, 1863-09-11
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

| A small hebdomadal quarto sheet, pub
lished in New Orleans Ia the French Ian
guage, under the title Of La Renaissance, fa
been suppressed By order Of Gen. Bowen, TO
dis1oyalty. Nothing better could bs expected
Of o French paper.
Irish moss has been. found growing
nbuldantIF on the rocks along the beach Il
scituate, Mass., and about three THOUSAND
barrels are gathered annually. It is worth al
! first hands from three to six dollars per bar
rel.
HRS. Lincoln and son, accompanied by
Gen. Doubleday, reached New YORK on Tues.
day last She paid high compliment to the
New York policemen, who showed her atten.
tions.
The individual who originated the inge-
NOUS idea Of selling tWo.cent stamps, by I'd
yer,iaiug s'portraits Of Jackson,' f5r twenty
| five cents, which we noticed some days since,
! proves, on an investigation Of the case. to
be q youth Of about sixteen When ques-
toned In 1egard to tie matter, be admitted
the offence, and stated, as an excuse, that he
bad just returned from boarding school,
the Principal of which was accuetomed to
Impress upon the pupils the importance Of
advertising as means Of success In business,
and that his little operation was for the pur-
pose Of testing the truth of-his instructor .
theory.
There Is . great rush Of adventures to
ths goa mines ;;5d. n the county Of Bsauce about
There are about q Thousand persons at the
"diggfngs-n The gold district extends over
distance Of fifty miles, part Of it running
through the suburbs Of Quebec. Some fine
nuggets, weighing nearly an ounce of pure
Jumps much larger in size have been washed
ont.
-Diphtheria is raging fearfully at Stratton,
vt. Some ncighborhoods are so afflicted that
it is with difficulty help can be procured to
teke care Of the sick.
According to Port Royal correspon-
dent, the thunder of the bombardment Of
Charleston was distinctly heard ut Beaufort,
distance Of fifty mile..
In Bridgeport, Conn, On Saturday last,
I. suit was brought by the drm Of Pomsroy q
In Bridgeport. the Farmer, against q New Ha-
zen man. The counsel for the defendant
c1afmed that, as Morse was an aveWel rebel,
no action In his behalf could be brought In
our courts. The attorney for the plaintiffs
seemed to be struck with this view of the mat
ter and the case was alloweo to so By tho
board.
-Guayaquil is the great depot for Panama
hats, eight hundred thousand dollars worth
being sold annually. The grasS Of which
they arc made is found chiefly in the neigh
boring province Of San Cristoval- They can
be bra1ded only in the night or early moTn-
Ing, rs the heat In the daytime renders the
gTass brittle. It takes q native about three
months to braid one Of the finest quality and
eaW some hats which looked like fine liner,
and are valued at fifty dollars apiece, even
here.
-PsiYate letters from New Mexico state
that the health Of our troops there is very
good, and great satisfaction is expressed
NTH the action Of Gen. Carleton, command
tpg the department, In pardoning ill military
offenders, except those charged with capital
crimes. on the receipt Of The news II the
Gettysburg victory. The officers OF the reg
ular army on duty in New Mexico are very
anxious to have chance Of distinguishing
themselves In the States, and arc almost i'm
patient to be ordered to their regiments
which are with the armies in the field.
1t is reported that q well known General
In the Army Of the Potomac had made ar-
ranger1ents TO give grand ball aud feast at
bis headquarters, when stop was put to the
affair By an order from the Commanding Gen
esal, in which 1t was stated that the only
balls recognized in that army wc,e can.oi.
balls.
The army has grown merry over Kilpat-
rick's recent exploits at Port Conway. They
say that kilpatrick's cavalry captured two
gunboats, but were forced to destroy them,
for want Of transportation.