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Mr.. E. merriam, of Brooklyn, New York,
states that he has kept record of deaths, inju-
ries, and CONGREGATIONS, resulting from the use
Of camphene and other burning fluids used for
the purpose of illumination, since July %, 1850.
Since that date he has recorded the deaths OF
three hundred and seventy persons, and the in
juries of four hundred and seventy seven persons,
many of the latter of whom the accounts stated
were not expected to survive the injuries
they received. The losses b y fire from these
fluids he estimated at upwards of one million Of
dollars. Mr. Merriam says that when the wealth.
er becomes hot, in summer, the danger in the
use of burning fluids will increase. In the short
term ofthirty-six days, within the present year,
he has recorded the death of nine persons by
camphene and burning fluid.
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DEATH OF Hon. HORACE MANN CINCINNATI,
Aug. 2.-Horace Mann, president Of Antioch
College and Elk Governor of Massachusetts,,
died at Yellow Springs, at half past four o'clock
this afternoon.
The SLAVE TRADE. - WASHINGTON, Au-
suSV o'-lhe following statement is made on
Tue authority OF United States Marshal Black
burn
a cargo OF SIX hundred Africans have been
landed on the Florida coast, near Tvrna As
soon as landing was effected the vpssol " .
fired and abandoned
YELLOW FEVER ON THE RIO Gp4Nnp En,o,,4
Full MORTALITY. -BAIrIMoRE, Aug. e.-The
New Orleans papers, received here tonight
states that the yellow fever had broken ont IN
Edinburgh and Reynosa, two small MEXICAN
towns, and in three days two hundred and forty
three persons died. Among the victims were
three Americans Messrs Fowler and Davis. o,
Texas, and Mr.. James Robinson.
Two PARTIES of ten hunters each, recently
closed six weeks scalp hunt " in Arkansas
with the following result: Such birds and ami
mails as are destructive to farmers alone were te
be counted-such as hawks, owls wildcats
wolves, squirrels, ETC. Small birds were not
counted in These twenty hunters produced
the enormous number of fourteen thousand
scaps
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A BALLOON INCIDENT. John Schreyple is
Dntchman, living between B1sfton and Lockport
Indiana, of whom unpleasaps things are sei1 =
On the Fourth of July, John and his VIE were
hoeing corn in the field whes be saw the Steiner
balloon passing over Not being posted up in
aerial navigation, John thought the last day, OF
the comet, had come, rushed up to bis wife, went
down on his marrowboScs, and begged her for
giveness for all the whippings he had given her
and then turned to bcaven with prayers and hasty
confessions of oanifold sins. A neighbor who
witnessed the scene decribes it as being rich
John, whois rather unpopular among IRIS Ger
man ne'ghbors, is daily subjected to a roasting
on BIZ fright, and is often reminded that guilty
conscience makes towards of us all.
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and Catarrhal affections of the Throat and Head.
For the past eight years. Dr. L. has been practising the
large cities of the Union until he took his permanent
residence NewYork The extraordinary he
noticed in the most aterng terms by the Press wherever
he has been.
He daily in the receipt of letters from the country where
in PATIENTS after stating their symptoms, request him to
York In order however, successfully treat and prescribe
for organs important and delicate the Eye and Ear
requisite that the patient should be personally examined
idea of the than any description of is able
convey For the benefit of those patients who desire his
brother Physician of equal experience himself taking
of his patients in New York. during his temporary
sence.
possible that should their require his personal
tion they may receive the benefit of his whole stay
Aug. 4, 1859.
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WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT. Our
neighboring city, Alexandria, made its first re
Spouse on Thursday to the new plan Of raising
material aid" for the Washington National
Monument. Although the contribution was
quite small only seyenty-two cents, yet (the
SentineD says if each post office in the Union
does as well each day from now until the 4th Of
July next, there will be raised sum aggrega-
ting seUen millions FIVE hundred thousand doll
ars." This calculation, however, is extravagant.
- Washington States
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TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT NEAR Troy,
N. Y.-ALBANY, Aug "a terrible accident
occurred on the Northern Railroad, near Schag-
ticoke, last night. The down train, due in Al
bany at 1925 P. NJ, while passing over the
bridge which spans the Tomhannock, was pre-
cipitated into the creek below, distance Of
twenty to twenty-five feet. The water was
about six or eight feet deep. Over thirteen
persons are reported to have been killed
The accident took place about one mile from
the village of Schagticoke The moment the
train struck the bridge the structure gave way.
The locomotive, however, got across, and became
detached from the tender; the latter went down,
and the baggage and two passenger cars followed.
The first passenger car went down on the ten
der, ard the second passenger car ran into and
keeled it over Most of the dead and wounded
have been brought to this city.
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TERRIBLE ToRNADo.-Cn Sunday evening
last, about four O'clock a terrible storm occurred
on the Tennessee river, at Decatur, which almost
completely demolished the immense railroad
bridge at that place. Mr.. j. Ell. Larcombe,
our telegraph operator, put us in possession of
the particulars Of the disaster. Eight spans,
each one hurdred feet long, we're entirely blown
down, andso much shattered that scarcely any
of the tinbers can be used again. The strong
est bolts and fastenings were wrenched asuDder.
The tornado is described as being most terrific,
tie wind striking the bridge and lifting it some
distance into the air. The direction of the storm
was from south to north The loss is $3.50, 900.
Just as the storm was coming up, the watch
man of the bridge and man by the name of
Casey were on the bridge The Waterman ap-
pretending danger, ran out, telling easy to do
the same but he did not regard the warning,
and in moment more was dashed into the furi-
GUS waters, mutilated and dead His body was
rescued from the river in about twenty minutes
after the accident. He was machinist and
formerly lived in Nashville. Huntsville Ind
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SHIPMENTS OF TOBACCO. Owing to the con-
tiuental war; the shipments of tobacco from Pc
tersburg, Va, to Germany have largely decrea-
sed. The shipments up to the goth of July,
1858, were nearly 5, 900 hogsheads Up to the
present date, for this year, the shipments have
not reached 9, 600 hogsheads.
In Trenton during the year ending lst of June,
90 marriages. 562 births, 272 deaths, have taken
place. OF the births, 273 were males, and 2s9
females; of deaths, 1872 males, 14O females. OF
the DEATHS 2 were between the ages of so and
100, and 124 of five years and under.
The steamboat which is to run on the upper
waters of the Delaware will be 90 feet long and
10 feet wide inside of the guard rails. The wheel
will be at the stern She win be of very little
draught, and enabled to run at low stage of wa
ter Efforts are now making to improve the
channel.
"SINGULAR as it may appear" such . great
quantity Of rags was bought up to make lint
for wounded soldiers in .Lombardy, that there
was rise of about fartbing pound in the
price of some kinds of paper.
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NEW JERSEY STRAWBERRY CRoPs In Ber-
gen County alone, it is estimated that the crop
reached 100000 baskets. The New York
and Erie Railroad took to New York market
1888, 400 baskets, mostly from Ramseys sta
ton From Keyport, two vessels took 1850
900 baskets. The Northern New Jersey Rail-
road took $4,000 more, while the aggregate
from Hoboken and other places along shore''
is almost numberless. The value of these ber-
ries, at the wholesale price, could not have been
less than $3.50, 600.
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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CABINET ON MEX,

CAN AFFAIRS. WASHINGTON. August 3d.
The President called special meeting of the
Cabinet to-day, to consider the dispatches from
Minister McLane in relation to the treaty
with the Constitutional Government of Mexico.
1t is reliably ascertained that, several months
ago, the Miramon Government invited France
and England to assume the protectorate of
Mexico, but they have given no response Of
the proposition.
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CARLISLE Pa, AS A HORSE
gentleman from Georgia, last week, took with
him twelve fine horses from Carlisle, which he
had purchased for the Savannah market, and he
intends to make semi-annual trips hereafter to
this county for the purchase of stock No town
iu Pennsylvania can boast better judges of horse
flesh than Carlisle, and we are glad to find that
their reputation in that way is bringing custom
ers from such distance.
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THE NOVEL SPECTACLE of q Protestant funeral
at Catholic Hospital occurred at Rochester,
New York, last week. The Democrat gives the
following particulars: 1t was the funeral of a
woman connected with the Third Presbyterian
Church, who bad been an inmate of the hospital
for about three months She died of consump-
ton, and many who visited her, during her lin
gering illness take pleasure in testifying to the
inyariable kindness and devoted attentions W hch
she received from the Sisters of Charity, who
have charge of the institution It is but an act
ofsimple justice to them thus publicly to acknow-
ledge it; and especially the Christian courtesy
which prompted them to offer'the parlor to be
used for the funeral services.
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The CHANCES OF EsoApE.-The editor Of Il

The CHANCES OF EsCAPE.-The editor of the
AUBURN On ~ Advertiser has been to Nigga
ra Falls, and saw Blondn replace his guy ropes
after having removed them last week. The Au-
burn gentleman ventures into speculation as to
Blondins chances of escape incase he should fall
from the rope; and comes to a remarkable con-
clusion, viz: that he would swimfa ashore and
come out safely. The writer says, in few
minutes conversation with this courageous man,
he expressed himself satisfied that fall from
the rope would not be fatal He has had con-
siderable experience in falling, and has made
many experiments In case be should find him
self going fromthe rope he would roll himself into
the shape Of ball. and when he struck there
would be so little surface exposed that it would
be of little consequence how he went into the
water he should come to the surface and swim
out. The Monsieur talks with such confidence
of his success in case of fall that we have no
doubt but that he will vary his entertainpent by
an apparent misstep and a tumble 'front.' rope.
1t would make his feat appear more difficult and
the danger more appalling. The cErrent is slow
where he crosses, and unless killed by the fall he
could easily swim ashore"
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M(istellaneoas Mews.

A WHITE WOMAN Runs OFF WITH A NEGRO.
! A case Of mysterious disappearance occurred
at Chatham G. W., about two weeks since,
creating considerable commotion in the neighbor-
hood on account of the social position of the
parties concerned, and no little surmise in regard
to the whereabouts Of the missing person. This
was the wife Of Mr.. Arthur Andrews, a wealthy
farmer, living four miles from the city, woman
much respected for her good character and
amiable disposition and the last one that was
suspected of any improper conduct Her disap-
pearance was accordingly the more strange, and
no effort was spared to discover her retreat, it
being generally supposed that she had gone
away and secreted hesefin a fit of insanity.
We yesterday learned from Officer Goodyear,
of Chatham, that the woman was found by him
in negro house of prostitution in Chatham. in
which place she had day OF. two previously been
delivered of mulatto child Being taken into
custody, she confessed the truth without reserve,
stating that the cause of her flight wasa fear OF
detection in an intimacy which had for long
CIlu0 CAloCCu UCIWCCu H0lSCH hCSAo Mo'
named Jones, employed on her husbands farm.
This negro, one Of the blacklist Of his race, had
lived on the farm for nearly two years. and dur
ing eighteen months of that time had enjoyed
the fators of his mistress to an unlimited extent.
The result of this was in accordance with the
natural, or rather unnatural course of events,
and the woman was obliged to leave home to
conceal her disgrace The negro took her to
the house where she was found, which contained
five or six negro women of the lowest character
She was unwilling to be taken away, and endeav-
ored to escape from the officer, but was unable
to do so.-Detroit Free Press, augusta.
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DICKENS IS CoMING. York, August
ga private letter received by well-known
literary gentleman in this city, (per Persia),
states that Dickens the novelist, will visit this
country in the early part of November on pro-
fessional tour. He viii deliver course of lee
lures throughout the coutry. Where are the
young men with their hearts in their hands ?'7
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g5garriages.

In Frenchtown, on the 2lst of July, by the
Rev. Joseph Rogers, Mr.. Daniel F. Moore, Of
Bucks county, Pa, to Miss Phoebe Fishbough,
OF Hunterdon county, N. J.
July 3Otb, by Rev. j B. Howard, Mr. George
Y. FL. Weaver, to Miss Rebecca Clickner, both
of MechanicsviIIe, n j
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Grove Meeting.

A Grove Meeting of the Mesahs Church, commencing
N the 10th of AUGUST, and continuing the
Sabbath will be held in Bucks Co., Pa the grounds
Mr.. DAVID HOWELL situated the road leading from
Morrsvile to Summervile, four miles from Morris
vle two from Yardeyvle and three from Oxford Elders
OSLER PEARSIN, will be present from the Eastern
States and other minsterng Brethren will be present.
The location for the meeting is heahful, and trust
that all who may attend will be edited and blest.
In behalf of the Committee
Aug. A, 1859.-2t SAMUEL PRIOR.
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Virginia STEWART, the victim of her own
strong passions, has been at length compelled to
succumb to the grim spectre which has haunted
her for the last twelve days. Last Wednesday
night the film of death, in it's most appalling
shape, overspread her countenance, and the
struggle was momentarily expected to be at an
end 1t was a sickening picture to behold the
unfortunate victim as she lay in the death pangs,
her whole frame subjected to the most fearful
contortions. She has made special dying re-
quest of her mother that she will do all in her
power to shield Macdonald from punishment,
and seemed to feel an attachment for him which
death alone could not efface
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so nj ETHING NEW.
Magic Cement.

Mrs John Smith. who lives on Staten Island,
and raises chickens, says she read an item recen-
tly headed Crops in the Interior and was
led by it to examine the crops in the interior of
the chicken she was just picking for market, and
reports full crops of corn and OATS but nary"
grain of wheat.
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IAN India-ruber ship |" exclaimed an old
sailor who had been listening to description
of such proposed invention, :" that would never
do, because it would rub out all the lines OF lat
itude and longitude, to say nothing of our
equator :"
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BLoNDIN AT THE FALLs.-Next to Louis Ma
poleon, Blondin is confessedly the most wonder
full of Frenchmen. At the Falls yesterday, he
performed all he promised, and more Between
four and FIVE O'Clock, he crossed the rope for the
fourth time. He was dressed in Indian costume
His journey to the Canada side was not marked
by any feat Of peculiar daring. He went over on
a trot, merely hating for an instant to balance
himself. His homeward trip, however. complete.
ly eclipsed his previous feats. When about one
quarter of the way across, he stood on his head,
holding the balance pole in his hands. A little
further along, he laid down on his back, with APP
parent composure When near the centre of the
rope he tied his balance pole to the guy rope,
and navigated by means of his hands and feet,
his body being in state of suspended animation
beneath. After proceeding some distance in
this way, he assumed perpendicular position
and returned for the balance POLE and then wal
ked on. Another feat which he performed was,
turning sort Of hand spring Lying down on
his back, he extended the balance-pole the length
of his arms, and then threw his body over the
pole, striking astride the rope. Without the
pole, he hung by one leg from the rope, and sup
ported himself by one arm. During his passage,
he stood onhis head several times, and performed
a variety Of feats which we have not time to re-
capitulate@ The number of persons present was
greater than at any previous exhibition A spe-
cial train on the Great Western brought several
hundreds. Rochester and Buffalo turned out
their thousands, while Cleveland, Erie, Dunkirk,
and other considerable places, sent large delega-
tions.-Bu0alo en- ~ Courier
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Back Again at the Bench.

~
TIME subscriber having again resumed his former occupa-
ton would respectfully inform his old friends and as
many present themselves that he may found
In Main ST., I'd door below Coryeu Lam5ertriHe,
Where he is prepared to manufacture to order,
BOOTS & SHOES
of every style and variety at low prices The subscriber
would thanks old friends their former patronage
and would respectfully request continuance the same
Aug 4, 1S59.-tf PC. McFARRAN
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AT a colored ball, the following notice was
posted on the door-post:
Tickets fifty cents. No gemmen admitted
unless he comes himself
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W. 7. AYMEr, fayorite performer in the Louisa
Wells equestrian troupe, is about making ar
engagements to do some somersaults at Niagara,
which will entirely eclipse M. Blondin's feat Of
tight-rope walking. He proposes, if Mr.. Porter
will allow scaffolding to be erected on Goat
Island, to turn sumersault down into the water
at the foot of the island, depth of one hundred
and seventy feet from the point where he springs
He chooses this place because it is the only one
with sufficient depth of water, and clear of rocks
for him to alght in.
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AN IMPATIENT WIFE.-The Buffalo (N Y }
Express says woman nemed Louise Scrivens
the wife Of canal-boat captain, getting tired
last Saturday of lying i6le in port, waiting fol
her liege lord and superior officer to finish up a
spree in which he had been engaged several days
while the boat was loaded aud ready for start
had him arrested and locked up, with the under
standing that he should be released Monday
Qast) night, and then, leaving So in the hands
of an officer, to be given him when he was So
bered and set free, to pay his fare to Rochester
where he could overtake her, she started east.
ward with the craft, assuming the command,
and transaeting all robustness of clearance, &c
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BATES Of 9Sbsrtising IN tbe press

NOTTS CELEBRATED HOOP OINTMENT FOR
WI the of Conracons Of the Hoof Quarter Cracks
Scratches Cracks Cuts &c. in the feet Of horses For sale
by SCHENCK & co.
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The ATLANTIC AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
The Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean are
to be united, and 1900 miles to be saved, by
great canal through the interior of Spain. The
project has received the sanction of the Govern
ment of Spain, and the Queen, by her proclama-
ton of March 25, l859,has granted to its projec-
tor, Mr.. Charles Boyd, of Barnes, Surry two years
to make the necessary preparations for carrying
it into effect The gigantic work, which is de-
signed for the purpose of shortening the passage
of shipping to and from the Mediterranean and
the ports of Northern Europe, by more than L.
900 miles, will be 2S5 miles in length, $40 feet
wide, and 80 feet deep-ayailable for vessels of
the largest and most unprecedented dimensions,
It will commence at Bilboa, on the coast of
Biscay, and proceeding through the Cantabran
mountains and the valley of the Ebro, and pas
sing by Saragossa and Estella, will fall into the
Mediterranean at the Bay of Afaques, in Cata-
lonia. The cost of this enterprise has not vet
been ascertained, but it is almost certain that
large portion of the expenses will be borne by
the Spanish Government, and consequently a
comparatively small amount of capital will be
raised in England, while the revenues arising
from the tolls ON shipping and for right of way
will be immense London illustrated Ne,os
The TRoT BETWEEN PRINCESS AND FLORA
TEMpIE-A TRoT IN EMBRYO FOR $4,000
New York, August 6.--The trot between Cali
fornia Princess and Flora Temple, on the Eclipse
course, on Tuesday next gives rise to much
speculation among the horsemen at Lafayette
Hail. Flora is the favorite at Odds as 1t is
confidently believed that Princess cannot beat
her in the mile heats. Should Flora win the
race, it is sad that the owner of Princess will
challenge her for two mile heats, best three in
I'VE. to wagon, for ten thousands dollars aside
II Is thought that the owner of Flora would ac-
cept the challenge for mile heats. The trot on
Iuescay is said, by the " knowing ones, " to be
already deceived in favor of Flora.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-07
COUNCILMEN ELECTED.

FOURTH senate DisrRIcT.-John Hogan, VIM.
II. Buteel. Morgan Jones, Anthony j. Mccarthy,
Harris Bogsrt probably, the other uncertain--our
figures are not full enough to decide. They all
Democrats however.
FuTH SESATE DIsTRIcT.-It is rather close here
and there may be one or two Opposition members
chosen-Ashnlun and Perley, possibly but Edward
c. Costello, John H. Hoogkirk, John Mcconnell, John
Ryan, and John Van Tine, all democrats, probably
counted in.
SIXTH SENATE Observation-Disclosures l.. Shaw,
Cornelius w. Campbell. Lawrence N. Van War,
Pierre c. Kane Samuel T. Munson and John Baker,
all Democrats, are chosen.
SEyEs1H SEsAToRlAL DIsTRIcr.-There is ghm-
mer of light here from returns received since our frst
ediion, end have the subtraction Of recording the
election Of the six Republican candidates. viz. Jons-
than j. Waiter, Charles Mccarthy, Daniel b. Town
send, Charles c. Pihekney Ira A. Allen, and Charles
n Decker.