, 1862-07-09

Lion. +. A. Pike, present member. has been
renominatcd for Congress, in the fifth district
Of Mainc, By q Republican convention. Tn
der the new apportionment, Ir. Fessenden
OF the third district and Mr. Pike Of the sixth
arc thrown into one district, which is the fifth
district. 1fr. Pike having been rcnominatcd.
A1r. FeEsendcn will, Of course, be left out Of
the next Congress.
Tho Rev. Dr.. Howell, who las just been
sent to prison at Nashville By GOV. johnson
OF tennessee, is q distinguished divine of the
Baptist denomination. He is widely known
as the author Of G book On SsCIosa Comn1u-
nlon," He will now be able to give his logic
a personal and practical application, and
nodify it, if he chooses
1t is now pretty definitely ascertainea
| that Col. McQuade Of Utica was only wound
cd, and not dangerously, in the battle on Fri
day week, before Richmond.
The latestndvices from England ar-
the death of Lord Charles John e IN
..'.'u eon VI tne celeora3eo .: .nning,
LIZ late oo'el1or denera' =. The de-
| ceased was born in T., 1912. educate5
I'll oA1ord, and p .ue House Of Com.
| mons Us me- Warwickshire in 1886.
In Inc : year he succeeded to the
pecr Il went into the Upper House.
lie accession Of Sir Robert Peel, in
= L, he was appointed Under Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, which he held for five years.
In 1853 he became Postmaster General, under
the ministry OF Aberdeen. In 1855 be sue
eeeded Lord Dalhousie as Governor General
OF India. In 1857 the Indian mutiny broke
cut, and it vas owing in a great measure to
the vigorous efforts Of Canning that India WAS
saved to the British Empire. In April last.
he LETT India to seek the restoration Of his
health, which had been much impaired BY Ills
arduous lahors, but in vain. The wife of
Lord Canning died feH months since. in In
dia, and consequently his title dies with him.
The line Of George Canning now survives in
his daughter, Lady Clanriearde, and her chill
dren.
John II. Kees, editor Of the Circ1eri11e
| (ohio) hd'chman, who was sent cast to Fort
Lafayette, a few days ago, by order of secre-
| tsry Stanton. was to have been candidate
before the recent Democratic State con7eu-
ton Of Ohio for Secretary Of State, and he
| would probably have been nominated had not
the convention reached the conclusion that he
was crazy. The particular paragraph for
which Kecs was arrested is this, referring to
Gen, Buffers Order No. IS:
aThis is the motto Of the Abolition dogs
and Gbertines who are prosecuting this infa-
nous civil war for the freedom and equality
with us, Of the dusky negro. Booty and
! Beauty is also motto Of such helIians and
| brutes as Ben. Butler. Why don't the men
| Of New Orleans shoot the infamous wretch
| like they would reptile or dog2"
/ Judge C. 81. Larrabee has resigned his
position rs Major of the 9th Wisconsin rcgi-
ment, in consequence Of i'll health.
Col. Charles f. Van Wyck, who was
wounded at Fair Oaks, and died q few days
since from its effects, was representative in
Congress from the New York, Sullivan and
Orange district, and chairman Of the lannon's
swan Wgck Investigating committee He
was man Of great energy and lofty patriot
| ism.
Madame Susini-noe Miss Hinckley-died
in Albany on the 9th inst, Of typhoid fever.
Her death will be lamented By all She was
lady Of excellent musical abilities.