The national Republican., 1861-08-27
TENNESSEE POWDER.
NEWS ITEMS.

Ex-Governor Porter is lying dangerously i'll
at Harrisburg. Pennsylvania.
Several boat builders have resumed opera.
lions at Cumberland, Maryland.
A. J.,Bogges, surveyor general of the State
Of Georgia, died at Richmond, Virginia, on the
18th Instant of typhoid fever.
Hon. Joshua r. Giddings has been very ill
of the heart disease At last accounts, he was
recovering.
1t has been well ascortaincd that agents Of
the French Government have been engaged for
several weeks in purchasing large quantities of
breadstuhs, both at the West and in the Eastern
storehouses.
THOMAS +. MEAGHER AND Mn. RUSSELL.
The officers Of the sixty .niu,h New York regi-
meut are out in a card, in Sundays Herald,
denying all of Mr.. Russell's statements relat-
ing to Captain Meagher at the battle of Bull
Run, and bearing witness to the determined
bravery and heroic courage of the gallant
captain.
Governor Kirkwood, of Iowa, has received a
letter from the Ordnance Bureau, stating that
1000 Sharps carLiues, 1000 Colts pistols, and
1000 cavalry sabres, together with accoutre-
ments and ammunition, have been ordered from
the United States arsenal at New York. These
arms are for the protection Of the frontier.
A COWARD AND TRAITOR KILLED Captain
Bee, of the regular army, whose cowaidice in
the Spirit Lake troubles in 81, received the
hearty reprobatlon Of all, finally turned rebel
and, after having been made brigadier gen.
eral in the Confederate army had the good
fortune to be killed at Bull Rehabilitation
(Io,ca) Freeman.
A MOVEMENT IN CorToN.-During the past
week, large quantity of cotton has arrived at
this port from Providence, for the purpose OF
being shipped to Europe. This is owning, no
doubt, to most of the factories in Lowell being
closed; and the price of cotton at present is
from l6 to Is cents per pound. The stores in
Providence are said to be full.-N. I. Express.
The PAY OF CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS
Yearly.
U. s. pay of private, cash. $l56 90
State bounty, cash. Observation-Disclosures. 80 90
" towiie and two children, cash.. l20 90
Onc-third OF Government bounty, cash. 33 80
Besides this, and clothing and medicines,
there is the prospect Of land warrants for sol
diers who have served their time. No other
ration in the world ever dreamed of Offering
such large pay to its soldiers.
On Saturday last owing to the great rcduc
ton OF the inc me of the bureau, the COmmis-
siOner OF Patents made general reduction of
the salaries and pay Of all those in his bureau
holding office directly from him. Thus he
changed all the principal examiners at $500
per annuR to assistant examiners at 81 800 per
annum all the assistant examiners at ST. 500
per annum to second assistant examiners at
81 900 per annum and all the second assistant
examiners at 81 900 per annum to temporary
clerks at 81 400 per annum; and reduced the
compensation of all the clerks of the bureau
5000 EACH
GENERAL Lyons LAST WORDS The Rolla
correspondent Of the 81. Louis Democrat,
writes " have from DR.. II. Reichenbach, a
surgeon in the first Iowa, the very last words
which fell from the lips Of Gen. Lyon The
doctor was within a few feet of him when shot.
The general was reclining in the arms of his
body servant, when, turning his eyes upward
I'ls' a. h~ "pn'l Wa departing he exclaimed
Lehman ! an ""lng mp ~ A correspond
"nl "l Vi" ChmaGo TiJume says, Gen Lyon
was leading hi: horse hy the bride, aud was
shot III The sldt After the fell, ne said, Push
on, boys. and then added Take care Of my
body