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, 1860-08-20

TuE ZorAvEs.-We call attention to cores.
pondence which explains itself, and does but
Justice to the very general desire on the part of
our citizens to witness the matchless drill of our
Chicago zouaves. It does not Of necessity be-
long to class OF cases covered by the old law
Of "prophet not without honor in his own coun-
try" for The Zouayes we're ths boast and tbs
PRIDE Of all among us who knew au2ht Of mill
tary in our city, before their tour to The East,
but their triumph there has given them fresh
srop Of laurcls here. Tbs following is from tho
Journal OF Saturday:
Col Ellsworth yesterday received letter
from Mayor Wilson and Gen: James s. Sea1ey,
Of Pittsburgh. enclosing to the Zouave Cadets
the sun, Of $4o0, the contribution ot citizens Of
that place for their benefit. In addition 10 The
generous gift, 80 mar state to 1hs credit Of
Pittsburgh, that the Zouaves while s,opninc
thsre. was not allowed to pay cent out oi .heir
OWN pockets.
, 1860-08-20

IF Some Of cur contemporaries insist thst
the World is Il Republican paper because it
predicts the election Of ME. Lincoln. Judged
BY this rule, ex-speaker Orr Of s:.uth Carolina Z,
and E1-Gosernor Wise, Of Virginia, and Ex.
Senator Dickinson, Of this Statr, are a'so Re-
publicans, for they bare a!l, either expressly OF
virtually, made the rame prediction. Could an
Wi.h The ~st.r IN 10 bss cbio have been nsGp rcbpp
fully cha -ged vi tavoring the deluge, because
on .he twenty third day siter the windows Of
heaven wers opened, he dld not a9ree with his
fellow sufferers who had been repealed from tbs
ak. that th<,< sfonId rot Be 'nmh ef sao~er,
tor to hare timely notice Of 1t, that d1sunooi,r,
may prepare to die with dsceucy. But it, BY
homs unexpected baek.atroks, b should b
wo11tad, lat the distingu shed Breeklnridge Ren
Ne have named be written down not II Blzck
Republicans, but mers1y ~ false prophsts.-N.
7, Herald.
, 1860-08-20

tT a correspondent Of the Albany 1rou,
wrtsug RON Chicago, rays ttAt Don glas vii
carry Illinois by 8,oUo majority. The CORES.
pondent Of hs Ar2us Is TOO Enodest ty halt
IA4eago Tina and N<rald.
Our co.emporary puts tbis modest statement
under ths head Of =" Dou3las fsr+s." koysubs.
will bring i: Into the class Of Fire and 5uu back
, 1860-08-20

B A regular meeting Of the st. Georges
Benevolent Association Of Chicago will be held
as Bryant, Bell l. Stra..on's College, Larmon
Block, on Monday evenicg next, August 20th,
at P. ii. A full attendance is requested.
FR.Scls llEnsoS, President.
THoa. Z. Poet. on, Rec,rdlng Secretary.
, 1860-08-20

2,oo0,o0o STRAWBERRIES Wilson's Alba
NJ seeding, Ho,ker's Seeding. Lorg *orth's :
Prolific, uuves's = Seeding, Ter tal. by Gec. B.
Davis, Morgan's Garden, North Side. Prics
$500 per thousand. is $, pr Eve hundred, II
per hundred. Address L. U Box 30l4.
uuylS2:+
, 1860-08-20

e Norris l. Hyde ut No. 100 Dearborn
street. have all the late d4ilies ard counter
full Of fresh literature.
, 1860-08-20

~A foot-race comes If to-day at tie Cot
tlge Grove, ut r. n. to"lay, for S5J0, between
Cl4rk Of Pennsylvania, and Caldwell of Wis
C1nsIn.
, 1860-08-20

LIFE PREsgRvEas.-Persors shout travelling
en- our lakes should not fail to provide them
selves with these necessary articles. They may
be found at the Rubber Store, us Randolph
street, kings5ury Block. au.1 9:
, 1860-08-20

- The members Of the Toung Mems Chris
tlan Association hold one one cf their social re-
unions at their 1ouu,s in lie Methodist Church
Biccl on Monday tqening. Rev. T. II. Eddy
will be present and address the meeting, and d
good time is expected. AL arc cordially in
r;taI
, 1860-08-20

The Wide Awakes Of West Chicago mee1
for business and drill this evening at their quar-
ters, West Market Hall.
, 1860-08-20

~ ]. A. Smith / Co., lis Lake street, hare
the best Hide A,oafe Un;fo,ms got up in the
S.ates, and at lasrest prices. Also l0,oe0 Lin
coin and llamlin medals, and OF all The other
candidates, which they sell ut New York pri-
ces. auylI-l!t
, 1860-08-20
lAtn. Richard Hatc~,
Eeprblcau candidate for Governor Of 1!linoi*,
vii! address his fellow citizens @. political 1or
ics ri lht falta 1imts and nl1c,.x tn Wit


Hon. \. C. Faller, of l'elsideEc. Republican
NOMINEES for Presidential Elec:or, will address
the people on political topics a: the following
ti.nas md f1ace4 IN yit.
, 1860-08-20

u The Zouave exhibition at the Gymna-
sum, Dr.. De- Viiliers' benefit, drew fair house
on Saturday night.
, 1860-08-20

E Whers will the tide of DouRlasism b.
sta, ID lima ind HeraA.
Well. Little Dug seems to be bunting Ill orer
.'e. England for tie staw. Perhaps hs will
md his mother In them.
, 1860-08-20
HEAVY BtECIkPT& AND SHIP.
MENTS III GRAIN.

Tic rcceipts Ct al kiuds u grain in this
city IN Saturday last, amounted to 2ss. .ll9
l,u .lcls, of which 154, ,G31 bushels wrrc wheat,
a.d l07, ,2C3 bushels corn. Tic shipments On
Saturday, up to o'clock T. u were as fol-
1a-.a.
, 1860-08-20
I.OCkT. hfAT1rEEs:.

Go to John Jones. liz De4rb.ru street
and get your clothes cleaned and repaired.
TheT will be well done and at prices to suit tho
times.
, 1860-08-20

II Tie City Railway Company nov light
their cars with Kerosene lamps.
rET The new Sherman uouso has reached
the sixth story.
, 1860-08-20

TN. G. 4. RECSIoS.-The members Of the
Young Msn's Christian Association hold one Of
their social reunions at their rooms in the 1.tE-
odist Church Block on Monday eyening. Rev.
7. II. Eddy will be present mud address the
meetilg. aud good Tins is expected. All are
cert;i. liz iDyitfd
, 1860-08-20

- Mayor Wentworth goes to-day to Mon
trea!, By invitation Ct the Coz poratiou Of that
city, to be tu-iaiiy the representative of Chi
csEo in tue reception Of the young Prince.
Governor Wood Of this State, who was also ir-
yitcd, cannot 70.
, 1860-08-20

LIFE PREsEavERs.-Fersons about travelling
on our Lakes should not fail to provide them.
selves with these necessary articles. They may
be found al the Rubber Store, lis Rudolph
street, kinssbury Block. auaO IL.
, 1860-08-20
Letter froJn jain Il. FFy--Cof. j. j.
IlaEdln>s Opinion OF lincoln.

DEAR Sin: nuiy approaching the compliment
you nase I'aid mt in urgently requesting that
would engage in the pending Presidential can
vass, ~ uIakipc political add'csscs in f.yor of
the tlertinI Of Lincoln and 11amIin, am, rer.
eriheltss, constrained, fur a suson which I will
state to you, to decline the acceptance OF ynur
1aicE,1 r proposal.
Within lie lust week have received eight
'oy;tattcn*. from various sections Of the cour-
try, sisE!]4r II your 0wp, and nil OF which
Sret.
Tie truth is {and this is the reason which
| wish II assi-n}, | have bFpn for the eight
inonttis les. pus'. great sufferer from vtrtl.
~. md find that the slightest cxcltems ut
.ucou. ter sygrav3tes my mla1y.
Ard ye: wish it t. b. understood BY y0t,,
and tv every hody, who hare regard :rr ms
opinions, that am enlisted, heart ind anu,, for
Lincoln and 1Iamtlu, have known tnec1 bo..,
long and we'll. Hr. Line ia AID myse sse1e
introduced to each other ut prin: field. in F, h.
ra-r.. 1eIj, hy the lutte Col. Joha ]. LIAR din,
th't district, md who srbsequen II fell ut
lsuena Els1a. At that carly dag Col. lIardin
rad 10 me land never hare taigoitcn The le.
rlatk L'nc In is rtdliy the foremost man in
"nur State, and if his merits should ever he.
'.r'..'r .r rerly known, lie will lead the
"nntion."
l".a ia Washington during Mr. Lincoln |,
tie utan (~he:h. ut the North or ut lh~ South
~hr d4res II ch4,ee hun with heip:. o.her tha.
ad!t9hdt and con@rtriifrs IN character, purpose
aa.l uc.ltu, III base calumpi4ter.
National: L.t. in The event of Lincoln's eiec
ton. which took up,o as ceEtn'n, the traitor.
North or south, nrt*uale 10 rntse rar,clduf
| hand :sl,n'ng Vi destruction Of Gu" gls rIaus
Uhios'. nud h gJes up US high Ga Ilaman."
Lncnsti, need not tell you, lnr old and hon-
ore' 'inhd, il 4 patriot ia esers and tie hugh.
eft >ens", and will punish treason (only give
| inn the po*tr), wherever lie meets IL.
| Bre ksuridge 's the C. ndidate oftE,e open and
| usowrd stcrssion'sts and Disunionis a.
| Dauslas has 'so"u line wind, 1e: him reap
| the wtlr.w,ud."
have recently received letters from proni.
| nent gentlemen in the South, who say tn me
that II they we're here, and not there, the
would net in this contest precisely rs we ars
doing
We may not get votes ic the South. but we are
ASSURED ot the xynpathies and good wishes ot
tlaoasatds on thousands in that section.
Wishing you ever health, happiness, au.l
prosperity. land beut on the election Of Lincoin)
Temniu. with profound regard and esteem
yonr4 faithfully, JouS b. Far.
| r. q Hrs
, 1860-08-20

The Cacago Times and Herald has eutl-
menced using new unme for the sort Of roli-
ties which il processes t" support II calls it
"Douelasisns. In its issue Of Monday,
(rriuted aud circulated Saturday evening" it
says:
ARKANSAS FOE DorGLAs.-Mauy Of our Dem.
ocrais will remember the warm ASSURANCE given
Us hv Gen. flournor ut tic recent serenade,
that bis gallant little State at Arkausas'' was
for Douglas had Joahsou. Our Arkansas coz
r*spondence, published in to-day's 'ssue, will be
found ia confirm the statement Of Gen. Flour.
noy fully. Where will the tide of Louglatism
bc s:ayed:'
We cal. that good. Will somebody toll ns
what is being done for Democracy in Arkan-
sas? Where will It's tide he stayed:
, 1860-08-20

~ The Michigan Central Railway always
with In eye "wide open tight" to the comfort
and luxury Of tie travelling public, have put
upon their !ire new sleeping car, in design
md finish said to he the ne plus ultra of such
vehicles thus far east or Test
, 1860-08-20

4 correspondent Of the IAi!adtlpAia Eui!ttia
si.es Ii account Of the falling Of bridge over
tae canal on Hall street, Danville, on Wednes-
dar evening. the l,:h, just after yaung man
uaued Carr had besa perform W II Blondiu,
OIL wi,e stretched across the canal. gres:
crowd of people had gathered en- She bridge,
nearly Ill of xhcin we're precipitatcd into the
canal. The correspondent ssys:
''We a,e writing end the most intense ex-
tl,e14cnt Ibis town has ever tIptritnced. At 6
o'clock tlis evening, nccbrL'nE TO previous nn-
tice, youth OF the town had arraIErd 10 walk
wire extended aeFoss the sire T, ,renr the canal
bridge, On the nj ain III. rcu.lfarc uf the 10 d.
The teat was accomplished; bus, sud to relate,
in the ll,dst Of the ri ring, the canal bridge,
cun'ainng m.n, boys, girls, *omen With bsbts
IN their atn~, gave WY III the centre, wilhcus u
moments warning, uId then na1st terrible
scene "a$ presented. Screams relt the heav-
cps, both frum Those il tue struggle and tl,ose
who gathered, US The news spreud. Mothers,
fathers, brcihers, alsters, rubbed 10 the tcerc
of terror, nr.ngipg their hands and crying for
t'ltit little ones. 10 add to tie danger tr, m
druw:irg. there was peril fri IN the falling till
beTs ami troE the general confusion Iud fright,
''At tl7st vt was supposed tAut tnuny lires
were fost+ but after mluy persons had jumped
iuso sLc canal and heroicaliy tabu:ed Il! getting
1he people out, it was Lopl1 ifat I'LL the 1uiss
had been safely restored " 1atlr friends. Search
is. ho" ever, sill telng made.
''T!c bridge .s4s hull: bs the North Branch
Canal Cunpuny, and Way sixty i've feet long.
1t was but iour u.untEs old. Its construction
must taTe heea veEY faulty, Gr il would net
hive broken n= it did. The excitement On tic
Aut1Ec: is intense
, 1860-08-20

tE The times have chan eej. Sincs the
harvest have beguu II come forward everybody
is q little grlin better. We hare not ware-
houses enough ner cars enough to fill The pres
ent demand. 1.-THE good time coming" scems
ubout 10 take up some Of its long deferred in
,I41,fpHrnsa
, 1860-08-20

CuuEcns Best RASPBERRY JAu from Sugar
Island, Michigan. The bess made. For sale
Ocly at No. - State street. arS-2m
, 1860-08-20

lcc1nESr.-A painful Incident took place
i'll a lumber yard on Canal street, on Saturday,
and fractured his arm in most shocking nan-
uer, the bone actually protruding from the aesh
and Goundi7u him in the side
, 1860-08-20

TuE CANp MEEr1N0.-1u our notice of The
GIMP meeting, in THURSDAYS issue, We gaze
the goth inst, Us the date Of its commencement,
which was AZ error. The meeting Is 10 begin
on "Wednesday, the och inst, and continue
over the Sabbath following.
, 1860-08-20

NOTICE is hereby given to the
present the undersigned scyvess If SAID Gank ut the
office Of .orke Harsh Mas.illon. teoss the t:st
aaY Of Ma.ch ISL III dlviceca al tier clals axzrst
,ad Bank: Az clam. 70, - prtsectei vii ns ;9;e,e1
'''''s' OF Court fs44Ss4fEsz i &SHH Receivers.
Na.sil;on. June l9ta, 43 fa1ac61: .:m
, 1860-08-20

rIsT1tlERs' CoSEES11.x.-As before noticed,
i Distilless' Convention IS TO meet at peoria to-
measures as will produce concert Of action in
the disti:ler interest Of the West"
, 1860-08-20
4 Terrible Detection in SIfAcol. IN.
lCsrsssPLld.ncc Of the I'1s.s and T1s; uueJ

IA DSAEGAaOn " lhrnkk1 IN.
Correspondence sf the l1su and Tr.; uutl
FELtlr, Aug. i. ESQ.
The following lgtter, published in ,kr 19m<s
o'"a Et'HiA cf the l';:l, inst, il can~ e14J, in
this vicinity, I'd jnke:
D:sEn71SG SINKING sulr.
+. ". NcCu'naf. E>q.-Dtar Sir:
Natbnn u. Parker. E*q 4 prominent 1awver
q this city, and in - un trGent sup,,cr1tr ct
Fremont. eince thtu Erpubican Dist'ic, Altar
ney, has left The Republicans ard came out ta7
Dousius and popular sovereignty. -nr. T. :sam
e!:q"fnt speaker. Br.o1r,
Mr. Parker wGs cltctcd District Attorney t,v
the Republicans in 1856, but in 1$5s wcu, ovfr
10 The Democrats, 10 lie elected ua Alderman Of
ta'S city. On the evening If his election su1ne
of the Republican hcys ca1Ee! on Mr.. Pa: ker,
aat in L rich itish brogue congratulated Kin.
on his election. Mr. Parker appeared and nd
dressed them, telling them h,w nuch he l"vcd
ths dear Irish, wien tie boys sert forti three
rrusicg grcans for the rtn.gcde Parker.
That was n. l'arkc.'s las: political sptecs,
aad is the en'y proof cn r.ecri Of .,s ''slo-
quencc." Il.
, 1860-08-20
G:r:rg: Notices..

NOT1CE.-4Any Information re.
~ kpec tn- Ar. JOHN N1CKSIS farm. rly If Taree
Ev.r. CaLa.a ~. IL b. .ankfu!'y r. Il. 81 sy |
Aunt. Hrs Harriet D-A-oa, Three Rivers. Z. j.. xhu
-!ca.e wiIh h1nl Lus n ulp.7,
ance. Sul7 tn33 iw
TINNHRS, TAKE EOTICE!-
l. TIs hubscrihfr, wi hing &scAa tt+ hEaintas
tne. f1r sale las Shtp. implements and S'o-k IN
10 car,trg tie I'1 md st"ve hu. nts- IN Hc.nsn'
f.ait CoEuty. II. Th re IL other t.cp tte
Hele'n Eoa4 2e4se- III a"'t t~erf. miles AID
thirty lies e4s, Tte business OF th. trwu !. Etd
Ea3i lv Incrt n,ng. HENRY u. SANDERS.
nu6x2w
, 1860-08-20

- The man that butted the bull OF the
bridge WAS Of the Sane spirit aad his victim
hal the same fate ns belonged to the parties in
passage ct arms between two locomotives Oh
tie lake shore depot grounds on Saturday,
when one Of them most unl1ndiy aud not very
terderly butted the tender of its mate into the
bah'a, in tight feet Of ~ater- Mt very tender
trea.u'cn: that, hut no damage MAS done other
than what :: brief machine shop treatment will
set 10 order.
, 1860-08-20

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS
Adye..l.es. In Chicago " shiny to 8 cu7e tie trade
frAa VI III c gan en- a. - by atve11is L. in lee
WEEKLY LA luN, pla!l he1 tJ II. $ CLrnH 10.
uf4n1 l3av u, tEcA. l41lm
, 1860-08-20

AHC N3AE4tto s-tttt ~ 1tuu:fL-
van!a have DECIDED by a vote Of about nire 10
1cu to repudlate the regular Democratic Flee
fora! ticket nominated before tic mectag Of
the Charleston Couvt ntiou-or 80 much there.
Of as is Lot openly for Douglas and Jollnsou.
They will proceed 10 nominate a new ticket,
selecting their own friends frnn the regular
ticket, atd namlng others for the pisces filled
by the DIcckiuridse men, OF COURSE tho 9TH
er faction will he comps led to pursue sm;-
lar course. Meanwhile things a1c getting
somewhat "mi1ed" as regards the Democratic
State ticket.
State Normal Untveraity a. Blooming
Ton.
The new building OF this I:.s,isutc is now in
such IL state CT forwardness as 10 warrant tue
announcement ihat it will bs ready tor The
opening oil the nt1t session, on tile 1.tA OF
September.
Ar. soper, The carpenter, is putting the tia-
lshing touctes 10 Its part of The work, while
drecnebaum 4 Sons Lave nearly computed tic
plumbing. aud Walwcrsh. Hubbard L Co., a1c
lay'nS the steua, pipes, setting the by,1er, ard
making a'l things ready to keep The ,empera-
ture ~ TO O. in the caldcsi days OF the coming
winter or any other Iiarcr
The new catalogue Of the Normal School
shows TINT seven professors churs have been
established, aud very complete course Of
study aud practice prescribed. The last year
there were one hun,lr.d and t1ertr-tvo stu.
dents in attendance from The various counties
, 1860-08-20

DRrce's Classical ScaooL.-We coll atten-
lion with pleasure to the Sixth Annual Session
Of T. ". Bruce's Classical School on Edna
Place. 1t has for several years past enjoyed
tue confidence and patronage Of some of cur
hest kupHu Residents.
, 1860-08-20

TO SOAP AND CANDLE
l. MAkEES.--I VIII sell ms 50 p anl Candle ae:ory
ahI fixtures ctca7 tor cash. tu: clce:ent twelve
ha powsr ~te4 An gin: End b''r1. taaLce IL
offered fur any usisaEs ~ engaging The b4snes
GAUT1ON.-All persons are here
~ hy cat: onel a7ainst p"rei4a dag my rfomtory
N'te. executed BY the u!dr. gel A.: r.y.le t" o. ;.
Carp order fa tie :tn It ,nnary !ot txscued II
Fa!rde Iowa, cetta Rhtt TAr"u+ sHln@ Ting
IN tee ag<eEnstu 10 * ~ aai m4u' M 4. saT:oas tlh'>
froE tx IN tt.:ee: 1s r. cae Tay-hle II U- >.
Camp Or nsdts. h.yea Jus. Get. 42Aus notc.
AMI sla resis; the pl- s1ent thereof.
A;EX. II UCYETr.
F..sde.d, Iowa, August 1st, Is6J.-au31Ea.
, 1860-08-20

RrxAwAT.-A pair of noble bay horses had q
terrific runaway on Polk street yssterday noon.
Nobody injured.
, 1860-08-20

- {. a. ScRlyEs Aiptrststas Arsa4, q Dso..oea-a.
Il sutAortsef to rse4{=s I5=~ss44~s lAfs all H.
I>odins Fa2srs Of stf !Tn..A Ersx la1heNty
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-18
Origin Of tNe English National Debt.

The beginning of the English national debt
was in the reign of Charles the second, when
f650,000, about $6,000,000, was borrowed Of
the bankers and other capitalists Of London,
on pledge of the taxes, but the Government
not keeping its promise of repayment from
the taxes, many of those who advanced the
money were ruined. The revolution of 1858
and the establishment of William and Mary
on the throne, added about f2,000, 900, or
$l0,000000 more to the sum. In 1921, the
wars with France and Spain, were found to
have run up the debt to f54 O00, 900, or nearly
S270,000,000. In 1881, the wars with France
and Spain and the American Revolution had
increased the debt to f240, 900, or about
$l,20O,000,000
And in 1915, at the close of the long war
against France, it reached the highest figure
at which it has ever stood, namely, $500, ,000,-
900, or $4,3 100000. From this time up to
the commencement of the Crimean war, il
was reduced about f100, 100000, or $500, OO0-
600, but the Crimean war added f45, ,000, 900
more, bringing it up to fsO5, 600, or
S4020, 900, 900. The interest on the debt has
been much reduced. At the beginning OF
the last century this was eight per cent.
Now it is reduced to three and half per
cent.
Such has been the increase in wealth in
England that it is computed the debt is not
now so burdensome to the nation as it was
a hundred years ago. when it was not one
tenth part Of its present magnitude. Within
this period of forty-tive years, the immense
manufactures Of England have almost en-
tirely grown up. Foreign commerce is vastly
greater than then, and internal commerce
has received great impulse by the introduc-
ton Of steam and the railroads.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-18
PRICE ONE CENT.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
From washington.

WASHINGTON, April l6.--A great number
of delegates to Charleston have reached the
city tonight, and all is animation ndexcite-
ment.
II is said that Douglas stock has declined,
through diversion of New England dele
gates for Gov. Toucey, under the lead Of Gen.
Whitney, Collector of Boston.
The Douglas rooms at the National are
crowded, and speeches have been made by
Senator Clingman and Messrs. Hamilton, of
Texas, Vallandigham, T. Butler King, of
Georgia, Rust, of Alabama, and others.
The Marshal of Ohio reports that the in
habitants of Ashtabula County are ready to
take up arms to resist the authority of the
Senate for bringing John Brown, jr, before
the Committee of Investigation of the Har-
per's Ferry affair.
Col. Lander leaves here tomorrow with
two or three engineers, who have hitherto
served with him on wagon road expeditions.
His future business will be to inspect whatever
may be done under contract to furnish water
along the route between Humboldt Valley and
Honey Lake; also to remove impediments,
&C.
Gen. Hamilton and Major Britain have
again addressed the Military Committee in
favor of the Texas regiment bill and have
demonstrated the impossibility of making
the infantry efficient by mounting them.
Recruits in the army are not horsemen,
while the Camanches are the best horsemen
in the world.
Secretary Floyd's letter was received by
the committee. President Buchanan gave as
his reason for not doing so fear that his
recommendation would injure the bill in the
present state of party feeling. The result is
still unsettled.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-18
Horrible Affair In vermont-A Man COM
mits Incest, Attempts to Murder his Wife,
and Cuts His Own Throat.


A Mr.. John Roberts, living in Straford,
Vermont, attempted to commit suicide few
days since, by cutting his throat with Il razor.
Roberts was living with second wife, while
one of his sons was living with a young girl
whom he had recently married, in the same
neighborhood, and the father had had i'm
proper intercourse with the sons wife, and
had paid the son two hundred dollars in con-
sequence. Roberts was fearful that his wife
might sue for divorce, and that he should
lose still more of his money, and about ten
days since told his wife that he thought he
should cut his throat and hers too. On
Wednesday morning early he got up and,
taking large drink, returned to bed. In q
little time he drank again, and on returning
to bed his wife observed that he was trying
to conceal something in his left hand, which
she soon saw was a razor.
She urged him to give it up; instead OF
which he began to lay bare his throat. Mrs.
R. sprang from the bed, and rushing through
an adjoining room into an entry called to a
young man in the chamber above. Mean
time her husband had divided his wind-pipe
and cut into the passage leading to the stom-
ach He then started, with the blood pour
ing down his chest, in pursuit of his wife.
Hearing him approach, his wife ran into a
room still farther on, and concealed herself
beneath the bed. The monster tore the
founce from the bedstead, but fortunately for
Mrs. R., he either became faint or staggered
back to his own room, and fell upon the bed.
At last accounts he was still living, although
there seems little chance that he can sur
yive.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-18

BITUMINoUs PAPER TuBING.--An expert
ment was recently performed in London for
trying the strength, by hydraulic pressure, of
a new description of tubing, composed of
bituminous paper. This new contrivance for
subterranean tubes was invented in Paris
The municipal authorities of Paris tried
these tubes for the conveyance of gas, and in
recent experiments made in London, a piece
of the tube was produced, which, though
stated to have been used under ground as a
gas-pipe for twelve months, had the appear
ance of being new pipe. The tubes, sub
jected to pressure of the hydraulic process,
bore strain of two hundred and fifty pounds
to the square inch without bursting-which
is more than they would be required to bear
in ordinary use. One of the tubes, half an
inch thick, and with bore of two inches,
was also tested by weight, and it only gave
way to pressure of five hundred and eighty
pounds, the bearings being three feet apart
1t was stated that the tubes might be sub
mitted to temperature of l60 degrees of
Fahrenheit, without any deterioration of the
material, The cost of the tubing is said to
be less than half that of the ordinary tubing,