, 1864-02-20
MIscELLANEous NEWS ITEMS.

WeHlocr VI tne Clnclnnau missionary society.
Another sugar refinery has been incorpora
ted at San Francisco, with a capital Of $3.50,
600.
The Pctaluma argus raises under lis cii,o
rial heal, "ior President, 1864, Abraham Lin
CON-"
A magnificent silver service has been pre-
sented to Gov. johnson, by the loyal men o
Nashville.
One Of our batteries in Virginia shelled ,
negro funeral-thought it was rebels throwing
up works.
The " false hair merchants Of London im
port annually at present no less than five tons
Of maiden locks.
What can the poor rebel Coniedcracy dc
now-moneylcss, saltless, ramIess, hopeless
lawless and Goddess?
The brooklyn Common Council has passed
a law that no person shall be required to pay
fare on any horse-car unless furnished with q
seat.
Were the life Of man prolonged, he would
become such proficient in villainy that il
would be necessary again to drown or to burn
the world.
The Bank Of France has hthe to had moth.
ing in paper Of less denomination than twenty
dollar notes. 1t is now about to issue notes
Of ten dollars value.
Two hundred tons Of white beans were re.
Gently shipped from San Francisco to New
York, where they commanded thrice the price
ruling in San Francisco. A
Chocolate, the -four Of the ccacoa nut, was
first introduced in England from Mexico IN
1920, and soon became favorite beverage in
the London coffee houses
The widow Of Senator Douglas is at present
in Washington city, engaged by Secreta y
Chase, as clerk in the Treasury Department.
She is seldom seen in public. .-a..tI
JED. DAVIS said at tho beginning Of the war
" All the southern blood that will be shed in
this war can hold in the hollow Of my hand. "
A<Sb iOOh " uls tONs
A congress of brewers which assembled at
Cincinnati recently passed q resolution offering
$500 for 4 substitute for resin, which is now
used in the inside Of the barrels. ....
A cavalry force has been organized under
the command Of Col Lowell, Of the I'd Massa.
chusetts, to watch the rebel farmers, who act
as guerrillas under Mosby at night.
A Cologne young lady, Of high family con-
nections, has been sentenced to months i'm.
prisonment, for pulling feathers from live Os.
trich in the Zoobgical Gardens Of that city.
A loaf Of bread at one Of the thanksgiving
dinners in New York was eleven feet long,
ten inches thick, twenty two inches wide. aud
required whole barrel Of flour for its con
struction. ...
A correspondent Of the Boston TrarsIsr,
with Gen. Meades army, says that the North
Carolina prisoners captured during the late
advance actually danced for joy and kissed
their captors.
The late Prince Albert smoked tobacco and
probably received many curtain lecture ior
it--but his son, the Prince Of Wales, has been
directed to abandon the practice in Windsor
Castle or incur his mothers displeasure.
Recently two large trunks, filed with fine
tooth combs, were seized in Washington on
their way to Dixie. That was too bad Il
was cruel TWAS remorselrss. Do the Union
authorities mean that tue rebels shall be eaten
alyei lr 1. IrG rf Seas.
Stoves made Of soapstone have been intro
duced at Quebec. They are said to throw oui
mellower and more uniform heat than iron
the material Of which they arc made Is very
abundant in the mineral region south Of the
ST. Lawrence.
;, The Governor eloct Of Alabama, accused o.
fayOring reconstruction, said in late speech
I" lie should be almost ashamed TO own him
self an AlabamiAn if he believed there was q
man in the State who would Sgree to the re-
construction Of the old Union"
Mr.. Robert Bonner, Of the New York Ledger
claims that he has paid the largest income tax
for thecurrent year, Of any weekly newspaper
publisher In the United States. This is ths
legitimate result Of the enterprise, tact, liber
ality, with which he has always conducted hi,
business as publisher
Some days ago box was seized at Adams
Express Office, in Washington, IN which were
q number Of cans labelled tomatoes and pickles
This box was addressed 10 private in the
army Of the Potomac. Instead Of being iilleG
with tomatoes, they were full Of vile whiskey
which was very properly conGscascd.
A London professor leCtured recently OF
adulteatiOns Of food. He handed around coffe,
which was pronounced excellent, then told the
audience that they had been regaled with Z
mixture Of bullock's blood, ehrory, shrept
liver dried, and old coffee grounds. lie gave
them capital porter, too, made Of spirits Of WINE
gum arabic and burnt sugar. '.'
A Down Easter speaks Of heavy fog in hi'
locality. lie says he hired man to shinglt
a barn. At noon the man complained that il
was terrible long barn, for he had been a'
work all the morning and hadn't got one eOurss
laid. So aftcr dinner he went to see what
he'd been about. and found he had shingled
more than hundred feet right out on the
fog ile.a 9vt p'a ae !h-h' .tsl.
A ,..;,a, .iiu1;n0 IN tha fendnncv of fhs