The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-26
INTERESTING ITEMS.


the Racine JoO1T,d hay ing been recently married,
& OF along so well with that, that he concluded
he would "move,p or as military men would
say, change his base. In a very readable article,
describing the process he speaks OF the art of
moving:-
"At last everything was torn up, dragged out, and
ready for transportation, ana here comes another
very delicate operation IN the Prt of moving, whore
the transit of your goods Il to be through the popu
lous and aristocratic portion of the CITY. Notwth-
standing the things we have been noticing, we have
some quite gaudy looking hings, but the trouble is
to make the drayman understand that you want
those gaudy PARTICLES put on IN as conspicuous
manner as possible SO that they would cover up the
trash and attract the attenuon oil those Who are
curious about knowing what their neighbors have
got. But drayman has a particular propensity tor
putting all the old duds on the J0p-th0uRn we give
Dennis the praise of being good careful hand to
move and willing to make as few loads as possible.
BE Hmp lacks taste in making things show OF to
advantage, and little dscr ton. For instance, we
and about the worst looking one we had, and though
took the sldewak and assumed an ar of lndlfer.
ence, as though we had interest in that load OF
trash we were not to be let of so easily, Ior some
one asked Dennis who he was moving. We were
not near enough to prevent his answering, at the
top of his voice. Curnel Utey, TO be sure, editor of
the Racine Journal the best paper IN the state-and
it's fine lot of things he has, too We did not
stop TO scan the expression OF the crowd"
ACARELEss GOVERNOR M. Stone was
elected Governor OF Iowa about two years ago,
but having other business to attend to, or resi-
dence at Des Moines not beng pleasant he
chose to remain at his own home. His private
secretary, 0rwig by name, did all the official
business, being authorized to sign the Cover
nors name. He signed and issued proclama-
tions appointing days for thanksgiving and elec-
tions, general and special; he signed pardons,
reprieves, and discharges from the penitenuary
and exercised the pardoning power where he
Thought justice demanded it," he signed the
certificates of Iowa's six congressman, upon
which they now hold their seats in Congress he
signed death-warrants that sent criminals to the
gallows; he appointed public officers and ap.
proved their bonds, and had probably signed
the name of the Governor to ninety-nine out of
every hundred official papers that have needed
Governor Stones signature. In fact, it appears
that Governor 0rwig having done SO much IN
behalf OF Governor Stone, he thought he
might as well do little for himself He, there
FORE appropriated to his own use about thirty
thousand dollars worth, OF land warrants, and
suspicion being aroused that Governor Stone
had been doing this thing, committee of the
Legislature investigated the facts, when the
whole affair was made manifest What is finally
to be done about 1t, is not yet determined.
CURIOUS SCENE IN RoME.-We find the fol-
lowing in the Paris Siece:-''S Strangers being
very numerous in Rome, on account on the Holy
Week, an attempt has beeu made to afford them
some amusement. On last Sunday week an
enormous tripod, surrounded by large quantity
OF fagots, and guarded by eight gendarmes,
was erected in the Piazza San Carlo, before the
Church OF that name, one OF the most frequented
parts of the Corso. Towards o'clock one of
the missionaries advanced and from the top
of a platform announced to the crowd
that his crusade against wicked books had
met with unexpected success. THE unfortunate
persons, deceived and seduced by the writings
of Renan, PrOudhon, ETC., have hastened to
bring them to their contessors, and it has been
resolved to burn the whole publicly At this
moment the doors OF the church opened, and,
amid the noise of bells and the chants of the
monks and penltents, the pile was lighted. The
missionary seized book, and threw it into the
flames with triumphant air. 1t was the We de
Jesus. Volume succeeded volume. Some hun
dreds of romances were soon no more than
empty smoke in the middle Of which, from time
70 time, some jets OF turpentine thrown in fiared
up to render the, flame more brilliant. Some
Bengal lights would have been better, but 1t ap-
pears that they had been rejected as involving
too great an expense"
A NEW MANIA IN PARIs.--A Paris cores
pondent writes that "a new sensation has taken
possession OF the inhabitants of ParM-that of
collecting the portraits OF great political cr1m-
mails, murderers etc. The photograph of Booth,
the assassin Of Lincoln, is obtaining a very large
sale, especially among the women. The
carte de visite of the man who is sup
posed to have strangled the President
Poucet enjoys also very great success.
Another photograph much sought after is that
of Philippe the murderer of the Rue de la Vile
rEveque. This criminal, whose trial will pro.
badly take place in May, is accused of having
committed seventeen murders similar to the one
he perpetuated inathe Rue de la Vile PEveque,
and which led to his arrest. The documents
connected with this case already form large
volume of four hundred pages. The prisoner
seems to be so well aware of the fate which
awaits him that he mas already attempted twice
to commit suicide in his cell at the prison OF La
Force"
PLEASANT IF TRUE.-The Rochester IN. W
UnaOn says:-"There are millions of bushels OF
rotten wheat now lying in the storehouses oi
Chicago, to be shipped when navigation opens.
This grain, in all stages of decomposition, will
be put into vessels, sent to Buffalo, put into ele
vators, thence taken in canal boats to all points
where these craft CO. chiefly to New York and
thence it will be sent to New England This
uhnofi 10 uuhn lU m no and will h1.aa
cholera wherever it is allowed to go. Buffalo
will be ravage6 by cholera ifthat Chicago wheat
is stored and transferred there. Rochester, and
all the cities on the canals will be liable to suffer
if the boats are permitted to carry this grain
The canals will be full OF cholera from New York
to Buffalo, if the boats carry this grain"
THE BRITISH NATIONAL DEBT LIGHTENED. The
London Times has statement that in one yeal
from this time the annual cost of the public
debt of Great Britain will be lightened by more
than half million sterling. This is in conse
quence of the approaching termination of thu
annuity of 1856. 740 contracted in 1922 to be paiC
to the Bank of England for forty-four years, tn,
last halt yearly portion of which will fall due il
April, 1867. The expiring OF this annuity, com
monty known as the Dead Weight" will not il
any way affect the accounts of the Bank, tn
requisite reserves having always been made Il
Teinstate the principal amount.
THE DAMAGE ASSESS BD.-The commissioner
appointed to assess the losses sustained by tn
people OF Chambersburg, Pa, by the Rebel inva
SION have finished their labors. They make tn
aggregate losses Sl,625, ,474'58.
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