NEWS 3D EPARTME3NTT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL 16, 1864. 
The Amy in Virginia. 
Reports from the army indicate an early 
advance, and all things look much more hopeful 
than ever before. Re-enforcements for the 
Army of the Potomac are arriving daily. The 
4th and 5th heavy artillery, over *2,000 strong, 
and the 1st Connecticut cavalry, have arrived. 
The Sd New Jersey cavalry and 14th regular 
infantry are daily expected, and every train 
brings large numbers of re-enlisted veterans and 
new recruits. 
The following is a synopsis of General Orders 
No. 17, issued from headquarters of the Army 
of the Potomac: 
First —In view of the near- approach of the 
time when this army may he expected to resume 
active operations, corps and other independent 
commanders will cause public and private prop¬ 
erty for which transportation is not furnished by 
existing orders, to be sent to the rear with as 
little delay as practicable. 
Second—All sutlers and their employes will 
leave this army by the 16th inst., and should 
sutlers be found with the army after that date, 
their goods will be confiscated for the benefit of 
the hospitals, and their employes he placed by 
the Provost Marshal at hard labor. 
Paragraph third provides that after the 16th 
inst., no citizen shall he allowed to remain with 
the army except government employes and 
members of the Sanitary and Christian Commis¬ 
sions, and registered newspaper correspondents. 
Paragraph fifth revokes the authority hereto¬ 
fore delegated to corps commanders to grant 
furloughs and leaves of absence, except in the 
case of re-enlisted veterans, and with this ex¬ 
ception no leaves or furloughs are to he granted 
save in extreme cases, until further notice. 
Paragraph sixth requires corps and other in¬ 
dependent commanders to send in a list showing 
the names and regiments of officers and men 
doing duty in their commands who belong to 
regiments serving in other armies or depart¬ 
ments. These lists must also show the cir¬ 
cumstances under which such officers and men 
have been detained with this army. 
Paragraph seventh requires that all officers 
and men doing duty in other corps than their 
own shall be returned to tlieir regiments, aids- 
de-camp to officers and men on duty with bat¬ 
teries excepted. 
Gen. Sheridan has assumed command of the 
cavalry corps. The roads are improving under 
a bright sun. The bridges injured by recent 
rains are being repaired. 
The enemy are evidently preparing for a stub¬ 
born resistance to our anticipated advance. 
They are still constructing, defensive works on 
the south side of the Rapidan, and repairing the 
railroad bridge across that river. 
A 'Washington special to the N. Y. Times, 
says:—Refugees from Richmond report Lee’s 
army as being largely augmented, and he ex¬ 
pected to start out on a spring campaign with 
eighty or ninety thousand troops. Conscripts 
arriving at Richmond are sent to the Rapidan 
without delay. Reports that the Richmond and 
Frederick Railroad has been taken up by the 
rebels are pronounced untrue. 
Letters from Fortress Monroe state that Gen¬ 
eral Jessup, with a large force of troops, was 
up the C'hiekahomiuy within fifteen miles of 
Richmond last week. The troops scouted the 
country, exchanging frequent shots with rebel 
cavalry, without damage on either side. Some 
forty contrabands were brought back. The ex¬ 
pedition was for a secret purpose, and was 
faithfully performed. 
Movements in the "West and South-West 
Kentucky.— Forrest, in his late raid, se¬ 
cured several hundred Kentucky recruits. He 
is on his way to Corinth, and will, it is said, 
thence undertake, with re-enforcemcnts, a raid 
into Middle Kentucky, with the expectation of 
meeting a large number of recruits. Others 
say he will join Longstreet, and proceed into 
East Kentucky, 
A special Cincinnati dispatch to the Bulletin 
says:—Notwithstanding the rebel Buford’s as¬ 
surance that he intends to remain permanently 
in Kentucky, it is reported that Forrest is ma¬ 
neuvering to get out of the State by dividing 
his forces, and shipping them off by by-ways. 
Grierson's cavalry had a fight with Forrest 
near Summerville, on the 5lh. After skirmish¬ 
ing some time, the rebels being rc-enforced, and 
Grierson’s supports failing to come up, the latter 
fell back before greatly superior numbers, bring¬ 
ing with him seven prisoners. 
Tennessee, — A special dispatch to the 
Rochester Democrat, says that Gov. Lewis, of 
Wisconsin, h:»> received an important letter 
from Maj.-Gen. Sherman, commanding the De¬ 
partment of the South-West, in reference to 
absentees from the army. The General says:— 
I am notified by the War Department that I 
can exercise control over all the regiments of 
veterans now absent. He requests the Governor 
to publish that all regiments should report at 
once at the expiration of their furloughs, and 
proceed to join their proper brigades. He says 
the season is advancing, and not a day should 
be lost. Three hundred men in time are better 
than a thousand too late. 11c asks that all ab¬ 
sentees be sent to the front immediately. 
An officer just arrived from Chattanooga, says 
that an advance was ordered to take place on or 
about the 1st inst, 
A special dispatch from Memphis, dated 
April 7th, states that the rebels are burning 
their cotton at the approach of the army under 
Gen. Steele, in Arkansas, and that of Gen. 
Banks, up Red river. 
Mississippi. —Vicksburg advices report Lor- 
ing and Lee at Canton, Miss., and the rebels ara 
repairing the railroads destroyed by Gen. Sher¬ 
man. 
A report is circulating here that, the rebels are 
taking up their old lines on the Big Black and 
Yazoo rivers. 
Vicksburg advices of the 3d inst. say that the 
rebels attacked Rouders plantation on the 1st 
inst. The plantation is situated seven miles 
above. Snyder's Bluff, on the Yazoo river, and is 
one of the largest in the State. It had large 
cotton works and splendid buildings, all of 
which were destroyed. One negro and four 
children were burned in the building. 
The 1st Miss, colored cavalry, 600 strong, 
quartered near the plantation, maintained the 
fight with the rebels until 8 o’clock in the morn¬ 
ing, when they charged and repulsed the enemy, 
numbering 1,500 strong. Our loss was 16 killed. 
The rebel loss is unknown, but ‘20 killed and 
wounded were left in our hands. The planta¬ 
tion had been leased by the Government, and 
was being extensively worked by the lessee. 
Arkansas. — The following particulars of 
Col. Clayton’s recent raid in Arkansas have 
been received: 
Pine Bum*, Ark., March 31. 
To Major (Been: —The expedition to Mount 
Elba and Long View has just returned. We 
destroyed the pontoon bridge at Long View, 
burned a train of thirty-five wagons loaded 
with camp equipments, ammunition, quarter- 
masters stores. «tc., and captured 3*20 prisoners. 
Engaged in battle yesterday morning Gen. 
Docking’s division of about 1,200 men from 
Monticello, routed him, and pursued him ten 
miles, with a loss on his side of over lfiO killed 
and wounded. We captured a large quantity of 
small arms, two stand of colors, many wagons, 
and over 300 horses and mules. Our loss will 
not exceed 10 in killed, wounded and missing. 
We brought in several hundred contrabands. 
The expedition was a complete success. De¬ 
tails will be furnished in my official report, 
which will be forwarded in a few davs. 
Powell Clayton, Col. Comd’g. 
Gov. Mark ley has issued an address to the 
people of the counties of Arkansas in which no 
elections have been held, and sent it out for dis¬ 
tribution with General Steele’s eommaud. The 
address reviews the condition of the State dur¬ 
ing the war, recites the action of the late State 
Convention, and closes with a stirring appeal to 
the people of those counties in which elections 
could not be held, recommending them, under 
the ordinance passed by the State Convention 
for that purpose, to hold elections, as soon as 
they can with safety, for members of Legisla¬ 
ture: take upon themselves the rights and du¬ 
ties of freemen, and give their aid to the Union. 
Brig.-Gen. Nathan Kimball has been desig¬ 
nated to the command of all troops along the 
Arkansas river, with headquarters at Little 
Rock. In a circular to the people of his dis¬ 
trict, he says:—The loyal shall be protected, 
and rebel sympathizers, though they may have 
taken the oath of allegiance to the Government, 
will be treated as rebels, unless they conform in 
word and act to the spirit of that oath. 
Louisiana. — Advices from Alexandria to 
the 27th ult, say that the main body of Gen. 
Franklin’s army arrived there the day before, 
with no opposition. The country through 
which he passed was deserted of white and 
black [males, they having gone to Texas. The 
indications are that Gen. Banks will remain 
there some time. 
The gunboat Bragg had established a block¬ 
ade at the mouth of Red river, and none but 
Government steamers were allowed to enter the 
stream. 
The advance of our forces, under Gen. A. J. 
Smith, left Alexandria on the 27th. The gun¬ 
boats will probably follow. 
Gen. Mower has captured 17 cannon since 
reaching the Red river. 
It was expected that Shreveport would fall 
without resistance. The rebels will then be 
driven from the entire country east of Red 
river. 
A military post has been established at "Water¬ 
proof. 
The rebel Gen. Harrison's command is re¬ 
ported moving toward Shreveport. 
A Red river correspondent of the N. O. 
Bella, notices an unconfirmed report that Gen. 
Steele’s forces have captured Shreveport with¬ 
out. firing a gun; that, several ol' our gunboats 
had gone above the shoals of Red river to co¬ 
operate with our land forces, and that large 
numbers of cattle and ponies were being cap¬ 
tured by our scouting parties, as well as cotton. 
Officers from steamers on the Red river re¬ 
port considerable of a fight on Kane river, on 
the 24th, between Gen. Smith’s forces, consist¬ 
ing of 8,000 infantry under Gen. Moore, and 
Dudley’s Brigade of Lee’s cavalry corps and 
Dick Taylor’s force, estimated at 12,000, posted 
iu an advantageous position. The fight lasted 
about three hours. Our loss is reported as IS 
killed .and 60 wounded. That of the rebels is 
much greater, some placing it. at 200 killed and 
w*ounded. We captured 500 prisoners, and 
mere are being brought in. 
Department of the Gulf, 
Tins election in Louisiana, on the 28th, for 
delegates.to the Constitutional Convention, re¬ 
sulted in the complete triumph of the Free State 
party. 
The rebel ram Zenora was struck by a squall 
on the 1st inst,, While lying near Grant’s Bass, 
which caused her to keel over and sink. But 
two feet of her smoke staek are now visible.— 
Her armament w ill prove a heavy loss to the 
rebels. It consists of six 100-pound rifled Par¬ 
rots and nearly as many small pieces. 
All is well with our fleet. 
We have had some very bad weather. 
At Alexandria on the 7th, it was reported that 
all was (juiet with the exception of occasional 
skirmishing. The rebel force there was report¬ 
ed to be 20,000 strong. It was supposed their 
intention was to fall back about 50 miles, and 
then await au attack from our forces. 
Our gun boats bound for Shreveport had suc¬ 
ceeded in getting over the shoals. A land force 
left Alexandria on the 27tl>, destined for Shreve¬ 
port. The force was under command of Gen. 
Smith. 
One hundred and fifty refugees arrived from 
Texas at Now Orleans on the 20th. 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
During the past week the action of France 
relative to Mexican affairs hu3 elicited consider¬ 
able attention in Congress. Mr. Davis, from the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the fol¬ 
lowing joint-resolution: 
Besolved, That the Cougress of the United 
States are unwilling by silence to have the na¬ 
tions of the world believe that they are indiffer¬ 
ent spectators of the deplorable events now 
transpiring in Mexico; therefore, they think fit 
to declare that it docs not accord with the peo¬ 
ple of the United States to acknowledge a Mo¬ 
narchical Government erected on the ruins of 
any Republican Government in America under 
the auspices of any European power. 
In the discussion following the presentation of 
the resolution, Mr. Brooks, of New* York, had 
no objection to the resolution if it was not a 
mere brutemfulmen. Mr. Davis, ofMd., replied 
that it would depend whether Congress would 
adopt the resolution, aud in so doing represent 
the views of the people of the United States. 
Mr. Cox, of Ohio, would vote for the resolution, 
but would prefer stronger and more emphatic 
language against foreign intervention. The 
protest should have been made long ago. Mr. 
Davis, of Md., did not. know how the resolution 
could be made more emphatic. They desire to 
say. without mistake, that a Monarchical Gov¬ 
ernment on this continent will not be recognized 
under the auspices of Louis Napoleon; let the 
consequences iu the future take care of them¬ 
selves, 
The resolution was adopted—yeas, 108; nays, 
none. 
Minister Dayton, in a communication to Sec¬ 
retary Seward, dated October last, speaking of a 
conversation with M. Droun dc L'iluys, says the 
latter remarked to him that the early aeknowl- 
edgmeni of French occupation by the United 
States would tend to shorten, or perhaps to end, 
all the troubles. T told him, Mr. Dayton con¬ 
tinued, that without any authority from ray 
Government to say so, I should scarcely suppose 
that France, under any circumstances, would 
make haste to acknowledge a new monarch in 
America, but that T would report to my Govern¬ 
ment, not suggesting that any answer would be 
given. In the course of the conversation, he 
took occasion to repeat a disclaimer to interfere 
with Texas, or to seek any permanent interest 
or control in Mexico. He said that our situation 
as a next neighbor entitled us to an influence 
there greater than that of distant European 
countries, and that r'rancc, at her great dis¬ 
tance from the scene, would not be guilty of 
the folly of desiring or attempting to interfere 
with us. 
The dispatch of Secretary Seward to Mr. Day- 
ton, dated October 23, 1863, contains the fol¬ 
lowing sentences: 
The United States, when invited by France or 
Mexico, can not emit to express themselves with 
perfect frankness upon new incidents as they 
occur in the progress of that war. M. Droun 
de L'Huya speaks of an election which he ex¬ 
pects to be held in Mexico, and to result in the 
choice of His Imperial Highness, the Rrince 
Maximilian cf Austria, to be Emperor of Mex¬ 
ico. We learn from other sources that the 
Prince has declared to accept an imperial throne 
in Mexico on thice conditions: 
1st. That be slall be culled to it by universal 
suffrage of the Mexican people. 
2d. That he stall receive indispensable guar¬ 
antees for the integrity and independence of the 
proposed Empire. 
3d. That, the head of his family, the Emperor 
of Austria, shall acquiesce. 
Referring to these facts, M. Droun de L’Huys 
intimates that an early acknowledgment, of the 
proposed Empire by the United .States would be 
convenient to France, by relieving her sooner 
than might be possible, under other circum¬ 
stances, from her troublesome complication in 
Mexico. Happily the French Government has 
not. been left uninformed that in the opinion of 
the United State- the permanent establishment 
of a foreign aud monarchical government in 
Mexico will be found neither easy nor desirable. 
You will inform Droun de L’Huys that this 
opinion remains. 
Oil the other hand, the United States can not 
anticipate the action of the people of Mexico, 
nor have they the least purpose or desire to 
interfere with their free choice, or disturb them 
in the enjoyment of whatever institutions of 
government they may, in the exercise of an ab¬ 
solute freedom, establish. It Is proper, also, that 
M. Droun de L’iluys should be informed that 
the United Staten continue to regard Mexico as 
the theater of a war which is not yet ended. In 
the subversion of a long existing government 
there, with which the United States held rela¬ 
tions of peace, the United States are not now at 
liberty to consider the question of recognizing a 
government which, in the further chances of 
war, may come in its place. The United States, 
consistently with their principles, can do no 
otherwise than leave the destinies of Mexico in 
the keeping of her own people, and recognize 
their sovereignly and independence in whatever 
form they themselves shall choose this sover¬ 
eignty and independence shall be manifested. 
Mr. Collins Iuls returned to Washington after 
nearly two yearn! absence In Russia and Eng¬ 
land. Negotiations for the right of way and 
the construction of a telegraph line across Asi¬ 
atic Russia, so as to connect Europe and America 
via Behring’s .straits, has been brought to a 
satisfactory conclusion under very favorable 
terms, and now only await the final action of 
Congress. Mr. Collins will soon present the 
plan to Congress, iu view of the co-operation of 
our Government. 
The Navajoe Indians of New Mexico having 
receutly surrendered to the United States forces, 
the proper authorities have Risked Congress for 
an appropriation of $100,000 w 1th which to pro¬ 
cure them agricultural implements and sub¬ 
sistence until they can support themselves on 
the reservation set apart for them. The Nava- 
joes have been at war for nearly two centuries, 
and the peaceful plan now proposed is deemed 
more economical than the large war expenditure 
heretofore incurred in New Mexico. They 
number about 7.000. 
The Committee on Manufactures have made 
a report relative to duties on wool. They say 
that the expectations that low grades of wool 
would not compete with domestic products have 
not been realized. One-half of all importations 
last year were invoiced below the minimum of 
IS cents per pound, the whole averaging less 
than 17 cents. This has defrauded the Treasury 
and done great injustice to wool growers. The 
•entire importations of last year did not produce 
more than half a million dollars. 
The Committee recommends the Committee 
on Ways and Means to increase the duties on 
foreign wool as follows:—On that costing 18 
cents or under, per pound, a specific duty of 
three cents per pound, and an ad valorem duty 
of 20 per cent.; for that which costs 18 and not 
over 24, a specific of six cents and an ad valo¬ 
rem duty of 20 per cent.; on that, worth over 
24 cents, a specific duty of nine cents and an ad- 
valorem of 20 per cent, shall be levied on the 
valuation at the port or Custom House where 
the duty is paid. In case this home valuation, 
which the Committee deem vital, is not adopted, 
they recommend an addition of 20 per cent, on 
duties heretofore enumerated. 
They urge the necessity of this advance in 
order to Increase the revenue as well as to afford 
the needed protection to home products. 
Representative GrinnoU, of Iowa, has been 
appointed a member of the Committee on Ter¬ 
ritories, ami Representative Beaman, of Michi¬ 
gan, a member of Committee for t he District of 
Columbia, in place of Representative Lovejoy, 
deceased. 
The President has communicated the report 
of Chas. B. Stuart, consulting engineer, upon 
the improvements to pass gunboats from tide¬ 
water to the western lakes. The engineer 
assumes that upon the connection of those lakes 
with tide-water depend the jurisdiction of our 
government’s common defense as well as its 
welfare, and that the Mississippi river should 
likewise he connected with the lakes. He urges 
that it- great food-producing region uses this 
chain of lakes for the transit, of exportations 
and Importations, which is a line of communi¬ 
cation at present, utterly defenceless, leaving 
the lake cities to destruction by British gun¬ 
boats on declaration of war by Great Britain, 
inflicting damage to which the cost of the im¬ 
provement would be insignificant. He makes 
various recommendations, and gives as the total 
estimate for improved gunboat locks for the 
Erie, Oswego, Champlain and Cayuga and Sen¬ 
eca canals, with seven feet of water, $18,000,000, 
and with eight feet of water, S20,000,000, and a 
canal around Niagara Falls at from $10,000,000 
to $13,000,000. 
The following important order has been issued: 
Wai: DEPAaTMEN, Am r General's Office, ) 
Washington, April 4 , 1804 . j 
By direction of the President of the United 
States the following changes and assignments are 
made in army corps commands: 
Major-General P. A. Sheridan is assigned to 
the command of the cavalry corps of the Army 
of the Potomac. 
The lltli and 12th corps are consolidated and 
will be called the 1st Army Corps. Major- 
General Hooker is assigned to the command. 
Major-General Gordon Granger is relieved 
from' command of the 1th Army Corps, and 
Major-General O. O. Howard is assigned in his 
stead. 
Major-General Schofield is assigned to the 
command of the 23d Army Corps. 
Major-General Slocum will report to Major- 
General Sherman, commanding the division of 
the Mississippi, and Major-General Stoncuian 
will report to Major-General Schofield, com¬ 
manding the Department of Ohio, for assign¬ 
ment, 
Major-General Granger will report by letter 
to the Adjutant-General of the Army. 
Capt, Forrest Porter, tl. S. ordnance Depart¬ 
ment, is announced as Aid-dc-Camp to Lieut.- 
Gen. Grant, with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, by 
order of the Secretary of War. 
E. D. Town sr.xn, A. A. S. 
That portion of the order relating to the con¬ 
solidation of the 11th and 12th Corps, lias been 
amended so as to denominate this consolidation 
the 20th instead of the 8th and 1st Corps. 
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NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
This new King of the Sandwich Islands, Ka- 
mehameha Y., is thirty-three years old. In 
1849, he visited the United States, England and 
France, and two years ago traveled through 
California. 
BRiciADiER-General Benjamin Grierson, the 
great cavalry officer of the Western armies, is 
described as tall and slender, well on to forty 
years of age, of a volatile disposition, and a splen¬ 
did performer on the piano-forte. 
The Springfield armory turned out twenty- 
five thousand seven hundred nmskets last month 
—the largest number ever made in a single 
month. There arc two hundred thousand on 
hand. 
The New York City Inspector says, in his 
report:—“It will hardly be credited that in this 
city there arc over 6,000 familcs living in 
underground cellars, which nurseries of disease 
are inhabited by 18,000 persons. 
A letter from Washington states that a large 
number of secessionists still remain in the depart¬ 
ments, and that the most valuable and impor¬ 
tant information continues to be conveyed by 
them to the rebels. This is remarkable if true. 
JList of New Advertisements. 
The Champion Clothes Wringer—N H Phelps. 
A New Book on the Utile—I) Appleton & (Jo. 
1 lop Hoots—Sanier & Conger. 
The Grape CnllurUI Andrew S Fuller. 
Newi-ICu Patent Friltt Bilges— A F Newell. 
Pure Blood stallions— 1) Ellen wood. 
Broom Seed—John hlntdou. 
Cancers Cured— Mrs. Babcock & Tobin. 
Apples. Grapes Box. Av-K Ware Sylvester. 
Strawberry Plante -I Keeidt. 
iloodrlch’it Seedling Potatzms—P Sutton. 
The Vonng Housoliecner ;iml Dairymaids’ Directory- 
Mrs E A Call. 
Silver Aledal Wine—E Ware Sylvester. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Metropolitan Gift Book Store—E O Brooks. 
Everything is Advancing—II B DeLaud & Co. 
®l)c Nciuo Conlimstr. 
— Peach and plum trees are in bloom at Mobile. 
— There is a house in Medford, Mass , 224 years old, 
— Paris spent for Carnival fetes last year 00,000,000 
francs. 
— Labor is very scarce and dear in the Lake Superior 
region. 
— Nearly two feet of snow fell at Fortress Monroe 
last week. 
— There are in Ireland forty thousand cotters, or one- 
acre tenants. 
— Oak wood retails in Richmond at $44 and pine at 
$ 35 per cord. 
— Appearances in Barbadocs, W. L, indicate short 
crops of sugar. 
— Russia gets $20,000,000 of gold a year from the 
Ural Mountains. 
— A thousand miners left San Francisco on a steamer 
recently for Idaho. 
— Transactions in U. S. stocks in Germany are large 
and steadily increasing. 
— A new nickel coin, value two cents, has been 
authorized by Congress. 
— Fifty-eight life assurance offices are winding trp 
their business in England. 
— Peach and plum trees are in bloom in North Caro¬ 
lina, and peas are well up. 
— Among the novelties of the day in England are 
Quakers with moustaches. 
— The Government is about erecting extensive forti¬ 
fications at Point Lookout. 
— The King of Bavaria is dead. His aged’ 19; 
succeeds as King Ludwig II. 
— Over $00 illegitimate children were' born In the 
English workhouses last year, 
— The Erie Railway Clf). have contributed $5,000 to 
the Metropolitan Sanitary Fair. 
— Eight. Louisiana regiments in the rebel service 
have been consolidated into onet 
— Advices from Harrisburg sfate that Pennsylvania 
is only 10,000 short on its quota. 
— The rebel Forrest is said to have obtained quite a 
number of reciuits in Kentucky. 
— The Canadian post-office department was scif sus- 
.tabling last, year for tiie first time. 
— liny is selling in ndtadclphia at $1.50 per 100 lbs., 
aud good straw at $1.40 per 100 lbs. 
— The Canal Commissioners have resolved to open 
the canals of New York on the 30th Inst. 
— Illinois claims to bo 12.000 In excess on all ttie calls 
yet made by the President for volunteers. 
— One hundred and forty thousand valentines were, 
posted in London cm the 14th of February 
— It is reported that Italy has tendered 40,000 men 
and a fleet to England if slier assists Denmark. 
— The Portsmouth Gazette is the oldest living news¬ 
paper in the tJ. S., having been started tn 1756. 
— The New Jersey Legislature, has before it a bill to 
“prevent the admixture of races” in that State. 
— Albert Pike, the Arkansas poet, lawyer and rebel 
General, is now a refugee among the mountains. 
— It is ascertained that the yield of gold in Australia 
for the last year will show a decrease of $700,000. 
— An amendment to the Territory of Montano Bill, 
allows all citizens to vote withont regard to color. 
— A statue of the Empress Eugenie in crinoline cos¬ 
tume is to bo erected in the Market-place of Puebla. 
— At Parkersburg, Va., oil wells have been struck 
yielding from six hundred to one thousand barrels per 
day. 
— Congress has about completed organic acts for 
three new States, viz.: Colorado, Nebraska and Ne¬ 
vada. 
— The California papers aro earncsiy urging tho 
farmers of that State to undertake the culture of to¬ 
bacco. 
— The Medical Purveyor, in Washington, receives 
and delivers five million dollars’ worth of stores an¬ 
nually. 
— It is stated that the commerce of t he world requires 
2,060,000 able bodied men to be continually traversing 
tiie sea. 
— The new Hudson river steamer St. John made the 
trip from New York to Albany in eight hours forty-four 
minutes. 
— The project of colonizing negroes in Hayti has 
Anally exploded. The law on the subject will soon be 
repealed. 
— Some of the New York Hotel keepers have ad¬ 
vanced their prices for board to $5 per day—during the 
Sanitary Fair. 
— In 1859, the Walla-Walla Valley in Washington 
Territory numbered only forty farmers. Now it has 
live thousand. 
— The Massachusetts Horticultural Society is.erect- 
ing a flue building on the site of the old Montgomery 
House in Boston. 
— Arkansas is a free State. The new Constitution 
forever prohibiting slavery in that State has been adopt¬ 
ed by the people. 
— It was judicially decided in Philadelphia the other 
day that I lie purchaser should pay for the stamps on a 
deed of real estate. 
— It Is now said that tiie Prince or Wales’ infant son 
was born with a deformity, having only three fingers 
on one of his hands. 
— Jalcn Rodman Coxc, the physician who first intro¬ 
duced vaccination into Philadelphia, died Wednesday 
week, aged 111 years. 
— A prohibitory liquor bill has passed the West Vir¬ 
ginia Senute, but Ims yet to pass the Assembly and be 
approved by the people. 
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books and In nmlllilg-niachluc type, for which we niwd 
pay clerks and printers. We cannot, nftord this espouse, 
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