, 1859-03-18
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
SrEILlCOON, ". r, FRIDAY, MARCH IS, lSi9.
gIIsCELLANEOUs ITEMS.

by winch pty slclun iOst hiS hIe' ~ aPPOAS
that DR.. Causcc, of Budrsheim, was recently
visiting some patients in nCighboring village,
and on the road concluded that he would smoke
q cigar. In lighting match, some Of the phOs
phorus flew upon one Of his fingers, burning it
severely. The pain extended, and became SO
intense that the Doctor, who had the necessary
instruments by him, cut out the wound and let
It bleed freely, but without experiencing any re-
lief He then returned to Budesheim and lad
the finger amputated. The poison had, however,
by this time so inoculated his system that the
loss of his finger was Of no avail Meanwhile
physicians had arrived from Bingin, who de-
clarcd that his only hope lay in immediate am.
putation of the entire arm. The unfortunate
man underwent this operation without a muir
mur, but it likewise proved usclcsS-in q few
hours he was corpse.
UNPARALLELED MrASSEss.-An individual in
which was placed in the hands Of the sheriff for
the purpose Of collecting the claim, but that officer
finding no property, 1t was returned unsatisfied
A short time since, the creditor discovered small
monument at one Of the marble yards in the city
which had been ordered by the debtor to be placed
over the grave Of little child he had recently
buried Forthwith this worthy exemplar of Shy
lock waited upon the sheriff and instructed him 10
levy upon the stone. That officer very properly
demonstrated against an act so barbarOus and un-
christian, but without avail lie was threatened
with prosecution unless he performed this unplca-
SAINT duty, and the stone was accordingly seized
and in due time sold. There was no one mean
enough to bid upon il but the creditor and il was
knocked down to him. A little monument Of a
little child, with the names Of the parents and
their offspring upon 1.-THE figure Of dog, the
emblem Of fidelity, in al attitude Of repose sur
mounting twas bought in by this thing in hu-
man form As We looked upon the stone and lis
tened to to this little history connected with it,
we could not help thinking that he who had done
90 base thing against his fellow deserved no
rcpose In this world or tho next
SHOCKIxG DEArH ~ WAsHISGroS.-A young
man Of cstimablo character and fine talent,
named John Hart, came to his death on l. street.
between Fourth and Filth, in Washington, ID. c.,
In most distressing manner, by getting acciden-
tally hung on the pangs Of fence. II seemed,
from what could be learned Of the circumstances
that young Hart, who is the son Of q very csti.
inable gentleman, Formerly connected with the
Charleston, S. e., papers) came to his boarding
house ata latO hour and attempted to climb over
the palings Of the front yard, and in doing so,
his foot apparently slipped, and he was caught
by the neck in such a manner as to strangle hin
70 death. A faithful dog, which was with his
master, had endcavorcd, with oil his power, to
relieve him from tho peril and in doing so, tore
the clothes entirely olf from young Hart in his
efforts 10 pull him down. When found in the
morning. the body was still and cold, and the
clothes torn in shrcls by the dog, lay scattered
shout the faithful animal keeping guard over
the dead body Of his master.
One day during the recent sleighing, Mr.. Eber
Hart, Of Brighton, n. Y, harncsscd pair Of
spirited young horses to sleigh, partially loaded
The horses took fright while standing without a
driver, and ran away. 4 large mastiii, owned by
Mr.. Hart, saw the horses start, and gave chase,
pursuing for half mile before he overlook the
lunaways lle passed them, and by presenting
himself in the track IN front Of them, endeavored
10 check their speed; but to no purpose-they
actually ran faster for the barking Of the dog.
Failing in this, the dog dropped out Of the track,
and following behind, he seized the reins, draw.
ing upon the ground, and did not relax his hold
until the team stopped. Aiter he had been drawn
Tor some distance, his pull became greater upon
ono line than the other which drew the horses
toward fence, where they stopped.
- few weeks ago, Mr.. John Linwood, Of Cadiz,
Henry county, Indiana, was a passenger in a
train on tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. lIc
occupied a seat near the door and, after dark,
dropped into snooze, from which he was
aroused by a passenger in the seat behind him
Withdrawing his hand from his breast pocket
with his pocket-book In It. lie attempted to
seize the hand, but missed il, and the pickpOcket
Immediately started for the door. Mr. Linwood
caught ono Of the skirts Of his coat just as he
emerged from the door. II gave way IN his hand,
and he then caught the other skirt which also
gave way, and, though tho train was under full
headway, the thief jumped off and escaped with
the pocket-book, containing SOL. In the pockets
Of the coat-skirt Mr.. L. found, however, to COM
pensate him, two costly gold watches worth Sl2o.
Lord Elgin, the British Minister in China, has
projected m expedition up the Yangtse river,
in China, which promises many interesting re.
suits. With squadron Of steam corvettes and
gunboats, six In NUMBER and with the consent
Of the Chinese authorities, he is going as far as
Hangchow, the principal commercial emporium
on the river, five hundred miles from its mouth,
and more than three hundred miles from Nan.
Kin, hitherto tho utmost limit Of "outsidc bar
barian navigation. The New York Post says:
"The Yangtse Is called the Mississippi Of China,
but as II drains about third Of China, the pop
ulation on its banks must be eight or ton times
as much as that on the Mississippi"
The Restminster Eeeieir, for January, has
an article upon an@sthetic agents as aids to sur
gical operations. II estimates the number Of
operations in the United Kingdom, United States,
France, and Germany, during the past ten years,
at one million two hundred thousand. The total
number Of deaths, 50 FAR as has been ascertained,
from the inhalation Of anesthetic vapors in Eu.
rope and America, has been as follows Deaths
nom chloroicrn, IS; from ether, 2; from mix
tiire of rhln,,of,rrn and ofhor from mi xttire