, 1859-12-22


.cavare. vegetable poison used by the IN.
diana Of South America for poisoning the ends
Of their ARROWS, has been successfully used ID
France in the treatment OF thu iockiaw.
"A resolution has hscu adopted By the Leg
ialatuse of Texas to print fire hundre1 copies
Of the Governors messags ia Spanish, 6ve hun
dred in German, and two hundred in the Nor
wegian language.
According 10 ahe Assessor returns Of 1883, |
it sppears that there are To-, ,71e sfaves in Mis-
souri, which are valued on the tax schedule at |
little over &59. .G0V, 900. Last year the number
Of slaves returned was 1ol,s6e.
Eleven PERSONS in falmouth, Mass, living
within circle OF three aud half miles, recently
spent pleasant afternoon together, whose uui-
ted ages amounted to eight hundred and ninety
seven years.
MlsrAxEx Ipxx7r1r.-A gentleman from New
AK, New jersey, was lately: arrested at the Ho~
tel du Louvre, in Par1s, aud carried before the
Pretect Of Police, where he was examined two
hours on the supposition that he Was WAS Aazzl-
nj in disguise.
The young woman to whom General Tom
Thumb has pledged his heart and hand is just
forty-two inches in height.
ham ia about to be married to = gentleman OF
New York, and that the bridal outfit Is nearly
completed.
| An old darkey was endesrorinE to explain
his unfortunate condition 'fou see, remarked
Sanbo. "it was in dis way as far ~ I can re-
member. Fnst my fadeF died, and den nJ mud,
der married sga,n. snd den M mudder married
again. and den my mudder died, and my fadder
married ngain. and somehow doesn't seem to
hab no parents Ut Ill nor no home nor muffin
GAHE.-The woods round about, particularly
that portion in Kentucky Immediately opposite
this place, is no~ s~azming with fine tat deer
The late snow has gre.tly, aided the sportsmea
| in $hov and $hnv TAIL -ta{a.
brought across 10 our city Nr. Haller wAs out
this week and succeeded in securing his stock
of yeuison for the winter. Turkiea are a1so
abundans~.Nouad City Emporium, Dte.15-
WAx7xp.-An intended bride who is willing
to begin housekeeping in the same style In
which her parents begun. Twenty fashionable
dus&ing brush, or da1uiug their brothers' stock
ings, If gentleman should happen to make an
| rar1F morning call. The same number Of inde-
pendent young ladies', Of 'good family" who
dare to wear their last winters bonnet to
young ladies "who are nybody," who dare to
| be seen in the street wearing ahoes with snlea
thick enough to keep their feet wasns- The
same number Of young Indies Of sufficient age,
ITO go in company" WHO dare confess they
eyer made a Loaf Of bread Or pudding.
PRlEsr.--0n Saturday morning last, the citizens
Of Covington, hJ:, were atartled By the an
nouncement Thai the Catholic priest Who rre-
sided over the St. Stephens Church, ut the head
Of Monmouth street, had leit the night previous
! for pnrta unknown. The cause of his sudden
departure vas soon discovered It appears
shzt an improper and criminal intimacy had
long .subs1sted between himself snd female
mem ,er Of his congregation, and which had
! continued unsnspected until eoneealment was
no longer possible, when he nbsconded, ieaving
his victim to bear the taunts ard contumely of
, ! The world The female had hitherto moved in
respectable circles, and aside from the present
/ unfortunate affair. her conduct had been exem.
/ | plarJ.-cineinnati Gazette.
THE Mosr CEn1ors Book IN 1as WORLD
! PERHAPS the mort singular photographic carlos.
it5 is that which belonged 10 the family Of the
I Prince De Li9ue, and Is now in Er4nce. 1t l.
entitled Liter Pdxsioais Iostri e|1su CArot;
: eum chdrde3tri5Hs nvla fnattrid eompositir
! This book is neither written nor printed! The
whole letters Of the te It are cut out Of each fol-
10 upon the finest vellum: and, being inter
leaved with blue paper it1s1ead as easily as tbs
E best print. The labor and patience bestowed
e on its completion must hare been excessive es
4 pecialy when the precision and minuteness O
: the letters are considered The general e1ecu
ton, in every respect, is Indeed admirable, ant
3 yellurn is of the most delicate and costly kind
n Rodo)phus II, Of Germany, offered for il, il
{ lh4a, II 900 ducats, which Was probably equa
/; to G1, ,1v1 at this day. The most remarkable
d circumstance connected with this literary treas
urc il, t4st it hears the royal arms Of ofEngIand
e but it can not be traced to hare ever been il
X | this scounsty.-N0ttf aad Vntrits-