NEWS DEPARTMENT. skirmish near Morefield, and captured some few 
--- of McNiel's cavalry. Five of tlie men are yet 
ROCHESTER, N. V MARCH 12, 1864. missing. Everything seems to be quiet in the 
' Shenandoah Valley. 
The Amy in Virginia. xi )e n. y. Times Special gives (he following ad- 
On the 28th ult., Gen. Custar started with ditional statement as to results. &c., of Kilpat- 
a force of cavalry to make a reconnoisance to- rie | c . ? raid:—Miles of railroad track on the two 
ward Gordonsville, the 6th corps following in p r j nc ip ; ,i mads over which Lee transports his 
support. He passed through Madison Court su p p ii es f or the Northern Army of Virginia. 
House on Monday morning, and on reaching have p een so thoroughly destroyed that some 
Warrenton, a few miles beyond, encountered a tjme mu $t elapse before the road will be in run- 
rebel picket which he captured. Crossing the n j n g order. Depots of commissary, or ordnance 
Rapidan and Ravenna rivers in the direction of and quartermaster’s stores, were brought a way or 
Stannardsville, he met the enemy within three destroyed. No less than six grist mills and one 
miles of the latter place, when he charged the 8awn nll formerly at work for the rebel army, were 
rebels under Stuart, driving them considerably. burnt> gj x canal boats loaded with grain, several 
Capt. Ash, of the Regulars, charged upon a i 0( .ks on the James River canal, and the almost 
rebel camp near this place, with sixty men. invaluable coal-pits at Manikin’s Bend were do- 
guerrilla parties fled on the approach of our forces, and captured over 100 prisoners, 1,000 mules, and 
The expedition effectually destroyed the salt- a multitude of negroes. 
petre works south of Franklin, in Pendleton So large a portion of our force was required to 
county. Another scouting party had a slight guard the Indus, captured property and wagons, 
skirmish near Morefield, and captured some few that we were greatly outnumbered at Okolona 
of McNiel's cavalry. Five of the men are yet by Forrest, whose effective force was over 0,000 
missing. Everything seems to be quiet in the strong. 
Shenandoah Valley. R^orts are rife that Gen. Sherman has re- 
Tile N. Y. Times Special give, (he following ad- Vick.burrj.ml ^genura.', 
Drove the enemy and burned tbeir tents, six 
eassions and two forges, returning without the 
loss of a man. 
Finding his small force opposed by infantry, 
Stuart's cavalry and several batteries which 
opened upon him, and that a number of trains 
bad just arrived with troops to oppose his ad¬ 
vance, he determined to return. After crossing 
the Ravenna river, he burned the bridge, de¬ 
stroyed three flouring mills filled with grain, and rel)e i g re p] y ftt intervals 
fell back towards the Rapidan, but his battery 
horses giving out, he had to halt for the night. 
On nearing the Rapidan the next morning, he 
met a large body of rebel cavalry on the road to 
Burton’s Vot’d, and skirmished with them for a 
time. Fiuding the rebels had concentrated 
their force at this point, he suddenly wheeled, 
and takiug the road to Burton's Ford, crossed 
without opposition. The enemy followed some 
distance, but failed to inflict any damage. 
Gen. Custar and bis force returned to campon 
the 2d inst., with only four men wounded slights 
ly and one rather badly. He captured and 
brought in about 50 prisoners, a large number 
of negroes, some 300 horses, ami. besides, de¬ 
stroyed a large quantity of valuable stores at 
Stannardsville. A number of rebels were, 
wounded in the skirmish near the Rapidan. 
The Washington Star says:—Gen. Custar has 
returned to this side of the Rapidan from his 
cavalry expedition, having successfully accom¬ 
plished the part of the work which he Rtarted to 
do. He harrassed the flank of Lee’s army con¬ 
siderably, and near Staunardsville surprised the 
rebel camp, which he burned and totally de¬ 
stroyed, captured a number of prisoners and got 
possession of a large number of horses and 
brought them back with him to camp. These 
horses were in fine order, as they had just been 
returned to the army from the interior of the 
country where they had been sent to recruit 
Gen. Custar did not lose a man in the expedi¬ 
tion. 
A dispatch from Washington on'the 4th inst., 
says that Gen. Meade has been summoned by 
the President to answer the charges preferred 
against him by Gens. Sickles and Doubleday 
before the Committee on the Conduct of the 
War. The matter is assuming a rather serious 
aspect. 
The Washington Republican of the 6th says: 
We are authorized to state that the govern¬ 
ment has received a dispatch from Gen. Butler 
covering another from Gen. Kilpatrick to Gen. 
Pleasanton, announcing that Kilpatrick succeed¬ 
ed in cutting the railroad and telegraph com¬ 
munications of Gen. Lee with Richmond, by 
tearing up the rails on the Virginia Central 
Railroad at various points and destroying the 
canal and mills on James River, ne burned 
much property belonging to others, inflicting a 
severe blow on the rebellion. He was met by 
the enemy outside the defences of Richmond, 
but succeeded in forcing him inside the outer 
works, where a sharp engagement ensued, when 
darkness came on and the conflict ended. Gen. 
Kilpatrick finding the enemy in the works too 
strong to allow him to reach the city, and hav¬ 
ing accomplished the object of the expedition, 
withdrew and reached the lines of Gen. Butler 
with the loss of about 150 men. 
It is assigned as a reason for the unexpected 
alertness of the rebels in preparing to repel Gen. 
Kilpatrick that the destruction of the tele¬ 
graph and track of the Telegraph & Virginia 
Central Railroad was announced in Richmond 
by Gen. Lee immediately after the occurrence 
over the telegraph lines between Richmond, 
Lynchburg and Gordonsville. This seems more 
than probable from the fact that the expedition 
passed through Lee's pickets and beyond his 
army without a skirmish and was met at some 
distance from Richmond by formidable force of 
mounted infantry. 
The following are the dispatches referred to 
above: 
Headquarters Fortress Monroe, ? 
March 4th, 1564. ) 
To the President: 
I forward the annexed account from General 
Kilpatrick: 
York town. March 4. 
General;—C ol. Duhlgren was directed to 
make a diversion with 500 men on the James 
river. He attacked at 4 P. M. on Tuesday, and 
drove the enemy in on Richmond. 
The main attack having failed, Ool. Dahlgren 
attempted to rejoin me near the Meadow bridge, 
lie and Col. Cook were with the advance guard, 
50 men, and became separated from the main 
force, since which nothing has been beard from 
him. The main force reaches me with slight 
loss. I have hopes he may yet come in. 
T. Kilpatrick. 
In addition, a rebel deserter informed the 1st 
N. Y. Aid that a one-legged Colonel and about 
100 men were taken prisoners. 
I shall hear by a flag of truce on Sunday night, 
and will telegraph again. 
B. F. Butler, Maj. Gen. 
The cavalry scouting expedition sent out to 
Pendleton county, under command of Lieut.-Col. 
Koot, of the 15th N. Y. Cavalry has returned. lie 
reports that no enemy appears to be in force in 
that county or neighborhood. Several small 
stroyed. Nearly 300 prisoners were captured, 
several hundred horses were pressed into the 
service, and hundreds of negroes availed them¬ 
selves of the opportunity to come within our 
lines. 
Department of the South. 
Nothing new from Charleston. The bom¬ 
bardment still continued with good effect. The 
rebels reply at intervals, but rarely doing in- 
100 prisoners, 1,000 mules, and gallon on spirits; on leaf and manufactured 
roes . tobacco 50 cents per pound; on petroleum, 
>n of our force was required to crude, 15 cents, refined, 25 cents, 
saptured property and wagons, The President having approved and signed 
ally outnumbered at Okolona the hill amendatory of the loan act, of 1863, and 
i effective force was over 0,000 the joint resolution ext< tiding paj ment of boun¬ 
ties to the 1st of April, they have become laws. 
* that Gen. Sherman has re- The whisky hill, as it has now passed both 
ugand are generally believed Houses of Congress ami awaits the President's 
but nothing definite has yet signature, impo-es a tax of 60 cents ft gallon on 
There have been no arrivals all spirits which may be distilled and sold, or 
removed for sale previous to the 1st of July 
jorps is reported between next. Any tax after this time is to be provided 
>k River, and Hurlburt near for by future legislation, and will doubtless be 
inscribed in a supplemental bill now under con- 
i Knoxville, Tetm., 27th ult., sideratiou by ibe Committee of Ways and 
y rumorstouobing the cause of Means. The whisky bill proposes an additional 
and but little i# known con- tax of 40 cents a gallon on imported spirits on 
to the distance. It is pretty band. The sliding scale of duties on both 
lined here, however, that domestic and foreign spirits, and the tax on 
r will j..in Morgan in an attack stock on hand of domestic spirits, has no place 
a Railroad, and that theiufant in the bill. 
apidly towards Virginia. The N. Y. Herald's Washington dispatch 
ti ^t. Louis, on the 5th inst., says:—The policy of extending the President’s 
II known before the war as a amnesty tn aty is much talked of. Rebel pris- 
ved from Mobile the 18th ult. oners and refugees state that this would cause 
The rebels are removing the obstructions in 
Neuse River, below Kinston, in order to allow 
the rebel iron-plated ram to assist in the antici¬ 
pated attack on Ncwberu, Washington and Ply¬ 
mouth, for which the rebels are making great 
preparations. A ram is also said to be ready on 
the Roanoke River, as well as one on the Tar 
River. 
The Raleigh Confederate states that the recent 
attack on Newbern was only a diversion to he 
followed by heavier demonstrations. 
Official intelligence confirms reports that Jeff. 
Davis ordered the immediate seizure of all 
points now held by the Federals in North Caro¬ 
lina. Gen. Peek has made all preparations in 
his power, and all the citizens and firemen are 
under orders, and will go iuto fortifications at 
Newbern. 
The hanging by the rebels of 23 men of a N. C. 
white regiment, has exasperated the N. C. loyal 
troops beyoud all bounds, and they have resolved 
to take no more prisoners. 
All was quiet at Jacksonville, Florida, on the 
2d. Re-enforcements wore rapidly arriving, and 
Gen. Seymour’s position was sufficiently for¬ 
midable to repel any attack. Our troops are 
outside the town, some of them at a distance of 
eight miles. The fortifications in front of Jack¬ 
sonville are of an extensive character. 
Flags of truce have communicated with the 
rebels for the purpose of obtaining our wounded 
who fell into their hands. The request was re¬ 
fused. 
The main body of the enemy Is encamped bo¬ 
in official circles, hut nothing definite has yet 
been received. There have been no arrivals 
from that place. 
McPherson’s corps is reported between 
Jackson and Block River, and Hurlburt near 
Brandon. 
A dispatch from Knoxville, Tetm., 27th ult., 
pay s tit ere are many rumorstouehing the cause of 
the rebel retreat, and but liitte i» known con¬ 
cerning it, owing to the distance. It is pretty 
definitely ascertained here, however, that 
Wheeler’s cavalry will join Morgan in an attack 
on the Chattanooga Railroad, and that the infant 
ry are marching rapidly tow ards Virginia. 
Mis&USSirri.—Iii s?t. Louis, on the 5tli inst., 
Capt Hopkins, well known before the war as a 
river captain, arrived front Mobile the 18th ult. 
He says there w ere but 8,000 troops in Mobile, 
and though Hie fortifications in the rear of the 
city were good, they could be carried by a large 
force. Gen. Sherman’s movement frightened 
the people terribly, but a desperate resistance 
would have been made had lie attacked the city. 
Every male there, between 18 and 55 years, was 
a well drilled soldier. There is no distress in 
the South, but the people are willing to accept, 
peace on almost any terms. The leaders, how¬ 
ever, are determined to fight to the last. Of the 
gunboats in Mobile fbur are iron clad, the Ten¬ 
nessee being the most formidable, Gens. Pem¬ 
berton and Lovell were at Columbia, shelved. 
Arkansas.— Capt, Ross and twelve of his 
men, deserters from Gen. Price's army, have 
arrived at Van Burcn. He brings no con¬ 
firmation of the news that Price bud left the 
rebel army. 
Gen. Frost, of Camp Jackson notoriety, has 
gone to Mexico. 
Union mass meetings were being held daily. 
and the vote at the coming election will he large. 
Nearly 3,000 voters have been, already regis¬ 
tered. 
Little Rock has been abandoned. Farms an 
being rapidly leased and the prospects for large 
crops are good. 
We make the following extracts refilling to 
movements in the Department, from rebel papeis: 
The Richmond Examiner, of February 27 tb, 
says an official dispatch was received by the Presi¬ 
dent from Gen. Johnston yesterday, stating that 
the enemy were skirmishing all along his lines 
northeast from Dalton. It is to doubt that the 
enemy is making a general advance in Georgia. 
The Selma Reporter says:—Sherman was on 
the Railroad thirty miles east of Meridian on 
the 17th. Polk had retired across the river, 
probably to decoy Sherman across, where lie 
would offer battle. 
Sherman, with suuden and unexpected rapidi- 
Li«t of New Advertisements. 
I.ovprs of Flowers, A Mention—James Vick. 
Fruit and Ornamental I'rccs Kllwnnger & Barry. 
Thu Cliiinqjlon Clothes W rimtor—N II Phelps. 
MitiMuilliis- Kllwiinccr Barry. 
Sick act.- on the Pctiliwibi Itu via'Pain Killer. 
Hewer Seeds- Mark I) " Ill-on. 
Steel OmiitKiebiori Bells .VUICrh'im Bell Company. 
Pimei Btmlhatnixita Klhvaiifrer A Barrv. 
Pa'i iil star uu < liheiu y Burner Peter Esslg & Co. 
Kraii Sei'ii*, .to—Merlinn A Wanrtcll. 
AmUionlateil I’m'lilr Gunn"—<J <> Baker & Co. 
Kurin lor Sale In ' '.i» Uw'il Cl'Ullly. 
Uni ortai-s—J a Cui'penter A Co. 
Special Not'ce I" N hi m i yinrn- Jayne & I’latman. 
Aaonts Wan led — Bmlan’iS Co. 
K 'nn for Sale Edward Tuttle. 
SImwIh tiv Plants .1 Beech. 
Farm furffile— l' C Maxwell A Bros. 
Bridgeport Paint—Ko'iert Reynolds. 
I moil 11 le Bluek Itiixpherry Plants—H It Doolittle. 
Kalrilrli! Seminary - I. It Barker. 
Fruit and ornamental Trees, Ae. - .1 W Lyon. 
Cheese Maker Wanted- Geo A Moore. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Good Cooks—D B DeLand A Co. 
®l)e News tftottbenscr. 
_Wisconsin is enlisting Indians to fill her quota. 
— Nearly 00,000 veteran volunteers have re-enlisted. 
— Popular education is making great strides in Italy. 
— Lord Brougham is seriously ill at Tedworth, Eng 
whole regiments to give tin m-elves up. An land. 
instance is rumored where a whole brigade were 
prepared to come over in a body, but was pre¬ 
vented by the exclusion of Colonels from the 
amnesty. 
The President’s recent call for 500,000 men is 
intended to include the last draft and clear up 
arrea rages. 
The Senate Special Committee on Slavery 
have decided to report a hill legalizing the Pres¬ 
ident’s Emancipation Proclamation. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
tween Ten Milo Run and Baldwin. The rebels Sherman, wuu suuucn mm unexptrowu 
admit their loss to be enormous, some setting it ty, has moved against our weakest point. Mis-fi- 
i,Torn 9.000. gin pi is the very Egypt of the Confederacy. 
as high as 2,WO. 
On the 27th a skirmish occurred between the 
rebels and our cavalry near Camp Finnegan. 
The rebels bad five wounded; none of our men 
were hurt. 
General Gilmore arrived at Jacksonville on 
the 29th. 
Details are published of the late battle at Olus- 
tce, Fla. Our forces engaged was 4,500 infantry, 
400 cavalry, and 20 cannon. The enemy’s 
strength was reported at 13.000 posted between 
swamps and protected by earth works anti rifle 
pits. 
The report that no skirmishers were thrown 
out is shown to be untrue. Our troops fought 
nobly against superior numbers, and retreated 
in good order. The enemy was commanded by 
Gen. Gardner, of Port Hudson fame. 
Admiral- Lee telegraphs the Navy Depart¬ 
ment front Newport News, Va., that the small 
side-wheel steamer Scotia was captured by the 
Connecticut on the 1st, having run out from 
Wilmington on the night of Feb. 20th. She 
sippi is the very Egypt of the Confederacy, 
where, if not ejected, lie can subsist till Spring, 
and do more damage than by winning a pitched 
battle, no will continue making war on our sub¬ 
sistence and resources, which to destroy is to 
defeat us. Sherman marches in a solid body, 
with bis artillery in liis front, in his rear, and on 
his flanks, and his cavalry close under his guns. 
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AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
The Solicitor of the War Department, Mr. 
Whiting, has sent a long letter to the Committee 
on Public Lands, in relation to the confiscation 
of Southern lands. That committee, it is under¬ 
stood, have prepared a bill, in accordance with 
Mr. Whiting’s suggestions, to secure to persons 
in the military or naval service, homesteads on 
confiscated or forfeited estates in insurrectionary 
districts. 
The Senate lias ratified the treaties made with 
various branches of the Shoshone Indians b\ 
Gov. Doty, of Utah, for the protection of over 
had 108 bales of cotton on board. The Scotia is land emigration, the security of the propostal 
a paddle-wheel steamer about 300 tons burden, 
built on the Clyde and purchased and sent out 
from Glasgow in the summer of 1863, and be¬ 
longed to the same company that Bent out the 
Princess Royal. 
The British blockade ruuner Eftie was cap¬ 
tured iu Duboy Sound, Ga., by the gunboat 
Huron. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Tennessee.— Gen. Buckland, commanding 
the District of Mississippi, lias issued an order 
requiring all the male residents of Memphis, 
between the ages of 16 and 50, who do not already 
belong to authorized companies of enrolled 
militia, to report iu person to headquarters with¬ 
in five days from the date of said order, and all 
persons of the above class who may hereafter 
arrive in the city, are ordered to report at head¬ 
quarters within ten days after arrival. 
The diary of an officer attached to Gen. 
Grierson’s column of Gen. Smith's cavalry expe- 
Pacific Railroad and telegraph lines, mid for tin- 
safety of the miners and prospectors in Idaho 
and Utah. The principal hand is allowed an 
annuity of $16,000 for twenty years. The 
not til-western band $5,000 additional. The 
Goship tribe $1,000, and the mixed bund of 
Bannocks and Shoshones, of Shoshone river In 
Idaho, $3,000. The GoslilpS, living south of the 
Great Desert and between Stiptoc Valley on the 
west, and Salt Lake, TuJIa, Rush Valley on the 
east, guarantee the unmolested privilege of 
mining and prospecting within their boundaries, 
as do the Bannocks and Shodiones in theirs. 
An official announcement, is made ol receipt- 
and expenditures of the United .Stales, exclusive 
of the trust funds, from October 1st to Decem¬ 
ber 81st, by which It appears the receipts from 
customs were $23,300,000; public lands, $160, 
500; direct tax, $14,600,000; from Internal 
Revenue, $27,000,000; from incidental, Ac., $2,- 
600,000; and the remainder from bonds and 
certificates of indebtedness. Expenditures were 
dilion, furnisbcsaliltlcinfonnatiou of importance $357,200,000, including for War Department, 
beyond what has been previously reported. 
Our loss in the attack on the enemy at Wesl 
Point was forty killed ami wounded. We drove 
the enemy and destroyed a number of cars and It appears from tlie letter from me Gommis men wttuout interest., uuu wuu no 1,111 ^ gentleman who withholds his name from the 
culverts, the depot, several miles of railroad sioner of Pensions that only twelve of the good faith. Tlie poor man who seeks relief pul)1 ic gj vcn $oo,000 to Yaio College fgrtheerec 
track and a large amount of corn and cotton. Revolutionary soldiers are now living, whose need only promise to repay the loan which lie dott of a new dormitory building. 
In the attack by Forrest upon our rear at ages range from 94 to 105 years, and whoso receives, ami bring two friends to declare that Chief Justice L. 11 Ufontaine, of Lower Canada, 
Okolona the 3d Tennessee cavalry broke at the pensions only amount to from $24 to $96 per they have known him a certain time, and that d j c( j recently, aged 58 He was ono of the roost eminent 
first lire, running six of our small guns into a annum. he is honorable in Ids dealings, lhc Society poiitieiuw and lawyers of British America, 
ditch. Tlie guns were spiked and their earruiges Secretary Chusc, in ft communication to the bolds neither the borrow er nor ids friends as _ T |, e people of Newfoundland are represented as 
broken. In this fight our loss Wfts about 100, Ways and Means Committee, says that in order liable for the money loaned, it takes their word being opposed to the continuance of tlie reciprocity 
who were nearly all taken prisoners Our total to bring the revenue up to the amount estimated of honor as security, and will lend Upon it any treaty between Canada and the United Suites, 
loss during the expedition, was about 150. in bis report it will be absolutely necessary to sum up to $100. No defaulter is ever prosecuted, _ on every business day in London, upward or W,- 
The column burned about 3,000 bales of Con- largely increase the tax on several articles sped und so fur every pledge has been redeemed to 600 persona enter tlie city by Us V! '^'’ im 
federate cotton, over 1,000,000 bushels of corn. fled. He recommends a tax of one dollar a the last centime. and leave it ag mu t e evening 
$163,300,000; Navy, 4,000,000; redemption of 
certificate of Indebtedness, $57,000,000; re-im- 
bursements of temporary loans, $82,000,000. 
It appears from the letter from the Co minis 
sioner of Tensions that only twelve of the 
Revolutionary soldiers are now living, whose 
ages range from 94 to 105 years, und whose 
Salem Town, LL. D m author of the well- ’ 
known series of school books, atul a Mason of 
high distinction, died at Grecucastlc, Inti., on 1 
Wednesday evening, aged 86. 
Tim Democracy of Connecticut have nomi¬ 
nated tlie following ticket:—For Governor, 
<iiiuiKX L. Seymour, of Litchfield; Lieutenant 
Governor. I'h -.maS 11. Bond, of New Haven; 
secretary of Statu, James H. Hoyt; Treasurer, 
ANDREW L. Kingston; Comptroller, Loyd ( 
Baldwin. 
The Paris Tresses ays:—“ Grant is the Atner- , 
lean Masscna, the beloved child ot victory, who 
lias never met with a reverse, but who is as j 
vigilant and indefatigable as if he had one to fear. 
Alone ho is able lo resist the three armies of the 
Confederation.” 
Kent f.im ann, the head gardener of the King 
of Prussia,died t lie ot her day at the age of ninety, 
lie was employed at the Saus Souui iu the time 
of Frederick the Great, and related many person¬ 
al anecdotes of the eccentric monarch, it was 
Keiitelmann who cultivated the first dahlias 
which Alexander Von Humboldt introduced 
into Prussia, and to him are due the chief 
attractions of tlie gardens ou Peacock Island, 
near Potsdam, the favorite resort of Frederick 
William 111. 
A sa it. ok has recovered $5,000 of a New York 
boarding-house keeper, for shipping him on a 
Liverpool voyage under pretence of shipping him 
to Havana. 
Richard Cobdkn has sent his autograph by 
request to the Brooklyn Soldiers’ Fair, placing 
over it the sentence “Free Trade—The Interna¬ 
tional Law of the Almighty I” 
Previous to April, 1802, there were reported 
78,457 desertions from tlie Army—being an av¬ 
erage of 6,539 per month. In April, 1802, the 
Provost Marshal system was adopted, and since 
then the average desertions per month hav e 
been but 1,735. The total aggregate of deser¬ 
tions since the w ar broke out is 127,157. 
Letters from M izugan and Tangier report 
i hat. great destruction of life and property hail 
lx on caused in Morocco by the explosion of a 
magazine containing 40<) quintals of gunpowder. 
The Board of Supervisors of New York have 
allowed “The Association for the Benefit ol 
colored Orphans,” $72,080.20 for the loss of their 
buildings in the July riots. 
According to tlie nineteenth annual report of 
the public schools of Washington, there were at 
the beginning of l lie year 3,138, and at its close 
2,869 pupils in attendance. The average num* 
her on the roll throughout the year was 3,091 
under the charge of lilty-tour teachers. 
In Louisville, Ky., the other day, a gentleman 
put some $2,500 in greenbacks in the chimney of 
ids sitting-room, thinking it would there he safe 
from robbers. His wife, in tlio exuberance of 
wifely thoughtfulness, kindled a tire so us to give 
her “lord” a cheery welcome, and tlie green- 
tracks were Burned up. 
Mb. John A. Rokbling, the engineer of the 
Niagara Suspension Bridge, proposes to build a 
midge between the cities of New York and 
Brooklyn. The superstructure of the bridge 
would form an arch about two miles long, clear¬ 
ing the water of the East River In one sweep 
of 1,600 to 1,800 spun, and extending over the 
bouses of both cities in a series ol smaller spans, 
whose length would be gradually diminished 
from the East River towards either approach, 
say from 1,2o0 to 1,600 feet. 
There is a society iu Paris called the Prince 
Imperial Loan Society, It loans money to poor 
men without interest, and with no security but 
— The war costs about a hundred thousand dollars 
an hour. 
— Thirty-six Indiana regiments have re-enlisted as 
veterans. 
— The marine losses for February arc estimated a 
$ 3,660,560. 
— The people of Chicago have organized a Fuel Sa¬ 
ving Society. 
— Some 400 soldiers leave Louisville, Ky., daily, for 
Grant’s army. 
— The estimated value of the peat now in Ireland is 
$230,000,000. 
— There are about $8,000,000 now due the army of 
the Potomac. 
— The Sanitary Fair at Buffalo is closed, and has 
netted $80,000. 
— There were 130 applications for divorce in Phila¬ 
delphia Inst year. 
— It was three years the 14th ult. since Jeff. Davis 
was inaugurated. 
— There aro 11,500 miles of railroad open fo'r traffic 
in the British Ielcs. 
— Coal is selling at Elmira, N. Y., at six dollars and 
three-quarters a tun. 
— Spotted fever is prevailing with fatal effect in Mar¬ 
shal county. Indiana. 
— Tlie cotton crop of Nicarangna has been greatly 
injured by the army worm. 
— The Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair will com¬ 
mence on the l'th of May. 
— Tlie widow of Ex-President Harrison died at North 
Bend, Ohio, cm Friday week. 
— Town temperance leagues are forming in all the 
principal towns in Vermont. 
— Rev. M. D. Conway, or Boston, is going to preach 
six months in a London pulpit 
— OVeilln College, Ohio, has sent 357 graduates since 
1851, 2SI of whom were women. 
— Later advices from China do not confirm the report 
of the blockade of the Alabama. 
— There are more than 850,000 members of the vari¬ 
ous Lodges of Odd Fellows in England. 
— The President has approved and signed the amend¬ 
atory Enrollment bill, and it is now a law. 
— The Farrbtit expedition is intended, when com¬ 
plete, to consist of forty ships of all classes. 
— Gen Pope is preparing for nn active spring cam¬ 
paign against the Indians in the North-west. 
— Throe full grown wolves chased a Mr. Doherty to 
wilbin two miles of the western suburbs of Chicago. 
— The Western journals are unanimous in opposing 
Mr. Weed's proposition to repeal the Homestead Act 
_The President declines to send to Congress the 
number of re-enlisted veterans, for prudential reasons. 
_The money writers continue to remind the United 
States that we are importing more than we are export¬ 
ing. 
_The New York custom receipts in January last 
amounted to $6,170,006 61, against $4,206,850 06 in Jan., 
1863. 
— It is proposed to use the steamship Great Eastern 
in laying the Atlantic cable, which will weigh 6,000 
tuna. 
- Maj. Gon. Randall, of the New York State Militia, 
died on Thursday week, iu Buffalo, of disease of the 
heart. 
— Mrs. Patterson Allan has been fully committed at 
Richmond, Va., foratrial as a traitor to the “ Confed- 
_An embalmcr is being tried in Richmond for 
smuggling persons liable to conscription North in 
coffins. 
— Tlie rebel Gen. Beauregard has paid, through an 
agent, the G. 8. tax of over $ 100 on his property in 
Memphis. 
— Tlie small pox is spreading to an Manning extent 
at Covington, Ky. At Nashville, Tetm., the disease is 
abating. 
— A valuable bed of coal underlies Steubenville, O., 
and parties have offered the city $150,000 foi the privi¬ 
lege of mining it, 
— Diphtheria is making such havoc at Lunenburg, 
VI., that there Is not at present a single school In the 
town in operation. 
— A young Englishman was sw orn in at New Haven 
lately who was one of the famous “six hundred” im¬ 
mortalized by Tennyson. 
_ Edward Hitchcock, D. D., LL. D., late President 
of Amherst College, died at Amherst, Mass., Feb. 27, 
in the 71st year of his age. 
_About 800 freed men a week are enlisted at Chatta¬ 
nooga. They come from Georgia and Alabama, in 
squads or bom five to twenty. 
— ('apt. Dacie, an Englishman, lias perpetrated swin¬ 
dles on Richmond merchants, and others, to the amount 
of $1,200,000, and lied to England. 
ditcli. Tlie guns were spiked and their earruiges 
broken. In this fight our loss was about 100, 
who were nearly all taken prisoners Our total 
loss during the expedition, was about 150. 
The column burned about 3,000 bales of Con¬ 
federate cotton, over 1,000,000 bushels of corn, 
Secretary Chase, ill a communication to the 
Ways and Means Committee, says that in order 
to bring the revenue up to the amount estimated 
in his report it will he absolutely necessary to 
largely increase the tax on several articles sped 
fled. He recommends a tax of one dollar a 
