Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

A1SUhLLANbU0e %bWc.
: fix new canal OH the Isthmas Of Psnams
will cost forty millions Ut dollars.
The Libby prison st Richmond has held
since the war 125 900 prisoners.
GOVERNMENT expects to consume SOC, 600
tons Of coal this year.
SEMMEs, the pirate. arrived at Mobile on
the 18th inst by way of Matamoras.
The number of new buildings erected in
the city of Brooklyn during the past year was
one thousand one hundred and thirteen.
Two merchants of Louisville Ky, have
been hned $500 and costs each. for making
fraudulent income returns
Tom THuNa catne very near losing hi. life
at the Hotel dc Louvre, in Paris, the building
having taken fire.
A WOMAN in Missouri raised $4,000 by her
own work on half scrc of tobacco planted
this summer. ..
EXTENSIVE coal-bcds have lately been dis
covered near Hoboken, N. j., and they think
they will end petroleum there.
A GOOD many Of the Minnesota Indians arc
preparing to give til m>elves W to the mill
tary authorities.
Tmr horse cars in Boston have been stoppel
by tho ice in tho streets. The embargo is
fast being removed
Tits blows struck by Sherman have stag
grrcd the rebel sympathizers in Canada as
we'll as the rebels themselves
Tux sum nf Sll7 300 has been appro-
prated in philadeldhia for the cleaning Of tho
streets.
CoLo.pL CHARtss A. MAY. of this State,
fJr some Years past resident of New York.
died id the latter city OH Sa urday last X
The Postmaster General has ordered the
disc"n' ihuance of the letscr-carrirr system at
Pr. derrick, Maryland.
SCpDEN DEAru WIN. Il. Clark. States At
torhey for Tslbot county, died at his residence
in EaSton. very Suddenly, on Monday night
last.
ISroEMArIoS has been received at the War
Department thai Co.. Moscby has been mor-
tally wounded. This corrohoraies the state (
metl Recently published in Richmond papers,
The new Minister from Colombia. South
America, to-day xssurBed the duties of his
esition, aud callcl upou the Secretary of the
State
A DoY driving carriage in n funeral pro-
cessi n at Albany few days SINE, was found
on arriving 1t the grave, to be froxeh' to
death.
Tus Calcutta Englishman snys that the
culture ofcotton in lie nnrthwe tern provinces
I. India has increased ff y per cent during
the past year.
1Hs publishers Of weekly papers in Ohio
arc going to aavs Convention III january
4th, to see whether they cab afford to live or
not.
As fas as ascortained. the sum of one mill
lion four hundred and fifty six thousand dol
lars has been contributed TO American COL
legcs during tho year 1864.
TuE shocks Of Oh earthquake were eIpc-
riepeea at Victoria. Y. l.. on tic I'd ulti,no.
It must have been very severe, as the peak Of
Mount Barker sank about 1000 feet.
RBruRxs received at the Provost Marshal
Generals Buroa show the number of mel
raised by recruiting is larger now than at any
period during the past year.
tbs New Y,fk Journal of Commerce urges
tLe passage of law making it pensloHencs'
to dcfacc rocks, trees and bridges, with aid
versksncnts.
Coz. Charles o. Rogers, the principal pro-,
trietor Of the Boston Journal. pays an income
of SOS, 900 ycar. Glad the Colonel is
sSy2karni this cold weather Picoyune.
Az exhibition Of Mr.. Fclfs type-sctting
and justifying machine, with m explanatory
lecture, was given in Salem, Mnss.. last week
Mr. Houghton, Of the Riverside Press was
present, and expressed his confidence in the
success Of the Invention.
TnF subscription TO the Seven Thirty loan
for the last three days as reported t. the Trea-
SUR pepsrtment amount to$3, 700 .00O, and
e8i 590, 900 Uf the latter loan about $780,
VO0 900 rtsan unsubscrsbcd.
THv Pubic s. roofs Of New York city have
cost, ,hi. year. ~ less than 81 1863. 16I 3d.:
and yet thai aitv f,s one Of the moss ignorant
Of Comrrsn Councils; and 1os'a very enIight--
sned Bcata Of duration.
JENNIE |. IhompsonI . TEACHER inI the
American Gherch S,hool' az Bucnos Ayfes,
8. A, dropped des. on tho 18th Of October
last. white zen ling literary exercise The
nolhcr.of ,Teahie teeiies in Delaware. Ohio
fnk ssssd b smussois manufacture
tKeit owe ivy tEcpaS, raising wool and aax i'm
sui6cieni sEanl tiss 10 supply them for their
present tracts, Ypi $50 to lay array for tho
future.
lDR. Dauiel J 'l,nsca. an en,iaont citizen Of
Maricn county. 40 died there at the ago OF
seventy four, GA Nee 3o,h ult.. of injuries re-
ceivod by-a 81 frem railroad car. nea@s
Monroe station. on thr ght Of til I'D