, 1859-11-02

UoI. Y ashins Ton father, the late Col Geo. G..
Washington, was only the son Of nephew
All the nephtws Of the General were beoueath-
cd swords in his i'll, and iwo are in be|posaes-
sion Of tile Lewis family. the Gus worn n Brad
docks defeat, besides o'her selic., being now Ut
Marmiou. Mrs. Laurence Warrington, OF
Nessmore!and, IL Al auot Of Col. l.: ". VI ash
togtcn, and Of course al=o nearer relative.
Tag Gotn IuA6zs Hrxprc.-Thc general im-
prcssi1n in Panama nov IL, III It about all tile
golden images that WEI buried in the distr,c.
Of Chiriqui have been found. Sill there arc
those wlio te'ieve that large quantities will be
1aken out Of the huacAs as soou As the dry sea-
son SETS in. The excitement has completely
died out, and m arr.val from Chiriqui excited
no more Interest than IN arrival ftons my ether
point on the coast. >
There arc Ut present being cut aud pre-.
pared at the Doxleusburg Iron and Lumber
coo1pany's Mills, Tirgioia; sola. if.y thousand
s,iees Of white oak, for gun csr1ia.es for the
Cheat River, where it is crossed u the BALI
more and Uhi, Railroad. on which road the
timber Is carried to baltimore, aud then shipped
to Eoglau.s. The person who is getting this
iiuab-r has been shipping white oak tinber 10
the british Government. Or fur lhe british mar
Eet-. larsc:y during the last TWO or til, ee years,
and has sent to Liverpool from Baltimore This
year. pearfy OF quite, twenty large ships car
goes lie has just ch lricred four ships, The lcaa.
OF which is over thousand tons burden, to
load 1mmc iia'esy for the same port. lie has
over there hundred n,eu employed in getting
timber in tie mountains, near Iowlensburg-a
part Of which il for tue entire frame OF ship
of eighteen hundred tons. His expenses in the
wocds and for railroad freight alone, are said to
be over $50 per day.
Some curious experiments have recently
taken place at Pasis 10 test new coutrivsnee
ior protecting Gsemen from The action Of the
haules. and enabling them IN re...t the strong
heat. It consists Of gloyes made of nn'iau-
thus, kind Of f1aneniUus, incombustibte min
eral, u helmet Of tie same material fitting into
..nolher OF wire gauze and thield, besides
other garments Of the aforementioned mate.
fla'F Three i.,eu having put on the gloyes were
enabled 10 carry iron bars at white heat for
lhree minutes without beng obliged to let 60
their hold. Straw WIS afterwards set fire to IN
large clat-iron ca!1ron. and continually kept
at'orc 1ne nsi"ncj stood shove 1he flames, which
he wardrd OF with tle eAelj. Although they
tuac ut times above lis hend he Was able kesp
his post for minute and II half. Numerous
other Experiments we're tried, which demon.
strated the success Of the materials used.
CASE OF GIGAx71c LEGAL FnACu.--The Eng
lsh papers report that another solicitor has dis
graced Tic profession, not merely by g'gautic
future, but BIZ gigantic fraud 3ir. BuIer,
1lEAIAcs Vi AlAE0t4 AAo@ACtAHs tAa
III conveyancin and mortgage lo0as, has, it is
said, taken fight. leaving debta to the amount
Of $H0o, COZ, much Of it money entrusted to him
Ly clients, nany Of whom are consigned to ab-
solute poverty. Que case Was stated Of lady
whom h. ID induced to call in mortgage Of
$4,000, on the pretence that he had procured
another paying per cent more Of interest He
received Tue nloasy, and spent the whole of IT.
"A puper read before The british Scientific
Assor.nfinn nn *tT:,,3nrrrntfnd T%unerstureh
stated that, with thermometer sunk to 1he
depth Of three feet the ere eItest cold was e1pe.
rienec in Fehrua,y, while Mt SIX fec: deep The
greatest cold <ns in March: 1T twelve feet deep
the gre4teat cold was in april aud Ut twenty
four ,ees the grentcs, cold was in July.