, 1858-03-19
nsy- The Cuban women have a trait Of

not refrain from mentioning it" They
never speak i'll Of each other, but always
find some palliation for the errors Of their
own SEX" This is a tacit admission that
such charity is almost peculiar to the fair
Havanese.
No. The LEvIArHAN." The London
Times says $3.50, 900 have been expended
in the effort to launch the Leciat6an steam
ship, and nobody knows how much more it
will cost.
4 ANOTHER BoURnoN.4A writer in one Of
the magazines, emulous of the fame ac-
quired by the inventor of the Indian Dau-
phin Williams, starts the story that the
real Louis Napoleon died in ft, in q
drinking house in New York, some years
since, and that Yankee named Bowen,
who had long been his companion in diss-
patton, assumed bis name, sailed immedi.
ately for Europe, attended Queen Hor-
tense in her dying moments, imposed upon
the French people as genuine Bonoparte,
and finally succeeded to the imperial
throne.
BGJ- The marriage treaty of tho Princess
Royal of England with the Prince Of
Prussia had been signed by the Prnssian
Minister and Lord Clarendon, and also by
the Archbishop Of Canterbury, the Lord
Chancellor, and the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer
The marriage of the Princess Royal of
England to Prince Frederick William, of
Prussia, took place on the 25ih, and not
on the 18th January, as was originally an
nounced.
THe AFRICAN SLAVE TRaDE.-A dispatch
to the Government of Great Britain, from
the south coast of Africa, dated October
10, 1851, says: 1.-THE slave trade is
assuming a new aspect. The French Gov
ernment has gone boldly into it, and the
British squadron are ordered not to verify
the colors Of French vessel, whether q
legal trader or not. American ships, on
the contrary, are searched, seized and con-
fscated, in q manner violative of our doe
trine of the right Of search" The subject
has been laid before the cabinet
FATE OF Dr., VoGEL, THE CELEBRATED
TRAvELER.-At late meeting Of the Royal
Geographical Society, Cairo letter was
read, communicating authentic information
obtained by British officials in Africa,
touching the fate Of DR.. Vogel, the celebra-
ted traveller. 1t would seem to leave no
doubt of bis having been put to death be-
cause he ventured to ascend tho sacred
mountain Of Wara, in the Kingdom Of
Darfur.
MORE ENGLISH FmuBUsTERING.-It is
stated that the English Government has
annexed" or 6llibustered the Coco
Islands, at the entrance of the Indian
Ocean, and that depot for the Suez and
Ceylon line of steamers is to be established
thereon. They lie just south Of Birmah.
s@ Further attempts to launch the
Leuiathaa were postponed until the spring
tides at the commencement Of January.
The hydraulic power was 10 be more than
doubled The ship remained even and
fair on the ways, and at high tide had
nearly six feet Of water under her.
R9-The King of Prussia holds million
of the Erie bonds Of '62.
R%It is stated that there are ten times
as many newspapers printed in the German
language in the United States as there are
in Germany.
A VETERAN EDIToR.-The Pittsheld
Mass. Sun has been conducted for fifty
seven years by its present editor, the Hon.
Phineas Allen. The Sun was first issued
in 1900, as an advocate of the political
doctrines of Thomas Jefferson, and it has
continued steadily in the regular Democrat
ic faith to tho present day. The San has
always been favorite with the "Sons Of
Berkshire" in every State Of the Union.
We wish happy future to the veteran dis
ciple Of Faust-BOstOn Transcript.
HTFbe two sons Of Patrick Henry are
about to EJECT monument over bis grave
at Red Hill, in Charlotte county, w.,
which has had not even q headstone to
mark it. He died in 1899, aud his wife,
who was Dorothea cambridge, died in 1881.
BG-It is stated that upwards of seventy
Eve thousand dollars have already been
Iulstu, duu pun oub NJ lukeIOot, VI tuo buul
required for the purchase Of Mount Yer
non. Two hundred thousand dollars is the
sum demanded for the land and buildings.
"IN THE DEEP BOSOM OF THE OCEAN Burr
ED."-During the year just past no less
than 55S vessels, bound to or from u S.
pcrts, we're lost at sea. Their value with
that Of cargoes lost is estimated at ST..
367, 100.
ES-A notorious miser, having heard a
very elegant charity sermon: "This SER
mon," said he, proves so strongly the me-
cessity of aims, | have almost a mind to
beg"
R3-A court in Pennsylvania has given
verdict to a wife for $2,5OS for money
earned by her after marriage and loaned to
her husband.
bS- A long pending dispute between
the King Of Hanover and the Queen oi
England as to the right to some crown