Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

A yonng clergyman IN Brooklyn, who was the
po,>csS,r Of land in West Virginia aud Kcrducky,
which has been discovered to be oil land. making
hin, a millionaire has just given s40oO0 % cudow
prolt ,Sorsp Of rhetoric, execution, and pastoral
care ia the Theological Seminary connected with
the Rutgers College, New Jersey.
La a recent trial IL New York of a German f +
Kidnapping q lytc girl four wears old, District Al
tommy Hall stated that in his experience he had
know u Of ycIy many cases in which parenlS had
lost their children in this seanner, and bad never
discovered any trace OF them to this day, MoiwIth-
standing tia, perfection To- which our adN rtisiny,
tclegaphug aud police systems have been brought.
great English dictionary is now ia preparation in
ing land under the auspices OF the Pathological So
ciety II will include every modification of English,
as we'll as Provincial, Scottish Irish, American,
Canadian, Australian, East Indian, &c.
A wealthy citizen ct Rochester, N. Y, proposes
TO furnish lot and SlO0 900 in money, If TIA CAPT
tai is removed To- Rochester, and New York city
oilers To- give lis new court huiSc IN the Park for
State capitol ir the State will move its seat of gov
ermnlent down from Albany. t1.r7 ~ +.
An instance ofunusual muniicence has inst oe-
currcd at Hamburg, \ Jewish chanr Herr
lieur has presented the sum OF 800, 900 marks Tor
the support at the Betty lieine Hospital, which
was built at the expense of his father and takes ITS
name from his mother.
\ letter rroal Madrid, dated 2Gtl ult., says -
Madrid IS 1t the present moment literally Blocked
With snow. The Rlails are all behind hand, and !
do not know wien this letter will reach you. The
letters despatched yesterday did not get iurther
than the Essential.
James Buchanan, late President of the United
States, reports his income, ior the last war, rs
having been eleven thousand one hundred and eleven
dollars. .-t .-ff... 4. u. "a.
American silver is such Il . nuisance" IN Cana
da that the proposal is made to pat discount OF
twenty OF twenty hive per cent Oh 1t to drNet from
circulatlUn. ... j $3.50
A French workman's break fast costs him two and
A hall cents his dinner, including half bottlesoi
wins TEA cents and his Supper about one and
halt cents ff.,sr .....t f
A Young lady OF Troy, who had been Tilted by her
lover rstarRed to her faithess swain his :. carte de
yisite. with both eyes picked out. Vindictiye
young lady OF Troy .. nf.V
Tive of the seiectmen of certain town in
wmdham county, Vt, have sharp "eye to the
main chance" Being authorized to procure men
10 apply to the credit OF the town. they secured
two men at the towns expense, as substitutes for
themselves. ....
1T has been aseoTtsined that of the patrolmer
in Albany has become heir To three miiliOa dollars
WORT, OF property. The evidence ot this was dis
covered in the State Library couple oi days ago hy
Young law student VINO WITS searching the records
for another matter.
The ST. Domingo trouble cost the Spanish trea.
sury two hundred aud eighty millions Of reals.
A case is pending in the New York Supreme
Court in which child was left in pawn or pledge ioI
the pa yment OF debt. la.. -ts..It s,re..
Vanderbilt, the New York millionaire, was ar.
rested and taken the station honse last week FOL
fast driving IN the street.
Gen ID. G.. BueIi has written and published re
ply 10 Gen Shermsn's deleuSe OF Gen. Grant
I AIexandre Dumas will be the guest OF Georg'
Bancroft in New York. s