Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-04-22
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which he holds an original theory. His
treatise are to be published by the Smith
sonian Institute.
The senior proctor of the Oxford Uni
versity, Rev. j. Pollen, has recently become
convert to Rome.
Dan Rice, the original "Jim Crow" has
been convicted of libeling Circus prepri-
etor in his songs, and has had 10 pay fifteen
hundred dollars TO the injured man.
Mr.. ]. L. Dwight, of Boston, starts his
wusical journal early in the present month.
The Bengal Harkaru states that Tien Teh,
the New Emperor of China, is Christian,
having been baptized by the late DR.. Guz-
laff.
George LodeS has arrived at San Fran
cisco. Biscacc;anti and Parodi were ex-
pected.
A Pr-ous FRAuD.-A correspondent
writes to complain of the French authori-
ties having seized mince-pie he had dis
patched to his children in copy of f''n'eh'
We do not sympathize with the sender, who
deserved to lose his pie, for having made
our publication the medium for containing
any matters at all minced.-Punch.
The Emperor of Russia has presented
Tamburini with gold medal Of honor set
in diamonds, as an expression of his admi-
ration for the singer.
The marriage of Jenny Lind has given
great satisfaction in Hamburg, in which city
the family Of Mr.. Goldschmidt reside
The news preceded the arrival of his own
letters, and the report was treated as a joke
until his parents received from Mr.. Gold
schmidt himself the tidings of its truth.
The students of William and Mary Col
lege, Va, have selected Senator Badger, of
North Carolina, to deliver an Grafton before
them on the coming Fourth of July.
The Earl of Belfast has outdone the Earl
of Carlisle: both of them have lectured
before popular assemblies, but the Earl
of Belfast recently performed two solos
upon the piano forte at concert of the
=, Belfast Classical Harmonist's Society. We
- shall hear of Lord Brougham's delivering a
chemical lecture next, or the Duke of Nor.
cumberland reading the play Of Henry w
The lectures of Professor Agazzis, be.
fore the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton, attract much attention. The Professor
lectures without notes, and speaks English
: huently, though with marked foreign ac
c cent.
Charles Dickens had the honor of enter
II tanning at dinner the Duke Of Devonshirs
a and the other members of the Literary
e Guild, on the day of the publication Of thu
d first number of BLEAK House.
E|They have got to growing chickens Sc
: large in California, that farmers have to sci
them by the quarter, like pork. These arr
u chickens TO crow over.
u Speaking of apples, it is rather re
markabe that the first ''appe" in Parads
should have turned out the first ''pair."
; E5-The herdsman of 4 farm in Scotland
: had,,occasion, lately, to send his daughter 70
the cattle under his charge. There wer
about eighty of them; and among them tw
l. bulls, one of which was occasionally in tn
habit of asaulting people. On the day il
al question the damsel unwarily approaches
e the bull too closely, when he immediate
d gave chase. On a level field, without dykes
g Dogs or any other place Of refuge to resor
d 10. what would the reader have done--fol
W to run home, distance of three quarters {
l. mile, was ont of the question. The CIR
l. with great presence Of mind, ran over to tn
" other bull-a good-natured animal, an
/ much stronger than her assailant. Standin
~ close by his side, and tapping him kindly o
Of the back, she drove him towards her father
house, followed by her enraged enemy, VIII
r kept roaring and Tuning all the way; bl
ne when he came too close her protector turn
H. ed round, and with shake and toss of hi
head, kept the assailant at bay. In TIL
oil manner the fugitive arrived safely at HON
MODEL SuBscRIBERs.-Of all the sui
p scribers to the New York Spirit of II
NC Times last year only seven had to be dunn
"S ed, five of whom were dead, and the mi
e ney of the other two had been stolen out
the post office. -.
49, EfPERsIA.-By letters from Persia, "
!. learn that the Grand Vizier, Mira Tag
Khan, has been executed, by order of Il
Schah. He was bled to death in BATH
n His immense fortune was Immediately col
nv fscated.
"a ET"See there." exclaimed returnt
n Irish soldier to gaping crowd, as he exhil
he tied, with some pride, his tall hat, with
r. bulet-hole in it. "Look at that hole, wi
as Won? You see that if il had been 10,