Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-18

Dr. mitchell, Oh lNoW lOTk, HAS FtCululuouu-
cd the increased cultivation Of pumpkins, part
ly for the sake Of the oil which may be obtain
ed from the seeds He states that half gal
| Ion Of exccllont limpid oil may be pressed from
gallon Of seeds; that it has no dsagreeable
| taste or smell, and burns well.
/ VIM. Webb, aged sixteen, recently ran away
| from Louisville with Susan Roby, aged thirteen,
and got married.
| A negro girl in the employment Of Mr.. Jens
nings OF Richmond Va, attempted, on the
2sth ultimo, to poison Mr.. Us infant, aged
only eight months. The same servant attempt
ed to burn the house few nights ago, but was
discovered
The Boston Journal says the mad dog mania,
| which prevails ut regular intervals Of about
|. three years. seems now to be exte nding through
New England. Orders for the determination
of dogs have been given in Boston aad New
Bedford.
Nothing sets 80 wide mark between q vul-
gar and noble soul, as the respect and reyer-
entail love Of woman kind. A man who is al
ways sneering at woman is generally coarse
1 prohgate or coarser bigot-
The largest church in Europe is at st. Pc
tersburg IL was begun in l77l, and in TWEEN
| ty years two thousand men had not finished
side and in; the pillars are of one piece, fifty
feet high, the base and capitals Of solid silver ;
but the greatest curiosity Of all is q wooden
box constructed to cover 1t from tho weather.
Injunction, or anbinting, is said to be snc-
cessful mode tf treating scarlatina, relaxing
as it doer, the skin, diminishing the heat, and
in some cases causing perspiration-
1 The remains Of the bachelor who burst in
Il 49, -. re- - cd
life, have been found
The man who was frightened by the bark Of
q tree, is supposed to have been of a nervous
temperament.
4 A day or two SINCE q fair young damsel OF
\ sweet sixteen, suddenly disappeared from her
fathers domicil, in West Boslston, Mass, and,
| by coincidence, says the Clinton Couranf .
! young returned Californian disappeared about
! the same time from the neighboriDg "dig-
gings,D thus giving another illustration Of the
old adsge, that {" Love laughs at locksmiths.0
On. the 25th ultimo, Mr. Brundy, citizen Of
lllinoistowp I'LL, who had been keeping tavern
there for several years. committed suicide by
blowing out his brains with q gun. The
weapon was heavily charged, and he accomplish
ed his purpose by placing the muzzle to his head,
near his eye, and discharging the piece with
ence of the members Of his family.
DIR. Speer, Of Mellonville, Florida, has raised,
the past season, 90 600 lemons from two hun
dfed and fifty trees He is said to be the lar
gest lemon grower in the country
The Puritan Recorder has the following sin
! gular obituary: Died in Wichendom, oath
4 ult, Mr.. John Tatro, l0i years months He
had the appearance Of beng a man about rs
or so years old, when last saw him. IL s
! said that he sawed about 100 cords OF wood ut
the door, the year that he was 100 years old.
He was frenchman, and has lived here for
the last few years.
Lord Holland told Of man, remarkable for
absence of mind who dining once on shabby
repast with friend fancied himself in his own
house, and began to apologize for the wretch
eduess OF the dinner.
A letter dated Genoa, February 81, has been
received from Capt lngrsham, announcing his
complete restoration 10 health. He expected
TO sail for Naples in about week.
Ship John Mckenzie, the first direct arrival
from Australia, reached New Orleans ON the
81, in ninety-one days from Melbourne.
Fifteen thousand loads Of filth were removed
4 in New York on Monday, and the pavement
begins to appear.
The son Of M. Salazar, who cut off the cars
Of the Texas prisoners in ls4I, was lately muir
dered by Indians near the Arkansas
A trial was had last week at Pottsville, Pa,
in which James Morris, the officiating Cath
Ollie Priest at Tamaqua, was convicted of an
assault and battery upon Barnard Gillespie.
A married man, the father Of six children,
recently ran away from Steubenville Oaio in
company with married woman, who deserted
two children. The mans name Is John Ham
ilton, the woman's, Mrs. Day, wife Of J. F Day.
| The man had st least eight hundred dollars,
and the woman twenty or thirty.
An alleged fugitive slave, named Joshua
/ Glover, was arrested at Racine, Wisconsin, on
the ifh instant, and set at liberty on a writ
Of hsbsos corpus BY Judge Miller amid the TO
| joicings Of the people.
Gen. John l.. Lewis has been nominated for
Y MavOr 81 New Orleans bv the Democrats