Freeman's champion., 1858-08-05
Editorial BrevitieS.

- ~S"~N" Ee'HN 1-'@J ", 'HHr's -'~@N~N
men are being regularly drilled inf
Yorktown, Dewitt county Texas
prSparAtCtyso ifrpptionintC North
ern Maxico,
-'l4' Nebraska farmers speak en-
couragingly Of the prospects Of the'
crops. The weather is favorable.
and everything promises large re-
turn for their labor
,--- The highest waterfall IN the
world is said TO be in the Sandwich
Islands, and it is reported to, be be-
tween A, 700 and5, 900 feet in .alitade!
--A-- A man in New York city has
recently received from England, a.
style Of revolver with c;ghtesn barrels.
They would prove potent weapon
against the M MOrmons in Utah. M
Orson Hyde, one of the Nor
mon apostles, boasts that if he lives
ten years longer and thrves as 10 has
been thriving, he will have "sohs
enough to make regiment by them
IsalvaasDy a1 y, H"ua4 1lHo'h.'El
.NgutIr.I ug0 .,ulnB-Js0vbS
'------A--A Mrs. Griffin, residing in
Pike st., New York, moved her bed
Closeup to the window, in atherthird
story, in consequence Of the heat, In
tle night time she fell out 'ofthe'win-
dow on 70 the side walk. killing her
self. Her husband and child were
inthe bed with her at the time.
A-lady correspondent of the
Ohio CaltiVator tells, OF q new way she
has OF using hoops, which, to our
thinking, is a pretty good one. She
makes hoop of rattan, q little larger
than the top Of pan, and stretches
over it thin cotton stuff, making
cover to keep dust and flies from the
mix. E '' ."''' I"'t'
- A negro drummer boy in the
Revolutionary War died recently in
Elbert county, Georgia, at the sd.
vanced age OF one hundred and seven
years. lie was present at the battles
ot Eutaw Springs, Guilford Court
House, and Brandywine. MI u,a5
---- The oldest church now stand
ing in this country, is probably the
one now standing in bingham, Mass,
which was erected in 1851. ..
----- In the United States there are
over ~, 700 school-houses, 845 acad-
emies and colleges, and nearly 1000
churches. t...
A decision in one of the courts
has been rendered recently to the ef-
lect that Justices have no legal pow
er to issue capiasces.
Tin is being used instead Of
gold to fill up teeth, and is said to be-
better and more durable, as we'll MS
; cheaper. ."' '' '"'.
- In Switzerland, NO less than
twenty thousand women earn fair
livelihood by making watches. iap
-- The Washington Globe says
the average number Of words spoken
! by Congress in long session, is g.
: 290,77Z. BOA Issd sqe, oar ul
a A---A A word of kindness is seldom
spoken in vain. Ii is a seed which,
even when dropped by chance, springs
{ up a flower. l.g r,,oo3 'sw ad,
: lo----- Oshkosh, Wis, has q popula-
: ton OF 10000, having doubled since
: the census Of 1865. '.,'''Iin'"h 'ni
- II is proposed in Canada to
1 exempt the newspaper press from ju"
. ry service. ~ GI 'ieh sdl vi ssi1
dl--Give your children an cduca-
=. ton, and no tyrant will trample on
' your liberties, lo,aovo9 'saaol
oa--- Qdeen Victoria is 40 years
old, and the empress Euyenie 02.sdj
/. wo--l- The Leviathan will carry six
masts, made Of plates Of wrought IRON
one inch in thickness. al ,nidv no
n India has a,populAtion oflS0-
j. S84,297 souls. lipo5 9IodW sii Ina
II EY- Mr., J. *. GooplN informs uS
thai we did him great injustice clast
: week by attriOuting the authorship
!. oil an article which we copied from