, 1859-10-24
sN{SEELL3.h.EUES.

,lessrs: Ticknor l. Fields paid 10000 for the
Atlantic Monthly.
Tue JENNINGS EsTArK.-The members Of the
Jennings family who claim 10 be- heirs to the
forty million d0llnrs, now awaiting claimant in
England, assembled in Charlottesville, Va, on
Wednesday Of Inst wcek, to the number Of
fifteen.
Mr. Robert Chan,bersis is engaged upon work
that will excite much cpmnotion in the literary
world. lie has volume in the press reftt,ing
tie antiquity Of the Scottish Historical Kulladx
We hear that he considers them TO have been
written in the carly part Of the eighteenth cen
tury.
Tue Colonel who docs the solemn mp in Glen.
wood, sees difference between the Great East
ern and The celebrated Indy Of whom Uurns
wrote, 90, wad some power the giftie eic u.s.
The tor1ner has wheei-house on her side; the
latter bud a wee louise On her head.
4 TEA Table JEsr.-Aa angry subscriber,
evidently woman, write. that iii is burnin.
shame that so long as there is Coacl,-in- China
onr minister should be sent to peAin in box,
with no chance for peekin' out OF it,"
The Rev. John Angell James died in Birmius.
ham. England, On the 1st inst, in his 18th yeaz
lie was wcli-known rs pllilanthropist and 4
religious writer, his "Anxious Inquirer having
been, says the birmingham journal, more ex-
tenslrelv circulated than any other work, cx-
NEpk VIZ AhA&E &AA4A AAC ANtAtl &T0EEE3S,
DR.. Jcwett has left with tho Boston 1ra<!Vtr
an ounce or two Of fne starch, extracted from
only eight horse chcstnuts picked up the street.
The experiment shows this nut 10 be 50 nbup-
dant in starch that it may readily be turned to
valuable account.
The Duke Of Nassau receives yearly tue sum
Of rs ,0o0 forms for the license Of the gambling
saloons Of Wicsbadcn. but at the same time
prohibits BY very, sesere penalties any Of his
subjects from betting at the banking games Of
Wiesbaden. He inritcs all Foreigners to come
and bet and spend their money freely, but will
not permit his own people to do the same.
Some years ago, druggist, Sup country"
nsed to be great on stunning advertisements Of
wonderful pauaceas that would curr everything
a from the aurora bosealis to pimple." It was
during time when young fellows about town
were Gu the alert Tor any sort Of u joke, and one
Sunday morning. the good druggist saw sus.
large black snake, to which was appended pla-
card which read thus: This worm mas rensov-
ed from child. four years Of age, By two doses
Of Comstock's Feruifuge,''
TnE '' 1}ER1AL or Erc11n" AnAxnoxxo-The
New Harru Journal says that tne present
Sophomore Class Of Yale las roted 10 abandon
the old college bur'esque Of the burial Of Eu-
cid" Last year it was only preserved by a
small majoritY, mad now it is gone-foreTer,
probably So long Us the Faculty threatened
3ss performances with pains and penalties. It
lourished, but since the college officers have
adopted the policy Of letting it conteu,ptuously
alone, the students look II its .hsurdities il,
another light, and voluntarily turn their farcs
from it.
DEAru At 1nr SANDWICH Is1ASDs.-Iied at
I{onolulu. Sandwich Islands, August I4tf,.
Joseph Jackson, ESD, Postmaster General Of
the Hawniin islands, aged 3oYcars. 1lewas the
son of the late Captain Joseph Jackson Of this