, 1870-09-29
=. MISCELLANEOUS,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
New York has q" IN Academy Of Tousorta1 Art.n
where hsrberH are educated.
There Is an old turtle ut Armenia, Y. T., which
has painted on ita hack the dates ISL, 1s,3. 1855
and 1870.
a letter wntteE to an English Newspaper By
d prominent Canadian, predicts that Canada viii
bc Independent, or annexed to the United States,
within the next a1x FeAr8.
The PoEfsmouth {1. HI Chronicle tells how,
on Friday night last, q hundred OF more latge
ats Ind siege to the rcatdence Of gentleman
sing in kittery, opposite that town, and actually
ate through and into the honse, and after entire
y tausack1ng 1t, left In the nornIug.
-popalattou OF the leading cities ID the Old
World: London, 3.7la, 900; Paris, 1,93o,o00; Con-
-santtnorle, 900; DeI1ln, 10000: ST. Peiers
urg, es', 600: Vienna. eo5,ooo; Naples, eoo,ooo;
Liverpool, $4,000: Moscow. 4a5,ooo; Glasgow
10, 900; Madrid, $4,000: Dublin, sae, ,0oo; Man.
chester, $4,000; Lisbon, $4,000: Amsterdam,
10000, r~
-Amerlean ladtes have developed = striking
originality and Individuality In thelr attire, which
has long been facility, and Is now openly, recoR-
nlzed abroad "a Ii evidenced by the use tn one OF
the leading London fashion Journals Of American
fashion plates, fn1niahed by leading trodiste In
New York.
The Patts newspapers now coming to this
country are considerably reduced IN size. On &C.
The Sew York Etenin1 Put says that, fifteen
years ago, there MAS German plasterer In TROY,
New foift working at hi. trade, and receiving
sHeo day. Like many other ambitious Touuc
men. he removed TO New York city, and has since
worked At his trade there with such success
that he IS said 70 possess fortune OF $5,ooo, ,ooo
"a party Of seven BostonIans wished to as-
ceno Mount Warrington By the new railroad on a
sunday, and, having ascertained that NO train
ran on Sundays, telcgrapacd to ASCERTAIN for hos
much they could be taken up on that day. TIT
reply etng s3o The party presented themEe1seso, o,
ftmcr and found the train In readiness but vel,
loaded; In fact. n1ied with peuple vino were going
up at the regular rate. 10 tho remoust,ance OF
tho party, the reply wAs simply that the train
would not have been run except upon their spe-
cisl or,ler.
"A correspondent near Metz writes: .tAu old
woman wns seen BY Fsuss!an % ,pplcpost,' OF
double sentry. OF the Th!ny.thirt Regiment, en-
gagged IN an orchard picking up sticks. Suddepl,
the old woman takes refege behind a tire. Olsen.
CAGES catblne from her petucoats, and taking
aim nj the nearest P1usstan sentry, shoots anil
wounds him sercreiy. The action, however. hat,
not been 20 quick bnt that his comrade saw #.
and raising his ri6c to hts shoulder, he ared st
and Killed the supposed woman. He had tust
tine to advance and discover F1en.h ura1lieur
SO disguised, when III advance Of the French
compelled him to retire, taking his wounded com.
7ade with him. A proclamation Of General von
Gobcp. posted In Are this evening, Informs the
French 1nhabitAnts thar any OF them found with
arms, either In their dwellings Or upon their pet
sons, whe1her they belong to the Ga1dc Mobile or
the Carrie Rationale, viii be taken ont and st,o,
upon the spot
The North China farmers ere Rejoicing ex
ceeding1y at what they suppose to be the beae-
dcial meteorological effects Of the mueic. OF the
Roman Catholic priests and nuns 1T Trent Tstu,
The spring and carry summer, as With us, were
marked b! long anil continuous drought, uot-
outstanding that the Emperor hal, On seyera,
occasions, prayed In state for rain. This mis-
tor:une-aud the uetireA ssy that sincs the sien-
tns Of the trcattea there has been constant rc-
cuHcncc Of similar drauRhss-was very generally
put down to the presence Of foreigners ampn-
thcIn+ and notably to The spires Of the Roman
Catholic Church at Pekin, which lowered sboye
the Imperial palace, and bJ 80 doing, are pe1teyca
to have destroyed tue gcomanttc influences Of the
nei9hhofhood- The expression Of these belief:
hsd been ommon a1nrng the people 70: some
months, and, In their eyes, received CONFIRM sttou
Wien, On The day after the MASSACRE, the heavens
became 'black with clouds and wind, and there
was great rain
The following table gives the cities aud towus
tn Massachusetts which hare population Of 600
aud upward, according to the recent census, and
valuation Of their property Ia given - It ssoos
MAJ !, 1850, STAGE which d1e some OF them have
made gain: