New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-20
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY MAY 20, 1859.

RnIrp HIssrLF or ms Fathers GnavE;IVn
Tuf sday siierro,H q lat week, the bay % o.';
Homer schenok # tishkl found in the Na,e! az
~ tie Returned Dutcn Church 10 that village, "c"-"
then still alive, under q. following singular aud oai
ful circumstance we learr from The Stand0rdt a
youIR nan firm Mef;egAn, being about that tn ="
hear The yard bad the curiosity 10 visit the ncnunent
OF the late Abraham Scherok the father Of tie nt'cr
tur ate peTzor alluded tn FIR the purpose az settling
question which hsd recently ayiseB amoig some of hs
eud TO the age Of that gentleman at his decease
Upon apIruacf hg The monument, what must nave
been biz rGrp-e No. only hear the strange nOIse a.
oi one deeply sucring but drawing nearer, TO mud
the veieIiug = his own bloc al the side oi us
fathers tomb ard his head reclining upon IL, while y
literally coveTed Sth clotted gore, and consii-
eIsble portion Cf the brain besphiieied the monument
Beside him was a revolver, fully loaded and capped
one Of the barrels only having been discharged ani
from appearance be bad evidently lnu there for
several hour. He had shot himself in the night
temple, and The bal had passed out on the left side o
the head thus completely shattering the brain, and
his eyes were much swollen and dscolored. he was
Immediately taken up and removed to has place "a
residence Mr. - had long been subject 10 iGterSAis
Of mental ALTERATION. He was at church on Sahbath
orlirg, evidently under great mental excitement
and wept freely during prayer. after when ne ieit,
bowing ne left the church in the most re-pecuul
manner. Just before entering the churchyard for the
Accomplishment, Of bis fatal purpose, he endeavorei
TO induce friend 10 accompany him, renarking th"t
be might something that he had never seen before
He about 20 years Of age and leaves an interest
bis ri timely death. He died at II o'clock p. m.
knTton ulster Col Journal
'Cosrpacr FOR SrRyYTs.-Mr Charles f. Mix, on
the i2ih inst, at that time acting Commissioner OF 10.
dian Affsir. cluded agreement with L. H. Sno"
aud Henry Hutton for the survev Of the southern oouh
Diary the land granted 10 the Meodanakaon, Wabpa'
koota SisSeston and Wahpston bands Of the Sioux
Indians by the treaties of 2d of July ard sh day 0f
August 1851 and ais the exterior boundaries Of the
YaIkton reservation, and the fred pipe stone quarry
reserve granted the YahLion odians BY the treaty Of
the l9th Of April 1883 The amount to be paid for the
surveys mentioned is A. 0o0, and they are TO be CON-
p'eted and plaS, &C.. forwarded = the General Land
Office by the lst dag Of October 1882
CFNsUs or NAsHyILLE.-A census Of the CITY Of
Nashville, lately taken, gives toe following results
The population OF the city proper Is 29ll3 OF wnch
) ;,e5 blacks, of whom ,75S are Free Tie population
Of the suburbs is 6,7C0 making total of 81, ,s3 The
manufactures OF the city reach s2,34 'U!; the total
trade, exclusive of manufactures, is 81, ,4'3,s'2.
About lc0 steamboats, visit the port during the year,
with On average tunn0ge Of iO6, cOO. There are 10
Protestant churches, with membership OF 1852 be-
side ) African churches with 600 members. The
Catholic membership IS 2tOO.
SWAMP LAYDs.-On the 10th inst, three additional
lists of swamp and overfowei lands, approved to the
State of Missouri in the Bonneville the Jackson, and
the Palmyra Districts respectively, amounting IN the
aggregate TO 69.252 acres, were transmitted BY the
General Lard-Ofice.
GETTYSBURG C0LLEGr.--An earnest effort is making
for the auent endowment Of Pennsyvania College,
at Getty sburg, Pa. One hundred thousand dollars are
required for the purpose. e.. A. Mo17s, esq, OF York.
hss subscribed - 900 to the fund.
Tie Columbia Hotel at Bristol, Va, was burned on
Wednesday night last. together with nearly all its con-
tents. The proprietor Col j. {. Grant and his wife,
barely escaped with their lives.
The Southern EpiscopqiaH states that $1,000
have already been subscribed for the endowment Of
the Episcopal University Of the South.
A fatal accident, which resulted in the death Of q
child Of Mr.. Charles White, who resides near the
Cross Roads, Elizabeth, occurred on Thursday last
The chds mother had occasion toeaye the house for
few mir utes aud upon her retnrn found the clothing
Of the chilly had taken fire from the stove, and was
80 badly burned that death ensued in . few minutes.
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