, 1862-01-17
NEWS SUMMARY,

Mr. Thur1ow Weed writes home from
London that tho last use which Prince Albert
made Of his pen was ut the Queens request,
tosoften the dispatch sent to Lord Lyoas
about the Mason and sIden question.
- The President Of the New York Club dc.
nies the story Of the London 1fmes corres-
pondent (RusselD having been dined and
wined By some Of its members. He was sim
ply invited to the rooms by member, even
this much offending some Of his associates.
Capt. ". G. sherwin, Of Shcrwin's Bat
tery, has brought suit against the proprietors
oft Cincinnati Commercial, to recover sixty
eight thousand dollars, damages, sustained in
character and purse by the alleged assaults Of
the above paper.
MIR. Stearns, d distiller Of Richmond, Va,
is making about four Thousand dollars day
clear profit On whisky, aud could make five
thousand dollars if he would exert himself.
The demand for whisky is so great that every
gallon is sold as soon SIS it is made. So says
the correspondent Of the Charleston NercurY.
The Tribune says that eighty men, en-
ployed as markers in the various bonded
ware houses and general order stores Of the
Government, ut New York, at salary Of
sH.50 per week, were notified on Saturday
that their services would no longer be requir-
ed. This general discharge Of the '' markers"
is the commencement Of Il reform in the IT,
duction Of the Custum-Housc force that will
probably be followed up By looping off all the
useless attaches Of TINT establishment.
In the Supreme Court Of New York city,
libel snit has been brought against the pro-
prleto1s Of the Post, By HI. Smith, for 81 900
damases. The suit is based on IN article in
the Post, charging A1r. Smith with being Sc
cessionist. The case is still going on.
Some months ago the Young Mems Lit
erary Union, Of New York city, askedDr. Rus
sell, the correspondent Of the London Times,
to deliver lecture before them before return
ing home. Russell promised to do so, and one
day last week intlmated that he would be hap
py to fulfil his engagement some evening tits
week The Literary Union, however, at a
special meeting to consider the subject, re-
solved to respectfully decline, not being dis
posed to keep in countenancc q writer who,
within the short time past, has been doing his
best to be1Ittle our country abroad.
An eccentric old gentleman died sudden
u Of apoplexy in the Tuileries in Paris the
other day. In his Will he provided that after
death his face WAS to be coated over with pitch,
his mouth and nostrils Theoretically sealed, and
an fnciEion made in bis heart. He left little
fortune Of e600 year: His mouomania was
the fear Of coming to life again after intermcnt.
When the news Of the sickness and suf-
fering in the Thirty-tbird Indiana regiment
at Crab Orcha1d-reaehed Indianapolis, it was
proposed that some Indies should volunteer as
nurses for the hospitals, and proceed to the
regimcntal head quarters. The first yo1un-
teers we're Miss Elizabeth Bates aud Miss Mer-
rll, both Of the railroad city, and both young
ladies Of wealth and fortune Neither of them
have personal friends in the regiment, so that
nothing but the purcst motives Of patriotism
and zeal in the sacred cause Of the Union in-
duccd them to forsake the comforts and en-
dcarnents Of home for the priyations Of
military camp.
1t is stated that rs soon as the Burnside
expedition has gone to sea, another will be
fitted out at annapolis. The energy displayed
by the Navy Department is highly commend
able
The knapEacks Of the French and German
armies arc made Of calfskins, tanned with the
hair left on. They shed the rain better than
those formed of plain leather and they are not
SO mucl. affected with heat and cold as those
f1n1ned Of waterproof fabrics, because the
hair is 4 good non-conductor.