Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-01
General Items.

The New York san calls the whisky rirgs spir-
itual circles"
Il Is now the mode TO have dinner china inscribed
With monogFsms.
Husbands cd interim is one Of the newest re-
porters phrases.
Fifth Avenue, New York, is being invaded BY
boarding houses.
watermelons have appeared in sae New Orleans
market
The Presbyterian Churches a. Lgonier and Mid
dleburg, Ind, advertise for JsUing man 70 come
and labor among them.
The Lutheran Synod Of Philadelphia recently re-
solved tbs: prayer meetings conducted By laymen
were al evil Ia the church.
An elegant editorial acholar in Mississippi speaks
Of a "pei-eyed freedman, whose name We disre-
member"
The New Orleans Bee thinks there s too much
truth 10 Wendell Phillips statement that the South
has DO business brains"
There are less than one hundred and twenty-five
oompe.ent Photographic reporters in the United
States.
Most Of the disguised Southorners who emigraled
% La Plata, South America are returning, their
disgust increased enfold End their purse very light
The General Assemblies Of The Old and New
School Presbyterian Churches meet next year, at
i. The same time, in The city Of New York. The
churches in which they meet are very each
other.
Very soon at the present rate, Paris will tee-
graph Tor nSthng. The tariff, which is now less
than bali cent word, Is soon 10 be again reduced
City per cent
To suit the season fiom Which we have lust es-
capped the oftquoted line should be made 10 read
= Hsi drlzzling spring! Diptberial dampness,
baiilr
Senator Sumner, who ought 10 know since be has
written vol1minously on the subject, says aAlasks"
Is the proper way 70 spell tho name Of our Ter
ntoFy.
The following is one Of the two or three lines in
the English language that read precisely the same
backward rs forward Snug g. raw was 1 ere 1
saw war gunA"
drunkard walked through d mammoth pane of
glass in New York drug store, Monday night.
The Tribune says the glass cost $3.50; the SUt said
$500; the Herald put it down $500 and the Mail,
bound to be as liberal A. the rest called it 81 600.
A census Just taken of Chicago makes the popu-
lation 100000 The result was reached, probably,
by counting the number on q populous street, TAX
ing that as the average for an equal space through
out, and then adding fifty per cent for errors.
r. NJ. Hoe has memoralised Congress for the ex-
tension Of his patent printing presses His orig
inal patent granted IN ls47, and extension given
10 1861, and il expires the 24th of next month.
He ssks q further extension until 1875.
Gen LIE has written a letter TO the editor Of the
Yale C0atranf, denying the truth of the recent
cunt OF alleged ourages Icy students Of the college
Of which be H. President, and saying that be bad
hoped the previous denuls by Others had satisfied al
fair minded persons.
The directors Of The Boston and Albany railroad
hav, hxed the annual salaries Of the principal OIL
errs rs fuloWs: President $40 900 Vice President,
IS BOO, Superintendent, S. 900; Attorney, $4,000;
Treasuror 81 coo two Assistant Treasursrs. ST. zoo
each Clerk Of the Board Of Directors, 81, 700.
Peach grover, in MARYLAND and Delaware state
that The peach crop the present year will be very
small. The late frosts and wet weather killed the
fruit while the trees we're in blossom. In some
orchards in sheltered localities there will be
than one-fourth Of a crop.
The yellow fever is raging fearfully in Lima,
Peru. In the middle Of last month from two hum
red TO three hundred persons were dying daily, and
$500 pSsieBss were in the hospitals. Among the
vieiims to the epidemic were MIR. Blakely, inventor
Of the gun bearing that name, and bis wife.
Secretary Seward has at length found loemar
worthy Of his steel in the Emperor of China, Rhe
writes q letter TO our government covering twenty
feet in length by two eet In width OF royal pArch-
ment The odds appear heavy, hat we bet our bot
tom dollar on Seward. He will either best Che En-
peror Of Chins's best or perish.
The French Empress declines 10 patronEe the
short dresses, wbose reign the beautiful Comtesse
DC Pourtales endeavored to inaugurste at her far
famed ball Recently Fer Majesty appeared at her
own bah in dress of Indian muslin and lace but
of length which must strike the partisans OF The
robes coartoS with despair.
The Boston Journal says +" The foolish story
started II this city by inconsiderate Journalist
that the ladies Of Boston were great drinkers OF ABB
sintbe is being copied extensively BY the newspa-
pers throughout the country. We question whether
the total consumption Of absnthe in the whole State
amounts 20 more than ten gallons per annum"
Tho Episcopalian saws It is becoming general in
the churches of Philadelphia TO hold what is osned
childrens church on the afternoon OF the first
Sunday Of the month"; being communion Sunday.
The gathering is looked forward 20 with interest BY
the youth Of the parishes whore the usage prevails,
and large attendance is ususlly teant in those
meetings.
Galignani has the following. NJ. Gaudin Is said
10 have made chemical discovery which may cause
quite a revolution in jewelry. he has succeeded IN
obtaining crystalizei masses that may be cut INTO
any shape snd colored in every possible way. They
srs exceedingly hard and viii cut glass IL Is as
serted that be has whole get OF diamond ear
rings bracelets and necklaces made Win these orys-
tails of bis.