friends say ho is averse to a public ovation at San Francisco, and denounce the excur sion from the East to meet him as a trick of speculators to make money. Anyhow, the excursion project appears to have fallen through. The probability of his being nomi nated for Piesident is not lessened, however, and his admirers are skilfully creating a popular feeling in his favour. The Fourth of July celebration is over, thank God, with its fireworks, noise, smoke, spread-eaglsism, and nonsense. Nothing of importance oc curred. Increasing interest is taken in the Australian trade East, and the fact that loco motives are being manufactured for New Zealand and New South Wales in the Bald win Ironworks Philadelphia, is deemed of sufficient; importance to telegraph all over the country. Americans are doing something odd " all the time," to use a colloquialism. A Cap tain Goldsmith and wife sailed recently in a small boat from .Boston on a voyage round the world, and have been heard from at Halifax, whence they sailed for England, via, Newfoundland. A woman ia on a five months' tramp between New York and .New Orleans, and the populations of towns and •villages turn out to give her a public re ception. But the latest craze of all is a spiribual wedding in Leaven worth, Kansas. As I cannot possibly summarise the points of this extraordinary story, I annex copy of telegram published in Ameri can newspapers. It shows the length to which persons influenced by the "spiritism" delusion will go. And here, parenthetically, let me say that your great Dr Slado has settled to business as a healing and reveal ing medium. He advertises among the astrologers and fortune-tellers of which this city is full. Following are the details of the " Marriage in the Spirit Life :" — "Leaven worth, June 26 th. — There is considerable excitement in this city over a report pub lished in the Times of Wednesday morning of the wedding, in the spirit world, of a daughter of Colonel J. E. Eaton, to a son of ex-President Pierce. The ceremony is re ported to have been performed in a spiritual bower, and by one who now resides in the spirit land. The bride died about 30 years ago, an infant, and the groom was killed when a small boy. 