Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1859-07-15

tueky TINS year - saia 10 20 the'iargcs
ever grown.
~ The clev ind HERALD give-
list Ct twelve vcAlls .lni have sailcd
from tlnt port this season, for Eu
rope. -.
.s- Gen. pisrak sspsr,. to return
home next month Fce.it indications in
Mrs. Pierce's hes >, tits said. being
less encouraging !, an heretofore:
pa- lion. Lot NJ Mu,~ilI has. beer
nominated for Governor BY the Rspub.
WHAT IS A LOCAL TESDEn ? The
following are tho proviions ofths Uni
ted States law prescribing a. illegal ten.
DER"
~ Tho New Orleans papers say,
that, contrary to tie rcportr, there has
not been a case q yeilsw fever there
this season.
"a It is reported that I'm. charles
Sumner. now in Paris. Is about to be-
married to Mrs, Thayer (SEE Granger)
widow of tho lats John. =. Thayer,. OF.
Boston.
~ The LitE AHr,ld reeords the
death Of Mrs e.. Csstefline, wife OF DR..
Ziba Casterlinc. formerly editor Of tina,
paper. She died on Frid-.y last, 9Th
inst.
pO- Another destructive fire visited
Eaton. Ohio, on the night Of tho Fourth
of July, destroying property to tho
amount Of $4,000.
p6- Lieut.. Gen. Scott has issued nm
order directing that the troops shall bc
regularly and systematically exercised
in target practice and bayonet exercise,
which they have heretofore almost en-
tircly neglected
s0r Levi Baldwin, who died few
days ago. in Washington, confessed
having committed murder in Ptts.
burg, for which another person was
tried, and several ct'iers implicated.
p0r The Court House ut Port Gibson,
Mass, was recently blown up by the
eA plosion of keg of powder placed
under Il. Ten thousand dollars war
robbed from the ctiicc Of the Sheriff.
pas- The Lynchburg yirginian says
that Philip St. George Cooke, ESQ oi
Powhatan. has donated to tho Virgini"
Military Institute, tho sum of twenty
thousand dollars, with which, II ia re.
ported. two additional Proirssorships
are to be- endowed.
rar 1t is said that Julgo Douglas
takes the same q ound against the lei
ter Of Gen. Cas. in regard to the pro
lection of naturalized citizens that har
been assumed by tho liberal pres
throughout tlsoaaRAs. -
rS- Some frcmen in Binghamton
n, Y, could find no better means o.
congratulating q newly married mem
Der of their company. than to play :
stream fiom their engine through til,
window upon the couple, on their wed
ding night.
bar A correspondent Of tho Scien
LIZ al A..
butter WAS recently recovered from tn,
wreck Of n Steamboat which hal beer
sunk in sand for :sventeen years, ant
was found 10 be as sound and sweet u.
on the day it was made. lie Therefore
suggests sinking butter in wells CT els
tiers for preservation.
EaTERpRlsE-Tbe Post-Offfce Depart
ment having decided to reduce the mail
To Watertown. Conn, from daily to tri
weekly. The citizens of that plac,
have concluded to pay for the Other
throc days out of their own pockets
whereby they secure the continuance o.
their mails daily.
p0r At the Fourth of July cele'
ton. in Ironton, Mo-, Capt. John Hall
one Of Marion's men was present. ii,
is q native of North Carolina, and will
be 90 years Of age on the 2lst of Sep.
temher next. lie supports himself 10y
making brooms and baskets, and ha.
never received pension, though b,
fought gallantly during tho Revelation
AIRY war. and distinguished himself al
the battle Of Gnilford Court House, n
c., March Is, 1871, where no was lieu.
tenant of company.
No. The embarrassments Of the Post
Office Department will now be more
seriously felt ut the opening OF the new
fiscal year. The Tribune says that the
small contractors, not exceeding $50
been paid, md the clerks in the large
postotficcs rs heretofore. M appro
1riations having been made, both clnss
~ will be entirely cut on, though com
missions wherewith to pay the latter
will accumulate.
Serious Inconvenience is expected, q,
neary ak months must elapse without
relief-an interval during which I'll,
needy will be cxpaeed In usuriOug ak