, 1859-03-31
.uIscBIL1N-EoUs ITEMS.

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MAr1E SccAE-The Valparaiso {Ind,) R1ou1'
lscun SAYS TINT the prospect for maple sugar
| Gro, this spring is rather light, weather being
too warm. 1t has settled, atd became IN early
! spring, quicker this season than we have seen
| tor years. What VIC have gained in warm and
steady weather, We hare lost i'll maple sugar.
Foon FOR THE GornAu1rEs.-Fifty head Of
prime cattle started from the western depot for
New York on Saturday afternoon, oGth instant.
They were raised and fed near Johnson's Point,
in tile neyhhoEhood Of Leroy, Mclean County,
by Mr. Reed Marquart. Their age is four years,
and their average weight fifteen hundred and
sixtr pounds. We don't think better lot Of
beeScs ever left the State Of 1llinois, or any
other Western State, for the city Of New York.
Mr. Mar.Iuart will soon ship another lot, consist
ing Of fifty-slx head, and averaging sixteen hun
drcd pouuds.- -E|oomingtou NaatagraPh.
OUTRAGEOUS VAxpAI1sM.-On Sunday night
one Of the most outrageous acts was perrctratcd,
Of the character, that we ever heard Of. A set
Of "devis incarnate, for they can be called By
no gentler name, went through town, and broke
down and destroyed nearly all the young and
growing shade trees The perpetrators of such
wanton piece Of rascality, il detected, should
suffer the extreme penalty Of the Law: AZ will
be seen elsewhere, the Board Of Trustees have
very properly offered reward Of fifty dollars
for their dctection.-uoline IndtpsndeM
4 MopgL DExocRAr-Mnrshal Ryndcrs Of
New York found stranger in his office the 9th
or lav with his legs careesslv on table, and
pitched into him ut once without askin. any
+! questions, knocking him senseless to the floor.
| Ii proved to be Mr.. Dubal Of White Plains,
who had called on business With Rynders. He
tried two magistrates to ret Rynders brought
up, but neither would entertain the complaint,
telling him it was no use, as no jury would con-
| yct Ryndcrs DubaIl has lost one hand, or, he
says, be would punish Rynders himself.
NARROW EscApE.-A man named John Koch
had narrow escape from burial aliye, one day
Inst week, Mt Orange, n. j. While painting 4
house lie fell from the third story and was taken
couple of days tue friends had gathered for
the funeral, when tic corps manifested signs OF
ife and in Il few minutes he was sitting UP in
his coffin, able to talk with his friends.
ASoTnEn.--A little girl. in Cincinnati, one day
last week, w1rn PLAYING "hile and seek" with u
c"mpani"n hid in an old trunk, the lii OF winch
fastened with clasp. She screamed for help
till exhausted, when an alarm was raised by her
long absence, and search made. She was
found almost dead from the exhaustion Of the
air.
Costly STREET SwEEr1Sa-~Mr Gcnio C..
Scott, the man-millincr Of New York, states that
the sidewalks Of Broadway are still swept, day
and evening, with hundred thousand yards
Of costly silks" lie remarks that the better the
quality Of tic silk, the better sweeper it makes
-more antique being found to bc much better
than tatIttas and fnulards de- sole. These sweep
ing machines, though rather costly, arc, like
their wcarcrs. very simple, being merely, says
Mr.. Scott ''thirty Yards Of eight-dolEAr silk,
mounted on Il rcticulated frame of whalebonc and
steel"
CANAL NAVIGATION 4, l.. Backus,
Acting Commissioner on this division Of the
Public Works. informs us that be yesterday re-
cciycd from Mr. Williams. Of the Indiana canal
that the water will be let in on that canal
on the 9th instant. The northern division Of
the (Ohio) Miami and Erie will be in working
order By the same dnte, so that boats leaving
Tuledo on Monday next, (2sth) will be able to
proceed without obstruction to Lafayette. The
southern division. from the junction to Cincin-
natl. it is understood, will be in navigabc order
By the 4th Of April.-1ohio Herald.
PAuL MoRrHr.--We learn by tho last Spirit
Of thr Tim<s that the proposed testimonial of
the New York Chess Club to Paul Morphr. on
his return to this country, (which will be, it is
said, in April.) has now assumed this definite
shape: The members Of the Club, (aidcd by
such outside contributions US mnv be o1crcd,)
will give tile King of Chess "a public dinner,
a magnificent American gold watch, set OF
gold and silver chess men, for beauty and cnstli-
ness unsurpassed in the world, with richly in
laid chcss-board to match, together with gold
medal, commemorative Of his European tri-
unnphs-the whplc cost to be nearly $2,5o0."
From another correspondent Of the same paper
VT learn that the English chess players intend
to give Morphy splendid dinner on his return
from bis continental triumphs-
How TO RAISE EARLY ToaA7oEs-!ibout the
LIST Of April, take few large turnips and cut
out the hearts Of them to form a sort Of cup.
Fill the cavities With earth, and plant two or
three tomato seeds in each. When the seeds
hare well sproutcd. pull up all but the heathi-
est plunt III each turnip, and let those that re-
main stand where they will have the benefit of
the sun; the plant will grow very, th1iity-thc
weather becomes sufficiently warm, set the tur
nirs in wcll-prerared soil, not less than three
feet apart, make 1ath frames to keep the rines
from tue ground, and keep the soil well hilled
up around them, and YOU will hare crop that
will aStonis! the natives. The advantage con-
ssts in getting the plants started early without
setting them back by transplanting. ng.-f4atts5Hry
Etpr|lttan.
TAXING AN OArn WITH GlovEn HASp.-A good
deal has been said lately in England, upon the
decision of Nr. Baron Branlwcll, at the last Liz
crpool assi1es, touching the form of taking au
oath. The learned Baron ruled that there was
no law or obligation to take off the glove when
nj oath was taken, and he accordingly received
m oath from person who held the Bible in d
gloved hand. In the 1nsolvent Debtors Court.
on the ID inst, I similar case turned up; and
Ar. Commissioner Murphy, who presided. said
LII was aware Uf the decision ut Mr. Baron Brnn-
well, but he thought it better to adhere to the
old custom, as the touch Of the Holy Book was,
iu lis opinion, to BE- BY the naked hand, and
they all knew that when the knights were sworn
they always took of their gauutlets. The opin-
ion Of the Commissioner was acquiescrI in by
tho bar. AS respectful and impressive, and on
these grounds desirable, even though n legal
authority to perform the act with an uuglovcd
hand could not be shown.
i AM1scALcrLArIoS.-1.as Sabbath evening,
gentleman Of this town had made arra.igc-
mcntS to spend the evening with friend, but On
going home, Ills wife insisted upon his accompa-
nyng her to church, and taking With them their
child, q boy Of three years. AS matter of
course, he went, but was much dissatisfied with
the arrangement, and while on the way was
busy concciving ways and means to dodge 1t
las, lie hit it. During the first PRAYER he would
pinch the boy-the boy would squall, then, as
matter Of course, he would be obliged to take
him home, and then he would be free the rc-
IN :'indcr Of the evening 1t worked to charm,
wi tn one tritling exception. He pinehcd vci-
ou4 sly, the lad bawed Justify and his progcnitor
sta, ted ont hastily; but, unfortunately, Just rs
he was leaving tile pew, the infant shrieled, in
a t., me sufficiently loud 10 be heard half way
aero IS the church. *'Naun,a, papa is pinci,iuE
mel" The look Of commngIed cuteness and
satisfa ction on the face Of tue pincher, changed
in M IL slant to one Of pninful shecpishness, rs
be subs;, led into his scatand braced himself f6r