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IvTE W S DEPARTMENT. 
{ROCHESTER, N. 
NOVEMBER 6, M 
I Movements in the West and South-West. 
Arkansas.— Late advices from Little Rock 
state that Gen. Magruder had left Camden, and 
was rapidly marching toward Red river. Only 
about 2,000 rebels are left between Saline river 
! and Kansas. The rebels wore crossing tho Sa¬ 
line river, twenty-five miles south of Little Rook 
on Tuesday, the 18th inst; and the next morn¬ 
ing reconnoitering parties were sent out, when 
part of them were observed moving south and 
part of them west, and there was some appear¬ 
ance of an attack on Little Rock. 
It is believed that Gen. Steele is strong enough 
to hold the whole line of the Arkansas river 
and assume the defensive. 
Gen. Herou Is at Little Rock on an inspecting 
tour through Gen. Can by’s Department, The 
greatest activity prevails in military matters, 
indicating a movement to intercept Price. 
Aii soldiers suffering from chronic diseases 
are being sent north on sixty days’ furlough. 
Nearly 500 have already gone. 
Tennessee. —The guerrillas threw a train 
off the track three milts below AdamsvUle on 
the 27th, killing one man and wounding eight. 
The guard having rallied, the enemy were 
driven off without making any captures of per¬ 
sona or property. The road is completed to 
Atlanta. Trains left Chattanooga for that 
point on the 27th ult. 
A dispatch from Nashville of the 29th ult., 
says Gen. Gillen has just bad a sanguinary bat¬ 
tle with Brcckenridge’a forces in East Tennessee, 
completely routing and driving, in confusion, 
Vaughn’s brigade for many miles. We cap¬ 
tured nearly 600 prisoners, and a battery of live 
gnnR. The rebels, in their flight, threw away 
their arms. Gen. Gillen was still pursuing them. 
Kentucky.— Owensboro was taken posses¬ 
sion of oh the 27th ult., by several hundred 
rebels under Anderson. 
The Owensboro Akmiior says twenty-live 
armed men, calling themselves Louisiana guer¬ 
rillas, robbed and carried off the Sheriff of 
Harrison county. 
The main object cf the rebels appears to be 
to destroy Government property and obtain 
recruits for the rebel service. They respect 
private property, it seems, in this instance, ex¬ 
cept where it becomes necessary to seize it to 
meet their immediate wants. 
Missouri.- Advices from St. Louis of Oct, 
27, say a dispatch from Leavenworth states that 
Price has been driven below Fort Scott, closely 
pursued by our cavalry. We have captured n 
large number of prisoners, including Generals 
Marmadoke and Cabell, and several pieces of 
: artillery. 
The following hi derived from an entirely 
reliable souroe of the same date as above: 
Our forces have been driving Price rapidly 
since Saturday, and at last accounts he was 25 or 
30 miles south-east of Fort Scott, and his army 
routed and dispersed. 
On Tuesday we had several lights with h im 
between Mound City and Fort Scott, in all of 
which he was!badly whipped, losing 1,600 pris¬ 
oners and ten or twelve pieces of artillery. 
Among the prisoners are several officers of a 
high grade, including among them two Generals. 
Price was again attacked on Wednesday 
morning a short distance north of Fort Scott, 1 
and driven pell-mell in a south-easterly direc- 1 
tion. ilc burned two hundred wagons topre- ' 
vent them being captured. 
the last 32 miles. His forces are less thau 0,000, 
while Price’s were fully 25,000. 
Price has but ono gun left, and no ammuni¬ 
tion, he having blown up his train. He also 
burned 400 wagons to save them from capture. 
We have 2,000 prisoners and Beveral thousand 
stand of arms. Gen. Fagan is reported killed. 
Price’s army is completely disorganized and 
flying in all directions. 
St. Louis dateB of Oct. 25, say that the dead 
body of Maj. Wilson, 3d Missouri militia, and 
six of his men, captured by the rebels at Pilot 
Knob, and given up to a guerrilla band for exe¬ 
cution, for the alleged killing of some rebels in 
Arkansas last summer, were found in Franklin 
county yesterday. Wilson’s body bas several 
holes in iu 
A St. Louis dispatch of Oct, 28, says official 
ad vices just received at headquarters, state that 
the guerrilla Rill Anderson and seven of his 
men were killed at Albany, Ray county, yes¬ 
terday. 
Another dispatch (30th) saysa number of rebel 
soldiers were shot hero (SU Louis) yesterday in re¬ 
taliation for the murder of Major Wilson’s men. 
A rebel Major will be shot for Major Wilson as 
soon as one reaches here from the prisoners 
reccnlly captured by Gen. Pleasanton. 
General Price, according to the latest accounts 
received at St Louis, was near Carthage, Jas¬ 
per county, still retreating, and our cavalry in 
hot pursuit 
North-westkjrn Georgia. — Chattanooga 
advices of Oct. 30, say that “ Gen. Hood attacked 
Decatur yesterday, last night, and this morning, 
and was handsomely repulsed each time.” Gen, 
Granger captured four pieces of artillery, spiked 
two, and captured 150 prisoners. 
The rebels arc retreating from Decatur, but 
are expected to cross the Tennessee at the mouth 
of Cypress creek. Rebel prisoners and contra¬ 
bands report that Beauregard is with Hood. 
In order to cheer up the drooping spirits of the 
rebels, Hood publishes a general order, assuring 
his men that Sherman’s whole army does not 
exceed 35,000 men. 
West Virginia. — Advices from Cumber 
land of Oct, 29, say that a detachment of the 8th 
Ohio cavalry, commanded by Lt.-Col. Youcll, 
was attacked this morning at daylight by 360 
rebels, under command of Major LIL1I. Alter 
two hours’ lighting the rebels were repulsed 
with the loss of 16 killed, 16 wounded, and a 
large mimbor of prisoners-among the latter is 
Major Hill, who is mortally wounded. 
The Army in Virginia. 
An advance of a large part of the Army of 
the Potomac took place on the 27th ult., but as 
far as wc are able to learn, no great results were 
achieved by either tho Union army or the rebels. 
It would appear that the enemy were posted in 
regard to the movement, and had made prepa¬ 
rations,for the coming onslaught. Some fighting 
oocurred, at different times, during the day, till 
dark, when a heavy raiu storm set in, which 
put an end to further operations. Our left wing 
gained Romo ground, and got a position favora¬ 
ble for attacking the enemy’s flank. General 
Grant, however, for reasons which he deemed 
valid, directed our troops to fall back to their 
old positions. A dispatch from the Army of 
the Potomac of Oct. 30, contains the following: 
Since the army returned to its old quarters 
on Friday, nothing of importance has trans¬ 
pired. 
The rebel cavalry followed our troops closely 
as they returned, but were prevented from 
doing any damage of importance. The only 
captures they made at this time were some 
eight or ten ambulances which had taken a 
wrong direction, but even these they could not 
been issued. All persons, except rebel deserters, 
between 18 ond 46 are liable. 
The rebel cavalry are conscripting negroes 
on the plantations outside our lines, by order 
of the rebel Government, It is said they are 
to be put in the rebel array. 
A member of the Alabama Legislature intro¬ 
duced a resolution offering conciliatory terms 
to the Federal a and demanding a cessation of 
hostilities, which caused much discussion. 
The Legislature hod adjourned, refusing to ac¬ 
cede to the Governor’s call for aid to strengthen 
the defense of the State. 
A fight took place at De Soto, La., on the 27th 
ult. The rebels were repulsed. 
HEWS PARAGRAPS. 
Nothing is stated about the loss of either Bide, 8 et away. 
bnt there seems to be no doubt that Price’s 
army is completely demoralized and scattered. 
The telegraph is working to Fort Scott, but 
nothing has been received in regard to to-daj’a 
operations, except that our forces are still in 
vigorous pursuit. 
Gen. Steele, with heavy re-enforcements, is at 
Fort Smith, with the probable view of contest¬ 
ing Price's entrance into Arkansas. 
The Union loss in the battle of the 23d was 
seventy-five. The wounded were tent to Lea¬ 
venworth on Monday. The rebels were chased 
all Sunday night. Constant lighting with their 
rear guard was kept up. At daylight they 
made a stand and were handsomely whipped 
again. 
Most of the Kansas militia have gone home. 
Martial law is abolished, and business is re¬ 
sumed. 
General Rosecrans was at Little Banta Fe, 
twelve miles south of Kansas City, with his 
infantry, on Tuesday night. 
Dispatches in the border papers say that a 
train from Fort Smith was attacked by bush¬ 
whackers south of Fort Scott. Sixteen men 
were killed and a part of the train burned. About 
fifteen hundred refugees accompanied the train. 
About one hundred guerrillas, under Capt. 
Taylor, entered Maramonton, a few miles from 
Fort Scott, at twelve o’clock Saturday night, 
and murdered Cols. Knowles, Brown, Hawkins, 
McGonigle, Chadwick and Stout, who were en 
ronte north, and old Squire Reynolds and two 
other citizens, and burned two stores and 
church* h and several dwellings. 
Five hundred rebels, under Lieut.-Co!one) 
McDaniels, crossed the Hannibal and 8t Joseph 
railroad on Monday, going north. A strong 
forced as been Bint after them. 
Advices from the upper Mississippi say that 
General Solly has gone into winter quarters at 
Fort Sully. The Winnebago Indians are in a 
serving condition. 
Official dispatches from Gen. Pleasanton give 
the following further Information in regard to 
his late operations against Price:-He marched 
ninety-two miles in two days, and fought daring | 
The horses were cut loose and run off and our 
men burned the wagons. 
The rebel cavalry made repeated attempts to 
charge, but were each time repulsed with heavy 
loss. 
During the day the entire army reached the 
positions occupied previous to the movement 
being made, when the rebels at once withdrew, 
and they also returned to their former position. 
Our losses will reach about 1,600 os far as can 
be ascertained at present. 
The 2d corps, which did most of the figbtiug, 
lost ten officers killed and 31 wounded. They 
alto lost 77 men killed, 480 wounded and about 
400 missing. 
The 6th corps lost 130 altogether. 
The 9th corps lost upwards of 250, mostly be¬ 
longing to the colored division. 
The caHualtief^in the cavalry division are not 
known precisely, but are thought to be about 
200. Many of those classed as mitring will un¬ 
doubtedly return to camp, as the number of 
stragglers Is large, and they arc constantly com¬ 
ing Id. 
The lots of the enemy was severe, and some 
say more than our own in killed aud wounded. 
We have 8)8 prisoners and 3 battle flags, most 
of which were taken by the 2d corps. 
The highest pi nine is given by all to the offi¬ 
cers and men of the 2d and 3d divisions of the 
2d corps for their behavior during the day. 
' Gens. Eagan and Mott, who commanded them, 
and Gen. Hmithand Col. McAlister,commanding 
brigades, are particularly praised for tho very 
able manner in which t hey bandied their men. 
The charge made by the New Jersey brigade, 
under CoLl.McAlister, on the enemy, who bud 
got iu the rear of our forces, was ono of the 
finest ever witnessed, and resulted in saving the 
entire position. 
All is again quiet with tho exception of picket 
firing, which is quite lively at night. 
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Department of the Gulf. 
A bill is before the Louisiana Legislature for 
a loan of one million of dollars. 
An order to enrol the Louisiana militia has 
REBEL ITEMS. 
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t An order issued by the the Richmond War 
8 Office conscripts one-fifth of the employees in 
the Ordnance and Nitre Bureaus, thus giving 
4,000 men to the army. This breach of faith 
gives groat dissatisfaction, but it shows tho strait 
the rebels are reduced to. 
u A recent demonstration, of at leant 1,000 Yan- 
8 kee infantry from Suffolk, towards Weldon, 
s North Carolina is mentioned by a Goldsboro 
journal. 
8 Longstreet, in an order dated Oct-19, takes 
_ command of his old first corps, relieving Au- 
a derson. 
A number ol'boys called the “Junior Re- 
a serves,” of North Carolina, and consisting of 
one regiment and a battallion, have offered their 
services to the rebel government and have been 
’ received and placed in the in trench merits at 
j Richmond. 
The Augusta Chronicle says.-—Gen. Slocumb, 
t "ho holds Atlanta, has contracted his lines 
j materially, bo much so as to leave part of the 
city out iu the cold, Iverson, the rebel Colonel 
in the vicinity, made a dash through this part 
’ without Buffering any damage. 
r The Macon Intelligencer says;—The rebels 
[ are making arrangements to enter Atlanta and 
securely hold it. 
Yankee raids to the towns of Woodville, Point 
Gibson, Osjka, and Skipworth Landing in Mia* 
1 siasippi, are mentioned by the Richmond papers, 
1 in which large numbers of t>eer cattle were 
1 secured. These are but a few of the results 
of many and valuable expeditions from Vicks¬ 
burg and vicinity which General Dana has or- 
1 ganizod. 
’ The extensive rebel government wagon shops 
in Lynchbuig were destroyed by fire on the 
night of the 22J ult. 
Sheridan's magnificent victory of the 19th ult., 
r was such a crusher to the rebels that Richmond 
, editors are trying to belittle it. 
The -Enquirer, alluding to the turning point 
in the battle, saysOne of tho most brilliant vic¬ 
tories of the war bad been gained by our troops, 
but ill au evil hour, when a portion of our men 
were plundering tho property they had cap- 
tured, a small force of Yankee cavalry appeared 
on our left flank, when the plunderers took 
fright, and thus the whole army was thrown 
into a panic and fled in a disorganized condi¬ 
tion. Still it argues that this defeat is only a 
temporary disaster, and no solid result is at¬ 
tained by it for SheridaD, disgraceful though it 
was to u*. 
The rebel cavalry especially are abused iu 
stroag terms for their conduct on the occa¬ 
sion. Ten thousand is given as the number of 
Early’R army in tho battle, and 30,000 as Sheri¬ 
dan’s. 
Richmond papers claim as their captures 1,900 
Union soldiers. 
The rebel papers intimate that there is to be 
an army of 300.000 slaves organized in the 
spring. 
Jeff. Davis has appointed the 19th of Novem¬ 
ber to be observed as a day of Thanksgiving 
throughout Rebeldon. 
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MEETING OF REBEL GOVERNORS. 
Rebel papers of the 24th ult., contain the 
proceedings of a Convention held at Augusta, 
Ga., on the 17th, between the Governors of the 
States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro¬ 
lina, Alabama and Mississippi, for consultation 
upou the state of the Southern Confederacy. 
The convened Governors, after a free inter¬ 
change of opinions, resolved, in substance, that 
there is no cause for them to be discouraged; 
but it is imperative to Increase their armies im¬ 
mediately; to recommend that the Legislature 
repeal all laws prohibiting the sending of troops 
outside of tho Btate limits; to urge tho Confed¬ 
erate authorities to eontcript every man engaged 
in the various departments whose place can be 
supplied by disabled officers, soldiers, sinecure 
servers, or negroes; to recommend Legislative 
enactments for the arrest of deserters; to make 
it imperative that negroes be removed from 
frontiers exposed to the JJnion armies; that the 
course of the United States Government kt 
making soldiers ©f slaves demands a change ot 
policy on their part, and they recommend tho 
Confederate authoritien to appropriate such part 
of them (the negroes) to the public service as 
may be required; that the Confederate Con¬ 
gress remove,all restrictions on the commerce 
of individual States, and tho Governor# then 
close with the usual flummery relative to main¬ 
taining the right* or tiro Southern btates aud 
socuriug their independence. ' 
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Excitement at Buffalo. — Uuffalo was ‘ 
patrolod all night (the 30th ult.) by the military 
and a strong police force, on account of suspicion t 
being aroused that the. rebels from Canada were t 
about to xnako » demonstration on the city si mi- 1 
lar to the Ht. Albans’ aft'ulf. Nothing unusual, j 
however, t rum-pirn] of a hostile nature, and it a 
is astumed that tiro preparations made to give c 
tho “chivalry” u proper reoeptlon saved the i 
city from a fate like unto tho one which befel < 
her in the war of 1812 ! t 
s Governor Cony has appointed Nathan A. 
r Farwell of Rockland, United States Senator 
o from Maine, to fill the unexpired term of Secre¬ 
tary Fessenden. 
" A YOUNG lady in Keithshurg, HI., lost, her 
8 l^t week by falling into a kettle of trailing 
f sorghum molasses. She was to have been mar¬ 
ried the next day. 
A man in Connecticut, recently went to watch 
1 with a rick man, and Humped him to death dar¬ 
ing the night. He has been acquitted on the 
1 pica of temporary Insanity. 
It appears from the published vital statistics 
of Ireland that In Connaught, the province in 
which decidedly the poorest people on the island 
r reside, the longevity is greatest. 
Gov. Bradford, on the 29th ult., proclaimed 
^ that the Free State Constitution of Maryland 
j had been adopted, aud that it was to go Into 
effect on the first day of November. 
Of tho Alumni of Brown University that died 
last year, eighteen men were over sixty-seven 
’ years old. Learning and longevity seem to go 
together. Lawyers live to a great age. 
s An ingot of silver, in the furrn of a brick, 
. and valued at $2,305.35 in currency, has been 
donated by tho citfzeHs of Nevada Territory to 
. the United States Christian Commission, 
f A clergyman ia Portland, Me., having re- 
• signed his charge recently, after holding it for 
i thirty years, was presented by his congrega- 
» tion with $10,000, invested in good securities. 
The World has a dispatch that rebels in 
1 New Orleans have received letters from the 
1 rebels in Richmond, that the archives of the 
! Confederate Government are being removed to 
! Lynchburg. 
Gkn. Hardee has proposed to Den. Foster 
a general exchange of prisoners in his hands, 
1 man tor man and officer for officer, or their 
equivalents. The matter will probably be re¬ 
ferred to Washington. 
The Prussian needle gun has gained another 
triumph, which is very flattering to the vanity 
of tho Prussian nation. A French commission 
has unanimously recommended its adoption in 
the French array without delay. 
General Birnky died in the delirium of 
fever. Rising suddenly in his bed, his eyes 
blazing with the Are that consumed him, he 
cried with a trumpet voice, “Boys, keep your 
eyes on that flag !» And he fell back dead. 
Mil Charles Hale of Boston, our Con- 
huI-G eneral or Egypt, writes that on the even¬ 
ing of the 23d of Sept, the city of Alexandria 
was lighted for the first time by gas, tho works 
having been erected by a French Company. 
Congress, last March, having passed an act 
to enable the people of Nevada to form a State 
Constitution, that instrument has been perfected, 
and the President, on the 31st ult, proclaimed tho 
admission of Nevada into the Union us a State. 
A rkgimknt of soldiers passed through Cov¬ 
ington, Ky., a few days ago, tho members of 
which were worth $1,600,000, when our cur¬ 
rency was at a par value with gold. It was 
the ono hundred and seventh United States (col¬ 
ored) regiment 
A woman in California got married, and in 
four weeks was a widow. Three weeks after, 
married again, and in two weeks more was 
agaia a widow. Two weeks after, married her 
brother-in-law. Guess she must have either 
been a very attractive woman, or else the only 
one in place I 
Tile bridge which is to span the Ohio river 
between Cincinnati and Covington will cost a 
million and a half of dollars, and in length will 
exceed the Niagara bridge some 400 feet It. 
will be suspended 90 feet above high water, 
enabling the largest steamers to pass under 
without difficulty. 
The Richmond papers of the 17th, published 
an article on the blowing up and sinking of tho 
United States steamer Niphon. Admiral Por¬ 
ter telegraphed to the Navy Department that 
he had received letters from officers on board 
tho Niphcm, dated the 18th, so the publication 
is undoubtedly untrue. 
A young man in Boston married a wife a 
fow days ago, wont out Into the back yard in 
the evening and has not been heard of since. 
Ills wife subsequently received a letter from 
him, stating that ho had left her beuafho he 
was unworthy of her, and that, before she 
would receive tho letter, he should be no more. 
The cod-fishery has proved a failure thiH sea¬ 
son. Tho shore voyages are over, resulting in 
tho smallest catch on reoord, and news from 
Labrador shows that the catch there is far bo- 
low the average The herring fishery at Labr*- 
dor is also a complete failure, the catch being 
very inconsiderable. Tho exports look larger 
this year than last, but the greater part has been 
old fish. 
Solomon Sturgw or Chicago, one of the 
wealthiest men in the West, died on Friday last, | 
at the age of sixty-nine years. In the early 
part of the war he gave $30,000 to equip an or¬ 
ganization known as thn‘‘Sturgis Rifles,” and , 
his contributions iu aid of tho war have been 
exoeeded by no man In tho country, lie leaves , 
nine children to inherit his property, which is i 
estimated by millions. 
During a recent vis.it of tho rebels to Ken- 1 
tuoky they seized an old man, robbed him of ' 
all ho had in tho world, took a new pair of 
boots off his feet and made him put on an old 
pair of shoes; took big pantaloons, his ooal, hat c 
•and even his drawers, and rfggod him up in an 1 
old slouched hat and old patched up clothing, 11 
and made him look so ragged that his own wife ' 
did not know him when ho went home, and his ^ 
children shrank back in alarm. v 
I.l*t of New Advertisements. 
Auellon Halo of Vnlnablo Short-Horns—John R. Fa<n. 
Kastman's Mercantile Pollege— A. R, Eastman. 
Garre (son's Improve! Farmer’s Loom—K. M. Hill. 
Korin for Sale—J. Herbert Foster. 
For Sate \ OomniereJal College. 
Wanted, Afr-nf .John F. Lord. 
Grape Vines for Sale .(no. CruJoe. 
Ve.ulrUoirnlum Julius Rising. 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
Atlantic Monthly—Tiukuor g, Field*. 
3l)c Nmoo (Eciubcnscr. 
! — Small pox is raging at Providence, It. L 
— The Queen or Spain has knighted Gottschatk. 
1 — Liverpool Is to have the (Inert exchange In Europe. 
1 — I/mdon has 176 ragged schools, with 28,000 pnplie. 
— Tho last Thursday In November is Thanksgiving 
Day. 
[ — There were 888 prisoners llogged last year in Fng- 
| land. 
— The British supply of cotton this year ia 2,500,000 
1 bales. 
— The trotting horse Flora Temple Is to be sold for 
; *15,000. 
— Madrid lias voted 800,000 reals for a monument to 
i Columbus. 
— A banquet of horse llesh was rececenlly given at 
Lyons, Franca 
— Goo. N. Handers is an agent of the Confederate 
Canada raiders. 
— One court alone In New York city naturalisms 280 
foicigners a day. 
— The wealthy Mormons keep a wife in town and 
one in the country. 
— The King of Denmark has had to pawn his yacht 
for 28,000 rtx dollars. 
— The John Chinamen at Han Francisco recenUy 
dedicated an $80,000 tempi a 
— Seventy thousand dollars bad fractional currency 
has been seized in New York. 
— A London physician has been arrested for locking 
his wire up in n cell for two years. 
— At a recent plowing match In France a yonng lady 
23 years of nge carried off the prize. 
— In Cochin China the audience drnb the actors when 
they don’t perforin to their satisfaction. 
— A man in Philadelphia has just died from the bile 
of a mad dog, received several weeks ago. 
— It la now declared that Byron died from poison 
administered by the OrcckB who hated him. 
— The wife of a laborer In Cincinnati last week gave 
birth to three fully. developed female children. 
— A man in Maine, who had been reduced to poverty 
by swapping farms, lately committed suicide. 
— A machine is made for roasting chestnuts er coffee 
and popping com, which nras by clock work. 
— A yonng woman in Wisconsin was stung on the 
wrist by a bcc, and died Iti twelve hours after. 
— Government now allows $75 for a wooden leg, to 
all the soldiers that have Buffered amputation. 
— A man In Connecticut raised, this season, over 
600 pumpkins from two reeds accidentally sown. 
— Rev Dr Bellows, President or the Sanitary Com 
mission, returned from California Saturday week. 
— Madame Kalazxl wore a mtigliu dress at Dieppe, 
tho bill for washing which amounted to 260 Tranas. 
— Four year* ago petroleum was unknown In 
France; this year over 11)0,000 casks of it will be sent 
them 
— The city ot Alexandria, In Egypt, Is now lighted 
by gaB. The works were erected by a French com 
pany. 
— Mrs. Gcti. Lander, known In former years as Miss 
Davenport, a favorite actress, has again rctnrncd to the 
Stage. 
— The oldest officer in the French army is Col. Pros 
ney, aged 100 years. Ho is now blind, bat otherwise 
bright. 
— Prince Albert’s tomb at Frogrnore will cost hail a 
million of dollars. In the cotton districts they still 
starve. 
— The new Are alarm telegraph at Cleveland, Ohm, 
L completed, and was recently tested by the Common 
Council. 
— A wealthy London merchant rocenUy killed him¬ 
self on account of severe A merican losses which he had 
sustained. 
— Captain Ericsson has invented a new gun, which 
is suld to surpass anything now In use—throws a ball 
eight miles. 
— Tho buildings on the Washington Skating Park in 
Chicago were destroyed by lire Wednesday night week 
Loss *8,000. 
— At a ball la Virginia City, N. T, a man kissed u 
pretty girl and was Immediately Blabbed dead by her 
brother for it. 
— Buffalo is the largest wool market in New York; 
about 600,000 pounds of wool were pulled there during 
the post year. 
— A young bride iu Marseilles wus horned to death 
lately by treading on a match which ignited and set her 
clothes on Are. 
— A new locomotive, weighing eighty tuns, has jnst 
been completed in Trenton, N. J., for the Lehigh Kali 
road Company. 
— It Is said that upwards of 000 women are going to 
India to We employed on various telegraphic lines ol 
communication. 
— The Legislative Assembly of Vancouver’s Island 
have passed a resolution favoring a Federal Union with 
British Columbia 
— Two inmates of tho " Newsboys’ Lodging House" 
In New York, having saved up $2,000, have storied on 
an European tour. 
— A Richmond newspaper reporter has been placed 
under *40,000 bonds for calling the office, of the mayor 
of that city a pig siy. 
— There ia a rumor that Dodd, tins famous North 
west conspirator, who escaped from Jail a few days 
SlnCo, has been caught. 
— The wa*to made by servants in dust, antics, cin¬ 
ders and grease, lu New York city amounts to more 
thau *1,000,000 annually, 
— Oct- 10th, the day of " Cavalry Hberldan’a ’> signal 
victory over Ixmgstrcct, was the anniversary of the 
surrender of Lord Cornwallis. 
Win* Mi/unitii — A man named Short Bight wa> 
convicted of wife murder In not having furnished n 
UtUVSUSAB Clothkb Wuinobr wllli cog wheel*, to 
save his wife horn the hardship* of washing-day, from 
which she died. It was urged in defined that a no cog 
wringer had been purchased. But ai that smm broke 
down and became worthless, the Judge ruled that ho 
was gutty In not having obtained the " Univkiibao.’ 
