Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-04-23
Nlbbles of Ne(us.
-"Liuely and gossiping,
Stored arith the treasures of tattling ,corld,
And rih spice of Mirth, too.''

ana rtM Sptce OF MtTM, f00.
Preparations are making to send 1000
men flom Charleston, S. c., to the aid of
Walker.
The Emperor of France has six Ameri-
can horses in his stables, and 'brags high
GU the speed of his Yankee trotters.
1t is rumored that w. NJ. Cory, of Gin
cinnati, has been appointed Governor of
Utah.
The Journeymen carpenters of Pitts
burgh are on a strike for higher wages
They demand an increase of seventeen
per cent.
The Philadelphia chessplayers have beat
en- the New Workers in game of chess
that has been going on for year.
A meeting to raise men and money to
aid Gen. Walker, was held last week. in
Memphis, Tenn.
The two horses that distinguished them
selves in the recent 100 mile trottino
MATCH" will soon try their metal for a
purse of SO, 5O0--distauce SO miles.
The Treasurer of the United States, a
few days since, received asletter on pub
lie business, with this address:
You night f ID State treasurer"
The Central American Government has
offered reward of $4,000 fir the head
of Gen. Walker.
The mill erected at Rome, N. Y. for the
manufacture of paper from bass wood,
has been closed, and the plan abandoned
as improbable.
An expedition left Boston, last week,
with the intention of raising the sunken
fleet at Sevastopol.
Five hundred Waldenese will sooa ar
rive at New York, preparatory to settling
in Kansas.
Rat skins now command ready sale in
Paris. They are used to make the thumbs
Of the best gloves, the elasticity and close
ness of their texture rendering them
preferable to kid.
An Indiana lady lately sent President
Buchanan a beautiful PAIR of mittens of
her own knitting. The President, in re-
turn. sent the lady his daguerreotype, and
S25 in money.
1t is estimated that at least a quarter of a
million of the laboring classes in Loadon,
are now unemployed.
1t is now stated that the disease of
which Hon. Mr.. Brenton died, was CON
tracted at the hotel in Washington where
so many were poisoned.
The lady who never notices the bonpets
and dresses of other ladies at church, was
seen in New York last Wednesday.
The dwelling house of Mr.. Grimshaw,
was burned at Cape Vincent, last week,
and his wife and six children persisted in
the flames.
A gentleman engaged in the wool bust
ness, says that the raising of that article
would pay better in Northern Alabama,
than the culture af cotton, and that land
can be obtained there for 12 l-2 cents
Der acre.
Ole Bull, the greatest violinist in the
world, has three violins, valued at SO, 600
Which is tie most inquisitvc letter of
the alphabet? Y.
New York, it is said, has more to be
proud of, and more to be ashamed Of
than any other city in the world.
The Milwaukee and Mississippi railroad
is now completed to the Mississippi river
Stephen P. Hardenbroook, policeman
in New York city, was killed on the night
Of the 18th inst. by burglar whom he
attempted to arrest as he was breaking into
4 house.
The steamer j. N. Scott, in the service
Of Gen. Walker, exploded recently. Sixty
lives were lost.
Senator Slidell declines the mission to
France.
A lot of 81 feet front, in Wall street.
New York, sold last week for So, 200 per
foot front--making in the aggregate
1886, 900.
Col. Kinney. the noted fillibuster, is
raising company in California for the
purpose of attacking Guaymas.
Mr.. John Mulligan, of Orange Co., N.
Y, writes to the Patent Office that he has
raised anew kind of potato, from the ball,
which produces two crops in one season.
lngraham, convicted of the murder of
his wife at Rock Island, has been sentenc-
ed to be hung on the 9Th eff May next
Hon. w. W. Drummond, late U. S.
Judge for Utah Territory, has resigned
his office.
The Sugar making season has been so
favorable in Vermont, that is thought
enough has been made there for home
with some to spare.