, 1860-01-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There is said 10 be "nsany slip between
t1'e cup mud the lip," hut it would be well fur
sonc Ut our young men, nnd old ones too, il
there were good many mosc.
Tint WAS wag who said: "1yhcu my wife
Was very sick called in MI .al1opathic 1hvsi-
cian; but she got no better. l then called IN
Homeopathic, and sltc 1ncndt1 little; one day
he broke 1is lcs and could not come at all, then
she got weli.''
cries aloud to his party, "i.et your trutnprts
brav in The trout Of tbs battle 81 4 good many
political rntisans caM bray well enough without
such Instruments. The use of trumpets is u
needless expenditure Of brass.
4 SEx5ox's PrS.-t That was severe cough
ing it," remarked sexton to an undertaken,
whcn they were taking glass together. "Ob,
It's nothing save lit1e nlc Which went down
al, tl,ats ) jus, ike you" said the sexton, "yoa
always lay the coffin Oh the BIER
MEXICAN ll1sroRT FOR 1s59.-Forty-
pitched battles fought. in nineteen OF which one
of The factions WIS utterly anuillattd, while in
twenty-five the other Jared no butter; thrty.fiyo
sicses, fourteen Of which were successful, but
resulted in nothing; twenty. six rebellions, and
eleven grand pron1ncian1eatos.
The yevay (lnd.) hreint needs fuel badly
nc Judge 1t says:
Wood, chips, coal. coke, corn cobs, feathers,
rosin, saw dust, shaviuEs, splinters, dry leaves,
old rags, fence rails, barn dnors, hlata, OF any
thing that will burn or strike fire, taken on sub
scription ut this office.
CoLngsT.-Snnday morning was the coolest
day yet experienced. the spirit thermometer Mt
the Rc:lsters office indicating forty -oue degrees
below zero.-N1utota (slinn.) R:rord.
We arc now taking the coolest cnd Of the
wintAr..-1nSt <afuf1Ay r,ntp ha thor
tter sank to 81 degrees below zero, and on Mon
day morning il was reported IS shcow.-Banner,
E'ack Gsrfr Fails, 1fis
4 young German, now in Washington,
from Iowa. is Engaged in writing IN Auti-1Ielp-
CT book on slavery, being n histurr Of slavery
IN the British West India sl'nds. tepromises
showing thut lLe efforts of English Aboltionists
from their writings utId speeches t, show how
near they harrnonize with the sentiments nnw
uttered BY Garrison, Phillips and others Of their
school.
SUFFERING ron Foon.-Thc people in and
around Superior arc in want Of the ncces.
saries of life. all their supplies for the winter
are left four or five hundred miles down tho
lake. nccf and pork arc selling at from Is to
u cents per pound, and flour at sl3 per barrel.
We henr Of q number who are about to start
from this place with -four nrd cattle to relieve
tue sufferers in that barren RECONCILIATION
{ (1sIs.) Star.
ATTENDANCE ASH MILEAGE AT A FrsEnA1-
/ man III Virginia, who possesses properly est,-
mated ut $J0, 700 in amount, was recently called
upon to administer upon the estate Of de-
ceased brother who left a little property. When
be rendered his accounts 10 the Judge Of Pro-
bate, they were found to contain, n,t.ong other
charges, the sum Of = for one day 5 time in al
tending the funeral Of his brother, and t. for
railroad fare il going and coming from the
funeral! We hare not heard whether this at
tendance and mileage hare been allowed or
not
4 FAST WEnn1SG-AS ARTIST ExorEs WITH
AN 1lElnEss.--Dr. Augustus Rawlings, the ar.
,lst OF Frank Leslic's Illustrated News paper,
was married on Thursday last, at Grace Cluica,
New York, to Miss Enalitta Elmendorf, L.,
and the hciress to great fortune. The H<rat&i
! says the loving pair eloped from Tivo1i, about
one hundred miles up the Hudson, came down
| TO the city by express in this morning. and were
married ut high noon. 1t was MI artistic mud
literary wedding, and much more quietly done
| than the diamond affair, Of which Dr. i. was
tue happy historian.
1ILsESs or Ac7oRs-DarneY Williams, or
| nccouut or his physical debility, has been obi
gcd, We learn, to relinqui<h the stage for The
present, and to cancel his engagements made ii
| Boston and other cities. MIR. Williams en-
gnyernents, ns at present arranged, closed will,
his final performance at the Walnut street thea
tor Philadelphia,
Burton, the comedian, has also been COMPEL
ed 10 relinquisL all his winter engagements. hi:
illness being Of such pature that the phvsi
clans positively forbid him to appear again OF
the stage in professional way. It is doubt!i,
whether be can recover. At all events, his dis
| ease is OF such character as to require posi-
tive quiet for the future, md it will probab!,
terminate, forever, his professional career.
TaE APARTMENTS or tue EXPRESS AT TIL
| TCLxn1ks.--A correspondent Of the Xndtpeadtn
Beige writes: had the good fortune TO yisit
the other day, the private apartments Of ths
Empress ut tho Tuileries. Workmea had beef
engaged upon them for two years, during tn
absence Of their majesties. These suites q
roou,s which run in a parallel line with the re
ception rooms on the dra.ing.room 1oor, cor,
sist Of ante chamber, waitng-room for III
ladies Of honor. saloon Of audience, q psiyat
| room for her Asjestr-that is TO say the mos
retired and private room Of the suite. Til
Emperor, whose preference for tho style c
Louis XVI, is well known. has desired he
apartments to be entirely decorated after II,
| fashioo and taste Of Marfe Antoinette. II. L.
fuel received order4 to renew the elegant ornt
mentation Of Triauon in this Pariaian palace
Art aud industry hare done naarrels under hi
superintendent, 50 that We SEQ againthe grace
ful arbesqueB. the rounded tapering volnses, th
exquisite ga1Iands, aud the dne carvings Of til
inter part Of the eighteenth century.