The constitutional union., 1860-12-14
CURRENT ITEMS.
An orchard of three hundred and twenty

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 lars worth of fruit this season, IS up tor rafle at six hundred thousand dollars
 So great is the terrorinspirod by the Rebels in China, that not less than one hundred thousand Chinamcn have committed suicide on hearing of their approach to their cities.
 Tom Savers, the prize fighter, would have been mobbed at Natsall, England recently, bv some r2u2hs, inimical to him, but for the protection of the police
 Joseph Sanderson, of Ware, Massachusetts, has invented and obtained patent for jack screw sufficient to raise tWenty-three tunS with one man working it.
 Three steerace passengers from the North have jumped overheard from the Savannah Georgia, steamers, recently, under the inhu- cnco of dclrium tremcns.
 It is said that a number of noted medical men of New York city are drawn to the life in the Rev. Dr. Huntington novel of 'Rose- mary" just issued in book form.
 Accounts from the south of France state that the vintage is abundant but that a large portion Of the wine is of inferior quality, and will be used for distiIlation so that there will be more brandy made this year than last.
 Arkansas and Texas are the only two South ern States which have doubled their popuIa- tion within the last ten years. The statistics show that all the southwestern States have made steady. though somewhat slow progress within the last decade.
 In Philadelphia, last week, poor man was | taken i'll with pains all through him." A physician, named George w. Graham. was called in, who said upon the prepayment of S25 he '" would prescribe and he would have 10 more pains -whlch Was the fact. for the patient died in three days.
 Ihe Rockville lll) Republican says that the iu.ant found on Cu~hman5 doorstep, q few nights a4o. will De named Stephen \ Douglas tor the reason that the little sucker was lnscerch oI lis mother.
 The annual deer hunt came off at Craw- t9rds Springs Virginia, last week. There were thirty gentlemen in the party and thirty dogs. In i've days Wenty-nine deer were ahos and ,~cay-two cut up for distribution. ! At Quebec the oId fire companies have been dispensed with, and the police do tho duty. There is a saving on this plan of@3JJJ, and the police force is augmented by thirteen men lt i~ -aid that the new plan is much more effective than the oId
 Some idea of the commerce of London may ! be formed from the fact that two hundred and torty-e.ght vessels a total ofmorc than 52 GOO tonsl arrived there on Monday, November 5
 The Cuban Messenger comes clad in mourning ior the death of one of its editors, llr. J. |. Nyu@n who breatAcd his last in Alayaana ol the l2th inst.
 The Pru-s.an Gazette says that four hun | Grld persons lave died in Southern Russia and Kicve from tEe puacture of description of poisonous fly, which made its way from Asia.
 On Friday evening as William Barrett, of South Maiden, Massachusetts. was leaving hi, store ior home he Was fired at by two raiaaus. The bal not taking effect. they beat ! him, knocking his teeth out, and otherwise ] iuJuin- L.m severely.
 ! James Du-leo. musician. has recovered five taau-4HI five hundred dollars against Philadelphia horse railroad fir injuries le- cc!vcJ W a swing turnpike pole entering the ear wherein h. was returning from & concert
 We see # stated a somewhat singular fact that during .Hc tvgnty-three wears Queen Victoria ha- 1col ou He British throne. she has never ueen confined to her room from -.glna .ur single a-g, excepting upon the oce.-.Jn> when she has added to the number of Guelph olive branches.
 Four American citizens disappeared mvs- ter.oa-ly during one week of October in the City ot Mexico. and i, is supposed they have been murdered.
 sams.akcn idea that women talk more then men, arising from the fact that We pay them more atJeuton
 \ chair of French literature has been crc- a,eI in the University ot Turin, and new ciiacc is to be built in that city for the sit tin-s of the Italian Parliament
 Tie first number of The Mesilla Times. published in Arizona, says that great excite mcut prevails there on account of the discoye- " oI very rich gold mines in the vicinity of bino Alto. Lumps worth from $lO to @z0 were being dug up in any quantity. ' tis stated that John C. Rivcs will par General Bowman, as his share of the profits oI the Senate and the Executive printing during lSj9, over $+9,000.
 Forty armed Glibusters, from Los Ancelos county, California, left on the IJJh ult., for Lower California, to capture CT murder Gov ernor Esparza On their way they obtained fifty milan recruits. In Lower California they took horses from the ranches by force.
 The weekly consumption of goli-leaf by the bookbndera in London, on the exterior Of gold books, amounts to 3OU0,0O0 square inches; and the weight of paper shayings. annually, cu5 off the edges of books is about three hundred and fifty tons
 The London daily newspapers cost more than double the price paid for the best daily journals in the United States Ihe London Daily News costs $l7.50 per year; the Ad- yertiser $l9.50; the Chronicle $l9.50; the ! Post 522.50; the Times $25. The Thur derer" is furnished by London agents on the second day after its publication at the rate of $l9.50 per annum