Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-24
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


diamond in it.
\ Palmyra (N. W porker, weighing 1850 pounds,
grunts in Barnum's sty.
Maj. Gen. Negley announces himself IA candidate
for congress from the 22nd Pennsylvania district.
Of50,S35 children born in Paris, last year, the
frightuy large number of II ,S6S were Legitimate
That coal will retail in Philadelphia for $50 to 81
a tom next Summer is confidently predicted.
The last Yankee invention is a machine for picking
cotton. 1t is said to be big thing.
There was almost a riot in New Orleans occasoned
by struggles for pieces of the rope with which muir
derer was hanged.
| Gen. Maunaduke a Confederate officer under
Price, has recently returned from Europe, and 1t is
said will settle in Illinois.
A vine grower made S7,9S7 last year from five
acres of Island soil in Lake Erie He raised $4,000
pounds oil grapes, and made 5000 gallons oil Wine
western paper suggests as an improvement in
Bibles the preparation ola leaf or two in the iam
| " record for divorces.
\ strong feeling in favor of the annexation of ia
maica to the United States is manilesting itself
among the people of that island.
Mr.. Joseph Dettor (near Greenwood Depot, Abe
marie co.. has on his place chestnut tree which
measures eight feet through one foot above the
ground.
The House of Representatives of Iowa, it iseport-
Il
and punishment of Major General Custar, for alleged
cruel treatment oflowa soldiers.
The roes of white perch, which some house-keep.
ers throw away when properly cooked, are the
finest part of the fish. They should be flied as
oysters are.
The New Orleans Ttncs asserts that there is not
sufficient labor or force in the State of Mississippi
To produce three bundled thousand bales of cotton
of four hundred and fifty pounds per bale.
Il. l..
Baptist Church in Chicago on Sunday last collec-
ton of over $4,000 was taken up and in the eve
ming upward of Sc 600.
Essex Walker was tried before military court in
Augusta, Ca, in January, for the murder of DR..
Byrne, and sentenced tO.be hung. The science has
been approved and the execution ordered to take
place on Friday, the 22d instant.
There is a beautiful bridal present in the shape Of
a set OF jewels, now on exhibition in New York,
which is said TO he worth seyenty-liye thousand
dollars in gold. \ Spanish lady is to be the reel.
pent of it, The Jewels are formed into Il necklace
and pair Of ear rings
\ letter from Havana, dated the 25th utimo,
states that 1.-THE Hon. John i. Kennedy who came
here i'm company with Mr.. Secretary Seward is ma.
king pleasant tour through the island, and is at
present in Matanzas enjoying the valley scenery.
Major General Andrew Porter General r. Seymour,
and several other travellers are also here
The new French minister has been very generous
and brilliant in his contributions to - society" at
Washington. His weekly receptions have been very
elegant and popular, and kept up steadily through
Lent while one of his special balls lasted till morn
ing and ended of with breakfast party.
Justice is growing very blind. \ man got 81
wears sentence at Bangor, the other day, for steal
ing $1,000, but kctchnm who stole more than
81 900 coo was let Off with four years and Il half,
aud has good prospect OF getting that trivial
tenn abbreviated, through executive clemency."
4, Jco 10 bovn Nor
literature introduced within her borders. Her Leg
islature has passed tax law compelling all news
dealers TO pay an annual license fee of ten dollars.
If, however, they sell any newspaper or periodical
published outside the limits of the State they to
be taxed fifty dollars.
The farmers of Illinois are holding Indignation
meetings 10 protest against the high prices OF labor.
They say that the prices of their produce are lower
than before the war; while twenty and twenty-five
dollars Il month and found is asked by the same
help" who were glad to work for twelve dollars
befole the war.
\ citizen of Chicago. sojOurnng in Montana,
writes home to friend - ! would never bring fam
ily here, as every man who has come with his wife
has lost her Women can earn money here faster
than men, and they very soon become dissatisfied
with their husbands and take up with other men,
and that is the last of them. You may have wo-
man with mind enough to stick to you, but, if so,
she will do better than the women who have come
here by hundreds, even old married people.
There is peculiar people at Wangiord, Connec-
ticut who style themselves Communists. They
ignore rum, tobacco, tea, coffee, pork, swearing,
qulneling, wranging, gossping, backbiting, lying,
cheating and detraudng-all OF which is well, so
far rs il goes Unlike the MormOuS, they have but
one affinity ut the same time, with whom they
live" 90 long as both can agrcc-when they
are divorced" not by \ decree OF the courts, but
by mutual consent.
I,.,,,,s,-.,,,,,t.,
who has been writing book on some events of the
war, has had correspondence with Colonel Mosby,
10 elicit some information required. In reply 10
question whether it would be safe for Black Re-
publican dyed in the wool to take horseback jour
ney through Virginia the Iough-ridcr responded as
follows:
If you have any desire to visit the historic
OF Virginia hope Won will not be deferred by any
apprehcnsonS for yOur personal safety You will
he Just safe from mOleStatOn here as in the streets
ut Boston. ShOuld you determine to visit Northern
Virginia, IWOud he glad 10 see You ut my home; and
can at least promise that you will not find me the
m0pStrRm HOTrrHdHm of the Northern imagima-
ton. By-thcby, one of the regiments | most fire.
quently encountered was from about BOston-thc
Second Massachusetts, Colonel Lowell once met
a detachment of il under command of Il Major For
bes of Boston and although our encounter resulted
in his overthrow, hc bore himself with conspicuous
@alluntry iand saw hin wound one OF my best
men with his sabre. also had an adventure with
a Captain Barton, of Massachusetts, who served on
General Eustacos sta, and Interested myself to
procure his exchange
REroETED ESCAPE FROM IRELAND OF STEVENS,
HEAD CENTRE AND GRAND MOGCL OF THE FE-
NIANs-Thc New York NcrS of Thursday publishes
two letters covering nearly a page OF the paper,
giving circumstantial account Of the escape of
James Stevens, Head Centre of the Fenians, from
Dublin, which event is alleged to have occurred on
the evening of sunday, lth March inst One ac-
count alleges that he left an obscure hotel in Dublin,
driven on IN an open VurhOrsc carriage, with out
riders and live occupants besides the Head Centre.
Both correspondents. who write very much alike,
concur in the statement that Dublin has not been H.
Illuminated in consequence of the escape, and that
the eXultatOn OF the Irish FCnianS is represSed, and
confined TO inner relOcings, for obvious reasons
The occupants of the carriage said to have been
all irish Americans except Stevens, fully armed
with revOlvers, and the 0uIiders Were equally well
provided with the means Of defense The account
adds:
Fortunately for all all parties, however, no neces-
stv for reSOrtng to these desperate eXtremes arose
and Stephens with his companions reached the end
of their land journey sandy cove about half mile
distant from Skcrrcs in perfect safety at about ten
o'clock. Here they speedily effected communication
through the medium of fishing smack with the
vessel which was lying To short distance Stewards,
and which had been engaged for the work OF taking
Stephens off, and before daybreak on Monday he
was far at sea beyond the power and jurisdiction of
the enemies, his way to America. The bark
which carried - Caesar and his fortunes" 4 sail
ing vessel and her course, after leaving the Irish
shore was stecred for the sunny land Of France.
Stephens, it is added, left Ireland unaccompanied
by any of those who had escorted him from Dublin.
the whole of whom drove back to this city on sun
day night.
Other versions of the escape declare that the Head
Centre was not driven to Skenics but to kingstown,
where he embarked on board steam-tug, which
afterwards transferred him to large American
steamer, which then proceeded at full speed to New
York" The Head Centre does not appear to have
arrived in this country yet though lie ought at least
to have made as quick trip rs the correspondent
letter which left some four days after the alleged
date of Mr. Stephens departure The previous re.
ports that he had escaped TO France and the numer-
Gus stories circulated in relation to the same, are
now pronounced rusc gotten up to deceive the host
of government spies watching to capture him. All
these different stories are calculated to suggest
doubts even as to the existence of the Head Centre
himself though the foreign adyices to the 10Th in
slant say that the police in Ireland still believe him
to be in Dublin, aud still keep up the search.
OUTRAGEs IN TESSESsEE.-The Nashville papers
are full of news items pointing to great social dis
turbances and lawleSsness throughout Tennessee.
In Fayetteville a lady was dragged from her horse
and horribly treated by some unknown person. In
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