THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSEURG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1866. EUROPEAN NEWS. ououok it. Mooun, editor. reported thnt ho presented himself nt n primary school nnd spread torror among tlio little chllilron by giving tho teacher a long, nam ru.cr, omui g nor N . th g w t Wodnosday, use It upon refractory scholars "use it "u" "J BLOOMHBUIU1, HATURDAY, DEC IS, ISM. until tho blood comeilf tlioydonot sub mit." JJotton Commercial, XbixmbcrSI . whipping in sonooiio. . Tub woman-whipping Bcliool enso, which has reflected bo much disgrace dlroctly upon Cambridge, and Indirect ly upon Mas-iachusotts, is llkoly to result In good, after nil, In tho adoption of a rido forbidding corporeal punishment In the Cambridge schools, nnd by a voto of tho citizens condemning tho shameful proceeding of tho Bcliool commlttoo which Justified tho brutality of tho wo man-whipping master, and his femalo accomplice. At a meeting of tho Ho publicans of Cambridgo, last evening, to nomiuato officers for tho ensuing mu nlclpal year, Dr. Wyman Introduced a resolution doclarlng that, In the opinion of tho mooting, corporeal punishment of girls should bo abolished In tho schools. Mayor Merrillopposcdthores olutlon on tho ground that It would look llko ft rebuke to tho school com mlttcb. Ho deprecated tho Idea of changing tho board; ho defeudod their action. Ho did not think tho conduct of tho master Judicious, but ho thought tho master had only dono his duty. It nppoarcd by tho explanation of Mr, Foster, lather of tho girl who was whip pod, that Mayor Merrill was tho man who voted against a public hearing bo foro tho school committee. Dr. Wyman, In advocating tho reso- Iutlon, spoko of tho schools of Prussia as having abolished corporeal punish ment for more than twenty-live years, with beneficial results, and ho thought the plan ought to bo adopted here. Ho spoko of tho peculiar physiological de velopment of tho female sex as being totally at varlauco with the law of force. They require tho law of love to govern them. Tho codo of morals was far more effoctlvo than physical force. Mr. John N. Barbour, an old nntl- slavery man, fully Justlllod tho whip Do comber 12, NEW PUBLICATIONS. TitnOAtiAXT. New York! W.C.nniUM'.Clmroli, M. 37 rum now. This ontortnlnlng fortnightly for De cember fifteenth publishes n variety of Interesting matter. Mrs. Edwards-concluded " Archlu'JiOvell," a story not ex ceeded in Interest by Trollope's " Clav- crlncs." continued here. J. W. nll writes about tho "Environs of Berlin," and II. A. Dellllc gives us an Interesting sketch of " Napoleon tho Third," por traying hlscharacturlna most entertain ing manner. "ThoCurrcncyof tho Unit ed States," by Gcorgo A. Potter, will bo found tobonwoll-wrlttenartlclo,oud ono which is Instructive iw well. " An Old Story," by T. W. H.,oiul "Tho Captain's Story," by Mrs. H. II. Davis, tiro pleas ant reading. " From Pig to Pork," plain as Is its title, is an article that cannot bo passed by. Eugeno Benson writes on " Tho 'Woman Question" In n superior style. " Maccaronl," by George Wnkeman, Is yet nnother of tho good tlilugs which arc served up In this Hum ber, not forgetting " Nebuho," by the Editor. Tho poetry Is "Seen Onco, by John Weiss, and " Christmas," by PhceboCary. Wo would suggest that eight numbers of tho Galax; makes rather a largo book, and that four vol umes In tho year would be a better dl vision, besides being .a more natural one, lKTE!tV)N'S MAOAZfXH. PlllllUlrlplllAI CllltflOi J. relcraon, .No. nju uu-numi sirevu As an cloning to tho Now Year Peter- British Claims for Damages Against tho Unitod States. Fonirm Trembles in .Ireland on tho Increase. A Grcok Firo Manufactory Disoovorod iu Dublin, MILITARY AND NAVAL RRORUANI ZATION IN FRANCE.. Bussian Sohomos of Intorvontlon in Eastern Affairs. ENGLAND. J1RITIS11 6I.A1M8 AGAINST THE UNITED feTATEM. Lomdon, WoJnusiluy, December 1J. IN tho Commission to adjust tho Ala bamu claims, tho claims of this country nirulust tho United States, for losses of British subjoins by depredations, etu., during the war, will bo brought proml ncntly forward. THE SEIZURE OF TnK 1JOLIVAR. London, Wednesday, December 12. A strict guard has been pluccd over tho steamer Jloliear, which was seized In tho Modway on suspicion of being a Fenian crulsor. No nccess to tho shoro Is allowed those on board. Tho captain and malo of tho vessel, who did not Join tho crow, say that tho vessel was eon prints " Tho Lullaby," a steel-plato for tho aovorllmut of Columbia. engraving; n colored roshlon-plnio; "Au Rovoir; nnotlior stell-plato on- graving, pattern for a hand screen, print ed In colors; fashion cuts in endless num ber; and a variety of minor Illustra tions too numerous for montion. Tho litorary matter in this number is ping of whito school girls, nnd action of tho school committco on subject. But at this point in tho meeting Professor Agusslz stepped for ward and gavo his opinion upon tho whipping of scholars. Ho said ho had boon a cltizon of Cambridgo for twenty years. Ho was nn Aniorican citizen. Ho could not sit still without saying a word on this matter. Ho bcllovcd in tho opinion oxprcssed by tho first gen tleman who spoko. Ho had been u teacher slnco ho was fourteen years of ago somo forty years and ho nover struck a blow. Ho bellevod that tho fault was mainly with tho teacher when evor corporeal punishment was resortod to. Ho wasln favor of Increasing the number of schools, nnd also tho number of teachers, as ho thought it impossible for one man to control so largo a body of scholars a3 aro gathered iu tho public schools of Cambridge Ex-Qovornor Washburn disclaimed all connection with any party, and would voto for any man who would Btand by tho petition which -ho had tho tho E00t' nml to ,lot tho leostaddition to the tiin many attractions contained in this Magnzlna. Oonnv's Lady's IIook. Philadelphia: I.. A. lioiley, rurUieiu,UirnerSIxlunnil CniMtnut bto. The Lady's Book for January Is nl ready at hand nnd Is a perfect beauty Its contents aro : "Tho First Party," a very suporior steel engraving. A steel plato titlo-pago,containiug6overnl hand some picture; colored fashlon-plato ; brides and brldcmaids; a fancy slip per, printed In colors; "On tho Wissa hiekon," a skating sceno, printed iu col ors ; " spending a Penny," a Handsome engraving for tho Juveniles; latest Paris fashions; novelties; " Work Do partment," containing a varioty of fan cy work for ladies ; drawing lcsssons,otc, Tho literary matter in tho January number Is by tho best magazlno 'writers In tho country. Marion Harland, Mary Janvrin, Sophia do Lamater, S. Aunlo Frost, Mrs. Dennlson, S. A. Emory, and others contribute, articles that mako this number rank 03 tho best over Issued The prlco of tho Ludy't Book is three honor of signing somo tlmo ago, that dollars, with a reduction to eluba. corporeal punishment, so far as girls were concornod, should bo abolished in HENRY J. RAYMOND. tho public sciioois. it was not with him wn shall ncvor forget tho wild cu lt personal matter ; ho knew nothing of thuslasm thntspontnneously greeted tho tlio parties concornod iu tho lato whip- patriotic words which wo quote below plug case; H was with him a matter of when, In tho Philadelphia August Con greater Importance Discipliuo was a ventiou, they fell from tho lips of Hen- means, not an end. Thero Is no ncod ry J. Raymond, as ho was readinc the Later. Tho Minister of tho United States of Columbia has made a demand upon tho government for the restoration of tho sleamsiiip Bolivar, and It Is pro bablo that she will bo given up to her owners without further delay. TllIJ FENIAN AtilTATION ON THE IN CREASE. London, Wednesday, November 12. Tho Fenian troubles In Ireland aro Increasing. Anothor regimont has been ordered and will soon proceed to Ireland A factory for tho preparation of Creel firo has beeu discovered by tho police In Dublin. THE REBEL CRUISERS. London, Wednesday, December 12. In tlio Itappahanock ease, tho claim auts against tho United States have been ordered to lllo an amended answer. FHANCE. REORGANIZATION OF Till: FJIENCII A 11 MY. TAnis, Wednesday, December 12, It Is now said that tho Imperial Com mission will agreo upon a similar plan to that adopted by Denmark for tho ro organization of botli tlio army and the fleet. THE EAST. RUSSIAN ri.AN l'OU A CONFERENCE ON THE EASTERN UlVjTION. London, Wednesday, December 12, It Is rumored hero nnd on tho Conti nent that the Emperor of Kussla has proposed to the Great Powers that they hold a conference to take, into considera tion the position of the Christian sub jocks of the Sublime Porte. of whipping girls to mako them behave Ho reiterated tho statement oxprcssed by tho previous speakor that In flvo cases out of seven the fault was with tho teacher rather than tho scholar. If thero Is a necessity for punishment It is the right and duty of tho school committco to remove the refractory scholar. Whip ping Is a positive evil. It blunts tho In tellect, and tho scholars lose all self-re epect. Ho alluded to tho progress which had been made in tho discipliuo of crim inals and tho treatment of tho insane In old times it was thought impossible to havo our schools taught by females that tho boys would overpower them iu tho matter of discipline. But tho result of tho progress thus far mado shows 'Address to tho Peoploof tho United States." So thrilled was that great au- dlcuco with tho power and Justness of tho noble utterance that by unanimous request Mr. Kaymoud ropoated tho de claration, and with an emphasis which clearly indicated that ho too felt tho in spiration which his own well-chosen words had produced. Iloro thoy are, referring to tho " Auionilmont:" "And tho ten millions of Americans who llvo In tho South would bo worthy cltlzons of a freo country, do- A COMPLICATED DIVORCE CASE A suit has boon commenced iu tho Wuyno Circuit Court which, If tried with all tho evidence, documentary and otherwise, will not only provo interest ing to all who arc Imbued with n mor bid curiosity, but will test tho validity of a divorco granted in a different Stato from that hi which tho divorced.partlcs woro married and for a long tlmo resi dent. Tho caso is substantially as fol lows: Tho parties were married several years ago, and resided in this couuty; but the husband being of a Jealous dls- nnUHnn. fliov nnvnr livnil hnnnllv fn. goncrato sons of a heroic ancestry, unfit Lethcr. Ilo ha3 accll?od hor of boIng over to beeomo tho Klliirdlans of tho criminally intimate with a man rnsicl. rights and llbortios bequeathed to us by lug In tho neighborhood, nnd charged that a largo majority of tho teachers In the f(lthers founders of tho Bopub- that 0110 nlSllt ho caught tho Individual tho public schools wore females. Continuing his remarks, Professor Washburn declared his conviction thnt tho application of corporeal punlshmont was prolific of evil. It could not bo used on young children without blunt ing their sousibilities, and lessening llf If n.v ,.r,,,i,i ,m escaping irom nor ocu-roum window .... " or tho truth or falsity of this accusation j.m.H...K 0uu,.M.vueM, u.o iiumum- wo know nothing; but ho "made a nolo tlons thus sought to bo Imposod upon ou't," nnd left her to got along Iu tho them." world as best who might. Tho husband removed Into anothor JVbw Mr, Baymond Is urging these very "ten millions of Americans" to their confidence In thoir teachers, aud submit to tho very "humiliation" tivory ono clso ; and no girl of ten years which, according to his own well-ex-old or upward could bo whipped with- pressed words, would mako them " un out hardening or ureaKlng Her heart, worthy citizens of a free country!" Joshua uoiim, or .Nowburyport, Humor- "Consistency, thou art a Jewel." Au- talized by Whituer, and a school teacher tlonal JtejnUtlicun, for rorty years, was rough iu exterior and I.. l.tlf 1.11 l.n.l 1 4. luuuil iu Jiniuiiui, uuviuiuuuu uuuibua mlr !,, nfm.i. lu l.tl,tl.. SOU 03 a yiri S, IIIIU a CieOT Head. 1I0 lnt.I.niin nt nn nvnnnw t,f mm i,,nrlr.w1 .ln.,nhn,.f 4l.ta.nnii... nil iii u,,nol-n T-nnw.nlliarn.l Mm innnLn. .... uvuuauvu, im,imi,ui-lll IUIWI IUUUUU rv..w i-..w .w .....1 ... o thoiisniul nllnw. iuucuihj, wiiuru inu suujcci, ui uurpo- real punishment was under discussion. State, subsequently applied fora divorco on tho ground of adultery, and obtained a decreo by default the wifu putting In nodofonco. Ho then got married again, evidently to a companion moro suited to his taste. Tho llrst wife preferred a chargo of bigamy against htm, nnd tho last grand Jury of this county Indicted him for the offence. It does not. how- GENERAL PRESS DISPATCHES, From Washington. MAXIMILIAN AND THE MISSION TO MEXICO. Tin; United States Consulato at Vera Cruzreports to thoStato Department that Maximilian was to leave Orizaba on tlio twenty-eighth of November for tho City of Mexico; and that tho United Stutes Mission was likely to bo regarded n a friendly maimer by tho French in that Bopublle. CIIANCIE IN Tltfl TIME OP THE M BET ING 01" CONUUESS. Tho principal business of tho IIou;o on Monday was tho passage of tho bill creating another session of Congrcas by voto of nyes, 121 ; noes, 23. This bill organizes tho Fortieth Congress on tho fourth of March, and maRes tho second sesslou commenco January first, 1863, and tho third on tho first Monday nfter tho first Tuesday of November lu tho samo yoar. As a consequence, snouiu the bill nlso pass tho Senate, the ques tion of tho organization of tho next Houso will cntor largely into tho busi ness of tho present House. THE COMMITTEE ON FHAUD3. Tho Select Committco on Frauds on tho Revenue, of which Mr. Darling Is Chairman, will pursuo its labors In Washington somo time, and then, If necessary, proceed eisownoro to investi gate tho frauds lu regard to whiskey. THE COMMITTEE ON THE NEW OR LEANS RIOTS. Tho Committee, of which Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, Is to bo Chairman, to hivcstlgato tlio New Orleans riots, will proceed to that city to conduct Ita labors, but will not leave, probably, for a week or ten days. PETITION FOR THE IMI'EACHMENT 01 THE 1'RESlIJENT. Tho first petition for tho Impeachment of tho.Prcsldent in Congress comes from ono hundred and fifty-two citizens of Stark County, Ohio, and was presented in tho Houso on Monday by Mr. Eek- loy, of that State. Tho memorial Is lu printed form, and is a duplicate of that which has been circulated In tho North ern States during tho post two months Tho memorialists charge upon Mr. John son usurpation of rights and nbuso of power devolvod upon him ; selling par dons ; neglect to execute laws ; abuso of power in appointments and removals ; inciting tho peoplo to disobey laws, otc, TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE BOUTH. The project for supplanting tho gov ernments at tho South, nnd making Tor rltorlcs of the States, is assuming shape. and- thero Is uo doubt but what tho measuro will bo pushed forward and through without delay. THE CASE OF JEFF. DAVIS. Thero is tho best authority for saylnjr that tho President has positively deter mined not to interfere In tho case of Jeff. Davis, by ordering his roleaso on parole, but that ho will remain where ho is until arraugomenta can bo mado for his trial somo tlmo during tho ensu Ing Spring. APPROPRIATION ASKED FOR. Mr. Stevens, from tho Committco on Appropriations, has been instructed to report a bill to cover deficiencies am ountlng to about two million and a half of dollars. It contains tho appropria tion asked for by Secretary Seward of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to enable him to prosccuto tho cases now pending boforo tho tribunals of England and France, growing out of tho lato Be- belllon. Mr. Slovens will probably put tho bill on Its passago as soou us it is priuted. MILITARY AFFAIRS. Tho Houso Military Committee on Tuesday authorized a bill to bo reported conferring upon tho President power to confer brovont rank on ofllcors in tlio Begular Army who havo distinguished themselves, In tho volunteer sorvlco. Under tlio present law no such authority exists. Tho Commlttoo also had under consideration tho bounty question. Tho bill passed at the last session is not re garded by tlio Comniittoo as satisfactory to tho soldiers or just in Its provisions. It is proposed, therefore, to framo a now bill, with a view of remedying that crude and ill-considered meusuro, which was hurried through during tho lost hours of tho session. has never gono to trial. Sho has now A key of ono of tho largo record safes applied for a divorco on tho ground of Many of thojeachors hod udvocatcd a "o State House of Cplumbus, Ohio, adultery ylth the second wife, and may frequont oxerclso of it. "Sir. Coflln rose, nnd In about ton words ended tho do hato, and settled tho Question. "If," fcnld ho, " I wanted to mako a boy a ras cal, I would treat him as If ho was one. If I wanted to mako him manly, I would troat him kindly and generous ly." Professor Washburn eald ho had never yet found a man or a woman so bad hut that they had a tonder point which could bo reached If thoy wero treated us human beluga, and as ono's own sister or brother. After speaking or tho progress mado In recent years In tno maucr 01 discipliuo in schools, and created no llttlo oxcitomont in Now tho amelioration In tho treatment of York a fow mouths slnco, Is Just now lunaucs, convicts, and sailors, Jio closed the sensation In! London. Ah English uy uccianng corporeal puuisnmont to Journal has this paragraph: " Doctor ou mormiy aim pnysicauy wrong, ami Mary Walker vlsltod Mlddlesox Hos having been lost, a holo was punched obtain a bill by default, In which event through tho back with a crowbar lately, thoro will bo no trial In thceaso. If tho Tho roar wall of tho safo was found to bigamy caso should bo tried, It will bo consist of two thin sheets of Iron, with tho means of ascertaining whothcr a a layer of rotten bark between. man can tnko up a resldcnco in another Charles H. Sweetseu has with. Rto and obtain a divorco, which is too drawn from tho liowul 'JXible, and leaves frequently tho result now-n-days of a it on tho hands of Messrs. Gardner and oroKerago system wmcn is bo oxtensivo- Sedloy. In his valedictory ho says ho ' r"'i on, especially m tho Stato of "hasanaturul feolhur of naln In thus 0, wuw. dotachlng himself from tho Jluuml Jitble, with whoso career ho has been Tin: wound which Garibaldi reclvrd associated from Its beginning." at Aspromonto, nnd which had ro-or.cn Mrs. Doctor Mary Walker, who cdfromthofiUiguoof tholastcampalgn, ... . . n linn, 1. ry. ....... t .. ,.1 . I t. , 1 Is now becoming dosed ugain, and tho (Jenoral looks forward to soon resuming his agricultural labors. llunn and IIo'uohton annouiico for speedy publication Lord Macaulay's urging tho ndoptlou of tho resolvo as a pitalon Saturday, niu( was conducted orations nnd poems, with tho report and duty which tho mooting owed to Itself through tho establishment. Tho stu- notes on tho Indian Penal Codo, In tho and to Cambridgo as a soat of learning, donts woro somewhat surprised at hor stylo of their edition of tho history. ; . 77 wiu miiiwuiHiw, ur n seems imuBiiu unsnot aiso umnert wuiioy. bcciuij Ills liner u... ,, .,, t.iu.unmiiiui,, nun omy uouueii inoiu.i). but tho brooch- and less rumlllur Poems," edited by It was passed. In nominating a board cs as well. Sho wears a low-orowuod Frcdcrla M. Bird : "A ll ton 1 1 1 " n lni. of school coinmltteo, nil tho old board plain felt hat, a dark plush coat, not niatlo poem, by J. C. Hoy wood, and . ut .in. fU n-jixieu. Among uioso quito reaching to the kneou, and black " Venotlnn Life," by W. D. Howolle- "'"n'"' " """J u " cioin trousers." eocond edition. eularf?ed. Tnil MINISTER TO LI9R0N. An amondmont was adopted at the last session to tho Diplomatic Appropri ation Bill, striking out tho appropria tion for paying tho Minister to Lisbon, which was Intended as a rebuke to Mr. llarvoy, who held that position. Mr. Hnrvoy Is still at his post, occupying tho position, but draws no salary. Tho Committco on Foreign Rotations of tlio Senate havo under consideration tho question of recommending tho appro priation for keeping up wild mission. Mr. Suward is very anxious that the salary should bo restored, and Mr. llar voy allowed to remain. Mr. Sumner, who .Is Chairman of tho Committco, Is fivorablo to it. THE CURRENCY. It is ascertained that tho members of tho Senate Financo Cominlttco, nnd tho Ways und Means Commlttoo of tho Houso, aro so ovcnly balanced upon tho Important question of inflation and con traction that It Is very doubtful as yot what will bo proposod iu eithor Com mlttcQ, though there seems to bo but llttlo doubt but that Mr. M'Culloch's recommendation Will very nearly bo concurred In. In Its presont form Mr. Boutwcll's bill for tho salo of Govern- ment gold does not appear to moot tho approval of tho Commlttoo of Ways and Means, and it will therefore bo amended before being reported to tho House; If, indeed, it Is reported nt all. I1US1NFAS OF THE HOUSE. The Houso did a varioty of business on Tuesday, but completed nothing of momout except tlio passago of a MU regulatiugthe dntiw of thoCletk of the House, which was reported by Mr. Wilson, Chairman of tho Judiciary Committee. This bill Is tho samoas tho old law', oxcept tfiat It provides that tho Clerk, In making up tho roll of rnom bcrs In each Congress, shall pluco therp on only tho nnnies of persons claiming seats from Slates which woro represent ed lu tho next preceding Congress. It further provides thnt if tho Clerk shall from any cause bo disabled from per forming tlio duties dovolved upon hlm by this act, tho Sergeant-nt-Arms shall assunio them ; and In caso of ills disa bility thoy shall bo pcrformod by tho Doorkeeper. A violation of tho provis ions of tho uct Is to bo deemod a felony Another bill from the Judiciary Com mittco providing ngalust counting lllo gal electoral votos was reported, but al lowed to go ovor until Wednesday and be priuted. It Involves a very import ant question, and will bo extensively discussed. TREASON AND EX POST FACTO LAWS. A brief discussion of boiiio Interest took placo on Tuesday on n strange proposltiou reported by Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, to repeal tho statute of limita tion In trials for treason, nnd providing that any man guilty of treason may bo tried anywhere nnd at any time. Mr. nvrenco, whoso Intentions aro always a good deal stronger thau his Judgment or his logic, gavo tho very concluslvo reason for his bill that unless It should bo passed we cannot hang Jeff. Davis. Several members took legal exception to Mr. Lawrence's position, but Mr. Stevens went still further; ho said ho would rather see every traitor in tho country cscapo than seo ono of them hung by n law passed after his offence and for tho purpose of hanging him. He denounced such legislation as utterly unlustlllablo aud discreditable. More over, there ought to bo a statuto of limi tations cspoclally for casos of treason, which would always bo regarded as in part political offences. Legislation on such oifencos should be for healing pub- lie ovils and not for keeping them opou indefinitely, and tho healing luiluenco of tlmo should always bo allowed. Mr, Stovous said that ho did not bollovo Davis could bo tried for treason, nor tlmt ho had been irullty of treason. His offence was that of a belligerent, not of a traitor. Ho had not opposed tho efforts made to bring him to trial, but ho had not favored them ; but ho was utterly opposed to any legislation of tho1 kind proposed, which should make thomodo, tlmo, or placo of trial different from what thoy wero when tho offenco was committed. His remarks wero heard with general attention. The bill went over. MU. BTEVENS'8 TLAN TO DISQUALIFY FROM HOLDING OFFICE. One of Mr. Stevens's favorite crotchets received a summary qulctusou Tuesday. Ho nronosed that any man nominated by tho Presidont and rejected by tho Senate shall bo disqualified for holding any olllco for a year. Mr. Halo, of Now York, In a fow well-directed humorous remarks, completely extinguished It. He Insisted that it put in tho President's hands tho power to put n brand on any man, and oven to disqualify Mr. Stevens himself for any olilco in tho United States by nominating him for Com- mander-in-Chlof of tho army or for Chaplain In tiio navy, as tho Senate would bo vory likely to reject him. Nobody but Ashley, of Ohio, Hotchklss, of New York, and slxteeu others voted for.Mr. Stoveus's proposition. NO INCREASE OF NATIONAL BANK CURRENCY. I learn from tho best authority that a majority of tho Committee on Banks and Currency aro opposed to any in crease of National Bank currency and thoy proposo to remedy what Isdeemod an unjust distribution of national cur rency in tho North, nnd furnish the South what Is requicd by a pro rata reduction as now furnished to tho exist ing banks, DISPATCH FROM GENERAL. SHERIDAN A dispatch was received by General Grant on Wednesday from General Sheridan, dated at Now Orleans, ou Tuesday. General Sheridan says: "Tele graphed you last c'cnlng of tho good, condition of affairs on tho Bio Grando." Tho act of General Sedgwick gavo rlsa to no complications. In fact, General Escobedo allied on mo to 'ask mo not to hold him responslblo for It. Tho Caualos faction having been submerged I was onablod to relcaso General Ortoga upon Escobedo promising that ho would look out for him. Thoro Is not a city or Stato In Mexico which takes issuongainst Juarez's government. On my return I mot General Sherman at Brazos, Santia go. Ho hud Just como rrom vera Cruz and was en route with Mr. Campbell for Matanioras." arrest of thd cousplrntor Surratt while ho was ou British soil, I can stnto upon excellent authority that It was doomed Impracticable to do so, because of tho ulmost certain probability that English public sentlmont, as well as Kugllsh en forcement of tho extradition treaty, would regard Surratt's crlmo-as a po litical one, and that therefore his nt- tomntcdnrrcst ou British soil would re sult not only In u failure to secure tho assassin,, but lu his own advantage by being mado tho subject of protection by Great Britain, whoso oxamplo other European governments would not havo been slow to follow. THE HOUSE INQUIRY RELATIVE TO PARDONS. To respond in a reasonable tlmo to tho resolution of tho Houso requiring a Statement of the pardons issued, tho names of thoso who rcconitnond them, etc., It will become necessary to mako an appropriation tocnablo th Attorney General to employ eight or ten clerks In his oIIIcq. Even thou It Is estimated that theso eight or ten extra clerks would, find employment for about a month. Sonioof tho cases are volumin ous, and tho petition of Albert Pike is cited as In illustration of this fact. . Mr. Pike is aMason, high up in tho Order, nnd Ids pardon Is recommended by most of tho leading Masonic Lodges of tho country, aud Is signed by tho oillcers and members of thosovoral liodgos. THE PHILADELPHIA APPOINTMENTS Senator Trumbull, evidently under the impression that tho facts in regard to tho appointment of tho Philadelphia Fcdoral oillcers wore such as would re qulro overhauling In tho Senate, Intro duced a resolution In that body, which was passed on Wednesday nftcrnoon, that tho President bo requested to inform tho Sennto whether any porson nppolnt ed to nn office required by law to bo fill ed by and with tho ndvlco and consent of tho Senate, and who was commis sioned, during tho recess of the Senate, previous to tho assembling of tho pres ent Congress, to fill a vacancy, has been continued in such ofncc.and permitted to dlsehargo its functions cither by tho granting of a now Commission or other wise since tho end of tho Senate on tho twenty-eighth day of July last, with out tho submission of tho namo of such person to tho Senate for Its confirma tion ; aud particularly whether a bur veyor or Naval Officer of tho Port of Philadelphia has tlius been continued in olllco without tho consent of tho Senate ; aud, if any such officer has per formed tho duties of that office, wheth er ho has received any solary or com ponsatlon therefor. Upon inquiry of tho Treasury Department I learn that tho facts as to tho Philadelphia appoint ments do not fit tho propositions cm braced In tlio resolution, nor is tliero In tho Treasury Department a single In- stanco of tho character sought to bo brought to light by Senator Trumbull What tlio showing in tho othor Depart ments may bo I -cannot say upon tho best Information, but I understand that so far as tho President is concerned, no appointments havo been mado under circumstances identical or similar to thoso sot forth In tho resolution. If any such nppoiutmcnts havo been mado thoy have been mnde upon a misunder standing of tho condition of tho par ticular caso or cases. Tho reply of tho President to tho resolution will bo tho nogatlvo, especially as to tho Phila delphia officers named. again with nil my might, making deep cut on tho loft sldo of tho bead, I thought If I didn't kill hoi sho would kill me, But I didn't Wmlt to kill her. I was making application for a divorco from hor nt this tlmo. When sho fell to tho lloor 1 Wa-4 very much scared. It was Sunday ; I did not want It Bald wo had a quarrel on Sunday. I thou went to Mrs. Lawson's and told her that my wlfo fell down stairs and killed her self. " Phccbo was not dead when I went to Mrs. Lawson's. But I know alio would not llvo long. Sho didn't live two minutes after I struck hor tho sec ond blow. After leaving Mrs. Law son's, 1 started for tho doctor; on tho road I met Esquire Crawford. I told him tho samo story, that my wife had fallen down stairs and killed herself. But I knewrightnwayhodldh'tbellovo I say again I nm sorry I killed her. " My parents both died when I wan child. My father was a soldier three years under Napoleon. I have a brothor living in this country. I will dlo happy in tno itomnu ithollc faith. I am prepared to dlo." NEW NATIONAL CURRENCY ACT. Tho Houso Committee on Bauklng and Currency finished a new bill amend atory of tho National Currency Act on Wednesday, which will bo offered as a substitute for tho ono now before the Houso. Its principal features are as fol lows : Firtt, Redemption In New York. Second. Reduction of tho circulation of existing banks to tho amount of thirty-one millions, by scaling down tho circulation of all banks whoso capi tal exceeds threo million dollars and limiting tho total circulation of any ono bank to ono million dollars. Third. Distributing thirty millions of this circulation equally among Stato Banks yet to bo converted Into Nation nl Banks, nnd to now banks In States that havo heretofore secured tho loast ratcablo proportion of clrculotlou. ITaurth. Fullor and moro comploto re turns to tho Comptroller of tho Cur rency. fifth. Moro power to tho Comptroller to cioso up defaulting banks. Sixth. Scvorer punishment for coun forfeiting, THE FAILURE TO ARREST SURRATT IN CANADA'. Willi reference to tho failure of thi Government to take measures for the CONFESSION OF BOTA, THE . MURDERER. We publish tho confession of Peter Bota, the wlfo murderer, who was hanged at Wllliarasport recontly, as it may by of somo Interest to tho citizens of Bloomsburg: " Guifcmon. My wlfo Phcabo and lived unhappily togother. Sho had four husbands bosldes mo. Tho peoplo at Harrisburg told mo that sho killed hor husbands. This they told mo afte: wo wero married. Shortly aftor wo got to houso-kecplng, near Montoursvllle Phcobo gave mo a tumbler of something that looked llko blood ; she told me to drink It, that it was soda-water; of eourso I didn't do it. I told hor, do vou think I am green? I said, soda-water is white, this Isred. Mychildronlived with us. Ilmvoonly twocldldron; thoyaroby myflrstwlfo. Myoldostisaboy, naraod nfter me, Potor Bota. Ilo was ten years old last Octobor. Tlio other is a girl named Amanda, agod seven years last October. (Iloro tho prisoner, lu speak Ing of his children, cried llko a child nndexclalmed, "Oh I my children!") ' I lived with my second wlfo nearly threo months. PJuobo all the time wanted to got tho papers (deed) of th nunsu. ono nam sno penoveu tho pa pers wero In possession of Mary, my first wlfo, In Willlamsport. I told her tho papors woro safe. By and by you will find thwn. This conversation oc curred on tho morning of Sunday, the fourth of March last, at tho breakfast tablo. My llttlo son asked mo to let htm go to Willlamsport to seo his moth or. I said, oh, my llttlo boy, tho road Is too muddy. My wifo said I had hotter leave him go, as ho could got tho papors frommy first wife. Mary hadn't tho papors at all. (Here tho prisoner gavo way to tears.) I was sick at this tlmo. Sho grabbed mo by tho shirt and nock with ono hand, In tho othor sho had tho small hatchet tho small est of tho two produced In court. I took hold of tho handlo of the hatch et, I pushod her back to tho bench, whoro the water bucket stood ; thoro was ii largor hatchet on tho bench ; I took hold of It nnd said now lot mo be, or I will hit you ou tho head. Sho mado no answer only frothod at tho mouth " I then hit her with tho polo of tho hatchet, not Intending to kill her. Sho still hold mo by tho throat. I could not stand this. Sho said If I did not tell hor whero tho papers woro sho would cut my head through. I thought sho was In oarnest. I thought sho wou'd kill mo. I thou turned the sharp edgo or tno uatchot, and cut hor on the ton of tho head. I felt weak : I struck her Ca ANOTHER BOND ROBBERY. Anotheu largo robbery of Govern ment sccurltlo was successfully perpe trated In New York lust Monday morn ing. Tho Royal InsUrnuco Company, of No. 70 Wall Street, was victimized In this Instance. It appears that during the forenoon two well-dressed, respectably-appearing young men called at tho olllco and asked to seo tho agent of the Company. Thoy wero at onco shown Into an Inner room, where tho agent, Mr. M' Donald, was at tho tlmo engaged. Adjoining this room Is tho largo vault, In which nro kept the books and docu ments belonging to the Company. At tho tlmo tho young men were thero, thero was also lu tho vault a tin box containing tho Company's ifecuritles, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars In Government bonds. Ono of tho young men at onco engaged Mr. M'Don aid lu conversation, stating that ho de sired to obtain a policy of Insurnnco on his lifo. Whllo Mr. M'Donald was ex plaining tho matter to him the accom plice of tho young man stealthily enter ed tho vault, secured the tin box, nnd hastily took his departure with tho booty. The other ono soon afterward left, without tho object of tho visit hav ing been suspected. When tho loss of the bonds was eventually discovered, tho bold thieves were far boyond reach. Tho pollco authorities wero at onco noti fied, and from tho description given of tho thieves by Mr.'M'Donnld.it Is thought their arrest will bo speedily secured. Tho securities' stolen hnd only bwm brought from bank a short tlmo previ ous to tho robbery, aud it Is bellovcd that tho thieves had their oyos upon the box from the tlmo it was taken from th bauk until they had secured possession of it. A reward of ton thousand dollars has been offered for tho recovery of tha bonus. A NEW TEXTILE. Tux last discovery which comes to us from Nevada Is agricultural rathor than mineral, but very Important. It Is of a new textilo, such as was eagerly sought when tho Rebellion broko out, but un successfully. Tho plant now discovered has Its homo In tho Humboldt Volley, where It grows in largo quantities, and can, of course, be mado to grow moro thriftily by cultivation, whllo, if It has tho values which are ascribed to it, It will soon bo removed to other fields, and propagated among regulur crops. Tho plant is said by tho discoverers to bo superior to any tcxtllo now In use. Though styled hemp, It Is so called on account of its closer similarity to that than to any other growth. It lias a stronger nnd firmer fibre than tho pro per hemp, and a much longor staple. In proportion to tho wood, too, tho flbro Is much more abundant. It can bo moro easily separated than flax or hemp, and can bo strippod clean from tho stalk without preparation. Nevada lies be tween thlrty-sovcu nnd forty-two de grees north. This corresponds with tlio latltudo of Northern California, of San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Indlnnopolh, Columbus,and Philadelphia. The Hum boldt River, along which tho new h'emp grows, runs from tho mountains of that namo westward, through a mountain ous country. If, therefore, experiment proves what Is now claimed for this tex tile, it can bo prolonged in its cultiva tion from Its original habitation to our own doors, nnd will onhanco tho valuo of tho hemp harvest In thoso States whoro it is now an important feature. Philadelphia Gazette. FREAKS OF A LUNATIC. Tin: London Weekly Timesot Novem ber seventh says : " A you ng lady was put In a train to go nlono to London. As tho train was on tho point of starting, gentleman rushed up nnd got Iu. At this hor friends, who woro scolng h&r off, wero rathor annoyed, but thought H did not much signify. Shortly after tho train had started tho gentleraanjumpod up nnd oxcalmcd : This carriage Is too heavy, it must bo lightened;' and straightway his carpet-bag disappeared out of tho window. Ho sits still for fow minutes, when ho begins ogain, and this tlmo his coat and waistcoat follow his bag. After a llttlo whllo ir said : ' Let us pray for tho Duke i Gloucester.' Down they go, tho poc' girl, only soventcen, too frightened U do any thing but obey. When thi was douo, thoy prayed for tho DuVt of York, and then for anothor In fai through a wholo string of dukos. They then sit down, tho young lady frighten ed out of her senses. After a fow min utes, ho boglns ngnln : ' It won't do; ' can't stand it; tho train Is too heavy Either you or I must get out ; I don'! waut to, bo you must go I ' Tho girl In despair, says: "But wo" havo ne prayed for tho Duko of Northumbef laud.' ' Ah I no moro wo havo I' Do thoy go on their kneos, when luckll; tlio train stopped nt a station, aud tl young lady willed tho guard, whoa I was discovered that tho gentleman wto ti lunatic escaped from Henvwell."
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