The Indianapolis daily herald., 1865-12-13
PALABEAs CARINOsAs.

GOod-nlght! nave 10 say good night
To such host of peerless thingsl
Goodnight unto that fragile hand
All queenly with its weight Of rings;
Goodnight TO fond, uplifted eyes,
Goodnight to chestnut braids Of hair,
Goodnight unto the perfect mouth,
And all the sweetness nestled there
The snowy hand detains me. then
I'll have to say goodnight again.
But there will come 4 time my love.
When, if read our stars Alright,
! shall not finger by this porch
With my adieuS. I'll then, goodnight.
You wish the time were now! And
You do not blush TO wish il so.
You would have blushed yourself To death
To own 80 much year ago.
What, both these snowy hands. ali, then,
I'll have to say good night again
some Of our religious exchanges tell story
about a woman being relieved from speeches.
grief by hymn. We have known number
of the to be strongly affected and greatly
benefited by hims before this.
one Of the secrets 10 which may be ascribed
the extraordinary bodily health Of the late
Lord PamerstOn, even To extreme old age, il.
that, whether late or early, when he escaped
from state affairs, he always insisted upon Civ
ing himself seven and half hours good sleep.
If he could not get away from home till four
o'clock 4. NJ, he babe his servants leave him
undisturbed till noon.
4 meeting has been held IN Paris to provide
the emanclpated American negroes with trou-
Sers at tive francs pair. One thousand francs
Were raised-that is, two hundred trousers,
which viii go long way by being sent to
America. Ladies are especially invited 10 sub
scribe for this truly philanthropic purpose. In
and, though not gcnteel, if they are asked,
would prefer to go without breeches and have
quartern loaves.
Herr Tick, chemist of Hamburg has re-
Gently discovered traces Of copper. and in some
cases, Of lead, IN the remains of animals. He
found copper and lead in human flesh, and
copper in the intestines of beasts Of prey, in
beef in poultry. in hens eggs, in fish, in erus-
tacea. insects. spiders and snails.
During the year ending the 30th of June
last. 46j.OO0.0OO letters passed through the
United states mails, at cost to the writers Of
Sl3.9S6.}50 -. The average is twenty letters
for every inhabitant.
Josh Billings. says that - if man Processes
TO serve the Lord, he likes TO see him do it
when he measures onions as well as when he
hollers glory halleluyers.'
new sect has lately sprung up in Berlin,
Prussia, the - Bognates." They have estab-
lished a magazine bearing the following motto:
Our knowledge L. our faith; our dignity j.
our morality; our worship is life; and our reli-
gion is-our secret 1t seems to be a kind of
mental, moral and religious a. free and easy
The captured blockade runner. Lady Ster-
ling, was splendidly fitted up last spring at
New York, a a Presidents yacht. and was
christened the Hornet But Mr.. JOhnSons re-
publican ideas have prompted him 10 decline
this expensive and illegal luxury. so the Hor-
net j. To be sent TO New York and sold at auc-
ton.
Baron ROthschld once complained to Lord
Brougham Of the hardship Of not being allow
ed 10 take his seat in Parliament. You
know" said he. was the choice Of the peO-
pie" To which the exclamation. with his
usual elasticity, replied, :" so was Barrab-
bas."
An extensive post office robbery has just
been detected in Baltimore, and the criminal
arrested. He proves 10 be carrier named
John Sturgi>s. The robberies have been go
Ing on for several months.
The Portsmouth Chronicle very generously
Oilers t. publish. free of charge, obituary no.
tees OF all highwaymen and garrOters killed
while plying their vocation.
\ female pickpocket was arrested at the ca
thedral. in Newark. New Jersey, on sunday
last. When arrested she dropped eight pocket
books, each containing a considerable amount
Of money.
There was a lively negro riot i'm Philadel-
phia. in which about 300 sable citizens as
serted" themselves in a brisk demonstration
upon IA small white boy. who had assaulted "A
drunken wcnch. The mob was made up
largely Of the members OF negro regiment
now enjoying high life i'm the Quaker City.
The police became metldlesOme and several
>ambo> suffered severely.
The history Of Mexico shows that during
the last forty years Mexico has had thirty
seven different forms Of Government thirty
two II which were republics and seventy
five Presidents. It, revolutions during that
time have amounted 10 over two hundred.
Many wears sine, Mexican protectorate WAS
urged upon the United states Senate by Gen.
Houston. upon the ground that the Mexican
people otherwise would fall a prey To some
European power. The project was condemned
and abandoned. But perhaps in view Of the
past and present il would have been well.