The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1861-03-05
NO.749.
G1-Thc debt Of Virginia now exceeds sal.

10 Inc dobt OF virginia no" exceeds s3l.
100000. -
Es~Shc Great Eastern !. und.rqoinr 70
pair. at Milford Haven, England.
EF'The St Louis cathedral spire,,n ! ,si,
vile, Ky., i $50 foct high.
E-1- DIptheria IS making "a rma,c. 10
Hancock and franklin counties Ne.
Es-Tho Capitol of Washington Territory
has been removed to Vancouver
rE In Providence, r. l., during the ves,
1860, lo2 persons died, aged 10 Year, and
upward.
R1- Las, years wheat crop Of the sI
Northwestern States is estimated ut 64.oOO.
600 bushels. ...
EJ The earnings Of the n. Y. State pris.
ons ns' year were s23s 627, and the cx PEG.
sea S2s2,705.
Ell The military force of Pennsylvan,a ia
10000 men, Of whom 1900 are unifJrmeI
volunteers.
Es'Thc grand jury at Washington h ve
letters which faSt"n completely upon Floyd in
the bonds robb cry.
rS- Ia, Contractors Of tn, Southern Pa.
ciic Railroad have bound themselves 10 com
pIcic rs miles # the road west Of Marshall
Texas, by May first.
TS-A poe of land WAS recently sold 10
London at the rata Of Sl90Oo0O per scre,
sufficient to cover it with silver equal 10
nalf dolIar,n thickness.
S-rhc school ms,resses sent out to Ore.
gon by Gov. Sale, of VT, were to pay fine
of $500 if they married uuder ono wear.
Most Of them paid the fine.
R1-lt is stated that shout forty OF the
employees on the Great Weston Railroad
were irost-bitten on Thursday night Of las.
week.
ES'St'wart III New York dry goods mil.
Ilonairc, was so l"uch pleased with some hing
thar Fanny Fern wrote, that he sent her tie
richest silk dress pattern he had in his store.
fc- Gru, no man in this crisis, says tie
Raleigh (N. c. Standard who saws '.there
Is 10 hope for the Union" He who does
not hope for the Union will not work to pre-.
serve it,
ES An attempt was made to blow up tho
powder magazine Containing 5000 kegs of
powder ri Savannah, Ga., last week. The
parties We're detected in the attempt and
lied.
EG- \ proposition TO erect marble statue
to Ex Gov, Banks has been rejected by the
Massachusetts Legislature
GS A young man, who, two SCARS ago
inherited $4,000, is now posting bills a.
Chicago. Rum has ruined him.
EB BY letters from LIBERIA December Is,
it appears that tie Lberian Republic had cap
tured two slave schoouers.
IS'The Savings Banks in Rhode Island
have deposits to the amount Of s9,le3, 763
in the name Of 35,4o5 persons.
Ey-A boy was in prison, in New York.
from Saturday night to Monday morning, for
stealing pickle, vs,ued at half cent.
GEThe house in which Thomas jefferson
was born, at Shad NoIi Depot. AlJermalle
Co., Va was burned on Thursday week.
EEThe oyster packing trade of Baltimore,
for the year 1850 reached the sum Of three
aud half million d, liars in value.
LS a disease, something like the black
tongue, bas made its appearance, recently, a.
mong the horses aud cattle Of Des Mo;ucs.
Lg-A little boy in oxford, Mass, few
days ago, fell into a pig.sty, and WAS dread
fully maugled BY a hog before he was rescued.
Ey- II pctticoat government, is not mora
oppressive now than formerly, it is certainly
double in extent
From the French post oftl.s returns for
1860, 1t appears that on an average. every
nhhabItant Of France write eight let e per-
aunuin.
Tho Florida vol, n.ecrs, under Col Chase,
are said to lave retired from Pensac la.
EI-Sccretary Cobb WAS de'eat"l ~ cam
di ate to the Georgia seeding convention.
A family which applied to a charitable
soci,,y in Newburyport for aid, keeps II cats.
ONE OF MR LINcoLS's SroRIes.-Tho fol.
lowing is one Of Mr. L nc n's stories. This
he tells often in private cSny yersa,ion, rarely in
his speeches;
Il once knew good, sound curchman,
whom well cal Bro N, who was on com.
mittec to erect n bldg, over a very danger
ous and rspied river. Architect alter arch.
tect failed anl at last Brown said he had
friend named Jones who had bHiit several
bridges a d could build this. Lets have
him in said the committee. In came Jones.
Can YOU hull this bridge, sirH Yes ro.
pI 'd Jones' i c"uil pulIu "rli0c 10 the
internal re2ions, if nocc''ary.' The sober
committee were horrifnl; but when JOINS re.
tired, Brown thought 1t but fair TO defend his
friend. i know Jones 50 well, said lie. 'an
he is 50 homes, man aud So good an archi-
lecl that, if he states sobcrly and positively
, that he can build bridge to HaAcs--why,
J, believe it, But | have INV doubts abo1,
ito aJuimcut on tie inferoal side so, Iir.
c,lu added, when politicians sail they could
harmo uizo tie Norhcrn aud Southern wing.
Of tic pcuocracy, why, b,licvcl then, -
Bot hal my doubs abcu the abutmcnt -
, the Southern ,ilc.
Good Woman.
! account pure beautiful, intelligent, All
vrll bred wo nan, the most attractive olcc,