East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-11-11
ALL SORTS CT PARAGRAPHS.

web as North, aud when we hear a
person returned from the South de-
nouncing Southern people generally
rs Of bad character in evory respect,
We are certain that he has had no ac-
quantance with the respectable South
ern society--only with the sculpins of
that section, perhaps to him the most
congcnial society.-POrtLdnd Argas.
\ Coon Suor.-Mr. Robert Viii
10y, on the 10th inst, killed on Joc's
Point, Dorchester county, Nd, at one
shot, with single barrel gun, 81 wild
ducks.
All the Southern papers express
great anxiety ut the position of affairs
III Tennessee.
The Georgia papers treat the negro
instructions in the State as quito So
rlOus.
The n. Y. World says "the only
road to Richmond lies over the vani-
~, the arrogance and the sclf-satisfac-
ton of the Washington Administra-
ton"
The odd proposal has been made to
turn the Great Eastern into a floating
hotel, and anchor her Off Cowes to
make occasional sea excursions.
The 9th Maryland Regiment is the
third Maryland regiment which has
boon "gobbled up by the rebels in
the Shenandoah valley.
John Phoenix related that, passing
10y temple of Bacchus in San Diego,
Cal, from whence issued sounds of
revelry by night" he inquired of the
proprietor if the festivities were not
kept up rather late, and obtained as
follows" The boys run three days
generally. It's little late now for
night before last, but tonight it's just
in the shank of the evening"" The
war has run three years, and, consid-
ering that it was to be closed in nine
ty days, We think it is little late now
for year before last, but for this year
i is Just in the shank of the evening.
\ gentlemen at st. Paul, Minneso-
IA, has produced, after long labor, six
automatic figures, three of each sex,
life size. They play upon musical in
struments and mind their own bust
ness.
An Intelligent gentleman who has
recently visited Washington, says that
he found the question "who is to be
the next President ?" mingling itself,
more or loss, with nearly all public
questions. ats shadow" said he, els
everywhere" ea.l|..-.
Uncle Nap used to say, "Scratcf a
Russian, and you'll find a Tartar. y
Nephew Nap, who is fond of devel-
oping Napoleonic ideas, undertook to
scratch" the Car, and found that
he'd caught Tartar" says the Tray
elor.
Eight young girls, victims of the
neutrality-suspicious." mania, left
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, last week, to seek
their pretended lovers who had been
corresponding with them from the
army. Two were arrested and sent
back. 1t is hoped that the others may
be discovered before it is too late.
The Army and Navy Journal gives,
in tabular form, a statement Of tho
volunteers furnished by all the Free
States except California, and by Mis-
souri, and kentucky, for the Union
armies up to this time. Tho tables
are made up from official returns
Sixteen Free States and two Slave
States have sent to the field l,276, 246
volunteers; of these 1865 69 were
three years men.
The planters in Cuba complain Of
the turbulence of their slaves-a rising
is feared.
Calias, Me-, does $4,000 worth of
business in herring oil.
The Richmond Dispatch is not averse
to peace, if they can be "let alone"
Russia has in its regular and irreg-
ular armies 36,6l4 officers and l, l61-
9GS privates. t
A penny journal in London is de-
voted to record of dreams, and dis
cussion of the philosophy of dreaming.
\ A i L
Anuri0W Weeds lobby operations
1t will take several volumes.
Rations given to Vicksburg people
during thirty days cost Uncle Sam
So, 900.
A San Francisco paper describes
Orphcns C. Kerr as hineously ugly
with yellow hair, green eyes, and
chalky complexion.
1t has been recently discovered that
six hundred novels year, nearly two
day, are published in England, and
written by women.
Copper has been discovered at Rut-
land, VT, and 40 acres of land have
Decn leaSeu IOr JJ3 years 10 get at III.
POPULATION OF THE EARTH.-A Pro-
fc ,sor of the University of Berlin has
recently published the result of his re-
searches as to the population of the
earth, according TO which Europe con-
taius 272, 000,000; Asia, 100, 900, 900;
Africa, 50, 900, 900; America, 100000;
90; and Polynesia, 1000, 900; MAX
ing ii grand total of / ,2S3, 900, 900 of
inhabitants. Asin places whore deaths
arc accurately registered the annual
mortality is at least one in forty, the
of deaths must be about 3D.
every year, which gives 81
7Gl per day, 3653 per hour, and CT
per minute, so that every second wit
resscs the extinction of one human
life. Another calculator states that
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