Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-11-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

THk SnAxKRs-The number OF Shaker Societies In this
country IL eighteen. located In several different States
There are none In any foreign county. The denomination
Was founded by Anne Lee, who was born In 1880. She
was introduced, A. she believed, into the spirit world, and
received Instructions In regard to the dispensstions which
they ushercd In. The Shakers hold that there have been
hour dispensations Of God to man-the first brgining With
Adain aud extending To Abraham. the second from Abra.
ham 10 Jesus. the third from Jesus 10 Ann Lee, aud the
ioarth from Ann Lee onward. The hr.t society was estab.
hshedi In lis2, near Albany New York.
Disp IRON ms ISJuRiKs-Philip $. Ciswgcs Who was
sho, in Seventh street, Philadelphia. on "Wednesday night,
died at the hospital on Thursday afternoon. lie vas sur
rounded by his friends and family, but was unable to- speak
during his last moments. Mr.. Shulock. who inflicted IN.
ia,ai wound, Is nov In Noyamcnsing prison. Our readers
VIII rccolect that Shutlock accused him OF improper inter.
courss with his wife.
wssLsrAS BkSxvoLEScE-Thc English Wesleyan de.
nomination contributed last year $6Oo, 900 for the cause
ut foreign missions; home missions, 500, 600; chanel debts
and new chapels. $5oo.Ooo theological training of stu.
dents. Sil.uOo education ~ ministers hilircn al IS. geo ;
dav schools Tor the poor, $4,000 Sabbath schools, tiu,.
minor objects.
wHAr A CIrr.-A ragged school association, in a pub
Tic appeal, state that there are la London l,4oo,OoO Who
never attend public worship. 1900 q hsbitual drunkards.
100000 open prohigatcs, 10000 profcsscd bcggars, 10000
gamblers, 10000 destitute Children. 5000 receivers OF sto.
len goods. More than 10000 young men under eighteen
years OF age are annually committed for then in Great
Britain.
MrrroR--A brilliant meteor. saws the Springfield Re
publican. was seen in the heavens near the zenith. at IL
o'clock on Saturday night, in that city. IL lighted up the
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we're strongly cast Its nucleus was red a. fire, while. it,
tail spread out DINNER aud winter. IL was a startling
sight to the beholder.
ESGLisH Misunderstanding. In England Is th,
great seat OF The porcelain aud pottery manufactures. No
less than sixty thousand persons are employed in the
works, and the annual value of the porcelain manufactured
amounts To the large sum 1T ten millions ofdollars. Three
ioutths OF the whole amount manufactured is exported /,
different countries.
A GENERors Gnr-David Hunt, ESD, OF Mississippi.
has recently presented to Oakland college in that state.
n mfr nnaftRp n M NM Th. nr.aal.u .an.
of the liberal donor. ale scrms never to forget that he
is u banker ofthe Lord. and always holds himself ready
To honor the Lords drafts
A Lose R,SGE.-Some soldiers who w,rr firing a Min.
ME rifle at a target at Magd-burg, at a distance of 1000
PAGES, hit aud mortally wounded "a hborer at work 7oo
PAGES brvond. A sheep was a~ccidently killed in England
~ith the Erteld rifle, from a distance Of 25OO yards.
A HAxpsosE PEEsENr-wiliam Jones. Jr, ESQ. of
Mobile. Alabama. has ordered a hrsI class locomotive to
he built Tor tho Mobile and Ohio Railroad, which he in
teuds presenting To the company. 1t ~ll cost from ten
thousand Ia twelve thousand dollars.
A BorrLE thrown overheard from the ship Adirondack,
on the hanks oi Ne. foundland, in September. 1855, con.
tanning a letter from a lady on board to a friend in ireland,
~as picked up in the river Shannon, in August, 1886, and
the letter forwarded to its address.
PRuSIC Aetna German paper asserts that Prussic
acid n,ly causes suspension oi lie at first. .and that one
who takes it can he restored to animation by the pouring
ut acetate ui potash aud salt dissolved IN water, ON the
head and spine. Rabits have been thus recovered.
"You'Rr 4 'PEExrcE"-"o, you're a prentice ?" said
a little boy the other day, tauntngly to his compan.
ion. The addressed turned proudly round, and while the
ii Z Of injured pride aud the look OF pity were strongl,
blended in his eountcnauee, eoolly answered--"So Nds
Franklin ~
TuERE are $50 paper mills, with two thousand engines,
constantly in operation in this country. These mills pro
ducci last year 2Tn,uUo,OoO pounds OF paper, and, as II
pound aud u quarter ui rags are required Tor one pound
81 paper, 34u,uOO,OOO were consumed in this way last
year.
\ PRoFirAHLE STCREr.-It is said that all the sword
blades tor the English army are made by four men, shu
have a secret known only Ia themselves. which they jeal-
ously guard. The average weekly earnings OF one OF them
amounts TO fifty dollars.
WHAT Is A GENTLEMAN There have been many def
nition- Of a gentleman, but the prcttiest and the most p-
etc i that given by "A lady in New York:-"A gentl"-
man., laid she, sis a human being combining a ~oman's
tenderness with a mans courage"
THsATEIcAL-Mr. John Sloan has opened the Charles.
ton Is. c. theatre, with w. l.. Hying, Il. w. MarchanI.
Miss Raymond, and others. Mr.. Malinia Jones and J.
w. WAllach are playing in Norfolk, Va.
Tux GERMAN PRrss-lt is stated that there are tel
times s. many newspapers printed in the German Ian
guage Ia the United States as there are ia Germany.
SLAvFEY.-The Ohio Baptist Convention, at Columbus.
on the 24th inst, passed n series of resolutions denouncine
slavery, and pledging themselves 70 labor against its ex-
su.ion