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ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL 30, 1864. 
The Amy in Virginia. 
Gen. Grant has left for the front and 
Gen. Burnside'for Fortress Monroe. 
It is understood recent developments of the 
intentions of the rebels render an early move¬ 
ment of the Army of the Potomac highly prob¬ 
able. 
The recent order of Gen. Grant banishing 
sutlers from the army, rids it of over 2,600 
supern umeraries. 
The War Department has ordered an addition 
of 15,000 beds to the present hospital accommo¬ 
dations in Washington. All patients able to 
bear removal are to be sent north at once. 
The report gains credence that Lee has sent 
a part of his army into the Shenandoah Yalley 
■with a view of compelling Grant to divide his 
army by sending a force in pursuit. 
Five deserters from the fifth Virginia arrived 
in our camp on the 21st. They assert that 
Longstreet is at Orange Court House, and that 
Lee’s forces are not more than 40,000 or 50,000 
strong. The rebels are very vigilant, and have 
forbidden their pickets to hold communication 
with our troops. 
A deserter from the 43d X. C. regiment also 
came in. He claims to be a good Union man, 
and says he was conscripted two weeks ago. 
Being put on picket on the 20th, he made up his 
mind to desert, and swam over the river during 
the night. 
It is rumored here to-night that Lee is mov¬ 
ing a portion of his army to this side of the 
Rapid an, near Madison Court House. Nothing, 
however, is reliable. 
Rumors are prevalent of the presence of a 
considerable rebel cavalry force near Leesburg, 
and measures have been taken to check their 
advance should they attempt it. 
Two of Lee’s scouts were captured a day or 
two since at Culpepper—a third escaped. They 
were disguised as teamsters. A halter awaits 
them. 
Gen. Grant has decided to send to the front 
such men of the Invalid Corps as are able to 
bear arms, and return to their homes those dis¬ 
abled from active service in the field. 
An expedition for the purpose of capturing 
the rebel torpedo boat which tried to destroy 
the Minnesota, and was supposed to be up the 
Nansemond, has returned. It was not found, 
but se veral sharp conflicts were had with the 
rebels, and five contrabands and a large number 
of horses were brought in. Two of our men 
men were killed and seven or eight wounded. 
One of the killed was Lieut. E. P. Wilder, ex¬ 
ecutive officer of the Minnesota, who was in 
command of the gunboat Stepping Stone. 
The rebel Col. Whitson w r as captured in a 
fight between the 20th N. Y. Cavalry and his 
command and the 8th N. Y. Cavalry. The 
rebels were driven some distance. 
Moseby, with 20 men. captured a train near 
Fairfax Station on the 21st. He burned the 
empty wagons and made off with the horses. 
A telegram of the 24th says, that people who 
are predicting immediate battles in Virginia, 
will doubtless be. disappointed, unless Gen. Lee 
either advances in force, or else makes a demon¬ 
stration toward Pennsylvania. 
The Navy Department has received a commu¬ 
nication from Commander Fox, of the Potomac 
fleet, relation to a recent expedition up the 
Rappahannock. He says: 
Having learned from various sources that the 
rebel government had established a ferry at 
Cyrus Point, a few miles below Rappahannock, 
on the Rappahannock river, and was busily 
engaged in collecting boats at some point on the 
liver for the purpose of attacking blockade ves¬ 
sels, I proceeded thither with a portion of the 
fleet, and visited all the ferries from Cyrus 
Point to Windmill Point, with the following 
result.:—Ten ferries broken up; three pontoon 
bridges; twenty-two large skill's; two huudred 
white oak beams and knees, large enough for 
the construction of a eloop-of-war; twenty-two 
large boats, one ol which is capable of carrying 
a small army; a large amount of bacon, wheat. 
<fcc., which were brought off at Beehlcn Point, 
on the south side of the Rappahannock Land¬ 
ing. Our men were opposed by a force of rebel 
cavalry said to be 500 strong, which was kept at 
hay by the fire of the Eureka, aud at Hamet 
creek eight of our seamen chased a squad of 
their cavalry. The rebels made an attack on 
the Eureka on Saturday P. M., and were splen¬ 
didly thrashed. 
Col. Parker says he has it from trustworthy 
sources, that the rebels have placed torpedoes 
in the Rappahannock, and all the branches of 
the Chesapeake. 
Department of the South. 
The intelligence from this Department is 
rather startling. Dispatches from Norfolk on 
the 19th give the following details: 
About 5:30 P. M., April 17, Fort Gray, above 
Plymouth, was attacked by the rebels from the 
battery of six field pieces on a hank some thou¬ 
sand yards up the river. Lieut. Commander 
Husser dispatched the Ceres to communicate 
with the Whitehead, which was doing picket 
duty up the river. In passing by the rebel batr 
tery, she received a shot through her part gang¬ 
way, killing two and wounding seven men. The 
firing on the fort ceased about 9 o’clock. The 
Ceres returned at about that time. 
At early dawn of Monday the enemy charged 
upon Fort Gray, and were repulsed. Later in 
the day the enemy appeared in force in the rear 
of the town, and at sunset commenced a vigor¬ 
ous attack on Forts Williams and Weasel, at 
which time the Miami and Southfield, previously 
chained together, were cut loose. The South- 
field steamed up the river to protect Fort Wes- 
sel. while the Miami dropped down and shelled 
the enemy in front of Fort Williams. During 
the evening the enemy assaulted Fort W esse I 
and were repulsed three times, the Southfield 
throwing shells among them. About 10.60 P. 
M. the Southfield dropped down the river and 
reported to Lieut. Com’r Flusser, who ordered 
the vessels to be lashed together with hawsers, 
the Southfield being on the port side of the 
Williams. 
About midnight the Whitehead came down 
the river and came alongside the Miami and re¬ 
ported the rebel ram coming down. At 3 A. M. 
Tuesday, the ram dropped down alongside the 
Miami and ran obliquely across into the star¬ 
board bow of the Southfield. 
The vessels had been firing all the previous 
evening at the enemy ou shore, and were loaded 
with shell, which there was not time to draw. 
The Lieut. Commander fired the first shell, and 
on its bursting, some fragments, either from that 
or the Southfield’s shells, rebounded, which 
caused his death —the fragments piercing his 
chest and skull, and also wounding the follow¬ 
ing officers and men:—Acting Engineer T. J. 
Harris, Acting Assisting Engineer Harrington, 
and some six or eight men. None moraally. 
Upon the approach of the ram the Southfield 
fired at her; the prow of the ram runuiug into 
the Southfield caused her to fill with water, and 
she sunk inside of fifteen minutes. The forward 
lashings were parted by the pressure ot the ram 
between ouuvesseK and the after ones were cut, 
and as many as could get on the Miami did so. 
The Miami retired, and was pursued by the ram, 
which was considered slow, making bin four 
knots an hour, the Miami throw ing solid shot at 
her as she retired. 
Some of the men of the Southfield took to 
small boats, and were picked up by the White- 
head and Ceres. The Ceres was dispatched to 
Newhern immediately with the body of Com¬ 
mander Flusser. 
The N. Y. Times' Newhern letter of the 20tli 
states that the enemy before Plymouth number 
10 or 12,000. They were repulsed in four dis¬ 
tinct charges with great slaughter. 
Firing ceased Tuesday A. M., and it is sup¬ 
posed Gen. Weasels, with his brave garrison, 
surrendered. Nothing definite, however, is 
known, none of our vessels having been able to 
reach them since Sunday. Our force was 2,000. 
Later intelligence has been received by the 
steamer Berry and is as follows: 
This ram now commands the approach to Ply¬ 
mouth, which prevents re-enforcements to our 
troops, who have been fighting day and night 
since Sunday. 
Gen. Wessels, who has 60 day’s provisions, ex¬ 
presses his determination to hold the enemy at 
bay until he is relieved. He and his troops were 
in good spirits. The enemy have made many 
assaults on our works ot the most desperate 
character, and have been repulsed each time. 
Our loss up to the departure of the Berry, was 
very slight. 
Gen. Wessels, who is an old army officer, and 
noted for his courage aud coolness, is very popu¬ 
lar with his command. 
Every house is riddled by the enemy’s shells. 
The ram now has all the inland waters open to 
her, and there is no knowing where she may 
strike the next blow. 
Firing has been beard all the morning in the 
direction of Washington, and it is supposed the 
attack on that point has commenced. 
Gen. Peek ordered re-enforcements to Ply¬ 
mouth the moment he heard of the attack. They 
have doubtless failed to reach that place, owing 
to the ram at the mouth of the Roanoke. This 
ram draws 9 feet water, her hull is 15 inches out 
of water: she carries 4 guns, and is built much 
like the Merrimae. It is reported that she 
makes 7 knots, but this is doubted. 
The telegraph this (Monday) afternoon gives 
us the following: 
The Richmond Sentinel of April 22d says the 
following has been received by Gen. Bragg: 
Pl.TMoern, N. C., April 20, 
To Gen. Braxton Bragg:—l have stormed and 
carried this place, capturing one Brigadier, 1,600 
men, stores, and 25 pieces of artillery. 
R. F. Hope, Brigadier General. 
A telegram was also received by President 
Davis, from Col. T. Wood, dated Rock Mount, 
the 21st, giving further particulars of the capture 
of Plymouth by the forces under (Jen. Hope, 
with naval co-operation:—He says that about 2,- 
500 prisoners w ere taken, three or four hundred 
of whom are negroes, and 30 pieces of artillery, 
100,000 pounds of meat, 1,000 barrels of flour, 
and a full garrison of outfits. Our loss was 
about 300 in all. Col. Meroe was among the 
killed. Two gunboats were sunk, another dis¬ 
abled, and a small steamer captured. 
Capt. Weatherbcc, of the 23d Mass, regiment, 
has just arrived at Fortress Monroe, from Roan¬ 
oke Island. He makes the following report-— 
Gen. Wessel surrendered to the enemy on Wed¬ 
nesday, the 20th inst., when the rebels took pos¬ 
session of Plymouth, N. C., after four days’ 
heavy fighting. Our loss is 150 killed and 2,500 
captured. The rebel loss is 1,500 killed. 
Department of the Gulf 
Steamers from New Orleans have arrived, 
and the Era contains a full account of the recent 
desperate fighting In Western Louisiana. We 
condense the following account: 
The battle of the 8th was fought at Sabine 
Cross Roads. The enemy were commanded by 
Gens. McGruder, Holmes and Taylor, all under 
Kirby Smith, The enemy’s loss on the first day 
is placed at 1,500, 
The second day’s fight was at Pleasant Hill, 
where, as previously stated, the enemy was 
most gloriously routed and driven from the field 
Oy our forces under Gen. J. A. Smith, General 
Banks comimuding-in-ehief. The enemy’s loss 
was heavy—two to our one. Among their 
killed were Gens. Martin and Parsons. 
At seven o’clock on Saturday morniug our 
forces were at Pleasant Hill, and the rebels 
were advancing, cavalry in front, endeavoring 
to discover our position. 
Col. Gooding, with his brigade of Lee’s cav¬ 
alry corps, was sent out on the Shreveport road 
to meet the enemy and draw him out. 
He had gone about a mile when he came upon 
the rebel advance, aud skirmishing immediately 
ensued, aud according to the plan Lee fell back. 
The fight was very sharp between these cavalry 
bodies, and Ool, Gooding lost 30 or 40 men, killed 
aud wounded, inflicting, however, as much dam¬ 
age as he received. 
The battle field of Pleasant Hill is a large, 
open field which had once been cultivated, but 
is now overgrown with weeds and bushes. The 
slightly elevated center of the field, from which 
the name of Pleasant Hill is taken, is nothing 
more than a long mound. A semi-circular belt 
of timber runs around the field on the Shreve¬ 
port side. Gen. Emory formed his Hue of battle 
on the ridge facing these woods, Gen. McMillan’s 
brigade being posted on the right, General 
Dwight's on the center, and Col. Benedict’s on 
the left. Taylor's battery L, 1st regulars, bad 
four guns in the rear of the left wing, on the 
left of the Shreveport railroad, and two on the 
road in the rear of Gen. Dwight's line. Hil- 
buru’s Vermont battery was on the right; in 
the rear of Birney, and, concealed by the rising 
ground, was Gen. Smith's troops formed in two 
lines of battle fifty yards apart. All his artillery 
was in the front line, a piece of the section of 
the battery being on the flauk of each right, the 
infantry lying between them. 
The 13th Corps was a reserve, in the rear, 
under Gen. Cameron. Gen, Ransom having been 
wounded the day before. General Smith was 
commander-in-chief of the two lines back of the 
crest, while Gen. Moore was the immediate 
commander of the men. The commander of t he 
right brigade, and Gen. Smith’s west line, was 
Col. Lynch. The left brigade was Col. Shore’s. 
The second line also consisted of two brigades. 
The skirmishing was kept, up with considerable 
vigor till about five o'clock P. M., when the 
rebels had completed their arrangements for the 
attack. At about this hour General Emory’s 
skirmish lines were driven In on the right by 
the rebels, who appeared in large force coming 
through the timber above mentioned. They 
soon reached open grouud and moved on to the 
attack in three lines of battle. Our batteries 
and infantry opened with terrible effect, doing 
great slaughter with grape and canister, while 
the enemy's artillery', being in the woods, and 
in a bad position, did scarcely any damage. The 
lighting was terrific. Old soldiers say that it 
never was surpassed desperation. Notwith¬ 
standing the terrific havoc in their ranks the 
enemy pressed fiercely on, slowly pushing the 
men of the 19th Corps back up the hill, hut not 
breaking their line of battle. A sudden 3nd 
bold dash of the rebels on the right gave them 
possession of Taylor’s battery, and forced our 
line still further back. Now came the grand 
coup dc main. The 19th Corps, on arriving at 
the top of the hill, suddenly filed over the hill, 
and i>assed through the lines of Gen, Smith. 
We must here mention that the rebels were 
now in but two lines of battle—the first having 
been almost annihilated by Gen. Emory, what 
remained having been forced back into the 
second line. But these two lines came on ex¬ 
ultant and sure of victory. The first passed 
over the knoll, and, all heedless of the long line 
of cannons and crouching forms of as brave meu 
as ever trod Mother Earth, pressed on. The 
second line appeared on the crest, and the death 
signal was sounded. Words can not describe 
the awful effects of this discharge. Seven 
thousand rifles and several batteries of artillery 
loaded to the muzzle with grape and canister, 
were fired simultaneously, and the whole center 
of the rebel line was crushed down as a field of 
ripe wheat through which a tornado had passed. 
It is estimated that one thousand men were 
hurled into eternity, or frightfully mangled, by 
this discharge. No time was given them to 
recover their good order, but Gc-n, Smith 
ordered a charge, and his men dashed rapidly 
forward, the boys of the 19th joining in. The 
rebels fought boldly and desperately back to the 
timber, on reaching which a large portion broke 
and lied, fully 2,000 throwing aside their arms. 
In this charge Taylor’s battery was retaken, as 
were also two of the guns of Nim’s battery: 
the Parrot guus taken from us at Carrion Crow 
last fall, and one or two others belonging to the 
rebels, one of which was considerably shattered, 
besides 700 prisoners. A pursuit and desultory 
fight was kept up for three miles, when our men 
returned to the field of battle. And thus ended 
this fearful and bloody struggle for the control 
of Western Louisiana, 
Rebel prisoners say that they had 25,000 men 
in the recent battles, and that they lost 3,000 in 
Saturday’s fight. They left their killed and 
wounded on the field. 
Our loss on Saturday was about 1,500, and our 
wounded were taken to Grand Ecore. Our 
killed were left on the field, and are reported to 
have been buried afterwards. 
After the first day’s fight, Gen. Banks being 
short of rations, pent word to the Admiral to 
return with the fleet, which had advanced to 
within 80 miles of Shreveport, and were pre¬ 
paring to blow up the steamer at New Falls 
City, which the rebels had sunk in the channel. 
On the reception of Gen. Bunk’s dispatch, the 
fleet turned back, and on the way buck was 
attacked by a large force of the enemy on both 
sides of the river, who attempted to capture the 
transports. A fight ensued, in which the rebels 
were splendidly repulsed, with 500 to 600 killed, 
besides the wounded, while none of the gunboats 
were injured. Gen. Green, commanding the 
rebels in this action, had his head blown oil' by 
a shell. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Kentucky.— A dispatch to the Cincinnati 
Commercial , from Cattlisburg, Ivy., dated 19th, 
says: 
Capt Patrick bas arrived here with over 100 
prisoners, captured at the battles of Paiutsville 
and Half Mountain, on the Licking river. 
Hodge's rebel brigade attacked Col. Gillespie's 
force at Paintsville on Tuesday, but was re¬ 
pulsed. Gillespie pursued the retreating rebels 
with 300 men, and surprised them on the 14th, 
in camp at Half Mountain, capturing 700 pris¬ 
oners, 200 horses, 400 saddles, 300 stand of small 
arms, and all their camp equipage. Eighty-five 
rebels were killed and wounded. A rebel 
wagon train was also captured and burned. Our 
loss was one killed and four wounded. The 
rebels were commanded by Cols. Clay, Prentiss, 
May and Johnson. Col. Clay is a prisoner. 
Arkansas, —Advices from Arkansas repre¬ 
sent a handsome Union victory achieved by C'ol. 
Clayton’s expedition, over the rebels at Branch* 
ville, on the Sabine river, resulting in a rebel 
loss of 800 in killed, wounded and prisoners. 
The rebel forces were 3.000 strong. 
Indian Territory. —Serious apprehensions 
are entertained of difficulties with the Sioux 
ludians during the coming season. Reliable 
information has been forwarded to the War 
Department, to the effect that there are 1.400 
lodges of warriors within 70 miles of Fort 
Union, and 600 lodges on Powder Creek, empty¬ 
ing into the Yellowstone. The Sioux have 
been joined by the Assinniboines, Crow and 
Western Sioux Indians, aud are preparing to 
attack Fort Union and destroy steamers on the 
Upper Mississippi. Gen. Pope, it is under¬ 
stood, has ordered a strong force into the In¬ 
dian country, and a bloody Indian campaign is 
anticipated. 
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AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
On the 21st inst., in the House, Mr. Arnold, 
of Illinois, offered the following: 
Tic solved. That in the present condition of the 
country and its finances, it is the imperative 
duty of Congress to raise the tax so as to largely 
increase the revenue of Government, and that 
for this purpose much higher rates of duties 
should be imposed on all luxuries imported and 
produced in the United States. 
Resolved, Thut the extension of the bank cir¬ 
culation of the country is producing a general 
and ruinous state of affairs, and should be re¬ 
pressed to taxing the issue of such State banks. 
The above resolutions were agreed to, the 
latter by a vote of 62 against 46. 
The bill for the construction of a ship canal 
to unite the Mississippi with the northern lakes 
for the passage of armed vessels, was taken up 
and postponed to the second Tuesday in Decem¬ 
ber next. 
The President has approved the bill author¬ 
izing the Secretary of War to take and hold 
possession, in behalf of the United States, of all 
lands aud shores of Rock Island, Ill., on which 
to build an arsenal,— just compensation to be 
made to private land owners. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The rush of servant women and men to Cali¬ 
fornia has so overstocked the actual need of 
help in that State as seriously to affect the well- 
being of many who have gone out and are now- 
anxious to return. 
Slugs are said to have invaded Australia in 
hosts. A professed eye-witness Bays he saw 
them moving, in millions, in a compact body, 
stripping the country, marching about a mile 
and a half a day, and clearing a breadth of half 
a mile in their line of march. The Australia 
shepherds were looking for help to the grass¬ 
hopper-bird, hoping he might change his diet 
for a time to slugs, especially as grasshoppers 
are so scarce. 
The wholesale clothing trade of New York 
is immense. Over one hundred firms are en¬ 
gaged in it, employing to the amount of tens of 
millions, and an army of operatives ninety 
thousand strong. 
The assessed valuation of the real property 
in the State’of New York is officially stated at 
$1,454,454,817. Of this amount New York city 
has over one-third, or $574,416,030. Kings 
county, in which is included the city of Brook¬ 
lyn, ranks next in wealth, being valued at 
$98,147,604. The lowest estimate is for Hamil¬ 
ton county, which stands at $605,000, the as¬ 
sessed value. 
Mr. Thomas Blanchard, who has made 
himself celebrated as an inventor, died sud¬ 
denly in Boston last Saturday, of apoplexy. 
The deceased was the inventor and proprietor 
of many patents, among which is the tack ma¬ 
chine, machine for turning irregular bodies, 
morticing machine, machine for bending tim¬ 
ber, &c. He was nearly seventy-five years of age. 
The rebels have inaugurated a torpedo war¬ 
fare. No less than three of our vessels have 
been sent to Davy Jones within the past three 
weeks. Our navy must look to its laurels. It 
must not allow the rebels a monopoly of inven¬ 
tions. 
Miss Mary C. Walker, of Oswego, New 
York, a graduate of the Female Medical College, 
and a very pretty young lady, has been ordered 
to report for duty in Colonel McCook’s brigude of 
the Western Army. 
Reports from England apeak of the abdica¬ 
tion of Queen Victoria, and say that the Prince 
of Wales has recently acted as if preparing to 
assume power. It_is stated that his accession to 
the throne would have a good influence on 
American affairs. He will assume the title of 
Edward VII. 
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SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Price of the Rural New-Yorker— D D T Moore. 
Get what, you call for—D B DeLand & Co. 
Stye Nctos donihnscr. 
— There are 40,000 Bohemians in Wisconsin. 
— Iowa is to have a Sanitary Fair at Dubuque. 
— Six hundred bricklayers are on a strike in Chicago. 
— Fifty cents for “ shave and hair cut ” In New York 
city. 
— Mr. Everett has received $60,708 for East Ten¬ 
nessee. 
— General Grant has participated in twenty-seven 
battles. 
— Gov. Seymour of N. Y. has signed the Soldier’s 
Voting Bill. 
— There are eighteen Protestant newspapers publish¬ 
ed in Paris. 
— The Michigan Normal School has five hundred and 
six students. 
— The free school for white children in Newbern, N. 
C. is a success. 
— Over t wenty-four million rations have accumulated 
at Chattanooga. 
— A Newsboys’ Home has lately been opened at 
Washington, D. C. 
— The rultexl States Christian Commission are'gieat- 
ly in need of funds. 
— The Michigan Republican State Convention meets 
at Detroit May 18th. 
— A Brooklyn minister, it is said, has made $SO,OO0 
speculating in stocks. 
— The ice-crop gathered last winter is now said to be 
the largest ever stored. 
— Congress begins at last to evince a disposition to 
goto work. Il is high Hme. 
— The uutuber of dead in the National Cemetery at 
Gettysburg is said to be 3,512. 
— One hundred families leave Syracuse, N. Y., for 
Dakota!} territory tills month. 
— Joshua R. Giddings has returned to Montreal to 
resume his duties as F. S. Consul. 
— A man at Poughkeepsie has a parrot fifty years old. 
It has been forty years in hi? family. 
— The Kingston papers announce that the north 
chanuel of the St. Lawrence is open. 
— The punishment of death is about to be abolished 
in Porlngal except for military crimes. 
— The American copper-toe shoe is introduced into 
use in England, and is much approved. 
— Mrs. Lucreti t Clay, widow of Ilcnry Clay, died at 
Lexington, Ky., last week, aged 63 years. 
— The bounties stolen from recruits at a single office 
in N. Y. city are said to exceed f -100,000. 
— Some eight tuns of maple sugar are shipped per 
week from odg town in Vt., atlSc. per lb. 
— It is a penal offence to give an exhibition of ven¬ 
triloquism or slulght-of-hand in Vermont. 
— Nearly 35,000 acres of land were taken up under 
the homestead law last month in Nebraska. 
— The N. Y. American Tract 8ociety has spent over 
$ 100,000 for the army since the war began. 
— A resolve has passed the Maine Legislature favor¬ 
ing the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty. 
— The Democratic Slate Convention of Indiana is to 
be held at Indianapolis, on the 12th of July. 
— A Sandwich Island Judge has decided the legal 
value of a medium sized whale to be $7,600. 
— The yield of Anthracite coal in Pennsylvania this 
year has been 57,409 tuns over Hie same period of 1863. 
— The number of bodies thus far recovered at the 
pcene of the terrible reservoir disaster near Sheffield is 
908. 
— The sub committee on the Conduct of the War 
have gone to Cairo to investigate the Fort Pillow af¬ 
fair. 
— There are one hundred and forty-nine shoe estab¬ 
lishments and thirteen kid and morocco houses in Lynn, 
Mass. 
— The expenses attending the marriage of the Prince 
of Wales, it appears from recent returns, amount to 
£24,855. 
— The Richmond papers enumerate garroting, slung- 
shot assault, and Taro as the popular amusements in 
that city. 
— Over ten thousand acres of land hare been sold in 
South Carolina this season at an average of nine dollars 
per acre. 
— A barber in Bangor employs women as assistants, 
and it is reported that they prove very dexterous and 
efficient. 
— The number of small birds destroyed by the cold 
weather of the winter In France is estimated ut several 
millions. 
— It is asserted that the Government has lost $135,- 
000 by attempting to do its own engraving and bank 
note printing. 
— The Fill ton Street Prayer Meeting, now in the 
seventh year of Its existence, is continued with una¬ 
bated Interest. 
— Gov. Dallas, of Rupert’s Land, has given Major 
Hatch permission to pursue the Sioux Indians into the 
British territory. 
— Win. D. Tlcknor the well known book publisher 
of Boston, died on Sunday week at the Continental 
Hotel In Philadelphia. 
— The number of military commissions issued in 
Massachusetts last year was 1,765, of which 1,638 were 
for three years' service. 
— The Calilornla papers express the hope that pass¬ 
engers will ride from San Francisco to New York by 
rail within the next six years. 
— Mechanics in government employ at Washington 
are preparing for a general strike on the 1st of May, 
unless they can obt ain $3 per day. 
— Dr. Livingstone, the African Explorer who was 
reported to have been killed by the natives last autumn 
Is now reported to be snfe aud well- 
— The Washington correspondent of the Chicago 
Tribune states that the Fremont men are bound to run 
him as a Presidential candidate in any event. 
