Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-09-25


what they arr saying rand doing Such i'm
| pudence as far transcends Satau's as Satan's
does that of timid grl.-Prenficc.
L1XT.-The Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal publishes an article stating that lint
is of but little use in surgery, and recon-
mendng that the ladies discontinue their lint
picking operations, and 60 to work making
handages and articles Of clothing for hospi-
tai inmates, as the means of doing much
more good. The application of lint to wounds
is said to be one Of the exploded practices OF
old science. .
SPEECH or GOVERNOR CURTIN.-llAREIs-
BURG, Sept. 17.-G9vernor Curtin, this after
noon addressed the Pottstown Guards, Of
Montgomery county, commanded by Captain
Hobart. In the course of his remarks he said
that any person who came to Capitol Hill
and endcavored to create the impression a.
mong the soldiers that improper motives had
prompted the call for the troops Ia report
having been circulated that it had been issued
for political purposcs) was liar, traitor,
and coward! He had called them out for
State defence, and when the present emergen-
cy was over he would send them home.
A SAD Co1NcIDENcE.-The Philadelphia
Evening journal says: "By reference to the
publication of deaths in another column, it
will be seen that John Borie Bohen, of this
city, died at Baden Baden, in Germany on
the 22d of August the same day on which
his father, General Henry Bohlen, was killed
in the battle on tho Rappahannock, in Vir-
ginia. This was truly sad and singular
coincidence"
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the high
est prelatc Of the English Church, was at la.
test accounts, dapgerousls i'll, and daily bull
letins of his health were issued. 1t was this
probate who, by virtue Of his Office, crowned
Queen Victoria, baptised all the royal chill
dren, and performed the marriage ceremony
Of the Princess Royal. .... .
CURRENCY STAMrs.--The Commissioner of
Internal Revenue invariably returns orders
and money sent to him for currency stamps,
such stamps not being issued from his bu-
reau They are procured from tho United
| States Treasurer, but no one need send to
him at present, as he is now supplying Gov
eminent agents only.
l. PLURIBUs UEUM.-l'ev. A. j. Ander-
SON. Chaplain of the Third Regiment Cali
fornia Volunteers, was decidedly on the ram
page on the Fourth of July. htthc close Of
the Grafton at the Agricultural Hall, in San
Francisco, he pronounced the following
strange bencdction:
"And now may the God Of Washington
tho God of Foote, IIaleck, Mcclellan and
Lincoln, nerve, guide and surge this whole
nation till Richmond is taken, Charleston
burnt, Secession annihlated, and slop-shop
Union men turned out Of existence. Amen. "
| The GAS TAx.-An attempt has been
made by the gas companies in New York, to
make the consumers pay the tax recently
imposed by tho national tax law. The poo
pie have resisted the imposition, and the com
panes, most of them, have becm compelled
by the forae Of public opinion, to abandon
their purpose 1t was proved in tho invcsti-
cations made, that the profits of the several
gas companies were enormous, and Tie pub
lie attention was called to tho propriety OF
obtaining power for the city corporation,
frcm the State Legislature, to furnish the city
with gas, as is now being done by them with
the CrOt0n water .
The Secretary of War has authorized the
raising and equipn ent, in Minnesota, of
.;u 70 Iva fhnuSnpl
strong. Such a corps may render important
service at the present time.
A bill to exempt Qua<ers ard Others con-
stitutionally opposed to bearing arms has
been defeated in the Iowa Legislature.
Counterfeit Confederate notes to the amount
of 500, 900 are said to DO in circulation in
Atlanta, Georgia, alone. 30 r-.." d.
A SWORD FOR GEN. CoRCoRAs.- The Board
Of llaIbor Masters Of New FORK are about to
present to Gen. Corcoran ahadsome and cost
" sword. The grip and pommel are Of SOL
id silver, the latter being gilt and shaped like
an ancient helmet. The hlt is in the form
of spread eagle, above an American shield
The blade and scabbard are eXquisitely orna-
mented. 'E..
DANIEL. WEBsTER-When tho body of
Col. Fletcher Webster was committed to the
tomb at Marshfeld, the undertaken, at the re-
quest of the family, opened the coffin contain
ing the remains of Daniel Webster. Decay
had naturally done its work, but the marked
peculiarities of that massive head and face
were clearly distinguished le.-Boston Post
Gov. CURTIN, Of Pennsylvania, says that
10000 men have responded to tho call for
the defence of the State, and he expects the
whole 100, 900 to be in very SION. They are
equipped and sent to the border as fast as
possible.
Hon uESDRIcK B. WRIGHT. representa-
tive of the LuZerne district in Congress- is a
private in one Of the volunteer military COM
panies from that county.
THE New York Independent estimates that
there are 5000 900, 900 lying idle in the banks
of New York city This vast sum is waiting
ard watching the movements of our armies.