, 1863-11-18
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Rum Is uEed In the West Indies instead
Of turpentine in the preparation Of paint.
During recent SNOW storm at Denver.
the mercury stood 0 deg. lower than q. auT
time last winter.
DR.. Winehip daily raises 1900 pounds
and intends to increase his burdens t, 5000
pounds. -..>
Abraham Lincoln for President ct the head
Of its columns,
Fifteen whaleships arc being fis.ed out
at New Bedford.
Rebel slave owners in Tennessee ara
running their Elayes into Kentucky and sell
ing them there.
The SUBMITS Of White Mountains !, ,ve
been covered with SNOW is inches deep for
several day.
There are l0J, ,314 taxable persons In Phil.
adelphia, and 81 AIT voters, as shown By a re-
cent return.
MIR. Ball, the sculptor, has gone to italy
to complete tie statue Of Edwin Forrest
$1,000. ~ s:~' ~
"A slave woman was recently arrested In
Richmond for 3 stealing dress. Evidence
Of good character Was odered-her mistress
saying that JET Davis would as soon steal Is
Emeline would. Tho Woman:was t'sent up,
"A 10 gun heavy battery is being con-
structed on the bank Of the Delaware River,
near Delaware City. It's to consist Of six
10 inch and tour Is inch guns, and will be
bomb-proot 1t will be a very formidable
work.
The great OCEAN iron clad Monitor ram
Dictator Is ready for launching, but the
builder ia, obliged to await the spring tides,
which occur at the latter part Of this month.
--Ma,shal Forey has left New York for
France. On Wednesday last, he had an in.
te1yiew with Gen. Scott. The visit vas quite
cordial a.:
Among the persons captured on the for
eign steamers Robert E. Iee md Eu7 and
lime we're Confederate Captain Of artillery
named Pierce, and Belgian Consul named
exhibited his papers duly accredlting MIN IS
Consul for Leopold to the port Of Charleston,
- Ba1num has secured another Curiosity
young female monstrosity, seventeen Yeays
Of age, who has reached tie amazing height
ct eight feet and one inch, and !s still grow
Ing. Her face, her arms, her fingers, her
feet, are In proper proportion to her great
he5ght-tremendous In aizs and length. Her
foot Is fifteen inches long, and Its Width ex.
estal. The fingers are huge. An Ordinary
arm By the side Of this lady's looks puny and
stunted. Her knee reaches nearly to the hin
Of person Of ordinary height. She Is agree
able and pleasant In manner, quite haadsome
for her elze, and well proportloned.
- Tie strike Of the car drivers mon the
New York City Railroads has Terminated. tho
officers OF the EeTern1 roads having complied
with the demands Of their employees nr an
increase OF wages. The advanced paY is
81. 81 1.2per dsy.'
Capt. Gordon, Of the Confederate army.
who hss been tried as . spy By cours mar.
tla1 at Fort McHenry, and is under sentence
to be shot, formerly edited a paper In Par
kerbuIg, Va and at the time Of the break.
iEg out Of the war, edited that rabtd sheet,
the Clarksburg Register.
"A young man In California whose friends
had ceased to correspond with him, woke up
their interest BY sending letters to business
Of toleratlY sized farm. Seven affectionato
letters came from the friends by, return OF
post, md two or three day hare come ever
tiEce, including one from an old (and cold
sweetheart,
AT Springfield, Ohio, the loyal folks are
manufacturing huge quantities Of sau1 kraut
for the soldiers. The Meas says: Barrel af.et
barrel Of the cahbages have been cut up and
packed down with salt, ready for shipment.
All day yesterday q four-mule team was em-
ployed In hauling in the raw material The
ecene inside the room WIS difficult properly
to describe. Ladies and gentlemen IN scores
Tere ttpltchirE In, with Ill their might, to
s.manufactu1eH the cabbages as fast as they
we1e brought in.
The Berkshire {Mass.) Courier says: One
of the moet horrible affairs that It hiss ever
been our duty to record, occurred On satuf-
day. in the southeast part OF Sheffield
little child. q year and = hall old, son OF
Ma,hsM Ryan, wandered out unattended Into