, 1855-08-17

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LOUIS TO PHILADEIPHIA.-The last roT
the western division of the Ohio andCu;.
sissippi railroad, between st. Louis ADd
Vincennes, was to be laid on the 18th JuSs
when there would be a continuous raiIroad
from Philadel phia to St. Louis. Tbe ror,.
is 1923 miles long, made up as follows -
Ohio and Mississippi-St Louis to Win.
cennes, LAG miles Evansville and Craw,
fordville-Vincennc to Terre Huute 70
miles; Terre Haute and Richmond
Haute to indianapolis, 10 miles IpdI.r.
apolis and Observation-Disclosures II
Union, 81 miles Bellefontaine and Ind,
ana-Union to Crestliue, I22 miles |; Ohia
and Pennsylyania-Cre TO Pittsburc
lSTmiles Pennsylvania Central-Pits.
burg to Philadelphia, 1853 miles. Total
1923 miles. ,i s'ltf4eA
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBr IN MAssioAas
sErrs.-It has been generally reported tina
the late Massachusetts Legislature abol.
ished imprisonment for debt in that STATE.
This is an error. No such measure VA.
adopted. The pan in Cambridge jail, who
has been there five years for debt Of S9s.
is there yet, and will probably die there. &
New CoMEr.-Lieut Maury received 10.
telligence that NJ. Le Vcrrier, the distin-
guished French astronomer, had announced,
the discovery, Mt Paris, OH the 4th oPJune.
hof a new comet. Its place on the 5th6f'
June was as follows: a ra3.k.g
Right ascension. :. III ION. 2lS'd
North declination. 36' Is Az
BD- The general assembly Of Rhode al
and convened on the goth Of May, at New.
port. Benjamin Fessenden, a. Unitariah
clergyman, and a elassmate at Harvard
college oil Braneroft and DR. Tyngy -uas
elected speaker.
B1- Mr.. Stephen Beale, the deutist sen,
fenced for an outrage on Miss Nudge Of
Philadelphia, is lying seriously IN at the
county prison, and it is feared that lie eanso
not survive his Imprisonment. a lg iadi
B9- Two thousand European emirants
have gone back from New York since Auilr
goth, and the number now coming over 4,
fifty per cent. less than last year. .o.-.s-
Rar The last number of the Westninstcr.
Review confesses that g for fifty years past
the merchant ships Of the United State.
have notoriously been far better builtltkEfo
those Of Great Britain"
Icy Parks, tho dinurdcfefer,l was executed
at Cleveland on Friday, June Ist Helhada
made an attempt TO commit suicide aidgil
or two before his execution. proclaim
ed his innocence to the last. y 'a' . 1''d 90
b0- There ore now published ID Cincil.-s
natl l6 daily, aud 26 weekly Papers,lB
monthlies, and 8 quarterly magazines with
over 200 literary gentlemen attached to
them. '.' - iai ~
p0- Tho number Of applications forE
bounty land, during the month Of May
was $500. The total number Of appl-
cations thus far received, is 1853, $685. "a
PENsloNs.-The finance accounts Just
published, gives the following as the ian
nuities" Of various royal personages eharg.i
ed on the consolidated fnnd Of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain, viz that Of
the Duchess Of Gloucester, ei6,O00 tie
King of the Belgians, ESQ, 900 the Du-
chess of Kent 10000; Prince Albert,T
230, 600; the Duke Of Cambridge, Ri2-
900 Princess Mary Of Cambridge, $4,000;
the Dowager Duchess Of Cambridge, CO.
900 ; and the Princess Augusta of Cam
bridge, Duchess Of Mecklenbury Stfslif5
4S, 900. .'7'1 9'9'. ~ 'ai mn ''''''i - -
MOVEMENT OF SrEAMERs-'rhe, Star of
the West, from Juan dc Nicaragua, arrived
at New York on the 3 4th, with $626,OOo
in gold. The steamer George Lhwaritdd
on the 25th uIt., with the mails md passed:
gers, and 81, ,050,0O0 in gold. Thereccipis
by the two steamers were estimated as f0ha
lows BY the Startof the West, GAG, 900,
by the George, Law $l,050 600; in,ltk8t
hands of passengers, $275,000 , goreut
ment drafts on the sub-ireasuIy, $3.50, 900;
total, $2,21I, 900. 1t is said that besides
the above, $3.50, 900 were received at Pan
anna from California, on British aecodht,
NEW MorIvE PowER.- -Mr, b. Haghes., 4
of Rochester, New York, has successfully
demonstrated the working Of anew engine
lanalarous 10 the steam engine In whicli0
new fluid the "hi-Snlphurit Of .earlengs is
used to generate steam, 1T possesses the !,
llong-sought quality ofcxpanding into yapoit.
| of a given volume, and thus prodnclag
riyen amount Of mechanical power without
the expenditure Of as much beat as II gen
Grating the same quantity Of steapi,' eaII,ssl mi
PREsIDEST FILMoRE AT rHE BaiFsHic
CouBr.--The London CoWri JeErFsal states
that Mr.. Fillmore appeared at the Qneeq'sF
Drawing Room, not in any faRtasticifeazi
tune. but in plain evening dress. Bis peru
sonal appearance is highly compliment'a
by that journal, which is also somewhat eir
tcuisbed by The absence Of laeky-like deislbr
ence for him, on the part of AmericaAs.T-il
We copy aparagraph;i ga,!, q
aThe presence Of an lexiPresident Of be-
limited States at our Court Is noeyeot Z
which deserves aipassiug, note. ME. ttl1f
more looks even a younger man than Mr
Buchanan, the American Ministers ID
hair IL not so white nor is there anYsnp5E