Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-09-03


recovery. Several others in the town were
more or less injured.
, gentleman from Saukville, in this State
I INFORMS us that in that vicinity the whirhyind
was no less destructive than at Woodland -
/ nouses We're blown down and trees uprooted
ror h,lies ana miles the whirlwind male its
way, myiDg everything before IT, We arc Ia
lul that the damage to the southern nortinn ~
hiscohsln Is of great amount Fields of corn
en" stacKs OF wheat were torn up and scatter.
ou' several persons were slightly Injured bnt
none severely that our informant heard of
m, rom gentleman who arrived from por,
Washington we learn that at that place a largo
hin,',' = Vi houses were unrooled, buildings
plomh down and trees torn up. Motives. how.
ever, were lost. ''' W."
URINE PROPERLY PUNfsHED.-The Rostor
courts have had on trial d physician pan,od
nolliah allas Levcry, and Mrs. Robinson. ON
ho cnarge oil attempting to extort money from
crto,;", al py threatening to accuse him OF
s criminal intercourse with Mrs. Robinson. who
10 a. a wie OF member of the Suffolk bar.
me woman, it appears, has been practicing
wi years thls species of eXturtion, gettinS
Wyery large sums Of money from timid men
ihe last intended victim had tho moral copr-
ase 70 refuse to be plucked, and broup bt his
oa aaS ia'U court, where jury gave verdict
against the parties engaged in the consnirsc,
and they have been sent to the State nrjs9n
ior nVe years. This crime is freauentIv nrn
,ieeu, ana is on tho increase, from tho un,vil-
mhghess OF injured parties to appear in conrt
Men have been known to pay repeatrd AIMS
70 such harpies, rather than endure an cvno-
SURE, Ihough every additional compliance with
the demand for hush money only places the
victim more completely at the mercy Of tbs
,ilany Whlch EFFORTS it. TIE crime is so de-
los'aoie IN It's character that those guilty of IL
arc generally certain to be convicted. as M
Ilgnt-inlhded jury can feel any sympathy for
such deprayity and meanness.
STEAM Hon CARRiFR.-T1g PbiIadol,,i,
Bu letin has the following description of n
" steam hod carrier" which was in operation
on " new building in that cltyon Thursday,
ino motive power was a small locomotive
looking Steam engine, upon wheels, which al.
though stationary at the time. Ioolied 90
though 1t could be moved readily abont fron,
point to point. A mammoth hod holdins
WE'VE OF hlteen times the quantity of bricks
anu mortar which could be carrin2~Ar the ]
1 S',ms; laborer, was whisked tQs - j.
puiiolng IN q trice by the san
with the aid of a crane and
Ono man attended the eaaS
tho mammoth hod, thiff0
delivery up aloit, and withonfV
sweat tho little steam engine an
| fully fifteen men.
A GAtLANr AND NOZZLE DEED.-Durinv tbe
passage OF the steamship, Glasgow from New
iorN 10 Glasgow, a female with child in her
arms was accidentally swept overheard, Mr
Robertson, husband Of the vocalist and aotrsss
MISS georgia Hodson, observed the accident
ah0 needless of danger, lost not a moment IL
plunglng into tho boiling ocean. A life bnoy
was thrown to him, which he caught simuito.
neousiy with his grasping the sinking ,nnther
ana INFANT. The engines were backed, blue
hghts were burned, as it was almost dark and
life boat lowered, and the woman wifi har
infant, as well as TIER gallant preseryer. were
rescued from their perilous situation. A medal
mas been ordered for presentation TO tho hero
OF this noble exploit.
EXHIBITION OF THE II s AGptcrtrr,n
SOCIETY -LouIsyiLLE, August 81 Tho Anrm.i
Exhibition Of the u S. Agricultural Snn;,I 10 ,i
mus morning, AZ 10 oolSck, when the ButSber a.
society, to the ampihtheaire when he deIivsro5 VIZ
eloquent address in the presence OF Ii uGo rad ~
hali OF whom were ladies. Many dis,ipgHisSnj'
strangers were also present, S''N
Tho remainder of the day was devoted 10 49,,
speed on the track, and voluntary eybibi,iors ~
hoISes IN me amphitheatre. Between six and sea-
nudussq entries OF superior sos have been made
anu hulluons are constantly maxine $50
with strangers N4- '"' WY IS crowded
LouisviLLE, Sept. = Thiity.six slas,e. =, p,,..
nh, ;n u beVoh STOCK and OF horses, were ON Az
to be unrvalled 80 F'V"9""eol
kentueky, Ohio md Indiana stock, took ali IN
prizes which were awarded to-day. Wv" "'' '"e
, Ihe weather is delightful and the atlsr,,,,,, -.
Tie exhibition very largo N""e" ~
intense Interest is manifested in the exhibition L |
'ne mos celebrated stock breeders who are prossn3
VERMONT ELECTION --Bosros Sent m.
eieetlon Tor State Off GERS In Vermont cams on Ia nv
ssn, bons iecelyed from thence, up to tho pre-
Tlelcner as Governor over Henry KEYS Dam SnJ
nm IN neeer Wing Fletcher is the candidate of
j ng meP sidn and Know-NOhings combined,
S S olhne, Tho Republican candidate for Iiamt'
uuFeIhor, anu Henry NJ, Bates, also Repnbi,can
'O' fe"S"fer' are llkewiFe supposed 10 be elected.
\, GREAT HORSE EXHIBITION AT ELMIRA
r.D'-hLhiRA, Sept. LA hundred horses bavs |
oeeu tereu 70 compete for the prizes at the great
eSnioilon, " hiCh commenced here to-day grand
oaValeade OF all the horses on exbipIto5 strtsJ NJ
noon ied by Flora Temple, Jack Rossiter Lancat |
hnu Other trOtting celebrities Tho disni,v v,o ~
ana IV sss i%PPGsng character The weather is fine
uuu tne exhibition is thrOnged with yisitsrs coming
from all parts of the State and country, SO''''As
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Kd ZION RANsAs-sr Louis, September The
hahsas correspondent Of the DE- mOcrat saws a ~
ing was held at Lawrence on the 22d III 10 ~.
4elegatea to the Grasshopper Falls Conventnn
stitu,tS gs wing Of the free State party con-
l',ut.u hVe sNths of the auditory Tho dnIaSnta.
elecuen. ''""s NJ INC Oclubcl
CAM reg proSs9"' has been entered in the case Of
a. n LUCKY PRINTER.-A correspondcnt Of
the Rural Southerner," writing from 81
John, New Brunswick, says:
Two miles above the suspension bridga I,
me village Of lndiantown, from which 5Isce
the up-riVer steamboats, depart. at this vii.
iage l made the acquaintance of Mr. Uam
thorne, the proprietor of the Frederjckton In
OF boats, who informed me that he was barn
IN Virginia, and at one time worked as n con-
positor on the Z" Baltimore Patriot He :.
now worth near half million of dollars.
ACCIDENTS PROM MowIad MAcHIvrs.-
Springfield, Ohio, Thomas Porter killed. He
was in kneeling posture, forward of the ma.
chine: when the horse started and cut off hio
right leg above the knee. He was 20 years old
In Ashtabula CO., Ohio, u Mr.. Barber one ~
the great cheese makers of that county. had bis
foot nearly severed. In Lorain CO., ohio NJ
Pomeroy lost an arm and was otherwise iniured
Two MEN KILLED BY A BEAR.-On Tburs-
Jay night last man at Troy, N. Y, named
Harvey, who was intoxicated, laid down near
where tame bear was chained, and in few
minutes was seized by the bear, and so horri. !
by mangled that he died in few hours +!
soon after another drunken man named Hoev !
aid down on the same spot and met with a !
imilar horrible death. I