, 1863-09-16

Paris letters say that the silver keys Of
the City Of Mexico, which were received soma
time ago By the Emperor Napoleon, are just
| now the subject Of no little satire among the
wits Of Paris. It has been recently discov-
cred, people insist, that the keys were manu-
after pattern submitted to the Emperor aud
Empress for their approval, and that they
we're sent TO General Forey, who received
them ffom the Mextcnns, to whomLthey were
lent. md then duly returned them to the En-
peror at Vichy. They are now In a military
mueeum, with the Mexican guns presented
10 marks Of antiquity. It il hinted that the
guns also were manufactured in Paris after
Patterns approved By the Emperor. j..
-Late Paris "Fathions" eay that the col
ors still Ia mode for dresses arr those which
cannot strictly be said to belong to the pris-
n attic feries. All the various shades Of the
cisar, leather, drab, and Slate colors are ex-
tremely in f4yo..
Say the aEp1ehcnsiye rebs: 'The enemy
hold Cummings Point in full view Of the
city," OF course they are On the point Of
coming; they'll sotn be there, If you'll wait
An officer, who WAS inspecting his COM
panI one morning, spied one private whose
s4i,f was eadly begrimmed. "Patrick
OFlinn," called out the Captain: :" Here,
yer honor," promptly responded Patrick,
wear ehirts" thundered the officer: "Ioin-
freight iaehes{' was the rejoinder.
"A correspondent Of the Providence Jour-
sul youches for the efficacy Of ice as cure
for diphtheria, Group and all ordinary in1am
nation Of the throat. Tho manner OF app1-
cation is as follows: -
Break up small lump CT Ice in towel and
put the pieces In q bo9l Take position
har FHe IA E,fr
OF on sofa. Proceed for half IN hoar with
tea epoon 1o feed yourself with small Jumps
Of Ice, letting them dissolve slowly In the
back part Of the mouth or the entrance Of the
THROAT. A single snch application will often
break up common sore throat, which other
W1se would have course Of tEo or three
days. In case Of q bad sore throat, use the
ice frequently and freely. In case Of ulcera-
tton or diphtheria, keep small lot Of ice con-
stantly In the mouth.
"A correspondent OF, the London 4fhe1.e.
I'm states that excavations at Stratford-upon
Avon have resulted IN tho iiiscoyery Of pH tie
foundations Of large bay-wiudow,' which
was undoubtedly a fragment Of Shakespeara's
residence. The discovery now mentioned
vas ut the end Of room ont Of which the
''poet must have often looked, and which,
most probably, Waa his study"
--Aletter from Madrid states that the Duke
dOsuna received Queen Isabella aud the roy
al family at bis property Of the Alameda. Tic
uJtfe Is described as of extraordinary magnid-
cence. The gardens we're illuminated ut night
by nine Thousand lights, and q supper OF most
splendid description was given at tsso In the
morning, everything at the royal table being
served on gold.
"A company Of Engliah capitalists hnye
collected from the Russian Government the
concession Of railroad from Moscow to Sc.
bastopoL They demand the full and entire
endowment of the revenues Of the line for one
bundled years, leaving to the Government
the option Of redemption after fifty years.
The Government is, moreover, to guaranty to
the company leyenne Of SIX per cent. du-
ring the period Of concession aud construc-
ton Of the line.
&C. Edwards Lester Inns been released, as
there WIS nothing against him. He IL queer
geriue, and to get furlough from the De.
partment, he represented that he had a large
up, and wished to visit Baltimore to have 1t
operated On. As he had no carbuucle, when
be got to Baltimore ho went down on spree
to Ha1rer's Ferry, aud wandered ontside the
Hres. He Nas arrested, and, having many
papers III his possession, was taken f3r spy.
He told the guard he Was c1erk, md for them
to telegraph to the Department They dfdso
had large cartunclc on his knee" There
being no carbuDcle there, lie was sent to pri:-
on r fth a useful lesson.
-DurIrg the ycar Of 1851 there were soven
hundred and forty-one Trims born In Massa.
chuaette, Of whom four hundred and fire
were males. and three hundred and thirty -aix
females. During the same period three cases
Of tIfplets occurred, ooc IN Essex county,
compiling one male and txo females, and
tics, each comprising two males and one f.
male.