, 1863-09-19
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

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NEWS FAnAGBARas.
"A wreath Of flowers which was laid upop
a coffin buried In = Gloucester (Massachusetts)
cemetery, eight yesrs ago, was recently as
Inferred and found In remarkable state OF
preservation; the stems Of the flowers Tese
found to be green, aud had sprouted TO con
siderable size. They hare been cateiuuy
planted 'ard are now in q thriving conoiuon'
with the prospect Of makiog hardy plants.
Some heavy guns arc being mounted IN
two bundled FOUNDER PARROTS lrinea) aao
Others carrying the four hundred and hfty
pound fifteen fuch) shot, No vessel could
-ntertthe port without passing Directly IN
front OF the muzzles of these gnna; ana tha
circumstances favor the supposition that no
ircn-cJads which could make the voyage
across the ocean could successfullg perform
this feat.
The late Sir Cu1lirg Eardley, Of England,
bequeated Madonna of Murillo to the Ma,
tioDa1 Gallery. 1t Is valued AT fifty Thousand
dollars.
1t Is suggested that all the thieves in the
country ought to wear Grape thirty days, for
the death Of John B. Floyd--Poe"f'ee.
One Of the most remarkable aud Violent
storms ever known in the sonthwc visited
st. Charles county, Mo, on Friday last The
co1nt1e1ds were com pletely stripped Of the
corn, leaving the stalks bare, and the corn
having the appearance Of being pounded In q
mortar. One man was killed, and others set-
one1y injured b., the hsl1stones. Pigs II num-
bers were killed, and the next day cart loads
ofduckg we're taken from tho Mauyais Temps
Claire, killed By the hail Fabulous stories are
told about the size Of the hail q gentleman tells
us ttat he saw one stone which, after being
kept in an ice chest two aud . bali days, Was
stu as large as goose egg: The damage has
been very great, as the storm occurred IN
highly cultivated section OF the country.
"a new Democratic paper is about to he
started by the War Democrats of sp5sex
county, New jersey. It Ia understood hat
Mr. Martin Ryerson, one Of the most inlueo-
tial cttizens Of the State, and formerly promt-
nently identified with political moyements,
Ii one Of the principal supporters Of the ne"
One hundred men are hard at work on
the fort which is erecting on Dutch Island for
the defense Of Newport, and which is to be a
stroLg md Permanent fertilization. Seyen
G8 Founders and seven 32pounders are al
ready on the ground, and will be mounted
soou. .
"A day or two elnce the large table rock
below Suspension Bridge, at Clinton, fell,
taking with it O large section OF the bank.
The concussion produced by the fall is said to
have shaken the bridge IRON end to end, as
we'll rs portion Of the lands and tereuents
an earthquake had taken place. The rock
ard e4rsh hare formed small lslanl In the
river, but 1t is expected that the action Of the
Tater will speedily remove It, as the current
Is yery swift and etrorg ut the spot. OF late
| years the rock slides have been very frequent
| in the vicinity of the falls, almost too fra
| nuent to give persons confidence In their title
| deeds.
-Mizs Evans, a young Welsh orator only
| fifteen wears Of 0ge, Is speaking on temper
ance In New York.
The cargo Of the steamers Ella and Anna,
! which ran the blockade, was sold in Rich
uond few days ago, bringing the following
| prices:
Ladies IS sottoa t. = aose ssse@4s s. e pstt; sRoel
e 4@a 60 each; agate buttons, s. g gross black
6.c0 Q yard; undressed brown Hol ,nd.. $l12H
ptinte, $tt1Soto d yard black baiatheas, Sls0o
q yard; black and colorcd cambtics, $a-G5; white
2 d p1tffs r Ross nsa e. taSa aa %
thread, 9le;6o 2 2; heavy mettled twil!s, stoop
2a ~, g. yfSSI %SIs IS q FRI I'd Sa f as pus
tons, Ss2 0elt,a1 90 2 gross; ans combs, $3.50
1860 p dozen; blank pooks. lager szca, site -
ssn fG ssaeE ~ !, szs noest ws'ns T.
reSa1s 600 oos1: :oeo 70 $ Thousand; ram. ss5s9;
aso'. aGss9 F1eaeS G,a Sar S.!
81 o.; F1enei f stai seaifsSins. s5;o H %
Dozen 3lnitgs, s4rooa@s9ado g Do; eisam soans,
S410 GU do Adles' morocco boots, $4i 00D5a o. q
pair; misses shoes. $,3.o0 do: mems CATERS,
9l3.Go do Spanish saedies, ssa5O each. ~
- The 81 racuse, IN. ~ Journal has d COM
| ,nunication TO the effect that there Is man
1D Syracuse older than their centennar:au clsr-
eyman, Rev. Daniel Waldo. At No. LOG East
| Mater ttreet retidCs William Gable, Hho re-
moved to Rostcn from Canada previous to the
| Revolutionary war, served under General
Washir gton, and ~as wounded at the dsle zee
cf O4wsgo. He reads without spe3tlcles,
turing black. He Is gunm aker and boasts
! Of his ability to repair a broken gun; and
| 6sys he could enlist In the army noK but for
the rheumatism. Oahle was born In Caaada
in 17Go, and ir nor 1o3 jean ofage.
! In 1851 the number of persons In Eng
lind and Wales aged twenty years and up
wards occupied In agriculture, was l.578 .03O ;
tn 1861 the same class had fallen to 1881 Els.
This shows natural decrease Of 44,1O per.
eons, or nearly three per cent. IN the ten
years. The greatest decline had taken place
In the former, consisting Of the counties ol
Willis, Dorset, Dsyon, Cornwall and Somer
Get, tic decrease was 20 351, or nine per cent;
and In the latter, which includes Monmouth
shire, it Tas 1925, or eight per cent. The
ratio of adults cngsgsd II agriculture 10 Eng
erally in 1851, wns 1G,1 per cent and In 1861
it vss 1873 per cent, which was therefore Z
decline ofo-9 per cent, III other words, twenty
two In every ono thoutand of the adult p3pu'
1atIor hsd between 1851 and 1851, ceased tt
belong to the agricultural class.