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burg Herald says there is mono Of ssy con-
sequence 10 Eastern Virgins. In some
counties it doubts whether ten bushels Of
aeorn'e,n be gathered in the entire county.
There sre some cbiukspip,, bat very few
chestDuts.
REBELLION IN GippIsos' Dprncr-Tbe
Psntep Gree Of rebellion, which have been
smoulderipg in joshua X. Giddings district,
in Ohio, ever since he was defeated 10 the
Congressional domination, have at last burst
forth. b n Richmopd, republican Of the
blacklist dye, Is gu, as an independent eau.
dida,c against Hu,ehius, the regulsr caucus
nominee.
CrEiocs INCIDENT III A WESTERN Jan =
A few days since three prisoners escaped
from the Columbia county, Wiseou,in Jail.
when prisoner convicted of murder va, al.
lowed, after urgent eutrsaty, to star, 10
pursuit Of them, on the promise that he
would return, which promise be faithfully
kept Another prisoner despatched on one
ofthe shsrids horses to notify the deputy
sheriff u tie s,esps Of The roguss
Hoo MesTRrr-It seems, says the
Hopkinsvills (Ky) Mercury, that . legion
Of devils have taken possession Of the hogs
in Davis, MuhleDbsrg, Mclean and tho .d.
jaceot counties. A gentleman who has been
travelling through these counties informs US
that the mortality is astonishing In some
places the dead are piled up by hundre d,
the air is black With crows, ravens and bur.
Iard', and the stencil is Overpower.pg
LARGE SNAKE MIR. James Burk. living
near the dividing ridge oo,weeu Ta,.v.ll
ard McDoWsll counties, killed ra,,lesnake
las! week, measuring \ little over Elk fee,
in length mud having twenty -four ra,,les.
Ricn RuOtr IsLAspERs There are 2oj
e''ilen' in Providence who pay . tax on
soO COO aud upwards. The high.., tax i,
~ Alexander Duncan, who pays si6 ,52l.ls,
on property valued q. 5000, 100. A rich
man, that.
sEocTiso SrIcrpr.-A young lady by the
Dame o. Susan ] Lane, aged about Is years,
c0nuitssd suicide few days ago ., Holly
Springs, Miss By taking striehnins.
DirD FROM SHOUTING. . meeting.
which was held BY the oolorsd people, .. .
meeting house called Little Wesley, about
three miles from Lsves, Del, on Saturday
week, negro woman from fatigue, and eI
cess Of shouting, fell dead during the eI
ercises.
grand tournament is to take place on
the 18Th Of October, at the Agricultural fair
at Frederick, Nd. ChAs Lee Armour aud
j. Mortimer kilgOur, Esqrs., will deliver
the addresses on the occasion Col. Geo.
w. Hughes, Of Anne Arundel comfy, will
deliver the usual annual address.
D. P. Baldwin, Esq, Of Richmond has
been lecturing TO crowded houses 10 Farm.
vile, Va.
Madam, Beecber Stove has been dip.d
a. tho Pslsis Royal, by e party Of French
literary ladies, 70 which gentlemen wero no,
admitted.
The residence Of John Fsllsrs. With the
furniture il contained, was destroyed BY Gre
on the Goth Inst.
Rev. Michael Gerard, . French Catholic
priest Of New Orleans, died OF yellow fever,
on the 10th inst.
Hart, tbe sculptor, has nearly finished bis
statue Of Henry Clay to be erected 10 New
Orleans.
Littleberry White, OF Amherst county,
Va fell from the roof Of his house on Tues
day week, and died from his ipjuriiS few
hours thereafter.
The LeAvenWorth Herald elaims that
there are so 900 people in Kansas at thi.
time
Mrs. Julia Dean HGyno is playing 10
Boston with Dir. aud Mrs. Z. l.. Davenport
The Spanish Minister paid, on Monday
week, into the State Department, twenty five
thousand Eve hundred dollars, interest Of
the debt Of Spain 70 American citizens.
Wm II. Thorpburg, while en- route for
Virginia, bad HE pocket picked Of $500, on
tho Pennsylvania railroad cars near Pits
burg, on Saturday week.
Hams are selling Al Crockett, TsI,s, 1t
40 cents per pound. Flour ~ so per hun.
drsd.
Rev Leroy NJ. Ice, Editor Of the Rich.
mond Christian Advocate, preached 10 the
Methodist Church IN Danvills Monday even
log week
james Donovan, of Broadkin Hundred
Del died few days ago from m modification
Of tho leg, caused BY IroadiBg on a suspsnder
buckle
A Knitting machine has just been invsn.
ed BY genius in ssnses county, N. Y, aud
It is claimed that IL will hnit psrfss, stock.
Jog 10 Eve minutes
Thirty families bOusd for Csrsso. Iii
Tbsysr's Virginia tow, passed Pomsroy,
Ohio, on Wednesday night
John Morris'sy, tbs prise aEhisr. vas
few days sines, presented bV savsy,I n IA.