The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-27
General smnary.
o. Senator Clay IF Alabama, is lying
dangerously i'll at W@hirgton.

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Queen victoria's oli@t boy has had forty
rooms provided for his accommodation at the
Rossin House, Toroue
Ct A green turtla Weighing 378 pounds
the largest ever caught ION the Carolina coast
was taken lately by &paty Of amateur hsh-
ernen, of Charlestou
or The death Al Cen. Jessup is said to
have been caused by absorption of lead into
his system from frequent use of the electric
bath.
OF The door siiilDfth cabin where Abra-
ham Lincoln was barn is the newest object
of idolatry to the Bhck Republicans. Rev.
Van Meter has huught it TO Cincinnati,
where it is for exhilnion.
o. 1t is stated that the Grand Trunk
Railway Company have leased Of the Michl-
gan Central Railroad Company their road,
ground and fxturss for the term of nine
hundred and ninetynine years.
fET AT a recent sale of autograph letters
IN London, lettera George Washington, the
first President of tAe,C nited States, written
when suhaltern ID the service Of the Colon
lal Government, tolthe Governor Of Virginia,
sold at tl5 10, equivalent to abo4 S75.
" 1t is said that the Emperor Napoleon
Is about to Dublisha History of Julius Cesar,
IN TWO Folumns aetayo, a work Of great re-
search, and on which he has been employed
for some years. The character of the Roman
Dlctatoris said to be the object of the highest
eulogy on the partof the imperial bographer.
az Travellers npon sleepinc-cars will do
well 10 exercise some caution as to any valua-
! hars l. rx1krrI Ia
OF travelling offers PECULIAR facilities for thiev
ing operations, and presents strong tempta-
tons to those in a,tendance. A Iady travel
M ~ On the AeE - Genital Resd . few days
snsce on risifig "a the morning, missed s ITO,
which she had placed in a small bag under
her pillow. The male "chambermad" thought
she could not have lost so much as that, and
on exam ming further she found $40 of the
missing money in the bottom of the bag. She
lett the car to go Tor the conductor of the train
but was called back by the 'chambermaid,' -
VINO had found 500 more ION the floor
| The lady was so glad to recover this that she
did not pursue the inquiry for the other so.
Travellers generally will do well to profit by
| this example.-N T. Times
| a Hint TO OBITUARIENs-One Of our ex-
changes says: 1--WE don't mind recording
the deaths Of people without being paid for
/ our trouble-though that is not fair but pan
! egyrlcs on the dead must be paid for. We
positively cannot send people to heaven for
nothing"
INCREASE OF INVENTIONS AT THE SoUTH-
! We have lately noticed marked increase in
number of applications for patents from the
| Southern States Our receipts of money on
account OF patent business, published weekly
| bears testimony to this fact The activity o
the inventors augurs for the prosperity of any
section OF the country. Scientific 1merican
\ QUESTION OF INTERNATIONAL Law
The hey West lFla.) Key ofthe Gulf, speak
ing of the French bark captured recently by
Lieut. Matfit, in the. Crusader, says that she
was captured within three miles Of the coaSt
Of Cuba, and therefore. within Spanish juris
diction, and that the Spanish Consul at Key
| West has signified his intention to enter pro
test against the seizure or subsequent confis
cation.
GARIBALDI's ExTRAcTIoH-A Limerick
paper says that Garibaldi is of Irish extrac
ton, and that his grandfather was engaged il
the trouble OF 1898, and emigrated to Italy
His name was Garret BaldWin-changed t.
Garibaldi-and his residence was on the Dor
ders of the county OF Limerick, but in tn,
county of Cork. OF what nation would b,
be, should he prove unsuccessful.
OF Some years ago servant girl who haC
robbed her mistress, i milliner in London. wa
sent to Sydney for term of years. Sine,
the discovery of the Bathurst plains, she ha
written to her former mistress that the colonl
was good place that as she now kept he
carriage she recommended her to come on
and set up shop, and she would be happy t.
extend her patronage to lady so much Is
teemed.
lGY The Memphis bulletin learns that n
Stetson, of the firm of Coleman IL Stetson, 0
the Astor House, New York, has leased tn
Overton Hotel, at Memphis, and will ente
upon the duties Of landlord upon its opening
some time next year.
o. Have important papers all together
where you can lay your hands upon them a
once in case Of fire.
o. II you.sssger tempted to purchas
any thing on credit put it off for three days
You need time for reflection.
| ftTThe widow of 0sawatome Brown has re
ceiyed $4,000 from her colored sympathizer
in Hayti.
o. How come such greasy mess in tn
oven said a fidgety spinster to her maid of al
work.
Why" replied the girl, 'the candies fel
into some water, and | put them in the oyel
to dry"
OF The formal presentation of the belts +
Heenan and Sayers was made at the Alham
bra Palace on the thirteth, and each declared
their animosities buried.
CT Accounts from Key West says tina
the captured Africans are dying so fast tina
not more than seven hundred or eight hun
bred will be left to send back out of all thu
cargoes.
o. The vivandiere Of the 4th French re
giment of the line, Therese Jourian, was born
at Basoncon, in the year 1865. She ioineC
the regiment in 1919, and has ever since re
manned with it. She has accompanied it OF
all its campaigns to Egypt, Germany, Poland
Spain, Russia and Africa She is now 8:
years old, and enjoys, in perfect health ant
vigor, pension allowed her by the officers o
the regiment.
1t is stated that the tremendous recoil from
the Armstrong gun experienced during the re-
cent trials on board the Redwing gunboat
renders it imparatively necessary that some
other form of carriages should be substituted
for the one at present in use, should the
smaller gunboats be armed with these wea-
pons The creased wad that was introduced
for the purpose Of cleasing the gun when fired
is said to have rene lied the matter to certain
extent, but the foullng Of the gun is still very
great.
| LIFE LONGER IN AMERICA THAN IN EUROPE
The Insurance Companies of Massachusetts,
state that the mortuary experience of Jour
teen companies, which had reported to the
State for the past year, representing about fif-
| ty thousand years OF life, proved that life in
this country, at ages between thirty-one and
fifty-five was not subject to as high rate Of
mortality as similar returns proved it to be in
Great Britain and Germany
A True Blue REBELIoN-There is great
instruction among the peasantry in Bengal.
who raise indigo. The people of this coun-
try are largely dependent upon that country
for their supply, and are, therefore, directly
interested in movement which threatens to
interfere with the production of the article
! The ''ryots," as the native farmers are called.
have struck for wages. They have been sub
jected to very onerous and, perhaps, unjust
conditions in their work The price of rice
has advanced, while that of indigo has not
They refused this spring to labor upon the
| stipulated terms in the cultivation ofindigo to
fulfil their old contracts with the planters
The latter thereupon applied to the govern
ment for aid in compelling the ryots to SOW
the seed this spring, and to watch the crop
Police and cavalry were accordingly sent into
the disturbed districts.
GrT Brigham Young, the Mormon Mosul,
had two hundred and seventeen children at
the last accounts.
DE Lave has challenged Blonden to trial
OF rope-walking skill, over rivers, valleys, ca
taracts, whirlpools, any distance or any