, 1863-02-12

Hiram N. Putt, in California
Sheridan Knowles, the dramatist, lately died
in England at the age Of 70 years -
An unusual quantity Of snow is said to have
fallen in Northrn California this winter.
There were nine smallpox patients in the
Victoria Royal Hospital on the Sd inst
The subscriptions in Victoria for tho Lanca.
shire relief fund will amount to $1,000. 81. P B.
There is more gold now in the United States,
by $50, ,OOO,0OO than there was before the war.
WIN. II. Polk, brother to ex.President Polk,
and true Union man, died at Columbia, Tenn,
Dec. ls.
The trst steamboat that ever Piled in San
Francisco bay was brought from Sitka, in ls47,
by order Of Capt LiedesdoriE
The New York Daily Times is said TO have
been recently sold to Wilkes and Bonner for
three hundred thousand dollars.
A sonOf T Butler King was killed at the battle
Of Fredericksburg. He was Captain in the
rebel service, and was shot through with Eve
bullets. . Fg1sssEHt
Gen. WadswOrth, having been defeated by
Seymour for the place Of Governor Of NV
YORK Will At once 80 into the military service
" WV country!
A dispatch from San Francisco says the DE
paftmeht at washington has ordered survey
Of the sunken rock on which the clipper ship
Monday was wrecked.
The next Legislature Of Wisconsin will con-
tain thirteen editors aid executors. What that
body wtl not know Of matters in general, won't
be worth knowing.
The rebels at Fredericksburg took the dead
bodies OF their slain and propped them up 50 as
to resemble picket guards They we're buried
by our soldiers rEN II
NJ. Seward dismissed the United States Con
sui at Vienna, for his oIlicious and unauthorized
request to Gen Garibaldi, to enter the military
service Of this country. f5a HtEt
An Eastern paper says TINT after the battle Of
Perryville, JEFF. Davis removed Bragg for not
whipping Buell., and President Lincoln removed
nue'' Tor not Whipping Bragg
The King and Queen Of Hawaii were con
tirned In the Christian faith, on the 2sth Of No
vember, according to the Reformed Catholic
Church, BY the Bishop Of Honolulu.
Mrs. Joseph Spencer, Of Long Point, six miles
from north Of Clinton. Indiana. gave Birth TO
four chldren-two boys and two grls-on Sat
urday night, Goth November.
The Charleston Courier wishes to know why
JEFF. Davis tolerates the presence Oi foreign Con,
suls In the Confederate domain who are acting
under eIeqHatOrs issued BY the "Yankse Gov.
,rnment" .........,.s..-
A letter from Gen. Preston, Of the rebel army
IN Tennessee is very gloomy as to the rebel pros.
poets. lie advises his wife, in Nashville, to look
for peace in some happier land, until this cruel
war is over.
The PrcjectO Of dividing Texas into four States.
with eight Senators to represent them 10 Con-
gres'' Is under consideration At washington
with some prospects that the measure will be
finally agreed upon. lg3n EE3,gFE
gen n'a'eN "'s oee,eea 'na' no more c,Vll'
's"S S"s. os spp"n'eu .A'maS'ers, w. '"a'
'"eSe o"'ee's s""" oo asFn ,'om '.e army,
anu, oy p'e'erence' "o'" 'ncse "caPaC''A'eu iOr
"S'u service Oy ~ou"'S 0l "'''aSs' go;
Inc clipper snip fer"rlaa Is now loading 10
"a" r.a"e's'" ~ WV" "aeA' 'Or 'ue i-'.e,poU' '"a'.
Ns~ aus haa SAyS 'nA' sue nss Jus' u'scua'svu
"se qus"u,y ., war "u""O"S' sue" a' pO"'
wv, rum" a"" "0"'W S"o'' s'O'
Inc DIre.'ns washington correspondent
s~'VS as ,n'. '""' 'So o' 'ne revenue "a. 0O''
'ee'0rs o. tue "enSra uoVe'""en' are 70 oe re-
"oSe"' cause "ey n"'e eo"ee'ea @"'s !"
CON- ana aee"u"'eo IN treasury nO'es'
. Owners OF real estate In New York are feeling