Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-08-21

The Queen OF Spain is said to be writing q
woIk of the Happiness of Nations
English ladies arc adopting the fashion OF
wearing belts with small dagger attached
The gossips again talks of EDWIN BooTH's
marriage to fifth Avenue lady.
Noah Is probably the first person who
went to sea for fear of being drowned.
General Sheridan has ordered that one
half Of the Louisiana election Commissioners
shall be colored men.
A little boy in New York made kite out
of his fathers seven thirties-the rope broke
and he let them flicker.
The N. Y Times says that "every Ameri-
can is entitled, as his birthright, to life, liber
" and the pursuit as a plan of reconstruct
ion."
A public man of 1867 who holds to the
principles avowed by Lincoln in 1860 is de
nounced as copperhead or rebel sympatbizer
by the radicals.
Thad. Stephens declared in theRump House
that "the fragments of the old shattered Con
stitution struck in the kidneys Of some Sen
ators and trouble them at nights.
The latest story is that Wilkes Booth is
now the captain Of apirate vessel and the
terror of The China seas. How about that
back bone in the Washington museum?
Kossuth has been unanimously chosen to
represent the city of Waizen in the Hungar
ian Diet. The voice of the great orator may
now be heard once more in defense of the
rights of his native land.
Attorney General s ,anbery, now at Capon
Springs, is in poor health, and he will not re-
turn to Washington for TWO or three weeks.
Pike, Of Arkansas, charged with violating
his parole by "writing incen diary articles, .
says he never gave or had any parole TO
violate.
A Mr.. Ioreau, of Noblesville, Indiana,
who helped Robert Fulton build his first
steamboat, still lives, hale and hearty, at the
age Of 81.
Thaddeus Stevens is the latest IL D. The
University Of Vermont did it for him. The
LII. may refer to Loyal League. The D. is
obvious.
The body Of Colonel d. A. Gilmore. late
Postmaster of Chicago, was found in the Lake
yesterday morning, at the foot of Harrison
street. His funeral will take place to day
Since Stanton can no longer borrow car
rage horses from the Quartcrmaster's De-
partment, he proposes to resume his profes.
sion of the law, deVoting himself especially to
"conveyances."
"a Carol Of the Harvest, for 1862 BY
Walt Whitman, will be published in the GAL
dry for September. 1t is long chant cele
brating the bounteous harvest of the present
year. Look out for a terrific yawp.
One NJ. Bureau is said to have fed tc
France with 100000, distracted from the
government funds al Vera Cruz. The pecu
lisrity of the operation suggests the proba bill
ity that this NJ. Bureau belonged to the
Freedmens Bureau family,
And now Pennsylvania University ha;
made Edward Mcpherson, clerk of the Hou.
of Representatives, an Ii d. The cuiC
pusson, who sits broom in hand al the door
marked For Representatives only" comes
next in order.
Sir Frederick Bruce is said TO have per
retrated the following conundrum: "Why is
an antagonist Of Mr.. Gladstone in debate il
the House Of Commons like telescope? Be.
cause he (Mr. Gladstone) draws him out
sees through him, and shuts him up.'
Gail Hamilton (and Gail is stiff Radical
says of Brownow, tina: 'the rrcklcssness
profanity and uucieanness of his speech are
such that it is difficult to conceive of anF
combination of circumst ances which sbopId
make it the duty of any man to propose or
support him as leader in any measure affecs
ing the welfare of society,""
Sioux Chief Big Mouth is very mad because
the Hon. Thomas Cave,an English NJ P nov
exploring the far West, will not become his
son-i1-law. The case differs from that Of
King Theodorus of Abyssina, who only wants
to be scn-in law to some Erglshman.
A Philadelphia despatch says that Stanton
arrived in PoiIadeI Iphia yesterday, and that
he will visit the white Mountalns-possibly
10 invite those eminences to fall upon him and
cover him. Washington dispatch says that
Stanton and Mrs Stanton have left Wash
ington for visit Of few weeks TO Boston
where they will be the guests of Hon. Sam
ucl Hooper. The public have already been
given fnll reports Of the little fellows voyage
up Salt River.
The White Mountains will be a relief to the
eye of Stanton-eve.ything looks so terribly