General Intelligence

Disíresses ofMonied Men. - They say ihat n Bank 'm New Englnnd, havmg twenty thous and dollars lying there which could noi be wanled for a short period, sent down three directors. to loan it, in eome way pertectly i-afe. The commiitee spenf soms time hereand finally succeeded in gettirgf satisfactor 6ecurit3', and interest at the rate of two and a halí" per cent. On returning home, and np their accounts, ït was found thaf the e.vpcrses of the embassy a little exceederl the interest, which wotild accrue upon the loan. - Journal of Commerce. Bequesls.- The Rev. Ërastrs Ripley, who died in Meriden on the 17lh uit. without chilflren, lefl to the Cono. Anti-Slavery Society $1000; to the Foreign Missionary Society $1000;to the Home Missionary Society $500; to the American Bible Society $500; and to the American IVact Society $500. He has also left several legacies to relatives . Palladium.Mr. John V. Ford, of fróy N. Y. has invented a machine fdr setting type, and is now in Washirigton fo secure a patent. By this machine, says the N. Y. Express, a lady or child, after it becomes familiar with the letters can eet type almosi with the rapidity ofthought. If Mr. Ford Can briñg his machine to perfection he has made one of the most important discovéries since printing was first invented. A Cherokee JYetcspapef.-We learn from the Van Buren (Arkansas) Intelligencer, that the Cherokee Council have provided by law for the pnblicalion of a newspaper, to be called the 'Cherokee Advocate' to be printed in the Cherokee Janguage. The celebrated William Ros8 is to be editor.Thesalary of the Righi Rev. Bishop Onderdonk, of the Episcopal Churcli, is five thousand dollars. At a recent mooi ing of the Vestty of Trittity Church, the Bishop Jaid bfcfore the vestry the absolute necessity he was under of sn nddition to his salary, of fifteen handred dollars Twelve hundred was finnlly added, by the followïng vote; Yeas- Messrs. Laight, Young, Clark, Donald, Clu-ck, Lawrence, Hobart Harrison, 9. Noys- Johnson, Hyslop, Hone, Mesier, Tfeadwell, Cotbëal, 6. Absent- Underhill. Wolfe; Moore. At the same meeting a colored Episcopal Church, which had been stnigglmg with ijrent difficiilteis, uskod fora donntion ofone