The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-07-18
Personal and Literary.

HENRY W. LoNGFELLow's income for the
present year is put down in the assessors list
at $12, S67.
HEAD CENrRE STEPHENS has postponed
his proposed tour through the United States
indefinitely.
THE salary of the Superintendent Of
"Colt's Patent Fire Arms Company" Hart
ford, is Sic, 900 per annum, while the salary
Of the Governor of the State is $1,000.
The PRINCE IMPERIAL of France has
asked his father to allow him to learn the
art Of printing. A miniature press has &C
ccordingly been fitted up in his apartments.
GEN. JosEpH E. JOHNSON has positively
accepted the Presidency Of the Alabama
and Tennessee River railroad. He arrived
in Selma . few days ago, and will make that
his future home.
QUEEN EMMA of the Sandwich Islands re-
Gently appeared at an evening party given
by the Emperor Napoleon. She wore q
robe of white satin with train, and q dia-
dem of diamonds.
J. C. BREcKINRIpaE is residing in the
town Of Niagara, G. w., just across the riv-
er, where he has fine view Of the United
States territority. He expresses the opinion
that everything will come out right"
Ex-LIEuT. NICHOLAS. Of the Navy, has
been twice arrested as the supposed robber
of the Bowdoinham (Me.) bank, ON account
of his resemblance to the description given
by the family Of the cashier of the leader Of
the gang.
AT the the celebration Of the Fourth at
Philadelphis, Maj. Gen. Meade was pre-
scented by the Union League Of that city
with gold medal The medal is composed
Of the finest Of gold, and weighs one pound
and half. On the diverse side is finely
executed head Of the hero Of Gettysburg.
A HARTFORD woman, wife Of q modest
mechanic, Eli Walker, has fallen heir to the
immense fortune of thirty five millions Of
dollars by the death Of some relative in
England. Ex-Governor T. A. Seymour has
been employed to investigate the case, and
the result is that documents have been re-
ceived which show beyond question that
she will come in possession Of this immense
property.
THOMAS BUCHANAN READ, the poet, is in
trouble. Mr. Handy concluded last week
not to have an Art Gallery in his new Opera
House, rs he had become tired Of the SQUAD
bles among the artists. MIR. Read thereup-
on wrote some rose-colored letters, letting
the art failure down in gorgeous tints, and
to one Of the letters he signed Mr. Handy's
name. The latter on finding the letter in
print. published a card repudia,ing it, and
declaring it = forgery. Read rejoins that
it contained the gist Of conversation lie
had hal with Mr.. Handy, and that in writ
ing the letter and signing Mr. Handy's
name he had only taken poetic Incense
A LONDON letter says: "Queen Victoria
is never cheered when she visits London
now days. The remark is, that .the PEG.
pie have forgotten how to cheer She fire.
quently visits town, but her carriages are
permitted to pass in silence The people
are either alienated or chilled in their feel.
ings toward her. On her birthday, q few
days since, was struck with the faintness
and stinginess Of the illumination, She
does many eccentric things to which allu-
sion is made in the papers in very covert
and yelled manner. For instance, The Star
for juno 4th refers to the Queens recent
visit to the Duke and Duchess Of Sutherland
at Cliefden: The visit 10 CliefdeR was. il
is stated, . sudden inspiration, and unex-
peoted by the luke and Duchess, who had
invited party 10 stay there during the
races"