, 1863-08-04

1luNSfF1QES EEU001 ANA JAA1%AoA2
vestment. She WAS formerly proPrietress
Of young ladies' eemiuarv at L{tchtield.
-Jaues G. Blaine, editor OF the Kennebec +
Journal, and member Of Congress elect from
the third district Of Mime, has been drafled+ |
- The Quebec Aereary says that In the |
EejgnorY Of Vandreui1, aud on the tributaries
Of the Chandier7e, ab"ut dfty miles from
Quebec, geld H. found in, abnndauce. One |
nugget Of pure gold, worth SIS Per ounce,
picked 10 in the bed Of one of these streams. |
which at this season Of the year Is almostdry: |
Another nugget weighing niue ounces and !!
also one, from the same region, WAS disposed /
Of In town this week. It Is said that about |
$50 eco worth Of gold has been gath sred there
u gallon Of the precious metal, In pieces Of
ali Sizes Since the golden news has leaked |
out, people have been aocking to the digglnga |
in crowds.
~~-W Whitesiae comfy, Ill, has furnished |
1,414 volunteers for the army.
The report Of the Superintendent Of Ed:@f
ucatlon for Lower Canada, for the year lS03, |
shows prog i1 nA !espee=ta = In eoaeaeion s;,na
1858. from 1852 to 3,50l-the increase IN the
Last gear being 156 against au increase Of 81 |
in 1861. The number Of pupils has risen |
from 10s, ,234 to 1Ss.t,35, increasing 1,79o in |
the year, against {, 500 in 1851. /
- The annual dinner Of the Accumulation
Society was lately held in Eogland- The
modern explorers ind wild hunters were we'll
represented, Captain SpeEe and Graut u -dn
Chaillue, md Mr. G1nntley Berkly all being |
present. The dinner cumprtset ~ k1nds o1
strange tCod-conger-c soup, ostrlchea eegs,
poulets q pensancfpalion dea se3rsa-theEe 10
some chance Of emancipation becoming fash
lonable utter this-grofs dressed ike catck-
ems, bears bam, and grouse, "bourgoul
from the Lebanon, and many other novelties
we're cautiously partaken Of Some Of theul
secm+ however, TO have POSSESSED put Attle
charm besitles that If novelty. Tor Mr. befnal
Csbcrue declared fatty that he would rather
starve than eat coDger eel soup.
. "A correspondent Of the Toronto 1lo5e,
says: In the course of the Polish de6ate,7
Lord Brougham addressed the House.
While speaking, bis upper rox Of teeth be-
came loose. BE stopped and tried . screw
them in, but failed, and WAS obliged to pull
the uouse With them in his hand. He was
not able to speak word that could be heard,
without them, and his face instantly assumed
the appearance Of a man twenty years older.
never bsfore Witnessed such i transfOrma-
ticu OF u human connt-nsnce In my Life; and
all who saw it seemed to be struck with az
tonishmcnt, and with pity for the old man,
for he was evidently very eadly annoyed at
the 1nishap, and went out Of the House In
tremulous passion.
"A catalogue Of the coins, belonging to
Yale college, recently published, shows thAt
the collection contains goo specimens be-
longing to al periods from 700 B. @. to the
present year, and almost all the countries
where coins ire used.
How the Prince Of Wales popped the
question to the Princess of Denmark-
Please deign to marry me." And the fdr
Dane delgned.
The citizens of Toronto are "agltating''
to have the sent Of Government located in that
city.
Hon. Daniel G. Baker. Of Lynn, 1lass.,
died In New Orleans on the 23a ult. Mr.. Ba-
Of Francis 8. Newhnu & Co., Of Boston, but
was more recently connected with Messrs.
Dayid Taylor d Co, lately merchants of New
Orleans. He was one Of the founders Of the
Exchange Bank aud Of tile Howard Banking
Company, In Boston, and was long President
Of the latter.
The Dayton (O.) Journal, which was sup
pressed By the Deulocrat advoca.es Of q fres
press in that State, and to advance the traitor
| Val1andigham's interest, has been revived. It
is now lii the hands Of W. D. Blckham, the
| well known correspondent OF the Cincinnati
| [opua.<rtial, and he starts OF with rush OF
| original matter, which shows that its sub5cri-
bers won't have to eat "funeral- baked meats"
er1apcd out OF some other paper s feast. Mt.
| Bickhan Is q vigorous writer and an expert
| enced newspaper man, and We shall be yery
| much surprised If the Journal does not exceed
| all its former reputation under his direction.
| AT one Of tie stations on the Acquia road
| where tie subsistence Was received and dcliy-
cred to the Army Of the Po'omac, very
| faithful 1uan was fatally injured and died
shortly after. The Comm1es:ry wrote ths
| following epitaph, which marzs the spot
| where hr is buried:
| Here ltee the body Of Michael Farrell
t Who lost his life in rolling barrel;
| IL furnishing the army with nesdful subsistence.
The Hartford (Conn.) Times gives the fol.
| lowing Interesting incident Of n basket maker
| named Samuel Jackson, who was killed by q
| railroad train near that city recently:
Above six feet in height, he wos broad
| shuulde1cd aud muscular, and has often lifted
barrel Of whisky Or Of cider, Us commoa
niau would lift flfty six pound weight, hold
| ing It by the chimes, at the distance of two
| feet from his body. Ho came, We believe,
| from Spain He always said he WAS an Eng
| lIshman. He was In tho battles of Sapiers
peninbular campaign, aad was one Of thu now
historical stor1uipg party IN the battle Of Cur.
Cad Cordeflgo. lis ~ nas ~ also In the oastle or
always s.iid that he was In the battle Of New
| Orleans. His body Has SCARED with bullet
| marks aud sabre wounds. His accounts OF
the battles in Europe were more vivid and In
tcresting than any IN books. Although an
uncultiyated man, his accounts agreed In the
1uain ~i1h the best historical records, and he
bad many details and incidents that might
well form o mart Vt the history Of the BATTLES
in Spain and ut Waterloo. Ills memory Vas
l tnaellble. He gave better account OF tho
6to1mlng party at Curdad than Charles Lever
In his Charles O'Malley. He leaves f1sllly
ID this city, among whom were two Of hi.
sons who went to the war, and one was killed
OF Port Hudson. Tie other, Lieut.. jackson,
OF the 1st Connecticut artillery, has dlstin.
guished himself for bravery in number of
late batuea> -
"A letter from Caracas reports that the
Venezuelon agent in London has negotiated q
;loan for Il ,C0V,UO with an English banking
house, but it rsuains TO- be approved BY the
f-Yenezuclan Government, which may not hap
196 sone ioan has an impoTtaa
: bearing, however, on cerfatn American inter
eets which do not appear on the sur
| face, the American Minister having In ths
recent negotiations for the recovery Of rht
= which 1t was provided that In case this loaI
: was effected, the whole Of these claims wers
to be paid OF, and II any failure is made it
: such payment the Minister Is authorized ts
! Place an agent In every custom-house to re
: cciye the export duties, with m additiona
charge of two per ceat. to deffay the e1
4 ! I,cnsts Of the collection.
Despite the unfavoEab1e reports respect
ing the Nova Scotia gold mines, Halifax let
: ter IF tue 23d inst SAYS: ..'i
: The intelligence from. our gold mines con
. tsnpes highly satisfactory. It ishurdiy neces
/, sa1y ,iAt snould burden my correspondence
! | with further items concerning the: varlou
e Hines, the yicld Of different claims, DC. Al
/ tend in one direction, and that Is to SLOW v
9 l.nye sure and extensive source Of wealth i
! our gold mines. 81
. The house builders are having prosper
- ous etason in Boston. The Traavler sas anon
I the public cdiices arc, ReY. Mr.. Webb
= church, City Hall, City Hospital, Parker Hote
= Natural. History building. Roman Catho1i
I Gonefe, Emmanuel Chapel, school hpusss
4 I..&cT Fifteen dwelling houses ARD building o
e t9Shawmut avcnue alone, also fourteen on Che
= tefPafk and vicinity, ktany new blocks :al
l. bnilding on the new streets west of Tremou1
:. md the lands of the Boston Water powt
n Company On the Back Bay some forty spfct
# did hontes arc erecting, on Cornmonwea.t
y avenue, Boylston, New6cry, Marlboro, Be-
:, con and Arlington streets, at an average co
>. of forty thousand dollars each Some ofthc$
- w1ll be the most superb mansions IN Bostol
~ especially those corner OF Arliegton stres
i and onthe Hancock estate, Beacon stree
- Exclusive Of public bulldogs, stores, al
- warehouses, the latter Of which We have nj
10 enumerated, the value Of the dwellings a1o,
i to b. erected this year, at the west aud soa'
pa,ts of the city, will exceed two and ona,ha
'' millions OF dollars (2,500,000-)