Warren telegraph. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1857-1861, 1859-07-23

Lizzie Paxton. These al perished in the Po-
mona, but their bodies were afterwards washed
ashore and of course Inferred respectfully, .
large amount Of money having been found ON
the person Of Mrs. Paxton Mrs. Paxton was
the wife of Captain Paxton Of the Savannah ship
Cooawattee, and she and her family were going
to New York to meet Captain Paxton; but the
morning that beheld the wreck of the Pomona
and the fate of Mrs. Paxton and her family
ushered in the day on which Captain Paxton
died. His ship was lying at Calcutta and he
died there the same day as his wife and fami ~
perished off Wexford. Thus one entire family
the head Of which was in India, the remain
der in Ireland-died on the same day.
M. Thiers is now staying at the country
house of friend near Charleroi for the purpose
of collecting materials for an account of the bat
tie of Waterloo in his next number of the Con-
sulate and Empire"
Grace Church, Providence, is at last to
have spire and chimes. The requisite amount
($10, ,000) having been subscribed.
1t is settled that an attempt will be made
to lay the Atlantic Telegraph. Six per cent of
the capital necessary for its construction have
been guaranteed by the British government, on
condition that it succeeds
General B raguay d'Hilliers (French) and
Field Marshal Schlcck (Austrian) are old cam
paigners against each other, in the wars Of tho
First Napoleon as well as the Third at Leipsig.
The former lost an arm, and the latter an eye.
"A fireman in Binghampton, Miss, got mar
ried few days ago. and was complimcnted
with q singular serenade by his brother fire.
men. They took out one of their engines and
played into his bed-chamber, and nearly drown
ed him and his BRIDE
The Sultan of Turkey gave an entertain
ment to the Russian Grand Duke Constantine,
and sat at the table with him and with the
Duchess, which was double breach of Moham-
medan etiquette.
The Providence Post of Monday has the
following, which occuraed in Pawtuxet on Fri
day afternoon. John Case took a little boy and
two little girls out from Pawtuxet in small
skiff for the purpose of sailing toy boat. While
the boy was leaning over the side of the skiff,
he accidentally fell overheard and sunk. Case,
forgetting to anchor the skiff in his anxiety to
save the boy, Immediately plunged in and
succeeded in getting the lad and bearing him
to the shore, thoroughly exhausted. By this
time the skiff containing the little girls had
drifted some distance to lceward, and was met
by another boat, the occupants of which anchor
ed it until it could be secured from the shore.
Philip Herbert the California Congressman
who murdered waiter at Wizards in Wash
ington, has, with many others, been forced by
a mob to quit Hennasello. An ex-Judge was
leader of q the instigators."
On Sunday night tornado at Decatur Tonn.
damaged the railroad bridge there to the amount
Of $4,000, destroying eight spans.
On Friday, the attractive and hitherto-re-
spectacle wife Of Geo. T. Snaw, photographs
of Louisville deserted her home in company
with one Lloyd, and was pursued by her hus-
band and captured at Louisville. She returned,
protesting that she was repentant, and would
ever after be constant. On Monday evening she
again fed. The parties proceeded to Lexing'
ton, and thence to Paris and on to Maysville
Mr.. Shaw arrived at Lexington after the birds
had flown.
Victor F. Ward of Louisville-the boy
whose whipping by Butler, the school teacher
was the first act in the Mat Ward tragedy
died on the Goth ult.
1t is said that Mr.. Fernando Wood gave q
dinner at Delmonico's in token Of his joy at thu
denoucment Of the Sicklcs tragedy"
The Kansas Constitutional Convention is con
sideri Bill of Rights, making no distinction
between aliens and citizens in possessing proper
ty and that slavery shall not exist in the state
A majority are said to favor anti-Fugitive slave
Law instructions to the Supreme Judges, and t.
desire provisions for Homestead Law, embra
cling 160 acres.
Mr. La Mountain has challenged Mr.. Johi
Wis to test their "rclative capacity, sciontifi
cally considered, in a trial trip from San Fran
cisco to the Atlantic seaboard, with balloons
Mr.. Wise, in a card, published in the st. Loui
Democrat, says that his thoughts are nov
turned to the crossing of the Atlantic, and witt
q precision much better than was the trip fron
St. L Juis to New York. have fully resolves
on that, because have learned in the St Loui
trip that it is easier to accomplish than ha
heretofore thought it was"
The Tompkins Blues of New York, intcn
visiting Newport, Providence and Boston abou
the middle Of August They have chartered
steamboat for the entire trip and will quartz
} aboard during the whole excursion.
The Boston Post learns that r. II. Dams
J Jr, will leavs New York for San Francisco IN
voyage round the world, in the course Of tw