The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-03-22
NEWS ITEMS.

/ important financial measure of The issue of
the 5000. 600. 600 loan The first issue Will
be oi $500 GOO, Geo. on the 18Th Gay of june
next. The notes in form. denominations
ana interest, will he in all respects Ike the
present Issue ~ 7-3Os They will Doe unlike
them only IN the period oi time fixed for
thcr cOuyertlbuIN they Will have 10
months longer 10 run than The 1-2o- before
they can be changed into Eold-hcarinr 5-2Os
By very large class Of investors this
diierence Will he considered t0 mpart
greater value 10 the new Issue. The bal-
auce Oi tle 5000 coo. coo VII probably be
"a Year longer in maturing than thc June
issue. This time Will be definitely fixed as
the sales of the June issue approach their
end. Ii may Oe that the iirst S4V0. UOO. 600.
! Wal meet the necessities of thc Govern
melt Il Is expected that this ir,. issue
Will lee disposed 81 in about three mouths
I The agency oi The present s-SOs. with an
rs machinery viii he employed for iho
whole oi the new loan.
\ Washington letter OF the 18Th inst.
states that The military situation tO-ui1ht
= understood % be more PROMISING than 40
amy period during the war. Richmond pa
/ pcrs oi to-day arc filed with dolen. CONE
ments on the condition " affairs which
/ they represent - being desperate. Nhtri-
+ dan, they admit has played the mischief
with their avenues oi supply. and icars are
4 expressed that be viii reach BurA', station
unoppoSed, and destroy the last Anh bee
j. tween Richmond and anywhere else. 10 is
4 believed here n Washington that sheridan
has already passed Burh's station. The
Junction ot The Petersburg and lNnchburE
and Richmond ana Dan,iie roads and
gone either % sherman Or Grant. This
+ -aN4- Grant tho frnnfln f. .ftffff.fr fln
south Side road. and leaves 10 Gen. Lee
/ the alternative of starving or dividing hls
already depleted forces and open Richmond
/ io promenade from Grant.
Another telegram from Gen. Grants
/ headquarters reports that the DAILY DIS
pQf-i is ihe only paper issued to-day in
/ Richmond IL saws: "The D.sgafci is
printed this morning on half a sheet only
/ because of the fact that all the employees.
/ i..i-,-.-. .- t-..,,.. anu CLERKS are mem ucrs
of military organizations and We're called
out Yesterday morning ~ The Government
to perform special service for n short time.
Bur for the kindness of lew friends. who
are exempt from service, and who volun-
teered their aid the half loaf presented
would Of necessity have been withheld. I'm
a few days al larthest our forces will return
10 their posts when We hope 10 resume,
sized sheet" There is 40 other news oi
moment from any quarter.
How 10 Immortalize Ones selr-Rov.
NJ Gregory, late Superintendent of Public
ln truciion, in an article in the Ctrisfian
n raid, headed " Thoughts on Incomes.
-s: There are men here who. with
only hali-year's income could cndOw a
Proiessor-hip. and be represented an the
end oi time by an endless succession Of
learned teachers dispensing light. or could
. establish library, or build an asylum, or
! found a course of lectures such rs have
given England some OF It's richest learning;
or establish a gallery Of art, or erect an
e observatory, or open museum; making
mankind their debtors for ages 90 come,
...l i.-.tiii-,r~ sr- she----i-- -.tarr,sli.rffl
enduring a. the world itself"
p, ], is estimated that the oil product Of
! Nenango county Pennsylvania. Is az least
p 10, 00O barrels daily. This, al the average
b price of ten dollars al the wells which Is
low average. viii give one hundred
I thousand dollars day. or over thirty-one
p million dollars a year The number Of
wells on Oil Greek, in July. 1862. was seven
h hundred; al the present time, the number
n of wells down aud going down. in the
r country. is estimated al between three and
a four thousand.
e 4 citizen prisoner released from Salisbury
saws arrangements have been made for the
u release OF all citizen prisoners OF Northern
7 birth, now held IN the south. The rebels
= hold many Southern Union men, some oi
u whom have been In prison three wears.
! undergoing severe treatment Dur Gov
- ernment in efiecting the recent exchange.
Is SAID 10 have made no demand for The
release OF these men, and they are thus
> doomed 20 hopeless captivity.
n Postal MONEY ORDERS. The payment
"a al The New York post Office on money or
h ders sent from various parts Of the country
AVERAGE a. The fir.-lanf time Sl Inu % daV.
81 and he total sum received by our citizen.
4 through Ibis source during month past
u has been about S3j, 900. The money scni
b. from New York % the country through tbs
e post oflice does not exceed Onc-third tAi-
e amount. ~. /. Post
= The wines len by the late Daniel Webster
were sold al auction in Boston. recently
for tle benefit Of bis son. AshburtOn Wed
q ster. There We're upwards OF 500 bottles
/, which were sold a. prices ranging from
y, = 20 s. per bottle The wines were packci
~ az Webster's house Washington. tbiu,
= wears ago and sent 70 Boston where the
!, have ever since been in the hands Of th
trustee of the will
Mr. James Harlan. the new Secretary r
. tie Interior Is a native Of Illinois, Dow !
" his forty-lfth year lie held a high posiio
: n the legal profession, and wac appointe
- % several important officers in Iowa, n
~ which be became a citizen bro early DE
In l-64 be WAS elected 90 tle United state
,D senate. and reelected for the term cndin
~ ui l-G7. serving o. Chairman Of the Con
y. m.ttce N Public Lands.
ad Tie cavalry expedition sent from Bato
ve ROUGE by Gen. Heron. has been hear
ve from. They occupied Clinton and Jackson
nd LOUISIANA. after SOME heavy sllrmistinc
lr. In which we lOst l0 Or 3 killed and w0lf
.D- del. and i1ficting a loss on them Of 80 q
'0r 30. ani some prisoners, including two N
GERS.
4 Hartford man, who wes some years ag
)r- engaged in quarrying on The upper Deiawa
rs river remembered that while drilling
rock a disagreeable nuid flowed from q
.or hole. and they had 10 plug 10 up. lie
30 n0w o. tie opinion that he then - s-flC
et ile~ ana be has gone out With party
es- pull ont the plug"
ic- y The latest invention Is cloth w0v'
cn from the seed-enciOsin- fiber which Ills {
IN nod of the plant vel known a. milk-Tee
80 ana DNL1uiCd4i- l1lltl ns>LflytDA SYFft-
1-. These falr.cs are said 10 be soft and plea
no aut % the touch, a. would De expected, p
seem also quite firm and strong, o. wou
not be expected
rs The bin 70 establish home f0r disable
ol soldiers passed bOlh Houses Of Con2res
ne L Incorporates Lieutenant General IRA
znt and 90 others o. The capital Is 10 De Sl,Vy
Of 00O and J. 10 he made up Of military tDe
lies dedncti0us from pay and donations.
20 direct expense i % be incurred By the Go
~ e-rmcnf no small recommendation
e. these days Of large expenses.
- 4 man getting ont Of an omI
bus a few davs ago. made use Of two rO'
Of knees as bannisters 10 steady himse
AZ which the ladies' took offence. and one
IN them cried aloud. =" a perfect savage
a. True" said q wag, "he belongs % q
Of 4Paw-Knee' tribe"