Weekly national intelligencer., 1860-08-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

Many persons says the Historical Magazine 10r june
under the impression that the name given to the
State of Pennsylvania originated from the influence ex-
ercsed by William Penn the Councils of England
Such not the case is proved in the following extract
from letter written by William Penn, dated January
5th, 1881:
aThs day after many waitings watchings solcitings
and disputes in council my country confirmed to
under the great seal of England with powers and prv-
leges by the name of Pennsylvania the King would
give it in favor of my father chose New Wales, being
Rly country; and when the Secretary Welshman re-
fused to call it New Wales proposed Sylvana and they
added Penn to it, though was much opposed to it, and
went to the King to have it struck out He said it was
past and he would take it upon him; nor could twenty
guineas move the Under Secretary to vary the for
feared it might be looked vanity in me- and not
respect in the King to my father as it really was"
The New York and Erie Railroad Company have recent
placed upon their road the most comfortable and perfect
seepingcar probably iu the world The entire length OF
the including the platform is sixtyfve feet and it is
eleven feet wide and eight feet high 1t has seats for sixty
passengers which be readily changed into double or
single berths to accommodate ffty-two sleepers
AWFUL CALAMITY.-A dreadful accident occurred yes
terday evening the farm of Mr. Pets, about mile
southwest of Tecumseh village. Mr. John Lowe, of
the proprietors of threshing machine at Mr. Pets
with the machine and had been hreshng wheat Mr. Lowe
himself feeding the machine For the speed of
the machine had been Stacked and Mr. Lowe for pur
pose stepped the cylinder from the usual position of
the FEEDER and he moved to return he called to the dr
der he fell upon the feeding apron with bis legs against the
revolving teeth In moment his left leg ground off
above the knee, and his right foot taken off little
above the ankle The sight of the mans mutlated
gled limbs was horrible. The shock with the loss of
blood was such that the unfortunate rapidly sank and
died in the night-Adriam Mich.) Watchtoper.
A DOUGLAS PROCESSION PREcIPITATED INTO THE
RIVERA laughable incident occurred at the Douglas
celebration in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin While the process
sion was crossing Division street bridge Fond du Lac
ver 1t way under such unwonted load of Demo-
cracy had gathered upon it, and let the crowd into the
water below Fortunately the mud much deeper than
the water and no other consequences ensued than
the fright and the thick envelope of slough material brought
up by those whom the bridge refused to transport safety
over this peril in the line of march The light of torches
changed TO scene OF merriment among crowd of fun
loving boys what might otherwise have been serious ac
cIdent-Janesoile Gazette.
BLOODY AFFRAY IN MISSOURI I-Dr Jordan residing
Smithville, Clay county, Missouri attacked on
the goth of July in store in that town by five men, The
doctor drew pistol and shot three of his assaants dead
and then gave himself up to the authorities who justified
his action on the ground of acting in selfdefence
school house at Marion, Lynn county, Iowa, was
stuck by lightning last week. and three out of chill
dren present instantly killed The other four with
Miss Kellogg, the teacher, were knocked senseless.
LEFT THE Gas BURNING AND WENT TO EUROPE
The New York correspondent of the Mobile Register re-
ates the following: Recently gentleman returned from
Europe he had been absent with his family seven months
He paid his gas bill the day he left and the house had not
been opened for months, yet when it the gas
man took return from the meter and bill was made out
for $52 Mr. Grinne went and complained to the Secre-
ay related the circumstances and threatened exposure
of such barefaced robbery He refused to pay the bill
Very WELL sir, said the Secretary Mr. G. went home
and told his wife. Pay it., said She why so y said
he Because said she, the day we left New York
had back to the house for article had forgot
The window shutters fastened Lit the gas the other
day when returned found it still burning The bill
was paid for steady gas-famer had been burning for
seven months" k
Too GREAT A TEMPTATIoN.-An Irishman entering
the fair at Balinagone, the we-defned form of
large round head buging out the of tent The
temptation rresstible-up went his shllelah down
went the Forth rushed from the tent host of angry
fellows to avenge the onslaught Judge of their asonsh
ment when they found the assaan be of their
faction. Och Nicholas" said they, "and did We not
know it was Brady O'Brien We hit?' "Truth did not
says he bad luck to for that same; but if my
own father had been there and his head looking and
convanent l could not have helped myself"