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SCRAPS,

medical convention fro the Eastern
States arein Saul aFrancisco.i q .7it."
= The corvette TiconNderose,a ran down
the schooner. Ada A.'AndrswRs, from %
Alexandra for4 Boston, with coal. q.
+ The "a 'rsH ,y,'yfss wee ssYeas; eaFs;sts iysi sas
o. The Republican executive, commit, 4
stee Of New York City has adopted
resolutions against tho annexation ,6f -
San Domingo. 2i.} q 2iNt 'af7ieaa e'sf
r. A dispatch from Memphis i ti,tt,st ista,tes 3
that hail STORM did Gidcha datnage II -
North, Mississippi, sAondayaessFg91 iii
WV. corcoraf, the Washington
philanthroplst, is better, fand; hopesk
are entertained Of his reeovery.a oze,
y Deer; Creek carried of thetwatsrls
from the creyasse, saving the rich =,
Deer Creek Valley of Bolivar and,
Washington Counties, Mississippi. Y -
;, General Spinner has been Treasurer
Of the United States for Id years
and1has handled in that time thSa!
very large sum.of $50, ,ooe, ,ooo; 900 i.1eb
. The: ladies Of the SuItaD'ss Bousssss
hold are reported to ihave read 43D0o sI
worth Of French novels last year: s.s,
The Spanish governments. has justed
given out q contract for 10000. Rem, !,
ington rifles, TO be delivered as soon
soon as possible, for fshiPmsnt toh
Cuba. 1da 3anb2i;aas ai!eGq i59aSqigo
!, A man at surry, Vermont, isae-qa
cused Of having whipped his dauga4 4
ter, about twelve yearsold, 80 lseyere-fit
~ as 70 cause her death. IT,, ~, -,
~ The Washington, Chronicle gives
rrency to q rumor that: Minister
Curtin has rendered his regisnation
and win isoon return from Russia. .oIq odi
i Needles were first made ID England
by a. Spanish ,negroa ainfithe reign of!
hury ;. :Oa his. deaths, buart was lost
until 1866, when Elias Grorose, q, Ger
man, re.discovered the same. .s'
sal; s.. tiSG eHI no ffp1tgs tfSgt1a',
The four richest men in Virginia ),
are William T. Soutberlin, Of Dan.
vile; James Thomas, Of Richmond, ~
Joseph Andersong Of, aRichmondy and5t
Franklin .Stearns, of. Richmond. .=5e1sss,
An Illinois undertaken ADVERTISE
that he keeps on hand ian, elegant
stock Of neat, and nobby shrouds,:
warranted TO give satisfaction to tho
most particular. ROB .a3, e! isss5T4
James Tyson, now living near Des
Ara Ark, claims sto. have, fought In
sixty battles and skirmishes onF thoa
side of the rebellion, and to have, 1851
ceiyed more than forty wounds ;Hes
is still able to manage asmalLfarm. ISL
Cashmere dresses, 9fcolored anda
black, are worn this spring over silk
dresses, and are elsboratefy emhroid.s
cred or braided and edged with lace.s
The sack is. cut up5.at the sides andt
baek, and with very long ss!eyea, ALSO
trimmed with lace, .4geg 4aqa3a:!!p-
The cotton merchants at Hsyre.$
after long deliberation, have resolved
on adopting in e2classiHcation OF
cotton the designations, employed ins
in America and Liverpool, instead Of.
the, French ones heretofore Employed
A young man says that there may;
have been such q thing as real patrde,
Ilove.in old times, but now the notienl
is entirely absolete, and il, yo1 asls, a.
lady now;a-days to share: your lot
she immediately wants to- know how
large that dot" is. md .s:e,z3, r,,ts
Frederick Kapp, one of the peliti1
cal refugees from Prussia of l849,
was ,eceived by Emperor William, at
the palace in Berlin, with tho greatest
cordiality, as the representative Of,
the Germans Of America. - - 80
During a sermon last Sunday, at,
Plymouth Church, on Ages to Gomez,
Rev. Henry; Ward Beecher indig1
nantly secuted the theory Of the res
direction of the body. i, ... ,.. .,.,'t 1.t
In consequence Of the great con.
sumption Of perfumes by American
soap manufacturers, it is now found
profitable to 20 into the cultivationuf
some of the vegetables, especially
wiuter-green, peppermint and berga-
moi adj T. i@5E.>; ;==lStJ s-Edl-IS L
Eugene Webb, in Agricultural Park
at Sacramento. CAL, yesterday, rode
one hundred miles. on horsebaekin
four hours and thirty.four minutes.
He agreed to perform the feat in four
hours and forty minutes for o purse
of 81, 900. gG5i; s.sc. -'a,5s .{1.ti go ,tGii
On Thursday evening at 8 o5 Sam
Collyer, the welLknown light.weight,
left Richmond on foot for Petersburg
on a wager of $500 that he could
reach it in three hours and fifteen
minutes. He arrived at 9.15-fve
minutes within time winning tho
monoy. ~ s4''i ...- ."%.-"
Mrs. Fair the deliberate slayer Of
, a Mr.. Crittenden; of San Francisco,
will not be sentenced until tho 29th of
May, her counsel desiring a months
| time in which to prepare his, motion
! for new trial. He makes only forty
exceptions to the rulings Of the court
: during the trial. The verdict in tho
; case OF Mrs. Fair is generally approx.
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