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NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. T., AUGUST 6, 1804. 
The Army In Virginia. 
Since our last issue there has been very 
important movements in Virginia. The N. Y. 
Herald’s special of July 27, says the rebels made 
an attack on Foster the 26tb, which was suc¬ 
cessfully repulsed at all points. Foster is still 
holding his important position. It would re¬ 
quire the whole of Lee’s army to dislodge us. 
Sheridan crossed the Appomattox and James 
rivers yesterday, to develop the enemy’s force 
in front of Foster. Heavy cannonading on the 
night of the 2Gth in front of the 0th corps. 
The rebels also opened their artillery on the 
18th corps ou the night of the 26th, but were 
silenced. 
The Tribunes correspondent of the 27tb ult., 
says there were heavy cannonadiug and mus¬ 
ketry firing along the line this morning, partic¬ 
ularly m Butler’s department, and on both sides 
of the James river. A strong pressure was 
made on Sutler's lines yesterday, and the pres¬ 
sure is being returned this forenoon. Heavy 
movements of the entire army corps were 
made last night. The wildest enthusiasm ex¬ 
ists among the troops, and the army is in excel¬ 
lent condition. 
Another special of the 27tb. says that an im¬ 
portant movement is in progress from Bermuda 
Hundreds. This morning, while our troops 
were crossing the James river to its north side 
on two pontoon bridges, a rebel force came 
down and attacked oar men on the banks before 
they had time to organize. A spirited engage¬ 
ment took place, and the rebels were finally 
driven back to their intrenchments. 
Our forces continued to arrive, organized to 
attack the rebel works, and carried them and 
captured four guns. We also captured many 
prisoners. The rebels were driven from their 
position into the woods. The gunboats were on 
hand and rendered valuable assistance in cover¬ 
ing the landing of our troop6. 
Gen. Grant rode to the front in the afternoon 
in company with Gen. Hancock, and viewed 
the enemy’s position. He seemed well pleased 
with the morning’s operations. 
Advice6from before Petersburg of the 28th, say 
the rebels opened a fire on our forces from their 
batteries that afternoon. The batteries on our 
side replied, and soon silenced those of the 
rebels. Our mortars also opened fire upon the 
city and continued to throw shells into it until 
a late hour in the night. Several buildings were 
set on fire. 
A special dispatch to the Rochester Democrat, 
dated near Petersburg, July 30—10 A. M., Bays 
that the great event so long anticipated, namely, 
the explosion of the mine under the rebel fort 
in front of the 9th army corps, came off this 
morning at half past four o’clock. 
The rebels had kept up firing all night. In 
fact, at the time the match was applied to the 
mine skirmishers w ere engaged on both sides. 
The volume of dirt thrown up was immense, 
rising over 100 feet in the air, and resembled an 
immense fountain of earth more than anything 
else. The mine occupied four weeks in com¬ 
pleting, and contained a charge of six tuns of 
powder. 
The 9th corps at once charged the works, 
driving the rebels to their second line of in- 
trenchmenis, taking a number of prisoners, 
some of whom were dug out of the dirt badly 
bruised. These rebel prisoners state that only 
about a dozen remain of their regiment—a 
South Carolina one. 
As socii us the explosion took place, one hun¬ 
dred and twenty guns opened along our front, 
while the musketry blazed along the 9lh, 18tb, 
and part of the 5th corps. 
The scene is one long to be remembered by 
those who witnessed it. The smoke of our guns 
soon obscured the view, and the first particulars 
of success were obtained from those bringing in 
prisoners. The prisoners say they were com¬ 
pletely surprised, they being mostly asleep at 
the time. The prisoners also state that there 
were four guns in the fortification, which were, 
of course, buried clear out of sight. 
One of the prisoners stated that they were 
busy mining our works, and in two days more 
would have been ready to blow them up. 
The movement of a part of Grant’s army to 
the north bank of the James river was but a 
feint to induce Lee to send troops in that direc¬ 
tion. It accomplished the purpose; and on 
Thursday and Friday night most of the troops 
engaged in it returned to the front at Peters¬ 
burg. 
A Baltimore dispatch of July 31, says our 
forces captured two other earthworks, and also 
the entire outer line of rebel intrenchments. 
A brilliant victory was looked for as the 
result of these operations; bat the latest ac¬ 
counts seem to justify us in reluctantly coming 
to a different t on elusion. 
After the troops nad carried the sectnd line, 
which was in front of the fort, a colored rl.vision 
was ordered forward to carry the .rest of the 
hill, which would have decided the contest. 
The troops .advanced in good order as far as 
the first line, where they received a galling fire 
which cheeked them, and though quite a num¬ 
ber kept on, the greater portion seemed to have 
become demoralized, part of them taking|refage 
in the fort, and ike balance running to the rear 
us fast as possible. 
They were rallied and pushed forward with¬ 
out success, the greater part of their officers being 
killed or wounded, and the men having no one 
to direct them, finally fell back to the rear, out 
ol range of the volleys of canister and musketry 
that were plowing through their ranks. Their 
losses are very heavy. 
It appears, further, that the whole attacking 
force were compelled to relinquish the assault 
and fall back to their old positions. 
The Federal loss is reported between 4,000 
and 5,000 men. The enemy’s loss is set down 
at about the same figure. 
A special to the Rochester Democrat of Aug. 1, 
says that gentlemen who spent yesterday with 
Gen. Grant, represent him as in good spiritsaud 
confident of ultimate success. 
The rebels, it seems, having been so success¬ 
ful in their late thieving operations in Maryland, 
resolved to make another move northward and 
again try their luck in pillaging the “ hated 
Yankees." They met the force under General 
Crook, on Sunday, the 24th nit., about four 
miles south of Winchester. After skirmishing 
an hour or 90 the rebels made an attack, our cav¬ 
alry forces parting and letting them through. 
The infantry were posted in order behind a 
6tone fence, and fought fiercely, but the supe¬ 
riority of forces enabled the enemy to oullank 
ns on the right, and Gen. Crook, who com¬ 
manded that wing, sent word to Colonel Hays, 
having command of the left wing, to fall back be¬ 
fore the y struck the left in force. After retreat¬ 
ing a short distance our forces were rallied in the 
face of the enemy and drawn up in line of battle, 
and fought the rebels with unflinching courage 
till evening, but the disparity of numbers against 
them was too great to admit of a chance for suc¬ 
cess, and the Federals at length retired to Win¬ 
chester. General Crook's command consisted of 
about ten thousand men. The rebel force is 
supposed to have been from 20,000 to 30.000. 
The Union troops continued to fall back until 
they arrived at Harper’s Ferry, bringing with 
them most of their guns and baggage. Consid¬ 
erable fighting occurred dnriDg the progress of 
the retreat. The rebels Again occupied Martine- 
burg on the 2oth. As a natural consequence, 
great excitement existed in portions of Mary¬ 
land and Pennsylvania. 
The rebels extended their visit further north¬ 
ward in this raid than they did a few weeks 
since. At three o'clock A. M., July 30, a force 
of 800 mounted infantry reached Chambersburg, 
Pa., and encamped on the Fair Ground. They 
were met a short distance from Mereersburg by 
a small party of troops, who fought the advance 
stubbornly, but were compelled to fall hack on 
account of the overwhelming numbers of the 
enemy. The invaders set lire to Chamhers- 
borg, and over 250 buildings were c-ocsumed in 
the heart of the town. No time was given the 
citizens to remove their valuables, and scarcely 
had they opportunity to make their exit with 
their families from the doomed structures. All 
the public buildings, hotels and stores in the 
town (which contained over 6,000 inhabitants) 
were destroyed. Over 3,000 people were ren¬ 
dered homeless. 
The latest advices from the scene of this rebel 
brutality is, that Gen. Averiil had attacked and 
driven the enemy out of the town find was fol¬ 
lowing them westward. It is reported that the 
main body of the rebels are retreating south. 
Movements in the West and Scnth-Wesi. 
Missouri.— Gen. Rosecrans, by the author¬ 
ity of the War Department, has called for nine 
regiments of six and twelve months volunteers 
for the protection of the State from guerrillas 
and to repel invasion. In the same connection. 
Gov. Hall has issued a proclamation stating the 
emergency for more troops to be great, and to 
fill up the regiments at once. 
Guerrilla depredations continue along the line 
of the Hannibal and 8t- Joseph raii road. The 
bridge at Salt River has been burned. The 
damage to the rail road property and the value 
of the plunder secured are not ascertained, but 
the loss is large, as the merchants had large 
stocks on hand. 
The St. Louis Democrat of July 28, has a 
special from St. Joseph’s, which says that Col. 
Catnerwood, commanding the Sixth State mili¬ 
tia and First Iowa cavalry, has telegraphed 
headquarters from Gainesville, day county, that 
be is making clean work of the guerrillas in that 
section. 
He also says that Thornton and part of his 
force have crossed the Missouri rirer just above 
Lexington. The recruiting for one and two 
months regiments continues very brisk. There 
will be no difficulty in raising the number called 
for. Many prominent citizens are enlisting. 
Kentucky.— Loudrum, a -mall village near 
Louisville, was entered July 28, by a gang of 
guerrillas, the stores robbed and the post office 
ransacked. The Postmaster was told that the 
building would be burned if he kept any more 
Government property in ir. 
A guerrilla force, number unknown, are re¬ 
ported to have been threatening Brandenburg 
with the supposed intention of crossing into In¬ 
diana. 
Tennessee.— The Nashville Union of July 
27, says that on Monday night Col. Brockman, 
of Colonel Stoke’s Tennessee Cavalry, attacked 
Pomp, Curry’s gang of guerrillas in DeKalb 
county, routing them and killing Curry and five 
of his men. Curry was a noted guerrilla, and 
long a terror to East Tennessee. 
Kansas. —The St. Louis Democrat's Fort 
Leavenworth special of July 27. says that the In¬ 
dians attacked our trains and destroyed a large 
amount of stores on the Santa Fe road. Gen. Cur¬ 
tis has but a small force in that region, but is 
raising militia for service against the Indians. 
He nos created the district of the Upper Arkan¬ 
sas, including Forts Riley, I.arned and Lyon, 
and assigned Gen. Blunt to the command, who 
leaves for the field at obce. Defensive move¬ 
ments are being rapidly prepared. 
Arkansas.— Advices from Cairo of July 26, 
say that a detachment of the Tenth Illinois vol¬ 
unteers, 250 strong, encamped near Darcy, 
were surrounded and attacked by Shelby’s com¬ 
mand numbering 1,500 men. A portion of the 
Federals succeeded in cutt ing their way through, 
and the rest are supposed to be eithor killed, 
wounded or taken prisoners. 
Apparently authentic reports from Helena, of 
July 27, say that an expedition consisting of a 
negro regiment, a portion of the Fifteenth Illi¬ 
nois cavalry, and a section of a battery, leftthat 
place on Monday morning, going in the direc¬ 
tion of White river. When near Nelson, four¬ 
teen miles out, they encountered a formidable 
Rebel force, and after a short fight were obliged 
to retire with a loss of twelve killed and four¬ 
teen wounded. Col. Brooks, of the colored 
regiment, and the captain of the artillery, are 
reported among the killed. The Rebels pur¬ 
sued to within nine miles of Helena, where our 
troops made a stand, and a sharp fight was go¬ 
ing on when our informant left. The remain¬ 
der of the Ffteenth Illinois cavalry, and other 
re-enforeements were rapidly being sent forward 
from Helena. 
North-western Georgia. — The N. Y. 
Commercial has a late dispatch from Atlanta, 
announcing that .Sherman’s operations are pro¬ 
gressing favorably, the Rebels not having re¬ 
covered from the blow they received on the 22d. 
All the railroads leading from Atlanta, ex¬ 
cept the Macon road, have been destroyed. 
There appears to be no disposition on our part 
to hasten the occupation of Atlanta. Other 
things car. be done than attacking the enemy 
in his works, and Gen. Sherman is not likely to 
force an engagement in which the enemy will 
have very great advantage. Some days more 
may elapse before any general movement or en¬ 
gagement occurs. 
The situation, as described in my dispatch of 
the 22d, in which we lay east and south of the 
city, does not appear to have been much changed 
except that we have approached nearer the en¬ 
emy's works. Reliable information is received 
that everything is going right. 
The importance of Atlanta can hardly be 
over-estimated. The Savannuh Republican (re¬ 
bel,) considers no portion of Georgia safe if that 
stronghold cannot be held. It frantically calls 
upon every man in the .State to hurry to its res¬ 
cue. It says .-—There is not a man in the State 
who is not directly interested in the result, for 
the triumph of Sherman involves the ruin of us 
ai;. No man will have anything that he can call 
his own. Everything will be held at the mer¬ 
cy of the mercile-' loe, and we may read our 
fate in the bitter experience of thousands who 
have been brought under the abolition yoke. 
The Government received dispatches from 
Gen. Sherman the 26th ult., stating that no fight¬ 
ing had occurred since Friday last. Atlanta 
was being gradually invested by our troops, who 
were intrenchingthcmselvesasthey progressed. 
Intelligence of the successful result of the cav¬ 
alry raid on the road leading from Atlanta to 
Macon wa> hourly expected. There seemed to 
be to disposition yet on the part of Hood to 
evacuate Atlanta, and it is probable the city will 
not be taken without a severe struggle, or by 
regular investment and siege. 
A special to the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, 
from Washington, Aug. 1, says official dispatches 
received here from before Atlanta, state that the 
rebels assaulted Sherman’s line vigorously on 
the 27th, and were repulsed disastrously, Sher¬ 
man’s killed and wounded numbered 600, and 
he buried 660 rebels. Hood's loss was 4,000. 
Department of the South. 
Late advices from Charleston say that Fort 
.Sumter is undergoing another destructive bom¬ 
bardment from our batteries and fleet. The 
firing is very slow but accurate, and serious 
damage has resulted to some of the strongest 
portions of the foit. The fire on Charleston is 
also kept up. 
The work of erecting residences for the rebel 
prisoners on Morris Island progresses, though 
the rebels annoy the workmen to the extent of 
their ability by shelling the buildings. 
General Foster’s expedition created a great 
scare in savannah. The rams were moved down 
to the obstructions in the river, and General 
Johnson sent a brigade of Georgia troops to 
Savannah, which was diverted at Augusta to 
John’s Island, where they participated in a fight 
on the 9th. 
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AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
General Hunter has been relieved from 
his command in West Virginia. The President 
has appointed General Crook his successor. 
The official statement of the public debt, as 
appears by the records of July 26, shows that the 
debt outstanding, bearing interest in coin is 
$883,887,824, a difference less than the amount 
stated on the tilth ult. of $731,000, tho interest 
being $52,623,281. The amount of debt bear¬ 
ing interest in lawful money Is $4(14,553,520, or 
nearly a million and a half more than in previ¬ 
ous statement, with on aggregate lawful money 
interest of $21,027,000. The debt bearing no 
interest is $516,732,032. The debt on which in¬ 
terest has ceased is $370,170. The recapitulation 
shows the aggregate amount outstanding to be 
$1,805,523,565, with interest in both gold and 
lawful money to the amount of $73,650,530. The 
principal is $9,320,000 more than the June state¬ 
ment. The unpaid requisitions amount to about 
$77,000,000, and the amount in the Treasury is 
nearly $15,000,000. 
A circular has been issued from the Adjutant 
General’s office that on and after J uly 30, men 
of the one hundred days force, who may have 
at the date of re-enlistment less than sixty days 
to serve, will be permitted to re-enlist for one 
two or three years, as they may in each case 
elect, a new term commencing with the date of 
re-enlistment 
The re-enlistments for the increased term will 
come under the following regulations:—Where 
700 men re-enlist in the regiment to which they 
belong, the regimental organization will be 
maintained, and the officers thereof be allowed 
to retain the rank held by them under the 100 
days’ term. 
Should less than 700 re-enlist in the same regi¬ 
ment, the said force will be organized into one 
or more companies of legal strength, and of¬ 
ficered by such officers as may be selected from 
the original command by the commanding Gen¬ 
eral of the Army or Department. 
Men re-enlisting, should they so desire, will 
be permitted to select the different regiments 
and company. The remainder will continue 
with their officers until the expiration of the 
100 days term, and then receive their discharge 
from the service. 
All men who desire to take advantage from 
the benefits of re-enlistments under the pro¬ 
visions of this order, will be regularly mustered 
out of the service under the prescribed rules. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
A cheese has been manufactured in Santa 
Cruz county, California, six feet in diameter 
and two and a half thick, weighing some 4,000 
pounds. 
The Quakers are establishing a college in 
Pennsylvania. It is incorporated as Swathmore 
College, and about $40,000 has been paid 
toward the enterprise. 
Coal is worth nine dollars a tun in Nova Sco¬ 
tia, and consumers in many of the Massachu¬ 
setts seaboard towns are clubbing together to 
procure their supplies for next winter from that 
point 
It is asserted in the London Army and Havy 
Gazette, that the sailing vessels in the British 
navy will never be sent to sea again, there being 
240 steamers in commislon, manned by 45.000 
men. 
There are now 9,000 rebel prisoners in the 
barracks at Rock Island, Ill., and 5,377 at Camp 
Douglas, Chicago. There are also several hun¬ 
dred at Alton. We have quite a rebel army in 
Illinois. 
The circulation of the banks of Illinois is 
$472,000, against $1,136,000 three months ago. 
This is the result of the substitution of United 
States currency in place of private bank bills in 
general circulation. 
An attempt was made recently to rob the 
dwelling-house of Captain Winslow, the hero 
of the Kcarsage, at Mount Vernon Place, Rox- 
bury. A son of the Captain started the mid¬ 
night intruders off. 
Responsible persons have made the offer 
to the Navy Department to raise gunboats and 
monitors so that they can pass bars and shoals, 
upon new principles, which will occupy only 
five hours in the operation. 
Three young girls, under fifteen years of age, 
held a Fair in West Cambridge, Mass., on the 
17th ult., for the benefit of the Sanitary Com¬ 
mission, and paid over twelve hundred dollars 
as the net proceeds thereof. 
The farmers of New Hartford, Ct., are selling 
their rye crop to the bonnet makers. It is out 
up green and taken off in the sheaf. They 
follow with a erop of tobacco, and thus get two 
profitable harvests in a season. 
A charge of enlisting men for the Confed¬ 
erate steamer Rappahannock was preferred 
against Jno. Seymour, a boarding-house keeper, 
ai the Bow-street Police Court, London, a few 
week ago, and the case was sent for trial. 
Among the plunder recently secured by Borne 
rebel guerrillas, at the capture of a pest house 
some distance from Port Hudson, was a large 
amount of clothing intended for the flames, 
which had been used for small pox patients. 
Her Majesty’s steamer Margaretta Ste¬ 
venson, Capt. J. debar, left St- Johns, N. F., 
July 28, for Trinity Bay, with Mr. Cyme W. 
Field on board, for the purpose of selecting a 
place for landing the Atlantic telegraph cable. 
Gov. Bkadly Johnson, of Maryland, dur¬ 
ing the late raid, burnt his own house at Fred¬ 
erick, after compelling the occupant to pay him 
$1,400 for rent. The house had been confis¬ 
cated and sold by the Government to the occu¬ 
pant. 
The iron-dad Dictator goes to England, in 
a few days, under command of Capt. John Rog¬ 
ers, who is esteemed the best sailor in the ser¬ 
vice, and who bus full faith in the adaptability 
of his vessel for the ocean service in all kinds 
of weather. 
It is said that the order of General Wash- 
burne, placing prominent secessionists on the 
railway trains that go out from Memphis, as 
targets for bushwhackers, is having a salutary 
effect Not a shot has been fired at any train 
since the order went into effect 
Marcus T. Reynolds, one of the most cele¬ 
brated members of the New York bar, died in 
Albany on the 25th ult He commenced the 
practice of law in 1811. Twenty years ago the 
bar of Albany had not a member more distin¬ 
guished for talent, wit or acuteness, than the de¬ 
ceased. 
The Buffalo Courier learns that the Oil Creek 
Railroad has been sold to the New York Central 
and Pennsylvania Central Railroads. The re- 
snlt of this movement will bo the change of the 
Oil Creek road to the narrow guage which will 
connect the Oil region directly with New York 
and Philadelphia, 
There is a new oil excitement in Western 
Pennsylvania. Gushing wells send out oleagin¬ 
ous streams, and many “ greenbacks” are the 
result. In Greene and Lafayette counties the 
excitement is as intense as it used to he about 
Titusville and Oil City. Several new com¬ 
panies have been formed, and before many 
weeks pass all the available territory will be 
bought up. 
List of New Advertisements. 
Proposals for Loan W F Fessenden. 
P*rry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer. 
fl># If W BmlUPs Air.rriiwn Organs—Siberia rvtt 
lulniuid Peininar/ Rev l. B Kali r, Priueiiwl 
Fancy pigeons- W < am!>iitv. 
Hassell Strawberry Piastts—J Kwch. 
Trees, Ap—Jayne A- i .Atman. 
> allev Seminary-.1P Griffin, Principal. 
Hass Barit —X tomax & Uerisuoeuc. « 
Tobacco Tw ine .Imik-s FtctC. 
Seymour's Unproved Patent (-rain Drill - P. & c u 
Seymour. 11 • 
$E0 Per Month.—J. S. Pardee. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Partial List of Frizes given at the Metropolitan uiis 
Book Store. uu * 
Stye 2fcu€onbcnser. 
— The Petersburg papers have suspended publics- 
tion. 
— Hay is twelve and a half cents per pound in Col- 
orado. 
— The Republican garden is at present overrun wiih 
T. Weed. 
— Prime samples of Circassian women bring $ 100 at 
Trebizond. 
— Gen. Baldy Smith has been tendered a comm&tc 
in the West. 
— The Empress Eugene has decreed the downfall of 
high bonnets. 
— Capt. Winslow, of the Kearsarge, has lost the eh 
of his left ere. 
— Gen. Grant expresses the belief that Sherman will 
capture Atlanta. 
— The Rearsarge and Niagara are cruising in tie 
English Channel. 
— Secretary Fessenden will soon return to Maine to 
recruit his health. 
— Silver stocks in the Washoe region in California 
have tumbled suddenly. 
— The quota of Ohio under the new call is 50,132. 
That of Connecticut 10,181. 
— We have 60,000 rebel soldiers and 4,000 rebel offi¬ 
cers in our hands as prisoners. 
— A Michigan mail robber has just been sentenced 
to ten years in the State Prison. 
— Edmund Kirkc :s to tell how and why he went to 
Richmond, in the Sept. Atlantic. 
— Pigeons are batched in 18 days, chickens in 21, ter- 
keys in 26, ducks and geese in 30. 
— Maple molasses was first made in 1165, at Bcrnards- 
town, now in Franklin Co., Mass. 
— The fortifications of Cincinnati cover an area of 
nine acres, and mount 80 cannon. 
— The wife of a well-to-do boatman in Detroit eloped 
with a circus clown a few days since. 
— Hecnan, the Benecia Boy, was injured in the spine 
by an accident cm an English railway. 
— Law rence, Kansas, the scene of the vengeance of 
Qnantrel, has again risen from its ashes. 
— The Chicagoans have been welcoming home their 
veteran batteries, A and B, right royally. 
— Mr. Alexander of Louisville, Ky., recently sold a 
stallion for $17,000 and another for $7,500. 
— J. L. Pickard of Wisconsin has been elected Su¬ 
perintendent of the public schools of Chicago. 
— Gen. Meade has expelled from his lines Mr. Win. 
Swinton, the correspondent of the N. Y. Times. 
— Every man, says Prentice, who drinks a glass ti 
Richmond whisky has :o pay two dollars and a head¬ 
ache. 
— The Emperor of Brazil patronizes in person an 
American circus company now performing in his capi¬ 
tal city. 
— The oldest (bell in America is in the little Catho¬ 
lic chapel in the village of St. Regis, on the SL Law¬ 
rence river. 
— A fanner in New Durham, New Hampshire, was 
recently gored to death by a bull which he was attempt¬ 
ing to yoke. 
— According to naval laws Capt Winslow’s prize 
money will be nearly $100,000, and each of the crew 
about $1,500. 
— Hon. Freeman Clarke, Representative in Congress 
from the Rochester district, has sued the Rochester 
Union for libel. 
— The new capita! of Arizona is to be called Prescott 
in honor of the historian of that name. It is situated 
on Granite Creek. 
— Gen. Lee's personal property, which has been con¬ 
demned by the U. 8. District Court, was sold at Alex¬ 
andria on the 19th inst. 
— Rev. Horatio Stebbinsof New York, has accepted 
a telegraphic call to the pulpit of the lamented Starr 
King, in San Francisco. 
— It is reported that the released sailors of the Ala¬ 
bama applied to the United States Consul at Sonth- 
Immpton for assistance! 
— The Vicksburg people celebrated the first anniver- 
( sary of the surrender of the city on the 4th of July with 
great 'clai ana brilliancy. 
— A child five years old was shot by a soldier who 
fired at a deserter in Philadelphia lately. The deserter 
escaped and tho child died. 
— The body of the unfortunate young man who lost 
his life a: the Cave of the Winds, Niagara Falls, the 4th 
of July, has been recovered. 
— Sulphur in the stockings is a recent European 
remedy for gout. Add a little nitre and charcoal and vt 
is good for curing rebellion. 
— The Brunswick Telegraph says:—“Wc don’t be¬ 
lieve there is a pretty foot in town, judging by the 
length of skirts ladies wear.” 
— It is said that many of the cotton mills in Rhode 
Island will be compelled to Btop work on account of 
the high price of the raw material. 
— Shoes arc now made under a new patent, with 
heels and soles of vulcanized rubber, moulded in a 
single piece, under a nigh pressure. 
— The Middieboro Gazette says an immense quantity 
of straw Is being cured and bleached in that vicinity to 
supply the place of imported goods- 
— The Indian* Methodist Conference has appointed 
a committee of five to fix the location of a first female 
college in the limits of that Conference. 
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CuauLts F. Biuronn, a lad about 14 years old, left 
his home in Shelby on the 3d of July, and has not been 
hoard of since. He had on a grey coat and pants, a 
grey soldier’s cap, and a figured cotton velvet vest 
When he left home he had a rifie with him. He has a 
round, full face, with dark, curly hair, lie is about five 
foot one to two inches high. The family are in great 
distress, as they know of no reason for tils absence- 
Any information in regard to him will be gratefully re¬ 
ceived by his father, W. A. Bioronu, Shelby CeMC, 
Orleans Co., N. Y. 
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