Show NEWS ITEMS THE war dep Depart arm art ement has completed the arrangements for serving clothing to our soldiers held as prisoners by the rebels and an order has been issued to the effect that friends of such prisoners may forward to them almost I 1 any desired article of comfort by directing it in care of col john E mulford agent for exchange of prisoners of war at fortress monroe brigadier general joseph hays united states volunteers and col stephen M weld jr fifty sixth massachusetts volunteers prisoners of war have been placed on parole bythe rebels to recel receive ve and distri distribute but e the articles A PRIVATE letter dated at havana on the oth dinst makes the following statement an insurrection headed by one bet tan courte has broken out at puerto principe cuba and the greatest excitement is said to prevail throughout the interior provinces the wildest rumors are afloat and the friends of new cuba in havana the republican party part are sa said sald 1 id to be hopeful and reticent y expressing their sentiments with more diplomacy d cy than quixotic courage they evidently e await the boom of bettan courtes cannon before throwing themselves openly into the conflict A secret organization said to exist in havana is doubtless in some way implicated in the afraid one thousand soldiers were sent from havana to quell the revolution but a much larger force will doubtless be required TIIE THE annual report of the secretary of the navy states that after deducting deduction deduc tin the expenses over accrued accrued as prize money resulting from the sale of conden condemned ined prizes one half of this goes to the government the admirals commanding oil on tile ille he blockade have havo been lee leo dahlgren Dahlgr cn farragut bailey dailey and porter their s share li are of the will bo be lee dahlgren dahigren and farragut will divide the larger portion of this tilis as few cap captures tures tureA have been made by baileys bailey s squadron and porter has only been in in command command of the north atlantic squadron but a short time the tile commander of the squadrons off wilmington and charleston will also realize a handsome sum one fiftieth of the grand ag aggregate grenage gre gage or tiie THE new york sun of the uit gives the following account of the ceremony of the successor of judge taney taking his seat scat as chief justice justlee of the united states the U S supreme court chamber was filled with ladies and gentlemen to witness the ceremony of chief justice chase taking his ills seat ata at a few minutes past eleven the crier formerly announced the coming of the justices who as is customary appeared in their robes of office justice wayne walked in front of his associates and was followed by the chief justice they all separated to their respective chairs and remained standing while the chief justice himself read the oath of office a written copy of which had been handed him by justice wayne mr middleton the clerk of the court read and recorded the commission all the justices being seated the court P proceeded roce roee proceeded eded to business I 1 ARMY AMMY uniforms A recent order of the war Depart ement gives official authority arit to the tile practice which has already reaky ready become almost universal among army officers with reference to the wearing of badges indicative of rank it permits officers to dispense with shoulder straps and the prescribed insignia sf of rank on their livorse norse norbe equipments the marks of rank to be worn on the shoulder strap will hene henc heneforth forth be worn on the shoulder they will also be permitted to wear overcoats pants ac similar to those worn by private soldiers nor are ornaments on the hat overcoats or forage caps sashes or epaulets longer required tim THE baltimore american says the abolition of slavery in maryland is attended with the good results the friends of emancipation expected A steady stream of emigrants from our sister states particularly pennsylvania 1 is 19 9 pouring in upon us now nov that free labor a has become a settled fact in every country of the state large sales of land have taken place ilace during the last two months anu and the purchasers are men who intend to settle in our midst and who do not pur purchase ehase for the saie sake of speculation the workout and half tilled tracts of the large shareholders in the hands of farmers who till their grounds by free labor who encourage free schools and all the accompaniments of free institutions institution hs will soon place maryland in the position among the free states that she should have occupied long ago age sone SOSE time since the papers were filled with an account of a j jellylike jelly elly like ilke substance found on the shores of a pond in hub bardston last summer and supposed to be a meteor from the sky the mass was large enough to fill a bushel basket upon a specimen being submitted to professor agassiz he responded the pretended meteor is nothing but a very common bri which may be found in most any stagnant pond during the whole year a species of hu huma matella motella tella fella or asta fetla tetla boston hoston boston traveller tim THE worcester spy says mr sargent of South Sout boro liboro mass has raised this year four pounds of genuine coffee from the real java coaree seed he planted and raised it in a manner like peas the coffee grow growing n g iri lil in pods in the same manner mr S sargent argent intends to plant the whole four pounds of his raising next year it is reported that coffee was successfully cultivated in methuen the past year tim THE albany penitentiary shows a net profit of for the last year tiie THE sun says it is reported that mr greeley won a new coat on this election j tiie THE planters in the lower counties of I 1 maryland have agreed to pay their former slaves annual wages varying from 60 to A democratic paper consoles itself as follows it is no shame to belong to the minority noah and his family were in the minority while the vast majority went to destruction pretty much as they are going now AN englishman named gordon who lent his assistance to the chinese government in its war with the rebels has become a great favor favorite ltd ite with the em geror and has bee bed been n raised to the dignity i lyof of the yellow Jacke jackett tand and the pea 1 coh cok cock feather |