New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-25
INTERESTING NEWS ITy1,.


LEDGER. asserts that the Mississippi Rive, .s-ra
cal tie Father Of Waters is not 10 be GOV
the Rsrg.,ss. Kisrg Eiver, TO which hs 49,
rsme OF Mother OF Wa.eTs." Inproof az ina. -
psres the width ard volume Of the tFos:r.,-
Mississippi, opposite New 0rlssr,, lie rx o,,,. -
ysrds wids With a mean depth OF 100 -,
mean velocity Of nearly : miles per bo,,.
body OF water ! miles lora, coo ysrcs sa. ..sss
feet thick, Is driven mo the Gulf OF Asr;,aa w
hour. A little more thsn one hundred ME. f,,N.p
mou'h Of the Yong e, hIarS ne Son Of ,as S.st
!, geo yards wids, has an average depth OF % a..
mean velocity o, two miles per hour T,,,Se
have, be remarks, body OF water two ulsI.'s
| geo yards vide, snd ~ feet thick, hourly u.s.i =,
the bosom of the Yellow Sea. Compare ri. 40
with the first and II will be iDund to De Aim - s.is
Were the length of the great Chinese ~s,er ,,,.'s
only kLowp, the comparison Eiglt be cOuos,ss, -
that Garnet be Until the Interior II China = o,s,.Ss
the world. lls estimated lergth : $500 uilss ~
Of the Mississippi is 3, 200 miles. Lieut. Hsb.,i.s..
estimates that the waters OF the Ysng-,e. a..
slcrg in Suspension the remarkable qgslti.y al 49,.
32l per cert Of sedimeotSry matter. AcssnSi.s y.
this esmsie gS6, S36 600 cubic feet fnrI "a $50
Transported 10 the sea by this river \, se.r.
Incredible but ss the earthly matter discharged ,S
Ysrg -kispg o0lors toe sstsIs a. is roula x,,sr
10 them the name of the yellow S'a, beside c-ui,s
immense flats, tie smOunt must be very lsss.
The Yang tse-kspg, however, beaEsro better coz.
Hsbersham, the Mississippi does TO the lress Rys,.
The Amazon, which is the srgest river in the w0i
is 169 miles IN length in direct line o. iucla1il.
wuongs nearly i,OCO miles, while 400 miles IRON Ia
Atlantic II T. more than a mile IN widt5, and ta
velocity of 8! niles per hour, and IN mld.cunea 70
bottom is found With 20 fathoms or leo feet. ia
noble river with its tributaries, ia estmsted 10 AFT
$1,000 miles fol- IN and Z avigalop.
MURDER.-A correspondent OF The Noble W.re,,y
he -. -
the following particulars Of the murder OF NJ H.d.
ua, by j. NJ. Steele at Enterprise, the syesi.s,t
the llth:
From sill accounts, il was co'ib)OJet ss,i-
Steele il the keeper o. livery stable, scd s.m,
that Hudnal snd some other gentlemen lad Gees az
trg at the stable engaged in warm ,sicn about
some natter. One by one they had risen AID lslt
after sunset and Hudnalt was the last 70 rise 10 a.
part Steele intercepted and detained him, aud cur.
nenced getting up 3 row with bin. He thrur LIE
person about 10 a rude aud angry manner and salri
him with stealing money out 81 hls pocket. HltlA
told him that he was liar, whereupon steele s.supt
ed 10 strike him with stick, when llidns s1eeee.-
ed in wrestling from him. Steele then drew bosn
knife and cut his throst Of which he died 10 fsv
minutes. Steele walked through the crowd, with he
knife in his hand, defyiog the whole Of them. sa
up and stood over his viclm "a be was expiring
ard hesped abuse upon him, with hornd inprss stons
lie then mounted horse, ard rode away unnoes.sd.
There were but few persons about.
IIudnall was an elderly msn-probsby 6O-rof-
tDslve and esteemed for his genterefs 0f disposition,
~ we'll 81 for many other manly trsts. Tn) nurdsr
has produced profound Sensation in the comnartJ.
"Steele is young man. who has been leading late
" very reckless hte and had become the terror Of
the town indeed He stands indicted for sundry en-
rsgeous aots, and among them assaults With ntst. 70
Kill. Had he appeared at the camirg Circuit Csut
for Clark 10 answer, h. would probADy have bees
sent TO the Penltentsry. 1t is SAID that he has ss
be hind him in bis Hight beautiful and anaoie VIE
with one child
FIVE Cents AND KIss.--Some days ago We ststsl
that conductor upon the Sixth stIset R4lrosd hSd
ssed attractive female passenger, the kssee ssh
uniting to the with ell the nsurane-s OF hit.
ten in pursult OF the tip OF Its own tail Tho oondGS
ter who enjoyed this sacchsrine privilege ~sw cal
Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith having received his fare, ard
kissed the cheIryCheeked passenger, gal snty assist.
ed her to aght from the vehicle As ne did this he
was espied by MIR. Brown, smother CONDUCTOR on the
sane hle. Brown had brother for whom he wanted
to obtair place. and undertook to shovel down
MIR. Smith Tor this purpose. Mr.. Brown then lodged
a complaint with tho officers of the road, and Aid
back to await the results.
Mr.. Smith was accordingly brought up before tie
bunal OF the Directors, while Brown was present u
prosecutor in the Gaze. Brown inside a formidable
charge against Smith, ard allowed that kissing lady
passengers something altogether outside tas reg
uletioBs Of the road. Smith being put upJn liz
defense, brought in the kissee, yey pretty young
lady, whom lie hadn't before for some years, ct
least, and WAC happened to BE- his own sister, The
tribunal ct this expedition of the cucunstarce, sc-
quilted Hr. Smifh at once, and then discharged
Brown for bis mesnness in Tepor'Dg a. al oatfs5s
that which was not only natural but conmsndsos-
Brown row wishes he had stayed out Ut the shoyeux
business, and acted like msn. Phi. Gaz ,Ets.
CURIOUS Stony ABOUT THE QuEESs MTssAor.-I
have heard from a high source to-day somewhat
singular statement which, i true land cannot doubt
H. explains two matters, namely: Fret how the Pre-
ident secure from being hOaxsd IN the mHtcr OF
the Queens message on the sub-A.l 1n,ic tsegrpl,
ard secondly, why lie should cone from the SllGsn
Home into the city rear midnight, to write h.ssnre
The statement IT, that copies of both documents ve'd
Die pared some tine sgo and exchanged betssefne
parties, and that Queen Nictoras note ard COPY OF
Mr.. Buchanan reply were locked up in the Stse "
psItment This was done, il is said, 10 proven. In
poeition-and very admirable plan Il certainly w.:
The why the President returned % the eity
night IL hereby made obvious ~ II unfouotedy va
for the purpose Of comparing the message sen, 70 ~
with the copy previously placed IN his possessoa ~
slso to obtain His prepared reply from the s'es
Department. Tie fact Of the Queens message oshs
incomplete and Whist wa the substance Of the eohsS
portion seems to have been known 10 M Bucsscss
when he wrote bis reply; snd the wording q the nFI
lws.h Cor Of b., R.yas1ss
a LrsTY LIE.-When q man attempts 70 ", "
Ike 10 see him 20 at Il with bs whole soul. WEI
Gaze IN point: recent Calfornia PiPe' er'Ls
letter from Frederick Lchtsrberger, Nj. D. W
states that a companion named Efneet Flgs1SrI.s
gel, while prospecting for gold IN the nsigaborfoeeu
Fraser River, found some geodes which Se neses
OF quartz containing pint Of fun csicd the rsa
Of capitalization, which was drs bytas auior'sas~
man, with testing remark, SD sooa ai.sr re %
planned Of great weight aud p>in in III s'ons.a SIS
bowels. In a shoIt tins he ded, and hs p,ey =
stsrtly became rgid ard IA .sw hours pr W ~,
took place TIE whole body hssb, blood, hest, Ns,
intestlnes, &C., becoming st5rs. Thus, - nbA -
hsE pant, the poor elbow became quartz
A. IuroRr.sr Dis,oyIrr.-Proiess0r y. !.
Greerouyh. of Bostop, has discovered q nee ioeess
by .h.ch bun ing fluid sSd can pAsIs sre mss 1o1
eirlosiye, thereby saving The firss o.