New-York tribune., 1867-08-30
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

The last rail connecting the Louisville and
Columbus Railroad with the CouloI y md last week
The NashriIe Nnd) Democrat says that COM go NJ
is being formed NewYork Cty Tor te c pi CoUniv
ycstgatiug the extent OF the soiu l''i'' -.
In some localities it is said pra1le chickens
o,a ,,prs,iI ssrce mis- Summer; the heavy rams OF
Spring aud early SummcrdIoWHtei o"' 'H ~
law allows shooting after AuSu''-O ~ go, -
Charles Woodman, the sexton ol the AlIlng-
tNt Cbnrc' ~ Boston who arrested several weeks
ago for bcasty practices upon e girls & OF tS .t n &
ton has been released paying me ana Vos'9 Vi S0y
A dentist who had an eye TO business counted
07G sets OF false teeth within the circle OF thc lIaSd
CMassJ CampMeeting, at one t,ne, Oh m @ m 4n0
returns of glass eyes and palptatois are hot let III.
uvho business men of several towns in Illinois
ora signing agreements that after certain date they viii
neither receive nor pay OUT torn or ueiHce % c
liar policy
They have a queer way of doing some things
at the mouth OF Limestone Kentucky yide meet the an
nouncement in the last MqgrWe Edge OF lhe ueath Oh
the mother Of the Rev Perry and md the marriage Of
tastes were gTatihcd in that family mansion
The Germans of Buffalo are about giving en-,
tertanmons TO raise money IN gd OF the poe! @
Revolution OF lsls account Of the revolutionary chgr
actcr of his poems and who now hYln9 III hdBc' c
cumstanCes in the City of London
The Van Burcn Press of the 9th says; We
understand that George Hood, very worthy eoioicd
man. is talked of Of the candidates Tor the CoVeh
ton from this county. The COlOred men have at lcas
ha of the Radical vote Of the county and should DO ch'
tied 10 one OF the nominees" -
A vounr man named Regan died in Albany
recently from having mole or Nurt on his lace cur py
razor While being Shaved The wart was on tho leit
check. and while the whole Iignt sac M "s d aver
left leg and became Iigid, ana lhe laVo ''''u 0'0
the left shoulder.
In North Carolina the farmers are complain
ing bitterly that they have beeg Vct@seu @ 10y p'dS' pd
e., Nort i'm purchase OF lOr thcli dlu0
that they have paid high pnce for IT. yel ~ pelGo
vaueeSs Measures to investigate the iauu arc aoou'
TO he taken.
Tonrv Lawrence, owner of trading boat on
Red River was murdered In cold blood about IoEtSt
ago, at Iatticls Landing 10 OF ~ mics D,ioH NJ
port. Mr.. Lawrence was asleep AT tho uho TN. i
was committed one negro has been arrested VINO IN
pIcates two white men who are stIll at large
From Ncponset, H., they have banished all
that can ntoxcnlc The BrcGH Republican says they
have saloon just outside OF Ncpon7c, taa 1ong
iandoice business just We learn that more Dr9r
than ever drank aud ta there Is quite as much drunk
CunCss as ever.
When Van Amburg's show was in Burlington,
few days ago and parHdiuC through the streets INC ol
elephant Tppo saib refused to venture on The M"I't
bndgcno persuasion could induce nm 10 10 m cso ,e len
said this animal tel through TINS bIiuso hoi. ho
years ago, willie attempting TO crosolI ana ne SuPiO''
TO have remembered It,
Mr. Orlando Hitchcock of Cambridge, Mass,
who II will be remembered, attacked irW MtohS
since with hydrQphohia aud who mas ' NJ, nii ,i,
with violent uaroNysns similar 20 those Of thc hIst
attack The is most singular ono ana 9c'' W
The Fort Smith (Ark) Hcr0d of the 3d says
The corn crop Will be very large TINS 'easoh tot WiJ
'abundant We have heard o "Iy ono ,n ot nm
sugar Loaf Valley But everywhere, on the poorest ul
/ the large ana llohis4ib 10 IA 'N ''
| bottoms.
Gen. Ord has reappointed the Mayorand mem
bcrs of the city Council Of Holy SPRING. M-,; Nno,e
era instructed the Assessor of Adams County to d'son
nue the collection Of the poll tax from negroes ana ,at
returned to those negroes who paid IT,
The Columbia (S. c. PhoHir says that at one
Of the registration precincts IN l1ckens hno,r ' tT, %
IN front OF the registration office, and ini' sug demon
Of fup public peace. TOOK uoNu
their names aud forwarded o same to the nearest ni
tary post
No one doubts longer that the schooner
smack George Moon of Norwich. Conn IL Lost. with all
on board. She went on hat1ut voyage 70 cape i,r'
and had, when last heard from, almost load oi n'h.
AZ & 'Iv % lr have returned TO the ports from whence
they sailed except her and have bcon reported some
! time.
Oxford County Mc.) papers say: Probably
there will be more wheat raised IN oxford Coun'y i'
present year than any season before for many years
Inc scarcity Of -four. aud the alarming price 10 which
rr was run S, SP Ia c that many VII not have To- de-
plce their purses to supply boughten n"uI I"r iho
ne1tyear. Al rcpOrs agree that the wheat 10 looking
remarkably well
The st. Joseph (NIo.) UnioR says: 1--WE
learn the particulars Of terrible muiO Woh o'eulcd
last night the north bottoms about oli mics rom
! fhe city. A man named Palmer some year. slnce mar
| ried widow with two sons FOR some tnc rainier ns
been drinking very hard Last night ne fctupncd nome
from tins city and deliberately shot his two sieso.
killing instantly and wouudng tho other so badly
that he must die Tie young men were Agcd y ana A'
white man named Meyers, who WAS i'm
pfsOncd in the parish ul ~ Assumption, on the charge
mlttdd rape upon her refused all uour-hmcut ovon
water, and pcTisAcd deliberately rather tLm HuurI tho
oboquy Of 30 infamous accusation. Ia Boussolc says
that In his dying moments the sacrament was admins
tered when he socmuy repeated the usscycraou OF his
entire innocence Of the charge
A San Francisco paper says: AT II o'clock n.
M August 3, the abOrcrs the Summit Tunnel OF the
Central Pacific Railroad broke through the hcadngson the
west end. Al the time siNtyour feet only remained
between the headings the east end, which will be taken
out by The 2O Of , month Last Fall It generally
believed that 10 would take three 10 CNCHNdte this
tunnel, and Of the most guine fixed 30 al not less
than two years and yet tie work VIII be done In much
any tunnel work through similar rock which Is the hard
cot Of blue granite.
Some days ago we noticed that girl had dis
appeared from train on the Erie road near hUuthhed.
The OrtDO (N. " G0-cc says 10 has been ahccriancd
that the young lady aforesaid was Miss 4bbic West
lake. niece OF the Rev W H. Ncstlake of that li1Er
with whom she had been living for soino time past She
started for her home IN brooklyn, rather strangely, and
IN the absence OF MI Wcsiakc oh tuesday noon leaving
her trunk and most Of her clothing; her conduct during
the morning having been Of 80 unusual character as 10
like a crazy girl The above the 1fst
intelligence Of her after her departure.
The KnorriHe Wing of the 23d says of Cen
Thomas: "This distugui-hod military chicain together
with portion Of his saff spent last Saturday ana
day In our town Gen Thomas Is one OF Gods noble
with the fact that hc guided entirely by patriotic prn-
cples and deaf TO blind passion selfish ambition IL
is exceedingly fortunate for country, when troubles
come upon TO have the counsel and services OF such
men as Gen. ThOmas-the man who never committed n
blundcr lost battle during the late war. Those OF
our citizens who called upon him during his short sOloun
mere TO whatever party they belonged went away wei
pleased with his deucauOr toward them. Long may no
country being as he is tower OF strength 20 uphold
and inspire confidence In the Government In time Of
war he has shown his services lnyaluable-in time Of
peace they arc Indispensable"
On Saturday afternoon last, during the per
i@9rmanee @ at Robnsons Circus in Norfolk, Va and while
Mr Robert de lAncE was performing on the trapeze
rope connected WIN the apparatus suddenly parted and,
70 the horror OF the audience the gymnast was precp
ateu distance OF over 20 feet TO the arena below 1t