, 1860-10-26

The Cincinnati Gdsette says Kentnckian Wis
tied Hamilton, Ohio, few days ago, with nine
hundred dollars in his pocket, and while there
got on spree with Peter Ballet, a stable keeper.
He got very drunk, and when the latter attempted
to get him to his hOte to prevent his being robbed,
he became furious and disemboweled Ballet with
bowie kni e. Ballet died and the Ken:uckiAn
is under arrest
The census returns are so nearly complete as
to render il certain that ST Louis is the mo- {
populous city Of the West The total will be
about l6l, 900, gain since 1850 Of lO6 per cent.
About the 10Th Of August, Lieut.. DelagnieI,
Of the United S ates rev nue. cutter Floyd, shot
with pistol man named Whiting, in house
OF i;l-lame at Marquette, Lake Superior. Whit
ing died ia about two days. A eOrOner's jury
found that the pistol was discharged through
criminal carelesSness on the part Of Lieut. Delag-
mel. .sa5 5.7
Levi Adler, proprietor Of the Merchants Ho-
tel at COvington, Kentucky, was stabbed TO
death on the 80th ut., by William II. Mallory,
prominent lawyer and politician.
A keg Of powder was placed under Mr.. Adde'S
grocery IN New Orleans, and ignited in the night,
blowing Mr., Adle from his bed through a sec
ond story fiOnt window to the sidewalk, but do
ing him little injury. The building was mostly
demolished.
The saw mill Of N. 4 UriaI Clinton Of Gin.
tonvie, Iowa, was destroyed by FIRE last week.
Loss $l6,0 900 aud no insurance.
AMr. Hamilton, Of versennes, Vt, whom the
doctors supposed dying from consumption, vOu-
tied an enormous large green lizard (Alive) re-
Gently, and Is now rapidly recovering.
y One Of the New York sanitary police reports
"a large family In close quarters, single shlnty
being occupied by Bridget TEAgoning. her two
sous, nineteen pigs, two horses, three goats, and
two dogs. 3'g aei<
The total population Of Rochester, N Y, in
1860, Is a, ,096. The increase since tie Stats
census Of 1855 has been 4219. The Increase
since the last United States census Of 1850 las
been II 500. --s,7 rp.'
An admirer Of Hon. John Covode, Of Pennsyl
vania, has had q cane made from wood found
upon the site Of Fort Duquesne, which he de-
signs presenting to that gentleman. The handle
Of the cane bears q silver plate, on which is en-
graved dog keeping watch over treasure. Be-
meath is the word Fidelity"
The census returns are 90 far reported that
the New Hampshire papers put The population
Of the State at 822, 900, an increase Of 1000 in
ten years There is = falling off in the rural
towns and gain in the manufacturing. Ports
mouth has shrunk little.
The Illinti, Central Railroad Is shipping largely
At Cairo, and by that outlet 2,000,0OO or 3,0Uo,-
900 bushels ol grain will go forward this season.
The shipments already are double the quantity
sent In any previous year.
The collections in aid Of the Pope, m d, in tie
churches Of baltimore, viii amount to $4,000
or $4,000.
A letter from Kingston, Jamaica, under date Of
August %, says The exports this year are
81, 400 hogsheads sugar, 5000 Punche0ns rum,
1000 900 pounds eotfee, 4,b00,0 900 pounds pr
mentr, half million pounds Of q ger, and
about the usual quantities Of arrowroot, log
wood, honey, cotton, &C."
The State Agricultural Duseau Of Tennessee
have procured magnificent scTVice Of plate,
which cost $4,000, 10 be presented rs pre-
MUM or premiums, as NAV be thought best, TO
the successful competitors at the approaching
fair at Nashville. i4H
The Bangor UaioR says little son Of Serhs
Dore- Of Sletson, tive years old, fell into . well
40 feet deep, containing about l5inches Of water
in one side, on Thursday evening, but was not
missed by his parents i'll the next morning,
when he was discovered by one Of his brothers.
who heard noise as he was drawing water,
The little fellow was found lying on \ ledge at
the bottom, partially insensi6le. His escape was
little less than miraculous
Three men were killed BY foul air in . well in
J AIICghany, Pa, on the Slst AuguSe