, 1863-11-16
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

"A law haE passed the Vermont Legislature
allowing towns to erect monuments to the
memory Of diseased soldiers.
The new Secretary Of Legation at Wash
fugton, from England, the Hon Y. Elliot, IL
a con Of the Earl Of St, German.
The veracioue New York correspondent
Of the London Times writes home that but
for British sailors the American nayy-mer-
camille Or national not have been what
It IL! The same truthful person styles Gen
eral Corcoran san ex-rebel aud rumseller."
An Ingenious persen has discovered that
the three mnst forclble letters in the alphabet
are n Il G; that the tno which contaia moth
ing aye II T. that four express great corpu-
lence. Q B G T; that two are in decline. D
&; that four indicate e1alted station, Z In
C; aad three excite our tears, yet, when pro.
nourced together, are necessary to good un-
dess.anasDg, L E G.
"A s:otchmsn who had heard Beecher at
Manchester aftesward expressed his opinion
Of him to an American i1 uumistakstte Mgb
he eaid; "he :.gart me tirgle fra the tap Of
ny head to ym taes. Ye must ha' Draw
mecnistre, II he's q tair sample Of 'em!''
The suit Of Smit:, d Wesson, of Spring.
field, Massachusetts, against Allen & Wheo.
lccR, CT Worcester, tor Infringement Of patent
On ths aesong pistol Tasn as has a. been pend 3D.
seme time, has been decided jim favor Of the
plaintl6s- This decision clearly establishes
the right Of Aess1s Smith g. Wesson to the
patent theJ hold, as there have been prayious
decisions in their fAyor in other districts Of
the Supreme Court.
Ten Of JEFF. Daris's slaves were lately
captured By the rebels Thirty miles beloT
V.ckshu1g. They were On the river plantation
Of The "Preafdent," " and had on Federal
uniforms, and arms in their hands. Six slaves
belonging to brother Of JET. were taken At
the same time. Will the "Prcsident'' carry
out his threat aud hang his own slaves for the
"A curious case at Law has arisen In Pom
ert1ia. a farmer held q meadow, with the
right Of Irrigation on each recurring Apos-
ties Day. He contended that there were thir-
Teen apostles, tsiuclutipg Matthias and Barn
abas as well as Paul" It was closely argued
by the lawyers; and the joke Of the affair is,
Be e % oes eansaa 10
having been guilty Of undue meniment"
in a1luding to the subject
The value Of the petroleum wells to the
stale Of PeIrsf1ranIa may be inferred from
the increase Of population In those regions
eince the wells have begun to be worked.
Venango, the county In which the wells are
in two years from one thousand seven hun.
dred and thirteen to siK Thousand two hun
d1ed and EfIty-fiye. From having been one
Of the Hi1dest, it is likely to become one OF
the mcEt Populous counties in the state.
1t Is perhaps not generally known that
the Russians use English terms for the var
io1k paris Of ship, and all the orders for
sailing are given Ia Dutch, These terms were
originally tngrafted in the Ru.stan tongue By
Peter the Great, who studied ship-bulldiug
in England and eeamanship in Holland. Il
was fourd easier to adopt these foreign tsrms
than invent new ones for every day use, IS
they had no equivalent in Russian.
The tot1l shipments Of boots and shoes
from Boston by rail and Sea, for the past
Heek have been (according to the shos and
Leather Reponer) 11,S53 cases or this
number 10,1D cases were cent by rail as fol-
lowR:-9,562 CAGES to New York and Penn
sylvanta; III to the Southern States now
u our possession, and 6, SOL to the Western
States, including 213 cases to California.
The clearances from the Caetom-house were
1,G5S csEes, among which ne notice $40 des.
Tined for San Francisco.
Tho N. 7. Evening Ibst publishes the
following communication
Win the following do as rhyme to *sstep,n
for which you asked some time agos
To eay you cannot make
A rhyme that ''step" will take,
Is most absurd!
To make rhyme to "step,"
You only have to sep
arate word. W.D. r,
A REMARKABLE AFFAIR.