American News.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 15, 23 February 1870, Page 7

American News.

_ The lied River insurgents in the Winnipeg Territory, GUO strong, have seized Fort Gurry. Proposals will bo submitted to the United States Congress in its ensuing session for the establishment of four now linos of American ocean steamers. Tlio capital required is 30,000,000 Hollars. It appears that in the liscal year ending 18G9, 700,000,000 letters passed through the mails of the United States, being an increase of 40,000,000 over any previous year. This is about twenty letters per head for every man, woman, and child in the United States. The castor bean, from which the oil of that name is made, is becoming an important industry in Perry County, California. One prominent dealer received at his warehouse 1000 bushels in one day, paying 3 dollars 18 cents, per bushel. It yields more bushels to the acre than wheat. Jefferson Davis, on his way home from England to Mississipi, passed through New Orleans. Many visited him, while one admirer carried his idolatry for the leader of the “ lost cause” so for as to stoop and kiss the name of the ex-Prcsident on the register of arrivals at the St. Charles Hotel. <( Chillicotho Row” is a new American dish, whereof the ingredients are one prairie chicken boiled on toast, two dozen fried oysters, seventeen gizzards, and asmany livers stewed with tomatoes, two pounds of beefsteak, and a quart of coffee,, stirred up and moistened with a hot apple toddy, No wonder our cousins have such a prononce yellow colour. “ Father Hyacinthe ate a beefsteak on October 22. The Catholics are much incensed. “ Pather Hyacinthe ate a broiled beefsteak on Friday, because, as he claims, he had a right to do so.” Those arc two scraps of “ news” just laid before the public. The New York Times says “ Father Hyacinthe has now seen in operation for Hie first time ‘a free press.’ We hope lie likes it.” _ On November 2, in the middle of the light, the people of Dartmouth, on the opao.site side of Halifax Harbour, N.S., wore iwakened by rocking as if in a cradle, and it the same moment the atmosphere wasillcd with a sulphurous matter. The sky it the time was covered with thick clouds. Fortunately no damage was done to life or property. The most remarkable part of the matter is the fact that nothing was experienced of the shock at Halifax, although the two places are only separated; by breadth of the harbour, which at his point is only two miles and a half. The Macon Journal is informed by 11. 3-lazo “ that he recently found at Fayette i young man by tho name of Fields, seventeen years old, and entirely ignorant of letters and figures, who could, in less than three minutes, solve any problem given.. Ihe number of flax seeds necessary to reach to tho sun, allowing six grains of flax seed to one grain of wheat, and thirteenplains of wheat to the inch. Answer 169,497,600,000,000, which was given intwo minutes. What would 3000 dollars imount to in ton years, compounding interest at 10 per cent. 1 This example he worked -in three minutes, absolutely correct, although he had to carry a score of iecimal fractions. YTiat would a horsebring, there being 32 nails in his shoes, allowing 3 cents for the first, 6 for the iccoml, 9, 27, 81, and so on 1 This required thirty-two distinct multiplications, and to> ju run up into trillions, yet ho did it in ;hree minutes. These examples will sufica to show his wonderful power. He is ■ r °ry uncouth- in; appearance, and has no 'aith in his fellows. He can do anything n mental arithmetic, even, in complex ractions.” We should be sorry to-cast ridicule upon, ■hose advocates of “ woman’s rights” who■estrict their demands within bounds which dl the world is disposed to' respect. Let vomen have an equal chance with, men in dl callings and professions—lot inequaliaes of the law bo redressed, lint sonic of lie female regenerators of society go to vork in a very strange way if they really vish to exalt their sex. A correspondent )f an evening contemporary met a misionary of this kind tho other night. Shelad taken possession of his sleeping berth, rle remonstrated with her, but she merely ■eplied that she was not afraid to sleep in lis room. Of course, she never asked x piestion about his feelings in the matterPresently tho gentleman thought to givens unwelcome visitor a fright. He began, o throw off his clothes. The strongniuded one very naturally despised thoirtifico. She was “ not afraid ”of a man, 10 matter in what guise ho presented himlelf. The owner of the state-room laid limsolf down to sleep • the lovely woman lid the same, having first “made herself •eady." Wo confess this is a truly alannng narrative Woman is asserting her ■ights at a rate which promises to makeionic of us extremely uncomfortable. VVheio is it all to stop 1 Tho invader of' lie sleeping car, wo are told, “ bears a same which is perpetually appearing in the papers. She-only carries her precepts - - into practice, poor thing. But really it is getting to bo a very serious business for the inferior creature called Man.