M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-11-11
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us supposed lhaI he WIZ resume his
former position of Commissioner Of
Indian affairs.
U The consumption Of coffee in
this country is eight times as great as
lin Great Britain.
D -Four hundred and fifty thou
sand is the population Of Texas, accOr'
ding to the late census.
Observation-Disclosures with pop
ulation of of 25, 900, is about to apply
for admission into the Union as q
State.
D1FENsEs or PARAGUAY.-An Eng.
lish officer direct from Paraguay reports
that Lopez is preparing effective
modes of resistance and defense by
building Notifications and obstructing
/ the navigation of the river. lie has
placed chains and booms across, and
proposes sinking light vessels in the
channel, in which event our expedi.
.tion could not ascend. Several BeIgi-
an and Hungarian officers are engag.
ed in directing operations.
D7 a natural daughter Of Aaron
Burr will soon realize a fortune. She
was Il rcsiduary lcgatee. Burr held a
lease from Trinity church Of the Rich.
mond I!ill property, three or!Our hun.
dred lots in tue conter Of New York,
for 65 years. lie released the land
for 62 years to Astor and others, and
their lease expires in 1860. The lease
for three years then belongs to Burr's
daughter, and the claim is indisputa-
Die and the value Of the lease very
great.
, KICKED TO DEATH BY a GuN.-Will-
lam Cameron, who resided near Oqua.
wka, H., purchased a shotgun that
had a load in it, and, a few days there.
after, shot it off, when it kicked with
such force as to rupture his abdomen
and cause a wound that produced his
death in q few hours. This is a sim
gular accident to terminate fatally.
SAD EVENT Mrs. Gold, respect.
ablo lady in Alleghanytown, Penn,
to relieve her twin-boys Of collie, gave
them, on Saturday last, as she sup.
posed, a few drops OF parcgoric, and
! placed them together in the crib, while
she was attcndingto household duties.
What must have been her agony, on
going to them an hour aHterward, and
finding them asleep in DEATH
BURST TO DEATH.--A young lad,
five years old, son of Andrew lIough.
ton, Postmaster at Buskirk's Bridge
n. Y, was playing in his fathers barn,
Thursday afternoon, with matches,
when the fire communicated to the
straw and hay with which it was fill.
ed. The flames spread so rapidly that
it is supposed tho little fellow was un.
able to escape, and pcrishcd.
" GREELEY, of the New York
Tribune, is not satisfied with the re,
suit of the Governors election in that
State. lie thinks the majority fol
Morgan, Black Republican, should
have been fifty or a hundred thousand
instead Of only ten thousand. That
shows that the voters Of New York
arc not, by many thousands, as big
fools as was generally thought.
| UF The Mobile (Alabama) TGJ
une gays an editor ola Southern pa,
per was recently married, after an en-,
gagement which had lasted twenty,
seven years. Daring all this time
the wide Atlantic had separated tho 10.
verS, who, nevertheless, remained faith,
iul to then first VOWS, and arc now,
after this long separation, enjoying
the reward Of their nutual fidelity.
! NEGRO DoCroR.-Thc latest Paris
sensation is negro doctor. He lives
Sumptuonsly, drives an ostentatious
equipagc, has pages in waiting at hie
magnificent rooms, and is en- prince
in his manage and business arrange.
ments. He mingles necromancy
with physic, and prepares his own
medicines. lie is beset by patients
in the highest walks of lile.--dukes,
nlarquises, and affluent commOnerS
throng his ante chambers.
DF Since it has been determined
at Louisville that its citizens can vote
without being murdered therefor, the
place is picking up again. The Jour.
nal says the city is fnll Of people--fuli
to overflowing, and the demand fol-