Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-16

one of our brokers, at premium of twenty
six cents, for manufacturing purposes. The
broker of whom the silversmth bought, says
he has bought, for three months past, All av-
erage of two hundred dollars a day in small
change, coming to him in small lots.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
A new quadruped has been discovered in
Madagascar, and an agent of the French
Academy of Sciences has forwarded to that
body an account of it. 1t belongs to the genus
hldriS, and is described as having snout like
that of a King Charles lap-dog, the skin of the
face being bare and of a brilliant jet black
tint. Its fur is long and woolly; its paws, or
rather hands, are bare and black; the fourth
finger is the longest; the thumb Of the hind
paws (replacing the great toe) is very thick
and fiattened. The whole animal measures
eighty-six centimetres fifteen of which be-
long to the tail The cry of this animal re-
sembles that of a human being in distress,
and when there are many together they form
a very disagreeable concert.
The German fortresses have been greatly
strengthened during the last two years. Six
hundred ritled cannon have been added to the
ornaments, and all the former material has
been replaced by that Of modern invention.
Luxembourg has been fortified by the con-
struction of new work. At Mentz two new
Notifications upon the northwest side, toward
Bingen, have been commenced. On the side
which is most exposed the ramparts are also
carried forward. The diet has under consid.
Grafton the establishment of an entrenched
camp at Rostoff AT Ulm the forts which
form the fortified camp are to be increased.
Two years ago great robbery was COM
mitted at the Utfizit museum in Florence,
when many valuable jewels were stolen.
Some of these were recovered in 1861, but
the remainder were missing until the 18th of
December last, when the remaining three hum
bred and three historical jewels, rings, cam
eos. and other objects of value, were discov-
cred, through the active efforts of the police,
buried in an obscure spot on the banks of the
Arno. How the discovery was made is not
stated; but the fact of these articles having
been returned to the state is received with
universal satisfaction.
The Madras AthenGnm of Nov. 28, says:
''The opening of the East Indian railway to
Patna, distant four hundred and three miles
from Calcutta, is an accomplished fact and
marks an important era in the history of rail
way enterprise in India. Ere our present issue
is in the hands of our English readers, fur
ther section of one hundred and thirty-seven
mies-thc distance between Patna and Be.
dares-will also be opened; and it is antc~
pated that the extension to Mirzapore, distant
five hundred and seyenty-two miles from
Calcutta, will be completed by the end Of Jan
Jury. How largely the public interests will
be advantaged by the opening up of these inn
portant districts it is impossible to over est-
mate"
So great quantity of snow has fallen in
the Lozere, France, that it is feared that the
country will not be free from it for months to
come. The snow has produced CONSERVATION
i'll the cantons of Langogne, Grandrieu, and
Chateauneuf by the destruction Of the woods.
The loss to the landed proprietors is estimated
at several hundred thousand francs. Several
farm houses, barns, and stables have given
way under the weight of snow.
The London Court Journal announces that
the last descendant of Calvin has turned from
Professionalism to Roman Catholicism. Mon
sieur Calvin was received into that creed in
Paris, last month
MISCELLANEOUS.
The marriage of Tom Thumb and Lavinia
Warren it is now announced by the high con-
tracing parties, will take place on the 10th of
February. The church is not yet determined
upon, Grace or Trinity. Cards OF invitation
will be sent to the numerous friends of the
tiny bride and bridegroom, and the affair will
be as brilliant as money can make it.
The funeral of DIR. Lyman Beecher took
place at L ymOutn cHurcH, brooklyn, w canes
day-the house being opened to all and
thronged to its utmost capacity. There were
no visible evidences of mourning about the
church whose only decorations were the
cheerful christmas eyergreens that festooned
the galleries and wreathed the pulpit. The
Introductory services were conducted by Rev.
Mr.. Storrs and the funeral discourse was
preached by Rev. DIR. Bacon of New Haven.
In skating upon pond at Bloomfield, New
Jersey, some days since, a boy named Hig-
gins fell through the ice, remaining in the
water out of sight some fifteen minutes, when
he was taken out for dead, A village physi-
clan, however, applied galvanic battery,
with other means, and after six hours succeed
ed in restoring animation.
On Friday evening break occurred in the
banks of the Erie canal near Rochester.
Some fifty feet of the bank was carried away,
and the water poured out with tremendous
volume, overlooking all the low lands, sweep
ing away dams, lumber, saw mills, &C., and
doing great injury to culverts and roadways.
Loss about $4,000,