219-Green's edition.) A square league
contains, therefore, 5.971.35 acres.
Now, the claim of Donaldson and
Scott contains more than 36,582.19
acres. (Senate Document 45, pp. 24,
132.) That of Daniel Clark contains
more than 28,117.60 acres ; (IIb. pp.
32, 132,) and tlhat of William Conway
co,tains more than 109,739.12 acres
(Ib. p. 132.)
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Says the Lafayette .Meridiord of
the 29th ultimo :
Since our last number we have had
further particulars of the storm. As
already stated a house was blown
down at Mr. Alfred Valot's place, on
Bayou Tigre, and one child killed,
but unfortunately this is not all. Mr.
Viamont Giroir, the father-in-law of
Mr. Valet, has since died from his
wounds, and Mrs. Alfred Valot and
Valmont Giroir were injlured beyond
the hope of recovery. The news from
Emile Duhon is confirmed, the kitch
ens of Simonet Leblanc and Homere
Lemaire were blown down, and vari
ouns other small buildings in the
Bayou Tigre settlement were upset
and damaged.
Congressman Small of South Caro
lina is in jail at Columbia, charged
with receiving a bribe of $5000 while
a memnber of the Legislature. State
Senator Maxwell of Marlboro county
is imprisoned on a similar charge.
,Three railroad aeeidents occurred on
the 5th : one near Plneixville, Pa.,
another at Coatesville, Del., and the
third near Frenehtown, N. J. Sixteen
persons were killed and about sixty
wounded.
A severe stojirm swept the Atlantic
coast and the great lakes, last week.
There was considerable damage to
shipping. Ten vessels foundered at
their mowriugs,.at Lewes, Del.
Russia has offered to remove the
obstructilmo inl th months of the
Danube if the powers will agree to
pievent Turkish war vesels from enu
tering during the present war.
