# Saturday Evening Gazette/June 7, 1856/Saturday's Notes

Saturday’s Notes.
June 7, 1856—Memo.—Great coats desirable, umbrellas in demand, and fires quite comfortable.
Don’t forget that your vote is wanted on Monday to prevent an unnecessary increase of taxes. Chelsea will be a city in a few years and can get along well enough.
Residents of south end, interested, (as all ought to be) in the proposed Metropolitan Railroad are to hold a meeting shortly.
Will Mr. Forristall please to look at the condition of Dover street? Three hundred mud carts a day pass through the street, dropping about two loads a day, and it is difficult to say whether the street is paved or not.
The Legislature adjourned on Friday, having passed 308 acts and 103 resolves. Mr. Charles Hale intends to publish in book form a report of its doings.
Hon. Charles Sumner does not wish to have the State pay for the expenses of his sickness.
The Pope has just entered his 65th year, having been born on the 13th May, 1792.
In Worcester, while firing a salute in honor of Mr. Buchanan’s nomination, Lawrence McClary was instantly killed, Mr. Isaac Bartlett and a lad named Williams were injured.
A gentleman connected with the N. Y. Mirror has written a new play, which is well spoken of.
Among the late arrivals at one of the St. Louis hotels, is one that reads—“E. Smith and four wives, Salt Lake.”
We hear that Rev. E. E. Hale has received a call from the South Congregational Church, over which Professor Huntington was recently settled.
James Buchanan, the Democratic nominee, was formerly a Federalist.
A letter from Paris reports the Empress of France to be seriously ill. The affection is said to be a sort of paralysis, a “deplorable malady of the limbs,” from which she may not recover for many years. It is intimated that it was produced by the use of chloroform, on a recent occasion.
Col. Sam Colt and wife, of Hartford, who were married at Middletown, last Thursday, sailed from New York for Europe, this noon, to take a leisurely tour through the continent during at least a year.
The Richmond Whig states that Mr. Fillmore will not return to this country until after the Presidential election; he is now in Russia.
The Democrats of East Boston fired a salute of 31 guns for the States, and 27 for Pennsylvania, at 12 o’clock to-day, in honor of the nomination of Buchanan.
I saw on the pave a great blood spot, As though some one were stabbed or shot, And I turned to a laborer standing there Asking this question with serious air: “Oh tell me now, my good man, pray, What strife has been on this spot to-day? Has murder foul hereon been done, That caused this bloody pool to run?” “Oh no,” said that laborer with a stare, “Nothing has been done like that ’ere, That which you see as looks like gore Was where a paint pot tumbled o’er.”
M. Thiery, historian of the Norman Conquest, died at Paris on the 22d ult.
A trotting match for $1000 came off Thursday over the Union Course, L. I., two mile heats, to wagons, between Jake Oakley and Baltic. The former won in two straight heats; time, 5.22, 5.28.
Ex-President Van Buren was thrown from his horse at Kinderhook this week, but was not seriously injured.
The Dodworth Band, of New York, now numbers 80 members, divided into two distinct bands, and known as the first and second band.
The Baltic sailed at noon to-day from New York. She takes out 190 passengers, and $162,000 in specie.
Miss Agnes Robertson arrived in town on Friday, and is stopping at the American House. She is to appear at the Museum on Monday evening.
Col. Thompson sells a valuable house in Boylston street next week, worthy the attention of those who seek a desirable residence.
Mr. James Bennett, the actor, left in the steamer on Wednesday. We hear that there is a probability of his being re-engaged at the Boston Theatre next season.
The military company in Bath, Me., intends to be present at Chicago in July. Several Boston companies have received invitations.
Northern politicians are rapidly making the discovery that it is necessary for them to let the public know that they are not troubled with softening of the backbone.
The steamer Persia will soon arrive at this port, when our citizens will have an opportunity of inspecting this splendid boat.
We hear that everything indicates that the coming Fair in September by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, will be the best yet given. Mr. Billings is preparing a new diploma.
The members of the Grand Jury for Suffolk, on their parting with the District Attorney, George W. Cooley, Esq., this morning, presented him with a heavily mounted gold-headed cane, as a token of their appreciation of him as a public officer, and respect for him as a gentleman.
A blast was fired at the new harbor of Holyhead, North Wales, recently, which required the labor of six men in its formation for ten months, and a charge of six tons and a half of powder to explode it. The quantity of stone loosened by the blast was calculated at 60,000 tons.
In Plymouth this week a man was arrested for drunkenness. On being questioned, under oath, where he bought his rum, be gave information that he procured it at the Liquor Agency, and was discharged.
The 17th of June will be celebrated by a parade of the Light Artillery, Major Cobb, and the Boston City Guard, Capt. Sheppard, will also parade, on which occasion the past oficers of the Guard will present the corps with a superb silk standard.
The trial of Wm. Palmer, for poisoning, is slowly progressing in England. The prisoner has grown stout since his imprisonment, but since the trial commenced he awaits the verdict with anxiety. His guilt, from the evidence, is clearly settled.
The arrangements for the celebration of the Fourth of July are progressing. The 1st Regiment of Infantry, Col. Burbank, will do escort duty. Chief Marshal Otis Kimball, Esq., intends to make the march short. The balloon ascension will be a feature, and all that is now wanted is the regatta on the back bay, which is loudly called for.
Says old Roger to the Brahmin Poo-Poo, as he saw the ship run off at McKay’s ship yard on Friday, “why should the little circumstance of launching yon ship be attended with unhappiness to a great number of worthy artizans?” The Brahmin said he thought the result must prove different, and begged to say he gave it up. “Because,” said Roger, “when the ship is launched, workmen are subjected to rig her.” The Brahmin stroked his beard in silence.
The magnificent screw steamer Himalaya has been celebrated during the Crimean war for great speed combined with large accommodations for troops and comfort to all her passengers, but her last exploit in bringing to Halifax 1400 troops with all their appurtenances in sixteen days from Malta has astonished those best acquainted with steam marine and placed her side by side with the swiftest paddlewheel steamers. We should like to see this noble craft in Boston Harbor on a friendly errand.