Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-25
THE NEWS 0F THE DAY.

leo by a body OF Constitutionaiists, which
us via Texas, is confirmed by accounts
in the Havana papers OF the llth
and 18th inst Some Two thousand meiI, uR-
der Gen. Blanco, appear to have made a rush
on the capital, in hopes of being assisted BY
the discontinued party in 1t. They were, how
ever. repafssd, and IN consequence OF the
movements in the city, many arrests we're made
It does not appear that this movement IS ike
ly to have any decisive influence upon the re-
suit OF the contest.
The overland mail from California arrived
at st. Louis on the Goth, with San Francisco
dates of the 10Th. A heavy snow storm COM
menced on the night Of the 2lst inst, and ex-
tended throughout the State. In consequence
of it, the miners had been driven from several
of the river beds, though it was deemed "a fa-
vorable indication by the miners Of a good
winters business
Ebenezer Thayer, Of Boston, committed SUI
icide on the 34th ult.
The bark Emilee had arrived at San Fran
cisco from Rio Janeiro with six hundred and
fifty thousand pounds of coffee.
The steamer Cortez, had also arrived at San
Francisco from Victoria on the 23d of Octo-
pCat 0AAuSiHk III HdcoOh6Vto AAO P1~t
600 in treasure. The reports from Fraser
river were favorable.
Two murders were perpetrated in Detroit,
on Wednesday evening. The first was the
result oEss&altereation ON board the schooner
Aabatress pthe dock, during which a
steyedore, named Daniel Flynn, was shot dead
by the captain OF the vessel. Later in the
evening o man named John Miller, residing in
the upper part Of the city, shot his brother-in-
law, Peter Shaner, killing him almost instantly.
The murderers in both of these affrays are I'M
der arrest.
A locomotive near Newbern, N. c., explo-
ded her boiler Oh Monday, killing the engineer
and baakemen aud seriously wounding two
others.
VIM. &. Ford, who murdered Officer Burn
ham, in Baltimore, was sentenced Oh Friday
to be hung in that city.
Congress meets this year, on the 9TH Of De-
cember. tn House meets in its new hall, the
Senate in its old one.
A bill has been introduced into the legisla-
ture of Georgia, to prevent the use Of any Lat
in phrases many of the Legislative acts of that
State.
A widow visiting her husbands grave in q
Phi adelphia cemetery, last week had her pock.
ct picked by some adroit thief, who had fol-
lowed q funeral procession int the grave yard.
For thss&seae year ending June so, 1858.
the total imports'of the United States amount
ed to $2S2,6l3, $50, including $l9,274,496 in
specie aad bullion, The exports for the same
period amodSSsteedd to 1924 ,se4 49i, Of which
$50, 633,147 was specie and bullion.
la OoonoJ OJKooeo d;o1 =, AA..bl.ko.l
Mass, On Friday, in consequence Of a severe
beating which he received at the hands OF a
schoolmate, whom he had reported for some
delinquency, while acting as monitor in the
school.
ANOTHER logal Improvement is contemplated
in Russia, il the establEishlpWseHqtt OF two new
omnibus companies, each with q capital of
250, 900 roubles, and a team road, to connect
st. Petersburgh with the island OF Wasiti.
DR.. Theodore Gaillardet, who was convicted
Of f~eleRioqs assault and battery upon Mr..
Crapston, proprietor Of the New York Hotel,
and who was confined ip the Tombs awaiting
sentence, succeeded in making bis escape from
one of the officers attached to the Court Of
General Sessions on Saturday, and has not
since been heard OF.
The New 90 Express, after mentioning
tie fact u #Gwere an unusuaf4nnmber Of
women attending the New York courts on
Monday, very gaIlanty adds: Consequently
the efforts Of the officers to keep silence in the
court rooms were entirely 'uhaVAiliug.n
Frank Hill, d CLERK Ia the Little Rock Post
Office, Ark, has been sentenced to hard labor
in the State Penitentiary for six years for rob-
bing the mails.
TBs wife Of Thomas Roper, of Hartford,
Mass, was SO frightened by the light of a
barn which was on fte in proximity to her
house, and which shone into her window. that
she dropped dead to the floor. She was near
ly forty years of age. 1t is probable that a
disease of the heart had something to do with
her death.
aCol. h. NJ. Roe, the New York W. press
maker, is about to construct a carriage to
travel over any turnpike or coed country road
aud to be propelled by steam. 1t is intended
for himself, to ride out and in between his
place Of business and bis country seat, about
twelve miles from the city of New York. 1t
is expected that the carriage aud propeline
power will not cost more than o good pair of
horses and / coach, and travel over a fair
road at the rate Of two-thirty per mile
A young gentleman of twelve, and a young
lady OF eleven, Of Albany, took d notion to
elope, fqr the purpose of getting married, on
Tuesday. They We're oovertakeh by their any
ious friends, who agreed that exactly seven
years from that time the marriage should take
place.
The entire front of the large brick bniIdiuo
on Quay street, Albany, n. Y, in which Mr.,
Shepherd d Co, had stored several thousand
bushels 81 grain, fell out on Friday morning
into the road, and some four or gye Thousand
bushels OF oats~weFe thrown out with the
bricks into the street.
An inquest was held in New York On Tues
day, by Coroner Gamble, at No. 10 Ganse-
WORT street, upon the body of a girl eleven
years old, who died from the effects of iniuries
received about two week ago by falling upon
9 pair Of scissors. Deceased, it appeared, was
down staipg with a pair Of scissors in
her bands, yles she missed her footing aud
fell. LII her descent down the stairs tie scis.
sors stuck INTO her neck, puacturing the carr
otoid artery. HAd 5uguiar vein. The little sui.
ferer was promptly attended to by a doctor.
she gradually sunk under the injuries, and
died yesterday morning in great agony. Yer
dict in accordance withh the above facts. De-
ceased was q native Of Germany.
Tue court room in Danbury, Coun., was
crowded OH Thursday last, to see justice done
a lady and gentleman, from Westport,
the former claiming to have been damaged
Sc, 200 by . Kiss from the other. Some seven
ty witnesses were pregept. The breach was
healed without the aid Of lawyers.
The sum required for the expenses Of the
Common Schoal System in the city of New