The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-03-30
VARIOUS ITEMS

VARIOUS lIEAS
Twenty fse thousand are engaged in Peru
in obtaining India rubber to supply the foreign
demand
Too much Cat! Hiram Wheeler recently shot
a Mid cat at Norfolk, Conn, that weighed twen-
~ three pounds
The Cspito extension at Washington, up to
this time, has cost So, Ss9. 200.
Houses which now rent Tor $3.50 TO $3.50 in
New Orleans, formerly rented for 5000 10 900
Stores which now rent for 5000 TO S., 200, for
merly rented for 81, 800 20 &C. 600.
vicksburg was laid out in 1922 by NeiVitt
Wick, and Incorporated in 1875. Il has always
been celebrated for its fine fruits and vegetables,
and for its short lived editors. Seventeen OF
this unfortunate class have come to An untimely
end by the duel, street fights or suicide, suee
the establishment Of the Yicksburg Wing, the
first paper published there.
At the Washtenaw Circuit Court, last week, a
mGn named Cleveland was convicted OF the muir
der Of Mr.. DePsv, who, it will be remembered,
was murdered at Chelsea last fall We learn
tha. he was sentenced to the State Prison for
life.
Tie ages OF twelve Of the most eminent Amer
lean literati are enumerated as follows: Bancroft
will be "a years OF age the 80 OF next October /;
Motley, 50 the 18th Of April; Emerson, 81 she
18th Of May Bryant, 20 the I'd Of November /;
LongfellOw was 81 the 27th of February; Whit
tier will be 81 in December Holmes, So the
10Th Of August; Lowell wss IS in February !;
Mitchell, Ok Marvel viii be AZ in April; Curtis
vas 40 The oath Of February Stoddard will be
50 in July. aud Bayasd TAYLOR was 80 tho llth
Of January.
have no faith 10 cats; they are a cOldbooded
race they are the politicians among domestic
animals; they care little who is master, or what
are the overturnings, so their pickings are Sc
cure; aud what are their midnight caucuses but
primary meetings IN Narvsl.
The aggregate weigh! Of grand jury, twenty
our men, recently assembled at Darlington, New
Jersey, Was 5, 500 pounds-Sn average weight
for each man OF about 2i5 pounds. It would
take desperate appeal from lawyer to move
such men.
An English paper has " the best authority y
for stating that 4 gentleman belonging 10 Kin
ross, st present in the Holy Land has been CON-
mssoned By the Briti-h Consul at Jerusalem 10
convey box, containing water from the River
jordan, TO be used III the Baptism of the Royal
infant.
It is stated that logs enough have been got
out during the past winter in the Saginaw pine
zion for l76, 600 900 feet, to be cut at the
mills and tributaries the present season-aH
aInouns at least fifty per cent larger than ever
cut before. OF this quantity about 25,o0O,00G
are already under contract, and - 00O, 900 more
will be required for home use so that a CON-
paraIlvels small auIVuut j. ~ DC sold. The lum
Der to be ready for early delivery is nearly all
bought up.
Gen. Grant is AZ years old Gen. Sherman 40;
Gen. Rosecrans "A Gen. Hooker, 40 Gen.
Banks, AZ Gen. Burnside, 40; Gen. Gilmore,
SO; Gen Meade, as Geo. Sickles, AZ; Gen.
Halleck, IS; Gen Butler, past so, aud Admiral
FArrasut past so.
The full returns from Nes Hampshire viii set
tie the Union majority at aOou; 5000. The
,otal vote Is about / 800 more thaa tha. Of last
year The Legislature will probably stand thus:
Unon-Senate, 9; House, 207. Democrats
Senate, 8; House, l24. Union majority on joint
ballot So last year, 81. This will do.
There were just eighteen votes 10 the House
Oh Thursday in support of Mr.. Nallory's motion
to strike out Of the act enabling the Territory
of Colorado to form State Government, the
clause prohibiting slavery sherein. The world
does novel
The frs! Michigan coored regiment was reg
ularly mustered into the United States service on
Saturday, BY Capt. Duryea. A large number OF
the men were previously mustered, but this time
the whole regiment was sworn in. The men are
an1iously awaiting orders TO leave the State,
which, it IS probable, viii no; be long.
Mr.. G. Nu.hall, editor Of the Baenos Ayers
Standard, ID in Paraguay inspecting the cotton
plantations which are in the mos. promising con-
dtion lie says that in Paraguay there are about
1000, 900 q plants in the very bes. coalition.
His tour through the plantations in Cerientes
convinced him Of the fact that with the very
slightest effort cotton on 4 large scale can be
grown in that province.
The season in San Francisco has bean SO fns
and warm that not a fake of snow has been
seen in tie air, not skim Of ice any morning
Great red roses sre in bloom; and the cores
pOudent who mentions these facts wrote on the
18th ult., in room without a fire, and where
be had DO occasion to light one SO far during tie
winter.
Tessrs. Pbelan { Collender, the celebrated
billiard manufacturers. Of NeE York, have Offer
ed $40 ono for the discovery OF substitute for
ivory, which must possess elasticity, density,
hardness, capAoility Of receiving polish and Of
being turned, and have the same specific gravity
as ivory It's cost NUS be fifty per cent leu
than that Of ivory.
Its stated that The commerce Of the world
requires 3, 500, 100 able bodied men to be con
stantly lraversng the sea The amount Of prop
erty annually moved on the wafer is from fifteen
hundred TO two thousand millions OF collars
aod The amounts los; by casualties Of the sss
average twenty Eve Millions Of dollars year
Previou. 70 April 1852, .here vas reported
Is, asa desertiOns from the srmy-being an Az