Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

LIEUT.. OOV. 1UMBACH,- OF lnUl-
ana, who tried to drive corrupt bar
gain with'the Governor OF that State
by which he would get into the
United States Senate as the successor
of Mr.. Hendricks, appears to have
repented of this great sin, and is now
endeavoring to live a more exemplary !
life. The indianapolis correspondent |
of the Cincinnati Gazette says the
prayer meeting at Masonic Hall in
that city, at noon ON the 4th inst,
where prayers We're offered up for
President Grant, was opened by the
Lieutenant Governor, who read the
ninetieth psalm.
The new Masonic Temple, on
North Charles street, Baltimore,
which has been in course of erection
during the past two years and n hall, |
is rapidly approaching completion
1t Is expected the dedication will take |
place on the oath of June, st. Johns |
day. The structure will be one of the
finest in the city. The temple has
front of ninety-four feet, and extends
one hundred and forty seven feet
back. On the upper floor the various
communicates are, to meet. The
temple will cost 100000, the amount
paid tor the ground being 100000.
THE opponents Of A. r. Stewart
have dug out an old law of Congress,
passed in 1890, which prohibits any
officer of the government being in
terested in navigation and commerce.
The discovery of this act produced
quite commotiOn in Washington
and elsewhere, as it was supposed
Stewart would have to resign or quit
the importing business and sell out.
The telegraph brings Information,
however, that Grant intends asking
Congress to make special exception
in Stewards case. gg grvrF
THE current of immigration keeps
well up to the fair tide of last year.
Up to March Sd there We're 5000 ar
rivals, only seven less than for the
same period in 1868. The destination
of these new corners was about as fol-
lows; To Southern States, BOG; East
ern States, 242; New York, New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania, 2,57l; Western
States and Territories, !, 129; Canada,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
100.
The telegraphic communication
between England and the Continent
of Europe, it is stated, has been COM
pletely suspended. 1t is officially an
nounced that of the five cables which
connect France and Belgium with
England, two had been rIptured by
the tempest, and that the land COM
munications which join the three
others on each side of the channel
have also been broken. d
THE Registrar General Britain.
states that, according to the last
quarterly report, the natural increase
of the people of the United Kingdom
is as follows: The excess of births
over deaths is at the rate of l III per
day, or 100000 per year. From this
is also to be substracted 39l emigrants
per day, or liz, cooper annum, leaving
26S, 900 as the yearly addition to the
population.
Gov. Cox. appears to have been
taken completely by surprise when
informed that he had been appointed
Secretary of the Interior by Presi-
ident Grant. 1t is regarded as not
improbable that he will decline the
appointment on the ground that the
salary isnot equivalent to the eXpense
of residence in Washington, for it
IS understood his circumstances are
limited.
THE New York Times of the ID
inst. argued at length that Galusha
a. Grow was the man whom Grant
would take from Pennsylvania, and
! for the reason that to Grow is due
"the chief credit Tor the triumph of
| the party in the doubtful State of
Pennsylvania Grant did not see it
| in that light and did not invite Grow
into his cabinet.
SOME one in Portland, Me-, has
prepared the following matrimonial
statistics for that city: Runaway
wives, "a; runaway husbands, 1875;
married persons legally divorced, 347;
| living in open warfare, 14i5; living
in private misunderstanding, LOG;
mutually indifferent, 4,G03, regarded
as happy 26i; nearly happy, 8. To-
tai, s0S3.
TIE question of the confidential
character of u telegraphlc message
has recently been raised in England
on the trial of the election cases. A
I telegraph company was called on to
furnish copies of its messages. The
manager protested against the order,
but he was oyerruled by the judge
This Is n nice question.
TIE Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany finds 1t exceedingly difficult to
keep their employees from deserving,
on account of the White Pine gold
excitement, They ship car loads OF
workmen, who get their ride fol
: nothing, and strike for the gold re-
glons when they get as near as the
road can carry them.
RETRENCHMENT is the order of the
day in England. The army, navy
coast guard, and all other branches o
the public service are to be pruned
down. About $4,000 men will be dis,
charged from the army and navy
and dock yards.
A vELoCIPEDIsT in New Haven
while crossing street, ran into {
= horse and knocked him down. The
! horse was so injured by the fall thai
the owner was obliged to kill him
and he now holds the velocipede ride
responsible to the extent of $500.
TUE Pulaski Citizen reports tina
Mr., Reed, the Representative from
> Giles county in the late Legislature
while in that town on the LIST inst.
expressed himselfas being ready t,
cooperate with the people in petit
tioning Gov. Senter to disband tho
militia.
lr is reported in Washington, oil