, 1862-12-17

D'Aubjgne, Guthrie, Hamilton, McDuff, Nc
Leod, Kummacher, and Hanna.
The publications Of this House are kept in Fl
this city By Wm. G. Holmes, 10 Clark street,
who has very fine assortment Of nice books
and albums for holiday gifts. !,
UNITED 5TATRs SANITARY CohM1ssroN-|
In speech made by DR.. Bellows in New York
last week, before the United States Sanitary
Commission, be rccapitulated the sums which
had been given BY all the States, and which
amountcdi in the aggregate to $5G6 2994 80; also
noticing the expenditures; and made stir
ring appeal to the men and women of the
country, whom he exhorted to organization.
and to work together for the noble object
which had brought the audience together
A number Of nuggets Of California gold and
silver were ezhibited-Which constituted o
part Of the gift Of s4oo, o,o0o from that State.
H Col Mccullough, Of the 4th Illinois
cavalry, vas recently killed in battle near Ok
ford, Miss. He died IN the hands of the
rebels. On the reception of the following
dispatch the Mclean Circuit Court, In session
at Bloomington, On Thursday last, adjourned
after appropriate and feeling testimonials had
found expression: :,
o1FoRD, December 6, 1852.
To Judge Davis and Hon. L. SWEET:
Col. Mccullough was Killed in battle and buried
hy the enemy. A flag Of truce has gone for bis |
body. T. LITE D1cKEg,
Colonel and Chief Of Cavalry.
B The New York hdpende4t has raieed its
price to s2.00, in all cases whether furnished
in clubs or singly. This is the advance price,
when not paid in advanee g. 80 is charged
This last financial feature we should think, q,
journal Of the reputation Of. the I,adependea3
would discard entirely, We need hardly say,
what nearly all our readers well know, that |
the Independent is the leading hebdomadal in
the country,
Tue RECENT ABoRT1oH MURDER IN NEW |
YonK--Augustus L. simns, the s'gay de-
ceiver'' in the recent abortion murder in New
York, at the close Of his testimony in the case |
was arrested By. order Of Judge McCann, as |
an accessory before the fact, and committed |
without the chance Of bail. He is as unmiti- |
gated scamp as ever appeared in q court Of
justice. In his evidence before the Court, he
tried to throw the blame of her misery upon
his poor dead victim.
|! There is one paper that comes to the
rescue Of J. Wesley Greene. The Buffalo
Courier says ~. Wesley Greene was for
mcrly resident of Buffalo, and is gentle
man Of integrity, and is possessed Of consid-
~
to state that "W. Cornell Jewett Of Colo
rado,'' is the leading correspondent Of the
/ Courier. Greene and Jewett-par mobile fra
t1an.
Ar1n1TAT1oH OF THE UNITED STATES INA
SMALL WA1.-The little republic Of Trans
Vaas, in Southern Africa, beyond the English
colony Of the Cape, established under the
auspices Of the English government, has un-
fortunately fallen into the error of civil war
4 new President was elected, but the old
President was unwilling to give up his au--
thority and go out. The consequence Was
collision and bloodshed-
| B The New York Sur states that james
| Gordon Bennett is to retire from the Herald
on the first Of January next. The manage
ment will probably deyolve upon James Cor
t don Bennett, junior. The managing editor
for several years past has been Frederick Hud-
son, whom Bennett pays, it is said, SIC, GOO q
yearas salary. Bennett must be more than
seventy years old. He is an awful old sinner.
| W1NEEBAGo COUNTY ENRoL1MEsr.-The
number Of men still remaining in the county
Of Winnebago, in this State, between the ages
Of IS and As, is 5,544. The number who have
enlisted from that county since the war COM
menced is 1880. The city Of Rockford has
sent 452 men to the war, and still has 1850
who are liable to draft
B The Iowa weekly papers are III raising
their prices to two dollars per year. Atlower
rates they can not exist. The next step for
them and all other country papers Is to take,
isto adopt the advance payment system. Five
hundred subscriptions paid in advance are
better than one thousand CD trust.
tB In the House Of Representatives on
Monday. Mr. Morris, of Ohio, offered reso1u-
tions, which we're adopted amid laughter, in
structing the Committee oil Ways and Means
to inquire into the expediency Of amending
the tax law SO rs to require every member of
. Congress offering resolution to afEK ten
; cent stamp.
SINGULAR PROVISION N W1L.-John 4:
Tainter, who died in Hartford, Connecticut, q
few weeks ago, left all Ills property, about
500, 1000, to his wife and two daughters. In
his will he forbids either of Ills daughters tc
J marry q foreigner, or native Of a Southern
: or slayeholding State, and in case she doe:
: she forfeits her rights to the property.
4 NEW STYLE OF UkIoN1sM.-Thc NeW
e York Union Club have just decided by q yott
/ Of thirty y-dYe to fifteen, that treason to tht
Uni1ed States is not crime Of sufficient mag
nitude to be a cause for expel1ing membe
j. Of the Club who had been guilty oft. Wha
kind Of q Union Club is this?
a ~ Mr.. Golden, in his speech at Rochdale
: told the people Of England that it would b,
cheaper to feed the starving operatives 0
. Lancashire on turtle, champagne and venison
than to send to America to obtain cotton b,
force Of arms.
q ~ Bishop Purcell (R. C.) Of Cincinnati
recently preached a sermon against Theatres
! il which he alluded to Ada-Isaacs- -Menken
+ Hecnan-Ncwcn as the wife Of six husbands. :
7 = This sermon Of the Bishop is the cause Q
y much excitement in Cincinnati.
= TIE ENGLISH CorToN SurP1Y.-Accordin.
It to the London Economist, the cotton flmin
y has reached its worst stage, and will soon ex
!. perience relief The importations now ex
:; pected will yield a supply sufficient to en-
" n1ov thr mills twn-fhfr3s af 4hn +irnn