The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-18
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MiseeIIanea.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue!
has decided that lease of right of way
70 q railroad company is held to be 8 con-
veysnce treal estate, and as such is sub
ject to stamp duty.
The interest on the national debt of the
United States is equal to three dollars for
each of the inhabitants. The interest on
the debt of England IS equal to four dollars
for every subject Of the crown
General Shermsn's nbummersD wers
death on digging for hidden treasures.
Different squads Of them dugup q newly
buried mule six times in quick succession;
and the poor critter was not allowed to rest
until his head and ears were left above
ground IS q sample Of the kind of treasure
below.
George D. Reed, the holder of a fres
ticket hss received $4,000 from the Illinois
Central Rsilroad Compary, for damages
sustained by him in consequence of sn scei-
dent to the train on which he was riding.
George Francis Train delivered lecture
in Philsdelphis, last Friday night, on the
character of Abraham Lincoln, in the
course of which he expressed MS regret
sincerely and unfeignedly, that he had
ever, even sstiricslly, said anything against
that great and pure man. he, the speaker,
challenged any man 70 flud blemish in
his character since he left Kentucky.
A strange sort Of person, named Sophia
Gibonse, died few dsys ago at Cambridge,
in Guernsey county, Ohio. 1t was always
supposed that the person In question was
q female and for twenty-five years the
public remained in ignorance of the fact
that the would be-womsn was, in reslity,
man. Not until after death, was the de-
eeption discovered. During ali that time
the man had dressed as 3 woman, sssoeisted
with women, and had been employed as
such in doing all sorts ofrough housewOrk,
from place to place
Over eight thousand steam engines are
now employed In pumping oil in Pennsyl-
vanis, and Oil City, which four years ago
contained one hundred inhabitants, now
has population Of about ten thousand.
Soma citizens of Troy q few days sgo
forwarded to General Grant present that
will take his fancy" 1t is box of cigars
owe hundred in number, Of the finest brand,
aud costing one hundred dollars. Each ci-
gar has q paper holder, and the box itself
iS got up sTegsrdless Of expense"
An unsophisiested countryman, the
other dsy, coming to Washington, saw q
military officer, followed at respectful
distance by two Orderli,s, in full galloP.
"Good graoious2' said he, "hsv'n't they
caught him yet 81 1 was in about three
weeks ago, and they was q runnin' after
him then"
Somebody sent President Lincoln two
enormous turkeys last winter, and when
notified of the gift Mr.. Lincoln said he
hoped they were not sent alive, or he would
never get dinner from either Of them
for at Thanksgiving some one sent him
live turkey for the occasion, and Tad en-
tered such 8 vehement protest against ring
ing his neck, that the idss Of eating him
was abandoned. The little fellow declared
that the turkey had as good right to live
Is anybody, and the psmpered gobbler re-
mained in the Presidents grounds.
A CuriOus Case of sOmnambuIism-
One Of the most remarkable csses on
record is related by one of the Arch bish-
obs of Bordeaux in the (EaeIopsdie) Meth
odique. 1t was concerning q young priest
in the Catholic seminary, who used to rise
in his sleep and write sermons. Having
written q page he would read it aloud and
make corrections. 81 have seer" says the
Archbishop, "the beginning Of one Of his
sermons which he had written when asleep.
1t was well composed, but one of the cor
1 rectiens surprised me. Having written st
first the words ce diUin eRfaat he had sf-
/ harvard defaced the word diUin and had
written over it adorable Then pereeiving
| that &c should not not stand before the last
word, he had dexterously inserted t, so s.
/ to make the word cst" He continued to
write although card was held between
his eyes and the paper.
Did the history stop here we should have
a well authenticated case Of vision without
the aid Of eyes. But tie collateral eircum-
| stances show that this writing was sceom-
plished not by sight, but by smost accurate
mental representation Of the subject to be
attained. as will be further illustrated IN
onr next case. For after he had written 3
mage recurring correction, 3 piece Of blank
naDsr of the exact size WAS substituted for
his own manuscript; on that he made the
corrections in the precise situation which
thew would have occupied on the original
page. A very astonishing part Of this re-
poSt is that which relates to his writing
music in his sleeping state, with, it is said
perfect precision. He asked for certain
things, and saw and heard such things, but
only such things ss bore directly upon the
current Of his thoughts. he detected the
deceit when water was given him instead
of brandy, which hehsd asked for. Final
", he knew nothing Of all that bad tran
spired when he aYoke, but in the mex
psroxysn he remembered all accurately
, and so lived sort Of double life, pne
nomenon which we believe to be usual L
all the cases Of exalted somnsmbulism.