, 1863-04-27

y0r OF ff0Tluehce or extraordinary luCk may |
ayert, but which, in the common course Of
history, must certainly come.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Items Domestic and Foreign. by Mail
and Otherwise.
GETTING UP IN THE WoaLD.-Mr. James
Glai=ler, the scientific ;eronaut, took his first
spring voyage in the upper air on til. last day
Of March, Getting ont from tne sydenha1a
Crystal Palace, near London. He has COM
municated to tie English newspapers soma
account Of the journey. Hc asceuded to q
height Of four and half miles, where he
found the temperature Just at zero of Fahrea-
ltits scale. In rising, the balloon made the
first mile in nine minutes, the second In ten,
the third in nine.
As ballooning may presently become a
fashionable way of getting a little fresh air,
few notes of Mr.. Glaisher's experience will !
not be nnwelcome to the enterpfising reader.
t. is Interesting to know, for instance, that
sat heights g1eatcr than three miles the suns |
| image was seen reflected in water" At four |
miles the pulse beat ninety. eight in minute, |
against seyentJ.si beats on the ground The |
| higher you get the bluer Is thc sky-nt the |
greatest height 1t has to the observer the hue
! Of dark Prnssian blue. As you near the four |
mile mark, the heart beats quickly and loud
| ly; and VIC warn lady balloonists to provide
| themselves with pearl powder and other "aid5
| to the complexion" for ut heights exceeding
| three miles the face gets blue. At four miles
surface ice formed instantly, and Mr. Glaisher
WAS forced to break 1t to get water for his
wetbu!b thermometer. It viii, perhaps
strike tic ingenious seeker after pleasure,
that an icc.crca1n on 6weltering July day, ut
the distance Of four miles aboTc New York,
would he both nogel aud delicious.
IRISH EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
1T is statcd in the Cork Examiner that the
number Of persons who have left Kerry for
the United States during tie last fortnight in
| March exceeded all that had cmigrated during
the two previous years. Almost every NOR
ming crowds OF persons, principally Of the
farming class, were seen taking their depart
ure from the Railway station, Killarney. on
their waJ to Queenstown for America. s'They
rush out from the country (says the ELamfaeT)
by remaining in it they may he reduced to
pauperism, and then become permanent in
mates Of the work-house." It appears that
large sums Of money have been sent over
sons in that part Of the country, and in n1any
cases tickets have been enclosed in the letters
for the passage across the Atlantic.
MISCELLANEOUS NEws-GAR1nALp1-T
health Of Garibaldi is thus reported in the
letter from Caprera, dated April 3: p" lam hap
py to inform you that during the last fort
night very considerable ameliortioa has ia
ken place in the Generals health, The rheu-
{ matisn has disappeared complctly, and lis
| wound is closing regularly. In fact, I consider
That tile cure is approaching its termination"
. Poor OLD PopE.-A letter from Rome says,
that in spite Of the reports Of his filling
health the Pope vent n tar9gg q!, bis Own part
r great apparent fatigue:. " It is true (says the
| writer )tllat on Thurslay lie washed ouly one
Of the fyurltiye apostlcs' feet and left the 9TH
cr twelve to the attendant cardinals aud pre-
hess contented himself, also, with handing
: the apostles their soup, without cutting up
| their boled fish or serving out their broccoli,
: | Us on other occasions; but tue Pope looked
1 ! well, and contradfctcd by his appearance the
: many sinister reports curren! With respect to
/ his health"
2 An AWKWARD PRED1cANESr FOR AN En-,
1 pERoR.-Thc Empcr Napoleon stands lu,nbly
Q knocking, hat in hand, ut tile door Of tic
, French Academy. lie Graves permission to
+ enrol himself in the ranks Of the immortal
t Forty, Impressed with an uncomfortable
d the leading literary men Of France, be inform:
:, the Academy that "hc has been for soiue tint
j. past trying to make himself worthy Of it:
b membership some days" and mildly expresses
@ hope that his unfinished " Life Of Julius C.e
C ear" will be accepted BY the Academieians Il
b sufficient qualification to entitle him to til
IL reward which has been bestowed upon Thcrs
o Guixot, Victor Hugo, Montalcmbcrt aud othe
!, great writers.
Is There is, however. 0 serious obstacle in til
Is Tay. The custom of the French Academy
o never get departed from, is to require cac'
L. new applicant for membership to visit al 0
the old members ut their residences, to stat
T. in precise terms the nature Of Ills claim to b
- - admitted as their colleague answer III th
y queries put to Linn. and when al are satisfied
=, to solicit respectfully the honor Of theif SUI
u port. The question arises, will tue Aealcn
s ae finch, or adhere to its old traditions? TIL
IL final process is the presentation to the hea
:. Of the state, which is likewise an impcrltis
~ ~ obligation. In the case Of the Emperor, eve
" if hc passes the ordeal Of the question Of h
o. particular friend, Victor Hugo, and the otAe
!" famous members Of the Academy, this GER
u,ony wculd hare to be omitted-,lnless, i.
mo,lh may take place il the Sale des Mar
chauI, where there is, OF was, marble bu
Of l,imeelf, to which he may be presented.
STATISTICS OF NATIONAL AGR1cULrUEE.-
James S. Grinnell, Chief Clerk in tie Ags
cultural Bureau Of the patent o:llce at Was
fly publication of agricultural statisti
throughout the country, commencing in 3I;l
Over i, 900 circulars have been sent to the d
IN ferent counties in all the States Of tic unio
q as and returns arc to be made Of the number
" acres planted, with what planted, the state
it the crops, weather, sc. Tie statistics th1
On obtained will be collated into tabular for
rs rs and published monthly, forming docuncn
ne Of inestfmabte value. The SUCCESS a'tendil
oe new experiments with cotton, rice, and 9th
W. herct toforc southern products, will thus
on on made public, auda free interchange ofopinio
at aud experience be induced.
o,v DENMARK AND uoLsTEIr DIFFICULT
of SET11Ep.-The old Holstein difficulty Is
,ed last settled. Hy proclamation Of the King
tSe Denmark, issued April !, 1t is declared II
nd id Holstein shall hereafter possess IN indepcu
.te . ent army, and share with the rest Of the mo
H., arcly the civil list, the appanagcs, the pub
~ ~ debt, the navy, the department for foreign
81. fairs, the administration Of the domains, Il
~ | customs aud the postal arrangements; b
IN. even in reference TO these details the cstat
ns. reserying further separation where no agri
~ ment between the Holstein estates aud t
~ Rigsraal {conncl Of the enpire) for DENIM
yed Schleswig ehal1 he found attainable.
my O1p ADE's AnMoR.-The coat OF mail SC
t it BY the the Tycoon Of China TO Preside
ose Lincoln is described as unique- An umbrel
10y like helmet, made Of fabricated Sheets
,ro- steel and copper, shields the head, whils
. yandyke Of interwoycn silk cord and Iacque,
a1l netsworE falls gracefully upon the shoulde
will The outside OF the helmet is profu$cly or
Of mcnted with Ehrinsanthimunns of gold,
est beautiful open-Work, on black lacquer, r.
nta- now aud then a rim1aflg Of purest sily
Of The visor is Of copper, lacquered in scar
opd ane brown. The arm1ets are Of the fin
all copper chaIn-work: The bzeast.plate il
. copper, intersected with parallel strips
tha lacquer, and woven togcthr with delicate "
w and golden cord. 4 short kilt accompar
oEn The a,mos, and with the lac9uersd 1cggin
Kite, gzotcsque1y formed, completes the set
and GREAT Waste OF PowpER.-Thc rebels.
ficu. | ring the recent cannonadc near Charlest
cred $500 shots and killed hut one Of
men. The samc luck followed then dur
| the recent passage Of the Ffeksburg batter
ANS | BY fleet Of gunboats and transports. T.
slstS fired 500 cannon shots, and Killed but
Ftor~ / man.
uro9 NAns As sCCRREScT.-The L5nchbnrg G
8,;r Rtpubfiedn Of the 9th, says: "Au Augu
and Georgia, contemporary states, on the autho
~; Of gentleman just returned from the uI
'Rriha, rhs, Tar. OF North Caroliaa, that teupenny 4
,-;,. are passing current there at five cents {:
t:"1 Wc Aayc no such metallic basis for orr
,SSohs rency here. Our circulating mediums
:.U one grains Of corn representing i've cents,
guilds of tobacco representing the decimal
the OrEslSG DEFERrED-The costly Pcab
N of institute building in Baltimore is nearly fin
Slave ! ed, but the trnEtecs have concluded no
Is Of puttlc institution into practical operation
,ting The war is ended. The most & interesting l!
20 feet long, 10 feet wide, with capacity
5o,oGO volumes. Ten thousand volumes
Gaao- eiaao already collected.
9rida' RATS LEAVING SINKING SuP.-The
Mis- York Ett;.ing Ibst has the following par;
Il 90 lars and inquiries in relation to certain p1
4 t9 eo9 inrnt rebels, who appear to be pntting
.o9SS treasures ont Of harn's way. Is not the 81
four mcnt Significant
have How is it that S1idel1 managcs to live ST