, 1863-08-25

The following 1etterto Colonel Bowan, Of
the 10Th Missouri regiment. who shot Colonel
Florence corDJn at Memphis, has been pab~
Ished:
NEW ToRK, August II. 1853.
To Colonel Bowen, 10th Missouri regiment, Co.
This lays Hsra1a confirms the death Of Colonel
Cozny1, at Jour hands, on the 10th instant, At
CoyiHth-
You have a court martial the1e-its origin I
forget Colonel Cornyn doubted the truth Of your
testimony; and when he doubted 1t he had ample
reasons for doing go; for truth was eyer on his
took his life cut him Of in the prime of his man
hood. in the midst Of sac1iaces De was daily max
lnG IN bis cou9trys cause for that country aud the
IL was the priee Of his home, the honor and
hopc Of his aged motheE's heart, whose heaft Is
breaking under the weight Of grief which op.
deep sorrow you have Inflicted On onrs, an and my my
yors immortal soul. AZ It tTembles on 5our lips, In
snag it, Zee sm ss Ms f 2st ss s x
failed to extend to one Of the sess and bsayest
On Tuesday evening last, Governor Cur
tin, Of Pennsylvania, Was presented with a
beautiful gold headed csnc, gift from the
kylynria .uililia.. The cane was presented, on
behalf Of the regiment, By A. ). Herr, Esq, Of
Harrisburg, IN IN appropriate speech, which
was replied to by the Governor in his usual
happy manner. The cnne was made from
piece Of rood tst en- from the rebel iron clad
Tho Merrimac.
The tota1 annual receipts Of the Internal
Revenue office In San Franciaco, from all
sources, when the income tax commences
coming in. ts estimated 80 follows, In round
numbers: Income tax, $500, 900; monthly
assessments, S300, 1000; proceeds OF sale Of
stampu, 800 COO; LICENSES, $3.50, GOO; total,
81. $50, 900. None Of theze estimates are
likely to bo found TOO high, aad Il Is quite
der the mark, so that u ,200, 600 Is probably
about the GROSS amount which will be collec-
ted By the Government, per annum.
Carrier pigeons can still compete, in
speed, with railways, rapidly rs they go.
Bourges, France, is now the tavorite place Of
pigeon fanciers (chiedy .Beugians,) for the
starting post Of these aerial races, as it is the
most cent5al position to be found: 4 short
time ago 145 pigeons were let off at this town
at S o'clock d, n. The first prize was won by
. pigeon which made the distance in seven
hours and fifty four minutes, reaching its cote
at Ve7vle1s at 6tty-four minutes past twelve
o'clock. The EloWest pigeon reached home
At eleren minutes after one O'Clock. The dis
tancez was 375 miles.
Neither Napoleon nor Wellington WIS
part1al to tobdcco. On the contrary, Grnnt
Went after Yicksbuyg smoking, md smoked
while Pemberton surrendered General t..
cumseh Sherman is Eald to be au lnveterate
smoker besides, though RoEecrans is temper
ate Of tobacco. Of our literary people, Long
fellow smokes with decorum, and Lowell con
amore. Hawthorne smokes as he writes, and
the poetry Of Stoddard and Dugau has been
enriched and favored In the am6rosia of the
pipe-how1. Fennyson, the Laureate, might
have tobacco leaf in his chaplet, and must
haye smoked blissfully when he wrots the
"Locus Eaters"
Rev. Theodore Cuyler, writing from Bar
atoga to the New York Independent, says:
There are many eminent c1ergymen here at pres
Of Hartford, Hopkins Of Mass, and Milbu1n, the
blind lecturer on Milton. Gottachalk, the pianist,
astonisees TIE Union Hall guests By PLAYING tot
oihe1 executes "Yantee Doodle" % aaa. sieElcs@ d 80
greater with one limb than he used to be with two
lis recruiting from his wouud, and practiciug on
hobby horse foE his return to the aaddls. Yes
men to dine with him. Life begins to look differ
emily to the man of pleasure now.
Geo. ". Splitter, q prominent citizen Of
Jasper county, Ind, was killed By lightning
n fen dnys since. He was in bed at the time.
Tie fluid passed up the foot part Of his bed,
through his body aud dorn the head post, in
stantly Killing him. An examination Of the
body disclosed no marks, save slight dis
coloraion of the skin In straight line from
the foot to the head.
AT the last meeting of the Royal Society
OF Tasmania, . quantity Of "pltcherry," :
narcotic plant brought by Mr. King, the e1-
plorer, from tie interior Of Australia, where
IT is used by the natives to produce into1ica
tion, WAS presented by Mr.. ". Johnston In
appearance It resembles the stem and leaves
Of small plant partly rubbed into coarse
powder, Mr. Johuston remarked that on one
occasion Mr.. King swallowed small pinch
Of the powder, and describes its. etscts q 70 De-
iaFge aE % Quantity l Of spirits. Ne very definite
pin; could hasn be s;sen 9sta'4sd To- Dr
Mueller. but-it is too much broken up Tor
him even to hazard guess as to tho nature
Of OF he plant whence 1t Is derived.
we regret to have to record the occur
renee Of another great fire in Three Rivers.
and I the consequent destruction of large
amount Of yalaahla property IN the most ns,'Itv H.
portant part Of the cisywan1 ing vesy In19
ges Of the great f1e Of 1866, About II O'CLOCK