, 1859-02-07
miscellaneous Ete:llS.

EcA1c1rY or FGxALEs.-Femnlss are so scarce
in so:Le ot the interior towns Of Califorris that
men hSTe to be employed To do the chamber
work 4 female is no eocr:r installed IN -
place. than she become. involved il acme mat
rimonal scheme.
CuAe1rApLs SUnsca1p11oss.-E'ght ttousaud
pounds sterling hnye.been voluntarily sutscrab-
ed TO the various houses Of refuge. rslormk:o.
,ies, and otler charitxbe institutions OF London,
slcce public attention WAS called to their necss-
si.;es hy the 1smts few weeks ogo.
FiSE PA1xr1sG.-Thc art treasures Of New
York city Auve inst received an important con-
trioation from England IN tho ehape Ut Ar.
Cbnr!es 1Iuc5'a painting Of the Departure Of the
Pilgrim Fathers frcE Deiit Haven. 1ai: pic
sterling at tie Westminster Hall exk:b:uon OF
designs for the fre.coes Of tie british Horse Of
Commons. q few yeats nKc. -. -
CnLoakp Population or CAss Co., MIcH,-
From l. cansus just ssler, Te learn that there
ore at present 933 co!oreI Inhabitants IN this
county, comfrisng aboct $50 Elnliea, asd tt:t
they own :. .541 acres o[ land, walch will acreage
ahou: so ae.es In the tamily- TIE land is valued
Ut Jruna SIS IL s2v per acse- The whole Of this
land is under good st=te Of .cuti.-t:ea .-luss
Ia. Al.utl:cdn.
Tue QUEEN WoAAy. AxD 10 H1s7AkE-H is
reported that her mrje.1Y has eHeet lutte tem-
prudent man. generally retirss before TIE H,orm,
and locks himself in his private cabinet until
the SKY is clear and sunshine again illumes the
classic shades Of st. james or Windsor. After
one ct these little ebuftions, the queen ghye
"thundering knnck'1at the door Of the room
where princJ Albert had taken refuge, and upon
being asked "who's thersf" responded. "The
queen - "The queen cannot enter here" re-
sponded TIE hcn.pecked. After The lpsa OF
huff an bour, gentle tip vas heard upcn the
door. "Who's theref" asked prince Albert.
"Yoaz wife," replied Victoria. "My wife is
n,ways we!come," We t:4e gallant reply.
PAc1 JosEs N Tue Fntrn list week Mrs.
ResEie, wido@, died 1T Patb1cad, near Kirk
caidy. Size was known to haze been the last Of
ycnsciaig Castle when the men Of Pathhesd kept
armed witch and ward rightly for the return Of
Pau1 Joues She often referred to this period
in her life, and described infinitely the appear-
ance Of Mr.. Shlrra, Thea engaged ID praying on
ths beach for that wind which drove the vesse}s
Of The dreaded Paul down the Firth. sho WAS
q yeara single, II years married, and % years
. widow, snd wss IN the habit Of saying that she
had li7cd tbres life.times. Her offspring was Is
follows: children, Us grandchildren, ll6 great
grandchildren, aud 5 gfeatgreat-grardchi1d1
In all 1913. -Ediaburyh Courant.
Tagrz GREAT MEx.-A letter from Cannes, of
the I'd. eays: "Wore the men Of Euglsnd,
France and Germany called upon to elect three
representatives who should psrsonify high men
tai power, wisdom, pure philanthropy and pstri-
otism, their choice could not possloly trit upon
more worthy objects than on the three dis!iu-
guished men whom circumstances have brought
together IN this petty town. speak Of Henry
Lord B7ouphsp. who rA1ieAtiT siares time uut
Of coup:epaace Of Alexis de Tocqueviise, laid
low by disease, but daily psfrying with greater
rigor the assault OF the fatal scJthe; Of the
Chevalier ae Bunsen, who hss deserted hss fa-
pation9 in order to bestow his entire attention
and afFectionate care on the stricken friend"
THs Youya LADIES OF AusraA11A.-T young
ladies Of Australia arc IN many respects remark
able. Al thirteen years Of aga they hare more
ribbons, jewels aud lovers, than perhaps anJ
other Young ladiea OF the same age ID the uui-
verse. They prattle-and very insipidiy tno -
from morning Till night They rush tq tie Ba:
tanical Gardens twice week, TO hear the band
play, dressed precisely alter tne lroa'isp,eee ln
They wear as much gold chain as the lord may
or il bis state robes. as they walk you hear
the tinkls Of their lunches Of charms and mug
GETS, as if they carried bells on their fingers
snd riggs ou their toes. Generally the colonial
damsels are frivolous, talkatve and over. dress
ed Toey bare, in brlef, all the ngnt nnensls-
BILE qualities Of eastern women. They excel in
tiuesse. A young lady wishing to make dla'
| tory gentleman, Who bad been for some time
lowering about her, definitely propose, he'd her
boxes packed aad placed conspicuouslT iu the
hall OF her fAsher's house. thas labelled: Miss
T. Jackson passenger r. the AzchinediAn
him to book" abe was heard to declare to her
mother, :. iii get Fred to thrash; hiul' Ths.
is an incident for comedy-> :
Fo,rra1xrs or StAy4RY.-The editor Of the
hBpokisn Star, firgbhan, oa5a that tnstaucea
Of the sale Of their own children b. alsrehol4ers
are By no means uncommon at the South Tie
| mentions q remarkable instance that occurred
| in his onu kuoxlbdKs. 4 lto.her and kis:er
we're brought up together till the brother went
!. to Cambridge When be returned ha teund his
father insolyeat, aud that bis sister IVES Iuven-
! toried emong the alaves and about TO BE- sold
| liz sale her away and rode with her night s;d
ds7, Until hs reached the underground Railroad
west Of the Ohio River. lie gaTs her dagger
With the injunction not to let it slip from her
grasp until she was IN Canada, and also his
money, and left her to the mercy OF tho humane
| The pur4nera got on on her trAck. md it was
only By means Of two fast horses, the property
Of member OF Congress from that state, that
| abe was carried TO the'lak and escaped to Can.
| sda in advance Of them; She taught music in
seminary 1t AontTeaf, until she was married to
the son OF an English noblemau, and her BROTH
| er now resides Nth. them Ahout tsn years sgo
| a wesliby planter, Of Alabama died, leayiug two
| daughters whom be had educated. partly ia, s
seminary At phi!adelphlA Hhsre. they thsd been
accustomed to al tie 1ehoementa Of life He
lefs them oil bis p18ps1tF, hx bratssrsts be The
exeeu,ors al The Will. They knowing that tho
| fathers marriage to The mother waa invalid, she
being a quadroon whom he had purchased in
New Orleans, took the property, under The law,
and sold the girls IS sla1es- Tue records Of thia
case eau uox By found n the courts Of that