, 1861-11-15
MYSCELEANEOp9s

!, Lieut. Col. Augustus Wentz Of the Iowa
.7tn .lesfmnaH (Co1 Lsuman) killed as Bel
mani, NJ pesldent Of Davenport, but na-
:AXe of:Badeu, md aged IS JeArA H. cams
:fo Ihi1 country some fifteen yeafs7 since,
serYed fi. Win credit 10 leRlst IN the Me1-
;1can xafi aud Is staptain I'm the lit Iowa In
tha nsstls pf:W Wilsen.A Creek. -
= Lieut.; Wl1liaan 6hiplsJ Of the 37th Iii
Aois col Bato7d} killed It Belmont, ,wss resi-
dent ;of Quincy knd. i prosas OF ssuator
Browning. He Was long member Of Mr..
BiownIng's family. H.sdody hns been brought
to Quincy for interment.
-soma months since the Government
loaned q quantity Of arms to the Home
GuarGs OF Kentucky, and It NOW waats them
TO arm the regular Yolunteers- But ths Home
Guards don't give them up 30 easy, and tbs
agents find the g1estezt difficulty In the per-
to1mance Of their duty.
l. "A fire brigade Of the Philadelphia De-
partment has been organized and assigned to
the National Government for the protection
Of Washington It consists Of five engines
and three hsse companies.
-. Contracts have been entered into in Phil.
aae1phia, with the Government, to furnish SIX
Thousand tents d'Abrie, or " ehelte1ing TENTS
| for pickett, in initiation Of those used BY the
French army. They are to be OF linen, and
both lighter in weight and stronger than
and form single tent, in long continuous
| line. Twenty theutand 5ibley tents have also
been ordered, for Einter quarters, at forty
dollars each, to held twenty men-- Sixteen
thousand Light theet IRON stoves, without
bottoms, have been ordered here at cost OF
Sc 627z. These are for officers tents. The
fire Will be Rindled on the g1ouRd under them,
aId 4 narrow funnel will carry the smoke
through hole in the top Of tho tent.
There are to be three passenger express
t1ains daily each way between Washington
and New York, running through in from ten
hours and half to twelve hours- The time
Of departure Is as follows:
From Waahlr gton.. 8 a. N. Il l. n. s p n
| From New York. ....7a.m. 6p H. II p. N
+ -Anson P. stager has been appointed Brig
ade Quarte1msster, with the rank Of Cap.ain
and detailed to take charge Of the TELEGRAPH
lines belonging to OF in use BY the Govern
ment. He il made Quartetmaster In orae
that he can be . disbu11ing officer. His head
quarters Niu ho In Cleveland. An Assfstaa
Superintendent will be appointed in eac
Military Department, T. T. Eckert has bee
appointed Assistant Superintendent Of th
lines in the Department of the Potomac. NJ
stsger will organize this department tho
oughly, and enable the Government to rea1iz
the great valus Of t1e telegraph for milita1
service which SO far they have not dor
fully.
- Lieut-Col. Isaac I. WI5tar has been a
pointed BY Gov. Curtin, Colonel Of the ca!
; fc1nia regiment, vice Seaator Baker, ki1le
The regiment Is numbered as the list of Il
Pennsylvania line.
/ Gen. Vim. f. Keim, Surveyor General
. Pennsylvania, has resigned that Office to tai
, aposition in the army.
The already debt-impo proviH
Of Canada looks on with alarm at the pr
gfess Of the mem capitol buildings at OttaN
Nine hundred Thousand dollars hsve alrea
been laid out, and only one Of the buildin
is half DONE. At least three millions mo
. will be required to complete The work acco1
ing to the plans; or double the amount
tended when the work was began. Bo
;, Upper and Lover Canada ind fault, as t
j. evident location in an. out Of the way pla
. On the old dividing line satisfies neither.
= -Radski, one Of the parties implicated
> the Felner-diamond murder, has been ARE
A ed on the express train west between Bufa
l. ard Cleveland. He had excited sone mott
: among the passengers for his uneasy manu
7 before the officer came on board.