The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-04
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ANN, DICKINSON charges $50 a night for
lecuring this win,or.
MADAME kossuru, wife of the celebrated
Hungarian patriot. died on the lst Of Sep
tember. AT Turin, Italy, At the age Of 50.
JOSH BILLINGS says that opera music don t
have any more effect upon him than castor
oil would have upon craven image.
QUEEN VICTORIA is in n towering passion
at an article in the London Times about her
prolonged grief for her husband.
J.. I. BARNuM. has a stalk Of corn in his
field at Bridgeport, which is more than sew
entecn feet high. No humhug.
REv. J. s. G. AnEorr has resigned charge
TO the Howe street church in New Haven
and preached his farewell sermon en- sun
day.
CLARENCE !. PRENTICE thc rebel son Of
George y. has Withdrawn from the Louis-
r,Ws JoRrnai and is about to leave the
country.
REy. DR. HAWKS. of New York, has been
offered $1,000 in gold to preach in Grace
Church, san Francisco hnt $4,000 in cur
rency II New York suits him better.
TuE young King Of Bavaria. now in his
| Goth year, is said to he engaged 10 the intanta
Maria Isabella. daughter Of the Queen OF
Spain. who il in her 18th year
TnE president has recognized Mr.. Louis
hoern. as yice-consul o! Switzerland at
Chicago, for the states Of Wisconsin. Iowa.
AInncs9ia. and the northern part d! Illinois
TIE parents OF narnams flt woman Wis
tied her last week, and were introduced by
The daughter to The giant. giantes4. and the
Gircassian ladies, all OF whom took tea to
/ gcth,r
Mn BANCROFT. The celebrated national
historian, IS Lusiiy engaged nj his country
residence at Newport uton the Sth volume of
bis great work. Mr.. Bancroft is now i'm his
bbih year, and enjoys excellent health
LIrflE CARE,G being down stairs one
evening later han usual. got up in n chair
to look at the canarics Finding them
| asleep, she jumped down and said:
1.-The birds have swallowed their heads.
Dr. MrpD is acting as nurse in the hosp-
tai at the Dry Tortngas; Spangler and
! q Laughiln are on duty :hs carpenters and
and Arnold, who is in bad health is employ
cd in writing for the Provost Marshal.
FIrz-siREESE HALLEck. tho poet. il passing
the evening OF his days at the beautiful sea
side town OF Guiltord, about sixteen miles
cast OF New Haven. He is seventy-tlrce
years Of age, but il still hale hearty and
active.
MEs. WEILANp, of New York had some
slight trouble with her husband who is d
butcher, and walking into his shop, seized a
huge meat knife, and plunget it into her
abdomen. inflicling fatal wound. She
was but -
BELLE Boyp, the notorious rebel woman,
after having been turned out of her London
boarding house, and sold her best dresses.
and pawncd her lcwelry, is ut length driven
to the necessity of making u living as an
actress.
JAMES MONROE, the sixth President Of the
United States, died in New York so poor that
his remains found resting place through
the charity of one Of his friends. They
remain in il cemetery in School street, but no
monument marks the spot where they rcposc.
TIE English people complained that when
Queen Victoria returned from her late visit
10 Germany, the blinds OF the royal carriage.
between Woolwicll and Windsor, were kept
closely drawn, SO that not glimpse Of the
sovereign could be seen. She still wears
! deep mourning.
AMoSG The Egyptian victims Of tho chol-
era, we regret to find the name Of Madame
Psychologist. who had followed her husband
in many of his scientific exploring expedi-
tons. and has resided for years at the foot
OF the Pyramids and in the desert of Sahara
/ BRIGHAM 1oUNG some time since asked the
King OF the Sandwich Islands to permit him
to send Mormon missionaries to The Islands,
To this the Sandwich Islands Secretary of
State replies that the Mormon tenels are sub
ycrsive Of good government, and in violation
Of the laws of the Kingdom. and that efforts
to establish colony of the saints will not
be tolerated
CAPT. CHARLES IT. MARSHALL, an old
and we'll dlnown merchant Of New York,
die. in that city on Saturday He COM
meneed life rs a sailor 4, the age Of is, and
rose by degrees to the command Of a vessel,
and finally the ioint ownership of the we'll
known Black Ball line of Liverpool steam
ers. When he commenced his sea -faring
life, his cash capital was II shillings: at
his death he was one of the wealthiest men
in New York.
GIN GRANT met with m enthusiastic re
cepiion at indianapolis on the 10Th, upon
which occasion he made the longest speech
| OF his life, rs follows: Fellow citizens. Ia
dies and gentlemen: You are well aware that
! am not in the habit of making speeches, and
! am sure you would not want me to begin if
before 50 large number of people rs see
before me to-day. simply say that / thank
you kindly for this handsome reception. and
| will take my seat Loud cheers greeted him
as he sat down.
GAIT. ANDERSON, Of the emigrant shin
Villairanca, which lately arrived in New
York from London, has undergone an exam
nation before United States Commissioner
for legged cruelty to his passengers, and is
held for jury trial ut $4,000 bonds. The
captain is described rs dark visng cd and
repulsiye looking man, and the records Of
i lis crimes as divulged in the testimony, full
y reyises the horrors of the middle passage
The provisions dealt out to the passengers
were scanty, and intolerably bad and there
was not enough water to qucnch their thirst.
while eleven cattle on board had all the wa
Ter they required. One witness testified That
women with starving and thirsty children,
implorel his consideration Of their situa-
tom, but no sworc that he cared nothing for
them When the passengers complained,
the captain threatened TO throw them over
board, and TO hang them. Anderson would
not even allow them TO secure rain water
and little child quenched its thirst by lick
ing the rain-drops which fell on u vessel its
mother was not allowed to use to catch the
] rain.