The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-28
Vail Gleanings.

Wymans American cigar-shaped ship has
been made the model for another steamer just
launched at IIa,re.
Brigynd- in Seryia lately hayed one Of their
captiyes alive. a. hint 10 the others to hurry
up their ransom..
Thirty-four thousand cattle have already
persisted in England by the cattle plague, and
eight thousand in Holland
Mr.. Peter Ormeod. a Manchester cotton spin
ner. has taken upon himself the task of repair
Ing his parish church at the cost of Sl5O,OOO.
snow lies i'm the neighborhood of Virginia.
Nevada, to the depth Of three fect>
Arkansas planter. are seeking field hands in
Georgia, and Offering large pay n the laborers
Of both sexes.
The total revenue from the tax .on chewing
tobacco for the last three years is nearly eigh-
teen millions Of dollars.
France has now seventeen large commercial
steamers running between Europe and the
American continent and her colonies.
At late public ball in Vienna. an officer be-
came entangled by the crinolne OF his partner,
and, falling, brose one of his legs; the lady,
rolling over him in her turn. fell on the other
leg and fractured II likewise.
A Washington correspondent writes that he
has discovered. in looking about the Capitol.
the sofa on which John Quincy Adams died,
and suggests that il ought to be in the possess
sion Of Massachusetts,.
Accounts from Arizona represent that min
ING operations are almost at "A stand still on
account of the hostility Of the Indians, who
swarm around the settlements.
1t is said General Gideon J. Pillow is build
ing large school house and providing teach
ers for his former slaves. He owned quite a
large number-sOme two or three hundred. we
believe.
There was a serious rebellion I'm district
school in kittery, Maine. the other day, three
of the scholars nearly killing their teacher by
beating him with stone. one of them has
been arrested.
Mrs. Milne lady who. with fortune Of
$4,000, married the son Of n respectable Man.
chester lawyer, In March, 1864, was horse
whipped by him IN the public road within SIN
months Of her marriage. This was only one of
+ the cruelties. She has obtained legal separa-
+ tiOn in the Divorce Court.
/ A grocer in New Haven. i'm moving am old
counter, recently, found two mice nests made
entirely of bank bills and fractional currency.
On pulling them 10 pieces sixty or seventy
long-missing dollars turncdup. All the bills
were more or less mutilated hut some fifteen
/ or twenty dollars worth were saved.
The Quebec NeirS says: 4" We learn that a
considerable number Of letters containing re-
mittances for the United >tgtes have recently
miscarred II j. believed that they have been
stolen in the United States. for registered let
ters have been traced a. far n the lines. Reg
lost"
The waterfall j. said to have originated
in this way: While Noah was in the Ark for
forty DAYS and nights IL was darker and more
rainy even than il i here to-day. and Mrs.
Noah and the rest Of them not being able 70
comb their hair, presented an unusual object
In the head gear line. and she and the other
women were continually run tjoAed at. You
know by the balance Of the crew. Mrs.
Noah's untailing reply was "wait till the
water falls" and n such the style was known.
" hen the Ark struck ground. shc put her
head c.; 4 the door, and such head and
exclaimed AZ the top Of her voice. -" l. ia (,
Ar-y-ratF' And the impression was. and j. O.
this day. that IL was very much like it.-Mqd.
iS3R Courier.
The great Irish reform-orstor. Daniel O'Con-
mel. once undertook. on a wager. 10 out-black-
guard an old huckster woman. who was no.
touous Tor her powers Of ,ituperation. The
old woman kept neck and neck with Daniel
for a long time. hen az last her vocabulary
gave ont, aud the orator utterly squelched the
old lady with the following finale
While have tongue I'll abuse YOU, most
inimitable periphery. Look At her. boys.
Their she Stands-a convicted per,licular i'm
petticoats There's contamination in her cir.
cumitrence. aud she trcmhlcs down 10 the ex-
tremiies Of her earollarics. All, YOU are found
ont 10 last. YEN rcctiliueal anteccdcnt and cQu.
angular OLD hag. lis YOU the devil will IN
away with, You p0rter-swigging simihtude q
the dissection of vortex.
TO THE TERRESTRIAL GLoRF NJ A MIsERA
Biz wRETCH.
Roll on. thou ball. roll ON
Through pathless realms II space
Roll on
What though I'm in a sorry casey
What though | can not meet my bills
What though suiler toothache's illsf
Whist though swallow countless pills.
Never YOU mind.
Roll on,
IN on. thoh ball. rpll on.
Through seas az iuky air
Roll on.
L. true I've pot no shirt 70 ven
IT. true nv butchers bill i due;
IL. true mt prospect. all look blue
But don't let that uusettle YOU
NeNer you mind.
Roll On.
II roll, on
>lit has been brought against the Amer
can Dispatch and American Express Compa
nies Toy various firms IN Chicago q recover IN
sum . ~lo.neo-lo>ses sustained hy the nre u
Detroit ffw months ago. Of the Michigan
central Railroad Depot The goods were II
transit O. the depot. caught nre by violation
- the rules n the Railroad Company, In r.
gafd y The carry ing u combustible materials
samqel l.. Ginert. q VI ueiuIa CIV. idaho
Wa recehflNrohhed near ralmy "a on the Hani
bal and =. joseph Railroad. u CARPET ba,
containing sls.eoo In gold dust. II was stolel
by a brakeman named McNulty. who wa. Ar
! rested al Hannibal and the dust recoy erei,