Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-09-23
NEWS ITEMS

President Pierce is said TO have recently
avowed himself in favor Of the nomination Of
Douglas.
The first territorial fair Of Nebraska will be
held at Nebraska city on the 2lst, 22ud and 23d
insts
The title Of Hon. Robert Dale Ovens work
on sprituSlism, now in press. is "Footfalls on
the Boundary Of another World p"
A new kind Of bread, known as serated bread,
is now made in London, 10 the manufacture Of
WHICH no fermentation is used.
A Pah tite Indian, six feet three aud three
quarter inches high, and weighing two hund ed
and fifty four pounds, recently visited Genoa,
California, He is only 25 years old.
james 8. Foster, charged with setting fire TO
the Odd Fellows Hall in Norfolk, Va, has
been sentenced To the Penhentiary for five
years.
The number Of books copyrighted in Canada
from ls4l to 1859, amounted to l65, being on
an average. nine works year. Two were
copyrighted in ls4i and righteen in 1868.
The action Of subterranean springs in Baton
Rouge parish, Louisiana, recently caused the
surface to sink to the drpd OFFS or 30 feet A
large barn WAS swallowed up from which the
people had barely time to escape.
most valuable discovery Of diamonds has
recently been made Eat the foot Of the Oural
mountains, Russia One specimen brought the
lucky owner e6O,OO0 There is every reason
70 believe that a mine Of inexhsustible wealth
has been discovered
The Viceroy Of Egypt had recently anarrov
escape from death. On the isilway between
DAnmanour and Kaf-elszayat, the vice regal
train was run into by luggage train; two OF
three cars were destroyed, and some of the Pa
sha's suite were injured, but he himself escaped
The examination Of DR.. ]. G. Aver, upon the
charge Of stabblng r. s. Fay, at Boston few
days since, has bren postponed foe one week
The impression is that Or. Aver simply defen
ded himself as we'll as he was able from an al
tack commenced by Mr.. Fay. The wounded
man is thought to DO out Of danger.
A singular death has occurred at lIex,on
England A woman was engaged ia the ares
in front Of her house, when monkey, beleng
ing to an organ grinder, Jumped on her back
from the street, and So alarmed her that abe
was attacked with commissions, and died in
two days afler.
1t is said that amorg all the varieties oI
danres which have been dug up from the Chi
rlqui graves. in New Grenada, there is not one
which resembles either horse, COW. pig, dog
cat, or any othsS domestic animal. which il
strong proof that stbey were made 10y a rae,
which existed prior to The introd uction of these
ar imals into this continent.
1t is said that the Mormons have determined
to occupy the Island of Paqun, ia the eastern
Archipelago, separated from Australia by Tor
res Straits, as the seat Of their futnre empire
1t is well timbered, productive spot Of 300 0OI
square miles area, inhabited by Maiays Ane
negroes, who report having found gold.
The emigration from Liverpool TO the unilnt
States, during the month of August has beer
larger than for many months, the Numbers be
ing three hundred and ten cabin, and four thou
sand two hundred and seventyIsix steerag'
passengers. OF these, ,962 belonged to Eng
land, l2G to Scotland, 9.57o to Ireland, and 2lt
were foreigners.
A new "marble palace" which eoa upward
Of two hundred thousand dollars, hGs been
opened in New York as retail dry goods
house The show windows. glazed with sitzL
plates Of glass, aro thirty>fve feet loug aoG
twenty feet wide. The vestibule is supported
on Cornthian columns. in white and gold, and
ornamented with elegant mirrors. MAssiv,
mahogany doors lead from the vestibule TO the
principal sales room, &c.