The constitutional union., 1860-11-30
CTRRENT ITEMS.

the enterprise of overhauling things, he sees that she belongs to the same race as hlmself And she. when her husband gets up cross Tn the morning. and undertakes to shave hlmselt with cold water and a dull razor, while hls ,suspenders draggle at his heels, beglns to see the man is a very prosaic animal It seems, then. that if wives would cease eating pork and husbands cease shaving, two very unne- cessary acts, the honeymoon would never pale.
 A few weeks ago, a bag, containing upward of 600 euineas, was left at the house of an aged lady. residing near Noting Hill, London, with letter, stating that some party, con- strained by conscience, returned the money, which was a part of sum plundeerd from the family sixty-two years betore promising, also, that the whole should be shortly return ed. The robbery was committed ill London derry. Ireland, and the lady's father, from whom the money was stolen died more than fifty years ago.
 St. Peters Church, in the Isle of Thanet is one of the grandest and most imposing of all the ancient temples It has of late years been suffered to fall into decay, until some months since, when it was entirely renovated and restored to its pristine glory. During the restoration a curious piece of paneling, most beautifully sculptured in alabaster was discovered, and has been sent to the British Museum for preservation.
 During a severe thunder-sh0wer few days since. gentleman of Hartford Conn.,, took refuge in the house of Mrs. Charles Griffing in " est Hartford. Nearly half an hour after i the shower was all over, and the sky clear, sudden report was heard, like the discharge of thousand cannon about the house, shaking the building On examination, the cellar | hatchWay was found to be thrust open and 1t appeared that . return bolt" as 1t is called, had como up out of the ground and exploded in the cellar.
 An old English burglar died in Meredith village, few days since, possessed of consd- crablo wealth lie had lived for many years a life of strict propriety, much respected by 1 his ne.@hbors and friends, and had reared large family. He left Q manuscript in cipher. which proved to be a record of his misdeeds. In lis will he bequcathed &SJO to a man he once robbed in Quebec, and two grandsons of the individual have been found there, he hay ing long since deceased.
 The Rev. Mr. Baxter, an English divine, lectured in Washington on the Z3d, on the awful national calamites prophesied to be imrcnding and the coming of Christ to iudg- mcnt about l66EUS' The lecturer thought that Louis Napoleon was the great anti-Ch hrist spoken of in the Bible; that he, in company w.lh the Emperor of Russia, was to make war upon jcrusaom that this was to terminate iu the battle of Arma2eddon, in which all the wicked would De destroyed; and then would come the millennium.
 \ man has recently been engaged in De- Woit Michigan, in cndeayoliug to chrystal- izo the Hints, aeates and corneiIas ot the Lake Superior region and secure such point of brilIiancy 3, to equal tile diamond. lie showed some diaiute- -ratei a4ates some which were burned. others showing the action of acids which seemed to have eaten out the inn purites and left the flint as clear and trans parent as crystal which was doubtless the nearest he had come to the perfection of tue sparkling diamond.
 Col Lewis Washington of Jefferson county. Virginia. was united m marriage on Tuesday. the 9th of November. at Glover Lea. Hanover county to Ella N daughter of Geo w. Bas- sett, Esq, In this marriage a singular coin cidence occurs: the groom being the great grandson of two brothers ol Gen. Washing ton and the bride the great -crand-daughter ot tile only sister of Gen. Washington, and also the great -grand-daughtc of the sister of Mrs Gen. Washington.
 The LcXin2tou and St. Louis railroad com rany have contracted with Chouteau. Harri- son X Nallic of St. Louis. for the rails for the entire length of the road from Farmers City to Lexington The distance is sixteen miles, to be completed in the course of year. The rails are to be manufactured of Missouri iron, in St. Louis The contract involves quarter of million of dollars The road connects at Lexington with the Pacific road
 The following named Americans are scrv- ing in Italy, in Gcn. Garibaldi's army: Chas Carroll Hicks, Columbus. Ohio; Frank Ma ney, of Nashville, Tennessee; Henry \. Spencer, .Jr.. of Pennsylvania, and Alfred Van Benthuysen, of New Orleans, Louisiana These gentlemen were all present at the bat tie of Cascrta, and the General speaks of their conduct in the highest terms
 IL dppcai5 rom returns Tn possession 0t the Auditors of Public Accounts that there are at the present time, ill Virginia, fifty three thousand four hundred and fifty six slave owners over twenty-one years of age This is about one fourth of the entire portion of the population who have arrived at the years of maturity.
 The executors of lady named Desmond, who died in Brompton, England, last May, sold the extraordinary number of eighteen hundred dresses, seven hundred velvet man. ties, two hundred bonnets, and upwards of one hundred pairs of shoes with innumerabe kcrchiefS and scarls of all coors of the rain bow which had been purchased by the de- ceased lady within ten years of her demise.
 A telegraphic dispatch from Evansville, Indiana, to the Cincinnati journals, annaunc- es the death of David Dale Owen, the geo. logist. He was man of distinguished acquire ments and usefulness, and wiedly known throughout the west. Robert Dale Owen is his brother.
 The Springfield Miss } Republican, in notic- ing a specimen of the fine arts exhibited in