, 1862-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

FROM RED R1rEn.-United States Paymas-
ter Smith returned to St. P.lut on last Thurs
.l.y trus., Fvrt Ahercr0mble and Georgetown
u1l Red RIVER, where he had been to pay the
:ru,,,a stationed there. The troops remitfed
a large portion Of their money to their
ftnlIlirs.
The emigration westward toward the gold
mint Is very great. Ou the return trip emi-
grants we're met all along tho rold.-W Wt1toH1
Ainn.} lbpubliran.
WHO IS TUE AUTHOR OF JUN1Us.-Mr
Weed, in his last letter from Loudou, de-
:crit.s visit to John Taylor, now ST years OF
age. The uuth of "Junius Identified" in
1916. Mr. Weed, after referriug to the can
1ruyersy, excited by this book and his interest
in it, says:
ait is n"w nearly half century since 'Ju-
MUS Identified was published, ana alt1o15h
row as then, nothiuE has occurred to i'm
peach the letter in which sJuhi'ls says he il
1he sole depository Of my own secret, a5i 1t
will die with me- yct before the present year
rlotes all donbt or question as to tile author
ship Of these letters will be removed
srspAr Scene IN TUE CAr1ToL.-On last
Sunda5, after the preliminary exer+is.s Of re-
liuus services III the hall Of the House Of
+. pr. scn'as,vcs were gone through, The minis
1es Jailed % make his appearance. Alter ST.
leEcc uf Ili!ern OF twenty minutes, Il geu;le-
mar stepped forward and said that there
Wnu:d be no services, aud ut the SAINT time IT,
QntS!eu Tic auQlehSe ~ ilatcn 10 Inc 5suSaa99
OF Il lev psette. All at once a young lady
<aug the "S:ar-spang.ed Bluner.'' to the
great ae;or ishtntut OF the audience. "Do @n
with he Rrhci flAgf' and 'sThree Cheers for
lie Red, White and Blue" vera then sung.
Al The CONCLUSION loud applause continued
1or srys raj SECONDS. Af;tr sln.iug e. Ameri-
ca :tnd g Old Hundred the assembla5e dis
p, rscd.
An ASSUMING PosrT1oN.-The bishop of the
New Jerety Episcopal Convention, in his ap-
peal, used tic following language:
"The diocese WAS hls. the clergy we're bis
nritsrs he Was 1he representative of Christ IA
the 01ucest CHARGED with the duty of mia,
stons; he was entlt'ed to have aud to direct
the nse Of thr funds of the people, and that il
bis cltTs,v afh not tax. up collections f,r
missions, be woHld 20 himself into the plr-
ish.:s, aud it would soon be seen whether his
! ulsh,s or those Of the clergy would BIZ carried
| tut "
SECESSION VESSELS CArrCREp.-Since the
! rrcat il3g out Of tAc rebellion, our navy b L;
captured a steamers, Q st:ips, 10 harke. IL
| brfse, no sehoone's, II sloops. Total 167.
1T is estimated that at least i've Thousand
| csttra..aLd5 accompanied Gen. B .nk-' army
| on its rturu. Many brought va1u 4olc hors:s
| with them, while tho number Of wagons Con-
treated By tueln ID very large.
An Atlant:, fGa) paper states that ther'
| are $500 sick soldiers now in that city, hail
ing from every part of the Coafeder.cY, ani
that tie number is likely to be Increased.
-Con,. Porter postponed the attack on Mo
bile with his morttr fleet by order Of Cam. Far
| ragut, until the latter shall return from tht
Mississippi to cooperate with him, and ths
mortar boats are now at Ship Islsud.
GEE. CAsE1--Gen. Si'as Casey who com
ma1dtd the advance in the battl= on Saturday
| a1d whose forces WAS badly cut up, ia Wes
| puInt graduate of The class of 1873. Hs serve.
with Croft in the Florida war, aud also unde
Gen. Worth in the M-xlcau var. Ha Wa
severely wounded in the battles Of Cheru5uac
aud Cnurreras, while leadiug g.ilans att4c1
'ee ee1io'1 IL rxce b s breyree Lias
tenant Colonel In August lust, Gen. c. VI
nsuc Bri:aditr General Of volunteers. Ho
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