, 1863-11-12
NEWS PARAGRAPHS,

p - IN4AVA uaa OAlE4AAEEA IL OES4Au kuak
the Queen Of England is disposed to marry
second time, and the London press Ia very in.
dignant. At the same time, while they pro-
ncunce 1t 80 foul and dangerous calunny,"
they also state their fears about King Leo
pold's sisit to England the present nonth.
they style him, Is said never to hare been
givtn to or taken by the Queen Without Injn-
n to her welfare and honor" -
|e,-Capt. n ". Massey, the Canadian, who
created considerable tensation short time
since. By eloping from Montreal with Miss
McTavish, has married her, in Scotland, aud
thus spoiled the sensation.
Tile Army and Nary Journal, considered
good authonty In military matters, does not
share the popular opinion Us to the efficacy Of
.Greek dre' as means of reducing Charles.
ton. It enterta1nB the Impression that the at
tempt may eetvo the innocent purpose of
tickling the popular Eancies, but It will hard
| II be Ee1iously considered by professional
men In. Its Last Issue it says -sUntu either
| the iron feet can make Its Nsy up to the city
enough to march on It, We have = little faith
! in the capture Of Charleston"
! = Persons who ralte dickey birds must p4y
double the ordinary prices for the eeed. Fiji.
teen years ago the crop Of Canary seed proved
q alure- It comes from Sicily. Bird tanci-
ers were compelled to teach their pets to I've
nnry value is two dollars. The crop Is fall
| u1e, anf1 the price Is likely to reach ten dol
lars.
"A cope erhead paper printed in Pennsyl-
van!a, called the Beaver Star few days since
deliberately charged that Gov. Curtin, while
On visit to Rochester,; New York. WIS 80
drunk that he Ind to be helped into the cars.
| The Governors friends at once proceeded to
institute suit for libel, when the Star made
4 tull retraction ofthe lie and saved Itself.
Some ship builders from Boston have
| lately discovered = remarkable piece Of tim
Der In Weetern Virginia. It WAS tree tnen-
! ty. one feet In circumference and nine and L
| half feet IN diameter. It wes white oak,
0fty.tour feet from Its base to It's frat branch
| without curve or speck If decay. 1t waa
/ estimated that the tree would produce ten
thousand feet Of one inch lumber.
Marshal Forey has arrived in New York
] on board the French frjgate Panama. It will
be wonder II be egcapes without being feast
ed and feted and having bali given in his
| behalf.
- The venerable Mrs. Close, rlady whose
life began with the career Of the country, died
at Poughkeepsie q few days since. The de.
ceaaed lady Nas daughter Of the late Gen.
William P. Van Ness, and near relative OF
Lady Gore 0us1ey aud Mrs. fudge Roosevelt.
In her gi1lhood she ras o recognized belle at,
fashionable court wherein the late President
Van BuIen, the late eX-Vlce PRECEDENT Aaron
Burr, William Writ, General Wilkinson, Chief
Justice John Marshall, the Van Rensselaers,
| the LlVfngstong, the Nbbitts, the HEARTS,
and, at q later day, President Jackson, the
late Secretary ot War Eaton, John c. Cal;
l figures, al of whom we're accustomed to ad-
| mire her beauty and eulogize her mental bril-
Haney. ...:,>
"a project having in view the shortening of
The distance between Europe and America,
and the opening Of the safest and largest port
IN fha n1d. n1ri NJ hpay, ar cd hv
French company, At the head Of which are
come Of tie greatest names Of France and the
| Mayor of Brest as President. This project
consists in converting Brest, hitherto ezc!u-
merce, and BY fitting up her roadstead-pso-
tec:ed asainat etIong winds md heavy seas
by range Of hills-for the reception Of large
| vessels. The greatest Of all the advantages
produced By Transforming Brest Into . com
ta1ca between Nen York and Europe Of
something like twelve to twenty hours, and
to produce considerable economy In time,
fuel and labor.
THE famous article published some time
ago in the Raleigh North Carolins) Standard,
attacking the secession leaders, sho wing b w
all their promises and predictions had tailed,
has been translated Into German and Nidely
circulated In Germany, through the instru-
mentality Of young Bostontan now In that
country; The document is said to hage pro-
'duced . happy effect. -
Five school boys got into freight car
standing on . track In Cambridge, Nassachu-
setts, 70 play. The conductor came along,
aud not knowing they were there, closed the
doors and attached the car to the train. They
reached Rouse's Point before they could
make themselves heard, and then we're almost
starved. They reached home after an absence
Of week. -
T. Professor Ebenezer Emmons died OF
i Brunswick, North Carolina, on the 1st Of Oc.
tober last. He was ut one time Professor OF
Natural History at Williams College, Mass,
j. | and afterwards filed ; chair at the Albany
aed er gege yeass e. lis liz ueoa as
Survey. Of North Carolina, but died before 1t
was finished,
- The famous New York Excelsior Brigade
has offered to re-enlist for three years or the
war, on condition Of being allowed the privi-
lege to reorganize Us mounted infantry, and
to return to New York for period Of sixty
doyBto recruit.