New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-06

The ARKANSAS GOLD BUBBLE ExPLoDED.-A cor
respondent Of The Cincinnati Gasete, writing from
Foit Smith Arkansas,) states that letters have been
received at that place from authentic aud reliable
sources that gives The Arkansas gold bubble effect
nal ouietus One gentleman, Lieut.. N. b. Pierce, OF
the Seventh United States Infantry writes Mat not TAR
from Grand River he had met with party OF near
three hundred persons having with them eighty wag-
ons and teams their return home 10 Missouri. They
had been to tie Red Fork" and for miles along it
had literally torn the earth open" in their frutess
search for the yellow dust. They had found part OF
the company Pool, who had professed 70 have dis
covered the pacers; but Pool with some Others, had
gone further Oh, with the resolution to follow up tho
stream 10 its head if their provisions would hold OUT
Those returning, however, were completely satisfied
that the futher they went the worse they would fare
Two men who on their way out from Clarksyille
Ark reached Fort Smith on the 18Th July, on their
way home They state that IN the Indian country
they met hundreds of persons from Missouri and Ar
kaDsas returning from the mines,' all Of whom pro-
nOunced the whole affair an imposture. One small
party they fell in with had found few dollars worth Of
gold in the bed Of some creek, but II was mere rle,
sud evidently brought there by the current when the
stream was high. Being satisfied that TO go on would
70, pay they turned back with the returning parties
The correspondent of The Gdsoite, Notwithstanding
these unfavorable reports insists that gold must e1ft
somewhere in the country OF the Creek Indians, be-
cause these people have been repeatedly known 10
have il in small Jumps and scales lust as taken from
the earth. The great difficulty seems 10 DO TO nnd IL
SISsuLAR SuIcIDE-1be Norrstown papers record
Seybert citizen Of that borough, which occurred ON
Thursday the 26ih ut. IL appeared, from testimony
before the Coroner that he had loaned $500 to man
in Bucks County, and had called upon him short
time ago for repayment, upon the plea that ne coud
GET higher rate Of interest for it. The borrower, not
being able to repay the money at the tme offered 10
allow more than the legal interest for its use, and sey-
bert consented 10 his keeping il. Not long after ing
the borrower informed Mr.. ;. that pc eoula nave nis
money. and accordingly he went TO Bucks County and
got Il. On his way home be was overtaken by the
Sheriff of Bucks County, who served writ upon him,
at the suit of bis late debtor for violating he Usufy
laws This alarmed him greatly, and preyed upon hs
mind 70 much tina; for weeks be was IN ne deepest
despondency; and after threatening several tunes 10
Destroy himself he a. last made good bis desperate re.
solve by jumping into the ryer his BODY vac iound
on Friday evening near the lower bridge no. sr ify,n
The shore. He leaves widow and iour children. ne
was formerly barber, and had accumulated prop
or;y of 5000 OF $4,000.
RETURs OF "PATRIor."-The excitement and
interest ever where felt in the I" Patriot war among
the people of Jefferson and other border counties mas,
uerhsps 20 gea, extent passed away, but occasionai
circumstances arise calculated 20 revive the incidents
which in 1898 created so much feeling among our cru
zens Such an incident occurred at Dexter, 10 ihs
county on the Goth ult. On that day John IInan,
who left his home nnder the mistaken impulses OF Pes-
rotism in 1889 and who fell victim to the rasnness
of the little army which to act Canada nee, re-
turned 70 his family from which be nss oeen -
for period of IL years Dnrng tnls p1 - EoaIsnd,
Il..fr
nenal Colonies could ibhct, and enduren u,D1 sunci
gs in every having sdssS az " oS Sa
~ -. 81 Mr. Gilman after so long and so painful
caused great rejoicing among his Old neigh
bcrs and nds one Of whom writes us a. Sa
t,e he lost l. found sc. We trust NJ. Gilman
nav long live enjoy the comforts and pleasures Of
hone and friends from which he has been 20 long sep
srsted. Watertown IN T.. Union.
SAD ACCIDENT AT ST. CBARLEs.-we hear from
ST. Charles that sad accident occurred in that town
on Tuesday evening. Mr. Crosby one of the sub-con-
tractors on the North Missouri Railroad, ordered out
the boe- Of the division engineer for the purpose Of
taking drive. Two ladies' entered the carriage with
him. but they had hardly seated themselves before the
horses started 10 un. He attempted 70 change their
course up the bill from Main-s', bat IN doing 80 be
turned 100 suddenly the carriage upset, and be was
thrown With such violence against the curblng az 10
Kill him instantly One OF the ladies' escaped unhurt,
The other was seriously injured. Mr.. Crosby was
from Bngham;on, n. Y. 81 LOUIS RePub, Aag. :.