New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-03

re'ius. walked mo tine Auburn market o. kosdsy
mosning. bringing the entire distance % pounds a
butter en her bead, y dozen riggs On one arm and
huDping fst baby weighing 30 pounds On the ota,t
! SU.
TN Thursday LAST as MIS-. Palmer, wife OF Ls,t.
A. =. Palmer, and Mrs Hiram Clark. both Of fBrew~,
Mas together with young lady. were returning
from Eas: Holden the horse took sudden fright at
hedgehog which made its APPEARANCE at the eide Of the
road reared, and plunged al fearful pace down whSs
! is known as the " Cfoweu Hill, overturniny tn,
| wagon and tbrosDg out the occupants. Mrs. ClAk
was shockiDsy maDS led and bruised aud Ms. Palmer.
| it s thought, Is fatal! Injured
-Svnator Wilson has been elected Captain Of tAs
Na,ick Guard. The Generals ambition must now bs
ys.Y nearly satisfied.
Tie Newport espcnient OF The ProrIdt1ee
E,e.ire Press. IN letter dated August says "Oa
Saturday last there was extraordinary auttenog
among the sashiorables ,on learning that the beau
tfu and gifted Cora de Wihorst hsd been oompsile~
10 apply for the intervention of the police to termssss
cartan marea:msnt to which she had been subjseteA
bv ,her husband-.she so-csled Count
-Msdsme Frezr ,lini win give concert q New
port next Monday evSning.
-Msssrs Firth and Nenham who went out IN the
Pera steamer, with their email screw steamer on sas
upper deck, safely launched their little ersn, tss
Wasp. in Alexandria Larbor, and departed for th'
River Nile on their perilous sxpeditisa to endeavr
TO discover its source, the ga of June.
"A banquet was to have been given 70 Mr.. Rich
ard Cobden at Rochdsle on the q sh ult.
Gen Earl Cathcsrt died the 18th rt., st hiS
., \ a.ia -S.a Ha
of Gen Cathcart Who was killed at Inkermsnn, sa~.
like bis father and many of his ancestors was brought
up to the military profession lie entered the army
in May l799 and for the first sixteen years OF hs
career in the army he saw much active service, hsv-
irg served in the Helier expedition in 1893; In NsPies
and Sicily on the staff of Gen. Sir James Craig
during the camp signs of 1856: at the Walcherca
expedition in 1899 taking part in the siege Of PasA-
ing; and subsequently, IN 1872, having joined she
amy in the Peninsula, and taken part in the battles
of Barosss Salamanca, and Vittoria during which As
served as assistant aud during
the campaigns Of 1915 in the Netherlands aud Franco
He was present at W.terloo one of the Royal Sssa
Corps actrg ss one of the assistant -quartermNter-
generals attached to the British forces. The gallant
general was appointed, IN 1897, Commander OF the
forces in Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle;
and in 1916 he rade Governor and Commaadsr-
nChief of Canada, No,a-Scotis and dNew-Brunswick.
Mr.. Wslwortb wealthy planser Of Arksnsss.
who is one of the old hoJues of Saratoga has made
will in which he bequesths -, 900 10 the State Of
New York, toward founding hospital for the blnd;
if the State should refuse to accept it, it's -
the State of Michigan; and if not accepted by Mioh-
gan, it is to go to Ohio. Mr.. Walworth Is himsed
blind
-TrHbner, the London Publisher, having received
some English extracts of the obsiade in The Crsysa,
has engaged the translator, the Rev. Cherries :.
Brooks, of Newport, to furnish 9 complete versisa
for public alton.
MIR. I. |. BENJAMIN, Moldavisn by birth, has sx-
plored great part of Asia and Africa, and 70 About
exploring the other parts of the world with view Of
writing a complete history OF the remains Oh tho see
tribes of Israel scattered the globe. His uls-
mate purpose is a comprehensive history OF theJe"
He has now q werk in press entitled AcM Jahre -
As,en und Atrika Eight Years in Aisle and Afriosl.
which embraces his Investigations in those parts Of
the world.
The Springfield Republican, in noticing Tsuny-
sons new poem, says: eve suppose that the author
il beyond the necessity of borrowing IDEAS, yet it u
inst possible that Longfelows collection Of Indian
legends i'll Hawaha suggested to the poet laureste
the embodiment in verse of some of the characteristics
legends Of the times Of King Arthur" One objection
to this patriotic hypothesis s that Mr.. Tennyssn's
poem und rsood to have been his easel for some
ten years.
Mrs. Rhoda Douglas of Freetown Mass, entered
her Tooth year last month. She was left widow u
her j9h year, and has remained such for 40 years.