New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-12

DEAD LETTERs.-The dead-letter branch Of 10
General Post Office las just closed another quarters
work. During the three months wlicn terminated on
the th nit. tnere were found - letters which coz
tanned money amounting IN the uggreg gate to ?i29I2
Tor the quarter which closed JUti Juae last the's
were received I 5i9 letters and : 4 iyS - in money
For the quarter ending 18th Mach, ~ letters and
sl3,4.5 ID m money. Quarter Clo sed list Deoenod,
81 letters ard $500 90 in each. Total IN the ye,
l. lOz ltt,rs ana sb ,23y ~ in money. II IL graLi-
To- state that under the efficiency aud prOmpuid-'
which claracterizes the finance bureau, over hine,
tents Of tie whole amount Of cash has been restored
10 the original owners.
LEAD MisISG.--Ihe lead miners IN Wisconsin sni
Iowa meeting with great SUCCESS. In the Neigh
bornood Of Farllay, Wisconsin, tgO young men r.
ceLty struck lode from Which, 40 the latest slycss'
they were taking an average of $1,000 pounds u NM
eTai per day. Within q very short time they pave
raised GOO pounds. Other Oles have been saasA
IL the vicinity which promise Handsome yield Ins
ObushOn Range mines, IN Grant Comfy, WIS., ~s
ssd 10 coLtaIh vast deposits VI mineral, large qosIA
t's OF which are beng daily raised. 1ners $ AZ
equally promising SHOW near Gutenberg, CbeNsa
County, Iowa. on the opposite side Of the Msslssp,
and also at Fountain HIll, above Eagle Point nh1b
Is beng prosecuted in the bluffs around DaD1iOe,
with very encouraging results. Inc Express saysa''
rcb lodea are being struck daily.
a duel was recently fought near Memphis, Iern.,
between Mr.. Waters Of Virginia AMI DR. j. T. N'ss
formerly Of Lancaster, Pa. They met on an isAB',
Of the bloodiest duels on rccori. Ihey hrei W.
rounds with Derrner pistols, both being wonndeaA
each fire. TLey then, by agreement res0red 70 ~
yolyers, and continued the night. Mr. Waters W.
riddl.d al every shot, and died the night Df'
Neele received wounds that viii probably terminate
fatally. =.
Tgr CBERRY-COLoRED Car OUrDosE.-E
portland Me-. q cute Yankee advertised lecture %
- Hun bug Of Spritualsm," the point Of v1lca
,,N ,e letting the cat out of the bag" admisioo
s. cents only. 4 large audience gathered at taa
~ Hall o. Wednesday evening, and the lecturer,
e,,.y = ,ew wo- -ds the nature vi humbug took NON
b.renth his dess q bag, which he promptly oiebsa'
and ,rt ,DranP r,'rpaJle rat! The audience, i1lo.
r1ely for the lecturer reshed the joke, and and ta
burst applause that followed, he Jet himself oo'"
the ecture-rO0n.
Woodruff I.os6EvIrY-We record the me-
wonderful case Of longevity that has cone 70 ~,
notice On the morning VI Sunday the 81 mss, 70
died in East C0rinth, 10 this county, u maiden "
named Edgerly, whose age as shown by the wrlee.
record, liz years II is said that she was yesi.
olt when tie record made, 50 that ber real sse
l-2 year,. She perfectly retained her faculties e' =.
within two years her eyesight being clear enous.
enable her to thread needle readily as any y"''e
person. She was born on Cape Cod IL l.5o. r..o,s
Last Sunday morning large black bear was rv S;r.
near GrshAmville. Sullivan County. Traces % 49, -
were fret discovered in the cornfeh OF james hor..
whence he was tracked to within quarter OF ~ ~
If the vege where he halted TO sight back tne aoss
ths, were in pursuit u him, When irst seen nc :;
sitting upon lis hind egs surrounded by the oos' ss
which posture he was shot through the noSs.
v, ,ssht was 80 pounds ,ElfpyAe jour- w"