New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-02

esched tie heel Wien L entirely destroyed that p,r.
tin Of her hne snd rent her shoe into rumberless
pieces. Strange to cay, the lady escaped with COM
paratively little iojury. She was, of urse, rendered
sentelees but only for short time The only percep-
tble effect, she ssys is black line down the hno
and slight lamepess. Young Fox, standing soou'
ten feet from Miss Hurlburt was be thinks, hit by
ball of fire on the hip the opposite side from where
Mss Hurlburt was standing; he was knocked down,
but recovered in a very short time
"A daring feat was done about week ago on the
Erie and Capandaigua branch Of the New-York and
Erie Railroad, by John J. Deauces, engineer Of
iran. He was coming down 53-foot grade, near
MiIlport, when he observed child playing on the
track ahead of his train. He Immediately whi.tled
for the brakes but such heavy grade, and ia so
sbort distance, it was of no use. He made up HE
mind In second how to proceed. He ran along to the
front of his engine got down the pilot, snd when
within Fix feet of the unconscious Child bounded from
the engine, seized the child from certs DEATH and
rolled with it an embankment, safe and unhurt
barely clearing the engine in his descent, as it went
laundering past.
Last week Mr. John Lane of TecumseS, Mich,
was experimenting the operations of thrashing-ms.
chine and stepping the cylinder fell upon the
feeding-apron with his legs against the revolving
teeth. Both legs were ground of, and he died during
the night.
John Brown had been engaged in law before he
tried conclu,ions with Virginia, at Harper's Ferry.
civil suit about wool survived his execution. Mr..
Perkins Of Ohio was wealthy person some 10 years
age. He entered into partnership with John Brown
and established commission house in Springfield,
Macs, for the purchase and sale of wool on commits.
son-th firm advancing one-half or two-thirds of
the supposed value of the wool taken in by them {,
be cold. A Mr.. Warren of Pittsfeld, Saratoga Co.,
N. Y, let Perkins & Brown have large quantity
of wool, upon which P. and b. made advances the
price of wool soon went down, and p. & b. claimed
that they had advanced 10 Mr.. w. some 5000 more
than the value of the wool they had Of him they
brought suit against Mr. Warren for the alleged over
plus advanced; Mr.. Warren cot up for the answer
that be sold the wool outright to plaintiffs and tbst it
was not sale on commission. The suit was COM
menced in 1850 by j. Whipple jenkins, then of YER
non, attorney for Perkins & Brown Timothy Jen-
kins was the counse the case was referred to Judge
Dean; the trial of the occupied thrty-seven days.
the referee reported in favor of the plaintiffs and the
defendant appealed. During the tendency of this ap
peal and which has not yet been argued Perkins has
failed and his assignee substituted in his stead;
j. w. Jenkins died. and Ralph Mcintosh of Vernon is
substituted as attorney. John Brown is dead, and
another party is substituted in his stead the defendant
Warren is dead and another party is substituted in his
place. Timothy Jenkins the counsel is dead and Por-
ter and Cageer Of Albany substituted counsel in
his stead The cost thus far is over $4,000 aud it is
said that defendants estate once worth some $50 900,
is worthless and that the bail which the law practice
required him to give, is supposed to have become
worthless also. On the WHOLE the is one Of the
most proacted and curious that has been before
the Courts in a long time.
"A marriage is about to take place between Made
moiselle Trochu, the descendant of Racine, and q
pg Captain of Infantry in the French army. The
subscription which was opened in favor of the young
orphan, and in which the Pope aad several foreign
sovereigns took part will give the lady marriage
portion of 50, 900 francs.
I'VE are informed" says the Opinion Rationale
that the Venetian refugees at Florence are about to
found journal the Veezid, for the defense Of their
cauie, M. Alvisi to be chief editor"
Mrs. Joanna Betbuns, the widow of the late DIVE
Bethune, and the mother Of the Rev. G.. W. Bethune,
d. d. died ON Satu day afternoon, st the sge of 81
years She of Scotch parents though born in this
country. She was at the head of the Eew-York Or
phan Society from the date Of its foundation aud was
slso among the first to establish Sunday and infant
schools in this chy.
The last member Of noted family died in Boston
the other day. This was Mrs Ann Fleet, aged 80
year, Her grandfather was Thomas Fleet, who
came from England 10 Boeton in 17l2 and soon after
established himself printer in " Puddng-lane,"
now DevCnshire street. He was the supposed author
L. .l.b~ al M.ln1;aa Tn
1873, Fleet became proprietor and publisher of news.
paper called The Weekly Rehearsai, which name two
years after be changed TO The Boston Erening Post
and it soon became the most popular of tie Boston
new srspers. 1t was conducted by him and his two
sons, Thomas and John, who succeeded him, till the
9th of April. l775 when il was discontinued. The
other branches of the business continued by his
succe ssors until 1903. In l744, Thomas Fleet pur
chased the estate at the northery of Washing
ton and Water streets and from that place The Epen
ing Post was issued for upward of 30 years.
The New-York correspondent of The Phaadel-
phia Press Gays there is truth in the report that
some of the personal friends of Isaac v. Fowler pro-
pose to visit him at Havana in October. The "a
writer says that George Sanders and Ex-Governor
Walker did indeed think Of establishing daily
Douglas paper, but that the expense deferred them
from going on.
Mr.. Wilson, an aeronaut, was preparing for bal
loon ascension Saturday afternoon from Harris
burgh, Pa. He was seated in the netting, adjusting
his apparatus wben by some mischsnce, the balloon
went off, taking him with it, but having bal
last of any sort 1t to great hight and the ex-
element and anxiety of those on the earth were
extreme. /. turned out however, that the seronaut
succeeded in getting control of his machine, and,
though his petition for time fearfuly peril.
ous, lie made landing in Clarion County near Butler,
snstannn no material ininry himself but losinp hia