Hooker assures the newspa
pers of the country that if they will but
icfrain from publishing intelligence which
is calculated to be of service to the enemy,
they are entirely at liberty io abuse him
to their heart’s content. He <s looking
for military success, not po’ilical promi
nence.
enrolling officer in Lawrenc?
County, in this State bordering on South
ern Indiana, reports a startling aspect of
aflairs in Orleans just over the line of the
latter State both from the presence of reb
els and existence of rebel sympathizers.
Tbe thing will be attended so promptly by
the authoiities. These rebel raids may bo
of good nervice after all, on the principal
of an eye stone, that, traveling round under
the eyelid, collects upon itself foreign and
pernicious bodies. Let a few rebel squads
drop in upon tbe border tiers of counties,
and give our Coppei heads a chance to be
i”ay their affinities, and then we can clear
I oth styles of rebels out altogether.
A Remarkable Man. —Among the col
ored recruits from the West, who passed
through this city day before yesterday, wat
one whose history and ability are alike re
markable. He is a native of one of the
interior proCncesof Ethiopia, and has a
Dhy-mahogany, to speak in complimentary
teinis, closely resembling that of a baboon.
He managed to make Lis way from the cen
ter of Africa to the coast, without losing his
libel tv, and, shipping on a vessel, went to
Europe, where he resided some years, and
then came to this country. He speaks five
European languages fluently, and possesses
tar more than ordinary abilty. — Buffalo
Express.
