The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-02-21

The Queen of England is now sovereign
| over, il is said, | continent. 100 peninsnlas,
600 promontores, 900 lakes, 1000 rivers,
and 10000 islands Her subjects number
more than loo,ooo,000. BY wave Of her
hand, she can summon an army of 100000
soldiers, and u navy of 1000 ships OF war.
But prudent Britannia will not let her wave
her hand
A member Of the national House of Re-
representatives. sent resolution to the Clerks
desk to be read That individual was un
equal to the task, and upon asking the mem
Der to read his own writing, the worthy
member failed
A Maine paper says if the wells are not
rcpleuishrd by rain soon, the Maine La"
must be repealed, to allow the people some
thing TO drink.
The Muscatinc (lowa) Journal reports
the discovery, by some choppers III that
vicinity, of pillow clevis deeply imbedded
out of sight in an oak tree which was fifteen
inches in diameter.
Donald Mckay, the distinguished ship
builder, of East Boston, has lately returned
from Europe, where he Thoroughly inspect
ed the iron-clad nnvics Of France and Eng
land. He says that our Navy Department
has constructed, built, and equipped since
1861, an iron clad feet more powerful than
all the iron-clal navics Of the world COM
bined and declares the Dunderbcrg, built
by MIR. Webb, in New York city, to be equal
to all tho French ircn-clads, Of which we
have heard 50 much praise.
Chester b. Churchill, living near Can
ton, H., has buried five children within forty
days. They all died of typhus fever A
sixth child was attacked with the same dis
ease, but is now convalesccnt.
The Church Of the Puritans, Union
Square, New York, Of which Rev. DR.. Chez
vers is pastor, is about TO be sold, and the
congregation intend to move further up
town.
Old wall paper, several layers think,
gets blamed for numerous eases of typhoid
fever at Rochester. That is what makes
the White House unhealthy; paper which
was laid in Madison's time was lately strip
ped off.
A burglar stole $1,000 worth Of ewelry
from Nathan Matthew's house in New York,
the other night; and $4,000 reward was
offered for its return. The thief wrote u
polite note 10 Mr.. Matthews, accepting the
terms and arranging the details Of the ex
change, which were scrupulously carried
out, no questions being asked.
Since the census Of 1850. the population
Of Rome has increased 10000 The city
has now POI, 1888 inhabitants. 2,36S of whom
are cardinals. bishops and priests, 2,736
monks, and 2,ll7 nuns.
There are in San Francisco. according
to the directory, 10000 inhabitants. OF
these. there are $40 lawyers, IS apothccaries
4 u, 80
Offices, Leg liquor shops, and 30 breweries.
A letter was received at the Executive
Mansion a day or two since, from Mchig gan,
directed to President johnson, OF which the
following is literal copy, the name Of the
writer only being suppressed
DCrLAS Jan so.he, &C.
Mn. PRESIDENT
want to ask small favor from your ex-lsncy when
yon hang Jpf Davis please send his glass eye for
marble flr there ant union hoy In Michigan better
untitled to t.... and will remain your anccioaate
fiiend. PHI.
Moses Heard, of South Thomaston, Me,
is "A years Of age, has not drank drop of
liquor since he was three years old, and has
risen before the sun every morning for forty
years.
a breach of promise suit was tried in
Wilkesbarre, Pa, recently, which attracted
much attention. The plaintiff was an at
tractiye lady, % years of age, named Brad
ley, and the defendant q well-todo widowcr
of 62 years. named Reynolds The jury
gave verdict in favor of the lady for S24,-
O0O the whole amount claimed
| The number Of steamboats, lost in the
| western ana southwestern rivers since De-
| cember 18th last is twenty five, valued at
81, 100000.
/
There are thirty-three Senator's in Wis
consin and thirty employees. A motion was
recently made to hire three more employees,
SO that each Senator can have one.
"A prisoner recently escaped from Sing
Sing by putting on citizens clothes, coolly
appropriating u team in the prison yard, and
driving through the gate.
A man named Roy, lO2 years Of age, was
| chopping wood, last week, near Watertown
junction, Wis, by way of recreation.
! The London Times mentions romance
of Colney Hatch Asylum. Some years ago,
there were in Colney Hatch young man
| and young woman, who made each other 5
acquaintance at one Of the monthly balls
| given for the amusement of the inmates
Mad though they were, they carried on an
innocent courtship, and, despite the vigilance
of the officials, managed written CORES
| pondence. Both recovered after their dis
charge, having renewed their courtship,
married happily. So far as is known at the
asylum, neither has had q relapse of in
sanity.
Two hundred and eleven millions one
hundred and twenty-five thousand five hun
bred and twenty -nine dollars and seventeen
cents were collected by the Internal Reye-
nue. Bureau in the fiscal year ending juno
30, 1865. This amount was contributed by
the various States as follows: Maine, 81
400, 367. IL; New Hampshire, So, iH, 917 y;
Vermont, $773, 65827; Massachusetts. $23.-
$50, 866.96; Rhode Island, $3,9iG, S56. 68:
Connecticut, $1,000, 998.84; New York,
$48, SAC, $1,000; New Jersey, $7,157, O12 80;
Pennsylvania, ST., 8l1 ,537 60; Delaware,
S7G5, 268 ID; Maryland, 81, 96G, OS5 SO; Vir-
ginia, $2l9,833.3 West Virginia, $685.
27G.51; Kentucky, $4,591, 1862; Tenncs-
see, ST SIG, 967.73 Louisiana, $l,6l6, 1885,
| "a; Ohio, SIS, 296, 1913. Al; Indiana, 4,571,-
52l.S9; Illinois, $9,l7i,37O.81; Michigan,
! T2,5l1, O25.Ol; Wisconsin, Sits, 200. 10;
Minnesota, $2i5, 949.73; Iowa, 81, sos, ls1.-
"a; Missouri, SIS, 243, $40. 80; Kansas, 5000.
| 573.5 3; California, $3,84O,876 95; Oregon.
$l5S, l9l.l4; Nevada, $3.50, 27S27; Colora
do, $13O,O52. OIL; Nebraska, S56, O5i. SO:
New Mexico, $40, O92 So; Utah, $4l, 525. 90;
Washington, $76,74O.G3; Montana, $780,
O22. 93.
The largest tax from single source was
from manufacturers and productions, ex-
ceeding $lO4,00O,O0O. Cotton and wooden
manufactures each paid about $4,000, 900;
distilled spirits, 10000, 900; tobacco, ST.