Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-27
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Victor Emanuel Is living near Florence In NOR
ganatic marriage with brilliant court woman
who has log been his companion
A gentleman, in company with his family, sep
ped from the Grand Trunk train at Prescott on
Saturd y, slipped, fell beneaih the traln' anu MS
head was severed from his body.
Hon. Horace Maynard has declined the appoint
ment of Commissioner OF Patents. He still seeks
the late Judge CauOn's place on the supreme
bench.
Secretary McCulloch will, it is said, recommend
| TO Congress a comprehensive scheme Tor fundlng'
and ultimately discharging the public indebted
ness, with as little delay as possible, ana win the
least possible burden upon the people
The m. nument to Wallace at stirling, on the
Scottish Fl inter of England, which has been
bullt in the form Of tower TO the height OF lob
feet, Is now standing unfinished for want OF funds
| 10 complete IT, The materials and working ap-
| paratus upon the grounds are to be sold to pay
| the debts.
The Albert gold medal of the Society of Arts
has been awarded this year to the Emperor oil
| the French for distinguished merit IN promoting
in many ways, BY his personal exertions, the IN,
| ternational pr gress OF arts, manufactures ana
CONNIE ce. The Prince OF Wales, president COM
| municated this decision TO the Emperor, by whom
| it has teen most graclously received.
A Presbyterian church In Edinburgh Is shaped
like fan; at one end il is forty feet in width at
the other, one hundred and sixteen feet wide
The aises radiate from the pul pit which is at the
narrow end Ike the 81 ke of wheel. The seats
are arranged in taiee tiers, one tier being nine
feet above the other.
New York letter, in the Providence Journal
tells Of a clergyman who lost s60,00O OF his own,
and al Of mothers estate, 100000 belonging
to his father inlaw and involved tSo Or three VI
his pariohoners, by stock and gold specula IONS
He wound up by being dismissed fl, m his church,
add is now consigned 10 poverty In "a sequestered
retreat"
General Mcdowell, commanding at San Fran
cisco, has mace public the sentence OF the military
court at that place in the of Hogg and Others,
arrested last year in the Pacific near Panama, by
naval ncers, on charge Of attempting TO capture
the American steamer Labrador, running between
Panama and Central American ports. They were
found guilty and sentenced 10 be hanged but
General Mcdowell has commuted the sentence 70
Imprisonment for life in the cases of the leaders,
and to ten years in the cases ofthe remainder.
A stalwaIt young Irishman, in a nude st ate, a
day or two since, made his entree into the society
Of some yOuLs lad es, who were seated in the
parlor OF Nav York merchants residence, al
Ravens God, L. l., c using much alarm by his
abrupt appea. ance undcr the circumstances. H
refus to leave the pre- ses until he was supplied
with some clothing, which wss promptly fur.
nished from tue wardrobe Of the merchant 1t
has since been ascertained that the visitor had
escaped from Blackwell's Island by swimming.
curious incident ia Paris high life, says the
EpOqEe Ia about to become the subject of q SUIT
for divorce before the Frat Chamber of the Tri.
buual of the Seine. y, ung husband, belonging
to one of the great families of France in order 10
conceal his nightly absence from hone formed
the idea of placing in his bed figure with wax
head made TO resemble him. The arthce sue.
ceeded for q time, but one night the lady ven.
turing = enter he: husbands room and approach
the bed, discovered the trick. Hence the suit Tor
a judicial separit on
The Earl of Winchelsea and nottingham smoked
a cigar in q railway arrag. The station master At
Vauxhall had summons got out, calling the Eailto
appe before Lo udoa NJ gistrate for tne onense.
The Earl didn't obey the summon but sent let.
ter to the chairman Of that railway c,mpany
demanding the instant dismissal of the impu-
dent station master and saying: Il beg you 10 Ub.
serve that the piece Of mpudence involves breach
of the privileges of the House of Lords and that
you, the chairman of the company shall be held
response le for it." Lonion Is now laughing at
the high and mighty Earl, who thinks he can
smoke where common people can't.
It is stated that Prince Napoleon intends going
TO the Dublin Exhibition. He was in Ireland
some years ago, appropos Of which there Is a good
STORY. II is related toat the Mayor of Munster
City, anxious to display his accomplishments be.
fore his to wnsmen, waited with depatation on
the Prince and delivered an address Of welcome in
what he supposed TO be French. 10 his hono the
Prince reply ing in the most fluent and idiom attic
Engiisr, expressed his regret that his ignorance
OF tue Irish language prevented him from being
able to appreciate the no doubt hattering and
kindly sentiments which had just been expressed
by the chief m lg'strate.