n E VOL. VI. No 48 PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1866. DOUBLE SHEET Til REE CENTS. pTCTT THIRD EDITION RECURKIBLE PETROLEUB) MSlMTl A Train of Cars Burned. H. O H H OF LIFE. New York, August 27. A train of cars loaded with petroleum, on the Erie Railway, was collided with yesterday near Narrows burg, New Jersey. Several cars were crushed, and the petroleum caught fire, exploded, and burned the whole train. . Three dwelling, a wafori, a carpenter' shop, a hide' house, and 60,000 feet of lumber caught ftom the burning oil, and was entirely destroyed. Mr. Wil liams, while endeavoring, to rescue his two children from one of the houses, dropped one, and ,'while endeavoring to save ' it, all three were fatally '. bvirned. The children subse quently died, and he is not expected to re cover. Mrs. Wi'liams, his wife, jumped Irom a cecond-story windew, and immediately gave birth to a child, which is not expected to live. , The conductor of the train is badly burned. The loss of property by the flro is about $80,000. - ADDITIONAL DETAILS. Je&ifjl Scene at Narrowsburg, on the Erie Eail road Collision between an Oil and Freight Train Explosion of the Oil Tanks Great Con flagration Two Children Burned to Death Several Persons Severely Injured A Number cf Buildings and the Train of Cars Destroyed The Loss Estimated at $30,000. Another iearful conflagration occurred on the Erie Kailroad yesterday niornfrg, at Narrows borg, on the Delaware Division, caused by an explosion on an oit irain, in consequence of a collision, lesuiting in the loss of hie and the destruction ot a considerable amount of pro perty, including dwellings and other builoiug. The lactp, so far as could bo gathered from various sources, are a follows: At halt-past 2 'clock yesterday morning the oil train desig nated as "Big Five," with pight car loads ot oil (aporiion oi which were tanks), was standing on the main track at Narrowsburg station. Fol lowing on iho sume track was a lreight train, which camouji a.-d collided witn the oil train with great torce, breaking and crushing the cars und jamming them into u heap of ruins. Immediately tbeieaiter a tremendous explosion occurred, and the oil taking tire, the liquid flume spread in all directions, and the entire train was soon in a blaze, and several buildings in the un media'. e vicinity, surrounded by the burning oil. wern also set on tire. Ainiu.ly, consisting of a Mr. Williams' wife, and two oiJldreu, res:d"d iu the second story of one of the buildiiigH, the tirst, story of wiiich was occupied a a wagon shop. Mr. Williams stucd the two childreu, one in each hand, and attempted to escape from tlie front way. In mshinL' through tue flumes Lo dropped one of the children, and in stopping to rescue it all three were in tally burned. One of the children died yesterday morning, and the other; alter suffering intense agony, expired at 8 o'clock last evening. Mr. Williams w-.is still alive, but no hopes were entertained of his recovery. Mrs. Williams escnped by jumping from the second-story rear window, where there was no Dre, and an hour alter whs delivered of a child. Bhe is considered in a critical condition. The conductor of the oil train, James Freden bnrph, was badly but not dangerously burned about the bend, face, and hands. So other per sons are reported Injured. The following property was burned: A dwell ing house belonging to Mr. Joseph Bevins, mer chant; a dwelling house owned by Mr. Hen drick, a wagon shop and dwelling overhead, a laree carpenter shop, a hide house, and 50,000 feet of lumber belonging to the railway com pany. The train of cars was entirely destroyed. It is estimated that the entire loss will not fall t-hort ot 180,000. The Cincinnati train, due at Jersey City at twenty minutes pusr ibree P. M., was two hours late, and the Dunkirk train arrived four hours behind time. K. Y. Herald. Fiom Fortress Monroe. Foktrubs Monroe, August 20. The schooner Catharine, from the Rappahannock, and the schooner It. Z7. Shannon, from Sa vannah, both lor Philadelphia, sailed to-day. Arrived at Norfolk yesterday, the schooner Winona, lately sunk in the bay, but raised by Messrs. Baker & Brothers, wreckers. The impression is steadily and surely gain ing ground here that Jeff. Davis will soon be released lrom his imprisonment. This im pression, it must be remembered, is not pro duced by any action as yet that has been taken by the Government that could be con strued as preliminary to his release, nor by any information received lrom any authori tative source,' but a merely the result of opinions frequently expressed by those most competent and naturally supposed to be cog nizant of the possibility of such an event soon transpiring. It is well known that strenuous efforts have lately been made in Washington, and Interviews have been sought with Presi dent Johnson over and over again, though in a more quiet manner than formerly, by Charles O'Conor, and many of the chief traitor's warmest friends, for the purpose of m.Vlnff a flnat AOVtnt f DfiltnNi tita AAnilllinnnl parole, upo the grounds of his continued ill health. The steamship Carroll, from Liverpool, bound td Baltimore, passed up the bay to-day. Company C, the last company of the 2d Batta lion of the 12th United States Infantry,' which was recently ordered to Washington, left here this evening on the steamer Adelaide, tot Baltimore, in order to Join the balance , of the battalion. Delegates to the Philadelphia Convention. FoTTtviLLE, August 27. Colonel J. G. Trick, Colonel J. N. BTennessy, Colonel Z. P. Boyer, Benjamin Haywood, Esq., and George Martz, Esq., have been appointed as delegates to the National Convention of September 8, to be Kid la PhilAdelpuift, liMJXfc OPE. By Atlantic Submarine Telegraph Cable. THE PEACE NEWS CONFIRMED. The King of Prussia's Reply to the Legislative Address. A Boyal Hint to the Opposition and a Decided Position Assumed by the Crown. ADVICES BY MAIL TO AUGUST 17. THE PEACE TREATY. ' Official Confirmation of the Aet. London, Angst25. Tbe news of the signing o' a peace treaty at Prague, and of the restora ticn ot peace bH ween Austria and Prussia, has been officially continued in this city. By virtue of one of the articles of - the treaty Austria cedes Veuetia to Italy. . ' PRUSSIA. The Klng'H Reply to the legislative Al-drt-NH A Iloyal Hint to the Oppoitltton Members. 1 ' Bkklin, August 26. The Kin? of Prussia has received .a deputation from the Chamber of Deputies, who presented the address voted by that body. ' ' ' - 1 he King made a speech in reply, in which he professed to leel great joy at the lavorable atti tude of the legislative body. Ho said, however, that if another conflict arose with the Deputies on the questions 'ol the Budget and the arm y, or other subjects which are vital to the interests of the State, he tiouM act precisely as he did before. The King added that he thought another conflict was Impossible. RUSSIA. The Ofliceraof the Amcrlran Squadron In Moacow Brilliant lteccitlon. Moscow, August 24. The United States naval officers perviug with the American mission to Ruffcia, have been taken in what may be termed a triumphant manner from St. Petersburg to Moscow, in a speciul railroad train, ordered by the Imperial Government lor the purpose. Every station along the route was crowded with people anxioud to do them honor, and the pro vincial authorities gave a hearty otlicial welcome at euch point of rest or delay. An immense number of persons turned out to welcome them here. Tbe officers dined lo-dav witn Lieute-nant-Ger.eral Prince Dolgorouko'ff. who is Aid-de-Camp General to tbe Czar, and Governor General of Moscow. The Zoological Gardens were illuminated in tine style, and presented a splendid appearance. It has been made patent tnat the heart of the Russiiin empire oilers a boundless hospitality to tbe representatives of the Crt at Republic. VriiHNlun War Invalids. The Crown Prince of Prussia has issued the following appeal for the formation of a national institution lor invalids: "Numerous associations have been formed for the support of the army in the field, for tending tho wounded, lor relieving the distress of tha families left at home bereft of their bread winners. Even as the entire nation was ready and willing for any sacrifice in the great battle lor Prussia's honor, and the reformation of Ger many, so is tbe whole Fatherland now eagerly desirous to compete in one and tho same great patriotic work, namely, to relieve and heal, as far as it is within human power, the many wounds and sufferings caused by tde war. But these sufferings reach far beyond the pre sent time, and it therefore becomes necessary already to-day to think ol the future. The sup port of the State cannot alone solve the problem; it therefore becomes the duty of the people, by a spontaneous act of charity and love, to guar antee that tne future of the brave sons of our Hatbrrland, who have bled lor us, and through their wounds - have become incapable of ; gaining a livelihood, be secured as far as pos sible, and that the families of the killed be sufficiently provided for. With the appro bation of his Maiesty the Kinp, I intend placing mytelf at the head of a general national institution for invaliJs, which will strive to uttain these obiects. I will immediately call upon men enjoying general coniidence to form themselves into a central committee, at Berlin, who will have to draw up statutes, to consult about further measures to be taken, to arrange the necessary relations with the officials, and to undertake the future management of the whole institution. Simultaneously with this central committee, other committees may, however, already now be lormcd in all provinces of the country, to exett themselves for the develop ment and furtherance of this national cause. It an only sncceed through the united efforts of the entire people. May noue be lonnd wanting, but may everv one contribute towards tbe at tainment of the object; so that also those brave men who gave their best strength for the honor and glory of the Fatherland, that also the fami lies deprived of their supporters and malntaluers, may. with all of us, overlook the Bufferings and sacrifices of the war to regard with pride and satisfaction the deeds of our army. (Signed)' "Freohkick William, "Crown Prince." Great Fire at Antwerp Petroleum Again. A most destructive fire broke out on Friday, August 10, in Antwerp. The property in build ings and merchandise consumed was roughly calculated from 200,00n to 800,000. The fire broke out about 7 o'clock in the morning in some merchants' stores, situated In the Place do YValboigo, a kind of Bquare fronting the quay, and known as tbe commercial neighborhood of Antwerp. The buildings were chiefly lofty warehouses, tilled with merchandise of every de-cription, while in the basement stretched extensive vaults filled with some thousand bar iels of petroleum oil, and to the latter may be attributed the dreadful consequences that have befallen the city. iThe first range of warehouses attacked were the three belonging to M., Dennis Halne, and by noon the whole pf them were in a blaze from end to end. It then reached a ma gazine or depot where some ten thousand- bar rels of petroleum were stored. The local fire men, police, and military used every exertion to stay its progress, and succeeded in rolling a great many barrels out ot tbe building on to tho fituiv, but the explosions and vehement lury of the flumes compelled them to retreat. 1 ' , j During tbe whole day and night and folio w ing day the conflagration awpjt on with terrific force. 'Tne flaming petroleum from the stores iu question poured out in a stream, and flowed down into the range of vaults above alluded to, wbfre tbe larger quantity of . petroleum was deposited," and which was all along so much dreaded.. Tbe fire then increased in magnitude tenfold, and the explosions tbat followed shook tbel whole city,' and brought' down several houses, while many people are reported to have been killed. Tbe force ot the explosions blew in the brick-work of tbe sewers, into which the burning petroleum flowed, and by tbat means found iu way into a great many houses in Rue de Baas, and - in many other streets ia tha locality. The military drove the people eut to a plce of ty. Among the buildings that wre subf eqnfntly consumed were the IIot?l de Ooborg, tbe bonded stores known as the Gr tat Swan and Little Rwan, and a series of other of a commercial character. The eng ne that were brought into pla? were perfectly inaieiuate to contend acainst so awfnl a fire. There wa.t one steam lire-engine there, and that belongel to a prUateorm at Antwerp. Mont of the Lnnion fire offices have large assurances ' on the con sumed property. . FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERWOr. SPECIAL PESrATCDEB TO BVENINO TELEOnATH. Washington, August 27. The Patent Office. The Commissioner of Patents is making ar rangements for the isue of papers authorizing 236 patents, most of which have been awarded to prominent Inventors in the Eastern and Western States. On the 4th of next month 208 patents will be granted. Tbe business of this office is eonstantly increasing, even at such an extent as to require more accommodations and a larger clerical force. White Wheat-Seed for Distribution ty the Agricultural Itureau. The CommisMoucr of Agriculture gives coticj that he is now prepared to distribute to agricul turists specimens of superior Mcditterrancan while wheat, which will be put np in quart packages, and delivered free upon receipt of application. ' ' The IIomcHtead Law, ' By the eighth sccti3n of the Homestead Act of 18C2, parties who have made entry undor the law on the condition of five years continuous ketilemect and cultivation, have the right at any time before the expiration of that period, to make proof of such settlement up to a given day, and then pay for the tract'at $1-25 per acre, and at once get a title. Where a Homestead seller has entered a tract containing more than 1C0 acres, he is required to pay for the excess in cash, and when he deshes to change his Home stead to a cash purchase, he is credited with the amount of such excess, and only requires to pay for 160 acres. Where a party enter under the Homestead, and abandoned the tract, he for feits all claims to the fees, commissions, etc., which at the time ol entry were paid at the local office for the services rendered by the Re gister and Receiver in regard to such entry. Volunteer StalT Officers to be Mustered Out. An order will be issued soon mustering out of the service all volunteer staff officers. Secretary Seward's Residence Still tiuarded. Notwithstanding the President's recent pro clamation of peace, the guard of soldiers that has been stationed around Mr. Secretary fie ward's residence since the assassination of the President, has not yet been removed. FROM BALTIMORE TO-DAY. tireat German Festival and Procession of Associations. SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THB EVENING TELEGRAPH. Baltimobe, August 27. The German National Scheutzen Festival commenced this morning inith a grand, imposing procession through most of our prominent streets. It was very large, and as many stronger associ ations from different States are uniting, the whole city seems turned out to see the pro cession. Thousands are going to the Scheutzen Park, where the Festival continues for the entire week. From Cincinnati. ' CiNCimrATi, August 27. Eleven deaths from cholera ware reported yesterday. The disease has lost its epidemic character, and is rapidly abating. The sum of $200,009 was realized from the sale of pews in the new Jewish synagogue yesterday. . The radical Union men held a convention on Saturday at Lexington, Kentucky, and delegates were appointed to the Philadelphia Convention. Resolutions were adopted cen suring President Johnson, and endorsing the Reconstruction policy of Congress. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. lr. 8. District Court Judge Cadwalador. Tbe case or the United States vs. Samuel Stuart, in wbicb tbe defendant is charged with attempting to pasa and having in his potneaiuon witn Intent to pass counterfeit United Htatet Treasury notes, has been on trial During alt tbe morning sotsion, and is as vet uaconcluded. btuart keep a tavern on Ulrard ave nue, near Twelfth street, and it is nrged that he, tin that bo.ineis, had attempted to pans off these coun terfort notes. Court of Quarter Sessions Judge Ludlow, 'lie term of ?errice for the first list of jurors for tbis terra baviiir expired last Friday, new jurors were empanneilvd this moraine. Of course there were applications for exemption, and reasons given without number. But lew were excused, and a fair number ol Jurors were retained. Thin business being concluded, toe tegular business of (he day was oommenoed.' Jacob Kneu was chanred with hnrerlarv, in enter ing tbe boute of John FisUor, Mo VIS Girard avenue, aud Btea inir "ISO. it was stated bv the Common, wea ta tbat, on the night of the 80th of Hay last, Kneu eutered tbe house by a back window, looked for money in tbe satin ar-room, but finding none, wem to the bar-rjom, broke open the caah box, and took the money. He was dtooorered by Mrs. Fisher, ami jumped out of the window. The defense allege that on tbe night and at the hour ihat this buriraryls said to bare been com mitted, Eneu was at home in bed. They also allege that Mrs. Fisher, tbe prineipal witness lor the prose cution, at one time told tue Aldi rmaa that she did not see Knea do the deed, and wben the Alderman said there was not sufficient evldonce to justify tne committal of Eneo, she then said that she did see hinj in the house at the time in question. On trial. ' How to Hake an Omelette. A' young man was arrested In .the. Rue de la .Ferronnerie, Paris, a few days since, for an extraordinary freak while under the influence of drink. In passing before a dealer's shop he suddenly jumped into a hat-k t at the door containing from two hun dred to three hundred eees, and, after smashing them to his heart's content, he called out:-r "f hut is the way I make an omelett; now bring me a frying-pan !" The owner, however, called a serpent de iTille, who took-the man away to the police station. , f ... ,.. , . , Odd Fellows! An English journal says that the Manchester Unity . of Odd Fellows, which was established in, 1812, numbers nearly four hundred thousand members. It, has lodges in mott parts of the British empire, and can boat of "a locul habitation and a name'! even at Con stantinople and among tbe gold-diggers of Cali fornia. Both Hit, and yet not Hit The principal edi tors ot the Brussels journals, the JCclio (iu .far lenient and the Jndeperulanoe, have just been condemned each to two months' imprisonment and two hundred francs fine for having fought a due), on the loth ot July luat, although neither wat wnde4. CHILI AND PERU. Further Prearaticna for War by both Power Chili r ing to Buy the "Dunderberg" " ported Naval Battle Off the Malvine Islands Election for President Or dered in Pern, Etc. Etc. Etc. FLantiaoo, Chili, July 1ft. I ha7e again to complain of the delay ot the Finance Depart ment in completint? its estimates of the damages sustained lrom the bombardment of Valpa. Iro. i 1TRCUASB OF ARMS BT CHILI IN THB UNIV X) STATES. I promised yon In my last letter to give par ticulars ot thetiUinjr outoi vessels in the United States, and ef the purchitse of ordnnnce abroad lor Chili. Seventy guns have been purchased ot Massachusetts for $ti(J0,00O, without carriages. This ordnance includes lour lour hundred aud-tifty-pounder, six three hundred-pounder, and sixty eight pounder Ulokeley guns.the remainder consisting of serviceable naval artillery ol various calibres, but none very heavy. The Enphsh puns are those purchased by Massachu setts durine the' late war, lor the protect!.. n of Boston harbor from Rebel pirates, etc. As the cairiapes are to be built In the United States, some time will elapse before the ordnance can be shipped. 1 CHILI TRYING TO BOY TUB "OUNnRRBERQ." A Chili agent writes from New York that he has been trylne; to buy the J)umlerberg. He says that Mr. W. H. Webb wants $2,500,001 for the iron-clad there, and that Webb offers 'i deliver her comdete in Valparaiso, at his own risk, lor $3,600,000, ono million extra. Nobody here expects Chili to buy the Dunderberg, though hr agents are doing their best to get the vessel. REPORTED FIGHT NEAR THB HALVING ISLANDS. The captain of a barque which arrived here to-day lrom the Malvine Isles, states that on the 27th ol May he witnessed lrom the top of a hill on one of the island, a battle between two Chilian and three bpanish vessels; but he could not learn the result of the fight, owing to a sudden storm having arisen. The Valparaiso papers attach no importance to the news, but consider it, on the contrary, unreliable. Tbe Government official organ does not give any credit to the captain's story. However, when Mr. McKenna was in Lima, ho expected that three vessels which ho had bought were near home (Chili), and as no news has yet reached here (Valparaiso) ol said vesstrls, there Is reason to fear that the captain's story may have some foundation. There Is the greater reason for tear on this head, as the vessels would necessarily b but poorly armed and manned, and might easily have been caught at a disadvantage by regular war vessels. Panama, August 12. The United States sWmer Wateree, Commander Paulding, reached this port on the 11th inst. She lett Callao, Peru, on the 2d of August, bringing six days, later news. ELECTION OP A PRESIPENT OF TERC OROEREP. The notable fact since my la?t despatches, excepting the grand celebration ot Independence Day, bus been the publication of a call to the people tor the election of a President of the re public and representatives to the constituent Congress. The representatives thus elected are to meet in informal session on January 31, 1807, and the Congress ia to bu solemnly opened for deliberations on the 18th of February following. The mavlmum duration of the session is to be one hundred days, not liable to prorogation. THE TttCKER-MONTERO QUARREL IN PERU. TbeTurker-Montero muddle continued to bear an unlavorabie aspect. Tucker had issued va rious orders to the ditlerent commanders in the navy, which Montero countermanded, instruct ing the captaka of those ships under his direct command atValparaiso to disregard the authority of what he calls the "North American adven turer." From the tenor of our last advices Horn the South Pacific, we were led to inter that Montero had possession of the Huascar and In dyiendencia. Such is not the case. These two powerful iron-clads, which have won the admi ration of the world, are at Callao, and conse quently are under the command of Admiral Tucker; and Montero will be obliged to succumb to the legitimate authority ot his Government. Questionable as the policy maybe of appoint ing a man of Tucker's antecedents to the supreme command of the allied squadron, it is to be devoutly hoped that Prado may be able to put a quietus to the impure and ungenerous aspirations ot this Montero. He is a man of (rutty aud malignant spirit, and so long as he is allowed a command In the Peruvian navy the position of any administration will b3 wholly insecure. Through dissension and strifes he was elevated to his present positiou through dimension and btrife he would further gratify his taete lor personal advancement. Prado, taking this view of the case, has acted with prompt decision. His elforts to maintain the supremacy of the Government, and, at the same time, to preserve peace between the factions, must be heartily commended by disinterested partie". Montero and his cornpadres have been cashiered, and peace may yet reign in Tucker's command. OTHER REBEL OFFICERS IN THB PERUVIAN NAVT. By a decree of Prado's. dated on July 17, at Callao, David P. McCorkle aud Walter K. Butt have been appointed captains in the Peruvian navy.- McCorklo la a native of Washington city, and served for some years in the United States navy. He entered the liebel navy as first lieutenant June 17, 1801,'aud was sta tioned at the Atlanta Navy Works during the Rebellion. He has been ordered to duty as tho captain of a frigate ot the Peruvian navv. Butt is a Virginian. He was dismissed lrom the United States navy October 6, 1861, and entered the Rebel navy January 8, 1862, as first lieute nant. He was stationed at Druiy's iiluff during tha Rebellion. He is now In command of a cor vette sloop-of-war. A. Y. Herald. A Story of the Paris Bourse. A Paris letter In a London journal contains the following: "There were some odd stories' to-day about the Kourse. The sixty-two capitalists who form the' 'parquet' are suid to be, this last settlement, Minus a million sterling. Individual settle ments ware, on the whole, the exception. Oue pentlemi'n received X6000: but, finding that be really owed so much that h could not nav nil ho paid 1200, and basggone 'aiu eauz' with the balance. 'It I pay all,. I shall still owe a lot. and where shall I find mouey for tes eauxf anked this practical financier who reminds me of a defaulter yho owed Lord .George Buntinck a lot of money, and was, dunned, mortauo, by 'My Lord.' wheuever they met. ,'When I can, my Lord,' was the perpetual answen At, last rd George said, 'But suppose. Mr. Blank, you sMd that farm ojiyours. and paid me 1', 'Suppose 1 did, my Lord; who would give me another V w us the reply," . , ,. , , , ., , 1 Death of a Famous Huntsman. Squire Osbal deston, the most renowned of English sports men, died at his residence, 8t. John's Wool, last month, in the seventy-ninth year of his ago. As a master of hounds he has never been surpassed for success and popularity; he was the most brilliant shot of his day; a splendid cricketer, especially famous for his bowling; a steeple-chaser, who beat everybody; and he performed a feat of horsemanship riding two hundred miles In eight hours and forty-two minutes, including stoppages which stands alow lo portiB wmajs, THE POLITICAL WORLD. The Soldiers' Pittsburg Convention The Names of Those Who Will be There. . Washington, August 2fi. Tbe Convention of dtsrbargtd Veterans of the national army, to be held at Pittsburg, if the thousands of strong In dorse roents from brave and true men received here is any indication, will be largely attended by representatives from every regiment that, has erved during the Rebellion.- Some of these letters speak in unmeasured terms of conoVmna t on of the policy which seeks to secure rep, sentation of Rebel in Congress, while it denies the right of franchise or protection to the freed race. The official call for the Convention will be Eromulgatcd on Monday, the Johnson Committee aving inyted Rev. Henry Ward Beecher to act as chaplain at their Convention. Rev. Granville P. Moody, the fighting chaplain, haa been re quested to perform the same duties for tue Ptits bnra Convention. 4 The following ia a partial list of officers who have been selected lor the occa-lon: Major Generals Banks, Butler, Howard, Burnstde, Terry, Hinck, Schurz, Sigcl, and Ferry, from the Eastern States and Major-General Geary Bartlett, Potter, Hartranft. Owen, McAlisteri from tbe Midd'e States. The West will be re piesented by Mnjor-Generals Logan, t!le?by, Schenck, Garfield, Washburn, Prentiss. Pope. Cox, and the South by Generals Thomas, Fletcher, Mc Kelso, Brownlow.Ktddo, and others. CIVIL WAR THREATENED IN TEXAS. Increased Persecution of Loyalist. Washington, August 26. We make the 'fol lowing extract from a letter to Captain Bingham responding to the call lor the Convention of Southern Unionists, signed by twenty-one of the citizens of Dallas county, Texas: We in Texa9 are on the eve of another war, which vt ill be more desperate than the ono out of which we have just emerged. The former lenders in Rebellion, save some dozen Union men elected to till unimportant county ofhees, have all been elected, and they are more hostile ami rabid thaD tney were during the war or betore the State seceded. Unless' Congress fur nishes protection, by directing tbe troops to re main, and posting them in the most important towns, there will not be a Union man left in Texus in six months. The disloyal from other States are coming in more or less every day, and thousands are re turning from Mexico who went off with Prince and Shelby, and a more desperate set never before infested anj country. Murders are an every day occurrence. The civil law is defied and trampled npon, the freedmen are held in many parts of tbe State in as strict bondage as before the war, and Union men dare not speak their sentiments openly. , Secret societies, called the K. G. C, are organ ized all over the State, and unless the State is held under strict military rule, we will have another outbreak In le48 than six months. CESTERAL BUTLER ON THE CONDITION OF THE C0UN1RY. His Only Hope of Peace Is to Sustain Congress Ills Opinion of the Phila delphia Convention and the New Or leans Massacre The Names of the Ilravc Soldiers Who Endorse the Pitts. , burg Convention. Boston, August 26. At a polUical meeting at Gloucester last evening, General Butler was one of the speakers. The Herald's despatch says: "General Butler, on being introduced said thxt the issues now belore the country were the same Buosianiianv as tnoso ot lHtiO, and in this con nection he proceeded to trace tbe causes which led lo the Rebellion, and the part taken by the Southern States in their attemnt to overthrow the Government He contended that 0y their niuomuu mey iiau lorienea tneir pioperty, their rights, and their lives. If Rebels were hanged, which, unfortunately, be said, they were not. Passing on, he spoke of the failure of the Southern representatives to secure their seats in Congress, and said that if any portion oi tne aoutnern Mates nau sent a loyal man to Congress, it was only to get him admitted, and when they had secured a representation, they would send disloyal men. Referring to the Philadelphia Convention, he said it was com posed of a set of men who proposed to settle a war wnicn tney am not ngnt, Dut wnich they opposed in all possible wavs: and it ia the intention of. loyal people to know by what rignt tney arrogate to tnemseivos tnat privilege. It is the men who did the fighting, he said, who are to do the settling. General Butler charac terized that body as the most remarkable that ever assembled, and said that the delegates from neither section of the country represented their constituents. He then referred to the New Orleans not, and read a portion of the corre spondence' relating to it, and said the whole tenor ot President Johnson's despatches to General Sheridan was to gloss over the horrible altair. It this state of things cannot be altered, the General continued, we will march once more, and woe to him who opposes us! In considering the Constitutional Amend ments recently adopted by Congress, he said he was in lavor of the one relative to negro suffrage, but accepted it as the best he could get. He was in favor of full and impartial suffrage, and he would try by every means in his power, in whatever position he might be placed, to secure it In concluding his speech the General said, that unless the people of the North were firm in upholding their Congress they will have their wo k of the last four years to do over again." The GeLeral was frequently applauded during his speech, and at tbe close was honored with three cheers. - ),!,.. Mortality Among British Troops is China Official reports show a frightful mortality among tbe British troops in China during the' last year. ' In one battalion alone et;hty-five men died, and one hundred and fifteen were invalided. The 9ttth regiment,' in consequence of a, riot with the Malays, was ordered away from Hong Kong, in lKtil, and sent to Kowloon to occupy huts thare. The regiment was healthy n lien it left, but in three months tbe hospital tig ares rose from thirty to one hundred and si it j, and tbe fever eases from three to eighty one. This ret-ult was foreseen, and the-officer in command of the regiment, the principal medical officer, and the surgeon of the regiment, protested against tho removal. The unbealthi ness of Kowloon as a station was, indeed, well known. It is a new station, and the cuttings and excavations ot the earth preparatory to Us uixupuiiuu uau piuuucea mormu exnalations, War hut no Wine. Many of the German vine yards have been detoved during the military campaign. A French journal, devoted to the wine interest, noticing this fact, observe:--"This is a great misfortune In a humanitarian point of view; but as the mishap is irremediable, we must, as men, make up our minds on the subject, and as Frenchmen and wine-growers, we, must, if not rejoice, at least congratulate ourselves as being the heirs to profit by the dis aster. A man does not always shed tears over adeceasrd ancle's will. Let ns, therefore, abstain from sentimentality, aud profit by the inheri tance." . ......... J- Aid for Poluh Exiles. There Is now open in London an interesting exhibition of objecta con nected with the history of the Poles and their national characteristics. The display consists ol jewels ol great beaaty and value, which have been offered by Polish ladies to assist young exiles from their own country, who are finishing their studies at universities and college on the continent They are to be raffled for on the Art Vaios principle Ja Pctmber, , MM J - I ''I' '"II mi n 1 I - ... COMFORT FOR SMALL IMOaIES. BX M RS. W A RREN. ' author or "HOW I MANAGED MT HOC8K OS TWO HC9- dred Pounds a year." .how I , , MAKAOED ' MY CHILDREN," Published by Loring, of Boston. ConinnedrwnJroentn; Telegraph cf Saturday. ' ' ! CHAPTER II. The Str dy of a Mistress to Please Servants How One Servant May Do the Work of Two Gossip about Training Servant! An Unexpected Check Servants' Registry Office Sorvanta and Their Dreis How Bad Servants Get Places A Teach able Young GirL All the directions for managing my servant which my mother gave me I sedulously fol lowed, but jet did not succeed in establishing the peace and oruer which I bad been accus tomed to in my girlhood's home. I pondered much over my vexation, tor do what I would the dinners would be ill-dresised and badly served, and the general work neglected, unless on each day I went over tho same routine and made the si.me remonstrances. Surely, I thought, it must be my own fault that sucn a state ol things exists. I will be more considerate, and save the servants' steps all I can. I will think lor them, manage their work, aud all else that I can do; I will evea help them, so that I can have peace. A delusion that 1 would warn every one against. I then paid higher wages, and got worse ser vants. I became very particular as to their characters, and invariably lound that tbe worst servants managed to obtain tne best recom mendations. This was tho mistresses' lault, who lrom a mistaken idea that tney were serv ing the transgressing girls, concealed the most important of tneir shortcomings, and by thus doing brought down upon them reproach, change of place, and all kinds of evil, and upon themselves the reputation of untruthfulness. After two years' discontent aud change of domestics, my house-maid was taken ill and went home; then, to my astonishment, instead of the household work being in contusion, everything went pleasantly on. My three chil dren had oeen but little trouble to either ser vant, and in the absence of M:vry I had them entirely under my own care. They were qnlet, strong little things. It was the cook herself who brst asked me if she should lake them for a walk; I assented as if it were a thing fnlly ex pected of her, but 1 was utterly surprised, and sat down to read the riddle. It was unaccount able that the work which two servants could not perform, one was able to no, and that in a much better manner than betore. My cogitations were Interrupted bv a visitor, whom I had mvself to admit in the absence ot the. girl. I laughingly told Mrs. Lester how I was situated. "They are great plagues," she remarked, "paitlcularly if they nave not full employment. There is some truth in tbe adage th.it with one servant the work maybe don with two the chances are that it will De half done witb three why then one may as well do U oncseir. I have quite work enough tor two servants, and never permit them to be idlo. There is no time for gossiping In my house till after 7 at night, and thm I never interlere unlets- their voices are raised too much." "But, Mrs. Lester, my mother kept servants a long time: how is it that I am obliged to change so often?" I asked. "Simply because the old race of servant have died out or have emigrated, and there are none left to take their place. Most young mi'tressea are deficient in domestic practice, then how can the poor creatures learn ? I have always found the easiest way to obtain pood servants is to take them young and train tuem to their work. It is true that as soon as they are taught tney 'want to better themselve,' or they find the place dull, or there Is too much running np and down stairs, or the work is too heavy; or, in deed, any excuse for getting away, having a fortnight's holiday, and then, with the last pound in their purse, they hnd another situa tion, where after six months tbe same routine is gone through, till in two or three years they can describe the different suburbs of a large city, besides the town itself." "But how depressing to be always bcginnln this kind of worir." "It was bo at first, but with me it has now become an established order of things, and I don't mind it, though I thought I should have Rone wild at first. It is a sad thing to say, but I hnd that a weariness comes over the girls wben they have been six monihs in a situation, unless there is some counterbalancing charm to keep them in place. Perhaps it would be the cute with ns if we were servants. I am inclined to think that if ladies who were born nnder rose-colored hangings had tint seen tbe light In the dirt and squalor of poverty, they might have been equally deficient with the poor girls who really are the greatest plagues of one's exist ence." "Do pray tell me how yon manage, for I am so tired of this cat-and-dog life. 1 have heard of somebody writing to the Times, saving. 'We never have bad servants, we take the daughters of our tenantry, and place them under the tuition and training of our older servants ."' "Excuse my interruption, but it was this very letter that made me adopt the plan of training whioh I have pursued for three years, with considerable oomfort to royselt and family, aud With a decided advantage to the poor girls them selves; though beyond nine or ten months in one instance only, twelve months I have never been able to. keep them; they have always dis charged themselves, for in their nature there Is such an inherent , love of chanae. one would sup pose them to be human locomotives: when they grt up a store of wish! ng for change, up goe the steam ot temper, off they go. no mat ter what tbe danger ahead may be. Mr. Lester savs.it is the. same with our daucrtitera. m,iv they find a safety valve in parties and in gos sipping moining calls. ' He is of opinion that if Gcorina were kept as strictly ti study a. a servant girl is to . her work, there would b danger tbat we should find her mUsim? some morning.". .i i ... "Certalnlvl the servant outlon never nr. curredtome in this light Wore; but tell me how VOU manage to cet on an well with theaA girls f" - '.Tllcf llllnlr ' fia Wnnla. Kar .An u,inll play how a piece of music if you bad nevsr learned. ow jou would sew or write or read, if never tuuL'LL Then how is it possible for a vonnor girl, whose father does not happen to be a lord's tenant, or her mother to have ever been in eer. vice, to karn her duties ? If there i no one to teach b r. bow can she ever be an efficient helD - in any household f You understand how to per form most domestlo work, and I think yon know . the art of cooking mueh better than I do myself 1 am sure it you were to try your hand at train- -ing some of these ignorant girls, you would find your own advantage in it. Don't expect too mucn at nrst, nue upon line' you know, Dot as tor 'precept upon precept, that may as well be left out, or you will be treated to an aside you won't like, 'Lor. how misses do jaw. 1 cant mind half what she sea. "I am only warnlag yon not to tmb tod ttUCi t tot, Wd nUie JOU arj feftt-t'ivgi
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