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NEWS IDEF-AJRXlVnElNrT. 
Ok all the flag* that float aloft 
O’er Neptune’s gallant tars, 
That ware on high, in victory, 
Above the sons of Mars, 
Give ua the flag—Columbia** flag— 
The emblem of the free, 
Whose flashing star* blazed thro* our ware, 
For Trnth and liberty. 
Then dip it, lad*, in ocean’* brine, 
And give it three tiroes three, 
And fling it out, ’mid song and shout, 
The Banner of the Sea. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY 21,1863. 
The Army in Virginia. 
A portion of Col. Baker's Dutectivo Corps, on 
the tffli, Hoisted 168 cases of boots and shoes in 
transition across the Potomac: from Leonards- 
town, M<]., destined for the South. The goods 
and smugglers were sent to Washington under 
guard. There is no doubt but that much con¬ 
traband trade is still carried on there, notwith¬ 
standing frequent arrests. 
Army letters say a deserter states that Jackson 
is in command opposite Fredericksburg, Lee 
having gone toward Charleston. 
A reconnoissance made by Col. Wyndharn as 
far as Manassas and Snicker’s Gap and to the 
Rappahannock river, shows that there are no 
aimed rebels on the north side of that stream, 
with the exception of a few of White’s guerrillas, 
who hover about, I ,eesburg. 
A dispatch from Brig.-Gen. Kelly, dated Har¬ 
per’s Ferry. 12th inst., to Limit-Col. Cheese- 
brough, A. A. G., says: 
Yesterday, about oue o’clock, a squad ol Bay¬ 
lor’s rebel cavalry attacked a small scouting 
party of the 17t.h Pennsylvania Cavalry from Kear- 
neyville, of 12 men, near Sraithfleld, killing one 
and wounding two, and capturing four men and 
several horses. About 4 P. M., 64 scouts from 
here fell in with the same party, two miles south 
of Charlestown, and after a running tight of sev¬ 
eral miles re-captured our men and horses, and 
captured Lieut. Bayler and two of his men and 
a number of horses. 
Extracts from General Orders No. 10. 
The General Commanding has been informed 
that General Orders from the War Department, 
authorizing enlistments for the volunteering ser¬ 
vice have’been rescinded. Subsistence stores 
will be sold and issued to the citizens residing 
within the limits of the army by the Commis¬ 
sioners of Subsistence, under the following re¬ 
strictions: 
First—A certificate, under oath, of the pur¬ 
chaser that be is without the means of subsist¬ 
ence, and that lie is unable to sustain life without 
being permitted to make such purchases. This 
certificate to be approved by the Corps Com¬ 
mander to whore application "is made, who may 
thereon direct the sales. Such .-ales shall not at 
one time exceed the quantity necessary to sus¬ 
tain the applicant and ids family five days. 
Second—Issues to destitute citizens may be 
made under the same restrictions, upon being 
approved by the Provost Marshal-General of the 
Army of the Potomac. The parties in all cases 
will lie required to take the oath of allegiance 
before such sales will be made to them. 
Cant. 15. C. Berry and Allan M. Seymour, 2d 
N. Y. cavalry, having deserted their regiments 
while oti the march to moot the enemy. January 
21, 1863. and having left this army without au¬ 
thority, are dishonorably dismissed from the 
service of the United States, subject to tbo ap¬ 
proval of the Secretary. Maj.-Gen. Hooker. 
Department of the South. 
The most of Gen. Foster’s fleet from North 
Carolina have arrived at Port Royal in good 
condition. The First South Carolina negro regi¬ 
ment arrived on the 2d, from an expedition sixty 
miles up the St, Mary’s river, Ga., to the town of 
Woodstock, which they burned, after having 
repulsed the enemy in a severe engagement. 
They also destroyed some extensive salt works. 
The Navy Department has been informed of 
the capture of the Emma Tuttle, by the U. S. 
schooner Hope, flying the English Hag, Jan. 27, 
off Charleston. She is reported to he from Nas¬ 
sau, bound for Baltimore, though at the time of 
capture was steering southeast. The vessel had 
been pronounced unscaworthy, but her cargo, 
most of which was contraband, consisting of a 
number of bugs of saltpetre, with the greater 
portion of her crew, has been sent to Philadel¬ 
phia. This schooner was taken once before, but 
the crew succeeded in recapturing her. 
The Department lias also been informed of the 
capture of the Springbok, cruising in lal 35 deg. 
35 min. N., long. 73 deg. 43 inin. W. She is one 
of the vessels designated hy Admiral Wilkes as 
a contraband carrier. She has no manifest of 
cargo. She has been sent to New York. 
The Port Royal correspondent of the N. Y. 
Times says the attack by the Montank and the 
gunboats Seneca, Wissahickon and Dawn, as¬ 
sisted by the mortar schooner G. P. Williams, 
upon Fort McAllister, on the Ogeechee river, Ga,, 
was not resumed, on Sunday morning, but much 
progress was made in reducing the fortification. 
Under the guidance of a negro pilot who had 
escaped from the Nashville, the Montauk was 
taken early in the morning to a point within 600 
yards of the battery, and commencing work at 
once, continued the bombardmentuntil 11 o'clock 
P. M., when the ebb-tide compelled her to retire. 
She fired, in the aggregate, about eighty rounds 
from both her guns, and showed excellent gun¬ 
nery, but was unable to breach the work, in con- 
slio was surrendered by a Master's Mate, and 
perhaps, the Admiral adds, the. same was Die 
case in regard to the Hatteras. He urgently 
shows the importance of providing trained naval 
officers, and in this has the hearty co-operation 
of the Secretary of the Navy. 
Movements in the West and South-West. 
Tennebsek.—O ur forces entered into Leba¬ 
non, Tenu., on the 8th. They captured some 
GOO rebels, most of them being of Morgan's com¬ 
mand. Many field officers were taken. Among 
the prisoners was Hull Anderson, a violent rebel, 
and a member of the State Legislature of i860 
and 1862. lie was an original Secesfi, and one 
of the earliest advocates for the Confederate 
States. 
The Navy Department lias received the fol¬ 
lowing: 
17. 8. Gukikut Kahiplav, ) 
Opy DovjtH, Trail., February 4, 1803. 5 
Sir:— I have the honor to report that on the 
3d inst., 1 left Southland, Ivy., with a fleet of 
transports and tlio gunboats Lexington, Fair- 
play, St Clair, Brilliant, Robb and Sliver Luke, 
as a convoy lip the Cumberland river. When 
abort 24 miles below, 1 met the Wildcat with a 
message from Col. Harding, commanding at 
Dover, informing me that his pickets had been 
driven in, and lie was attacked in force. 1 im¬ 
mediately left the transports and signalled tho 
gunboat- to follow on up as fast as possible. A 
Short distance below town I met another steamer, 
bringing tho nows that tho town was entirely 
surrounded. 
Pushing on up with all possible speed, I ar¬ 
rived about eight o'clock in the evening, and 
found Col. Harding’s force out of ammunition, 
and the artillery surrounded bv rebels in over¬ 
whelming numbers, but still holding thorn in 
check. The enemy, not expecting the gunboats, 
had unwisely potted the main body of his army 
lu the grave-yard at the west end of the town, 
with the left wing in a ravine leuding down to 
the river, giving us achar.ce to throw a raking 
lire along nis line. Simultaneously the gunboats 
opened fire up this ravine into the grave-yard, 
and a valley beyond, where the enemy had 
horses hitched, and most probably kept his re¬ 
serve force. Tho rebels were an much taken by 
surprise that they did not even lire a shot, but 
immediately Is-gari to retreat. So well directed 
was our tiro that they could not curry off a cap¬ 
tured caisson, but were compelled to abandon it 
after two attempts to destroy it by fire. 
After having disposed ol'the main body, I sta¬ 
tioned the Robb and Silver Lake below tfie town 
to shell the ravine and prevent the rebels from 
returning to carry off their wounded, while the 
Lexington, Fair' Play. St. Clair and Brilliant 
went above and shelled the roads leading out to 
the eastward. Supposing the retreating forces 
would follow the river fur a short distance. 1 
sent, the Lexington And St, Clair on up to shell 
the woods and harmss tho enemy, while this 
boat, mid tho Brilliant. lay onp mi 0 the ravine 
and shelled the road. About 10 P. M. we ceased 
tire, except now and then 1 , random shell 11 p the 
road. 
At 11 P. M,, hearing from Col. Harding that, 
the enemy had entirely disappeared, we. ceased 
firing, and took a position to guard the roads 
approaching the town. Although much of our 
tiring was random, wo were pleased to know that 
no projectile went amiss, and that the gunboats 
claim their share of tin 1 140 dead. Even when 
the Lexington and Ft. Chair went above, many 
shells fell in the midst of the retreating rebels, 
killing and wounding many. 
It is reported the attacking force numbered 
4500, wiiti eight pieces ol artillery, under 
Wheeler, Brigadier-Generals Forrest and Whar¬ 
ton. it, is ceitainly pleasing to know that this 
entire force was cut up, touted and despoiled of 
its prey by the timely arrival of the gunboats, 
and that Col. Harding and bis gallant little band 
were snared to wear the honor they had so fairly 
won. J regretted 1 was not here sooner with the 
gunboats, but I do not now think J could have 
arranged the time better had it boon in uiy 
power. 
Ha«l we been hero before Gen. Wheeler, he 
would not have made tho attack, but most proba¬ 
bly would have marched on Fort Henry. Hud 
we arrived during the day, he would have seen 
our strength and retreated. Arriving, us we did, 
after dark, when he was least expecting us, and 
was so sanguine of success, we caught nis forces 
arrayed in the most favorable position to receive 
a raking tiro from our guns. 
The officers and men were very glad to have a 
shot at these river infestere. A s'it is, they claim 
the honor of dispersing them and saving Fort 
Donelson. Very respectfully yuilra, 
LVRov Fitch. 
To Capt. A. M. Pennocb, commanding United 
States Navy, at Cairo, III. 
Memphis papers of the lltli are received. The 
rebel advance of the .Mississippi army is said to 
be at Okalotia, trying to repair the railroad 
destroyed hy Gen. Grant. Tho inclemency of 
the weather delays movementa 
sequence of tho immense thickness of the em¬ 
bankment, nearly thirty feet The Montauk was 
struck forty-six times, and received no other 
damage (bun the starting of six bolts in the pilot 
house by a rifled shot, and tho shattering of her 
smoke stack. The other vessels took position at 
long range, and kept up a steady fire until sig¬ 
nalled by Capt, Worden to cease. The Seneca 
and mortar schooner each received one shot from 
the battery, but neither vessels nor men were 
injured. 
Department of the Gull 
The Empire City, Capt. Baxter, with news 
from New Orleans to the 4th inst, arrived at. 
New York on the 14th. 
Banks’ forces, after a month’s drilling, were in 
condition to take the field, and it was thought 
forward movements would be made at once to 
clear out the whole of La Fourche county. 
On the night of the 3d inst., a fishing Rmack 
was seized on the lake. It, was bound to Pon- 
chatola, and had on board a large quantity of 
medicines for the rebels, and letters from forty 
to fifty leading citizens in New Orleans, to per¬ 
sons high in authority in the Confederate Gov¬ 
ernment 
Real--Admiral Farragut, in a letter to the Sec¬ 
retary of the Navy, lays great stress? upon the 
want of naval officers. During the war of 1812, 
he frequently heard some of the most intelligent 
officers say that, our great success In the encoun¬ 
ters between the smaller vessels, was owing to 
the great number of officers we bad in our ves¬ 
sels, and the small number they had in theirs. 
They seldom had more Bum three or four, and 
when these were killed or wounded, the men had 
none to lead them. This was tho ease recently 1 mm-* uonm? reuemng me summer, hue was 
in the affair of the Harriet Lane. It, is suited l 3 , * n £ * u nearly the same position that the Arkan¬ 
sas occupied when Gen. Kile; ran the Queen i 
her - '- --- 
By way of Tuscombia, it is reported that the 
enemy moved a large part of the army from 
Virginia to Vicksburg, and have also taken 
from Mobile all the garrison except 4,000 for 
police duty. 
The railroad from Selma to Mindeau is com¬ 
pleted, thus enabling the Confederates to rapidly 
concentrate forces at Vicksburg. 
Tho enforcement of the conscription act is 
rapidly driving many from Alabama and Missis¬ 
sippi, north. ^ 
In consequence of the migrant violation of the 
regulations against carrying contraband articles 
south, more vigorous measures have been re¬ 
sorted to with all downward-bound boats, which 
are stopped at Island No. 10, and the cargo and 
passengers and baggage examined. 
Mississippi.— Acting Rear-Admiral Porter, in 
terms of commendation, communicates to Secre¬ 
tary Welles the reports of Col. EUet, command¬ 
ing the steam ram Queen of' the West, giving 
the account of her passage of tho Vicksburg bat¬ 
teries : 
O. S. St;am Ram Quern ok tuk West, ) 
Below Vicksburg, Feb. 2, 1803 ) 
Admiral:— Id compliance with your instruc¬ 
tions, 1 started on the Queen of the' West, at 4 x30 
this morning to pass the batteries at Vicksburg 
and sink tho rebel steamer Jviug before that 
city. _ ' ■ p. 
1 discovered Immediately before starting that 
the change of the wheel, from its. former position 
to the narrow Bpaee behind the Queen’s bul¬ 
warks, did not permit the boat to be handled 
with sufficient accuracy. An hour or more was 
spent in re arranging the apparatus, and when 
we finally rounded the point, the sun had risen, 
and any advantage which would have resulted 
from darkness, was lost to us, 
The rebels opened a heavy fire upon us as we 
neared the city, but we were only struck three 
times before reaching the steamer. She 
ou 
same 
into 
causes 
a former occasion. The__ 
which prevented the destruction of the Arkansas 
then, saved the City of Vicksburg this morning. 
Her position was such that if we lmd run oblique¬ 
ly into her as we came down,- the bow of the 
Queen would inevitably have glanced. We 
were compelled to partially round in order to 
strike. The consequence was that at the moment 
of Die collision, the current being very rapid and 
strong at this point, caught the stem of my boat, 
and acting ori her bow as a pivot, swung her 
around so rapid that nearly all her momentum 
was lost. I had amifipated this, and therefore 
caused the Starboard poa r gun to be shotted with 
three of Die incendiary projectiles recommonded 
in your orders. 
Ah we swung round, Surgeon J. H. Campbell, 
detailed tor the purpose, tired this gun. A 04- 
pound shell crushed through the barricade just 
before be reached the jjp d, but he did not hesi¬ 
tate. The discharge bi d: place at exactly the 
right, moment, and set the rebel steamer in flames. 
They subsequently s tocecdud in extinguishing 
the fire. At this moment one of the enemy’s 
shells set the cotton near the starboard wheel on 
(ire, while the discharge of our own gun ignited 
that portion which was ou the bow. The flames 
spread rapidly, and the dense smoke rolling into 
the engine room suffocated the engineers. 
I saw (liatif J attempted to run into the Vicksburg 
again my boat would certainly be burned. I or¬ 
dered her to bo beaded down stream and ordered 
every man to extinguish the flames, and finally 
put the fire out by cutting the burning bales 
loose. 
Tho enemy, of course, wore not idle. We 
were struck 12 times; and though a cabin door 
was knocked to pieces, no material injury to the 
boat, or any on boat'd was inflicted. About two 
regiments of rebels, sharpshooters in rifle pits, 
kept up a continual tire, hut did no damage.— 
The Queen was struck twice in the hull, but 
above water line. One of our guns was dis¬ 
mounted and ruined. 1 can only speak in the 
highest terms of all on board; all behaved with 
cool determined courage. 
1 remain respectfully, 
Cuas. Rivers Ei.let, 
Cornd’g Ram Fleet. 
D. D. Pouter, Rear Admiral. 
The telegraph on the 16th states that water 
now flows through Williams’ cut in front of 
Vicksburg, and a small steamer had passed 
through the canal. If it deepens and widens, 
our fleet can pass down leaving Vicksburg four 
miles distant. This news frightens the rebel a 
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. 
The U. S. Consul, General Thayer, at Alex¬ 
andria, in writing to our Government, says an 
event of great importance had just come to light 
and produced much excitement in that commu¬ 
nity. On the A. M. of the 4th of January, 450 
black soldiers from Daltour and Nubia were, by 
order of tho Viceroy of Egypt, taken by railroad 
about 120 miles south of Alexandria, and at 
night embarked on board the French transport 
Seine l'or a destination generally supposed to 
be Mexico, for tho purpose of aiding the Empe¬ 
ror in his expedition against that country. These 
nogroes were dressed in Zouave style and fully 
armed. 
It was well understood that tho Prenoh Em¬ 
peror has been anxious to supply losses which 
his Mexican army has suffered from the climate 
and disouse by the employment of blacks, and 
the Viceroy declared a month ago that he was 
about to send l,00ff of bis men to some place 
where their qualities might be tested. His High¬ 
ness has always been proud of his army, both 
black and white, the effectiveness of which, ex¬ 
cepting in repulsing tho raids of Bedouins, has 
not been fairly displayed since the war in the 
Crimea, where his men certainly distinguished 
themselves as compared with the Ottoman troops. 
Our Consul says he was awaiting explanations 
from the Viceroy. The European Consuls gen¬ 
erally had telegraphed to their governments for 
instruction. 
Minister Daytou (to France) also communicates 
similar information on the subject, inclosing the 
article from the Monitcur. The negroes, to be 
furnished by the Viceroy—1,000 in ali—are to 
garrison Vera Cruz as a matter of humanity to 
the white soldi era—the black race not being sub¬ 
ject to tire yellow fever. 
The report of the Committee on Territories 
made on the 13th, in answer to a resol ntion, 
shows that the Utah Legislature suppressed the 
message of the Governor of that Territory, that 
no freedom of suffrage is allowed nor opposition 
to church dignities tolerated. Polygamy is prac¬ 
ticed to the extent of incest; there is no law 
giving redress for the abuses of the marriage 
relation, and the Mormons are openly inimical to 
the United States Government, though in the 
popular phrase, steadfast and honest to the Con¬ 
stitution. 
From the tenor of foreign dispatches, it is 
thought the feeling regarding the American war 
is slightly improving, not merely in England but 
on the Continent. 
War Djuukthkxt, Washington, Feb. 13, 1863. 
It is ordered that a Court of Inquiry, consist¬ 
ing of three competent officers and a recorder, be 
organized to inquire a id report. 
First—Whether any and what officers in tho 
service have been engaged, directly or indi¬ 
rectly, in traffic in cotton or other produce on the 
Mississippi River or its tributaries, to what ex¬ 
tent^ under what circumstances, and with all the 
particulars of the transactions. 
Second -Whether anv and wbat military offi¬ 
cers have been granted licenses or permits for 
trade, to whom and at what time, with all the 
particulars. 
Third—Whether any or what military offi¬ 
cers have used or permitted the use of Gov¬ 
ernment transportation or other public property 
for private purposes. 
Fourth—And also to inquire and report upon 
such other mnttere as tnay be directed. 
The Court will meet and organize with all 
convenient dispatch at Cairo, and hold sessions 
at such places as may bo most convenient for 
investigation. They will prosecute inquiry with 
diligence, and make u speedy report. 
By order of Secretary Stanton. 
E. G. Townsend, A, A. G. 
Tho following communication was transmitted 
to the Senate on the loth: 
To the President of the United Stales: —The 
Secretary of State, to'whoin was referred a reso¬ 
lution of the Senate passed 011 the tllli day of Feb¬ 
ruary inst. in these words, viz:— “ Resolved, 
That the President of the United States ho re 
quested toeotnmunicate to iheSenate, it not incom 
patible with the public interests, the character 
of the fliigvestioiis made by the Secretary of State 
c? 11 _:_..* . j . • 
of die Or. S. to M. Manner, the representative 
of tho Emperor of the French, to tins Govern 
incut, as narrated in his communication to M, 
Thouvenal under date of the 13t.h of April last, 
which induced M. Murder to undertake his mis¬ 
sion to Richmond in that month, and what rep 
icHoufictions, if any, ho was authoilzcd to make 
from this Government, or from the Secretary of 
State, to the Confederate authorities, has the 
honor to submit the following report: 
That no suggestions were made to M. Mercicr 
by the Secretary of State Unit induced or were 
designed or calculated to Jnduoe him to under¬ 
take ft mission to Richmond in April last, or at 
any other time, lie was not then, nor has he nr 
any other person ever been, authorized by this 
Government, or by the Secretary of Stale, (0 
make any representations of any kind, or on any 
subject, to the. insurrectionary agents, or so-called 
authorities at Richmond, or to hold any commu¬ 
nication with them on behalf of this Govern men t. 
From the beginning of the present distur¬ 
bances until tho sprint; of 1862, this Department 
was charged with the authority of granting 
passes Or jun spurts through the linos of the Gov¬ 
ernment forces. It. party became a question 
whether foreign ministers, residing in the United 
States, should be denied such passports, ft was 
thought a sound and liberal policy to leave them 
free to visit any part of tho country to which 
they are accorded, so long as there should l*o no 
ground to question their pood faith toward this 
Government, ai d was uniformly avowed the 
course of the Government. Accordingly, a pass¬ 
port was granted in the month of A pill, 1861, to 
ills Excellency, Rudolph Schleiden. Minister 
Resident hero, from the Republic of Bremen. 
A like passport was granted In Aug., 186), In the 
French Minister, attended by His Royal High¬ 
ness the Prince Napoleon Jerome, then on a 
visit at this Capitol; and in April last a similar 
passport was grunted to the French Minister. 
These passports w ere granted at tho request of 
those distinguished persons respectively, and not 
on any suggestion of tho Government or Secre¬ 
tary of State, They severally traveled in a jui 
vale and unofficial capacity. They have no 
communication, whether formal or informal, ver 
bal or written, from the Government or Secre¬ 
tary of State to any of' the insurgents, and 
thereby brought none from any such persons to 
this Government or to the Secretary or State. 
Since the 4th of March, 1861, no communica¬ 
tion direct or indirect, formal or informal. Los 
been held by this Government or by the Secre 
tary of State, with the insurgents, their aiders or 
abettors. No passport has Seen granted to for¬ 
eign ministers to pass the military linos, except 
by the President’s direction, and each of such 
ministers who have received such passports have, 
on their return, waited upon the President as well 
as the Secretary of Statu, and given them such 
account, unasked, us lie thought proper of the 
incidents of his journey. Of course these state- 
ments are to he qualified so far us tho facte 
relating to the communication concerning the 
exchange of prisoners and other military matters 
in charge of the War Department, may affect 
them. 
NEWS PARAGRAPHS. 
A new style of postage stamps—of the three- 
centers—is now being issued. The die is the 
same as the old one, but they are printed in 
brown color on a dark buff-colored paper, and 
are somewhat like, in color, the 25-cent postage 
currency. 
The Princess Royal, recently captured off' 
Charleston, had on board 600 barrels of gun¬ 
powder, two Armstrong guns, a laree lot of 
machinery, 880 bales of sheet iron, 500 boxes ol 
tin, 1 steam bakery, 144 bales of hardware, 95 
cases of boots, 229 bags of coffee, and other 
valuables. 
Surgeon Cummings of the 12th Conn., writing 
from Thibodeaux, La., says:—“You can have 
little idea at home the privations and suffering 
of these Southern people. They surely cannot 
live through another year of war. 
Du. Mercer, Medical Inspector General of the 
British army, has lately visited the general hos¬ 
pitals in Washington and vicinity, and pro¬ 
nounces them superior in bedding, ventilation 
and facilities for cooking, also in the abundance 
and variety of food, to any similar- institutions in 
Europe. 
Napoleon’s letter to General Forey on the 
subject of the future of Mexico and the restora¬ 
tion of the Latin race Westward, produced a 
decided sensation In England. The London 
Times regards it as “ startling,” both in its object 
and plan of execution. It is spoken of as offen¬ 
sive to the principles and policy of the American 
people, both North and South, and as being as 
dangerous to the Confederated rebels as to the 
Union Federal s. 
LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
F'rnit nn Ornamental Trees— Ellwarorrr ft Butt. 
n ,? hea Pest. and Best Plaster and Seed-Sower—S. P. 
Hahbell. 
A First Clifg Commercial College fter Joseph E. King. 
Morgan Horse "Gen. Gifford, Jr" G W De Mott 
Rot’s Patent Cheese Vat—H. ft E. F. Cnopvr. 
One Hundred Thousand Apple Storks, ftc. S. B. Kelly. 
Card do Viaitc—Fred 1’arseUs ft Bro. 
Pure Chinese Oune Seed-Blymytr*, Bates ft Day. 
Neeazaoa or White Duplies Cane Seed— Bivmyera, Bate* 
ft Day 
Pare Oom-se-a-na - HI vrarpTF, Bates ft Day 
Conoord Grape Vines—T. fl. Miner. 
To Egg Merchants and Other*—L H Halt. 
Special Notices. 
Brown'* Bronchial Troches. 
Try it hy all Means-D. B. De Land ft Co. 
— The total debt of Ohio is stated at $17,021,041 30. 
— The number of deaths in Chicago in J 862 was 2,576. 
— Maine has paid 1333,024 in bounties to her volun¬ 
teers. 
— There were discharged in January 6,308 disabled 
soldiers. 
— The last steamer from Newbem, N. C., brought 66,- 
279 letters, 
— A movement is on foot in Cuba to abolish slavery in 
ttiat Island. 
— Senator Hale of New Hampshire is seriously ill at 
Washington. 
— Three large vessels left Japan during December, las- 
den with cotton. 
— Leading men at Washington predict a speedy fall in 
the rates of gold. 
— The rebel General Duncan, of Now Orleans, died re¬ 
cently in Tennessee. 
— Eighteen millions in gold were coined at the mint in 
San Francisco last year. 
— Over half a million dollars is due to the workmen at 
tho Springfield Armory. 
— Sir John Beverly Robinson Bart, C. B., died in To¬ 
ronto on Thursday week. 
— The Memphis Enquirer notices the appearance of 
early strawberries in Uiat city. 
— A good sample of batting is being made from flax at 
the Flax Cotton Mill in Lock port. 
— It is said that the New York Broadway railroad will 
be in operation by the 1st of April. 
— Over one hundred of the Arkansas Post prisoner* 
have died at Chicago and Ht, Louis. 
— The rebels in Eastern Virginia are buiTyingofftothe 
8 outh all the slaves they can catch. 
— Nearly half of Atpinwull, on the Isthmus of Panama, 
was destroyed by lire a few weeks since, p ~ 3 
— Dispatches from Sun Francisco announce the arrival 
of quantities Of cotton goods from China. 
— Gen. Fremont has written a letter to Die War Depart¬ 
ment, asking to he reinstated in command. 
— Maj. Gen. John Pope and Eeveral of his staff passed 
through this city last week on his way west. 
— Edwin D. Morgan has been elected United States 
Senator from New York in place of Preston King. 
— There are now at sea about forty blockade breakers 
that have been fitted out and loaded in British ports. 
— The annual appropriation bill before the N. Y. Assem¬ 
bly, sets apart $18,000 for tho State Asylum for Idiots. 
— One of Secretary Chase’s guests at his grand bail was 
so impolite, as to steal the Secretary’s wallet with $60 in it. 
— According to the report of the Adjutant of New Jer¬ 
sey, there are 23,042 soldiers from that State now in the 
field. 
— Tho Common Council of Syracuse, N. Y , have ap¬ 
propriated $20,000 for the benefit of families of volun¬ 
teers. 
— American quarters are received at par in Quebec, 
the movement to reduce their nominal value haying 
failed. 
— The brig Lanzarotte, from Parah&bia, coast of Brazil, 
arrived at New York on Wednesday, bringing 660 bales of 
cotton. 
— There is a great temperance revival in Iowa, and 
large secessions liave been made to tho abstinence 
“League.’’ 
— For ti e first time in many years, no appropriation has 
been required from the Treasury Department for a postal 
deficiency. 
— At tile Washington Skating Park, Chicago, on Satur¬ 
day week, there were five thousand school children skating 
atone time. 
— Among a lot of contiaband goods bound 8outh, seiz¬ 
ed at Ballimore recently, were seven trunks filled with 
fine tooth combe. 
■— The plan of arming the negroes and making soldiers 
of them is rapidly gaining favor among soldiers and civil¬ 
ians in the West. 
— Said Pacha, the Viceroy of Egypt is dead. He was 
the fourth son of Mehemet Ali, and for a despot was an 
enlightened Prince. 
— The number of commissions issued by Gov. Morgan 
from the commencement of the war to the date of his re¬ 
tirement was 10,160. 
— Nicholas LoDgworth, who died a few days since in 
Cineinnaii, was estimated to be worth from twelve to 
fifteen million dollars. 
— Uou. Nathan Hale, senior editor and proprietor of 
the Boston Daily Advertiser, died Sunday night week, 
llis age was 78 years. 
— The Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry regiment, which 
entered the field with twelve hundred men, is now reduced 
io less than one hundred. 
— Builders cay that during the coming season it will 
cost newly or quite tw enty per cent more to build a house 
tlmn it did three years ago. 
— A man named Carmichael died at the city poor house 
in Quincy, Illinois, a few days ago, among whose effects 
was found $1,294 60 in gold. 
— A peculiar disease is prevailing among horses in 
Monmouth county, N. J. It is in nearly every case fatal, 
defying every eflbrt to arrest it, 
— The snow-storm which visited Cincinnati week be¬ 
fore last, was the greatest ever known in that city. The 
fall of snow was fully thirty inehes. % 
— The steamship Constitution 1ms arrived at San Fran¬ 
cisco, from Panama, with $300,000 in specie, recovered 
from the wreck of the Golden Gate. 
— Intelligence has been received of the murder, by the 
Apaclie Indians, of William L Baker, United States Con¬ 
sul at Guyamas, west coast of Mexico. 
— According to a statement of the Bank Superintend¬ 
ent, the entire amount of government securities held by 
llio banks of this State is $153,637,000. 
— Two hundred and fifty deserters are now awaiting 
trial in Die Army of the Potomac. U is understood that 
most of them will be sentenced to death. 
— The population of Algeria has risen to 3,062,124, an 
increase of 470,000 since 1850. During the last six years 
over 23,000 Europeans have emigrated thither. 
