, 1862-01-23

An odd question has come up in Valparaiso,
as to the sale Of indulgences to cat meat on
Friday. The sale of these valuable documents
produces about fifty thousand dollars per annnm,
which is devoted by the government to religious
purposes The sale is understood TO be based
on an order from the Pope, given in 1850, to run
for ten years, which, however, is claimed by
the church authorities in Valparaiso to have he
gun to run only In 1862. The government,
however, is said to think otherwise, and in this
embarrassing conflict the Council Of State has
his opinion. a.. f...
A correspondent, writing from Winchester,
Tennessee, says that he has sent eighteen pack
ages Of vegetable and other comforts to the First
Regiment Tennessee volunteers in Virginia, and
they have net been received lie slys "the pa.
pers TEEN with similar complaints, and also Of
delicacies wines cOrdias, brandies, etc., shipped
to sick soldiers, being consumed by dissipated
surgeons, assistants, and their hangers on" lie
thinks the new Government is as corrupt as the
old one.
An English journal announces that Lord
Henry Beniwick, brother Of the Duke Of Port.
land, is having Turkish bath fitted up for the
benefit Of his extensive racing stud This gen.
tleman possesses 100000 n year, has 100
hol ullh NNiNo Ahdlil HNhnah tNuaHNNs Nv
spends upon his horses about half his Income,
and upon the tenants not one siH.pence a-year.
Turkish baths for the hunters, mud-huts, poverty
and dirt for the human creatures! Who would
not rather be this mobiles quadruped than his
bipedS
The entire population Of the British Empire
amounts to 2T5, 100000 or these the number
in the British islands is 29,250,000; the North
American colonies $685., 900; the AustralasiAn
group, 1,275O00; West Indian, 1000, 900 !;
while the aggregate number Of British subjects
in Ceylon, Mauritius, Hong Kong and the AE
rican and European possessions amount to
100000. In British India the number is
l3J,O9O,OOO
A recent Eastern traveller reports having WIS.,
tied Jewish family, and found two Of the
daughters exceedingly pretty" which will
scarcely be credited, when the decorating pro-
cess is known which these ladies' had gone
through; their hair had been shaved off and
replaced by line Of black paint traced upon
theI forehead, their cheeks were painted black,
with line extending nearly to the ears, looking
like spectacles.
A priest Of Milan, Italy, was much struck
with the repentant air Of young, elegantly
dressed man, the other day, and gave him abso-
luton. lie soon afterwards found that he had
lost his valuable repeater. The penitent man
was an eminent pickpocket; and the worst of
all in the eyes Of the priest is that he sent the
scamp away fully absolved. E....
Naturalists have just discovered, in Fouta
Djalon, on the western coast Of Africa, a kind
Of bean, by the natives called gourOn which
has the astonishing effect Of quieting the paugs
ol hunger, (medicinally, not in bulk, which
would be nothing strange) is astringcnt, tonic,
bitter when chewed dry but sweet Immediately
on taking mouthful Of water, and preventive
Of colics. ...
Three brothers, George H., Gustavus D., and
Cyrus G. Simpson, Of st. Adams, enlisted some
three months since in company r., Sd Mali G
Regiment. At the battle Of Bull Run, Cyrus
was instantly killed by cannon ball. A few
weeks later Gustavus died in the army hospital
Of typhoid fever, and last week George followed
him, after suffering for a long time from the
same malignant disease.
When Arkansas seeded from the Union, she
came in possession Of property to the amount Of
$35, 100000. Her Indebtedness at that time
was $3,O00YO0O, leaving balance Of $32 2,00O,-
900 acquired by secession, in addition to her
other resources. The State has issued war
bonds to the extent Of $5,0O0,OOO and every
dollar Of her property is pledged for their re-
dempton.
In India, where the cholera in It's most malig.
nant form first emerged and spread throughout
the world, It had again made its appearance, and
is terribly destructive Of human lite. II is pos
sihle that it may a second time pass over Europe
and this country.
The Postmaster General has ordered to be
placed on sale at the Post Offices a new and
convenient form Of newspaper which are formed
Of Obldng sheets, gummed at one end, and
adapted to any sized newspaper.