, 1863-12-05
tIIscELLANEous NEWS ITEMS.

no tax on crude oil, and this revenue is realized
mainly from the tax Of ten cents per gallon on
refined OIL
Of the Corps d'Afiquc, organized under
the auspices Of Gen. Banks, fifteen thousand
colored soldiers have already been mustered
into the service, and recruits are still coming
in rapidly. The maximum strength Of The
corps is $4,000.
The trunk Of an apple tree in Chickopee,
Massi measures three feet and eleven inches
in diameter, and its top spreads over . circle
Of one huhdted and eighty feet in circumfer.
ence, so that It Is doubtless the largest apple
tree in the country. ..I. .a..r..
Protestant churches have multiplied In Paris
within few years. French and foreign chap.
els included, there cannot now be less than q
dozen. There are about q million Protestants
in France, and the country is q fair field for
Protestant propagandism: ~. l..
1t Is calculated that the expenditures Of the
quartermaster's Departmental the fiscal year
ending Juno 80, 1868, will amount to some.
where in the neighborhoood of 1915, ,OOO,O 900
or $4O00O0,OoO. The clothing bureau alone
will swallow upwards Of $loO, 100000.
Mrs wannamaker died in Bergen county,
N Y, last week, who weighed previous to her
death, seven hundred pounds She was q
great cater, and disposed Of an ordinary-sized
ham IN two meals. At her last dinner twenty.
four ears Of corn made up o slight portion Of
her repast. aat s..r
From figures in the Provost Marshal Gen.
erals Office il Is ascertained that on tho lst Of
July, 1868, there were but 997s9 deserters
from all the armies In the field. Since the
establishment Of the Bureau Of Deserters over
$4,000 Of these "skulkers" have been returned
to their regiments. .....
Charles NJ. Bcccher, Of the Cattaraugus
Freeman, has been drafted. In announcing
the fact he says: 40 .,..
Why should we mourn, conscripted friends,
Or quake at Drafts alarms2
'Ts but the voice that Abra'm sends
To make Us shoulder armsl
M. Madras newly.invented aerial machine,
which is occupying considerable attention In
Paris, is already nearly half finished. It's di.
msnsiOns are so enormous that il will have
accommodation, It is declared, for more than
hundred passengers. The first aerial journey
is to be to Baden.
Brigadier.G General Robert Anderson, United
States army, has been ordered before the army
retiring board, and il is expected that no will
be retired from active service, as, since the
bombardment Of Fort Sumter. In 1901. he
has not been equal to the fatigue and excite.
ment incidental to service in tho flsld. i.
The number Of prize vessels taken into tbs
port Of Philadelphia since The commencement
Of the war & eiehty.tive. Tho mo.k yalu.ble
including the cargo. was the steamer Bsrmv,la
which realized more than haR a million Of dol.
lars. Several Of the late prizes, which brought
heavy cargoes Of cotton, realized large sums
Eleven millions Of dollars IA the amount "a
ouired this wear for ,hs civ sxnsndi,urs or
New York sop,l 70 l . aoll.r. r., s.ch indiv;d.
ual inhabitant, or 100 dollars for every voter
This Is a ,Olcrab,v good sized ci,v tsx lin. bnt
New York Is used to Il. and considers its ability
N nav 1, . mark N ;,s r,.,rono,;,.n ,,.r,.nr
A general order has beon issusa q. wash.
iurton takine out of The hospi,.ls svsrv IN.
listed man (except bospi,al 'stera,dsl vbo ars
AZ for duty. II Il tbongb, that sovs,.l tbous.
and will thus Be sue.diIy obtained a. a lsrr.
number are employed IN yariou. vavs .boo,
the HOSPITALS who have been Al ar active dutv
for months.
In London thew have e,,,bi;.b.d , vbo,,
club for research into tho nossibili,v a trav.
oler's ro,urnino from thosa hou,nss n which
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from ,bo M mat tbs co,nmi,,.. .av.r,,.. 4,
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we'll autbep,icatod.
A pair Of Government sho,. v.r. last r.sk'
made In Boston ior n Norvs,;.n . nan AZ q.
ran,ic prODOr,lOns The ~ 4 No oo ,od
tho measure as IoIlovs, Hal IA ,nchss .nL,e
1s inches instep - inches ~. ira inchss
Hs 4 I color sereo.r. Il ~ .l,,I,..r ..n;m.n,
Of the armv. and i !. pressnt !, ~, H.o';,,or
New York harbor. Il i 81, -sS ~ 80 :. !