The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-07-14

! OF Indiana OIL the 18th inst
a sword fish was taken last week, near
New Bedford, which was IA feet long inclu.
ding the sword, and weighed GOO pounds.
! There were POS more deaths in New York
during he past week than the one previous.
Ihe fourth perhaps had something 10 do
with this result.
The new liquor law has passed the New.
Han1pshire House If Representatives by
vote Of 2l3 to So
The Ieyolut!oulsts are reported as still sue
cessfui on the Rio Grsnde frontier. A larse
number OF Americans are among them.
Ihe latest news from the plains BY way Of
Salt Lake, &c. report the Indians quiet, and
peacefully inclined.
Nneteen medical students graduated g.
the Philadelphia Medical College on Satur.
day A small dose for that institution.
There were 2S3 deaths in PHILADELPHIA
during Tue past week, being an increase OF
Sc over last week.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFT.
A dispatch from Cleveland on Saturday has
the following news:
The propeller X. w. Brooks, hence for
Ogdensburg, blew up near AshtabuIa yester-
day. Two OF the engineers badly scalded,
one OF them thought to be fatally injured.
Two of the deck hands were drowned. The
passo n5ers were not injured.
We understand that ex-Presiden. Van Bu-
rem and his son. Colonel Van Buren. left Liv.
erpoOl on the Goth in the Pacific. They
may, therefore, be reasonably expected il,
this city by Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week. IN. Y. Times.
A company of young Virginians, pledged
. 10 act promptly and resolutely in defense
OF southern institutions" is preparing to
emigrate from Richmond, Va, to Kansas.
There are $50 convicts in the Illinois pen
iteniary. There are 632 convcts in the Ohio
penitentary. This is the largest number we
have ever had, The manufacture Of rogues
appears to keep pace with that Of other
branches Of business.
PORTLAND. Me, july l0.--A second Cor
oners inquest, on the body of Robbins, kill
ed in the late riot, rendered a verdict last
evening. It is quite lengthy, and after re-
viewing the whole Of the evidence. declares
that the deceased came to his death by the
rash and Illegal orders of Mayor Dow, end
leaving for the courts to decide whet tie
Mayor is gailty of murder or nnansIaughter.
NEw YORK. July l0-A petition for re-
lief has bAen forwarded to President Pierce
BY party Of Germans, now imprisoned al
MeIlvj,le Island, Nova Scotia. They state
they were hired III New York, to 20 TO that
place 10 work, but on arrival thcre they were
off red the alternative of enlis:ing for the Cri-
mca % imprisonment They chose the lat
ter.
TEn NEw AQUEpUcr AT FLAT ROCK. The
Flat Rock Aquednct on lha Mismi Canal
YVES completed on he Both nit. It was com.
p'cted ii 4 reasonable lime, and something
like energy was exhibited in the fxecntou Of
the wolk, The dim nsions are as follows
The walls upon which the equeduct rests,
arc each Il feet long at the base, 10 feet
thick, 81 feet long at the top, and 35 feet
high, ana contain about 1900 cubic yards
OF stone, The trunk of the oqucduct is G5
ct long. 55 feet between the walls, and res
ting 5 feet on each wall. There were en-
ployed upon the work 300 men. boats and
40 teams. Eight powerful derricks were
used upon the wall at the quarry and upon