The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-11-13
Mail GIeanings.

Jake Thompson has gone to the Holy Land.
The cholera slew 10000 persons in Turkey.
Highwaymen are very plenty in the yacinity
Of Chicago.
very disagrecable era-the cholera B0s-
ton Post.
AT a concert given in Killarney, Ireland, re-
Gently, :" God save the Queen " was Kissed.
A citizen of Springfield. ILL.,. was knocked
down on Friday morning and robbed of 81. 900.
Maj. Gen. Fitzpatrick has obtained leave Of
absence for one year, and is about to visit Eu-
rope
Certain young men in New York have
/ formed an anti Matrimonial Society," and
will not marry until young ladies become econ
omical.
AS officially given, the total vote of Connect
4 icut is 60, sO6: the majority against the negro
suffrage amendment, 6,2lI. Every county,
with one exception, votes "no."
TWENTY-FIVE of the most thinly populated
counties in this State expended, during the re-
bellion, over S5.000,000 for local bounties and
the relief of soldiers families.
/ A NATURAL SUPPosITIoN.-"Toby, what
did the Israelites do when they crossed the Red
! Sea?' 81 don't know, ma'am; but L guess
! they dried themselves"
THE PATH OF REcTITUEE.-A clergyman in
a recent sermon said the path of recttude had
been Travelled so little Of late years tn it il id
completely run to grass. "Why amt hay
cheaper then?' solilOquized Digby.
The Republicans of Minnesota are figuring
their majority on the State ticket at $500,
against 5000 two years ago. The negro suf-
frage amendment is admitted to be lost.
The litigation between the Browning, Mos
cow and Ophir Silver Mining Companies, in
California, has been settled by compromise, af-
ter, it is said, having expended nearly million
Of dollars in law suits.
A Philadelphia correspondent says that the
little Irish song, Beautiful Lizzie Is creating
quite a furore in that city, as it is sung all
round the streets, and in all the music halls.
The music and words of this song are by
reporter Of prominent New York Journal.
The modest Barnum is in Washington with
a petition, asking the President TO issue a cir
cular TO our foreign ministers and consuls re-
quiring them TO forward curiosities and objects
Of natural history to his museum, on the
ground that portion Of 1t is to be free TO the
public.
The recent earthquake at San Francisco was
attended by some Odd incidents. In the Bank
| Exchange building, a gentleman who was
playing at billiards stepped to the rack 10 select
cue, and was seen no more until the shock
was over, when he was found lying at the bot
tom OF the stairs with two billiard cues grasped
| tightly in his hands, and the points Of both
protruding through the window pane.
| A letter, says an exchange, lately passed
through the Post Office having the following
1 address For the use of my cusin billy, who
7 Is doctor W nltesldes laDrletare sum Whar in
Ayr, carrot by Barry Ocalagan. coptoin O. the
/ prig an the Jessey, from kirkcumbric to the
Neuton .. Stewart. Please turn overv What
/ follows was written on the sealed side Of the
/ letter Thunder and turf Billy, did not my
dull head forget to tell you that jude was after
+ going to be marrit yesterday"
/ ARREST OF SUPPOSED MURDERER.-A
man named VIM. Wade was this morning adj
pretended and lodged in the Jail of this county,
/ charged with the murder Of man named VIII
liam Rhodes, whose body was found in the
Sangamon river, near this city, about two
weeks ago. The murder is supposed to have
been committed about four weeks since, and
circumstances point very distinctly to the ac-
cused as the murderer.-.St. Louis Democrat,
| Noe. IL.
COTTON GROWING IN THE SOUTH.-It is the
general opinion Of those who have the best OPP
| portunity of judging correctly, that the high
prices Of cotton will cause the most energetic
efforts to be made for its production next year.
4 great many obstacles now existing will dis
appear in part by the coming spring, among
them the labor trouble, and estimates Of pro-
duction made at present cannot, therefore, be
in any respect relied upon, they are mani
festly not based on the idea Of improving cir
cumstances.