, 1863-08-18

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An Administration majority Is therefore
secure.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.
The exhibition Of the magnetic light ut Bos-
ton few days since was most complete guc.
cess, and 1t Was Witnessed by crowd equal
Ing In numbers those generalIy seen upon the
Common on the night Of Tie Fourth Of July.
The light, in different colors, was ut one time
thrown upon the flag floating on the fig staff,
With fine effect, while the band played, 'sRed,
White and Blue" At another time the light
was thrown upon the fountain, showing upon
the Water, as # BY magic, ths names, sFGrant
ana Vieksburg.n Banks and Port Hudson,','
MEADE and Gett3s5uEg,", "Gilmore and
Dead" The effect vas startling, and the I'M
mense crowd that witnessed it gave loud and
hearty evidence Of their appreciation We
understand that from the hills in tho vicinity
Of Boston the display was very fine. At . dis
been distinguished and read.
We have Lad to notice from time to time
the proofs Of the advancing civilization Of
Turkey, which nre found IN its newspaper
press. We have now to note feature which
marks very forward state OF progress, the
appearance Of the Canard, an inGalli6le sign Of
per. The Journal al Coastanlinople publishes
the following story: One evening LAST week
two young men Of the isle Of Priukipo were
returning ina caique from sporting excur-
sion on the coast Of Asia when they suddenly
count, but soon after they perceived oEer their
heads an enormous bird, the sight Of which
filled them with alarm: Selling their guns
they both fired ut it, and were still more
amazed when they heard broken words and
cries which could only proceed from human
organs. They at once stetred fot the spot
where the supposed bird had fallen. and we're
struck with stupefaction on finding that what
they had taken for 4 fowl was q man with IN
Immense pair Of mechanical wings. They
took him into their boat, and were not 4 lit
tie relieved OF finding that he had only re-
Icarus was flying from Anugone to Plati, to
visit 4 young person whom he wished to mar
r., but whose parents were opposed to the
match. To visit his lady love he had invented
and made the wings le wore, and had already
once crossed the sttait between the islands.
On his third journey his flight was cut short
RIs.l! b th's unt0H'Fd accident He is no" at
M. Theodore SortaIs, d clockmaker at
Liseux, has submitted to the Emperor Napo-
leen o new electric telegraph, offering many
advantages. By 1t messages can be transmit
ted by the sender in the absence Of my re-
ceiyer. The symbols-tEaced on paper-are
errors without loss of time. The Morse in-
sttnmepts, 1t Is said, can be adapted to the
new system.
THE total export Of sherry from Cadiz for
the half year ending the 30th Of June last was
SO Geo butts, against q, 1SG in 1862. or port
wine the export from Oporto Was for the half
year It, 500 pipes.
baron Taylor has lately made an effort to
obtsin for tue world c1ef d'tzuyre, ,'lately COM
posed by Rossinf at his villa near AuteuI1.
This composition is musical mass. Tie
Baron hoped to give It certain publicity By
asking Rcssini to allow 1t to be executed on
St. CccI1ia's Day for the benefit Of the Musi-
c1ans' Association But the composer has re-
fused In the most positive manner. BE has,
however, consented to allow some friends to
perform 1t. In Madame Rorsini's salon in the
presence OF few artists whom he will invite.
n Gonnod, the composer Of 'tFaust," will
be included among the performers.
.-Adclina Patti has been "commandedn By
the 41eGa ~ m Of Spain to sing during the winter
1inqnish her engagements in Pasis.
The London papers tell Of O watcr-walker
who has nchieyed success. ;He put an air
tight vessel On his breast, aud another on his
back-both ToFn under his clothes. He had
also q sort Of small paddle On each heel fixed
0v k41Rb UAIAA Als AONe AAVfCA Ao4 HA4A kAE pau
die moved sideways, and when the paddle
was subjected to lateral pressure 1t offered
fiat surface to- the water. This arrangement
enabled him to walk with ease.
MIR. Henry Grafton Guinness, who made
an evangelizsng tour to this country and yis-
tied Chicago three years since, has become
Plymouth Brother, aud has renowned the
title IL Reverend"
--Thomas Adds Emret, Esq, an eminent
1Ulfet of New York city and nephew of Rob-
ert Eumet, the Irish patriot, died On Friday
Last IN New York, aged eixty-dve years.
One day Last week, q robust and rosy.
checked danse1 called upon Provost Marshal
Davis, ct Maine, II company With her lover
a substitute Tor him. She insisted that she
WAS best able to endure the har1lshIps Of war.
and that she would gladly shoulder musket
and take his place IN the ranks, rather than
the precious life Of her lover should be en-
affections seemed to be entirely willing to
assent to the arrangement, but the obd1rate
heart Of Capt. Davis WIS proof against every
appeal, and the devoted girl, compelled to
snrender her lover to the tender mercies Of
the Enrolment Board, went array ao1ro8ing.
u. ". Crishel1 has been re-nominated for
Congress by the Union men Of the LIST dis
trict Of Maryland
The Boston 1fanscip: says: "When u
boy at school, in Portsmouth, New Hamp.
shire, Matnt, the pirate captain, always fell
below his class. One Of his gchooHGlIoWs
remembers these coup1ets, which little ur-
chin Of twelve made about him on certain
exhibition day many years ago:
And here's Johnny Maflt, as straight as gun
The Frst 6oy in school, slr, II thieying and lies,
Instead Of good scholarship, bore Of the prlzc.''
AT the close Of the Inst financial year
(s1st March, 1889, The national debt Of Eng
land consisted Of :eTs3, SOC, ,739 funded dsbt,
97o9 so3, ,1So. II is tie flfst year in Which the
debt has been below 4eso0, ,0o0, 900 since 1856.
In single rear It Wus rniscd by the Crimeau
war from &'75, ,al5, $40 to G803 0l3, ,694, and in
1857 it had reached 2S0S, Joe, ,12s..
The Peninsular Railroad Company, which
Is engaged in building line Of road from
Little Bay de Noquet, at the head Of Green
Bay, across the upper peninsula Of Michigan
to Lake Superior, are prosecuting their work
with great Vigor, with the intention Of having
their whole line in operation Oh the opening
Of luke navigation next spring. All the mon.
ey needed for the construction and equipment |
Of the road has been provided; the iron has
been purchased, and large part Of It already |
shipped to Escanawba, The terminus Of the |
road On Little Bay de Noquet.
The Rochester {Minn.) Hst says the me
diclDal plant, the seneEa Root, {tb1H3dala S.1.-
Egn) has become quite an article OF export |
thereabouts. J. D. Ameigh & Co., Of that !
city, hare, during the month of June last, /
purchased and shipped upwards OF eight hun:
d1ed pounds Of this article, designed for use |
In the Eastern cities, in tie preparation Of |
ezpeetorants and cough remedies. The price
paid for this article has, been from 50 to 60 |
cents per pound, and in some SEASONS read
i1y brings from Is cents to one dollar per
pound. That paper thinks that with the in
ducements held out, as the root grows in
abundance In thai region, there will be a1arge
amount exported from the State next year,
and that the Ss1nga trade viii rival the Gin
stng excitement OF the "Btg Woods"
TIE INDIANS AND TIE OVERLAND TELE.
EArH-When the poles Of the Overland
Telegraph we're first put up, the Indians In
sisted upon cutting them down. They
thought tho buffa1oes were to be fenced In. |
Much delay and trouble arose from this cause.
ReEort vas ct Inst had to "9trntegy, my boy"
The Indians were told thnt It was along this
wire that the spirit Of the Great Father tray
eled from ocean to ocean. They were incred-
ulous until they took hold of TIC 7wiire aud re-
ceiyed shock which nearly Knocked them
over. That convinced them, and eincc that
day no Indian has cut down a telegraph pole
between here and DeHv2r.-Le0veNi5orM Con.
se4uattpe
SINGULAR CONTEST ABOUT ACunD.-Ar re
case has just been decided in the
Supreme Court Of Massachusetts,. A Mrs.
Hatfield petitioned for the custody OF boy
about four aud a half years old, named VII.
liam Henry Cooper, alleged to be her son By |
q former husband, which son was claimed By |