The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-22


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| 0F The Americans, English, and Rhs-
SLAMS, have carried off al the konors n tha
healthful exercise Of skating at paria, TIA
champions thus far, each in bis own styls. are
Bufalonian and Russian. The Buffalo.
nian is young man Of 20, named Ohaflel
Coleman
W The first jury ever empanslled vas in
England, in 97o.
0<TThe yield Of wheat IN Minnesota aver
ages 20 bushels per acre.
or Twenty million bushels IL COL ~
consumed annually In GincinnAt
~ The public debt. according % Ne.
Cobbs showing. IS sec, 0,202,777 &C.
6T 1t is said the silver mines Of California
are of greater value than the gold.
0 In Falmouth, Mass, 25,OOO bushels Of
onions were raised the past season.
@ The Morse telegraph patent expires
in 1861, and will then Be free TO the public.
G- The total debt Of the State Of MinnesO.
IA, January !, 1860, was $lo6Ol6 IS.
Or Andrew Tar recently died near PAxi-
mos, Northumberland Co, aged ITO years.
OF Newcastle, Switzerland, 10000 vo-
men and girls are employed at Matchmaking.
OF Eight miles of horse railroad are in
the process Ofconstruction in Detroit Michigan.
0r Steamship communication Is again re-
sumed between Philadelphia and Liverpool
direct
OF A large slaughtering establishment has
just been cOmpleted in Baltimore, coo feet
long.
q. ~ "a = a a
the West, the past year, is estimated at loo,-
600 head
or The books in the library belonging 10
the British Museum, in London, occupy ten
miles Of shelf
OF Gace Greenwood gave Q lecture % the
convicts and visitors in the Ohio PenitentAry
on Sunday.
or The estimated Catholic population Of
the United States, is about three and quaEtar
millions. -
or According to correspondent Of the
n. Y. Times; coal has been discovered IN The
Rocky Mountains.
or Garibaldi's possible bride is fhe edAugA-
ter of the Marquis o. RaimOndi, young,
spirited lassie Of nineteen.
or The population Of the provinces (CAn.
ada East and West isfOw estimated 70 b
exactly 100000. @ o4a
NJ Five thousand builders in Londonars
still ''out on the strike" and reduced 10 the
greatest poverty.
or The Rev. DR.. McCliutock, Of New
York.. it is stated, wdl tal1s charge Of the
American Chapel n Paris M w
or. There is surplus fund Of ten thousand
dollars in the treasury Of the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Society.
OF The Missouri Legislature have voted
So, 900 for the erectionof amOnument to the
ate Thomas II. Benton.
or The enlistment Of Germans by the
Papal Government had been protested against
by the Sandman Goyenmept. e
eer Thes. talk of having . eentrpi Pask
a Baltimore that shall occupy between ionF
nd i've hundred acres Of ground.
OF The city council Of Augusta, Ga, last
Veek, raised the tax on free persons Of color
o twenty five dollars per head.
or A leader in the London Times, few
lays since, brought f9OO0 to Charitable In
titution 7 t- lA
or A human skeleton has been found at
Marietta, Ohio, under six feet Of loan and
hree feet Of conglomerate rock.
or A project is on foot at Washington for
the western limit Of Kansas, so that
{ will include Pixies Peak.
Or Bohemian newspaper. to torepresent tia
interests and opinions Of the natives Of Bohe-
nia in thiscountry, has appeared in St. Louis.
or Buckle, author Of the History Of Civ
lization, has been prosecuted on account of
certain statements in his book, which il ID
charged. are blasphemous.
Otr There IS some complaint among kr.
mers in Missouri that the growing wheat has
Teen much injured. il not ruined. By the dry
weather and frequent freezes.
or The Galveston News tAinkA on The
Of reliable information from The Rio
Grande, that the present difficulties there viii
End in q war with Mexicos
O1- An English Missionary in Summarize,
ately wrote home that he had the melancholy
satisfaction of examining the oven IN which
bis predecessor was cooked.
or Last fall the American Institute
,fferrcd = premium Of $50 for the best essay
IN the culture of the grape. The prize hsa
been awarded 70 Mr. John Phin of Rochester.
or The Supreme Court Of Minnesota hae
decided, that no matter how any notsis vorded
,niy seven per cent per annum can Be- recop-
sred rs interest After is maturity.
or II Is said that James Gordon Bennett
r., will call Mr.. Pryor of Virginia 70 an &C.
,ount for the bitter personal attack upon the
character Of his father and mother.
or The number Of Indians within The u
5. and Territories is set down By the beeFe-
iary of the Interior ct $4,000
or In Chicago beef packing hrm have
Turing the past season, paid over 70 David
Shawn Of Ottoway 81, ,9ll 50 tor beeses q
his own feeding. & ps' So
or The Gonzales, TexAs enquirsr, says thaa
rot less than one-fourth Of o million of sheep
lave been brought into Texas iron MexicS
'ince the 1st Of January, 1859.
or The tea plant is cultivatsd in LOuis-
ana without any difficulty. Il has shown 10
,owers to Withstand the hottest days Of LOui1-
ana, and also the late freezing cola wsathsF.
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