The Richmond palladium., 1862-12-19

the Eutaw House, Baltimore.
1.-THE Territory of Colorado is abou
to send her third reg giment to the war.
-. The New York subscription in aic
of the English operatives has reached SOL,
800.
1.-THE Empress of France pays he
pet editor $4,000 per annum and permits
him perquisites.
Florence Nightingale has suffered I
relapse, and but little hope is entertained o
her recovery.
%. About sixteen thousand barrels ol
spples have been purchased and shipped
from Rockport, N. Y.
Mrs. Sophia Stewart, the las. of the
royal family of Scotland. has just died in
her 91st..year.
....A very fine quality Of cotton was
successfully grown. the past season, on Kel-
ly's Island. Lake Erie.
-. Elihu Burritt intends to visit Eng
land in the course of . few weeks. to re-
main, perhaps. . twelvemouth.
%. The Vanderbilt, after cruise of a..
900 miles for the pirate Alabama. returned
unsuccessful on Saturday week.
90. The whole number of deaths at Hill
ton Head and Key West from yellow fever
during the season was only 95.
-. The Presidents Message was tele-
graphed from Washington to New York in
one hour and thirty three minutes.
The Boston Bee says the new Rich
mond correspondent of London Times is
no other than Wm. L. Yancey.
80. There are now eleven thousand
Massachusetts troops at Newbern, N. c.,
and regiments are constantly arriving.
o.. Ludwig INLAND. the famous Ger
man poet and patriot, is dead. Among the
bards he held high and honored rank.
... 1t is asserted that five thousand OF
the teachers of Ohio have entered the ar
my within the last eighteen months.
-. Fifty of the persons arrested in Wis
cousin for resisting the draft have offered
to enlist for three years or during the war.
Deserters represent nsny OF the rebels
as shoeless; and Lee has ordered them to
make mocassins out OF raw hides.
80. parson Brownie Ia q letter from
Nashville, says Tennessee is to all intents
and purposes brought back into the Union:
....Revenue stamps continue to be used
for postage stamps by careless PERSONS
All letters thus stamped are treased as un-
paid.
%. Hon. Caleb B. Smith, Secretary Of
the Interior, WILL it is said. soon resign to
take the vacant District Judgeship in Indi
ana.
90. Small gold coin has not been made
at the mint for long time past. The coin
age now consists mainly of twenty dollar
gold pieces.
80. .Macauley's prophecy OF a university
at Timbuctoo has been nearly realized by
the establishment Of q college at Monrovis,
Africa.
-. The Newfoundland fisheries this
year have not only proved very unsuccess-
full as to numbers, but the fish are poor and
meagre.
%. In the Austrian War Budget. now
under con onsideration. there is an item of e.
5OOf. for feeding cats kept in the victualling
magazines.
."Chopping bees" to prepare and
deliver to the families of soldiers in the field
a supply of wood for this winter, are all the
rage in Iowa.
....It is not kossutb who is dying os
consumption, but his wife. The patriot ex-
deepest solicitude.
80. Rhode Islands credit is good. She
has just sold six hundred thousand dollars
worth of her bonds at . premium Of over 8
per cent.
-. 1t is stated on good authority that
no less than $50. 900 Of the soldiers whose
names now till the muster rolls are absent,
with or without leave!
1.-THE rebel Congress will not convene,
unless called together by JEFF. Davis. until
the l2th of January. 1t adjourned on the
18th of October.
The family of Mr.. John A. Hutch
inson. of Trenton. N. j., to the number of
eighty persons. sat down to Thanksgiving |
dinner in Trenton.
-. Two immense columbiads, weighing |
1882 pounds, are on their way to New
York, and intended for one OF the forts !
the harbor.
80. Both Houses of the New South |
Wales Legislature have passed bill grant,
ing five Thousand acres of land for expert |
ments in cotton growing.
....Gen, Pope. it is said, has been or.
dered to 81. Louis from ST. Paul; probably |
TO relieve Gen. Curtis.
....A deficiency Of SIT .OcO has been
discovered in the accounts of the treasurer
of Providence. r l.
......A London letter Of the 74,h ult. /
says, by Caristmas there will be 10000 :
paupers to feed 10 Lancashire.
....Gen. Ward. the Yankee leader of
the Imperial forces in China. was billed in /
late engagement with the rebels.
THE Sturgis Rifles, Gen. McClsllan's |
BODY GuaId, have been mustered out of the /
service at the Generals request.
...Gen. Butler. having accomplished
the ''pacifcation" of New Orleans. is now
paying his respects to the rural districts.
....Leprosy prevails to an alarming ex.
tent in the British West India colonies
Il WAS introduesd by the Chinese coolies.
1.-THE bride elect Of the Primo. osI
Wales is named Alexandria Caroline NJ.
Charlottee Louisa julia, and she in in I-on-