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KTE'W'S DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY 2, 1864. 
The Amy in Virginia. 
Information received on the 2Gtli from 
the Army of the Potomac says there is no indi¬ 
cation of a retrograde movement toward Wash¬ 
ington, as has been reported, nor is it believed 
the enemy in their present condition arc able to 
give us much annoyance. Tliclr cavalry on our 
from arc not equal to the task of making any 
formidable raid on our base of supplies owing to 
the impoverished condition of their horses. The 
insufficiency of shoos and blankets, if the state¬ 
ments ol'deserters can be relied upon, renders il 
equally improbable that Lee’s infantry can bo 
willed from their strong position and comforta¬ 
ble shelters to undertake a campaign during the 
rigors of winter. 
The following dispatch has been received at 
headquarters: 
Kt> Ray, Pocahontas Co., Western VmotNrA ,) 
Dec. *21, Ha Beverly. Dec. 22. 5 
Major - General Ifalkck , General-in- C/ibf: — I 
have the honor to report that I cut the Virginia 
and Tennessee Railroad at Salem, on the loth, 
and have arrived safely at this point with nn 
command, consisting of the 2 d, ,i<l and 8 th Va. 
mounted infantry, Mtli Pa., Dobson’s battalion 
of cavalry, and Ewing’s battery. At Salem 
three depot* were destroyed, containing 2,001 
barrels of flour, 10,000 bushels wheat, 100,000 
bushels shelled corn, f> 0,000 bushels oats, 2 , an 
barrels meal, several cords of leather, l, 0 oo sack- 
salt, 31 boxes clothing. 20 bales cotton, a large 
amount of harness, shoes and saddlis, equip 
ments, coal oil, tar and various other stows and 
two wagons. 
The telegraph wire was cut, coiled and burned 
for half a mile. The water station, turn-table, 
and three cars were burned and the track burned, 
up and the rails heated and destroyed as much as 
possible in six hours. Five bridges and several 
culverts were destroyed ov or an extent of liftcen 
mill's. A large quantity of bridge timber and 
repairing materials were also destroyed. 
My march was retarded occasionally In tb 
tempest in tin mountains and the icy roads. 1 
watt obliged to swim m> command and drag rm 
artillery across Cross Creek, seven times iii 
twenty-four hours. On my return 1 found six 
separate commands under Gobs. Fit ugh Lee 
Imhoden, Judson. Echols and MeConstcn, tit 
ranged in a line extending from Staunton t« 
Newport, upon ail the available roads, to prevent 
my return. 
I captured a dispatch from Get). Jones to Gen 
Early, giving me his position and that of Jaeksoi 
at CJilion Fords and Covington. I marched 
from the front of Jones to that of .Jackson at 
night. His supports were pressed in at a gallop 
by the 8 t.b Virginia Mounted infantry, and the 
two bridges acres.- Jackson’s River were saved, 
although fagots had been piled ready to ignite 
My column, about four miles long, Inisienci 
across, regardless of the enemy, until all but my 
am’ i'am-fts and a few wagon* and one regiment 
ia- A te n a strong' effort was made by 
C in b lake the first bridge, in which tliev 
ami some sick nmn were lost, 
an* 1 iPi ' .!.< -t 1 , ssand difficulties the last regi- 
► 1 upon the opposite side until 
Di'Ti ig, wh.-n it. was ascertained that the 
> ‘ ' rmined to maintain ids nosi- 
t.i • a - which overlook the bridges. 
1 or 1 ; , which were long and high, 
to lie destroyed, and the enemy immediately 
changed ids position to the flank and rear of the 
detachment which was nit off. I sent orders to 
the remnants to 4 if -troy our wagon.-, and c ine 
to me across the river or over the ruts. They 
swam the river wit h the loss of only four men, 
who were drowned, and joined me. In the 
meantime forces of the enemy were concentrat¬ 
ing tqXiti' me at Cullihau’s, over everv available 
road but. one w hieli I deemed impracticable, but 
by which I crossed "over t he top of the Allegha- 
ni’es with my command with the exception of 
four caissons, which were destroyed to increase 
the teams of the pieei s. My loss Is one officer 
and four men drowned, and four officer* mid 90 
men missing. We captured about 200 prisoners, 
but have retained but four officers and so men 
on account of their inability to walk. 
We look al-o about 2 f)b horses. My horses 
have subsisted entirely upon a very poor conn- 
try, and the officers and men have Hollered cold, 
hunger and fatigue with remarkable fortitude. 
My command lias marched, climbed, slid and 
swam 356 miles .since the 8 tl) hint. • 
W. W. Avkkill, Brig. Gen. 
The. N. Y. Tribunes army dispatch of the 28th 
ult., states that a cavalry raid has returned to 
Bcalton Station, having made a successful forage 
among the robe, driving the guerrillas into the 
mountains, and destroying at Luray a large sad¬ 
dle and harness factory and a large tannery. 
Five other tanneries were destroyed near isper- 
i*yvillo. A rebel mail and a quantity of medi¬ 
cines and dry goods were captured. Quite a 
number of prisoners were also captured during 
the raid and several briliiint skirmishes were had. 
The Herald'a army dispatch says the re-organi¬ 
zation of Mu- army has commenced. 
Deserters from the North Carolina troops 
continue to avail themselves of the President’s 
amnesty. 
General Michael Corcoran died at Fairfax 
Court House Dec. 22 d, 
Di patches from Charleston harbor state that 
no iiujiortunt events had occurred since the sail¬ 
ing of the last steamer. 
There had been but little tiling the last few 
days. The Ironsides and Monitors were all 
lying safe at their anchorage. There were no 
present prospects of active operations. 
The Boston Travttt> r lias a letter from Beau¬ 
fort, 8 . <’.. dated the 22 d inst., which says: 
An expedition is about starting all in a burry 
and uncertainty. No one knows its destination, 
but, the fact that It is to be commanded by Gen. 
Seymour, indicates that it is of Importance, for 
be is a lighting man. The order to strike tents 
was given at 7 o'clock, and at 10 o’clock they 
were off. 
The new oath of allegiance has been adminis¬ 
tered to a number of rebel officers who have 
recently come into our lines to accept of the 
pardon offered by the President. They bring 
intelligence from a large number who intend to 
do likewise at. the earliest opportunity. 
Late Wilmington papers announce the arrival 
of blockade running steamers in great numbers. 
A refugee who hilts just readied here says 23 ar¬ 
rived there the night before he left. 
The plan of leasing out the abandoned planta¬ 
tions in East and North Carolina adopted by 
David II. Eaton, supervising agent, is proving a 
great success to the Treasury Department, and 
also great benefit to the laboring classes ol bot h 
color*. 
The rebel iron steamer Cheatham was cap¬ 
tured by the gunboat Huron, about Itecctnber 
1st, in Duboy Hound. Ga., in attempting to run 
to sea with u cargo of cotton, tobacco, Ac. 
The expedition planned by General Gilmore 
for an attack on Savannah was abandoned on 
account of the arrival of troops sent to re-en¬ 
force Bragg. 
Admiral Dahlgren has one or two expeditions 
on foot, from which good results are anticipated. 
The Richmond liraminer of the 28t,h ult., pub¬ 
lishes the following dispatches: 
C 11 a ki.khton , Dee. 2o.— The enemy eom- 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
menced shelling the city last night, keeping up 
1 steady lire, which is still going on at 9 o’clock 
bis morning. A fire broke out at 2 o’clock, de- 
-troving 12 buildings and causing a few casual¬ 
ties. There is heavy firing in the direction ol 
8 tono, which is belo ved to be between our bat¬ 
teries and the enemy’s gunboats. The shelling 
of the city continues to-day. One white man 
was mortally wounded, and one white woman 
seriously wounded, and three firemen badly 
Wounded. All is quiet at. Sumter. 
Charleston, Dec. 28.— From 12 Thursday 
night till 4 Friday P. M., 130 shells wei e thrown 
'Uto the city. The enemy fired five guns, three 
at Gregg, one at Cum tiling’s Point and from a 
mortar battery. 
The engagement on Johnson’s Island, between 
our light batteries and the enemy’s gunboats, 
resulted in a draw fight. There were few 
casualties.^Our loss at StoiJb was one killed and 
live iVrtiJriH&R ' 
Department of the South. 
Thk U. S. transport Star of the South, from 
Hilton Head 21 st, arrived in New York on the 
26tb ult. 
Tto report of the ironsides and other Moni- 
toraWbeing entangled in the obstructions in 
Charleston harbor, is untrue. The Monitor Le¬ 
high while on picket duty near Fort Johnson, 
got aground. The rebel I a*tory opened on her, 
doing her considerable damage, w .en the other 
two iron-chain went to her assistance and suc¬ 
ceeded in getting hor off. She sprang a leak, 
making it necessary lor her to go to Pori Royal 
for rejxi •*. No one on board was injured. 
Gen. Gilltnore continues to shell Charleston 
daily from ids 200 -pounderh. 
i lie (lulled States Htcaim r Massachusetts 
arrived at Fortress Monroe on the 27tli from 
Charleston I'ar with 260 soldiers, 44 stale, and JO 
rebel prisoners enplured on the rebel steamer 
Cheatham, tjlic has on I hard a portion of the 
rebel obstructions in Charleston harbor, for¬ 
warded by Admiral Dahlgren* 
Department of the Gulf. 
The steamer M’Clellnn from New Orleans 
Lite 14th, Pensacola the 15th, and Key West the 
18th, arrived in New York on the 2Gth ult. 
The rebels are hi large force in the vicinity of 
Sew Orleans, but have refrained from making 
any attack on our entrenchments. Our scouting 
unties are outside every day. Recently 30 
t-bels came in and gave themselves up, saying 
they were tired of the rebel service. A day or 
two before a party of Our cavalry captured 20 
ebel cavalrymen. They seemed to be willing, 
and joined our cavalry without hesitancy. 
The Era says that since the firing on the Henry 
Van Phul all boats have passed up and down 
unmolested, and not a sign of an enemy is to be 
seen at Morganza Bend. A gunboat is stationed 
near the point where the butteries were formerly 
placed. 
At the mouth of Red River a fleet of trans¬ 
ports have been assembled, and as there is nine 
feet of wulcr on the bar at that place, we shall 
soon bear of these bouts having ascended the 
River, doing all the damage to the enemy in 
I heir power. 
The arrivals of cotton at New Orleans for the 
week, amounted to 2,444 bales and 2,699 bags for 
New York. 
Mr. Getchell, N. Y. Herald correspondent, 
captured at the Rayon Coteuu fight, states that 
600 prisoners ami 24 officers w ere captured with 
him. He says the disaster was owing to the bail 
conduct of Don. Woshburne, und that the gal¬ 
lantry of Gen. Bin-bridge alone saved the whole 
corps from capture. 
The schooner Marshal J. Smith, with 11 cargo 
of 260 bales of cotton, was captured oil' Mobile 
Point on the 9th inst. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
The Choctaw Chieftain McCurlain, with 
other rebel Indian leaders, came in our linen al 
Fort Smith, Arkansas, on the 27th ult., and sur¬ 
rendered themselves to Gen. McNeil. They 
have abandoned the rebel cause, and have ex¬ 
pressed a desire to avail themselves of the Presi¬ 
dent’s proclamation. Their example will influ¬ 
ence othereof the rebel tribes. 
Apprehensions are fell for the safety of an im¬ 
mense supply train on the way from Fori Scott,, 
on account of Stand waile and Quant re) being in 
that direction. 
Gol. Williams, commanding at Itofiftvillc, Ark., 
lias secured for the Government, and has in pna 
cos* of ginning, some 200 bales of rebel cm ton. 
He ha* within reach of camp 100,000 bushels ol 
corn, arid is gathering 1,000 bushels per day., 
He can put up, if salt can be immured. 900,0 00 4 
pounds of pork. All of this i,- being dune by 
• lie regiment with tlie assistance of one extra 
train besides running two miles and hunting 
bushwhackers genualij, several of whom have 
been captured. , 
Information lias been received at. the State 
Department that orders have been sent by the 
Imperial Government of France lo the Uom- 
nmnder-in-Cliief of the French naval force in 
the Pacific, to place in a state of blockade the 
ports of Acapulco and San Bias, but that through 
a spirit of liberality and comity on the part of 
the Emperor of the French, be lias decided that 
American packets w hich constitute the line 
bet ween Panama and San Francisco, shall enjoy 
the privilege of touching at Acapulco, in order 
to renew their stoek of eoai which they may 
need for the complet ion of their voyage; it being 
understood that these vessels shall not leave 
or receive any passengers at that port, or any 
merchandise. 
The State Department, has received intelligence 
from London by the last European steamer that 
all the rebel rams in England have been offered 
to the English government at a certain price. 
Lord Clarence Paget, on the part of the English 
Admiral, has written to the builder that no 
decided answer could be given at present, but 
that the. subject wax before their Lordships for 
consideration. 
In accordance with instructions received from 
the Emperor, the Russian Minister, Mr. De- 
Stoekel, bad an audience of the President on the 
26th. for the purpose of expressing the thanks of 
the Imperial Government for the kind reception 
of vessels the Russian Navy, and their officers 
and crews in the United States, and also for the 
assistance extended at San Francisco ton Russian 
corvette. 
It is expected that Arkansas will be repre¬ 
sented in Congress at an early period in the 
present, session. Arrangements are progressing 
favorably for irn election in that Stale, and there 
is reason to believ e the State Government will 
soon be acting in co-operation with the Union 
authority. 
Congress having failed to amend the Conscrip¬ 
tion Act previous to adjournment, the draft will 
be postponed till February 1 st, in order to give 
Congress time to amend the law. The act will 
undergo a revision upon the re-assembling of 
that body, in order to simplify its provisions and 
increase its efficiency, and until this is done it is 
not likely a draft w ill be enforced. In the mean¬ 
time recruiting will be stimulated by bounties 
and by a vigorous effort. 
A bill bus passed both Houses of Congress to 
supply deficiencies, appropriating $ 20 , 000 , 000 , or 
so much thereof as may be necessary for the 
payment of bounties and advance pay, provided 
that no bounties except such as arc not provided 
by law shall be paid to any persons enlisted 
after the 6 th of January next, and that money 
paid by drafted persons under the Enrollment 
Act shall be paid into the Treasury, and shall be 
drawn out on requisition, as in the ease of bounty 
money, and the money no paid shall be kept in 
ilio Treasury as a deposit, applicable only for the 
expenses of lile draft and fortabr pn Tirati m of 
Silbsti tub's. * * I 
As the. terms of the President's Emancipation 
and Amnesty Proclamations do not, ih woods, 
include the Indian Territory, efforts ate being 
mode by the Indian Bureau to adjust thedifflcul- 
ties growing out of certain Indians having made 
common cause with the rebel government, and 
to base the settlement on the principles asserted 
in these proclamations. Already the Creaks 
have negotiated a treaty with this Government 
providing for the abolition of slavery among 
them, providing they be reinstated in the 
benefits which they forfeib-d by their disloyalty, 
and similar treaties are. contemplated with the 
Choctaws and Cherokee*. The latter, through 
their council, have provided for freeing their 
slaves, but a stipulation for that end is required 
In a new treaty. 
A Circular lias been issued from the Adjutant- 
Genera ’s office, a- follows: 
The six months troops now in the service who 
may desire to re-enlist for t hree years or the war, 
will be re-enlisted under the following regula¬ 
tions: 
First. Wlii'ii three-fourths of a regiment re¬ 
enlist. the officers will be permitted to retain the 
rank held by them. 1 
Second. Should less than three-fourth* re¬ 
enlist, said force will be organized into one or 
more companies, and ofliei ivil by such officers 
ns may be selected from the brigade command, 
by the commanding officer of the. department. 
The remainder will continue under the remain¬ 
ing officer* till the (•' uiratb ■ f the six month* 
term is discharged. Jftio . r acid shall not 
require the troops for the fun ; <r d r' t:,rt* 
years and they shall be mustered honor i). on 
of the service before the expiration of the! 
enlistment, they shall receive the whole amount 
(if bounty unpaid, the same os if the full term 
bad boon served. All legal heirs of those who 
die in the. service shall receive the bounty un- 
paid at the time of the soldier** death. 
The government lias decided that the safety of 
American vessels leaving seaports requires that 
no person shall la* allowed to leave t hose ports as a 
passenger, or Otherwise, on any American vessel 
without first receiving a passport from the .Mar¬ 
shal of the District. Any one can obtain the 
proper passport who can have Ids loyalty 
properly vouched for. The adoption of this 
stringent measure will probably prevent a repe¬ 
tition of the Chesapeake affair. 
Instructions have been scut by Secretary 
Welle* to the commanding officers of the differ¬ 
ent, navy, commander* to have a fleet of vessels 
ready to take their position!} at New York, Bos¬ 
ton, Philadelphia and other ports, for the pur¬ 
pose of carrying out the now regulations relative 
to passport# of vessels und passengers. 
Gn Die 24th ult., two enterprising soldiers oflhe 
United State* Army, who have been in durance 
at Rlgbpiond, reported themselves at the Pro¬ 
vost Marshal’s office, dressed in gray clothes 
made from Kecesli blanket*. Tlicir names are 
ii. S, Howard, of Seammon’s brigade, und John 
t. Mci'ulioek, of the Nt Wisconsin Infantry, 
Howard had been employed tiy the rebels in 
charge of Alabama Hospital No. 22 , and i\le- 
Uullock a- Hospital Steward. Having ascer¬ 
tained t hat il they could escape they would 
receive assistance from the Union people of 
Richmond, who arc more numerous than is 
generally supposed, McUulloek feigned to be 
dead, and was carried out in a coffin, and How¬ 
ard passed the guard in the night. Their escape 
was effected on the 8 th ult., and they remained 
in the city until the 17th. Some friends took 
charge of them, and suits were made for them 
pul uJ lcbcl blankets, and passes furnished 
which enabled them to got out of the city. 
These person* report Our men are suffering great 
hardships in the rebel prisons and hospitals. 
1 he rations of the rebels themselves are very 
scanty, consistingof a piece of com bread, and they 
receive occasionally a piece of bacon. They rep¬ 
resent that the average number of deaths of our 
prisoners in the hospitals in the city is 35 per 
week. 
NEWS FARAGKAPHS. 
The entire number of guns wrested from the 
enemy by “Unconditional Surrender Grant” 
during the past six or seven mouths, amounts to 
four hundred und twelve, viz: Fifty-two while 
winning Ids way to Vicksburg; three hundred 
at, I hat place, and sixty al Lookout Mountain, 
ilis own losses of camion have been trifling. 
Tlii: materials for a game, dinner for n Phila¬ 
delphian at ( araccas, were put up at Philadel¬ 
phia recently. Two turkeys, four pair of can¬ 
vas-backs, a dozen quail, and two pair of prairie 
liens, were placed in the center of a hogshead of 
ice. This large package was necessary to pre¬ 
serve them sound. I 11 Caraeeas they have no 
turkey*. That bird cannot live in that climate, 
and the 6 ankee in Venezuela who wants a turkey 
dinner must import it. 
A RATE number of the Richmond Whig says: 
“ In Dam ille live dollars in gold were sold at 
auction, a day or two ago, tor one hundred and 
forty dollars in confederate notes.” Which 
makes a confederate dollar worth 34 cents. 
I tw American cities surpass Chicago in the 
number and beauty of its church edifices; anil 
it is stated as a singular filet, that religious wor¬ 
ship is conducted there in more languages than 
in any other city in the world. A convocation 
of all the Chicago churches would be Babel re¬ 
newed. A person making thfr ro nnds of the 
various house* of worship worof in a singh 
day, hour services in English, German, French, 
Swedish, Welsh, Dutch, and Norwegian, be¬ 
side* some supposed to be. conducted in unknown 
tongues. 
A letter from Morris Island, since the lute 
storm, says: “For the past twenty-four hours 
these shores have been ghastly with numberless 
rebel dead, some ol them in boxes, but mostly 
Uncoflined. They were washed out from the 
Liist ol New Advertisements. 
Prospectus of Tlie World. 
Cook’s Najjar Evaporator- Hlymycr, Rates A Day. 
(,co. Demerit A- Co., Jeweler*. 
Sj,™n« * I? if |taVlAUfl,Unloa 
rOim,: * Co - 
Valuable Proncriv tarSulo M T Mocker. 
Spring l.nr.Ioii S.4-1* .1 M Tlmrhuru * Co. 
Tlii'lmt isI’n'Ki'M lorn Laity Arrandale & Co. 
( lark * soluml Vlr Itor- ,1 \\ Dnughsihiy. 
hloKa"tn,.;t«t , ni.> I Tom u| A modulo a Co, 
Randall's Pi-h, III1 SI,, pla nt 1) !» T Moore. 
Hcrofyiarla, .to. u mi It I’rliico. 
Stool.C"HipoHtt J ni Doll- American Roll Co. 
I he LIMlc Muni Avonl* Wnntcl T N Paire. 
Nnrsory Koronirtii M sulo.i AC Hanford A Rro. 
Dairyman and Farmer Wanted- II M Woad. 
A|ront* Wanted C ltugglc- li Co. 
Mini Xui-• Hon K ,1 ivttllione & Son. 
Land for Hull—C 1. *;,lt*l nry. 
r.nijilminitnl O J llolninaii .(Oil, 
PUort-Honi» for Bale—K Marks. 
Aren to Wantod Shaw ,t Clark. 
$80 j»cr Month—.1 S Panloo. 
Prince Albert* Windsor Pigs Wm K Grtdley. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Atlantic Mon tldv—VI ok nor ,t Fields. 
Beware of tiiipo*uion l> R Doland * Co. 
$I)C News vHonbciUicr. 
bead) near forts l’utaam and Strong, (formerly 
Gregg and Wagner.) Skulls, arms, and entire 
skeleton* bobbed around the beach, a literal 
Glance of death.( 
In tile last six months, one-fifth of the w hole 
population of i’anama ho* jieri.shed from small¬ 
pox. AII the Cl in reh oa and cathedrals arc now 
w ithout pastors. The dead arc buried w ithout 
leiigiotis ceremonies, and marriages are per¬ 
formed either by the civil authorities or consuls, 
or by the chaplain* of the war-ships. 
A PATRIOTIC old lady recently sent three stnok- 
ing cap* as present* to officers in the Potomac 
army. One was to Gen. Meade, and the remaining 
two *he desired to be presented to two Generals, 
one of whom must be a teetotaller, and the other 
one who never indulged in profanity. Gen. 
William*, chief of Gen. Meade’s staff, took the 
Anti-Profanity cap, and Gen. lluut the Temper¬ 
ance cap, 
1 iik sum of $35,000 has recently been appro¬ 
priated by the authorities of the Methodist 
Church, for the extension of the Church in the 
far South, and measures are being put in opera¬ 
tion to carry out the work. Bishop Ames is at 
St. Louis, preparing to start down the Mississippi; 
Bishop Simpson w ill soon proceed to Tennessee, 
and a prominent minister in Now York has been 
designated for New Orleans. 
The Sun Juan Press says, owing to the mercu¬ 
rial vapor which falls from the chimneys of the 
works at New Almaden quicksilver mine, the 
vegetation on the surrounding hills for the circuit 
of t hree or four miles is all dead, and the timber 
likewise is leafless and sapless. Cattle that feed 
i • he dry irrass w ithin half a mile of the w orks 
I ci me i-.ili at. < 1 . 
1 ’■ i? j iiir t onset Jefl. Davis and his brother, 
Joe. Davis, boiow V Yksluirg, have boot! taken 
possession of by the Government and will boused 
for a contraband camp. 
Dr. J. W. Robinson, Assistant Surgeon of the 
2<1 Kansas Regiment, died at Fort Smith on the 
11th inst. tic was tlie first. Secretary of the 
Stab* of Kansas, and took an active part in the 
councils ofthe Free State men in 1855-7. 
A SKA captain of forty years’ experience os- 
s< i ts that the Gull stream is several hundred 
miles nearer our coast than usual, and predicts a 
warm w inter in New England, but not at the 
South, in consequence. 
Therm are now about G,000 rebel prisoners in 
Camp Douglas very much exercised about the 
1 'residehit's proclamation ollering pardon to all 
wlio will take th)' proposed oath, A large num¬ 
ber express themselves w illing to take that oath. 
Over one hundred have enrolled thejr names, 
and have had them forwarded to Washington, 
ollering lo enlist in the United States navy. 
A \ of no La my in Richmond, writing to her 
Irlends in Baltimore, says that the gaieties of 
society in that city consist chiefly of what, are 
called “starvation partiAs,” al which people 
niocl in each other’s liopses, and have music and 
dancing, hut nothing to eat or drink. The fair 
writer attends these parties twice a week, and 
she UVors that they have a good deal of fun hut 
no supper. 
— The small pox is said to be raging at Memphis, 
Tenn. 
— The Richmond Whig quotes coke at forty dollars 
per load. 
— Tlie Maine potato crop this year amounts to 6,<!S)G,- 
348 bushels 
— The Sultan of Turkey has gone into horse-racing 
extensively. 
— A Scotchman has invented a way of making car 
pels of cork. 
— Telegraph facilities are rapidly increasing along the 
Pacific slope. 
— There were 10,520 federal prisoners in Richmond 
on the 18th nit, 
— They are enlisting colored men in Now Haven at 
tlie rate of ten a day. 
— One of the California mining companies is selling 
land at $1,000 an inch. 
— The ground for another National Cemetery has been 
selected at. Chattanooga. 
— The Nort h has used 2,980 tuns of powder in the war 
since its commencement. 
Thousand* of logs have been lost by a freshet in 
tlie Kennebec river, Maine. 
— Justice Wrightman, a distinguished English Judge, 
died lately, aged 80 years. 
— Seventy thon*imd hales of cotton have been raised 
in Italy tlie present year. 
— Another National Rank with a capital of $1,000,000 
is to be -tam'd in Chicago. 
— The New England clergy are, it is said, talking of 
a strike for higher salaries. 
— The Quaker* are about to establish a college in their 
interest nt West Chester, Pa. 
— The mining productions of the United Kingdom 
are estimated nt $ 150,000,000. 
— Frost) beef is selling at from three to four cents 
per pound in Indiana Co., Pa. 
— Twenty five colored regiments have been organized 
in tlie Department of the Gulf. 
— It is expected that Alexandria, Egypt, will be light 
°d to - ' . .ottl eight til.mill*. 
— Gisi-Roseerans is appointed to the command of 
the Western District of Missouri. 
About $130,(KM) have been subscribed in San Fran¬ 
cisco fur the Sanitary Commission. 
— Tt Is stated that the rebels have 2,000,000 bales of 
cotton accumulated at Atlanta, Gn. 
— The ice on the river at Albany is eight inches thick 
and heavily laden teams are crossing. 
— The keels for two Immense war vessels were laid 
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard last week. 
— A bounty of $1,000 is paid in Newark, N. J., to 
every recruit under the. last cal) tor troops. 
- The entire capital ( $500,000) of the new National 
Bank in New Orleans has been subscribed 
— During the last throe mouths 10,500 horses have 
been purchased in Chicago for govern men!. 
1 lie free colored schools in Washington are well 
nttonded, and are accomplishing great good. 
Not a single steamer under the American flag now 
sails between tlie United States and Europe. 
— The estimated expenditures of the city government 
of Philadelphia torlWt amount to $ 1,809,253. 
— The number of persons leaving Liverpool 
America in it months of last year «-«* 135.000. 
— A company in Indianapolis, lnd., is preparing a 
fill it farm icjir that city to embrace 1,200 acres. 
— A Yankee prisoner in Richmond made betlovo 
dead, was laid out in the dead house and escaped. 
— Seven children in one family in Multown, Maine, 
died w ithin the space of one week of diphtheria. 
— Tlie contributions from New Hampshire to the 
Boston Sanitary Fair will produce, It is said, at least 
$15,000. 
— A fair held by the American ladies in Montreal for 
the benefit of tlie Sanitary Commission yielded the sum 
of $100. 
— There are 535,319 white males in Ohio of tlie age 
of twenty-one years and over, and 9,931 blacks of the 
same agc. 
— In some parts of Iowa the snow is said to have 
fallen to an extraordinary depth, drifting in piles fifteen 
feet high. 
— Tins Missouri Senate has passed a hill repealing 
the old law prohibiting whites teaching slaves to read 
and write. 
— It is stated that only eighty millions of the five 
hundred millions of Uie “Five-Twenty ’’ loan remain 
unsubscribed. 
— In the Third Army Corps 15 regiments have agreed 
to re enlist upon condition that they retain their proseut 
organization. 
— Rev. John Dempstey, D. D., a distinguished 
preacher of the Methodist denomination, died in New 
York recently. 
— All the cotton mills in Cohoes are running, and it 
is said lhoy are likely to continue in operation through¬ 
out tlie winter. 
— A New London (Conn ) paper announces tin* death 
of Jas Douglass, of Stony Creek, at the extraordinary 
age of 110 years. 
— A scientific expedition has started for Syria from 
England lo invest igate the geology, zoology and botany 
of the Holy Land. ' 
-— It is asserted that the Loyal Union Leagues at the 
North now number between eight hundred thousand 
and one million voters. 
— A dispatch from Chattanooga, 18th nil., says that 
the President's Message and Proclamation ore satisfac¬ 
tory to many rebel prisoner*. 
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