, 1864-01-15

The old statue of Napoleon the first, from
Place Vend0me, hns been placcd on Il pedcs-
tai at the Rondpoint Of courbeEoic, and be-.
Ing only thirty feet from the ground, appears
one hundred and thirty FEET height.
The masts Of new Freneh iron n-clad
just launched near TonloD, are Of single
piece each. The timber WIS obtained III Cal
no1nia 80, =
1t has been long supposed thnt. there
Was no such city In Clino as uankoW, but
an English Captain has recently come down
from that city through the Yang-Tze In a
ship OF Thousand tons, drawing nineteen
feet water, having on board full cargo Of
tea HAnkow is In the centre Of China, and
Its greatest tea fntrspof.,
=. The English. church nt Badon-Badcn Is
to be placed On q war footing, through the
efforts OF the Society for the Propagation Of
the Gospel. !
= Miss Reynolds. celebrated English
horse-tamcr Rnd Breaker, has recovered two
Dudley for breaking in enc Of his unruly
steets. 49,.
There are sad accounts of disease
among sheep and cattle In many. parts Of
England. -. i
= There ere twenty thousand societies in
England. 80 =.
The Indies of paris. have adoptcd d
fashion for the winter Of wearing their Dress
es drann up over colored jupons, light WOOL
CD materials Of striped patterns, with band
OF plaid or narrow. plated founce near the
edge, They have thus given up the practice
Of sweeping the streets.
Captain Sir Leopold Nccllntock, one Of
the Arctic explorers, Is appointed to the
command of tic Aurora, . thirty;,dve gun
screw. -.
Goodwin, the novelist, kept shop in
London, and: published his works for chill
dreu under the name Of Edward Baldwin.
1,Chlorine decolorizes precious stones,
but the diamond, ruby and sapphire resist Its
l.. - Mrs. Kate: Thompson, formerly best
known as Kate Lodcr, has been distinguish
ing herself; BY composing trio in D minor
!, for the piano, violin and violinccllo,. said I'd
be q splendid effort. She has also recently
produced two four-part songs, stThe Wound.
cd Cupid" and !" Sir knight,n,: which are pro!
nounced elegant, graceful and classically
pure.
An English paper, speaking Of the pos:
London market, says it's financial speculators
would lend money to cut the threat of Po-
lnnd without tue least compunctioa.n These
aro doubtless the same persons who took the
: Very serious losses have been sustained
loan, both in Frankfort and Amsterdam.
on the Great Western railway In the year 1861
though eight millions and half Of passen-
gers were carried over 1t. ~ = !;
Associations called "stcelboys" are or-
Ennizing in Ireland, whose operations are Of
disorderly character, and arn exemplificd byi
assisting detaulting tenants to carry of their
AZ
ties has constructed small -paddle-Wheel!
boat which is propelled by pendulum It.
is q jolly boat, and the pendulum is worked 4
by four men. He contends that 1t lis operated
With half the power Of an Dared boat. This !
principle Is nothing new. It has been tried
md found unsuccessful for obvious reasons, i
well understood BY scientific men. Many
years ago Mr.. Lenet, of Albany, tried the /
experiment On the Hudson, and found the li- I
rect application of powerto the paddle.wheel \
WINS more effective than through the pen !!
dulum. - - -
Tho best English railway engineers men
ton that o coal line, to be successful, must |
be capable OF: being worked at moderate |
speeds, and without interference with other |
traffic. This is Indispensable. If coal trains |
Of forty or fifty trucks, each. combining four !
or five tons Of coal, are to be drawn at high |
speed, OF are to be ahunted at every other |
station to make way for fast trains, the re- !
Eult ulUSL DE SuEu 1uultluu6 20 the c0aL OF I
working as must preclude the possibility of |
railway coal traffic being worked in SUCCESS :.
ful competition with the Sea coal trade.
mir. Cowden Clarke, tho shaiespeareau |
commentator, Gets down Jaques as tt'cr1r," /
a t'hog," IN affected preteuder to wisdom, rs |
a worn-out ,'oue, and, consequently, an H. !
natuted cynic In proof Of this Nj. Clarke |
af1dEces the reproof Of the Duke when Jaques |
wishes for motley; but the London Daily !
A1scs says IN reply TINT the Duke was 'only |
Joking, and that 1t will not girc up Jaaues. |
t'eiekIied over with the pale cast OF thouEht,'f
the speaker Of the exquisite soliloouy on the |
wounded deer, and Of the Immortal ssseven |
agcs.", Nor do We think our: readers viii |
glyc him uD entirely. :. -, -.
- The English merchants and manufactur- |
ess are rejoicing in the large increase Of their !
foreign tfnde the past year. Thc, value Of the !
exported linen goods alone, for the last ten /
montha, twaE SIS 6s9, ,26o-the United States t
taking e::third in quantity and value,
The first Lord Ashhnrton gaYe tic foE t
lowing disintercstcd advice to frieud.:after |
wards millionaire railways keep eio0, 90 |
st:youF bank efs.''c - ~ &t.' - tts'' |
The number Of political Journals iail ii |
Tarls and TIE departments 1T present lg three !
hundred: and1 eighteea, !, Of nnpcl.ttcil SIX !
therEnnd Etven hundred.:' laA'@5.l'o 'H'i .s'l
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