American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-08-31
Personal and News items.

of Massachusetts, will be candidate for
denomination this fall
California has recently been refresh
ed with rains, remarkable circumstance
at this season of the year.
The regiment of rebel deserters and
prisoners just mustered into the United
States service, have been sent West, to
fight the Indians.
The father-in-law of Prince Meter
mich has written letter to President
Lincoln, expressing his conversion to the
North
The report that Admiral Dalgreen
has been relieved, and is to be succeeded
at Charleston by Commodore Rowan, is
not true.
1t is claimed that enough seamen
have enlisted in New York to clear the
city from the draft. The record has been
sent TO Washington.
"A London correspondent states that
the arrangements for diplomatic repre-
sentution between Mexico and England
and Mexico and the rebel American Con-
lederacy were near y completed, and the
new Mexican Minister in London would
soon be received by Queen Victoria.
A woman in Maine, with an eye to
business appeared at Portsmouth, on Fri
day, with four substitutes, whom she had
brought from Baltimore. She sold them
soou after her arrival to the brokers for
$500 each.
Substitute brokers are required by
law to take out license, but scores of them
have not done so. They are making i'm
mense profits and should be looked after
by the proper authorities.
The Richmond papers say that the
Irish grave diggers who have been get
ting 50 per day have struck for higher
wages. a man cant die in Richmond
for less than hundred dollars, unless
the doctor deadhcads him.
The U. S. sloop-of. war Dacotah saw
the Tallahassee eleven miles ahead of her
on Tuesday evening and chased her al
the rate OF 6 knots, while the pirate went
| II with case, and was soon lost to view
| The Dacotah burned 200 tons of coal in
five days, and had to put back for more.
An unusual degree of fatal sickncs;
is prevailing in many portions Of the in
| terror f Missouri. Diarrhea and dyscnta
ry, generally terminating in fux, are the
most common types. Grown persohs auc
children are the victim Of the disease. y.
physicians appear to have little success il
treating it.
The Harp is soon to be Introduce
into the Church of England choirs. This
most historical of instruments is finding
many advocates, and the Court .Journa
says: Several prelates Of authorit,
have considered the point involved mos
favorably, and musicians are as one AS tc
the solemn aud beautiful effect it viii
have in occasional accompaniment.
The Cail,icothe (Mo) G roaieo state
that fight occurred on Sunday morning
last night miles casts Of Carrollton, be
tween Bill Anderson's gang of demon
aud the militia from Carr Il and Ray
Five of Andcrson's gang were killed
Three of the killed were taken off, strap
ped on horses. Anderson made for har
ltoa county, saying he would return mex
Sunday,
"A New York letter says that "therC
has never been day since the war begat
when the loyal people Of this community
felt more cheerful confidence in the iu
ture than they do now, and in view o
the events of the past two years, they ar,
almost unanimous III the desire that ever,
man should do his utmost toward rcplcn
ishing our army with men and our treas
ury with money, as the only practica
means of ending the war"
General Fisk in speech which h
made recently at Chillicothe, said he ha'
written to his Chief that there were
great many grades Of loyalty in this coun
try nOw-morc than were lenses in th
English Grammar. There was past 10y
atty. present loyalty, perfect loyalty, i'm
perfect loyalty and plupcrfect loyalty
And in the last case, many cf them wer
50 Strdighhey leaned oeer backpard, ant
IN the beginning rere rebels.
The most hopeful sign of "a gooc
time coming in Missouri is found in th
rapid enlistment of men to make up tn
nine regiments of twelve months men
From every partof that State information
upon this subject is most encouraging ant
hopeful. In several cases the regiment
have already been filled up to the maxi
mum, and will soon be armed, equippel
and ready for active service In St Louis
the work of raising two regiments sgoinl
forward most satisfactorily, and few
days will see these organizations com
plete.
The Commissioners of the Centra
Park, New York report the number O
visitors to that resort during the year a
,469,335 pedestrians. 90,724 cquestri
ans, and 81, 450 vehicles. Allowing
three persons to each vehicle, the aggre
gate number Of visitors amounts to 4 ,327
409 The number of workmen employ
ed in the Park during the year was | l,20I
and three of the items of labor were th
planting of 29,353 trees aud shrubs, ex
cavation and filing Of l23,507 eubi
yards of earth, and the excavation of Z
S8S yards of rock.
The Salt Lake daily Telegraph, say