The national Republican., 1862-11-04
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
| General Banks is now in Boston. He ar
rived there Saturday evening. He had an In.
terview with the New England Governors on
Monday.
The steamer Ocean Queen, from Aspinwall,
brought million Of treasure.
Quite tempest In teapot was extemporized
among the Episcopal religious ~ secessioniss
on Sunday last, in Baltimore, occasioned by
the reading of the bishops pastoral letter.
Some Of these gentry left the churches. What
pity 90,
Col. Forney's paper, the Daily Morning
Chronicle, made It's appearance on Monday morn.
ing. 1t is O three cent sheet.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, In speaking Of
the appointment Of medical cadets, says
Ninety medical cadets will be appointed at
once for the hospital on Chesnut Hill, Phila.
delphia. Applicants must have studied medi.
cine one year, and attended lectures one win.
ter. They receive no pay. Those who have
studied two years will receive thirty dollars
per month, and all will be appointed who up.
ply.
The same paper takes strong ground and
presents conclusive arguments against the at
tempt Of the New York Herald to depreciate
the Federal currency 10 a level with the cur
rency Of the Coniederacy. Iu its issue Of Mon.
day 1t says Of the price Of one dollar In OF Phil
adelphia, $l.SO Price of one dollar at Rich
mond, Va, 50 SO. Hence II will be seen that
while the advance In gold in the loyal States is
thirty per cent, in the rebel States 1t is one
hundred and fifty per cont. This statement ID
a conclusive argument In itself against the
HerJlds clap-trap moneyarticles, written for
purpose.
George Francis Train has been invited by an
association Of Irisnmen, in Boston, to give them
an address. He accepts their invitation In a
bombastic letter, 10 which he gives the follow.
Ing dig at Gardiner, with whom he is now asso
ciated to defeat Charles Sumner. The "ungen.
erous Know Nothing cry can never again be
raised by AMBITIOUS GOVERNORS" That will
do.
The Richmond Dispatch says, that since
Jackson first crossed the Rapidan, the Federal
loss in killed, missing and wounded, amounts
in the aggregate to $4,000; while 1t rates the
rebel loss in killed, wounded and missing at
500. This cannot be so though we doubt
not that our loss is the largest. 1t taunts our
generals with not going forward to attack Lee
as was promised.
| Maj. Gen. Sumner was in the city yesterday
and hastened, hence 10 his command In Vir.
ginia.
Governor Curtin, OF Pennsylv ania, is now in
Washington.
| The Star ol last evening, thinks that the
flank of Lees army has been turned by our
forces. 1t may be 70, but we doubt ii. We
recollect that the S,ar was equally confident,
when Gen. Pope's army was fighting in front,
that few days would put an end 10 the rebels
in arms in Virginia; and also. afterwards, II
predicted the capture OF the entire rebel army
by Gen. Mcclellan within twenty four hours.
Our neighbor is not good prophet.
Cassius NJ. Clay and George Francis Train
have had discussion Of the slavery question
at Cooper Institute. New York Mr.. Clay will
find taat the game is not worth the ammuni-
ton.
Gen. Sige ia said TO be so unwel, that he
to which place they nave proceeded from Alex.
ndra by forced marches and in good order.
The Monitor will be ready for the service in
a few days.
Two hundred seamen have arrived from New
York, and are now ready Tor service on the
Potomac no,illa.
Mrs. Mcclellan wife of General McC elan
will reside in Trenton, New Jersey, the coming
winter.
NJ, Damas, and MIR. A. Paul, French consul al
Richmond, are on their way South. They left
Baltimore on Saturday. N. Damas is q bearel
= of dispatches from the French minister il
Washington.
To days elections will decide the politi
cal character of the next Congress, and ma,
decide the fate of the country. Should th,
Democracy succeed, we fear disgraceful com
promise or dismembered republic.
There has recently been made large In
crease OF military stores in Canada. Enough
it is said, to equip and maintain force
250,0OO men.
1t is said that the cotton crop Of Illinois vii
amount to 10000 bales of upland quality thi
year.
The amount Of coal transported over III
Philadelphia and Reading railroad and throug
the schuylkill canal, up to the 3Olh Octobe
this year. and to the same date e~last year, wa
as follows:
This year. Last year
Reading railroad, tons. ,04S 459 l,458,744
Schuylkill canal. ........ 49,, 1854 9sS, ,33
Total. .............. 2,SSl,3l3 2,i47, 10,
Excess THIS year. ....................43 .434 20
We have news from Boston of the pirat
steamer, which says: The last seen Of the pifat
steamer Alabama was on the Goth, at 10 o'clocl
p. m in latitude 80, longitude 60. She wa
then steering Northwest, under full head O
steam and sail-wind South.
The bark Lamplighter was partly owned il
Charleston and Havana by J. W. and W. A