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NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. T., SEPT. 3, 1864. 
The Army in Virginia. 
A correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, 
writing from before Petersburg the 22d ult., 
gives the following sketch of the attempt which 
the rebels made to retake the Weldon rail¬ 
road: 
I have the pleasure of announcing, this morn¬ 
ing, one of the grandest Union victories of the 
war. Yesterday morning, a little before eight 
o'clock, as had been momentarily expected, the 
enemy suddenly made their appearance in very 
strong force on our left flank, west of the Wel¬ 
don railroad, and opened upon our position with 
their art) llerv. This our forces received, behind 
their works, without making much demonstra¬ 
tion, which encouraged the enemy to advance 
their infantry lines in a grand charge on the 
double quick. 
These charging hues were allowed to come 
within easy range of our works, when our 
forces, rising to their feet, poured i.ito them a 
most terrific fire of musketry, mingled with 
grape, literally pilling the dead and wounded 
in heaps. The rear lines broke and precipitately 
fled tc the cover of the woods, from which 
they had just emerged, hut the remnant of the 
first line, which were very near our works, 
threw down their arms, and, throwing up their 
hands, surrendered on the spot, to the number 
of three or four hundred. Thus closed scene 
first of the attack. 
But Gen. Lee had said to Gen. Beauregard in 
the morning, that the Weldou railroad must be 
regained that day, if it cost every man in his 
command; and if our left was so very strong, 
there must be some weak point to th e right where 
our troops could be cut off and then captured. 
So the rebel force was gathered up and set to 
revolving along our line to the right. Soon they 
found a gap between our fifth and ninth corps, 
which had been left for them, and into which 
they eagerly fell, to encounter a part of the sec¬ 
ond corps, well back in the gap, and to be closed 
in on by the fifth and ninth to the loss of a 
thousand more prisoners and three stands of 
regimental colors. Thus closes the second and 
last scene of yesterday’s grand desperate attempt, 
to regain the Weldon railroad. This road is 
now firmly within our fortified lines, and is 
forever “ gone up ” as far as any future benefit 
to the rebel Confederacy is concerned. 
What the enemy will attempt next in his des¬ 
peration is not known, but we are ready for 
him ail along the line. 
On Monday morning (the 22d) it was discov¬ 
ered that the enemy, who the day before 
had attacked Warren's corps so furiously upon 
its left wing, had withdrawn his main force from 
that locality, and our troops advanced and cap¬ 
tured many of the rebel pickets. 
Prisoners taken report that Lee must, at all 
hazards, regain the railroad which he has lost, 
if he does not w ish to ruu short of supplies for 
his army. 
A telegram of Aug. 24, says that everything 
is quiet here excepting the usual cannonading on 
the right front of the 18t.li corps, which com¬ 
menced at 6 o'clock this evening and continued 
for four hours. 
On the left the line has been extended about 
six or seven miles, aud we now T hold the line 
of the Weldon railroad securely to Beam’s Sta¬ 
tion, a distance of about seven miles. No rebels 
are to be seen on our left front, and their line 
has evidently contracted in that direction. 
Losses in the 5th corps in the battles of Friday 
and Saturday is computed a t about 5,000. On Sun¬ 
day the 5th corps is reported to have fought 
splendidly. 
The N. Y. Times’ Washington special, of 
Aug. 27, says, at City Point about 4 o’clock 
Thursday morning last, the enemy in front of 
General Butler’s right wing made a sortie and 
were repulsed. We took about GO prisoners in¬ 
cluding two oflieers. The attack was probably 
intended to feel our strength, it having become 
known that changes were taking place yester¬ 
day in the disposition of our troops. On our side 
the casualties were twenty. 
There was another severe fight on the Weldon 
railroad the 25th ult, in which our forces are 
said to have won a victory, though it is admitted 
that it was a dear one. The N. Y. World gives 
the following account of the fighting: 
The second aud third divisions of the second 
corps went down Wednesday near Beams’ Sta¬ 
tion on the Weldon railroad to continue the 
destruction of that object to the distance of 
some ten miles without encountering very much 
opposition. Thursday morning, however, the 
rebels massed Early's corps and two divisions 
of Longstreefs corps in front of our lines, and 
commenced skirmishing at an early hour. 
About 8 o’clock they charged our line in front 
of the second division of the fifth corps, and 
were handsomely repulsed, although they fought 
with the utmost determination. 
Almost as soon as they were beaten back they 
were rallied and returned to the charge. This 
occurred four times with the same result, but on 
returning the fifth time they sucoeded in driviug 
back the 52nd and 5‘Jth N. Y., who had suffered 
dreadfully, and through the opening thus made, 
reached the flank and rear of the remainder 
of the division and rendered their withdrawal 
a matter of necessity. This movement placed 
the other division in a critical position, forcing 
it to withdraw in another direction, and in mak¬ 
ing the change it also suffered severely, but 
was able to prevent the further advance of the 
enemy. 
The result of the battle is that we have lost 
about four miles of the railroad on our left, 
though the 5t.h corps still holds some three or 
four miles. That portion which is lost is ef. 
fectu3lly destroyed, and would perhaps have 
been evacuated in a few day9, so that our 
withdrawal from it is nothing deplorable except 
that we did not leave at our option. 
The N. Y. Tribune says, the results of the 
fighting on the Weldon railroad are as fol¬ 
lows :—1st. That the enemy were successful after 
repeated and impetuous assaults in compelling the 
abandonment of the road below Ream’s Sta¬ 
tion. 2d. That attacking in vastly superior num¬ 
bers he received a bloody repulse in three suc¬ 
cessive instances. 3d. That his loss in killed and 
wounded must have exceeded ours by twice the 
number. 
A letter from the Army of the Potoma, edated 
Aug. 28, says that our total Toss in the fight 
Thursday will not, it is said, exceed 2,000, while 
that of the enemy is at least 5,000. We still 
hold about five miles of the railr oad, and the po¬ 
sition abandoned by the 5th and 6th eorps was 
effectually destroyed. 
The rebels had occupied Martinsburg again, 
but were driven out on the 20th nit. 
The Baltimore American of the 22d, says, 
a brisk engagement took plaee yesterday two 
miles beyond Charlestown, between the Army of 
Western Yirginia and the rebel force now in 
the Shenandoah valley. 
The battle commenced at S o’clock A. M. by 
a heavy column of rebel infantry aud cavalry 
attempting to pierce our extensive front, near 
Summit Point. 
The first division, Gen. Wilson and Corbett's 
cavalry corps, were engaged on our right, and 
suffered heavily. Geu. McIntosh's brigade of 
that division lost nearly three hundred men, 
but only one officer. 
The movement had evidently for its object 
the possession of Martinsburg, for at the same 
time the attack was made at Summit Point 
another false movement was made against our 
extreme left, and the attacking column moved 
slowly down toward our right, then suddenly 
a new body of troops appeared in front of our 
right, the 6th corps. 
A short but determined battle took place. 
The 6tb, Sth aud 19th corps formed in line of 
battle from right to left as written down. The 
Cth corps bore the brunt of the engagement 
and the second division lost heavily; some 500 
wounded, aud from GO to TO killed and missing. 
The. loss of the rebels was fully as great. 
Our right drove the enemy over a mile and 
then fell back to their own line, holding it until 
10 o’clock, when our entire army retired toward 
Halltown, where they now lie in line of battle on 
the first range of hills In the immediate vicinity 
of that place. 
Our entire line extended from the Berryville 
Pike on the left to Smitbfleld Pike on the right, 
and occupied the commanding line of country 
running between these two roads, situated some 
two miles from Charlestown. 
Our cavalry, after the enemy had shifted his 
front from our left to our right, retired down 
the Berryville Pike, and passing through 
Charlestown, bivouacked in the fields to the right 
of the town. 
All last night (21st) the troops were passing 
through Charlestown in the direction of Hall- 
town, and the scene by moonlight was extremely 
inspiring. 
The cavalry were left in front of Charlestown, 
and their pickets relieved the infantry before 
daylight. 
At sunrise the “ forward ” was sounded, and 
the cavalry corps advanced and took up the 
position abandoned by the 8th and 19th corps. 
Our cavalry have orders to push through to 
Martinsburg, and the infantry are busy pitch¬ 
ing impromptu oamps along the line of battle 
awaiting the result. 
There was considerable skirmishing in the 
vicinity of Kearaeysville and Leetown on the 
24th and 25th ult. 
Information received from Halltown, dated 
the 28th, states that the advance has been 
sounded, aud another battle in the valley is 
predicted. 
Three hundred of Mosby’s guerrillas attacked 
the garrison at Anandale, ten miles from Alex¬ 
andria on the 24th ult., with artillery. They 
were unsuccessful. 
Movements in the West and South-West 
Kentucky.— Advices from Louisville of 
Aug. 20, say“ that 12 guerrillas entered here at 
daylight this morning, and compelled a negro 
blacksmith to hold their horses, and commenced 
breaking in the court house door. The same 
number of home guards arrived witl heavy 
rifles, and killed four, including the blacksmith, 
and wounded four. The rest skedaddled. 
A party of guerrillas are in the vicinity of 
Louisville stealing horses. 
The Nashville 1'imes has the following:—Dis¬ 
patches from a scouting party on the rebel Gen¬ 
eral Wheeler’s flank, say they have learned that 
it is the intention of General Wheeler to invade 
Kentucky. 
North-western Georgia. — The Cincin¬ 
nati Gazette of the 27th ult., has a dispatch from 
Atlanta, which sayti: 
Gen. Kilpatrick destroyed the Macon railroad 
in several places, tearing up about fourteen 
miles of it. He also captured and burned a 
train of rebel supplies cn route to Atlanta. 
On his return he met thu rebels in strong 
force, and totally defeated them, capturing four 
stand of colors, Hix cannon and two hundred 
prisoners. 
Afterwards he met another force of rebels, 
who pressed him so heavily that he was obliged 
to abandon all but two of the guns and most of 
the prisoners. 
He made an entire circuit of Atlanta, and 
reached Decatur with his command. He in¬ 
flicted severe damage on the rebel communica¬ 
tions. 
The rebel Gen. Wheeler attacked Stewart’s 
Landing on the 20th ult. , garrisoned by colored 
soldiers. They were captured aud murdered, 
besides a large number of white laborers. 
The latest news from Atlanta is favorable. 
Geu. Sherman’s plans are being carried out in 
such a manner as to bespeak success eventually. 
Another large conflagration occurred in At¬ 
lanta on the evening of August 24th, which 
consumed several dwellings. The rebels say 
that the fire was caused by a shell, and that the 
Yankees are shelling the city vigorously. 
Tennessee.— Memphis was attacked by Gen. 
Forrest with 3,000 men, at 4 A M., the 21st ult. 
They captured and held the city about two hours, 
committing various indignities. The rebels lost 
about 150 in killed and wounded. Our military 
were taken by surprise, but soon made the place 
too worm for the enemy. They captured from 
our forces 250 prisoners. The rebels admit that 
they completely failed in their enterprise. Our 
troops pursued the retreating fugitives. 
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
The Provost Marshal General has decided 
that men who paid commutation under the draft 
of June, 1863, are liable to the next draft to fill 
liabilities in sub-districts under the calls made 
up to the present time, and the District Px-ovost 
Marshals are ordered to place in the wheel for 
the draft the names of such parties. 
A special dispatch from Washington to the 
Rochester Democrat the 28th ulff, pays that Gov. 
Stone of Iowa is here arranging the quotas of his 
State. He has just returned from an extended 
trip in the south-western army and reports a 
prevalent feeling that t he immediate presence of 
200,000 more men in our armies would end the 
war by next New Year’s Day. 
There is to be no postponement of the draft, hut 
it will not probably begin in every district until 
the 6th. The enrollment lists are to be kept 
open till Thursday, the 1st of September, when 
they will be closed and transcripts of the cor¬ 
rected lists forwarded to the Provost Marthal 
General. 
The case of Capt. H. J. Mills, Provost Mar¬ 
shal of the Fifth District, New Jersey, who was 
drafted some time since, having been referred to 
the Provost Marshal General, that official has 
directed that he (Capt. Mills) be discharged. It 
would appear by this decision that Provost Mar¬ 
shals arc exempt from performing military duty 
in the ranks. 
There having been many rumors about peace 
commissioners being appointed and sent to the 
rebel capital by President Lincoln, a corre¬ 
spondent of the N. V. Commercial says he has 
the best reason for denying all such reports; that 
the Administration docs not entertain any idea 
of tendering an armistice to the rebels. 
Secretary Seward’s attention has been called 
to the fact that any proposition to separate the 
Northern aud South' states would be In de¬ 
rogation of the 3d article of the treaty by which 
France ceded Louisiana to the United States. 
The N. Y. Times’ Washington special of the 
27th uit, says a gentleman has arrived from 
Georgia, who came by way ol‘ Atlanta, with 
permission of Gen. Sherman, and who repre¬ 
sents the State Government, Ho desires to 
learn upon what basis the United States Gov¬ 
ernment will treat with the State of Georgia for 
re-admission into the Union. This action of the 
Georgia authorities is had without reference to 
the balance of the Southern Confederacy. 
Several paymasters had left to pay off' the sol¬ 
diers of the Army of the Potomac. Money is 
being rapidly furnished by the Treasury De¬ 
partment, and many pay masters'will leave soon 
to pay off our western troops. 
One of Moseby’s guerrillas, who took the 
oath of allegiance some time ago, but violated it 
aud was again captured, was hung on tbe Old 
Capitol Prison premises the 26th ult. 
The Secretary of War telegraphs the fol¬ 
lowing : 
Wad Department, Washington, Aug. 28 . 
To M'lj.-Uvn, Dix :—A dispatch from General 
Grant, just received, states that Richmond pa. 
pers of yesterday, (27th,) announce that Fort 
Morgan is in our possession. 
It is not stated whether the fort was surren¬ 
dered or whether it was blown up. 
Another dispatch gives the following extract 
from the Richmond Examiner of yesterday:— 
“Fort Morgan is in the enemy’s possession. 
Whether it is blown up or evacuated is not 
known.” 
General Sheridan, in a dispatch dated yester¬ 
day at 21 o’clock, reports: 
“The enemy left my front last night, falling 
back to Smithlield or Middleway. We captured 
one hundred and one prisoners yesterday, and 
inflicted a loss of one hundred and fifty killed 
and wounded. 
“There have been a few feints to cross the 
Potomac by cavalry at Williamsport, but there 
was no strength shown. 
“The indications to-day are that they will 
fall back out of the valley.” 
Other reports state that the enemy is leaving 
the Shenandoah valley. 
Nothing has been received from Sherman for 
two days. E. M. Stanton, Sec. of War. 
Dispatches received tbe 29th from before 
Atlanta, state that Atlanta papers announce 
that Fort Morgan surrendered to our forces 
with all its garrison, including Gen. Page. 
A delegation is working hard to effect the 
appointment of Gen. Butler to the command in 
New York in place of Gen. Dix, with consider¬ 
able prospect of success. 
While 600 rebel prisoners wire being con¬ 
veyed to Morris Island (Chnrleiton harbor) to 
be placed under retaliatory fire, tbe vessel was 
run ashore bo as to create tbe mspicion of an 
attempt to let the prisoners escape. The cap¬ 
tain is now under trial, and if feund guilty will 
be shot. Only one rebel officer escaped. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
The distance from Fort Morgan to Fort Gaines 
16 less than three miles. The width of the chan¬ 
nel opposite Fort Morgan does not exceed 1,500 
yards. 
Our soldiers have plenty of fresh water in 
the camps near Petersburg. They have dug 
several wells—some forty feet deep— and are 
well off for Adam's ale. 
An Ingenious Worcester mechanic has in¬ 
vented a eelf-operatiug machine for spinning 
wool that saves half the labor and cost of the 
best of its predecessors. 
It is said that Admiral Dahigren has been or¬ 
dered north for some other duty; that Commo¬ 
dore Rowan is going to Charleston, and that he 
will take the Ironsides with him. 
Prop. Neumater of Munich, says the world 
is coming to an end ip 1865. He adds that a 
comet will run against the earth and absorb it 
as one drop of mercury absorbs another. 
Between 70 and 80 yellow fever cases have 
occurred in the harbor of New York the past 
season, but none of them have reached the 
city, or are likely to, spite of the alarm there. 
A United States greenback that has been 
torn or mutilated will only be received for the 
representative value of the portion remaining. 
If one-half of a $10 bill is goue, it Ls worth but $5. 
The New England agricultural reports show 
that the drouth has not seriously affected the 
crops there generally. Certain localities have 
suffered from the heat, but there is no serious 
loss. 
The wife of General Sibley of the rebel army 
has come over to our side in Arkansas. Her 
husband escorted her to the Federal lines, and 
there hade her good-bye. She stands by the 
Union and the old flag. 
The young lady pupils of the Buffalo schools 
are to receive prizes for the “best loaveB of 
bread.” There is a good deal of common 
sense in that. Good loaves of bread are quite 
as worthy of prizes as good essays in Latin. 
The drouth in Wisconsin and Northern Illi¬ 
nois has been succeeded by the heaviest rain 
storms known iu that section for many years. 
More water is said to have fallen in some places 
in a few days than fell for several months pre¬ 
vious. 
At King-omborne, near Stockbridge, in Hamp- 
shire, there are now living an aged couple 
whose united ages amount to 165 years. They 
have four sons in the army, and the husband’s 
grandfather, uncle, father and four brothers 
were soldiers. 
Quite a number of gunboats of the musquito 
fleet, are at present patroling the Ohio river 
between Evansville and New Albany watching 
the movements of guerrillas. Any attempt to 
cross into Indiana will be an expensive job to 
these marauders. 
Six Mormon missionaries arrived at Glasgow 
recently from New Y'ork, part of whom re¬ 
mained in England and the others proceeded to 
the continent. Among them was the eldest 
son of Brigham Young, accompanied, it is said, 
by one of his six wives. 
A kahmer of Napanee, C. W., of an enter¬ 
prising turn of mind, recently attempted to dis¬ 
pose of his property by planting on it a quantity 
of coal oil in a situation where it was discovered 
by some oil prospectors. lie rather over did the 
thing, and failed to make a sale. 
It is now a matter of necessity to economize 
the use of Croton water. The present yield of 
the Croton river is 27,000,000 gallons per day, 
while the daily consumption of water in New 
York is estimated at 30,000,000, causing a de¬ 
ficiency of 3,000,000 gallons each day. 
A cricket match has been played in England 
between two clubs of ladies, twelve on each 
side. The fair players were distinguished by 
rosettes, one side wearing blue, the other pink. 
The game was won by the pinks, who scored 
112 more than the blues. A return is to come 
off shortly. 
A slightly intoxicated workman fell into a 
well in Philadelphia a few days since. A man 
went down to rescue him, but being nearly suf¬ 
focated with foul air, hastily put a rope round 
the man’s neck and hung by his legs. Both 
were hauled up, but one of the pair was very 
nearly “ hanged till he was dead.” 
In New Caledonia, a French penal settlement, 
the natives have not yet profited much by their 
intercourse with their friends. Cannibalism ex¬ 
ists unchecked in all its horrors. Recently sev¬ 
eral feasts came off at Monco. No less than 
two males and twelve females, taken prisoners, 
were killed aud eaten by ono of the tribes. 
There have been 2,860 licenses granted to 
hotels iu Philadelphia for the current year. The 
unlicensed hotels and shops where liquor is sold 
w ithout license will swell these figures to over 
4,000. Taking the population of the city at 
700,000, there will bo one hotel, tavern, or grog¬ 
shop to every 175 inhabitants, not excepting 
women and children. 
It is said that Lucien Bonaparte stands a good 
chance for the succession to the Papal chair. It 
Is said that the French party in Italy are strain¬ 
ing every nerve in order to place the cousin of 
the Emperor of France at the head of the Ro¬ 
man Catholic Church. Such a measure, of course, 
receives all the aid that the wily Louis Napo¬ 
leon can give iu order to insure its success. 
A YOUNG married iady traveling a few days 
since from New Y'ork to Syracuse, and suffering 
from consumption, had been laid carefully on a 
pillow in the cars by her husband, while her 
little girl remained by her side. At little Falls 
she fell asleep, and the child commenced fan¬ 
ning her, saying mamma is sleeping. A passen¬ 
ger, however, noticed the peculiar whiteness of 
her lips, and on looking closely at her, discovered 
that she was dead. 
List of Now Advertisements. 
N. T. State Agricultural Society's Exhibition—B. I\ 
Johnson, Secretary. 
Hardy Flowering Ill'llhs—James Vick. 
Farm for Sale- C. A- E. Freeman. 
Haynes’ patent Brace Veiled W. Haynes. 
Pear and Plant Tree-- W . V T. Smith. 
Russell Strawberry—VV. A T. Sinilli. 
Win. Perry & Son, Bridgeport, Gunn. 
Employment I). H. llerrlnton A Co. 
200,000 Apple and Pear Trees—('ole A Wood. 
Superior Strawberry Plants— Ha/eltLne Brothers. 
Wanted- W- K. Lamphear. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Partial Ll6t of Prizes given at Uie Metropolitan Gift 
Book Store. 
®l)c News Cmtiicnscr. 
— The farmers of Ireland have £14,000,000 sterling tn 
hanks. 
— Tbe printing pressmen of Boston have organised a 
‘‘Union.’’ 
— The export of gold from New York last week was 
$1,226,233. 
—Two representatives of Napoleon are with the army 
as observers. 
— Col. John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate, is 
going to Europe. 
— The Chinese population of California is estimated 
at from 70,000 to .00,000. 
— Milwaukee, Wia , on Friday last, voted for $200 09 
bounty, by 2.78S against 8. 
— “ nonc6t John " Covode, of Pennsylvania, has lost 
a toe by a mowing machine. 
— The Taunton Gazette calls Henry Winter Davis 
the “ Winter of our discontent” 
— Tbe yellow fever is very fatal at Key West, and 
many soldiers have died with it. 
— The Galesburg, Ill., llemp Society have over three 
hundred acres of hetup growing. 
— It is said that the Captain of the Tallahassee is a 
grandson of Ex-President Tyler. 
— Orders have been issued for opening a rendezvous 
for navy recruits at New Haven, i t. 
— Tbe number of young iu the shell of an oyster at 
spawning time, is said to be ] ,300,000. 
— Boston 100 years ago contained a population of 
about 15,000, of whom 37 were Iudians. 
— Twenty seven ludies of New Bedford have agreed 
to Tarnish each a representative recruit. 
— Amos Brown, President of tbe proposed People’s 
College at Havana, N. Y , has resigned. 
— Brignoli has commenced a suit against Gran to 
recover $15,000 for professional services. 
— The coatrof nrms on a steam fire-engine recently 
brought to Lynn is u lady’s gaiter boot. 
— The number of physicians in ihe United States is 
52,543; lawycre, 33,108; clergymen, 37,029. 
— Tho removal of the seat of government of Canada 
to Ottawa, is about practically to take place. 
— There are rumors that Speaker Bullock is to be 
put on the track for Governor of Massachusetts. 
— Breech loading rifles are hereafter to be used by 
the British army, instead of the Enfield weapon. 
— In New Zealand extenstvo gold fields have been 
lately discovered near Nelson and Wakamarina. 
— $3,000 ltaa been subscribed at Chicago in aid of 
the widow and children of the late Ctrl. Mulligan. 
— In Massachusetts, the other day, while assorting 
rags in a paper mill, a young lady found a $100 bill. 
— Great quantities of spruce gum are sent to market 
from the forests in thu northern part of Oxford Co., Me. 
— The total receipts of the American Bible Society 
for J one, from tbe State of New Jersey, were $2.42515. 
— Females dressed and disguised as men, are all over 
the country, taking np men’s employments with men’s 
wages. 
— A boy has been arrested in Paris for stealing eats, 
which his father killed and sold to the cheap eating 
houses. 
— A Massachusetts shoemaker went to Canada to 
escape the draft, and died of starvation in the streets of 
Quebec. 
— There is a great and urgent need of slippers in all 
our army hospitals. The ladies will certainly attend 
to this. 
— The village of Fredonia, N. Y., has been lighted 
for many years by gas obtained from the earth by means 
of boring. 
— The capitalists of Detroit are quite excited over 
the discovery of oil wells at Lakeport, on the shores of 
Lake Huron. 
— A pleasure party while descending Mount Katah- 
din, Maine, recently, found a large bear iu a trap and 
dispatched him. 
— June 10, 1801 , theMississippi river at Keithsburgh, 
111., was waded by C. J. Simpson, a man five feet eleven 
inches in height. 
— The new Marine colors of England are white for 
Her Majesty's Ensign, blue for the Reserve, and red for 
the Merchantmen. 
— Queen Victoria has appointed a commission, with 
instructions to consider the expediency of abolishing 
capital punishment. 
— Our tax bill levies imposts ou 3,450 articles, while 
England taxes only 24 articles, and gels a revenue from 
them of $210,000,1)00. 
— James Buchanan has volunteered to do military 
duty for one hundred days, and is now at Camp Cnd- 
wallader, Pennsylvania. 
— Stamped envelopes have gone up in value. The 
Government has advanced the price of the letter size 
about seventeen per cent. 
— A Chicago paper says that the cost of feeding the 
dogs of that city won Id clothe and feed all the soldier’s 
families in the metropolis. 
— Between twenty and twenty five thousand hogs¬ 
heads of sugar are now stored iu the Custom House of 
Philadelphia by a single firm. 
— The New York Evangelist states that Miss Catha¬ 
rine Beecher bus joined the Episcopal Church, and re¬ 
ceived the rito of confirmation. 
— Governor smith, of Vermont, andsomo other New 
England Governors, are to attend the New England 
Fair to be bold In Springfield, Maas. 
— Burgeon General Hammond has been dismissed by 
Court Martial from the service of the United States, on 
a charge of defrauding the government, 
— In northern Texas there are already ten lodges ol 
Utiion Leaguers, which are very secretly and cautiously 
but constantly increasing their numbers. 
— A hog nine feet long, and 1,102 pounds in weight, 
died In Palmyra, Wise, the other day. IPs owner was 
just making preparations to exhibit him. 
— Jacob Shelling, of SpringficlJ, Ill-, has manufac¬ 
tured a rope for the Alton and St Louis railroad, three 
hundred feet iu length and nins inches in diameter. 
