, 1858-09-24
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
sTETLACOOM, W. T., SEPT. "a, 1858.


e ADDITIONAL ATLANTIC ITEMS.
Gov. King has denied the application Of Jas.
Kelly, convicted in Kings County Of the murder
Ufshis wife, for cOmmutatiOn Of sentence. He
was accordingly executed on the 3Oth ult
Gen. Burnett, who was recently appointed Sur
Seyor General Of Kansas, has filed his official
bond and left for Nebraska City, to enter upon
the discharge of his duties as soon as practicable
after the 1st ult.
Another instance Of the unhappiness Of liter
ary people appears in the fact that Mrs Estella
Anna Lewis, the poetess Of Brooklyn, has obtain
ed divorce from her husband
In the Supreme Court, Judge Ingraham grant
ed the motion for writ Of error and stay Of
proceedings in the case of Cancemi, charged with
tho murder Of Policeman Anderson.
Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord Henry Caven.
dish and the Hon. Mr.. Ashley LEFT St. Anthony,
Minnesota, on Tuesday, the goth ult, on buffalo
hunt in the wilds Of Dacotah. They went with
the same great party which Mohammed Pasha,
the Turkish Admiral, was to have accompanied
and will be absent in the western wilds about
six weeks.
The Rev Eleazer Williams, tho Bourbon prince,
is now dangerously sick at Hogansburg, Frank.
lin county, New York.
The l59th commencement Of Yale College took
place on the goth ult The graduating class
numbered 90.
Tho Canton Vt) Gazette says there are four
sisters in town weighing nine hundred and
thirty-ive pOunds-the shortest being about six
feet high, weighing two hundred and fiity.six.
A Memphis paper contains an account Of a
wedding festival on plantation near that city,
at which nine slave couples, "black as ebony"
were joined in the bonds Of matrimony.
The scientific expedition under COL Styles,
which started for New Mexico and Arizona some
months ago, has been heard from, having reach
ed ElPasO early in June. It was to proceed i'm
mediately to the silver districts of Arizona.
A recent number Of the St. Louis Democrat
says that on the down trip Of the steamer Editor.
in the Illinois, few weeks since, at O'Clock Pm,
shower or stream Of the Mormon or Shad fly
poured upon her decks to the depth Of six inches,
and Il was very difficult matter to shovel them
overheard They were so numerous as to put
out the watchmans light and envelOp everything
in midnight darkness. The trees along the shore
looked as Il borne down by these short lived in.
sects. The visitation is said to prognosticate q
sickly season.
Ayoung girl named Emma Evans, IA years Of
age, residing in Eleventh avenue, New York, died
few evenings since from the effects Of sudden
fright II appears that deceased went with her
father and others to a saloon to get supper, and
on returning to Mr.. Martins house, she went in
the basement way, followed by her father. As
she entered the hall. the servant girl called out
"halls," or something that sounded like that
word, and Miss Evans became suddenly fright.
ened, fell to the tagging and died in few min
uteS DR.. BOuton made post mortem examina-
ton Of the body, and found that blood vessel Of
the brain had been ruptured, and the jury rem.
dered verdict as follows: "That deceased came
to her death by shock to the nervous system,
in being frightened by thinking she perceived
some strange shadow in the basement above al.
luded TO-"