Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-05-23
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CISCO to the mines is going on as briskly
as ever this spring
over one hundred females are now en-.
Ployea In Poughkeepsie, N. Y. putting
seats IN cane-bottom chairs.
A new daily paper, the American Fls1.
appeared in San Francisco. n bois,s re-
name Of Mr.. Lincoln for the Pre- idenov.
The Pacific Min in LaHrence, Mas al
ready the largest in the country, ia about
to extend its boundaries and employ more
hands
fae old Unitarian Church in San Fran
cisco (Rev. Starr Kings first church in
Cailfornis) has been sold to 3 negro con-
gregatiOn.
The Danish monarchy is now reduced
to two islands Of the sea, frozen up six
months in the year.
A hrst-elass car on q Spanish railway is
q large apartment hung with dsmssk cur
'ains, sofas for seats, and space enough 10
move about in.
The number Of printed sheets which are
annually suppressed in France is esti
mated st Is 25O 00O Of the value, as waste
paper, Of s65,OOO.
The Duke OF Salamanca, q Spanish no.
bleman who has invested largely in thia
country IN the Atlantic and Great Western
hailroad, and IS man Of great force Of
character, recently said st q public meet
ing that he every where, in his travels,
ioano statues and busts OF men Of talent,
but none Of rich men.
The st Louis Sanitary Fair is to opeu
under favorable auspices. Over $500 900
cash IN hand is the tressurer's report be-
fore the doors are opened. Among the
contributions is tAe stallion Prince Of
WsiesY presented by Samuel Holmes. OF
Quidcy, Ill, and Albert Pearce, Of New
York, on condition that it shsli be given
to the General in the United States SER
vice who should receive the largest num-
Der Of votes at 81 vote.
Governor Andrew pays graceful trib-
ute to the memory Of General Stevenson,
Of Massachusetts,. he says:
"The soldier has died content, who has
fallen IN the arms Of Victory, amid the
grateful tears Of people whose liberties
ne nss helped to save BY his Vslor, his de-
votion and his blood"
The city Of Portland, Maine, is looking
up. A few years ago the boot and shoe
business OF the place was very small; now
It employs 800 operatives, and amounts To
Si6O,OOO annually. A tobacco factory il
going up; it will employ zoo persons. A
brick company has also been formed, with
capital Of 100000
Speaker Colfax writes to the editor AZ
the new loyal paper in Louisville. he
Press, that more than once en- the stump
IN his district in Indiana he appealed to
his constituents "to leave their homes ana
light on the soil Of Kentucky 70 drivd
back the invading armies, headed and
spurred on By Kentuoky's recreant sons.n
ExtrsVsgsnce is the rule snd economy
the exception in California easily got.
easily spent" say the miners. The San
Francisco Bulletin says that there are
mon who were poor, and not ashamed Of
1t, within hve years, in San Francisco.
who now tell, without blush, that they
cannot live on $4,000 year"
The Botanic Gardens at Kew, England.
which are maintained at 9 cost Of sbout
seventy five thousrnd dollars a year. ara
not only interesting, but useful in various
IL Rsurs, eee9Rz fsFPsssajsA7l sFPsssaj HI rza-alf--4-I
restoration Of trees and shrubs in the is
lsnd Of Ascension. A Botanic Garden in
the Central Park conducted on similar
principles Wou be q valuable addition.
Captain Gronew's work, which has met
with considerable notice in England, is an
extraordinary collection Of personal anee-
dotes, giving no very decent account Of
the military and fashionable people Of
England a generation since. It puts one
in mind, very frequently, Of the memoirs
Of GrammOnd,
On large farm in England, worked By
Samuel Jones, at place called ChrishsH
9rsnge, the oomnutstion paid to the Ia
borers on the estate, in lieu Of beer, IL
four hundred and ffty-tWo pounds sterling
per snnum.
The lace makers Of Nottingham, Bng-
land, carry on their business, day after
day, in rooms heated to temperature OF
40 degrees.
A duel nesrly came Of Of Marseilles be-
tween two members Of the JspsI ese En-
bassy now on their journey. The parties
in the quarrel placed two ballots in hat,
on one Of which was ritten death" He
who drew this WAS bound to retire to .
room and commit suicide. This was sstis-
faction to the survivor The affair was
however, nipped in the bud by the inter
ference Of some French gentlemen Sho
could not see the prOpriety Of such an ar
raugement.
Mr.. Msudsley, the celebrated English
, | engineer and constructor Of vessels Of war
!, for his government, recently die at the
; age Of ssventy-tWo years.
While a Msying party were on the sum
nit Of Mount MegunticOok IN Maine, Few
: days since, Miss French, Of Linoolnville,
stumbled on the edge of a preciPice snd
; fell down chasm, striki g but once IN
n distance Of over 300 feet. Sh was taken
l. up inssnsible, and died the same NIGH.
The bushw aokers Of Missouri last week
Q m ade an attack upon unsrmed citizens IN
!, the town Of Hermann, and killed the FRO
> vost Marshal, Captain MsnWsring.
) The hool fund OF the State Of GOnnse
s. ticut amounts 10 S2,O4O,OOO. al Of which
y except $4,000 invested in New forI
5 ate at seven per cent, is loaned on rea
', estate in Connecticut
y, Our Letter frO.a Brownsville
We call attention to our special CORES
c. poudence from Brownsville. The writel
b; a major In the 10Th Wisconsin, furnishe
8 some very interesting pictures Of Mezioa
n g.