ii 4 , C I t . ... ...ti1-; "1 J 5 Ti 1 . j't.'? V . ' ti' C". ' w J. . ii. J.AVAV AV.'ks I 4 . M Ay .Ay c5 1 DEVOTED TO AllT, SCIENCE, AGEICULTUKE, COMMEECE, JNEWS, .POLITICS, GENEEAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE INTEEESTS OF NEBBASKA.V'-'" VOL. HI- CITY OF BKOWNVILLE, NEMAllA CO UNTYv N T;v THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1858. NO, 20, . I V - r Mt . i - til , . . ; :;::vvnh ir ' 1 i i i j fSy-. Ay ' Ay - i a - Atbraska Sltocrtiscr . R. W. FURNAS, 'cailSwry. Hoadley & Muir's -Building, Cruer -f Mi u-l First Streets.) liUOWNVII.Llv, N- T V ST. $2.00 .1 u H it "12 ' ... be furnished at $1,50 per l therwwe. . . RTE3 0F1UVERTISING: II) l;a3wleM)oue insertion, $1,00 0,50 2,50 4,00 6.00 12,00 5,00 60,00 35,00 20,00 16,00 .at-h additional insertion, i ne quare, one month, 44 three inontha, 41 iix months, n one Tear, asines Cards -f six lines or !es,one jear, i C'llomn one year, ne-fcalf Column, oneyear, fuurta .' eighth 44 Column, six months, half Column, ix months, 20.00 10,00 8,00 20,00 13,00 10,00 6.00 U "fourth 44 " " 44 rightb 44 C1 a mn three month, " blf Cluma, three months, fourth - 44 44 u.i. Announingoniidatcsforo!n?e(in advance,) 5,00 Ch in aivance will re quired for all ad vertise 3nt except where actual responsibility is known. Ten pr:eat for ea.-h change will M added to the aWe rates. No alrertM?ra?nt will be considered by the year, tle p-fifiel on ths mmaript,or preyiously ired up n between the parties. Arertieinents not :nrked on thecopy fora spee-nuin'ot-rof ins-Ttion, will be continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly - AJllerti.eraentsfr om Urangersortransientper-on-i.to be raid in advance. The pririlc of yearly advertisers willbe confin t Jri.l-'sil'T to thir own bu-ines:and all advertise- T J " . taeuu not pertaining thereto, to be paid for ex " tr. Yearly adTf-rtisTs liave the privilcgeof changing t'.i'ir-lvertis(iiients quarterly. AH laled advertisements charged doable the iboverates. U ir?. rTnnts in the inside exclusively will be i barged extra. BOOK AND FANCY JOB PRINTING! II. kin r . ,Jt.,i v, r,e Ad rertiser Office Card and 'b New Tyfef t;ie Uwt fylei. Ink nf ft'-l c l r ilr r ine l'.ipnr, Eoreliipe, ic; we Mff ii .w -it -iiir -d ti exe;-ure Job Vi)rk of every le- riprion in a iyo unurpujucd by any other ofEce in Ui- Toir 'I Stt. r'lf.i a'r 't -nfion will be;iven to orders from j li'tin-n in hvii 'h"tn promptly attended to. ri-!Vi ,-ift ir.. hiving had an 'Xtonsive exj ricic?, will ;ire their personal attenti-n to this tM ..f l.!i!a"-(, -ind hopn, in their ordev.rs to Uif. l,-li in ih - Xlene .f their worli. and u u s i n e s s "IjaIid'sT ' Sa Jl. i iSa ' ' 'itiss mAuy turner? NEMAHA LAND AGENT, rillllUPn n nQcoc maicd siweyor & xotary public, 111 LUMlCa HftJ U:ltoO lilAlvCrii Will select lands, investigate titles, pay taxes. &c, ain Street, cne floor above Carsons Bank. fHher m Kansas or Nebraska; buy, sell and enter lilU )V V VI L.Ll'2 N I1 ' lands on commission; invest in town property buyor Bonnets and Trhamhurs alwav's on hand cl1 lhe sa,ne and wi" aIwa nave "n hand correct """"'h "'"" v,k puts or townships counties &.c. showinc all landssub- 1 ' ject to entrv. and where desired will furnish parties liv- ..C. JOHNSON, in?in the states with thesarue. A 'I"I'T?WTj,'V a m T a ttt Being the oldest settler iu the county will in all A X VyXvll Xj X ixJL JjXxW, cases be able to pive full and reliable information. SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY ciSa Ueai ctatc Agent, RANDALS. GOULEY & CO. bdowsvillb. n. t. PRODUCE BROKERS - BEFERKSCES. AND 2.es:Iei",B, Mo.nlre'- COMMISSION MERCHANTS. John C Miller, Chicago, 111. St. Louf S, MlSSOUlI m.X. McAllister, 44 44 ! Qari F. Fowler, " " " Orders for merchandise solicited, and promptlv ft-Ied, W. Furnas, Browor ille,N.T. at the lowest rates. All kinds of produce bought or sold O. F Lake, ti on ommision May 7, 1857. 47,ly Septombcr 23, 1S58. ly . E. LIATHIETJ, A D- KIRK Cabinet & Wagon-Maker AttOFIiCJ at Law, MaiiFit7,VVilth nd Seventh. Land Agcat and Notary Public. m "l?cV?1L,Lr' X-T- Archer, Richardson Co., -V. T. r-Ir. Km.pr. work ueaily executed. . . . , , ' .. . j-xppnag of wagons- piow. f tc. promptly done. ' Will practice in the Courts of ellaska. assisted tT . . Z by Harding and Bennett, Nebraska City. IW , c MONOUGH. LOUIS WALDTER, iiouo, bign, & Ornamental Painter, H0Tlse, sn, and Ornamental Painter, CLAZIBR, 4-c. GLAZIER, GRAINEB, IIIIOIVXVILLE, 1VT. T, and IX T'derg can be left at the City Drugstore. S PAPER IIAXGKR, T- - BROWNVILIiE, N. T. J. D 11 Pi R R THfiMPQfiN Tat:es tbU methxl r inrormlns: the public that he has , ' " V1III JU11 removed his paint shop freni Nemaha City to this place W3i Kst'tp & fJprprl I'fllVftirrr Ao-pnT Me thinks himself qualified to undertake any work per- ,ia.rX UtLLIdl Ui.CLUli Qtiiki tainin? to his lineof bnsinesu. and respectfullvinvites BROWNVIIiLE, II". T the public to plve him a call. A?entsrorlowalns.co.,0skaloosa, pnU"V.?ttlb,Ter"w;.tf ' ALL busiuei entrusted to our care will meet with ' ' Pr..Bl,,,,lli,.,otT,jlwrrji)twlcorrect papers prepar- XT T T H T fj-Vn e on First street, north of I. T. Whyte & Co.C3 ATTORNEY AT LAW. KEKERRKxcEs i LOT AND LAND AGENT, T.i. rrr'Exrrnor SS.W Archer, Richardson County, X. T. AusunAKins Aa : 3t "fflJST FENNER. FERGUSON, : Apri! 8 lboS. . v3n41.1y 1 A1 11 Jo,.. ,.- .. Trrz Attorney and Counsellor K1XNKV& holly; " AtLnw ATTORNEYS AT LAW, belleeTbiiaska:. J -VU.'IIt lSIi l CITY, S T. gy. - BLACKS MIT H E d - Vi Second Street l-twecn Tshi and 'ebraka. - b. DUNDY, BROWNVILLE, N. T. ATTORNEY AT LAW, EiriooRE, cCS ..GeiifTal Steamboat Airoiit, ..W T. -'tI'J u' ,u n4l'" mneed witH the FORWARMXG J- COMMISSION: MERCHANT. will t, . M EyKA. Ra.. r. Nebraska City, NEBRASKA CITY, N. T. . . S'-W 10 'S' ii lr,-"uUon of important Suits. Goods sold n Cmnussii-n and prompt returns made. 1 " Particular attention civen to receiving Storing and Fir- " ' wardius all kind" r f treisht and produce. C. V7 V7?mr!r.T,T? ' Oeseoathelievee. . iAjXjiJi,it . Storekvise In the vne blck wih Ko-'ner Hotel. A 0 V ? i . - ' Herer t.) the JiechntH,f X.. fk -'itv; ACllltSCL ntln Hmlflf'Sr rfpfc Michael StL.uiM : nargcol -r St. Louis; w wVu UilU JLJUllUwli Ji hu A. Warden ' J soj L J dni e " QroTWMii m Srkelf..-d Fmncy&Co" Barckiiy, Uiuk e& Co " DANIEL L. McGARY, M'TOilMY AT LAW. . AND SOLICITOR LY CHAXCERW ; Brownville, Ntbraska., Will practice in tne Courts ol Ketraka,and Xorth west Missouri. . REFERENCES. Messrs. Crow, JfcCreary & Co., St. Lf'Uis Mo. Hon. Jatue H. Ua)ihs, - lo lion John It. Sbcply, - - Do Hon. James Craig, - . St. Joseph, Mo. lion. Situs Wo.-dson, - ' Do JudpeA. A. Bradford, Kbrsta City, X.T. S. V. XuckoMs. Esq., . ,' . Do .... - KL. DODGE, ATTORNEY AT LAW SOLICITOR iT CHANCERY, BKUWXTILLE, NEBRASKA. Land Warrants bought and sold. Pre-emption papers carefully and correctly prepared. OFFICE on Main street, in Brown andBennsit's Bank ing House. REFERENCES ' Hon. Fenner Ferpuson, . Bellevue, Nebraska. " K. Y. Funia Brownville, " " R Brown Kinney & Holley Nebraska Citj Hon. Jame CraijT, St. Joseph ilo. Nave. McCord &. Co. . " Clark If. Conrad. " July 8, lS53-v3n2-Ty HEW GROCERY PROVISION . HOUSE, J M . ill y U it AT THE Old Stand of M. F. CLARK, BROWNVILLE, N. T., Where can be found a full supply of Family Groceries I H:m and Eiwn, iljckrel and Cod Fish. Teas, bugar, Cotrce Candies, Nuts, Wine Crackers and Cheese. Liquors and Wines. Sardines, Cigars and Tobacco, Oysters and Lobsters, Peaches, Prunes, Blackberries and Wnortle berrics and all articles usually kept In a Fancy Grocery Store which he will sell lorcah or produce as cheap as the cbenpast. Will you give me a share of your contiuuod patronage. Brownuillc. July 15th. 1S53. v3n3 ATT0ENBY AT LAW, ER'J'tVXYILLE, X. T. Will wri'e doels of every kind and entrants for every purjn.se. wi.h warranted le?al accuracy. Olhce, in ihe lUbkint' Ilouhc of Lushbauzh &. Carson. REFER TO n n. J Iiti A . Ei:ichni Cadii. Ohio. ' W K. Carter, Cleveland, 44 " R P S;.Udin?. " " B F Lei.er, CaiaV.n, . : ' " S Lihm " " " WmRS.ipp Mt. Vern.n, 44 " S PCh .se Columbus. " Thos. Ford Manstield. " Jas. Crais St . 'Joseph, Mo. Brownville .Oct. 221. ,7. v2ul7-ly O. B. HEWETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW REAL ESTATE AGENT, Brownville, Nebraska. Will attend to business in all departments oJ his pro fession. Pre emptors Ricrits Secured. Land Warrants lor Sale. Office on First St.,U't. Main and Water. HEFEREErCES : Kinney K. U iley NeUrar-ka City. Checvcr Sweet & Co., , do J. Ste;iius! il rton 'do Br .wn &. Bennett, Brownville R. W. Furnas do " Brownville, Ji. T. Wjiy 13. 18S. v2n-J6tf Miscellaneons. , L John James Aadubon. There never was a man .who took so much interest in the race of birds as John James Audubon',' whose death to6k; place on the 27th of Jahuiry, 1S51. On ac count of : what he has accomplished in making the acquaintance with the birds of this country, and the description he has given of them, h3 has. rendered himself famous all over the civilized world. . Audubcyi was born ia X.ouisiana" about the year 1782. In his sixteenth year, Audubon was sent to France, to pursue his education. He returned in about two years, full of love for the homes of the birds. It was not long before he com menced a collection of drawings, "r which have since swelled into a series of splen did volumes, called the ."Birds of " Ameri ca." A greater and more valuable work was probably never contributed to science by the labors of a single individual ' than this. The designs werelbegun inUhe State of Pennsylvania, on a farm given him by his father, situated near the city of Philadelphia. There, amid . large tracts of woodland, he pursued his ram bles from the first faint streaks of day until late in the evening, when, tvet wiih dew, and loaded with specimens of native birds, he returned to his quiet home. It was in this place too, that he was married to a woman, who, it would appear, was every way worthy of him, and a fit part ner of a man of his tastes.. He went into, mercantile business for the purpose of obtaining means to enable! mm to go on witn nis researcnes. uut he was unfortunate, and failed. Perhaps his love for birds and flowers unfitted him in a measure for other business. Scarce ly any one,- save his wife and children, encouraged him to go on. . ; It w;as impos sible, however, to divert his mind from the birds. He undertook long and tedious ww 1.1 journeys, lie ransacked tne. woods, tne lakes, "the prairies, and the shores of the Atlantic. He spent years away from his family. '-Yet will you believe ii," .says he, -'I had no orj jet in view than simply to become acquainted, for my 'own sake, wi h nature. Never, for a moment, did I conceive the idi.a"of bet oming useful to my fellow-men, until I accidentally form ed an acquaintance with Charles Lucitn Bonaparte, at Philadelphia, on the 5th of April, 18-24." It was soon afterward that Bonaparte, having examined Audubon's large collec tion of beautiful drawings, said to him, "Do you know that you are a great man?" In reply, Audubon asked him what he meant. "Sir," said Bonaparte, "I con sider you the greatest ornithologist in the world." He then suggeste 1 to him the importance of collecting and offering to the public the treasures which he had amassed in his wild rambles. The idea seemed like a beam of new light to Au dubon's mind, and gave him a new im pulse in the prosecution of his favorite study. ' Two years after his first interview with Lucien Bonaparte, he sailed for England. This was in the year 1826. Whtn he arrived in Liverpool, there was not a solitary individual that he knew, or to whom he had a letter of introduction. However, it was not long before he found friends. His works were received with great favor. They astonished everybody. Men of genius sought his acquaintance ; learned societies extended to him the hand of fellowship ; the houses of the nobility were opened to him.' A few: years be fore he had been rejected when he ap plied ta become a member of the Lyce um of1 Natural History, in rhiladelpnia. Now he received the homage of the most distinguished men of science in the old world., ' Before the close of 1830, his first vol ume of the "Birds of America" was is sued. It was received with enthusiasm. Royal names headed the subscription list. It was no wonder that our English neigh bors were in such raptures when they saw the pictures of our birds. .Some of the birds, and birds of great beauty, they had never seen and scarcely heard of be fore. The whole race of humming birds was, in a great measure, unknown,' even in the scientific world, until, Audubon brought them into notice. Soon after the publication of. his first volume, Audubon . returned to America to explore anew the woods, of the. middle and Southern States. - Some two years after that, he bent his steps northward, and explored the forests of Maine, New Brunswick, the shores of the Bay of Fun dy, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence! and the coast of Labrador.. Again, after having made a large ad dition to his stock of drawings, he crossed the ocean, and, in 1S34, the. second vol ume of his works was published. The three following yt ars were spent in ex ploring Florida aud T,' xas. A vessel was pliced at his diposal by the Government of the United States, to aid him in this enterprise. At the close of this period, he published the fourth and; lust volume of plates, and the fifth volume of descrip tions. This whole work , comprises four hundred and thirty-five plates, containing more than one thousand figures. In 1S39, he returned for the last time to his native country, and established himself, with his family, at his beautiful residence on the banks, of the Hudson Here he commenced the, re-publication of his "Birds of America," in several large octavo volumes, which were completed in 1S14. - - ; After this, he commenctd another ser ies of rambles, with a. view, of making making himself acquainted with the qua drupeds of this country,' as : he had done with the . birds j and in due time, some volpmes of the "Quadrupeds of America," in a style similar to his; first t work, were published. ' - ' " - ' , : 1 Audubon used to say that he had no faith in genius ; that a" man ' could make himself what he pleased by labor, and, by using every, moment of. time,- the mmd might be kept improving to the end of life. "Look at facts, and trust for your self; medidate and reason," he would say, "it is thus a man should educate himself." ' ' , 1 . Arkansas Hotel Arrangements. The following rules and regulations are posted on the doors of different rooms of a country hotel in Arkansas: - - ' , RULES OF THIS HOUSE., : 1. Gentlemen will blacken their boots or they, will . not be . admitted to ' the table without an extra charge of a dime a meal. 2. Gentlemen going to bed with their boots on will be fined, two bits for the second, and turned out and sued for their board for the third time, and, the landlord holding on to the plunder. ' 3. No person allowed to call twice for the same dish without paying an ex tra dime.: : . - 4. All travelers are expected to treat before leaving the house, the landlord holding on to the plunder till he comes out. 5. Loud snorin' not allowed, and a fine of a dime for every offence. 6. Country soap given here a dime a week for town soap. 7. And a half dime will be charged for the privilege of the back porch on shady afternoons. : 8. Liquors with white sugar, a dime a, nip; with common brown sugar, five cents. . ' 9.' The landlord hopes that his board ers will observe the above rules and say nothing, or means, will be taken to see that they do. . . ; f . . A Witness. Among the many singular anecdotes which Lord Mansfield has been accustom- d to relate of himself, he used to speak of the following with the most unaffected good humor.: . . A St. Gile's bird appeared as an evi dence before, him in some trial concerning a quarrel in the street, and so confounded his lordship with slang that he was oblig ed to dismiss him without getting any thing from him. He was desired to give an account of all he knew. "Mv lord." said he, "as I was coming by the corner of a street, I stagged the man Pray," said Lord M., "what do :you call staggimj a man?" "Stagging, my lord ? why, you see I was down upon him." "Well, but I doit't understand 'down upon him any more than 'stagging.' Do speak to be understood." "Well, an't please your lordship I speak as weli as I can I was up to all he knew." "To all he knew ? I am as much in the dark as ever." "Well, then, my lord, I'll just tell you how it was." , . "Do so." "Why my lord, seeing as how he was a rum kid, I was one upon' his tibby !" The fellow was at length sent out of court, and was heard in .the hall to say to one of his companions, that he had "gloriously queer'd old Full Bot tom Speculators and Capitalists. The following lively, characteristic and effective story is of Parisian origin, but will fit this latitude as well as that : Two gentlemen were chatting on the Boulevard. One was a great, speculator, developing the plans of a magnificent pro ject ; the other a dazzled capitalist, Teady to snap at the bait. He hesitated a little, but was just yielding, merely making a few objections for conscience sake. Near these two paused a couple of youngsters of ten or twelve years. They were look ing into' a tobacco shop close;by, and one cries out to the other: ! : "Py the piper! I'd like to smoke a sou's worth of tobacco." . ; . "Well," replied the other, "buy a sou's worth." ' . ' ' "Ah ! as luck would have it, I haven't the sou. : '; "Hold on !.i I have two sous." , "That's the ticket ! just, the thing; one for the pipe and one for the tobacco." , "Oh, yes, but what am to do ?' "You ? Oh ! yon ' can be the stockhold er; you can spit.V . -: It was a flash of light. . The capitalist thrust his hands . into his pockets and fled. ' ' : . " . : ; The speculator cast a furious look at the two urchins, and turned down the street. : ' .' ! - ; . ' . "Doctor Pills in ?" . . . . . ''Don't live here,' says Brown, who was in full scribble, w ithout looking up. " ' "Oh, I thought this was his officer's ; - "Next door.". .- - . ol t:zi-i "Pray, sir, has . the doctor manjr pa tients?" , , . . 1 . . ' "jv mot living." - ; ;-' Doctor Pills heard of the' remarkr and threatened to sue'Brown for'libel. . A burial society has recently commen ctd in the county of Lancaster, the first printtd article of which runs thus: -That whereas many persons fiud it difficult to I bury themselves.1 : ; i. ; . Next House of IteprcscntatiTes. The House of Representatives consists of .236 members. Of this number, 84 have been elected, divided as between the different parties thus : - AM. 54 28 o ine present House or representatives is thus divided in States yet to be heard ml m r ... from: REP. DEM. 7 2 1 6 5 1 8 3 3 AM. 2 2 Alabama ; - Connecticut Delaware ; ! Georgia Illinois Kentucky Louisiana - Maryland Massachusetts - Michigan A Minnesota : Mississippi New Hampshire New Jersey North Carolina .New York Rhode Island 11 4 2 5 o 7 10 7 2 13 1 84 28 3 3 23 o 1 3 Tennessee Texas . Virginia Wisconsin 3 California 1 56 Add those elected 54 12 2 110 112 14 So stands the House of Representa tives at this day. How the elections of November will affect it, will soon be de-termined.- - Failures. The following is a list of failures in the States and Territories from April 1, 1S58, to October 1, 1858: Failures. Liabilities. New York city New York State Philadelphia Pennsylvania Boston " Massachusetts Baltimore -Maryland Alabama . Arkansas Connecticut Del.&D. of Col'ia Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa ' Kentucky Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota -Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey North Carolina Ohio South Carolina ( Tennessee Texas -Vermont Virginia Wisconsin Territories 58 S2,SS5,000 101 2,121,000 23 1,100,000 46 925,000 14 750,000 12 204,000 39 850,000 6 90 000 8 101,000 6 126,000 18 270,500 11 131,600 5 125,000 16 273,650 72 1,224,000 54 605,500 32 350,000 25 524.000 8 660,000 12 145,000 21 360,000 25 560,000 6 174,000 33 1,650,000 10 66,000 18 162,000 20 350,000 110 1,266,000 11 297,000 33 1,056,000 ' 7 149,000 9 172.400 44 660,000 31 217,500 7 121,000 952 $20,750,150 Total The failures in the British Provinces for the same time number 44 and amounts to S96S000. i General Tom Thumb. That extraordinary dwarf, Charles S. Stratton, who was exhibited in this coun try by Mr. Barnum,. fourteen years ago, gave a first performance in . Manchester, on his farewell visit, in the Assembly room of Free-trade Hall. He will com plete his twenty-first year in January next, and it is his present intention not to exhibit himself after that time. He has earned, a fortune, upon which he will live on an estate which he has purchased in his native country, in Connecticut But. before'retiring, he is making a fare well tour of the Old World. He has been on the Continent, where ; a few weeks since, he met his old. friend, Mr. Baruum, at Baden Baden. Mr. Barnum has , ac companied the General to England, being himself on his way to America; and yes terday, at the Free trade Hall, at the General's request, Mr. Birnuin exhibited the little man in his representation of Grecian statues.' Mr. Barnu n is not, however, connected with the exhibition, and is only viiiu'ng Manchester for a few days. The General . is a very merry, good-humored little, ftllow. When last here he was a child of "seven years ; now he is a man in every respect except as re gard hrs size, for hoi is -still only thirty one -inches ; high.."-'During-his fourteen years' absence from, Manchester, he has been educating as well as exhibiting him self.. His exhibition, has, consequent!)', an additional interest, from the int lli-gt-nce with which he sings, and the' cor rectness with -which he assumes the char REP. ' DEM. Arkansas 2 Florida ' 1 Iowa 2 Indiana . . 8 - 3 Maine . 6 Missouri 5 Ohio ". 15' 6 Pennsylvania 20 " 5 South Carolina ' ; J 6 ; Vermont - ' 3 ; " . - acter he ' represents. He exhibits the valuable presents which he has received from Hen Majesty the Queen, and from the other crowned heads before whom he has had the honor of appearing; and he rides to the hall in a marvellously tiny equipage frcra the hotel where he is stay ing. He is relieved in the course of his performances by Senor Oliveria, whose playing on the. violin is admirable. The General has announced that during his stay in Manchester, he will give three exbitions daily: '.Manchester. Guardian. Foreign Miscellanies- Alexander II is reported to have said to Prince Napoleon that he had promised the Emperor of the French and Queen Victoria to visit France and England, and that he hoped to ' perform his promise next spring.. . - ' ; " The marriage of the Duke of MalakofT will be celebrated at St. Cloud on the 12th . inst. He will return to London with the Duchess on the 13th or 14th of this month. , . - - The French Admiral commanding "in the Gulf, of . Mexico, who has just quitted Paris to proceed to his post, has received energetic orders to protect French' sub jects in Mexico. ' Five young Chinese Christians have arrived at Suez, on their way to France, to be educated. They are accompanied by a Chinese Catholic priest, who speaks French and English fluently. The Vienna Gazette publishes a new law concerning the military conscription. The term of service remains , at eigh years as formerly. The nobility will not be exempt. The Montore Toscano announces the discovery, at Florence, of a copy of Dante Alighierfs "Divina Comedia," written in Petrarch's own hand. Hume, the mesmerizer, figures as a lion in the Russian saloons. He wears a fan tastic dress, and a Scotch caD and feather. 1 9 which he never takes off in any saloon there is a magic in it. It is stated that a Frenchman, who holds the office of General of Division in the Persian army, has been appointed by the Shah, Minister of War. Fabrication of Diamonds. One of the most curious sights in Pans is said to be afforded by a visit to the vast work-shops of . Mr. Bourguignon, where the whole process of transforming a few grains of dirty, heavy looking sand into a diamond of the purest water, is daily go ing on, with the avowed purpose of de ceiving everybody but the buyer. The coloring matter for imitating emeralds, rubies, and sapphires, is entirely mineral, and has been brought to high perfection by Mr. Bourguignon." Many operators are employed, whose business is to polish the colored stones and line the false pearl. with fish scales and wax; the scales of the roach and dace are chiefly employed for thii purpose. They must be stripped from the fish while living, or the glisten ing hue, so much admired in the real pearl, cannot be imitated. ' 1 An Unexpected Fortune. It is stated that a surviving daughter of Aaron Burr conies curiously into posses sion of quite a fortune in this way: Burr held a lease from Trinity Church of the Richmond Hill property, three or four hundred lots in the centre of New York, for sixty-six years. He re-leased the land for sixty-three years to Astor and others, and their lease expires in 1860. The lease for three years then belongs to Burr's daughter, and the claim is in disputatable, and the value of the lease very great. Already several of the les sees have compromised the claim for from one thousand five hundred to two thousand dollars per let. A Wliccl-barrow Man. The Kansas City Journal of Commerce states that A. O. McGrew.of Pittsburgh, Pa., left Kansas City, solitary and alone, on the 16th uit., for Pike's Peak dig gings, taking his previsions, blankets, pick and shovel, gun and ammunition in a wheel-barrow. When he left Pittsburgh he had just five cent3 in money, and no outfit save what he had cn his tack. Pitkins, hardware dealer of Kansas City, who has known McGrew for some years, filled his whetl-l arrow with an outfit, and McGrew started on his solitary pil grimage of six hundred miles through an uninbabited country save with Indians and I uffaloes, determined to fill his single wheelbarrow coach with thining du3t as soon as anybody. In passing a train, McGrqw.was offered a place in the com pany, but returned thanks for the proffer ed kindness, adding that he could not consistently accept the offer, as he was in grtat haste,, and. feared that hemijzhtbe delayed, and perhaps caught in the iow, if he travelled with oxen. . ' Antoiue Le Claire, a half-breed In dian, living at Davenport, is said to be the richest man in the Slate of Iowa; -" Gov. Grimes ranks next-ia wealth. : t The "marriage between, Jonathan and Miss Great Britainrwhich was" so brilli antly celebrated a few xveckVago.Yj "evi dently a very unhappy one, A all events! no words havs passed Icitcecn them since the bridal day. , . . There are now 'about 9,000 Post Offi ces in the United States. .'. 0nr.ffip Basket.;:; To hold cne's head up, help . to .keep one's heart up. - Much of the world' 'progTesa is ia a wrong direction. . A bleeding finger is more noticct! thia a bleeding heart. C. ' -. -" ' ' A " . .. . -j Men do less ihad they ought j 'ualess they do all they can. ' ' : . He who has outlived hisjffienaV fcIs that his home is beyond thegfave. " Manners and customs are cfieoccm- promise between wisdom and folly.. , ,Why should B come before C ? :- -cause any one must be before he-can ee. A wag states that he always loo4q under the marriage head for news ot tie veak. y - .'..)' . The horse's coat is a gift of Nature, but a tailor very often makes a ccat for an, as3. ' " . . Resignation to eyijs that C3nbe cure, docs not stand high among the Christiaa graces.- , ; Why should a sailor always know what o'clock it is K Because he is alirays po ing to sea. " " V J- ' ' She that marries a man iecause lie is a "good match," must not be surprised if he turns out "a lucifer." The following question is now before ' the Tillietudlum Debating Society "Is it wrong to cheat & lawyer?". . . ,; The Illinois Journal "asks it we can. throw any light on kissing." We don't care to. The thing is just as well 'ia l&e dark. , : ". "Pray doctor, had your mother a sJtM "Let me see! she had tvyo daughters,, but whether she had a son, I 1 really can't recollect." . " ' - 4. An eminent painter wasasked ,whaj h. mixed his colors with to produce so extra ordinary an effect ?, , "I mix them with brains, Sir," was tho reply.' Y'. ' , , , An eloquent writer, .'in his letters' ta young men, exhorts thenj to "wrap them selves in their virtue;" but we knoy there . are many in these parts who, if they had no more covering, would freeze to death. ' . . '--:. A western poet gets ofT the following . explosion: The engine 'groanqd, . the wheels did creak, the steam did whistle, and the boiler did leak. The boiler was examined they found it was ' rusted r . when all on a sudden the old'thing bust-" ed, " ' ' ;." ; A green un who had never been on a steamboat before, fell into the hatchway of one down into the hole, i . ; Being hurt he jumped up and exclai ' ed in surprise : "Well, if the darned : thing ain't hoi ler! -.'. v. . : mYou have a right to challenge ' any of of the jury you please," said the counsel, to a testy client, who wa$ under indict ment. f . "And so will," he reglied; "if they don't bring me off handsorrfely, I'll chal lenge every one of them!" Little Sis. h, Bobby, I'm goinff to-, have a hooped dress, an oyster shellboa- ' net, a pair of ear-drops and a baby! 1 Little Bob. The thunder you ivill '. Well, I'm going to hare .a rair of jht pants, a shaughai coat, a crooked cana. and pjstol ! ' "No one would take you for what yo9 are," said an old fashioned gectlemau to a young dandy, who had more ,h?jr thaa brains. "Why?" . : : ; 'A 'Because they can't see your ears V With a flushe,il phir, dandy bolted. ; "Wherever I go," aid a gentlen:3t remarkable for his' state pride, ul ani sure to find sensible men from 137 cwa State." . ' . , ' "No wonder,"' said the person he waa addressing, "fqr every 'man of that State, who has any sense,' leaves H as sooil a'S he can." - -: . "I." Conclusion " six days' sulk. (-Scene j " Outside of the house a cat is heard to mew. ' Husband to the dear one of h:3 bososi "Did you speak, dear?" "'- Tea-taUe suddenly oyertpined, and broomsticks become prevalent ia jhe. do mestic atmosphere." .--- - "Please your lordship's honor jbi g6 ' ry," replied Tom,"I shot the hare by ac cident." . . - 7 ,, ,' ' "Ry accident?" remarked Captain p-, Hallaron. 4 . - - : . .- . "I was firing at a bushj and the beaxt ran across my aim, all of his own acv cord." "The game-keeper .tells a different, sTory," said hi5 lcrdshir. '" .- " ; Och '. don't put faith in what therpai1 savV' said Tom, Mwheri he n?ver xafv ; abput pa.king : the .truth-any bsw. ..XT j tould mea'other day yer lordship wasc' so fit to fill the chair of justice a,s a jack, ass." v . " . ,rAy, ay L" exclaimed, the iscounf Kil? ski(d-ry, "indeed, and what did you sayl1 'phid your lordship,! vaid your kr ship was.. : . :: .. .. ..! - '