The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-07-05
Gatherings by the way.side.
Collected By friend IN toScr, and eompilal
for he Wooapils Rspsblioaa.


The number OF acres comprised in the Sand
wich Islands, amounts 10 S,seT, 900.
Eight small Islands comprise what Is called
the Sandwich Islands.
The Crystal Palace, al New York, contains
nearly four acres Of ground and cost 100000
dollars.
The value Of our annual products exceeds
5000 million, ofwhich, slT0,000,0o0, are sent
abroad, leaving $2,sso, 100000, to be con-
sumed at home
New York City is supplied with water from
Crotor River thirty sia mile distant
The Astor House was built in 1885.
Canada, contains an area Of 32,4Q2 miles.
At Condesport Penn, the highest Springs
Of the Ohio River, is l649 miles above tide
water.
The Convention that framed our National
Constitution, was comprised Of fily six men,
bers, 1882 speeches were made during the
sitting Of the same. Governor Morris, made
l73. James Wilson, l6s. Elbridge Geny,
lie. James Madison, l64. George Mason,
l3e. George Wsshingtan, O. Nine mem
bers made none
| OF the signeB Of the Declaration ofIndepen-
dence, Benjamin Franklin, Of Pennsylvania,
was the Oldest man.
Edward Rutledge, and Thomas Lynch jun,
Of South Carolina, were the youngest members
aged 20 years, that signed the Declaration.
The ten tribes Of Israelites were removed out
ol Judea, e47 years after their fore-fathers
were brought out Of the land Of Egypt
George d. Prentice, Of the Louisville Jour
nal, has been parslized in his right arm for
many years, -
II was one Of the Illinois Senators that
wrote the famous Compromise Resolutions,
that was introduced into Congress by the Hon.
Henry Clay, in 1882.
James Madison, never visited Europe, or
either was he member Of the United States
Senate.
The precise locality of Pot Hook Bay, Is not
now known.
Doctor Daniel Drake, of Gin, who died re-
Gently, was distinguished as Physician, Ma
turalist writer and Orator, his only education
at School, was three quarters, in Dillsworth's
shilling book, and knowledge Of Arithmetic
to Double Rule of Three. 81.
The Woodyile Republican, was first pub
lished in 1928, six years after this State Miss
was admitted into the Union.
The first Senators in Congress from Missis-
sippi, were Thomas H. Williams, and Walter
Leake.
Thirty varieties Of Cotton have been found
growing spontaneously in Africa.
The celebrated Mocho Coffee, comes from
the Southern part of Africa.
The Colony Of Ole Bull, situated in Potter
county, Penn, contains 100000 acres,
There are in the City Of New York, nine
teen public parks, valued at s9,l51,000.
The monument 10 De Witt Clinton, ia en-
tirely of bronze, measures from the ground to
the top Of the statue 10 feet It is 70 be erect
ed in Greenwood county, New York
Australia, at present has population Of
700 900 souls ...,..s.
In a preliminary exhibition Of Lieut., Lynch,
into the interior Of Africa reports Of finding no
river, naTgable more than twenty one miles
above the mouth.
The estate Of the late Gen. Harrison, amounts
TO 1920 acres Of first rate land, near Cincinatti.
Greenwood Cemetery, at New York, was
organized in September le40, the total NUM-
Der Of nterments, since that time is 26,470.
Thackeray, the lecturer made the sum Of
$4,000 while in the United States.
Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert we're
born In the year 1919.
Joe. Smith, the founder Of Mormonisri, was
killed at Carthage ILL.,, by a mob in 1914.
In Great Britain and Ireland, the length Of
Railway in actual operation is $500 miles.
The Island formerly occupied by Robinson
Crusoe, has at present population Of 800 per
sons.
Col. A. Burr, was the first person who pub
licly recommended the claims Of Gin, for the
Presidency
In the year 1907, cotton was worth 575c
per ound.
The original mover Of the Washingtonian
Temperance, at present. is keeping low grog
cry in Baltimore.
There is a quality Of Lea Island Cotton
raised, that Is worth S0c. per pound.
Judge Kanes, Of Georgia, says in report
10 Gov. Cobb, that nearly one half of the crimes
Of persons are attributable to Spirituous Liq
uors.
Columbia College, in New York, was found
ed in 1853.
The first Tannery, in New Orleans, was erec
ted in 1853.
II has been estimated that there are in Port
Gibson, ten dogs to every male adult, inhabi
tant
During the last Is yeas ending in June
1852, 096 persons were convicted Of Capita
Crime, in Great Britain.
The party that opposes the Democratic
! Party, took to themselves the name of Whig
in 1888.
, There are in England, 100000 people
, who can neither read nor write.
! Madame SoHtag, will retire 70 private hf'
after realizing in her American tour $4,000
dollars
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