, 1862-06-19

p4vrsc Ex,,Essrs,-Gen. Mitchell has cap
tured cotton enough since his soIourn IL Al"'
bama to pay the running expenses q Nv nln.o
Of the Memphis and Charleston rAilzoao-m
his uossession-for six months.
VINO IS Hs?-A gentleman from the west,
ern mart OF this STATE informs us that goo9
deal Of excitement exists in his vlciGiSy+ can5zu
hv the elopement OF q college professor-tnt
hI,sbanl ot an honest wife mud the fathef OF
several ctildren-wiEh the wldo~ OF proms
ucnt politician OF this Ssate, lately aeceasea'
They are supposed to have gone TO Europe
Utica Otse4r<r.
r.S41. E,HApGE,IEST- Is slight
expectation that the proposition to enlasg:
the Erie and Oswego canals 80 as 10 aalnas ~
tic passage OF guuboats, will be agreed 20 n
the House during the present week, ous Lne
desire to adjourn is so strong saas 3e@ s,d Iess
urss Of this kind will he considered, ano 1ess
adopted.-Waah- Cor. Eleasng Post.
The New Orleans Deua Is now edited By
CAPTAIN John Clark, chief commissary o. Gen.
Buffers army, and Major John n. 6elt, oi
Boston. Clark imbibed so much pro,s1asefS
ism from the Boston Courier, ct "hlcn ~ l, Va
fnrneIly managing editor, that he will chime
in easilY With New Orleans sentiment; and
Bell is eon-in- law OF Rufus Choate, and op-
posed, like him, to ''glittsring and sonnoins
EeueraIities'' about freedom aud human
rights The Delta, except In professed loyuey
to the United States Government, 1s IS u -.ra
| southern as the Hartford Times ITSELF
F1rE.--Thc saw mill and barrel f.ctory in
| Lee, belonging to J. B. Greene 1ph. OF thi;
| city, Was destroyed by fire On " ".hufsd,v nfght
! last Much valuable machi-- --,crT jor the manu-
fActure of barrels, togelhe, with lar1re arount
Of stock IN hand, va. destroyed. Loss about
600 or Il, GOO. 10 INSURANCE. :A.rsa4N e.
z,oMsder.
doERihAH II TRCE.--An army writer in the
| atns u VI --e Potomac writes ''Negroes caught
:. !! 1'-t rear OF our army haye baeu forced to
! e:x tielr own graves, then shot and tumblesa
| in; all for following us. state only what l
know. have heard much worsc.'
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DARRASGEdE3T.-We
learn that aTran xement6 have been made for
the completion within ninety days, Of the
railroad between Peoria and Ps61n. The work
is to be done jointly by the Peoria aud Hanui-
bal company and Illinois River company-the
former building the road from here to oppo-
site Pek1n, and the latter completing the
bridge to cross the river and making the con
nectionE. This time there is to be no mistake
in the matter. The necessary funds are al
ready raised, aud work is to bt nzsuued al
; once. In addition to this, the gap Of fourteen
, miles Gil the lower erd Of the Illinois Rivel
Road from Virginia to Jacksonville, will bf
| completed this fall
: At the battle of Fair Oaks rebel soldie
, was wounded and taken to the fedsrsl hospi
tai tent. Ills arm Vas amputated By the SUI
geon in attendance, who rendered bin ever
y attention in Ills power, when suddenly th
), rebel drew forth 4 concealed knife aud trie
y t to stab his attendant The surgeon parEie
- y the blow with his arm, and with his ottc
:. band drew pistol from his belt, and 1zilIe
= the migrate as he lay upon the operating boavi
. 4 Coon DoG.-On Sunday week, Itt1
e German boy Of this city, about four yeas oil
= wandered off to the small mill race Of tt
- Ann Arbor City mills and near TO bis hom
y accompanied by Dick, nildl1ne. sized spa
r ici dog owned By Mr. Alnert Smith, clothit
- merchant, and while the little felio~ was
Is the act Of throwing chip into the water +
II Dick to bring out, fell ito the race and won
" have drowned, only for the presence Of Il
,s dog and his immediately E!azing the child
v his clothing aud bringing him to the shol
Il Several persons having seen the boy full
~ ran to rescue him, but when they reached t
,s place the dog was keeping strict watch o'
It the ll!sle fellow, Who WAS efying !ns1Ay, q
+ would not permit them to TOUGH the child
~ its mother came.-4nn 1rtor J1urnal.