The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-10-06

The Great Eastern is to make the voyage |
across the Atlantic to Portland, under command
of Capt Harrison, late of the Cunard Line A |
correspondent of the London Herald states that !
Capt. Comstoek, late of the Collins steamer Bal I
tic, will take command at Portland for the pur-
pose of bringing her to New York, through Long
Island Sound, Capt. O. being familiar with that
route.
A SAD ACCIDENT occurred at New Brunswick,
last week, resulting from the frequent practice
among boys of throwing stones. A lad named
Samuel Langstaff, who was preparing for college,
was struck in the temple with stone, thrown
by another boy by the name of Stout, and on
reaching home was obliged to go to bed, and
died the next day. He was fifteen years old,
and came from Paterson.
| BRUTAL CONDUCT. man, named Seningen,
living in Fourth street, near Spruce, South Cam
den, beat his wife in shocking manner, on Tues
day night last, and drove her from the house.
He was laboring under the influence of liquor
when he came home, and after striking her with
his fist and kicking her in a most shameful man.
ner, he threw her on the pavement, brandishing
knife at the time, and swearing if she returned
to kill her. Such dangerous beasts should not
be allowed to run at large Camden DEM
] AT the St. Louis Fair man named Saas
accepted banter to fight with fists, and passed
for that purpose out of sight of his friends, but
almost instantly screamed, and running across
the road fell dead, when it was found he had
been stabbed by three cornered dirk which
entered the neck and passed downward six in
ches. The murderer escaped.
THE Austrian expedition around the Globe
at the head of which was DR.. Scherzer, is at
length completed. The novara with all the
scientific collections on board, has safely ar
rived at Trieste, and the Austrian Government
will soon publish the results of this important
circumnavigation. Several Swans took part in
the expedition.
N. p WILLIS takes back his romance about
Lieut.. Maury's Owyhee marriage. The court
ship was all right, and Willis understood Maury
to say that the marriage followed, but that
seems to have been a Understandings is it
only rcconsidered because It does not look just
the thing in print
A TRIAL of strength and speed occurred in
Chill few weeks since, between two British and
two American locomotives, constructed for the
Great Southern (Chilean) railway After sever
al attempts the English concern performed in
eighty minutes the work which the Yankee
performed in less than half that time.
AN ingenious Scotchman has trained couple
of mice to turn reel for twisting twine The
laborers run about ten miles day, and reel
from 100 to 12O threads A halfpennys worth
of oatmeal lasts mouse five weeks and the
clear annual profit on each animal per year is
computed at six shillings.
| A COMPANY called the " Rock Oil Company .
near Ttusville, Pa, recently at the depth of II
feet struck assure in the rock, out of which
gushed stream of water and oil yielding 400
gallons of pure oil per day. They are about
erecting machinery that " i'll raise 1900 gallons
off pure oil day.
THERE is a colored giant in Kentucky, only
ten years of age, who weighs 80 pounds. He
is five feet six inches high, can carry 800 pounds
easily on his shoulder and is slave, the proper
ty of Parson Bone. Verify there are bone and
sinew in " Kaintuch.n
A coLoRED lady was arrested in New York
for stealing a parasol. She offered an excuse
to the magistrate, that the sun was spelling her
complexion. He took pity on her, and sent her
to prison for six months to enable her to bleach.
Mr. Ten BROCK writes from England to
friend in Memphis that his winnings in England
this year have topped $4,000, to gain which
he risked but 500, 900.
Miss DoLLIE DUTToN, the smallest girl in the
world Of her age being years old and 26 in
ches high, and weighing only Ii pounds, is CIV
ing leYees in Providence, r. /.
| A PECULIAR BEQUEsT.-A citizen of one of
the pleasant town in Middlesex county, Mass,
has bequeathed the sum of $500 to the SALIENT