The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-08-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

on the 18th inst, on taking the pre-
scribed oath that he had not borne
arms against the United States. hi1
Only seventeen hundred deserters
ayailed themselves of Presidents Lin
coins offer of pardon. ie The thousands
who are still at large are liable to arrest
and punishment. ,aa sfo a n |
An " Alpine Club", has been estab-
lished in China. Its first meeting. was
held OIL the summit Of o mountain 81
900 feet high. ~ hff ,aniu.9Q 9ort
The White House, at Washington,
was damaged, by the storm Oh Satur-
day, to the extent Of $4,000. -
The population in Newbern, North |
Carolina, which before the war;, was
only 5000, is now about 10000, ma
king it the largest city in the State.
Theicitizens of Indianapolis, owing
to the rapid increase of crime in that
city, are discussing the question OF q
vigilance Committee. W anli ob
The gold and silver coinage of the
San Francisco mint, during the fiscal
year Just ended, is equal to fifteen mil
lions of dollars. s9if
A Texas paper says: Thirty years
ago tailor in Greenville, Tenn, made
the first coat our eldest brother ever
wore, and now that same tailor is the
President of the United States. Sure
lly, tall oaks from little acorns grow!
Mr.. Barnum asked tho advice of his
!, friends as to continuing in business aft
ter his Museum was burned. Among
others he asked Horace Greely, who
replied, "Take the rest of your life
, easy; GO fishing. I've been wanting
/ to 60 fishing for thirty years, and have
f not had a chance yet" z 9
a The history of the war has yet 10 be
4 read in the South. Several intelligent
S Southern men are now at Washington
$ who never saw Northern paper for
! two years, and never heard such items
G of news as the attempt to burn the no
= tells in New York, until after their ar
d rival at Fortress Monroe. rs
There was good deal of excitement
in Richmond drug store lately when
from report that in barrel shipped
from Philadelphia and was supposed
u. to contain oil, human body, half O
= which had become q liquid mass, wa
VI fouud. The body was that OF Lynn Z
- DOYLE, of Philadelphia, but nothin!
~ further is stated about the horrible a.
fair.-[ Linseed oil:
" WILLIAM B. AsToR rates his incom
nc at four thousand three hundred an
'el thirty dollars per diem. Sleeping O
. waking this gentleman finds thre
,n dollar bill dropping into his hat ever
no minute of the twenty-four hours. IL
70 cannot sit down to talk with his phys
no clan without having little more wealth
-, II not health; he cannot unburden n
~ mind for ten minutes without feelin
rs the burden increasing in his pocke
of and he cannot walk Broadway, VIVA
If ever the weather may be- witho'
pt. meeting shower of money.
va At Nashville Tennessee, on the ev
pa ming Of the 26th instant, B. IL. Payn
in of the firm of Payne, James & &c
", shot Captain Shadrach Allen, instant
he killing him. Payne got Q divorce iro
eff. hi. wife last winter on account OF n
having had illicit intercourse with =
y len. and at that time swore he wou
"a. kill her seducer. Payne is in custod
are GEN. SCOTT says that people thu
pa he is proud and pompous simply =
ith cause he is tall and erect. 10 arece
ry. caller, who expressed surprise at
ort affability, he remarked, SIR 1t II
J to been 'the misfortune of my life to-
'ur- ak feet four inches high, and to have
We straight spine. Had l been .roui
8 of shouldered, or had hump on my bat
no It would have relieved the odium to
the public eye" ea31s DIE -sJo
oon The Richmond Wig Of Mopd
'ieu saws that the State Seal OF tlrgiI
ana has been materially altered by the n
icai icac State Government. The device is
OF same but the words. :" Liberty n
s'es !. Union now appear above the Godd
iea: i: of Liberty, trampling upon the pr
.PP' trate form Of tyranny.
ana. A late number Of the Houston 'F'
An graph says: -"To those looking
With new homes we would say come t
der. way, land is cheap; labor is yaluab
wer. all professions and occupations arc
ionni demand. WE want net only tarm'
reat but mechanics of all Kinds. We W
,ippi rough labor, skilled labor, educated
row bor. human labor, horse labor, and
ton, chine labor. a genial climate and
/ his ductiye soil invite occupation. \
after is the time to come and Iaake yC
yinal selves at home" o.
ther By the census Of 1860, the bl
ssist population exceeded the white il
cuPy counties out Of So in Alabama, \
Pie,e counties of 55 in Arkansas, in &C
East, ties of 2l in Florida, in 43 countie
,rmy l32 in Georgia.. in 33 counties OF
rus in Louisiana, in counues of. 2
2li n Maryland, in 2l counties of 60 in !
sissippi, in 20 counties Of 81 in n
great Carolina, in 90 counties Of 80 in Sc
! ter Carolina, in 8 counties OF rs in !
the nessee, in IS counties of Isl in TIE
Ne. and in A counties of l4s in Vrg'
tract A Boston editor says: The day
silver result of the trial of Mary Harris
thont announced, the following interes
'eith- conversation was overheard !"
an be ric, dear, will yon please to len,
ppor. your revolyerp I fear George will
,cs of be true to his promise tonight
, will WHY, Emma, Tm'so. sorry! I've
81 lent my revolver to Mary, as she
!, and found a beau with ever so much !
ehold ,oonox, than Alfred: but, dear,