, 1860-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Jacob Poe aud John Reese, two old citi-
zeus of Baltimore, hare died within two days, |
each aged IS years 1he latter was for a lnng |
time Pr s,d-nt Of the Firemen's Insurance Com |
pauy Of Baltimore.
The census taker engaged in one Of the |
wards of Philadelphia reports hhrlng iound |
woman who has hsl "a dnuehters, % Of whom |
Lave been married mud had children. Rather |
tough story, but it seems to be given officially.
In auotber Of the wards Of the same city there
is reported family. consulting Ct the father,
mother and lo children, not one OF whom can
read.
- Messrs. J. 3. Lippincott Co., Of phila.
d.'rhia. are about to publish work which will
be received with much interest. It conElsts ot
the otcasiana! productions Of the !ate Richard
Rush, chiefly IN pttvste letters to various per-
sons, written at intervals dnEiug bis long esfnt:
fu, carer. As & contribution to the polltlca!
history Of the present century, both here and
abroad. and sketch Of the eocia1 life Of tue
same period, the work mus. be one of great
value.
Davard Taylor seems to have shaken of
the old aud ressless longing for travel, and IS
entertaining some German friends ut his native
town in Chester county. Pennsylvania, among
whcm is IA. H." to whom he dedicated his
book On Africa. He.is iast completing stately
country SEAT On grounds aeS,n,nf na 1iFih
leposited in the box copy 81 bis hsst work.
"y-ieys Afoot," on the tlyleaf Of which he
wrote: "This is the real foundation stone Of
this ediGce.'
CUBA Sugar FLAsrAT1oSs.-Ihe Cpba Aes'
sen0tr says the production Of she best cu!tivas-
ed plantations averages a3 boxes per negro. or
10000 pounds; hut in the greater part Of these
| es,a,es, where tue modern machinery has not
been introduced, only II boxes, or 1850 pounds
10 ThhfA
| arc above 1000 sugar estates On the whole
| [slapd. and the number increases almost daily.
| In IT'S there we're in oil the Island 4s3 sugar
t estates.
The New Yo1k correspondent Of the Bos-
ton journal say that Prot. Howard Crosby,
layman, received, one year ago, D. D. from
| Harvard University. Regarding this as authorl-
tv sufficient, he began to prfa fach. Last Sunday
he was to have done 60 in Patterson, Nj lie
| went: be- saw no one to wit on him aethe cars;
! he turned his back on Patterson, Rcd came home.
The pastor for whom Prof. c. was TO preach
sends out the following card, in the fa1eraoa
pspsV,s: IpVs n,,.,.x a.s;re, n, 10 ,,a,e TINT Prof.
Crosby arrived in town last Saturday eren'ug'
| but By some unfortunate misunderstanding Was
not met at the cars: whe1eapcn the Professor
feeling himself to be q stranger, alone, friend
less. remote from home,' and perhaps u:elan'
| eho]y. too, went Oft in the next train. Mr. l.
| proposes now ia do his own preaching and
trust no more TO professors Of Languages Of
Doctors Of Divinity. 'ersicesthereioFe, may b
confidently expected tomorrow in tho Con
crceationaI Church"
Asozuen ToA Tuuxa.-Nr. Joseph Robin
aon. r. siding within ttse u miles of Benton, has
hnr whose name is Major, now over elevcl
Years Of age, weighing ahtlts five pound, an
, onlr thirti-two inches high? he has not grow
any for I've years lis ia sptightly 'etloH
, possessed Of a good memory, and 10 ai' appeal
, ances quite healthy, haying had no sscknea
tince he waa two years Of age.-FT1hf-ta Dts"<
]. eras.
IRorBIx Exoucu.-Thc Grand Rapids, Mich
: poop!c are having enough. Of excitement jul
now-they hare = church quarrel and ms
dogs. T6e first difficulty il about a co!secsio
4 Of sacred psAlmody called The - Tune Book.
!. Tue Rector Of M E2sxc ,pa1 Church has intr'
!. duced the Tune Boz H." and declares that
r. long "a there was God. and he believed the
+ was" be should insist upon The " Tune Book
= and be would have nothing else, eyeu ii
:" SHOULD have to +" die in ditch" So say Il
opposite purity. who also say they will not SD
Mi 10 such clerical tyranny aud oprressio
= but will form n new church and call a christi
minister. Thu1 stands "Barmony" IN th
church.
Thc mad dog matter is to serious to laugh
The dogs 10 the city hare been slaughtered
10 great Plumbers. Cattle hare gone mad In t
rural ul4lICA, 4AfAAE REoA Nlbt&A - toSae 4
htre Also become rabid.
POPULATION or Isp1Ax4roL1s.-TheI Indianl
oils journal, in an article on the census Of Il
city, says:
- Enough ha. been aseer:ained, NC u=dessts'
=, 10 furnish basis for guess that our popt
tion will reach about 2o,000-posaibly Il
Of nrobab,y little rno-s. 1t all erents it =
il; | turely fa1i below ths e1tzAragant estimates
those who have bEta putting il ut 10000. or
I'd I TINT elevated region. We hare never belle
it could exceed $50
2 IxorAr rTRocnLEs.-We 1eArn from the Si<
M Civ Rfoist<r that the citizens Of 0'Brien
leal Clay Counties, Iowa, hare suffered considers
e.. Of late from Indian depredations, Tho red
calls had shot COW aad or be!oug glng to
rett Waterman in 0'Brien, worth about &e6. h!l
Y cow and calf Of Mr.. Kischne1's in Clay, and
sT pIundered 8 cabin IN the game vicinity du,
- the absence Of the occupant. Tho ltgi
calls upon The Governor for immediate acao
ths premises.
eus. A MAxrTAc1Ua1xd TowF.-Cunton, in Fu
county, Illinois, benides, being the eentre
- rich aud lourishing agricultural region. IL 2
! manufacturing toWu. II has tso large u
Js ing m,lIa, woolen factory, 1~o foond1les.
ssx = ta1neries, two latge wagon factories, aud
1pa paa extensive p1ow factory, which alone turns
+. 4 about 1900 plows per year. besides many +
r. r. ers, mowers, hc. Inthete establishments
Il ! ton h1s the elements Of permanent proBpe