The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-02-28

FRED. DoUGLAss and George 4. DOWNING.
Of tho colored people I'M -
Washington, appeared in the whito peoples,
gallery Of the Senate the other day. aid
were politely requested by the doorkeerer
to take seats in the colored gallery, but thay
respectively declined to 10 so.
GES GGAST was, on the 23d. Che guest aS
Stewart, the New York merchant prince.
On the 2ith ne went to Washington.
BYRNE, the Irish giant. measured eight
feet and two inches. Cornelius Hogarth,
who died in the year l760, measured seven
feet and eight inches. Edward Malone. m
lrishman, was seven feet and seven inches,
and was nearly equal IN stature and size 10
Daniel Cardanus, thc Swedish giant The
celebrated Dir. Chclsden, the fanl>us anate-
mist, speaks Of skeleton, discovered in p
Roman camp near st. Alhans, and near to
an urn inscribed Marcus Antoninus, whica
he judged to have been eight feet aud four
inches Goliah, OF Gath, the champion Of
the philistiaes, who was slain by David,
measured six cubits and . span, which, ae-
cording to Bishop Cumberland, is eleven
feet English. Maximus, the emperor, was
nine feet high; and. in the reign of Angus
tus, there were said to be many others as
tall
Mn. THURLow WEED, after q residence Of
thirty-fve years in Albany, last week shook
the dust Of that city from his soles and
counts himself no longer a citizen there.
On Friday he sold his residence in Albany
for S12, 600, and on Saturday purchased the
residence Of Richard M. Blatchford, on
Twelfth street, near Fifth avenue, New
York, for $4,000. The two great athletes
of the Albany press for the third Of cen
fury, Mr. Crosswell of the Argus and Weed
of the Journal, are now both residents Of
New York.
| A GENTLEMAN Of Washington, having oc-
casion to pass through Arlington ut dusk on
! Saturday, saw lonely figure standing with
folded arms at the foot Of tree Struck
with the sorrowful attitude of the person,
he walked past him, and saw that it was
Robert L. Lee standing in the street that
passed through the middle Of his own estate.
Mrs. Lee has applied to the President for
restoration of this estate, which has vlrtu-
ally become National Union soldiers GEM
etery. The expectation is general that the
President will order its restoration.
A GOOD story is told Of Rossini, and on
good authority. 1t is said that Adelina
Patti, when she was the last time in Paris,
sang in Rossinis house. The maestro I'M
dertook to correct certain faults in her con-
ception, when the young lady, as It were,
snubbed the old maestro by some remark.
ssVery WE'LL" said Rossini, s'you are
perfectly right, my child. Sing and make
money, and when you have made enough,
come to me and l viii teach you how to
sing The protegc OF Strakosh IS fast
losing ground among musicians.
AN aneedote is related Of the late Rev.
DR.. Mott, President of Union College, which
certainly shows the old gentleman charac-
ter in a more amiable light, although most
| college officers have found it necessary to
treat the young men under their charge
much more vigorously:
1 A junior had rowed' q freshman; not
to put too fine a point on it, they had come
to blows in the chapel under the following
circumstances In the chapel, on one side
of the folding doors, sat the seniors and So
phomores, and on the other the juniors and
freshmen, the juniors sitting on the lower
seats, and the freshmen perched above in
the gallery. After morning prayers the
latter retired, passing down among the seats
of the former, who remained i'll the chapel
to recite the morning lesson.-Certainf fresh
men had acquired an ugly habit of wearing
their hats while passing out OF the ROOM
This was terrible atfront TO the newly &C
CURED junior dignity. and such as stamp
If
him out At length, junior thought him.
self personally aggrieyed By a defiant grim
ace on the face of q freshman, and the lattec
Immediately found himself e2tinguished by
his own beaver.
A report OF the affair came speedily to
the ears OF the doctor, and at evening chapel
the Junior was requested to call on the Pre-
sident say Mt 10 clock next morning. and
the freshman at II. The Junior called aal
an explanation was made. Well, my SON.,
said the doctor with sad countenance,
:. this Is n great breach Of decorum. You
have been pretty good boy until now, aud
l guess you mean to be pretty good boy
stiH. don't YOU" sYes, Doctor yes
(oxpecting Gismissal.) ..Then," with q
smile, you may 90 this time, my son; but
IN future don't you mind those freshmen.
You know what they are The freshman
called at the appointed time, breathing sishs
Of al imo gect6ra, and . similar dialogue oe-
ours and similar advice IS given, but with
this difference My son, l beg of you,
don't mind those juniors. You know What
they are"
It appears that he always addressed the
students collectively as young gentlemen
and individually as ..my SON.
Mr. BAYA1p TAYLoR's new novel is TO be
called THE Story of kennett, and he is
now busy with the proof sheets. The scene
is laid in the authors native town in Penn
sylvania.
THE father Of the fllibuster Walker, :. the
grey-eyed man Of destiny" is now actil !,
as door-keeper Of one of the New York
theatres.
A VERY large and active party is said to
have been developed in Virginia, with the
design Of making the rebel General Robert
E. Lee Governor of that State.
ROBERT Cary, the father Of the roetesses,
Alice and Phoebe, died at his residence, near
Cincinnati, on the 11th. in the seth year Of
his age. He came to Ohio in 1902.
Mas. JULIA G.. TYLER, wife of the late
President Tyler, is engaged in law suit
with her own brother. The case is an APP
4 peal from the decision of the Surrogate of
sRichmond county, before whom the will Of
the nc, her of Mrs. Tyler was entered for
probate. The will was at the time contested
by David L. Gardner, the brother Of Mrs.
Tyler, on the ground that it was made UNI
der influences exercised over her by Mrs.
Tyler. The Surrogate set aside the will,
and Mrs. Tyler is now appealing from his
decision.
A LONDON letter says of Victoria:-" We
have heard anecdotes, but none from sources
which we look upon as thoroughly reliable,
of her Majesty's spiritual communion with
her beloved consort We believe, however.