New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-06-06

shallow where be struck but he soon threw bimselt
into the current, and wss quickly borne over the
precipice, nearly hundred feet bigh into the Doll.
ipR pool below. The whole affair was the Work Of
an instsnt and nothing could be done to restrain the
man in bis cour.a OF self.destruction. The man
proved to be Peter Riley who resided In this Guy
many years and left four or five years ago. ne mao
been employed about tho freight depot at Albany.
He took passage in tho train at Albany on SATURDAY
night and manifested symptoms Of delirium tremens
while on tho cars. A search made for the BODY
Yesterday, below the Falls. but without any sue
cceas. lRocb. Union, LIST.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR SPANISH FLIEs.--Ihe Jack
son APPEAL for May contains the following adver'
tisenent:
SrppLr or rus PorATo FLr-O~ing to tho gest scarcity
Of spanish 6ss or h.terDg pupoe and the great neee
y .ubsaais for tue same hsvs been dlrecea
.npriy Of tho 'Csnhsd." or " Lytta vntats" commonly
called tho Potato Fly" hardly necessary 70 describe
a. every gardener tnsws from s being 80 Djurov' 70
They h. nIos pp.ar In isrs. number the potato TO.
s,o EGG plant and beet from ~ch they are sssiy taken
~ tho nSrn,ns and evening They should be Killed by throw
ns them into ,csdns for few minutes then taken
.nd viii pay r.oaesns price f1S Ii. n sen. m.
Jackson M.s Any further information ON the suplec'
viii Dc 'A''"'''' gwen +; PoTTs. Surgeon and
Medical Pvreyor, C. s. A. Jsck'oa, Miss
ExTRAoHDIsARr CArTuRr or WHITE BEAR
A
which arrived III Quebec on the both, states that
whom in lat 4S N. and long 81 40 W., the ship be-
ING Ia heavy loose ice, he observed large white
bear prowidg about. He immediately lowered the
boat. gave chase, and tired TO take him alive but,
after two hours arduous pursui, and severe hSht,
killed him with All AK. The boats crew had him
several times noosed with running bowline; but
the old fellow, tricky as fox, towed the boat ike
a steamer, Owed, and invariably slipped the rope.
The presence Of this animal in this low latitude Is
rather nguar .s we'll the Of his capture
without firearms. Ils trulnship must have been
drted south ON some Of the large fields OF ice which
have done much damage TO the shipping THIS
Spring.
A FACT FOR "TrrfLERs."-Paul Bartlett is en-
ployed M n laborer at Tudhall Iron Works, Dur
nam and has been teetotaler fourteen year,. MS
employment oon,lsts in wheeling iron TO the fur
uaces. lie works 8 hours per day, aud days per
week. lie wheels 81 tnns OF iron each day, Tour
hundred weight at u time. The defiance trsyersed
is nearly nine miles por day. he thus Walks -
miles per week OF i've days, wheeling n, the sane
lime 10 tuns of iron Duing the Ia years, Paul has
driven his barrow, with liz four hundred weight on
iron. no, lees than 80 ms- aud has wheeled IN the
rane tins 81, 800 tuns. He can on pinch place
ore tun weight on hi. barrow, aud wheel 1t seyera
wards leave these facts for the imitation and con-
.ideration Of our "uppers," who cannot work With
oui beer.
REpucTIos oy SILyIR.-The merchants in many
parts II Canada have decided TO receive ana pass
American silver al the following rates only; Hal
dollar "a; quarter dollar, q ten cent piece, Old
five cent piece 2Ii.; tnres cent piece lid; and
Englilh silver at per cent discount.