The Nevada Democrat., 1856-12-24
WHOLE NO. 1863.
vARrETrEs.


A SAM pArcH LEAP.--A short time since, as
Mr.. d. West was passing by the falls near South
Troy, VT, with a span of three years old colts
and a double wagon, his colts took fright and
rushed down a steep bank thirty or forty feet
in hight, through mass of underbrush, and
plunged headlong into the Missisquoi river.
being freed from the wagon they swan into
deep water, and one was carried over the falls.
The hight of the falls is estimated at thirty feet.
The colt was buried beneath the spray, and it
was supposed by all that he was killed, but he
was soon discovered ten or fifteen rods below
the falls lodged against ledge, and was taken
fromthewater and led up steep banlS--a task
which most horses would have failed to accom-
plishA and safely lodged in the stable, .-
FORTUNE BfAkINe---Asa an example, says,anex-
change, of the rapidity with which fortunes are
acquired, we may mention the case of Sylvester
/ Lynn, O Scotchman, who landed in Chicago in.
\ 1886 with two sovereigns in his pocket. A few
weeks since he gave to the trustees of the Pres
byterian University, about to be established at
Forest Lake, twenty-five miles north of the city,
the mnniticent sum of one hundred Thousand
dollars. In consequences of this act the trustees
have determined to call the institution the Lynn
University,
A LITTLE STKANGE.--It was announced re-
Gently, in San Francisco with due solemnity,
/
weeks since, lin Sacramento, is dead. The"char-
merit states that as he gradually recovered from
the effects of the poison the snake as gradually
| became ill and stupid and at the very moment
when he no longer felt pain from the wound,
the snake stretched himself out, took his last
look at the world, and expired as though he
were going to a"nights repose," 81 bEoa 70
= REMARKABLE DEATH. AS Mr.. J. Hall, sexton
of Quincy, Mass, was in attendance alta fune-
raj in that town recently. while the procession
was solemnly vending its way to the abode of
the dead, his hat was observed to fall, and his
head to drop upon his breast. Assistance was
rendered. he was removed from the seat Of the
hearse and md medical aid was promptly at hand,
but life was gone,
THE DEAD AND The LosF,--It is said that from
forty to fifty children are lost annually in New
York aud none of their relatives ever hear of
them afterwards Double and TRIBE the num-
hor of dead bodies are found every Year, of
which no one knows any thing, and for which
no body appears to care, except to remove them
as nuisance. Such is life in a great city.
MustcAI.-M. Verdi receives S12,O for the
opera he is writing for La Venice theater, We
NICE, The italian opera at Paris has commenced
the season with 'I4a Cenerentola;'' Mime Alboni
appeared in it; her higher notes are said to have
dcteriorated while the lower notes have i'm
/ proved, NJ ROssini has reached Paris younger
by twenty years, and in excellent health OF
RELIGIOUS EIbERfY IN FRANcE.-Louis Napo-
leon has positively and percmptorily ordered
! the prefects of France to allow all the Protes-
tants in their districts the free and undisturbed
exercise of their religion, desiring that he may
hear no more persecution of the Protestants,
and that they may never again be disturbed in
their worship. h IN ~ ~ 2haL i.AA''ny
IRoN BANDs.-With the exception of q few
miles in Virginia, there is now connected line
of railroad all the way from Bangor, on the
Penobscot, to Montgomery, ON the Alabama;
ere long, the chain will be extended to New Or
leans, thence to be carried westward until it
reaches the shores Of the Pacific
CARSON VALIEY.-The Placerville American
says that letters from Col. Reese state that the
inhabitants Of the Valley were highly elated at
the discovery of the new gold fields; that there
is no scarcity of water in the vicinity, and that
opportunities for sluicing and hydraulics are
abundant. .- s4.,.... l..,t
FORMER TMEs.-- The irst grst mill ever
erected in Pennsylvania is yet in existence.
1t is quaint old stone building, and bears the
date about 1850, 1t is located on q small stream
near Germantown, and some Of the original
machinery imported from England is still re-
tained
Sra JofiN FRANKIIN Meetings have been held
throughout Lincolnshire, England with the OBJ
ject of raising funds for a suitable monument
| to the late Sir John Franklin. The people of
Splesby, the birthplace of Sir John are par
ticuarly active in the matter.
BANKING IN AUSTRALIA There are eightc char
tered banks in Australia, having an aggregate
capital of $25 100000 Their profits have been
enormous, some of them having paid dividends
rs high as thirty per cent. last year, and most
of them as high as twenty per cent. ei
FmnrNG UP.--Tbe Stockton papers complain
that the San Joaquin river is rapidly filling up.
The channel has already been so obstructed by
deposits brought down from the mining locali-
ties that boats experience great difficulty in reach
ing Stockton with heavy freights oH bags
1 MURDER Will. OUT. Mr.. VIM Picket, one of
the partners in the True Californian. has sued
! VIM. Ii. Rhodes and others for bis share Of the
money paid into the concern by Vanderbilt for
publishing libelous statements against O. X.
Garrison.
SENrENcED.-On Tuesday, the 9th inst, Chas
Blair, found guilty of murder for killing a Chi
naman was arraigned before the District Court
for Shasta county, and received sentence to suf-
fer the death penalty on Friday, the l6thoday
Of January next. s. hi-aT
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATEs.-The number Of
Jews in the United States exceeds quarter of
million, about $4,000 of whom are located in
the city of New York, where they have twenty
synagogues, besides one at Brooklyn and one
at williamsburg. ol aaQ l e19lai -
IFsANR FROM STuDY.-Thos Ashoff, young
man of San Francisco, who speaks several Ian
guages, from close application to study has be-
come insane. He has been removed to the
Insane Asylum, at Stockton. a aw
SOUTH AMERICAN ExPLoRA Professors
Moore and Francis, of Iowa. have started for
South America, intending to spend eighteen
months in scientific explorations among the
Andes, especially the volcanic mountains. 81
MINNESOTA ELECTIoN.-Onr Minnesota ex-