Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-12-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
BREApsTuFrs ON THE LAKEs.--The New York State
canals viii be closed next week for the winter Large
quantities of produce their way from the Upper
Lake ports We ascertain from the cearances published
in the Chicago and Milwaukee papers that there
to the 25th afoat and the way to Buffalo 1884, 092
bushels wheat III 247 bushels corn g. bushels OATS
600 bushels barley, and 4800 bushels rye, making
total Of 1885, 255 bushels grain from those ports Be-
sides, there is undoubtedly considerable quantity aoat
from the ports Of Racine, Waukegan, Kenosha, and
Sheboygan.
SNow.-A gentleman from the western part Of New
York informs the Albany Register that snow fell at Me-
dina Orleans county Saturday night last to the depth
Of fifteen inches The seighing good there Sun
day, and the weather was cold and clustering.
LARGE REwARD.--The Canadian authorities have in
creased the rewards for Townsend and his gang that
they amount in the aggregate to fve thousand dollars
INDEMNITY REFusED.-On the last day Of the session
of the Vermont Legislature resolution passed the House
to pay member for his overcast which had been stolen
during session hours but the Senate rejected it, the
ground that it would be time enough for the State pay
for the coat when it had stolen it.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-About $50 900 worth Of property
destroyed by fire at Marietta (Geo) on Saturday
last The printing Offices Of both the Journal and the
Advocate were consumed. Cherokee Hail. the Pattilo
Building, the Masonic Hail. and Wadsworths store are
also in ruins
AN ABDUCTION CAsE.-FENToN PETERS and his wife
Jane were arrested New Orleans last week by the
sheriff Of the parish Of Jefferson the charge of having
abducted boy named Denis Langton from the planta-
ton of his guardian Mr. Pierre Sauv6, above Carroton
1t appears that the boy the heir of estate of $780, 000
and that Mrs Peters is the only surviving sister of his
deceased mother In of the boys death she would
be the sole heir to the estate They be examined
in Carrollton. where the alleged offence committed
DErIoRABIr CasuALrY.-on Saturday evening last Mr.
Mordeca Thompson and Mr. Adolphe Henry started in
small sail boat for Bay Monte for the purpose of hunting
Nothing heard Of them afterwards until yesterday
afternoon, when their ifeless bodies found near
Chocaw lighthouse. Strange it may seem the boat
from appearances drifted ashore upright and the
young lying in her, The supposition is that they
lost their SAIL and having but trust
waves, lay down to await the issue, in which condition
they froze to death.-lHobie Tribune, 22d ultimo
SLAVE TRADE ON THE EASTERN CoAsT OF ArR1cA-An
arrival at New York has report stating that the barque
Alton, Archer last from Cape Lopez and Rabenda put
into St Helena for more men, bound to the Mozambique
Channel She reported eight hundred negroes on the
coast the offering twenty thousand dollars
ry them to tho island of Cuba, freight be paid by
house in New York
A NOBLE Aor.-GEoRGE BEACH, Esq, of Hartford (Ct)
has erected fine brick building in that city comprising
twelve comfortable tenements, which he designates
" House for Widows - being intended for the comfort
and accommodation Of women who have been deprived Of
the Of support by loss of husbands, SC. This
building he has put in the hands Of Trustees for that
purpose merely requiring of each tenant the nominal
of $40 year, which is to pay repairs, Insurance. and
taxes 1t is already filed with that class of PERSONS and
Mr. Beach is receiving, in the blessings Of the widow
and atheress greater happiness than is derived from
fat dividends-New HaUen Register.
THE SECOND ADVENT People sti continue strong in
the fah and their meetings ut Salem and elsewhere in
New England continue with undated interest with
falling off Of the numbers in attendance Events have not
occurred precisely expected and argue that
the end viii not be until next spring Remarking upon
argument Of that kind Elder Cummings, in an article
in the Morning Light" paper published at Concord,
N H. closes with the following singular exhortatons
Brethren take step back Egypt, neither pot off
the coming of the Lord to ae spring. but continue to 90
out to the Bridegroom. Finish up the work to
be done as fast that DO ready be
sented before the Father baineess.Saten Journal.
DREADruL ACCIDENT FROM CAMpHENE E-Seyeral mem
bers Of the family Of Major Israel Person West Bloom
field, On J) shockngly injured Tuesday evening
by the bursting of lamp containing burning fluid. The
lamp standing in the middle Of the table and the
family seated around when the explosion occurred One
little girl nine years old, died the next morning from
the effects Of her burns Another older daughter is so
much injured to render her recovery uncertain The
mother and little boy also considerably burnt The
particular for the explosion that the wick had
dropped out Of of the tubes down into the lamp and
the gas which thus allowed pass up through the
open tube was ignited from the flame the other which
was burning. These accidents" will always happen
as long as this explosive mixture is used
ACCIDENT ON THE OHIo RAILRoAD.- During Wednesday
night collision took place the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad point few miles west Of Martinsburg be-
tween passenger train from wheeling Tor Baltimore and
coal train going West which resulted in considerable
damage the locomotives and The baggage mall
and smoking injured to such extent that the
train compelled proceed to Baltimore without them
after detention of six hours The of the collision
is attributable to the coal train being out of time.
The indianapolis papers state that wagon load of the
notes of the Stock Banks returned day last
week upon the Auditor Of the State of Indiana.
The coal beds of East Tennessee beginning to
cite attention and interest They located the line
Of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad The coal is
bituminous and of soft texture
The Rockville (NId) Journal says the growing wheat
looks promising Nearly all has been guanoed literally
A large crop is anticipated
The locomotives passing through the neghborhood Of
Marion Ohio are obliged to blow their whistles till they
get of the woods in order to keep the deer off the
track
CULTANA RAIsINs FOR MINCE-MEAT.-1o
SHEKELL BROTHERS,
No. 40, opposite the Centre Market.