, 1863-04-08
PERSONAL.

The Cairo Gazette says that Colonel naynic,
yielding to painful demands of a domestic IA
ture' resigned his position in the army, and is
again among US in the guise Of = citizen.
New FoRK PHovosT AKsuALs:-The New
io1k appointments under the ConscrIptton
laW, says q Washington correspondent, are
nearly determined "a. About i;alf arc hon
oribly discharged soldiers. unable to do duty
in the field. A few hare been detached from
their regiments.
JEFF. D.yss L1KE.r TO LOSE Ills EZRA
correspondent of tile Montgomery .4''rritis:r,
writing frtm Richmond on the Esd nat., says
that President Davis has brcn confined to lis
houer for two weeks, aud is i great sufferer
an abscces has been formed On his temple,
1cxt to his sound eye, and it il feared bT his
frit res that he will lose the sight of tlat eye
also.
VERY l%rCDEST EDIToE.-Thc editor Of
the New Orleans 1i.tx says the cor5cts worn
by til: Indies Of that city will bc1r . alonstrous
strain, judging from q Indy lie saw, who was
70 nearly cut in two that a Man might he
a1nerable for biganiy should lie .nasry lier.
Truman Henry Satford, of Vermont,
known willie :: hoy ty the exhibition Of what
may be termed intuitiye computing powers,
cfa very extraordinary character, has been
appointed Assistant Professor Of Astronomy
at Harvard Unirertity.
1MfCDESCE or TILE LONDON TIaEs-The
Lold.,n 3iEr9, with characteristic iupudencc,
ttlle Queen Victoria thot she must now dry
Ter tears, be !: woI,an, giyc up her mourning.
and be- sovereign again--intiaaatinE that tue
Lation is weary 1t lcr Teeds and regrets.
DR.. John Allen, . prominent citizen Of
Petersburg, Menard county, Gied in that place
On the LIT inst The Menard LNaez says Of
him:
Dr.. Alien has practiced his profession in this
county for over thirty yelrs-Wc say this coun-
ty, hut bis ]abors commenced lere before
Mtnard Has u county, and befurc pctcr.burg
had begun TO be built. H.. c-:,nc here in tle
tays Of old Salem, us long aga us when Pre.i
dent Lincoln ran 4 tatUp:t TN the Slngamon,
and lived in the now deserted town Of SAieca.
i He was 4 leading member
Of the Preebyterian Church, AID especial ;
Jealous IL its SUPPORT, and in promoting the
various hcney0lI Ut enterprises that are fls.
tered by Christian libc1a.iy, his quite :lbun.
daEt means enabling hin 10 contribute ltber-
ally IL tltE: ohjcc:s, 10 Which ili7 heart WIS
devoted,
TIE Lexington (Ky.) 0.serrer announces
tic Hon. john j. CIitteuLen rs Candidate
for Congress.
We hare already announced the death, bY
accident, cf Surgeon Charles johnson, son Of
Gov. Andrew Johnson, 4, Nashville, on Sat
urday last. The Nashville Orion Of Sunday,
Las the following notice ot lin:
Dr.. J9lnson was ! gentleman Of 1ne cu1ti.
ratio aid profc-sis'i.a. attachments, unobtru-
siTe, warm hearted, and generous. He has
go1.s in The very morning, anu spring. III .'1n
Of life, lien field hf usefulness had lust
opened to his sirw. Tie Was onc Of Rose
who chose al exile with pat'iots rather thau
rcl:.a:n ;at hume unl-r the reign Of trcas,,n,
aid !.e accompanied his fathers fl1ily t., This
place. 1icir jo1ls1i"y fio,n Grccn7i.ic l.st
Fall, aud OIL thu first o:'oo tuEjty entered the
ss1vice sE Il Surgeon. Bat that ifreaioi;bic
and III, s'eriouE Ecsscr r, whose dr. .:d IN. .sl-
d:trs :.e horne IL ail nYes, at Ill s:asops, has
summoned him toaDoth'r-: .erc uf existence.
The s,mlatlies will so freely t3r,a to his
fl;i:er HOW absent and burdcncd will, many
c,,tss.Hd sorrows If offers more tla.,, lis
or1--to . lung afflicted Moth.r. and 10 his
brother brave cllccr in the Federal army.