The Goodhue volunteer., 1862-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

from Pennsylvania. ,.s - so
! The Boston commercial journals .publshl
statistics of trade which show that the busi,
ness of that port has not been diminished
by the war; Twenty five more ships have
arrived there than last year ct this time, and
two hundred and fifty more schoorers from
foreign ports: The export trade has also
been very active. .@'@' '@1 >G%'' T@.>.
Mr.. EDMUND RICE, informs the editor Of
the st. Cloud Union, that the railroad will
be built and the cars running to that place
before the 1st of November next. 90 -
! THAT paper also announces General Sib
ley as its choice for q. >S.a4.Senator. Hon,
H. NJ. Rice having declined a reelection.
The account OF "the last hours Of Gen
MITCHELL is very interesting. The world
has seen no account of the last hours Of
jeff Davis, but it would like to.
The army Of the Potomac cheered Nc
C!el'an loudly as he went. And it cheered
Burnside no less loudly as he came.
Colonel Miles, fortunately for himself was
killed at Harper's Ferry, Col. Tom Ford
unfortunately for himself wasn't.
GEN. SILL encountered considerable mud
in his march to Nashville, but it didn't de-
lay him at all. He proved himself mud
Sill in the best sense of the term.
JONES, the other day, asked Smith the
following question 1--WE have had the
age Of iron, the age of gold, and the age of
bronze but which shall we call the present
age % "Why," says Smith, licking the
back Of postage stamp which he was about
to apply to the envelope Of a letter, 81
think we had better call this the mucil~ age.
Then said Jones, &c think good many men
will get stuck" -
A Richmond letter says that the rura]
districts there are literally overrun with
partridges. They have not been hunted
since the severe winter three or four years
ago, and since the war broke out there have
been but few people to hunt, and less to
hunt with, lead and powder being all in the
hands Of the government. There would be
splendid sporting now, if shot were no,
selling at $2,00@3,o0 pound,
SENATOR Wilkinson Of Minnesota arrived
at Washington and had an interview with the
President and Commist ioner Dole, with re
gard to punishment Of Indians concerned in
the recent massacres aud condemned to
death by military authorities. lie is under,
stood to protest strongly against the efforts
being made by Quakers and others to have
the Indians pardoned, and to insist that
nothing but hanging the leaders will give
any security for the good conduct of those
Indians in future.
1t is suggested that the President is likely
to adopt middle course Of executing sen.
tence on a dozon or so of the worst cases
and pardon the remainder.
1t has transpired that during John Van
Buren's recent interview with the President
no was very emphatically told that no peace
proposition could be listened to save uncon.
ditiopal surrender Of the rebels, and that he
meant 70 stand by his emancipation procl a.
nation to the end.
A Washington special Of Thursday states
that "One hundred officers absent from their
commands without leave, being the first in
stallment Of the one thousand who are mark
ed for dismissal, were yesterday struck from
the rolls Of the army, and their names will
be published in a general order, stating the
offences Of each, which order will be sent
to the Governors of all the loyal States for
publication in the official State journals, and
with directions that none of the men so dis.
missed shall ever hereafter be commission
ed.
QUrrE an excitement was created in St.
Louis, on Monday, by the statement that
counterfeit $500 Treasury Notes-photo-
graphs Of the orig,nals--were in circulation
The alleged counterfeit proved to be a genu-
inc bill which had passed through the
hands Of butcher and became creased SO
IS to Be partially transparent. .""
! VERY GooD.-N . body catch = body
packing off his wood, should body whale
a body ifa body could ? II = body spy a
body creeping round his lot, should body
treat q body to charge Of shot? II,
body see body wearing off his hat, should
d body cane body just Tor doing that !? :
! AwFuI.-The rise in paper and great de-
mand for rags, is exciting considerable IN x
iiety lest the scrip change, now floating
about. should command sufficient prcmi-
um to drive silver into circulation. What
shall ws do il that heavy stuff comes into
vogue sgain?-& Paul Cn;on. s@.@s1.
OrIc1AL returns from all bat three coun-
,sies IN New Jersey make the vote IA, 500
heavier than ever before given 10 The State
|fsr gnbernatorial candidates. Aud ret New
IJe.pey has sent Thousands Of votes to the
Ewar. II u 3s st5 .a@@@@. W @ze-a@-.sz
Tn -four trade Of Boston Is one Of The
most extensive branches of business there,
'and IS constantly increasing. The receipts
/ this Year will average nearly 5000 barrels
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