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NEWS ID EPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., MAY 21, 1864. 
The Army in Virginia. 
We gave last week short sketches of the 
first three ilays of the recent battles in Virginia, 
and in the present issue give still further par¬ 
ticulars, together with the operations of the 
hostile forces on the following days up to the 
time of going to press. Our space requires 
us to condense as much as possible. General 
Grant’s army crossed t he Rapidan on Wednesday 
nightand Thursday A, M., (the5th.) atGermania 
and Ely’s Fords. The fighting ro far has been 
called by the correspondent of the N. Y. Times, 
(from whose account p - e make up much of our 
summary, i the “ Battle of the Wilderness.” The 
battle-field is, in reality, a wilderness —a wild 
and desolate tract, overgrown with scrubby tim¬ 
ber— extending several miles around Chancel- 
lorsville. It is represented as a most singular 
place for a battle, as neither artillery or cavalry 
•could be of much avail to either of the armies. 
FIRST DAY’S FIGHT. 
Thursday morning found Warren’s corps (the 
5th) at Old Wilderness tavern, on the Germania 
and Chancellorsville plank road, five miles south 
of the ford, and Sedgwick in ids rear, on the 
same road, and extending down to the river. 
Hancock's corps, on the same day, crossed the 
river at Ely’s ford, five or six miles further 
down the river, under orders to move to Shady 
Grove Church. Burnside’s corps was to remain 
behind for twenty-four hours at Culpepper, and 
then join the main column. The maneuvre of the 
enemy compelled Gen. Meade to form a line of 
battle north and south, and this was done about 
a mile west of the Germania plank road and par¬ 
allel to it, Sedgwick’s corps forming the right 
and resting on the river at Germania ford, and 
Warren joining his left. Finding the enemy 
was determined to make a stand here, the order 
to Hancock to move to Shady Grove Church was 
countermanded, and he was directed to diverge 
by what is called the “Brock road.” swing 
round, and come up and form the loft of the line. 
The attempts of the enemy were directed 
mainly to getting possession of the pGuk road, 
and planting himself between the two halves of 
the army. In this he was completely foiled; for 
Warren and Sedgwick held the front firmly 
until Hancock in the afternoon arrived and com¬ 
pleted the line. This was not done without 
severe loss, especially on the part of Warren, 
two of whose divisions, namely, those of Wads¬ 
worth and Griffin, lost each a third of its 
numbers. 
Hancock advanced to the intersection of the 
Brock rood and the Orange and Chaneellorsville 
plank road, where he found Getty’s division of 
the 6th corps. Forming the line of battle he 
attacked Hill's corps at 4 o’clock, and fought , 
them very severely for four hours. The enemy ] 
held a strong position behind improvised breast¬ 
works, and was already formed In line of battle, 
while Hancock had great difficulty in getting 
in as he was marching by the flank to mask, but 1 
he stoutly held bis position at the cross-roads, i 
from which all the efforts of the enemy could ' 
not drive him. 
The engagements of Thursday were so far J 
successful that they defeated the purpose of the 5 
enemy to advance up the Orange road and pene- 3 
trate between Hancock and Warren. It w.os, 6 
however, only by the utmost skill and vigor ' 
that this was effected; for had the rebels been 1 ‘ 
able to penetrate a mile further they would [ 
have achieved their end. 1 
precisely 4}, and was made in four lines, the left 
on the plank road. It was marked by the greats 
est vigor, and succeeded in breaking our lines. 
Part of our breastworks got a fire, and a portion 
ol - the third and fourth divisions broke. Gib¬ 
bon's division was, however, promptly formed 
in rear of the break. The brigade of Carroll 
forming the left; the brigade of Brooks by the 
rig nt. This was effectual in checking the rebel 
ad vance, and after 45 minutes of most desperate 
fighting, the crisis was passed. 
The heroism and skill of Hancock, and the 
valor of his command had saved our army. 
Failing ou the left, the rebels repeated their 
usual tactics by a night assault on our right, 
but gained nothing after all. 
The rebels expended their utmost strength in 
the battle of Friday, and failed to accomplish 
any decisive results. It was obvious that they 
were in great strength, for they showed a full 
line along our whole front, extending beyond 
our right and overlapping our left. 
THIRD DAY. 
It was uncertain, Friday night, whether Lee 
would resume the conflict the next day, but 
preparations were made to meet every contin¬ 
gency. No general attack was made, however, 
on Saturday, though much skirmishing took 
place along the lines. The rebels retreated to 
Spottsylvania during Saturday night, several 
miles from the “ Wilderness,” Grant following. 
FOURTII DAY. 
The Times continues:—Our first attack was 
made by Bartlett's brigade of Griffin’s division, 
on the right of the road, with Robinson’s divis¬ 
ion on his left. Bartlett had been ordered by 
Gen. Warren to attack in column, under the 
belief that only rebel cavalry would be found. 
Instead of this, however, he ran on the whole 
of Longetrect’e corps, and his brigade, already 
reduced by the three days’ tight in The “ Wil¬ 
derness,” was frightfully cut up. Seeiug this, 
Gen. Warren seized the division flag and rallied 
the men in person. Fresh troops were thrown 
in, and after fighting from s A. M. till 12 M. , our 
troops gained the position which they sought— 
an open space in the woods where the rebel lino 
was formed. At 6 P. M., two fresh divisions, 
namely, those of Crawford’s, (6 th ■corps,) and 
Getty's, (Gtb corps,) were thrown in, and after a 
severe engagement lasting an hour and a half, 
the rebel position and first line of breastworks 
were carried. This ended Sunduy’s tight. 
FIFTH DAY. 
But little was done except skirmishing. At 
sunrise scouts advanced :tud found the enemy 
in small force: about noon day Gen. Hancock 
left Gen. Ward’s brigade to hold the river Po, 
which by night he had, alter considerable resis¬ 
tance, passed, Gen. Burnside pushing out on 
the extreme left, advanced to a place in front of 
Sedgwick's (now Wright’s) corps. A reconnais¬ 
sance by two regiments was made- These ad¬ 
vanced some distance without meeting much 
resistance. At the same time the cannonade 
along some portions of tho front was quite brisk 
between ours and the rebel artillery. 
SECOND DAY. 
Unwilling to remain on the defensive, Gen. 
Grant, on Thursday night, ordered a general at¬ 
tack along the whole line for 5 o’clock the next 
morning. Burnside, who had been hitherto in 
reserve, was ordered in, and Hancock, who, as 
was realized, had a severe part to perform, was 
strengthened by four divisions taken from the 
Fifth and Sixth Corps, so that he now com¬ 
manded nearly one-hall' the army, . 
Promptly at the hour the flame of battle burst 
forth all along the line, which, from Sedgwick’s 
right to Hancock’s left, had an extent of about 
seven miles. 
On the right, Sedgwick attacked, engaging 
Ewell, who, however, showed a strong front. 
The two divisions Warren has left, namely, 
those of Gritliin and Crawford, badly handled 
on Thursday, content themselves with repulsing 
the rebel attack. Wadsworth, connecting with 
Hancock’s right, puts forth a desperate valor, 
leads in person several charges at the head of 
his division, has two horses shot under him, and 
is then himself shot, in the head and left in the 
hands ol the enemy. Burnside, somewhat 
tardy,is only skirmishing as yet, and has had no 
serious business. Hancock, on the left, attacked 
promptly at 0 o’clock and gallantly drove the 
enemy about a mile and a half, taking the rebel 
line of rifle pits and five colors. In their turn 
the rebels attack vigorously, and the ammuni¬ 
tion of Hancock’s men being exhausted, they 
are forced hack to their original line at 11 
o’clock. The enemy even turns the extreme 
left, formed by Frank’s brigade of Barlow’s 
division, which broke in considerable confusion 
down tbe road. This, however, was promptly 
repaired, and the enemy prevented from follow, 
uog up his advantage. After this all remained 
quiet with Hancock until 4 o’clock in the after¬ 
noon. 
SIXTH DAY. 
The operations assumed the character of the 
most bitter and perhaps the most bloody of the 
scries of battles which have been fought since 
we crossed the Rapidan. Knowing, as we do, 
that our cavalry has been working havoc with 
Lee's communication, that hit supplies are 
almost exhausted, that the lines of investment 
are being drawn around Richmond, and that 
echoes of disaster reach hie ear from Tennessee, 
we infer that the attack of this day was a most 
desperate one to retrieve the rebel fortunes. It 
is enough to say that it failed, and though he 
inflicted great loss of life upon uh, he Buffered 
no less himself, and at the close of the fight wu 
held an impregnable position. We are steadily 
pressing upon the rebels through tbe dense 
woods and tangled chappatel which abound for 
many miles south of Spottsylvania Court House. 
The Operations were opened by n rcconnois- 
sance on the left by General Burnside’s corps, 
which developed the fact that the enemy 
were in force there—nothing but cavalry dis¬ 
puting the advance. The rebel position very 
much resembled ours at Gettysburg, a curved 
Interior line, well protected by breastworks, 
with the additional defense of a marsh In front. 
A division of Hancock’s command had made 
the passage of the Po, throwing out skirmishers 
on the east bank. At the same time, however, 
it was isolated from the rest of the army, and 
the rebels gained some advantage by this move¬ 
ment. . 
General Walker’s corps held the center of the 
line, and it was resolved that a vigorous assault 
should be made there, while Hancock and Burn¬ 
side endeavored to assail and tui-n the two flanks 
of the enemy. With this view, two divisions 
of the 2d corps were thrown over to connect 
with the right of Warren and support him. In 
execution of the projected design, Warren’s 
corps moved forward during the day, pressing 
the rebels through the woods to an open space, 
close to their breastworks. This was attended 
by very heavy shelling from the enemy, and it 
was throe or four o’clock P. M., before the 
woods were cleared. After this, the corps ad¬ 
vanced to assault the breastworks. In this, 
however, It did not succeed, although the 
attempt was gallantly made. Carroll’s brigade 
went in on the charge, and lost 800 men. 
Gen. Monde, realizing the critical position in 
which the extreme right of our line (Barlow’s 
division,) was placed, had ordered it to draw 
wlu 1 0 cl <** in the after- back. The rebels had, however, anticipated us, 
) T °“’ . _ , , , and making a detour came in on its rear, making 
Hitheito Hancock had met only the corps of it a matter of considerable difficulty to witli- 
ul, but at 4 o clock in the afternoon. Lomr- draw, si mnm tifl Pfimlhtr nr* lirxRTAti..» (* 
Hill, but at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Long- 
street’s corps, which hail marched 25 miles to 
gel into the fight, came up, and Lee prepared to 
burl the main weight of Iiis forte, with a view 
of doubling up our left flank, and rolling us back 
on Hie enemy. The rebel attack was matte at 
draw. Supports coming up, however, it was 
successfully accomplished. A general attack 
was ordered along the line, to take place at five 
o’clock, but owing to the tardiness ol' some 
of the commanders to get into line, it was 
postponed to 'six o’clock, and then to half 
ft past six. A furious cannonade from our urtil- 
G lory preceded the charge. The worst of it was 
*. that the lateness of the hour prevented its 
n being perfectly successful. 
J- Gen. Wright advanced the flower of the 6th 
d corps. Nobly and well they sustained their 
11 reputation. Upton’s brigade leading, they ad- 
ie vaneed rapidly upon the enemy’s breastworks 
si without tiring a shot., capturing them at the 
« point of the bayonet. Asthey rushedontbey cap¬ 
tured the enemy by hundreds, rushing upon them 
e with a fury that nothing could withstand. To 
the number of twelve hundred they run them 
ir back into our lines at full speed, capturing at 
t, the. same time three of their guns. Earlier in 
the day one of the enemy’s batteries bad been 
n disabled and all the cannouievs driven from the 
h guns, from which they were kept by the savage 
y lire of our skirmishers. It was hoped that all 
11 the guns would be brought off, but the charge 
d was not successful on the other parts of the line, 
and the gallent Sixth had to fall back. Our losses 
during the day must reach from eight to ten 
thousand men. 
C 
t SEVENTH DAY. 
Wednesday, (May 11.) the seventh day of the 
, fight, was comparatively quiet, though skirm- 
l’ idling between sharpshooters occurred at inter- 
‘ vals, and now and then some artillery displays 
I kept the two armies aware of each other’s pres¬ 
ence. One account says some fighting took 
place six miles from Spottsylvania Court House, 
the enemy driven from their position, and a 
s number of prisoners captured. 
EIGHTH DAY. 
7 All accounts agree in placing the. operations 
of this day at the head of the list of battles up to 
this time. The N. Y. Times saysLet the 12th 
„ of May be written in the calendar as one of 
. the Republic, for it marks tbe date of one of the 
deadliest and most decisive struggles, and one of 
the most brilliant victories of the war. 
Hancock, this morning, by a splendid assault, 
1 turned the enemy’s right flank, carried both 
, their lines of breastworks, captured 42 pieces of 
artillery, and from 5,000 to 7,000 prisoners. The 
, other corps joined in and the engagement be¬ 
came general, lasting all day. 
| The N. Y. World's special says:—At the dose 
of the tighten Thursday we not only held the 
ground we had taken at the commencement, but 
' bad gained a stronger position. Our loss in 
killed and wounded is heavy. General Critten¬ 
den’s division lost 1,200 men. Sharp fighting 
also took place between some portions of the 
; armies during the night, the rebels getting 
worsted. Some of our regiments during the day 
lost heavily, the 17th Mich, and olst I’enn. par¬ 
ticularly so. 
NINTH DAY. 
The enemy fell back in the morning (the 13th) 
from three 1c lout miles. No battle was fought, 
but skirmisbpg continued during tbe day and 
a considerable portion ol' the night. 
Lee gradually drew away a jiortion of his left 
to a position nearer his base of supplies, but wc 
are pressing him so closely that if he were to 
weaken his front materially it would be at great 
risk. A reconstruction of our line was deter¬ 
mined on Friday night, and before daylight 
Saturday morning our troops commenced an ad¬ 
vance. Tbe rain fell in torrents, and the mud 
was literally knee deep. 
TENTH DAY. 
Accounts say that -a general attack on the 
rebel* in their new position was to have been 
made on Saturday morning, but it was aban¬ 
doned on account of the badness of tbe roads ' 
rendering it very difficult to get portions of the 
army where they would be most available. < 
Rain fell all day, and the fighting was mostly 
confined to picket skirmishing along the lines, ' 
with the exception of a short engagement in 
the evening, in which the 5th corps were the 
actors on the Union side. Tbe enemy were | 
forced back at all points, minus a battery. 
Washington dates of the loth, say our troops j 
are between the Ny and Po rivers, from one to 
two miles north of Spottsylvania. The Second ! 
Corps has lost 1,100 killed, 7,000 wounded and 1 
1,400 missing. The 5th corps has lost 1,200 j 
killed, 7,500 wounded, and 1,000 missing. The 
6th corps has lost 1,000 killed 6,(XX) wounded, 
and 1,200 missing. The total losses of these 
three corps amount to 27,700. Burnside’s losses 
are nearly in the same proportion, ami swell the 
total to about 35,000. Tbe proportion of slightly 
wounded is extraordinarily small. Our captures * 
in prisoners amount to 12,000. Rebel loss in * 
killed and wounded unknown, but very heavy. 
The loss in killed and wounded has almost 1 
been made good by the re-enforcements which 
have already reached the Army of the Potomac, v 
troops having been pouring into Washington } 
from the west and elsewhere for the hist few !j 
days of the past' week. It is believed that the 
numbers will not amount to less than 25,000 1 
to 30,000 fresh men. ? 
The N. Y. Evening Post of May 16, says that 11 
Lee hoklH his position below Spottsylvania Court hl 
House. Gen. Grant is evidently preparing for n 
another great battle. There is a very confident. 11 
feeling at tin War Department that Richmond n 
must fall, though the struggle may be pro- lf 
longed for tome weeks. Thu three months’ *' 
men are beginning to arrive at Washington. 
Many of the wounded soldiers are being sent to :u 
Baltimore and Philadelphia. 01 
News from Gen. Sheridan to tbe 14th has n 
been received. He has taken Ashland, torn 
up six miles more of Railroad, destroyed locomo¬ 
tives, a train of ears, Government storehouses, r{ 
a large amount of supplies, fought and whipped u 
Stewart’s cavalry, killed J. E. B. Stuart, taken tl 
two guns, recaptured near 400 more of our men, 
includiug two Colonels, driven the enemy within lw 
their entrenchments at Richmond, and joined J u 
Butler on tbe James river. P 1 
General Butler faae informed the War De¬ 
partment that Gen. Smith bad carried the first 
lines of the enemy’s defenses at Fort Darling. K 
Department of the South. 
The schooner Eliza Sheddon. for New York, 
arrived at Hatteras, North Carolina, May 7, from 
Newbern, and reports that the enemy made a 
demonstration on Newbern recently, cutting off 
the railroad communication between it and 
Beaufort, and makiug their appearance on the 
south side of the Neuse two miles below the 
city with a cavalry force and a battery of four 
guns, which commanded the water approaches 
to Newborn for a brief period. The gunboats 
Com. Barney ami Louisiana suddenly made 
their appearance at the point threatened and 
forced the enemy back. Nothing was allowed 
to pass over the railroad, as this demonstra- 
ation was expected; therefore the enemy failed 
to secure a loaded train. 
Capt. White thinks this movement of the 
enemy was only a cavalry dash and not meant to 
be a general uttack on Newbern. 
Advices from Tunnel] Hill, Go,, May 10, say, 
after three days’ heavy skirmishing, in which 
all the Corps participated, we have driven the 
rebels back to Uocky Ridge. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Arkansas.— Advices of May 10, state that 
an expedition had left Vicksburg for Yazoo City. 
The rebel Generals Lee and Ross Adams were 
at Yazoo City with a large force, and an engage¬ 
ment was daily expected. The rebel General 
Forrest had passed southward. General Sturges 
was unable to come up with him. 
Gen. Canbyund staff arrived at Cairo the 11th 
on their w ay to the field of operations. 
Late Dispatches received from Gen. Steele, 
report his command as having arrived at Little 
Rock. He had fought a superior force, com¬ 
manded by Kirby Smith, at Saline River, and 
defeated them. 
A steamboat from Red River arrived the 10th 
at Cairo and reports re-enforcements going to 
Gen. Banks. 
The steamer Superior had arrived at Memphis 
from Red River with marks of rough usage at 
the hands of rebels, who fired into her near 
Alexandria, Red River, from a battery of 12- 
pounders, making six holes in her one through 
tbe iron on the pilot house. 
One shell exploded in the pantry. A solid 
shot passed through her state-room, in which 
the captain’s wife was lying. The boat is com¬ 
pletely riddled with rifle balls. 
Capt. Dexter, commander, was on the hurri¬ 
cane deck, with rifle in hand, shooting all the 
time. One of the shots fired at him passed 
through Ills coat. He, in return, killed the 
rebel who aimed the shot The pilot, also, actr 
ed with great courage. By their courage and 
presence of mind, the boat was saved from 
fulling into the hands of the rebels. 
The river, at the point of attack, was so nar¬ 
row that tho boat could not be turned around. 
The rebels were driven from the battery. Two 
on the boat were killed, and seventeen wounded. 
Frederick W. Ames, Government Aid on tbe 
boat, states that the steamer Emma, side-wheel, 
was boarded by rebels on Red River, who forced 
her crew into the hold, and set the boat on fire. 
Tennessee.— Cincinnati advices of May 14, 
say that news has been recieved here from sol¬ 
diers to the effect. that Gen. Schofield’s army 
moved from Bulls Gap on tbe 2d Inst., and that 
after four hours’ fighting on the 4th Inst., the 
rebels retreated, the Union troops pursuing 
them into North Carolina. No further particu¬ 
lars have been received. The news that Gen. 
Thomas has taken Dalton, Ga., is confirmed. 
Our forces have captured about 5,000 pris¬ 
oners and ten or twelve picceB of artillery, 
which were left in tho works by the rebels. 
The rebels have retreated in some disorder to 
Ilesaca and Rome. Our troops are in hot pursuit. 
Kentucky. — On the 7th, a band of guerril¬ 
las captured a Union picket force near Columbus. 
The Governor of Kentucky calls upon the 
people of that State in the following lauguago; 
Frankfort, Ky., May 13.— Kentuckians, 
to the Rescue! 1 want 10,00U sLx months’men 
at Once! l>u not hesitate to conic! 1 will lead 
you—let us help to finish this war, and save our j 
Government. Thomas E Bramlette. 
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®l)£ Neroa (loniienscr. 
In resopnse to an inquiry of the House, May 
10, why the construction of the rebel rain Albe¬ 
marle was not prevented, the Secretary of the 
Navy reported that a number of iron-clad gun¬ 
boats are in process of construction, of light 
draught, designed for service in the sounds of 
North Carolina, most of them by contract, and 
were to be completed last year, but not one lias 
yet been delivered, and it will be some weeks 
before one can be made available. 
He says be has on repeated occasions called 
the attention of Congress to the necessity for a 
yard where Iron vessels could be constructed for 
the Government, but the preliminary steps for 
such a yard have not yet been taken. In tbe 
meantime the Department is wholly dependent 
upon contractors, who, It' they have the will, do 
not possess the ability to furnish prompt ly. It 
is his deliberate opinion that no time should 
bo wasted in establishing, at a proper place, a 
suitable yurd where iron clad ships can be made 
and repaired. In the event of a foreign conflict 
our condition would be most unfortunate, with 
no Government establishment for the construc¬ 
tion of iron-clad vessels. 
Admiral Lee, addressing the Sec’y of the Navy 
recently, says nothing can be more unjust than 
to make the Naval Department responsible for 
the surrender of Plymouth, N. C. 
Secretary Welles’ letter to Major-Gen. Foster 
advises him to take such action as may in his 
judgment be best suited to meet the emergency 
presented. 
The draft has been ordered in New Hampshire, 
New Jersey. Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Wlsoonslnand 
Kentucky. New Jersey is called on l'or militia. 
d — Rebel pirates are doing great damage to our China 
trade. 
e — Paper is being manufactured tom sorgum begasse 
0 in Ohio. 
— The price of print ysper is inducing consumers to 
• import it again. 
ti — Con fed urate money in Texas is worth 4 cents on 
0 the dollur in specie. 
— The net postage in Great Britain (still increasing) 
was in 18H3, $ 8,050,000. 
— The last mail from the Cape brought no flutter 
news of Dr. Livingston. 
— It is said “ shot gold ” has been found in streams 
• in Van Btiren Co., Mich. 
g 
— The British export of beer and ale for the last y«u 
amounted to 4M.61S barrels. 
] 
— Gov. Andrew Johnson is said to be the largest 
s slave owner in Tennessee. 
— Hon. O. H. Ficklin, of Illinois, announces himself 
1 a War Democrat, henceforth. 
— An artesian well at Peoria, 111., discharges 75,000 
• gallons of water every 21 hours. 
— Lindenwald has been sold by John Van Buren to 
' a New York broker for $.'fti,tXX). 
• — Congress has decided to pay colored soldiers the 
same wages white soldiers get 
1 — Gen. Innis N. Palmer has assumed command of 
) the Department of North Carolina. 
— Gen- Grant's brother-in-law was recently taken 
5 prisoner near Memphis by guerrillas. 
— The Noble well,” ou Oil (.reek, has flowed 803,. 
478 barrels of oil, valued at $1,0(52,155. 
— Phrenologists Intimato that Garabaldi’s bump of 
1 self-esteem is half the size of hla head. 
— A war in favor of green backs and against State 
l bank issues is in progress in the West. 
1 — The Mormons assert that Fitz Hugh Ludlow was 
• drunk during his visit at Salt Lake City. 
— It seems to be decided that the Baltimore Repub- 
• lican Convention is not to be postponed. 
: — The army appropriation bi II appropriates $ 2,715,000 
1 for medicine, instruments and dressings. 
1 —A tax of over $ 7(10,1)00 was paid on high wines 
■ manufactured in Chicago in March alone. 
' — The value of the Methodist churches ln-the U. S., 
i as reported by the Bishops, is $20,880,551. 
— Only two theatrical companies are exempted from 
• conscription In the Southern Confederacy. 
— It is reported that Mosby, the guerrilla, sent a lock 
i of his hair to the President a few days ago. 
— The first. National Bank at Feutonville, Mich., was 
i recently robbed of $lO.OtXJ National currency. 
— Prince Charles Bonaparte, a cousin of the French 
Emperor, Is to accompany Maxmlllan to Mexico. 
— The Boards of Trade in Chicago and Milwaukee 
have been advancing the rales of com mb:-ion.-*. 
— B. F. Taylor, war correspondent of the Chicago 
Evening Journal, has returned home from tlx; ariay. 
— There la a “ Brown” Society in Glasgow, Scotland, 
a hundred years old. None but Browns belong to it. 
— A Boston mechanic has invented a two-story 
railroad car, with smoking and sleeping rooms up 
aloft. 
— Amy Solomon, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, died 
on Sunday week, at the age of one hundred and seven 
years. 
— Governor Yates, of Illinois, delivers tbe opening 
address at the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair at St. 
Louis. 
— The Count de Sartiges, forraely French Minister 
at Washington, has just presented hia credentials at 
Rome. 
— Congress lias passed and the President approved a 
law increasing the duty on all imported goods fifty per- 
cenluin. 
— Petipa, the great master of French Ballet, fa ap¬ 
pointed teacher of the Prince imperial in the art cf 
dancing. 
— It is a penal offence to induce or attempt to per¬ 
suade any person to leave N. Y. State to enlist in anoth¬ 
er State. 
— Five young Persian gentlemen have arrived in Eng¬ 
land to be educated at the expense of their own Gov¬ 
ernment. 
— Astronomers are noticing a change going on in the 
star “DC Hercules,” from white to apple-green and 
cherry-red. 
— Within a week after the call for 80,000 men was 
issued in Ohio, 81,017 meu reported for duty ready to 
take the field. 
— The City Marshal of Bath, Me., has waited on the 
liquor dealers ami given them notice to quit the sale of 
liquid lightning. 
— Wine to the value of $1,925,172 40 has been ship¬ 
ped to the V. 8. the past six mouths from ono Consular 
district In France. 
— Bloudin has made his first ascent at Rome, in the 
private grounds of the Cardinal Merode, before im Im¬ 
mense assemblage. 
— A sword worth $1,500 has been given the St Louis 
Sanitary Fair, to be disposed of by votes like the Grant 
Sword at New York. 
— Col. Romnine, Haytian Minister, colored, was re¬ 
cently received with distinguished consideration in the 
United States Senate. 
— The Chicago Post says the women of Utah have 
recently altered the orthography of their creed from 
Mormon to More-men. 
— The last project to bring down the price of gold 
suggested by tbe Washington Union League is to hang 
the brokers of Wall street, 
-■ A. W. Miller of Cauton, O., a eattlo dealer was I 
victimized in Chicago to the tune of $ 1,500 the other ( 
day by a " confidence man.” 
— The old Penn mansion in Philadelphia is to bo v 
purchased by the Pennsylvania Historical Soc'y, which ¥ 
has raised $80,000 for that purpose- 
— A shell thrown into Charleston fell in tbe midst of 
a bridal party, wounding nine persons and killing the 
bride, a daughter of Ex-Gov. Pickens. 
