The Lincoln County herald., 1870-04-14

The Senate committee on foreign rela.
tons decided, on the 5th inst to report q
joint resolution authorizing the President
TO furnish naval or other steamer, and,
If necessary, a tender, for a voyage into
the Arctic regions, under the command
of Capt. G. f. Hall, and TO appropriate
one hundred thousand dollars to be sx.
pended under the directions Of the Presi.
dent in paying thc necessary expense of
said voyage. A similar appropriation is
pending in the House committee.
A Baltimore correspondent writes
Thunder sours milk and kills oysters.
You may load vessel to iss utmost ca
pacity, start for market, aud one good
ound clap of thunder will kill every
oyster in the vessel imn edia'ely. Poun.
ding with an axe upon the deck Of a yes
sci when oysters are thereon, or pounding
upon the sides of vessel with heavy
weight, will kill every oyster that feels
the jar but thunder fesches them every
pop"
A fast young gentleman from Paoli,
Indiana who vas entrusted by too con.
fdfng father with six thousand dollars, to
purchase stock Of goods, and liquidate
some claims in New Albany, concluded
to make a matrimonial venture, found q
fair one who was willing to share his
fortunes, and both took passage on the
steamer Mary Houston, cnroute for New
Orleans recently. ....
A Norwhich dog is in the habit of Wis.
i.iug family 10 New London on certain
days. lie walks to the depot, waits for
tho train, springs into the door Of the
baggage car on ies arrival, and takes .
seat one side with ss much nonchalance
as o commuter At night be returns
The people on the train know him aud
allow him 60 pass.
James Byron, now residing in Madson
county, KY, is los years old. All Of
his teeth are perfectly sound and white,
and he can eat parched corn a. we'll -
any one. He knocks about briskly, and
recently walked awo miles to enjoy his
tavorits sport, fishing. He wss bore In
North Carolina and emigratsd to Ken.
tuoky at an carly day. a5''l7a "'.r
The bark Maria j. Smith must have o
guardian angel Twice has she been
abandoned by her crews as on the point
? Of sinking and once has she found be,
own way into ssse harbor. Tho last time
she was abandoned of the Pacific coats,
and, nine months after, was found By
indians ridiugiu safety near Bella Bslls
} 500 miles from the place Of her destruc
tion. .''. % -t. '' '1 '.' a"@-'' 70
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The Savannah Republican is treasonabl.
, enough to wish that Robert Toombs wal
back in the United Slater Senate. III
would doubtless be an improvement o.
the present mongrel delegation, and "
0 would Jefferson Davis on the tawuy Rev
els, but these men we're not constituted
for what may apply be termed tho brazeI
e era Of Southern statesmanship.- Tines
n All San Fransisco went on IN excursion
y a few Sundays ago to San Quentin to SC
n o man 90 to sea in q tub drawn by geese
l. The craft was taken iuso the bay . lon
distance and launched, when the fowl
dived, tipped out the crew aud left biz
to swim eshore.
- Efforts are being made in India to put
:, stop to the ancient custom Of destroyiu
" !, female infants, and a biil for this purpos
!, is now before tho Council Of Calcutta. s
|" general had tho practice besome that
!. ~ one native community Of ten thoussu
I" not one girl was to he found. ..
Several members of . family name
il. Cove, Of Lowell, Massachusetts,, are dsl
II gerously i'll Of trichinosis. Physician
~ consider the symptoms unmistakable al
"a caused by eating uucooked pork,