, 1864-07-11

left go Chronometers and all his specie and
ransom bonds. No one, killed and but
three wounded on board the Kearsage.
Semmes is reported to be slightly wounded
1t is stated that the kedrsage captured
GS Of the officers and crew Of the alabama.
Semmes publishes statement that he had
nine killed and wounded, and charges that
the Redrsage continued to FIRE after the
alabama had struck her colors.
MtscELLANEOUs NEWS iFEits.
Cinnamon have been detected smuggling
opium in egg shells, in San Francisco.
The Spiritualists in the United States
are said to number Eve millions Of persons.
Steeple chases, which have only lately
been introduced into France from England,
are now all the rage.
"Lgt Hs,," says the Montgomery EAla-
bama) Mail, invade them, with our whole
forceI Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and
the COpperheads will swell our ranks"
Alexandra Dumas is engaged to write q
novel for the Grand Journal Of Paris.
His price is per letter, for which a centime
and a quarter are charged. Madame
George Sand receives the sGme sum in La
Presse.
Colonel John Harris, the Commandant
of the United States Marine Corps, died at
Washington on the 14th ult. Col. Harris
was one of the old line officers, and was a
strict disciplinarian, an ardent patriot and
an able officer.
The business Of washing and securing
woods for shipment East is now very exten-
sively carried on by the Mission WOOllen
Mills Company. Over half a million pounds
will thus be cleansed this season and sent
forward to New York. This is the first work
Of the kind ever attempted in California.
To an application to allow crinoline re-
bel sympathizer to 60 South, Gen. Sher-
man replied: "We haven't enough trans
pOrtation to supply the army as rapidly rs
we could wish. Two hundred pounds Of
oats at Chattanooga are worth more than
any rebel woman and her baggage. She
can't CO."
A little drummer. boy, named Orion p.
Howe, of the Fifty-hffh Illinois Regiment,
who was wounded at Vicksburg while car
rying ammunition, has been "alopted" by
the Board of Trade of Chicago, and Prcsi-
dent Lincoln, recognizing his merits and his
bravery, has given him vacancy ut the
Naval School at Newport.
The Boston advertiser, recalling the in
cidents Of the spontaneous triumph which
overwhelmed Gen. Banks on his last visit
to that city, says: "On that very day,
that faSotite Of, the people was cougratu-
lated upon the hold he had upon the pub
lie favor. 'Yes, madam said he, with
his grave smile, 'and the first mistake
make, they will forget it ALL"
The Richmond iSsnhmrl, noting the fact
that the .trccps garfisoning the Notifications
in New York Harbor were removed to
other fields Of usefulness, and their places
were to be filed BY Now York State troops,
says: "This is Seymour's chance to free
his State, if he has the pluck to use it"
They seem to think well Of Seymour yet.
Since the occupation Of Schleswig by
the Germans, almost an entire change Of
the local officers has been made; the use Of
the Danish language is prohibited in the
principalsehOols; the use Of postage stamps
and paper stamped with tho Danish crown
has been prohibited; prayer for the king
disallowed; and the currency Of Denmark
forbidden to be circulated.
Quantrell, the notorious Yankee renegade
and Murderous desperate, is reported to
have been killed near the line Of jackson
county, No., on the 10th ult He fought
with bowie knife, after being
brought low with q pistol shot. Corporal
Wood, of Company F, First Missouri State
Militia, has the honor Of his taking of.
A simple method Of delefmihing the
value Of greenbarks Is as follows: Divide
the sum Of 10000 by the price of gold in
New York. Per example, say that the price
Of gold in New York to-day is 1893; 10000
divided by 1913 is so 100-19Sths, or very
nearly 5Ol; that is to say, one-dollar
greenbacki is worth 50l cents. Thebrokers
in this city usually add Eve per cent, which
would make the value here at the above
price for gold in New York So cents.
The Richmond Erdminer Of ID May
says that "the President aid bis fatiily
have Just met With great dHiictloh il the
sudden aid violefit death Of Joseph E.
Davis, second son Of the President, about
four years old. He fell from the east por-
tico on Sunday afternoon, between three
and four o'clock, q distance Of fully fiftecn
feet, frSctiri6g bis hip diid ihjdring Ms
head. Mr.. Davis and wifs were abssnt
from the mansion at the time Of the acci-
dent"
In the year 1862 the number of adjudi-
Gated bankruptcies in Great Britain was
9, 9,663-7, ,000of which were on the petition
Of the insolvents themselves. In only $50
Of these cases was there any dividend for
the benefit Of creditors. In6j910 instances
there was not collected from the dssets one
farthing in the pound. Que hundred and
fiffy-foIr applications were refused on the
ground Of fraud. In 1868 the adjudica-
tions were less, namely 8, ,470, and 906 cases
produced dividend.
The Sifsnghss pspefs publish a dispatch
from Prince Kung, Chief Secretary Of
State for Foreign kGairs, addressed to the