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NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., AUGUST 27, 1804, 
The Army in Virginia. 
Tuf.uk has been skirmishing in the vicinity 
of the James liver and Petersburg nearly every 
day since the affair at Dutch Gap on the 14th, 
when the rebels were so greatly befooled with 
the idea that Grant had raised the siege and was 
going north with all his army. 
Advices of the 16th, render it certain that 
Gen. Grant has a strong force operating directly 
against Richmond as well as Petersburg. His 
lines have been extended to within six miles of 
the rebel capital, and all supplies cut off except 
what may he furnished over one line of railroad. 
There was considerable fighting in front of Rich¬ 
mond on the 10th, the rebels being Invariably 
driven back. Many deserters were coming into 
our lines daily — heartily sick of the cause — 
they receiving no pay, while their families 
were destitute of the necessaries of life. 
Our forces are cutting a canal across Dutch 
Gap, which will render harmless strong rebel 
works which were erected to prevent our gun¬ 
boats from ascending the James river. Accounts 
say that Lee cannot prevent the completion of 
this important channel. 
About one o’clock on Thursday morning, the 
ISth, the rebels opened an artillery fire on our 
lines in front of Petersburg, which lasted two 
hours, and is represented as the most vigorous 
affair of the kind since the explosion of the mine. 
No great harm was inflicted upon our troops. 
The 5th corps made a movement to destroy a 
portion of the Weldon railroad on the 19th, 
which they accomplished, but suffered a heavy 
loss, especially in prisoners — a portion of our 
forces being surprised. They still held their po¬ 
sition according to the latest advices received. 
Department of the Gulf. 
Late advices received from Morganzia 
give details of Gen. Ullman’s success in driving 
the rebels from the right bank of the Atcbfay- 
ala rivpr. It appears that Gen. Ullmau moved 
from Morganzia on the 28th ult., with a brigade 
of infantry, and Gapt. Barnes’ 21st New York 
battery. The rebels were found strongly posted 
in opposition, enfilading the main road with 
their battery. Our cavalry drove in their 
skirmishers, taking several prisoners, and kill¬ 
ing the notorious MeKelley, a guerrilla scout. 
Our battery then opened on the rebels, lasting 
from nine to eleven A. M. The Colonel com¬ 
manding our cavalry was killed. Finding our 
position would subject us to a heavy loss, our 
forces were withdrawn a short distance during 
the night. The next morning it was found that 
the rebels had fled in confusion. Our loss was 
two killed, thirteen wounded and one missing. 
Deserters report the rebel loss at sixty-three 
killed and wounded. It Is reported also that 
the rebels are concentrating a large force at 
Monroe, on the Washita river. 
A considerable body ©f troops is being con¬ 
centrated by Gen. Canby at Morganzia. 
Intelligence from New Orleans of Aug. 12, is 
to the effect that Admiral Farragut bad pre¬ 
pared his fleet for action, and ordered the attack 
on Fort Morgan to be commenced at 8 o'clock 
yesterday morning (the 11th.) Its rear fs said 
to have resisted the attack wherever there was 
a footing to stand upon. The rebels have de¬ 
stroyed all the out buildings of the fort, and also 
had burned their only vessel lying under its 
guns. Everything about the fort indicated the 
determinat ion on the part of the rebels to con¬ 
test the assault to the last. The channel to Dog 
river is unobstructed. The naval and land 
forces are confident of success. 
At a late hour last night (says the account) 
wc hoard that the Admiral had demanded the I 
unconditional surrender of the fort. The de¬ 
mand of Farragut on Tuesday last for the sur¬ 
render of the tort was refused by the rebel 
commander, who replied that he had six 
months’ provision and plenty of fighting men, 
and would resist to the last moment. Before 
this, Gen. Granger’s force In the rear had cut off 
all communications with the fort. The ram 
Tennessee was in the attack. Farragut was 
confident of reducing the fort. The Hartford 
was badly Injured. We hold all the channels of 
the bay. 
Another acccounfc says, the latest advices from 
our forces at .Mobile show that Fort Morgan is 
closely invested, and at last reports an attack 
was on the point of being made. The statement 
that the fort, is provisioned for six months is 
known to bo all nonsense. Intelligence from 
our blockadors proves that Fort Morgan has 
been in the habit of receiving supplies for only 
a fortnight at a time. The fall of this fort can 
therefore be looked for at an early day, even if 
no attack be made, the garrison being simply 
subjected to the starvation process. 
The N. Y. 'limes of the 21st Inst, says it is 
apparent from the tone in which the latest news 
through rebel channels is teported, that there is 
little hope entertained of Fort Morgan’s ability 
to hold out any great length of time. On the 
12th, it appears, regular siege was laid to it by 
our land forces, under Gen. Granger, Admiral 
Farragut at the Hame time bringing an enfilad¬ 
ing fire to bear on it by a portion of his fleet, 
while two monitors and five gunboats were 
spared for operations at a point where Dog river 
enters the bay. 
On Monday, the 10th, the monitors and gun¬ 
boats got across Dog river bar, and before haul- ] 
ing off at night, had silenced the rebel batteries 
on the shore. Fort Morgan at the same time I 
was under a heavy lire, and it is very probable 
that within a few days we shall receive the wel- 1 
come news of its capture. 
The N. Y. Herald's special from Mobile bay 
the 11th, says our army has cut off all communi¬ 
cation between Fort Morgan and the main land. 
The Mayor of Mobile has ordered all non-com¬ 
batants out of the city, and urges its defense to 
the last on the citizens. 
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the position of the rebels in the vicinity of Mo¬ 
bile, we give the above map, which is consid¬ 
ered reliable. Mobile contains over 90,000 
inhabitants, and is second only to New Orleans 
as a cotton mart of the Southern States. It is 
thirty miles above the mouth of the bay, at 
which point the important fortress (Fort Morgan) 
is situated. Previous to 1813 the (now) city of 
Mobile was of but little commercial consequence, 
and belonged to Spain. It was chartered as a 
town in 1814, and as a city in 1819. The city 
stands on a plaiu 15 feet above the highest 
tides, on the west side of the river, (Mobile,) 
and fifty miles south of the junction of the Ala¬ 
bama and Tombigbee rivers. It is, in many 
respects, the most important town in Alabama. 
Forts Gaines and Powell are in our possession. J 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Illinois.—A pprehending that the rebels 
. might make them trouble, a meeting of the 
citizens of Cairo was held on the 17th inst,, to 
provide measures for the defense of the city. 
Tennessee. — About 250 rebel} crossed to 
the north side of the Cumberland river at 
Sailor’s Rest, at an early hour on the 17th. 
They are supposed to belong to Woodwards 
command. 
Kentucky.— A few days since, three hun¬ 
dred guerrillas attacked Selma, Liv. Co., garri¬ 
soned by thirty men of the Fourth Ky. cavalry, 
and, after a sharp fight, were repulsed with a 
loss of eight killed, fifteen badly wounded, and 
several captured. Federal loss, three killed, one 
mortally, and several slightly wounded, and four 
captured. 
Twenty-five guerrillas were in Trimble Co. a 
few nights since, near the Ohio river. They 
had been raiding down the road to West Point, 
and making depredations there. They plun¬ 
dered West Point of $4,000 in goods and money. 
Henderson still continues to be greatly ex¬ 
cited. The rebel Col. Johnson is camped in the 
Fair Grounds and threatening the town. 
About seventy-five guerrillas are in Drowns- 
boro, plundering the town and causing great 
excitement. 
Missouri.— Captain Lexington, of the rebel 
army, convicted by a military commission of 
being a spy, was hung in the jail-yard in St. 
Louis on the 20th inst. 
The militia of Carrol and Bray counties had 
a fight, with Anderson’s bushwhackers recently, 
killing five of them. Five of the militia were 
killed. About two hundred guerrillas crossed 
the Missouri river, going south. 
Gen. Flake has levied an assessment of $50,- 
000 on the secessionists of Shelby county, and 
$15,000 on those in Monroe county, to repair 
damages to the railroad. 
Kansas.—T he St. Joseph Herald of the 20tb, 
says news has reached there that Marysville had 
been sacked by the Indians, but no details are 
given. 
The bt. Louis Democrat's Fort Leavenworth 
dispatch of Aug. 15, says Indian outrages con¬ 
tinue in Northern Kansas, and evidence accu¬ 
mulates that all, or nearly all the tribes on the 
plains, have banded together for war. 
Mississippi.—O n the ISth inst., Gen. Smith's 
command, consisting of one brigade of infantry 
and two brigades of cavalry, attacked three 
brigades of Gen, Forrest’s command, who held 
a partially fortified position at Hurricane Creek, 
and after a short but sharp engagement, the 
rebels were dislodged and obliged to retreat and 
leave over fifty dead on the field. Our loss was 
not over forty killed and wounded. 
Vicksburg advices of the 20th inst., say that 
the steamers Check and Atlantic No. 2, while 
on a cotton expedition up the Yazoo river, are 
reported to have been captured by the rebels. 
Colorado. —The 1 ndiane are committing dep¬ 
redations in different parts of the Territory—the 
charred bones of men, women and oh i Id ion, and 
the ashes of the settlers’ cabins fearfully attest¬ 
ing that, war, in Its most horrible form, is abroad j 
among the sparsely settled regions of the “ far i 
west.” The authorities are moving in earnest * 
to chastise these savages, , 
Northwestern Georgia.—F rom Atlanta i 
there is nothing of especial importance. Gen. t 
Hood, It appears, Las been re-enforced, and op- 1 
erations there have settled down into a regular 
siege. General Sherman is strongly intrenched, 
aud gradually extending his lines around the 
city. He is still saDguine of success. 
The rebel General Wheeler, with 5.000 men, 
(cavalry, Infantry and artillery,) demanded the 
surrender of Dalton on the evening of the 14th 
inst. Col. Leobold, with '100 men, kept the 
assailants at bay until the next morning, when, 
Gen. Stedman arriving with re-enforcements, a 
charge was made on them when they broke and 
fled in confusion. 
Department of the South. 
The Newborn Times of thol2th says:—The 
agents for recruiting for loyal States are thicker 
than locusts, and every boat continues bringing 
more. If every agent could get one recruit 
apiece and enlist himself, wo have no doubtsev- 
eral full regiments might be raised. 
By the arrival of the mail steamer from North 
Carolina, dates to the ,14th are received. A 
soldier was shot in Newbern for deserting to 
the rebels, on the morning of the 10th. Six 
more soldiers were shot at the same place for 
the same offense on the morning of the 14th. 
One soldier was also shot for advising others to 
desert. 
These are the first executions of the kind 
under the new order of Congress, which brings 
before Court Martial persons from any part of 
the country who are found guilty of writing to 
soldiers, urging them to desert. They are also 
to be shot. 
5. This mode of creating dissatisfaction in the 
army by private letters is now resorted to very 
extensively, and brings about more desertions 
than all others combined, hence it is necessary 
for these summary measures, which will result 
in saving of life, as it is understood that in 
future there will be no departure from this rule. 
Farragut's victory at Mobile was received 
with great enthusiasm In North Carolina. 
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AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
The N. Y. Commercial of the 20th has the 
1 following special:—A thorough inspection of the 
' fortifications of Washington was made yester- 
1 day and proved highly satisfactory. If the enemy 
> should coma down from the valley against us, 
* he would find the city in a more effective state 
of defense than ever before. 
Reports that certain Republican loaders Lave 
I made an Impression upon the President in fla¬ 
vor of aji armistice until after the election, arc 
unfounded. When tbe President will not even 
' change his Cabinet with a view to improve his 
chances lor re-election, it is idle to suppose he 
would adopt bold peace measures. 
Official intelligence ha ring- been received at 
t the Department that tbe military forces of the 
United States have temporarily withdrawn 
from Brownsville, Texas, that port will not be 
considered as open to foreign or domestic com¬ 
merce during such withdrawal, but the blockade 
thereof, by the naval forces of the United States, 
will be resumed. 
It is the intention of Government to com¬ 
mence on tbe day appointed and prosecute the 
, draft as speedily as possible. The enrollment 
, has been completed and the machinery for draft¬ 
ing is in working order, ready for the turning 
of the wheel. 
The World's special says:—In response to 
the action of the rebel authorities in sending 
600 Union prisoners to Charleston, to be placed 
under fire, GOO rebel offeers are to be dis¬ 
patched to that point in a few days. They 
will receive similar treatment to that bestowed 
on Union prisoners. The supply of prisoners on 
both sides is sufficient, to keep up this sort of 
tiling for any desired time. 
The subscription to the 7: SO loan as reported 
to the Treasury Department for three days last 
week, amounts to $0,019,000. 
Surgeon-General Hammond, who was tried 
some time since for defrauding the Government, 
has been dismissed from the servieo, and dis¬ 
qualified from holding any office of honor or 
trust hereafter under the laws of the United 
States. 
The amount of fractional currency in circula¬ 
tion is $24,000000. 
The Secretary of the Navy has addressed 
the follow ing to Admiral Farragut: 
Navy Dkiaiitmkxt, Washington, Artg. J5 
Sm — Your dispatch of the 15th instant, 
stating that you had, on the morning of that 
day, entered Mobile bay, passing between Forts 
Morgan and Gaines, and encountering and over¬ 
coming the rebel fleet, i have the satisfaction to 
receive this day. Some preliminary account of 
your operations had previously reached us 
through rebel channels. 
Again it is my pleasure and my duty to con¬ 
gratulate you and your very brave associates in 
an achievement unequaled in our service, and 
only surpassed by that unrivaled naval triumph 
of the squadron, under your command of 1862, 
when proceeding up the Mississippi, Your pas¬ 
sage of Forts Jackson and Bt. J’hillip, aud over¬ 
coming all obstacles, captured New Orleans and 
restored unobstructed navigation to the com¬ 
mercial emporium of the great Central Valley 
of tbe Union. 
The bay of Mobile was not only fortified and ; 
guarded by forts and batteries on the shore and 1 
submerged obstructions, but the rebels had also 1 
collected there a formidable fleet, commanded * 
by their highest naval officer, a former Captain ' 
iu the United States Navy, who, false to the Gov- 1 
eminent and the Union, had deserted his country 
In the hour of perl land leveled his guns against the ^ 
flag which it was his duty to defend. The po- i 
sition in Mobile bay which you have acquired, ( 
will close the illicit traffic which has boon car- i 
ried on by running the blockade in that par t of i 
the gulf, and gives point and value to the sue- 1 
cuss which you have achieved. Great results c 
in war are seldom attended without great risks, 
and it was not expected that the harbor of 
Mobile would be secured w ithout disaster. 
The loss of the gallant Craven and his brave 
companion* with the Tccuiuseb, a vessel that 
was impenetrable to the gnus of Fort Morgan, by 
a concealed torpedo, was a casualty against 
w hich no human foresight could guard. While 
the Nation awards cheerfully honors to the 
living, she will hold in grateful remembrance 
the memory of the gallant and lamented dead, 
who periled their live* and died in their coun¬ 
try’s cause. To you and the brave officers and 
sailors of your squadron who participated in 
thi* great achievement, the Department ten¬ 
ders it-s thanks and those of Lhc* Government and 
Country. 
Gideon Welles, 8ec. of the Navy. 
To Rear Admiral [>. G. Farragut. 
Gen. Sherman has been appointed by the Pres¬ 
ident a Major-General iu the regular army. 
List of New AdvertiscnicntM. 
Agents Want.*!— B. 15. Russell. 
Drape Boxes- II, LeU ngton. 
Trent. Vlursan i plants K. Taylor. 
Emery's Railroad Endless Chain llorse-powcrs—E. n 
Bullions Slower Boon* !• Ilwaujjer ,C Barry. 
lialloi k. ’ 
U. S. f-90 Loan. 
SPEOIAJ, NOTICES. 
To Bnrtness Men r». I>. T. M ore, 
Randall'.* (iri at. Sheep Heok—!>• 1). T. 
Moore. 
<Jl)c News Condenser* 
— Sharks bite bathers in the North River. 
— The Springfield Armory is being rebuilt. 
— Garibaldi’s health is said to be very feeble. 
— Tbe quota of Indiana under the recent call Is 35,- 
732. 
— Gen. Hooker has gone to his home in Jefferson Co.. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. N. Y. 
. ... ~ A baud of 300 Gipsies are encamped in Oneida 
Joseph Dewey, ol the Class of 1787 is the county. 
“ «?*»*•<* re "' ,0ml 80 - Too Ibonsuid baskets or peaches are revival dull, 
rather Waldo’s death. lie is ninety-seven in New York. 
^ — There are more than 8,000 rebel prisoners now at 
By ft recent law of Congress, parties purchas- Elmira, N. Y. 
ing $100 worth of postage stamps or 500 stamped — Mo). Gen. Stahel is chief of cavalry on Maj. Gen. 
envelopes, will be allowed a discount of 5 per Banter’s staff. 
cent, from tho usual price. — The latest demand of the coal miners in Pennsyl- 
Auvices from Lisbon state that the harvest vanla 18 for * 2 an 1,otir ' 
in Portugal not being good, certain ports of that — The Krn t' re!,a Eugenie is reported sick with jeal- 
ktngdom will probably be opened shortly for ° u ‘ y ' Wildboy ’ I,cmi8 ' 
the importation of foreign wheat. — A newspaper is now published in Reading, Pa., 
° called 11 The Father Abraham.” 
HIE pubUshers of weekly newspapers at _ Jolin Morrissey subscribed last week for $10 000 
Boston have agreed to raise the rates of subscrip- 0 f the Saratoga county war bonds 
tion from twenty to fifty per cent, by Aug. 15th, ,, . , 
ami mi timir , , , Aa excellent article of fresh beef is sold in the 
rt ' n S rates nu equal per Richmond market at *3 per pound. 
centngc. 
T„« d*km of tea, octree, MM. and 
AOWW - The late ele.Uoh. DolUM have uamlaalce 
l.nglisll r< \ enue, the consumers of spirith, great miccwsm for the liberal can,c. 
wine and malt, liquors contribute £20,020,550, or mn , ,,. , . ,, 
nearly four times as much “ * 12 ’ ,X)0 bave been appropriated for repairing Mad 
neat ty k ur times as much. Ison Barracks, Backett’s Harbor, N. Y. 
The Rutland Herald states that Mr. Isaiah — Twenty seven iadics of New Bedford have agreed 
Green of Bethel, Vt., is engaged in digging to furnish each a representative recruit. 
gold It oin the bank of Locust creek in that town. — There arc said to be at least 4,000,000 Germans in 
He realizes from two to five dollars’ worth then S., 1,888,000 or whom are Lutherans. 
per day. and prospects are still very encourag- — Child murder is almost ns common in London as 
ing. in China—so snys a lending London Journal. 
The Philadelphia Union League has already — Fit/. John Porter, the quondam General, is engaged 
raised and fully equipped and sent into the field in ,hc mining business In Colorado Territory. 
five full regiment* of volunteers. Tho filth has — Thirty-nine rebel generals have been killed, wonn- 
just started. The fourth has been in all the dod or captured, during the preset)! campaign. 
battles with Grant’s army from Spottaylvania —Napoleon Lon is Joseph Jerome arc the names 
onward. which the Princess Clotildc’e batty has received. 
There is to be an alteration in the English —Eleven Million dollar* worth of silks have been 
silver coinage. It is intended by tbe govern- exported from Paris to this conntry the past year. 
ment to recall, during the coming fall, the whole — The New Ironsides him been floated from her dock 
of the silver coins now circulating throughout at Philadelphia, and will be immediately fitted out for 
the United Kingdom, and replace them by an 9ca - 
entirely new coinage. — The female college at Worcester, Massachusetts, 
Dr. Brown, of Liberty, Maine, was found lea8e<1 to thc State for flve years for a 
guilty by the United States Court at Baiigor the ' ' ’ 
20th inst., of the nefarious practice of.applying , !' h l ^ mtw 1 the Government will derive no; 
poison to drafted men in such a way tbS they Inau l^ .fone manufacture of friction 
were exempted for piles and other diseases. _ A wWow in Providence, R. I., has applied to have 
HI* charge was „100 a man. her only son sent to the front as a punishment for not 
During the hot weather, and the absence of ?u PP” rtln K her. 
Mr. and Ml*. Lincoln, the A\ bite House is being Capt. Walter John Colin Ling, long commanding 
all renovated. A great deal of Injury has been cme of lhc Cunilrd steamships, died in Liverpool July 
done by visitant*, who have clipped the curtains aged 11 yeara ' 
and torn the wall paper for the purpose of send- ~ Au addilio nhl portion of Central Park, never be¬ 
ing home Presidential souvenirs. fore opened, will soon be opened to the public by the 
,, r ,, , .. „ .. Commissioners. 
Mrs, J„ G. Pickett of Shelby county, Tenn., 
who confessed that she was trying to smuggle “ ; sait, manufactured at tbe Saline Bpringa, 
,.r 1 .1 , v . 50 miles wc«t of Nebraska City, is being produced in 
one pair of boots and six wool hats through large quaniilk*. * 
the lines, has been sentenced by court martial -m 
\ , . .. m.iiuui —The Western Australians threaten the British gov- 
to >e e ntflncd in the Alton (IU.) military prison eminent with their anger if any more convicts are sent 
for six months and pay a fine of $1,000. to their country. 
An exceedingly rich gold field has been dis- —A couple of New York bankers have brought suits 
covered within thirty-five miles Of Nelson against the Michigan Southern Railroad, for the recov- 
New Zealand. Two diggers cut down a tree uryof ^ i.'.LKi.CKKL 
upon the banks of a river, and from tho soil be- — An Indignation meeting was held at Burlington, 
neath Its roots in less than two hours they ex- ' which appointeda committee of twenty to suppress 
traded fifteen pounds- weight of pure gold. ' *«»">“ “-w 
m.. r. , — A Pari* paper states that the French Government 
ME trilR’C ot A ales is about to become a has made arrangements to receive 25,000 Circassian 
Freemason. When he gets into the lodge, he emigrant* in Algeria. 
w ill no longer be prince, but fellow-apprentice, — One hundred and twenty-seven ladies of Dnxbury, 
fellow-craftsman, and brother upon the same Moss, contemplate contributing f 125 each to secure 
level with ail Masons, There is no more dis- representative reentit*. 
tinction in a Masonic Lodge than in the grave. — A porter In a New York Btoro died the other day 
A GENTLEMAN bathing at Newport a few in C0nBC< l’ leDC0 of intiaihl K 4 r,liJ from a carboy of nitric 
days since, lost in the rami a diamond ring acid accidentally broken. 
valued at two thousand dollars. A -ievo was “ A bathor at New P f,rl lhe otbw da y " ns robbed of 
procured and the sand in the vicinity sifted to * 1|2(KI and 11 *-' old watch, which were taken from hi* 
no purpose, and the looser was about giving c 01 w ' a in Uic bfltb bousc ’ 
it up as lost, when looking down he discovered . 7 ? h f,i 60 ^ ! . aler *. ° r Brooklyn MffiMng to sell tee to 
Lhe lo,t jewel at 1 >!h feet. 
The fish in Little river at Hartford, Conn., -Tho City council of Manchester, England, have 
were poisoned the other day with sulphuric established a cabman's order of merit, given for and 
icid from Sharp's rifle factory. There had retained during good conduct 
been u total stoppage of water near tho factory — Tho Chicago Tribune says there is more than 
'or twenty-four hours, and the poison, as soon double the amount of wheat aud corn In store in that 
is thc water was “ let ofl 1 ” by the heavy rains, cb y tb,,n there was a year ago. 
filtered the river below In large doses. — A day or two ago an Infant came Into the world in 
THE Richmond Sentinel ot the 29th ult says Houtl1 ' 1,roy ' wblch had do 8’ a l>awa instead of feet, 
hat 11 had not England prevented the coming “w* a theme for loert gossip, 
tut of port of the rams which we had bargained ~ (3en AvcrU1 lins l>een promolcd t0 be a GcB ' 
or and bought, wc would be to-day able to cope ° ral ’ *’ r hto ' B ‘ M “V al M ° u ° rMd ’ amI euccG0BftlJ 
uccessfully with the whole Yankee navy ’’ du ^K thetast month. 
[’his is the first full and complete avowal of own- , “ Al ‘ « cban 8° aay -^ lb ” country has become very 
..... ... , . . healthy Indeed since newspaper publisher* began to ex- 
rship in the Laird vessels which has been pub- llcl 8nw n f ee a for obituary notices. 
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,1, ’ _ . . . .. — Among our Officer* captum-d by the rebels In the 
( u ,ov rutnent has consented to permit late raid of Stoneman, was Went. Breckinridge, son of 
nthracitc coal to be exported from the United Rev. Dr. Breckinridge, or Kentucky, 
tates into Canada on condition that the Cana* Miss Dr. Mary E. Walker, captured in Georgia 
inn government would forbid its exportation upward* of five mouths ago, ha* been released from 
rom its dominions, which terms have been ao- Castle Thunder and sent to our lines, 
opted. These conditions were proposed In The University of Berlin ha* now, for thc first 
rdcr to prevent rebels from obtaining a supply time, advanced n Jew to the grude of doctor in luw; he 
f coal from Canada. 1* a Russian subject named Bernstein. 
Tint notorious Clarence Randolph Youngc, - A young lady of Lowell, Mass., recently died sud- 
r'ho gained so enviable a reputation a* l’ay’ the effort* of drinking and bathing In cold 
* „ ’ , 5 J water while In a state or pervpirat on. 
laster or Buraer of the Confederate war steam- , ,. . 
r Alabama, hasbeenheard from. After desert- t!l " A J v °“n r ^iv m a?’ 7 £? ^ ^5 
than any previously found In the State, has recently 
tg his family, as a pirate, ho has further im- been opened in Cranston, Rhode Island- 
lortallzed himself by leaving a second wife in _ Molassea la now reaching California from thcSand - 
.ngland to whom he was married, and is now wlch Islands. The value of early missionary onterprluc 
n his way out to the Northern States. there thus comes back to us with profit in our need. 
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and torn the wall paper for the purpose of send¬ 
ing home Presidential souvenirs. 
Mrs. I„ G. Pickett of Shelby county, Tenn., 
who confessed that she was trying to smuggle 
one pair of boots and six wool hats through 
the lines, has been sentenced by court martial 
to be confined in the Alton (Ill.) military prison 
for six months and pay a fine of $1,000. 
An exceedingly rich gold field has been dis¬ 
covered within thirty-five miles of Nelson, 
New Zealand. Two diggers cut down a tree 
upon the banks of a river, and from thc soil be¬ 
neath Its roots in less than two hours they ex¬ 
tracted fifteen pounds’ weight of pure gold. 
The Prince of Wales is about to become a 
Freemason. When be gets into the lodge, he 
will no longer be prince, but fellow-apprentice, 
fellow-craftsman, aud brother upon the same 
level with all Masons. There is no more dis¬ 
tinction in a Masonic Lodge than in the grave. 
A gentleman bathing at Newport a few 
days since, lost in the sand a diamond ring 
valued at two thousand dollars. A sieve was 
procured and the sand in the vicinity sifted to 
no purpose, and the looser was about giving 
it up as lost, when looking down he discovered 
the lost jewel at his feet. 
Thk fish in Little river at Hartford, Conn., 
wore poisoned the other day with sulphuric 
acid from Sharp’s ll/le factory. There had 
been a total stoppage of water near the factory 
for twenty-four hours, and the poison, as soon 
as the water was “ let off” by the heavy rains, 
entered the river below in large doses. 
THE Richmond Sentinel of the 29th ult., says 
that “ had not England prevented the coining 
out of port of the rams which we had bargained 
for aud bought, we would bo to-day able to cope 
successfully with the whole Yankee navy.’’ 
This is the first full and complete avowal of own¬ 
ership in the Laird vessels which has been pub¬ 
lished. 
Ouk Government has consented to permit 
anthracite coal to be exported from the United 
States into Canada on condition that the Cana¬ 
dian government would forbid its exportation 
from its dominions, which terms have been ac¬ 
cepted. These conditions were proposed In 
order to prevent rebels from obtaining a supply 
of coal from Canada. 
Tint notorious Clarence Randolph Youngc, 
who gained so enviable a reputation as Buy- 
master or Buraer of the Confederate war steam¬ 
er Alabama, has been heard from. A fter desert¬ 
ing his family, as a pirate, ho has further im¬ 
mortalized himself by leaving a second wife in 
England to whom he was married, and Is now 
on his way out to the Northern States. 
