, 1857-03-13

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b8 Dr.. Livingstone, the African traH-
'eIer, arrived at Marseilles on the 9th OF
December from Tunis, having just returned
from tour through Central Africa. This
had lasted seventeen years, during all Of
which time be had disused the, English Ian
guage, and on reaching British ship-of-
war he found great difficulty in speaking a
word of English He was accompanied
from Africa by a native Of the interior Of
that continent, who, on reaching the Mau-
ritius was so excited with the steamers
and various wonders of civilization, that
he went mad, jumped into the sea and was
drowned .. ss'i -
p9- In 1859, l,26O,OO squirrel skins
were exported from Russia to China, in ex-
change for tea. Most Of the skins came
from Siberia.
The OLDEST MAN IN AMERIcA-Peter
Nassau, coIored man, now resident Of
Woodstock, Vermont, has reached the ex-
traordinary age of l29 years ! and is
doubtless the Oldest living man in this
country. His history has been traced eut
by n. Haskell, esq, town clerk of Wood
stock and it appears he was born two
years before Washington, was 46 years
old at the date of the declaration Of inde-
pendence, and long before the second war
with Great Britain broke out be had pass
ed the scriptural limit Of life--three-seOre
years and ten.
R@- Near Edith, Is. o. says the No
bile Advertiser, crop is about to he gath
cred of four acres Of sun-howers. The seed
will be used for oil and to feed cattle and
poultry, as in the south of France but
the chief object is 10 obtain the fbres Of
the stalk for paper-making. If the cultiva-
ton succeeds it is expected to supply sbun-
dant material for fine writing aud printing
paper as well as fine and coarse for paper
hanging.
CoroN.-The main dependence Of the
world is on this country for cotton, and
last year 3 3,5OO,O 900 bales were sold out Of
a product of 100000. The failure Of
one crop would be most disastrous.
/ R5r The sugar crop of Texas, for the
past season, will probably not exceed 5000
hogsheads.
1Sr There are SOL rice plantations in
Georgia. North and South Carolian, each
raising 10000 pounds and over. There
are 6,745 tobacco estates Of 8, 900 pounds
f each, and over, in Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Virginia. There are 1928 in Mary.
land.
Ancestors on Born SIDEs.-The grand
father of VIM. H. Prescott, the historian,
commanded the American forces at Bunker
} Hill, while the grand father of his wife
commanded British ship of war, which
bombarded the American works in the
same action. The historian has the swords
of each, at his residence in Boston.
na- The Boston editions of Mr.. Pres
colts histories bring him in $4,000 a
year.
D4- Some entcrprising citizens have pur-
chased all the trees growing on the Mount
Vernon estate, aud intend converting them
into Washington canes.
p1r Mr.. Joseph Jackson, formerly Of
Cincinnati, Ohio, is the Postmaster General
of the Sandwich Islands.
r4- The population of Cuba is estimOt-
cd at l, ,44G, ,602 souls.
n@- There are hundred and fifty news
papers published in the State of Virginia.
B1- The population of the United States
is twenty-seven millions of souls-26, 964,-
3l2.
BUCHANAN AN IRIsnAN.-The Belfast
(Ireland) Morning NeSrs claims that Mr..
Buchanan is a native of Omagh, County
Tyronel
p6- The Cleveland Herald says that
enough is known 10 lead to the belief that
the losses upon the lakes for the season Just
closed, amount to over $4,000, ,OO0
Day- 1t is said that 20, 900 song birds of
various kinds are sold in New York every
year.
E@- The cost of message by electric
telegraph between the Crimea and Loudou
is said to be 5000.
R@~ The total wealth Of the United
States is, SAY" $ll,S116ll,O72.
bag- The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal chronicles case where child was