Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-06-23

~There are 3,500 rebel prisoners at For
tress Monroe. Three hundred pass daily
bound for the South.
~ The Mobile News saysthat theRebel Gene
rails Taylor and Cockerill lately expressed the
to take theiif G6fKf6anApt .MQuld. ans llas Udlon
forces to aid In maintaining the Monroe Doc
trine in Mexico.
nITne President is resolved on cutting
down expenses to the lowest point. He Is
known to favor retrenchment as means for
returning to specie payment, which he VIII
recommend to Congress IL da rs oe1 e1peeted a. 'nas
New Year.
VIRGINIA OPINION OF BuCHANAN.-The
Petersburg News Of Menday says that James
Buchanan, of Pennsylvania is IN greater de-
gree responsible for the rebellion than any
man that lives"
~There are SO 900 sick and wounded SOL
diers in the hospitals throughout the country.
SAbout twenty thousand and more ORE reDsi eSsn pair psaf
oners remain to be discharged, more tnan noAA
of whom are at Point Lookout,
SLieutenant Colonel Duane, recently en-
gineer in chief on General Meades staff, has
been ordered to Willett's Point with force of
four hundred men and three hundred laborers.
R-Tne board of visitors to West Point have
recommended that the number of cadets be
increased to 400 or nearly double the present
number. The graduating class this year num-
bered 6s, the largest ever graduated IN any one
year.
IL The New York City Directory, just is
sued, contains 1862 more names than its pre-
deeessor OF last year.
SThe receipts of the Sanitary Fair. at Chi
cago up to Saturday evening, were two hun
dred and thirty five thousand dollars.
SThe railroads of Missouri are indebted to
that State about S3O,000,OO0.
SA flying machine Of novel form Is now
in process of construction at Hoboken for the
United States Government. 1t was COM
menced during the war, and was Intended for
use in Rrial "Reminiscences OF the enemys
position. The war is over, but the machine
is going on until its success or failure is an
established tact.
SMemorial windows of stained glass ara
sity. having the names OF those Of the Alumni
and undergraduates who have fallen in the
war An obelisk Is also to be erected at
Williams College, to the memory OF its dead
heroes.
R-Some Richmond firms announce that they
are prepared to make advances OF cash to
farmers, and to furnish them with all kinds OF
agricultural implements, in anticipation OF the
coming crops.
SIt is said that there are at least one hun
dred thousand bales of cotton along the line OF
awaiting the completion OF the line TO DO for
warded to market.
~A mill In Lee, Mass, makes three miles
OF paper collars daily.
~ The city OF Charleston, s. O., has paid
into the United states Treasury over S9O,00s ON
account of the direct taxes, for which its ciu.
zens were in arrears.
~ In Troy, N. Y, on the Fourth q number
OF ladies' are 10 represent Tue Stdtcss atd Iocs-
ing on Monday evening, it was suggested
that an erring sister" must figure as South
Carolina. Gen. Darius Allen agreed 70 Iur-
nish one.
SHigh rents are disgusting all at Rich
mond who have to pay them. Every one who
has q house or store to let fmagines tnat the en-.
tire Yankee nation is coming after 1t, ana
charges accordingly.
ga fash Of lightning entered house ID
Rockville, Conn. lit an OIL lamp ana renrea sans
leaving il burning. No damage was done.
Polite streak
EThe work Of taking the state census OF
New York has been begun. kOur hundred
and tmontvsjx enumerators nave been ap-
nointeS To Canvass the city Of New York sy
@pev. Joseph II. PIunkett, pastor OF the
1..rauth fVirginia) Catholic Church, has
sssmded over TO the United States Government
three hundred and sixty seven dollars, re-
ceiyed through the confessional.
ErIn Maine they propose to build bondres
on the top OF the hills on the Fourth OF July
all over the State. .-.r.st 5ff at If--l-
~The Official report OF Grants losses since
taking command Of the Army ef the Potomac
in May, 1864 foot up $4,000. tta at
SThe rebel prisons at Rock Island and
Indianapolis have been emptied. Camp Dop-.
glas, at Chicago, and Fort Delaware viii be
emptied this week. .4r
&General Mcclellan and family are stili
in Florence.
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