, 1860-02-18
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The New York Courier an5 S"qairer has
pronounced in favor Of ". II. scwnrd, and de-
clares that should either Lcli, Crlttenden, or
Bates "asl TO become the standard-bearcr iu
Tue nun,c VI 1he Republican, party, it must re-
apectfuliy decline the honor intended to be con-
trrsed upon it, aud bolts in advance"
There seems TO be 2 un1versaa infeiicity i'll
tcrr,iu:. wars wa.cd between factiuns Of ono
cnuutry rir;l, An1ess it is done on the principle
lacus non t"reHdo.-A. !. Fest
AnoLlsnISo THE GRAND JrRr.-The Legisla-
ture OF Michigan, some mouths since, cnacted
u law which virtually aboiishes the grand jury
system. in allowing indictments upon intorsnn-
tion. Vermont has also passed an enactment
having the same erd in view, and tue proper
committee Of the Wisconsin Senate has been ln-
structed, By unanimous rote, to bring in
similar biil.
The correspondent Of morning paper
states thut tho volunteer corps OF England are
progressing with astonishing stridtf. This
:neaks badly for their commanding ofiicers.-
y. r. Post,
The season for excavation in search Of au-
tiqui,ies at Rene has commenced with 1cat ac-
tivty. Tic discovery OF the Venus in the Gar
dens Of the Caesars, and tho high nrjce which
the owner Of It received from kussia, have cx-
cited mans persons to seek for all equally pro-
i,abc chance. The Chegalier Guji has just
commenced digging in tile vinegard Manzani,
vas found, and some remarkable Objects hare
already been discovered, which proves that this
mine Of. curicsities has not yet been exhausted.
Everybody knows the Hebrews at Rome
are confined to Jews Quarter" called the
Ghetto; their minds arc imprisoned in moral
Ghetto, they nre forbidden to learn any OF the
arts or sciences, or letters or even 10 exercise
any Of tue mechanical arts, and ,hcr are for
hidden to sing or TO play on any musical instro-
mcnt. Yet these oppressors arc the fellows
who yell so loudly If in cur common schools
their children are made to recitc The Lords
Prayer or the Ten Commandments! G,bbon
never wrote truer remark than '' the banners
Of the Church Of Rome hare never been found
oa the side OF tie people" These banners aoat
only over priests and oprressors.
There hare been s1.sl:,o04 expended on
will be required to complete the work.
! "A widow at Winsted, c. W.. whose dear
departed lett her the life use Of Il 400 SO long
| as she rcmnined unmarried, but which was 10
20 to a third party ut her marriage, has, utter
| several years siege, succumbcd. 4 conpro'
mise was effected between herself and ultimate
lesatces. By which they received the $1,400 by
paving her $3.50 to get married.
! Two elegant swords, one for Napoleon and
The other for the King OF Sardinia, hare been
bought at Rome by the subscription Of 90. .10t
persons in that city. But the Pope forblds {
public presentation Of them, aud they hang OF
exhibition in the artists windows, siten'
preachers Of 1talian independence to admiriuE
crowds
I The rroprictors Of a large iron works il
this city are represented to have offered to fur
nish steam carriages for common roads, after I
pattern, which has been amply tested. and Il
guarantee performance Of twelve miles al
hour on common roads, up bill aud down. 1ti
believed ,has one Of these carriages would ru,
| well on the overland route between Missoug
md the Pacific. Several lines Of steam car
riugcs have been run in England and Scotland
| aud with entire success, but they encountered
violent opposition the roads we're obstructe
with broken stones, and they met with SO man
accidents that their proprietors were obliged i
abandon the enterprise. In this country ther
| would be no such obstacles, and the e1perimcu
ought 10 be fairly tried.-N. !. Courier.
1t is stated that there is nan in Bosto
who takes bath on one Of tho wharycs reg,
! lar'y every day at five 4. II. and fire r
| When there is no ice be dives from boat;
frozen over, be places carpet on the ice IN
douc this at times during the winter when tt
thermometer has stood eight de~rees belo
| zero. He does it for his health, and is rapid
recovering under this treatment. His disease
dyspepsia, aud he has been nearly year in Il
Massachusetts Hospital
Its stated that the Emperor Napoleon b
, made an appropriation Of five millions Of dolla
! for the Improvement Of the Cn1als Of the :on
of France, from Aarscilles to Bordeaux. Th
are to be widcned to twenty ssx yards. a,
deepcned to sixteen and u half feet. VIII
completed, the passage TO the Meditc!ranea
nov made through the Straits Of Gibraltar, a
which takes two months, will be accomplish
= bv this route in ten days
= While on q recent visit to tue old chap'
ID house Of the Cheshire Cathedral. England, I
'a Hon. Robert c. Winthrop, Of Boston, saw +
9f standards, somewhat battered and torn, ST
pended over the doors. On inquiry. hc y
io!d that they were the standards Of the Ch
: hire regiment, and that they were used in Am
, ica, ut q certain battle called Bunker q
= where, it was said. only thren Of tue Iceime
escaped without injury Of some sort The ke
er said that it was understood that the Ams
6 cans rot behind so1na sort Of fence Or lsd
where they could shoot others without being
, themselves.