Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-10-14
Miscellaneous Items.

| Seth kinman, the Rocky Mountain trap
per- has constructed and presented TO fres'
idont johnson "gril4ly chair The ios'
legs. with the feet and claws in perfection,
are thoso of huge grizzly bear, while the
arms are The arms and paws Of another
gri,,lv, tho back md sides are also orna-
menied' with immense clawa. The seat is
! soft and exceedingly couiortabio, but mo
Great feature Of the substitution is that by
4 touching cord, the head OF monster
grizzly bear, with distendel jaws, will dart
| in front from under the seat, swapping and
| gnashing its teeth as natural M life. The
! presentation came off at the White House
| one day last week.
| Generals Stcrling Price, James ). RAINS,
| James McCown, and jeremiah V. Cockrell
| have been sued for damages TO the amount
| Of $4,000 in the Circuit Court OF johnson
county, Missouri, for false Imprisonment
! The plaintiff is Brinkley llorusby, ny Or
der Of publication, the defendants are re-
quired to appear in court on the 10Th oil
! October next, or be subjected to judgment
and the seizure and sale Of their property
through default
The yicksburg Herald mentions tae rc-
turn of Judge J. ". NJ. Harris to that city,
and says The Judge, who held high civil
Office in Richmond under the Government,
! has been pardoned b. the President
The Herald learns that the property OF
| joseph Il. Davis. Esq, elder brother of the
| President of the late Confederate States,
located in Warren county, and the property
of Gen. VIM. T. Martin, of hatcher, Miss.
has been restored 10 them; also, that the
property Of Jacob Thompson and Gen, y. y
| rorres, has mover been touched st all
GEN. LEE.--The Picayune says Gen. Leo
has always cherished az one Of bis highest
and noblost aspirations, the ambition Of
presiding over large institution Of learn
| ing. We all remember the efforts to re-
establish great University for tho South,
at Beersheba Springs, In Tennessee, which
we're stopped, like 20 many other good
things, by the war. 1t seems that Gen. Lee
hsd been chosen through Bishop Folks in
auence, for the Presidency of this institu--
ton, and had accepted the position. 1t vas
through Gen. Lees persuasions that Bishop
Polk became an officer in the Confederate
army.
RECOVERY OF THE STRONG Box OF THE
FRIGATE CuNBERLASD.-We learn that the
strong box of the United States ship Cum
berland, sunk by the ram Virginia, tfamil-
| iarly known as the Merrimac,) in the great
naval engagement at Hampton Roads, was
recovered by the submarine wcrkmen en-
ployed in the work Of raising the hull Of
that ship. The tugs employed in the afore-
said enterprise came up last night, whist
! ling through their steam whistles jubi!ees
at their success. The amounts reported
as recovered are so varied that We forbcar
giving any Of them. That the sum rccoV"
cred is very large, there can be no doubt
Norfolk Dry Book.
KENTUCKY ELEcrIoNs.---The total vote for
Treasurer foots as follows: Garrand, Dem,
AZ, 1877 Ncale, Union, 42,Os2; Garrand' Is ma
jority 105.
The total vote for Members of Congress
foots as follows For the Opposition mem
bers, 57,5O2; for the Union members, Sd, ,0OS;
Opposition majority, 3,49f.
The Senate will stand 10 Union and ~
Oppos ton, und the House Of Representa-
;ives SO Opposition and AZ Union.
A curious case of miscegcnation has re-
Gently occurred in South Carolina. Capt
f. j. Scanlin, of the 18th colored troops,
stationed at Buford, has been tried, convic-
ted and sentenced by court martial to be
dismissed from the service, for cohahitng
with and afterwards marrying colored
woman of bad repute. Sentence has been
affirmed by Gen. Gilmore, commanding the
department, ia general order.
DIAMOND CEMENT.-Take one pound white
! glue, one quart of rain water, three gills
alcohol, four ounces white leadi dissolve the
glue in rain water add the alcohol and dis
solve again; then add the lead; boil hileen
minutes; stir all the time; bottle while hot.
The above is sold as recipe for mending
| wood, leather ETC., to make them as strong
! rs before bioken.
BALTIMORE, Sept. lG.--The Norfolk Post
| says that JEFF Davis was transferred yes
terday from his casemate prison to room
| in Carroll Hall in Fort Monroe. The change
was made necessary owing to his declining
health. Carroll Hall is perhaps the most
comfortable place in the Fort.
On the morning of June l7th, the cannon
! of st. Angelo announced the beginning OF
/ the twentieth year of the reign of Pope
| Plus TX. Only seven of the l5S Popes who
have occupied the chair of St. Peter have
had a greater or an equal duration Of power
A Democratic meeting was held at Spring
| field H. On the Ilth, to indorse the action
of the President in regard to the Mississip--
pi Sharkey Siocum question. General
McClcrnand presided, and was one Of the
speakers.
Government intends publishing the laws
/ Of tho United States steach one Of the cap
itols of the States lately in insurrection-
papers to be selected on recommendation of
/ Provisional Governors, who have, with 9TH
crs, been already notified.
Col. Jack Hays arrived at Guaymas, So
nora, from San Francisco, on the l4th oi
July; he was accompanied by three other
gentlemen, and they we're to start from
] Guaymas for chihuahua, thence to Ari
zona, and back again to Guaynas.
The ladies of New Orleans send their Pc
tition for the release of Dir. Davis TO Bresi'
dent johnson, by the hands Of Ex-Presiden'
/ Burnet, of Texas.
SToSEwAIL JAcKsos's SUCcEssoR.-Gen
/ Custis Lee, son of General II. E. Lee, has
been appointed to succeed General I. j.
jackson as Professor in the Virginia Mil
itsry Institute.
The family of jefferson Davis are at the
Donegana Hotel in Montreal. His Oldest