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HOME MISCELLANY.
Tel: Coors.-The zwnm of last Week pub-
lished a mass of information as to the crops of
the Northern and Western States and the Canal,
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mbular form. These reports, sent by telegraph,
says that paper, are for many of the States com-
. e, and for all embraced in the list are full
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Corn is much worse in proportion-the propor-
tions in fact being about reversed. so that in not
more than eleven counties does the yield come
upto the average. In one,Chuut.1urple, it is
one-fifth more. In all the rest, it is from one-
tcuthtn two-thirds lessthau the average. ate
again, do even worse than this. but their defi-
ciency is partly balanced by a full average crop
of rye, Hay is at least one-third less than usual.
In Illinois, Wheat varies a good deal in different
count-iss-in some is a fourth larger than usual
good; spring wheat throughout the State is a
little below the average. orn promises well
all over the State until it reaches points 200
miles south of Chicago. Crop of oats, larger,”
In Ohio, wheat is below the average; corn
rather better; oats decid dly a better crop than
usual. In Michigan, it is known that many
crops were burned, so that the average yield is
considerably reduced.
Gn.4s'r‘s Posh-m.v.-A careful examination,
on a good map, of the position of the Armv of t
the Potomac on James River. will convince any
person capable of understanding s. military sit-
uation, that it is one highly advantageous.
We hold the penlnsllla between the Jain:-sl
and Appomattox Rivers, at Bermurla Hundred
elaborately fortified, and made impregnable.
On the right we have an important post north
of the James River, also well fortified, and con-
nected with Bermuda Hundred by our fleet,
which rests in James River, over which, when
required, a pontoon bridge can be tllrown. On
the left, Bermuda Hundrcd is connected with
the position in f > f I’etel'shllrg by 21 pon-
Loon bridge, wllich is fully protected by fortifica-
tions on either shorn am a portion of our
fleet. The base of our operations is City Point,
just below the junction of the Appomattox with
the James. A railroad runs from this point,
on the east. side of the Appomattox, up to
Petersburg, and is employed in carrying su -
will be seen at a glance that Grant can, without
the knowledge of the enemy, or leaving any
part of his line insecure, throw the main body
of his army either sollth of Petersburg, or be-
tween Petersburg and Richmond, or against
Richmond, north of the James. Out of this
situation it is reasonable to expect the most im-
portant and favorable results will be obtained.
Wus-r BECAME or run Emzcrurc Sr-tux 7e
A cotemporary has received information in the
shape of 8. communication, which professes to
know what becalne of the steamship Electric
Spark. It. will be remembered that this vessol
was captured by the privateer Florida some
time last June, of the Capes of Delaware. At
the time of her capture, she was bound for
New Orleans, and carried a large mail and quite
a sum of money. As no tidings as been re-
ceived of her since, it has long been it matter of
conjecture as to her Wl)9Te?ll)0IllSv-lVll(’l.ll5’r des-
troyed, or run into a Confederate port. The
writer 0 the communication referred to refers
to her disappearance, and says: “ That shortly
after her capture by the Florida she with the
Florida proceeded to one of the small keys not
over 64 miles from Nassau, where her cargo,
which was a. very valuable one, and specially
adapted for the rebels-there being at large
quantity of Winter clothing, and shoes and boots
on oltrd-was reshipped on a blockade ru
“ET, and has long ere this been safely in D
he vessel was then, I understood, to be put in
order to carry guns, and to be altered as much
as possible for a. cruiser, so that ere l . H m
likely she will be prowling along the coast.”
Resin. Losses AT A-rtslvira.-The Rich-
mond Examiner as. s: ‘ The statements of the
Bxltut of our losses of stores, ordnance and am-
munition at Atlanta, are cnntradicto y. The
Columbus Sun, of the 6th inst., says that they
were very heavy, that before Atlanta was los
311 our railroad stock that had been retained was
destroyed. It. am
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eon of the cars were heavily loaded with ord-
nance stores, among which were about five
thousand splendid Enfleld or Tower muskets,
'h all their equipments.
l9-1'29 number of bridles, saddles, canteens, with
remxin in Atlanta until it became completely
iilalgd and eventually destroyed, exhibits (says
but '4") 110$ Only most culpable negligence,
the most reprehencive ineompetency on the
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ATLANTA 1-0 as Cnsaunn or ALL Nor:-Mrw
1-any Ilvnanli-Azvrs.-The necessities of the ser-
vice require-so thinks Gen. Sherman-that all
families whose male representatives are in the
rebel service or have gone South, shall also go
South, Also, all citizens not connected with
the army, and who shall not havea permit from
himself or Gen. Thomas, shall go North at once.
All persons failing to comply with this order
will be imprisoned, He sayshe intends to have
one strictly military ost. He has seen the folly
of Xashvills-, Chattanooga and other cities where
a floating population was left behind to consume
S the substance of he army and give information
to tho enemy. '0 person. upon any pretext.
will be allowed to go nearer the city of the
great Tycoons than Chattanooga, Let evory
one take heed accordingly. Three thousand
papers were issued up to Wednesday last. the
7th. which being beyond all limits of transpor-
tation, the business of extradition was for a
time suspended. The railroad is wanted to feed
the army, Even Adams’ Express Cdmpany will
not be permitted to take anything except for
the army.-cor. of Tribune,
A DANGEROUS Lanv A1‘ LAnor-',.-The fol-
lowing capital piece. of irony is from the Ro-
chester Union. and is just as applicable to our
city cars: “A lady entered one of the State
street. cars and found every seat taken. A gen-
t man rose and invited the lady to ac-
cepf. the seat. he had vacated. She did so,
politely thanking him for his kindness. The
arly wore a dark rlelaine dress, plain shawl. and
an ordinary tan colored straw bonnet. She had
a fair complexion, smiling coun .nance, keen
black eyes, and an expression that indicated a
good degree of intelligence. or appearance
was neat and tidy, her face was free from dirt
and paint, her hair was smoothly combed,
without curls, frizzles or beau-catchers. The
was nothing in the a pearunce or deportm
of this individual that would attract special at-
eution or lead any one to suspect, that she was
not in sound mind, save the fact that she bowe
politely and thanked the gentleman who gave
her his seat, This eccentricity is sudicient to
show that lthe lady is not of sound mind, and
she ought not to be at large."
Rnnur. 0r-isms or Gnluzruu. SHumrAx's
Ouolzlz.-Tlle Richmond Smlfml of September
12 has an article on General Sherman's depopu-
latirm of Atlanta, calling it “an event unpar-
alleled in the American war. and without an
It calls Sherman
“the chief among savages, the captain among
mong igbvvaymen, the
prince among scouudrels and rutes, the fore-
most villain of the world. Sherman has given
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has been, it is henceforth to he more so. Th
people are ready. If the President want us,
let him call for us; no matter about. age now.
If this is the kind of warfare we a
we will strip to fight.
lisping innocence to die in defence of home than
to be driven out in herds to languish in exile,
The last man and the lust. boy among us must
take his musket sooner than endure such out.
rages as that at Atlanta.”
Trm Irv!)1ANs.eBrig.-Gcn. Sibley, in an of-
ficial dispatch, says the number of Indians em-
braced within the territory of Minnesota is
nearly 17,000,including 7-1.500 warriors, of whom
1,800 are now nctively hostile, 250 desirous of
peace, and 1,450 (Chippewas) avolvodly friend-
, but who would not hesitate at any time to
raise the tomahawk if not. restrain:-rl by fear
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veilllmre, of the several bands and tribes, adding
that “when they find they must cease
to depend upon the chase for food, and must
work or starve, they will agree to any reason-
able conditions the Government may see fit to
impose; and that it is becoming more and more
manifest. that some such fixed policy as that in-
dicated must be adopted by the Government
with reference to B E?‘ F9 0f lmllllll-‘l
North an West of us before a permanen
peace can be restored to our extensive border.”
Bnocxnus Rulwlsa.--Thrce valuable block-
ade-ruuncrs have just. been callgllt. in British
steamer Elsie was captured on the 5th inst.
bv the gunbnats Quaker City and Keystone
State. She had on board 320 bales of cntcon,
On the 0th inst, the prize steanierflcorgia av-
rived at Beaufort, N.C, She was cotton-laden.
On the 11th inst. the U, S. steamer Santiago de
Cuba chased and captured the steamer A.
Vance, one of the most notorious of the block-
ade-runnels. She had a cargo of over 400 bales
cotton. A dispatch from Ilulifax announces
the arrival there on Saturday and Sunday, 10th
nndlltll, of‘ the blocklxdc-runners Old Dominion
and the City of Petersburg. They have about
1,800 bales of cotton on board, destined for
England, said to e in payment of the interest
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Freon Auasrs.-Richmond papers of 12th
contain the following items: The Yankees com-
pletely destroyed the railroad between Jones-
oro and East Point in their retreat, burning
every tie and breaking every ruil.
extend six miles beyond Jouosboro.
truce was received by Gen. Hood on 9th from
,1 Gen. Sherman, in which the latter states that he
had ordehed Atlanta cleared of all white inhab-
itants. Those taking the oath would be sent
ten days was proposed by Gen. Shcrnlan to carry
out the order. Gen. Hood accepted the armis-
tice, but denounced the order as barbarous.
en. Thou. F. Meagher has been ordered to
report for duty to Gen. Sherman.
9 soner of war,
The War Department has promulgated the
sentence of Paymaster Ileyel K. Lawrenc
tried for forging signatures upon pay-rolls. Sm.
that he be cashicred and dislmnorably dismissed
from the service of the uiterl States, forfeit all
allowances that are or may become
rlue him, be imprisoned at hard labor. at such
place as the Secretary of War may direct, for
and during the full term of six years. pay a fine
to the Government of the United States. the
000, and be imprisoned until the
whole amount is paid. The President has ap-
proved the sentence, and directs that it be car-
ried into effect.
most curious instanco of a change of i
stiuct is mentioned by Darwin. The h
ried to Burbadocs and the Western Islands
up honey after the first year.
They found the weather so fine and the materi-
als for lloney so plentiful that they quilted their
grave mercantile character, became exceedingly
prodigate and debauched, ate up their capital and
resolved to work no more, and amused them-
selves by dying abort the sugar-house,s and
stinging the negroes. Hurusnllelngs act nearly
the same way in Southern countries.
Col. Dana, of the 143d Pennsylvania Regi-
ment, who has just retumed from llnder fire at
Charleston, reports that he was assured by par-
ties who been out in Fort Sumter, that it
was rapidly settling, and in a very short time it.
was believed the wnter would enter the lower
tier of embrasures. It is a fact. well known to
our engineers that this fortification was erected
upon quite a thin point of sand. which strata
of sand rested upon a. soft, pulpy mass of
ms.
Miss Doctor Mary E. Walker, who was cap-
tured in front of Chattanooga sonlemouths ago,
and taken to Richmond and confined as a pri-
an n n was recently exchanged,
passed through Louisville the other day, on wmte
for Sherman's front, er object. is to visit her
old brigade, Colonel Dan llIz‘Cook’s, settle her
business, obtain her trunk, and bid adieu to the
army. She will make a tour through the States
and lecture on her experience down in Dixie.
A dispatch dated Cairo. Sept-. 7, says: “Gen.
A, J, Smith and his Stad‘, and a portion of his
command-the left wing of the Sixteenth Army
Cnrpsearrived here this morning. Reports
that any considerable portions of his troops :1",
ante are considered not well found-
Tllo men supposed to have been
destined for above have gone upon an expedi-
tion to the White River country,”
On the 13th. Gen. Sheridan took measures to
develops the enemy's lines in front. of him,
while engaging four rcbol infantry divisions
with one of his own, his cavalry, uudcr Wilson
and Mackintosh, gallantly charged on the flank
of Kershaw‘s division, and captured one entire
regiment of South Carolina ’tr-oops. numbering
TQ men and 16 oflicers. including Col. Hanna-
gan, commanding the Brigade.
We learn from Gen. Grant's army that picket
and artillery firing has been kept. up very briskly
since the 10th. The result is that some dve or
six of our men are brought into the hospimls.
Deserters report that Gen. Lee announced to
his troops. on Sunday, that he would give the
Yaukees fourteen davs to get away from here-
but he did not say what he would do if we re-
fused to leave.
A letter was received from ‘Boston at the
Treasury Department, lvasluumn, .1 few days
ago. enclosing a 5300 six per cent. bond, in
which the writer stated that be had been nu
employee of the U. S. Goveruulent. for .1 series of
years. and he forlvanderl the bond as compensa-
[ion for “ unfaitllfulness in the discharge of
duties for which a salary had been received,"
From Mobile Bay we learn that the Winne-
bago had passed tho obstructions at. it point
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Mobile. She has been followed by three other
vessels. and all four are in line of battle, ready
to shell the city when ordered by Farragut.
General Granger’: position at Cedar Point has
been forti ed.
An election for Governor and members of
Congress in Maine took place last week. Thr-
returns received are meagre, hilt they indicate
that, although the aggregate vote will fall short
of the vote of last year. yet there is H consider-
able gain for the republican ticket. Last year
the republican majority was 17,550 ; this year it
will probably reach 20,000.
I’ Benjamin, a well-known literary man of
this city, died at his rosideuce on Monday eve-
ning, Sept. 12, in tho fifty-fifth year of his age.
He was a native of Demerara, in British Guiana,
where his father was engaged in mercantile pur-
suits. Mr. Beniamin was a men of more than
ordinary cultivation in literature, great faculty
in composition, frank and quiet manners.
The Cincinnati Unzrttr gives the “summing
up of‘ the wheat harvest," as follows: Minne-
sota, an increase of 2,800,000 bushels: Wiscon-
sin,one-third of an Rvemge crop, ore ellcie
of about. 1,400,000 bushels; Illinois, two-thirds
of an average crop, or a deficiency of 6000000
bushels, and in Indinia. a surplus of over -1,000,000
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The scarcity of cents continues to he the sub-
ject of general com pluint, though they are being
coined at the Philadelphia lllint at the rate of
shout 3100.000 worth a mouth, and are distri-
as fast as coined. The scarcity is un-
doubtedly cnused by people who hoard them
for sub: at the high prcmium paid for them.
It should be known that a small quantity of‘
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Vinegar will generally destroy immedlalel any
insect that may find its way into the stomach;
and a little salad oil will kill any insect that may
men the ear
In the case of George, Opdyke u, llfauton
Marl lo, action for libel, Justice Sutherland ren-
dered a decision in the preliminary motion to
compel defendant to appear and submit to an
examination under oath as to who the real own-
ers of the Wwld newspaper are. Ilis Honor
directed that the order for such an exunlination
must be vacated withslfl costs.
The total number of arrivals at this port from
foreign pom, for 1864. to the 14th Sept., inclu-
sive, was 3,642, as follows: Steamers, 2&5;
ships, 459; barks, 922; brigs, 1,179; schooners;
797, This is in excess of the average number.
The n m or passengers a -x a during
. the snow period was 156,646, or an average of
352 llailS',
The Democratic State Convention at Albany
on the 15th reuomiuated Horatio Seymour for
Governor. David R. Floyd Jones was nomin-
ated for Lielltenant.-Governor, The resolutions
adopted by the convention indorse the Chicago
nominations and the platform,and denounce the
present Administration.
The Chicago Trlllzlm says that the coal dealers
of that city have formed a combination with the
dealers in Buffalo and other Eastern ports, and
with the managers of the line of railroads run-
ning from those ports to the mines, not to let a
ton of‘hard coal come to Chicago without first
passing through their hands.
Gov. Johnson, of Tennessee, has obtained (lie
requisite authority. an is raising twr-nty thou-
sand men or the purpose of cleariu:!Tenuessee
of predatory rebel bands and’ gunrillas, They
are to he mustered into the service nf the State
and the United States for :1. year, unless sooner
discharged.
n order has been promulgated by Gen.
Grant, directing that all civilians within his
lines in rout of P.-tersburg who refuse to
take the oath of allegiance, shall be sent through
thelines of the enemy. The order also prohibits
the sale of provisions to civilians who refuse to
take the oath.
To clear a room of mosquitoes. take of guru
camphor a piece about half the size of an egg.
and evaporate it by placing it in a tin vessel and
holding it over a lamp or candle, taking care that
it does not ignite. The smoke will soon till the
room and expel the mosquitoes.
The crop of tobacco planted in Connecticut
this season is larger than ever before, and the
yield is unprecedented. Many a farmer in the
Connecticut River Valley will make enough from
his tobacco this year to purchase a good-sized
arm.
The Nashville Tfmu states that Gen. Sherman
desires public notice to be given that no citizen
will he allowed to go to Atlanta. No manu-
factures or trade are to be permitted there,
and the whole town will be used for purely mili-
tary pu uses.
The rebels are said to be mining our works
at Petersbuvg. prisoner, recently captured,
mentioned two points where t eywere engaged,
night and day. undermining our works, and
that countermining was going on at another
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A Washington correspondent of the Tribune
learns through a ref.u,ee from Richmond, that
com 9 e 0 use nerrroes as a u
horses, owing to the great scarcity of the latter.
We learn that a severe fight had taken place
between the Spaniards and the native insur-
gents, in which, after a stnlggie of several
hours, the Spaniards carried all the intreuclh
ments of the Dominicans, capturing guns, colors
and everything else.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tl‘ITIIl'Ib's baby is three
on b. ld, u d is described as in no respect.
different from other bullios, but is 11 little,
sharp. knowing specimen, with no indications of
being smaller than the rest of baby humanity.
A railroad train near Ba"dstown, Ky., was
captured by guerillas under Magruder on Mon-
day morning, 12th inst. They destroyed the lo-
comotive, burned one car, and robbed all the
passengers.
The steamer Fawn. running upon the Dismal
Canal between Norfolk. Va, and North Carolina,
was captured on the 10th by a party of rebel
raiders and burned. The crew and passengers
were taken prisoners.
All f reigucrs, in Savannah, who refused to
organize for or defend the city, were to be
“without distinction" packed off to Atlanta. on
the 80th ult. So we learn from the Charleston
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The irder of the War Department allowing
men of three years‘ organizations, who desire to
re-enlist in the some regiments, a bounty of
8402, has been rescinded.
There is nothing of great importance from
Mexico, if we except the discovery of vast oil
deposits in the State of Mexico, at a place called
Guadalupe, not far from the capital.
The village of Fretloniu, in New York, is
lighted by gas obtained from the earth by
f boring. When the supply becomes
deficient they sink it new gas well.
The Overland Stage Line is to be immediately
reopened through to California. Hostllluea on
the part of the Indians have entirely ceased along
the whole line to I-‘ulsom, California-
A dispatch from Indianapolis to.the Cincin-
nati Gazette announces the capture in that city
of Qusntrell, the Missouri guerllla. He was
recognized on the street by a. refugee.
There is a man in Chicopee, Massachusetts,
who makes three barrels of’ hair pins 9. day by
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Prentice says some omcers are intoxicated
by vanity, some by whiskey, and some by both.