New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-12
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| A yery peculiar explosion took place last evening" be-
tween and O'Clock, at the City Foundry, by whico
a number Of persons or less nj gred, two OF
whom were 80 badly burned that il is iesrei ney viii
not recover The furnace had been IN use good part
of the afternoon, and just before the explosion oconr
red the had got done using it, and let re are ara
ashes down into a receptacle underneath which, II
seems contained wSter, and the great bes. OF tbs
burning coss and red hot ashes generated such e
quantity Of steam TO blow the furnace ard cGpoE
TO atoms, scattering fragments in al direcue" lse
men who were standing close to the furnace, named
Anton Bower and Adam Drels were badly oIuisee
ard burned the former so severely thai the doctor
who attended hun thought it WAS impossible ior hun
10 i've He was scslded from head to foot 10 dread
ful tanner. The other had his Ease and sho ilders
considerably buried, and though his NE nperled
be may get over the effects. We could not lean she
names OF :he Others who suffered but those We have
mentioned the only parsons who are 10 dsngerous
condition. The explosion made repor. tina: Was
heard for the distance Of more than bl)ck and tho
shock distinctly Eel. in all the windows tie im-
me date vicinity All the windows in the biild.og
were broken to "smthereens. Several Of the work
men thrown from one end Of the foGndery 20 tao
oths and Of them came bounding through sida
window, and landed sprawling upon the sidewalk.
but whether he was impeled by steam or fright does
not distinctly appear. Milwaukee NeNr.
Fossil TREES Is Co,I MIsE.-TRe Ivilsc,6arrc
pa Recoyd Gays: On Wednesday las, We ssv ore of
the greatest nsturs curostes Of the coal fed while
a,tenGirg some ladies on yisit to the BAT more coal
mines the borough. IL will be remembered that
worked fell 10 year two ago, crushing the pillars
lef for support end filing that portion with rock and
sate from the roof Through these masses Of rock the
Superintendent Of the miLe' Mr. FREDERICK Lsrdnes-
ser has explored and discovered the renscs Of d
forest of trees which had been imbedded IL ire slata
rock above the large veiD fragments Of which, BY tna
fall, had been detached and now lie 10 contGsioI-
sunps, roots, limbs and impressions OF bark, 10 tue
mine. Among the curiosi,ies two huge s.unps -
perfect as il Just drawn from the esrth by stump
machine, the roots cut off where they had entered the
ground, and the surface looking a. if The bsrk had
been taken of while the sup was running. 10 tna
rock above be traced the ends OF the Logo from
which the .tumps have fallen, and in one place the
body Of tie tree protrudes the surface presenting tho
inpressoL OF bark.
TIN QUALIFICATION FOR SUFFR.GE ~ RHoDs
IsI.SD.-A correspondent of The Boston J0ura1l in
qures if there If any property qusiltcat,n repaired
for voting in this State There Is ony iof v1;ers OF
foreign birth who ere required TO possess the old reo
hold estate OF $l3i. All persons born 20 the Uated
States ere admitted to vote the payment OF tax
assessed upon the value Of sl3i, OF Of voluntary tax
TO the amount Of d. for the beteht OF puonc schools
or upon the performance Of one days military day
tforter term Of residence Is required OF eiecNrs
who hold real esssts-t being one year for To sm sod
two years for othtr. The c3mpc sted proysioa that
defines the right Of suffrage IN the Const,uhcn VAS
framed 40 a. not TO cut off class Of voters Who had
heretofore enjoyed the right OF suffrage, snf wno Tor
the fret year might have been deprived oil the night
under the new suffrage, although me bs's vas 90
greatly enlarged lrfoS 'oH'Ae'
JrsruABLE RoBBERY.--At one Of the ghns2
establishments in Germany, Baron De n. = ned
lost large suns at play, when one morning, On epsh-
irg his secretary he found that sum OF ~ n,fina
had been extracted from it, and what made the mstrr
yorse was that the thief was an OLD servent Iemed
Fritz. Who from his long services, was rssseo 1oas
81 The family. The man had disappeared. Some ane
had elapsed after the dlscovery ana tue young ns1op
had beg TO be somewhat reconced 10 inc ioss
he one day met the servant waking son2 s
going up 10 the offender; but knowing emile .som
frts somewhat surprsed him. Questions and sx-
nlars.ons followed and the result WA the dsveryt 70
the Baron Of receipt Tor the 4o,vO nonns 10" ss
own father who, Fritz thought would 30 ss'er
banker fer his con than the proprietor on the gs"
blDg-house. l""sS""'
v,,r.p,vpsopvp1y soLp.-Tae beautiful 10. Of
lard containing about lesen and quarter sores ne-
sted On the main road to Middletown, 6stTeen Daa-
lev Place and the country sest OF inc 80 "ouks
Insh, was sold on Saturday sis % !" WV ''f'
Ncs..d ~ i IL on the highest elevation 81 any snd
vtb;n five miles Of Newport, and G ,minsnong most
extensive and uuequaled yisw Of NsrIsgsnsss nsy.
he Ocean the xsy and 81 ' oSsroossg tho cy .sd
1870, Newport Il has deseYvedly bsen fsgs5os0
A. one Of the most charming sites Tor ouaaing ~ -
vicinity. and it has been q matter Of surprSe tna
bss remained 20 long unimproved. lSewPor New
GOLD At FREDERIcTos, n. B.-A te'sgrsp'e VIZ
patch .tom St. John, n. B., says, s,.d-
dispatch received nom relaoie su.1v =. = h,ook ss
erictop Gays that gold has bees fsuee 1870
the West end Of tie town .upPo'ss no roS hss seen
down from IRON. sb n foot bso. the surface mostly
&c thin % .csss q .nsss Of Il: o.: Of
neaa; tne .Ss yold is Of fine quality. Tns psvail-
He|e ass hat il vss deposited BY the wssr h's"s
IT.. n.ouIe out at Cornersvill. Is have some gee.
,o,;onsr The Telegraph. published q a. !y.ssn5
says is quite common Tor young i - sour u the
: :irss sssdompsned by ro.y crowd o. yssss
Who make nigh, hidsous With asssTy I'D Ss,s ,bs
riIl nors 90 ior young ladies 70 .s 90. "a.
t.cks ef gentlemen wsrdirg ''e' vi -