New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-09

tns vfltes 20 re BOSTON Ir1rL<y.
"The work at the doossc Tunnel 1, 5oos by eonu-
mon drill, ard the progress is about twenty fe. Der
week. Al the eastern eco eighty men are noi,y.d
IN three parties, lsborng a.srnssly 90 that the work
goes csy and pight vithous interIup ion raa en-
tire progress OF the eastern ead is abost Que tou.snd
feet a. the we.tsrn than two thrss hu od
red. Here sso N present, the working orcs is 10,
more than si1ty men. Part OF the worknen inl oa.
the keadHg 20 called being 20 hundred feet rore
in advance; another portion. coming sster drin out
the rem rider Of the bore ot the sEe and shsos ui
mstey 70 be carried through. wooien railways
laid within, BY which the chips are carried oai on
car by mule power. With thsse chi %, ss taey
Gun ped Il is calculated 10 build subst sn,ih dam
across the Deerield River crestIng wster powsr OF
great vaue lust outside Of tie mouth Of the tanuel.
Aseeond mule is employed in pumping into the bore
supply CT fresh air for the of tue woskmen.
Toe qusn,ity cf ws.er diopping from the ROOT by
no mesns 50 piofuse mSn, anticipate. DAYS
genie stieam hows out beside the track. The visitor
peeos umbrella and ndis rubbers, but Is not seriously
sxnoyed by the water. The ubiau utous II, ,bsrni Ans
are OF course, the principal laboreis; and their shan
ties, babies and pigs makeths sd ,cency otas ,0n.
am sufhcitnily hVely \ person standing near the
entrance Of the tunnel hears the reverbersti Of
blast, precisely ike the solemn roar OF the thuoier.
USlvERsrry OF VERyoSr.-At tue fifty fourth c ,m-
msncenent of this Cpversy, on the IN instant the
degree of A. NJ. in course, conferred Messrs.
Austin Hszer T. X. Roberts, II. II Powers, G. W.
Perry, c. l.. Gocdell, c. W. ClNk. n. Williams, Jr.
j. J. Noble, II. c. Stephens L. j. SboE, NJ p. Par
F. D. Farrsworth Of the class OF o. ard on I. ). Hal
OF the class of 1850.
TIE honorary degree of A. VI. was conferred upon
the Rev j. II. Beck~ith, lrasbargh; joseph Chlsy,
Wilstop. Prof. Edward Huugerford, Burlington;
George IL. Taylor, NJ. D., New York; Warren {.
French, Woodstock and \. b. Stafford, esl., White
River Junction.
The degree OF Ii. D. WAS conferred upou Jas. Mel
vile ellie OF Washington ID. C.; that of D. ID. upon
the Rev. j. ii. Myers, of Psndeld \. j.. sod thst OF
honorary NJ. D. upon Lyman Rix, OF Sharon.
.. l.lI tkatr ,pnf
for the election Of orator and poet for the next ceeors
ton as follows: For Orator, Wendell Pnip', Boo
tor-substitute the Rev. Geo. W. Hickock, ID. d.,
Buffalo. n. Y. Post, VIM. Allen, New-iorkCty-
ubstitute, the Rev. &. l.. GoodeD, CALAIS, W.
CHAyGEs IL THE ESGiSEER DEPARTNESr.-Ont the
seth ut at meeting of the Contract Bosrd 10 TINS
city, present. the State Engineer and Surveyor tae
Auditor and Cemmissio Saerrll. Onmo,sou OF the
Stste Engineer Orville w. Childs WAS appointed q
Division Engineer-ths Auditor and State kagineer
voting in the Affirmative and Commissioner Sheriff. 10
the negative
At tsmeetpg Of the Contracting Board, Aug. ), at
the State Hail. present, the Auditor, State Eigiueer
and all the Commissioners; on motion OF CommIs-
| siorer Jaycox, Oryile W. Chlds was removed from
the office Of Division acknowledgements jay
cox Sheriff. and Rugges voting in the ar natiye aud
| the Auditor and State Engineer IN the negative.
On the 5th inst. the State Engineer made the fol-
| low ipg susp. nsions and app Jintmetts:
j. Plat Goodsel Suspended from the office OF DivI-
son Engineer on the Ess'ern Division, and Orls w.
| Childs appointed in his place.
George Ii. Clark suspended from the office OF kesi-
| dent Engineer on the Eastern Division.
Ogden Edwards suspended from the office OF Resi-,
| dert Engineer on the Chenango Canal, and Daniel
Richmond appointed in his place, AL.
A RuNoRED SLAvER-SeverSl days sicce. tse-
graphic dispatch reached us from Augusta, T., an
nouncpg that the bark f. Rawlings had landed ioo
| Africans somewhere on the cosst Ihe SiraHnae
PeprbLcaR of the ID inst. notices the dispatch, and
hat hadh
itreet-one that the Rawlings had landed 1oo siaves
" on the coast of rexas-but have no nf)rmaton -
" to the correctness OF any OF them. ice kashnss
below in ballast, and, We hear, without pSpersi put
eve have seen evidence of her having landed
"saves here, in Texas, or any other point Inc ru-
NOR probably has no better foundation thsn ner
arrival In ballast and without papers, on her first
"sppesrsroe since she was held up some months sgo
"by cur Collector, under suspicion Of fitting out - q
| SLAYER. We heard an additional rumor yesterday,
"to wit that the bark intended TO surrender TO the
"Colector, pay the tine of 500 for being without
"pspers, ard then take out new ones"
REMARKABLE CONFERENCE.-The cable news has
elected the ouoHiDg remlhiscerce from The Worcester
SPy; o,,,v of ,o.. .b., d, franklin III. r,...
pioneer in III investigation of the nature aud proper
ties Of electricity, who first attempted TO reduce
science al who proved the identity OF lghtning snd
electricity and Professor Morse, the inventor OF the
electric telegraph, were both Massachusetts, men, and
| what is more remarkable, they were born within .
| other over the river in Charlestown. Cyrus w.
Field, the Agent Of the Trausstlsntc Telegraph Com
pany the ethc ent Of the concern, who - done
mere than any other to bring about the connec-
| tion Of the continents by telegraph wires, aso
Massachusetts man, native, we believe, OF Athol, IN
this couIty I. is not often that such coincidence
can be und in connection with mater OF 80 grest
nome ut TO the interests of civilization and humanity.
SADArrArR-A YoUsG LADY ACCIDENTALLY SHor.
About O'Clock on Thursdsy morning, Distressing
affair occurred at the residence Of Mr.. Hugh DAVd,
on the banks Of the Delaware, near Tscony. Mr.. ID.
was in bis library cleaning his revolver when he Was
called out of the room by something that had hsppsnsd
among the children On his return be found his step
daughter, Helen b. Souberbielle, youog lady 10
years of sse lying dead on the foor IL Is supposed
when Mr.. David left the apartment Mics ). picked up
the pistol to examine il, and while looking ia the
muzzle of the weapon, the trigger was touched by
accident, and the coItents OF one Oh the pAes
entered the right eye Of the unfortunste g'r passed
through her head, and caused her instant desta.
BRIpcEs FOR SouTH AMERIcA-Among the freight
Of the ship Washington Booth, now about to sail or
Rio JaneiIo srs several br dges ms1e for the Govern.
ment of Brazil by Msssrs. Murray HszIehurst OF
this city They inxnded TO be thrown scIoes me
river for tho passage Of the railroad pOw building 10
that country from Rio 10 the Interior. The structures
are of the best quality and will be put up 20 q, TO be
ready for the laying down Of the rails a. soon q may
be required. They will facilitate the brngiog Of the
produce to the sesbosrd and ss Baltimore has long
epoyed large trade with that country il will doubt
ls greatly increase with the enlarged facilities nov
making. lbaun0re ous, o.no
UspLEAsAsT AFFAIR ~ CALHous Cousrr, ALA
The JacksonrQLe (AIs Republican Of tho I'D ult.
ssys; vIs. ,;uh, l..t . ..dou,
difficulty occurred at the residence OF w,aow Cea.
W.hon ar Canol Caldwell were shot, the hrt 10 the
face Sesd. Sde and shoulder With bact'hos but not
thought mortaly wounded the othe, ssSs n ri ne
arm, painfully bat not d:nseIousy. a H1.aS s,. Ssa-
;ws1-otbers more or less hurt. On one side Of the
Si6bcuhy, which occurred about cetd, we're ths