New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-15
PERSONAL.

GOV. Newman of Tennessee was in Cin.nnat with
the Kent1chy and Tennessee Legislaures be was nc
COMMANDED by his "body servant" sprighty saddle
eoored "boy" of about thirty, who was conscious OF
bs dignity. His MASTER who was in the habit OF jest
ing with him Familiarity, aecosted him in the hall OF the
Neil House. Just before the departure OF the guests,
with Why, Jack, havnt any Of the Aboitionsts
90 RED Won off yet Z" "Yah! yah! Mass Newman,
lonotb jack when seed you gwiue down de street
o,m IN arm wild Gubner Dennson and Gubner Chase,
tot sou were gone, rwe-yah' yahP
A Boston man. troubled with chronic dyspepsia,
aftsr passine over year In the Massachusetts Hos
ptsl without getting any nearer TO cure, thew the
docorp and their stuff overheard, and prescribed aud
D,octiced for himseh thus He goes to one Of the,
wbarves twice every day, at a. m. ard p M, Trips
biusef of clothing and dives into ene brny element.
He then rubs himself dry with =. co,rse Towel and
turis home This he has followed throughout all
weathers has been grea ~ relieved and is expecting
cure. When there 30 ice, he dives from boat II
frozen over, be secs carpet on the ice and goes IN
where there Is. On opening.
George ". Bishop of NewHaven has sued 1he
Paldd1~ for $40 900 damsges, for Publishing that ne
cerge1 with kidnapping and selling INTO slavery
negro boy. He was, in fact arrested at Phiiadepna'
ard charged with Kidnapping boy fifteen years old;
but h soon prodocedthe boy in Court and the case was
dsnssed-tbe Court being satisfied that he had taken
me how to Alabama to ride hprses. As The Pal
ladtam promptly published his aequtta there is ttie
probability of its being mulcted in any serious amount
The Sidney Herald gives account of the rescae
of two European girls from Fraser Island believed to
be the only survivors out Of all the passengers wrecked
in the Sea Belle They were aiken from The natives
of the Island on the I'D Of October were found sixty
miles inland. The Herald Gays: The giris appear 70
be about the respective ages Of fifteen and sixteen
years. their appearance lie heart-rendng their bodies,
emsciated from long suffering and exposure to the
weather, are covered with coating of hair; the skin,
stained by their tormenters to assimate with their
own, had become spotted and wrnkled, as II from old
age; the nose has been fattened by force, the lmos
distorted and the vacant stare of idocy has left these
poor creatures in appearance human, ana athou9n
enabled gradually to recognize such things as they
must have been in the habit of seeing hourly before
thew fell into the hands of the natives their acquaint-
apce with their mother tongue is, as yet, apparently
quite gone" Other Europeans are believed 70 De
prisoners of the blacks on Fraser leland
Prof T. S. C. Lowe has turned up in Charleston,
S. c. where he is bewildering the Southerners with
his aerial purposes, views ana specuaEions de has
furnished the journals there with apology for the
mysterious disappearance of himself and bis mammoth
silken globe from the cognizanee of our ctizens- He
says:
1.-THE mammoth airshp City Of New York, in which
intend 10 make voyage to Europe in May June
next built ast year. designing to start III October.
Owing, however, to unexpected labor, which, from
the great size of the ship difficult to foresee,
ard the delay TO which subjected In the consruc-
ton of the mechanical apparatus and other equipments
to the ship ii not completed until Novemberi con-
sequently, decided 10 postpone the first experiment
of practically testing the theory of oceanic aerel nayi
CATION until Spring. when, az everything ID IN the most
complete and perfect order, shall (my life and heath
being spared solve the problem. have determined
net 10 neglect the opportunity, which the time until
then will afford me- for making observations in the
lower atitudes My object now il, TO make an exam
inon of the upper currents, ascertain their course,
velocity, &C., at short distances 10 and below the
equator to if cannot discover return current
setting from east TO west-a theory in which have
strong faith. In the hirtyeght voyages have made
above the cloud regi us between AZ and 80 north
latitude have found though not always at the same
aude current setting from west to east, reliable in
its the Gulf Stream. IT, then, can find at
the equator counter current, possessing the
rane uniformity and reliability, shall be satisfied.
| The advantages arising from such discovery can
| hardly be determined"
| "A remarkable letter has been Published by Pres-
dent Lord of Dartmouth College, in which positions
are taken that incredible when the standing and
profession Of the writer are considered Here is its
| gst:
| without miracle, I see not but that slaves will
yet be called for in New England and by New England
nen-saves bavmg the attributes if not the name of
| slaves, and possibly to worse condition than
complain Of in reference to the South. Why not if our
present government should last another ghty years
For Yankees will not perform the mental work of life.
They above now The imported free servants of
Ireland and other countries will soon be infected with
Yankee Independence and have the means of living,
| above servle labor on their fTeeholds Then who
will be servants Shall have coolies Africans
| 10 bew our wood and draw water7 And what
form Of government shall be them but taat which
is adapted their comparative rudeness aud imbecily
and servative OF the general system The children
and grandchildren of present abotionists may yet
be the first 10 introduce harder serfdom than has yet
compelled TO sell themselves for bread and suffer the
proper cbastitemen of their sins for their rebel
lion against the government Of God"
Pittsburgh enjoys a scandal ease The wife Of
DR.. Hays makes formal charges of naughty behavior
toward her by the Rev. j. NJ. Smith of the Presbyte
Iisn Church The clergyman denies the charge and
the case thus far is not strong against him.
Mary Wilson, white woman of Adairsyille, Ga :,
recently arrested at Chattanooga for trying 10 run
off negro. She was in mans apparel. Whether she
wanted to free cell the darkey does not appear.
One day last week in the Maine Legislature there
interesting exhibition, by procession through
the Senate Chamber and Representatives Hall, of
eight giant men, viz: Gen. Henry =. Cotton, Sheriff |
of Lincoln County 29l lbs; n. A. Farwel of Rock
land, 1916; Sumner Whitney Of Presque Isle, of the
Senate, 262 Samuel C. Hamilton of Bddeford Of the
House. 235; Raymond s. Rich of Thorndike, of the |
House. 254; Enos Phnney of Jay, of the House. 25i;
Mr.. Morrison of Pennington $50; and j. w. Davis |
of East New Portland, A5.