NEWS IN BRIEF

A number of young men have been apprehended for frequenting the London theatres in female clothing, one of whom is said to have been mistaken for the Duchess of Manchester.

Lewis Kennedy, colored one of the murderers of John Baker and Mrs. Julia Stewart in New Kent county Va has been found guilty, and sentenced to be hung July 1st.

A clergyman of Putnam, Conn recently married a couple on the cars without the other passengers having any knowledge or suspicion of the transaction.

It is a little singular that every Cuban general officer of note is just now in New York. Doubtless there is less danger and privation in that city than on the island.

By the decision of the arbitrator the yacht Sappho wins the three races with the Cambria and is now the "champion" yacht of the world.

There are nineteen candidates already in the field for the next Governor of Pennsylvania, and as many in the republican side in New York.

The Boston Advertiser says "no panes were spared to make the Philadelphia hailstorm successful."

St. Paul's Cathedral in London is said to be in danger from excavations of underground rail roads.

The Schuetzen Society is going to erect a monument to Gen. Steuben in Utica, New York.

The death of Arthur M. Huger, Esq a prominent citizen of Charleston SC, is announced.