New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-09

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ss.} f,- The Constitution Of the Scste, ma, IN.
IEI,, q, ,hs Rev. Au'hopy Burns 70 the pAs,ors,o
.e.1'De - Ran,ist Church of Indianapolis VIII %
followed bv sd enforcement OF tne' aIl,c.o =. su'
st,ntion prohibiting the irinhgra''o" u "'s'
The Louisiana State Bank, whose stock i' qoo'ea
.. <lsn which has three millions and nan oi specie
=; ;r vaul,s an3 nearly six millions InVeseu pePe'
loans, discounts and pledges, became tns ''y'
SAWS The " d. Data, the legatee oi *i''''
oueathed by q gentleman IN hlsslssiPp' VIZ
-. Stranger 10 the bank, never having rad any
.-...,;ors v,b i. II seems that rich oli planter
rsmed Matthews who died rot on the best o' WIN
,.I.,ivss len bis property, exceeding $i0c" N
v,ue 20 his ilegitimate children by coloTed woman
IN ,ba event of their Disability to inherit, 70 the
Iop;s;,pa State Bank This will contained .ev srnan
le.cs 70 his brothers and sisters. Under the law ot
Nj.sssinpi the coored children cannot inherit, and
the bank seems TO have pretty clear prospect for
this property. His white relatives, however, na'e
commenced 10 contest IT, and the bank has employed
counsel to msintan its rights.
A firm in Philadelphia have manufacturer
splepdid sewing machine TO be presented 20 'he Fun
rres. Fupepie which is thus described; upon SILVER
b,se is embossed in elaborate elegance the escn'coeon
of the Empire while the whole rests upon four SILVER
| lions over which eag IS perched Inc names VI
Nauoleon's generals and victories appear upon ono
;3 If the base and at the end upon a square ststue
~ the GREAT Napoleon is standing This is done II
ensmeled work and is gem in its lne a; the sac
Of this figure the goddess of Industry s seen ana
over both a spread esele ia flying, when, oending
forward forms the vibrating arm OF the naehne' Ino
needle being in the besk OF the royal bird Inc Psse
Of the machine is of highly polished STEEL Supported
bv four angels of silver with wings OF s"c, ahu W
The front of the case is the inscription The eae and
] h mad ~
| Mount Vernon.
Mr. Charles King, pilot of the United States reVe-
nue. cutter Forward, died board OF that vessel az
the breskwater, Philadelphia, July =, IN the ga
wear Of his age. In 1912 he impressed by the
/ English ON board letter rotmarque, which, falling IN
with the Paul jones was, after brief seton, cap
/ tured lie then became Of the crew OF the PAU
Jones and STAYED by her in her severe and triumphant
cruise until she came to New.York for repais, when
he attached himself to the gunbosts which were con-
veved over New,Jersey aud landed in the Delaware,
with the view of proceeding to the Breakwatsr, 10
blow up an English ffigate, and was only prevented
by the interference OF the Governor. Mr.. king was
here seized with attack Of dysentery, ana not
beino able 70 return with bis colleagues to NewYork,
remained in Delaware until his DEATH lie was IN the
M.,ic,n war. and was on board the Forward at tho
taking of Tobssco, notwithstanding his advanced age
! and the advice of his friends not to go.
The following are the names and ages Of the
Revolutionary soldiers supposed to be alive, VINO are
pensioned on the rolls of the State of Virginia VIM.
Cunningham, 95 years; George Estes, 9oi Daniei
Hicks, sr., over 81; Wm. Oney, 9Si Peter Rife, ";
WIN. Stewart, 9s; Matthew Seay, 90; Henry Will
,oughby 100.
| -Spotswood ID. Crenshaw, venerable ans'weA"
known citizen Of Richmond Va, died there on the
5th, in the I'D year of his age
John Yard, esq, an old merchant of Phladelphia,
died on Friday last sged 49, He was the fa,her-in-
law of the senior editor of The Erening Ba!let'a
The Rev. Jonathan S. Owen, who has been on
trial at Charlottesville Ind, charge OF poisoning
his wife, has been acquitted. Public sentiment, how
ever is strongly against him.
| A traveller in Spain writes al have seen the
Queen at ArraD juez, and never in my life was 80
agreesby disappointed. She does not in any one
feature resemble the wreched portraits of her stamped
on the Spanish coin painted IN socalled portraits
She is a fne-ookng woman and it pleased me very
much to see her in mourning for the King OF Naples
because black becomes her."
| Elijah Robbins of Westford Conn., was ordained
at East Hartford the Sd, Evangelist, in the
church of Dr. Samuel Spring. Mr.. Robbins is grad.
uate of Yale Cole ge and of East Windsor Theological
Seminary Early the coming Fall he is 70 sail for
South Africa missionary Of the American Board
| to the Zuus.
| The Boston Post has a correspondent who wss at
| Bowdoin College Commencement, where, according
to his own account he was refreshed and invig0r-
ated by the renewed Impressions Of my youth, and
the profuse feeding of the obigng landlord Of the
| Tontine."
Mr.. Edward L. Griffith, baggage master for the
mated his earthly existence by swallowing two ounces
of laudsnum. The cause was depression OF spirits,
caused by poverty
Mr. Dale, the proprietor of the Bramble House
in Lafayette, Indiana, was shot BY rowdy named
Csrder, Sunday night week ago, from behind tree
box opposite the hotel with load Of small shot. Tho
charge struck him n the back and head, inHictng
number Of little, but not dangerous, wounds There
were seventy.three holes in his coat and hat. and
about forty in his body. Carder was arrested soon
afterward.
The Boston Herald learns that well. known and
wecircumstanced adopted citizen, residing in a
town in the vicinity of the Tri Mountain City, has
been sued within the past week, by young lady
residing IL South Boston, . charge Of breach of
promise Of marriage, and that the property Of
the deceiver has been attached to the amount Of
$4,000, TO abide the result A process has been
issued from the Police Court for his arrest on charge
of seduction.
Mr. Edwin Parks, late of Victor, Ontario County,
was killed by Indians, while on his way scross the
plains to California, few weeks since.