, 1861-11-27

LATEST NE WS ITEMS.
| Anerg the passengers vto were prev..t.a
gong to California in the steamer Champion,
LAST week, because they hsa no passpor;s, wa
large party Of osgan grinders. :Nr.Ke1ne1y,
The superintendent Of Police, assured them.
however, Of his excessive anxiety to help
them to any place outside the city, and his
regret At being conpslled to det.in them.
-LlcKt. Col. Roma7eR, from Russi.. and
supethten3eat OF tho Siberian Telegraph
CsMpa1y, arrived In our city YESTERDAY. and
Is stopping at the Everett House. Hs's on
May 70 Cahiornls, and probably is seeking in
connecting Europe ard America by = tele-
Erapste line across Behring's stfaita,-G.
Lsuts Democrat, 25h~ '
Cotton has been raised In Beloft. Tia
local paper announces:
ne have had the pleasure Of Inspecting fp1lv
Developed ball Of cotton raised by Mr. G1ci.s 81
th1s elt5. Those WIN have seen the plant il the
equal 70 any they erer saw. We Weuld no. "a
C general attempt 1t its cultivation il
settlers In Illinois used to be Tsr1 anceeasfa 4.
able corn crop. r. -Ns-
In the United Kingdom ct Great Britain.
s2l7,0o0I000 Is rzised BY customs and excise
duties On liquor, tobacco, tea and sugar, while
re In tbs United States raise from similar
sources only s13,606, ,467, a difference Of oyer
t"o hundred millions Of dollars. Oar politi
cal economists will do well to study tho com.
ParaAoR and see whether liberal margin il
not cHsrea for Us to pay a ne 60, rather than
look to borrowing outright By the one. tho
regular revenues Of the Government nav bo
brought up to the standard Of war e.pen.e.
and the burden rest upon the censume,x ~
1uxnries, who are the best ab1e to pay.
"A substantial farmer of Mercer cornfv
offers to any man who will raise nfty men ~
the var, to be ready tor service bv III ~ ~
April, snd to be mustered in as caYaIrv or
mounted ilflemcn,a 3 goed horse worth Sl5O
and also $10Vln silver, to be distributed anopr
the me1. Ihe Aledo Reeord sxJs the Offer Is
S bona .ttde one. 01 -
MUCK Of the work done the past season.
by patriotic ladies' in the intended direction of
aiding our soldiers in camps and hospita7.
has been lost, or nearly 10, BY lack Of fude.
neat or knowledge in selecting articles. Tae
mistaken zeal which has sent barrel after bar
rel Of unRuitable contributions to ba wanted
and which are scarcely worth the cost Of tra..
sportation, may be amended by reference to
zane one sr the other Of the organized SAM
tar7 Commissions. Thnt 1t Washington i.
always happy to seAa to any address 1areo
and complete variety Of Information under
this head.
Gen. sulhner'o daughters are married IA
FdrginlanA. One, Eugene McLe.n. is nov a.,
invalid IN RichHond- BE Was Quartermas
Ter in the regular service At Baltimore. where
ne resigned at tha beginning of the present
clihcult1es. The other, Armistead Lpar. war
6 Lieutenant in the regular service, and VIZ
IN aia 70 ten sumner when he Resigned and
vent south. G=a- Summers s@a eans 49,
Lieutensnts in the regular ca7alzy, o1e i, ~
Fl1st and the other In the Fifth Regiment ~
-Ed"ard Dipple large bee owaer of Con.
ne2ut, Ohio, recently Eas tho loser by an az.
tr1o1dinerJ battle between se7entr sWarras of
bees, which weto equally divided on each s;d.
Of his house, and thus "taking xides," pitched
into oHe another and fought for three 1enr,
driving Mr.. DIS family from their hons. IN
the greatest haste. 4 fsek Of Sassphai
chickens fell Eictizs. The cause Of thi. hat.
tie is Eyste1y to the eldest bes kecpers
The officers Of Woo.ssckes Fall. fR. r.,
haT1zg rezson to suspect operations iutend,d
on his premihes, kept watch and CAUGHT. a
lew nights ago, respectable tounsusp ef
thtira with bunch Of false keys, and stock
Of burglars tools in hia possession.
"A tank for boiling bones, in the nr,t
packing establissment Of jacob A1berger, at
Philadelpaia, exploded tho other day, serio1.-
y 1njuring two men, and tearing the bui]d;n~
almost to pieces.
Nathan Dams Appleton, of Maine, teraar
member OF Congress, and late Attorney Gen.
ersl Of the State, died last week, aged si1tv.
six yean.
George H. Bur7~ugh. has re.acccpted tba
supe1iateRdeHcy Of the Toledo d Wabash
Railroad, which he resigned some nantbx
aince.
When Mason was at Bunker H1,1 At the
Inauguration OF the Statue Of Gen. Jnsenk
Warren in 1857, he said:
g And when I return to my lomc, shall bs,a
the satisfaction Of assuring ny psopIe tH.t 1fe
spirit Of Bunker Hil Jet lives IN Aasaaehn.est. -.
"A mounted regiment IL being raised in
Texas TO be ofRcered BY clergymen Of the
Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Carter, President
sf the Methodist souIe University Of Texas.
who tss hsdfome military training, will com.
mand the regiment.
The British Government IL Reuding mora
troops to the Canadian provinces, snd with
them three million rou15s of rifle bail cart.
ridges.
Letters for Port Royal are to be sent reg-
ulafly lby each naval tteamer, Via New York.
and post office will he established at Port
ho5al 0y order Of the Post Once Department.