, 1870-04-29

/ pad1OtIc Heart reyolted at the occ1aLQAt1onS {
the multitude. After these formalities he We
sent to the depot Of prisoners
4 MISCELLANEOUS
Buffalo street cars have reduced their far
to five cents-
a citizen OF Frankfort, Ky., felt himsel
under the necessity to postpone his weddlp
because Ills tailor cut his pants too short.
"A Nova Scotia paper sounds the alan
against tie Yankee fishermen, and declare
that !" the axe is Laid ut the root Of cur fish
cries." ..-..
Ono Of the longest sentences on recon
April, in the article on "F1orida." It con
tains over eight hundred words
! Mr.. Wake, in the Anth!opologlcal so
ciety Of London, has lately read paper sag
gcsting that tie original scat OF huma'
civilization WIS probably the lsland Of MAZDA
"A Mobile actor has bequeathed his head t.
the tleatre, to be used after his death as til
skull Of Torick-
uty Department at Washington, was frighton
ed nearly out of her wits last AondAy while a
work, BY finding mouse snugly ensconsed
her clignon. =.
"A Ghinaman died Of g1ief On q friend'
grave at San Francisco, q fow days since.
"A San Francisco paper declines to publish
particulars OF three murders, AZ 4'thore wal
nothing novel or original about the modes o
"A Massachusetts paper regrets that sh,
crowded state of its columns will not permit i
to publish q furnished sketch Of the Mo'of !
certain gentleman, but promises to preserve il
as matefinl for an obituary notice.
-Thosa who hare been Iritated year afte
year at their increasing gas bills, will sock re
| lief in Professor Iyndall's discovery that
clearer and Bteadier light than from common
gas, can bo obtained " burning diamouda'..n
oxygen.
The question whether polygamy affects tht
proportions Of the sexes in the birth, has beer
| carefully studied by DR.. Campbell, of London
| who concludes that tho proportion Of malet
and females born is just the sa1no under pc
lyCamy as under monogamy.
An Assistant Secretary Of tho British Aatro:
noulica1 Society, Mr. WilliAms, has just finished
4 translation OF the Chinese records Of comets
observed Tor 2 $50 years, ending A. D. 1GA0.
T Lis is the only continuous registry Of the
kind in existence, md is expected to yield i'm
portant results hereafter.
-says California paper: "A gentleman
told him that grass in this county would grow
an inch day. Te converted him by showing
months.'' -a
Tho last murder in New York has drawn
attention to gang Of eight desperadoes who
good health Three have since been murder
cd in drunken midnight b1awls, two are in
State Prison for prize-fghting, and the other
three in prison charged with the murder Of a
comrade in crime. Truly this is swift retri-
BUTTON
An excursion train Oh the Macon L Bruns-
wick Railroad, Georgia, ran off the track, six
teen miles from brunswick, on Friday: last,
aud Xix cara wcro thrown inta swump. Three
persons were killed, &C W Knowles, Of Black
shear; John Parker Of Quitman, and co1ored
chiId and twenty were wounded,
Oft BY tourists. A Charleston paper Of the
22d says that "If all Fort Sumter p1cursion-
i5tg bring away ns much Of tie fort as party
of cigltS ortierners did Yesterday. as relics,
the 9nrornrnent II II waits awhile. viii be
save5 the eInense ~ Il Icre1I;ne tho w.ItR'"
The HT;ttsh Nirt4nnm h,s cnet fhe rnvern-
1. nato1 aen Gon ndo n3.o Ipe: 'no 6osc.. S...
,n..i,. 9enn noo ~: :. ~ aso
tEan do1lar for crcrr ncrsnn WIN y;sits Il.
NE ~ Nn,+,. poonnf nfn.,o',,,, ,rh;ci,
nst. mp 1r1,c1 las :; r;n!ia% ~, ,+a,a ti,,a. 80
.s,e naon,a Fla i3;T.r".co 10 se;d - i,e i,
~ nsHp, .a.,.a.. 49, J., . ~ sttrs,;;,,a -.
noss +ne ~ r. nai1aci;nna -A" ~ VAC
Des1 Arbo ,,esco ~ E,,rnr, b.s ham t1,re,tcnal
f,~ -amort IL. an oyp,,lsinr ~ Cnin,af
1ot momens " tao % e.pulston 81 a., ol h9 Gotoaet
41IIa., sp1ItsoA IT, ne;-.1;t,. ~ $780,
1,a;'.s, 1a. 1tUm ann..ia3 J.. ~ ~, oarorrn,ant
.-t;aIs a,i.clIpaJ a., 49,, ~ 4Tonaan ~
snn1oo;za ssna vnr has tbns taon 1ortrn,teiv
sFertsd. 'SN-' ~''~'' OSS'-
NBerlin is soon to hsya ras in pipcs iron,
,,o E,.atanmslo .o1 ~ law ;,,a ~ ~
one e ~ tnr.;ah s9. - rs eo,;t nas b,,ndra1
cnh;e Toot T., Rari;n snd n;na e thaI's,nd cn,,;c
fon4 1sea aj,a 1,aa,;',t- ~ 1,n4rar ~ I'm NJ ths
host .n,i rh;o,, eostaS a. tta ,itr +an doi,ars
Wa.,s et s+ Tt' hiina ta m,Is - nasr1v th,sa nil
1ons If r. cni;c Yeet 5aiiv II Ills Il snceesa.
w" ,.u T.. IuD4s e 4eSs I., s,sP
,n;,,aa WI a., - ,,;raa ;nste,d ~ ~ r,91r,,I.
~ iii 3f,D r1,,eIte ~ tha 1,t1 ~
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-a.ni,,t;n1a t1 ,,,,.1 - s-,nn1 .ta.,no- ;n,o
r.na;ism r,tora y, ~ ,,rotant At,,cr;car fs,ar.
for1aed Torn, % M p1eaident M Grsnt sal h.d :nnounce5 by
sneciaI mexaaEe to Coucfcss, NAV lead to
serious complications between this couptzE.
and the United btates.*
The Frankfort adyices state, says the
London Times. tlat the recent ca gerness for
and Tint the success obtained BY tho Oregon
California issue has been the last These nre
now selling ut per cent discount. Tho issue
OF Port Noyal bonds has signally failosl, Rnd
others projected are without the shadow Of q
c!,nnce The market Is gluttcd and the holders
"A correspondent of the Pail Hal Gazette
vrites, over the signature Of Atch-droppor,"
arainst the ortboepic crusade undertaken dur
ing the last tAirtF years for the recovery of
the letter a in tie speech Of the southern
part Of Britain. He says that aitch-dropping
III not cockney vulearisu, but that, on the |
contrary. the practice can be defended by
Eiblicai and classical autlorities- QuintilIian,
Au1us Gellius, and Virgil, he assarts, used Or
omitted the letter q 1t pleasure, and, in con-
clusion, he remarks; "1et aspiration be re
tained for e1ocutionary purposes, II you Ike
ut our country houses and frcsides." Il
"A great Polar expedition is being prepared |
in Sweden for the years 1871 and 1872, under |
the direction OF Professor Sordenskioll, the |
celebrated scientific loader Of tho Swedish ex-
pedition Of 1868. Pauy'a attempt to reach the !
gen ii TO bo repeated, md il is proposed to '
winter on one Of the Sevcn Islands. Professor j
Nordenskiold intends to proceed to Greenland |
thls summer to purchase dogs for the sledges |
and procure some necessary information.
-Baron Ferdinand dc Lesseps has inst pre-
scnted most datterlng nccount to the shatc- |
holders Of the Suez Canal; He states that :
about E32o, 600 will be required this year 70 COM
plete the works, but that, per cohfr1, the To-
opening OF the canal to the 18th Of March 200 |
Eteamers and nino sailing vessels, represent
and brought 4 credit to the company |
ol GA, ,525. N. do Lesseps is very Banguine |
about England, which has already sent through |
the canal vessels oqualling 5G, ,052 tonnage; and |
he adds that he knows, for fact, that one !
Englieh company has put down in its calcula- |
lion of current expenses s10O, 900 year for |
- dues to the. Suez Canal"
"A somewhat peculiar tragedy is'thus de-
scribed BY the HawLinsville (Ga.) Despdtch:
IS white fiend by tho name OF Jacob Har-
yard, coming home to dinner, and not tirnling
it ready requested his wife to set the the ia
bic. She being busy washing, told him there |
were plenty Of victuals in the safe, and to set |
it himself. After eating his dinner, he told |
any one else, and that be had great mind to
whip her. Size dared him to lay bis hands On
her He then drew knife, when she ran to
the depot, he following her and cutting her as
she ran On reaching the. denot finding that |