Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-16
Cleaning .rron Our Exchanges.

\ deputatlOn from the QuakGrs of England
who came TO this country to attend the yearly
meetings of Friends al Baltimore and North
Carolina, were, upon application to the PrCsi-
dent, furnished with passes tnrough our lines
for that purpose, but were refused admittauCG
within the rebel lines, and have consequently
returned TO Baltimore.
England is alarmed at her lack of seamcn.
The men who were enlisted about the time of
tlG Crimean war are nearly all discharged,
their term of enlistment having expired. 1t is
currently reported that not one in one hundred
have yet ro.enlisted, but that numbers arc
coming to this country and joining our navy.
This Is an important fact, and may we'll cause
some uneasiness in British naval circles.
The return OF sales of public lands for the
mouth OF October, received at the Land Office
show large and increasing demand for public
lands. In addition to the great extent OF loca-
tions under bounty warrants and the home
stead law, the cash sales arc large.
Commissioner Newton, the head of the Dc.
partmcnt OF Agriculture, is obtaining statisti-
| cal Information as to the quantity and quality
ofwool consumed in the fifteen hundred woollen
mills of the United States. From the informa-
! tiOn thus collected the farmers can ascertain
what description of sheep 1t will be most profit
able for them to keep, taking into cOnsdera.
tion their respective localities.
The Agricultural Department has been en-
| riChcd by the addition of a museum, which has
beCu arranged by Townsend Glover well known
as an entOmOlogist and botanist. The birds,
insects, reptiles, fruits textile plants, grains,
and other valuable naturh productions of our
country, have been collected or reproduced In
fac 'mtis, while the arrangement 10 such that
they can be studied with great facility. 1t is a
truly valuable collection, which can be of great
practical value.
Among the ingenious contributions to the
sailors lair in Boston, 10y the State prison con.
viCts, is small house, so contrved that upon
opening the door figure of jeff. Davis, sus.
pended to gibbet, comes up through q chin
ney, and from the other chimney black man
comes up to look at him.
There are about thirty.four Major Generals
and BrigRdicr Generals in the United States
army who profess the Roman Catholic faith
The most prominent are Generals Meade, Rose.
Grams, Sheridan, Meagher, sickles, Ord ant
Gilmore.
Mrs. Francis l.. Clayton, now in Maine, en-
listed in the army at 81. Paul, Mimi, with hei
husband, in lNjl, and fought by his side till HI
was Killed in the battle of Stone river Sh,
was In eighteen battles, once prisoner, three
time woundcd-in hand, hip, and knee-aud
At h.r husbands death made known her sex tc
her General aud was discharged. After that
size walked ninety three miles, from Lexington
to Louisville, Oareheaded and barcfoolcd
tracking her way in blood.
Mr. Augustus T. Leonard, who accidentally
lei at CnIP' factory, at Hartford, and broke OF
JoIh arms above the wrist, went to the polls OIL
lursday holding his ballot III his te,'l, from
.. ""r Ii he dropped It into the box.
Lll1,. Iilnman, Of the 9TH Connecticut, was
II Is feared, fatally injured by the falling upon
MS head Of one Of the weIghIs used on pOllt
|, ca! banner in New Haven, Saturday afternoon
, A copper statue of Buddha, scvcn feet IL
! prnE lt1s