New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-20

or he .um Of 40 600 20 deliver that boat al Shay
enne On Red River, and accomplish ne ies, oy Naei
Two eeutemen-Frank Steele and j. u buroahA oi
81 Pauloer 70 be ;EO Of zen 10 iurnlsn me euounI.
TIs Pioneer aad Democrat seems % think the voyage
might a. This time BE- successfully accompil-heu' INC
route would be up The Minnesota 70 Big >'one Lshe,
thence 10 Iac Traverse, which discharges mo 'he
Rcd River Between Lac Traycrse and me heai Oh
the Minnesota strip oi low, marshy ground, ABOUT
mile wide ntervenes, bu. the supposi1n Is that az
the present swollen stage o .he waies IN that Tegon,
boa. of ish, draft nigh: be r'ated over H. Ohce
in Red River a steamer cuuh pass down that stream,
across Lake Winnepeg, and up the Norm saSSatche
wan 70 Fort Edmonton within i've days march OF the
Fraser River gold fields. The people of -. PaHi-or
some OF them-sesm - be seriously considering TIC
possibility OF attempting the voyage
Apytcrs PROM THE AFRICAN S9UADRos.-We
have advices 20 the 18th March from Porto fTaya'
The United States squadron was assemoled al IoIlY
Praya during the week. The flagship Cqnoerianu;
Ccpoyer took her final leave of the cruising grOiRu
on the 9th March, bound 20 Madeira 70 await orders
for home The confidential and other papers oi the
squadron are deposited with Consul Morse, 10 DC
handed over TO the Gag officer who is 70 come. NE
Vincennes sailed the 2yth for G'ree ana cruise;
The Dale Is az anchor awaiting her relc having nai
her two years OF ccaseess cruising, ad was the hrst
Of the present squadron the coast. Her ohicers re-
ported for duty on the l,h Of Apri, leJl. Sne mas
sailed 30 Geo miles. The Marion was a. loando and
Congo ON the 10th March. She IL splendid cruiser
under her gallant and Marion Ike commander, L. W.
Brett lIe is the pride OF the squadron az dashing
'"''V'' TWashir ston star, May IA.
MILroS's PAR4DIsE RTGMNED.-A family in Hart
ford c.. says The Times of that city, has copy 0i
Miltons Paradise Regained and other poems oy M. h
ton in English and Latin, which was printed In the
year I7l3 II purports 10 be the htth edition,
adorn with cuts and has Il, fron,ispece an ale
gOrical picture Of Jesus, surrounded oy ch-ruoIni'
holding cross and placing his foot upon the prosrae
form Of ull.graspng, -erpcnt-eptwned grDnlng,
and altogether hide0us.lookipg devil. portrait OF
the author graces the opposite page, and among me
cuts which adorn the voieme Is portrait iEoo f of
Shakespeare executed in Gne style as the best OF
the old coppeplae eDgTavlngs Of century ana hSu
ago. aud probably more authentic portrait ut GER
tainly has individuality than most o those whlch
appear in the modern editions Of the great bard. IL
accou panes Milton's lines CON Shakespear, 1850
The volume appears 70 have been owned, originally,
bv VIM. Russell, of Kings College, Oxford, whose
name and place are written in Latin on the hy-ieat.
The FIRES ~ THE NEw-JERsEY PIsTs-We clip
the following from The Philadelphia NOrth A@eT'-
can:
"A news item, copied into our columns from one OF
our Jersey exchanges. has mentioned the large WOOD
fire in Burlii gton County, y. j. From lrienu we
Learn that the conHagrati,D, which approached Med
ford DESTROYED the timber covering about ID acres
Of pine land owned by Wm. Bradd0ck and others MT.
Braddock's loss. alone amounted to SlO,0 ,0OO. AT
Spyder's mills where the flames encountered large
pond Of water il was supposed that the destruction
you'd be arrested but high wind prevailhg, tne nIe
crossed the pond and caught in the buildings, fences
etc. 20 that the people narrowly escaped with ther
lives The fire commenced near Pendeton, where
coored man was burning brush.heaps, a common out
very dangerous practice in wild lands. Many farmers
suffered the l0ss Of fences and other property ana lhe
neighboring crops were injured.
CoyrRAcr FOR SURyGYs.-Onc of the last oiicia
acts of COL Charles +. Mix, as Commissioner ot inlan
Affairs ad interim the conclusion on the I'm INST
of an agreement with {. H. snow ana Henry Hutton luton
for the survey Of the southern boundary Of the lands
granted 10 the Mendanakanton, Wahpakoota, Ssseston
and Wahpaton bands of the Sioux Indians by he rea.
ties Of the 2d July and 9Th day OF August, ieol ana
also the exterior boundaries of the fankton
anu the red pipe stone quarry reserve granted the
Yankton Indians by the treaty OF the 18th of Aprl,
1853. The amount TO be paid for the surveys men;
toned is $4,000 and they are to be completed, and
plats &C., forwarded 10 the General Lana once ny
the lSt day Of October, 1893. tCJnstnuton'
PoIsoNED.-Six persons were seriously poisoned at
West Winsted, Conn, ON Thursday last. Ii seems
that gentleman and his wife called upon family ny
the name of Wakefield and staid 10 Tea and that in
wetting Up biscuit for The tea-tabe, by mistake,
arsenic was used instead Of cream of tartar. All the
family, together with the visitors partook freely of
The hot biscuit aud were dangerously poisoned. On
Tuesday last all were recovering. Mrs. Wakefelds
the worst but il thought that she would
recover.
SEVERE HAIL STORM IN VIRGIYn.-There was a
severe hail storm on Friday last about twelve miles
east of Wheeling. The hail lay on the ground three
four inches deep. On some farms the loss great.
Everything, without a single exception, suffered more
or lees. The trees were completely robbed of their
nun; apples, peaches, pears pluiUs, down even 10
gooseberres AMI curants, all changed places from the
branches to the ground. Wheat, barley, oats and
completely rddlcd and beaten into the earth
trees blown down and branches cut off. The storm
ragged for fifteen or twenty minntes with undated
fury and surpassed anything of the kind ever before
known.
RELIGIOUS TROUBLES IN A COLLEGE.-A religious
difficulty has sprung up in the Agricultural College OF
Michigan. The institution has 81 students. Six
sevenths of these have addressed petition 10 the
Faculty asking return to an original rule which
questcd all the clergy of Lansing to oicate in turn in
the religious exercises at the institution Sunday,
including the Rev. Mr. Knickerbocker (Universalist,
who has been excluded.
PRIZE FIGHTING ~ THE RURAL DIsTRICrs.-A
" mill took place the Mohawk, in Deerield,
yesterday afternoon. The principals were two san
culinary butchers of this city, named Eyarts and Mud
deInan. The stakes $50 against $50. Evarts
was the victor On the eighth round he gave Mud
deman such severe punishment that the latter
failed TO come 10 time on the ninth.
Utica Observer, May II.
FIRISG INTO \ TRAIN oS THE ALBANY ASD BOsrOy
OWesterpl RuLEoAD.--An extract from letter,
dated State Line, May 10, says:
There occurrence last evening in this vicinity
that might be called strange. Henry Deyoes train
running east was fired n,o-the bail passing through
the windows opposite each other-the seats near said
windows being occupied by three gentlemen passen-
gers. The gentleman sitting alone Mr.. Sas Burt of
West Stockbrfge had very narrow escape as the
ball passed within about four inches of his head A
reward Of 500 is offered for the arrest of the villain
The EFFECT OF LITTLE MIWGQkee Ners saysthat
since Sckles shot Key less than thirty four men
have been shot, or sho, az by injured husbands that
We have account of.
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