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NEWS IJEF.AJRTM^BI'TT. 1 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., JULY 2,1864. 
The Army in Virginia. 
At six o’clock on the morning of the 20tli 
ult., the rebels, under Gens, Fitzhugh Lee and 
Wade Hampton, made an attack on our forces 
intrenched at the White House under General 
Abercrombie. They were repulsed and diiven 
back; our gunboats there, the Commodore More, 
C’apt. Babcock, and two others, aiding materially 
in discomfiting them. 
At seven o’clock, the rebels having succeeded 
in planting a battery of three guns in range, 
returned the fire upon our gunboats and laud 
forces. This artillery firing was kept up uutil 
four P. M. 
About uoon the Commodore More threw a 
shell that exploded a rebel caisson, causing 
great confusion, and having the effect to slacken 
the rebel lire very perceptibly. The rebel loss 
was comparatively heavy. Some prisoners cap¬ 
tured say they mistook our gunboats for trans¬ 
ports. and had expected to capture our troops at 
the White House before Gen. Sheridan’s com¬ 
mand arrived, and then intercept his course, 
and, if possible, prevent his arrival. In all 
these movements they were defeated. 
At three P. M. General Sheridan’s advance 
arrived at the White House, and at five o’clock 
the General himself with his entire com¬ 
mand. There was considerable skirmishing 
among the pickets the day following. During 
the continuance of tbe attack, General Aber¬ 
crombie received a dispatch from Geu. Grant to 
hold his position at all hazards until assistance 
arrived, which, by the aid of the gunboats, he 
was enabled to do successfully. 
The Tribune correspondent with Gen. Butler’s 
headquarters the 21st ult., says that Gen. Foster 
with his troops moved north of the James river 
to a position within niue miles of Richmond and 
intrenched himself. This movement seems to 
puzzle the rebels. 
The Herald correspondent of June 23, says 
Gen. Foster has been confided by Gen. Butler 
with a most important and perilous command 
on tbe James river, the objects of wbich, when 
fully accomplished, will elicit a generous popu¬ 
lar admiration. Tbe position is in full view of 
the enemy, between Aiken's Laudiug and Four 
Mile Creek. The General’s force is a formidable 
one, sufficient to accomplish the object contem¬ 
plated. 
Throughout the 22d, the enemy vigorously 
shelled our gunboats co-operating with Foster. 
They returned the fire, and in a short time 
silenced their batteries. 
The enemy on Foster’s front consists of a 
large force of artillery, cavalry and infantry of 
General A, P. Hill’s corps. They have a 
large force acting as skirmishers. They have 
another large force under the command of a 
nephew of Gen. R. E. Lee, four miles nearer 
Richmond. The rebels have also several regi¬ 
ments on the right of Foster. 
The 2d corps were attacked the 22d ult., on 
the Weldon railroad. We give a brief account. 
The lines, formed by Barlow’s division, were on 
the left, Buxey’s command in the center, and 
Gibbon’s on the right 
It was expected that the 6th corps would have 
connected with Barlow, but it seems quite a 
gap was left, into which a rebel corps entered, 
and before our men were aware of it they 
received a volley from the rear, which caused a 
panic in our ranks and a rapid retreat to the 
woods. 
This left the flank of the 3d division unpro¬ 
tected, and the enemy, taking advantage of that, 
charged fairly into our pits, ordering our men 
to surrender. The troops, however, left the 
trenches and fell back rapidly. Many were 
killed, and quite a number captured. 
A battery of the 12th N. Y. artillery was 
annoying the rebels, who*- succeeded in getting 
round on the flank and charging it. The in¬ 
fantry supporting the battery were surprised, 
and, after a faint show of resistance, retired, 
leaving lour guns in the hands of the rebels. 
The number ox our loss In killed and wounded 
While thejirtillery fire was raging, a charge 
was made on the position of Gen. StumtardV 
division of the 18th corps by Hoke’s brigade ol 
rebels. About 400 of them succeeded in enter¬ 
ing our front lino of rifle pits, a mere picket 
line, our skirmishers retiring to the rear breast¬ 
works of the front litie of battle. While the 
rebels wore coming on. our troops did not fire 
a shot for fear of hitting our own meo. 
The rebels, encouraged by this, marched 
boldly to our intrenchments, but the moment 
all our skirmishers got in, a volley was fired 
into the ranks of the enemy which mowed them 
down fearfully. 
Their advance was checked, but to retreat 
was as much out of the question as to ad¬ 
vance, and while, placed in this position our 
men continued to fire upon them. 
They made signs of a desire to surrender, 
which was not at first perceived, but as soon as 
their wish was ascertained firing was discon¬ 
tinued and they received a cordial invitation to 
come in. The number of prisoners was 166, 
and 36 wounded were brought off the ground. 
The prisoners say the remainder of the 400 were 
either killed or mortally wounded. 
Gen. Wright, 6th corps, had destroyed several 
miles of the Weldon railroad. 
The shelling of Petersburg bad been very 
disastrous, and the rebels were every day ex¬ 
pecting a general attack. 
There has been considerable fighting in the 
vicinity of Petersburg the past week, much of 
it being what is called artillery duels, skirmish¬ 
ing aud picket firiug. The accounts appear to 
agree that Gen. Grant is making good progress. 
Oar forces having cut off most, if not all, rebel 
railroad communications, Petersburg may be 
considered pretty well hedged about with hos¬ 
tile bayonets. May Grant prove as successful 
as did Titus when he built a ‘’hedge” about 
the rebellious Jews. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Kentucky. — Officers on steamers from 
the Ohio river report that guerrillas surrounded 
the town of Owensboro, and sent in a flag of 
truce and demanded the surrender of the place. 
On the following day a party of thirty guer¬ 
rillas were at Woodville. opposite Metropolis, 
engaged in conscripting. 
The country above the river, between South¬ 
land and Louisville, seems to be eompletely 
overrun with guerrillas who fire into boats and 
commit various other depredations. 
Intelligence from Indianapolis of June 2-">, 
says that information has reached the authori¬ 
ties here, that on the Ohio river from the mouth 
of the Salt river thirty miles below Louisville, 
guerrillas are at work on the Kentucky side 
at different points. Steamers are tired into, anu 
navigation from this cause is becoming hazard¬ 
ous. Bradensburg, a few miles from Louis¬ 
ville, was sacked the other day by a hand of 
these rovers. 
Colorado.—A private dispatch received at 
Chicago from Denver, says that the Indians 
continue to commit outrages near that place. 
They killed and scalped two families. Citizens 
are in pursuit of the red-skins. 
Arkansas. —The steamer logo was captured 
by guerrillas in Arkansas River, four miles 
above Arkansas Tost, on the 13th ult. 
The rebels (.600) made an attack on two com¬ 
panies of the 12 th Iowa infantry, near the mouth 
of White river on the 22d ult. The steamer Lex¬ 
ington made her appearance during the fight, and 
the rebels were handsomely whipped, losing 74 
men in killed and wounded. Marmaduke was 
moving on Little Rock with tbe intention of 
capturing the city. 
WEST Virginia.— A large number of refu¬ 
gees from Greenbrier and the adjoining coun¬ 
ties are daily arriving at Charlestown, Va. 
They consist of whites aud blacks, men, women 
and children. They represent the condition of 
the people there as most deplorable. The suf¬ 
fering of all classes of people for the want of 
food is quite heart-rending, and the impression 
seems to he that many poor people unable to 
escape from their homes will perish. Very 
little corn has been planted, or any efficient 
agricultural provisions made to subsist any con¬ 
siderable number of people there next winter, 
and the consequence is expected to he the 
is reported at 1,500. Our loss in prisoners is set a ] mo ^ entire desertion of the country, 
down at 1,000. ^ Gen. Hunter has been very successful in dc- 
Some of our officers engaged in this fight had Greying railroads near Staunton, Gordonsvllle 
just joined their commands after being ex- Lynchburg; likewise a portion of the James 
changed, and when surrounded and ordered to Kive r'canal. He is still doing good service. 
surrender, replied, “Never! Death to Libby jIoktH-'WKCTErx Georgia.—T he rebel Gen. 
prison.” In fighting their way out ait best they ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , m ^ ^ 
could, a part o t icm suceee e 111 § e ,n » ’ uc i U rcd and burned five freight trains loaded with 
safe to our lines. . . supplies near Dalton. On the 20th. two freight 
At H P. M. a charge was made by the ith v . , ,, • . ,. 
... * , , trains were captured near Rcsaca. Some eight 
corps, and the nc of works from which they . . * , 
, y ’ ; .... a. ' hundred rebel soldiers, mostly conscripts, had 
had been forced in the afternoon was re- .... . , „ , . * ’ 
. , , voluntarily given themselves up to Gen. Sber- 
covered. A number &f prisoners weie taken. J ® . 
..... . , ... man. Our troops had made successful raids on 
Skirmishing was kept up all night along the . . 1 , 
,, ..... I . . , the enemy, doing them much damage, 
line, the pickets being at some points not fifty ®_ 
yards apart. 
At 3 o’clock A. M., the 23d, an advance of the Department of the Gulf, 
entire line was made, when it was found that A dispatch has been received by the 
the rebels had iallen back some distance anil in- Navy Department from Admiral D. D. Porter, 
trenched themselves during the night. The giving the particulars of the expedition up the 
6th corps then moved in another direction, to- Atchaffilaya river by Lieut. Commander Rainscr 
ward the railroad, driving ihe enemy before with tbe steamers Cbillioot.he, Neosha and Fort 
them. The intention was to get possession of Hindman. 
the railroad and destroy it. When about a mile and a half from Semmos- 
The Tribune special of June 24, says that port, the battery from the shore opened upon 
during two hours yesterday morning, from 6 to them. The Rebels were driven away. A bat- 
8 o’clock, the c-artli trembled to the thunder of tery containing two 80-pound parrots was cap- 
one hundred cannon. Baldy Smith (18th corps) tured. Our loss was small, one only being 
was attacked. It will be remembered that he wounded. 
holds a position within less than half a mile of Brig.-Gen. Fitz Henry Warren has been or- 
the city on the right bank of the Appomattox, dered to Brownsville to take chief command of 
The line stretches along the plain at right all the forces In that part of Texas. Gen. 
angles with the river, while the rebels have Detor assumed command of the District of 
undisturbed possession of the left bank. They Baton Rouge on the 13th ult. 
suddenly uncovered 60 guns, subjecting the 18th Gen. sickles arrived at New Orleans on the 
corps to an enfilading fixe and reverse fire. 18th. The health of New Orleans is excellent. 
Several guerrillas have been captured on 
Atchafalaya river, by the Second Maine cavalry. 
The rebels attacked the gunboat at Tunica 
Bend on the 15th, and a passenger steamer the 
same night near Como Landing. The former 
drove off the rebels, blit it is supposed the latter 
was considerably damaged. 
Lieut. Cobb, of the New Hampshire cavalry, 
captured by the rebels, was murdered after 
surrendering. 
Department of the South. 
A late Newbern letter states that the 
United States transport John Farren arrived 
there with a portion of the crew of the gunboat 
Lavendar, run on Cape Lookout Shoals on the 
11th ult. She was bound from Philadelphia to 
the blockading squadron, with a crew of twen¬ 
ty-three, fourteen of whom were saved by the 
Tarren, after experiencing great trouble. The 
following is a list of the saved:—CapL J. Glea¬ 
son, Acting Master; Acting Chief Engineer 
Tbos. Foley; Acting First Assistant Daniel B. 
Brown; Master’s Mate James MeLane: Boat¬ 
swain’s Mate Owen McGuire; Fireman, C. 
Waite; seaman. A. B. Sherman; ord. do., J. 
White, W. It. Dewitt; landsmen, H. Drinker, 
Geo. Thompson, Alexander Rogers; Master's 
Mutes, Mr. Devonshire, James Fitzpatrick. 
Several Federal officers (prisoners of war) 
have been placed in exposed positions in 
Charleston, to intimidate our forces, now bom¬ 
barding the city. The Union commander has 
retaliated by placing rebel officers of high rank 
in exposed situations in our fortifications. 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
The act repealing the Fugitive Slave Law 
passed the Senate on the 23d ult., by a vote of 
22 to 12. It now only awaits the signature of 
the President to become a law. 
An important treaty has been negotiated by 
Samuel Hallett for the LTniou Pacific Railroad 
Company with the Delaware Indians, and it 
has been confirmed by the Government. It 
secures the construction of a railroad from 
Leavenworth to Kansas City, and effects the 
removal of those Indians from Kansas. 
In the Senate on the 23d ult., Mr. Collamer’s 
proposition to make the commutation $500 was 
rejected, and the bill to repeal the $3o0 commu¬ 
tation amended and passed—24 to 7. 
The Military Committee of the House has 
prepared a new hill, repealing thedraft commu¬ 
tation and permitting substitutes and the right 
to fill quotas by recruiting in Southern States. 
It provides that the President, in his discre¬ 
tion, may order a draft for not more than three 
nor less tban one year. Any person volunteer¬ 
ing or offering as a substitute for a drafted man 
and mastered into the service for one year, shall 
receive a bounty of $160, and if for a term of 
two years, $200, and if for three years, $300, 
one-half of which bounty shall be paid to the 
soldier at the time of his being mustered into 
service, one-fourth at like expiration of half his 
term, one-fourth at the end of his term; in case 
of his death when in the service, the residue of 
his bounty shall be paid to his legal representa¬ 
tives, and in case he is honorably discharged 
1 from wounds or sickness incurred in trie service, 
he shall receive the full bounty. Among other 
provisions, it permits drafted men, substitutes 
or volunteers to elect the companies or corps of 
their respective States into which they will go. 
The Secretary of War is required to discharge 
auy minor who enlists without the consent of 
his parents or guardians. 
The President has signed and approved the 
act to increase the pay of soldiers ol the United 
States Army. It pro\ ides that on and after the 
1st of May last, and during the continuance of 
the present rebellion, tbe pay per month of 
non-commissioned officers and privates, in the 
military service, shall be as follows:—Sergeant 
Major, $26; Quartermaster and Commissary 
Sergeants of Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry, 
$20; Sergeants of Ordnance, Sappers and Mi¬ 
nd’s, and Pontoouiers, $34; Corporals of Ord¬ 
nance, Sappers and Miners, and Pontooniers, 
$20; Privates of Engineers and Ordnance of 
the first class, $18; second class, $16; Corporals 
of Cavalry, Artillery and Infantry, $18; Chief 
Buglers of Cavalry, $23; Buglers, $16; Far¬ 
riers and Blacksmiths of Cavalry and Artillery, 
$18; Privates of Cavalry, Artillery and In¬ 
fantry, $16; Principal Musician of Artillery 
and Infantry, $22; Leaders of Brigade and 
Regimental Bands, $75; Musicians, $16; Hospi¬ 
tal Stewards, first class, $33; second class, $25; 
third class, $23. All non-com missioned officers 
and privates in the Regular Army, serving 
under enlistments made prior to July 22d, 1861, 
shall have the privilege of re-enlisting for a 
term of three years In their respective organi¬ 
zations until the first of August next, and all 
such non-com missioned officers and privates so 
re-enlisting shall be entitled to the bounty men¬ 
tioned in the joint resolution of Congress, aj>- 
proved Jan. 13, 1864. In all cases where the 
Government shall furnish transportation and 
subsistence to discharged officers from the place 
of their discharge to their enlistment, or origi¬ 
nal muster into the service, they shall not he 
entitled to travel pay or commutation of sub¬ 
sistence. 
The following important order has been is¬ 
sued by the Commander of the Department of 
Washington: 
General Order So, 61.—First. Hereafter no 
citizen, commissioned officer or enlisted man 
will be arrested on the report of any detective 
employed by any officer subject to tbe jurisdic¬ 
tion of this Department, except in extreme 
cases, where there is no doubt of guilt, aud im¬ 
mediate action is needed, until the report has 
first been forwarded for action to these head¬ 
quarters. 
Second. All officers serving in this Depart¬ 
ment employing detectives, will send, with as 
little delay as possible, a list of those employed 
to these headquarters, specifying the authority, 
by whom employed, and they are notified that 
they will be held responsible lor improper ac¬ 
tion or abuse of authority on tbe part of their 
employees. By command of 
‘ Maj.-Geu. C. C. Augur. 
J. H. Taylor, A. A. G. 
The Secretary of War, in an official to Gen. 
Dix, dated June 22, says: 
A dispatch from Gen. Sherman’s headquar¬ 
ters, dated yesterday evening at Si o’clock, 
states that it has rained almost incessantly, in 
spite of which our lines have been pressed for¬ 
ward steadily, and an important position has 
been gained by Gen. Howard. The enemy 
made a desperate attempt to retake this position 
last night, making seven distinct attacks on 
Gen. Whittaker’s brigade, of Stanley’s division, 
and losing not less than 700 or 800 men. Two 
hundred killed were left on Whittaker’s front. 
The assault was followed by a heavy fire of 
artillery, under which the position was fortified 
and is now safe. Our cavalry is across Noon 
Day Creek on our left, and one brigade of the 
Twenty-third Corps is across Noses Creek on 
the right, but the rebel left is behind a swamp, 
anil the rains prevent any advance. The fight¬ 
ing has been quite severe at all points, the ene¬ 
my resisting stubbornly, and attempting the 
offensive whenever he can. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
Extensive contributions were levied on the 
flower gardens about Frankfort, Ky., for the 
purpose of making a magnificent floral wreath 
with which to encircle the brows of John Mor¬ 
gan, when he should enter the place. The 
wreath was made, and was to be presented by 
the transient young ladies of the Capitol Hotel. 
The presentation speech was written, meiuoriz- 
zed and rehearsed. Mr. Morgan, however, did 
not call. 
The Wisconsin papers generally concur in 
the opinion that the crops in that State are al¬ 
ready permanently affected by the absence of 
rain, and that the yield for the season, in pro¬ 
portion to the extent sown, must he extremely 
light. The Milwaukee Nexcs says it is more 
than five weeks since rain has fallen in that 
vicinity. 
In New Haven, recently, several boys from 
10 to 14 years old, were playing in a store-house 
with an old pistol, when it went off and killed 
one of their number. The boys, freightenecl by 
Ihe affair, ran to their homes, and kept their 
terrible secret for five days, when the body of 
the unfortunate lad was discovered in a state of 
decomposition. 
A dea d mule, belonging to a Memphis citizen, 
was being hauled out of the lines the other day, 
when a bayonet thrust revealed the fact that the 
carcass contained 60,000 percussion caps, a 
quantity of ammunition, and other contraband 
articles, which some rebel sympathizer had 
taken this means of smuggling. 
Tire: Mormons, with 100,000 people in Utah, 
“ boast that iu all their settlements is not to be 
found a drinking saloon, a billiard table, or a 
bowling alley; and with pride point to their 
cities, their churches, their school houses, their 
manufactories, farms and possessions, as evi¬ 
dences of their achievements and industry,” 
Tiie Cincinnati Gazette says a two-thirds crop 
of winter wheat may be calculated on from at 
least ten central and north-we6teru States; and 
of spring wheat there will be a greater yield 
than ever before, both on account of the greater 
breadth of ground sown and the favorable 
weather for its growth. 
Gen. Rosecrans was made the recipient, a 
few days since, of a very handsome testimonial, 
presented him by his old friends and neighbors, 
of Licking county, Ohio. It consisted of a sil¬ 
ver pitcher, two silver goblets and a salver, all 
of the most graceful and exquisite workman¬ 
ship. 
A veteran Colonel of the French army, on 
a visit to Washington, declared in a diplomatic 
circle that Grant’s movements had been of the 
most admirable character, and that only an army 
magnificent in its intelligence, courage, disci¬ 
pline, and condition could Lave executed such 
movements. 
The army worm has appeared in Norridge- 
wood aud Madison, Me., completely devouring 
the foliage of alders, poplar branches, maples 
and other forest trees, and making the wooded 
district to look as though a fire had swept over 
it. The worms appear to be traveling in a 
northerly direction. 
IN a recent number of the Leipsic Hedica 
Gazette, there is a case of successfully practised 
transfusion of animal blood into a human sub¬ 
ject, “ twelve ounces from the veins of a lamb 
having been injected with benefit to a local 
patient.” 
The Woonsocket, (R. I.) Patriot says the 
prospects of tbe cotton manufacturers are so dls- 
couragiug that some owners of mills in that 
village and vicinity contemplate stopping their 
works soon, unless the price of the raw material 
recedes. 
The rebel Gen. Jenkins, who died a few days 
ago from the effects of his wound, owned prop¬ 
erty in Virginia valued at $300,000. Ilis wife 
and three children arrived within our lines re¬ 
cently, wretchedly clad, and destitute of shoes 
and stockings. 
Gen. Hancock is still suffering so severely 
from the condition of his old Gettysburg wound, 
that on the 18th ulL he was unable to sit in the 
saddle, aud therefore not in a position to person¬ 
ally superintend the operations of his corps be¬ 
fore I’etersburg. 
The Prlnee of Wales was an exhibitor in the 
late Islington dog show, aud carried off the first 
prize for Newfoundlands by his black dog Ca¬ 
bot. Some of the dogs exhibited by the Prince 
had been raised by the late Prince Consort. 
Lift of New Advertisements. 
The Governrwut. Loan of $200,000,000. 
HlrdseU’a Patent Clover Thrasher and Iluller— Jolm 
C Hlrdsod. 
Flax Colton—I? P Johnson. 
(hire your own Horses and save the Farrier’s fee. 
To Sheep Owners—A S While. 
Valuable Farm for Sah —Thus It Minium. 
Refreshments at State Pair— H 1‘ Johnson. 
Trees, SUM'S jfcC« wanted—l'hos Wright. 
Tracy Ft male Institute—l/ucllia Tracy. 
A Young Man Wauled. 
Harvest Gloves—A It Pritchard. 
Educational and General Agency—J A Nash. 
SrKCIAl. NOTICES. 
An Apology Declined—D B DeLand & Co. 
Nct»0 Conitcnser. 
— Andrew Johnson 1 b 56 years old. 
— Gribaldl’s income is about £150 a year. 
— The Saratoga season has fairly commenced'. 
— Silkworm eggs are sold in London by all florists. 
— One of the younger Rothschilds has just died at 
PariB. 
— N- P. WilliB has almost entirely lost his power of 
articulation. 
— The Richmond Examiner is a dingy half sheet at 
f 60 per year. 
— One of the principal streets of Paris is to be named 
after Meyerbeer. 
— The Philadelphia Fair is said to be far ahead of the 
New York Fair. 
— Cupt.. C. F. Hall sets out on a second Arctic expe¬ 
dition on the 15th. 
— A picture in the cathedral of Mexico is said to be 
worth $ 14,000,000. 
— Garibaldi has sent his dagger to the Sanitary Fair 
of the Quaker City? 
— Dr. Vogel, physician and friend of Goethe, died 
recently at Weinmar. 
— Geo. Peabody, the London banker, is to retire from 
business next October. 
— There was a heavy snow storm on the White 
Mountains the 12th ult. 
— Rev. D. A. Wasson has joined an excursion to 
Labrador and Hudson Bay. 
— The Sanitary Commission spent $ 100,000 in May 
for the Army of the Potomac. 
— Senora de Avellaneda, a Cuban poetess of celebrity 
has just arrived in this country. 
— Adelina Patti continues lobe the leading attraction 
at the Paris Italian opera house. 
— Out of every thousand British soldiers quartered 
in Bengal, 65 die every 12 months. 
— Tbe Prince of Wales presided at the recent annual 
dinner of the Royal Literary Fund. 
— The State of New York is rn excess of all the calls 
upon her for troops more than 5,000. 
— There are in the Springfield nrmory 265,000 muskets 
and the dally product is one thousand. 
— The Monroe Co. Board of Supervisors have jnst 
offered a bounty of $300 for volunteers, 
— Twenty-one vessels were loading in Philadelphia 
with petroleum for Europe the tub Inst. 
— One out of every 41 of the population of New Zea¬ 
land were convicted drunkards last year. 
— The insurrection in Algiers — according to the 
Frencli papers—has been practically quelled. 
— W, H. C. Hosmer, the poet, is said to be a descend¬ 
ant, on bis mother's side, of the Aborigines. 
— Two thirds of the army of the Potomac have not 
changed a garment since t he campaign began. 
— Benevolent people in Switzerland, have contribu¬ 
ted $45,000 to the U. S. Sanitary Commission. 
— The pnpils of New York public schools have con¬ 
tributed $28,106 60 to the Sanitary Commission. 
— Maximilian has charged Auber, the composer, with 
the duty of composing a Mexican National Hymn. 
— Sydney E. Edgnrtou, of Ohio, was nominated by 
the President as Governor of the Territory of Montana. 
— The Court of Prussia expects to entertain this 
summer, at KLssingen, the C/.ar and Czarina ol' Russia. 
— Robert C. Fenton, Esq., has been appointed Presi¬ 
dent of the New York Relier Association at Washing¬ 
ton. 
— Gen. Grant is the owner of ten thousand dollars’ 
worth of stock in the West Division Railway of Chi¬ 
cago. 
— The rhubarb crop in Connecticut finds no takers, 
the sugar necessary to make it palatable being so 
high. 
— Miss Dorothea L. Dix formerly had charge of a 
school for young ladies in Boston. Her parents are 
dead. 
— During the recent furlough of the Second Iowa 
Cavalry, two hundred marriages took place in the regi¬ 
ment. 
— A spark from a lighted cigar burned over about 
• fifty acres of wood land near Roslyn, Long Island, last 
, week. 
[ — The Chinese cannot mend a common watch, and 
. when it is out of order they say it is dead, and throw it 
t away. 
— A large amount of gold arrived in New York this 
week from Europe. It was sent out from London for 
speculation. 
— The N- Y. Herald circulates over 100,000 copies, 
and pays four hundred thousand dollars a year for 
white paper. 
I —Two notorious bounty jumpers hare just been 
sent from Washington to the Connecticut Penitentiary 
, for tea years. 
. — Rev. Gordon Winslow, M. D., D. D., of the Sani- 
^ tary Commission, fell overboard and was drowned in 
the Potomac. 
j — Miss Garrett, recently admitted to practice medi¬ 
cine in England, is the first instance of a female M. D- 
in that country. 
3 — The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensbtirgh road will 
■ pay, the 16th of July, a semi annual dividend of 5 per 
5 cent, free of tax. 
• — Alderman Roberta, of Chicago, has brought an 
i action of libel against the Tribune of that city for 
$ 20,000 damages. 
, —Three match manufactories in Boston consume 
twenty colds of wood and five hundred pounds of 
| brimstoue per day. 
— Stonewall Jackson’s sister, a Mrs. Arnold, is a loyal 
woman. She had her husband arrest ed recently on a 
charge of disloyalty. 
— A Montgomery, Ala., paper announces the putting 
! in circulation of a $3 Spanish coin, causing great activ- 
- ity among business men. 
— David Thurston, American Vice Consul at Toron- 
• to, has been ordered to take the post inado vacant by 
• the death af Joshua I{. Giddings. 
