The Count Tascher de la Pagerie, Chamberlain to the Empress Eugenie, died at Paris on the 4th inst. He was a member of the Empress Josephine's family.
A Canada postmaster has absconded with £10,000 of the Government funds, besides committing other swindling transactions to a like amount.
There was nothing of importance done in the United States Senate on Saturday. Mr. Sherman, the new Senator from Ohio, took his seat.
Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, the new Minister to France, has appointed the Son of Mr. Speaker Pennington as his Secretary of Legation.
A man in Bridgeport has sold Barnum a Tom Thumb dog that weighs but three ounces. It was an English terrier, and sold for $100.
The census of the Sandwich Islands for 1860 shows a decrease of 3,955 native, and an increase of 598 foreign population since 1853.
Col. James Anderson, recently deceased, was appointed United States Pension Agent in Pittsburgh on the very day of his death.
Lieut. Slemmer, the Commandant at Fort Pickens, it is said, is to be promoted for "courage, zeal and efficiency."
Dr. George Wilkins, a dentist, committed suicide in Boston, on Wednesday, by taking strychnine at Dooley's Hotel.
The dwelling of Mr. Wallace Cave, of Orange county, Va., was consumed by fire on the 15th. Loss $4,000.
The steamer Powhatan has arrived off Pensacola, making the fifth war vessel now stationed there.
Fast day in Maine, April 11th.
