The Putnam Phalanx, a battalion of military of Hartford, Conn., will make a pilgrimage to the grave of Washington, at Mount Vernon, leaving that city on Monday, December 3.
The Great Eastern will remain open to visitors during the winter. Some 30,000 persons had visited her during her stay at Milford Haven.
Messrs. Allen and Dodd, both of Georgia, have resigned their position in the Land Office in Washington, on account of Lincoln's election.
Henry Ward Beecher preached two political sermons at his church, in New York, on Sunday.
Mrs. S. D. Curtiss, a magazine writer of some note, and a native of Pomfret, Ct., died at Madison, Wis., on Friday of last week.
Col. Thomas D. Carneal, formerly a famous emancipationist in Kentucky, died in Cincinnati on the 9th inst.
Thaddeus H. Zeibst was killed in Charleston, S. C., Sunday night, by being run over by a fire engine.
Capt, Slocum, of brig Sarah Starr, died on the 29th ult., on the passage from Wilmington, N. C., for Havana.
The proclamation of Gov. Hicks, appointing Thursday, 29th inst., as a "Holiday of Thanksgiving and Prayer," is published.
Lieut. H. H. Rhodes, late U. S. N., of Leesburg, Va., died on the steamer Planet, near Vicksburg, Miss., on the 3d inst.
Lloyd N. Rogers, late owner of the Druid Hill Park, at Baltimore, died there on the 12th instant.
Mr. Thomas Hessey, a respected citizen of Shepherdstown, Va., died on the 2d instant, while on a visit to Danville, III.
Judge Douglas left Mobile on the day of the Presidential election for New Orleans. Mrs. D. accompanied him.
A child of Q. F. Morris was drowned in Anthony's Creek, Greenbrier county, Va., on the 3d inst.
The subscription in Virginia to Allegheny College, so far, is $27,000.
Jonah Purcell's residence, in London co. Va., was destroyed by fire on the 5th inst.
