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NEWS DEPARTMENT. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL 6, 1861. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Aflaint at Washington. 
It is said that the Government has received ad¬ 
vices that Texas has sent Commissioners to Arizona, 
New Mexico, .Sonora, und Chihauhtia, to ifcduce the 
people of those places to join in the Southern Confed¬ 
eracy, and the mission la said to he favorably re¬ 
garded. Gov. Houston writes to the President that 
the Indians are threatening Texas, and asking if the 
Federal Government can or will afford relief. Several 
gentlemen who arrived from Texas within a day or 
two, state that in conversation with Gov. Houston a 
few days since, he stated that civil war in Texas was 
inevitable, and Alabama would soon be involved in 
the same dilemma as Texas now is. 
There is a prospect now that every dollar of the 
$8,000,000 loan advertised lor by Secretary Chase, 
will be taken at fair rates. 
The Post Master General is experiencing some 
trouble from the new mail agents in Virginia. The 
people along the routes threaten tar arid feathers to 
the unlucky agents if they attempt to do their doty. 
One has already resigned, and the other, it is thought, 
will throw up his commission. Several Virginia 
Republicans have presented themselves for the vacan¬ 
cies, and will serve at all hazards. If the people in¬ 
terrupt them, the mails are likely to be cut off. The 
Department, under the provisions of the recently 
enacted Jaws, has restored the mail service between 
Georgetown and Lexington, Mo. 
Intelligence received on tlie 27th nit., from Mont¬ 
gomery, states that by the 1st of April there would 
be concentrated at Pensacola, 5,000 troopH from the 
Confederuto States. This sudden movement of 
troops in that direction was made before the state¬ 
ment that reinforcements had been sent from New 
York to Fort Pickens. The Montgomery government 
deemed it advisable to be wholly prepared for any 
emergency. 
The claims of American citizens against Chili have 
been referred to the arbitration of Belgium. Caleb 
Cuehing is their principle counsel. 
Capt. Pox lias returned from Fort Sumter, and re¬ 
ports the supply of provisions too meagre to enable 
Major Anderson to sustain bis command reasonably 
until the 15th of April. He says the Port can be re¬ 
inforced by military operations which would require 
a force not at the disposal of the President, or by 
stratagem, with the hazards of a desperate conflict. 
From all the facts realized by this investigation, it is 
evident that Fort Sumter must be abandoned or civil 
war inaugurated. 
The President has received several applications 
from Louisiana for Cadetship at West Point. 
G. W. Lane, recently conlirmed Judge of Alabama, 
it is said, will endeavor to hold his Court at Athens, 
in the Union part of the State. 
The opinion is almost universal now, that an extra 
session of Congress will be called to consider the 
operations of the new tariff, and the state of the 
Treasury. 
Orders have gone West to confiscate all goods in¬ 
troduced into Southern ports without payment of 
regular United States duties. 
It is said that Fort Pickens was re-inlorced more 
than a week ago, and that several hundred United 
States troops were taken in from vessels off the 
stream, by small boats at night. The Southern Com 
missionors, however, doubt the truth of the report, 
and profess to have assurances from their Govern¬ 
ment to the contrary. 
U* S Senate—Extra Session. 
On motion of Mr. Powell, it was resolved that 
the President be requested to communicate to the 
Senate, if not imcompatible with public interest, dis¬ 
patches from Major Anderson to the War Department 
during the time lie has been in command of Port 
Sumter. 
The Chair laid before the Senate the following 
message from the President: 
To the Ornate of the United Stales : 
I have received a copy of a resolution of the Senate, 
passed on the 25th inst., requesting me, if in my 
opinisri, it is not incompatible with the public inter¬ 
est, to communicate to the Senate the dispatches of 
Major Robert Anderson to the War Department 
during the time be has been in command at Fort 
Sumter. 
On examination of the correspondence thus called 
for, although 1 have the highest respect for the Senate, 
I have come to the conclusion that at the present 
moment the publication of it would be inexpedient. 
(Signed) Arrahasj Lincoln. 
Washington, March 2ti, 1801. 
The Senate resumed the consideration of the reso¬ 
lution of Mr. Douglas in reference to the fons, navy 
yards, arsenals, and other property in the seceded 
States. 
The question was taken up on motion of Mr. 
Grimes, on laying Mr. Douglas’ resolution on the 
table — 28 against 11. 
Mr. Breckenridge moved to take up the resolution 
introduced by him yesterday, advising the with¬ 
drawal of the Federal troops from the seceded 
States. He did not intend making any remarks, as 
he had already expressed his views on the subject, 
and desired the vote on his motion to be regarded as 
Trumbull said he offered the resolution as expressive 
of the views he entertained. He. desired to have it 
printed, and would be glad if he could have a vote on it. 
Loud calls here arose on the Democratic side for 
the yeas and nays on the resolution, but without 
taking the question, or its adoption, the Seuatc went 
into Executive Session. On opeuing the doors, Mr. 
Baker and Mr. Bright were appointed a Committee in ! 
accordance writh a resolution, to wait on the Presi¬ 
dent and inform him that the Senate was ready to 
adjourn. Several Executive messages were received, 
and the Senate again went into Executive Session. 
Subsequently a resolution involving $G,000 or 
$7,000 for the purchase of the Annals of Congress, 
and Register of Debates, was discussed, and post¬ 
poned till December. 
The President having no further communication to 
make, the Senate, at four o’clock on the 28th ult., 
adjourned sine die. 
The f*ece**ion Movement. 
Virginia. —The Virginia secessionists are begin¬ 
ning to despair of passing a direct ordinance of seces¬ 
sion, and are urging the adoption of the Arkansas 
plan,t* submit to the people the question of secession 
or co-operation. The Union men are confident 
that secession would be voted down by a large 
majority, but they are unwilling to involve the State 
in the bitter contest which would result, aud there¬ 
fore oppose such submission. 
Mississippi. — The State Convention ratified the 
Constitution of the Confederate States, by a vote of 
78 to 7. 
Texas. —The Texas State Convention ratified the 
Constitution of the Southern Confederacy with but 
two dissenting voice*. The Convention adjourned 
sine die on the 25th inst., without referring the Con¬ 
stitution to the people. The Legislature passed a 
resolution approving the convention act and opposing 
Houston. A bill was passed to raise a regiment of 
mounted riflemen for frontier protection. Since the 
departure of the Federal troops, Indians in large 
numbers have been devastating tbo frontier, killing 
and driving back the settlers. 
Louisiana.— The Convention, before adjourning, 
passed an ordinance permitting Insurance Companies 
to invest their capital in bonds of the Confederate 
Government. 
Fborioa. — The Florida Convention ratified the 
Confederate Constitution. An act just passed by the 
Florida Legislature, declares that in the event of any 
actuallcollision between the troops of tbo late federal 
Union and those in the employ of the State ol 
Florida, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the 
State to make public proclamation of the fact, and 
thereafter the act of holding office under the federal 
government shall be declared treason, and the person 
convicted shall suffer death I This act was approved 
by the Governor of the Slate on the 14th ultimo. 
Arizona.— The Governor of Arizona, in reply to 
the Commissioners appointed by Texas to confer with 
New Mexico and Arizona, in regard to the formation 
of a Confederacy, had invited them to be present at a 
Convention to be held in Mcsilla on the 15th of 
March, to consider the present crisis. 
extend time for the construction of a Railroad on the 
berm side of the Chenango Canal; to provide for the 
appointment of Janitors of District Courts of New 
York, and their compensation; in addition to act 
relating to foreclosure Bale of N. Y. & E. Railroad; 
authorizing the division of towns into election dis¬ 
tricts. _ 
Personal and Political. 
Samuel Siiaw, late Chief Justice of Massachu¬ 
setts, died the 30th ult., at biB residence in Mount 
Vernon street, Boston. He fell dead while convers¬ 
ing, and being in the act of dressing himself in his 
room. He has lately been in feeble health. 
The following joint resolutions passed the Mis¬ 
souri House on the 28th ult., 02 against 42: 
Resolved, That it is inexpedient for the General 
Assembly to take any steps for calling a National 
Convention, to propose amendments to the Constitu¬ 
tion as recommended by the State Convention. 
Thomas P. Hhawcross, Special Agent of the Post 
Office Department, took possession of the Chicago 
Post Office on the 28th ult., by order of President 
Lincoln, for causes alleged for arrears and faulty 
accounts running through even a larger period than 
the present quarter. 
The Lower House of the Kansas legislature organ¬ 
ized on the 28tb by the election of U. T. De Graff, 
Rep., Speaker, lie I* understood to favor Parrot and 
Lane for U. 8. Senutors. 
Gov. Robinson’s Message is mainly devoted to local 
affairs. 11c recommends suitable acknowledgments 
by the Legislature for the generous relief given for 
the needy citizens of Kansas. He recommends that 
the credit of the State be used for the relief of her 
citizens if necessary. He says seed has been fur- 
Scott township, in Fremont county, Iowa, we learn, 
has actually seceded from the county; and “set up 
for itself.” A list of grievances was enumerated, and 
commissioners were appointed to confer with other 
disaffected townships. A good burlesque on seces¬ 
sion. 
From observations made by the Coast Survey, it 
has been determined that the tidal wave in Boston 
harbor flows in from the sea at the rate of fifty miles 
per hour. The wave travels the entire distance from 
Boston Lower Light to the Charleston Dry Dock in 
twenty minutes. 
A hose of medicine, composed of two pounds 
camphor, dissolved in three gallons of whisky, was 
given to Van Amburgb's elephant, Hannibal, the 
other day. This dose is about equal to twenty drops 
of the same mixture to a' human being. Of whisky, 
Hannibal is extravagantly fond. 
Rome friends of the horse are discussing in the 
English sporting papers the question whether this 
animal may not easily be accustomed to do without 
shoes on ordinary pavements. They contend that the 
natural hoof may, by practice, become stomp enough 
to dispense with the iron shoe. 
On the 19th ult., a schooner hauling out from San 
Francisco, California, hoisted the Palmetto flag. A 
crowd instantly assembled on the wharf, and by a 
well-directed fire of potatoes, compelled the would-be 
secessionists not only to haul down the obnoxious 
colors, but to hoist the “ Stars and Stripes ” in their 
place. 
The steamship Adriatic has been sold to the Gal¬ 
way Steamship Company at a ruinous sacrifice, com¬ 
pared with her original cost. In addition to first 
cost, the North Atlantic Steamship Company expend- 
nished in abundance for planting, and hopes that the ed about $90(000 
on her engines, making her total 
Legislature of New York. 
Senate. —W. H. Terry, of Oneida, was appointed 
President pro tern for the balance of the session, dis¬ 
placing Senator Lapham, whose election was con¬ 
strued only to have been for one session, by a vote 
of 11 to 6. 
Mr. W illia ms presented a communication from In¬ 
spector Kennedy, on behalf of Commissioners of 
Metropolitan Police, in reply to a resolution of the 
Senate, calling for information as to members of the 
Police having been sent to other States. The sub¬ 
stance of the report is, that Boon after the election in 
November last, serious apprehensions existed of dis¬ 
turbance of the public peace in the city of New York; 
that there was reason to believe the causes of the 
apprehended disturbances had their origin elsewhere 
than in the city or State of New York. To trace 
them to their source, the Superintendent of Police, 
in the exercise^of discretionary power lodged with 
him, deemed it to be expedient to detail certain de¬ 
tectives to Washington, and other places. They were 
thus sent to Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. 
The information was of a confidential character, and 
from the nature of the system which governs detective 
police business, it would be destructive to the effi¬ 
ciency of the force if the sources of this information 
and its character should be revealed. 
Concurrent resolutions to amend the Constitution, 
aud with reference to the Court of Appeals, and 
salaries of Judges, was considered in committee of 
the whole, and passed. The hill to provide for sub¬ 
mission to the people of the State, the question of 
calling a Convention to revise and amend the Con¬ 
stitution, was taken up and passed. 
The bill to impose tolls on Railroads being moved 
in the general order, Mr. Forman moved to lay the 
bill on the table. Ayes and nays demanded, and the 
motion was carried—17 to 37. This probably kills 
the bill for this session. 
Bills Passer.—To legalize the decisions of Arbi¬ 
trators in the Committee of the Chamber of Com¬ 
merce; to amend the charter of the New York Com¬ 
mercial Exchange: to prevent the adultration of 
milk, and stop the traffic in swill milk: to amend the 
act relating to the transmission to the office of the 
Secretary of State, records of conviction: concerning 
the incorporation of the Chamber of Commerce, New 
York: to punish for cruelty to animals; to amend 
revised statutes relative io wife desertion; to allow 
the Supervisors of New York to procure a site fora 
Court House; the New Y ork Post Office site bill. 
The Senate concurred with the Assembly on the 
Susquehanua Railroad bill, which now goes to the 
Governor. 
Assembly. —Mr. Ball presented a minority report 
against repealing the Sunday laws in New York and 
Brooklyn, so far as to allow the sale of lager beer, 
ale, and malt liquors on Sunday. The report says 
the German population are divided on the question, 
half of them being opposed to the proposed amend¬ 
ment. and taking strong grounds against the sale of 
beer on Sunday, as leading to immorality as much as 
the sale of liquors. 
Mr. "Woodruff made a unanimous report from the 
Committee on cities and villages, in favor of repeal- 
general call for relief will soon cease. 
From the Pacific Side. 
California.— The Legislature has been balloting 
for several days to elect a U. S. Senator. It requires 
58 votes ti> elect, and .las. A. McDougal leads with 32. 
Without new combinations no Senator can be elected 
this winter. 
The Assembly lias passed charter bills for the San 
Francisco Horse Railroad Companies. 
Accounts from Bisaka represent a brisk emigration 
to the Caso, Maralva and Colorado gold and silver 
mines. Probably some thousands of Californians 
will spend the ensuing Bummer in exploring and de- 
volping the extensive regions lying to the south east 
of this State, in Utah and New Mexico. 
The Washoe mining developments continue favor¬ 
able. The atoek in the principle mines is advancing. 
Rhares in the Optofcr mine are selling at $100 and $200 
per foot, and parties predict that $2,000 will be the 
market price within six months. 
The Senate adopted the resolution endorsing Mr. 
Crittenden's plan of adjustment, condemning coer¬ 
cion and recommending conciliation and compromise. 
The Assembly had passed a series of strong Union 
resolutions. That body refused to concur in the 
Crittenden Compromise resolutions as passed by the 
Senate. 
Washington Territory.— The civil jurisdiction 
heretofore exercised on the Island by Washington 
Territory will be discontinued, and Capt. Pickett’s 
authority will be most absolute. 
The colonies of Vancouvers and British Columbia 
will be represented ajt the World’s Fair in 1802. 
Sandwich Jsi.»m>*', The srhoouer W, L. Richard¬ 
son brings Sandwich Island* dates to Feb. 14th. 
On the 10th of that month the U. S. sloop-of-war 
Wyoming, arrived at Honolulu from Panama, via 
IIclo and Launia, in search of the sloop-of-war le¬ 
vant, supposed to be lost. The Honolulu Advertiser 
of Feb. 14th, |hus the following speculation on the 
subject: 
There is every reason to believe that the U. S. 
sloop-of-war Levant has met with some serious acci¬ 
dent alter leaving Helo. It was Captain Hunt's in¬ 
tention to have taken a northerly conrse from the 
laud till he judged that he could fetch the port of 
Acapulco, where be proposed going first t,o forward 
his despatches to Washington. In looking back over 
our shipping memoranda, we find that the whaling 
barks Emerald, Robert Morrison, Florence and Bra- 
ganza, and ships Republic, Coral and Majestic, each 
report severe galea in from 30 deg. to 45 deg. north 
lat., from Oct. 3d to 10th, wind southwest, in which 
they all received more or less damage. Had the 
Levant simply been disabled, she could have reached 
those islands under jury masts, or the boats could 
have got here. The conclusion forces itself on us 
that she met with a disaster which has proved fatal 
to the ship and all on board. 
cost about $1,200,000. She was sold for £87,500 — 
about $457,500. 
In 1827, it took twelve days and cost $57 to travel 
from Cincinnati to New York. The route was by 
way of Hillsborough, Chillicotbe, Lancaster, Zanes¬ 
ville, Wheeling, Washintou, Pa., Browncsville, Cum¬ 
berland, Hagerstown, Hancock, Frederick, Balti¬ 
more, and Philadelphia. Now the Railroads will 
carry one in thirty-six hours, and at a cost of eigh¬ 
teen or twenty dollars. 
Imprisonment or Witnesses. —In condemning the 
laws in force, relating to witnesses in criminal cases, 
the Utica Herald relates the following:—“Not long 
since, a man was ‘ kept’ in the Tombs as a witness 
agaiuat one of the most notorious ruffians in New 
York city. Justice forgot to call him up on the t rial. 
How long hf: remained confined we know not, but 
when it. finally occured to the authorities to release 
him, it was found that the man against whom he was 
expected to testify, had been tried, convicted, sent 
to State Prison, pardoned, and hern at large several 
months! Tims, while crime was enjoying the sweet¬ 
ness of liberty, innocence was rotting in a dungeon.” 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
a test question. After further debate the vote was ing section 31 of the Metropolitan Police Law; which 
taken — 10 to 10. No quorum. 
,Mr. Trumbull offered a resolution declaring that in 
the opinion of the Senate, the way to preserve the 
Union is to enforce the laws of the Union. That 
resistance to their enforcement, whether under the 
name of anti-coercion, or any other name, is dis¬ 
union, and that it Is the duty of the President to use 
all the means in his power to hold aud protect the 
property of the United States, and enforce the laws 
thereof, us well in the States of Mississippi, South 
Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and 
Texas, as within the other States in the ITnion. Mr. 
creates the office of Inspector of Police. The Com¬ 
mittee deem the office of Inspector of Police un¬ 
necessary. 
Rills Passed.— The bill passed by the Senate to 
amend the acts relative to inland navigation Insur¬ 
ance Companies, allowing all Companies to insure 
lake and river risks; requiring foreign Insurance 
Companies to present annuul statements of their con¬ 
dition and affairs; to submit the question of calling 
a Convention to revise the Constitution, and to amend 
the same, to the people of the State; to incorporate 
the Loaner's Association in the city of New York; to 
New* Paragraph*. 
Caen, in Normandy, is celebrated for its horse 
shows. It takes down Springfield altogether. Think 
of crowds of visitors and purchasers making their 
appearance ten days before the regular fair day, of 
stables sold out three or four times in advance, and 
of five thousand horses being disposed of without 
difficulty during the exhibition! 
TnEUE have been but two postmasters in the city 
of Charleston since the days of Washington. Ge.i. 
Washington appointed Mr. Balot iu 17i)7, who served 
until his death, when the present incumbent, Mr. 
Huger, (pronounced Uger) was appointed by Mr. 
Monroe. Mr. Huger is now over 70 year- of age. 
A pack of wolves gathered round the house of Mrs. 
T. C. Higgins, at Bridget Creek, near Eauelaire, Wis., 
one evening last week, for a feast upon a calf in one 
of the outhouses. Mrs. 11. being very desirous of 
saving the veal, put strychnine upon same meat and 
threw it among her unwelcome visitors. Her hus¬ 
band, on returning home soon after, found twelve 
wolves lying dead near the house. 
TnE following card, published in the National In¬ 
telligencer explains itself:—” Gen. Scott fto his cor¬ 
respondents) begs to say, that of their innumerable 
letters he does not find it practicable, (being quite 
infirm,) to read one in five, nor to answer one iD 
thirty. Applications for autographs and offices are 
burdensome. The former increases with his inability 
to use the pen, and of the latter, he has, within his 
ow n gift, but two small places, (long well filled,) and 
be recommends no one whatever, other than an old 
soldier, nor for any office out of the army.” 
The widow of Yturbide, formerly Emperor of Mex¬ 
ico, died in Philadelphia, last week, at an advanced 
age. Yturbide was elected Emperor in 1822, but the 
political troubles induced him to abdicate in about a 
year, and with his family he went to Italy. Two 
years later he returned to Mexico, was declared a 
traitor, and shot within a week after landing. The 
Mexican government allowed his widow a pension, 
and she removed to Philadelphia, where she has 
lived since 1823, and has brought up a family and 
made a large circle of frieuds. She lived very quiet, 
aud but few of her fellow-citizens knew that Phila- 
I delphia numbered among its residents an ex-Empress. 
Great Britain. — A Paris letter in the Times says 
the French and English Governments are fitting out 
a powerful fleet of war steamers for the United States. 
The suggestion came from England. France will 
furnish three first class frigates; the English contin¬ 
gent will perhaps be much larger. The fleet will sail 
with sealed orders. Spain is also prepared to send a 
formidable force to the Gulf of Mexico, though not 
working In connection with France and England. 
Parliament news unimportant, the main features 
being the navy estimates voted. 
Mr. Gregory bad giveu notice that he would at an 
early day call the attention of the government to the 
expediency of prompt recognition of the Southern 
Confederacy of America. 
The Government is said to have received dispatches 
from the Consul at Warsaw, generally confirming the 
published accounts. Mr. Gladstone promised to in¬ 
troduce the budget on the 11th of April. 
The London Times asks when the Confederate 
States ure to negotiate the proposed loan, seeing that 
one-fifth of their population is pledged to repudia¬ 
tion. It says President Davis is the man who laughed 
at dupes in Mississippi bonds. 
France. — The French Corps Legislate is engaged 
in debating the Emperor’s address. The main topic 
was the Italian policy, which several members 
strongly denounced, asserting that the English pol¬ 
icy proved victorious iu Italy. <>ne member warned 
the government against the suicidal policy, aud pre¬ 
dicted internal danger ahead. The Ministers pro¬ 
tested against his speech and defended the Emperor’s 
course. 
Another conference on the Syrian question took 
place on the 11th. An arrangement is soon expected. 
The French papers are publishing dispatches an¬ 
nouncing the threatening attitude of the Musselmen 
towards the t l.ristians at Syria. 
Italy. — The details of the surrender of Messina, 
show tlmt it was unconditional. Over 5,000 pris¬ 
oner-, and 300 cannon were taken. 
ivitilla del Tronto will not be able to resist much 
onger. 
The Italian Chamber of Deputies unanimously 
approved the assumption of the title of King. 
Favour presented the project law, proclaiming the 
kingdom of Italy attached to the lower branch of the 
Italian Parliament. He denied that Sardinia was 
negotiating at Rome. 
There was an encounter a few days since in Rome, 
between a French regiment and 700 Papal Zouaves. 
The French Colonel was killed and three men were 
wounded. 
Romano had tendered his resignation as Minister 
of the Interior at Naples. 
The Italian army will be divided into six corps 
d’armee. Four corps under Cialdina to go to Bologna. 
Poland. —All was quiet at Warsaw, but it is 
asserted that the agitation, though muffled, was 
increasing. Russian troops continue to arrive. A 
separate council of State had been granted by the 
Emperor to the Kingdom of Poland. Zomoiski had 
been appointed President. 
Turkey. — English steamers left Constantinople 
tor Galatz and took provisional possession of arms 
landed from Sardinian vessels and seized by 
Turkey. 
Differences had occurred between Sir H. Bulwer 
and the American minister to Turkey, and Bulwer 
had declined to attend the latter’s reception on Wash¬ 
ington’s birthday. 
China, — Pekin was quiet. Troops were at Tein 
Sein. The treaty was working satisfactorily. The 
rebels had been defeated by the Imperialists atEbsin. 
Affairs at Japan were peaceful. 
Commercial lsrRL\.)aKXCR—Br?adstutfs.— Flour was quiet 
at former rates, 28s(gi31s. Wheat moderate at full prices of 
Tuesday Red lls3d@13s: white I2e6d(^14e6d. Corn in fair 
request, and incases a shade dearer; yellow 37s(a38s6d; white 
38s@39s. 
Provisions— Pork quiet. No American offering. 
London Markets.— Baring Bros. A Co. report English wheat 
10b dearer; white American 63&t$G7s; red 59s@63s- 
<£l)c Neros <£oni>cnsct. 
— Abd-el-Kader is about to visit France. 
— The Welland canal will be opened on the 8th inst. 
— No State tax is to be levied in Illinois for the next two 
years. 
— The Pontifical debt ia four hundred and thirty million 
francB. 
— Kansas contains as much territory as all the Cotton 
States. 
— The prospect for a sugar crop in Louisiana is very 
flattering. 
— Lady Franklin aDd niece have arrived safely in San 
Francisco. 
— There were 31 candidates for the vacant senatorship of 
Pennsylvania. 
— At Marshall’s gTeat cabinet in Oswego, may be seen coins 
2,500 years old. 
— Capt. Ericsson is about to obtain a patent in England for 
his hot air engine. 
— The estimated value of the exports from Milwaukee, for 
1860, is $12,774,700. 
— The $15,000,000 loan of the Southern Confederacy has 
Dot yet been taken. 
— Troops from different portions of the South are concen¬ 
trating at Pensacola. 
— The Cariboo diggings in British Columbia are represented 
to be of extraordinary value. 
— They manufacture pencil cases in England from human 
boneB, gathered in Sebastopol! 
— The old established London Morning Chronicle has 
reduced its price to one penny. 
— The Jefferson Co. Union notices the alarming prevalence 
of scarlet fever in that vicinity. 
— The Levant Herald predicts a general suspension of the 
merchants and bankers of Galatia. 
— The new British Bankruptcy bill, to go into operation in 
October next, contains 256 clauses. 
— The Viceroy of Egypt lias been spending five days in 
prayer, at the tomb of Mohammed. 
— The Utica Observer Bays that scarlet fever is prevailing 
to a considerable extent in that city. 
— Orders have been received at New York Navy Yard to 
fit the frigates Wabash and Roanoke. 
— Navigation is now open on the Western division of the 
main line of the Pennsylvania canal. 
— The total number of postage stamps issued by the P 0. 
department for 1860, was 223,867,270. 
— The mind of the Empress Eugenie is tottering. Cause, 
religious excitement and spiritualism. 
— The old abdicated Emperor of Austria, Ferdinand, is 
now tottering iu the last stage of senility. 
— In the account of ex-Treasurer Cobb, is charged for pen¬ 
knives, for the year, the amount of $255.50. 
—Gen. Wool is confined to his bed by sickness, and is said 
to be so ill as to be unable to see his friends. 
— Ten cent* each was the net income of five postoffices in 
Florida, for the year ending September, 1850. 
— The Court of Appeals met la*t week, for the first time 
in eight or nine years, in the city of New York. 
— It costs from four to five hundred dollars to inflate a 
balloon, thirty feet in diameter, with hydrogen gas. 
— Millholland, of Philadelphia, is now in France, construct¬ 
ing locomotives on his plan for burning anthracite coal. 
— The merchants and storekeepers on tlie docks aud pier 
at Albany, are again flooded out, for the third time this year. 
— It Is said that the author of the popular tune, “Dixie’s 
Land,” ha* realized four thousand dollars from his copy¬ 
right. 
— In the United States, the last year, 150 Roman Catholic 
churches have been erected, with accomodations for 100,000 
people. 
— At the vote for Postmaster of St. Clair*nlle, OWo, a lao'y 
named Mrs. Ramsey was chosen by 25 majority over two gen¬ 
tlemen. 
— During the past year, the building and refitting of vessels 
for the English navy, coBt more than one million and a half 
pounds. 
— A writer for the N. Y. Tribune estimates that above 6,000 
wells have been opened in the oil regions, of which not over 
200 pay. 
— In 1568 the aggregate tunnage of the whole English 
navy was only 11,820 tuns, or about one-half of the Great 
Eastern. 
— The number of European emigrants arriving in New 
York, is said to be greater at present than at the same period 
last year. 
— Since last November there have been 5,400,000 of old 
cents received at the Philadelphia mint and exchanged for 
— Every person in Great Britain pays annually an average 
of about three pounds sterling for the support of tke 
government. 
— A severe snow storm Id Virginia, on the 15th ult., caused 
great destruction among fruit* and vegetables. The fruit trees 
were in blossom. 
— The population of Canada West, by the last census, 
amounts to 1,400,000. that of Canada East 1,300,000 — makiDg 
total of 2,760,000. 
— It is proposed to increase the number of Bishops in 
England, the number at present being only the same as an 
hundred years ago. 
— A disease known as spotted fever prevails to a great 
extent in Dauphin and Lebanon counties. Pa., and has proved 
fatal in many cases. 
— Louis Napoleon is charged with an increasing annual 
expenditure of $70,000,000, and an annual increase of public 
debt of $50,000,000. 
— Three of the great powers of Europe—England, France, 
and Prussia—are now committed to the cause of Italian inde¬ 
pendence and unity. 
— About $100,000 worth of hard India rubber, for the 
manufacture of combs, is imported annually from the United 
States Into England. 
— The State Senate of Ohio, last week, by a vote of twenty- 
six to five, passed a resolution recommending the call oi a 
National Convention. 
— Handsome velvet pile carpets are now sold in England 
at 76 cents per yard (our money,) about half what is asked 
for them in New York. 
_Chas. F. Adams is tlie sixth Massachusetts man who has 
been selected as the representative of the United States at 
the Court of St. James. 
— Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, has vetoed the bill author¬ 
izing the banks of that State to issue $4,000,000 in notes, 
redeemable in two years. 
— The Nantucket Enquirer states, with natural pride in 
climate, that among the 600 legal voters in the town, 130 are 
upward of 70 years of age. 
— Since the United Stales troops have left the Texan fron¬ 
tier, the IrniiaDS have become very troublesome, and have 
committed several murders. 
_Bahnoial skirts are now largely manufactured in the 
United States. So large an order as for 10,000 has lately been 
given by a New York dealer. 
— The number of cottages engaged at Newport is larger 
than ever before so early in the season, and the list of names 
embraces many Southerners. 
— The prospect for a bountiful wheat crop was never better 
in Tennessee, at this season of the year. In Kentucky the 
wheat crop is also promising. 
— The London Dispatch says there are more British admi¬ 
rals than ships, more generals than regiments, more captain- 
of artillery and engineers than guns 
— With a due sense of their own importance, the New York 
Common Council have presented themselves each with a gom 
badge, at a cost of $12 or $15 apiece. 
— The prospects for business at Louisville, Ky., are so dis¬ 
couraging that many leading merchants have published an 
appeal to landlords to reduce the rents. 
