Jas. F. Divine, of Leesburg, Va., for seven years connected with the dead-letter office of the Post-Office Department, has resigned his position. An enterprising individual in Troy advertises to furnish aspirants for office with signatures to petitions at the rate of one dollar a hundred. W. H. McDonald, has gained a verdict of $573 in the New York Supreme Court against the Schenectady Democrat, for denouncing him as a swindling advertiser. Com. Stewart has resigned his position as captain of the navy, alleging the injustice done him by what is termed the Retiring Board of the Navy. A New York exchange states that during a season of twenty-six days 1,655,700 persons visited the skating pond at the Central Park. The artillery company of Culpeper C. H., Va., has telegraphed an offer of its services to Gov. Pickens, of South Carolina. Andrew Godfrey, convicted in Philadelphia of selling lottery policies, has been sentenced to four months in the county prison.
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