, 1862-01-08

10y. bFaQ1oTQ1 Dl Alal5 thHus WILL W Al'tuSu- !
rated to-day, "wednesday the Sth,) to fill the
Gubcrnatorial office for four years. The State
Legislature las been in session at Annapolis q
week. The retiring Governor (Thos. Il Hicks,)
goes out with the esteem Of all loyal men.
The Consul General Of the United States
at Havana, sent home by the steamship Co
lumbia, which arrived at New York on Thurs
day, three more children Of thu Keller troupe,
Who had been kidnapped, and who were re-
claimed through their parents and Mayor
Wood. Tie children were handed over to the /
custody of their relatives.
A few months ago the editor of the t
Charleston Mercery prayed that our ships
might be sunk. Quite number Of them, Ia |
den with stone, have since been sunk right be- t
fore his eyes. We hope he is grateful for tho
answer Of his prayer.
- Moses s. Beach has returned to the active
management Of the New York Su,s, which las
proved failure in the hands Of two separate
! parties that have succeeded him.
| Tho New York Tribune says there arc
now about 4, 158 troops remaining in that city,
| who will probably be consolidated into three
regiments of infantry and ono OF artillery,
and sent to Washington before tile end Of the
present month. Unless there should be anoth-
er demand made on the State, tho volunteer
depot will shortly be closed.
The City Comptroller Of New York has
deemed it unadvisab1e to advertise for the loan
Of money under the last $500, 900 Volunteer
, | Family Aid ordinance, until 1cgallzed by the
, | Legislature, but Intends to effect temporary
loan Of $50, 900, and dispurse it under the pro-
visions Of the ordinance.
Thomas Mcguire has commenced suit
in the District Court Of San Francisco, against
I the executors Of Senator Brodcrick's estate, to
! recover s19, ,555 alleged to be due on an ac-
:, count presented to Broderick, August l, 1853,
It and admitted by him to be correct. The money
p was laid out in election expenses, in the cam
a paign Of '59 and the Legislature Of '59.
The South is fighting Us with our OWE
money To New York city the South owe:
s159, ,eoo, COO; to Philadelphia s24 6oo, 600; te
Boston, 7,Goo, Goo; to Baltimore, sl9, ,00o, 600
II The cntirc Indebtedness to these four cities il
Sa1l ,0O0, 900, and il is estimated that there
l. about ninety millions more due to the rest 0
the loyal cities and the States Of tho North
making total Of three hundred millions, 0
r, which more than onc-lalf is due to the city Q
- New York. In dry goods alone New forl
=, lost seventy-five millions by the defaication
:, Of the South.
y. Fort Schuyler, at present the only deeens
~ At tho East River entrance Of New York hal
n bor, las 96 guns of large calibcr mounted 0
70 the northeastern side, Which completely con
~ mands the channel. The Harbor Commission
II crs, on their recent visit, were greatly SUI
y priscd and gratiaed to find that so much Ia
hc been done for the protection Of the city at th;
ne point. 4 little more than month ago thc1
was not a gun mounted. The entire arm
,ie ment Of this Fort, as originally planned,
over 500 guns.
+a The Union Firearms Company of Ne
~ York, whose principal armory will be
NJ Newark, n. j., are to execute contracts +
mt the manufacture Of 90, 900 stand Of arms, e1
in bracing 5000 Marsh's brecch aud muzz
arr loading rifles, and 5000 Springfield ri
md mnskets. This Company, organized und
,rt- the laws OF New York, with 4 capital Of $40
- 600, will give employment to several thousal
thc mechanics, among whom viii be many Of t
loyal citizens Of Harper's Ferry who we
and | thrown out Of work by the destruction Of t
ing national workshops.
er's Private letters from Washington stt
mt that squad Of twenty-five deserters have
Gently been rccaptured and arc still under
.- rest. Fifteen have thus far been tried,
an their sentences arc not yet announced
mo. officer, writing to the Auburn Advertiser, 5:
NJ. astrong sympathy is felt in their behalf a
N. it is thought that no severe penalties will
1no- inflicted. It is stated that all who return
lend unfairly will be received, not rs desertcrs,
tent as men who exceeded their furloughs