Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Rock ISLAND IIIrsoIs-A census Of the town of Rock
Island Illinois, shows it to possess total population Of
5337 persons, of whom $3.50 whites This is in
Of 1926 the Of 1885, when the town
had population of Ill persons All this is doubt
attributable the influence of the railroad system with
which the town is connected but is ALSO in larger
indicative of the progress of population along the
Upper Mississippi.
MIssEsoTA.-The city of ST. Paul, Minnesota now
contains between six and thousand inhabitants
correspondent Says Our emigration this fall has not in
the history Of Minnesota been equalled 1t in
continuous stream.
Sentinel Says " Mr.. Powell, old Revolutionary SOL
dier nineyv years Of age with his wife, seventy five
left here the 18th ultmo for Nebraska in company
with several other citizens Mr. p is remarkably vigor-
Gus, capable Of chasing deer with rife a-shoulder
twenty-six miles o day"
LYNCH LAVA public meeting has been held at Aus
TIM Texas at which resolutions were adopted to expel
from that vicinity all Mexicans whose character is not
The Of this is that these Mexcans suspected
Of tampering with the slaves.
THE FIRST FIGs.-The Boston Advertiser says that the
quality Of the figs Of the crop received from Smyrna
via Liverpool is much superior to that Of last years figs
LATE SICKNESS AT ALBANY.-The Albany Register cal
cuaes that during the past there 700
Of cholera in that city, Of which $50 proved fatal
SRnrEsoED TO HUNG-John McCarron, who was
convicted Of murder Boonville Oneida county, in
March last but was granted new trial account Of
some lnIormal1ty was again uled on laSt,
Rome and the jury after brief absence again found
him guilty The prisoner sentenced to be executed
on Friday, the 18th day of December next
| The CLEVELAND CosyLAaRATIoN.- According to the
Cleveland Herald the aggregate losses by the late cona
grafton in that city were as follows: On buildings,
$92 500; merchandise SC. S19 000 total $283, 500
insurance S127, 900.
| USEFUL INvENTIoN-Mr Bundy, Of Lyndon, (Vt.) has
invented machine for digging potatoes The idea
in providing mould boards with Stats constructed
to work through the SOIL acting like sieve, raising
and separating the potatoes from the earth and leaving
most Of the earth soil in its place. Mr. b. claims that
it will turn out several of potatoes in day, and
that it be handled with much facility a common
plough.
IMPORTATION OF RARE ANIMALS. barque Spring
box, which arrived at Boston Sunday from the Cap,
Of Good Hope brings assortment Of wild animals
sisting Of two lions, laughing hyena zebra ant
one silver jackal.
| A SINGULAR CoINcIDENcE--About five weeks since Mr.
George H the city crier of Boston, picked up brigh
little boy about five years Of age, who wandering
frendess about the Streets and took him to his Office
where he has since remained He calls himself Charles
Henry Murray, and has been almost constantly talking
about his little sister Polly" On Monday last, Will
officer Philbrick walking in Washington street. h
had his attention drawn to little girl apparently abou
and evidently had lost her way He conveyed her th
crers Office and had but arrived at the door when tn
boy at recognised the little Polly his long
lost sister. Nothing is known Of their parentage Th
meeting between the children is said to have been YER
affecting Boston Alias
From the Little Rock (Ark Democrat we learn tha
Dr. SoLoS BoRLASp, late Minister to Central America
has opened an apotbecary store in company with Dr. J
McALaosr and has resumed his professional vocation