. 
JW-YO&KEIt 
k guests, his conversation always animated, am«8- 
1 ing and instructive. lie lived a truly Christian 
r life, although not a professor of religion. He 
loved his fellow men, and was always foremost 
when any charity was to be dispensed, or any 
project was on foot for enlightening, elevating 
or benefiting in any way the human family. 
He was liberal to bis tenants in the abatement 
of rents, when their crops had been destroyed, 
or injured by insects, floods or drouths. Brave 
to rashness, he was generous, liberal, humane. 
Highly intelligent and well educated, he pos¬ 
sessed all the qualities which make men good 
and great- In short, I have seldom known an 
instance where so many high qualities have 
been combined in oue individual, aud would to 
God we had more like him in this trying crisis 
of our country/' 
' Such is the testimony of one who knew him 
for nearly fifty years. In a personal acquain¬ 
tance with Gen. Wadsworth for more than 
thirty years I have seldom or never known one 
for whom I had a greater respect His bearing 
was manly, his words sincere, his sentiments 
outspoken. He was direct and cordial in man¬ 
ner, genial in his associations, affable to all with 
whom he held intercourse, irrespective of rank 
or condition in life, yet decided in opinion, and 
frank in its expression. If any quality of his 
mind stood out conspicuously beyond another, it 
was that of a vigorous common sense, coupled 
with a ready judgment applied to all matters, 
either public or private, which arrested his at¬ 
tention. This was manifested in tho manage¬ 
ment of the large estates, both real and personal, 
under Ms control, not only to the benefit of the 
estates themselves, but to the welfare of the 
communities with which they are connected. 
In all his business relations I have never heard 
of an act of injustice, or oppression at kis hands. 
Those who n collect the Irish famine of the 
year 1847, when the famished cry of millions 
of distressed and down-trodden sufferers reached 
America, will not soon forget the liberal and 
merciful bounty with which he contributed to 
freight a ship with corn, and gratuitously send 
it out for distribution to the hunger stricken 
sufferers. Nor was he vaunting in his charities. 
It was characteristic of his benevolence to do 
good by stealth rather than to be seen of men. 
He demeaned himself as one of the great hu¬ 
man brotherhood, and I might even speak 
of his expression of indignant commiseration 
over the victims of a vaunted “domestic in¬ 
stitution ” as in their crouching helplessness, 
side by side, he and myself, some years ago, 
stood over them at a human chattel market in 
one of the “chivalrous ” Southern States. His 
tastes were elevated and liberal. He esteemed 
Ms wealth less for his own pleasure than for the 
benefit and happiness of others. He indulged 
in no idle display of luxury, yet the elegancies 
of life, and the adornment: of art found in him 
an appreciating admirer and patron. He lovtd 
lands in all their wealth of vegetable, or miner¬ 
al production. He loved to talk of agriculture, 
and its advancement, of crops and their im¬ 
proved inodes of cultivation, of horses, and of 
cattle. He loved the grand old trees in Ms an¬ 
cestral meadows, and every natural and artificial 
tMng which beautified the earth, and ministered 
to the benefit of man. 
In remarktug upon the wealth of Gen. Wads¬ 
worth, it may possibly be inferred that undue 
merit has been given him for the accident of 
its possession. Not so. It was not because he 
had wealth, but because he knew how to use his 
wealth that I speak of him in terms of ap¬ 
probation. I strive to measure him the man 
he was. In this 3ge of lax education, irregu¬ 
lar habits, and impulsive action — an age in 
which money is the God of roost men’s adora¬ 
tion—he had wealth enough to spoil twenty 
common men, and it was a rare merit in him 
that with all the tempting opportunities at his 
hand, he withstood their fascination?. The 
wonder is that he was not a profligate, or—a 
jBut the last great labor of his life—his devo¬ 
tion to a country which he loved beyond all 
else—proved the virtue that was in him. Sur¬ 
rounded with all that could render life enjoya¬ 
ble—friends, l’or uue, domestic love, and the 
consciousness of duty well discharged—he 
abandoned them all at the coining of his coun¬ 
try’s danger, went forth to its rescue—and, if 
might be, to die Jor its deliverance. He might 
equally well sis men would say, have served 
hi.i country in contributing of his treasure to 
its necessities, instead of leading its soldiers to 
battle, and his valuable life been spared to his 
family, to the community, and to the State. 
But such was not his own sense of duty, and 
Ms blood has paid the sacrifice 6t hi* devotion. 
In his death we, as a Society, mourn a friend 
aud associate, the communty in which he lived, 
a useful citizen, the State an enlightened 
patriot, the army a heroic soldier, and the Nation 
a Max worthy of its noblest honors. A life 
of active duty, crowned with achievements of 
loftiest intent, has written him high in the 
roll of illustrious men—tho peer of any other 
in the annals of bri time. Sleep, hero, patriot, 
benefactor! Peacefully sleep in your honored 
grave! And may that Almighty Power who 
holds the destiny of nations In his hand, lilt 
your beloved country from its present calamity, 
and redeemed from ad servile oppression mid 
blopd-guillincss,establish it a monument of right¬ 
eousness to the world 1 
On the conclusion of tho memorial, Hon. 
John A. King offered the following resolution: 
Resolved, us the sense of the members of 
the Society, that m- death of our lamented as¬ 
sociate and friend, .Tames S. Wadsworth, fills 
our hearts wit h unfeigned regret and sorrow 
that his alwence from our councils and exhi¬ 
bitions is felt aud acknowledged by all who 
knew Lie worth and Intelligence. Ho was no 
common man. Literally eduaaicd. with a sound, 
firm, and discriminating mind, Inheriting the 
broad lands of an honored father, the cultiva¬ 
tion and management of which, was his de¬ 
light and occupation, he stood forth a noble 
example of an American citizen in nil his re¬ 
lations. Fore mi * l in the cultivation of the 
ai ts of peace, he gave his life in the defense of 
the Uniou aud the Constitution of his country, 
when rebel hands were raised against them. 
Honored, therefore, bo the memory of such a 
man, whose life and death were alike distin¬ 
guished and glorious, and whose name must 
ever he a hou. ehold wold among the free homes 
of his native State. 
NEWS ^EPABT1VT 33 1ST T - 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER 15, 1864. 
The Army in Virginia. 
There has been considerable activity in this 
field of operations during the la*t. week. Oa 
Friday, the7th, the enemy attacked Kaulz’e cav¬ 
alry on the Darby town road, (Butler « Depart¬ 
ment,) and drove them from tbeir intreneh- 
ments. 
The enemy then swept down toward Birnev, 
who, having thrown back his right, waited 
their assault and repulsed it with very heavy 
loss on the pari of the enemy. The enemy in 
the meantime advauced toward Newmarket, 
but were met with a force at Signal Tower. 
Gen. Butler says, at 3 P. M., I took the offen¬ 
sive, sending Birney, with two divisions, np the 
Darbytown road. The enemy retreated as he 
advanced, and Birney has reached and occupies 
the Lntrenchments which the enemy took from 
Kautz and were fortifying for themselves. Our 
loss has been small, not one-eighth that of the 
enemy. We have about 100 prisoners. 
In another dispatch to Gen. Grant, Gen. But¬ 
ler says, we have repulsed the attack of the en¬ 
emy on our right flauk with great slaughter. 
The troops seemed to be Field’s and Pickett’s 
divisions, I send you a batch of prisoners. I 
am extending my right flank. The enemy 
seem to be intrenching on the Darby road. 
Birney holds the enemy in tho inner line of in- 
trenebments around Richmond, oxtending from 
the Darbytown road to connect with Weitzel 
on the left, near Fort Harrison. A thousand 
at least of the enemy are killed and wounded, 
a hundred prisoners, and a bloody repulse. 
Gen. Gregg, commanding Field’s division, is 
killed. 
The Secretary of War on the 10th, says re¬ 
ports have been received by this Department 
from Gens. Butler, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan 
and Burbridge, showing the favorable condition 
of military affairs in their respective fields of 
operations. 
The later advices in relation to the fight 
on Friday, seem to show that we lost more 
men than the rebels; that our loss was more 
severe than first reported, while our losses in 
the battles a few days previous, Gen. Grant say a, 
are less than at first supposed. Four hundred 
i- our entire loss, while the enemy is supposed to 
have suffered to the extent of twelve hundred. 
General Sheridan baa again whipped the reb¬ 
els In the Shenandoah Yalley. He attacked 
them at Fisher’s Hill ou the 9th, captured eleven 
guns, a large number of prisoners, and chased 
the disorganized horde 20 miles. 
Department of the South. 
Rear Admiral Lee has sent sundry 
North Carolina papers to the Navy Department 
to show that the stringency of the blockade is 
felt and acknowledged by the rebels. 
The Fayette Carolinian says the loss of the 
A. D. Vance is a pretty severe blow to our 
State. She has done valuable service for our 
North Carolina soldiers, and has paid for herself 
twenty times. 
The Lynx is the name of the steamer chased 
ashore by our vessels on the North Carolina 
coast, the 25th ult,, and destroyed by fire. 
News is also received of the destruction of t he 
blockade runner Night Hawk, off Chew Inlet, 
by the U. S. steamer Niphon, on the 27th of 
September. She was run ashore on Federal 
shoals. The rebel captain, officers, and part of 
the crew, in all twenty-three, were brought off, 
the remainder haying escaped. 
The Night Hawk was an English steamer 
with general cargo for Wilmington. Sailed 
from Liverpool Aug. 25th, and was owned in 
that place, ner speed was 14 kr-ots, and she 
cost £30,000, and had a capacity for 3,000 bales 
of cotton. 
Finding the steamer could not be got off - , she 
was set fire to and destroyed. 
It appears that another vessel succeeded ear¬ 
lier In the night id escaping from New Inlet, 
although tired at by the Niphon and apparently 
struck several times. The daylight drove off a 
blockade runner which was attempting to enter 
New Inlet on the same morning. 
Charleston papers of the 29t.h ult., say that 
the bombardment of the city since our last has 
been unusually severe, the enemy firing from 
their guns in rapid aud constant succession dur¬ 
ing the 24th, ending at 6 o’clock. On Wednes¬ 
day eighty-eight shots were reported to have 
been fired at the city. A number of casualties 
occurred, but mostly from fiyiDg bricks or 
splinters. 
Tbc Charleston Courier of the 26th lilt., says 
that eighty-four shells were Hied at Charleston 
during the last twenty-four hours, ending at 
six o’clock on Friday evening. Twenty-seven 
shots were tiled at Fort Sunder during the same 
time from Battery Gregg and the Swamp Angel. 
At. the last exchange of prisoners at Charles¬ 
ton, seventy packages of money, fifty packages 
of express matter, aud two thousand suits of 
clothing, were delivered to the rebel authorities 
to be distributed among Union prisoners who 
have recently been removed from Audersonville 
to the vicinity of Charleston. Some clothing 
for the rebel officers, prisoners on Morris Island, 
contributed by the people of Charleston, was de¬ 
livered according to the wishes of the donors. 
Deserters from Charleston represent that 
the rebels are much discouraged owing to the 
late Union victories, and that yellow fever pre¬ 
vails there to a considerable extent. 
Movements in the West and South-West, 
Kentucky. —A band of guerrillas, thirty- 
five in number, captured two upward bound 
freight trains on the Nashville railroad on the 
3d inst, between Richland Station and Fountain 
Head. They burned nineteen cars. 
Missouri.— Official advices say that Trice’s 
main army attempted to cross the Osage viver at 
Castle Rock on the Gth inst.. but was prevented 
by a force of our troops stationed on the oppo¬ 
site side, between whom and the rebels fighting 
had occurred, but the result was not known. 
The recent rains have swollen the Osage 
river, and Price will try and recross at some 
point higher up. 
The bridge over the Gasconade river twenty- 
eight miles from Osage, has been burned by 
the rebels. Cold creek bridge, thirty cars and 
twenty locomotives have also been destroy ed by 
the enemy. 
A dispatch from St. Louis of Oct. 7, say6 
that the enemy appeared before Jefferson City 
to-day, but in what number, or whether a battle 
has been fought, can not be learned at head¬ 
quarters to-night. 
Major Wilson, 3d Missouri cavalry, and six of 
his men, captured at Pilot Knob, have been 
turned over to the notorious guerrilla, Tom 
Reeves, late of Arkansas. 
Geu. RoSecrans has ordered a Major and six 
privates to be scut to Alton in chains, to be kept 
in solitary confinement till the fate of Wilson is 
known. The rebels are to receive the same 
treatment as Wilson aud bis men. 
The rebels, on the 0th, burned the Osage 
bridge on the Pacific railroad, eight miles from 
Jefferson City-. This is the largest bridge on 
the road. The damage to the Pacific railroad 
lately inflicted is $300,000. 
North-western Georgia. —The rebels 
attacked our forces at Altoona on the 5th inst., 
with artillery and iufantry. The position was 
occupied by a portion of General Smith’s corps. 
The fight commenced at 6 A. M., and continued 
at intervals during tho day. Every move of 
the enemy was handsomely repubed. In the 
evening they hastily retreated, leaving 200 dead 
and more than 1,000 wounded aud prisoners. 
Our loss was about 700 in the aggregate. 
In a dispatch to Gen. Halleck, Oct 9, Gen. 
Sherman says “Atlanta is perfectly secure to us, 
and this army is better off than in camp.” 
Late rebel papers chcor their readers with the 
fake intelligence that Sherman is cooped up In 
Atlanta with his communication cut off. 
Tennessee. —One hundred and fifty rebels 
attacked, on the 6th, sixty of the 5th Tenn. cav¬ 
alry, in charge of a large drove of cattle, within 
13 miles of N i'fivi le. One-half of the guard 
were killed, wounded or taken prisoner?. The 
cattle stampede i in all directions. 
Alaram a.— Gen. Buford, with a part of For¬ 
rest’s command, attacked Athens ou the lstinst., 
and shelled it for two hours, and then retired. 
Go!. Wade, ol the 73d Indiana, was in command 
of the town. 
AS i" AIRS AT WASHINGTON. 
The President has furnished a representative 
recruit for tho army, and he was mustered 
into tho service on the 4th inst. 
It appears from an official statement at the 
Navy Department, that the Atlantic Squadron 
from August Lt, 1862, to October 1st, 1864, de¬ 
stroyed and captured eighty vessels, mostly first 
class blockade runners. 
Oue thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine 
prize claims were settled last month, amounting 
in the aggregate to $541,000. Some sailors re¬ 
ceived $2,000 each as their share in a single 
prize. 
Tho following General Order has just been 
issued from the Adjutant General’s Office: 
in order to secure a fair distribution of tickets 
among soldiers in the field who by the laws of 
their respective States are ent itled to vote at the 
approaching election, the following rules are 
prescribed: 
First — One agent for each corps may be 
designated by the State Executive or by the 
State Committee of each political party, who on 
presenting his credentials from the State Execu¬ 
tive or the Chairman of said Committee, shall 
receive a pass to the headquarters of the corps 
for which he is designated, with tickets aud 
proxies when required by State laws, which 
may be placed by him in the hands of such per¬ 
son or persons as he may select for distribution 
among officers and soldiers. 
SECOND— Civilian inspectors of each political 
party, not to exceed one for each brigade, may 
in like manner be designated, who shall receive 
passes on application to the Adjutant-General to 
be present on the day of election, to >ee that the 
elections are fairly conducted. 
Third—N o political speeches, harangues nor 
cunvussing among the troops will be allowed. 
Fourth—C ommanding officers are enjoined 
to take such measures as may be essential to 
secure freedom and fairness in the elections, 
and that they bo conducted with due regard to 
good order and military discipline. 
Fifth—A ny officers or privates who may 
wantonly destroy tickets or prevent their proper 
distribution among the legal voters, interfere 
with the freedom of the elections, or make any 
fraudulent returns, will be deemed guilty of an 
offense against good order and military disci¬ 
pline, and be dismissed by court martial. 
Special agents have been appointed for tho 
purchase of cotton on Government account, the 
object being to encourage the sending to market 
of the crops in the. territory under rebel role. 
Tho regulations of the Treasury Department 
will be enforced in conjunction w ith the mili¬ 
tary authority. 
The N. Y. 1‘ost's Washington special of the 
8th inst, says General Lee has proposed to ex¬ 
change all prisoners taken in the front of Peters¬ 
burg, negroes included. 
The present indications are that Admiral 
Farragutwill continue in command of the West 
Gulf Squadron, instead of being transferred to 
the North Atlantic States. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
General Beauregard has been sent to 
supercede Hood. The rebels have a great deal 
of trouble to find some, one to whip General 
Sherman. 
While the workmen were altering the Phil¬ 
adelphia and Erie railroad depot in Philadelphia, 
recently, tho whole building fell in, burying 
seven men. 
No army, it is said, was ever better fed than 
our army ou the James river, the Subsistence 
Department being active and the communication 
uninterrupted. 
Alexander Wilson, Esq., a member of 
the Philadelphia bar, and for several years le¬ 
gal reporter for the Publlo Ledger, died in that 
city on the 0th inst. 
One butter dealer iu Dubuque, Iowa, has 
ninety thousand pounds of butter stowed away 
in bis cellar waiting for a rise in the mar¬ 
ket for that commodity. 
The principal hotels in Washington have 
raised the price of board to four dollars and a 
half a day, notwithstanding the recent decline 
in the price of provisions. 
The Hon. Thomas F. Marshall died on the 
221 ult., in Woodford county, Ivy., aged sixty- 
four years. He was one of the most eloquent 
men the country ever produced. 
At a sale of 25,000 tuns of coal in New York 
lately, the prices realized were abouttwo dollars 
less per tun than at the August sale, and it is be¬ 
lieved the decline will continue. 
The British are about blockading the Benin 
river, West Coast of Africa, for the purpose of 
enforcing a fine on the natives for an outrage on 
the property of a British subject. 
Late advices from Moscow, Russia, say that 
a large portion of the city has been destroyed 
by iuctndiaiy fires. Two hundred and fifty 
houses were burned in one night. 
One of the cotton mills in Massachusetts now 
purchases cotton ut $1.20 per pound. This is 
70 cents lees t han they paid for t he cotton which 
is now running through their mills. 
Gkn. Kelly telegvaphs to Gov. Boreman, in 
West Virginia, that the rebelrniders in that por¬ 
tion of the State bad robbed stores and bouses 
to the amount of $40,000 in one county alone. 
Gkn. Butler has ordered that every per¬ 
son over sixteen years of age who has not 
taken the oath of allegiance by the 13th day 
of October, shall be sent outside of the lines. 
It is stated that a flour dealer of Boston pur¬ 
chased in St. Louis $75,060 worth ot flour about 
a month since, on which he will lose $20,000. 
Another firm in Boston is said to have lost $30,- 
000 In western flour. 
Everybody at Norfolk, who is old enough, 
has been obliged to take the oath of allegiance. 
Some of the female portion of the popuhdion 
make loud objections, bat the affable Provost 
Marshal is very persuasive. 
Brig.-Gen. John B. McIntosh, who was 
wounded in one of Sheridan’s battles, is now at 
the residence of his brother-in-law, in Philadel¬ 
phia, and is suffering severely. His left leg has 
been amputated below the knee. 
The fall aud winter fashions for ladies’bon¬ 
nets leave them without a cape or crown. 
Neuralgia will be prevalent before the win¬ 
ter is over, with such a slight covering for 
the head, and ear-aches will be common. 
A channel plate for one of the large frigate 
engines was cast on the 6th inst, at a Hartford 
foundery. It took 29 tuns of melted iron. 
It took 14 men five days to make the mould, 
and it will require 10 days or two weeks to 
cool off'. 
The Rev. Lyon Winslow is now on his way 
to New York. For forty-five years he has been 
connected with the American Board of Missions, 
and has filled various positions of trust and hon¬ 
or in Madras, He veturna to this country with 
impaired health. 
John Morgan’s old command, six hundred 
strong, under Basil Duko, is reported to have 
mude his appearance at Buckhannon, Upshur 
county, West Virginia, where it attacked the 
fortifications there under command of CaptAin 
Hagans. Aided by the local militia, Captain 
Huguns repulsed the rebels and held them in 
check. 
That illustrious little Croesus, Tom Thumb, 
really intends taking his long promised tour to 
Europe, aud has engaged passage for himself, his 
wife and two servants, one male and one female, 
in the City of Washington, which sails on the 
29th instaut. They have taken several state 
rooms. 
A correspondent of the New York Times 
writes from James river that recent victories 
over Early has resulted in rendering Confeder¬ 
ate paper utterly valueless—only three cents on 
a dollars—that gold, which was selling at the 
rate of one dollar for thirty in paper, cannot 
now be bought at any price. 
Hali.ktt & Davis’ pianoforte factory on East 
Newton street, Boston, was eutirely destroyed 
by fire Tuesday evening, the 4th inst. The loss 
will be from $200,000 to $230,000, on which 
there Is an insurance for about $100,000In offices 
iu Boston, New York, Providence, Hartford 
and other places. About 200 pianos in various 
stages of construction were destroyed. 
The New Orleans Picayune sa«:—We have 
been shown a Mexican picayune of the Maxi¬ 
milian issue, a very Beat little coin of silver, on 
oueside of which appears the familiar eagle of the 
Mexican republic, with an imperial crown upon 
his bead, and surrounded with the words “ Im- 
perio Mexieano.” On the reverse, between 
two laurel wreaths, is the inscription “ 5 Cents. 
1864, M.” 
List of Now Advertisement*!. 
Another iStarlIinsr Rook—0. AV, Alexander & Co. 
The Grape Cnlt»r!*t— A'. S. Full or. y 
PieaiiiurisroMf’iiilt* -nil Flowers I llwnniror <fc Barry. 1 
Tlie National Feed I'uiti r-l>. II. Vrh tti-more. 
Ahrahnin I,)nrt.In’« Early Life— lit lullo & to. 
Sid tn a Day V. s. 1'imO. 
To Inventors »n<l Patentees—J. Fraser Co. 
S x Dollars from V Itv Cent, it I>. WolcolL 
Employment- P K. I h i rinton A Co. 
Weils' I tiler Villa-Manuel Wi lls. 
Stye US tftonimtser. 
— England has now It) iron clad vessels afloat. 
— Geo. Wm. Cnrlis has been nominated for Con¬ 
gress. 
— Nankin, China, hits been captured by the Imperi¬ 
alists. 
— Goal aahes are being used in Philadelpia for paving 
the streets. 
— The lawyers In Massachusetts have advanced their 
prices 88 per cent. 
— 118,815 emigrants have arrived this year in New 
York up Sep. 21st. 
— The JVv. Dr. Stone of Boston, has accepted a call 
from San Pran cisco. 
— One out of overy 800 Californians is insane. This 
is from the statistics. 
— Madame Anna Bishop and her daughter will sail 
for Europe in a few days. 
— A pilot in New Bedford, while pulling off to reach 
a ship, fell dead in hia boat. 
— KllUngton Peak of the Green mountains pnt on 
liits snow cap Monday week. 
— Gold went np to $30.00 in Richmond upon the 
news of Sheridan's victories. 
— Rev. Dr. Burchard the revivalist is dead—died at 
Adams, N. Y., the 26th ultimo. 
— A Chinaman has been accepted as a substitute for 
a drafted man in PurUaud, Me. 
— Robert Kennlcott, the Naturalist, was recently 
“ Grafted into the Anny” by draft. 
— Fully a thousand Cape Verders have died from 
starvation, and the famine still rages. 
Private Miles O’Reilly (Cbas. C. Halpine,) was re¬ 
cently admitted to the New York Bar. 
— A lady of Mercer Co., C. W , has a live snake in 
her stomach that cannot be dislodged. 
— Hungary is exporting foxes to England to stock 
theisie of Wight for bunting purposes. 
— Jackson Haines the American skater has chal¬ 
lenged tile skaters of England to a trial. 
— Tho Ladies of St. Louis have presented Lieut. 
Gen. Grant with a coat which cost $210. 
— The Government of Moldavia allows widows who 
pay taxes to vote in municipal elections. 
— In Ceylon the ceremony of marriage consists of 
tying the couple together hy the thumbs. 
— Six to eight thousand acres of cotton are in cultiva¬ 
tion In Sonora, and It promises a line yield. 
— It is understood that ihe Prince of Wales is about 
to erect a new palace at Abcrgcldic, Scotland. 
— Cncfarmer in Connecticut has raised this year over 
28Aa tons of cabbage from one acre of ground. 
— A stage coach and passengers were robbed of 
$20,700 In gold dust and coin in Nevada lately. 
— Tto Pennsylvania coal diggers have gone to work 
again at seven cents a bushel, one cent advance. 
— Miss Dr. Mary K. Walker is going to make her 
fortune telling tho story of her experiences In Dixie. 
— The female colliers in the colliery districts in Eng¬ 
land wear breeches, shirt, coat and hobnailed boots. 
— Dan Rice, the circus down, ha9 been nominated 
for Stale Senator in one of the Pennsylvania districts. 
— Tin; Richmond Examiner complains that the ne¬ 
groes are the fattest uud best dressed men in Richmond 
— A metallic coffin, enclosing the remains of a beau¬ 
tiful girl, was recently found floating in the Mississippi 
river. 
— Philadelphia has just voted one million of dollars 
for new school houses. Tho money is to be raised by 
a loan. 
— A Brasilian nobleman is under arrest for ordering 
a slave to horsewhip on English woman in the streets 
of Rio. 
— The robel Admiral Buchanan has so far recovered 
from his wounds as to now be able to get about upon 
crutches. 
— The authorities design taking naval apprentice 
boys from 14 to 18 years of age and keeping them till 
they arc 21. 
— The Charleston Courier talks about 80,000 Polish 
soldiers which are expected to arrive and enlist in the 
rebel army. 
— 30,000 hogsheads of tobacco have been received in 
St. Louis since January 1st—estimated receipts for tbc 
year, 40,000. 
— The North-Wostern Sanitary Commission asks 
the aid of one day's work, profits and income of every 
body. Good, 
— A live lizard four inches long was found in ihe 
stomach of a horse which roll dead in the street at 
Fishkill, N. Y. 
— Two young girls in Connecticnt have been arrested 
for taking from the post-office a letter addressed to an¬ 
other young girl. 
— The Michigan University has 300 students in the 
regular course, 360 in in the medical school, and 221 in 
the law department 
— The mysterious disease at Alaplewood Institute, 
Pittsfield, Mate , has carried oil' twenty of the young 
ladios, and is yet raging. 
— Levi Bow we of Clear Bpring, Md, was fa tidy 
poisoned lately by eating a snake which he ca>k'kt, 
supposing it to be an eel. 
— " Pretty waiter girls " are kuown in 8t. J.ouifl as 
“ beer jerkors.’’ An effort Is making to suppress beer- 
jerking by city ordinance. 
— There is a scarcity of firewood iu Mont cal, where 
the annual consumption of that article is ore hundred 
and eighty thousand cord*. 
_The Hoosnc tunnel which was to lave been fin-, 
Ishid in two years and a half, has steady taken If 
years, and will require 10 more. 
— Mrs. Major Booth has been honorably dischargd 
from the charges that she had accepted bribes wile 
acting ns Government Searcher. 
_The Bloomington, (111 ) Pantograph says thntme 
business ttrai in that city haa contracted for thclecd 
from one thousand acres of flax, 
— The hop erop in Vermont is a failure. Somo ffo"" 
era in Ihe southern part of the State have acres fro"' 
which they do not gather a pound. 
— There was a terrific tornado at Mattoon, IH-, the 
■24th, A freight train was turned upside down, and one 
car detached aud blown half a mile 
