The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-09-17

of the Hon. George G. Dunn, of Bedford. Law
renee county, Indiana. The sad event occur.
red at his residence on Friday night, the 4tb
instant. He had labored for eighteen months
under an affection of the spleen, and his death
was not unexpected. Mr.. Dunn was one of the
remarkable men of Indiana, and occupied
first position in the legal profession. He had
filled many high official trusts and represented
his district in the last Congress with great
ability. Although member of the American
party, (says the Democrat) he was never very
intense as politician. he died at the age OF
| forty -four years, admired by all who knew him,
and generally beloved Mr.. Dunn had been a
member of former Congress.
Late accounts from San Jose, Costa Rica,
| state that the contract for the Transit Route
| oas been granted to parties represented BY
Webster and Harris. Captain Thatcher, who
| recently had an interview with Gen. Mora, the
late Commander of the Costa Rican forces in
Nicaragua, relative to the alleged forcible deten.
| ton of American citizens in Costa Rica, write
| to the Navy Department that Gen. Mora denies
| any such detention, and Gays that the engineer
| and hands employed or occupied on the Nicara
| qua Lake steamers, by him or his subordinates
| we're paid by Costa Rica and that none wert
| forced to remain in any capacity. The con
tracts we're made of their own free will, and moi
| more than half dozen American citizens il
Nicaragua chose to remain there.
The Florence correspondent of the Newark
| Daily Advertiser says that Powers's noble
statue of Webster has been transferred t.
bronze at the foundry in that city, and is abou,
| to be shipped for Boston. The casting is quite
| worthy of the model, admirable for tone and
| accuracy. 1t was visited by the members OF
| the Royal family, the Ministers of State, and
| many of the connoisseurs of the country, who
| concur in ascribing to it the highest merit.
The Richmond Dispatch says that numbe,
of gentlemen in that city are about forming 8
| society, the members of which are to pledge
| themselves to remain unshaven for six months
Each member is to make a monthly contribu
| ton, so as to have fund on hand for benevo.
| lent purposes. The originators of this organi.
| eaton are opposed TO shaving, in every form ;
| and as some Of them are of the opinion that
| long boards are conducive to health, they de-.
sire to test the effect upon themselves.
Governor Gardner, of Massachusetts, has
been renominated for that Office by the State
Convention of National Americans in session
| at Boston, by unanimous vote. Hon. Alex.
ander De Witt was nominated for Lieut.. Gov.
ernor. After his denomination, Gov. Gardner
| made some remarks, in which he defined his
| position, by saying that he stood upon the
Springfield platform Of 1856, in all its length,
breadth, and integrity.
| The following table exhibits the decline in
the prices of -four in the New York market
within the last two months:
Julv9. Septic
Extra State SO so $685.
Extra Ohio $50 $40
Canadian Extra GAO 500
Southern Fancy 500 $40
In Western and all other brands the decline
| is from Sl.20 to $l.60 per barrel.
The frost on Monday night seriously injured
the tobacco crop in Connecticut, and the loss
must be considerable. A large amount, how
ever, has been safely housed. The Hartford
| Times says that more tobacco has been grown
this year in Connecticut than ever before. A
single house in this city has sold, this season,
more than too tons Of t,oine for tying tobacco.
| The corn, we judge, has, az a general thing,
got beyond the reach of this frost.
Boston, Sept. l0.-The provisional commit
tee of the straight-out Republicans have declin.
ed to support MIR. Banks for Governor, and have
called State Convention, to be held in this
city on the Both inst, to nominate distinct
candidate for Governor.
| The American Bible Society, at the meeting
of the managers last week, recognised three
new auxiliaries-two in Michigan and one in
Mississippi. Communications were read from
agents in various parts of the world, and large
grants of books made. An appropriation OF
$3.50 was made to the Turkish Auxiliary Bible
Society, for the depot at Pera as requested by
DR.. Goodell. The issues for August were
%, 966 volumes the receipts, $24,53l.l5.
The Southern steamship scheme requires a
| capital of $8,OOO,0 00-$8, 900 was subscribed
| at the recent Convention, and since then Pres.
ident Buchanan, by his individual subscription,
has increased it to $500. Only S7,99l, 900
more are necessary to consummate the scheme
The pavement of London is one of the great.
eat marvels of our time. 1t covers nearly three
thousand acres, two-thirds whereof consists of
what may be called Mosaic work, done in plain
| style, and the other third of smooth tagging.
| The paved streets number over 5000, and ex.
coed 1000 miles in length.
Thomas Fl. Holt, of Louisville, Kentucky
| Humphrey Marshsl's defeated opponent for
| Congress, is now stated to be certain to be ap-
pointed Commissioner of Patents. If any DO.
| sition In the Government, above all others,
| should be given to Northern man, it is the
| head OF the Patent bureau; for fvesixths O.
all the inventions are the product Of the free
States.
An insurrection, headed by two desperate
| negro convicts, broke out in the Michigan
| State Prison last week. Two of the convicts
/ Id Al
recaptured. Others also made desperate efforts
to escape, but were overpowered by the officers
of the Prison, and secured.
| At the trade sales of the publishers in New
York, this week, the money pressure is felt with
fatal effect. Prices rule lower than they have
reached before in many years, and the sales
promise to be very light. In hard times, there
is less demand for books and greater demand
| for newspapers than at other times.
A RETURNED CALIFORNIAN. - Mr.. Philip
| Clark, formerly of Iowa city, returned to that
place day or two since, from California, after
an absence of eight years. He left a wife, chill
dren, and a valuable farm, when he went to
| California. He finds, on his return, that his
wife has long since married, having first secured
| divorce, and a decree, giving her the farm for
her support. The farm has been sold, and is
now in other hands, and his former wife is in
some other part of the country.-ALbany States.
| man.
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