The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


rather in contrast with the Saratoga of our
times. He says:-
I'VE mounted our horses one diy and rode seven
or eight miles throu2h the pine forest wi It's de-
IphttuI fragrance aud arrived at place whore they
said there were some mil eral SPRINGS There was
not even village, put only two or tree log houses
cvu, and provided hay Ior our horses and for our.
serves bacon and eggs They pioted us into morass
were nature was unsubdued, and step ping i0uslv
from bog to boy, we soon arrived at a sorng which
they called the Congress SPRING wAich tasted a. 1t
does now"
An aucioneer selling a library, and not
being well oosted on books scanned the titles,
trusted 10 luck, and went ahead "Herc you
have Bunyans 'Pllertms Progress;' how much
m offered tor it? How much do hear tor the
Pilgrims Progress by John Buuyan? "Tis a
frst-rate book, gentlemen, with six superi n
illustrations; how much do / hear? All about
tho Pilgrims by John Bunyan. Tell where
they come from, an where thev land an what
they done alter they landed. Here's a picture
of one OF them goin about Plymouth peddlin'
with pack on his back"
Some one who has been to see 1Mss Augusta
j. Evans says:'She lives about four miles from
Mobile, in modest, unpretendlug cottage; yet
evidences OF taste and refinement are every
where visible. We were agreeably disappointed
In her appearance aud manners. She IL easv and
cordial in her manners, with mirth-loving disDo-
sition, and entirely devoid of pedantry or osten-
tation. We were told by leading publisher that
she has still unwearied assiduity, and is now
engaged on neW novel, which will be ready for
publication in the fall"
-Elmore A. Studley, clerk in the post Office at
New Bedford, Mass, for the past two years, has
been arrested. charged with robbing the mails.
He confessed his guilt. He began bv stealing
letters mailed in that city to managers Of various
lotert and gilt enterprises, thinking, as he
said, that he might as well have the money as
the New York sharpers.
Professor Agassiz says that the strip OF
highlands which divide the waters flowing
into the st. Lawrence from those flowing into
the Atlantic" is the oldest land in the world.
1t was once a lonely sea beach, washed by a
universal ocean. ....,.....
There are lots of vivandieres among the
Garibaldini, who dress in baggy trousers, short
green skirts, and one OF the red cGmiCie fastened
round the middle with a belt; also iaunty
little red cap with long tassel, the hair being
Knitted up quite short.
The remains of General Ashby are 10 be re.
moved from Charlottesville, Va. where they now
lie unmarked, to a place in the ''Stone wall
Cemetery" The ladies of Warrenton have in
contemplation fair, the proceeds OF which are
to be appropriated to this pupose.
The Grand Duke, heir.a pparen Mt to the Rus
sian crown. has gone to Copenhagen to pay his
court to the Princess Dagmar. He is to marry
her. It is said he Is desperately in love with the
beautiful daughter of Prince Neeherski, head of
the Russian Church.
The French Admiral Lucien de la Gravere
who was thrown out OF his carriage the other
day and broke his colar-bone, is in great
danger. The Emperor has sent him the cele-
brated surgeon Nelaton.
Colonel Sykes, the member of Parliament
for Aberdeen, made inq ulries the other night in
the House OF Lords, relating to the murder of
"the American Consul, and f0nr other hUrO-
pcQns." in China. .....
The beauty OF Mrs. Ritchie daughter of
the late General Wadsworth, produced such an
impression upon the Prince OF Wales, at recent
party, that he danced with her twice during the
evening.
DIR. Franklin, speaking of education, says:
-"If a man emptes his purse into his head,
no man can take it away from him. An in
| vestment in knowledge always pays the best
| interest"
The Smith family have had 40 members in
| Congress, while the JOhnsons number 20, the
| Browns 26, the Whites %, the Thompsons 81,
| the Joneses 20 the Wilson's 30 the Millers 49, the
Moores l8, and the Taylors l5.
On the 1st of January 1867, the Colorado, a
| pioneer of new line between San Francisco
! and China. will commence her trips, and every
arrival will bring from 1000 to 1900 Cinnamon to
the former point.
Upon a beam of one of the houses near
Notre Dame, Paris, the follow wing inscription
was found:-"I was placed here in the year
l45O, and was 900 years old when they took me
from the torest.n
Mr. Harvey Burden, of Troy, returns an in.
come of $l76,795. Mr.. John A. Girls void re-
turns $l59,6 and Mr.. j. F. Wlnslow returns
$l23, 668.
-Batty, who was set upon by the IonD, and
nearly made meal OF, is well again, to the dis.
under to their master again.
"A London writer saws Miss Evans George
Eliot) is lady of forty years, plain in feature
with face suggestive of intellectual power,
calm strength, and amiability of disposition.
The authoress of "Felix Holt" received
800, 900 for her book, and has gone to Germany
to escape the temptation of reading annoying
criticisms upon the work.
General Thomas Lane has written a letter
positively declining to be a candidate for Con:
gress in opposition to Glenni w. Scofeld of
the Nineteenth District.
has to surrender one-tenth OF his property for
iCs support.
The French Emperor has purchased Corots
picture OF Solitude" exhibited this year. He
gave $4,000 francs for it,
The Geographical Society of Paris have lust
awarded their gold medal to Mr.. Clifford Pal
| grave tor his great Arabian journey.
John Stuart Mill pronounces Mr.. Gladstone
| the greatest Parliamentary leader since the time
| OF the Stuarts.
The Crown Prince of Prussia and the Prin-
cess Royal have lust lost their fourth child, in
| the second year of its age.
| Federal General Buell. has been beaten for
| Vice-President OF the Southern Telegraph Com
| pany by Confederate General Buckner.
-Rossini has quit his lodgings at the corner OF
the Boulevard des Italians and Rue de la Chause,
tor his summer residence, Passy.
| The wife OF Major General JEFF. G. Davis fell
! over from a steamboat at Louisville. Her hus-
] band Jumped in and saved her
Mr.. George Jordan has been offered an
engagement to travel with MISS Bateman next