Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1858 — VARIOUS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

VARIOUS ITEMS.

Cass’ daughter Belle is about to lead Mons. Limburg, the Minister of the Netherlands at Washington, to the altar. oO“The cattle distemper which first appeared in Florida a few months ago, is quite, fatal in several other States, to which it has . spread. Q7y=Vesuvius has ceased to be in eruption; at least, only a thin stream of lava flows from i', and the volcano has resumed its ordinary appearance. I OT7 = R- E, Ricker, Esq , has been appointed, Su peri ntendent as the New Albany and Salem Railroad, in place of John B. An- ; derson, resigned. (gy”Francis Rouche, in New Cleans, has been sentenced to fifteen years hard labor in the penitentiary, his slave bv | a long course of inhuman treatment. Corwin, the “salt boiler” and Demosthenes of Ohio, is stumping that State effectively. He filled several appointments last week at import .-.t points. dapper Mr. Cox spoke at the Ohio D -mocratic ■.-tr “inion, and explained his caving in on L epmpton bv say- ■ ing it was a trick to oat-wit the Repubfi- ' cans. • \- (g(j”Baron Rothschild, the Jewish M. P. for the city of London, has taken his seat in the House of Commons. He Was first elec- • Id by his fellow citizens nearly eleven years ago. Qiy=*The plateau or track upon which the ; Telegraph Cable is laid, varies in d.epth from thie ocean’s surface from 8,800 feet to 12,420 sept at its deepest point ascertained by soundings. ... I r .„ report that Professor Morse has received an installment of SBO,OOO voted him by s-me of the European Government, was premature. He has not touched any ol ! the money. Lebanon (Tenn.j Whig says that John J. Crittenden, who is on a visit to that • town, disavowed all aspirations for the Presidency, and said he would not accept a nomination if tendered to him. challenge of a duel between Tom Mj'rshal and 1 , m Porter, of Kentucky, has been announced. Tiie challenge came off. but the fight come off. Porter said he would only fight gentlemen. G-.-rre’t Smith, in a circular letI ter. has.sign fi.-d his acceptance of the nomi ination -for Governor, tendered to him by the 'small hand of Abolitionists who recently! held a Convention nt-Syracuse. i QC7”The famous horse Ambassador, was killed by lightning lust week near Clarksville, Kentucky. He was a mighty racer, land nothing much slower than lightning ■could have caught him. {ltT’Ex President Tyler is in his home at N -:k, Virginie.; Ex-President Van Buren rc'mlaiiis ; at his home in Kinderliook; ExI’ “Si.L h‘ Fillmore is at Niagara Falls, and E.;-P •'• <’di nt Pierce is in Europe. . “ret ired physician,’’ whose -sands | ol life” have been running out for several! years past, has taken up his quarters in |,nr.. den, where he is still desirous of n ■ much good as possible” before th? s'u- 1 tn tirely run out. Davenport, of A. Virginia, has addressed a letter to C> ■ ernor Wise, furnishing evidence that \ndrew Jackson was born in Berkeley county in that State, and not in North Carolina, as the biugra[diies have stated. Springfield (Mass.) Republican s-ys. -We desire to rec 'rd the fact that on Augtiist 7, 1858, a Springfield nominated Cyrus W. Field for President of the United States. When he is chosen we shall claim the honor of the first nomination.’’ pardoning power has been greatly abused in New York. Governor Youhg pardoned 268 criminals; Governor Fish, WU; Governor Hunt, 411; Governor Seymour, I 4.65': Governor Clark, 530; and Governor ■ King, during the last year, 72. Pacific Railroad Charter Forfeited The Dallas (Texas) Herald learns that Governor Runnels is o oninion that the Southern Paeifie R ■ - ■ ited its charter, a;trd has direct- i ■ ; A . v General ! to<ibring-s-ait agaiiL . t:.t > . •:■; _>r forfeitl ure. I (g(yList week »t. ’ ‘if r. n of Judge Donaldson, o ! M.mu-zu ■ Indiana, was • 'itt'n on the arm by a spid -r. while asleed n a cradle. The arm swelledr apidly, inflam■tion spread to other parts of the>Jbody, I an ' the second day alter the injury, the child died I f fXJyThe Washingtons and Bonaparts are “ni e i in the person of Mad ime Mu r at, vice regent of the Mount Vernon Association ; for Florida. She is the grand-niece ol j Washington through thb L“wises. Bv her marriage with A.vhille iMifat she became I niece-in-law of Napqledln First. is supposed that; the lightning which killed Miss. Nancy Godfrey, in Cambridge. M issactiusetts, while sitting at her chamber window, was attracted liy the metal in her hoops, which was partly melted, and her artificial teeth, which were found, some disI tance from her. county jail at Bloomington Ind., was destr yed by fire on Sunday night. 'l’ was the wyk of an incendiary. The three prisoners confined came near being suffocat d to death. When the jailor reached the building, the prisoners could not , ik. They finally recovered, and were i taken to Spencer. 0<yColon'“l Henry, of Nicaraugan memory, bett r known as William Kissane, ol steaiiipr burning, bank forging notoriety, was | latifly dangefoitslv avounded in a duel, near I New Orleans, by Mr. Jofeejph Howell. They fought with naval pistols, and Kissane was hit twice. It was al edged that foul play Was shown against him. I are dying off at a fearful rate in Brooklyn and Parma, Ohio. A strange 'i<“ .sp h is broken out among them and noBa,lv kn ip s vhat it is. About a dozen valr •h|e cUws have db’d of this disease. In . Parma. tb>- other day. a m in Was badly pois-.;Lin,.;p-r ~ c ,, w that had died of this Isinguiait r. His right hand became I so inflamed and swollen that it was feared he would hti’ e to suffer

(j(yThe dignitaries of the colored church nt Elkton, Maryland, have resolved to turn out of their congregation “all colored ladies guilty of the immoral practice of wearing hoops.” (j!)y The number of’ emigrants arrived nt New York during the week ending August 4, ’SB, was 3,531, making 48,065 since the first of January, against 113,359 for the same date last year. BiyGovernor Chase, of Ohio, i»on a visit to Boston. He received a complim, ntary dit tier at the Parker House, on Monday, from the Lading Republicans of Boston. Governor Banks presided-? Increase of the Yellow Fever in New Orleans.—There were 306 deaths in N< w Orleans during last week, 140 of which weie from yellow fever, which appears to be spreading tearfully in that city. BO”A ycung ashingtonian, the other day, made a bet that he could put his Anger into the mouth of a decapitated turtle, tried it, and got his finger nearly bitten off. Ti <a turtle was a green one, and so was the b->v. (j(yThe comet recently discovered by Donati at Florence, is rapidly approaching its perihelion, and will, as is supposed, be a conspicu U' obje.-t in the east before sui rise, in the latter ; art of September or beginning of October. Fitzroy Kelly, who recently married his chambermaid in England, was an unsuccessful suitor for the hand of Harriet Lane, niece of President Buchanan, when she was residing in London with her venerable uncle. CO”A wedding came off in N-w Bedford recently between a colored gentleman and a white lady-who is respectably connected. The groom has white., blood flowing in his veins, and claims no less a personage than the Pres : dent of the United St itos, whose, name he bears, as his paternal ancestor. Kentucky and North Carolina Elections. —We have numerous returns from Kentucky and No-th Carolina, but as there is no doubt that tlm Democrats hive carr’-d. both, it is n-cdless to give the particulars- I Judge Ellis, Democrat, is apparently elected Governor ot' North Carolina, by a considerahle majority. ft^y Emery's Journal of AgricultU’-e. learns that -‘qni’e a number of horses h-ve di-d recently- in Kane county, caused bv feg’ing barley instead of o-its. If this grain is ‘'“<l, it would be much be*’or to grind and mix with straw or hay.” We also learn of »he death of horses and cattle from being fed-the straw of rusted oats and wheat. —’«•'• _ _ BTT'Auburn. New York, doesn’t seem to be the paradise of local editors. On Sur-d-iy n'<ybt. the Ist in-r . the local editor, of the Advertiser was seized, “■ngged, ami 1 shed to a lamp-post, head <’ov -L, - here ha was found several hours afterward. The occurrence furnished him with an “item” but probably he doesn’t wish for another upon the same conditions. BiyThe canvass in Canaila for filling the seats in Parliament vacated by the resignation o* the Brown ministry, is very spirited, <nd, like all political action in Canada, very v’rulent. A few evenings since, a f-'?’- r til r->w took place at a political meeting in Toronto. At Pundas the Governor G neral has been burnt in effigy. Steam Navigation on the Erie Canai . The Buffalo folks seem to be in ecstacies upon the success of running canal-boa’s by steam. Two steamboats I ave already been put on the canal, and are said to work well. On Saturday evening, a large number of the principal houses of Buffalo were illuminated in honor of the event. BO”Two wills ' iti«t been recorded ’u Philadel nhia .wh ’ ’> ■ ledger copies as f< ]- lows: The fi-*t oio - I will and bequeath all money and eff ->« ned l y me, to or his heirs.” The other ’S still more brief, and reads thus—“l will everything to my wife absolutely.” These wills,'li-mgh brief, : are just as effective as if whole quires of paper had been written over. ; two weeks since, a well dressed ■ stranger appeared at the counter of the New Haven Bank, and . asked for writing accommodations, which were furnished him. After completing his ep’stojary labms, he le‘‘t the Bank, and it was discovered that a package of $2,200, which had been lying on the counter, went with him. Neither stranger nor money have been heard o_f since. Gold in K. nsas.—A party ot seventeen men had re’urt-ed ’’rom th-- Kansas gold diggings on Green river, brii g'ng a considerai ble quantity of the dust with them. They were satisfied with the prospect’, and came only for a supply of provi- ions for their company of a hundred or more. They were damming the river and making a canal to I turn it out o ; ’ its b>-d. and expected great results from the operation. ~ Light!—The celebrated savan, Niewentvr, I is said to h ive once undertaken to count the number of particles ’hat escape from a burning candle. By his computation, there arc thus evolved, at every second of t me, “ten millions of millions times more than the number of grains of sand computed to be contained in the whole earth.” It anv ma'hema’ici.m can make a more nice and accurate calculation, it will be best for him to begin pretty soon. BiySamuel Morgan, under sentence of de th at Portsmouth, Ohio, for the brutal murder of his wife, committed suicide on Friday night last, bv hanging himself to the ■ bars of his cell. When it was known that j the wretch was certainly dead, one of his daughters ventured to reveal what she had ' never dared to speak of before—that she and I her two sisters had been ’repeatedly the unI willing victims of their unnatural parent’s I lust, and that the infant tn her arms was his offspring. attempt of the bogus Democrats in the Minnesota Legisl iture to force an election of a United S’atCfs Senator in the place of Genera! Shields, nt this session, was defeated in the lower . -n Tuesday. Gerieral Shields’ term does ,-vj. r.’ till a ' yeaii from the fourth of next March, and the only motive the Democrats can have to I elect his successor now. is the very• reasona- ! ble fear that the Republicans will have a I majority in the next Legislature, and thus I send to the Federal Senate a good RepubJiI can insfend of • doughface Demy rat