Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-03-08
Miscellaneous Items.

coast. The rivers CCdl jill. dCilttaN !
and Palcazcr, tributaries of the ANA
ION in Peru, arc navigable by steam
Cannibals were found on the banks Of
the Ucayali.
The BODY FOUND The body OF
Miss Williamson, drowned at West
Hartford, was found on Saturday last,
by the driver of the Woodstock stage.
who crawlcd with lantern into az
opening under pile of ice and debrl-
of the freshit, where he found the
body under about five feet OF ice,
about fifty rods from the spot where
she was last seen. Her funeral took
place on Monday, the 25th nit. Since
tho disaster, hundreds of men have
worked patiently and thousands OF
tons of ice have been cut into
fragments and moved by hand, in the
search. The place where the body
lay was at last pointed out, after Il
fall OF snow on Friday, by the num-
erous tracks of cats, which had been
drawn to it.
REBEL DONGs IN TENNESSEE
A late Nashville dispatch says:
"A communication will appear in
the Press and Times tomorrow, over
the signatures Of five responsible cit
liens of Alexandria, Tennessee, re-
lating to the statement that the rebels
Of White county had offered rewards
for the assassination Of Union leaders,
and declaring that the rebels held u
public meeting, not long since at Gum
Springs, in White county, where they
passed a series of resolutions offering
such rewards, and asserting that they
are ready to prove the facts if brought
before the Committee appointed by
the Legislature to investigate the sub,
ject.
They further state that q band Of
guerrillas, under the notorious Bill
Allen is infesting that region; that
they have been ordered by these gent.
~ to leave; that a few Union men
have been frightened off, but that the
rest intend to remain and defend
themselves"
James Stephens, late Fenian Head
Centre, has just arrived in France by
Vile de Paris. 1t may be that he
is short of funds, for he crossed the
Atlantic as a second-class passen
ger; but he endeavored to keer
dark, and may, therefore, still be con
sidered as conspirator,"
Governor Brownlow has issued E;
proclamation announcing his dotcrm
lnallor to call out tire militia to en-
,orce the laws and protect Union mel
and all citizens Of Tennessee, agaias
evil doors.
The most prominent recognition 0
tic birthday of Washington in Port
land, Maine, was by q British vessc
in the harder, which was deckcd on
with flags from taffrail to truck,
and which fired national salute.
1t is said that law exists in Gel
many to prevent drinking on Sunda.
during divine service. 1t runs thus
"Any person drinking in an ale hous
during service on Sunday, or othe
holiday, may legally depart withou
paying"
A Mississippi paper recommendin,
its country representative for nomina
ton for Governor, says: He has a.
ways done his duty as an honest, bu
poor representative of the people"
HENRY WARD BEECHER.-The New
York Gazette of Thursday says:
"Half of the manuscript of Henr
Ward BeecheI's story to be in tn
hands of his publishers this week.
His title is reported to be The Cal
of ClergymeD, and will contain muc
of his life and many of his experience
in the early days of the West whel
he was poor and fighting his way thrc
the world. He receives half of tn
sum named ($25,000) for his book o.
the completion of the manuscript
which will be ready before the end o.
Mach"
SPRING ELECTIONs.--The election
In New Hampshire occurs on the 2
Tuesday Of March; in Connecticut OF
the lst Monday of April; and il
Rhode Island on the first Wednesda,
of April. The two candidates fo
Governor of New Hampshire, ar,
stumping the State together. Tn
popular current we should Judge i
in favor of Gen. Hartman, the Repub
lean nominee.
The last report about Mr.. Lee, OF
the opera-houso notoricty, is that he i
cousin to Mr. Crosby or his wife. L
will be we'll if this is all the cozenine
there Is about the matter.
The lake tunnel at Chicago is now
completed, the chambers having been
walled up and the whole bore lined
and cementcd. In a day or two the
INK connecting n temporary well will
- the tunnel proper will be finished, and
Chicago will be furnished with purc
wafer. The whole work will reGuirc
several months, however. for THEN
final completion.
There is no truth in the dispatch
from Toronto to the New York Her.
AID that the trains on the Great West.
ern railway, are detained at Suspen.
sion Bridge, and not allowed to cross
when behind time. The United States
authorities do not imnada travel -