MISCELLANEOUS.

Southland Times, Issue 1052, 6 November 1868, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

■- » ■ ■ ■ President Johnson received delegates from the International Tailors' Union Convention on the 12th of August at the White House. About 50 delegates were present. In addressing them he President said : — "We would not be aahamed of our profession in the mechanical line. Labour should be elevated into an aristoracy, and if all mechanics and labourers will pursue the rightcourse the time will come when we will creat* an aristocracy of labor. An aristocracy of labour will produce merit, morals, virtue, aad Intelligence. That is the kind of aristocracy I am in favor of. It is not the profession of the man, but his associations that degrade him. Lot us endeavour to elevate ourselves aud we elevate our professions. It is worth that makes the man. Let us rely upon our own wortJuujd merit fo* luceepe. Ih»

most pleasant hoar* of my life were those I spent in my tailor shop. I aim proud of it. I was. sot only a mechanic, but had the reputation of being a good one. Ido not wish to be facetious, but asthere has been a good deal said about the President being a faSor I will only go back to the Scripture, which says Adam was a tailor, and was the first to take a stitch or make a »uit of clothes, and surely, if Adam was a tailor, Idonot considermyself, as President, degraded to have been one. I have i the gratification of saying that, notwithstanding ; my early calling, when I, too, worked as a tailoi, i iiave not become giddy or proud in the position I flow hold as President." Greece wfll ioin, on the Ist of next January, the agreement alrfeady existing between France, Switzerland, Belgfato,- Italy, Rome, and Romnania for the use of the decimal system. New coins are being struck at Athens',- under the superintendence of a functionary frow the Paris Mint. King Victor Emmanuel had a narrow escape whilst following a chevreuil in a mountain- pass a few days back. Suddenly the king found his progress impeded by a mass of rock, which appeared impassable. Undeterred by its ! formidable aspect, Victor Emmanuel put his foot 'on it, but t3» snow with which it was covered rested on » mss* of ice, which his weight gradually dfsg&cedv A shepherd a few yards below him, perceiving fihe* sportsman's imminent danger, scrambled up the rockand caught him by the back of his shooting coat, and thus saved his life from certain destruction. His majesty took off his hat to the poor shepherd, and on the spot handed him 3000 scudi. He has siwe then settled a pension on him for life.