Daily national Democrat., 1859-12-28

CHEAP LIVING IN PARIs-A correspondent
of the New York Herald writes from Paris
as follows:
Here is the result of one days expenses:
rooin, 30 sous; breakfast, 5; lunch, Z din
ner, l5-making total OF 10 sous, or little
less IN federal currency than that mum
Der Of cents. But many persons live here at
much less rate than that. l do not. Of
course, refer to the laboring people-men
aud women who live on half of it-but To
clerks, students, artists, men about town and
The like. 1t is not considered disgraceful to
be economical, and | have often seen very
gehtlemenlY men coming out of bakers
shop IN the morning with small roll in their
hands which cost one sou, and which they
ate as they passed along the street A very
distinguished professor in the college of Sar
oohhe was pointed out to me few days
since, engaged in this economical combina-
uon OF locomotion and mastcation.
ELoPEMENr IN HIGH LIFr-Mrs. B., the
wife of a merchant of this city, becoming
enamored some time since of a young and
handsome clerk, employed in the concern.
received his attentions, and finally eloped
with him yesterday to parts unknown The
man, who, under the garb of friendship.
would seduce-but d--n the sentiment as Sir
Feter Ieazle, would say. The hitherto ap-
parently loving wife-left note behind, or
rather letter of consolation for her hus.
band-N. q. Delta, NOU 25th.
SINGULAR CASE OF PoIsoxINe.-The Peta-
luna Argus relates the following:
few days since DR.. Bond of this city.
.pt
wife, who were taken suddenly i'll with
symptoms that strongly indicated poison. On
Investigating the case, the doctor informs us
that the cause of sudden illness was, undoubt-
edly, from eating rabbit that had been feed
ing on laurel, as the symptoms were precise
ly such as laurel invariably produces. All
the circumstances in the case went to eorrob.
crate this conclusion. 1t is well known that
at this season of the year. the laurel is the
principal food of the rabbit tribe, and it is
reasonable TO suppose that the flesh may, in
some Instances, contain enough Of the poison
to produce the effects above narrated.
DRowNED.-It is pretty well ascertained
that the four persons who left San Francisco
in a small boat, on Sunday of last week,
have been drowned. The following is an
extract from the Alta of Saturday:
Our informant went around to Hunters
Point, and there saw the boat that had been
found on Sunday morning at IL o'clock, leav.
ing no doubt that the party had got up a sail,
and had capsizcd in the Bay, where the boat
was first seen, bottom up, together with a
vest and memorandum book, marked "Thos.
IL. MoleneuX No. Front street." containing
notes of the gague OF oil casks. As some Of
the party worked for Mr. VIM. Bayley, ut
his camphene and oil factory there seems to
be no doubt that all Of the party-consist-
ing of tour-have perished. Their names
were as follows: Thos Pearson aged 30;
Eugene Ward, aged l6 John Molenhaur, Tor
Moleneux) aged is; and Mr.. Rogers, former-
ly porter with g. A. Lowe d. Co., l24 Cal
itornia street. The three first named were
employed by Mr.. Bayley. The party bor-
rowed the boat of son of Mr.. Hare, on
Stuart street, or Saturday last, with the in
tention of going fishing and hunting off Hun.
ter's Point, and would return on Sunday
night. Rogers had wife and three child
ren living on Front street. Mr.. Bavley first
missed Ward on Monday morning from his
factory. AS yet no bodies are known to
have been recovered.