MISCELLANEOUS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 181, 23 August 1872, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

Religious Statistics. At the Brooklyn Methodist Episcopal Church Conference held on' May 8, the religious statistics fbr America were submitted : —Methodists, 6,533,209; Baptists, regular, 8,997,-116; Baptists, others, 363,019; Presbyterians, regular, 2,198,900 j "Presbyterians, others, 492,344 ; Roman 'Catholics, i4; Congregationalism, 1,117,21?; Lutherans, 997,832; Episcopal, 991,051. . It is gratifying to learn that the Private Petitions Committees of both Houses have reported favorably regarding Mr. Smythies' application for re-adnnssion to legal practice. We are further informed that £ Bill is to be introduced with the object of granting compensation to Mr. Smythies and his son (Sir. H. W. Smythies) for lossr sustained by them in vthe• establish their rights. ' Cromwell Argus.'

Mr. M.ilcolm M'Lets nan, of Clyde celebrity, has. returned to the soeno of hi* former adventurer. This time' he cornea aa the pioneer of a com pan 7 for extracting g-"»id.from bed of theriver. hy : aid of pneumatic tubes. Practical dredgers scoff at the. whole affair.

A telegram from Wellington states that a resolution it; favor of the reduction of the gold duty to two shillings per ounce,: was,carried by thirty-four to eleven. Ministers voted with th& minority. Mr. Jokn White took a prominent part in the discission.

.Morns- Dancer, bred by *I.M: the Queen, has left the* district for Victoria. We pegrefe the logs of thi# splendid well-bred- son of On other grounds we rejoice. He had. not sufficient, fashionable company to do-hiin the Hobop his v name and breeding demanded. The gain will be for Victoria. — 4 \Vakatip Mail.' " Well," said an English soldier, "well, it will certainly be a most ■Moody battle ; and all I have to say is, hi ay Ood stand by the right !" " De'il .pick cut your e'en for ,your wacked wish," replied a Scotch one, " Qod stand by Hamilton's regiment reight or wrang." ' - A . Maine sheriff who had-a" writ to serve ascertained that the defendant' was dead, and, tossing the paper over, the wall-of the cemetery, he,made return upon the writ that he had "left the summons at his last and .usual place of abode-, -'. _