doing so than is necessary. The jury acquitted theconductor.An Efficient Nurse.™CMef nurse Mrs.Mary Simmons, a Philadelphian by birth, has, since the commencement of the war, rendered the utmostservice at the Mansion House hospital, Alexandria.At this place she so endeared herself to the soldiers, that she was known by them as u Mother.” The lady has recently been appointed by the Government to the Island Hall hospital, the new one at Washington, completed some two or three months ago. Her present visit to this city is purely a business one, as the lady returns on Saturday. As a Philadelphian, and a lady of great charity and long experience in nursing, we are glad to notice that her services meetwith appreciation.