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e can, at this present time, arm efficiently about twenty-five thousand men of all arms. This is about 4 ½ per cent of our entire population — a proportion not inferior to the standing armies of the great military Powers of Europe, and a force greater than the State could keep in the field. We learn, also, that the model of the new Virginia musket has been determined on, after consultation with the Ordnance officers of the regular service, with our Master Armorer, Mr. Adams, and with Mr. Burton, the late Master Armorer of the great Enfield establishment, in England, and after experiments at Lexington with the U. S. Minnie musket and the Enfield musket. The Virginia musket will be a combination of the U. S. rifled musket and the British Enfield musket, and it is hoped will possess the advantages of both. The model is new being constructed at Springfield, under Mr. Adams' supervision, and by special permission of the War Department, the State defraying the cost. When complet
American actors in England. The New York Express observes that the success of American actors in England is remarkable. Almost every performer of note who goes from England to the United States makes a mark. Miss Cushman is ranked by the English quite as high as by her own countrymen. The Barney Williamses were even more fortunate abroad than at home, and English and Irish players, who were not famous until they come out hither, go back to London with their American laurels to win new ones. Some of the best English performers, Fanny Kemble, Wallack, Lester, Burton, old Booth, &c., were attracted and retained here, and cast in their lot where they were best appreciated.
Port of Richmond, November 17.high water this day (Monday) 9 ¾ o'clock. arrived, Steamship Roanoke, Couch, New York, mdze. and passengers, Ludlam & Watson. Schr. S. P. Hawes, Mason, Philadelphia, coal, S. P. Hawes & Son. Schr. Ellen Goldsborough, Todd, Philadelphia, coal, Chase Y. Morris. Schr. Hardscrabble, Packard, Rockland, lime, Libby & Burton. Schr. Bengal, Hicks, Rockland, lime, Bridgford & Co. Schr. Brunett, Johnson, James River, lumber, L. A. Crenshaw. Sailed, Steamer Belvidere, Keene, Baltimore, mdze. and passengers. D. & W. Currie. Brig New York, Cooper, Marseilles, tobacco, James Gray's Sons. Schr. Jno. Collins, Predmore, down the river, light. Schr. Georgianna, Layton, down the river, light. Schr. Quickstep, Richardson, down the river, light Schr. Polly Price, Adams, down the river, light. Lighter Henry Brown, Peniston, down the river, light. Schr. J. E. Adams, Tyrer, down the river, light.