Igt.Andrew Johnson’s visit to
Memphis, Tenn., gave a chance to
the gamins of that city which they
were not slow to improve. The
newsboys selected one of their num
ber to personate the President, in
stalled him in a handcart, and drew
and pushed him through the grinning
crowd. The boy appreciated the
dignity of his position and assuming
a gravity that did credit to him, he
distributed his bows on either side;
in excellent imitation of tbo ex%
President.
Ss3(,Rev. J. C. Lovejoy has been
removed from the Custom House, and
his place has been given to Charles
L. Mitchell, a member of the Massa
chusetts 54tb regiment, who lost a leg
in the service of bis country, and was
<>ne of the first two colored men ever
t it cted to the Legislature.
—Mr A. T. Stewart’s property on
Boardwuy alone, is worth about five
millions. Mr. VV. B. Astor » real es
tate on Biullw.lv is worth about
three millions. The Lorillard estate
has eight millions invested in that
thoroughfare.
A petition is in circulation, and
receiving numerous signatures in
Boston, requesting the President to
appoint Frederick Douglass to the
Brazilian mission.
—Senator Sprague is said to own
all of Rhode Island excepting the
Providence Journal, and Senator An
thony owns that.
—The Sprague imbroglio has been
settled. It was a very small tempest
in a very small teapot-
AWAKE UPON ALL SUBJECTS: NEUTRAL UPON NONE.
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1869.
Writteu for the Heiler/i Hural.
The Inefficiency of Girls—The ‘‘Com
ing Man.”
BY MKh. JEKMII T. 11AZKN.
