, 1862-11-27

First class negroes are selling at Richmond at
81 200 each, payable in Confederate notes.
A "butternut" is known as a guerrilla; a
"grayback' as a regular Confederate soldier.
Maj. Gen. Sumner is said to have entered the
army as private, and risen solely on his merits.
The Americans in the Sandwich Islands are
raising money for tho U. S. Sanitary Commission.
Isaac SnOdgrass, Of Mesnard, Illinois, has nine
sons in the army. He is a native Of Virginia by
birth.
The number Of slaves in the seeded States,
according to the census returns Of 1860, was
3,405,0l5.
According to the Transcript, the only physi.
clan in Nevada, Cal, who has paid Federal H.
cense, is Chinaman.
The African Church of Toronto, Canada West
have collected g, 100 and sent it to the contra.
bands at Washington.
Our Government has been offered from 900
to 10000 German sailors for our navy at $45
each, passage included.
Claib. jackson, the rebOl Governor Of Mis-
souri,, is said to be running saw mill in Texas
He prefers that to running himself
Gen. Anderson, Of Fort Sumter fame, is with
his family at Henderson, Herkimer county, New
York. His health is not yet restored.
Francis Fcssenden has been elected Colonel Of
the 25th regiment Of Maine volunteers He is
the third son Of Senator Fessenden.
woman was convicted in New Haven, Conn,
Few weeks ago. as common scOld, under an old
blue law which applies only to females.
Gen. Rosecrans has excelled both Caesar and
Perry in brevity. HIS dispatch respecting his
late fight says: "I-u-kered the enemy"
President Lincoln has presented pair Of ele-
ganlly mounted Colts revolvers to the King o.
Denmark, who is good friend Of the Union.
Gen. sehenck, Of Ohio, lately elected to Con.
gress over vallandingham, was at last accounts
suffering 10 Washington good deal from bad
wound.
The Count de Paris is preparing for Publiea-
ton history Of the war in the United States,
from its commencement to the battles before
Richmond.
Three individuals, IN Sonoma county, Cal,
have successfully cultivated twsnty-six acres Of
tobacco the average yield being 500 pounds
y sns acre. ~
y = said that the grain crop in Minnesota will
not oe hall gathered this season. the whites hav.
ing ao.ndoned agricultural la0Ors l0r safety from
'ns i"a'Ana
I was jnsta year, on the Sd inst, since Ger.
MeVlellan succeeded 1en. scott At the latser's
recommendation IN me control q The armies Of
'ne Union
The total number Of arrests 10 San Francisco
during The month Of October was sss, princi-
Pally for drunkenness and misdemeanors grow.
ing out Of Il
Up IN Canada, lately, man eat plum, in
which wasp was concealed. The insect stung
the mans throat the part swsllsd, and he died
q sniioea'ion.
The revenue received during the present year
at the San francisco Custom House has exceeded
that Of any similar time. The total ior 1852 is
ss,S44o1b os.
The pirate steamer "2o0"-so called because
300 British rebel sympathizers subscribed the
funds 70 build her-has destroyed whaling YES
sells valued at $4,000.
Gen. Burnside graduated At West Point in
1s47, and was in the Mexican war. He was
born in Indiana, but went to tho war Is . Col
cuel Of Rhode Island regiment
The Improvements Of the New York Park
last year cost S4s0,oOoi and 1924 men were
employed, who planted 52,7ls trees and shrubs.
The visitors numbered 2.404,e5a.