Squatter sovereign., 1856-08-26
News from all Quarters.

eg- The present population of Texas is es
tinlated at 100000.
~ The Fremonters are going to build a
sERocl1y Mountain Hut7 in Hartford.
c5sF The Book of Norman has been transla-
ted into the Hawaiian language.
rsy During the last month nearly 1000 sol /
diers from England have arrived in Canada.
~ Corn meal should never be ground very |
fine, it Injuries the richness of it.
ay Turnips Of small size have double the
nutritious matter that large ones have.
R~It is said that Convention of all the
New England States in favor of Fremont and |
Dayton is to be held in Boston next mouth
v Herman Melville, the author, has sold
part OF his farm in Berkshire, Mass, for 500
an acre.
e~ The New Bedford Standard says sixteen
fugitive slaves have recently passed through
that city.
r~ The first barrel of whisky ever distilled
! in Louisiana was received in New Orleans Oh
! the 1st.
| scs5- Rats and other vermin are kept away
| froin grain by sprinkiing Of garlic when pack
| ing The sheaves
| ~ In feeding with corn, sixty pounds
! a-rou ed goes as far as hundred pounds in
| the kernel.
| W Ex- Governor Call, of Florida, is sick,
| and not expected to recover. So We regret to
| learn from the Tallahassee Floridian.
f- seralsoscf, the great pianist is said to be
! the Dosscssor of at least 81 100000 worth OF
real estate, in Cincinnati
| e1r Chinese emigration to California has
begun again, in consequence OF the reduction OF
the foreign miners tax.
e= Miss Mary Mayor, only thirteen years
of age committed suicide at Houston, Texas,
on the 5th by swallowing stryehnine
e.y Mr. Forsyth, editor of the Mobile Reg
j lister, has been appointed minister to Mexico,
in place OF Gen. Gadsen, recalled.
fg merchant in New York, offers,
tht Uugh the Daily News, to bet 81; 900 that
] , mes Buchanan will be elected President.
P93- go to thunder p is now rendered thus:
Take your departure to the abode of the re-
verberating echoes of heavens artillery"
gy~ The first daily newspaper printed in
Virginia was in 1890, and the subscription
price was fifty dollars year.
G1y Napoleon used 10 say that kings by birth
were shaved by others, but ttfat he who has
made himself king, shaVes himself
eS5s Yale college has conferred the degree of
doctor of laws On Senator Sumner, of Massa-
chusetts.
] n paper giving dn iCSOuut Va
saws: 1t is "a large town, containing 60,ooo IN
habitants, built entirely OF brick!
EY~ The amount of real and personal proper
ty under assessment in the city Of New York
for tie present year, is S3lI ,SSs,2oo N-
I ~ John Parsons, formerly one of the edit
ors Of the Louisville Journal, died recently at
Virgin Bay, of vomito. He was private In
Walkers army.
cSy Miss Nightingale has been elected an
2 honorary lfe-governor of the Royal Free Hos
, rital London, in testimony of her humane SER
= vices in the Crimea.
f1F Smith O'Bricn is visiting his Brother
e I.5Td fnohiquin, in the county Glare, Ireland
o ard takes no part in politics. lie Is expectee
= on this side ere long.
R~ Miss Davenport, the actress, is just now
:. soour,ling in Boston, having returned, with he
mother, in tbs Arabia, from Liverpool. She Il
about 10 re-appear at the Boston Theatre.
i ezF Mickey Free recently walked 1o6 hours
s q days and 10 hours,) without rest sleep, al
| New Ark II. J. The bet was $500 IN addition
to which he made $500 by side bets.
e% 4 Young woman committed suicide in
the 18th ward, Philadelphia, on Friday last
because her mother refused to buy her new
bonnet.
f-B The New York Fire Department now
consists of fifty-six engine companies, sixty
e hose companies, fourteen hook and ladder COM
n panleS, ana IOuT ny III AIT companies.
+, fy There are in San Francisco, thirty
char ches, having an average attendance OF "
q Cos persons, which is estimated to be oHe-Itth
of the total Christian population lii the city.
~ Earthquakes appear to be quite frequent
in California Every mail steamer brings us
/ accounts of one more. Southern California
appears to b. particularly affected by them
$50, Charley, hear you have ave, been en- to to
Juvenile party" '.Weli, ldoh't Know wha'
S you call juvenile. There was no one there un-
| der five years Old
R3- Doing unto others as you would have
otiIeIs . do unto you--that is, negiectIng to pay
r the barber for removing the beard from your
= face, and thereby shaving him In return.
ez= A dog suit was tried at Newark, N. J..
i on nionday, in which a man bitten last June
F.. sued the owner of dog for damages and re-
ceiyed S51,25.
f1ge y man named Pever made a balloon as.
n ceHsIon ut Havana on the goth of June, and was
waited over towards the sea. he has not bee;
: heard of since.
It 49,. The Buchaniers of Vermont held 4 Stat
1 | Convention, nominated Henry keyes for Gos
ornor, and passed resolutions endorsing Buch
auan.
O eSy The nineteen River and Harbor bill
| passed bv the Senate on the 3lst July appss
: pirate an aggregate of half million of dollars
>, They received more than two thirds vote
el e1z- The louisville, KY, Courier says tn
!, wife Of We'll known drayman in Covingto
died one day iastweek. The next day the be
e reaved man married a new wife, and took he
with him to tie dead wife's funeral.
-. There is a great scarcity OF laborers il
:, Wisconsin. Harvest hands get $500 pes da
,. in some places, and railroad contractors ar
paying their men S1,25 and had few hands a
9 that rate.
D. -. A general outbreak is apprehended /
!, Europe. The German and Italian refugees
this country returning home, and it is sup
posed to participate in an anticipated revoiu
| tion.
VI Ca It is proposed to rear a national monu
- of Scotland, on the Abbey Craig near Stirling
s. overlooking the battle field OF Stirling, tn
;. Theatre of the hero's greatest victory.
III k An exchange says MIR. Buchanan is b
III trade printer, and the first of the craft VIII
I'd has been nominated for the highest Office in th
,sft of fha paopia althopuh MANY Of fhar, n. NJ