, 1864-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.


A mans word may be as good as hi
bond but his bond may be as bad as hi
word.
Winchell says the people OF Alabama arr
go hard run for eggs, that they have to sci
their hens on potatoes.
A young lady, when told to exercise fol
her health, said she would jump at an Offer
and run her own risk.
C, Meyer, of San Francisco, has received
duly authenticated commission from the
Polish National Government as its political
agent on this coast.
The Governor GeneralOf Canada receives
salary of s8l,111 per annum, besides
SIC, 900 or Sl5, 900 for contingent expenses
for Secretary, Clerks, &c.
1t Is estimated by stock raisers In Mon
terey, Cal, that their loss this year, owing
to the dry season, will be at least seventy
FIVE per cent. of their entire stock.
The Richmond Exdminsr, of May 4th,
lodges complaint against Mrs, Graves and
Mrs. Rice, Of that city, and wants them
put in Castle Thunder, for their Federal
loyalty.
Over $500 have been contributed in Con-
stantinople, principally by native Turks, to
assist the American Bible Society in dis
tributing copies of the scriptures among
the freedmen
Lord LiFord, in letter to the Times,
says he knows Of an able-bodicd man in
ireland, the father of family, who receives
but E3 los. and his oatmeal food as his
wages for six months.
Ten vessels, this year, have been lost from
the Gloucester fishing feet, valued at S46,-
900. Seventy-eight men perished with
them, leaving thirty-One widows and fifty.
eight fatherless children.
Joshua R. Giddings died of disease of
the heart. On two occasions, while in Con-
gress, he has fallen to the floor. He was
an Elder in Presbyterian church, and his
private life was without reprOaeh.
One Captain Wilson of Kentucky is said
to have saved his life and killed seven guer-
rillas with a Henry's repeating rife. He
then raised company Of volunteers, which
the State armed with these rifles.
A company has been formed at Cadiz for
cutting ship canal from Trafalgar Bay to
the Mediterranean, SO as to facilitate the
transit Of Wind-bound ships waiting in vain,
sometimes weeks, at the Straits for entrance.
The Boston Fire Department now has ten
steam FIRE engines, eight horse hose car
riages, and hand hose carriage, three hook
and ladder carriages, and thirty. four horses
with their various equipments and aPPur-
tenances.
Six guns Of heavy calibre recently arrived
ut San Francisco from the East. Two Of
them, iftecn-inch guns, will be mounted at
Alcatraz, while the remaining four 60 to the
Notifications now being built at the mouth
Of the Columbia River.
According to statistical aecouut Of the
religious belief Of the sOycreigns Of Eu-
rope, out Of 43 now reigning, IL belong to
the Lutheran creed, Evangelical, 4 CAL
Whist, l Greek rite, l Mussulman, l Epis-
copal and IL Catholic.
Under the mileage system for members
Of Congress, Winter Davis, who lives near
est the Capital, receives thirty-twO dollars
and Vim. II. Wallace, Of Idaho, receives
six thousand three hundred and ninety.
seven dollars and sixty cents.
Com. VIM. D. Porter, who, at the break
ing out Of the war, was in command of tie |
U. S. sloOp-Of-War 81 Aary's, and was or.
dered home to enter active service on the |
Western rirers, died at st. Luke's Hospital,
New York, Sunday, May LIST.