, 1860-12-08
MISCELLANEOUS

SOCIETY n THE PArAL STATEs-1n one Of
his celebrated letter. to Mr.. Gladstone on the
condition Of Italy, FaEina, Who Is now mcm-
Der Of Victor Emanuel's cabinet, poEtrays the
state Of society in this vigorous etyle: " Az
sassiuatlon aud vengeance by treason are
custom there, rapfne and theft profession;
smuggling. IN industry, blasphemy and ele-
gauee in conversation, secret societies relig-
ion, and revolution fashion,"
Mrs. AdaIine Hobbs, thirty ycars since,
addressed a letter to Dr.. Joshua 7. Hobbs,
Sew York city, which appears by record TO
have contoined two ten dollar bank bills, was
sent on the 3Sth November, 1923, for the deliy-
CRY to the writer on the 9th Of February, 1879;
the postmaster at New York not being able to
find the writer, returned the letter, with its
contents, to the dead letter Office. After 4
lapse of thirty-one years, the letter is now
claimed by the person addressed, J. T. Hobbs,
Mount Vernon, O., and draft for the money
has been accordingly RENTED on the very day
Of the application
CocKADrs N TIE Pu1r1E-The Clayton
(Ala.) Bdnntr says that on Sunday 2ast the
Rev. Alexander AcLennon, Of the Methodist
persuasion, preached in the Methodist Church
in that town with the tEi-color rosette con.
spiouous on bis vest"
A Baptist clergyman, " Rev" Henry Nor
rison, left Patterson, CAL, suddenly some three
weeks ago, after seducing several young wo-
men in the neighborhood.
A beautiful Partisan lorette, mistress Of
Count Cavour, 1t is said, won SO, 600 at q
gaming table at Baden-Baden during the past
9en.on.
THE BLuE CocKADE.-Cockadea were MI
merous Oh the streets yesterday. They arc
idly on the increase, and come out III some
cases ''uudcr difficulties" We saw d few I'M
mense rosettes Of blue baize, as big as small
sized cabbages, huttcring around 1atsrs6u'yh
Ezprfss, 1t.
What is the first thing young lady looks
for in church: The hims.
"A man adyertises for competent person to
undertake the sale Of new medicine, md
adds tsthat It will ba found profitable to the
uade7toler"
- Neurological discovery by IN Iishman
How to turn brass into gold. "alarry m
heiress."
Su1rwREc1s--Thc monthly summary Of
wrecks published by the London Shipping Ga
zette shows that during the month Of October
the number Of wrecks reported was &c. In
the month Of January there were 20 in Feb
rnary, 154; in March, 1G9; in April, 1888; in
May, l24; in June, 14G; III July, TO; In Att
gust, 9J; aud III September 103; making to-
tai for the first ten months Of the present gear
Of ,4S7.
Sr1RlTCAL1sTs.-Thes spiritualists OF the Uni
ted States are said to number ,2200, 600, uf
whom hut 25 100 arc accredited to the South.
If we may believe the statements Of the Spir-
tiaal htyiae7, there are 3ooo IN the siusle 4;
in New England; 9000o in Illinois 10000 In
Michigan; 20 GOO in Wisconsin sc, 600 III In
diaua and &c, ,000 in Maine.
CunIoCs RELIc.-A curious relic has been
discovered At Mo0recourt, near Romscy, Eng
land, an estate belonging to Lord ralmcrton,
1t bcfn lady's neck ornament, of pure gold,
hnd supposed to bc Of the time Of ancient
Britons. ::
SMALL Pox IN PH11ApELrH1u.-Accordi
| to the Philadelphia Inquirer tho smallpox Is
making terrible havoc among the poorer
| classes III that city. Entire families have been
swept oil, and thc utmost lcstitutlon prevails
in certain localities. 1t is difficult to obtnin
medical assistance for the sick. The Board OF
Health Is properly censurcd for ncgglccting to
| suppress The disease Wien it first broke out.
| The importation Of dry goods at New
| York for tho rast month il valued at IS, 5,Ta7,-
900, which is nearly half u million below the
importation Of November, 1850.
| -Garibaldi's wish, 1t il said, is not title,
honor Or wealth. but to have an 1talian regi-
nent named Garibaldiana, after himself. lie
ie indeed modest.
PREACHING TO PRESIDENTS ELEcr.-1t is u
notable coincidence that tho first sermons Lis.
tened to by President Buchanan, in 1856, and
by President LINCOLN {elcct(, In 1850, wcTo
both preached by lancaster clerSymen. We
notice By tho Chicago correspondence Of the
New York Hra|d, that on Sunday Last Old
Abe" although Presbyterian, attended ser.
vice at St. james Episcopal Church, where
the fashinnablcs "do congTcgstc," and heard
m eloquent sermon from Dr. C1ark6on. DR..
| Clarkeon is branch Of the C1arkson family oi
this city, aud preached here, during visit,
about q year ago.-Ldneastsr Etprssz
Donald Mckay, In an article on the Amer
icnn Navy, published in the Commercial Bullt
tin, eays ~"the only available steam ships-of
war in our navy, which answer at least in some
respects to the requirements Of modern naval
warfare, consist OF steam frigates, armed
with w. guns Gsteam-sloops, armed with s.
guns, aud ) l'addlc-wheel frigates, armed witt
| 81 guns-Tota1, 16 armed Steamships with 33s
l gums A great force, indeed, to protect sue
cesstully Il, ,000 miles OF coast in extent, and 9
mercantile marine Of 5,000,00 tons:'
"A representative OF the Cenci family IL
Rome hopes in the good time coming in thai
city, to recover, through the courts, the prop
crty known n the Villa Borghese, which be
longcd to his ancestors and was conflscated n
the time Mile Cenci lost Acr life by the e1ecu
tioncs for alleged parental assassination. /
was in this villa that Pauline Bonaparte playct
20 many mad pranks. In it 1t present is tn
beautiful statue Of her by Canoya; iiear th'
villa is Canoya's pavilion, and oh the storie
| they tell about these gitted people, how sh'
was his model, aud wasn't cold, "il ? await III
| fcu dams Ia cheminee."