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TUESDAY, JULY 11. ItiGs
TNE
The Secretary of me, Nr. Seward, has al.
..Inost entirely ter-tailed perfect health. The
plint has been Ve from his face, and he
Splint
Intl recovered the as. of his arms. no is at
2,15 file each ,my al t ending; to his antics.
A ;spe , io.l that the rumor that
sivi d c , tent gone to South America to ne
vt In thv colonization of - the emanci
rs led is set at rest. by his official cc
int:l:ion will be made known when
ime conies for the practical enforcement
of ite• Nonroe dOetrine.
Panama advises of the Ist instant have been
01 in New - York. Ih ail and the Argen
tine Republic, together with Uruguay, had
,saineneed a erne] war on Paraguay,
hostili-
Dying carried on without mercy. A new
7 ,colation has broken out_ill Bolivia, whilst
veil Peril is gaining 'ground. 1L revolution
1 ,„,,,A, , 0 broken oat in Ecuador.
510.. 7 u110ugh and General Thos. A.
Martz , . of Tennessee, have been arrested anti
lahen to Washington. The former was head
Cif the torpedo and infernal machine bureau.
(Jr mile 'rebel tlovernment.
.lot apPPial Wm-him-um despatch says, the
e - NidUllel , of rel)el rrr—hy to those ollieers,
wonmh.d and dead, who fell into their
o ernmulate every day.
So etheient was the blockade of the twenty
c,,„c pert: guarded by Admiral Dupont. that
.11,e prize money of the Admiral will not
summit to more than a I bonsand dollars.
11; ,. ronrth of July v. - as celebrated at New-
N. C., in a becoming and joyous manner.
11I'W City gOvernment was heatlgneittell,
toot Ili,PenSthg whit the aid of the militan
t] pri. , ::erVilltr, Order.
q'he President has roeognized ftobt. Barth as
•.msul of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha
t St. Louis, and S. 11. Svenson as Vice Consul
if Sweden and Norway.
N-Senator Yulec, and acting Governor Alli
on, of have ;1160 Well arrested, and
omined in Fort Pulaski.
Don. 0. N. Co,.ley, of lowa, has been appoint.
d Comm issiom•r of Indian Affairs in place of
Ir. Dole. resigned.
ii order mustering out the whole Army of
he Tennessee has been issued. by Gen. Logan,
commander.
Mr. Ford intended to open his theatre in
ta,ning-ton taet night, but the War Depart
lwat ordered it Closed,
President Johnson, it is said, has pardoned
to i a. M. Lee, Jr., of this city.
Only tiro 'hundred pardons have been grant-
IT the President so far.
The Stoek market 'Wei; more active yeeter
lay, and prices had an upward tendency.
:cw:tag Railroad was eXellesl; large Sales
made at from 493,1@50 1 ,.: - : , eloAing dull at
:G t . Government bonds are firmly 'hula at
prices. Breadstults continue dull at
out former rates. Cotton is firmly held, but
sales are limited. Sugai: is more active.
lrhi-ky is without change. Beef Cattle are
dull This week, and prices are lower ;
head arrived, and sold at from 12,316,
rua to quality. Sheep are also dull and
S,OOO head sold at .1 1 „x i iiKe ql it gross.
Gehl closed in New York last evening at
LAW.,
Thw-e who eonderon the Government for
Employing the po i..:1111 :Tiley of military
courts to aFsist in etu&idlv.4 the rebellion
and restoring flit order, must remember
that they seek to deprive it of one of the
Inosl useful weaponsneeded to complete the
JA: that has devolved upon it. Many
lemght that peace was virtually secured
Then LE.li's army had surrendered to Gen.
':ANT, and Jon - 2•;soy, had agreed upon
4,nm; of Capitulation with Gen. SHERMAN.
To. no sooner was tins done than Presi
i,ut LINCOLN was stricken down in the
~ -ry hour of our rejoicings, and an attempt
and,: to kill other leading men of our Go
.trnment. There is a -marked difference
,tween wars with foreign nations and
iomestic bellifferentt,t. Contests with the
;inner are finally terminated with a formal
reaty and an official recognition of peace,
- hick explicitly sets forth that from and
fter a given day all form of hostilities shall
Tase. In the rebellion, no one authority
- as competent to guarantee the future good
vier of all the insurgents. We could not
.onsistently recognize any rebel leader as
'iaving such controlling PoWer Within our
dominions. Frist, because such recogni-
ion would have been almost tantamount to
,n official acknowledgment of the Conflate
;lcy ; and, second, because no one rebel did,
, n fact, possess the power to control all his
ililow-rebels. Practically, the Government
compelled to make peace with each and
every one of the insnigents,
'his it is virtually doing, day after day,
under the operations of the amnesty pro
(lunation, by its reception of the oaths of
fealty of the citizens of the disloyal States,
and by its gradual extension of pardons to
the members of the excepted classes, who
nre deprived of the privilege of gaining im
munity for all their past: offences by the
/acre utterance of a formal promise of loy
'thy hereafter. Until this long and te-
Cams process is entirely completed, and
(17:1 order is re-established on a stable foot.;
'llm, it cannot be truly said that peace
entirely restored ; because, leai llp, many
.1' the inhabitants of our countr.t Will :re
aain in an attitude'of hostility to its Go-
Term - tent and laws. It has bees Wisely
eeeided by the Supreme Court of the United
states that the decision_ of the important
question when peO:e is re-established, can
only be properly mule the executive
ranch of the Government, it being a po-
htkal problem specially within. the pro-
Vinue and jurisdiction of those to whom
tla general administration of the country
is committed. For. their exercise of this
I rover they are answerable to the people
ate; and the people, in turn, desiring a
r , Rine peace, will not be sorry to see all
hi- powers exercised that can he cffeetively
'::inked to secure it.
ETTER MOH " OCCASIONAL."
WASTILIWTON, July , 10, 1865
Payne, or Powell, who was employed by
t.g..Llt, the correspondent and associate of.
Le rebel leaders at 11k:111110nd and Mon-
Fol, to assassinate Mr. SeWard, made
'very amends before he died to exhibit his
rmere repentance, and by his free confes
rset to establish the duly of the Govern
/neat, and at the same time vindicate its
rourse in the punishment of the conspirft
'yrs. Rev. Dr. Gillette, the eminent pastor
of the First Baptist Church in this city, who
attended the last hours of the convict at the
request of the Secretary of War, Speaks pf
Payne, or Powell, as a character of more
than ordinary interest. The following is
tea extract from Mr. Gillette's yesterday's
:sermon :
" Ilis father was a Ilaptigt minister. The
lavviet had been from Infancy I amnia up tin
ier religious influence. At twelve years Of
-1. 2 . e he was by his own father consecrated to
''II in baptism, and became a member of the
'hureh. In direct opposition to the wishes of
family he entered the rebellion. Fora that
vinh.avored to retain his religions charac
er, lit ''came connected with Gihnor. This
va '' , Li.. second great step downward. That
vas Milmved bylii* getting into MOSby , :i gang,
dila Wa s ficr worse. ills next companion was
t • tteth, Dr. (Amite, found Powell to boa young
'!!:02 of cultivated m ii.d, ingenuous, frank, can
-0.1, and an earnest s npplieant for Divine fill
10 conversatimi, lie referred to his moth
.t and wept bitterly—to his sisters--to the
iteasant seasons mum mijoyed by him in the
torch, the Sabbath-school, and the social cir
es. Powell frankly slated his conviction of
111 e enorniity of Ids crime. The unament lie
' , led from the house of Seeretary Seward and
raped into the saddle or his horse, his mind
vmf..(juietamett into a realNing senSe of the
unrror of the damn:chi., •1,•,,n which he had er
-,etrated, and he b e c amemiAerabie wretc h ed
life itself beeline loathsome.),
Taking thes e words of the pure and un-
Selfish divine, what a fearful rebuke the
final admissions of this wretched criminal
are of those who arraign the Government
for fulfilling the high and sacred obligation
which. Payne's explicit awl voluntary out
turst of penitence and confession made
- mperative upon them I will not profitne
he cause of justice, nor outran the fear-
Icss patriots who, in their trying positions,
tam done their duty without a thought of
ill, by, using what Payne has said as tilde
lestee. It is sufficient to say that if the
ark :lad damnable plot unveiled by their
and inextri
/I/1'111.014A energy and skill,
'ably involNing more than those who have
seen executed and imprisoned, had not
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been visited with such a retribution, then
the assassination of the great and good
would have been elevated among angelic
inspirations, and Treason made the attri
bute of the gods themselves. There is
one fact in Payne's communication of
startling force, which may serve to cxplain
the reason why the court and the Govern
ment, having :resolved to punish, deter
mined to - punish promptly. lie delibe
rately admitted that the conspiracy to mur
der the President and his constitutional
advisers in du dedq least
. one hundred per
tans, yet ill , 11M:yeauTtry, though at last
known to the authorities. Under the
flwile and convenient theory that the:
rebellion is at an eml, lately enun
ciated by a learned jurist in your State
courts, (the same, by the way, who was
most willing, in the very darkest hours of
the war, to neutralize one of the most es
sential measures of the Government for the
suppression of the rebellion,) these oath
bound and desperate murderers must be
tried before the civil court's, and armed
with all the advantages of the blessed
Habeas Corpus! The prompt execution of
their brother conspirators may probably
convince them as to what is in store for
them should they he detected ; unless, in
the mean - while, there should be a sudden
appearance of the Millennium, in which
Jefferson Davis will ac, the part of a trans
figured Saint, his late Cabinet assuming the
lineaments of apostolical purity, and the
murderers of our prisoners and the mutila
tors of our dead, preaching °lithe scriptural
axiom, ',Peace. on earth and good will
among men." Probably in that moment
of hcaVen on earth, the President may
think Jtistice Thompson about right, and
in obedience to the law which that worthy
expounder of law seems to have wholly
forgOtten, declare " the rebellion at do
end." OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON.
SECRETARY SEWARD RESTORED TO AL
MOST PERFECT HEALTH.
Evidences of Rebel. Cruelty to Union
Prisoners Accumulating.
THE NOTORIOUS PROF. McCULLOUGH A PRISONER.
Ex-Senator Yulee and Governor Allison, of
Florida, in Fort Pulaski
The War Department Refuses to Allow Per
formances in Ford's Theatre,
A NEW COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AF
FAIRS APPOINTED.
THE OBJECT OF GEN. SICKLES' MISSION
C.' , ••:pecial Despatches to The Press.]
WASHINGTEIti, July 10,186.5
Restored to Active Life
The Secretary of State continues his duties,
this morning, in almost perfect health. The
novel and extraordinary splint was removed
from his face by order'of his surgeons, and
proves to have been a marvellous smees's ;
and very few traces arc to be seen of the origi
nal accident and the subsequent assault of the
bullied assassin, with the exception of a slight
swelling on the side of his right cheek. Mr.
&Mira) rose this morning, dressed himself,
and performed his toilet, even to shirting,
without assistance, for Übe first time since hit
accident. Ills friends and the country will be
glad to learn that he has entirely recovered
the use of his arms', one of which was fear
fully maimed when he was thrown front his
carriage. For seventy days of three months of
sinfering, Mr. SEWARD'S mind has been en
gaged in the tran,,aetion of public business—a
fact - which will enable him, with comparative
ease, to resume the active duties of Ids De'
partment.
Bebei Barbarity.
The evidences of relacl barbarity, I am sorry
to say, daily increase. The bitterness of the
old slaVeholders is.hard to subdue, They will
wt be convinced by facts, and seem resolved
fa compel the Government to resort to the,'
harshest measures. That the power to enforce
obedience and to crush out all treachery ex
ists is tots 110 longer a - matter of doubt. And
yet the men who have been prominent in all
of the excesses and brutalities in the last four
years in the slave States perSist in misunder
standing the refusal to exercise, these powers
as the proof that the authorities fear to use
them. They will not believe that the more
contumacious they are the more certain is
their fate to be calamitous. Every incident
showing this bad spirit is used in the free
States against the innocent people of the
South. Their malignant leaders should
recollect, however, that, to use one of
Mr. LINCOLN'S figures, "The door that now
stands open will presently be closed. ,, It is
stated that at the last attack upon Fort Simp
ler, which was repulsed, a gallant lieutenant
of marine§ was captured and carried into
Charleston, where, after lingering S01)20 days,
he died. The philanthropic Dr. ItiACKAT, now
'United Slates Collector of that port, hail the
body decently interred in the chief cemetery
near the city, a beautiful spot—out of respect
as well to the gallant soldier as to preserve
his remains so that they might be recognized
by his friends on n future occasion. This act
of common humanity created a feeling of such
intense bitterness among the secesh quality of
the town, that with the consent, Or rather the
Connivance of the Mayor, the body was rudely
taken up, and loosely buried in the common
Potter's Field of Charleston— , an insult all the
more monstrous, inasmuch as it was del hies
ra,cly planned and carried 0ut. 4 .2 When
Charleston finally fell into the hands of our
ii any and navy, one of the first acts of Ad miral
DAntonEs in landing was to send an officer to
the cemetery alluded to, whO selected the most
expensive and romantic site, had the grave
properly deg and prepared for the relater s
ment of the hero whose remains had been so
savagely taken away from the Jsame grounds.
''owe a third time to his final resting place by
a cortege headed by the gallant_ Admiral
himself and General ILVTCU, tha eoCallattal7
act of the military district, including a
large body of mourners, sailors, and
soldiers, with all the appointments of pro
lomat respect for the deceased, and a deep
sense of the outrage perpetrated Upoll his
nunnery, ille act was one alike of patriotic and
of poetic vindication., It is said that Major
MACIIIITIi—a fit name, by the way, for a secesh
oflicial—was considerably riled at this act of
justice on the part of the Admiral. A chivalric
a 11( noble spirit would not only have rebuked
and prevented the first outrage, but would
have rejoiced over this exhibition of manly
devOtion to the Spirit of a noble martyr in a
good cause.
Prize Money.
The statement, in some of the papers, that
_Admiral DAni-oumf had realized au immense
amount of prize-money, turns out, f son sorry
to to be incorrect. The whole of his pro
ceeds will not be more than a thousand dol
lars. ,iredent was the goiu•d - maintained
:Tonic the tworay , 3ll.2 ports sealed ))y the Ad
mirals that the bloelntiie•rmtnere
were afraid 10 go near him.
The Twenty-Theusnhd-Dollar Clause.
It is evident that the President will not ac
cede 10 the request of the Southern men who
complain of the operation or the $20,000 clause
in the Amnesty Preelamation. Whatever
hopes: may have been entertained may be dis
missed.
FOntlifiOn Of Minim in Florida.
Professor S. MC C1714.01'(;11 awl Gen. Triov.te
A. liAnnis, who were Prominent in the rebel
service, have been brought hither from the
coast of Florida and lodged in prison. A gen
tle:tem who reeentlj k arrived here front Flori
da, States that DAVID S. Yetax, ex-Senator
from Florida, has been lodged in Fort Pulaski,
together with Acting Governor Am.isos, of
that )tats, whose predecessor committed sui
cide. The same Informant represents that al
though as much cotton will not be raised as
heretofore., the corn crops are-very abundant.
A public meeting was lately held at Mariana
to initiate measures for ayestorat ion of the co
-111.1 lens of Florida to the Union. No delegates
have yet appeared in Washington on this sub
ject.
Thy Trial of Miss Mary Harris.
The trial of MARY Maxis for the killing of
11. J. livratocons, a clerk in the Treasury De
partment, - was rendered additionally interest
ing to-day by the production of a large number
of love letters, dated RS far hack Its November,
lras Rini addressed by the deceased to the ite
eni,o,i. They were pro u t teed by the defence to
l ay the foundation of their plea of insanity.
Gen. Siehles , Mission to South America
and the Monroe Doctrine
Dl Itior Ctn. Wictr:s has rot 'Aimed to Mrash lug
ton from his South American mission. The
rumor that he vas sent to negotiate for the
colonizn lion of the emancipated negroes is
set at mi. by Ms official report. When the time
COMM
,for the practical mtforcentent of the Monroe
doctrine the successful resells of this important mis
sion wilt be known.
Reported Pardon of Captain Lee, of
Pennsylva eh la.
It is understood that President JoUNSolv to
day pardoned Captain knu, a Pennsylvania
lawyer, who was convicted in Philadelphia a
few weeks ago for forging soldiers , enlistment
papers, and sentenced to he imprisoned for
three years and pay a fine of $5OO.
Pardons - Ithader the Amnesty Proela•
mation.
So far, only about two hundred pardons
have been granted by the President under his
Amnesty Proclamation. A large number of
eases have, however, been acted upon favor
ably by the Attorney General, and await the
Exoeutiye approval.
The Treasury Stationery Contract.
Sou - mous, of Washington, have
:twilit been awarded the stationery contract
for the Treasury Department. and its several
bureaus, together with the Internal Revenue
Department.
Ford's Tlaentre Again Closed.
Mr, FORD, it week ago, advertised. that he
would to-niglm re-open ltia theatre, the play
selected being tie "Octoroon." A large nine
her of seats were scoured, and there was a
prospect of an overflowing house ; but this
`afternoon a military order was issued, and, in
accordance with it, a placard wits soon there
•after placed on the doors, " Closed by order of
the lrin - Departmod."
ASSiSta.i Regimtti of the Treasury
Jotter A. Cill-kIiAM Was to-clay COMMISSIOneti
as Assistant Register of the Treasury, rice
REINIIOLD SOLGER.
Recognition of Consuls.
The President has recognized ROBERT BAUTII
as Consul of the Duchy. of Saxe-Coburg Gotha,
at St. Louis, and S. M. SVENSON as Vice Consul
of Sweden and Norway.
Arpointenient.
Ilon. D. N. Coomir, of lowa, nes been ap
pointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs in
place of Mr. DOLE, resigned,
THE DEAD ASSASSINS.
EXTRACTS PnOIK THE ADDRESS OP REV. 1/11.
OIL
LETTE, IN WASHINGTON, ON SUNDAY LAST—SIX
TEEN ROCLIS IN THE CELL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 10.
Rev. Dr. Ciliate, pastor of the First Baptist
Church, improved the solemnities of the past
week by an appropriate discourse, especially
to young men.
Ile had never been more impressed with the
importance* this duty than during the six
teen hours which he passed with the convicts
in the penitentiary between Thursday after
noon and that of Friday..
Un ThurSday Dr. G. was called upon by As
sistant Secretary of War Eckert, who invited
Lim to visit the. cells of the doomed convicts
for the purpose of administering to them such
spiritual consolations as were needed. Step
ping into the Secretary's carriage, he at once
accompanied him thither. On their arrival,
Eehert introduced him to other officers,
and then to the convicts.
Their first eallwas upon Payne, whose real
name he soon ascertained to be Lewis Thorn
ton Powell, his middle name being after the
Rev. Pr. Thornton, a Presbyterian clergyman
of Charleston, Smith Carolina.
Powell welcomed him ; and :It once prJceed eft
to relate his early history. Ifis father was a
Baptist minister. Tile convict haul been from
infancy brought up under religious influence.
At twelve years of age lie was by his own
- rather consecrated to God in baptism, and
'became a member of the church. In direct
opposition to the wishes of his family, he
entered the rebellion. For a time he endea
vored to retch, his religious character, but
became connected with tiihnor. This was his
second great step downward. This was fol
lowed by his getting into Mosby's gang, which
was far worr=y: His next companion ai•as Booth.
Dr. Gillette found Powell to be a young man
of exiltiVatcd hind, ingenuous, frank; candid,
and an earnest supplicant for Divine favor.
In conversation, he referred to his mother
and wept bitterly—to his sisters-4o the plea
sant seasons once enjoyed by hint in the
church, the Sabbath-school, and the social air-
Powell frankly stated his conviction of the
enormity of his crime. The moment he fled
from the - hottse of Secretary Seward and
leaped into the saddle of his horse, his mind
was quickened into a realizing sense of the
horror of the damnable deed which he had
perpetrated, opd he became miserable,
wretched—life itself became lea l tllSOme.
The (looter here corrected two points in the
published statement. It was reported that he
wore "a jaunty hat." That hat was placed
upon his bead by the advice and hands of Dr.
G., when PowelPs hands were pinioned behind
him: Dr. G. suggested the hat on account of
the intense heat of the sun.
Sccoudiv.. It was said on the morning of his
execution lie ate heartily, .e. On that -morn
ing lie positively declined taking any food
and lie was equally persistent in refusing
stimuiants of any kind.
Dis last prayer was, as suggested by his
friend, the Doctor, "Lord JeSus, receive my
spirit?,
Dr. Gillette here addressed his audience with
deep feeling, referring to his own sons, to the
sons of his congregation, to the young men of
this city who habitually visit drinking-housesi
restaurants, &c.
The preacher then visited Harold, and his
description corresponded with those already
published. With great eloquence he 401 . tribed
the scene in which Harold's sisters were pre
sent. One of them read to him from her prayer
book ; and after Dr. G. had offered the prayer
the same sister followed in an invocation to
the Throne of Divine Grace on behalf of her
brother, which affected all present.
His next call was on Atzerott. He at once
commenced remarks which eriminatcd Mrs.
Suratt, but was gently reminded that higher
duties now devolved upon him—lt preparation
to meet his God. In this he acquiesced. For
twenty-nine years, he acknowledged, he had
been steeped in sin; the victim of base pas
sions, and of the wiles of artful, designing men.
fii,s wonder was, if his soul could be saved!
Rev. Mr. Butler, the Lutheran preacher, soon
arrived, and attended him most faithfully:
From the latter clergyman we learn that lie
professed to have found peace with Heaven.
The peculiarities of the Catholic.. Church pre
vented him from offering any assistance to
MrS. Suratt, for she 'was well attended by the
Rev. Fathers Wiget and Walter. Dr. G. de
scribed the scene of the daughter's hasty re
turn to.her mother's cell—the anxious in
quiries of that mother, "Is there any hopeill
She replied, " hope is gone " Oh, Father
and Walter prepare my mother for
death!" In her agony; she fell against the
speaker hi the door-way, and said "hope is
nen?'
The Dcietor stated that these remarks were
inadostrietly in a religions point °l:view, that
being the place for none other.
The congregation ns.6 very large and atten
tive.
PC1'.5011.:1.
The New York correspondent of the Lou
don S'peetator, suggests that Davis should
a either be pardoned and then sent into exile,
neither should he be banged, arguing:
If he - wore pardoned on condition - of exile,
be would merely lead a comfortable, perhaps
luxurious life abroad, reiieiving much atten
tion from certain people. lie must be eon
spicuOusly lilllsllo.l, and ynt nob ,?nade a mar
tyr either by his Imprisonment or his death.
Therefore, upon his condemnation, I would
reprieve his sentence indennitely ' on condi
tion that he gave parole never to leave the
country, 111141 to report himself once a month
to the judicial or military officer of the Re
public nearest to his place of residence, and
once a year to the President at Washington.
From any position of public trust he is Of
course cut elf. It necessary he should be com
fortably supported at the expense of the na
tion. liis only pig:isle:lent should be that of
owing his life to the clemency of the Govern
newt he sought to destroy, and^the becoming
h u mil iat ion of publicly acknowledging its an
t horny once a month while he lived. Awl
such an example would be inure instructive
than n hanging.
The two sons of the late Senator Douglas
are students in the Catholic College, at George-.
town, near Washington. They arc flue young
men, devotedly attached to Mrs. Douglas (who,
it will be remembered, is not their Own
mother,) who, on her part, has just cause to be
Proud of them. Their names are Stephen A.
and Robert ill. Mrs. Douglas is living in
Washington with her mother, in the house left
to her by her late illustrious husband, in a
very quiet and m uOster: atious manner.
—" Africa for the Africans," is now the text
for many of our prominent journals. They in
vite the Goverment to fit out expel:nth/11S Of
live, ten, and twenty thousand men each, and
it is held that 150,050 colored soldiers can be
spared for this purpose. They say "an army
of white missionaries with tracts and prayer
hooks would be far less effectual in spreading.
the religion and civilization of Christian lands
tonong the African heathen than a few divi
sions of colored troops with rifles and cart
ridge boxes. They are the real civilizers, the
only effective teachers that can be sent to
Afric's coral strand.' "
The Presdilent'S brother left Washington
last lfrieniy evening for his home in Texas.
Excitement at Albany, N. Y.
TWO TOL - NO GI SIT JOIEVI'LLY T REATED—AIt,
REST OS TWO ASSAILANTS—ONE OS TH
SIIOT IN OPEN COI:IIT BY A BBOTIIEB ON Tali
Ar.rtAwv, Y., July 10.—MaCh eXCitement
was created at East Albany this afternoon
by the shooting of a prioner in the police
court room. On laSt Friday afternoon two
girls, named Ann and Bridget Burns, went to
the woods, a shortdistanee from home, to pick
berries. While thus engaged, they were seized
by four men and shamefully treated. Bridget,
who is but fifteen years old, cannot live, it is
said.
Soon after the crime became publicly known
Lewis Major, aged forty years, and his son,
PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1865.
were arrested, and recognized by the girls as
two of their anailants3. This afternoon they
were taken before a police magistrate for pre
liminary examination, lint these proceedings
had scarcely opened when a brother of the
girls shot tire oldest Major in the arm and leg.
The mother of the girls followed the attack by
strikicgMajor a heavy blow with a hatchet
upon the head.
- Young Darns and his mother were arrested,
and Major was carried to his house, Micro a
threatening mob were only deterred from re
sorting to lynch law by the presence of a
strong police force.
Major was formerly MI engineer on the IBM.
son River Railroad, but was discharged for
'misconduct. his son is said to be a notorious
bounty-juniper. Young Burns tried to Stab
him, but was prevented by the policemen.
THE MURDERED UNION DEAD
The Names of the Pennsylvania Dead in all
the Rebel Prisons to be Published,
EVERY EFFORT TO BE MADE TO RECOVER TREE
HEALTH OF GOVERNOR CURTIN
THE MUSTER•OUT OF TROOPS
HAuniSurao, July 10.—Governor Curtin to_
day appointed Horatio G. Sickel Health Officer
of Philadelphia, vice George R. Smith, de
ceased. Colonel Siekel commanded : one of
the regiments in the Pennsylvania Reserve
Corps, a three months> regiment, aicd the 211th
(Union League) Regiment. He was the only
original colonel mustered out with the Reserve
Corps ; was wounded in the arm and disabled
for life, and breveted u brigadier general.
The State authorities are arranging to Pro
cure the names of all Pennsylvania soldiers
who perished at any or all of the rebel prisons,
mat who were buried at such localities. Wher
ever the marks correspond with the records
of the prison, and there is no doubt of the
identity of the remains, the same will be pub
lished, and at the propel' time transportation
will be issued for the removal of the bodies.
Active efforts will at once be made to gather
all the facts of importance in connection with
the Pennsylvanians buried at Andersonville.
A State agent willbe despatched to that locality
fully instructed to °iambic the condition of
the graves, secure full particulars concerning
their marks, and make such other arrange
ments as will facilitate tile removal. of these
honored remains with the least possible trou
ble to the surviving relatives of the dead and
as little necessary expense to the State.
Governor Curtin intends leaving the capital
in a few clays, to be absent for several weeks.
His physician insists on this short retirement
as a necessary step to the improvement of his
health.
There were n o unpaid troops, which - had been
previously mustered out, at this post at six
Weloek this evening.
Large bodies of troops will arrive for pay
ment (luring the week.
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.
Hoary Storm in the former State on
the Fourth—Follties—linentions of
Texan Slaves.
NEW ()ELEA July 9.—A letter from Shreve
port, La., to the Times, dated the 4th instant
reports a heavy storm in Louisiana. The Red
layer was rising fast; there was no prospect of
navigation till August. lit the markets there
is more inquiry for cotton, but no sales re
ported. There have been no transactions in
sugar or molasses. The produce market is
more animal ed.
General Bunks , friends are working against
the Wells party, the former being in favor of
the appointment of a provisional government,
to which the latter object. John Covode, who
_Was recently here, will report against Wells.
The steamer Fung simey has arrived from
Texas. The slaves - were contented to remain
with their masters until Christmas. Thirty
thousand bales of cotton had changed hands
at full Prices.
NORTH CAROLINA.
TUE FOERTH IN NEWBERN-THE CITY GOVERN-,
MINT 111AUGUItATED, ETC
NEWBtatti, S. C., July s.—The Fourth was
celebrated here in true Northern style, which
excited the amazement of the natives and de
light of the colored population, many of whom
were present in thousands. Charles E. Fitch,
of the Newbern Bar, was the orator of the day,
and delivered an eloquent address.
The Ron. J. T. - Hough, the new Mayor, inau
gurated the new city government by adminis
tcl,iols the oath of office to the city officials
antipolice force, whin enabled the troops to
retire to their tents in the field.
Mayor Ilough is receiving congratulatory
despatches from the mayors of the Northam
cities. :Newborn is entering upon a new ca
reer of prosperity; with the promise of a bright
future.
There is much feeling among the troops who
have been mustered out. They want their pay
very much, and have been waiting for it a long
time.
FORTRESS MONROE.
ARRIVALS., DEPAE.TURES,' ETC
FORTRESS Diownon, July S.—Arrived—Steam
ers Eliza Haneox, from Riclunond, with
Major General Terry; Sylvan Shore, from
Fredericksburg; United States Navy supply
steamer south Carolina, from Philadelphia,
with men for this squadron.
Sailed—Propellers Titan, for Baltimore;
Charles Osgood, for New York; steamers Eliza
Haneox, aril John Disney, for Richmond, and
Pcrit, for New York, with barge Oregon in
tow.
The rebel prisoners have all been removed
from the hospitals at Newport News, and sent
forward to their Southern homes.
One hundred horses and fifty mules, Govern
ment property, will be sold at auction, at
Camp limilton, on the pith inst.
The thermometer, yesterday, ranged at 103
in the shade.
EFFORTS TO nmsE THE FRIGATE "CatiGIFESS"--
RAILICOAp BELEG OPENED, ETC.
The Richmond paperS say that the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad is in woilting order
as inr as Culpeper Courthouse, and that daily
trains am: running between that place and
Richmond.
The ship Monsoon is loading at Rielfthend.
for Bremen.
The propellor Moses Wood is the guard boat
for the quarantine, at the entrance to Hamp
ton Roads. Dr. Carey is the examining phy
sician.
The steamer General ➢leigs, from New York,
reports that off Barnegat Light, N. J., she was
rim into by an unknown propeller, and had
her guards damaged.
An effort was made yesterday to raise the
old U. S. frigate Congress, which was sunk off
Newport News in the spring of 180. Three
steam pumps were set at work, and in an hour
succeeded in lowering the water three feet be
low the tide water outside, when one of the
pumps gave out, and the work 'MO suspended.
It is believed she will be raised within a few
days.
Ycinc, July 10.—The Sarantiall Herald,
of the 6th, bas been received.
A large quantity of cotton arrived at Savan
nah on the sth, for Augusta.
The steamer Francis, of the Texas expedi
tion, had put into Savannah unseaworthy, and
cleared for liilton Head.
The Army of the Tennessee to be Nos-
tered Out.
CINCINNATI, July 10.—A despatch from Louis'
ville to the Commercial says an order has been
issued to nms:ter ont all the remaining regi
ments and companies of the Army of the Ten
nessee.
NEW YORK EXTY.
NEVO" YOItIC, July 10
ARRIYAL or rm.; gAXONIA.
The steamer Saxonia, from Hamburg- on the
tls`th ult., arrived at this port this morning.
Her advices have been anticipated.
The United States ship Imo has arrived from
Key West. The Vowhattan and Dale would
sail on July sth, for Boston.
She passed, off charleston, the steamer ICa
tinildnovith the United States steamer ran Ob►
in tow, bound north
NA RINE.
Arrived, bark Whinifred, from Mo.
lielow, bark Merrimac, from Cardenas ; ship
Casa, and brig hornet.
The bank statement for the week ending on
Saturday shows
An increase in specie of 1t3,345,604
An incr.,a,se in luaus of 1,956,55 i
Ali increase in deposits of 6,042,232
An increase in illgiti4olllierB of . 1 2 615,:111
An increase in circulation of 18;329
MM=;MI
At Gallagher's 'Exchange this evening gold
closed firm at 130 X. The stock market was
not very active ; New York Central,. 05%;
Erie, 78 1 / • Reading, usty, ; Old Michigan South
ern, (;534 - ; 'Pittsburg, aie?„ ; Cleveland and Rock
Island,loB ; Northwestern, 2is; Northwestern
p 3% referred, 03%; Fort Wayne, 0034 ; Mariposa,
1,
THE L17318M1 T ELAM! IN CANADA.—The follow
ing est imate may serve to show the extent of
the active industry yearly carried on in the
depths of the Canadian forests: In 1863, about
t 7,000,000 cubic feet of timber was cut ou the
Ottawa and its tributaries. No less than 25,000
men are engaged in getting out and inanu-
I . :miming this timber for market. There are
annually consumed 10,000 barrels pork, and
15,000 barrgis of lionr, in the production of
,st i oltre timber. The horses devour 0,000 tons
of hay, cud 275,000 bUsifets of oats,
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
More Revolutions Breaking Out, Making
Progress, or Being Quelled.
REVOLUTIONISTS MARCHING AND COUNTERMARCH
ING IN EOM OM FIVE comm Es.
A Great War in Progress Between the Brazil
ians, &e., and the Paraguayans.
NEW YORE, July 10.—The steamer Costa Rica
arrived at this port to-day, bringing, Panama
dates of the Ist inst.
Another feeble attemp! is being made to get
up ft revolution on tile 14huras.
The ex-Queen of the santlwich Islands haft
passed through Panama on the way to Europe.
The rainy geason was remarkably moderate
and the Isthmus very healthy.
Preparations were being made to celebrate
the Fourth of July by the Americans.
The steamer from Central America, just ar
rived, brought no news.
General P.arrios had arrived off the port of
La talon, but probably learning that his 'MVO-
Intioh had failed, did trot laud. Advices from
Chili state that the Spanish question had been
amicably settled. Business was very dull in
Valparaiso, and the markets lower.
A Buenos Ayres paper states that a mutiny
haul occurred on the American bark WilhelM
Tell, in Which the captain and mate had beau
smiting with the Argentines and
Uraguayans, had commenced a cruel war
against Paraguay. Tpere are illlint3llSC forces
in the field on both sides; and hostilities are
being carried on without mercy.
A third revolution has broken out in Bolivia,
the recently self-elected President idatigaresso
being drivels out.
The revolutionists were marching en the
city of La Paz, and it was thought they would
sack the city.
The revolution in Peru seems to be gaining
ground. Gm. canseba, the actual. Vice-Presi
dent of Peru, has joined the rebels.
A revolution, headed by ex-President firbi
mi., had broken out in Ecuador. The war
steamer Guaymas was captured by a number
of armed me" on board the steamer Washing
ton, the latter vessel floating down alongside,
under pretence that the current carried her
there. The commander of the Guaymas was
-An attack on Guayaquil, by Urbina, was
daily expected, but it was thought he would
be repulsed.
NEW ORLEANS AND THE
SOUTHWEST,
A UNION NOMINEE FOR THE GO
VERNORSHIP OF TEXAS.
OFFICIAL CORRUPTION IN NEW ORLEANS.
A special despatch to the Ciheinnati Gazette,
dated Cairo, s pily 7th, gives the following in
teresting iteas:
"B. 11-Peterson, of Clarksville, Red River
county, Texas, has been nominated by the'
'Union citizens of Northern Texas for 6-over
nor. The regalar election Opmes Of On the
first' Monday of August next. Mr. Peterson
has issued an address to the people of the
State, accepting the nomination and announc
ing his determination totun.
Four newspapers are crow published in
Shreveport, Louisiana. A correspondent from
that city says the stories told by sensation
mongers and cotton speculators, that guerrillas
and other lawless men have become a terror
in Northern Texas and the neighborhood of
Shreveport and the Ouachita country, arc not
all worthy of credit. Ile says we have met re-.
liable gentlemen just in front Texas and Ar
kansas, who all say the people are more dis
posed to settle down and become good citizens
now 'than if the Confederate cause had suc
ceeded.
"A general just in front Bonham, Texas,
where be was lately mustered out of the Con
federate service, after serving more than four
years, int - ones me that, the people in most all
the towns in Texas have been organizlFd for
"the express Phrpose of suppressing any lawless
or disloyal conduct on the part of returning
soldiers and othersArat there is no probability. ,
of their being called on. No Federal troops
are out there, and they will not be needed.
Occasionally, personal quarrels take place be
tween some or the returning Confederate sol
diers and Union citizens, but, as a general
thing, the parties interested are of no - conse
quence on either side, and make no impres
sion. Men of sense, and formerly wealthy,are
doing all in their power to reorganize society
and recommence busineSS.-
" During the present week two duels have
been fought in the rear of New Orleans. The
parties were all Creoles, and one well-known
individual was principal in both affairs. Re
etude off the winner hi both, killing his oppo
nent in one instance anti fatally wounding him
in the other in the abdomen. The cause seems.
to have arisen out of the war, the two injured
Mei i being returned Confederates, who twitted
the victor as a stay-at-home, ho never having
been in the army.
"The True Delta says the greater part of the
report of the commission appointed by the
Chief of Pollee, Mr. Burke, has been handed
in. It will be remembered that this commis
sion was instructed to report the names of
residents, and such particulars concerning
them as they could glean of all thieves, re ,
eeivers of stolen goods, kpepers of houses of
ill-fame, &C.; also, regarding the black mail
said to have been levied on them by former
officers.
This report shows a terrible condi
tion of crime and corruption in the Crescent
City. Lawyers of high repute, judges, police
men, storekeepers and others, are all Impli
cated by this terrible exposure of crime),
The Rebel Public Works at ltaeon.
A correspondent, writing to the Cincinnati
Commercial front Macon, Georgia, says:
" Two great curiosities here, significant of
the magnitude of the secession infatuation,
arc a Confederate laboratory and armory. on
a scale of really admirable proportions, 'The
armory, particularly, it is claimed, would have
been, if completed according to plan, without
a rival in the world. The grounds devoted to
the armory comprise forty-two and a half
acres. The building, as far as linished t is a
central tower, fifty-two feet eight inches trent
by forty feet deep, containing main entrance,
stairs, and educe-rooms, four stories high above
sub-busementand main longitudinal front, six
hundred and twenty-nye feet long, forty-toui
feet deep. and two stories high, flanked by
towers thirty-two feet square and. two stories
high. in addition, the machine-shop Or trans
verse wing, forty-four by one hundred and
sixty-two tent, and two stories high, is comple
mented with proof-house, sixty-three by nine
ty-eight feet, On t? story, and a one-story store
room for coal. Plant: of main building.
roofed with slate, as was originally de
signed for the rest of the main and addi
tional buildings. Georgia has some of the very
best slate finarries."
" The laboratory, about two miles distant up
the Macon and Atlanta
...aroad, is upon an
equally generous plan. Both structures are
built of the best material—pressed brick—with
stone foundations and granite dressings.
- - - -
'NITED STATES MINT, DAIILONSOA.
"The following is It report by an officer sent
trk recover possession of this valuable property
of the Government:
"DAIILONEGA, Georgia, June 21,1305.
"Brevet Prig. Gen. Winslow, Atlanta, Ga.:
"GENERAL: I have collected all the property
belonging to the United States Mint at this
Place, consisting of the following articles :
66 One twenty-foal
=horse power engine, one
iron wagon, one roaster, ten copper pans, two
sets of rollers and stands, two filing pans, two
iron lathes and bits, and one set of small rol
lers, one set of carpenters' tools, incomplete;
four large vices, two milling machines, two
coining presses, six tables, six dies, six half
eagle dies, six quarter-eagle dies, one half-dol
lar die, two anvils, fifty-four glass vessels for
refining, two retorts, one pair assay rollers,
fifty-four assay vessels, one pair assay scales,
twesmall assay scales, ono pair common scales,
one pair large scales, one clock, one wooden
'box containing. an iron safe, two iron safes
With locks broken, copper keetle, one granula
ting kettle and pan, one Ilurgardis' sand
one hundred and forty volumes in the library,
records of the Mint. This property is all m
goat condition except rust from disuse. The
buildings and grounds are in good repair.
" There are nine men at work 131 the mines,
who take out one ounce of gold. per day, worth
nineteen dollars and a half. A company isllen'
Making preparations for mining.
"Matters are quiet here, People seem to be
well disposed, and there is, and has been, a
strong Union sentiment in this and adjoining
counties. Forage cannot be had here. Grass
is very scarce.
"Very respectftilly, your obedient servant, -
*" WILLIAM A. WRIGIET,
" Second Lieutenant Co. M. 3d lowa Cay."
A SNAKE STORY. have read a most asto
nishing story of a snake, which I will relate,
to show the wonderful forethought displayed
by Inc reptile in question. It is well known
that snakes are fond of milk. There was once
a snake, not exempt from this weakness of
his fellow reptiles, which hit upon the follow
ing ingenious expedient to gratify its tastes :
It visited a room in which a black nurse and
her nursling slept, and every night his snake
sh ip would creep into bed, cunningly insert
the tip of its tail into the baby's 'mouth to
amuse it, and prevent its crying; while the
hideous reptile substituted itself for the infant,
which it thins deprived of its natural food, the
nurse Slept 011 UlleOnSeions of hAvlng such a
monstrous nursling. This went on for some
time, until the infant, being cheated of half Its
allowance of food, became so thin that suspi
cion was excited, and an old negress set to
watch the nurse at night—the delinquent was
might, in the net, and expiated the offence
with its life, while the poor baby, being no
longer kept on " short commons," recovered
its strength, and grew line and fat as before.
wasunfeeling enough to laugh at this story,
told me in the most pathetic manner by a Indy
who Manly believed it; and I made 'matters
worse by expressing my regret at the snake's
life not having been spared on account of its
inventive genius.-11razillan , Yhetella.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, July 10.—Flour than for fresh
ground; supply light. Wheat firm. Corn
steady ; white and Yellow; 90e. Sugar buoyant
and advancing. Whisky, $2.11@2.12.
July 10.—Flour is active, and has
advanced 10@l5e ; spring extras $1.75@9.25.
Wheat quiet at an advance of 4@se; sales at
0.3214 for No. 1, and 06097 c for No. 2. Corn
is firm Sales at 55An59e. for No. 1, and 334,Q
54 1 /,c for 'NO. 2. Oats hue, and advanced 1 4e;
safes at 42W42 3 /Ic. High Wines quiet. Prim.
stens quiet. Freights firm ;on Wheat, BXlc to
Buffalo.
Receipts—Flour, 3,500 bbls ; Wheat, 0,000 bus ;
Coro, 153,000 bus Oats, 55,000 bushels.
Shipments—Flour, 1,900 bbls Wheat, 140,000
bus; Corn, 141,000 bus Oats, 05,000 bushels.
CINCINNATI, July 10.—Flour is firm at $u 0.25.
Provisions closed Arm, though there is a tight
demand, . .
NA,VAL AFFAIRS.
The New Esu, India Squadron—The
Hertford to he the nag-Ship—The
Dictator.
The East India NaVal Squadron, which has
been for the past four years represented at no
time by more than two vessels—one of them
being the sailing corvette Jamestown—is about
to be reinforced by several first-class vessels of
various rates. Owing to the dangers arising
from the presence ot privateers, and the in
creased boldness of the pirates who infest
those waters, our commerce has sullered t and
scores of our MLA. Indiamen are to-day sailing
under the nags of other nations who had tho
power and force to protect their shipping.
Our Government has been inn measure power
less to protect our interests in that quarter,
owing to the pressing requirements of a block
ade extending over three thousand miles, and
which, for numerical strength and elfcctive
is without parallel in the history of the
world.
laTbe little screw steamer Wyoming glorious
ly upheld tliclionor of our flag, which lout
been insulted 7ry one of the proud and arro
gant princes of flowery Japan, ller butteries
1 humieted out a rebuke, and hershellsinliict
cd upon those barbarians a pull bilintent which
they will not soOn to . rgyt ; and when the allied
fleets were sent to again punish these misera
ble, deluded people, ~end to open the way for
the advance of civilization and the spread of
commerce, the East India squadron and our
flag was represented by a chartered steamer,
on whose. deck tray a rifled Parrott and a brave,
determined, and gallant crew from the James
town. It will not he long now before our
squadron will, in every respect, outrival the.
squadrons of the English, French, Hms,iittn, or
any other naval Power in those waters.
The Navy Department have selected the old
flag-ship Hartford, whose record as a ship has
no equal in the history of navies. The first.
service she ever performed was as the flag-ship
of the East India squadron, she being recalled
at the breaking out of the rebellion to aid in
putting it down. She was repaired at the
Philadedphia Navy Yard, loaded down with a
heavy battery, and commissioned :as the flag
ship of the West Gulf squadron Under our
grand Admiral Earragid. Through showers,
Storms, and tornadoes of shot and shell - , the
good ship has borne the flag under whose folds
the bravest naval hero of the world, surround
ed by his sea-devils, has brought us victory
maw victory. We conld have wished other
wise than that this valuable ship should be
sent out to cruise among those crooked pas
sages, intricate channels, sunken rocks, and
dangerous reefs and shoals. Could she not
have been made the flag-ship of a home squad
ron.
The East India squadron is to be command
ed by Commodore Henry H. Bell, one of our
regular onicers, and who served as Parragut's
fleet-captain at the passage of the forts below
and the capture of New Orleans. Commodore
Bell has a high reputation as a skilful officer,
and in the course of his service has seen much
active duty in China and the East Indies. A
'mintier of the IlartforiPs old officers are said
to have been ordered to her. She is now at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard undergoing extensive
alterations, which will eminently fit her for
the climate in which she is to remain for two
or three years to come. She will carry a bat
tery of sixteen nine-inch Dahlgrons and a one
hundred-pounder rifle, besides the usual com
plement of howitzers and small rifles.
TILE DICTATOR-LIST OF II }: It 0 PVICURSI THE
CONVOY FLEET, liTe
The Dictator, whose .proposed trial-trip is
loolied forward to with so Intuth anxiety and
interest by those interested in lice, still lies at
anchor olt Itedloe's Island, awaiting ceders.
She was announced to sail on Saturday, but
for some anise which we are unable to ascer
tain she will not sail for a day or two.
The following is a list of her officers:
Commodore—John Rodgers.
Lieutenant Commander—F. M. Bunee.
Paymaster—William G. Marcy.
Surgeou—George Peek.
Aming Volunteer Lieutenants—Jacob Kim
ball, C. C. Kingsbury.
Acting pastor—George A. Smith.
Acting Ensign and Navigator—N. Ludlow.
Acting Ensigns—Willis Howes, Richard Bar
clay.
Ifngineers—Chief, E. D. Robin; first assist
ants,- C. Lindsley ' P. A. Rear ink; second as
sistants R. 11. Tlmrston, Philip Miller, F.
Allen; third' assistants, W. fennimore, C. J.
liabinghorst, B. W. Worsley.
Acting Master and Pilot—Levi Jump.
Paymasters Clark—J. 11. Wiest.
Captain's Clerk—Tess° B. Luckey.
The total number of souls on board is two
hundred and two. .
The Vtonh3rbilt and the gunboat Winooski
are to I,e the convoy vessels, and, perhaps, a
small tug may accompany her us far as-Port
land to net as a tender.
SUPPOSED DEATH 02 , THE COMPOSER Op BUN
130bT ENT]; A ORTHINARY CASH VP lA/STAKE:4 .
iIMSTITY.—OnWCaIICEgittY et - ening, a man died
suddenly in a water-closet 'attached to the
premises No. 249 Sixth street, between Pima
and Central avenue. Shortly afterwards Mrs.
Nelson liiicass, a lady well known in theatrical
circles, made her appearance at the house and
recognised the body as that of her husband,
whose IMMO, is familiar to one-half the world,
at least, as the author of Ben Bolt, a song
which made a, fortune tor its publishers. She
threw herself upon the deceased and covered
his face with kisses, as if their warmth and
her tenderness woul call back the departed
spirit and restore life to the helpless clay, so
dear while it could respond to the emotions
she betrayed,
.but now doubly dear because
response was impossible. Her son identified
the body, also, as being that of his father, and
removed his mother atter the first outburst of
grief had subsided, desiring that the remains
should be sent to No. 11l George street.
The request was complied with, but, to the
astonishment of ail who had witaessen the
recognition of the husband, and the teams of
the bereaved wife, the body soon after came
back, with a message that Mrs. Kneass had
been mistaken—the dead man was not her
'spouse. Another examination ensued, and
some persons concluded that the remains
were those of a man named Lewis, who had
formerly been a lieutenant in the army, tut
who recently frequented the drinking-houses
in that
Coroner Uaity , held an :inquest upon the
body, but no new facts were developed Save
those we have related. That officer still be
lieves the remains to be those of Mr. Kneuss,
and the jury returned a verdict of death from
the combined effects of intemperance and
beat. The case altogether is a remarkable
one, and would prove still more so if it should
finally be determined that the deceased was,
while ] wing , the person he was supposed to be
when dead, and that the first instincts of the
wife were true, while her subsequent reason
ing was false.—Cineianati Gazette, 7th.
A CcusTaAnAND VILLACLE.—A correspondent
who has visited Slabtown, a new village near
]fortress Monroe, contain inn about four thou
sand freedmen, writes as follows:
"Grades of society are well defined in Slab
town, as in towns of more pretence. Daring
my short walk through the place I learned to
spot the residences of the elite brgolrix There the - interiors through the open to
is uniformity in the houses, so far as material
and style of architecture goes—the dwellings
being built of rough lurel-staves, or slabs
split out with the axe, one story, without attic
Or lniSeMent. Shoe shops and restaurants are
built on the same elan, a few feet reduced.
Residences of cultured people are marked by
a blanket partition and illustrated newspaper
hangings on the walls. There are two or three
public squares, with stagnant ponds, fringed
with old boots, bottles, bones, S. - c." yet the
health of the town is very good. Time func
tions of municipal officers are exercised by
sergeants and soldiers, who administer justice
without hesitation when turbulent spirits
break the peace Of this Arcadia. It may be
inquired what supports the inhabitants of
Slabtown. tool I am not prepared to answer
the question satisfactorily.
"It is surprising . how ninny have been
brought up to shoemaking, and how easily thc
thickest head comprehends the business of
selling beer and black tobacco ; still more a
mystery where the buyers come from in a
community where all are sellers of the seine
articles. At one time Government rations
and medicines were furnished them on their
own requisition; brit when it was discovered
that each member of a tinnily of Are, for in
stance, would requisish, , and get provisions
for the whole, that tap was eat off. So, toot in
the medicine line. The practice of drawing
vast quantities of castor oil for sick babies and
using It to grease adult wool was considered
reprehensible by the Government authorities
and stopped. Drs. Seymore and lellowby
watch the hygela of the African since he has
become Americanized. What with baiting,
doing odd jabs here and there for the farmers
up the Peninsula; blacking boots, selling lent
o-mule to soldiers, working in the , Quartermas
ter's Department, tile denizens of Slabtown
manage to exist and enjoy whatever there, is
of comfort at Old Point, which,
as a watering
place for people in higher life, will not revive
for many years."
West African Wit and Wisdom.
A late book on this subject contains the fol
lowing interesting passages. The London
Atheaccum, in noticing thejbook, says :
t'et us first glance at a few African proverbs
that bear a close resemblance to English
adages. The Africania rendering of "Tie OAR
was once an acorn," is "The great calabash
tree has had a seed for its mother." Instead of
saying " You - must learn to walk before you
learn to run; he says, "If you practice your
'Prentice hand on a large jar, you will break
it." Our "Rolling stones gather no moss " he
parallels with " - Running about gives no
scholars." The English proverb rmis, "Silks
and satins put out the kitchen 'firer tie Afri
can, "lie who wears too line clotheS shall go
about in rags." Little and little make truc
kle," be l `
"Lay on ! lay on ! maims a
load." "Every little is a help," becomes, in
West Africa, "A little is better than nothing."
limlibras says :
They who in quarrels Interpose
Must often w;pe a bloody nose,
—a truth which the black man inculcates by
"A peacemaker often receives wounds." Li
like manner the Africanproverb, "Anum must
not be ashamed to run,!' enforces the doctrine
of the Englishman's lines
fly who tight min+ away
'Nay dye to tight smother day.
AMOTIF many other familiar adages con
tained in the book of African proverbs, we
conic upon the following: " When the cat dies,
the mice reice " Much sou is better than
much broth, ; " "Before healing others, heal
thyself;" "Before preceding one must reach:"
"A shepherd strikes not his,sheep :" "Time
destroys all things ;" "knowledge is good ;"
" Before cooking one must have provisions"
'(so thought Mrs. Glass When she wrote "Virst
catch your hare;") "What goes in at one ear
comes out at the other ;" "Two eyes see better
than'one;" "A slave does not choose his mas
ter ;" "Whitt a foot traveller eats tastes well:"
"No man puts new cloth in an old garment;"
"lie who begs with importunity will get what
he wants ;" " An old story does not open the
ear as a new one does ;" "Bar, hear the other
side of the question before you decide ;" "ka
miliarity
breeds contempt distance secures
respect ; •' You try to kneels your foot against
that which will wound you ;" The theory of
the English constitution is that the king can
do no harm, but the king's ministers much ;
the African says : "There is nowhere it wicked
prince but there are wicked embassadors."
We laugh at "travellers' tales ;" the African
says frankly: "Who travels alone tells lies."
The advocates of household suffrage might
take for their motto the Kanuri proverb: "lie
that has no house has no word in society."
Sonic of the African proverbs relating to
children aro noteworthy: "What the child
says, he has heard at home r " is as true in Lon
don as it is among the I% ofs "The child
ha tes him who gives it all it wants," Is the Wo
lof version of "The spoilt child hates his
spoiler." There is putt nos in the following
Oil injunction : If there is nothing in your
Hand do not shut it and let the children pick
outside ." to which Capt. Burton adds, in a
note, "The closed hand would denote that it
contains a present, and thus cause disappoint
meat if found to be empty! ,
The proverbs gelatin; to women EkrQ oxpres.
THREE CENTS.
sive of the contempt in which she is held in
all savage Societies. The following aro speci
mens of many :" A woman 'Who has lost her
rival has no sorrow," (from the dramatists of
I ancient Greece to those of our own time, this
lies been a favorite estimate of women;)
" Trust not a woman, she will tell thee what
the has ;Inst told her completion;" "If thou
givest, tile heart to a woman she will kill
thee ;" "'Whatever be thy intimacy, never
give thy heart to a woman ;" "If a man tells
his secrets to his wife she will bring him in
the way of Satan ;" "A woman never brings a
man into the right way ;" " men who listen to
what women say are counted as women;"
"lie who marries a beauty marries trouble."
Some of the moral aphorising contained in
the volume show that the negro at least knows
a certain portion of the whole duty or a man.
" Not o know is bad, not to wish to know is
worse," is sound doctrine, Respect for exne
r Wilco 01141 age is declared thus: Mon should
take as companion one older than himself."
"Lies, however - numerous, will be caught by
truth when it rises up;" "When the month
stumbles it is worse than Om f00t.," show pro
per disdain for falsehood ; but either proverbs
express a corresponding tenderness for liars
lth 110 t tell more untruths than are abso
lutely neeessary. Of such the following are
examplep "To flatter one who separates.us
is good, ' but it is better to flatter one who
strikes Us " "If a great man should Wrong you,
Ile upon him." The poet Campbell would.
have approved the
theftfolow sentiment
" ope is the pillar of orld:"
A line sense of honor makes itself felt in
•this n ellection "When your relation dies you
do not 11 ie, but if he is disgraced you arc dis
graced." in each of the following
. sentences
the moral is excellent: "Ile who injures (Or
despises) soother, injnres (or despises) him
self," "Ile that forgives, gains the victory in
the dispute." "If Gael should eomonto our
sins, we should perish," "lie who does not
love his neighbor, acts maliciously."
Th.: African's natural politeness appears in
the direction: "One should not press a full
man to eat," and iu " IThave forgotten thy
mane,' is hotter than I know thee not.'" The
courage of despair is pointed at by "Ile who
wishes to blow out his brains need not fear
their being blownlont by others." here the
negre'S Seeuthility speaks: "A bad pecson is
better than an empty house 1 0 and here is
note of that constitutional sadness which Is
the shadow of his mirthfulness: "Thought
breaks the heart."
A Modern Jack Sheppard—Adventures
of a French Convict.
The Paris Montieur, of the 21st ult., thus re
lates the :uh•cntnres of a French convict:
Cartouche and Mandrill would lie only pig
mies Compared with the young-man whose ad
ventures we are about to relate, if justice had
not come to interrupt and cut short the high
celebrity he was preparing for hirrAelf. Ile is
at present only twenty-four years of age, and
already his exploits are-well worthy of his
most celebrated predecessors on the road of
crime. Pernct is his real name, and Bastard
his feigned name, and the one under which ho
Las just been condemned by the tribunal at
Lille to MX' months> imprisoinnent for va
granCy. This individual was born in Paris.
At the early age of fourteen he committed a
murder; at eighteen he was condemned to
five years , imprisonment for an extensive rob
bory at Bar-le-Due and he had only been
eight days in captivity in the town when he
escaped. Ire was, however, recaptured, and
condemned over again. lint scarcely had lie
been incarcerated when he again contrived to
escape. After havinghad five ,lifferent escapes
train the prisons of ranee,he was condemned
to twenty years' penal servitude at Cayenne,
in the commencement of the year 18tik. Last
year five convicts escaped from Cayenne, and
Pernet was the chief of the band. lie took
also the command of the small skiff to which
they confided their fortunes. Pcrnet and his
companions were enabled to get out to sea,
where they remained for fourteen days,.and
Os many nights ' having no other provisions
than a morsel of bread and the salt water of the
ocean. They landed on an island belonging
to the English. The inhabitants, believing
them to have been shipwrecked lavished the
..:create:qiuiefleess upon them. Pity remained
for some months in this island, Pity
soon be
came tired of their monotonous life, and Per
net, with his companions, set out for. Spain,
where they committed a most extensive rob
bery, both of money and dry goods. Having
been tracked by El c police, they lied to Corsica,
where they passed themselves off as big mer
chants, important houses in Spain.
They were beautifully dressed, and
. their
pockets well filled with money, so that it was
pretty easy for them to procure friends. They
lived a jolly life for a time, but, were soon out
of resources. Pernet did not mind trifles of
that kind, so he at first told all his friends and
acquaintances that he had lost his portfolio,
which contained 100,060 E, notes, and several
other most valuable articles. He then publish
ed by- the criers of AjaCCio loss, offering
10,000tyreward to whoever would bring back
the portfolio, widen, it is needless to say, was
never found. The stratagem succeeded
admirably. ..111 the frniuds put their
purses at their disposal, which kind privi
lege was not abused by the gentlemen, for
fear of exciting suspicion. Soon, how
ever, they were accused of the robbery of smile
plate in the hotel in which they were stopping,
mid having been allowed at liberty while
awaiting the evidence of the theft, they took
good care to skedaddle. Pelmet anti One of his
friends then went to Italy, where he passed
h imsel r as an engineer of the government, 11 °l
egated Tor the carrying on of railway tracks,
:and his companion was his secretary. The
mayors recely ell them with respect, hospitably
entertained them ' and frequently advanced
them money. This scheme having been dis
covered, the engineer and his secretary con
trived as usual - to escape detection at the
bands of the authorities, and in the month of
Match last, Pernet was ohe found in London.
The climate of Great Britain probably not
agreeing with him he embarked for France
and arrived at Boulogne on the lath. lie WItS
without resource, and traveling by the coach
from Bout ogn I.! to Calais,he made the acquaint
mice of a charitable person, to whomhe related
'the disagreeable position in which ho was
placed in consequence of the loss of hispapers.
This person took him under patronage and
even procured employment for hint at Bou
logne, but Perna did not long remain there
aqui on the 20th of June. he presented himself
at the police office of Lille askin g fora ticket
for his lodging, being utterly destitute. Per
net is now about to suffer his
the expiration of which he will be again sent
to Cayenne, for the purpose of finishing his
term of penal servitude.
A STORY OF A FRENCH ACTRESS—The Paris
correspondent of the Boston Gazette, says :
If you would judge of the extravagance of
Paris, visit the theatres and see how the ac
tresses are dressed. Each tries to outshine the
other in tho-beauty of her diamonds, laces,
silks etc. I heard of a good joke on Mile.
Schenler, who plays La Belle Hellene at the
Varieties. Site had ordered one of those itn
mense crinoline skirts still in vogneauni which
arc to be seen, especially in the avenue des
champs Elysees, em,•ering the whole front and
back seats oil he carriage in which such throng
unattended. No carriage of cotemporary - make
could hold two women so attired. The crino
line skirt was sent home. She was absent at
rehearsal at the time it came. When she rode
out that evening, she wore it, and immedi
ately, on her return home, sent it to the trades
man, saying : " I will not wear such a horrid
thing. It was SO small I got in my carriage
Willi it without the least ditlictilty.” That Will
show you the tendency of life here ; we are all
straining after the impossible. While this ac
tress, name is in my pen, I will tell you an
other anecdote of her. It will show yon how
stupid and heartless actresses of her class
are—and remember these are the women who
exert supreme influence in. France.
One evening she went on foot from her house
to the theatre, leaning on the arm of the Dyke
On the way she Mditted in a shop
window rni English trinket. Nothing int,t, clo
but she must have it, let the cost be what It
might. They entered the shop. The trinket
had been sold, and no more like it remained on
hand, besides the shopkeeper expected no new
supply fora week or ten days. She was vexed,
fell into ill-humor, and turned the fluke untie
moment they reached the theatre door. He said
nothing, ordered a carriage, and told the driver
to take him to the Northern Railroad station.
He took the train for Calais, and roached Lon
don the next morning. He went to buy the
desired trinket, and took the return train for
Paris as soon as he was in possession of it. He
reached Paris the same night, and went in tri
umph to Mlle. Scheider's room. When he
told her the trouble he was at to gratify her
least whim, she burst into a laugh and said,
" Ah ! rois4lr, mon petit, I never can love you—
you arc too stupid Such is their heart.
A Tiume ETnuen: went LIGHTNING.—WC haVC
to rceord one of those sudden and fatal inci
dents which, When they occur, excite one feel
ing of 83mipathy throughout the whole com
munity. Intelligence has been received in
London of the death of Mrs. Arbuthnot by a
most appalling accident. The young lady, who
was only recently married, and was on her
wedding' tour, was shuck by lightning on
Thursday near Interlachen, during a thunder
storm, and instantly killed. The circum
stances, so far as they are known, are these :
Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot had arrived, on their
excursion, at Interlachen. On Thursday morn
ing they set out on horseback, and accompa
nied by g glitlie, to ascend the sehelthorn, one
of the Bumble Alps. When they itift the vil
lage the weather was 11. S fine as could be de
sired for such a trip. They had reached about
half-way up the mountain, when they alighted
Cad walked some distance farther. The sky
then became overclouded; but there was no
thing in the appearance of the atmosphere
which gave any alarm to the guide, well ac
customed to such sudden changes. Mrs, Ar
buthnot, feeling a little tired, set down to rest,
and Mr. Arbuthnot anti the Ohio proceeded
'Seine distance farther up the ascent, but
never went out of sight or hearing of their
companion. In a few minutes a thunder-storm
burst over them, and they returned as rapidly
as they could to the spot where they had lett
Mrs. Arbuthnot. They found her (: . lead, She
had been struck by lightning, and killed in
stantaneously. Mrs. Arbuthnot was the fourth
daughter of Lord Rivers and niece of Earl
Granville. Her untimely death will be
mourned by a wide circle of relatives, but the
awful manner in which a beautiful young
bride was cat off; in the midst of bright hopes
and happiness, eannot hut make a d'eCp m
pression m every rank of bock:V.—London
Tones, June 23.
ANOTHER LIBERAL BEQUEST.—The New Bed
ford (➢lass.) Mercury says: "Miss Sylvia Ann
Howland,
Rowland, -- who died i n this city a few days
since, left a will which is characteristic of the
liberality of one whom so many of the needy
hail cause to bless in her lifetiinn. iler whole
estate is about two mill iOnS, The will gives
two blthdred thousand dollars to the city of
New Bedford, half to ho expended toward the
introduction of water, and the income of the
other half to be appropriated for educational
purposes, including the improvement of the
free . public library. Twenty thousand dollars
is given to the Orphans , Home, and the further
stun of fifteen thousand dollars on the death
of persons who tire to receive the income
during. their lives. The income of fifty thou
sand dollars is to be distributed to aged and
intirnl females of this city. About three
fourths of a million is bequeathed in legacies
to large number of private ilia] yhmais, in
HMS from two hum - trod thousand dollars
down."
Tam Seseecrrelli Pileanniuni of Tun .Tools
On ILDREL - 401)11 Stewart, who was arrested at
Fort Independence, on Saturday, suspected of
being the "murderer of the Joyce children, in
West Roxbury, near Boston is an irishinan,
I
twenty-two years of age. le acknowledges
having been a great scoundrel, but says Unit
he knows nothing irlurtcycr about the murder.-
iie
said t o potvetlye J o ,,Losa , , who arreSteil
bfm
"I call tell volt all about where I Was tint
night," What night'?" asked the detective.
"Myby, the night of the Murder !" showing that
he knew very well what be was arrested for.
ile SayS 110 was on board the 810011-01-Witr
YCn-
J.il eoia two ye aM ars p ,
sliire ilegi Wa mout,
and afterrdS enitited 1.11
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TELE CLERICAL PRISONER.
roue Persons Poisoned iby a itwedinki
ClergY or them Die—ltiar..
man—Three
row Escape of the Fourth.
T i m stockholut (SWedon) corresponitc”t oP
the London Morning Matey Um
following remarkable . Poisoning ease. Lie ,
saTs:
In a trial that is now going on in one of th
criminal courts of justice in this tanintry t
series of such appalling crimes has been
brou;ht to light that I cannot resist referring
to a proceeding which may be ranked atnong
the most astonishing in the judicial annals of
any eolith try.
In this case the accused is Br. hinoliek t the
inn-401. or Stibettal, a small parish in env 01 the
DMA beautiful valleys in the province of
W ermland. Jo the immediate neighborhood
of the ch evil, is the parsonage, ih which the
pastor, who is a man of sixty-two years of age,
of good address, and rather prepossessing ap
pearance, has tor some years resided, and in
As hie!' l.ysen, a gentleman who had retired
frcan business as merchant, lived with hhn
as a lielirder, whose sudden death gave rise
to swmicions which have led to the most
sim,mn r and painful konveries. There
Lasing been reason to suppose that M.
Lysen had died iiroll - 1 the e fleets of pot
son, his body molts disinterred, and, O
an claim :nut ion of the Contents of the slonmeh,
aravnic to en extent suilieient to have pro
duced death, was tumid. This death hail taken
Place so far bask as the 17th December last,
and on its being ascertained what had been
its cause, it 'MIN remembered that on the 20th
of IN'ovendier the death of it perm' of the name
of Nils Patterson, of Farskog, had occurred
under si MIMI' circumstances, on the 30th No
vember, innt that It widow, Carta lintren,seven
ty-four year* . Of age, pill! also suddenly flied
on the MU October, with tile same symptoms.
In all the three cases death had followed soon
r these persons had partaken of the com
munion, which had been administered to them
by the pastor, lindback, who was accordingly
arrested, and whose trial is now creating the
greatest excitement throughout the country.
in collecting the evidence which was thought
to be neeessary t o bring these crimes home to
the atellsed, it was ascertained . o,4Lli:inlet .Aa
ilersonolic son of the widow Curie littketi, who
had long been in bait health, and manned to
bed, hail also suffered great pain, and been
seized with violent vonnt.ins soon after he
had received the communion from pastor
Lindback, though lie had recovered from
these attacks. This led to further investiga.
dons, when arsenic was funnel to have been
the Cathie of death in all the instances that
have been adduced, there being, tans far,
three, and very nearly four, victims to the sys
tem ofpoisoning that had beets resorted to.
Inquiries were Made as to the reasons which
there nifty have been for this wholesale de.
struction of life; awl though n on e could be
assigned for the murder of Nits Patterson and
the old woman (Atria, except that of at mo
nomania by which the pastor was endeavo
ring to rid his parish 01. its Indigent poor, it
was otherwise as to the retired merchant,
Lysen, for as soon as he was buried the
pastor produced an agreement, though it WAS
not signed, by which the heirs of I, Lysen
were intended to be behind to pay to the pita•
tor, on the death of his lodger, the salt of tea
thousand rix tinders, Its being due for board.
- while he had been an Inmate of the parsonage.
It would, however, appear that these have not
been the first occasions on which N. Lind back
has lint recourse to such means for the pur
pose of getting quit of those who have stood
in his way; for it now appears that about
thirty years ago, when lie was curate at Dasi
und was betrothed to the daughter of a
dell farmer, and having then fillCel)6l ted. in ob
taining from the father of his hat rot hod, bolero
payment, a receipt for the price of some land
which he haul bought front him, the farmer, a
few days afterwards, died from having been.
poisoned, inn his daughter, who had thus beim
robbed of her inheritance, Iftei shortly after
turned out of doers,
In the course of the present trial the deposi
tion of Daniel Anderssen, who fortunately
escaped, reveals such astounding and almost
incredible facts that it may be Duce/313MT to
give his statement in his own words, of which
the ibl lowing is a literal translation t When
the pastor gave the communion to my mother
and me, I remember that he asked ibr it tea.
eup for the wine. My wife offered him a glass,
hut he said: 'No; give me it teacup, out of
hich Daniel will drink more easily; mid she
did as he wished. I did not notice when he,
poured the wind into the cup whether it weer
before or after the confession, but I remember
that the wine was thick, fOr 1 coffin not see
the bottom Of the cup, and also remember
that when he asked me to take more 1: re
fused to do so. On that occasion the pastor
had neither chalice nor patine, but he had.
the bread or wafer In a piece of paper—not
a whole wafer, but fragments, which he took
on the points of .his fingers and gave 01,1;-
but I cannot tell whether he gave it to toy
- mother in the same manner. In waiting fur
my mother, whom they 111111 sent to seek, the
pastor addressed me, told said he thought My
suilerings would soon be over, hitt I do not re..
coiled, well what 1 angwered, though I do that.
lie then said, t You have not long to lire. ,
On different occasions, in giving mu the com
mnion, the pastor insisted on my taking
more wine tllciy I wished, and / particularly
remember once when I wished to take only a
drop or two, when he Said, 'Take a little
more, and you will soon sleep,' but I refused,
because lii treacly felt pain and another time,
when I perceived that the wine had a ha'
taste, be took Inc by the head and compelled
me to drink more. Onee during last, winter I
felt in communicating that the wine did me
harm, and I did not wish to take more, but he
made Inc swallow more, after which I began to
vomit. Ile wished again to give inc more, hut
I begged him not to ask me, as the wine gave
me ~ ,r eat pain. tI do not believe it,' he said;
and I swear the wine Will not do you any harm
—it is port. 1 bare changed the wine because I
know yolt ilre peculiar, anti this is not so repul—
sive as the tumid sacramental wine. Take
a drop morcond you will sleep.' I was then
seized with Violent vomiting,and I pushed the
cup away from me, and asked for something
to drink, which stopped the vomiting, but it
soon returned. 1 asked my wife to give me
some hot coffee in milk, and I think the pastor
then tusked if I would not farce some wine in
the coffee, but I cried No, though on this
point ply memory is not perfect. My wife,
butt ever, gave we what I wanted; ant ~when
the pastor asked If I Wenld not rather take
coffee. without milk, I replied that -I would
not I was sorry that the wine did not
agree with me ; but 1 did not wish to say
much to the pastor fur fear of offending him,
for lie lied ever shown me much kindnesS,
and I had no idea that the wino was
poisoned, which must account for my silence. I
merely complained to the pastor as to the wine
Muting me. mid that 1 could not retain it.
Thieve were in all, five occasions when I was
similarly affected—at the death of my mother,
and three nines before, and once after Land
since I have received the communion .trom
another pastor, the wine has hoot quite differ.
art In color, smell, and taste, and I have never
felt any bail effects from taking It" To thIS
simple narrative nothing need now be added ;
but when the trial is over the result will be
mule. known.
S.—lt is said that Pastor Linillatck has at.
tempted to commit suicide by opening a vein,'
but it was discovered in time, so that Irisde
sign was frustrated. Ile has since 'been emu,
witted to prisoi»it Carlstadt, where he willbe
well watched and carefully guarded.
MOP' Pa 1055 TN LI - Nrattrlo,- The prices
ash MI for some articles of prime necessity, by
both farmers and merchants, are enormous.
One dollar and seventy-fire cents in specie, or
two dollars and a half in currency, is demanded
for a bushel of meal, dour in proportion ; has
con, thirty cents per pound; eggs, butter, etc.,
at the same rate. Some of these articles can
now be imported from the North for less than
we pay for them at home! Three, four, and.
live times the priees paid for similar roditeo
p
before the war are now demanded in gOldi
There Is no reason in the world for all this. A
screw is loose somewhere, eVidently. We can
account for it in no other way than that some
body must have become so imbued with the
spirit of extortion daring the war that it is
impossible for them to get rid of the habit.
Under Confederate rule, in seasons of the •
greatest scareit V, we could buy more for gold
than we can to-day. This state of affairs must
be remedied, or the horrors of starvation will
1111 our laud with d istreSS 111111 wailing , There
is but one thing to do. Let every 111101 eat
down his expenses to the lowest notch,
not an ounce more 1111111 is necessary for the
subsistence of those whose daily bread you
have to supply, and wherever there l 8 a sur-
Pius in the 111111(11 Of one who demands all ex
orbitant price for it, let it remain there a
dead weight. He will need mottey bad enough
after a while to listen to reason. If our retail
deniers pay a high price for what they do buy
to sell, they must ask a living moat ha retarn.
Tut trace up extortion to its source, and let
the weight of public Selltilnent fall indignant
main the offender. There isnolongeruaarmy.
to absorb the idle portion of our population...
there is less work than workmen—they must
have employment to live, and wages will,
therefore, be low. If some plan is not adopted
to lower the prices of provisions, and bring
them more nearly to a level with the price of
Libor, the distress that will prevail in our
country will be universal alai lateXalapiad.--•
Lynchburg Republican.
PAWS' DISArrorsTED EN.PEOTATioNs.—The
wOonsocket Patriot relates it eollVersation that
occurred in the Smithsonian Institute at Witch-_
ingl on, in 18ri4, when Jeff Davis predicted that
the Union wpold soon be divided into two Re
publics:
" Where will the division or boundary line
bet" interrogated Professor Jewett, the libra
rianto whom the conversation was addressed.
"I l he line separating' the slave and free
States," answered Mr. Davis.
Then,” said the Pm:lesser, "yon expect to
claim the national capital r ,
"Of course," Was the reply, "and this very
Smithsonian Institute will be within the
Southern Republic."
"But," asked the Professor, "how will you
bring ninny' this division of the countryt Do
you think the free Statess will agree to it
without a resort 10 arms'!"
" Sir," said Jefferson Davis, in his senten
tious mauler , " the North will never light us
011 that question. There will be no blothislitql•
11 hen the South says she will .qeeedti and be
come IBA-ilia national ity, the North will be.
glad to let her go, and that peneeanty , Will
be a bloodless revolution.”
Toy MARIE° IN Graua.r,—lit Germany the
wood work, so far as English importer:4 know
anything aout it, is Mo ly in the form. of
small trink b ets and toys for st
children. The pro•
thiction of these is lumens° , In the Tyrol,
forest, in the middle
and 110111' the Thar
Stntes Of the ill-organ ized confederacy, and
wherever forests abOund, there the peasants.
sput much of etr tinte itt timidy,. t o r s ,
the o Tyrol, for ox tb aMple,thero is a V l arley called
the (4i•odrierthnit about twenty Miles long, in
which the tough climate and barren soil will
not soinee to grow corn for the Inhabitants,
who are rather numerous. shut out from, the
agricultural labor customary - in other Ws.,
trfcts the people earn their broad chiefly by.
wood'earving. They make toys of numerous.
kinds (in winch Nor des Ark animals are Very
predominant) of the soft WOOd of the Siberian.
pine—known to the 6' erMans its alebeinusslido.
ler. The tree is of slow growth, found on the
higher slopes Of tile valley, but now becominr,
scarce, owing to the intpeovlitenee of the pea.,
emits in cutting down the forests without
saving Or planting Others to adeo9oll them
I'or a hundred yearn and tuore tbm•llattaard3
bare been carvers, Nearly every Cottage-is a
workshop. the occupants, owe and fe
male, down to very young children, sent them
selves round a table, and &Alton their little
hits of wood. They use twenty or thirty dif
ferent kinds of tools, under the magic of whioh
the wood is transformed into a dog, it limn 06
ma, or what not, Agents repreBent thowN
carvers ht veriens cities of BuroPot to d i- V 046
of the wares.—All the rear Round.
The Fourth in Petersburg, Va., svas welt
celebrated,