Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

In Russia the candles used in the mines made Of
tallow mixed with charcoal dust, powdered charcoal
which is found to increase the intensity of the light
The first cargo of American four under the new law
at st. Johns few days since in the ship Marengo
from New York.
Building operations in New York city show GREAT
falling off this year. and lumber is accumulatng in great
quantities for want of market
Another sod accident from camphine 10 recorded at
Philadelphia viii people take warning from the
experience Of the past
NoRTH CAROLINA RALRoAD.-The Greensboro Patriot
that Governor Morehead has just contracted for nine
thousand tons of ron-enough, it is supposed to COM
plete the laying of the whole work The price is 4250
per ton
APPiEs.-The crop of apples in New England this
year. as 1t has been in every years since the Bald
win came into general culvatop is too large for the
demand and the price has been dropping until they are
now dull in this vicinity and Boston ST 25 ST. so per
barrel and may be had delivered at the railroad depots
thirty forty miles from Boston, at 35 to 40 cents
bushel. -NeUbGryport (Nass.l Herald.
In this city Baldwin apples selling So so barrel
DIsNRR AT HAvAsA-on the 9th instant the Captain
General of Cuba gave complimentary dinner to Mr..
Wheeler, the American Minister to Nicaragua who ar
rived there few days previous in the United States
steamship Princeton Captain Engle Among the invited
guests Mr. Fabens, late United States Consul OF
Greytown, Capt Engle, and Col Robertson, Consul
at Havana. The Captain General presided the
son The Princeton, with MIR. Wheeler and Mr. Fabens
board, sailed from Havana for Pensacola en- the 9th
KEEP YOUR BoTrLEs FuLL.Peope are frequently found
dead with empty bottle beside them which proves the
danger Of an empty and the necessity for full one
This is the advice of the Boston Post but what is
poor fellow Of small means" to do when the law pre-
vents him from buying less than pim at o time
AN ANTEDILUvIAN MoSsTER.-In Marion county, Illi-
nos, short time since, men who were digging q
deep pit found depth of six feet fro the surface
the partially decayed skeleton of wcndrous beast
who had walked the earth with mighty strides long before
the advent Of the human race Among the remains was
horn, nine feet in length, md quite smooth, with thu
exception of about three feet Of the butt wa
surrounded with ridges similar to those sheep. Th
horn two feet in circumference at the largest part
tooth found which five feet in length and tw
inches IN diameter, having the appearance Of first
tooth. piece of bone eleven feet in length als
found which thought to have been portion Of
We have recently reports Of the discovery of the r
mains Of like monsters in part of Virginia, ans
could only account for them by supposng that Mr. Ban
mum or some of his agents had been there. E
BRITIsH |" IsFERTAL MAcHISE.' Some apparatus
being constructed at Messrs Armstrong Co.'s thu pa
enees Of the hydraulic crane at their extensiveiro
works on the Tyne, England for the purpose of How
ing to fragments the vessels sunk at the mouh
the harbor of Sebastopo This apparatus is comoetd
Of cylinders twenty five in number, and each consRsf
three concenrc water tight cylinders placed Jtkn
the other The nnermost cylinder win be filed wAke
gunpowder, the space between that and the next1fh
blasting powder, and the outer viii be yacaa(fA
gavanic wire will be inserted in the inncrmost one nd
win be placed in communication with battery at tkeff-
face. The effect of the explosion is stated to DO
gious An experiment is be tried upon sunktn vck
before these cylinders shipped for the Crimea vA
is named next week. The largest cylinders woighre
tons, and when charged four tons. T4J
TRADING Orr WIrE.-Frankin Buterfeld, q C~tt
Falls IN. H. arrested recently charge o. hAvlg
wives. He has been California, and says le ga3d
the impression that his old wife" dead, aid mafSd
again. Neither the justice, sheriff the old w seepd
inclined to believe the story but Butored r-
" his giving the " old wife deed for about four ln
dred dollars worth Of real in Dexter, Maize.
FINANCIAL TROUBLES IN CIscIssArI.--The Cincirhi
Commercial Of Thursday says: 3
"The financial storm still continues With unated
vgor and banks and money dealers falling bef0he
blast with fearful frequency Another Of our bahng
houses the Mechanics and Traders closed its doorhis
morning This is branch Of the State Bank Of bio,
and, inasmuch the stockholders are made labl a.
well as the other branches for its notes. they hnot
deprecated in value, and pass usual his
institution was connected in some business trAnsdons
with J. H. James, Of Urbana whose failure WAS Thced
on Monday. and he also Of its stookhiers,
but we understand to large amount. He ow the
bank 000 for which holds his stock sety
ln money matters q strange state Of thingfist;
parties who have funds at loss TO know whfo do
with them. general fear prevails among the Asses
that all the banks may break and being afraid make
depostes, private parties deemed solvent find ~ dim
Guilty in obtaining loans, and there is very sg dis
position manifested just to make nvesmensn this
way" tff