, 1870-01-21

Hecent eYenta have cAlled into existence In Eng
land the word ~ Ecumeuictty.''
Tbs mlrTors ordered By the Lelsnd Bro:herg for
their Few Union Hotel At Saratoga cost 34o.ood.
The py1souers:of the Charleston jail we're treated
on Christmas Day to general Publication, In
cuding display Of dre-Wofn-
EeN Hampshire farmers are sendtng all over
hecounsrJ specimen Of their Rrauite carefully
packed In the centre Of butter kegh
ME. A. Davenport, OF aaIloFel, Nc, has In his
cellar pork barrel made OF cedar, that has been
IN constauk uso for 1o1 years
General Reyno1dG reports that the Te1aA Senate
viii coustat OF eighteen Republicans and twelve
Democrats; the Hou1e OF Representatives Of 1lty.
one Republicans and thirty-nIne Democrats
4 German poet has translated Teuuyson,s
"chsrge Of the Lsht Brigade" bus u "seehs
hundert - tas no rhymes In the German, he has
taken the liberty Of irc1eaa,ng the humber to
ore Thousand; ~ tausc.dr ~ admitting Of several
th5neA
Il Georgia paper speaks Of man who one day,
recently said 10 Ills 13yea1 old son. a. he stepped
out Of liquor saloon. that be Was ASHAMED to See
him emerging from such Place with the fumea
OF whskeY upon bis lips aud, a!ter giving the boy
BONG wholesome advice, ordered him to 60 home,
and, turning On hta heel entered lhe sa1oon sud
took drink himself
An English Police Court wAs eullyened during
Christmas week by T1ait from gentleman OF
middle age with profuston Of beard and nous
taehe on one eide Of hia 1ace, while the other side
wee clennly shaven. II had been done as prac.
t1cal iote, during the sluaber which followed
conr1y.al evening, Ut the noufe Of = friend ="
With whom he WEs spending the ho1fds5h He
cane to ask the magistrate a. to what he hsd bes.
do, and Eas earnestly adyfEed to haEe the rep1ala-
tpC whlzters shaved on at oncet with tne lnforma.
tlon that he could obtain damages BY civil action
II be chose.
A Southern paper eaya: The tremendous exo-
dus OF negroes nom vEa.1la now tu progress
may be accounted for by resolving 1t lHto simple
question cs bread nad meat It Is found to be Ro.
solntely imposaible to supply the demaud for loot
snd clothing amou4 the co,ored race, In what Is
known n sonthk1de Virginia. The corn crop Of
1et9 was almost a failure IN uauJ localities The
anal and Inferior cro2s Of tooscco have been sod
atd money spent In 1859. The farmer and planter
cannot a1ord to gtye such wages as will support
the colored man with family; and It requires no
ardy Of the theories Of political economy to COZ
vince the freedman that bis interests demand that
he he shall nnd tome where bis laoor Will psS.'
Ituppears that the practice OF rortur4og pIson-
els In order to make them confeaf, witch has been
abolished By most civilized nauons xt1i et1sta in
Switzerland. II. Bortl, u1ember OF the Assembly
: Of Lucerne, has proposed that Information should
Be asted from the Federal Council a to the tortur-
Ing Of pstsoherln ID tna Canton OF zog. The mtn
IL question war accused OF theit+ and actnoWl-
edged 70 The Criminal Court thAt he h1d Appropf!-
ated the missing articles bat he refused to admit
that be had stolen them, and tpsls:ed ,ust be hal
accidentally fourd them. The Court tneu ordered
further inquiry to be made I" From tho 9tth 1f
October to ths 9Th OF November the prisoner WAS
put on bread and water Diet; but ne made no cou.
fesSlon. Tnumhscre1s were then spplled to the
pI1onel, but sttit he made no confession. Six
blown eeyc pe1s Rtren him with a Stuck; he
wrtthed nrd e.oaued, but declared he coald say
nothing ncre than what he had .xatd alre1dy: upon
Nhcb SIX more bloHs we're admntssered- III Jou
Kill ne, Mr, JndKc, cannot fsy auything elsa. :
The prisoner was than brought pefore the Court
and once more earnestly q7eattoned, bat he Ad-
ht1ed 10 h.s former statement. Upon this the
prisoner VIE tga.n placed On the o1dln2SJ prison
h[ef