The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-14

"A pOTtefdi1 called Smith, and a woman
called brown, by trade huckster, both natives
of London, love each other tenderly, and desire
to be united in marriage, but there is one OBJ
stacle to their being SO; for the fact is that one
or other of the parties is always in prison
when one comes out of the House of Correction,
the other goes in. In very short space OF time
Smith has been imprisoned nineteen times and
Mad'lle Brown fourteen. The 10th OF last
month, however, for wonder, both were Tree
at the same time, and everything was prepared
for the wedding. Uniuckly, when Smith, on
the wedding.day, was going to the house OF his
fair bride to conduct her TO church, he could
not resist the temptation OF stealing pair OF
boots, which were hung at shop-door. Caught
in the act, poor Smith, instead OF going 10
church, went to prison, and thus marriage,
which had been contemplated for five years, has
been again obliged to be put Off
Amongst the crowd of persons who, few
days ago were amusing themselves at the
Jardin des Plantes by watching the gambol5 of
the monkeys, OF which the Geological Society
has so splendid collection, was an elderly
gentleman, who wore longSbeard. This gem
tleman, whilst watching the playful animals,
approached unconsciousy too close to the cage,
when one OF the mischievous monkeys seized
hum by the beard, and, drawing his face close
to the bars, commenced to caress HIM in the
most dsagreeable manner. All efforts on the
part Of the elderly gentleman to disengage
himself from the monkeys grasp were in VAIN,
and 1t was not until five OF six of the spec
rescued from the animals grasp, and this was
not accomplished without his beard being con-
| siderably damaged in the struggle
News from DR.. Lvingtone the African ex-
| plorer, has been received IN England. HIS
| friend, DR.. KiIk, writes, under date of Zanzl-
| bar July ll:-"Dr. Livingstone has fairly
| passed the troublesome Court people, and is
| living with a good chief who seems to have
| taken his fancy. He is with the head man of
| UeonaDo, place thirty miles above the place
| where we turned on our boat voyage up the
| Rovumay, at the confluence of the Iiendi. He
| now proposes leaving some of his baggage with
| this man, and exploring the north end of Nyassa.
AiterTards ne VIII return TO- Ugonano, and re1t
| for LONGER trip to Tanjanyita. We send up his
letters, ana u supply OF qulnine and news, to
| await his return. Our next chance will pro.
| baby be TO send supplies TO meet him AT Ueigi.
cannot say they will ever reach but tEey may,
and such will be windfall."
Vera Cruz advices to the 25th of August
report that Marshal Bazaine is concentrating a
IVIGe at san LUIS Potosl, to meet General Cara
Win thirty thousand men. 1t Is supposed the
General engagement will take place between
San Luis Potosi and Mexico. Gnerreosi liberal
forces cut the bridges at Chichuila and Soledad.
He then attacked Medelln with his advance,
niteen miles from vera Cruz. He sacked the for
mer town, containing twenty-five hundred
inhabitants, mostly French, razing the place to
the ground
The Gloucester (Mass.) Adpeyfise, says:-
eighteen vessels have arrived from the bay
since our last issue, averaging about $50 barrels
Mackerel continues scarce, and we are informed
that hall CT tne Meet now In the bay will moi
average over 100 barrels apiece OccasioDallI
some OF the vessels are lucky enough TO fail ID
| with good school, and do pretty we'll. hit as !
| general thing 1t is rather poor pickinps ThI
market continues firm, and prices are greatly il
advance OF those OF last season."