, 1862-05-07

poses an immense honorary tomb,n enc1c
ing IN area Of three hundred square yard
Bristol waivers between monolith and
bronze statue; Oxford will have ~stat
placed IN the New Museum, by the sculps
Woolwozth, costing &s00; Suffolk county d
votes the ct, goo collected therein for collee
Small villages talk about s.Albert Pump.
land crosses.
@ Fashionable arrivals in the persons
Madame Gefffard and her daughter, the fami
! OF the President Of Hayti, are spoken Of in
| letter from the United States Commerci
Agent at Port-au-Prince, who says: "Tht
will visit New York In May, in the Haytie
man-ot-War the ffWenty-secondo Of December
on their wny to Paris, where Madame Geffra,
has t"o daughters at school They are high
educated and refined people, and I hope the
Will meet a proper reception from our cou,
trymen.
"a The Austin (Tezas} Gazette, of Il
G1h uit., publishes an account OF the fuuer1
obsequies of Gen. Ben McCalloch. I'll
body lay in state at Representative Hall fro1
4 p. m Of the Wednesday previous until t
same hour OF the next day. A large crow
listened to the narration Of the thrilling il
eldents Of the battle field by m Aid of th
Generals, and the procession is stated t
have been mile long. In his WM the Ger
eral commended his soul to God, and bt
queathed his body to the State,
I -# On Fox River, Wisconsin, on Frida
night, the steamer E1lwood, upward boun6
had gone through the fourth lock, and, whil
passing the dam at that point, struck snae
which turned her into the current. The off
| GERS, though skillfu1 men, could not contre
her, and she rapidly went over the dam side
WfEe! As she WAS passing over, an Indian an
a German jumped overheard and were bot
drowned The boat uairacu1ously escaped ii
| damage.
| E The object Of the Japanese embassy t
England and France is to induce those mower
to consent to revocation Of their recep
treaties With Japan, rs far as trade and CON
merce is concerned, Or at least to obtain d yer
prolonged extension Of the period With
which Japan is bound to open certain port
to foreigners. In making this diplomati
I move, the Japanese Government yields to tn
| express wish Of the people.
- From the effects of the terrific bon
| baTdment Of Fort Pulaski, it is the ayowes
opinion of Commodore Dupont that if 81
| strong fort can be thus battered down an,
reduced in thirty hours, then the day Of fort
| is passed away-such defences are no lonee
fanJ use. The same high authority declare
further, that, in his opinion, the issue IKE
the bombardment Of Pulaski as one of tn
| most remarkable events Of the war.
E- A few years ago, the late order OF Gen
Doubleday would have sounded like the in
cendiary declaration Of some wild fanatic
| skilled IN the art of dodging rotten eggs AMI
bTlckbats: that 10 man has right to horse
whip and sell another mans wife aud children
| That order is to- day backed up by the mora
and military power Of the Republic. Th,
world does move.
| - For want of liberty, the schoolmaste
| was banished from the South for want Of tn,
schoolmaster, intelligent patriotism was ban
ishcd; for want Of patriotism, treason got tn,
"fENA AauA 0l30 doH HE uAfG Lut IASh @
putting down treason at the cost of treasure
and blood. We must prepare the way for tn.
schoo1master.
Setting river on tire'' seems 1ikel,
to be realized after all, since setting th.
Thames on fire is a scheme proposed by on.
MI. Macintosh, in view Of q possible foreign
Invasion. He proposes to float q sheet Of som,
combustible hydgo-carbonaceous LIQUID owe
the water that sustains an adverse fleet, to ie
mite this combustible liquid, and thus to en-
velop the enemy in flames.
~ There arc very grave complaints il
the correspondence from various parts of tAt
country about the soldiers not receiving thel
pay. Some report that they have had no pa,
for four or five months. In consequenc.
their families are exposed to severe priyatiot
and often to absolute want We hope tht
Secretary Of War will apply himself to th<
remedy Of this eyil.
- In the excavations now taking place o'
Pompeii, two hundred and twenty workmer
are employed, and railroad has been 1aiG
through the city to facilitate the carrying Of
the superintendent coil. It is one hundred
andtWenty years since Pompeii was exhumed
and only one third Of the city has been yet
brought to light.
81 Another Academy of Music is to be
built in New York. It is to be located little
above Union square. The building, which il
is estimated will cost about 100000, will seal
sixteen hundred persons, and the interio,
tiers will be divided into boxes to seat fou1
persons each, in the European style.
H The st. Louis papers relate that SO uni
Versal and extensive has been the Jayhawkfng
OF stock, in many parts Of that State, that
some OF the farmers are obliged to do their
plo"ing with one OF and mule, hitcbed tn.
gether.
@ Constructor Hanscom Of the Ports.
mouth Navy Yard is engaged upon series Of
plans demonstrating the feasibility Of convert.
ing the old line of-battle ship, Alabama for
many years lying on the stocks, into steam
ram.
kW The patriotic Germans OF Cincinnati
have just subscribed s, 200 in aid of our sick
and wounded soldiers at P1ttsburg Landing.
The Germans are among the first in the ranks
and among the readiest to give when they do
not fight.
H Massachusetts, as well as New York,
has amended her militia law TO meet the c5i-
gencies of the times and to provide for the
possible necessities Of the future. Her active
force is to be Increased to $4,000.
B The Leavenworth Conservative of the
list says:
Gen. Mitchell left here Yesterday for p,.t
k1ley. He is confident that the New Mexiro
Expedition has not been abandoned. His
forces Ein move forward in three columns.
the first marching on the 18th Of this month
The weather is very fagorable for the march.
and forage can now be found in abundance.
tB The Washington correspondent Of the
n r EDsni"g Rost Of the 50, says:
It is rumored this morniug that Mr.. Stanton
intimates that some Andy Johnston viii soon
teach mapners to the secession Mayor Of New
Orleans, and will take command or ths civ
hurlipg Mayor Munroe from his place, aud iii
other rebels holding municipal Office. Thein
solenf reply Of the Mayor to Commo1ore Far
rsgut has excited much feeling in official cir.