New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-17

ALI Aroyr A Mecxixs BIRD, WHICH Is sRcueEr
Nro Cophr.-Tvo Year, ESQ, rssn sAnsd CnfSsf
erous,: valuable noshiss bur from Nes -of,eae'
20 this ely AID gave IN c,arge 20 hs fstaeY Sao-
sq1sstly, the elder Ciirser, fslos ous With hs s5n,
HANDED over me bird 20 ais 10 sw nsmea isSer,
20 chest tie SOD srd Il, After awhile 70 keep It from
IRE fs,her.n lsv, gave . 70 Q man named Wsinsr,
on Wes.ern row The bird sss passed from ous %
snoiher So tie VARIOUS rsfno oers OF .oe ts te OF.
BY the way TIE fs'her 6asly e.. trsek ci tie soue
ster, acd ver. s.;sr /, eu tae daaeete'-n-lsS hsi
bten 100 fee. for him, ana csfiei en tae prze Her
self SID hlsesrG tier reported ;es. re bud hsidsi,
ard Sc evidence p,cda ed hesd snt some fes,c-
eis. which enc 10 the peigaoors ss oeseeguS
10 the poor, deer, dead snd s1ne. lac ssns nisa,
however en- Which TIE bird ~ss SAID 10 hsSs 'skeo
liz fgh, 10 tie spiritual bird rIaoeIn, fassr so1d
neckDe bud 20 fr.rd, but whether It MAS tie sane
n d Ger q the .esttered rioe IN dsfue, OF nor Was
question.
The .ou asserted TIA. !: wss. srd rep,evinsi tbs
bid and yes erdAy tee whole family Appeared osiorS
Juslce EaIr.s, snd TESTIFIED. lac oifS, 100, we:
brought into Court, and whisiled and sung anu
moekea ne layers. quite n eontemp, Oh a.. sues o'
legal trbunsl, The father con,radc.ed the son,
ard be il .rrr he s;her 10 giving their testimony
The son-I-law spd his wife both swore tnat me ofd
N Court ~ss no. he bri II controversy OUT lna. lne
original Rad aCtusy died vi lie IN thelr possession
Tie bird sod by them Ysger stated he had purchased
ior four dollars, OF mysterious individual whom ne
hsppered 20 meet Of s dark night IN Walnut street
Oth.r Witnesses testified hs, they thought the bird IN
Court was the one brought TO this city by CInger ~
had The same peculisr tai, the ieatheIs nead ueeA
ard general appearance. And sll the while, the bird
kept up continual chatter as though endeavornsto
harmonic the dispute.
The magistrate was puzzled /, was nis trst bro
sirce te assumed the horors and there were no
pIecedenis in the books. AS tie son-inls ss and hls
wife, however, both swo'e positively 70 the desth OF
the original bud. he gave Judgment for the bd ana
the value at - ~. So Ginger re.sned pos
session utder his rspevin writ, and psd the judgment
and costs, which amounted TO sl7 As the olrd vas
valued 81 $50 ne expressed himself perfectly satisfied,
and carried CT his songster IN triumph.
REM,RKABLE CURE OF LuSATIc.-Dr Thsyer, on
Thursday performed surgical operation on lunat1c
lhe msn was thrown from wagon about i've years
sitce, frac'urpg his skull sgsnst fence stake
the injury bringing violent arrangement, when
became permanent He was taken 70 the Luna,io
Asylum, where he remained considerable hme,
until he was discharged a. trcuraole, anu hnaiy
rensnded to the Jail OF this county where he mas
remained durirg the last twelve months. His wife
engaged the services Of DIR. Thsyer to attemp, the
cure Of her unfortunate husband. After examining
| the case, Dr.. Thayer found portion of tne skull
much depressed. and resolved to remove II. Ga en-
teng the cell with his assistants for that purpose
| Friday the man becsme greatly enTSged and poured
out volleys of execrations Dr. Thayer, though
be was of the business he csme on. At the or
der of sior Frazee the lunatc laid dosn on his bed,
when he was iInm. dstey confined and copious doses
ofchoroform administered, until he became perfect.
| ly ipseusble. The depressed portion OF the Sd ul
| Iming piece little smaller than quarter dollar,
which had been pressing the brain WAS then taken
! out and found 10 have thickened considerably on
| one side. Tie head was then bouad with bsndage
saturated with water and the patient ett to recover
| from bis stupor. On saturday morning he awoke,
| arose from his bed, and walked up aud down the
room, perfectly rational. lie comp sined that
| the bsndeges which for some reason th1t he did
no. understand, had been put on his head, hurt
| him, and asked the attendant If they might be
looseued. As relieved fro the pressure he
| Law down on his bed and fell asleep. On his again
| awakening he was asked if he would like HIS wife 10
hir had q feW
| accident and be now expressed a doubt whether
she would be able TO get out of bed. On her en-
ieIng, he astons shed to find her 80 Wen sitsr
her recent lness, and feared that her health would
suffer from exposing herself so early. lie asked
after the child and wished TO see 1t, but was put
off with Ian eyasiye answer until WAS considered
advisable to explain matters 10 him. lie then COM
menced talking Of thirgs that happened five years
ago as il having occurred but yesterday. IL wssa
lrg time before he could be made aware of the fac,
Of his long illness and rsanty, and when at last con-
vrced of IT, stated thet he had recollection of any
| thing other than q misty kind OF dream about MS
being sick. lie recommended his wife to go home
to her friends until he well as her stay IN CleVe.
land would be expensive and talked perfectly rational
| on other subjects He is now IN tar way OF recov-
cry, ard Will probably do well, unless lnh ,mnaton
! shc uld supervene. cleveland Herald, Aug. 9.
GREAT FLOOD N rHE CEDAR RIVER, Iowa
Owing to continued and heavy rains, which com
uerced early in July, the Cedar River in Iowa has
risen to unprecedented hight, and agereral over
vast amount of damage has been done TO farms and
other property.
n me 500 feet of the embankment Of the Mississippi
ard Missouri Railroad, which crosses the Cedar Rve
| y little west Of Moscow, have been washed away,
which has Interrupted the transit of freight over the
road, though tho passenger trains continue to make
connections by means OF feuy-bosts and connecting
on eecn side tf the river. Merchants, gram dealers
snd others bereabouts are in great nbuation on &C
count OF the detention Of their goods, grains, &c
At lsst accounts the river vas falling, and It is
hoped that in tne course OF few weeks the railroad
will be repaired and put in readiness for the transmits
sion of freight
We learn that st and in the neighborhood of Cedar
Rapids, great damage has been done IL Is estmsted
that 25 600 o farming snd has been submerged
between Cedar Rapids and the Cedar RIver-s dis
taLce of ~ miles.
ALIrER.RY CoMxUyIrY.-The indianapolis Jour.
nal anDou1 ces the fact that Mr.. Mckee, AntLecomp
ton Democrat, has taken the field as candidate for
Representative in opposition TO Dobbins, the Bright
nominee and adds:
II there were not many Democrats in Msrtin
County who cannot read We should have some hopes
ofMr McKees election, but Lecompton has full sway
where ignorance sbounds. When the Democrats Of
q county, as they Of Martin did some time ago elect
Recorder nh0 cannst rrte his name ss an expression
OF their contempt for educGted people, they are be-
yoId the reach of light until the schoolmaer has rs-
sIded amorg them for a number Of years.
RENAKABLE LoSeEvITY-Ws last week recorded
the death Hanover, July %, Of Jonathan freeman,
esq, brother Of PeytOn K. Freeman esq, OF Ports-
mouth, in the SD year of his age. The deceased wS
the second son of the Hon. Jonathan Freeman, some
time Representative in Congress from this State,
who died in lso8 in his 9th year leaving widow
who survived him 81 years, and eight children, sll OF
adult sge at their fathers decesse. The above
noticed death is the first Except ss is probable, that
Of the third son. who went to in 1859 and has not
since been heard frop) which has occurred in that
family since their fathers decesse, period OF - days
less than 30 years the sum Of the sges OF the seven
heinn than l0n md fhs "a YeArs.