The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1864-04-13
VARIOUS ITEMS.

the arrest OF rebel guerilla, and IN his Confess
ion lie stated that on one occasion the band 10
which he belonged visited Winston. Alabama,
where they made an effort TO rout the Union
men Of that county BY chasing them with blood
hounds. which had been trained 70 catch runa-
way negroes. IL : evident the ferocious hounds
recognized neither size nor sex The prisoner
stated that the bodies OF little children we're 10
De found on every road, torn and mAngled BY
those dogs lei loose by these inhuman demons
OF cruelty, who would suppress human liberty by
destroying little chhdreE.- Chattanooga DAILY
Gazette
Walter Scott was dull boy at his lessons, and
while a student al Eiinburgh University re-
eeised his sentence from Professor LaIEeii the
celebrated Greek scholar, that - Ounce be Was,
and Ounce he would remain"
Detroit has become al active tobacco market
Seven establishments employ over three hundred
Norkmen. Prices are advancing.
"well. what ue1t," sad Mrs. Partine,on. as
she Interrupted lke, who was reading the var
news. The pickets driven in Eve milesi-
Bless my poor soul but that will be stroug
fence l pose they had 10 drive 'em deep 10
keep the sessiOnadors from digging under em "
During the horrid scenes OF the French Revo.
luton miserable woman was srrayed aud wor-
!
aAd IN one Of the churches OF Paris. The impi-
Us creature who dared thus to receive divine
honofs died al Asace. September 80, a. the age
OF 90, blind, insane, and beggar.
Mrs.. Mary johnson has recovered damages 10
the amount OF IS, So from the city Of lanes
vile, Ohio. for the death OF her husband, Who
was killed last year 10y the fall OF the roof OF a
market house. The snow broke in the roof the
city was held responsible for the fatal result.
NJ. Maissonneuve. surgeon of the Hotel Dieu,
describes in Cosmos how he removed from pa
tient the whole OF a tongue siii cted With cancer,
by means OF wnat he terms condemnation
feebes. He perforated the tongue with eight Of
ais cauterizng -Reches-so as TO cause
all the affected portions 10 slough of in
mass HIS patient, alter the removal Of the
tongue, could neither sWollOw nor speak, but
/ performed both these functions on being sup
Piled With gutta percha tongue OF the natural
size.
Six feet 10 his boots" exclaimed Mrs Par
ting. " What will the Importance OF this world
come 10 wonder? Why, they might as well
tell NE he had six heads in his hati"
country schoolmaster thus describes mon
ey lender; Tie serves you in the present
tense he lends you money in the conditional
mood; keeps you ia the subjunctive, aud ruins
You IN the future"
The worlds great men have not commonly
been great scholars nor its great scholars great
men.
Over three hundred wagons have already
passed through St. Joseps. Missouri, on their
"ay TO the gold regions Of Idaho. All we're
heavily laden with merchandise for market.
The type setting machine Company had
hearing before the Committee on Manufactures
pom their petition TO be allowed 10 commence
business Immediately. Several prominent gen
tlenen in the printing interest testified TO the
value OF The invention aud the necessity Of push
ng IL forward promptly. Our readers have been
kept informed of The progress OF the enterprise
iron. time q tPs 5Hee Ma Eelt eFaR gRL hi5vlal
hually accomplished by "justi6cation of typS
more perfectly and uniformly even than by
the ordinary hand process" as test6ed by
practical printer, Who has recently witnessed the
operation. Boston Tsanseript.
Rascav urchins in Philadelphia stick nails in
20 the crevice- Of the brick psvements aud then
lAv back 20 efj Joy the entangrments which re-
-ult To hoop skirts and long dresses. The pO-
lice nabbed four bows who we're discovered play
ing tins trick the other day.
Alta public ball given recently 10 Paris bv the
vile OF the Prefect of the Seine, at which 3 900
persons ~efe present, 40 crinohne vas worn.
The Unilei States Attorney for the Western
District Of ths State has given notice that those
passing coined business cards on and after April
st viii be prosecuted The penny tokens "
nave nOw become nuisance. all over the State.
and the public have tolerated them sufficiently
long. Let them step aside, aud the Government
"nickels OF which there are enough 90 supply
tie demands Of tradesmen, can supply their pla-
ces-Dst Adg.
The marble columns of the Capitol extension
we're qlArried near Baltimore; they are one
hundred 10 number, each consisting Of one stone.
Their cost without pedestal or cap, i { 400
apiece. The marble Of which the rest OF the
building il constructed came from Lee, Mass, al
A cost OF $72s. 4s2 69 The ten mOnOlith:c col
umns OF the west colorado the library are
ireestone from an Island in Acquia Creek.
j Some one the other day a-ked Gen. Butler
why De employed a certlin person said To b,
u dslOyal. and OF a general bad character. to pen
i citrate the reb- lines " II you wanted ioforma
tion from hell" replied Gen. B1tler ~Oul,
e YOU sand a saint or sister OF charity fetch t !;
y = Modern science i literally making the deser
+, | 70 blossom ss the rose. 10 the great desert o
Sahara, IL 1860, i've aresisn wells had beei
opened, around which vegetation thrives luxu
ranuy; thirty thousand palm trees and thoa
sand fruit trees we're planted. aud two thriving
A villages established. At the depth OF a it'll
, over five hundred feet. underground river o
IN axe was struck aud from two wells live g.
have been thrOSn up showing that there is
2 large body OF water underneath.
The little town Of Lincoln, Mass, which pos
= sess-s Uniy one hundred ana tnirty voters. ha
sent hfty eight men to the war. and It's patriot
~omen last month cent eight large boxes
u clothing and comforts for soldiers in the Geld.
p O1t in Mississippi they are making cloth {
- equal proportions OF COW hair and WOOL for II
Is illmg Il s a very even aud handsome texture
= evidently quite strong and serviceable, an
= makes comfortable and durable cloth for panu
n looms.
=, How TIE REBELs STEAL SUPPLIES SEST ]
? USIoS PRIs0SERs-A letter from Annapolis VI
y avs: . The "reminiscences Of the returned Office
- from Libby are IL the main similar. and most
l., repetition Of the old tale. The officers eKpla
n Ii b- ~Ifcl 20 has hear made ,,