New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-11

EXPLOSION or A METALLIC CorgGs.-A few years
have served 10 b.Ing to cAt~nsiyo use Tor burial pnr
poses the now common metallic cesos or cpfhas,
estrc ally uh-lever il is desfab. necessary g. ds
sy tie nterment When first iDtroduced. 1t was the
practice to exhaust the air III These after the
body had been put IL, I" s~cHfe them fu1y, II WAS
said az 1nst change by contact with the atno-phere
For various REASONS hr prnciice has facn ut, dlo-
use the OILY preceuii,Is low taken being 10 com
petey cool the rerLsps before sealibg up the cs-s
From sone neglect in thIs latter respect, circu NJ
staIc took place Lot long ago, which, originating
here, ir worth relating. The case, containing an
adult. who had suddenly died while apparently in
good beath sealed up to be sent f,r lnternent To
a peig ighbuIirg Satc. The couveyHuco for haf days
ride by railroad aud then 10y wagon for 31 miles,
The day warm and the roat rough, ana muon mo-
ton was doubtless given to the reualns. The persons
in charge stopped for q brief rest at tavern, ani
were il the house, when they, AS weu es all in the
vicinity startled by very lond report, ani II
uns ,iild that the burial bad by RAPID genera
ton OF gas, rxploded Win vulruc-, entirely blowing
opt the heavy Freoch glass ftce.pste whion Il shat
T. red INTO Thousand pieces Nothing coui' be d"h
but to seek hesty Ibterment IN tue vicinity, nni
sw ait the coming Of cold weather 10 allow the remova
of the :sllaiDs to their destined place OF burial.
TIE ELECTION FRAUDS ~ BLAiRs Disrecr.-
The testimony the contested election case ~ te 81
Louis District If Missouri, i. being heard b.nre
Judge H. A. Clover. Witnesses uDcer oat testify u
large numbers Of yes csst in the several wards and
precincts BY hcn.re'ide.;. By unna;ura.zAi persons
'Iu ..vrs. Oitvrs voted more than once snd upon
,ba bo.book there hurdrei. OF names OF persons
yha do r,t ana rcer did esido in the c'tv. ,ns,s
who aas 81 verely Questioned By arre .ae sue.
cessful canddsiA r-fGs-1 10 answer question as 10
wbou: ne voted for. Barret repeated the question
several tines and &c ting Answer said at lasf, IN
pet You are not ashamed are-you, Of the way you
,,ted for Cvpg'essipsn = Yes, Sir, am" Btrret
nut 10 Ill air u ,ramph but Blair not l1ta SAT-
i,6.d s.d All ed tbe nisn agan for whom hs voted
sd noyra .F.l
laugh ensued, and Batret acknow!eng.,. ns.u so'.
A PrseER FOR A LlrE.-Tle Keoket Journal Of
the 3D. relates this inci, MT AT the Lin ,On met
iUg IN Carthage, Ill yesterday, Capt. Appler of this
p.sce, was there With his feli-Peco hfng sala,1,
whieh be was employed by the Republicans 70 do.
The powder liz INK bad IN the course O the hnug the
gun welt of prenatur-ly James Lynch was at the
uuzzl- rauuing the cartridge, when Il i<used Capt
Appler, who at the vent, finding premature dis
ehsYee nevita biz, called G-. away, jim! holding on
10 the til the fire burnei his hnger Oh up to the
fr, joint, aud uri Lynch had escapai this range Of
tbe raD,rod. IL il seldom. in cbroncfry m incieut
Of this kind that fad men possessing the nerve
snd heroic fortitude that Capt A. dsplayed on tlis
occasion to bis Fri. Nc from 40 nLtimsiy d.aih.
Both were considerably burned by powder but neither
dangerously huit."
GEsERAL WARD oF GEoRGiA.-So. long since We
mistake in ANNOUNCING the appointment of this
ting c.shsd gentleman United Stats Minister 10
Saidilin. We were accidentally nlisi1fvrmed by
geLtlrnan in wbose of knUw-dge Of s.': iint-
ter. We coufded. lie has been t-ndcrod and has sc
cepted, the Mseion TO China, whither be expects 70
sal as su0n ss the senate rstfy the vs.iisn"
tresty just aoe by Mr. Reed, wLo Is exPectei W re-
turn tnta- Ur,ed States by thattime. Wrsb. star
A FRrIrfrL yiss.-Cpoo q tombstone N the
church-y ard VI the Reformed Daich Chureh 10 Sleepy
Hollow near Tnuytown isnu iD.crpti'o 10 .nr"Y,y
".i CaII. John BuckboI', Who depaffei tais liie
"April TO- l7s5, aged lD3 years, and et. ''a MN
we.L ie died 40 Children aud grsniend'-n. Also
"Mary, Tive " (. Of JohG Bueknont Sn. oie' August;
Z" l7s5, aged - sesTs. Toe chuichn-~i was erected
IL 1880 srd is one VI tie eldest vnu!ces ie tne coaa,Ey