The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-05-29
General Mews,

NAVAL NIGHT CIGNALS.- - ne lNVd1
Department has ordered the public
vessels to be supplied with Cotton's
Geographic night signals.
Old John Bates, 50 years Of age,
has volunteered into company at
Pendleton, Ind (, in which has eleven
sons enrolled.
Only 80 tickets have been sold by
Cincinnati ticket agent for st Louis,
in given period, while, during the
same period last year, 500 were sold,
Flour is selling at SIS barrel at
Montgomery Alabama, although thu
local papers quote it mach lower, to
prevent bad effect abroad
The carriage akers of Railway are
making efforts to obtain contracts for
armory wagons. About forty fact cries
are now nearly idle there.
NEwFoUNDLAND. - Farther riots
have occurred at Harbor Grace, n. F.,
but were queled by the troops with
ont loss oflife. S5me prisoners were
taken.
The yonng ladies' of Bnff.lo Semin.
airy have lately org lnized themselves
into IA military company, and will be
drilled by a competent officer in the
manual Of fencing, marching, and
forming companies.
About five thousand cartridges are
daily made at the Cambridge Arsenal
A contract has been made with the
parties in Newport to furnish one mil
lion pressed Mimic balls. which are
superior to those cast.
CAST STEEL CANNON. 1t is stated
that the Trenton Iron company are
making the necessary arrangements to
introduce the manufacture of cast
steel cannon as part of their business.
They can obtain Government orders
for all they can make.
jeff Davis left Montgomery on the
14th inst. for Pensacola. The Saw
annah Republican says that every
thing was found all right, Fort Pick
ems was to have been attacked on the
18th, and it would take just one week
to subdue it, 1t is fair to infer that
everything was not found all right.
TIMELY WARNING The Mobile
Register is kind enough to notify US as
follows:
"When the soil of a Confederate
State is invaded let Philadelphia and
Cincinnati beware.
The Great Eastern is loaded with
grain for Liverpool; and all her gang
ways occupied in taking in freights.
Her outward trip. in passengers and
freight, promises to be the most profita-
BILE she has ever made.
HoRRIABLE AFFAIR. AT Rogers
vile, Tenn, last week, a negro man
murdered his master, named John
Bright, together with his wife and six
children, after which he attempted to
escape He was pursued, captured,
and at last accounts, preparations
were making by the Infatuated people
to burn hiW.
Two things are quite plain in the
plan of Gen Scott. The first is that
"Old Chapultepec" knows what he is
about the second is that he does not
intend that anybody else shall know
except just so much as is necessary to
entrust to those who are charged with
the execution of portions of the grand
design.
Mr.. VIM. Bradford, of Railway,
together with Mr.. John Wood, from
Scoharie county, New York, and Mr..
James Nelson, Of Lancashire England,
are now in Newark seeking assistaece
having been driven from. Charleston,
S. c., where they were employed for
seven months.
We hear from Cairo that the block
ade is complete. No steamboats, are
allowed to pass down the river with
out being brought to and giving an
account of their business. Occasion
ally, valuable seizures of bacon and
other provisions, intended for the reb-
Ell consumption, are made, Large
quantities of hay aud tobacco have
also been seized. The first of contra
band articles include hay and every
thing of a vegetable character
THE PET LAMBS. A few days since
number of Fire Zouaves, who are
encamped at Washington, took
stroll some distance into Prince
Georges County. During their walk
they saw farmer planting his corn,
and on entering into conversation with
him found that he was afraid that he
could not get it in soon enough, for
he had to do all the planting himself.
Tie " Lambs" Immediately took off
their jackets and went to work, and
so IN planted the whole field. The
expressed bis thanks for their help in
the warmest manner and they return
ed to their epcampment not q little
proud Of their farming abilities.
PR1vATEERING The Montgomery
correspondent of the Charleston STer-
culy writes that the pirates are pre-.
pairing for active service and adds
"Thus far the application for let
tiers of marque have been quite nu-
merous at each of the seaports in the
Confederacy, and commissions will be
granted to these applicants as soon as
they can be made out Before the
thirty days expires several privateers
from Mobile and New Orleans will be
upon the ocean on the look out for
rich prizes which may be coming fir ON
foreign lands"
CoTToN GROWING IN New JERSEY.
Benjamin Acton, of Salem county,
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