, 1861-12-10

0Cu. hcIicy Ii SllltctLlG 4 lAls,N Aoiee nb
Romncy. Within few days there have ar
rived the 7th 1ndiuna, Col Gavin, the Cold
water (Mief1,) battery, Capt. LOOMS, and tic
g. s. regular battery, Capt. HOWE, all from
Cheat Mountain.
The indianapolis Journal Of Saturday
says that Government horse buying agent,
whose headquarters have been at this city,
has made $4,000 on the purchase Of 200
horses. It Instances one horse, a blind horse,
picked up On the street for $50, and turned
over to the Government for sl20.
Hon. John H, Wilkins, President Of the
National Bank, Boston, died on Thursday last,
after long Illness.
The Albany Journal, speaking Of the
<tOrder No. 81 says: "Wc have no hcsita-
ton in pronouncing it the most coward}y and
cruel act Of the campaign. If this is speci-
men of Gen. Haueck's administration, he is
the wrong man for the place.
One Of the wise acts of the last Congress
was the abolition Of the old contract system
in the public printing, and the establishment
Of a government printing Office, controlled
entirely by Congress. Ills new system has
been in operation nearly year, and during
that time has met with the most sanguine
success. The establishment complete cost the
Government but sl55 900, and By the end Of
| the fiscal wear tue actual amount saved the
| Government Will fully equal that. Party pa
| pers and lobbyists are no longer supported
| here on the profits growing out Of corruption
| in the public printing.
| There are no less than five places Of pub
lie amusement opeu in Washington at the
| present time. In ordinary times the smallest
theatre In the country could obtain little or no
support.
The Bcrdan regiment Of sharpshooters,
about which so much has been said, is still
epcamped On the east side Of the Potomac.
unsupp1icd with arms, with thc exception Of 6
few priyates who have their OWL guns Of II,
rious descriptions. It has been understood
that Government would furnish the regimen
with Sha1pe's rifles, but, owing to fault some
where, they have remained without them.
would cost about forty thousand dollars Il
equip the regiment with this arm.
Tho Jancsyi1le {Wis.} Gazette reports Col
Barstow's cavalry at that place as full
The 1st Wisconsin regiment, Col. STARK
weather, have joined Gen. Negley's Pennsy]
,ania brigade at Camp Ncrin, on Nolin river
Ky. On the march from West Point down On
Of the soldiers named Fribes vas killed by til
accidental discharge Of a gun i'll the hands {
Of comrade, while drinking from brook.
The Quartcrmaster General Of Indian
announces that no more donations arc needed
and that in many instances boxes of c1othin
; have been ruined By the breaking of bottles (
wine, jclIies, preserves, etc, that were packe
in them.
-Postage to Italy {otler than the Austria
I possessions and Pontifcal States will be +
duccd, after January 1st, to 81 cents on lettc
: Of one-fourth Of an ounce or less.
The work Of iron plating the steam
/ Merrinac, at Norfolk, has been abandone
/ and the whole thing giren up as failure. s
= much for Southern mechanics
J. "A letter from London says: "Nautic
i men here express very d!seoEraEing oplnio1
n in regard to the Great Eastern. They think
e doubtful whether she will ever make anoth
at Milford haven, she will be converted into
IS bath-house or floating hospital"
ir The rcgfmenta1 organization Of the Gig
81 Rhode Island batteries has been abandoned
4 an impracticability. Col. Tompkins is :
r. tachcd to the staff Of Gen. Barry, chief Of :
# tillery; and Lieut.. Col Reynolds goes to Pe
:. | Aota4 ~ eA eApeIiuLtNA TIC SnpMeul VI CoIle
=, "A young and handsome female named 81
ID burn, was arrested in Baltimore a few d.
., since, for furnishing supplies to the eneu
If She had taken passage on board the stean
Ut Patuxent, one 81 Capt. Weens's boats, whi
N runs between Baltimore aud the western sht
N Of Maryland. She had about her perst
to chiefly attached to her under garments, abe
of twelve hundred dol1ars' worth Of silk, thre'
- 9uiniue and other things. A large number
ed letters, written by parties in Baltimore .
a. Maryland to persons South, were also ton
ss upon her. She had . large quantity OF
- goods ingeniously arranged in hcr pcttiGe.o3
IF and in peculiarly arranged Jacket Of a LII
Ia brother Who accompanied her.
ch Out Of sixty-eight thousand letters sent
ice By one Massachusetts regiment IN Mary
ta- since lis departure from home, twenty
led Thousand we're addressed 'tMiss," and tWet
he one thousand stMrs." So says 1etteE-WH
ior who adds: s'The figures show that the lst
on receive the greatest share Of attention. and
nix Ia just as it should be- It Is rather stgnitc
eta ofthc material of the Thirteenth that Nj
Tod receives SO large sha4e Of its 1ette1-Hdt
10 Patronage, Al right, Of course"