The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-09-02
THE NEWS.


Perpetual MorIos--The editor Of the London
Builder thinks the following instance comes as
near the perpetual motion a. any one can desire
In the rotunda at Woolwich Barracks, there Is, ne
| says, clock, moved by machinery, which has been
going for than forty years He further states,
that he knows gentleman who has had the watch
In his possession for more than thirty years. her
metically sealed, which there is no means of wind
ing, which tells the day of the week, the hours,
minutes, seconds months, and he believes years,
and how far you walk in the day. 1t cost $500,
and was made by a Frenchman in Paris. 1t was
left with Mr.. Oldham Of the Bank Of Ireland, for
six weeks; and locked up in his strong box, when
the gentleman went into the country, about 25
years ago; and the watch goes we'll he believes,
| to this moment.
/ JUDGE MLEAN, SENATOR Houston, GERRIrr
| SMITH.--A correspondent Of the Pennsylvania
Inquirer, writing from Rome, July !, says: "Sev-
eral casts of busts Of well-known Americans,
which we're brought out to be executed in marble
here, are sitting about the room (Mr. Paul Aker's
studio) Among these, that of Judge MsLean is
most prominent. II is splendid head and finely
modelled. It looks like the very embodiment Of
| Jurisprudence. Near it stands the finished mar
bic bust Of Gerritt Smith, said, by those who
know him, to be a most excellent likeness. 1t
certainly Is an admirable specimen of the artists
skill in modelling and in imparting to marble the
fexbility Of life. medallion portrait Of Senator
Houston hangs against the wall
No DUEL BETWEEN MAJOR TYLER AND CAPTAIN
Scorr.-The Washington correspondent {" Con-
necticut'D Of the Pennsylvania Inquirer says:
~ It has been publicly rumored lately that a
duel was foot between Major Tyler (the gallant
commander Of the Horse Marines during the late
election diffcultes) and Captain r. X. Scott, late
| of Philadelphia, and now a leading member of the
Washington bar. On careful enquiry II can learn
nothing that leads me to suppose there is any
very strong anxiety on the part of the former to
meet in single combat the doughty Mexican
warrior"
Several young ladies who had been in the habit
| Of bathing in beautiful river, on Lake Geneva,
near Milwaukee, were informed that certain
"booby" was in the habit Of apeeping" at them
through the hazel bushes On the next occasion,
while some Of the younger females made prepare
ton for the bath, the older ones searched for and
| found the BOBBY snugly ensconced among the
bushes. They seized, and having stripped him,
proceeded to hazel his hide in such way, it is
thought, that he will never again indulge in peep
ing at ladies under such circumstances.
THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND.-It appears from the
census Of Great Britain for 1885, that in that year
there we're in the country nearly six millions of
women above twenty years of age of whom one
million seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand
were unmarried, and seven hundred and ninety
FIVE thousand widows.
HORRIBLE DEATH.-The Salisbury IN C)
Waterman says: "The mortal remains of Charles
Cozort were found in an old stable, FIVE miles
north Of Salisbury, on Wednesday, August 9th,
horribly mutilated by worms. He died from
excessive drink and disease. Two bottles were
found by him.
SrRYcaNINE-The Lebanon (Ohio) Star records
the death of four men from drinking whisky with
strychnine in it. 1t also says that tens of thou
sands of fish in the stream below the dstillery
have died. Two tons Of dead fish have been
taken out, a mill race being literally choked with
them
The following resolution, among others, was
adopted by the Southern Presbyterian Conventions
now in session:
"Resolved, That the Convention recommend to
all Presbytries in the Presbyterian Church, which
opposed to the agitation of slavery in the high
est judicatory Of the church, to appoint delegates
in the proportion prescribed by our form of gov
eminent for the appointment Of commissioners to
the Assembly, to meet at Knoxville, Tenn, on the
Sd Thursday in May, 1858, for the purpose Of Or
ganizng General Synod under the name of The
United States Synod of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States Of America"
A farmer, residing in the village Of Hastingsvle,
Mass, on Friday last, committed suicide in the
following deliberate manner
He went out to his barn with his gun, deliber-
ately took off one boot and stocking, tied string
to his great toe, the other end of which he attach
cd to the lock of the gun; he then placed the
muzzle of the gun under his chin and discharged
it. The gun was so heavily loaded that the explo.
sion was heard at great distance The explosion
horribly mangled the head of the unfortunate man.
and the brains and bone were scattered in every
direction.
A National Convention Emancipat ion Society"
was organized on Friday evening, at Cleveland,
with the following officers: President, Prof B.
Silliman; Corresponding Secretary, Elihu Burritt;
Treasurer, Robert Lindley Murray. The resou-
ton to make the General Government the agent
for the people in emancipating slaves was adopted.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
Randolph Rogers, the American sculptor, ar
rived, few days since, from Rome, and brought
with him photographs of the splendid massive
doors for the Capitol Extension at Washington
City, which important work was intrusted jointly
to him and the celebrated Crawford.
SPEAKERsHIP-It is now generally understood
that Messrs. Houston, Of Alabama, and Phelps, of
Missouri, will contest the Speakership of the next
House of Representatives with Colonel Orr, of
Co,.l. No,ol:,o