, 1859-06-29
.NfSE.kL LL.1-e-EOL|:t ITEMS.

i LEG I'ROKES III 4 IloOr SkIET.-Nc learn
that, "n Wednesday afternoon. the amablc wife
| uf Il Clergyman residing in ward Il caught one
Of her irtt in her hoop skirt in ss,ch j manner
us iG throw her down witt. such violence as IL
| break one of her le.s- Yesterday the sufferer
WIS Us comfortable is could be expected
t4" JuH"df, fridop.
4 Spiritual CoSGnE*. Of ''1zEEs. Il clique
ct spirit laIsts, led by one Mr. spear, cIaim that
cua=rcss Of spirits has been tui'ucd. Of which
| sfr. Spear is the medium. They tel! us filat
this congress has formed seven Suh>iu!afT CO.
ordinate associations. whose province may bc
gathered from their titles, viz Thr Association
III EcnlticicAtS, vi Eitctric-iztrS, Of Element
izers. "f Elncation-izers, Of lfeatlfut-:zrrS. Of
| -t=r;cn!tura-izers, and t;overn:nrnt -zers. =
The first document pu. forth by this spiritual
cun.ress Of izer=, 'hrol1.h the msdiuu,sl,ip of
Mr. Spear, Is entitled j1e Edaeutor, " for the
Association nf Governments -izer$,' Of which it
is claimed Robert Kansoul is president. !ic-
rordinr 10 this manifesto there is to be a new
| Republic in thu United States, with 4 new rc-
! li=l"n-
"urrF.sG p" TIE 1.Anr> LAr-noG-Erp.uss If
s"1p",fi"4 lie C4ts a"d Io.ys Of Lonlo".-It is
stated that some twenty men i'll London caru
their livelihood by dutiiu."-yiz: painting
ro1nr'irn birds tn resemble sonlc rare and Tor
| ..u sort, ur wIu invent .o1,-cxistiny breeds
Tie hlpic "Ctlan1i>l bird is made IL Look, the
/ mare chance there is of selling il. \ vuI.ar
':,l WIS once transformed into an elegant micro
scoric 'oG for a lady's pet. For Il Few weeks
the lt,f. auA'.rurc enjoyed the cares anil ear
rs>v~ nf the ad.iriny mistress. tilt the growth
1T L. claws enabled it tu tak. tft,ne by
'ea!,> ui the curtains to thu ceiling, aud ~ tie
workmanship ot the dufltr'' stood confessed.
II Is calculated that in l.elldon there are .M,1'
cats. and it is estimated that to support them
anu the dogs. '-.'""' hrses annually boiled
down AMI served out hy l,'""' men, 1T tie cost
''f el'"','"" rer at'lnum i" the city,
MsuAurn FIR ,wnxEr,Es.-.t lot If straw
berries were received IN town yesterday from
tentra Costa. snl.it Of which measured i, inches
j III circumference aud wcisi,t..--wc fear tn say
low much. They were the largest We ever saw,
:,inl il is ,luubtn if tlev haze ever been euua,et
in this city S"n,e of the largest were bought
ur at . bit aiccc.-'>aa Fran.'i*ro Times, :!th
ut.
six y",,ng wolves "f the large grey SPECIES
were recently shot upon the farm Mr II, l.,
Dots, in Suulh tirnvc. Wolves are sufficiently
numerous tu hc Of considerable ANNOYANCE. it.
SONG parts ri this county.~~Sy.anott, IL Hall
IT,, Htprhfttdn.
The Cambridge HsoniNlf saws that a gen
tle1n8" visited Of their faslionably built
churches, for the purpose Of worship, and on
asking the sexton iurA seat, lie replied, we
have plenty Of seats to III, sir.'' fhr sexton,
however, notwithstanding his cute answer. con-
descended 10 show the stranger to Il seat. 1t
tht close Of the services, tile gentleman in1uir-
I'd fur the Treasurer Of the Society. aud :lsccr-
taiilli:. the price tor one year lie quietly handed
lin. the amount, with the req luesi that tic SCAT
might be preserved for strangers.
-Rev. bean Trench, i'll lis excellent work on
English. Past and Present, after noticing the
anomalous construction Of the word " its" SAYS
i; dies moi one occur through the whole Of
rur authorized version of tie Dbe-occuys OH.
II three times in all Shakspcare-was u word
anil it,,,1
int" his poem by Mil,on-and did not come into
c"1.s1nun use before dryden sanctioned it III his
writings
A Comparison Of the religious statistics Of
Germany in III" with these ui 1858 show that
the number Ut 1'rotestants in nearly every
State has increased III larger ratio thai, that Gf
E,'nan Catholics. Whole congregations uf
Catholics, or *, least n,ajo,itr IF them, have
III number Of instances become prutc@tan.s
and En,.le has lost tn lrotcstanisin fur times
~ E:,:ny priests is she has gained pru>elytcs
ttou, the Protestant Clergy. The whole NUM-
her ut 1rotestants in the States Of the German
tunftleracy is Ut present -.'""!, ,'""'-that Of
Catholics. -:;,l:'',*""'.
u The Pittsburgh Post announces that thu
Devil has become -. well known abiding OPP
poncnt Of the national Democracy" So. an
ether OF tile great leaders Of the parry Is :,nnc.
The national Democracy has become 80 depray-
I'd thai cycn the Devil can't stand il anv longer.
- d3e4te 1 1'tV'.
S,LE Of RAILROAD Farm MnnrGAGrS.-Thc
Milwaukee, f,*e Ten.osTdt SAYS that seycn farm
mortgages given to the Fond dn Lac Railroad
Company, hare been sold by the Sheriff Of Mil
waukec 1T the instance Of the Marine Bank, and
bid of ior the bank ut l" per cent.
4 H,lL-Do,: ATTACKING AN ElErnAS7.-Thr
]'c:cr,burrh, Va. Express says: IN amusing in
cilrnt occurred while Vau -ambur.h's n,ena:.e-
ri. was crossing. the -ApomAttnx. j short dis
1ancc above the rncahontas bridge, s.rikip,lv
illustrative OF the fAct that the bull ac. is the
,lu>t courageous Of all animals. and will attack
any creature, regardless Of size. As tar c:r
phant entered the water with his usual slow and
car,iou, step, seme iudiridua! in the crowd.
prompted bs spiri, Of mischief. h.d
large bull do: to attack the large animal.
Inc Lne, Instantly obeved. and plun :ln, into
the water. seized hold Of one Of the hind legs
Of ri4- elephant. which the latter only switch
I'd him with lis tail ~ lie would brush t3 fly,
bu, not rildiuy himself Of lis .ssulant by such
.cntl. means. and feeling sharp teeth 1t work
upon his leg, he suddenly threw his >nout
around, and seizing the deg. held hin, under
the wafer until he was nearly drowned: then
raising hin, high in the air. throw hisn At least
hundred feet out into the stream. Fully satis-
fled with the punishment he had received, thu
dog beat u hasty retreat.