| Show miscellaneous ires lles items th The e jont jo nt committee of congress to inquire in nto to the conduct of the war consists of se a tors wade chandler and johnson of tennessee ne 88 ee mid wid representatives gooch covode julian and odell it was currently reported in washington on dec 19 h that a wager of had been made between a number of congress and ono one on of his constituents as to whether or not lot rot the army arnay of the potomac would winter within its present lines the congressman cong bet et th that althey they would not and then offered to bet another 0 that a v victory would be won in virginia within vi hin thirty days at latest dates the war feeling was at a a bi high bih h pitch in I 1 halifax and throughout tha the province of nora scotia the amphitheater at the fair Grounds Lex ing toney where a regiment of soldiers were encamped was recently destroyed by fire during the a dentinal sen shot joel hickman cf f col morlena Mor leys ieya cavalry meing killing him instantly news from the stone fleet received at new redford bedford represent that the last of the fleet arrived at port royal roads on decem bellith ber lIth the fleet had a very rough and several of the vessels arrived in a ci crippled jp and leaky condition three of the ships were bunk sunk to obstruct the entrance to savannah avannah the ize promotions and appointments in the army army 0 made by the president ance since the publication of general orders no 68 of august have been recently published ther there have been two bundred hundred and fifteen promotions six hundred and fifty appointments cf all kinds in addition to sixty brigadier 0 generals of whole number of these being about one hundred and ten lle ime the ile appointments as aa aids le camp to gen mcclellan number thirty two wo th rayone officers haye hay been retired under the law upon that subject the republican urges the missouri con congressmen gressmen to ask con congress ress to relieve th tho the 9 state of its proportion of the federal tax levied for the payment of in teres which amounts to over it says that no power whatever can collect it until the state recovers somewhat of its accustomed prosperity per ity A lady from charleston south carolina was arrested at rouses croubels point on the of december by order of secretary seward and lut iut int to fot lafayette A dispatch from charlottetown Charlotte town arinee edwards island on the that the submarine cable across the straits of northumberland connecting prince edwards island with the continent and belonging to t the Newfound lar d telegraph company had again again broken aud it was believed could ut aa be repaired on aa the ulf uit in the kentucky legislature the housa by a vote of 0 sixty nine to eleven concurred in the senates amendment to the bill reported by the house committee on federal relations thanking the president f for or his modification of general Fr ere Fre emonts monts pro clai cla nation mation and secretary camerons report and requesting the president to dismiss mccre secre tary cameron from the cabinet A tr al of oe a new pontoon bridge five hat bat dred feet long was recently made under the direction of the engine r corps of the new york regiment near the navy yard at washington president lincoln rode over it in his carriage after which six 12 with six horses attached to each and six bix across cau causing singa binga a do de of only eight inches after this ona on of the engineers w walked a aked on the surface of the tb water b by the aid of tin floats about four feet long and shaped like boats which were attacked to his bis feet feel with the help of a paddle it is said sald an operator can easily walk cn ca the water and carry a line across a stream |
