The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-05 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS NE IFS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
The Postmaster-General has appointed 3-oho C'
Hall special mail agent for Kentucky, vice J. J.
removed.

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The National Lincoln Monument Association °
Springfield, Illinois, out of the great number of design°
for a monument adopted that one offered by Larkin
Mead, jun., of Brattleboro'. The die is seventy feet hi
and the total height is one hundred feet. The foundr
tion and sub-base are of granite, and the artist 10:
poses the architectural work to be of Envereol
marble, and the statues of bronze. The obelisk is sari
mounted by the eagle and globe. At the base a pecles,s
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is projected in front, on which is a colossal statue
Lincoln. On a plane below, at the four card
points, are four pedestals, on which are groups rep'
salting the infantry, cavalry, artillery, and mania°
arms of the service. Encircling these pedestals
tablets, on which are written the names of all the 5i3t65.1,
These tablets are linked together, and the whole W°l;it
indicates that, through the wise counsels of the Presid:a",
and the endurance of the soldiers and sailors, the iJIIS
has been preserved and perpetuated. On the four siaj
of the base are tablets for inscription. That in front as
under the statue bears the name in full—Abraham Lia
coin. The sub-base is reached by stairs from the cane'
of the base, and under the base is the crypt for the reinslng
The door of the crypt is also the entrance to the 133,,,'
age and stairway, which ascends the monument;
side. It is specified in the circular sent to the arts,l
and architects that the cost of the monument should 13" i
exceed $200,000. A premium, not to exceed $l,OOO, 'lll
offered by the board of managers for the design and
cifications which should be accepted. Vermont may
be proud of two such sculptors as Powers and Mead. A
As is well known the Government of the
son's Bay territories has long been offered to CAO-t
and has been accepted by the Legislature of th,
province, subject to certain conditions. Negotiao,l
between the Imperial Government and the riuds;
Bay Company are in progress, with a view to tg
settlement of the terms upon which the latter body
agree to the cession of the extraordinary priviles
conferred upon it under the charter of Charles • +-ha
these negotiations may at any moment bear fruit and
country be opened up to settlement, a number of gentlernei,
headed by Lord Ebury, Lord A. Churchill, and many
known members of Parliament, have addressed a menlol.:it
to the Premier,urging that the Indian title should be 61'1,"
ably extinguished, and extensive reserves of lands set fir*
for the use of the native tribes. The desire of the Insil
rialists is, if possible, to avert the sanguinary border Ori'
fare which has been so injurious to one race and so 16d
to the other, in almost every part of the North America,
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continent. Mr. Disraeli, in a letter to Mr. Fowler, 11-
promised to consider the matter.
The steamboat excursion and banquet glh
lately at St. Louis, by the grand eommandery ofe
Knights Templar of Missouri to the grand encamp:lo4e°
the United States, was a very brilliant affair. V,,„6
steamers were engaged, and after ascending the river Plit
miles they turned back and steamed past the city
flags flying, bands playing, and cannon roaring. 'l/1/
afterwards visited Jefferson barracks, twelve miles be_Ail°'
and there had a banquet on the boats, 3,000 people P*)--,0
cipating. One of the steamers knocked a hole in
bottom on her return trip, but her passengers were tre'"-
ferred to another vessel without harm or accident.
A telegram, dated Bombay, Sept. 24, is as 1°;
lows :—" The Indian Government have just annoenco
that the Indian internal telegraph tariff will be reduced to
a uniform rate of ono rupee for ten words, irrespactiO °
distance, from Ist October next.
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Foolscap paper is so called because the Eng•li
Parliament in Cromwell's time substituted a cap and bi!,,,g
as a water-mark on that kind of paper for the King's 111'56
which it had previously borne. The mark fell into disc
in a short time, but the paper still retains the name. tt
The Peace and Liberty Congress, assembled P
Berne, passed a resolution Sept. 23, adopting the Confe,cle,
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ration systems existing in Switzerland and North Amery
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as models for the constitution of a " United States
Europe."

.Le Courrier Medical announces that the 931:0
peror of Russia has issued a ukase which prohibits t'
practice of homoeopathy in any pdrt of the Russian (3111;
piro, under pain of a fine of 500 roubles and two le°
transportation to Siberia.
A WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEETING.—The
call has been signed by a large number of women in Wu°
Vernon, New York :—" Mount Vernon, New York,
21, 1868.—We, the undersigned, being desirous of educila
ing ourselves and others in regard to the legal rightg
disfranchisement of women who own property, earae9t;,.
request that you will, at an early day, hold a public
ing in this village, and give us the benefit of your br°
experience on this to us momentous question. It ist
fact not generally known, that more than sixty per Cell;
of the real estate in Mount Vernon is owned by Wcilliet;;
many of them widows ; also a large amount is owned ,0
married women whose husbands do not own a dollott
worth of proporty here, and the largest real estate coglieto
in town is a woman. As only property owners can T%
for the appropriation of money for village improve:lo
and as yet no woman has ever voted on the question, lis
sequence is that more than 60 per cent. of the property
taxed without the consent of the owners, and often agall'i
their wishes. This is an evil we are determined to sal
to no longer. 'No taxation without representation' 6113
be our shibboleth henceforth."

A Cape Ann boy in California was so unforttl:
nate several years ago as to be compelled to take a Wortlite
less piece of land in San Francisco in payment of a noo
of £1,600. Now, twelve years after, he is offered $301""
for the lot.

The convention of brass bands held at Nashua'
New Hampshire, brought together bands from Nashilf‘.
Wilton, Milford, Hollis, Dunstable, Pepperel, Leomiusn
Groton Junction, Franklin, Brookline, Hookset, °./3,0
North Chelmsford. A collation was furnished by
ladies; and tho concerts were attended by over 4fu-
people.

A telegram from Gotha, Sept. 30, says that 11;
telligenco from the German expedition to the North P°A.
announces the safe return of the ship Germanza to 13ergi,
On the 15th instant she reached a point in lat. 81.5. `',o
though the ice and weather has been very untavourtwo,
for the expedition this year, the results, especially tb°„o
obtained east of Spitzbergen, will be of great value o'o
a scientific point of view. The expedition will go foot
Bergen to Bremenhaven. The vessel will be available
the next expedition.
Some one asking an Irishman why a countryo33an
of his walked about New York City with his tongue devii,c
ling out of his mouth, he replied that it was because t"
man was trying to catch the American accent.

Births.
BEACH— On the Ist inst., at Oakley Hall, the wife of
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Beach, Esq., M.P., prematurely, of a daughter, vol.
survived its birth for a few hours.
Of
MoENs —On the 2d inst., at Park Lodge, Erith, the wife
A. F. Moons, Esq., of a son.
STEPHENS—On the Ist inst., at Lypiatt-terrace, Cholter
ham, the wife of Capt. Stephens, of a son.

Marriages.
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DENING— HOOPER—On the 2d inst., at Trinity tjl'"
Bath, Thomas H. T. Dening, Esl., of Ottery St. .3of
Devon, to Emma Geraldine H. Hooper, only daughte
T. Hooper, Esq., J.P., of Green-park, Bath.
PLASKITT—COWIE—On the 2d inst., at St. Mary's Church y
Spring-grove, Isleworth, Joseph Plaskitt, of Lincoln to
inn, solicitor, to Emily Julia, second daughter of the is
John Cowio, Esq., of Calcutta.