The national Republican., 1861-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

PptIrrUAI. PRISONERS total number OF
arrests made by order of the State Department
for political offences is eighty. eight VI these
shirty four were made in tho month OF Septem-
Der. There have been nine released, leaving
s,vcnty niue still 10 confinement at Fort Lalay-
Atte.s This number does not include the late
'arresis IN Maryland, nor any arrest made on
N ltary authority.
GRoMwELL's SofbIgRs' BiBlEs.-7he Amcri
can Tract Scciety Of New York have published
an edition Of 26,00G of this little volume Of
'wenty four pages, for the use of the soldiers In
our armies. II consists Of extracts from the
Bible, making a manual for their use, and re.
lsting 70 their duti~s. This was first published
in l643, one year after Cromwell began his mil
itary career. Only two copies have turvived
and been handed down TO the present genera.
tion. One Is in the British Museum, the other
is in the possession Of George Livermore, Of
Cambridge, from which this edition has been
printed. ...
THE AMERICAN PASSPORT SYsrEM.-Tho Lon
don Times cditorially ridicu'es the passport
system Of the United States, and says that II
will not secure the desired ends. IL adds that
' the only complaint that England has to make
in the matter Is in regard to the discourtesy
towards Lord Lyons in leaving kim to learn Of
| the new arrangements from the newspapers"
The remains of Nine. Catherine Hayes Bush
| nell were laid in vault at Kensal Green Gene
1 terry, London. The funeral corlege consisted Of
| hearse drawn by four horses, four mourning
coaches with pairs and the usual attendants.
The coffin was Of plain polished oak, and bore a
massive plate simply inscribed with the dates
of the singers birth aud death.
| WESTERN CoMpl.AINrs.-A letter from ST. Louis
says:
/ "There Is strong feeling here against the
Eastern States for not furnishing men In such
numbers as to obviate the necessity for any
such movement why don't they draft in
Penusylvania ?? why dom they draft the Yam
kecs?' ore interrogations frequently put when
thc strength Of the Western army is talked Of
\ The editor of the New York Day Book thus
II gives bis last kick:
Il "Wih one sweep OF dospotic authority, the
Secretary OF Mr.. Lincoln Issued his edict, and
the freedom of the press was overthrown'
The National Mule Academy has been re
moved to Biadensburs.
The oath of allegiance was administered tt
thirteen hundred sewing women In the employ
J of the Government at st. Louis on Saturday
1 week. About fifty declined TO take it, aud o.
course were dismissed.
Ex Governor Morehead, Of Kentucky, ha
been arrested and conveyed 10 Fort Lafay
cite.
FLORA TEMPLE.- Macdonald, the owntr q
Flora Temple, is attempting to prove tina
be is not a secessionist, SO that he may recove
Flora.
The Prince Of Wales has gone to Prussia
witness the military movements on the Rhine
Ben Caunt, The ex champion, was iouod dea
in his bed in London on the 10th.
; Hon. George Ashmuu, Of Springfield, Masst
chusetts lies sick, with typhoid fever, at th
residence OF Mr.. HeddeD, bis son-iu-law.
. Rev. DR.. Bethune is not about to retire lrol
| the ministry He is merely going to spend th
winter in Europe.
The New York police force is to be organized
# a military corps, and drilled In the manual I
arms three times week.
Tho Louisville journal calls upon the ladi,
of that city TO prepare lint and bapdages.
The American Missionary Association hay
sent the Rev. J. g. l. lockwood TO Fortress MOI
roe, on religious mission TO the colorcd ref
gees at that point.
e FLAGS OF Truce. Almost every day flags
truce, for the accommodation Oi ladies, pa
= from Norfolk TO Fortress Monroe, aud from Il
fort to Norfolk.
y Seventeen hundred men are employed at Il
'e Portsmouth navy yard. They are all busi
D. engaged in building gun boats Tor the Cover
u, ment.