New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-08

ard in q few minutes ahor it was missing fer seysra,
nil utes be hind large cloud In half an hour, tAose
who had kept him as speck in the sky, lost nsEG
him. HE line Of direction was Into On anclesred and
uninbab country. He could not perceive sESie
81. s,ng. Az the balloon mshir rapid srsss ever
the wilderness he attempted 70 land in thiay weoded
juniper es five miles ,sos sS:: q .ns ~su
have made q favorable landing, after being up css
hour and Eve mr utes, if sudden and volent c4sal
had not ripped the grspn.l rope through Ae scs o.
the tree tops tearing the clothes and endSpssnnG ne
lie Of the seropaus He was dragged over nile
AGREES tree tops and swamp. fall 81 undero'usa and
finally through pond or lake, dousipg nlm sevsfS
acr,ss poad and into scrsSgy piece OF dried wOed-
land, he concluded it bsst to jump: He cid sone
fifteen or twenty feet into bog while his balloon vent
of on the wings Of the wind lie her Ssv:sd
through the woods without coming to any hseisstso,
and in four hours reache Bradley, whore he get cos
veyssce to Olitown. He wore his shoes ssd ssseh.
il 20 "a bis feet in the rough tramp, scd was wet
and torn condition with hole stove through his hs'
At Oldtown he warmed and dried hmsef and va re-
shoe. Mr.. Wise says he found IL very cold IN HE
aerial trip He reached an altitude OF about i've
miles.
NovYL SUlr-A novel suit WAS recently triea before
Judge Caldwell at Plym )u'h Washington Ccsaty,
NC. Mr. A. W. Dsrden sued Messrs. John A. An
derson, X. G. Cowper j. A Riddick, ID. Valentine,
AID &. Fraetss for utteriDg and pnblshpg heei,
that they charged the plaintiff with fAisehoed, WI
Ahotonism, and that hs was unworthy me cen
t,nce of the American psrty. The libel We cor.
tsintd as avened by the counsel Of the plarn, "a
pubcA ion which appeared over the signatures Of me
def nc ants in The Mur(feesboro Gazette in the yesJ
1865 which publication contained "a expose Of the
causes that rduced the American Council Of Hereford
County TO exclude the plaintiff Dsrden ffc n The
American orgspizstiou The suit excited much later
wit ssa the poss.espgs 1Ss damages
s25, 600. For the plsi. tiff appeared the Hon DAVE
Outlaw, J. Paiksr Jordan, P. Il. Wnssos, \ <.
Smith, d. A. Barnes, Henry Gillian; Berry hydy
and I. Garrett, esqs The speeches OF COUNSEL, i've
may Judge from the published accounts, seosnesd
fathes Of eloquence genuine VT. kssp sac a.,
stahdr oil this the Jury retired, snd suessqSeatX
rer red VERDICT in favor of the Plsintih Of o.
and they were discharged from finding - TO TIE stat
NE OF limitations, "Ihereio,e we quo'e no1 NJ
.tDe plaintiff do recover against the deiendsn1 me
"damsses assessed by the said Jury, and hs cost TO
"be taxed by the Clerk" Yhe costs Of me srit taes
far are varously Estimated 81 from 0Co 70 tJVN.
An appeal to the Supreme Court is hiated ~. Thu:
tnds what known throughout the eastern oerticS OF
the State as the " great Know-Notbiog sutr -,
A CURIOUS CAsE.-About three months ago Ger
III an ger tlemsn named Horny Hartman, came 70 this
city from near Berlin il Prussia, for the purpose cfsr
RAJ cir the purchase Of farm. He brought with him
$40 600 in notes on the Bark Of Berlin and nearly
t6, 900 in Prussian gold lie also er9ugn ...n h.p
years of sge Fritz FELL desperately in love with re-
spe ctable young lady living in South Csnden, aod
urged lis father to consent 10 his marriage vh ner
but the father urged the young man TO have pauence
ard II fleet at leure the ep DO was about u tAe
On the 18th of September Mr. Hartnsn went west
for the purpose Of negotiating for the purchase OF
farm, leaving behind him his son and the gres. bun
Of his money. The father returned to this GUY ass
DAYS .ipce and found that e had decam pea TAX
irg all ,be money with him. The Young man isfs Dc.
bind him letter stating that the young lazy knew
wbe,e had gone and that il he desired his retars
be bad only to signify :? the lady his consent 70 ths
marriage and the tug i've would return aud give up
all the money except s. 600, which be wo1i. retain 70
set himself up in business The girl decs-es tnss she
matter was put in the bonds Of the police The last
heard of the youth he was at the Bttmore cepos
ON tie 10Th Of September. Mr.. Hartman 10 in great
ds'ess Of mind He has family a. Bsrl BERN.
RgroRrED DUELs AT WEsT PoIyr.--The sd-
Tor Of The Rochester Democrat has seen .
statement, from . pretty reliable source, TO
the effect thu, Q duel was recently fought Do
tween two officers at West Point, In which cte vas
rather severely wounded. The other one, VIC nsS
OF to Utah and the affair was not made p1o S. Ire
same authority is given for the statement tns. re-
Gently while corps Of cadets were o'dersd % s9s
special duty, the young men 'ook onelss - uT nSeu
Of the per,on in command Of the squad Esd one o.
The rushed at the officer With bus sword drawa, ana
at orce CON menced furious attack. Ihs oncef
stood upon bis defense, and hnaily SUCCEEDED a~
arm pe his opponent who was all the while oeeonasnS
moe lot and rash In d,possessing him Of bic wesfoa
ia. cadets swtrd-srr was wounded. lie re'nea 70
have bic wound bound up; and while absent ono o.
his comrades ASSUMED bic place In The eonost. Ins
wounded man returned aud again TO- < has ss'r1 aes
with deceased violence sttscked the OH ser, vs.
found i Necessary 10 ure ell bis skbl ava Neu
p.rryirg tie blows Of bis Antagonist. whsh
Affair hsd become apparently one Of hIs saa 49, y.
tw, en- the conbatanIs, seoior ON GER sn r.,.'.;
,,oupd ana put an md T. IT, Tie cadets w. ps,s ~
1ated IN the combat were arrested $50 !. .,.S
rnos. d vould be 6isrnissed. One OF the"' F." "''S'
II soh Of Gen. Jesup. o..ox
o. % sw.ttoyrsG A WooLls srocxns.-
.ei, ,ory r,no-f Of the Boston Society Oh Nsu-
,.i M. tTry. last session 10 Args.t o9sIseH shN
~ We eIbibied q large, smootn a.a nsfo LsI
IN civ niche, In diameter, taken rom mo 'mssn o.
pd'i ,,t, ~ in Texas This reminds me OF Ga Incl
IL occurred some time ago In tae Seighs)'-
&c" ,,n of Sherborr. fine, large oy Va, taken
II, r,fu,ed TO est ard, 10 spite Of oil renad,es ~
.r,sSsd 20. ,oon died. Ala "poe.-mor.er1 efs1cna
Tor hard smooth bsl Of the size Of !srse sp2e,
AID resembling in consisieace, well a. in collar,
siece Of LIanite reok. was taken from HI, s.oms D.
ana IN br, liking il with henmer-fw ~. Il y9n
G, uld nCt-it proved To be wooden stocking ynss
tho ,.rDsl bad swsl,wed. and In its despsr.s egois
70 digest. had rolled over and over, eGd 1,5 n
p,esfd mo tbst rock ike bal. Sothias '7l1 give
betisg &c Of the Tremendous power Of nIse1H %
IN az al mal Of that sze. Bo-ton Travels'' oS@'
CELJ BRATIos At YORErows The ps'e'> q "a
town sid yicinry proIo,s "a Celebrate, J. .'f,s s
NAM o. The spr'9sclrg anniversary 90 p-N W ~
an Rryolu ioasSy EVEN which des'd7a u aesl'.'S
q, zoe cynntry-ias b.sGs q f.th th "