, 1860-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

During IN exciting game Of poker, playedre-
Gently In Texas town, one Of the rll. eEs died
from congestion OF the brain, caused By his in
terest in the result.
ARriculturists through the country are be-
coming afarmed at the rapid increase Of obuox-
ious Weeds, which until recently were unknown
10 America The weeds are brought over in
the stTa" used IN packing crockery crates. and
IN the soil around fruit trees shrubs and plants.
:. n,d y9a ever know man, in the habit Of
depending upon circumstances" able to ac-
quiFr any circumstances to depend upon.
Nrs. Senny, ot Springfield, wast1oubled with
drunken husband, and experimental On her
l1e9e lord with the water.cufe by pitching HIN
into the Connecticut rirer. lie swallowed q
small quantity Of water. md not being accus-
toned to the fluid it acted as u mortal poison,
ihe coeoners jury n:quttel the ludy At cnce.
as her daughter took no hard in grim: the
father plunge bath, there was no my ystery
about the affair.
TaE FREScu Fg1oArE GLo1Rs,-Gres. prfpar.
atoms are being nude Ut Iouon, for IN exre.i-
n1ent to be maae with the steel plated trtzate
Glolrc. This vessel is to be 1mpel.ea by al! the
power Of steam TO strike against shit, of the
line, and eudeayor to cut her in two Wi.h he-
bsorze Prov, The steam engines Of tie Gloize
are enEeloped with matrasses, to prote4: them
from beng too much shaken By the urce Of
the shock. The experiment is to be tried
against the ship.of-line Monsebello, which il
now old should it succeed, several jarve steam.
ers will be built On the plan Of Tie Gloire.
LoSG DAYs,-The six days during which the
Baltimore on'ention WIS in srssi0n, were the
alx loaEcit ones in the year The ONLY persoa
who rea'lzed the fac: to its fullest extent was
Stephen A. Douglas. Since Thursday, the DAYS
Of lSC0 have been shortening-so b4Se shose Of
Ne douglas. In view of the condition in which
Ar. Douglas finds himself, consequent upon the
seton OF his friends ut Ualtimors, he opiy Sims
tbe initial. of his naue in his epistolaries-
rs. 4. d.
The SCIENCE OF ADyEa71slxe.-We bey to
call the attention Of our readers to :ta follow
i3G auFer!tsetnect IN C. recent number of o
Fhtlsdeiphia journal;
TIE KaCh NAN IN 1lELL-The Eev- Ds. T.lau,-
R1e y 7i;n oeost Ia hc chas d Il: o.us;
The value Of Il word in this announcement il
important "Interes.iny" sutiices 10 point cut
me preXnantiy attractive morality of this lec-
sase. What can possess such powerful inter-
eat Tor poverty as the certainty that present
riches will be balanced by f::aee hzoii'.
There VAS & tsrEinie at;1ay At picnic below
louisville on 1na 4.h, watch resulted in ,ha
death Of sam Mclugh md fous Ge.nl:us.
The Ssvay und.) 4N<us his come ont for
Ereckinr'dEc aud l.aoc. In so doing, i. SAYS.
bus expresses The wall OF two- thirds Of tho
Democratic party Ut old Switzerland County"
L Dcug'as maa in Luuisvi1ls offered to bet
5000 that Kentucky would not vote for R.eck-
inr'dge. the fourier says the bet was prunopt-
y taken, aud the taEer has {l5,U00 more to
stake on the sake ISSUE
An eminent Massachusetts, wag has expressed
his surprise that in view OF the fact Of six co.
befni: killed bJ electricity during = recent ,hun-
der shower, in the western mart Of the State. an
extra session OF the Legislature WIS not called
to provide the rest Of tae cattle in the Common.
wealth with lightning rods
Children are earthly idols tina: hold ua from,
the stars-[ Jerro!d.
GRAcEFrl CoanEcrloS.-"Th The rSoper study
OF mankind is Honun,'