Show EASTERN NEWS the mail from st joseph arrived on saturday last and from our exchanges which were not of very recent resent dates we have gleaned a few items of news and if not interesting to our readers we v e are not in fault for there I 1 is not t much transpiring C in the united states of which the editorial fraternity take notice excepting president making and to that all their efforts are directed to the exclusion of other matters of more importance to mankind than the election to the presidential chair chait of Linc lincoln eln ein douglas breckenridge or bell the money that has already been expended in advancing the claims of the tho various arpi aspirants for office from that of president down to members of Congress to say nothing about state and county offices after which thousands are Beeking seeking amounts to millions and there are seemingly but few in the land who think that cash could be more profitably or ben beni emmi efti ally aily expended the ile great eastern arrived at halifax in forty ei eight 0 lit hours from new york an and continued her voyage for milford haven on sunday august the union and douglas parties in new york have coalesced and formed a joint electoral I 1 ticket which does not alarm the republicans 1 laicans as they are confident of carrying 0 the i state for lincoln over all other factions combined bained there was wa a terrible row at 13 bennington vermont on the evenin evening 0 of the celebration of the battle fought fou 1 eit fit there in 1777 one man was i killed and several others badly wounded the postmaster at iowa city has appropriated of the public money and decamp ed an exchange says that probably there will be a great many such decampments decamp ments before the ath of march next john L riddell has been appointed postmaster at new orleans in place ot of mr marks defaulter removed caleb C Q woodbury postmaster at white pigeon Mi michigan machlan chlan chian who had been arrested for robbing the mail and held in ing in to hind find sureties forthe for the amount killed himself on the esth of august to escape committal to prisca discoveries of oil continue to be mado mada in pennsylvania the erie gazette has intelligence of an extraordinary oil discovery at tidioute warren county the workmen en eni ehi in a well suddenly struck a vein lately from which the oil flowed flawed spontaneously in torrents filling I 1 all the tho vessels that could be procured and ard running out into the river to extent of sixty barrels babore it could be stopped stop several hundred barrels per day can he gathered from this well Torna tornadoes doea hurricanes and storms had not ceased to visit the he united states at salem mas ther there ewas was a very des destructive truc tive tire tornado on the of august its track ig is said to havee vt been narrow hux hut its touch was certain destruction in central new york tork august 0 there was one oi of the most severe rain storms ever witnessed in that country bridges were carried away railroads damaged BO so that traveling was suspended and much property destroyed st the village of ot was submerged to the second story of the houses the amount of damage had not been fully ascertained certa ined on the same day there was an extensive hood flood in massachusetts and wal wai tham tharo Watertown and other towns were drenched with about six bix inches of rain it is said to have been the greatest r rain ain that has fallen there for upwards of forty years the dama damage c caused was wery very great but had not been estimated on august there was a heavy storm in the eastern part of pennsylvania and new jersey which carried away bridges embankments mills ac doing a vast amount of damage A destructive storm in the gulf of mexico about the middle of august 0 swept the whole coast from frona florida capes to A prize fight came off of at island pond ver merit august 21 between australian kelley and dan kerrigan twenty five biye rounds were fought in forty minutes the latter was the winner murders are reported almost without number several men had killed their wives quite recently under various circumstances and more than one man nan has lost his life during 0 the summer for a non nonobservance observance ot the seventh commandment man dment no the excitement in ip relation to the abortion conspiracy in texas appears to be on the ir crease frequent attempts at are reported and several more men had bad been hun hung without ceremony further than was waft necessary essary to suspend them by the neck a preacher among the number Q geni lane recently visited hla hia son eon who is ls a 2 cadet at west point and while there conducted himself like a gentleman gentler aan aaa so says a new york paper but there is no probability that the be will on that account be elected to alie th vice presidency wide akaka ciuba cluba are arn being 0 formed ly ty 1 the Republic republican ans ana all the thib members to wear clothes 7 part of the uniform bein being g a little grey cap and red sash the prince of wales arrived at quebec on the of august and ans was received wilh with much pomp and parade arid and wei wel went to church lon ion oa the sunday dressed in plain clothes 11 ile lie remained at quebec till the am visiting the falls of the chaudiere and mont morenci and other places in the vicinity 1 ife lie he fe left for montreal on thursday the ad ar rived rivea on the the next day opened the crystal palace and inaugurated the victoria bridge ile he was expected according to pro gramme tabe at ottowa the new capital on the of august augusty and on sep 1 to lay jay the corner stone of the new parliament buildings from thence be he was to proceed via yia kingston xan 0 ston to tg toronto where he would be on the and after making sundry other excursions woula visit niagara falls on the and lath dinst ills his visit to the united states was to follow soon after |