Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


ege using the clay their extensive property to the
Porcelain Manufacturing Company Of Bennington, vt)
upon the condition that shall be worked upon the spot
This condition has been accepted and operations viii be
commenced in the spring.
The Hon. THOMAS GREESLEAF died Thursday, at his
residence in Quincy ass at the age Of SO years He
was graduate at Harvard College in the year 1884, and
for upwards Of six years has been the only survivor Of
his class.
The recent storm extended far south Selma
Ala appears by paragraph in the Sentinel, pub
shed that place. AS it extended north Boston and
Portland and west to Chicago this decidedly the
most widespread and national storm have had for
years
The butchers Of Pttsburg struck last week against
the high rents demanded for stalls in the Diamond
kehouse of that city, and refuse to occupy the stalls
permit others to 90 so.
fire in Ogdensburg IN VI Thursday last entirely
destroyed wooden block of ten stores. Loss $2O100
The Collins masteamer Pacific left New York on Sa-
turday for Liverpool with sixy-one passengers and
S21l 900 in specie
The New York Commercial Advertiser Of Saturday
evening says "We find telegraphed from New York to
the Rochester Union statement that Mr. Edwin CrOs-
well suffered severe attack Of paralysis Wednesday
night and that his illness is alarming We have not heard
Of this" %.e.#.
The next steamer from New York for Bremen will be
on Saturday, the 18th of January.
The new ocean steamship Nashville is to take the
She is of 1900 tons burden and viii depart from New
York for Hayre on Saturday next. .
in Wisconsin who recently inserted long ad-
vertsement in the papers, offering his farm for sale,
closed it in the following submely ridiculous style:
The surrounding country is the mogt beautiful the God
Of nature made. The scenery is iscelestia divine
also, two wagons to sell and ayoke of steers"
The schooner Lucy Ann, Shannon, from Philadelphia
for this city (Washington,) with coal, sunk the
18th Of December off Cape Henry, bearing W. s. W. thr
49,, ax,,.1n Ia..o xa4oJ
took to the boats and picked up by schooner Wash
ington, Capt Norris Of Suffolk Virginia. with great risk
of life.
What is called the womans bil has been defeated in
the Georgia Legislature The Columbia Times says sit
simply bill to prevent thrftess husband from
spending his wife's property without her consent"
The second track on the New Haven railroad viii be
completed in few days, when there viii be double line
of rail the whole route from Boston the city of New
York
The fftyfour liquor (says the Providence Pos
which have come before the Court Of Common Pleas,
Judge Staples at the present term have been disposed of
follows: Ffty-wo have fallen through without going
to the jury generally from defects in the warrants
from informates in the proceedings of the Justices
Court before which the first brought, and two
convictions in both of which appeal has been taken to
the Supreme Court upon exception to the ruling Of the
Judge.
The Albion College building, Albion, Michigan, took
fire the morning of January A. while the students
at breakfast, and totally destroyed. The contents
were mostly saved. Loss estimated ut $4,000
On Sunday morning part Of the dock belonging to the
Poughkeepsie Iron Works slid into the river carrying
with it 500 tons Of COAL portion Of the machinery
for stack, and other property The loss is est-
mated at S40, ,OO0 II.
Sunbury paper says the castron outlet lock in the
Philadelphia and Sunbury Railroad Company's basin at
that place is nearly completed tits the only lock Of this
kind that has ever been built and is quite novelty
Willard D. Benson residing in New Orleans on retr-
ing to bed the night of the 26th ultmo, felt slightly
ndisposed, and took heavy dose of morphine In the
morning, when the servant went to his room, he was
dead. The deceased was exemplary young man, and
much esteemed by o large circle of acquaintances
When the magnificent palace Somerset Square, Lon
don in progress of erection watch fell from the
pocket of the roof and lodged between two
stones the third story window and yet remains dis
tinctly visible but beyond reach.
DARING RoBBERy-On New Years day, while the Rev.
j. Martin preaching in the Lutheran Church at Johns
town. Pa, his dwelling robbed of 81 900 in gold and
silver belonging to his sstern-law, and quantity Of
silver ware, all Of which subsequently found
ceaed the town. Three boys arrested on the
charge of committing the robbery upon whom three gold
watches were found
STEAMBOAT COLLISION AND Loss OF LIRE.-The steam
Pearl and Natchez lately in collision Baton
Rouge (La by which the Pearl instantly sunk, and
it is supposed that eight ten lives were lost
Among the lost are Capt Stanley and Robert Sullivan
HANDSOME PREsENT.-Rer. w. R. STRICKLAND, pastor
of the Union Chapel NJ E. Church, in Cincinnati, lately
performed marriage for COUPLE and received in return
for his services from the bridegroom the neat of $50
in gold and from the bride deed to city lot valued at
So, 500
EXPORT OF SrEcIE.-The large quantity of three tons
of specie left New Orleans the 4th instant board
the steamboat John L. Avery 1t shipped from the
Mint in that city, and is to be taken to that Of Pha
delpha. ....."
Henry Syerthorn and fve colored men were drowned
Newbern, N c., by the upsetting Of boat during
the late gale.
The supporters Of the Maine law preparing unite
in grand demonstration, to take place at Philadelphia
on the Goth instant.
The people of Maysville, KY. by majority of IA,
have declared against the issuing of licenses for the sale
of liquors.
young man named Stephen Hague, lately returned
from California, killed in afray in Allegheny city,
Pa, on Monday, by T. Hosach
JOHN B. ROBERTSON has been elected District Judge at
New Orleans, vice Judge LARUE resigned.
few days ago sixteen loads of live hogs arrived
at Lynchburg the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
There eighty-three newspapers in Michigan, the
aggregate circulation Of which is three millions and
quarter.
The taxable property of the State of Texas has in
creased hundred per cent in the last three years
is now stated at $99, los, Ia.
slight shock of an earthquake was felt in Memphis
the 18th instant between the hours Of six and
o'clock. 1t lasted but few moments.
An establishment for the manufacture of oil from the
seed has been started in New Orleans 1t is
serted that the oil burns with great brancy and is Pc
cuary fitted for machinery account of not cumming
drying IL the oil is really valuable, the manufacture