, 1864-02-11
NEWS PARAGRAPH
Victoria las nine children and four grand


The principal chief Of the onondaga 1ndi-.
ans died at Onondaga, N. T., last Saturday.
To ascertain the length Of day, double
the hour of the sun's setting, and to ascer-
thin the length Of the night, double the hour
Of the SUMS rising.
Lieut. George WnllGck, brother Of J. II.
Wallack, Jr., the actor, and o famous scout,
died Of tiphther!a last Thursday. Heewas
great fayorite Of Gen. Gilmore. Deceased
recently married a daughter Of Ex-Governor
Shelby of Kentucky.
We see ii stated that the Worcester School
Board have authorized the teachers Of that
city to require obedience from the scholars,
and to enforce It. when necessary, By corpo-
real punishment, clastising the offender In the
spirit In which q discreet and attectionate pa
obedient ckild.
The breaking Of the Ice In Chesapeake Bay
has let in q large supply Of fine oysters, which
nre now selling in the Baltimore market at
greatly reduced prices. It Is also stated that
tie large amount Of ice which has been gath
cred ard stored will very much improve the
export oyster trade during the present year.
-Seuator Hale said to IN inventor who
was exhibiting rotary engine at Washing
ton: ttThis IS the best thing ever saw, aud
would be Of immense service to the navy, but
this is my advice to you Us q friend-get
black cloth and cover the machine eo that no.
body can sec it, because tell You the mo-
me1t the Secretary Of tho Navy hears Of It,
md learns that il !e reilly valuable, he will
have you cent to the Old Capitol"
IT appears from the official reports of
1865 that of the 1404 fires which occurred in
London last year, 221 were In some Way or
other connected with candles, 50 with chill
drcu, 123 with fues, 100 with gus, &c with
lucifcfe, 81 with tobacco smoking, 1O7 with
suarks, and q with stoves, while the cause Of
4ST renuinel IN unsolyed mystery.
M. dc Saulcy, q Frenchman, Is at Gerusa-
I'm, exploring the graves Of the prophets.
Ee has taken tue sarcophayus and the bones
II contained from tic tomb Of st. kelba L.
bona, and declared that he would do the same
with the other holy burial places. The jews
took alarm ut this and tclegTaphed to the
Eothschil5s and other powerful 1sraelites In
Errone. who obtained IN order from the
lnrliet Grand Vizicr forbiddiDg further mo-
lestution OF the tonbs.
Employment of Prisoners Of War.
From the N. T, Times.
We alone Of all nations keep, feed and
clotle tens Of thousands Of prisoners Of war in
iNt,e*. This is not the practice In European
nations. With them prisoners Of war are
accumulation OF prisoners has been great, and
their retention Protractea, it has been Gus
tomary to employ them on great public
works, In this manner Napoleon built the
Canal st. Quentin with his Prussian prison
oncrs Of war; and In our own day Napoleon
Ill sent the Austrian prisoners of his italian
campaign to Ageria, and hired them out to
colonists, Why should VIC not do Tie like
riM he Jtly thousand rela prisoners nov
r7ts:iuq and .Jatttning il, idleneSs2 We have
here IN industrial force capable of executing
the ,mcst colossal national enterprises-
enough to dig the Illinois and Michigan ship
sai hasd the h2ga5hR aRPs aan
Norther frontier in few months time. The
maIptaiuance Of the mass Of rebel prisoners
We now have On our hands, is, We believe,
costing the country something like $50, 900
day. Of close on to twenty millions dollars a
gc'r. Why should We not hare tho value Of
This outlays