THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBTJKG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1866.
SUltc Qfotttmbhm,
(luoitnu li. mooki:, r.ntroi:.
llUMlliHllttltO, KATL'UDAY, NOV it, 11M,
I'. John attempts to be smnrt In pro
filing to " protest" iigntn.it our alleged
" abuse of Judge Klwell" In our lust In
cite. This Is not a ease of jot calling
kettle black ;" for In abusing the Judgo
1. John has tlio unonvhiblo distinction
of standing ulono In this county. His
f tuny article about the Judgo making a
stump speech In Franklin Township,
and then running, behind his ticket,
he was forced to tako back under our
exposure of Us falsehood.
His fresh statement, now made, that
Johnson Republicans hero wore concern
cd with Senator Bueknlow tn "forciny
Judge 1.1 well Into tho can vius" for Con
Kress Is equally false. Tho Judge was
forced by nobody, and would not have
submitted to compulsion If It had been
attempted. Besides, he was named
originally by his party friends In other
counties of tho district, and Conserva
tlvo Republicans here, who afterward
gave him valuable and unselfish support
at tlio election, had no control over or
agency In I1I9 nomination. Wo need not
add any disclaimer of a rofereuco to the
Judge In our former article to which 1
John alludes; for all our readers, In
cluding hlni, perfectly understood tho
neopo and application of our remarks
which ho vainly attempts to misrepre
sent. THE BALTIMORE TROUBLE.
Tin: friends of good order and Justice
will bo pleased to read tlio following
synopsis of the decision of Judge Harlot,
lately rendered, In the case of the Bal
tlmorc Police Commissioners :
Judge Bartol's decision was receiv
ed with great enthusiasm by a large
portion of tho douse crowd in the
Court room and corridors. Ills de
cision reviews tho whole case, i 1 0 says
thu order of Judgo Bund, of tho Crimi
nal Court, that tlio parties be held to
bail, and In default thereof, to be com
mitted to keep tho peace against the
Police Commissioners, and not to seek
to exerclso anv of the functions of Po
Hco Commissioners until their claim to
nald ofllco should be established by the
Courts was wholly unwarranted, and
that tho Judgo of tho Criminal Court
had no authority to issue such an order.
Ho rcviowed thu code in regard to l'o
llco Commissioners, and decided that it
gave the Governor entire power in the
matter; that If In his judgment Messrs.
"Woods and Hindus hud lieen lrniltv of
ofilcial misconduct, tho law gave him
power 10 removo tnem anil appoint suc
cessors; that at tho time Messrs. Young
and Valliant wero arrested tliev had
beontrulvand lawfullvunnointod Police
Coniiiilssioiiors.undtliatclotheil with the
commission 01 1110 Uovernor thoy were
then truly in otllce, and empowered to
rightfully exerclso all tho functions of
the same in placo of Messrs. Woods and
Illndes, removed, and who had been
blllclally notified of their removal. The
action of tlio Governor was Una, as
wucii so as 11 tnoso commissioners imu
been removed bv the Legislature: and
from his action therecould bo no appeal.
Whilo the decision of Judge Burtoi lull v
sustains (ho action oi tho Governor and
tendonitis that of the Criminal Court in
virtually granting an injunction uiniiiist
.Messrs. lounganu a111ant bytli; or
der Issued, anil discharged them from
tho custody in which they wero held in
virtue of tho commitment on such or
der, tho Judgo decided that it it was
competent for thu Criminal Court to con
tinue the charge against Messrs. Young
und Valliant of conspiracy to break thu
peace, by forcibly taking possession of
the police stations and other property
held by Messrs. Woods ami Hindes.
Such u charge was an Indictable of-
loneo, aim upon tunc ciiargo tney were
properly held to bail. Judgo Bartnl
said ho would Issue an order for the Im
mediate discharge of Sheritr Thompson,
and In the caso of Messrs. Young anil
Valliaut, he discharged them from cus
tody under the Illegal order of Judge
Bond re-straining them from seeking to
exerclso tho functions of their ollieo an
l'ollco Commssioiiors, but us to the other
cnarge 01 conspiracy to break tlio peace
ho would require them to enter their
own recognisances to answer the charge
ueforoJio proper Court.
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY
LIES.
Otn readers will bo reminded on
reading this of an editorial wo publish
ed last week, headed "The Lesion of
tlio Klectjons," and will readily bee the
appropriateness of tho following article
in connection with our remarks. It is
tukon from tho Old Dominion, puhll-hed
In Norfolk, Virginia. Speaking of the
result of the late elections it says:
Tho immedlato cauo of this result
Is traeoablo to tho Democratic partv of
tho North. They madu half-way "pre
tensions in tneirsupport 01 tlio conserv
ative movement inaugurated at Phila
delphia, and as we predicted, have come
out 01 1110 contest second best. They
undertook to carry t)io elections upon
tlio strength of party alone, and have
luneu. jjy iiirowing away the cliance
oirered at Philadelphia by tho National
Convention, and fulllnir back utmn the
strength of their old party, thoy drove
tho Conervutlvo Republicans to the
Radical stdoof tlio contest, and convert
ed thousands of men. who should mul
would havo worked with thorn shoulder
to shoulder, under a Coiisorvutlvo lend-
erslitp, into political (.'iieinles. Tho iact
Js, tlio Democracy of tho North, in their
niicuiniiosuvoiucirnahiPunu old parly
organization, Imvu nut onlv suffered do.
feat, but havo proved their friendship
for tlio South to bo iiothlug more than
a desire to uso her as a cat's paw to tako
Northern, Democratic chontiiuts, of the
Hoffman, Morrissey, Wood, Vallaudtg-
nam, ami wo. stump out 01 the tire, if
tlio Democrats of New York had nomi
nated General Dlx, and consigned their
oki pany uumu to 1110 siiades 01 tlio past,
mul eomo out its t)Q National Union
nart.v. there is nothing morn certain
than that they-would havo carried the
State uy a large majority, nut they fol
lowed In the wako of Pennsylvania, and
repudiated tho Conservative movement.
nnd, liko tlio Ilelstor-CIymer party,
nave uecii i,euicu.
TuiiPWH-'dmeu's Bureaii is nd Vised by
J. Deputy Commissioner for 'IVinnessoe,
that tho relations or tho whites and
freedmcu in that State are satisfactory ;
that tho local Courts aro adjudicating
In nil cisos that uriso botwecu tho con.
tostnntswlth impartiality and that the
negro farm hands leeoivo their thirty
il liars, per month with general punc.
Itialjty,
OUR COMMON SCHOOLS.
A mixtino of tho County Superin
tendents of Pennsylvania has been call
ed by tho Superintendent, tu bo held In
Ilarrlsburg at two o'clock on tho after
noon of the fourth of December, to con
tinue In cession throe days. Mr.Cobttrn,
the lato State Superintendent, assigned
sonio time since a number of topics to
dlll'crentSuperlutendcnts, nnd requested
written reports on them. It Is expected
that these will be read, and that the
subjects treated of will be discussed. In
this connection thu whole work of thu
County Supertnteiidey can bo levlewed,
and the Sctiool Department will be able
to glvo such Instructions as seem to be
called for. In addition to tills, the new
Superintendent, Mr. Wickersliani, will
ask the Convention tore-olvo Itself Into
a kind of executive session, at least
every forenoon, for the purpose of en
abling tho School Department to learn
the views of the Superintendents and
of the people throughout tho Stato on
the following points, In which changes
In the law or in ttie practical operation
of It have been thought of:
1. The minimum length of Time the
Schools should bo kept open. Should it
bo Increased to live or six months'.'
2. Uniformity of Text-Books In Coun
ties. Should provision bo niado In law
for ollectiiig such uniiormiiy .
. County Aid to Teachers' institutes,
-Should tho law now In existence In
oiirht counties lie made neneratV
1. i'rovisionai ceruncuios. rsiiouiu
they be dNpcuscd with'.' If not, what
chaimcs should bo made In tho policy
now practised in regaru to granting
them.
5. Reiiewlnir nnd ICndnrsInir Certifi
cates of County Superintendents. Is it
good policy to renew anil endorse tnem .
(!. District Institutes. What can be
done to increase their number'.'
8. Brandies of study rcmilred by law
Should additions or substitutes be
made'.'
About one of tlio points abovo men
tinned wo do not see how there can bo
a dlll'erenco of opinion. "Wo allude to
"Unlfornilty of Text-Books in Coun
ties." Our population is very migra
tory In its habits, and thousands of
school-books aro rendered useless to
their owners every year in consequence
of change of residence and want of uni
formity.
There should bo a uniform series of
school-books for tho whole Stato (not
merely for each county), from whicl
everything partisan In politics orseotu
rlan in religion should be rigidly ex
cluded. Such a series might be gotten
up by a commission of learned men and
experienced teachers appointed by the
State Superintendent under the author
ity of the Legislature. There might be
danger that this commission would
make a hugo "Job" of the Important
work committed to them, aud "sell out'
to some enterprising publisher who
could afford to pay a round sum to have:
his books adopted by the Common
wealth. But perhaps this might bo
guarded against in tlio law creating tlio
commission, and it certainly could 1
by exercising proper care In selecting
its members.
There ought to be, and we presume
there is, enough goniu-i, learning, and
book-making talent in Pennsylvania to
give us a series of flrst-rato scliool-lo )ks
When compiled and adopted, the work
of supplying thc.so books miirht be
thrown open to all tho publishers in tlio
State; or they might bo printed by the
State Printer, and sold under tho super
vision of tho Stato School Superintend'
out, if tlio law could he so framed and
executed as to prevent imposition or
fraud upon the treasury of tho Common
wealth. ah waster J 11 teltiymver.
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.
Alexander F. Pratt, editor of the
J'laimlealcr, p lhllshed at Waukesha,
Wisconsin, a Douglas delegate to the
Charleston Convention in ltsOO, and a
man who has known Benjamin F. But
ler intimately from his youth, publish
es somo extraordinary revelations con
aerning tho part that notorious Incendi
ary took In the Charleston Convention,
tho efforts ho put forth to buing about
secession, and tho promises of help from
the North which hiunado in tho iianio
of the Northern Democrats, when seces
sion should bo an accomplished fact.
Mr. Pratt says, " Butler had been sent
to that Convention, as we were, instruct
ed to voto for Stephen A. Douglas, but
during the whole of that struggle, which
lusted some two weeks, ho voted per
sistently for tho nomination of Jelf.
Davis."
"At that time," continues Mr. Pratt,
"secession was openly advocated, and
as plain to us In thu distance, as it is
now to nil in tho background. Six or
eight well drilled and well armed and
equipped companies wero then dally
parading thestreots of that city. One
by one wero our Northern delegates led
Into the private rooms of St. Andrew's
Hall, by Butler anil others, where they
wero met by such men m Slide!!, M von,
and others, wlio had their millions in
gold to purchase tho nomination of a
Southern man. How much Butler re
ceived we neither know nor care, but,
as wo said beforo, tho last speech we ever
heard from Butler, and It probably will
reinnin tho last, unless we may have
tho good fortune to hcarhim speak from
tho gallows, was at a secret meeting
held 0110 evoulngafler ho and his South
ern delegates had seceded from our Con
vention. Wo obtained nddnilttanci1
that evening through a lrlend lroni
Alabama, and for nearly an hour listen
ed to a speech from Butler upon seces
sion.
" in this speech Butler nHiired them
that we, tho Douglas Democrats, were
1 freo sellers,' that ho aud tho others re
presented tho Buchanan, tho 'Simon
I'uro' Democracy of tho North that in
caso of a collision of anus between the
North and tho South, that tho genuine
Democracy would bo found defending
tho rights of tlio South. And when
they fired upon Fort Suinntw, they had
so iiitwh faith in thu belief that llutler
and the Northern Democrats would .sus
tain them, as thep had lit their powder
Igniting when thoy npplied. tho uw
to it,
" There Is no 0110 more willing to par
don nnd forgive than wo are, but when
wo reflect upon tho past and consider
tho human suffering caused by tho lato
war, tho mountain of human bones
blenching on tho Southern soil, together
with thu homo scones of destitute or-
liuus nnd widows, and the thousands
of cripples who are hobbling limbless
about our towns and cities, knowing as
wo do, of our own personal knowledge,
that Ben. Butter did more than all
other Northern men put together to
bring on the war, wo cannot but hope
that wo may yet live to hear his last
speech made from a more elevated plat
form, and where he will bo listened to
by better Union men, surrounded by
the olllcers of Justice, sworn to do their
duty. When that time arrives, treason
will bo made odious."
OENERAL SHERMAN'S MISSION.
It Is prnlmblo that tho Instructions of
General Sherman will not be known to
tho country until after the meeting of
Congress next mouth. By that time
Sherniun mny be able to report to our
Government tho ineasuro of success ho
has met with In Mexico; so that the
Fxceutlvo will be able to inform Con
gress and the country at once or tins
special object and the dellnlto result of
tills remarkable mission.
Minister Campbell, whom General
Sherman accompanies as farasVoraCruz,
goes out accredited to the Republican
Government of JimroJ!, who Is now In
the Stato of Chihuahua, but whom Mr.
Campbell doubtless expects to bo able
to meet In a more convenient locality
Wo havo no doubt that his diploma
tlo negotiations with tlio Republican
authorities will bu of the highest lm
portanco, both to Mexico and the United
States, but they wilt be of such a
character as to reoulro soma time for
tlielreonsuniinalton, and will ultimately
eomo beforo tho Congress of eacli of tho
Republics, whim both of tho bodies
shall be convened.
Mr. Campbell cannot, of course,
havo any diplomatic dealings with
Maximilian's Government or tlio Im
perial agents. Wo shall not recognize
their authority or existence now, any
more than wo have over done. Nor
shall wo recognize their right to dis
pose of nny part of Mexico, or to have
any hand in the regulation of Its future
fortunes.
What part, then, Is it possible for
General Sherman to iJcrfonn In connec
tion With affairs in Mexico, or tlio nogo
tuitions of Minister Campbell V
The prominence which has been given
to tlio circumstance of his departure, as
well aa tlio high distinction and posl
tion of tho ollicer himself, givo proof
that he is more than an ornamental up
penduge to tlio Minister, aud make it
likely that he lias dutlrs In a sphere dif
ferent from that assigned tho latter.
It will bo remembered that a short
time ago the Kniporor Napoleon dis
patched to Mexico 11 distinguished pleni
potentiary, General Castelnau, charged
with tlio mission of making nil arrange
ments for the withdrawal of tho French
troops, for the nhdiotionof Maximilian,
for tho settle. nont of French claims, and
for tlio regulation of French interests
and relations in general. Tho highest
importance was attached to tlio mission,
both in France and Mexico. Tliero nro
many grave and delicate questions con-
nected with an event of such magnitude
as the evacuation of Mexican territory,
and the consequent change of Govern
ment questions of a military as well as
a civil character questions involving I
American as well as French Interests,
and in which our Government is no less
interested than that of Mexico itsoir.
Some of them such, for example, as
that of the collection, 011 French ac
count, of customs duties at Mexican
ports look ton period rfter French au
thority had ceased, and othors of them,
immediately connected with the mili
tary incident of evacuation, havo bear
ings which tho French alone are inade
quate to treat.
It was, therefore, of great importance
to Napoleon, after having dispatched
his representative, General Casteluau, to
Mexico, with plenary powers in all the
premises, to secure tho presence at the
sceuo or negotiations of an authorized
representative of our Government, pos
sessed of authority to discuss the ques
tions at issue, and to speak for Ameri
can interests, In so far as they might bo
Involved. If, with this view, ho in
vited our Government to send an agent
who should meet and consult with his
own agent, upon tlio wholo matter, in
connection also with an agent of the
Juarez Government, ho would bo nioro
likely to secure satisfactory results than
if Casteluau acted solely upon his own
understand lug. The American Govern
ment could send no. fitter man than
Lleiitenant-Cieneral Sherman to repre
sent It 011 such an occasion no man who,
while upholding firmly our own Inter
ests, would bo more acceptable to the
French authorities.
Thcro Is no doubt that Napoleon is ex
ceedingly anxious to makoCastolnau's
mission a fluidity in this whole Mexican
business. Ho does not wish to return
to it In any event. Ho does not desiio
to let anything remain unsettled. He
docs not mean to leave any misunder
standings. Ho does not wish to havo
any complications with tho Govern
ment that shall succeed thu Imperial
throne ho set up, nor with tho Ameri
cans whoso intorests will bo su clasely
Intertwined with thu now urdor of
things in Mexico.
General Sherman's mission wo look
upui as entirely paolllo In Its clurticter,
It is not, as has Uoeu represented, to
hasten the French out of. Mexico. The
French will ho away quick enough
without our hastening. It Is not to
menace the Mexicans ur to supplement
tho mission of Minister Campbell
Nevertheless, wo expect to, learn In a
few weeks that It has vn followed by
consequences of tho highest importance
to all concerned, Atw Vwk H'imen,
Mns. Admiral Farragut Is oun of the
handsomest ladie,s in Washington,
SINGULAR EXPLOSION IN SANi
FRANCISCO. i
In Tuesday's Alia was published a
full account of a terrlblo and nt the same
tlmo uiincconntablc explosion at South
Beach, near the foot of Third Street, on
board tho sloop h'ycamorc, by which
Charles R. Hunt lost his life. Tho ex
plosion of an ordinary brass Inmp of a
ship with such forco us to shatter the
cabin Into kindling wood, kill the
bearer of the lamp, nnd even drive
pieces of the metal dee) Into the deck,
accompanied by a noiso liko tho report
of a cannon, was something not easily
to be explained on any theory based on
the supposition that tho contents of tho
lamp was simply coal oil, or even cam
phono or benzine. On an Investigation
of the circumstances Coroner Harris has
probnbly hit upon facts which will ex
plain tho whohi matter. The story is a
curious one. The 111011 board tho sloop
say that they went ashore at Red Rock
somo weeks since, and whilo at the
Manganese mine, thcro located, obtain-
some fluid which they supposed to be
oil. How they obtained It does not yet
appear, hut they stato that somo of It
was placed In tho coal oil can kept on
board for tilling the lamps. Shortly
thereafter some one took the can to oil
the axlo of the truck Used for hauling
freight on board tlio schooner, but on
tlio truck being used an explosion fol
lowed. It was then ascertained to the
satisfaction of the men that the suppos
ed oil was nitre-glycerine, which had
been taken to Red Rock to bo used in
blasting In the mine. They thereupon
turned the dangerous lluid overboard,
anil coming to this port again had the
can tilled with coal oil at a drug store
On examination of the body of Charles
Hunt it was discovered that tho hole In
thonbdouieniiiadoby theontryof a pleco
of the lamp was of small size, and ap
peared as If madu by n sharp instru
ment. This appearance deceived Dr.
Hastings at the United States Marlnu
Hospital, nnd caused him to suspect that
a murder or homicide had been com
mittcd. On opening tho body it was
found that tho brass wick-tubes of tho
lamp only had penetrated the abdomen
They had passed through the lower part
of tho stomach, ranging upward nnd
bnckward, and entered the, liver, where
a second explosion had taken placo.
The tubes wero torn Into minute shreds
by tills explosion, and the fragments
Hying in all directions cut the lower part
of tho liver Into pieces hardly larger
than a kernel of corn. The theory sug
gested by these facts is that enough of
tlio iiitro-glycerino remained sticking
to tho sides of tho can when it was re
filled with coal oil to produce tlio ex
yloslon. This iloated on tho surfueo
of the coal oil or mingled with it,
and found its way Into the lam), whoro
it in some manner, through friction In
screwing down the tubes, a sudden jar,
or boat from the burning wick, explod
ed with tho terrible forco and fatal re
sult already stated. Coroner Horris is
determined to have tho mystery fully
cleared up, if possible, and accordingly
submittted tho cuuteutsof the can to a
chemist, who will analyze it and report
on its character at tlio inquest. .Vun
J'YuncUco Alia, October 10.
SUFFERING AT THE SOUTH.
Tni:iii: seems no room to doubt that
actual destitution is imminent through-
: "tit a largo part of tlio South. Tlio Carol!
lias, (.ieorgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Louisiana, aro represented as the scenes
' of widespread suffering, arising from tho
failure of crops upon which thupcoploof
theinterlorcounties relied for theiryear's
subsistence. Some of the crops have al
together failed ; others are so short as to
be Inadequate to tho wants of tho Win
ter mouths ; and as no largo reservo ex
ists in any part of tho South, tho pros
pect Is to immense numbers appalling.
Nor is there any resident wealthy class
to minister to tho necessities of their
destitute neighbors. Tho yield of cot
ton falls so far below expectation that
tho planters nro unable to meet their
own indebtedness. Kvon now we hear
of applications to the Statu and military
authorities for assistance to avert im
pending famine; and the rigors of the
approaching season portend misery and
disease unless tho olllclal action bo both
prompt and elfoctive.
Unfortunately, tlio Southern Stato
governments have not very extensivo
resources at their command. Their
treasuries aro empty, their taxes uncol
lected und uncollectnblo, nnd their fa
cilities for raising money by loan far be
low (lower. The Freedmon's Bureau
may have nioro available means, but
thcro aro reasons for restricting rather
than extending Its eleemosynary opera
tions, If other means of relief can be
niado available.
Such being thocondltloii of thousands
anil tens of thousands at the South, and
such the iuadequacyof Southern powers
of relief, 11 duly devolves upon tho North
that should neither bo underestimated
nor deferred. It is not a caso for Con
gress or tint President, nor for tho Oov
ernorsor Legislatures of the States with
in the Union, It Is a ease in which tho
benevolence of tho North should spon
taneously conio forward, to assure the
starving multitudes of its readiness to
co-operntowith trustworthy local organ
izations that may lie formed for their
relief. Tljo North Is ublo or its bounty
to tako care that sull'oriug, however ex
tended, shall not culminate, famine;
and its liberality whot appealed to
from other quarters, should lo 11 guar
antee of what It will undertako to do
when the Southern Authorities slinll set
forth thu dnta of an appeal, n.tid tho
manner hi which they jiropuso to apply
tho usslstiUH'o tl(at may bo rendered
them.
Tho famine- now raging in India has
cast a blqt upon tho escutcheon of Kng
land's civilization. It has appeared al
most Incredible that i nation whoso
missionaries penetrate tlu remotest re
cesses of Heathenism to preach the gos
pel of charity, should penult millions
of Its own subjects to perish from sheer
hunger, without one vigorous effort to
succor them. Let m tako carp that n j
similar horror bo not repeated on n
smaller scale In Alabama aud other dis
tricts of tho South. Tlio plea of Igno
rance will not bo nvnllnblu. Tho fact
that destitution extensively prevails,
has been promulgated through too many
channels to admit of controversy ; nnd
the Inability of tho South to cope with
thosutrorlng which weekly spreads with
in Its borders, is equally susecptlblu of
proof. We ought not to wait until fain-
lueuctimlly begins Its work. A tic i orb
Tunes.
Tho Columbia County llqnMiam re
cently published a certain chapter from
the Book of Joshun, but scorns to have
omitted certain portions of the manu
script. The same having been recovered
and lmuded to us, for whom he says the
chapter published was Intended, we sup
ply the omission.
A CHRONICLli OF THU TIMK,
Anno Mundi 6027.
1. And In those days appeared among
the people Elijah thu Prophet of the
Mill.
2. Aud the same mill wasnt Mill villa,
on the Waters of that ancient river, the
Lesser Glhon, known by tlio unclrcuni-
clsed thereabouts as " The Little Fish
ing Creek."
3. And It wassothatthovlllmrcwasllt
tie,' and the stream little, aud lu 1 the
prophet was little also.
I. Now this was not tho Utile man
of the tribe of Fphralin, by whom the
leagued enoniles of Israel were over
thrown and scattered as tlio chaff before
the breath of the tempest In n great cam
paign against the Invites, and the Git
tites glt-tlghts, and tho JaeobMltes
who In the days of the wars against tho
Morcurltes, who were outcasts from the
house of Israel, undertook to betray tho
Israelites Into the hands of the Am
olulrltes, who wero led by a certain
Thomas whoso surnamo was Dunn
0. Now it so happened that tills proph
et was n man of peace and not a man of
war; for he had been born and brought
up among the Quakeritos, n pious and
peaceable people who hated war and all
tho implements thereof.
0. And In his youth ho had studied
tho stars of Heaveu, after tho mnnue
of David tho King of Judea, upon the
hills of thoGIhon.
7. And when be came to man's estate
his mind had been lulled to gentle
thoughts by the music of tho mill, the
rippling of tlio waters in tho Hume, and
the murmur of thu yellow grain passing
into the tolllng-dlsh.
8. The days of the year of his qulot
life was marked in a book made by tho
astrologers called an nlmuuuc ; and the
sum of his bushels of grain was kept
with other mattors of Interest on the
pillars and posts of U10 mill.
I). Ho had gathered tho thoughts of
the seers and tlio sages out of books, had
received instruction at tlio fuet of Wil
liam of the tribe of Hicksitus, and had
phropesied In the school of tho Prophets
hi tlio hearing of all the people round
about.
10. Forsaking tho fastnesses and ob
scurity of tho hill country, became down
upon thu plains near to Jordan, and
read a little as became him in tlio books
of tho law, under John the Recorder.
11. And this same P.lljah had visions
of t benight upon ids bed, and his dreams
troubled him.
l'J. And ho aspired to bo a captain of
tho people, aud jollied himself unto tho
Lovites, and the Gittites, und unto the
Jacobites ; and a loague wits made be
tween them and Thomas tho Captain of
tho Amoritcs.
111. And thoy sent out weekly by tho
post into all parts of the land of thu
children of Israel many printed epistles',
wlierelu were told all manner of false
hoods about the Israelites and about
their elders.
1 1. Now it came to pass as aforesaid
that the children of Israel assembled In
their chief city to cliooso themselves
rulers.
ir. And tho Lovites, and tho Jacob
ites, aud the Gittites, and the Amoritcs
banded together, and they choso tho
chief of tho trlbu of Levi.
Hi. But when tlio chiefs of tho peoplo
canio together to consider of tlio matter,
they preferred 0110 Georgo from a coun
try beyond tho mountains; and all the
children of Israel said, " Amen."
17. Howbeit, tho Lovites, and the
Gittites, and the Jacobites, and the
Amoritcs were sore displeased, and stir
red up a rebellion, because 0110 Thomas
of a South country had been promoted
to bo a ruler, and thoy said, " Nay, but
Levi shall rule in his stead."
IS. Aud Flijali the Prophet of tho Mill
waxed wroth, and his "iVr" shono,
and ho and Levi, surnamed tho Bolter,
mounted their chariot, and they essayed
to speak to tho people.
1!). And tho printed epistles of the
Jacobites and tho Amoritcs made fierce
war upon tho captains of tho children
of Israel, as thoy had aforetime.
50, And F.HJah tho Prophet, and Levi
tho Bolter, and Robort tlio Scribe, and
William the Jacoblto, and others or
lessor note, went to Thomas tho Anior
to, and they counselled together.
111. Aud they consplrud with each
other to deceive tho Israelites, nnd to
furnish unto thoiu nrmv which should
prove treacherous in tho day of battle,
and defeat them with great slaughter.
112. 'j Now l4ovibeforotlmo had sought
to huvo 0110 of tho streets of Jerusalem
enlarged, and ha.il wvlttcn epistles to
tho elders, of tbp people In Sanhedrim
assembled, declaring that "tu thiny
mmt be (."
51. Nevertheless ho denied tho same,
by reason whoreqf great sliamo fell upon
him, and upon all Wild Worn Joined
with him, because tho loyo qf tlio truth
had not departed from tlio land,
t!4. 1 Ami Iilttlo of tlio trlbo or F.ph
raim uroso up, anil also sent printed
epistles not a fow by every post f the
Israelites, and informed them of the
contest, and of tho conspiracy against
them,
t'3, And tho children of Israel rallied
around about him as ono man, mid said
wo will follow tho captains chosen by
thochiefaof tlippuoplo; nnd tlw Jioart
of tho Ephrulmltu was cheered within
him.
1U And when It appeared to tho poo
le, by reason of the labors of Llttlo the
Kphralmlto, that these things wero no,
then Ktljnh the Prophet of the Mill was
n great distress, and fear came upon
dm, and upon nil them who were Join
ed unto him.
27. And they catno together to con
sider of the matter; and thodubatowas
rilritat, and tho trouble sure, for the
epistles of the F.phratnilto wero true,
and the people believed thoni.
W. And Klljnh tho Prophet or tlio
Mill spake and said: "Ibco by tho re
turning "AVrtM" that tho people will
not havo us to rule over them, and that
wo cannot seduce them to follow us Into
tho camp of Thomas tho Amorlte;"
and he said, moreover, "1 will go and
return to my place."
1'X And their fearnnd distress Increas
ed yet more by reason of his words.
!W. And behold, Levi the Bolter uroso
nnd said, " I um played out;" nnd all
thu peoplo nnswered " ea and Anion."
(11. And the letters of Llttlo tho
Knhralmlte told tho peoplo of these
things, nnd they rejoiced and weroei
coed lug glad, nnd said wo will havo
yet more continually thereof. And It
was so.
!12. And tlio peoplo chose tholr rulers
and took heed to their counsel, and had
peace nioro and nioro.
I. And the Lovites, and the Gittites,
and tho Jacobites, and tho Amoritcs
became iw nothing In the land.
GENEBAL PRESS DISPATCHES.
From Washington.
VISASl'IAI. tTUMS.
Tiik following financial Items wero
obtained from tho bureaus of tho Treas
ury Department, at tho closo of bus!
ness, Saturday, November tenth : Na
tional banks, amount of circulation is
sued for tho week, 9731, 1K0; total circu
lation Issued to date, fc!!)(i,uSu,101. Tho
Treasurer of the United States holds se
curity for National BankCurrcncy,Unlt
ed States bonds, to the amount of $33V
S58,1G0; for depositories of publlo mon
ey, $33,138,050; total, $379,7,11)0.
There has been no change In the num
ber of National Banks, or tho amount
of tholr capital during tho week.
Tliero has been redeemed during tho
week of fractional currency, $i-18,30().
The shipments for tho week were, to
Natioual Banks, $201,535 I.r; to United
States depositories In Baltimore, $70,00U.
Total, $33G,fi35 -W.
The receipts of Internal Revenue ror
tho week, aggregate, $1,780,010 87. To
tal receipts from July Ilrst to Sunday,
$130,073,l.r.U 00.
FUXD 1 THIS TBIIASCIIY.
Tlio amount of funds In the Treasury
vaults was as follows : United States lo
gal-tcndurs,$irl,il29; fractionalcurrency
1"7,0X 1 ; gold, $310,771; silver, &,725
other coins, $2,GS0. Total, $1,131,110.
1)IMUM1IMHWT3. ,
The disbursements on account of tho
Departments for thu week wero: War
Department, $511,1)12; Navy Depart
ment, $l.")2,(i!J7; Interior Department,
$2t).j,370. Total, $1,203,009.
SB AVKM'ri CLAIMS VOll I.IWT CLOTIIISO.
With reference to the claims of seamen
for clothing lost by infection, It is held
by the proper accounting ofllcer of tho
Treasury that the action of Congress in
analagous eases should govorn. On tho
fourth of July, 1S0I, Congress enacted
that persons not olllcers, whoso personal
effects were lost 011 board a United States
vessel destroyed, should be allowed a
sum not exceeding sixty dollars each as
coniiMinsation for their loss ; and on the
sixth of April, 1800, an act wns passed
giving to every officer, who had lost his
personal effects on board a Unitod States
vessel, which by any casualty or in ac
tion, etc., has boon sunk or destroyed, a
sum not exceeding the amount of his
sea pay ror one mouth. This legislation
sufllclently indicates the intention or
Congress to pay ror no more clothing
than was absolutely nojcssary, and not
to effect an insuranceor whatever might
bo oit, Ono month's pay will, thoro
fore, Ik tho maximum allowance for offi
cers, and sixty dollars to other persons
whoso clothing may bo destroyed under
circumstances entitling them to com
punsation. The Solicitor of tho Treasury has ren
dered a decision to tho effect that incor
porated banks, under tho revenuo actor
1801, aro liable to license ta only upon
tho amount or their chartered capital,
not including surplus funds.
onauAt. miAxr.s omicii no, It hot URvriKnn.
Order No. -11, Issued byCJenornl Grant
In July last, directs district and post
commanders to arrest all persons who
havo been, or may horoaftor ho charged
with crlmesnud o.'roucM against ofllcers,
agents, cltizons, and inhabitants of the
United States, ami contlno them in mil
itary custody until the proper Judicial
tribunals aro willing and ready to try
thorn. This order, It has been ascertain
ed on Inquiry, has not been revoked
by either thu President or tlio Secretary
of War, nor has General Grant, as has
boon stated, done so. It Is said, howov
er, that the General has merely written
a hitter to .Major-Gonoral Sheridan, ad
vising that it bo not strictly enforced
now that tle, Civil Rights Bill Is in op
oration, nnd uudop its provisions the
Judicial tribunals nro open, tq nil com
plaints. joistoimuiitrk Tf Ivr.iTirT3TlnnrtciAI.
cosm'eror i-ietsuiK.ir johnkox.
It Is understood that Tlwl, fltovons,
at tho opening of Congress, will move
thouppointmcnt of u Joint committee,
charged yl(h tho dqty or Investigating
the ofilcial conduct of Preshlent John
son, and reporting what notion, if any,
is required by Congress.
Tuuniflw wr.KD,
Thurlow Wood, arrived linrq tld
morning, and was In attendance- for
somo tlmo at the White House, He
dually ob.tuIn.od an interview with the
President, and loft on tho evening train
for New York. It Is understood that
lljs bigness hero was to counteract tho
operations of Fernando Wood lu refur
eneo to the Naval Olllccrnt N.ow York,
Tltll M1.-H1MUTI COITMlmlOSI&S.
Mohsw. Lowry and Hlllyer, Com
missioners from thoStato of Mississippi,
sent hero to petition' thu- President to
pardon Jeff. Davis, visited the White
House on Monday, but did not succeed lu
obtaining an interview with tho Presi
dent. Wednesday has been appointed
us tho dny on which ho will receive
thuniand hoar their praycri.
uoneuKAX aiit huiluiMu.
The largo building here knowu as th
Corcoran Art Building, now occupied by
Government Quartermasters, la to bs
turned over U) Its ownor, Mr. Corcoran,
who jiroose.s to endow It hntulsoiniily
tith tho 11 vo years Governmentreiiuduo)
upon it. Ho will also bequeath to It his
original collection of pnlntingii, which
cost about one hundred and forty thous
and dollars. Some of theso works are by
the most celebrated artists of Europ,nnil
of great value. One of IU gallorles will
alsobodevotcd ton collection .or picture
contributed by wealthy patrons of urt
throughout tho country, friends of Mr.
Corcoran. Another gallery will bo de
voted tothoworksof our beet American
artists, many of whom havo already
signified their readiness to nonet plo-
turo ovory year. Thcro will also b a
gallery for statuary, and another for
water colors, a spacious hall for concortx
or lectures on art and sclonce, studios
for artists; a school of Instruction will
also add to the attractions of the lull
tution. TUB f-ATITOt.
Workmen aro busily engaged at Um
Capitol getting it in order for tho ap
proaching session of Congress. Tho car
pets have been put down In tho Senate
and Representative Halls, and tho desks
placed lu position, nnd tho Commlttc
Rooms aro being thoroughly cleaned
and put in order for uso. All hands aro
very busy, and expect to havo every
thing iu readiness a week or ton day
before the tiiuo of tho reassembling uf
Congress.
TUB PAnis KXI-OHlTIOir,
A piece of work, which la Intondtd
for exhibition at the Paris Exposition,'
has Just been finished. It Is a larg
portfolio, -18 by 35 inches, and itcoiitniuc
a run set or tno united states coast
survey chart). It Ls of Turkey morocco,
green on the outside, and lined vrltk
red, with four clasps of gold-plato ou
silver. Tho cover Is nrrangod In panel.
In tlio con tro 0110 of which is the inscrip
tion: "United States Charts, Comi
Survoy Ofilee, Treasury Department,
Washington, 18GC." In tho othor pan
ols is the finest scroll work.
AI.LOIVASCa TO WIT.tDWm.
Whoro transportation and per dloia
attendance upon a courtrmnrttM woro
claimed from a place other than that to
which tho summons had bocu sont, thw
genund accounting offlcer decides thw
proper question of payment affirma
tively, otherwise a Judgo-AdvocaW
would huvo it in his power to decrease
or incrcaso indefinitely tho allowance
of the witness by sending the sumtnoua
to h placo nearer to or more remote
from the court than he knew tho wit
ness to bo nt tho tlmo, and tlio wltnowt
would bo mado liable fur the blundor
of the Judge-Advocate, and for his lg-.
noranco of tho whereabouts of the wIW
noss. In tho case presented tho witnee
was on a temporary visit to Montreal,
and would soon havo incurred the ox
pcMsos of tho return trip had the notloa
or tho summons never been sont. Pay
ment will therefore bo mado only for
tho time lost and tho extra oxponso
which ho necessarily Incurred by rcMou,
of his attendance upon tho court.
PORK-PACKING AT, CHICAGO,
Tin: pork-pueklng season, though not
yut in full vigor, has been ralrly inaugu-.
rated. Four houses havo already coin-,
menced, and havo managed to avoid ac-
Ululating stock by selling ahead to the,
Lako Superior lumber trade.
The price of hogs has kept up no wolt
that only tho most adventurous packers,
or those who had their trudoalreody es
tablished, could engage In packing. Tho
lumberers nnd minors aro now fully
supplied, and wo may look for astea,dyi
perhaps rapid decline hi the, Jirieo of
hogs.
The genoral fooling uf operator
throughout tho country seems to bo tlurt
if farmers expect tholr hogs to bo packi
ed at any prices approaching thoso cur-,
rent for tho last two years, they may
pack them on their own account, but
doubtless prices will bo established fairly
profitable- to tho farmer, nnd yot afford
ing tho packer and operator somo chane
of reimbursement for his investment.
Tho decline has already commenced,
and operators in various sections cxprem
various opinions as to when it will cctvx1
In this part of tlio country six to seven
dollars a gross Is freely talked of 03 th
probablo price, whllo In Cinciu.u&tU-w
understand, six to sovert dolUxirtt pet 1
freely offered.
It 1q probablo that Chicago,, na well fa
other markets, will follow tho lead of
Cincinnati, and bo regulated by her as
to prices. Roports from thoro stato that
tho packersaro totally a verso to making
contracts for hogs for future delivery
and are disposed to tako their choncoa
on tho market.
From nil we can gather thoro has been,
fewer engagement! mado through tlio
countryuptotliopmsoiitthanatanytlmB
for many years, Tho fpollng of Insecu
rity as to tho futuro, nnil thoimppaslbll-.
lty of finding ft sqro ontiot for tho pro-,
ducts, emmos all packers to approach tho.
i-omingsotwinwlthapprehonsion.exeept
at prices which would neeewitato a low-,
er rango in tho hog inurkot than any yot
named.
England has oyldoiiced tho post year,
that sho will not tultO ftur imcpi. In all
probability, therefore, (ho Uvo hunilrixl,
thousand hogs which were last year ox-t
ported there, as. well, as an Increaso of,
fully five lutmlreil thousand. Ip'tlo sup
ply over lut yearvwlllch, It Is generally
conceded, will huu to. ihipund VOJ?--sumption
rut thin wmtry. und, 'thwo
facts iiitirposo.a strong olistiiclu to thu
existence, of high, prlew, CUxvtitr of
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