The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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Governor Chamberlain addressed the
Young Mems Christian Association Convention
OF Maine, ON Wednesday, in an impressive
manner.
-Ex-Deteotive Baker has arrived in Wash
iDgton from the Albany State Prison, under
guard, to testify before Congressional Com
mittee.
Matthew II. Hewins, of Hartford the bill
lard champion, and E. Benjamin, Of Bridge
port, are to play a match game at Allyn Hail,
in Hartford, on the 2lst of November
Christina. the vicious old Queen Mother
of Spain, has arrived in Spain, and political
changes are spoken of. She Is great poll
tician; besides her other qualincatlons'
-General Mcclellan has engaged passage
for himself and family on board the Persia
on her next voyage to this city, and may
be expected to arrive about the latter part of
November.
1t has transpired through the Impeach-
ment Committee that Professor Iieber was not
removed from the Bureau of Rebel Archives
by the President for political reasons. He was
dismissed by General Grant, under the new
system in the War Department, by which
superhuous officials are discharged.
Mary Harris, who killed Burroughs, the
department clerk in the Treasury Department
at Washington, on the Both Of January, 1865
is under treatment for insanity at the Govern
ment Insane Asylum at Washington. She is
said to still exhibit unquestionable evidences
of insanity.
"A large number of visitors were at the
Executive Mansion on Wednesday, and many
were granted an interview with the President.
Among those who called were Secretary Welles,
Postmaster-General Randall, Hon. ID. w. Voor-
hees, ex-senator Cowan, Representative Mar
shall, and others.
The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of
Prussia were daily ex pected to arrive in Eng
land. They were to take up their residence
at buckingham Palace, where they will pro-
badly remain till the return of the Queen from
Scotland.
The last Partisan story of the Dumases
psre ct fills is:-"You haven't seen your son in
a long time Y'' asked somebody, as the Paris
story goes, of the veteran novelist. ooh, no."
was the reply; "since our mishaps we do not
meet, and he says to our mutual friends, The
name have tried so hard to make illustrious
my father spoils. -
The President has appointed the Hon.
James Brooks, of New York, and Samuel
Mckee, of Pennsylvania, Government Direc-
tors of the Union Pacific Railroad. This makes
up the five Directors ON the part of the Govern
ment. The other three are George Ashmun,
of Massachusetts, John S. Rollins, of Missouri,
and Jesse l.. Williams of Indiana.
The Bishop of Cuba has been violently
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tensively circulated in Havana. His Rev
erence is charged with having offered $4,000,
donated by different persons on the island, to
defray the expense of repairing the local
seminary to the Pope as gift from the faith
ful Cubans.
-EX- Confederate Secretary of State r. M. T.
Hunter, of Virginia, contradicts the report
that he had expressed any decided opinion on
Congressional reconstruction, and says he
really cannot tell how Virginia is likely to
vote on the question of holding Convention.
A prudent Hunter evidently.
The daughter of the Hon. William Den
nson was united in marriage at Columbus,
Ohio, on Wednesday night, to General w.
Forsyth, of Major General p H. Sheridan's
staff, at Trinity Church. A large wedding
party was given at Hon. William Dennisons
house, and among the distinguished guests
present were the Hon. E. M. Stanton, Major
General P. II. Sheridan, and large number
of army officers.
The celebrated Oriental scholar, Ewald,
professor at the University of G6ttingen,
having declined TO take the oath of fealty to
the King of Prussia, has received an official
intimation from the Ministry of Public In
struction at Berlin that, "as his faculties are
evidently giving way" he will be placed on
the retired list.
The health of the Princess Charlotte, of
Mexico, appears to have undergone little or
no improvement. 1t was at one time contem-
plated to try the effect of change of resi-
dence, and Madeira was talked of, but it
seems that her medical advisers are apprehen-
sve that this measure would be attended
with some risk, and it will not be adopted
unless the winter should set in with unusual
rigor.
The Bishop of North Carolina has been
preaching at Wisbech Parish Church, Eng
land In c1OSinO his disoOursa fba Riobf Rav
Prelate observed that if those present believed
as he did, that England was the hope of the
world that the Church of England was the
strength of England, and that it was under the
shadow of that Church that England had grown
up to be what it was, then they would feel
that it was the duty of every man to build up
and uphold that Church to the utmost of his
power.
-Elihu Burritt, the 'learned blacksmith -
publishes letter in the English papers con-
tradicting the report that he intended to go
back to his native town, New Britain, Conn,
to reside. He says: "The error in this state
ment may be corrected by the fact that have
called my residence, in one of the suburbs OF
Birmingham, New Britain Villa, in which |
hope to live so long as the United States Gov
ernment is disposed to continue me in the post
now occupy" Mr.. Burritt is United States
Consul at Birmingham.
Hon. Charles +. Dana, member of the
Massachusetts, Executive Council, died on
Wednesday, in Boston, of that form of dip
liberia which was formerly known as liberated