, 1859-11-15
MISCELLANEOUS,

There are apward Of ,0o0 miles Of railway
in construction in Spain.
GRAND TIGSk KA1LwAY.--lt is stated tl,at
the COST ofth. 0raud Trunk Railway from, Port
land 10 Detroit is upwasds of $.j0,oe0,o goo.
Ii y TlGu7 lLAcE.--At Mobile, Ala. the other
dag, 4 fisherman pulled up q common halfrint
butt'c. \ small crab had rot iuto it anl grown
SO largc tat he cnu2'i not get out.
--star;e ,c. the celebrated Frenc1, archnolo-
gist, has engaged 3.!u0 persons ia work ut ex-
cayations il the principal historical sites Of Up
per Egypt.
REcosc1Hp.-1.ata English papers announce
that tue death Of the eldest born uC 11ou. lr-
anil Mrs. S)tton Iii, been the cause of Il reco,i-
ciliaiion between those pal ties, whose misunder-
standings ;re, unfortunately, no private matter.
HrrTAL1r.-Atout the most remarkable
piece ot brttality VIC hare ever heard Of, was
perpetrateG On thursday evening ia Cincinnati.
Soms perscEs ua&uown caught little daughc,
of MIR. Charles Reilh, only two years old.
stripped atl covered her from head to foot with
tur, and let her tiutl ltr way home in that COLI
dition. NocauSe is assigned. The father has
Offered L reward OF $50 1or the villains.
4 FISH S7oRr.-An immense rock has. weigh
ing "iv potnt;s, Eas caught III Sau Francisco eli
the 18th Of October. Some fishermen saw HIM
swimming sclr tleir beat, and they shot hin. in
the gisls will, shot gun, disabling: him so that
they managed 10 yet i rape through his mouth,
ard thus toSetI him into shallow place. where
they killed him. His meat was sold for 81 !:
ccuts per p,uudf and his skin for ;:51, the 1at.
ter to lie st1i1ed as 4 curiosity.
J. FAS.-llere is AL item for veur lady read.
ers which has never before been made public
One Of the bridal offerings ut the Diamond We'd
ding was magnificent fan, witt. carved pearl
sticks. nlaid with enamel1ed paintings aud fine
thread lace top, CHASED gold ring for tassel, or.
nanented with diamonds, imported fron, Paris
by Messrs. Osborne, Doaldman and Townsend,
b5 order Of S;guor Oviedo. the Whole costing;
S3to.--E. /. Correspondence Philadelphia
Ledger.
Forty L4snEs On THE BARE DAck.-Thc vii
minstoa ~. c. Herald Of November ., says:
James II. Williams, Of Tennessee, who it will
be remembered, was nrrested here u short time
since, for picking the poeke: Of Jackson Keins,
Of johnson County, Of his pocket book, was
tried yesterday and found guilty. Ills honor,
Judge Caldwell, sentenced him 10 receive inrsy
lashes on the bare back; to be taken back to
Jail, there to remain until the December term,
Of !ashes given him, after which, aud payin.
costs OF Court, he NAG ut liberty to depart. The
hTst portion Of the sentence MAS carried into
effect this morning.
REMARKABLE Sror on TIE SrS.-.i spot of
remarkable size Is nos visible Oil the surface Of
tile snu, more tlian sixty thousand miles in di.
nucser, or eight times the diameter Of the earth.
1t can te sesu wi,hol. difficulty witt, the aid vi
un opera glass. the ere, Of course, being pro-
tectcd l'g e screen. The area occupied bv this
disturbance OF the SUMS surface is about three
thousand millions Of square miles. some fifteen
or sixteen times the whole surface Of the earth.
Nrrrls.s OF i MILLIONAIRE AND \ DELLE.-
The lsoston 1rortller says:
"Wc hear that New York merchant, who
has fhI3fH a.
is worth IL mint Of dollars, is abou. to lead to
the altar a rouny lady Of this city, who has &C.
qulted, in tue circle in which she moves, the
title Of the Belle IF Boston Matters are SO
far advanced that the marriage license has al.
ready been prcc trcd. It was at first proposed
to hare the wedding in church, and prepara-
tions were being made for display such as has
quence Of the comments upon tue lutte diamond
wedding in New York, the wedding will pro-
nob!y take place at a private residence, in the
presence OF only the few who may be SO fortu-
nate as to obtain cards Of invitation.
DEATH FROM SWALLOWING 4 l'IS-A little
German child ahouttour years old, named Anne
Loeser, while playing ut home last Sunday even
ing, found ! pin, and, child like, put it in her
mouth. In her fro1icking she swallowed the
pin, which gaTe her no immediate Inconvenience
but III q day or two caused Intense pain. The
child fingered with great suffering until Thurs
day night, when her paroxJs Jsuls Of pain we're
terrible, causing her to scream ALMOST constant
y, aud wrlthe in agony as the fatal instrument
forced its way through, her yitals- She died in
great distress on Friday morning. She Tasthe
child Of poor parents, ami was an attendant at
the Industrial School.-Det. Free Pres.
How THE New STATES WE'RE PEorLsp.-
Emigration from the old to the nes States be-
gan much earlier than the passage If the first
law IN ISIS. giving pensions to the revolution.