AstaiSff tljt
THE ktECAMIVE.
President Johnson hit approved . the sen
tence pronounced upon Paymaster Paulding,
imprisonment for one year in Fort McHenry
andAiiiNf $506 If
thfi Senate has rejeoted the 40miiationtof
Governor Holden,of North Carolina, as min
ister to San Salvador.
The rebel Gen. Forrest,, it is said, was on
Thursday denied an interview with the ,
Pre
sident. ; - ii . t 4
Atty,-Gen. Speed.' lids Judge
Stansbury has been confirmed Attorney Gen
eral in his ,
Generalliix nominated Minister
to Holland.
• k,ortußEes.
Senate.—July 17.—A resolution was passed
for the printing of five thousand copies of the
Internal! Revenue Tax • law, as recently
amended. The House bill to establish the
grade of general in the army was called up
and passed, with some amendments. The
;joint resolution relieving the China Mail
Steamship Company. from the obligation to
touch at the Sandwich Islands, was passed.
The company is to make thirteen trips a year,
instead of twelve, between San Francisco and
China, and a monthly line will be established
between C alifornia and the Sandwich Islands.
The report of the committee' of conference on
the Legislative Appropriation bill was agreed
to.
. July 18,—The Funding bill was considered
and postponed for one day. The Miscella
neous Appropriation bill was reported from
the Finance Committee. The Mississippi
Bridge bill was passed, and goes to the House
for concurrence in amendments. The death
of Senator Lane was announced, and the cus
tomary resolutions adopted.
July 19.—The Portland Relief bill was
passed. The Revisory Tariff billwas referred:
The House amendment to the bill reviving
thegrade , of General .was concurred in; and
the bill gees to the President. The Funding
bill was considered, and passed finally...Jt ar-
ranges forexchanging the 7-30's at maturity.
for 5-204 i: 'The Civil Appropriation bill was
considered. , Mr. Trumbull offered a .joint
resolution recognizing the State Government
of Tennessee.. - 1
July 20.—The Conference Committee on
the passenger Protection bill reported that
the .House receges from its amendments, and
the report was agreed to. A bill preventing
the courts being used as instruments of terse: ,
=don against loyal persons was referred.
The House _bill to " protect the revenue ' "
was reported from the Finance Committee;
with some amendments. The report of the
Conference Committee on the Diplomatic
Appropriation bill with the clause depriving
the Minister to Portugal of his pay, was
finally agreed to.
July 21.—The Judiciary Committee re=
Torted back the joint resolution recognizing
ennessee, with a substitute. The substi
tute was passed finally, after being amended
by the striking out of a portion 9f the pre
amble. The resolution, as adopted, goes to
the House for concurrence. It is as follows :
SENATE PROPOSAL FOR THE APHIS.
SION OF TENNESSEE.
Whereas, In the year 1861 the government I
of the State of Tennessee was seized upon
and taken possession of by persons in hostili
ty the United States, and the inhabitants of
said State, in pursuance of an act of Con
gress, were declared to be in a state of insur
rection against the United States; and
whereas, the said State government can only
be restored to its former political relations in
the Union by the consent of the law-making
power of the United States ; and whereas,
the people of the said State did,ron the 22d
day of February , 1865, by a large popular
vote, adopt andrata a constitution and
government whereby slavery was abolished,
and the ordinances and laws of secession and
debts contracted under the same were de
clared null and void; and whereas, a State
government has =been organized under said
constitution which has ratified -the amend
ment to the Constitution of the United Sumo
abolishing slaveyy, and also the amendmMt
proposed by the 'Thirty-ninth Congress, and
has done other acts proclaiming and denoting
loyalty'; therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States in Con
gress assembled, That the State of Tennessee
is hereby restored to her former proper prac
tical relations to the Union, and is again
entitled to be represented by Senators and
Representatives in Congress.
July 23.—The House amendment to the
Naval Appropriation bill was concurred in,
and the bill goes to the President. The
Retrenchment Committee were instructed to
inquire into the collection and disposition of
captured property in the lately, rebellious
States. A motion to take, up the Bankrupt
bill was tabled by a tie vote.
House.—July - 17.—The Rosseau-Grinnell
case was taken up, and a lengthy.debate en
sued. Finally the vote was taken. The res
olutions to reprimand were lost, and finally
the vote was taken on.the resolution to expel.
This was also lost, less than two-thirds voting
in the affirmative. Finally, the resolution to
reprimand was again called up and passed.
The resolution reflecting on Mr. Grinnell was
laid on the table. The resolution ordering
Messrs. Pennypacker and Grigsby of Ken
tucky, and Mr. Green of Ohio, who were
present as the friends of. Rousseau to be
brought to the bar of the House to answer for
their contempt of its privileges was passed.
July 18.—The - contested case 'of Coffroth
as. Koontz, was taken up, and the report de
claring Mr. Koontz entitled to the seat was
agreed to, and Mr. Koontz sworn in. A joint
resolution for an adjournment on Wednesday,
the 25th, was agreed to. The Revisory Tariff
bill was passed.
July 19.—Mr. Stevens offered a resolution,
the Senate concurring, that Congress when
it adjourns, do so to meet again on the first
of September. After some discussion; the
resolution was withdrawn. The ease of Fry
Conkling was taken up, and the resolutions
of the Coinmittee exonerating Conkling and
censuring Fry, were adopted. The resolution
in relation to Tennessee was taken up, and
discussed. After being recommitted, the
vote so disposing of it was reconsidered,
whereupon a substitute declaring the resto
ration Of Tennessee on account Of her mtifica:-
tion of the Constitutional Amendment was
offered. Without .action. the Hotein.adjourri
ed. •
July 20.—The joint resolution, admitting
the Tennesee meinbers was passed—yeas 125,
12. Mr. Stevens voted aye. The Democrats
all voted aye. A bill was reported by Mr.
Stevens providing for the admission of the
Southern States, and tabled—yeas 96, nays
37. Mr. Stevens' resolution for a Congress
ional recess, and empowering the presiding
officers to call the Rouses together in case of
emergency, was, on motion of Judge Kelley,
laid on the table.
July 21.—The Senate bill in relation to
naval appointments was reported and passed,
with an amendment striking out the proviso
lithiting the number of rear admirals.
_The
resolution to reprimand Mr. Rousseau was
called up, and considerable discussion follow
ed. Mr. Rousseau sent to the 'Speaker's
desk a copy of his fetter of resignation, which
was read. Mr. Rousseau then received his
reprimand from the Speaker.
-THE AMERICAIir -PREF I YTFAUX.--111AIRSDAY, LIMY M. OM._
July s 3.—A resolution was adopted re
qUeSiing the -Presided. to urge the release of
the Fenian captured in Canada, also to cause
a diacOntinuance of the prosecutions against
the Ontrr,tS. The Senate
amendments *the Tennessee resolution were
concurred in ; so the resolution has passed
both Houses.
• ~f 4)
r4f
N. Y. City.—The Board of Health makes
public the followitig mortuary statistics for
the week ending July 21:. Sunday, .87 deaths,;
Monday, 146 ; Tuesday, 155 Wednesday,
324,;Thatsaan Rin4tY,1 , 125 Saturday,
(up- to' iaSon) 691' , *With 140 nide, as
ted, to come in, we have an appalling total
of 1324.—Fiftemoasref l eholera and nine
deaths were reported in New York and
Brooklyn July 19. Fourteen cases and four
deaths were reported July 20. The New
Yor AdVeitiset siiyri the ehbiSii,
has a foothold in »tlie` city —The Steamer
San Salvador, from New York, which arrived
at Savannah, on June 18,had.28„cases of cho
lera and 3 .deathi.' She strictly quaran
tined.—The Board of Health report be
tween forty and fifty new cases of sunstroke,
July 17, manye of them fatal. In. Jersey
City and Brooklyn there is a frightful' increase
of mortality from that cause.—lt can no
longer be questioned that the cholera is
making great, headway. Thirty new cases.
were •reported in this city and Brooklyn on
Saturday, of which twelve proved fatal.
The number unofficially reported is from fif
teen• to twenty more.—A Chattel Cannot
.Steal. —Judge McCunn, July 19th, ordered
Ithe unconditional discharge of the two Cuban
slaves, Emanuel Edaba and Pauline Gonsuc
chi, whose extradition was demanded on
the ground that they had stolen $2OOO worth
of jewelry from theiprate owner- in Havana.
Their consel, Mr. Spencer, informed the
Court that no extradition treaty existed with
Spain. A lucency could not be committed
by a slave. One chattel could not steal another.
Mr. Comning S. Bedford, the consistent Dis
trict, EatorneTlneverthelesii insisted that the
r
accused shou d be sent beak, not becausethey
were fugitive slaves, but because they were,
thieves. The stolen property was found on
their perriona. The Judge, hoiever, took
the'lame view of the 'ease as the counsel for
the 'accused,, and the result was as stated.-
The decision was greeted with the most en
thusiastic -apPlause,....whick. the Court lor„ a.
while was unable to siippress.
ConnOtibut.---41 suri-stpck .; laborer in
Hartford revived just as he was-about being
buried.—An excellent law was passed by
the last Legislature for the protection of rail
way passengers. It proiides -that each coin
panyip:Oxiveying passengers shall pro - tido their
passenger, baggage, mail and , &press ears
with a connecting apron-`of-the full width of
the train, so as to connect the platforms and
enable persons to pass from one ear to the
other, with safety. If this provision is not
complied with by the Ist of September, 1866,
each company neglecting it forfeits to the
State Treasurer $lOO for every day of such
neglect.
Maryland.—Thirty years ago a widow
named Patty Polk was murdered in Cecil
county. The perpetrator was first discovered
last week, by his own confession on a sick
bed. Much to his consternation he is get
tig well.
Kentucky. —General Rousseau has sent to
the Governor his resignation as a member of
Congress frota.that State.
Tenneesee.—WASHlNGtON, July 19. —The
Secretary of the Senate this afternoon received
a telegram from Governor Brownlow, dated
to-day saying ;. " The battle has been 'fought
and won. The Constitutional amendment
was carried in the House - by 43 yeas to 11
nays." He' adds, that two of the members
present refused to vote:--The Sheriff of the
county forced an entrance to the capitol July
20 and arrested Captain Heydt, the officer of
the House who had in custody Mr. Martin
an absconding member. Judge Frazier dis
charged Mit Martin and fined Captain Heydt
ten dollars and costs. Much feeling exists
relative to this'affair, the; House ,considering
it, an infraction of their rights and an insult
to their dignity.
Alabama.—A despatch fron Mobile, July
17, has the following : A sloop was over
hauled in, the lovyer bay, early this morning,
bya United States 'cutter, having on board
150 "negroes, whom the parties were about to
carry =to Cuba and sell inte- Slavery. These
negroes had been collected at different em.- '
plOythent; officeB in Loßisville:',Nashville and
Meninftli, and Brought doitn to New Orleans,
and thew by'itail to this place. They had
been promised $3O per month to work on a
[ plantation; and otherwise `deluded. The
captain and crew of the sloop have been
heavily ironed and placed on board the
sloop of-war Augustine for safe keeping, and
will be forwarded to Washington."
Xississippi.—Major General 0. 0. How
ard recently received a communication from
Governor Humphrey, of Mississippi, which
represents that the civil authorities through
out the State are about to take active
measures to prevent outrages and treatment
of the freedmen, and will bring all offenders. ,
to justice.. Their acts will receive the support
of the better portion of the community, and
it is believed that a more favorable state of
affairs will - soon be established.
Iffinnesota.—During the present season
7000 Scandinavians have settled in Minnesota.
Kansas.—E. G. Ross radical Republican,
has been appointed Senator as General Lane's
successor.
THE CITY.
. , •
Continued 'Grekt Aireat.—On Tuesday,
June 17, . the thermometer at the Ledger
office,
in the Shade, .6n.eheitnut street front,
stood at 101 degrees, at 12 o'clock, and 104
degrees at 3 o'clock. For many years p'..st no
midsummer do,has seen the mercurymse so
high. The nearest upppach to it, in any
large Atlantic city, was in 1855, on July 20,
and then the heat, at 99 degrees, was almost
unbearable,•until thunder showers cooled the
atmosphere.--OVer 750 deaths are report
ed for, last week, including 'lOl by cholera.
Nine:oases of cholera were reported by, the
Board.' of Heilthfcir Monday., None of them
prove 4 fatal: - - • • •
inNAN,ciam,AND COMMERCIAL:
:The Revenues of the English Governinent
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866; Were
$338,632,180 .; as tie**(ed with $347,943,780
for:the !Remus year, thus showing de;
crease of over $9;000,000 raised' by taxation.
EOM customs during the year ending June 30;
1860, the receipts were $106,845,000`;;_ from
internal revenue, $100,335,000 ; from salee
of stamps, $47,766,000 from real estate tax;
$28,885,000; from other direct taxes, 4.17,-
105,000 ; frem the Post-office surplus, $21,-
750,000 ; from the Crown lands, $1,605,0/0 ;
and from other miscellaneous sources, $14,-
342,180. The American revenues, for the
same period,are estimated at $552,000,000,
whilst those of - England' were' $338,632,180.
—lt is stated, semi-officially, that the
actual reduction of the principal of the public
debt in June was nearly $20,000,000. Dur
ing the same period about the same amount
of 5-20's were sold, and certificates of indebt
edness to the amount of r 511,000,000 re
deemed.—Vhe receipts from internal reve
nue during the last week- amounted to up
wards of $4,630,060.-41. S. 5-20's, at
Liverpool July 14, reached 68.
FOREIGN.
Great Britain.—The layingko
graph Cable was commenced, a
services, July 13. July 14th,
been suceessfiillypaid out. The,
Banking Co. failed July 14;
million sterling.
,
An . ..,,,,
Adulteratis Un i o n
time, the Royal family ofEnglani . :l
to connect itself with a notoriou
person. Queen Victoria' fi'thii .
l
f'Princess Helena, Was* married;"
Prince Christian, who is alread '
,though not lekal," husliffid of
i
woman." , By this solisafit4 mot'
age,;-he , hae a family, thweldest .
five, yearii,of , ther!age,of_iiis - 1, :
Moreover, lis,rmither was `Yin
married'io his i :father, - The m
Liindon ecirrelapigaent: of the
entirely' of the. Queen's 'xtiaking
pridlY unpopular here. '' Christia
as , an' adventrirer, the ' Queer
mad, the whole business object
w ill . p ro bably be Her = Majesty'l
law.
THE EUROPEAN
Venetia a French Proiine :, Lei Prase'
of July 7, has the following.r in Victor'
Emmanuel has not at once acded to the
armistice proposed through Trance. He
alleges, as a reason, that he his to consult,
with his ally, the King of Prus ia; in conse
quence, the Italian Governm t has been
advised that it will have to teas immediately
, i n
every act of hostility against V etia, it being
French territory. A Frenchmmissioner
is going at once to Venice, assume the
_ t ie l
government in the name of ' Emperp.
Orders have been issued to k the French
squadron in the Mediterranesnammediately,
to repair to Venice, and hoise l the French
flag instead of the Aim' trian upqn all fortified
posts on the Venetian coast. The cession of
Venetia to France is complete' nd definite,
without any other condition o the part .of :
Austria, except to withdraw t - guns, arms
and all munitions of war found the fortified
:places. Within forty-eighth • s the whole
of Venetia will be French teritory, and it
;will depend on the good will of France either
Ito• keep or part with it. , I
The Daily News compares t e cession of
Venetia to .France as an act of debtor who
makes away with his property . hen on the
eve of bankrUptey. There • a , want of
f s,
frankness about the Austria Gpvernment
thatffi - fitted to exiilperate' Pr ` 'al If Aiis
triaoirants the. army corps i I aly,, near
Vienna, to` Mike better terms, ia cannot
be expected to aid her in se ing them at
liberty. 4
~,
The Battle of July : -3d was; t close to
Koniggratz. The PrusSians; `hoe centre
was at Sadowa had placed: in= ne, nearly the
whole military '"forces which •• e stadnarchy
could dispose of. The Austins, ho had
tt ,
their centre at Lippe, had als brought on
the field all the disposable fit eng of the
Empire, with the exception o the army in
Venetia. The shock was terribl t and on
both sides the greatest bravery was 'splayed.
A turning movement of the Prus ans, who
contrived, in consequence of a fog, nd under
the cover of the smoke produced by efiriag,
,z
to establish themselves unperceive at Chin
mee, decided the fate of the day. he Aus
trians, attacked all of a sudden on he flank
and rear, gave way. The Prussian pressed
on with extraordinary vigor, so th . at last
the wing was cut off from the m n body,
and a perfect panic set in ; the retr tof the
Austrians became changed into a r te, and
the bridges over the Elbe did -not uffice to
afford a passage to the mass of 1 - gitives.
The turning movement, it aars, as exe
cuted by the army under--t , Pvin4e Royal
Ki
which originally entered Bo id frena Sile
sia. This army, although distant from the
field of battle, succeeded by,, he greatest
efforts in entering the line in it enough to
direct the attack against the r ht wing of
the Austrians, which act decide the victory.
The King decorated the Prince on the field
of battle with the Order of M' itary Merit.
The King and the two Prince in command
were saluted with the most xtraordinary
enthusiasm by the troops.
The Austrian Generals, Princ ' of the Im
perial family, and superior officer , vainly gave
am example of the most desperateurage—no
thing availed. Three Archdukes ere wound
ed, and a great number of ge eral officers
i f i,
were either wounded, made isoners, or
killed. The real amount of loss n both sides
is not yet known, but it must be rnmense. `
The Austrian army had, before the battre,
taken up a position on the righellok.4o-the
Elbe, but was forced violently fo the other
side—that is, toward the east- ,
Pardubitz and the whole of the railway
line which runs there are abandOned by-Mar
shal Benedek, who is thus forced into Mora
via._ It remains to be seen whether, in case
'the military operations should rcontinue he
will be able to defend the high road to 'Vi
enna at the point of junction of the Bohmisch
and Trubau railways. In every ease all Bo
hemia is now open to the enemy, and the
Prussians can act in that country as they
-
please.
The King of Prussia has ordered the re
lease of all Austrian Prisoners whugive their
parole that they will not again enter the army
of that country:during the war.
July 6.—The headquarters of the Prussian
army were transferred to Pardubitz.
July 7.--Despatches received at Vienna
from the Austrian headquarters in the Tyrol
announce that five, thousaud Italian volun
teers attacked the Austrian poSition on
Monte Suello July 6. They, were repulsed
with a loss of -500 men killed and wounded.
Another engagement took •place, July 7, at
Vezza. After• a.. severe,fight, lasting - five
hours, the Italians weredrmii bgkok over the
Tuscardine pass, -with a loss of 200' killed and
wounded. 'The Austrian loss WAS 21 men
hors du combat. . •
July B.—Field Marshal Benedek has been
relieved of his command.
July 9.—A Florence telegram says:—" In
consequence of the passage of the Po, and
.the successive movements made by. General
Cialdies 'the - , Austrians abaddoned
Rthigo. They previoubly blew* up all' the'
works and fortifications defending the town,'
and the, tetc-du-pont on the Adige, and also
burned the bridges.: The Austrians, iwevacu
ating the town, abandoned alftliLartillery on
the fortification& The guns hliffrpreviouslyi
been spiked.":
July 10.—The Austrians made a reconnoi-.
.sauce in strong force, ,with .artillery, in the
'direction •of Lendone. They were .driv,en,
back with the bayonet by the Garibaldiang
as far as-the La Azzqmdtich place was occu
pied by`the" volunteer& 'Garibaldi Was pre
sent, but had to retina hilt carriage in con
sequence of his wound. The operations , Of
theltalia.n army against Borgoforte were
g
`bein contimied. • The Ititlithi' troobs on the
10th captured: by assault the val e of Mot
tegiano, near the tete-du-pop ; forte:
The Prussians defeated the arian army
at Kissinger'. The Bavarian General was
killed.
The Florence journals of the 10th assert
that Prussia had declined the „proposed ar
mistice and has officially declared to the
Italian Cabinet that Italy cannot accept an
armistice, which, being based upon the ces
sion of Venetia, would be tantamount to
separately concluded peace, and would disen
gage, to the detriment of Prussia and to the
advantage orAnSitia, the 150,000 men sta
tioned at Venetia.
A Vienna telegram, dated 10th July, •
evening, on the contrary, says :—The Abend
post, evening edition of the official 'Keno.
Zeitung, says the emperor of the French has
taken fresh steps of an energetic character to'
effect the conclusion, of an armistice. The
French fleet is on its way to Venice, and 1
General Libceuf, the, Freud; 'Commissioner,
haS - heen ordered to occUpi'Venetid. = Gen.
, Froeisari has been sent to the - Prussian head-1
quarters to announce the armed mediation of;'
the Emperor-of the French.: It is the pro
nounced wish of the Emperor of. the French
that Austria should not be weakened in her
positiOn aia great power,, The Army of the
Sqtth is evacuating - Venetia, 'has' corn
`lene `r
ncd the march
4! '
Lil-Francfand tlie'Patrie both:deiirthat
fan order has beenrissued for the Totilonffieet
to sail ,for Irenice.-.; The France, lbwever„
says that Prince Napoleon wae s a.boutitoJeavp,
Paris for Verona, where he would receive
froth '
'the AUstrid aithoritfig the
preliminary
doetini erg cedirigTendtii to-FFarice' - 9
The Efiaperor had Ordered an fininense
number of needle ginis to bemarinfactured
the Tele
religious
miles had
'irmingham
Hides two
the firgt
as stooped'
oy irarnolil
!daughter,
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he rightful
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onable. -.4e=
pet, 13011-irt
. The Times , gives the following as the con
dition, atta,Ched bytEe G withal: milt to
the prepositiOn Of the Emperor Napoleon :
First-1f Venetia is ceded to the' Emperor
Napoleon ' the final transfer must be made by
Austria, hampered ty no conditions with
regard to Rome. Second—Thatthe question
of the District of Trent should be recognized
as one to be discussed.
July llth.--The Austrian army is reported
as reorganizing, and was 160,000 strong. The
Prussians, after a pause at Zwittau, were
again advancing. They were regarded as
within a week or ten days' of Vienna. .1
Ji 12th. —General Cialdini holds Rovigo.
The Flying Column of the Italians had, a suc
cess over the Austrians at Stelvio.
July 13th.—The most conflicting rumors
prevail as to the acceptance or rejection of
the mediation of France.
July 14th.—The Vienna Press days the pro
posed mediation of Napoleon is ended for the
present, and Austria must trust to her own
'strength and resources. The:Paris ilionifeur „
same day, says the negotiations are progress
ing, and the best of feeling prevails between
France and Prussia. The Italian General
Is Marmora has resigned. Cialdini has
.occupied Padua.
The impression prevailing in EnglaAd is,
that France has given up all idea of aaned
intervention, in behalf of Austria, and is in
perfect accord with Prussia and Ital.V.
Canada.—The British forces, who have
.been stationed at Fort Erie,, broke camp
July 17. The regulars are to remain, and the
:volunteers are to be disbanded.
Xexico.—Gen. Sheridan reports officially
that detachments of French troops still con
tinne to be landed at Vera Cruz. He states
that from his own observations he has lost
all faith in the sincerity of Napoleon in his
statements concerning the withdrawal of
French troops.—The American Bible So
ciety is flourishing in the city of Mexico,
notwithstanding adetermined opposition.
The Emperor came to the aid of the Bible
agents, however, and they are free from op
position for the present.
General Sheridan has forbidden the reor
ganization, for any purpose, of Confederate
batteries and brigades in his department.
Liberality in Montreal—Up to the 10th
inst., Montreal had subscribed over $50,000
in gold for the Portland sufferers.
Rate of Insurance.—A Convention of Fire
Insurance Presidents met in New York July
1.901, aryl nayseePd the rotsuitinsuranceten
per cent.
The Needle Gun.—The London Time.s in
a review of the battles between the Prussians
and Austrians, says : "From first to last it
is the Needle-gun that has apparently . carried
the day; and the Needle-gun is simply a
breech-loadingrifle of very indifferent quality.
In principle, as well as in construction, it is
not to be compared with several breech-load
ing rifles manufactured by English makers ;
but, imperfect as it is, it has proVed quite
good enough to; secure victory for the Prus
sians in almost every encounter."
Birds in the Public Squares.—The birds
in the public squares have become quite do
mesticated. Discovering that visitors mean
them no harm, they make theniselves very
familiar, hopping along the ground in, close
proximity to, the children who may be play
ing. It has 'been suppose& that the squares
were stocked with birds purchased by direc
tion of the city. This is a mistake. Not a
single bird was • purchased. The squirrels
were removed by direction of the Commis
sioner of City Property, and no sooner had
the animals disappeared, than the birds came
and made their nests in the trees.
Sun-struck Salmon.—Several hundreds of
salmon and salmon trout were found upon
Burgh Marsh, on the Cumberland shore of
the Solway Firth, last week, under extraor
dinary circumstances. Many were lying dead
upon the marsh, where they_ had been left
dry by the receding tide, and others were
floating languidly about in the, small Pools of
water on the shore, in a sickly and dying
state. It was at first conjectured that these
fish had been thrown out by fishermen who
had been infringing the law by fishing at im
proper times. This supposition, however,
proved incorrect; and the conjecture that
they had been poisoned was also abandoned.
Old fishermen have now arrived at the con
clusion that the salmon, in making their way
up the shallow water near the estuaries of
the rivers, had been visited by something
like a sunstroke, the weather having been
hotter than had been experienced for many
years.—London, Times.
Spiritualism.—ln New York the Spiritu
alists have lately been holding meetings and
doing all sorts of wonderful things, and chal
lenging the outside world to ' discover any
fraud in their actions. On Sunday before last a
tkimmittee of honest, 'unprejudiced people
was elected to examine the medium, and tie,
her in a chair, the spiritualists claiming that
the spirits would unloose-the cords. It hap
pened on , this occasion that a 'really. honest
-committee was secured. The committee tied
- her up by the wrists, waist and feet, and by
various diffictilt twists and hard knots secured
'the Cords. The lady, thus bound hand and
'foOt, was shut up in a cabinet, and the aid of
:the spirits invoked to unloose her bonds.;
:Minute after minute passed, but nothing was
heard from the inside of the cabinet, and
alter the lapse of nearly: an, hour ,the door
,was opened ; the lady sat fainting in the chair,
but no spirits had i come to her aid, and the
Inots were still untied. The startling fact
was 'developed that when persons not in «il
lusion with the performers tie the cords, the
spirits are powerless.
The Great Heat of duly.—A Boston
paper mentions that a merchant of Surinam;
now in that city, says they have no weather
- there like the terrible heat of this summer;
yet Surinam is within the tropics. Another,
from Hayti, says nothing there can equal it;
whilst a Brazilian, from Para, says such tor
rid heat as'haTi preVailed this week Was never
known at his equatorial home.
'Thokfollowing statement from Yale,College
will* be read with ntereptThis afternoon,
at 3 I% I M., my thermometer, suspended in
the shade upon the -north / side of' the New
Haven Hotel, indicated 1041 degrees, being
the highest temperature known to have been
MISCELLALNEOUS
obtained in New Haven since 1778, a period
of eighty-nine years. The highest tempera
ture recorded before the present season was
102 degrees, viz.: June 24th 1864. Previ
-2
ous to this, the thermometer had been twice
observed at 101 degrees,_viz. : in 1798; and
there' have been three other cases 'in which
the thermometer has risen to 100 degrees,
viz.: in 1781, 1800, and 1845, Making mall
seven.known instances inwhiclta thermome- I
ter; ,fairly: exposed in the shade, has risen to
100 degrees and.upward. •
"The period just passed has hjerf quite as , ,
remarkable for the long continuance of et.- .
treme heat, as for its intensitY. , Within a I
period `of eleven days, the thermirfetert-has
risen five times to 95 degrees and upward.
Sincerl77B,there,has heen.only one, other ih- I
Stance i -in whielii-the, thermometer has •risen
to-,this heighq Awe times„ during
casesuring, the_same i
summer, viz.,•.,. 1 1845; and . ‘ ' ire
Dread , over azi ihiervil of thirty-six days. ,
ulling the smile period, there': have been but
two other eases In which the thermometer I
has risen to 95 degrees, as many as four .
times during the.same 'summer, viz.: in 1780 i,
and -1798. . . •
"The hottest month at. New Haven since
1778, was the Month of ' ,
July 1825. ' The
heat of the past thirty has beensome=
what higher than that of July, 1825, so that
we seem authorized in asserting that the heat
of the recent perioft has been more intense,
and the extreme' heat, has been longer con
tinued, than has occurred before in eighty
nine years, and probably for a much longer
period. E. LOOMS.
YALE COLLEGE, July 17, 1866.”
Freedmen's Bureau /4_Eorts.— Treatment
of a Freedwoman —“J. W. F." telegraphs'
to the Press, Washipgton, July 19th, as fol
lows :—Among the voluminous reports just ,
received by General Howard from his subor
dinates in the Freedmen's Bureau, is a de
tailed certified statement of the barbarity of
a Virginia woman, inflicted upon her female
slave, which almost defies human belief, and
far surpasses the exaggerated pictures of fic
tion. This woman has been in the habit of
beating her slaves for many years, and the
fact that they' were made free seems to have
intensified all the passions of 'her nature.
The case referred' to is that of a girlbr young
woman, and is said , to be a-mere illustration
of the manner in e which similar cruelties were
practised upon others. She, was stripped
naked, tied, and thrown, face downwards
.before a hot fire. Her back" having been,
'burnt or, `scorched by the fire, her mistress
proceeded to lacerate by whipping' her with
the greatest fury, after Which, horrible to re
late, a mixture of cayenne , pepper, vinegar
and was 'poured over the: shrieking and
almost delirious victim, ~ Lest what I say may
be doubted, I deem, it my.duty to tell you
that I have this statement from General
Howard's own •lips, fili'd will to-morrow fur
nish_you with a circumStiiitial account. Gen- -
eral Howard has a photograph of this poor
creature in his possession, and Judge Under
wood of Virginia propose§ to take her into
his own family and to- accompany her to the
President of the United States, there to let
him see the last specimen of the humanity of
the reconstructed rebels.
LIGHT HOUSE COTTAGE,
ATLANTIC CITY.
JONAH WOOTTON & SONS, Proprietors.
The Most Desirable Location on
the Island.
Being the Nearest Point to the Surf.
" The:proprietors reSt.eetfully solicit the patronage
of their f lends and the public generally. NO BAR.
- P - E - GT A CL E S.
WILLIAM BARBER,
Ltanufacturer of Gold. Silver, Nickel. and Steel Spec
tacles, Eye Glasses, die., has neatly furnished a room
in connection with the factory, fur RETAIL PUR
POSES,-wherespectaeles 'f every description may be
obtained. accurately adjusted to the requirements of
vision on STE.] CTLY OPTICAL SCIENCE.
Sales room and factory.
No. 24S NORTH EIGHTH Street, Second
Floor.
HENRY HARPER,
No. $2O ARCH STREET, PTILLADEEPH:Li,
De ' aler in and Manufacturer of
WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY
ve - Amm,
AND SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS.
W. O. BEDFORD;
COIVEiIIiaIitinitiALESTATEIGEIT
No. f 3 NORTH TENTH STREET, PHIEADA.
My central location and the many means of com
munication with the suburbs enable me to take the
Agency for sale and care of Real Estate, the Oollec,
tion of Interests. around and house rents in every
port of the city. References will be furnished when
desired. '
:c o y..
-- BRYSOIMSOII, '
H, ,
PRINTERS AND STATIONERS.
PAPER. BLANK BOOKS,
NOB NORTH S IXTH STREET rt
P , L,DEI6 , ~ _
1016-6ra
PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD
SUMMER. AIIMANGEM.ENT
The trains of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad
leave the Depot, at Til Ira FURS r and NIA RK E, I
Streets, which is reached by the csrs of the Mar'ke ,
Street Passenger Railway., running to and from the
Depot. The last car IP ayes Front Street about thirty
minutes prior to the departure of each Train-
MANN'S BAGIGAGis. EXPRESS will call for and
deliver Baggage at the Depot. Orders left at the
Office, No. es 1 Chesnut Street, will receive attention.
TRAINS LEAVE DEPOT. VIZ.:
MAIL TRAIN at 8 4 00 A.M.
DAY EXPRESS ... 10'00 ...
-.F AST
A CCUMMODATION, No. 1.... ... 11'00 -.
FAST LINE and ERIE EXPRESS.....:. 12'00 M.
HARRISBURG ACCOMMODATION. ... 210 P.M.
LANCASTER ACCOMMODATION...... 4110
PAOLI ACCOMMODATION. No. 2... ... s'oo ...
• PITTSBURGE BIM ERIE 9.00
PAOLI. ACCOMMODATION. 80. 10'00 ..
PHILADELPHIA EXPRESSf...: ..... 1110 ...
_ . .
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DEPOT, VIZ.:
CINCINNATI EXPRESSt. at 1.2 - 40 A.M
.PIIILADELPIIIA EXPRESSt 710 ...
PAOLI ACCOMMODATION. No. 1...... B' 2o ...
COLUMBIA TRAIN ... 9'oo
LANCAZIKER TRAIN -it... r2le PI
FAST LINE ._ l'lo ..
PAOLI ACCOMMODATION, No. 2-- ... 4'lo ...
DAY EXPRESS ' 5'50 ...
PAOLI* ACCOMMODATION, No. 3........ 130 ...
RAREISBURGACCOMMODATION.... 9'59 _.
* Daily. except Saturday. f Daily. Dab, except
Monday. '
1 Running through from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh
'and Erie without change of oars. All other Trams
daily, except'Sunday..
A TICKET OFFICE
Is located at No. 631 Chestnut Street, where Tickets
to all important points may be procured, and full
information given by JOHN C. 'ALLEN, Ticket
Agent.
Also at Thirty-first and IdarketStreets, on applica
tion to TROBIAS H, PARKE, Ticket Agent at the
Depot.
An Emigrant Train runs daily (except Sunday.)
For full - partioulaxs - as to fare and accommodations,
apply to • FRANCIS FUNK .
No. 137 Dock Street.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will not as
sume any risk for Baggage, except for Nearing Ap
parel, and limit their responsibility to One Hundred
Dollars in value. All Baggage exceeding the; amount
In value will be at the risk of the owner, unless taken
by special contract.
PintildWiping
FURNIT
I have a stock of Furniture in
I will sellat reduoed•Drices.
Cottage :dumber Setts,
Walnut. ; Chamber Setts,
Veelvet Parlor Snits
Sidi 'Crab Suits,
Ceps` S—at 6;
'SidebbaMit,
-* ikitension Tables,
Wardrobes,
I. 11.ATTWOOD,
102414 f 45 SOUTH SECOND ST., PHILA.
PATENTARTICLES
PATENT ICE CREAM FREEZERS,
Patent Old Dominion and
French Infusion Coffee Pot,
Patent Sliding ice Pick,
Patent One Stoves,
Patent Fruit Cams and 'ars,
Patent Flour Sifters,
Patent Door Springs.
Manufgetured and foi sale, Whol.e.sale and Retail, by
CHAS. BURNHAM & CO.,
119 South Tenth Street.
WILLIAM YARNALL,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 1232 CIIIESTNITT ST., S. E. COB. 13TH.
SUPERIOR REFRIGERATORS,
WATER COOLERS
FINE TABLE CUTLERY,
FAMILY HARDWARE,
IRONING TABLES, *O. &c.. 1044-ly
WALL PAPER
S. W. COIL. 10P$ Et GREEN.
CURTAIN PAPERS, BORDERS, &C.
Good Workmen for putting on payer, and all work
warranted.
1046-6 m JOHN H. PILLEY.
Jdag4.lll4l.l:iidenii :DO IA
Best in the City.
ZT_&AVas_fME
83-r3 LABOR
SAVES CLOTHES
EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE ONE.
For eale at the Furniture Store of
Agents wanted. .1.
1047-6 m :No. 837 MA.RIkET Street.
CONFECTIONS
GEO. W. JENKINS,
Manufacturer of choice Confectionery. Every vane
ty of
Sugar, Molasses and Cocoanut Candies
ALSO,
Wholesale Dealer in Voieign 'Fruits. Nuts, &c. &c.
GEO. W. JENIEINS,
1037 Spring Garden Street, Union Square
PHILADELPHIA. - -1148-1 Y
-00 4- JS.
CAMPHOR TROCHES,
roafternmarthe or
C ME 0 2.i E Fa .A.; ,
Dlarrbais, Dperdery, sad ChigeraMorbes.
41, n. Eldorado - , O. H.Needlis, Druddit, A da*
12th & Rice Sig., PhDs.
o vr
. 41044 -
TOE
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Ikl ;
Maned 011 016 '
31 Fit i)
• - 31
wm. L. GARRETT,
No. 31 South 2d St., above Chestnut. East
Side,
Has constantly on hand a large assortment of Neu
Boots and Shoes, Oily Made.
Ladies', Misses, and Children's Balmorals. &c.
sides Trunks, Traveling Bags, etc.. ingreat varier
and at LOW PRICES. Men's Rubber
-31 s s te es ß o ors tr in d dl t 3 h . l
e best quality orl 32 lt 4 m y 31
STEADS
Dyeing and Scouring Establishment ,
Mrs. E.. W. SMITH
No. 2S N. Fifth Si., below Arch, Phila.
Ladies' Dresses, Cloaks. Shawls, Ribbons, &v.. d.Tei
in am. color, and flubbed equal to new.
Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests cleaned, dig
and repaired. gei3-15
PHILADELPHIA, January Be&
DEAR SlR:—The lee business heretofore carried cr.
by us under the name of " Moliere Ice C 0.," will hen
after be known as the" COLD SPRING ICE . 4 . 0
COAL COMPANY." We respectfully solicit fret
you a continuance of your favors under the new
rangement, and assure you that hereafter you will De
supplied by the Cold Spring Ice and Coal Co. with
of the best quality, always at the lowest market rite
and with regularity and promptness.
WOLBERT BROTHEIL
(INCORPORATED APRIL, 1814.)
COLD SPRING , ICE AND COAL CO.
THOS. B. CAHILL. Pres. JOHN GOODYEAR , s'6'
HENRY THOMAS, Superintendent
WHOLAISLE AL]) RETAIL
DEALERS A.NREHIPPERSOF ICE do COO:
BOSTON ICE now being supplied dailyin all PPi!'
limits of the consolidated city, Twenty fourth Wl'
Richmond.
LE Mantua. and Germanto.
HI GH . and SCHUYLKILL wn
COAL car d°
selected for family use, and as low as the loweg fa!,
first-rale - article. BLACKSMITHS' COAL of WO
lenti4Lity. HICKORY. and NNE
and KJUIDLING WOOD.
DEPOTS
Southeast corner Twelfth and Willow StreW .
Ninth Pennsylvania IL it. and Master Street.i.
Twenty-filth and Lombard Streets.
Pine Street Wharf, Schuylkill.
OFFICE, N 0.435 WALNUT STREET.
--_—_--- - . :, 1
THE PHRENOLOGICAL CABIN"
etriruvls. AND BOOS. STORE
ifrikisVA
ikl Fo h r the sale ot Books on ,area
v '
y inv
sloln'
o. a
rgiene. and Pbun, -
x ikob P
and for Phrenological exami,-1,-
dors by mail should be addressed
.10.13 N L. CAPES.
nip.
No. 25 South Tenth tit.. r
ettoh,s.
ITRE.
great variety which
Lounges, and
Mattresses.