gfete rf EXECUTIVE. Congress. —The committee to investigate the as sassination, requests that all facts bearing on the subject be furnished the chairman. General Butler, at Washington. No testimony shall be used against the'pereon furnishing it. Political- —General Grant was formally, nomina ted for the Presidency by the Union Republican (Thurlow Weed) Committee of New York, July 23. [He is further from the Presidency .than he was be fore.] , i Navy. —The ram Stonewall, recently purchased by the Japanese Government for $450,000, will sail for Japan on the sth of August, Army. —The President has appointed Generals Sherman, Harney, and Terry--as members of the commission to make peace with the hostile Indians, under the. act passed ati the recent session ot Con gress.—A St. Louis, despatch says,the investigation of the Fort SeU^iek’flogging dase shows that the alleged..flogging> was only a personal assault by a sergeant, and that only a few strokes were given. Diplomatic.—The joiritconvention tosettleclaims of citizens of U. S. against Venezuela, will meet at Caraccas on the 17th of August, and continue in session one year.—-Our'Consul at Havana has noti fied the State Department that a cargo of coolies is on the way to New Orleans, and'he suspects that there is an extensive scheme for the introduction pi these'" laborers intoth’e South,-in'violation of laws passed by .Congress.—Senor Rorhero/the Mexican Minister at Washington, has obtained leave of ab sence, and will visit his home.next month* ■ Post Office Department —A bout forty post off! 1 ces have just been re-opened in Virginia and West Virginia, most of the old postmasters being con tinued. . ! . , ‘ 5 ■ Treasury.— The; customs receipts at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and-BaUimore, from 1 the 14th to the 20ill inst., amounted to $2 L ,404,691. The re ceipts at San. FrAncisco; from* Ist to "the'-Stlf, were $95,518.—The Department has appointed a'Revenue Board the. plan of,that,recently appointed for New York. "' , ‘ ~ STAtESA JnftTEltlUTbßija.:, Pennsylvania— Tlie‘nickel mines from which Govern'men't .obtains! ifs supplies," tkre located near Lancaster.. ' ■V, -,■■■ O’ v New York.— ln the c, institutional Convention a provision disfranchising unpardoned rebels was adopted, July 24. —On Thursday, July 25, the pro position to confer,thq, elective, franchise, upo.n- Wo men, wai finally defeated in the Convention, by a vote of 125 noes to 19 ayes.--Sanford Conover is to be taken to the Albany penitentiary, the Court hav ing oyerruled.a teotion for a stay of execution. Massachusetts— The'Sitpreme Court of the State has dismissed the petition of a citizen of Boston] asking that it set aside the municipal-taxation of liis national bank stock. Connecticut.— The lower House has passed the' negro suffrage amendment to the Constitution of the State by a vote of .30.0 to 80—TheJIIegislature ad journed July 27. The Constitutional amendment! giving suffrage to all citizens, male andfemale, was lost by a vote of 93, to 111. The bill to l -tax United States bonds passed in the House, andu was lost in the Senate.—A Committee of the Legislature is en gaged in taking testimony as to,,the .whiskey drank by the members of the last Legislature,-and which the State was made.to pay for by . an .appropriation. New Jersey. —The Republican Convention, June 23, adopted reSolutiona declaring' for “ equal rights for all men,” .and urging Congress to adopt a uni form suffrage law for the whole country/ Ohio .—Miami county was blessed on the 19th wit-, vult!, tba_pbannmouon of an empty jail, thus contrasting remarkably witlT other portions of the country.—Suits have been entered in the U. S. Court, Cincinnati, against the Adams, United States, Amer ican, Harden and Merchants' Union Express Com panies for violation Of postal law, in carrying letters' properly transmissable by mail. The cases will be tried at the October term. 1 Illinois— The first cotton factory ever built in the State, has jus,t been completed at Rockford. Indiana. —The Grand Army of the Republic is said to be in no way connected with* gift concerns or lotteries. Michigan.— A bed.of paint, three;miles in length, of various colors, and of superior quality, haß been discovered seven miles from Allegain—The,Consti tutional Convention has passed in Committee of the” Whole an,article containing th;e principle of negto suffrage, without debate' bt- motion to amend. But five or six Democrats attended .the .Convention, and they did not care to discuss or oppose the article. The Convention has also’adopted an ordinance ex tending the right of suffrage to Indians. Nebraska. —The changes in the Mississippi river have put Sidney, or Hamburg, Iowa; on the Nebraska side, adding some thousand acres of land to that' State. ■ ; ‘ ,v ‘ ■ Indian Territory.— The ceiisus of the Cherokee nation amounts to only 13,156, a falling oft’ of 20,- 000.—Fifty cases of .cholera and seventeen- deaths were reported at Fort Harker, July 20. California. —The politicians are taking stronger grounds than ever against Chinese immigration to this country. The Republican party has declared the practice “ in every respect injurious and degra ding to American labor, by forcing it into unjust and ruinous competition, and an evil that should be re stricted by legislation and abated by such legal and; constitutional means as are in our power.”—The Santa Clara Valley is to have a silk factory. District of Columbia— Th e correspondent of the New York Commercial 'Advertiser says: Speech writing is a profitable branen of the business of Washington correspondents, several of whom can show scores of their speeches in the Congressional Globe, purchased at from $25 to $lOO each. Virginia. —Registration in Loudoun .county, ha's been* eoihpleted,'showing 2196''white'and 993 color ed voters. Missouri. —Large numbers of Mornions are re ported to have, during the past year, returned to Jackson county; whence they were driven years ago, and have settled particularly in Independence, where the corner stone of their old temple was laid.—Bli ps Stokes, afformer slave of Brice Stokes,-has sued a prominent and wealthy citizen of St. Joseph, who, he says, kidnapped and sold him South at the de cease of his master, notwithstanding he had been, emancipated. The suit is for $lOO,OOO. Kansas.— The Leavenworth Tines gives a good account of the colored troops employed on the plains. Some white fegutars were “ only saved by the dashing intrepidity of the brunettes.” Louisiana. —The New Orleans, July 20th week ly report of mortality shows nine deaths from cholera and only two from yellow fever.—General Sheridan has ordered his Board of Levee Commis sioners begin operations.—ln-New Orleans a large number of business men and planters are preparing to take the benefit, of the; bankrupt law, during the present dull summer months, so that when the fall business commences they can go into business with a clear record. —Several small cargoes.of coolies have'arrived at New Orleans, and are working, on some of the plantations., Texas.— Ten acres of ground have been donated by the Hon. J. T. Brady, of New York, for the es tablishment of a Jesuit Cojlege in Houston.—lt is reported that the cotton crop will be at least'equal ' to last*year's,—Communication jvith.lndianola has ... been suspended,.by th; yellow feyeri Georgia.—The planters in the vicinity of Augus ta have oeen ordered to-inform their employes in THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY; AUGUST 1, 1867. regard to registration.—Colored Radical meetings are being held lhrougbout the State. Alabama. —The Mobile Tribune says,:—“The State of Alabama alone is capable of supporting 15,000,000 of white people. Its ircn is equal to that of ; Sweden; its coal beds, in extent and quality, surpass’those of Pennsylvania ; its marble rivals, that of Carrara ; with proper cultivation Itß Soil can be made to feed and clothe an immense population. ' —Returns of the'registration show that there will be a majority of about twenty-five thousand colored voters in the State. Twenty counties where the negroes have majorities will elect ovfer ha|f the del egates tb'the State Convention.—Florence was ex cited by the discovery that during the night some rebel stole the hatiorial flag from over the office of the Freed men's 1 Bureau, where it had been placed on the'morning of the 4th. The city called ah’indig nation meeting, and offered a reward o!' $lOO for the apprehension of the perpetrator; also' appointed a, committee to replace the flag, which was. accom plished late in the sam'e day. / North Carolina—The Stat'd how offers for sale all her public swamp lands, amounting ’to about T,500,000 acres. They are' susceptible of drainage at a moderate expense; 1 and are sold to aid in devel oping State ' resources, and to su ppbrt the public schools. '• ' ’ ' : ■"" ' South Carolina.' —In Charleston, oh the 4th of July, over five thousand colored people rode in the cars and ’not a'single Act of rudeness or improprie ty- was committed by them—lt is reported.fhat lead ing-Conservatives have offered to send colored can didates-to Congress if the bOlOred men wiß ldave the whites’ incontrol of the State goveirimenf—Rev. Dr. Flum’ef, Of Colunribia, acknowledges' a liberal gift “ from th'e farmers of Virginia,” including 1000 bushels of Corn.—The Union Republican Convention is in-session at Columbia; ■ Resolutions favoring ‘‘ mild confiscation,” and attaching the Word “Rad ical" to'the party name, have been' voted' down. L ' Arkansas— The cbolera'is very fatal on many Of the plantations. 1 '" ’ ' " Tennessee.— The Nashville . and ’ Chattanooga Railroad shews net earnings for the past tWerity months of $586,932;' nearly double any correspond ing period-previous to the rebellion.—General Grant has ordered the United States- troops' stationed iti KentuckyintO'Tendesseef tO preserve "order at'the coming election 1 in th at State;—-A private letter froin Memphis puts the "deaths ifi that city By . cholera and-kindred diseases at twenty-five each day;—A..’ terrible political riot occurte'd at ROgersville, East' Tennessee, on Tuesday, last;’ Alargfe crowd had,as sembled on the pnblic square, near the Court House, to hear Mr. Etheridge. Many of the' crowd, both Conservatives and -Radicals] were' armed with guns and- pistols. After Etheridge had spoke an hour, he] was interrupted by 1 A leading Radical,', who ' pro : nounced -a statement he made a lie. Etheridge ; retorted-bitterly, when somer'one 1 shot at Him. 1 ' Nu merous shots followed in quick succession, and the' ; crowd-broke, the Conservatives ih One direction, and the Radicals the'opposite, shooting at each other. Finally they halted, and fired volley after volley at each other-for about 20 minutes. One whit'e Con servative and a colored RAdical were killed/ Seven, were -mortally wounded; and about thirty slightly. The wounded were conveyed to a’hOtel,'where they remain; Etheridge was’not hurt, ' ‘ Kentucky. —Hon. Daniel McKee, ex-member of Congress from Kentucky, has committed suicide. . (FOREIGN. Mexico.— -Juarez -arrived at- the capital on the 14th inst. He has ordered an election for President, and.isisaid to decline a re-election.- Vidaurrez was shot on the 6th- inst' The Mexican Government are about to publish an address to the world, justi fying the execution o.f Maximilian. Madame Jua rez arrived at Vera Cruz in the U. 8. revenue cutter Wilderness, on the l4th. and had a public reception" from -the authorities—The news of the shooting of Santa Anna-by.-the Liberalists is confirmed—-(La test.) A letter of Escobedo, recommends the ban ishment of foreigners and the confiscation of their property. Twelve more Generals have been shot at Queretaro, and Diaz has ordered-the arrest of foreign representatives who do not-recognize the Liberal Government, Juarez has called the .Mexican Con gress together lo elect a President; Santa Anna is re por.ed to! be still alive.—Maximilian’s body is now on the way to-Vera Cruz, to be put on board the Austrian frigate, Elizabeth. - - South America. —ln New Granada, General Acos to had been recognized as President by the majority of the people: even Canca, Mosquera's native State, acquiesced in the new rule. The State of Bolivar, however; had declared for secession' from the' Union until-Mosquera, who is in prison 1 , should be reim stated. In Peru, matters were quiet, although another revolution . was feared. Delegates to the Congress ,of South American republics were • begin ning to arrive at Lima;; - The President Of Chili had recommended that;'the vessels 'purchased in the United, States be;sold,aB they were unfit for service. Japan— Of 6;433,414 pounds of tea exported from Japan-during the i period from May 31st, 1866, to May 15th, 1867, 6,079,269 pounds were senfto this country. ■ . , . - • " The Jaffa Colony that emigrated from'Maine to the Holy -Land; is, according to letters received from them, in a totally demoralized condition. Of the original one hundred and fifty-six who left Maine a year ago, only .eighty-six remain. The leader of the.expedition proved to be good for 'nothing, and the colonists soon Ignored him. -Eleven houses had been, commenced, but only one had been completed. Fifty-three persons in all have come back to the United States. The remainder will doubtless all return before the expiration of the year. They have found 'the land sterile,-and encountered disappoint ment in every way. - i ' ' Canada— Co-operative associations have been formed in Montreal, Toronto,- Hamilton;; and Lon don ; and steps have been taken to form a co-opera tive society in Ottowa—Crop; prospects'are remark ably good. One of ’the'largesf hay crops ever had has been gathered. —The remainder of Table Rock has been blown off. . • n .. \ ;.s j ; * BY ATUimc CABLE. Julyi23;— London. —The. Sultan left’England to day for Vienna.— Paris, evening. —Admiral Farragut arrived in this city and receives on all sides the most distinguished .attention.—The French■ Government has prohibited the .placing.,of any, portion of the Russian railroad loan in the" Paris market.— Berlin. —Count Bismarck's Official organ denies that there is any truth.in the recently reported stories of apro bability of war.— Trieste.— The Imperial frigate No vara has sailed for Vera Cruz, to bring from Mexi co the remains of Maximilian.— St. Petersburg. —By an Imperial akase* all political and governmental distinctions between,Poland and the Empire of Rus sia are obliterated, and Poland is now absorbed into Russia as one of the provinces of the Empire. July 24.— London. —In the House of Lords, the Reform bill was passed to a second reading.—Even *n9-—The House of Commons has passed the bill for the, abolition of. church rates.— (Copenhagen, —The Danish Government lias,intimated, to Prussia its willingness to give guarantees for the protection of the German inhabitants of North Schleswig, but de mands information as to the nature of the guaran tees required by the Prussian Cabinet. July 25.— London. —By the order of the British War Office, a trial of the American 15-inch Rod man gun was made to-day, in presence of a number of naval and military ffiocers and experts. It was proved by the tests to which the gun was submitted that no iron or steel armor yet invented was capa ble of resisting its shot.—Omar Pacha reports that thp military forces under his command have suc ceeded in suppressing the insurrection in Crete and that the war in that island is ended.—_P«ris._!-The Corps Legislatif, yesterday, passed all the provisions in the budget of extraordinary expenditures, .' : July 26 London, evening.‘—'there is much caution shown by capitalists and 1 business men here, the feeling bavins become general -that, war between France and Prussia is imminent. A private despatch from Berlin received this, evening, makes mention of the general opinion there that war is certain, and adds that Prussia is actively urgingforwardher pre parations for such an event—Cbnsols; for money, 94; Erie shares, 471; Illinois Central, 76|; 5-20 s, 72,11-16 ; Atlantic and Great Western, shares, 23. —Frankfort, evening. —United States-, bonds; 76J for th'e issue of 1862. — Florence.— Baron- Ratazzi, the Prime Minister of Italy, has made an offer to gar rison'Rome to protect it fro,m the threatened attack of Garibaldi and Mazkihi:—Fi^wna—Napoleon lias sent A- note to'the King of TrussiA urging liimto surrender the Danish Provinces of-North-Schles wig, to Dentnark. The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, declines tojnterfere.— Berlin.— A.couple .of conscripts, belonging to the ..imperial army,,tp-day attempted'to escape, and succeeded in reaching ,an American vessel at Bremer Haven, Which .was just On,the point ofsettingsail. "The Prussian authori ties-threatened to open their,batteries bn the ship if the commander!refused to give sip the conscripts'. After, qshort parley the men were surrendered.’ July 27.—Z?aRs. —The Monifeur positively: denies the truth of the statement that, the Emperor Napo lebn had sent a note to the King of. Prussia urging him’ to surrender the Danish , Districts of Northern Schleswig -tb'‘Denmark; — Berlin, evening,—Notwith standing the official denial in the &bndeur 6f Na poleon’s mote to the King bf Prussia, in ‘regard to North Schleswig, the semirofficial-journals of - Ber lin continue to urge King William .to repel, the inr trusion of the French. Emperor, in .ithe political aft fAirs’ of .Germany—Vienna—The , official Journal says it isHhei right and interest Of.the'Emperpr Na poleon; to enforce the treaty of Prague, ah'd that thb Gzar has-sent to King William a note to'that effect; —The Sultan’,of Turkey,has arrived here from Eng land, and, is the gu.est.of the Epiperor. j)u , . J dly 28—Paris—Last evening Admirai.Farragut was received’at a state diririer in his honor by the Fmperor Napoleon. The French Minister of Ma rineand other-members'Off the Imperial ©Abinet'and tlie-Abassadore of the United' States and General il>jx ,were. among the invited guests.— -Cherbourg.— Tpe, Empress ‘Eugenie, yesterday visited the United; States steamer Colorado,,now lying in. this harbor,; ;add was received with all' tb'e honors 'befitting.her, exalted 1 rank.” ’At her approach salutes were fired and the yardAwere manned; ’ ' ! " ■July 29—: France.— The ’Moniteur of this morning declares! that theirumors of war which l now-prevail ion the Continent are .without, foundation. l ;. It says the existing relations of France,w.Rh r all the Euro pean powers are eminently pacific.*, It .denies -that the formation of new military'camps is contempla ted,‘‘and says the reserves of artillery and cavalry horses are'to be sold to the'‘farmere in' the-.depart ments— London, nooni— Th.e sincerity-'of the repeat- .put,forth by the Paris Moniteur, of* the war reports now current in Europe, is doubted here. The Ifondon Times, m its city article this mprning, js of the opinion that the Alarm created by these warJite rumors',^' will have the effect to'check trade generally, until next'spring. 1 r . 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' 75c: ' ENGLAND TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. By E. If. • Gillettv'DiD., author,of .“Life and Times of John Huss,” “History of Presbyterian,.Church,” “Life Lessons,” ’etc. Five’ Illustrations/ 863 pp., 16mo. $l. 25. 1 ■ ' 1 ” ■ A sketch jof the times of . Charles 11. of England. “In every sense a good book.” — American Preebyle rian'. ■ '■ ' ‘ * : ALLAITS FAULT. By Martha Farqiiharson, author ofij'Baptist ’ Controversy, ’> developed in a highly. interestmg.narratiye, MAY CASTLEXON’S .^MISSIQN; oi-.Charity Suffer eth Long and is Kind. By the author of “Edith’s Ministry,” “ Little Red Cloak,” etc., etc. Four Illustrations. 228 ! pp., : I8mo! 75c. 1 ROSE DELANEY’S SECRET; or, Charity Envieth Not. By the wine author. Three’ illustrations. 210 pp. , 18mo: 76c. DIAMOND CROSS; or’ Charity Vaunteth not itself; is not puffed up. By the'same author. 1 Three il- lustrations. 222;pp., 18mo. 75c. DIAMOND CROSS SERIES. Consisting of the last three books, in a neat box. $2 25. N. B.—We have now on otir list over one hundred books .for Sabbat h-scbool libraries,, ranging in prices from*s2‘ 00 to 25 cents; and will supply additional volumes from publishing houses to any extent desired, making the selections ourselves when requested, and hold ing ourselves responsible for the .character of the books thus furnished. Oitr terms shall in all cases be as lib eralas could be from the publishers them selves. PASTORS’ LlBRARlES.—Libraries ; fbr Pastors, whether private, or to be owned by the Church, will be furnished by the Presbyterian Book Store at libe ral rat es. Ant Books' (domestic or foreign ) hot kept BT US WILL BE OBTAINED TO OBDEB. Address orders to Presbyterian Publication Committee, No, 1334 Chestnut St„ Philadelphia, SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKS. The Largest and Best Selected Assort ment of Sunday-School Books and Requisites, SOLD AT THE LOWEST XJtICES, By , t PERRIS PIN E & HIGGINS, 56 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Catalogue No. 8 containing' a -list of thousands of Yolumes, sent to any- address, on application. June 21 lm LOCK-STITCH SEWING MACHINE MANUFACTURED BY ' Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co. Embraced all the attachments of their other well-known Ma chine; with many peculiar to itself, and in all the requirements ofa ' '' 4 Is the most perfect of any in use. $300,000 The following extract from the report of the Committee on Sew ing Machines at the New York State Fair, 1866, gives a condensed ’Statement of the merits and excellencies daimedfor this machine: u We, the Committee, on Sewing Machines, after a careful and thorough investigation’into the respective merits of the various machines submitted foe examination, find the Elliptic .Lock-Stitch Sewing Machine to be’suparior to all others in the following points, namely: . , Simplicity and Thoroughness of Mechanical Construction. Ease of Operation and Management. 'Noiselessnefcs and B&ptdity of Movement, t Beauty, Strength, and Elasticity of Stitch. Variety and Perfection of Attachment; and Range of Work. Compactness and Beauty of Model and Finish. . Adaptation <-to material of any thickness, by ah Adjustable Feed- Bar, and in the ; . Unequalled Precision with which it executes the Lock-Stitch, by means of the Elliptic Hook: and we therefore award it the First Premium, as the |103,954 72 47,094 00 BEST- FAMILY SEWING-MACHINE, and also, for the above reasons, the First Premium as the best DODBLE-THREAD SEWING-MACHINE.” 0. E. P r.TERS, HECTOR MOFFATT, Committee.” Agents wanted wherever hot already established. Send for cir cular to KEEN A WALMSLEY, . ! General Agents for Elliptic Sewing Machine Co., For Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. may2-ly 920 Arch Street, Philadelphia.-’ WM. M. 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