, 1864-02-27

Not a dozen pipes Of real Madeira winc
now annually LEAVE the island.
:, The name by which the Prince of Wales
VIII ascend the throne will be King Edward
the Seventh.
-Thore were s2s deaths in Philadelphia
last week.
"A female of Brooklyn, New York, has
been arraigned and held to bail on charge
Of being common scold."
-Thomas Bailey Aidrich, the poct, has re-
signed the editorial chair Of the New York
ILLUSTRATED Nec..
The New York Herald in arguing in favor
Of rallies and against the clerical protests,
says TINT after the death OF our SaYior his
followers cast lots for his garments.
-Galignanl says that England consumes
1,0c0, COO pounds Of ivory annually, or the
product Of 1855 elephants. About !, 600 men
are annually killed in the elephant hunts.
-, At the Crystal Palace, London, there Is
to be what is termed m international Musi-
col Contest in the course Of the year, In
which the leading French and English choral
societies are to compete for prizes.
- The Portland Express says: ssThe East
ern Express Company own o horse In this
city, whose upper lip Is grnced with hand
somefy-deTe1opcd, dirk, curly moustache.
Can natnralists explain the cause Of this phe-
nomcnon? =" '
:, The special election to I'LL the vacancy
IN the Pennsylyania State Senate, caused By
the resignation Of Major Hurry White, now .
: prisoner: at Richmond, took place Friday.
Dr.. st. Clair, the Union candidate, was elect
ed by about ], 200 majority.
"A private letter informs the Boston
Transcript that San Francisco will give this
yeaf saao0, 600 to the Sanitary Commission, and
least another s10o, 1000 subscription.
-Rneefnf 1ro for%r ~,ao,.a 111 IaEnrn h, I.r1
a birthday. That Is, be was born on the Goth
Of February, 11ae Though be will be sew
enty-tWo years old on TINT day this year, he
will hare had only eighteen birthdays.
-According to the New Haven Register,
Connecticut Is turning Its attention from
wooden nut1negs to tlsh-hooks. These hooks
have hitherto been made abroad and by hand,
but q New Haven man has now Invented
machine which chews up steel wire into all
sizes Of hooks, and 6pits them out US last and
as perfect as pin macline!'
:, "A letter from Hagerstown, Maryland,
says that owing to the apprchensions Of q
1t Febel inyasion early in the spring, many Of
selling their farms and stock, preparatory to
moving West. Washington county Is one Of
the largest and best wheat growing counties
In the State Of Maryland, but since the break
iny ont Of the rebellion the farmers have been
such heavy losers ly having their crops des-
~ -\%1 *~1~A =. 10y -A-| t:~NAA
put out an unusually small crop Of wheat
last fall.
-Horacc F. Walworth, late Of West Baton
Rouge, La, has lett half Of his property, or
about $3.50, 600, for the purpose OF establish
ing printing Office for the publication Of q
paper or magazine, to be published weekly,
for tho use and benefit of the blind which
paper or magazine shall be printed with
raised letters, or in the most approved meth
ods for their use, and be distributed gratui-
tous1y among the blind Of the Southern
States, or sold to such as arc able and willing
to pay for them.
Mr.. N. F. injury, 1ato OF the United
States Navy, and now one Of the Rebel agents
resident and operating in London, wrote
letter signed with his name In full, to the
London Herald, on the Goth ult., in which he
states explicitly, and "a Elct within his own
personal knowledge, that the document pub
1ishcd as the report Of Mr.. Mallory, Confed-
crutc Secretary Of the Navy, to the Confode.-
"a a hoax, x,"-and that "no such document
has ever been uttered'' by the official alluded
to. He accuses "the Yankees" of having
got up fac-similes Of the Richmond papers,
and inserting therein this document, il order
to impose upon the world false and injuri-
ous aspersion upon the Rebel cause,