Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-08-07
Various Matters East.

week preceding the 4th of July-one of them ftt-
tai, il is supposed,
SOME Iowa Williams have been salting' the
gold diggings in that State with brass filings,
thereby swindIing and deceiving the eager and
inexperienced gold searchers. The Dubuque Her
aid thinks the gold diggings bumbug.
The war in Yucatan has terminated in peace
ful partition of the territory into two indepen-
dent States.
KING LEOPOLD of Belgium, thinks of taking
another of Mrs Victoria's daughters off her
hands and the free Britons are going to pay
the expenses.
THE Catholics Of Lafayette, Ind, have pur-
chased a square of ground in that city for the
purpose of erecting q cathedral nunnery, school,
&c. The whole will cost 100000
A MAN travelling along Lake Joliet in Illinois,
was attacked and nearly devoured by pack of
wolves.
AN invention has been made, in New York, by
which both sides of a newspaper can be printed
at once.
WHEN Gov. Cummings reached Salt Lake he
discovered that extensive preparations had been
skilfuly made to give the city to the flames, Ia
the Russians at Moscow Large quantities of
dried fence wood had been arranged in many
houses, which match would have kindled TO a
cOnHagratiOn.
An iron shaft for water wheel, weighing 90
600 pounds, has been cast in Baltimore
A MAN of Washington CO., Penn, recently lost
his wife in the mornng-was arrested by the con
stable at IL o'clock-married his second wife be-
fore night-and followed the remains of his first
wife, in company with the second, to the grave
the day after.
THE highest honor of Cambridge University,
in England, has been conferred on American
boy-tbe first instance on record
Tue father Of j. E. McDonough ia dead in Phil
adelphia, at the age Of 80 years.
A GREAT FIRE has been in the woods of Cana
da, aud bas burned the dwelling-places of 700
people.
PRESTON FARLEY, preacher of Kanawha CO.,
Va, is to be hung for the murder of his wife,
H. chokcd her to death with rope and threw
the body into the river
MICHIGAN man has planted 1900 acres of po
tatoes this year.
DURING the late Mississippi food Cairo Tas so
far under water that it could hardly be seen or
heard from The inhabitants were content with
saving their lives only.
THE captain Of n vessel on New England coast
recently went crazy, killed the mate and wound
able for humanity and kindness.
The degree of Bach1lor of Arts has been
conferred on young woman, by all Ohio col
lege.
TIE Moravian congregation at Bethlehem. Pa.
have over million OF dollars at interest.
Is St. Louis they wash the streets with steam
fire engines.
lr is a strange feature in the political histo-
ry Of Europe at the present moment that every
state is aImng and fortifying itself against some
imaginary enemy, and that the works are being
hastened, according TO their own words : in the
provision OF events that may soon arise
FOWL in Boston has been to roost 81 years,
the weather cock, on Hanover street Church.
The Collins line of steamers has been sold to
French contractors for 81, 10000
AT Masonic celebration at Wcllsville, N Y,
700 persons fell through the floor, the upper tim
bers falling on them, and no one was killed 80
or 40 were hurt
PARTY Of Iankton Indians recently destroy
ed The town of Medary, in Dakota Territory in.
Guiding all property they could find.
lr is reported that Gov. Denver, of Kansas, in
tended to resign his office this month for what
cause is net stated.
Gov STEwArT, of Mo, recently called a cit.
2'n ID Iar,' got knocked down and was
pretty generally hammered
HEY have raised a scaEdaous story about n
great rrvivalist preacher in one of the Attain
nc cities that young girl became impressed,
and in the course of time was delivered of an il
Legitimate, which she attributes entirely to the
preachers 'revivaist powers One of the el-
ders Is also mixed up in the affair, and there is a
great fuss in the church.
GREAT deal of display was made in removing
The remains OF President Monroe to Virginia at
Norfolk the Mayor made an eloquent speech at
the landing of the vessel
THE editor of the Santa Fe Gazette saws he has
seen single Jumps of gold taken from the mines
there worth $4,000 to $4,000 He likewise states
that he has seen cord of silver in bars, and all
mined without machinery.
lHE overflow of The lower Mississippi in Nav.
which submerged the sugar plantations of Loui-
siana was followed by rise of the Upper Mis-
sissippi the Missouri, and their tributaries, fore.
ing new channels, caving in the banks floating
away woodpiles undermining the largest trees
ana tumhUng them into the stream, submerginp
islands and forcing their inhabitants to fly :
drowning hogs, distractng people with fear,
sWampng towns, washing into the second story
WINDOWS oi houses, and producing second d. l.
nge on limited scale. At one point on the Mis-
sSslppl the river WAS ten miles wide the railroad
lay under an ocean of water and steamboat
Piled over its track.
TINES are dull in the West people are glad
TO work for half dollar a day-in California
the price of cigar and a drink
twas on cold auiumnal night, a dismal one
10 view; DARK clouds ohscured fair Vcnus light,
ana not star appeared in sight, as the thick
forest thro' Mnggings-ns nsnnl 8 M hal