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BOOHESTEB, N. Y., APRIL 1$, 1861. 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Affairs nt Waalungton. 
A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to 
Collectors, Bays: —In consequence of the control of 
warehouses of the Government in the ports of South 
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama. Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Florida, and Texas, having been usurped, it is im¬ 
practicable to continue the privilege of bonding 
goods for transportation to those ports; and Collec¬ 
tors arc instructed that no entries for transportation 
in bond to said ports can be permitted. 
Superintendent Kennedy, of the Census Bureau, 
daily receives applications from census marshals in 
seceded States for payment of their services. His 
regular reply is that applicants will be paid out of the 
stolen Government funds, whenever Southern officials 
shall see lit to recognize the drafts of the Federal 
treasury. 
It is rumored that the Government agents Bent to 
England and France, have returned, and report that 
both will set their faces against the Southern Con¬ 
federacy, and in no manner recognize or assist it, 
and that the President and Cabinet are determined to 
take immediate and vigorous measures for the 
enforcement of the laws at all hazards. 
The Texas troops have been ordered South again. 
The representatives of the great European powers 
have, unofficially, expressed a desire that the Union 
should be maintained. 
Mr. Blaisdell arrived from Texas on the 4th inst., 
bringing $9,000, which the secessionists failed to get 
hold of at Galveston. He reports that the people 
have not been fairly beard, and are disgusted with 
the revolution. 
Instructions had been given to the heads of depart¬ 
ments not to hold official communication with the 
seceded States. 
The Secretary of the Interior has directed that no 
more land warrants should be issued from the Pen¬ 
sion office to citizens of the seceding States. 
The Mexican question receives special considera¬ 
tion by the Administration, and an immediate treaty 
with that Government is one of the objects of that 
mission. The Spanish fleet which was to have been 
sent to the Gulf of Mexico, will be delayed until 
further instructions can be received from Madrid. 
The decision of the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
rejecting all bids for the loan under 94, has caused 
great disappointment among bidders. They allege 
that the advertisement gives no such direction. Had 
the entire $8,000,000 been awarded, the average would 
have beeD 03$. The Secretary concluded to issue 
treasury notes for the remaining five millions. 
It is said that the new Minister to Belgium took 
out explicit instructions regarding the policy of the 
Administration toward the Confederated States, and 
a protest to the European Governments against the 
recognition of those States. 
It is ascertained that the French Consuls in the 
Confederated States have received instructions direct 
from France, instead of through the resident Minister 
here, in relation to the facilitation of Commerce with 
the Empire. 
Lieut. Gilman lias arrived at Washington, who 
states that great preparations are being made to 
attack Fort Pickens, and troops are being drilled 
daily by Southern officers. An attack iB momenta¬ 
rily expected. 
A special dispatch to the N. Y. Times says, the 
batteries at Morris Island fired into an unknown 
vessel on the night of the 4th inst., for not display¬ 
ing her colors. Major Anderson immediately dis¬ 
patched a messenger to Gov. Pickens for explanations. 
The vessel put to sea. 
A Charleston dispatch to the N. Y. World says, 
that there is great activity there, and believes that 
Sumter is to be attacked immediately. It is reported 
that orders have been received from President Davis 
to cut off the supplies of Major Anderson, and no 
communication be allowed to Sumter with the Fede¬ 
ral authorities. 
A special dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune from Mont¬ 
gomery says, that the Southern Government is deter¬ 
mined to take Pickens at all hazards, and if Lincoln 
attempts to obstruct Southern commerce, all Northern 
ships in Southern waters will be seized. 
Orders have been received at the N. Y. Custom 
House to collect duties on foreign merchandize 
arriving from ports in Confederate States, when 
proof of previous payment cannot be furnished. 
[The telegraph this (Monday) morning furnishes 
ns with some rather startling intelligence. The news 
received over the wires of late has not been remarka¬ 
ble for reliability, and to-morrow may witness a con¬ 
tradiction, but we must give all as a current record 
of the times:J 
An officer of the army stated to-day, that the first 
collision would probably be in Charleston harbor. 
The Government, he says, having decided some days 
ago, to evacuate Port Sumter, were about to send an 
order detailing bow it should be done, but General 
Beauregard, who is in command, in conjunction with 
Governor Pickens, refused to accept their plau of 
evacuation. What the order or plan proposed by 
the Government was, is not fully known, but it is 
understood that they wanted to leave a small force to 
protect the property of the United States; this the 
Carolinians persistently refused to agree to, and 
demanded an immediate surrender. The facts were 
laid before the President, who at once decided that 
unless they accepted the plan or order proposed bv 
the Government, that the fort should not be evacuated, 
thus compelling them to take it by force. When the 
ball is once opened, they will blockade every princi¬ 
pal port in the Confederate States, commencing with 
Charleston and ending with the mouth of the Missis¬ 
sippi. Should an attack he made on Fort Sumter, an 
attempt will be made to throw re inforcements into 
it. They do not expect, however, to succeed in this, 
but nevertheless they will make the effort Fort 
Pickens they mean to hold at all hazards, if they can. 
Lieut Talbot left to-day with sealed instructions to 
Major Anderson. 
It is a mistake to suppose that recent events in 
Dominica have excited any peculiar interest on the 
part of the Administration. Nothing is authenti¬ 
cally known here, beyond the fact that the Spanish 
subjects on the Island sent to the Captain-General of 
Cuba for assistance, and that the two or three hun¬ 
dred troops dispatched by him were under orders not 
to land unless by request of the authorities there. 
There is, however, some anxiety to learn what Spain 
will now do in the premises. That she was privy to 
the revolutionary movement is a mere conjecture, as 
it is said this evening in diplomatic circles that there 
is no information upon which to base such a conclu¬ 
sion. 
The army and navy officers appear, in common 
with the public, to he unacquainted with the military 
designs of the Administration, hut from the beBt 
available sources, it is almost, if not quite certain, 
that the greater part of the troops leaving the 
Northern ports are destined for Texas, to operate on 
the frontier, for the protection of the inhabitants 
against the Indian incursions. They will occupy the 
forts on the Bio Grande, and according to official 
representations, find a cordial welcome among the 
settlers who have beeD driven by the savages from 
their homes. 
Gov. Houston has given full advices to the Federal 
authorities, and the result, it is anticipated, will be to 
re-establiHh him in hiB position as the Executive of 
that State, 
The troops in the neighborhood of Fort Pickens, 
on board United States vessels, are considered suffi¬ 
cient in number to re inforce that fort, if this design 
has not already been consummated. 
The N. Y. Post’s Washington dispatches of the 
9th inst., state thfttGen. Scott continued in active per¬ 
sonal supervision of the military there, which iB con¬ 
sidered sufficient to protect the city. The guards 
around the Capitol and Public UuildingB have beon 
doubled and well armed- The Post quotes a private 
letter from Charleston, which states that Major 
Anderson intends to retort on the Charlestonians 
stopping his supplies, by prohibiting further inter¬ 
course by water with the forts that surround him. 
The N. Y. Commercial’s dispatch says that Lieut. 
Talbot left for Sumter on the Slh, with instructions 
to Anderson, and will undoubtedly be re-admitted to 
the Fort, although stringent regulations have been 
adopted by the Secessionlata. 
The State Department has replied to the note of 
the C. S. A. Commissioners, declining to receive 
them in their official capacity, expressing deference 
for them as gentlemen. The Secretary expressed a 
peaceful policy on the part of the Government, 
declaring to defend only when assailed. Tbe reply 
is of such a character as to require a continuation of 
the correspondence. It is not known when the Com¬ 
missioners will leave Washington, not however in 
some days. 
Legislature of New York. 
Senate.— A communication was presented from 
Mr. Kennedy, Hoperintendent of Census, submitting 
the population of the State by counties, for the pur 
pose of apportionment. It was ordered to be printed 
forthwith and referred to a select committee. 
The Assembly bill for the more certain punishment 
of the crime of murder, was reported adversely, and 
the report agreed to. 
In Executive Session the name of Henry P. Van- 
dyck was sent in as the Superintendent of the Bank¬ 
ing Department, in the place of Jas. M. Cook, who 
it is understood, retires. The nomination created 
much excitement, and was referred to a select com¬ 
mittee. 
The Senate occupied the 4tli inst. in consideration j 
of the Aunual Appropriation Bill in Committee of 
the Whole, and adopted the amendment raising tax 
on salt to two cents. 
Rills Paused. —Incorporating the Loaners’ Associa¬ 
tion in New York city; regulating the sale of intox¬ 
icating liquors; abolishing commission in reference 
to claims of the Boldiers of the war of 1812; to 
extend the time for laying of a railroad track on the 
berm side of the Chenango canal; incorporating the 
New York Volunteer Burial and Monument Associa¬ 
tion: for the preservation of moose, wild deer, birds, 
and fish; appropriating five thousand dollars to 
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums. 
Assembly. —The enacting clause was stricken out 
of the following bills: 
Allowing the jury in criminal trials to be judges 
of the law and the facts presented; to punish for the 
sales of butts, barrels, and casks, with brands used by 
manufacturer* of ales, Ac., by unauthorized parties; 
relating to the inspection of steam boilers, engines, 
Ac., in New York and Brooklyn, and for the better 
security of life and property. 
The resolution expelling Jay Gibbons was adopted, 
ayes 101, nays 8. 
The concurrent resolutions of the Senate for sub¬ 
mission to tbe people of tbe proposed amendment to 
the Constitution prohibiting the sale of intoxicating 
liquors as a beverage, were considered, and on 
motion, adopted — 60 to 33. 
The Secession Movement. 
South Carolina. — The telegraph gives ns 
Charleston dates to the 7th inst, from which we 
condense the following: 
Reliable information has been received from the 
North, that reinforcements are ordered to Fort Sum¬ 
ter, and will be accompanied by a squadron under 
command of Commodore Stringham. Five thousand 
southern men, in addition to those at present in the 
fortifications, are ready to take the field within 24 
hours. The ultimatum — Beige or surrender—has not 
been sent to Major Anderson, but with the supplies 
sent to-day he was notified by Gen. Beauregard that 
they are the last, which is equivalent to a declaration 
of hostilities. This is positive. Corps have been 
ordered to rendezvous at points remote from Charles¬ 
ton, but within supporting distance, to watch the 
movements of the enemy. Gov. Pickens has all day 
been inspecting the batteries, accompanied by a por¬ 
tion of his council and senior officers of the army. 
Every thing throughout was in a state of efficiency. 
The South Carolina State Convention, by a vote of 
149 to 29, have ratified the Constitution of the Con¬ 
federate States. 
Texas.— Gov. Houston has sent a messenger to the 
Legislature, protesting against the Convention, 
appealing to the Legislature to sustain him, and 
claiming still to be Governor. The Legislature took 
not the slightest notice of it. 
Texas advices of the 2d state that Col. Ford is 
reliably informed from Matamcras, that Gen. Ampu- 
dia, with 3,000 Mexicans, is sixty miles off and 
marching on Brownsville. Ampudia bad dispatched 
an express with placards and handbills, announcing 
that Texas rightly belongs to Mexico, and that she I 
had no longer the support of the Federal Government, 
and tbit now is the time to retake her. licinforce- 
menta in large numbers were rapidly coming to him. 
Col. Fcrd had ordered all the heavy guns and ord¬ 
nance stores at Brazos Island to be immediately 
removed to the scene of anticipated difficulties. 
Virginia.—A t 12 o’clock, on the 4th inst,, the 
debate was terminated in the Convention, and after 
an inefftctual effort by Mr. Wise to extend the time 
for explaining the amendment, the Committee of the 
Whole proceeded to vote on the 3d resolution, which 
opposes the formation of geographical or sectional 
parties in respect to Federal politics, and it was 
adopted. 
The fourth resolution was next taken np. On 
motion of Mr. Wise, it was amended by inserting the 
words "several States,” in lieu of United States, 
making it declare that tbe Territories constitute a 
trust to he administered for the common benefit of 
the people. Yeas 59, nays 66. 
Mr. Morton moved to amend by striking out the 
last sentence, namely: 
If the furthentdmission of slave and free labor into 
any territory excites unfriendly conflict between the 
systems, a fair partition of the territories ought to be 
made, and each system protected within the limits 
assigned It by laws necessary to its proper develop¬ 
ment. Adopted. 
Mr. Flourney moved to amend the fifth resolution 
by striking out the words, "and to aid in suppress 
ing domestic insurrection,” thus making the declara¬ 
tion simply that the legitimate use of the forts, <fcc., 
is to protect tin- country against foreign power. 
Agreed to— 68 ti 61. 
The sixth resolution being taken up, Mr. Harvie 
moved to strike out the whole, and insert the follow¬ 
ing, viz: 
Resolved, That an ordinance of secession, resum¬ 
ing the powers dtlegated by Virginia, and providing 
for submitting tb> same to the qnalifled voters of the 
Commonwealth, for adoption or rejection, at the 
polls at the spang elections in May, should be 
adopted by this Convention. Rejected. 
Tbe resolution 1 was adopted as follows: 
Deeply deplorpg the present distracted condition 
of the country, Ind lamenting the wrongs that have 
impelled some of the States to dissolve their connec¬ 
tion with the Fluleral Government, but sensible of 
the blessings of [ nion, and impressed with its impor¬ 
tance to the peRe, prosperity, and progress of the 
people, wo carnetly desire that an adjustment be 
reached by whirl the Union may be re-established in 
its integrity, and peace, prosperity, and fraternal feel¬ 
ings be restored throughout the land. 
The 7th resoluton was then taken up and amended, 
on motion of Mr. Wise, by striking all from the word 
“ governments ” to tbe last sentence — yeas 68, 
nays 65. 
Alarama. — Frtm the seat of the Confederated 
Government we barn that active efforts are being 
made to complete the Gap Railway route to Pensa¬ 
cola, to facilitate Ihe transportation of troops to the 
Gulf, and it will bi completed in a few days. 
The treasury notts of the Confederated States were 
issued the 4th inst. under a law authorizing a million 
loan. The first bunds issued were for $6,000, and 
sold at 20 per cent, premium. 
The supplies of provision, it is believed, are getting 
scarce at Fort Pickens. 
TroopB, provisions, and ammunition, are flowing 
to tbe Confederate army in large numbers and 
quantity. j 
The production of oil from the oil wells of Craw¬ 
ford and Venango counties, in Pennsylvania, is now 
so great that the Philadelphia North American an¬ 
ticipates that two or three million dollars will be 
realized from it this year. The transportation now 
amounts to five or six hundred barrels daily, and is 
rapidly increasing. 
Several seizures of Buenos Avrean cargoes have 
lately been made at New York, the Collector claim¬ 
ing that a wrong appraisment was made at the ports 
of that Republic, although such cargoes were certified 
by consular certificates. The value of the goods in¬ 
volved in the question, which has been referred to 
the Treasury Department, is estimated at over five 
millions. 
Trade with Japan.— The ship Phantom, Captain 
Sargent, which arrived at New York last week from 
Shanghai, brought one of the most valuable cargoes 
ever imported to tbi* country from China, its value 
reaching between eight and nine hundred thousand 
dollars, consisting of teas, cassia and raw silk. Of 
the latter article there are five hundred and thirty 
bales, and of these one hundred and forty-four con¬ 
tained the Japanese raw silk, brought from Japan to 
China for shipment to New York. As each hale of 
the Japanese silk is worth $800, and as this is but 
the commencement of the shipments, some idea may 
be formed of the trade likely to grow up between the 
two countries, indirect at present, but which will 
doubtless soon be direct. 
Our Army and Navy. —The Army Register for 
1861 has been issued. It givesthe total enlisted men 
of the army at 17,005—aggregate, 18,122. There are 
198 companies in the different regiments. If all 
these companies were subject to tbe increased allow¬ 
ance of the regiments serving in distant stations, the 
total enlisted would be 17,549, and the aggregate 
18,666. The distribution of our Naval forces through¬ 
out the world, as given in the Naval Register for 1861, 
jnst isgued, is as follows: 
Vessels. 
Of. and men. 
Guns. 
Tong 
Home Ueet. 
...11 
2.400 
172 
11.120 
Mediterranean fleet. 
... 8 
890 
47 
5.192 
Pacific flec-t ... 
.... 6 
1.401 
85 
7.632 
African fleets. 
7 
1.585 
104 
6,4-4-1 
ChiDa fleet. 
.... 4 
700 
36 
4.375 
Special Service_ 
9 
.... U 
950 
63 
7,587 
Total. 
....34 
7,927 
507 
42,080 
Personal and Political. 
Gov. Curtin, of Penn., has sent in a message to 
tbe Legislature, in wliich he takes the ground that 
the people, having lost the military habits necessary 
amid the disturbed condition of the surrounding 
States, should begin to prepare for the means of self- 
preservation, and it is the duty of the State to assist 
in the enforcement of the National laws. He recom¬ 
mends an appropriation of $500,000 for the purchase 
of munitions of war. 
James A. McDougal was elected United States 
Senator by the California Legislature in joint con¬ 
vention on the 21st ult., receiving 56 out of 111 votes. 
He was subsequently awarded a certificate by tbe 
Governor. Subsequently, however, the Clerk made 
affidavit of 113 votes Laving been cast, leaving Mr. 
McDougal one vote short. An investigation into the 
matter has been proposed by the joint committee. 
The supporters of Mr. McDougal claim that his elec¬ 
tion depends on the certificate, even if the committee 
report against him, laying the ground for a future 
contest at Washington, should the Legislature here¬ 
after select another party. 
The Rhode Island election, on the 3d inst., resulted 
in the defeat of the Republicans. Gov. Sprague iH 
re-elected by a large majority. The Legislature is of 
the same political character. Sheffield and Browne 
are elected to Congress over the late Republican 
members. 
The Republicans of Connecticut have elected their 
State ticket by an increased majority. They have 
carried both branches of the Legislature and the first 
and third Congressional districts. They have lost 
the second, and the fourth s not fully heard from. 
Messrs. Lane & Pomeroy were elected U. 8. Sen¬ 
ators from Kansas, on the 8th inst., by a small 
majority._ 
News Paragraphs. 
The Melbourne (Australian) Herald states that in 
less than a quarter of a century, Australia has in¬ 
creased from 170,000 to 630,000 persons, and in ten 
years has exported 23,000,000 ounces of gold. 
The ultramontane Paris paper. L'Univere, states 
that the " last hoars of Lola Montez were softened by 
the. presence of Madame Buchanan, wife of the Presi¬ 
dent of the United States.” That is about as good as 
the information which, seme years ago, the cele¬ 
brated “Rente des deux Mondes ” gave to its readers, 
stating that a negro, called Banks, had been elected 
Speaker of the House of Representatives.” 
The Alabama State Convention has adoptod an 
ordinance providing that the General Assembly of 
the State shall cede a district of ten miles square for 
a seat of government lor the Confederate States. 
The sword of a sword fish was found sticking into 
the bottom of the steamer Golden Age, when recently 
overhauled in Panama. It was thirteen inches long, 
and had been driven through the copper, and the 
outer and inner plankings, and pricking even the 
ceiling. 
Sidney (New South Wales,) dates state that the 
ship Superior, of New Bedford, Mass., was seized at 
Treasury Island, September 16th, by the natives. 
All but six of the crew were murdered, and the vessel 
burnt. The six saved were made captives by tbe 
Chief of the island, and Capt. Mair, of the British 
schooner Annie, succeeded in obtaining the release 
of three. The others still remain in captivity. When 
burned, the Superior had 150 barrels of whale oil on 
board. Total number murdered, 26. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Great Britain.— In the House of Lords, on the 
21st ult., the MarquiB of Normandy moved for the 
correspondence relative to recent events in the Ionian 
Islands. The Duke of Newcastle explained the 
nature of the events. He said, members of tbe 
Ionian Assembly moved that the whole Islands vote 
by universal suffrage on the question of annexa¬ 
tion to Greece, and unite themselves into one empire 
for the purpose of expelling the Turks from Europe. 
The English Government considered the proceedings 
unconstitutional, and called for the withdrawal of the 
motion, which was refused, and therefore dismissed 
the Assembly for six months. The English Govern¬ 
ment approved of this course. Similar explanations 
were given in the House of Commons. 
Mr. C. Fortesque explained that the present con¬ 
vention between England and France respecting the 
NewFoundland fisheries, only regulated the machinery 
under existing treaties, and as it did not affect the 
rights of New Foundland, would not be laid before 
that Legislature. 
Lord Woodhouse also explained the terms of the 
New Convention with Mexico, by which certain 
customs and duties are apportioned to British bond 
holders. 
In the House of Commons, Lord John Russell 
promised to produce correspondence with the Amer¬ 
ican Government relative to tbe fugitive slave 
Anderson. . 
Lord W. Graham asked whether explanations had 
been demanded from France, relative to assistance 
rendered by their Minister in the escape of Miramon 
from Mexico. Lord John Russell admitted that 
Miramon had violated International law; but said 
that in tbe absence of official dispatches, the French 
Government had not been applied to on the subject. 
The insurance on cotton ships from America had 
advanced at Lloyd's from 30s to 60s, including the 
risk of capture. 
France. —In the Corps LegisUttif, L. Jules Favre 
moved his amendment to the address respecting tbe 
withdrawal of the French troops from Rome. He 
strongly urged the necessity for such a proceeding, 
and assarted that the maintenance of the States 
would be impossible. The amendment was rejected, 
246 to 5. The entire address wus finally agreed to by 
a vote of 213 to 13. 
So far from recalling the French troops from 
Rome, it was generally reported in Paris that 10,000 
men were about to he sent out nominally to reinforce 
the garrison there, but really to make a counter 
demonstration to that of Austria on the Po. 
The Paris papers of March 23d, publish a telegram, 
dated the 20th, stating that the Porte has consented to 
the prolongation of the occupation of Syria. 
The international commander at Beirut has 
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demanded the prompt execution of the condemned 
Druses, 
In the Consistory, held yesterday, the Pope 
declared that he would have granted the concessions 
advised by the Catholic Sovereigns, but he could not 
receive the counsels or unjust demands from the 
usurping government. 
The Civitella Del Tronto, of Naplee, was capitu¬ 
lated on the 17th inst., before the order of Francis 
2d reached them to surrender. On the 18th the gar¬ 
rison saluted the proclamation of the Kingdom of 
Italy. This city and provinces are tranquil. 
A dispatch to the Times, dated Naples, 19, says 
that all the counsellors are dismissed. 
The Council of Lieutenancy is dissolved. Direc¬ 
tors will be appointed, and a more direct communi¬ 
cation with Turin obtained. There will be a Pied¬ 
montese Director of Finances. 
On the 18th inst., a grand and imposing fete was 
held in honor of Garibaldi. All was tranquil. 
The uew ministry is not yet announced. Rumor 
gives tbe following combination: Cavour, President 
of the Council, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and 
Marine; Fanti, Minister of War. 
Turkey. —The Turkish Commissioners have pro¬ 
claimed the act of amnesty granted to the Christian 
refugees of the Paschalic of Emika. The refugees 
have declared, however, that they cannot venture to 
avail themselves of the amnesty, and have sent a 
petition to the Saltan. 
The whole of Hezejodia is in a state of revolution, 
supported by the Montenegrins. The fighting is 
general. Several Turkish villages on the frontiers 
have been reduced to ashes. 
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Commercial Ixtkli.icknce.— Breadstuff’s —Quiet and steady. 
Richardson, Spence Hi Co. report flour quiet and steady at 
28s0d<S30s. Wheat quiet and steady. Rea llsSdcalSg White 
14s@I4*6d. Corn steady. Mixed 37s3d(dj37s6d. Yellow 38s 
(a38stid. White 38s@39s 
~ Provisions — Generally quiet. Lard dull at 53s(o!54s. 
Nctus Condenser. 
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— The population of Australia is over half a million. 
— There are in the city of Philadelphia 2,664 fire plugs. 
— There is one house to every six persons in the United 
States. 
— Fifty thieves were arrested at one haul in Manchester, 
England. 
— One thousand and fifty fires occurred in London during 
last year. 
— The New York PoBt says that slavers are now fitting out 
at that port 
— Six persons lost their lives at a fire in Roxbury, Mass., on 
the 20th ult. 
— On the 1st inst., the Boston Banks disbursed 51,344.984 
In dividends. 
— The peanut is cultivated in Georgia, Alabama, North 
Carolina, 4c. 
— All 11 drop letters ” are hereafter to be prepaid with 
postage stamps. 
— It is expected that the canal will be open for navigation 
by the 16th inst. * 
— Scotch pig iron is 52.50 per tun lower at present than it 
was a year since. 
— It has been estimated that there are five million horses 
in the United States. 
— The city of Providence is about to introduce gymnastics 
in the public schools. 
— Counterfeit 52.60 gold pieces have just been put in cir¬ 
culation In Philadelphia. 
— Supplies for the famishing in Kansas and for seed, are 
now arriving quite freely. 
— There are said to be 100 men in Liverpool, England, who 
are each worth 55,000,000. 
— Engine Company No. 6, of Salem, Mass., passed its 113th 
anniversary on the 16th ult, 
— The Charlestonians have now on hand 487,000 pounds of 
powder ready for the emergency. 
— Williams’ College has recently received a gift of $25,000 
from a wealthy citizen in Boston. 
— The tobacco crop of the United States last year was 
195,000 hhds., valued at f 10.000,000. 
— An explosion of fire damp in a coal pit, near Manches¬ 
ter, Eng., recently, killed eight men. 
— The late terrible inundations in Holland have reduced 
60,000 people to the depths of poverty. 
— Creditors in Paris who send their debtors to prison, are 
obliged to pay about six dollars per month. 
— Near Altonia. Pa., March 21, a car was burnt with the 
mail and the baggage of 80 passengers in it 
— Mr. Lincoln received Inst week from an office seeker a 
petition said to be over two miles in length! 
— There are now 132 shoe manufacturing establishments 
in Lynn, Mass., with a capital of $1,036,100. 
— Florida has just sold half a million acres of land to some 
New Orleans speculators at two cents at acre. 
— Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina, is suffering from gout, 
and quite ill from recent- nervous excitement. 
— There are new published in Constantinople more than 
20 newspapers. One in English and three in French. 
— Ten policemen are required to watch the terrible float¬ 
ing battery at Charleston, to prevent its being set on fire. 
— Within four months over nineteen million 'dollars in 
specie have been brought Into this country from Europe. 
— The convicts in the Penitentiary of Mississippi arc 
engaged in manufacturing tents for the army of the State. 
— Charleston, 8. C., exult* in the possession now of a 
steam fire engine, the manufacture of her own mechanics. 
— The Cambridge (Md.) Democrat says that large quan¬ 
tities of shad are now being caught in the Nanticoke river. 
>— Denver dates of March 18th have been received. Gulch 
miners are “ making big strikesin the Blue River country. 
— Green peas and strawberries made their appearance in 
the Savannah (Ga.) market, for the first time, on Wednesday 
week. 
— Two sportsmen, firiDg simultaneously, killed sixty-seven 
wild geese at one shot, (four barrels,) at Montauk, L. I., last 
week. 
— Parson Brownlow has announced himBelf as a candidate 
for Governor of Tennessee, at the ensuing election in that 
State. 
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— The small pox is prevailing in all parts of Syria. The 
French General has- ordered the vaccination of his whole 
army. 
— The wreck of the propeller Globe, which bursted her 
boilers and sunk at a wharf in Chicago, last season, has been 
raised. 
— A Wyoming county wool dealer made a sale of domestic 
wool, three-fourths merino, last week, at fifty cents per 
pound. 
— The number of guicides in Paris for the month ending 
February 18th, was forty-nine, of which twenty-four were 
women. 
— Business at the Charlestown (Mass.) Navy Yard is pretty 
brisk just now. There are over eight hundred men on the 
pay-roll. 
— Newatead Abbey and domain, the homestead of Lord 
Byron, has been recently purchased by a Mr. Webb for 
£160,000. 
— The shad fisheries of North Carolina are unusually pro¬ 
ductive this season. One seine took in one day, last week, 
1,600 fish. 
— The books of Mires, the French defaulter, show that 
he has bribed illustrious personages to the amount of over 
$2,700,000. 
— In a remote district of Canada, a few weeks since, fifty 
moose were caught in the deep snow, and easily butchered 
by hunters. 
— From the Green Bay (WiB.) Advocate, we learn that the 
total value of exports from that city, last year, was 
$847,053.72. 
— The treasures of gold, Bilver, and precious stones, in 
the convents and churches of Vienna, are estimated at 
$120,000,000. 
— A monster hog is being exhibited at Bangor, Me.; his 
weight is 1,600 lbs.; length, 9 ft. 7 in.; girth, 7 ft., 6 in.; and 
height, 3 ft. 6 in. 
— By the Constitution of the Confederacy, not a dollar 
can be drawn from the public treasury unless by a two-thirds 
vote of Congress. 
— A deliriously drunken planter, Chas. Argum, in Snmter 
Co., Fla., some two weeks ago, shot five negroes dead while 
they were at work. 
— Newport, Florida, was partly consumed by fire on the 
15th ult., caused by incendiarism. The loss reached $100,000. 
Insurance $25,000. 
— No less than 1,600 steamboats run npon the Mississippi 
river and its tributaries. The total value of these is esti¬ 
mated at $60,000,000. 
— Fifty-three out of the six thousand eight hundred and 
seventy-seven traveling preachers of the Northern Methodist 
Church died last year. 
— The secret ballot has been abandoned in Illinois. By a 
law just passed, every voter is required to put his name on 
the back of the ballot. 
— A furniture dealer of Boston is engaged in getting up a 
splendid set of parlor furniture for President Davis, of the 
Southern Confederacy. 
— Mr. Rhett, of South Carolina, has lost two children by 
scarlet fever since the meeting of the Southern Congress, o* 
which he is a member. 
— In Chicago, Ill., boys are Belling three-cent postage 
stamps at one cent, and efforts to trace the matter to a focus 
have proved unavailing. 
— The number of persons killed and wounded in Texas by 
the Indians, during the past three months, is estimated at 
four hundred and seventy. 
— The French Government has decided to monopolize the 
business of manufacturing Incifer matches. It will bag 
2,000,000 francs per year by it. 
