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| tHe care OF the oank. This Mr. Miranda was at
Sidney at the time, and duly avaiied himself of the
credit drawing f2o, 600, and giving the bank bills
| On Earrings for the amount. The whole operation
| wasa fraud. Messrs Barring have never addressed
any letter to the Australian Bank at Sidney, aud
| that which the bank received must have been sent
| by some accomptce os Miranda in London.
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| CHARMED LsFE.-yr. Wallace W. Corey, of Gal.
lpoiis, was second engineer OF the steamer Hiber.
MIA. burned above this city on New Years Eve last
| the particulars of which are known He w,.
sleeping at the time in the "Texas- of the boat
and barely escaped from being caught In tbs
uames. lie seems to be peculiarly unfortu nate =
| In 1852 he was ssstriker' on the Rnekavs poIt.
when she exploded her boilers near Beyeriy whan
thirty lives we're lost and escaped from the wreck
considerably injured. He was on board the FOR.
rester when she burned up, two years ago, at Gin.
cianati, and was rnnning on the Anavan wbsn
| she burned up at Wheeling some time since-thu.
marseiously escaping death from the burning Of
tnree steamers and the terrific explosion of the
poiiers OF another, the Buckeye Belle Raoelina
inte'iiaenoer.
TIE INDIANS AND THE 0aGsy.-Not Iittls amuse-
ment; says Chicago paper, was afforded TO
crowd oil bysfabders the other day. by q visit of
| six fine specimens of Indian chieftaips 10 the
beautiful new St. James Church. In this citv Thav
had never been before in the regions of
and therefore "the pomp of architecture" and the
grace ana beauty of art was new TO them. They
were at first much attracted by the rich co!orjnr
| OF the windows, and manifested their admiration
OF "fhe Honse of the Rainbow" by significant
signs But when gentleman in the church struck
up the organ, they we're completely amazed, and
hunted abort for the origin of the s.sweet tbun-
der, without discovering Ii, till one more wise
than the rest, pointed to the chandeliers and de-
ciared the sonnd proceeded from them. This
seemed to satisfy them. and they departed highly
| pleased with the "Great Medicine House"
brilliant entertainment was given last night
at the British legation in this city, in honor of the
IN p in nf thn Drfn r
Prince Frederick William of Prussia There was
| large attendance of distinguished guests present
who were entertained with the wonted elegant
hospitality OF the present representative of the
court OF st. James. Dancing kept M with
great pirit until late hour in the night and nj
the supper table representatives OF almost every
civilized nation Joined the many American guests
| IN piedging The royal bride aud bridegroom
| bdSh'ngion CHion Of Tuesday.
| SUGGEsTIyE.-A New Orleans paper presents a
very suggestive paragraph, in the following, which
he entities "The March to the Grave Of 1857 :,
What mighty procession have been moving to
ward the grave during the past yearl At the usual
! estimate, since the first Of January 1s5T tbere
| have more than thirty one mZiioas fre hun,iyYd
thousand of the worlds population gone down TO
| the grave. Place them in lony array, and they
viii give moving column of more than thirteen
hundred to every mile OF the circumference of the
globe what spectacle, as they move on, tramp
| tramp, tramp, the Dead March," giving its fune.
| raj notes as they go to the silent shades!
THE COLONIZATION SHIP Mary CAROLINE STEVENS
-Adyices have been received at the office of the
| Maryland Colonization Society of the colonization
! packet ship Mary Caroline Stephens, Capt Heaps
which sailed from Hampton Roads on the 18th of
november last, with immigrants,for Liberia On
| the 10th December she was reported off Cane 81
| Ann shoals, about two days sail from Monroyia -
She fell in with the brig Hannah, from Monrovia.
| bound to Sierra keone, she not having found a
/ - frh
any kind to be obtained. and no demand for pro-
visions, aud but little for goods far the native
trade. All well on board both vessels
Baltimore san.
MORE DANCES AGAINST THE GRg.r WESTERN Rail
| ROAD CoapANY.-ln the assizes at Toronto on thu,
"a instant, verdict of IS 900 damages was rem.
dered against the Great Western (Canada) Railroad
| Company, at the suit of Thomas VI. Benson. The
plaintiff Is the son of the late Mr.. T. Benson Of
Port Hope, ~ho was passenger on the defendant's
| road at the time of the terrible accident on the
DesJartiins canal bridge, and was thereby killed
ALL WRoSG-Snce the closing of the trial OF
Robertson in Rochester, n. Y, for an alleged at
tempt to poison his wife, and the discharge of the
prisoner serenadiBg parties have been got up, and
| bands have been engaged by the frie nds of botl,
| Dr. Beigler, who made the charge, and Robert tson
| The gentlemen have each been serenaded, and con-
siderable feeling seems TO be manifested Oh both
| sides.
| One Of the Princes Polignac was married short
time since to Nictorine, the great dressmaker and
n HtoFttSte OF the Rue Eicheeu has Just bought the
hand Of an influential member of the Senate and
descendant of one of the noblest houses of France
| by means OF the great wealth she has amarsed in
| her calling. The Court Journal from which we
| learn these Interesting facts. mentions them IL
show 'the confusion which exists in Partisan soei
| ETY. just now"
A"mysterious disappearance" is creating some
| n n SAM fFnn in M Kn-
! the wife of a French jeweiler, has been missing
| Tor several days The husband, in answer to In.
| quiries put 10 him when the matter first excited
the suspicion Of the neighbors, alleged that she
had gore to Havana, and died of the yellow fever
| in December; but there is reason to question the
truth OF this allegation. The father of the woman
declares bis belief that che has been foully dealt
| with What gives the whole affair more suspi
cious look, is the fact that the husband has aiso
disappeared within few days past. The police
| however, are on a hunt for him with tho view O,
| clearing up che mystery.
| The TAYLOR ELoPExESr CAsE.-This case was mn
again in the Supreme Court Of N. York on Sa,pr.
| day. Mr.. Busteed, on behalf of Mrs. Wright, arr
| gned in support OF his motion 90 discharge the
| writ Of habeas corpns, the ground that the
young woman was not restrained of her liberty.
Mr. Barbour, counsel for George Taylor, followed
in opposition, but had not finished, when the
Court adjourned.
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Girard wrote as follows to friend the last days of
his life:
.'As to myself live like galley slave, constant
ly occupied, and often passing the night without
sleeping am wrapped up in a labyrinth Of affairs
| and worn ont with cares. do not value fortune.
| The love of labor is my highest emotion. When
| rise in the morning my only effort is to labor so
| hard during the day that when night comes may
| be enabled to sleep soundly"
| LIbERsLITY or Texas MErnopsrs is stated In
| the Southerner Of Waco City, Texas that at q re-
4 cent meeting Of the Methodist conference In that
| place collection for missionary purposes ta-
/ ken mp, which amounted to 81 .s0e In cash, and
| t26 acres Of land And that the sum Of 5000
| were subscribed by the preachers of the conf
| renee for the purpose of purchasing steam press
| for the Texas Christaiu Advocate. and building q
publishing house In the city Of Galveston.
| DEATH FROM ISBNISG Gas rRos Gas sTorE-
Joseph IL Bowman, ESQ, an esteemed citizen Of
Roxbury, Mass, was discovered dead In his sleep
| ing apartment at bis residence, on Sunday morn
Ing, under the fraowing .circumstances lie re-
| tired TO his room on Saturday evening In perfect
health, and. IL is supposed, enffocatei by In
baling earhonic acid gas and earbonic oxide gas,
generated from gas stoTe-fhe room not being
perfectly ventilated
THE Ono DEFAUL-Isa TREAuaER.--Bre-iin, tfe
defaulting State treasurer of 0bio Is great brick
| in Hamilton, C, W. where he row resides. He has
recently purchased church In that city fer fs O0o
| but whether he intends 10 devote the remainder
of his life 10 rerentencr or intends converting 1t
into theatre, our informant Is unrertsIr.-cii-
ciHRdfi Gasets.
SAD CASE or IsssyITY--it is stated that the Hon.
Thomas Siidell, ex-Jndge Of the Supreme Court Of
louisiana upon hearing of the. late financial cri
sls, and fearing tho effect IL would have upon GER
| tain stocks in which he had large interest, be-
| came. completely insane.
daughter of Philander Ferry, of Danbury,
Conn, about four years Of age, died on the 18th
inst, from the effects OF Inflammation occasioned
by the swallowing aud lodging of piece OF tooth
In one OF the tubes Of her lungs.
On Thursday last, negro boy, the property Of
Miles Marcus. attempted to outrage Child rx
years DID, daughter Of Joseph Bryant, Of fiorenee,
Kentucky. but not succeeding he flung her down .
we'll, dsshing her brains out. The negro narrow