Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-11-20
DIiseeIlaneouiS Items.


The Prussian contributors Of mineral
specimens to the International Exhibition
have made present Of their collection to
the British Museum.
A handsome gift, in the shape Of $40. .OOO
IN silver bars, is to be forwarded to the
sanitary Committee by the miners of
WashOe, California.
According to the United States census,
the total value Of boots and shoes produced
IN this country since 1860 was nearly
S990O0OO0
a white robin, with plumage like the
eleanest snow, and otherwise very beauti-
tul, has been shot at Auburn, Massachu-
setts, and will be stuffed for preserva-
ton.
The 73d Illinois regiment contains 25
Methodist elergymen, among whom are
included the Colonel and seven of the Cap
tains.
The Springfield Republican complains of
the currency they have there-especially
Of the little envelopes filed with squash
seedsl
Wordsworth thought disparagingly of
ShaksPeare, and said, in a letter, that he
could write like him If he had q mind to.
Z" That's il" said Lamb, he could If he
had a mind TO-"
A Wellzdressed and rather pompous
youth asked lady who was reading in
the cars, ais this seat engaged, madam 2"
The answer was direct" Yes, sir; and I
am engaged toOP
1t is said that Fremont is about to sell
the Mu.-s,4,ro 4
fcient sum therefor to enable him to Hqui-
date his Indebtedness, and have three or
four millions left.
There is 9 rumor running through the
Brazilisn Department of the International
Exhibition that stone has been found
which is larger than the Koh-i-noor and
the Star Of the South put together.
Brokers should recollect that the extor-
ton Of a premium from their customers
upon the postal currency, renders them
liable, if convicted, 10 severe penalties,
and it is well for them To be warned in
time.
Hon. Hugh W. Greene has become pro-
prietor of the Massachusetts Ploughman,
the venerable William Buckmaster retir-
ing at the age Of almost eighty years, more
than tWenty-one Of which he has been the
editor Of the Ploughmsn.
A little boy once said to his aunt
"Aunty, I should think that Satan must
be an awful trouble to 0od.n HHe must
be trouble enough, indeed, l should think, "
she answered. 81 don't see how he came
to turn out SO, when there was no devil to
put him up to it."
The Prince Of Austria, heir to the Span
ish crown, has just been formally received
into the Spanish army, as afrst soldier in |
the first regiment, the Kings Own His |
age is four years and ten months After
the parade the young gentleman handed
purse full Of gold coins to the sergeant |
major, in order that his new comrades
might drink his health.
A young lady went to Washington sew
eral weeks ago, to visit her husband, who |
is in the army, and while stopping at the |
hotel, she observed that the blsnkets upon |
the bed had rather familiar look, and, on /
examination, discovered her own name on /
the margin, and recognized them as the
same she had sent to her husband some
time previous, but which he had never re-
,eiYed.
seven murder cases were recently tried
within a single week in New York city;
Hayne, the pirate and SLAYER; Mary Real,
The husband-shooter young seaman,
who murdered q fellow sailor: a man who
kicked his wife to death; another who
killed his mistress with alcohol negress
who cut her husbands throat for aban-
ioning her; and another case not speeif-
I'd. This is a startling Court record for a
single week. Us -
The number of principal colleges and
professional schools in the United States,
including theological, law, and medical, in
1850, was 22S About 10000, 900 acres Of
public lands were appropriated during the
present year for the support Of colleges
and schools for agriculture and the me
,hanical arts. Five million Of persons re-
,eived instruction in the educational in
,titutions Of the nation in the year ending
June, 1860.