The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-08-18

BLoNDIN has refused a proposition made him
by the proprietor Of the New York Museum,
to walk rope stretched across Broadway from
the Museum to the Astor House. But ''they say"
he has it in contemplation to take promenade
on rope stretched from Trinity Church spire to
the steeple Of st. Paul's distance of quarter
of mile and at an average elevation of 200 feet
Coon FOR CHICAGO BAKERS The Chicago
papers state that the bakers of that city owing
to the recent decline in the price of -four, have
agreed that, on and after August l, they will
increase the weight Of bread one-third over the
present weight, and sell the same uniformly at
five cents per loaf Have our bakers come to
any such determination yet
LEGACY TO A BANK. Orleans Delta says
that a rich old planter of mississippi, named Mat
thews, DESTROYS of spiting his relatives, left his
property, exceeding $3.50, 600 in value, to his
illegitimate children by colored woman and in
the event of their disability to inherit, to the
louisiana State Bank. The will contained
few small legaces to his brothers and sisters.
Under the law of Mississippi, the coored children
cannot inherit, and the bank seems to have
pretty clear prospect for this property. His
white relatives, however have commenced to
contest it, and the bank has employed counsel to
maintain its rights The bank is already over
burdened with riches having three million and a
half in speciein its vaults It's stockis quoted at
$3.50.
PRIZE FIGHT NEAR ST. LOUIS. St. Louis
paper give the details af prize fight which took
place on an Island seven miles above Alton on
Tuesday the 9Th ult, between Shanghai Conner,
of St. Louis, and James Byrnes, of New Orleans.
Two steamers transported the crowd from St.
Louis to to the battlefield Near fifteen hun
dred persons assembled about the the ring
Fourteen rounds were fought On the last
Conner was struck while down, and the cry of
''foul play was raised, and Conner awarded
victor terrible row ensued. The Democrat
says:
Stripped, bloody and ragged Byrnes dared
Conner to come out and finish the fight, which
he declined. Then many Of Connor's men rush
ed on shore and joined their comrades, and a
SC enc of riot and murderous attack followed
which battles description Knives were freely
used, bottles, sticks and rocks were hurled and
at last shot was fired. This was the signal
fora general drawing of pistols and some one
hundred shots were rapidly fired. Those who
had not pistols rushed for their boats which at
the same time began backing off from the shore
There was then a heavy rush to get on board
and some forty persons were, instantly in the
river Certain skihmen pulled away in terror,
leaving the victims to swim or drown as they
might One or two fights actually did oc-
cured in the water. The swimmers at length
scrambled on board, not knowing how many
had sunk and been drowned Probably three
or four persisted, at least.
THE VALUE OF p INCUBATION. The following
notifying, yet ridiculous, blunder appeared in
yesterdays telegraph dispatches:
"a man named Brewer had been arrested at
Camp Floyd for having in his possession $50, 900
in counterfeit Government checks on the Sub
Treasury at St Louis, most of which were ready
for issue excepting the signature Colonel Cross
Lake city, in whose shop was found all the imple-
ments and materials used in preparing the checks,
together with large bundle of untitled cheeks y
We know of no Col Crossman except the gal
no ,of4
the United States Army The despatch should
read Except the signature Of Col! Crossman.
An engraver has been arrested, &C." See how
much difference little punctuation makes a
mere dot. The same mistake was in the Boston
and New ork papers Providence Journal.
RUMoRED RETIREMENT OF THE RoTHsoHILDs
In sthe Paris correspondent Of the Morning
Star we find the following:
The assurance given in financial circles of the
approaching retirement Of the Rothschlds has
created strange sensation. IF the rumor prove
true, not only Baron James, but both the sons
Gustave and Alphonse, would also withdraw
from business, the accounts of the house in Paris
be closed and in short, it would exist no longer
after the mouth of December.
The deplorable state in which Nathaniel Roths-
child still remains, who in the flower of his age
and strength has been sundenly struck with
paralysis, the uncertainty of financial operations
in the present unsettled S tate of Europe, have
decid ed Baron James to take this spep, SO it is
said But although the announcement, even
unconfrmed, as yet by himself, has occasioned