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Gtalhirs.

A LADY of experience, and late pupil OF
IN Plsdv desires SITUATION TEACHER Of instrumental aHu
vocal music Address MISS FRANCES Box 24S HewLendon Conn
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The tenth semi-monthly part of ZeHS Popa'
lar Eneclopedia reaches to the word "Burton ana az
the present rate the work ought to be finished IN SHY
more parts in the course Of two years ana q nan,
chief merits are freshness and III
deed the latter characteristic carried 80 far as 10
be not meIit but a fault.
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A volume of anecdotes illustrating Inc Intet-
osee Of Animals has been translated from the trencn
Of ERNEST MENAULT. and reprinted in TINS Guy ny
Charles scbner Co. Many OF the stories are po'n no"
and GOOD The volume is neatly printed, but the WOOD
cuts are wonderfully poor
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Sab StbOoIs.

gantipg StSSsmi's
4 DODWORTU's CLASSES for DANCING
~ will No. 2l2 nhavr d Twenty sixth st.
o MONDAY Octo'tri
viii Commence al his residence. No. bBl Fnhave,
on SArI RDAl. October ?
Morning. Afternoon, Evening Glasses iot Families
Evening Classes Tor Geutlymen.
For terms, houts, Ac. srni or circular
CARL MARWIG, Professor from the Royal
~ Acdrmy ~ Stockholm, will his DANCING AND GNMNAS
TIC ACADEMY at 22 fhhaye, Of Twenty snh
Application oare 2Il Finh ave. daily from 90
NE GARMOs DANCING ACADEMY, S2
H Fnhaye foaeeHt will reopen SATURDAY. sept %
Morning aud evening classes Tuesdays and Fridays Wednes
DAYS aud SATURDAYS Instruction la Light GYMNASTICS by Dr. MARIlN
Moudls and Thur lays at y Circulars at W A. Pond Co.'S
S7 BroaiNay, aud al Tie Academy
nj HLASKO, Instructor of Dancing at the
WI leading semine New.iork, will h classes for
families and gentlemen at o. West Tbyfo st., SATURDAY. Oct
2 Send for rifculau.
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Another volume of LaDge's great Comment
ary lust published by Charles scribner CO..
the EOisle 10 NE Romans. The English eou''on 20 ~ 49,,
sIt ., Emo Joint labors of Dr. scha Dr. Hurst, and tho
ReY. II. b. Riddle.
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telectual overseers which the true poet never mas
tolerated, and never will.
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HI For Long BRANCH RED BANK. BRICKSBURg MAN.
CHESTER TOMS RIVER kc Nv Steamer JiSSk IIoYT AT n
Pc, -. loot Duale 49, -
S,pl -, ltG9 sNBDBH General Manager
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MISS WALSH's French and English Board
VA lux and Day kehoa for Yoarg LADIES Children No q Es
Jssii!HgLh IT, rear saeieps's Will reopen kona.y BspI w.
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~ pEvOT IN NEW YORK, Foot of Lberysl North ri,e,
on and afer MONDAY, Aug 80 1862 passenger viii ruu a
LFAVE NETWORK For BERGEN.AvB.-At s:4s, $50 s:Ss
s:l5 cas- 9:2O, 945 iOSo ll:4O l25 l. $780,
5;IS 6:a5. =, $40. $3.50 9iOS0t5. ll;5Op m.
LEAVE NEW.YORk FOR WEST BERGEN-At 5:s5 6:55 "a
90 a N l., j:4S
LEAVE NEw.Y0RK FOR NEWARK-At 5:l5 $50 6:sS lisa
s5 S:l5 9:(O gas O:3o. ll40 l2:25 l. 3 J:p L. 90
5:2s, s;i5 G. GS T. 7:io $3.50. $40 a:i5. l:So
T. Is. KICKER. Superintendent
". Z. bALIN u. Cen. Pss.rnger Arrni
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NETWORK AMI. .NEW-HAvEN RAIL.


SUMMER ADVANCEMENT
COMMENCING MAY 40 1850
Station Newlork Of Twenty
foufth-ave. Entrance on Twenty .seyepth.st -
. TRAINS LEAVE NETWORK
For New and Bridgeport :, EI i1o R;!5 (EI)s
(kI.l, 3i5 $780, $50, sud8 (kI.l D. M
Tor Mnoa Saod Fairfield Southport and wessport, ll;oo
M S:iI. 4;3l. aud $50 D.
D.. Not"am EIl 3 lli2o mi lahS tRI) tRIl s;sA
For Darsa = lsO% IN a,b. 80 s;@; snds;oHm.
For STANFORD l. (kxl o. ili3Oa 1918 (EI) 2;lS EIh
$40 $3.50 (hI) AS $3.50 $50. 7;l5, (EIln
For Greenwich, 9~lii3O 2l9 3.S t S:3 6;0, 7;ls p
~.
For Port Chester and intermediate stations n1 ll3oa N, 2A
345 i;t5, 5;30, $50. 1;l5. and $3.50 p. "a.
CONNECTING TRAINS
fot Boston, via Springfield. o. (Rt.l, J (BH lspm
Ior Boston, VIA shore Liue, l2;l5 ZEE D. epm
For Hartford and Springfield a (kKl Rl3, (BLl 5p
80. "a. To Northampton.
For Hartford Provdsuee, aud F,ht Railroad ErJ n, Iss
l?:l3 >. 8pm.
FOR Canal Railroad ga m. aud $500 w. 10 wun.m,blrSh
For HUusatons Railroad ga M and
For Mag stuek Railroad, ga IN. (kx y 4On
For DsLbsV aud Norwak Raioad ll9 aud $40 a. a.
connection with Freight train fon Norwak " Dan6uT.
For New. Canaan Railroad, is;ls a;S, and $50
JAMES H. H0Yr. Superintendent
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n w n - =, = piIII mn phi, .
" m Via Camden, IN, m Wa West Philadelphia, a.s
Tor baltimore and wa ngon-si0 1850 y H.. D.
Far SoIb an Sou,h. west-9;iOa n 800" m.
WESr-8:lO r. 1889 s. .. y The s.H
M aud D. 10 trins Through TO Cincinnati aud Chicago 30 bat
change Sy Palace Sleeping Cars train through
unns ami Chicago without change daily Saturday excepted aud
thu ay p train This the ONLY line running through
lao ours " JACKSON General Superintendent,
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
AID ROKFR,s NEW VOLUME

voS,osVARK. TIE LEGEND OF THE HOUNDS ISIJS
Nh OTHER POEMS. BY GEORGE H. bOhLN' '
mn 2ll Philadelphia: j. b. LppiDcOl" 8,
since the publication of his plays ana roon''
An 1s57 we have had nothing from Mr. Boxer eAoep'
his stirring and popular Poems OF the W al -" 'oi
ume which we doubt not has created lor mn h''0
wider audience than his previous woiks' hnoIS
cultured poetic gift especially "hen ~ Sei'T. w
forms and naturally finds its expression Id t'e ui0
of the great dramatic era, must wait long loI
milton. Mr. Boxers patriotic poems are INC "su.0,'
though not less sincere. utterances OF hliuu "iO
seeks its true content in the dramatic expression
rLarocter They are all the better because they 40
not represent the highest plane Oh MS poetio
Tn This new volume he returns to his early heid lay
,no aside the Tyrtpan trumpet for that "harp OF a
,bousand strings from which, alone, the author can
strike full, double-handed chords.
T., The story of K6nigsnarl Mr. Boxer has chosen
tbe,oe which offers considerable difficulties 10 the
sramatist History. we believe, has accepted SOPHIA
porotheas plea of innocence, and passed Just YER
diet upon the coarse brutality of her husband ana
father-in-law The story, it is now generally tod,
contains but one effective dramatic stuatloh-IaV
of K0nigsmark's murder. and the expression OF inc
Countess Won Platen's jealous hate whlch accom-
panied IT, This hate, born of sighted love ut is re-
lated that she stamped upon kOmgsmarKs dead
tace, has been skillfully employed by Mr. Boxer as
the motive power by which the closing catastrophe
is brought on the character of Sophia Dorothea is
treated with a tender respect throughout. The his
torical fidelity of the play is. perhaps, somewhat OF
a detriment to its dramatic interest, inasmuch as
K6nigsmarks passion, not being returned, is neces-
sarly guarded in its expression, and does not convey
an impression of power until its very last uterance
The reader however, who studies the play closely
will find very delicate and admirable character
drawing in the parts of the ElectOr Ernest Augustus
and his sons Prince George and Prince Max. Not
witbstandng their kinshIp in blood and position
they are sharply and carefully individuazed. Prince
George (afterward George ]. of England thus adj
IL. 1;
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Gtatbfrs.

A GENTLEMAN. graduate of German Uni
"A and az experienced teacher, desires lev additional pupils
n GkhMAN Address REGSIrI Tribune Once, Bon no $50 Fi
class references
A COLLEGIAN desires "a Situation III Il pri
"a yate faulty TEACHER either 10 the elementary higher
branches Address }. L.. Box ~ Tribune Ohce.
EOVERNESS-A young lady educated in
~ Enbug Scotland and sb has had sipchenee teaching En
gsh lIeach. Italian. Music Gc desires etug
COVERINGS In private family. References exchanged PEte Ad
dress ZBfA, Toronto. Ontario
fEEAClIER-A graduate of college, WHO has
Il bad hTee erpenenV teaching class any,
desires ose TIVE pupils The best Vi seLes SVEN Al
dress A. b., Boz I6J, Tpbube Ohea
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-30

PRoTRACrED SLEEP. We are in
formed that young man living IN the
lower part of this county was taken
sick about two years ago, and fell into
deep sleep, from which he only
awoke a few weeks since. The first
expression he made use of on coming
to, was, $ Is breakfast ready?" just as
though he had been asleep but one
night. A physician had been attend
ing on him all the time, and happened
in Just after he awoke. On walking
up to the bed he called the patient by
name, remarking that you must
feel better, as your cheeks have more
color to which he replied by asking
9 Who are your" On being informed
that he was physician who had been
him constantly for two
years. he could hardly believe his
senses. During his sleep he was fed
with spoon vietuals, as
though he was conscious. He IS now
up, enjoying good health, and buslly
engaged in trying to get the events OF
the last two years posted up1n ms
mind, that he may unite them with
the past aud present. He has dis
tinct recollection of everything up to
the time of his going to sleep. We
have heard no explanation OF TINS
case, of rip Van Winklelsm. =
Ka3tsoR Courier.
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Hard on CaIFO.

The following article from the Chi
cago Tribune, rubs the little village at
the mouth of the Ohio pretty hard:
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENT DEBTS.
The city of Cairo, in Illinois, has
voted to subscribe 500 900 of mu-
nicipal bonds to aid in the construc-
tion of a railroad in Missouri, which,
when finished, viii extend to Fulton,
in the southwest corner OF Arkansas,
then cross the northern boundary Of
Texas, passing through New Mexico
and Arizona into Southern Califor-
MA, and thence up the Pacific coast
some 400 miles to San Francisco.
The whole road will probably be some
$500 miles long. Cairo, of course,
proposes to build only a portion Of
the road. With a full knowledge that
her bonds are not worth over sixty
cents on the dollar In greenbacks. the
city of Cairo has voted to issue $780,
600 of them to give towards the con-
strUctiOn of the road, The money
given by Cairo, if honestly applied,
will build just about two miles of the
railway; and the construction of a
railway by a company Obliged to re-
sort to such sacrifices to build two
miles may be said to be somewhat
problematical.
1t IS only few months since Cairo
applied to the Legislature of this
State for an exemption from State
taxation, on the ground that the
county was unable to provide for its
\ paupers. To be exact, the county
applied for and obtained the consent
Of the Legislature that all taxes raised
In that county for State purposes, in
4 excess of q certain amount, should be
paid over to the county, to enable it
to sustain the undue proportion Of
. paupers residing in Cairo. After
making this eEhibit~of the financial
condition of the county, Cairo can
hardly complain if capitalists do not
rate her bonds over forty cents, and
that it will cost Cairo 100000 TO ao-
complish precisely what another
county could have done for $50, 600.
a shave Of forty per cent. is a serious
operation upon county which OBJ
jects to taxing itself to pay for keep
ing its paUpers. The bonds have
twenty years TO run, and for twenty
years Cairo proposes to raise by taxa
ton S6,UOO per annum to pay interest
on 100000 borrowed. In other words,
Cairo has assumed to pay, during and
at the end Of twenty years, principal
and interest, $i60, 600, that 100000
may be given 10 build two miles OF
railroad in Missouri. ro
In the great haste shown in all
parts of the State to vote money and
bonds for railroad purposes, there is
evidently an expectation that in time
these internal improvement debts Of
counties. towns aud cities, will be as
sumed by the State. This IS the onl.
i explanation of the anomaly Of coun
ties-which resolutely refuse to vote
for any increase of taxation for an,
State purpose, over the rate valua
ton Of 1868-voting with utter reck
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Cincinnati Items.

CINCINNATI, July 29.--Frederick
OFT, yesterday afternoon in Mays
field, KY, while fighting IT, Hughes,
got him down and drew a knife to
stab him, when Hughes drew a pistol
and sAet and killed OFT.
John Griffin was hung in Hamilton
to-day, for the murder of Uriah
Prickett, protesting that he was iBno-
cent till the last. He charged James
Kelly with the crime for which he
himself was hung.
Prof, Crompton, of New York, and
Prof al be, of the Cincinnati Obser
vatory. and others, left yesterday for
Sioux City to make observations of
the eclipse on the 7th of August.
The Night Owl Base Ball Club, Of
the Western Union Telegraph Office,
defeated picked nine from the Com
7l5crclGt Office, this afternoon, on the
Buckeye Grounds. by score Of 43
to is. The Cincinnati Amateurs beat
the Holt Club, of Newport, KY, this
afternoon, at the Union Grounds, by
a score of 24 to p.
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Rase BAH.

PHILADELPHIA, July 29.-The-A Ath-
letics of this city5beat the Maryland
Club of Baltimors. yesterday, at base
ball-39 to q. y u
LOUISVILLE, July pa very in
teresting and hard contested match
game of base ball was played at Ce-
dar Hill Park, this afternoon, be-
tween the Empire club, Of st. Louis,
and the Kentucky Club, of this CITY.
resulting in a victory for the former
BY 2 scores. The following is The re-
suit: Empires, 4 10, 1.7 1, o, 8, 2. 2;
total 80. Kentuckys, l, 5, 3, 8 4. O.
0. 4. 6: total % The Empires viii
plav the Eagles tomorrow afternoon.
The weather was pleasant and the az
tendance large.
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Massachusetts, State Temperance Al.
------liauce- -.-------

Boston, July 29.-At a meeting of
the Executive Committed of the State
Temperance Alliance, the recent vote
requesting VIM B. Spooner to re-
sign the Presidency of the-AIIiance,
was unanimously rescInded.
A resolution was adopted approx
ing the call by the ProhibitOry Com
mittce for a State Temperance Con-
vention, and Mr.. Spooner, Rev. DR..
Marvin and Rev. Mr.. Thayer were
designated Cooperative Committee.
Rev. DR.. Dinger, of the German
Methodist Episcopal Church, who
was present, made an address, in
which he said he was opposed to the
sale of lager beer, being satisfied It
was Intoxicating, and injurious to the
German population. He thought that
if a meeting were called of Germans
who favor the present law, much good
would result.
Professor Webster, of Illinois, said
the temperance people we're watching
the cause in Massachusetts, with great
interest. The temperance men of
Illinois had formed an independent
organization, and would stand their
ground; that all over the West they
weIe massing, and it would be ques-
tion of national policy.
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nIat "a 4 Sfeamhnaf.

CHICAGO, July ga terrible riot
Is reported on board the steamer Du-
buque, at Hampton, on the Missis-
sippi River, ten miles above Rock
Island. A number of raftsmen who
took passage on the boat at Rock
Island, insisted on being allowed to
occupy the cabin, and on being re-
fused, commenced a row which be-
came general, not only with the crew
but the passengers. Eight men are
reported killed The Sheriff of Rock
Island was telegraphed, and he imme-
diately started for the scene Of riot
with a large police force. ..
Mr.. A. IL. Van Buren, who was report
ed as fatally injured last night, at the
Briggs House, died little after ten
o'clock last night.
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CHINESE Coolies. is asserted
that while Chinese laborers do very
well in California, where they are
governed by beneficial and protective
societies, and are within reach Of
their own homes, yet when taken to
the interior of the country, and re-
moved from all restraint, they become
lazy and .disobedient. The coolies
who were taken to the Sandwich
Islands in 1852, it is reported,
behaved very badly, never working
willingly, and sitting up all night to
drink and gamble. IF seolded, they
took great offence, and sometimes
attacked the oyerseers with knives,
tied to long poles. The general ezPe-
rience Of the Chinese coolie is that
he must be kept from whisky.
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NEW YoRK, July 29.-The steam
ships Denmark and. Germania, from
Europe. arrived.
The Herald says the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, in imitation
| of the Ways and Means and other
/ Committees, propose going on q jun
| keting tour. They viii embark oG the
revenue cutter Michigan, and make
a tour of the lakes, for the purpose
Of examining what additional Iegisla-
| ton, if any, IS necessary for the better
/ enforcement of the revenue laws on
/ the frontier, and for the suppression
| of smuggling. The Committee will be
| gone some days.
Six of those buraed by the FIRE
works explosion, last evening, are in
hospital; two will die. The bov who
lost.hi eyes and one other are doing
fairly, while two others are suffering
terribly.
Two men Ia a Second Avenue car.
emptied revolvers at each other for
the possession Of a seat. Neither was
hurt, but passenger, Patrick Sulli-
van, was hit. and il is believed fatally
wounded, by one of the bullets No
arrests were made.
NEW York, July 29.-The Baltic
Fire Insurance Company failed yes
terday. 1t commenced business In
1864, and has never paid dividend,
its expenditures having always ex-
ceeded its receipts A deficiency In
capital was disclosed last winter Of
1000, in consequences of which the
Company has retired from business.
The u. 5. Assistant Treasurer will
commence next week to report the
receipts, payments and balances in
gold and currency separately.
Jay Gould, Jas. Fisk. Jr., Z. a. 4
Love, William Tweed and Peter b.
Sweeney. have purchased the controll- l
ing interest in the stock of ten Ma.
tional Banks, which, it is reported,
viii become the depository of the Erie
Company aud New York City funds.
Mr.. Bigefow enters upon his duties
as chief editor of the Times next
week.
The last three Cuban prisoners
were released from Fort Lafayette
to-day, on pledge not to fight against
Cuba. --
Hon. Isaac Toucy is reported to be
at the point of death, at New Haven.
Patrick Joyce surrendered himself
to the police to-day, for forging the
signature of man named Jackson,
at louisville, last November, to
check for $500. -s.s-
The examination of the case of
Geo. A. Abbott, shows that in addi-
ton to the forgeries of r. I. certifi-
Gates, he had altered some NJ. q. GER
tifcates to larger amounts. for which
he was arrested too soon to attempt
to dispose of, and that he had ordered
the purchase of Pacific mail stock,
probably for a ike purpose. Abbott
was. refused bail and committed for
trial. This is one of the greatest
swIRdles ever attempted, the amount
involved being nearly 100000.
Thirteen of the principal clothing
houses of this city having refused to
pay the increase of thirty-fve per
cent. demanded by their employees,
the latter, numbering fifteen hundred,
have struck, by order of the Tailors'
Union.
1t is announced that the new Han
som cabs will be in readiness for use,
in large numbers, by the end of Sep
tember.
j. w. Lewis is under arrest at
Hartford, charged with forging a sol
dier's bounty certificate IN this city.
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Washington Intelligence.
News by Atlantic Cable.
Intere sting from Japan and
Cuba.
Bank Closed.

PRovIDENoE, July 29.-The Com.
mercial Bank of Bristol is Temporal
rily closed to- day for an investigation
of its affairs. The cashier confesses
that he has allowed certain parties to
overdraw to q considerable extent,
but they deny the charges of making
over drafts, and say that if any de-
falcation exists it is attributed to
other causes. The bank is a State
institution, with capital of only
$40 GOO.
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ALBANY, July 29.-The officers
who went to the scene Of the anti
rent outrages to serve warrents, yes
terday, simply notified the parties
that they were wanted In court on
Friday.
ALBANY, n. z, July %. - The
coroner's jury in the case of David
Hayner, who died from wounds In
ficted on Saturday night at Babcock's
Corners, In the town of Bethlehem,
tonight rendered verdict that he
came to his death from wounds in
ficted by Abner Wood. Wood was
committed to await the action of the
grand Jury.
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Snnnnsed SnieIde.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 29.-John
A. McAlpine, formerly. resident OF
this city and a member of the old
firm of Leech. McAlpine & Co.,
wholesale grocers, was killed by the
cars yesterday morning, near Sewick-
lev. From his actions during the pre-
yious day, indicating insanity, it is
supposed that he committed suicide
by throwing himself from the cars.
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THE campaign in Ohio wiA be
opened by Governor HAYES, at Will
'nington, on The 18th of August.
Senator MORTON. of Indiana, having
consented to make a speech in that
State on the same day, it has been
determined to have him also attend
the Wilmington meeting. Those
present on that occasion will have the
opportunity of hearing able and elo-
quent addresses from two Of the most
distinguished orators of the West.
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FRANCE.

PARIS, July 29.-The Patrte has
reason to believe the political reforms,
soon to be proposed to the Senate,
will be more liberal than the En-.
pcrors message to the Corps Legis-
latif indicated.
The Patrte intimates that the right
of the parliamentary initiative and of
presenting orders of the day, will be
granted the Corps Legislatif, while
alterations will be made in the Senate,
the sittings of which will probably
become public.
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THE motion for a new trial in the
case Of OLIVER MORGAN, in Terre
Haute, for the murder Of PETRI, has
been overruled and the criminal SEN
fenced to be hung on the first day of
September next. An appeal to the
Supreme Court has been taken by the
counsel of the accused. i
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Hearr Ihnnder sfnrm.

ROCHESTER,, July 29.-There was a
heavy thunder storm here yesterday
afternoon. Considerable damage was
done to grain. Peter Pentlers, of
Ontario, Wayne County, was instantly
killed by lightning while riding on a
load Of hay.r
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THE LATE RAIN OF SNAKES IN
EAST TENNESSEE. "A letter from
Nashville, July II, states that the
account Of the remarkable phenome-
non of a raid of snakes in Indian
Gap, East Tennessee, a few days
since, proves to be correct. A field
hand working for James Cook, on his
farm, about half mile from the Gap,
was examining the snakes on the
morning succeeding their fall. No
'ticing one huge snake. he was in the
act ofimeasuring it with string when
he discovered that it was moving.
Starting back with alright, he STUN
bled and fell with outstretched arms
on the horrid mass of dying and dead
serpents. One of them bit him in
the thumb of the left hand. The poor
fellow fastened from the place as
quick as possible, and reached the
farm house of his employer. He was
given assistance. Notwith
standing every effort, the bitten man
died about sundown. The alarm oc-
casioned by this freak of nature has
not yet subsided.