New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-07
PERSONAL

A clerk in the Traders Bank at Rochester has a
pumisra,a c, lection embracing American dollars Of
1899, bali dime Of 1875 Roman penny coined before
the ChItisn era bafpennies issued bJ Massachusetts,,
Connecticut Vermont, and New-Jersey in the last
century and medal or penny token of 1871, stamped
in France for circulation IN this country.
MIR. Jackson, the pyroteehnist, who was supposed
TO be fatally injured by premature explosion during
recent exhibition At Philadelphia is now considered
convalescent
Briggs ard Clark brothers-in.law, have resided in
the same house in Try, Bradford Co.. Penn. Briggs,
while in liquor, attempted to kill bis wife. Clark in
terftred, when Briggs instantly cut the throat Of
ClaIks child, and then cut his own. The child died;
he lived, and was arrested.
The rescue Of Booth from the Milwaukee Custom
House, has been announced At thu dinner hour live
Of his personal friends ie their appearance at the
door of the Custom House each armed with
yoyer. While the guard was examining what pur-
pored TO be a pass from the Uni ed States Marshal
he seized, AID pistol placed at his head. He
taken to tue prisoners door, the personal friends
unlocked it with key they had, Booth popped
out the guard was popped in, aud locked in. From
the Gust mHouse Tie party marched, pistols in hand
to Booths house whence he was driven in carriage
Hnndre6s cav MIN as re passed along Wisconsin
street. but they supposed he had been legally dis
charged a writ of habeas corpus, and gave no
alarm.
Arlington &C. W. paper is " creditably" informed
that on the morning when the British fleet of Albert
Edward was entering American waters Just at sun
rise the orb of day was heraded by most brilliant
fac-simile of the crown of En- gland" The came
up in mediatey ahead of the sun. The folio wing
.,sihl and rka dlad IN hare
annoan nent OF the heavenly fact:
(" Events sn,h ss tn g. 10 ancient times were always
taken rhe forerunrer Of important changes among
the ostions of the earth. The crown of England co N
ing up, as if GROWING the sun, would DO doubt have
been viewed portendug some glorious achievement
by the srny diplomacy of the mother country. Ia
reality En- gland bas long been the of liberty b the
oppressed nations of the continent May her power in
this he extended In the Crisis OF European affairs Just
pending"
The "Colonia Miscellany" Of az Engsh paper
contains lht item: "Spurgeons sermons some of
which contain remarks the slave institutions
of the United States, had been bnTnt IN the Virginia
Court House"
A man in England has a wager of 60 by
smoking eleven pounos If strong cigars within twelve
hous. The feat " as accomplished on a steam ,at be-
tween London aDG Chi ca The ak was begun at 10
a NJ and Ell ded al D. IN In tho coIIss Of nine hours
and eDiy nil, tes seyenty-two cigars were fairly
smoked out the greatest number consumed bengi the
nd hour when the smo ker disposed Of Ices han
sixteen. The smoker de,lsred that he felt not the
slightest difficulty unileasantness throughout his
niIe ufs and twenty niou'eS work, and cal3ulats
that if the match had gone on to the end he should
have won by half an hour. The only refreshment
taken during the progress of the ma ch a chop at
O'Clock, The eating Of which occupied twenty minutes,
ard gill and half OF brandy in cold water az inter-
walls during tie smoking. The betting when the match
was first made Elk aud seven to four against the
smoker; but after pubic trial at the White Bear,
piccadilly, when the smoker consumed an enormous
eiebtpeDny cigar in three minutes, offers made to
bet six to four against time.
An Indiana Justice of the Peace indicated his
claim to be called social creature, by the subjoaed
gracious rote the correctness OF which vouched for
by The Huntington Hra'd
Compliments
Miss -
"there ia TO be a grand picnic below Huntington on
tie gSih Of May Of the young people of Han ngon and
vicinity On nat occasion would be much pleased to
have the admssibility of your company If 1t would DO
agreeable and mete the approval Of your atcsation'
The King of Prussia is taid TO be now uudsr the
influence Of fearful vsions aud Authorizations. Some
tines at night he will START up from his couch, aod ad
dlessii the imaginary spirits around him, will fill she
air vilh his ep and then again at another time he
viii sit for whole days aud nights in state Of COM
plte tOrpor, taking no refeshment, and altering no
iomd Tie gardens Of Sans.Souci, where, until
within laisy, he used to lie wheeled about In chair
on rollers now see him more, and he is, 10 all ap-
pearapce, dead already to tue world Visitors
walking on the Iose crowned tsrraces Of the new pal
ace someiipes see thin shadow, pale and trembling
fitting in front Of the windows above and are over.