Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1859 — Various Items. [ARTICLE]

Various Items.

OJ"We‘ suppose a man who never speaks may be said always to keep his word, OiJ"Mr. Buchanan rs said to desire tfia nomination of hrs friend, Joseph Lane of Oregon. G. Dodge, of Indiana, has been removed froiJi a clerkship in the Ben-sion Offite 1 on suspicion of being friendly to Douglas. Gs” Senator Wilson has been elected Captain of the Nantuck Guard. The CJefrefal's ambition must now be very nearly satfefijed - . rot is making sad havoc in many of the potato fields of Rhode Island, and in some localities will prove almost a total failure. CO~The American Consul at Tunis is supported at a cost of $4,100, and yet but one American vessel has anchored in that port for five years. 0O""V ictor Hugo said: “There are some unfortunate men in the world. Christopher Columbus cannot attach his name to his discovery; Guillotin cannot detach his from his invention.” QO“Since the Spanish war of succession, (1701,) Austria has lost and regained Lombardy no fewer than twelve times. On the 11th of July, 1859, she lost it for the thirteenth time. oO”The American Consulate in Japan i« situated in an old Japanese temple called “Chingo ikoosingee,” - and is surrounded on every side w’th graves, tombstones, and ugly heathen images. (gy'Advices from all quarters of the Union where the cereals constitute the staples of the agricultural production, leave no room to question the fact that the recent harvest has proved more than usually abundant. (C x 7”The Board of Education of New York has resolved to apply to the next Legislature so-r an. act empowering it to provide for free vaccination of children in public schools and. that no children be admitted to the public schpols unless vaccinated. This is a good idea. (O"0ne of the counterfeit checks on the Sub-Treasury at St. Louis has reached that city. 7t is an imitatation of genuine, admirably executed, and calculated to deceive. The tools and materials seized by the United States Marshal were found in a Church and tithing office of Brigham Young. (O~There are some green -spets at the South. Mr. Gillmer, who has just been elected to Congress from North Carolina, voted against the Lecompton Swindle. He is farfrom being an wltrarst. Mr. Ethridge, of Tennessee, is another of the few elected ti»> Congress from the South., who are opposed' to the extension c-f Slavery. Lord Ly no karst, whois spiritedly urging England to a thoro gh armament, ia art American. lie was born, in Boston in 1772. His father was the celebrated painter Copley, whose great) painting was She “The Death of Chatham.” He is now a Peer, and has three tiraies been Chancellor of England". Freak of Nature—Colt with Two Legs.—A mare belonging to Hosner Allen, of Bellefontaine, folded » horse eoly. with only two legs, hind ones. The colt may be considered perfect every other way, being large and full of life. Mr. Allen gave it to Mr. Guthrie, who will endeavor to raise it.— Bellefontaine Republican. women of Blissfield, Mich., have organized a lodge of the “Daughters of Malta,” and are holding their mysterious meetings two or three evenings in each week.. The men have thus far failed to ascertain th object and manners of the new society. The regalia worn by the ‘Datnjhters’ is said to be similar to that of the ‘Sons,’ with a slight variation. Panic Among the Iloors.—During service, on Sunday, in a neighboring city, recently, a tremendious thunderstorm commenced, and ninny of the ladies in attendance at one of the fashionable churches, becoming alarmed at the vivid lightning, quietly divested themselves of their patent extensions, fearing that the steel springs of which they are composed would prove too attractive, and. induce a visit from the frolicsome electric fluid. oO”The New York Herald has the following special Telegram from Washington: ‘ Judge Douglas has written a letter to John L. Peyton, ofrStaunton, Virginia, which will be made public in a few days. It is in opposition to the re-opening of the African slave Dade, principally on the ground that its prohibition after a certain date was one of the compromises of the Constitution, which secured the acceptance of that instrument, and should, therefore, be held sacred.”' ()O”The Lafayette Courier states that a sample of leather tanned with dog fennel; instead of bark was exhibited in that place on Saturday, and appears to be equal to the best bark-tanned leather in all respects, and superior in softness and pliability. The process is a patent. It is said to be nble to. tan in qne fourth of the time that the old process requires, calfskins needing but 15, kip 30 or 40, harness 60, and sole leather 60 to 90 days. Louisville Journal of the 10th. says: “A dispatch from the office of the Secretary of State, received here last evening,, announces that all the returns from the Fourth Congressional District have been forwarded, and the official majority for VVlih 'am C. Anderson, (opposition,) is three. This gives the opposition five members of Congress, with which we will be contented until the Congressional Committee on elections reports that John M. Harlan is electedto his seat for the Eighth District.” OO’-Railroad building in the neighborhood of Logansport is more active than tn any’ other part of the State. iron on the line to Peoria is being laid down at the rate of half a mile per day, and a running connection from the West is expected to be made with the New Albany and Salem Road by the 15th of September, and with the Wabash Valley Road at Logansport, by the 15th of October. This new line will be a great feeder to the eastern end of the Wabarb Road. The Cincinnati and Chicago R.0a.5 nort-west of Logansport has lain dormant for some time. Operations are expected to resume in a few days, and the work will bo prosecuted with vigor until the line ia complet e<l.

——The frozen well at Brandon, Vt., has attracted crowds of savans to that place this season. Scientific persons in that vicinity ascribe the phenomena to an iceberg, and that originally, or at some remote period in the long past, part 'of America was the head of the sea. This hypothesis is sustained by the fact that several years ago, in building a railroad between Clermont and White River Junction, the terminus of the Sulivan Railroad, the bones of an arctic whale were found on one of the highest points of land. All the land near the well is frozen at a depth of a few feet below the surface. An interesting scientific report on the subject is understood to be forthcoming. ———<>——— PROFESSOR MAPES' FARM.—Prof. Mapes, the scientific farmer, now farms one hund and twenty-one acres of land, near Newark, N. J. His total receipts for the produce raised on his farm from April 1, 1858, to April, 1859, Were $12,627 89. His total expenses were $3,152 18, leaving him the handsome net profit of $8,575 71. So much for scientific farming. ———<>——— HORSE KILLED BY A SWARM OF BEES.— On Monday last a horse belonging to Mr. George Smith, of Middlefield, Mass., was attacked by a swarm of Bees. The bees were driven off, but the horse appeared in intolerable pain and entirely insensible to surrounding objects. His groans could be heard a quarter of a mite off. He lived in this condition for five hours, when he died. =======