, 1869-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

MESCELLA EEOUG.
At the Du1buty cable celebration. the other
day, The natives, thinking to pay delicate com-
pllment 70 Napoleon Ill, gave grand petior.
nance OF the MntseIllatse,
The Lerant Herald says that the Turkish Co..
eminent Is reported 10 have ordered from an
American inventor thirty ,nit,eal<useA, which will
throw out gEupeshot at range Of from loo TO
1000 yards.
Scales Of great ACCURACY have recently been con-
structed on new principle, by celebrated IN
Btruneut maker Of Paris The Eystcm Is au en-
tre]y new one, aud combines stability with scus-
billy. One Of the balances male according TO this
plan will beAl In each pan q weight Of seventy
seven pounds avolrdupols. apd will be sensible to
weight OF T.1000 Of grain, or one seeea.mll-
1onth part OF the load.
young woman In New Haven, Conn, recently,
placed bottle OF ammonia In warm water, with
the object Of looseulng tho cork. When heated
the natntnl expansion suddenly forced tho cork
aud liquid from the bottle fuu in her face. The
liquid penetrated the cJes, cansing intense PAIN.
Sl1fnl surgery aaged one eye but the Other Is en-.
tIrtly gone.
The British bark optimn, which arrived at San
Francisco, July 20, from London, reports that on
the astA Of April she VAS compelled 10 put into the
Falkland Islands for water There the Captain
found twelve Of the crew OF the British bark Blue
Jacket. which was reported burned at sea IN
Morch last, while on her way tsnm Now Zcland to
London. It had been supposed that out OF the
sixty nine persons on board but eight were saved.
Tle Moscow Gazette says thnt Mr. Perry Collins,
formerly Agent Of the United States Government
for the Amoor District left Washington On the
I'D Of June for London and St. Peterstu1gh, IN
order to make preparations for laying down
felegrrphlc cable between Russia nud America
Ills plan Ia ITO 1nmerse scries OF cables In the
Pacific, starting from the western coast OF Ameti-
ca md proceeding By the Acutan and Kurte
Islands aud Japan. to China and Siberia" The
Moscow CaEsth nddA that Hseveral capitalists
have offered considerable sums Tor this great
work.
4 child was born at Syracuse, y. T., about nine
month"; ago, whose mother Was III At the time, o!
consumption, From It's birth, II followed the phy-
sicA condition OF tts mother with marvellous pre-
cison. Would she be taken With vomiting, tho
child would be at1ctcd In the came manner; did
her health improve for few weeks, marked i'm
prorcmcut wns noticed in the child; Whcn her
health declined, the chd's would also begin to de-
cline at nearly the same time. 4 short time since
the mother Was taken much worse; the symptoms
Of the child were Of similar character. Finally
tho mother died. md, only FEY seconds after
breathing her last, the chilli looT@I into eternity.
Two ashcfmen|of Toms River, N. j., while pur-
suing their Tocaton, few days ago, In tho
inlet, effected the capture, Of wonderful
ash after Violent struggle. At Eeelng the
anlma]l its captors became lhugely fright
ened and took 10 their. hcel4 After q while
they mustered up sut1ctent cou1ngc 10 reiurn aud
look after thclt prize In appearance 1t moro RS
semo!ed humnn being than fah, having face
frtghifu11J like that Of a man or wcman, with body
and hreaass exactly resembling the latter, Tho
lower part terminated In o 0sh tail. The Usher
men, after looking nt tho monster, were afraid to
keep It, and threw 1t back Into tue eca-
Postmaster Genctnl Cresvell IN reply to q pct!-
tlon Of American citizens In Paris Btates That tho
department had becn cnIeavonnH Tor aeyeral
years past 10 negotiate treaty with Franco for
the reduction Of postage but had thus far failed,
owing 10 the fact tnnt the postal system Of Franco
being establilhed for revenue purposea, Fsuuch
postage was much higher than ours, and the gov-
crumcut claimed that It could not 1noTj 10 divide
roatago with us equally II the raies wcre reduced.
Tho bost that Francc has been willing to do Ia to
allow tho United States Government oneshird OF
tho postage nnd rctalu tWo-thirds for their own
treasury. This hns been postiycly declined by
tic Culie.l States, md thus tho matter stands At
present. Ecna,or namscy, who Is NOW in Europe,
has been authorized 10 call tho attention Of the
French Government agaip 10 the subject, tn. the
department has ltilo hoIc Of succcsA In ncGotat-
{uE no6tR1 rate.