New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-06


no futher footbod is AFFORDED aud another step would
lead one to an intimate acqns rance with ell the nys-
teres which it is here forbidden dc to know. Ere long,
doubtless that the stratum o! soft rock below has
fallen aud been pounded 10 clay, the upper mass will
fall Aud then another step viii haze been taken IN
the slow aud tedious course III which Niagara has
eaten lis way back from Queensto III, aud is II
geulogsts say true, to wear Itself away somewhere
above Chippewa.
SonSAMBrLIsM-A FATHER Walks rsro THE
RIVER WITH A CHILD IL HIS ARMs-BoTH ARE
DRowsED.-One of the most awful results of sleep
walking of which Ne have heard for a long time
iianspired at the Upper Ferry Landing during the
light preceding yesterday. Friday evening farmer
nained John Bray, from Indiana who removing
10 some point ON the Nj ssouri River with his wife,
fathern.law, and four children, came in on the Ohio
anO Mississippi Railroad Being 10 Strengthened cir
oumstances the family obtained permission To stop for
tie night in small room on the fery dock at the foot
Of Carr street. B,tween II and O'Clock in the night
Bray arose. in his sleep. and taking his youngest child,
aged three year, in his arms walked from the room
end into the water The piteous waiting cries Of the
child aud the lcud call OF the father for help.
drew a number of persons 70 the melancholy scene ron
the adjacent places on the Levce. The frantic gre
Of the family parook Of the incoherent and witness
Of the maniac and described 20 be o the most heart
rending description. Before ingenuity could resolve
any means of rescuug tine drowning objects, bOtn
had sank, TO be more alive. We have rarely
been called on to record u more appalling casualty.
s.. Louis Republican, Nov. l.
PRoY. PEIRCE's THEORY OF THE Covers TAIL
This theory may be cOncisely stated to be the DIS
covery Of the law under which the tail is formed.
While planets and comets describe their orbits about
the and attracted To the center by a Ia" Ok
force which varies inversey ne the square OF the ds-
lance this centerthc PARTICLES of the tail move
under the influence OF repulslon which follows tue
very same law as gravtation, of decrease with DIS
tance. The force of the rcpulsion is about hreo and
third times great as that Of gravitation Each par
iice of the tail describes dependent orbit OF its
own, unaffected by any cohesive attachment to tho
comet itself, to the neighboring particles of the tall
The orbit Of each particle is hyperbola, with the
sun in the focus Of the opposite branch taat its
vexity is turned toward the sun; and the orbit is tan
gent to the paraboc orbit of the comet al the point
where the particle leaves this body. The forms of the
as of the remarkable comets of 1850 II H. and of the
present year, computed by this theory, have been
found TO coincide remarkably with observation, al
though they were of the most distinctly various
characters. Boston Conrer.
DELAWARE BANK RoBBED.-lt was discovered on
Monday morning that the Delaware Bank had been
entered by q burglar or burglars on Sunday night,
and some $3S 600 stolen. The bank was entered by
false KEYS hole cut into the floor under wood box,
and the vault entered from below by digging away
part OF It's foundation and removing one oi the tat
stones with which it is paved. Before leaving the
vault the bolt of the lock fastened frum tue n-
side, 80 that il about before the vault could
be gotten into, when the burglary was discovered.
OF the amount stolen, s-s,o0 were IN DIS OF tae
bsnk Sl5, 900 Of which mutilated; 5000 in gold
and silver, and 81 600 in other money. The bank
offers 900 reward for the return Of the money and
conviction of the thief, LOCO for The thief and
- 600 for the money, or in proportion to the amount
recovered. II is gratifying 10 know that such is the
condition of the bank that this loss does not crippe Is
business in any material degree.
[Delhi IN. " Express
MAIL RoBBERIEs II MNSE.-On tue night Of the
3Oth Of August, bag containing the California and
Eastern mails taken from the stage bound East,
somewhere on the Ellsworth road. No clue to ii
discovered. On the night IF October II the mail bag
on the route cut and relieved Of portion "
It's contents. The proper authorities at once set 10
work 10 frrt out the rogues and the result, OF ther
labors was the arrest Of Roswell Miller Of Holden, in
whose house some papers, which evidently belonged
10 the lost mails, were found, and Charles Foster Of
Brewer who was found concealed in Miller rs house.
This was on the 2ls ut Snd search having been since
contin ued for the lost nail bag il found on tie lt
inst. concealed under leaves and mos in the woods
about three-quarters Of q mile from Millers house.
All the letters sd been broken open and red OF their
valuable contents. The papers had been but little dis
turbed. II is believed tina. othes we're engaged N
the robbery. Boston Journal, Nov. 3.
SOUTHERN RarRoaDs.-TAc Nrcon GA TIE
graph authorizes everybody to say that Georgia has
over 200 miles Of railroad bull; aud paid for, and
Welding to the stockholders more than average of
seven per cent in yearly dividends. Two hundred
mil, OF additional roads to be added 10 the present
during the coming season. The Southern railroads
generally are profitable. In North and South Carolina
,hey pay regular dividends generally. The fact is
ihey build only such roads really wanted a. the
south, and build cheapy. There Is no insane coupe
itiop there.
"Tur I,srr1urroS."-TIe Concord ~. HI
!Statman says rather literary young gentleman,
wearing st,dy gown, to this; city and told the
hackman at the railway station that lie wanted 10 go
10 " The Institution. vtereuqon Jeau conveyed him
10 the State hlsol.