Post-office funds. He escaped by flight. The late City
Collector of Baltimore is charged with a deficiency of $30,000 in the
accounts of the Custom House, but has surrendered his property in trust,
and expresses his desire to have the subject investigated. A man named
Brown was recently taken to Washington by the Marshal of Michigan, on a
charge of forging Land Warrants. A company of Mormons, under the
government of a man named Strang, on Beaver Island, in Huron River, have
got into difficulty with the authorities and the American citizens. They
recently attacked two men by the name of Bennett, who were known to be
hostile to their claims: killed one, and dangerously wounded the other.
Strang and some of his companions voluntarily delivered themselves into
the hands of the authorities, and are awaiting their trial.

In the Lake Superior region business of all kinds has become very
active. The steamboats on the Lake are crowded with passengers and
freight, and the country about the mines is improving rapidly. Lands are
being cleared, roads laid out, houses built, and the region rapidly
assuming the appearance of a permanent settlement. Several new mines of
unusual richness have been discovered, and all the old shafts deepened
and extended, with the most successful results. The prospects of the
mines on the Ontmagon are equally favorable. Hostilities have again
broken out between the Sioux and Chippewa Indians. Several of the latter
tribe were murdered by the former, who formed into war parties, and
marched against their enemies.

The first Centennial Celebration of the Pennsylvania Hospital took place
on the 3d of June, in Philadelphia.--The cholera still appears at
intervals along the Western rivers. There were 13 deaths in New Orleans
during the week ending May 31st.--In the case of Scott, indicted at
Boston for the rescue of the fugitive slave Shadrach, the jury were
unable to agree upon a verdict. Although agreeing as to the
constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law, they stood equally divided
on the question of convicting the prisoner. A new trial has been
ordered.

A personal combat took place in the streets of Lynchburg, Va., on the
5th of June, between Mr. Saunders, a member of the State Convention, and
Mr. Terry, Editor of the Lynchburg "Virginian." Five shots were
exchanged, and both parties so severely wounded that they died shortly
afterwards.

The emigration across the plains has commenced, but will be