they contain may be estimated at 80 000 reckoning both
MSS and printed books The literature of Arabia Per-
sa and Turkey is represented in them and the coec-
ton includes philosophical and theological works poetry
history, books Of science, and immense number OF
those treatises conduct and manners to which the
Turks attach almost much Importance the Chinese
themselves
PosT OFFICE RoBBERY.-A young man named Sela Mat
thews has been arrested at WATERFOWL New York. charg
ed with robbing the post office at that place. Over
hundred letters broken open found in his trunk
with drafts to the amount Of 800. He had been en-
poyed in the Office.
WHAT SCoTcHMAN MAY BEcoNE.-At meeting held
in Edinburgh last week obtain Justice for Scotland
Sir A. ALISON the historian, related the following
dote
6entemen very curious thing occurred TO show how
Scotchmen do all the world and with this anccdoe
Will conclude Marshal Keith had the command Of the
Austrian army which long combaed the Turkish forces on
the Danube under the Grand Vzer, and after long and
bloody combat the two Generals TO conference to-
gether The Grand Vizer mounted camel, with
all the pomp Of Eastern magni6cence The Scotch Marshal
Keith from the neghbohood Of Turri in Aberdeenshe,
the head Austrian had long conference and
after the conference the Turkish Grand ver said Marshal
Keith that he would like speak few words in private 70
him in his tent and he begged that should accompany
him. Marshal Keith accordingly went in, and the moment
they entered and when the conference in the cose
the Grand vizer threw of his turban tore of his bsard and
running to Marshal Keith said ou Johnnie foos wi ye
man. And he then discovered that the Grand VSer OF Iu
old school companion of his who nad ossp
peared thirty years before from parish school near