The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-05-02

Personal and Literary.

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Personal and Literary.
A PAPER has just been started in Texas
with the euphonious title of " Semi Weekly
JimpLccute.
! RAPHAEL SgMMEs, the pirate, recently re-
leased by order OF President Johnson. is a
candidate for Judge Of Probate OF Mobile
county, Ala. r Is. ,,sxy de-
The New York papers record the marriage
on the 10Th inst, Of Mr.. Norman Wizard.
the cannon maker. 70 Miss Mary Carlin, .
sister OF VIM. J Florence.
IT IL stated that Mr.. Charles r. Brown
Tx Artemus Ward) has received an offer of
5000 in gold. and his ordinary expenses,
for lecturing tour in England Of six
| months.
Tho Navy Department has given a medal
to John Rountry. Of Taunton, for risking
his life to ex'inguish fire in the room neat
to the powder msgtzine on the iron clad
steamer Montauk.
spAxoLEs, Mud and O. Laushlin, at last
accounts from the Dry Tor,ugas are taking
their Imprisonment very philosophically,
and have conducted themselves 60 a. To get
released from the heavy irons they have
been wearing. sIE
GEORGE CRUIKsHANK is an cnthusiasiastic
! teetotaler, and took occasion the other day,
when invited to show his remarkable pic
ture, the Worship Of Bacchus, to Her Maj
esty, TO give Queen Victoria regular tenn
perance lecture. Ass
LETTERS received in Boston from Profess
sor Agassiz's expedition report that up to
February he had discovered fourteen hun
dred new species OF fish and other animals
"a number far greater than he had any
reason TO expect
Mr.. WM. G. PETERS. the well-known lnu-
eic-publisher, died suddenly in Cincinnati
on the 2tse. The destruction by the late
Opera House FIRE, Of his immense collection
OF plates, the creation Of which had been
the labor Of HIS life, no doubt FASTENED the
event His catalogue was the most extern
| sive In the West previous to the conlagra-
| ton. Bars sa338 Las
EDWIN FoRRRsT's engagement in Califor-
mia Is for fifty nights, at 81, 900 night.
| The contract is the most extraordinary ever
| made with any actor, either in this or any
other country, for the reason that on arriving
at California, Mr. Forrest is bound to act II
4 he does not feel disposed to do so. while the
management makes it binding upon itself to
/ do its own part. Madame Ponisi, Miss Lii
lie. and Mr.. Mccullough accompany the
tragedian.
The Augusta (Georgia) papers announce
the advent ia that city of Miss Ann Eliza
Leak, who was born in that State withou.
arms. She IL represented as exceedingly
attractive in her personal appearance, and
| as exhibiting the most wonderful dexterity
| in the use OF her feet She writes with hel
| toes much better than most people do with
ehnsn kn- IL H..
! bordering, crocheting, and doing all kinds
Of needlework with astonishing ease anG
rapidly.
The difficult feat Of two men writing
novels, Is Beaumont and Fletcher wrote
plays, and with the success which crown cd
the joint authorship Of those brilliant mast
ers Of our city DRAMA feat never at
tempted, No believe, in England, and bn,
once in this country, when the late G. p. r
James and Mr.. Maunsell 3. Field produced
between them forgotten novel, "Adrian,
or Clouds Of Mind this remarkable feat,
we say. has been, and i'll is being, accom-
plished in France, by two writer's Of repute,
Emile Erckmaun aud Alexandra Cha,r.in
who have written together at least six
novels within the las, four or five years.
SrURGEos, the great pulpit orator Of Eng
land has notoriously drawn y great deal Of
his eloquence from the ID aspiration Of 10 bacco
smoke And bser. His appearance betokens
man inclined to anything but ascetism.
He has shown great pers;stenoy in resisting
the appeals Of resormers With reference t.
the two creature comforts have nsmei A
few years ago, an anti-totacco delegation
waited on him, and laid their good old e,ock
arguments before him. /. When they had
done, Sturgeon replied that he had listened
| atten;ively to their remarks, and this he
would promise them, tina; the very next
pound Of tobacco he got he would burn
it, The committee collapsed. They gave
him over as q fuliginous reprobatc Eph-
rain was joined to his idols and his pipe.
Then the teeto,allvrs have fred their broad
sides into him for ten years; and like an
unconquerable Brton he stood manfully
by his beer barrel. At last. however, Le
has surrendered on the latter point. lie
has sworn of from beer and grog but he
will smoke.