The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

/ IN Paris OF late, and distracted much on tbe M
tentlon OF the sans sUlotte from their ordinary no
lllcal occupations in the streets. So much ba,
the town become infected, and so fearful thei
ravages, that the Council of Health has oiIeret
reward OF one hundred francs for every thou
SAND head OF this game. In the Rue Riehelieu
they have been found most formidable enemies
| some of the most valuable manuscripts in m,
Royal Library having been most thorough,
ruined They have, therefore, trained dogs q
The chase; one of them killed in the course O
one night, 267 rats. The glovemakers purchase
The SKINS One manufacturer bought thirty-si,
thousand, for two thousand four hundred francs
and what are called Swedish gloves are madf
nom them, one rat ahording enough 10 make a
pair of gloves.
The Church in Scotland is divided into five
different denomnaiions. The Established church
has 1000 congregations; the Free Church has
IOO; The United Presbyterans 500; the Reform.
ed Presbyterian, or Cameronians, so; the Uni.
,ed Onginsl SecedeH, from the Presbyterians.
~. At the recent meeting of the United Pres.
oytenan Synod, II was resolved that they could
hold no fellowship with American Shareholders.
At meeting OF another religious assembly. one
of the members observed that he thought There
was an intimate connection between "Bibles
and baIncades."
large plscsrd has been posted up IN Psri,
which exctes some curiosity. 1t states that on
the 18th OF July next, the forest of Pacy, con-
tanning SIS hectares, will be put up TO auction.
az the upset pnce OF a million, by legal order of
NJ. Louis Philippe, Count de Neuily. formerly
residing at the Tullenes, and Of all the members
OF his family, residing, the former in England.
and the latter In Spain and Germany.
n he Il
groes, who had been apprehended as mnaways
in Monroe county, in that State. were lately
stolen from the Sheriff, in whose possession tbey
were, nun of and sold by a man named Waller,
who gave the negroes portion of the profits.
Inc negroes have been recovered and Waller
arrested.
Garner pigeon lately dropped In its flight, in
the circle OF HardiSch, in Moravia, a letter adj
dressed TO the Sclavonians on the Wasg. sun.
phcating them to shake or the yoke Of Kossuth
and rally round their king. The winged messen-
ger was soon after picked up, Its strength well
nigh spent
PoLITIcs IN NKw YoRk.-A Convention is pro-
posed to be held in the State Of New York, 10 in
clude the representatives. Of both the Cas- and the
Van Buren, sections Of the Democratic party. IL
Is to be consulting Convention, the purpose Of
which Is TO see whether the two divisions of the
party cannot be united together upon a common
platform. Each division has called a Conven-
ton oil It's own, 10 meet in September, and il is
proposed that the consulting Convention be as
sembled in August.
In the hand to hand combats between the
French and the Italians, the latter are said TO
show decided superiority In the use of the bay
onet. Ganbaldi's legion stomed casino where
party OF the French were posted, and in the
face Of murderous fire from the windows. en-
tered it and bayoneted 147.
The island Of Tabago, situated about fourteen
miles from Panama, has been selected by Messrs.
Rowland & Aspinwall as the depot for their
steamers. correspondent of the New York
Commercial says that the place has many pecu-
liar advantsges--good spring water, fine sea
bathing, abundance of fruit and bracng air; the
Thermometer ranging about ten degrees less than
at Panama.
The hostility Of France, Austria, Naples and
Spain, to Rome, calls to mind the following
lines:
"Father and mother and l.
With strong and trusty hand,
Beat poor little boy
Tflhe could hardly stand"
Nh. CALHOUN AND Col. BEHToK.-The PEN
dleton Messenger Of the 29th June has the fol-
lowing paragraph: awe have received COM
from Mr.. Calhoun in relation TO Col.
Benton's late speech ct Independence, Mo-,
which will appear in our next paper"
GONE TO LrvERrooL.-Among the passengers
to Europe, IN the America, from Boston, was
Col. Thomas L. Cnttenden, u. S. Consul 10
Liverpool, accompanied by his lady, r. II. Crit
tenden, and his nephew.
80 -. l.. Il
pany is 81, 600, 900. The profits are often half
a million year. They sell gun which costs
IS, for skins worth SIC. A pint of nm worth
eight cents, is sold for 81 rs. We imagine there
will be some competition in this trade one of
these days.
HONOR TO Ma. BAScRoFr.-we learn that the
Hon. George Bancroft, our Minister at The Court
Of st. James, received the degree of Doctor in
Civil Law, from Oxford University, on the goth
Of June.
OF the eleven members Of the French Pro-
visional Government, Cremieux and F. Arago
alone remain in the Legislative Assembly,
Dupont (de TEure,) GARNER Pages,
Marrast, Marie, and Flocon have not been re-
elected Albert is in prison, and Louis Blanc
and Ledru Rolhn have fed.
MURDER OF Ma. CoLBuRN ON rHR FRoSrxn.
Two Sac Indians have bsen arrested, by the
agent, at the recent payment OF annuities,
charged with the murder Of Mr.. Colburn. They
are in confinement at Fort Leavenworth. II is
said that they have confessed the murder.
Mr.. WILSON, the celebrated vocalist, who was
in this city but few weeks since, died at Que
bee on the 9th inst. He was induced a few
days previous to go upon fishing excursion with
some friends, and the exposure incident thereto,
produced his death.
The Russian fortress OF Jotepha, being large
military depot on the Black Sea, has been storm
ed by a corps OF IL, 900 Circassians, and 200
Russians put to the sword.
The Springfield Oily Journal of the 7th inst,
furnishes a statistical table Of the entire Inter
nal improvement debt of that State, which fixes
the amount at &c, 970, 022 70.
The Catholics and Protestants of Montpelier
(France) are INDUCING their mutual hatred,
with bitterness not known since the period Of
the edict of Nantz.
During the earlier days of the siege, the Ro-
man satinsts declared that the French had the
tertian fever, a. they only fought every other
day.
"whenI am making q plan of consequence"
says Lord Bolingbrokc, al always like TO CON-
uult sensible woman
Dickens, it 10 calculated, received Is. 81. for
every word in his last work; "The 9h0st's Bar