New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-21
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Nsr. York, July ls, le6i.


Mrs. Ethelnda Seldom Of Troy. n. Y, died
on the 10Th inst aged nearly 81 years She was very
hiehlv respected woman Of courageous ana sei re
liant chnracer superior to all love of display OF SIN
cuar degree Of self respect OF irm unwayeflng col"
righteousness not afraid Of human opinion nor 0i
church feiowships thinking out with reverence ana
with the love Of truth her thoughts TO ne last result
she formed her own ideas of truth and ne ana was
faithful so far she understood then III All hcI duties
as wife a mother. q neighbor, ana iTlend Among
other SINGULAR traits If character recorded Of her, II il
related that in great fire which took place ~ Lansing
burgh in 1896 the practical courage OF Mrs. oodes
was remarkably exhibited. Warehouses In danger OF
confederation empted Of their contents into the
middle of the street. and from one Of them were thfo"h
out several kegs of powder upon quantity OF shhs.F
IN the immediate vicinity Of the FIRE. man. on tbe
ton of one of the houses called out 10 the people 20 nc
Quaint them with the danger and shouted Oui 10 them
20 remove the of II. All were sTad 10 90 near
it, Mrs Selden, q young woman of only twenty
years of age seeing the prospect OF an hiheHiu
explosion ran out from her own house nnd TOOK the
kegs one nv one In her hands and threw them INTO
"A we'll while no one could be persuaded. by any mr.
enov TO assist her One Of her sons was born with
turned fOOtwih extraordinary pateHce sue helu MS
foot straight night and day for long TFilod uiiti
ward designing shoe 10 aid her, the resn.t being
complete cure. The same son when chid broke
collar bone and she asserted that the surgeon had se
Il so that the fractured paris overlapped she waited
fortnight 10 be sure she right and thon win
slight blow broke the bone Il, and ia this III lance
also was perfectly successful.
Charles Gates, a minor son OF William Is.
Gates Of Lee Mass wished TO enlist three years ago
| but bis aged parents objected 10 H. one morning ne
WIS sent 70 driyc the 20 pasture on ms way 10
work taking bis dinner with hin Bot al night lac ava
not come back because he had run away ana enlisted
I'm the 10Th regiment He remained through the three
years without ffongh. and returned VITA Tue irgi'
inent unframed by Rebel bullets He arrived IN inc
old pasture ut home one night last week. just at COW.
time and eisurely drove up tie same old COWS a. II
he hadn't been away Tor three years His reception was
joyful one the less because bis coming was
| complete surprise.
II 4 r L.
regiment IN Nashville refused persona! invitation to
ION the Fourth Of July parade In Nashville because his
regiment was excluded from the parade In al indig-
nant letter 70 tho C0gJa.lee he sy0,
do not think my would be poa,nrabe 70 you
know yo,rs would not be me- long you make dis
ucons the defenders Of their country, which are
Sf a,5ans Which ho WI ia; yca do no;
tho letter comprehend the spirit Of the docnmen, whose
Compromising @,h letter and split yoa d-.snedy ignore
the one end violate the o,heT."
The Fourth" was duly observed at Freder-
cAion, " b. by the loyal Americans at that place An
elegant dinner provided Of tie BrGey House which
was attended b. tho Rev. DR. Graham OF Portland &.
q. Libby OF n. r.. end T.. Mcleod s L. Tiley, esq.
II. b. Ms Secretary OF State in " T., james l.. Phil
lips esq. aud numerous company. including seyernl
ladies. Patriotic addresses and tOasts made and
received with enthusiasm. Abner Parkes, esq pre-.
sided and one OF the guests charming American la
dy presided at the piano and sang several OF our favor
ito National songs.
| A.mob Of four or FIVE hundred Irish long
shOremen ut Chicago made attack few days since
upon dozen negro aborers working on lumber dock.
compelling them 10 flee for their lives. There IL more
wCrA than there wOrkmen in that city; but the
riDtcr8 who opposed 10 emancipation, would Ike
Il is degrading work with c0Ored free men, II fol-
lows matter Of coarse that they prefer the society
Of slaves such being the more digned association In
their opinion.
4 The llth Ohio Vols. have had with them
since the broke out a beautiful spaniel named
a lady tODDany A. L.
has been in all the many battles in which tho regiment
has participated, always charging with his company,
and has been four times wounded Around his neck is
ciGsped steel coliar-paced there three years ago
With the following insert pton: I'm Company AS dog
whose dog are you nth Ohio Volunteer infantry, T..
s. A." Tie is to be presented TO the Governor OF Ohio
One Cyrus @. McKilster, alias Thomas J.
Smith has been arrested in St Louis for swindling
His plan to write 10 well known people at dis
lance saying that strange man had died Pennies At
his house The only clue TO him being that lie had cf,
valuable gold watch 10 be sent to them If they wanted
the weoh they send him So for medical and fuac
| raj expenses, OF, being poor he must DELL it.
Judge Stephen Vail of Speedwell Morris
Coanty. n. j.. died on July 49, aged ~ years. Ho
poed OF the most able and successful macbusts
in the Ssate. having been instrumental In forwarding
many well-known scientific enterprises having built
The engines of the first steamship that ever crossed
she magnetic telegraph. &c.
1t was found on the post-mortem examination
Of William Dronesfed. Of JohnstowD. Pa. who died
recently Of disease Of the heart that his entire areral
system wss in state OF ossfcaton; the tracbea aud
orynx vere'aIso p0riy ossifed But few Of tho
kiBd on record
There is said to be young lady, aged II, in
St Lsl who has dono nothing but eat and soop since
she wos years old. She remains awake for minutes
twice in "a hours, and then talks and eats.
! The Cooperation Of the University of Vermont
at recent meeting voted to become incorporate with
the instution provided for In An act 10 Incorporate
the Vermont State University and associate Colleges
ana appropriate the proceeds OF the scrip for public
hHds jaHted the State under the act Of Congress-
JAY O. 1852
On Tuesday morning. July IL, Government
tssk military possession Of the Reading Railroad and
ID BOW bring down their supply Of coal without re
gard - tAs strikes Of lsbOrins employees and miners.
Several enterprising capitalists have leased
tAs sn,assve peas beds In Western Now York, and 1t
ID probable tAss millions Of VI this cheap and
csext abstssts for coal viii DO soon coming forward
Mis~Ourl's Account.
We place below o statement Of the quota and