, 1864-01-05
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Chief Justice Taney's Illness is occasion
ed BY old age and catarrh.
England has four wars on her hands
New Zealand, India, China md Japan.
The question Of erecting statue In the
Centnl Park to John Bright, the friend of
freedom and the North In England, Is being
agitatcd in New York city.
The Colosseum at Rome was lately il
Illuminated with Bengal lights for the gratifl-
cation Of q woman who was Rothsclild
and a baroness. s..
a new cathedral is about to be erected
in Hasana, built wholly Of iron, the estimated
cost Of which is 81 100000.
a man has counted the different, words
Cornfelle 1Co0i Shakespeare 1900; Voltaire
aud Goethe 2o,Gc0; Paradisc Lost 5000, and
the Old Testament 5O42.
A room has been prepared in PhiladeI-
phia for the hatching Of eggs By steam after
the custom Of the Chinese. The establish.
meut is Of about COO hen power.
England has now seven atmor-clad iron
ships atloat. The Minotaur-'a frigate'' of
G,6l4 tons, and intended to carry 80 guns Of
the heaviest calibre- WIS launched: few
days ago.
The new King of Greece has gained the
favor Of his ubjects. He goes to church
regularly, freQucnts the markets and bazaats,
ta1ks with common folks, and seems inclided
to be aaniablo and just
"A new church has been built iat San
Francisco for T. Starr King at cost Of $780,
Geo. There is debt Of g, 600 upon, It and
Mr.. King has told his congregation that he
will not preach in the new church until the
debt Is paid.
The Leyant HeraZd states that sheikh
Faris EGendi Shedisk, the editor of EtJaouib,
is engaged in translating into Arabtc Glib
bon's 'Decllae and Fall Of the Roman En-
pire," which Ia subsequently to be rendered
into Turkish, and published at the expense
OF subhi Bey. ::
The receipts Of the American Tract So
cIety at the close Of the year ending April l.,
advance Of the previous yeaT. During the
eight months Of the present year, the id
vance hss been still greater, being already
about $C0,c
Among the numerous fancy skaters at
Boston, not one has Attracted more: atten-
ton than young man, who, having lost one
leg, has learned to skate with the other alone.
With some assistance from a crutch, he pro-
pe1s himself vigorously,
"A refugee from Richmond, man OF
note, who has just reached Baltimore, pre-
diets that when the crisis comes JEFF Davis
will cut his throat! He says he knows the
arbitrator we'll, md that suicide will GER
tainly be his fate. He says the same of Pick.
ems Of South Carolina, and some others.
1T is proposed now to send ttfsh-hash''
to the soldiers, put up In tight barrels.
Won't the New England boys think they are
at home? We hope 1t will reach them in
such condition as to save them the necessity
Of defining the mess as having "somcthlng
| dead in IT.. as the southern youth did when
first treated to tish-hash.
We don't wish to alarm people, but one
of those everlasting searchers for spots on
the sun has discovered that the face Of that
luminary is as thickly covered with spots cs
| though 1t were marked with the smallpox,
lighting and warming nbont one per cent.
| advertisement Of 'Mrs. Lirriper' Lodgings," i"
not knowing but It would thereby lure
!! young men Of easy virtuc into one of those
places 80 graphically referred to by Splomon,
h the steps of whose keeper "take hold on
hell" The objection WIS removed when
the .sThundercr" found out that 1t WINS only
| the title of Dickena' new Christmaststory.
| When Gen. sherman's men we're return.
| ing from Knoxville to Chattanooga; they en-
! countered fnkous storm, and when they
| reached Chattanooga many of them were
| batcfooted, and not few wore pantaloons
the legs ofwhich bad been torn into shreds
| to the knees, while the blood upon their legs
| told too plainly 1haL L1eU palns Qa0 uoE Oee1
tsstrewn with roses" Yet not a word ofcom
plant could be heard-not reproach ut
| tered. -
The latest stir In London fashionable
life has been occasioned by the marriage o.
Air. Algernon ". F. Greville, Of the First
| Life Guarde, son Of Colonel and Lady Ross
| GYeyIlle, with Lady Violet Graham, seconi
daughter Of the Duke aud Duchess Of Mont
rose. The bride was given away by her faith
er, the Duke OF MontFose. She was dressed
In white satin, trimmed with Brussels lace
a wreath Of orange blossoms and myrtle con
stituted her headdress, and she wore neck
/ lace of pearls and diam monds, q gift from he,
husbands father. The bridesmaids wert
dressed in white, with the Graham tartar
six cloaks and sashes to correspond; whit!
banncts, with q sprig Of heather, completed
their costume. Lord Earlsfort othciated al
groomsmau. 4 noble md distinguished com
pany attended the ceremony. The BRIDE
presents were very numerous, and some Of I
costly description. Those offered BY th
Countess Of Powis, the Earl Of Powis, Lad
Emily Foley, Colonel and Lady Agnes Mut
ray, Colonel md Lady Rosa Grcville, ant
Baroness L. dc Rothschild, were among th
most valuable and handsome. A. memeu
to Of the happy event, each of the brides
maids have been presented, with gold
mounted crystal locket, bearing the mono
| pram of Iaiy Violet In turqQoisc.