The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-12

RopMAx's MONSTER CANyoy-The morster cannon de-
Gently cast Il the Fort Pit works. Tisshue. is now
being bored The gun weighs some forty eight thousand
pounds. has bore Of fifteen inches diameter and thir
teen feet nine inches in length 1t has twenty i've inches
Of solid metal at the breech making s extreme length
fourteen and half feet Al the breech the outside da
tenth inches. II viii project ban Of four hundred
twenty pounds distance Of five xix miles, with
ing in size or weight has ever before been cast TIE
largest English guns are made or iron ttavea banded To-
gs.se, Some brass pieces Of sssr length have been
TIE BoDY THs SYRACUSE BURGLAR ForsD-On the
evening Of The sh November last says The Albany jour
W. Il. Reeves, alias ". II Riley, alias W. 81 Rockweu>
while in charge Of onlcer R. r. Lowell ard v. c smith,
Of Syracuse, jumped from the Hudson River Railroad
and notorious thef and burglar. In Indiana he broke
jail In Cincinnati he committed burglary. In Syracuse
CITY he committed burglary. He ives arrested in Hud
con and bis way to Syracuse when he made tho
Keller he So & g ne
city. His handcu1e on, allowing conclusvey that
the water colder than he bsrganed for and that he
must have pershed from cold AFTER ruDging into the
water faid tina: he he'd valuable diamond pin IN
his shirt II the time, but that was not found 10 his
pockets were found 81 cents AMI nothing else Of value
Gorxc Orr AND COMING lx--The veYmHouvile (La-
fsyette Ia ktho, Of the Sd, sAys-1he exodus from
this parsh mos, The suspicious characters who hal
BY most happy results Ths immigration to parish,
from Mssepp during the last year has been very large
and when are 6paI6ciy eeTteH
ing up with energetic and industrious of people,
people who In few years WILL by their industry enhance
the price Of lands to ten times the amount or is pre-
sent valuation.
Az ACTIVE CcRoSmL-The report Of the coroner Of New
ORLEANS gives the number q rqleets held for the past
three months o. olIows-Homicides Ii dro wved s. SUI
cdts, infAItcdee q inebFiats o. casualties 49, sud-
den deaths from disease 6S-mAking total Of LAO in
quests in ninety days
IHs Benny CLAY Statue N Removable vhg!nie
saaue OF Henry Clay TO De nauguratcc IN Richmond on
The ah Of April, Mr.. Gays birthday. The crstcn VIII
DO delivered by Mr.. Benjamin Johnkon Barbour ms
statue was cd through the exestioLs Of virginia IA
dies.
An rxprsRiors Ixcr1A7rm --ODe thousand three hun
dred and Thirty general acts ard thirty Joint resoIu-
tons passed the recent sessicn Of me Legislature
Of Kentucky.
Sorm CAROLINA MERCHANTS GOING 70 CHARLESTON -
The x6geneid (6 CT Advertiser snnoances MAJ the mer
chanta a that village viii 90 70 Cnaxssn LOT tnef snppy
OF goods for the sppiDg maSke1
MARcHm Ocr.-The Clayton Ala Banner states that
Robest Bake and J. N. Blake, two itncrant jewellers,
were ordered TO that town Sor too mach familiarity
with slaves Thcy purported to hail from Norfolk, Va.
(,ouyrxnox cp AxorzrR ScUTHnx RAuEoAD.-rhe COM
pekiop Of the Western North Carolina Railroad Newton
wss celebrased IN thar town the I'D Of February,
much parade.
GunS FxAs BIAcKHERNEs The Savannah papers
say that green peas plenty black IN that
section. Same IN New York
Gas wonxs BrRSrp The gss works a, rarlote North
Carolina, were destroyed By ere, on the 81 irss.