, 1859-07-08
pUGET SOUND HERALD.
SrEILlCOON, ". 7, FRIDAY, JULY s, 1859.
rrIsCELLANEoUs ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
William Smith O'Brien has returned from his
Southern tour to Washington city.
Vague, injurious reports are no mems lies, but
al mems carelessness.
Which is the most inquisitive letter in the al
phabetH The letter Y.
A cultivated mind and good heart will give an
intellectual, an even beautiful expression to the
face.
The ladies Of South Carolina have raised $780,
900 towards erecting monument in memory Of
John @. Calhoun.
Senator Seward is making preparations for
voyage to Europe. He will be absent until late
in the FALL
Rev. I. Grace, Of Memphis, Tenn, has declined
the appointment Of Catholic bishop Of St Paul,
Minnesota.
Noless than fifteen persons were to be executed
in the United States for murder between the 18th
and goth Of May.
Gov. Randall, of Wisconsin, has appointed Lu-
ther s. Dixon as Chief Justice, in the place Of
Judge Wilton, deceased.
A rapid mind continually struggles the feeble
ones limp, but great mind selects the surest
points, anu upon these stands.
Henry Ward Beecher says there are many per-
sons who think Sunday Is sponge with which
70 wipe out the sins Of the week.
The Opposition" convention Of York county,
Pa, has unanimously recommended Gen. Simon
Cameron for the next Presidency.
A five-stOry stone hotel is about to bo built at
81 Paul, Mimi, which will cost about $3.50, 900.
Il will BE- completed by June, 1860.
Two boys were recently arrested at Liverpool
for putting chrOmate Of potash, n corrosive poi
son, into the holy water font Of Catholic church.
A large number Of colored people in Chicago
are making preparations TO emgrate to Hayti, hav-
ing accepted an invitation from President Gettrard
to locate in that island.
Four hundred Mormon converts from Denmark,
recently left that country for the United States
via Hull, England. Their ultimate destination is,
Of course, Salt Lake.
Mrs. Martha Woodward, Of Ohio, made last
year three hundred and tifty gallons Of wine from
an acre Of ground. That speaks well for the pro-
ductveness Of Martha's Vineyard"
The N. Y. Herald is Of the opinion that the
war In Europe will put stop to all American
pleasure travelling and that American residents
abroad will bO Obliged to fly to London.
Mr. Brown, Of the New York Journal Of Com
Nlsrce, has accepted the editorship Of the Prvsi.
dents paper, the C0nstitutiOn He is promiseda
salary Of $4,000 annually and pickings.
= DR.. A. Gerald Hull, one Of the earliest practi-
TONERS Of homeopathy In New York, died recently.
He was the author Of several works on honloepa-
thic medicine.
The six New England States send twelve Sen.
ators aud twenty.nine members Of the House Of
Representatives to Congress, every one Of whom
at the next session will be republican in politics.
A letter from Texas states that Gen. Sam Hous-
ton Is the candidate for GovernOr In that State Of
the independent or anti-convention democrats la
opposition to Gov. Runnels, the candidate Of the
convention democrats.
The negro Armstrong, one Of the three fellows
arrested I0r the murder Of the mail carrier near
Brantiord, Canada, has made full confession Of
the dreadful deed His share Of the robbery was
but ten dollars -sA
Frederick Sheldon, q venerable New York
merchant died at b residence in Westchester,
on Thursday, aged 20 years Mr.. Sheldon Oc-
eupivd, during forty years, leading position 10
the financial, educational, philanthTopic and reli
gious movements Of his time.
The FIRST fruits Of the now treaty with Japan
may be found In the arrival at London Of an
American ship from Nagasaki loaded with .
cargo Of white wax, the pI Oduct Of the Japanese
wax tree A sample Of the wax Is at the WASH
ingtOn Patent Office.
The Telegraph In India has many special dus-
turbing influences which the lines in the United
States are not subjected to. The elephants there
use the poles for scratching their sides, and the
monkeys curl their tails upon the wires. The
lines are down more half the time.
A very severe hail storm occurred at Augusta,
Ca, lately, breaking considerable window glass
and killing pigeons. At Richmond, Va, also .
severe storm prevailed on the 14th Of May.
There were rain, hail thunder and lightning.
All the mountains in Virginia were covered with
snow.
Mrs. Anderson, an accomplished lady Of Lon
don, O. W., insured her life for $1,000, for the
benefit Of her son, who last week administered
stEychnine TO the mother, from the effects Of
which she died.
A "powerfhl" English writer says in the
course Of an editorial, at would DO no more
strange than probable Il St. Helena received an
other Napoleon, the pest Of Europe, TO its rocky
bosom, before the world Is much Olderi"
Major Kearny, who took prominent part In
the war with Mexico, has, Il Is rumored, entered
the staff Of the French Generals Of Division as
volunteer
Mr.. Joseph Glenat known in Philadelphia as
the Napoleon Of omnibus proprietOrs, died 10
the vicinity Of that city, at the age Of sixty y-Hve
A son Of George D. Prentice, editor Of the
Louisville Journal is in the neighborhood Of
San Antonio. looking out for location for sheep
Taising
Hon. Il. s. Foote has declined being candi.
date for Congress H. the Vicksburg (Aiss) Dis