, 1863-11-03

The accumulation of guns in the Spring
field, Macs, arsenal now amounts to III, 900
The total Is increased daily BY about nine
hundred pieces.
Mr.. A. Reingo1a Cazauran, formerly T.
reporter on the Cincinnati Enquirer. has been
ordered South by the authorities at st. Louis,
f. dikloyl pzacticee. 1T might have been
expected, considering the newspaper he was
formerly engaged upon.
The leading New York city hotels are
row asktne-s3, 50 per diem for board-that l.
to eaJ $24 50 per week. Rather steep, thnt !!
-E1 Governor SpTague has bought the
trotting mare *'Callfornia Damsel for eleven
thousand dollnrs. as 2 present, 1t is said, for
his bttrothed, Miss Kate Chase.
The Pope continues to shox himself In
public. On the I'd inst. he walked I'LL the
to the Piazza di Venezta, followed By his no.
BILE guards md eqQipagts. His Holiness,
who locked rather thin IN the face, but stout
in The body, walked 4 good pace, pausiug &C.
casionally to give his blessing to the groups
# bystanderb, who knelt to receive It.
t Sir Robert Feel, II. r, has been axhibit-
, irg ply ticnl force to a considerable extent q.
Tamro1;h Epg.) election. He knocked
down one elector, and melted the "boanet
Ing" of several othtrs. 1t Is expected that
an attempt will be made at the first opportu-
nifty 10 oust him from the representation.
"A parliamentary return Just issued, re.
latlDg 10 the China indemnity, statos that
government, under the treaty Of Pekiu, dated
the 24th Of October, 1860. and that 54o, 513
taels still remained unpaid on the S1st Of De-
cember last.
The Agricultural Department At Wash
1Dgton has received quantity of Auautka
wheat from Odessa, and also large quantity
Of very fine red bearded Mediterranean wheat
from. .NIoe In ITALY sThfa w7ent will he rp4 3y
for distribution to agricnfturitts. in sm1ll
quantities, In few days. 4 variety Of hand-
come samples Of Eeeds have also been received
from the Royal Agricultural Society OF
Russta.
The great ram DunderberE, now being
wide, ard 50 feet deep, with an armour 1-2
feet thick, formed Of timber and 1-o inches
| Of iron. One Of her revolving tuTrets Will be
| srmed with four heavy guns, and the other
With e1 broadside and two pivot guns. It Is
expected that her speed will be sixteen milee
al hour.
"-Truancy from the common schools in
| Boston il 80 prevalent III soEe Of the wards
of that city, that the Mayor. ut the special re-
! quest OF the gchool Commissioners, has ap
! pointed what is styled q tttruant of1icsr," to
be attached to the corps under command o1
| tbe City Marshal 1t is not stated what the
| officer Il to do with the truants when he cap,
/ tues them.
While one Of the divers attached to the
wreckipg schooner Sarah Jane, of Boston,
.was operating In Newport harbor, h1s a:ten
1ion was attracted By some object buttioe
agaipst his legs and body. he at once founc
| IL vae q huge shark, With dlstended eyes. evi
dan " wishing to make his acquaintance Tit
diver fetched him Wipe across the snout
aith heavy crowbar, and the monster lef:
but quickly returned, when another bloN
started him On his travels again, from Whicf
be did Eot return.
| AT factory In Portland, Me nearl,
| 1000 bushels Of potatoes aro t'concetrated'
for the army every dav.. All the water Is ab
! torbed, leaving about five pouuds Of nusri
ment to the sixty pounds which bushel Q
potatoes Averages, and that concentrations j
ground up, giving 1t the Appearance Of Iadta'
meal. It Is cooked BY returning the water t.
it in boiling ttate, and keeping it hot frou
ten to fifteen minutes, Nhep It swells liz
starch. and assumes the appearance Of potat
prepared Tor the table.