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A Ball at the Palals Royal
Prince Napoleon's much-talked of ball
came off at the Palais Royal on the 11th.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
News, speaking ofthis Parisian " event,"
says: It was not only the first fete on a
grand scale given in the Palais Royal
since the death of King Jerome, but the.
most recherche one, out of the Tuiller
ies, of which there is any record since
the restoration of the present dynasty.
Twenty-two salons were thrown open,
and as several of them are not large, the
fourteen hundred invited guests filled
the rooms to overflowing. Every one
of these salons has a peculiar character
of its own. Several of them have only
lately been redecorated and newly fin
ished, and were used for the first time
on this occasion. The Prince, who is
passionately fond of the fine arts, has
greatly added to the embellishments of
the historical Palais Royal since his fa
ther's decease. The sculpture gallery
contains busts and statues of many
members of the Bonaparte family, at
various ages. A bust of Prince Na
poleon, taken when he was throe or four
years old, represents him as a child of
extraordinary beauty.
A fine group of three children perpet
uates the outward semblance of Prince
Jerome (the deceased brother of Prince
Napoleon) the Princess Mathilde, and
Prince Napoleon himself in their infan
cy.
A statue of King Jerome's wife
bbars a striking resemblance to Princess
Mathilde at the present day. In the
middle of this gallery is a remarkable
model of a Roman temple of the Greek
school. One little room contains busts
of Napoleon I. at various ages, from 1780
to 181_; and also several chairs and
other articles of furniture taken from
the room in which he was horn Ajac
(do, in Corsica, in 1769. A delightful
soft-carpeted gallery, used last night as
a passage to the supper room, is lined
oMeither side with well-executed bronZe
busts of a number of French celebrities
—Voltaire, Mollere, Racine, Boleau,
cS:,e. On the walls of many of
the salons we recognized a great
many Modern pictures purchased
by Prince Napoleon. Among these are,
Moreau's "Equipus and the Sphinx"
in the exhibition of last year; M. PHs'
battle piece, representing Prince Na
poleon leading his division at Alma,
and some of M. Gerome's startling
nudities. Mdlle. Rachel must have
been a favorite in the Palais Royal, for
we see her physiogomy frequently re
peated in statues, portraits, and fancy
Pictures. The best portrait ever made
of ,Beranger, that by Ary Scheffer,
adorns this choice gallery. Tie finest
room of all—the most charming room
that I ever saw in my life, and one that
with its grand proportions, massive
furniture, and non-meretricious
decorations, suggests the favorite morn
ing lounging place of some English
duke in a country house—is the billiard
rooui. The one billiard table in the
centre occupies but asmall portion of the
area. Luxurious sofas, arm chairs, and
solid tables, disposed for comfort and
convenience, are ;studded around. On
one these table I saw interesting albums
one of which was filled with drawings,
by the Princess Clothilde,of the prettiest
town, country, and maritime sites in
Italy, with descriptions of them in her
own hand-writing. Another contains
most amusing color prints of carnival
festivities in Italy ; this is a present
from Prince Humbert to his sister. A
large folio contains engravings repre
senting the scenes witnessed by Prince
Napoleon in his excursion to the North
ern Seas. The Emperor and Empress
came to the ball at ten, walked
about a great deal in the salons,
stayed to supper, and did not leave
till one o'clock. All the corps diplo
matique, with the exception of the
Pope's nuncio, who, as a matter of
course, never goes to balls, and (as I am
told) the Russian ambassador, were
present. Besides ministers, marshals
of France, and a great many official
personages, a vast number of literary
and artistic celebrities figured among
the company. M. Emil de Girardin,
who was there, calls it the "fete of in
telligence." It is understood in Paris
that the Prince Napoleon, with the
concurrence of the emperor, took this
opportunity to place himself before the
public in a more prominent position
than he has hitherto done, and in ac
cordance with the confidence reposed
in him by the Sovereign, who has made
him Vice President of the Privy Coun
cil, and, as is supposed, Regent, in case
of the heir apparent ascending to the
throne while a minor.
Bride and Groom a Century Ago
To begin with the lady. Her locks
were strained upwards over an immense
cushion, that sat like an incubus on her
head, and plastered over with pomatum,
and then sprinkled over with a shower
of white powder. The height of this
tower was something over a foot. ()no
single white rose-bud lay on its top like
an eagle on a haystack. Over her neck
and bosom was folded a lace handker
chief, fastened in front by a bosom-pin
rather larger than a dollar, containing
her grandmother's miniature set in vir
gin gold. Her airy form was braced up
in a satin dress, the sleeves as tight as
the natural skin of the arm, with a waist
formed by a bodice, worn outside, from
whence the skirt flowed off, and was
distended at the top by an ample hoop.
Shoes of white kid, with peaked toes,
and heels of two or three inches eleva
tion, enclosed her feet, and glittered
with spangles, as her little pedal mem
bers peered curiously out.
Now for the swain : His hair was
sleeked back and plentifully bepowered,
while his cue projected like the handle
of a skillet. His coat was a sky-blue
silk, lined yellow : his long vest of
white satin embroidered with gold lace;
his breeches of the same material, and
tied at the knee with pink ribbon.
White silk stockings, and pumps with
laces, and ties of the same hue, com
pleted the habiliments of his nether
limbs. Lace ruffles clustered around
his wrist, and a portentous frill worked
in correspondence; and bearing the
minature of his beloved, finished his
truly genteel appearance.
Singular and Fatal Disease
The Juniata Democrat says
A very singular - and fatal epidemic
has made its appearance in the borough
of Patterson, which, thus far has been
confined to children from three to ten
years of age. Some pronounce it spotted
fever ; but the medical faculty decribe
the malady as craw() spinal meningitis,
or a low character of fever poison affect
ing the membranes of the brain and
spinal marrow. So far it has baffled
their skill and the treatment prescribed
_for it in medical science. Almost every
case seized with it has proved fatal qfter
a brief illness.
.1. M. COOPER,
VOLUME 66
A Parkesburg paper says that several
members of the Legislature took the
cars at Grafton, late on the evening of
the 10th ult., for Wheeling, and among
the number was a Mr. G., of somewhat
large proportions physically, and a Mr.
D., of proportional under size. These
two—the stalwart Mr. G., and the
smooth-faced little Mr. D.—took a berth
together, it seems, in a sleeping car.—
The little man laid behind, and the
good-natured waggish Mr. 0. before.—
Mr. D. soon was sleeping and snoring
furiously. Mr. G., more restless under
the legislative burdens, soon arose, and
was sitting by the stove, when an elder
ly lady came aboard and desired a sleep
ing berth. "All right, madam," said
Mr. G., " I took a berth with my son,
and you can occupy my place in that
berth where my boy is sleeping." Tak
ing Mr. G. at his word the lady dis
robed, and laid down with the boy.
After a quiet repose of some time, the
boy, began to kick around to the annoy
anee of the old lady. So, in a maternal
manner, she patted the boy on the back
and said : " Lie still, Sonny ; Pa said I
might sleep with you." " Who are
you?" said the Legislator—" I'm no
boy ! I'm a member of the West Vir
ginia Legislature !" It is said the old
lady swooned.
In the village of Schapscha, in the
Government of Kasan, some time since,
a hawker of precious studs and jewelry
stopped for the night at the house of a
peasant who was absent. The peasant's
wife, dazzled by the sight of all the fine
things which the hawker had brought
with him, killed him with a hatchet as
he slept, hid the body in the loft and
the goods under the floor. The peasant's
child, a girl of five years old, had, how
ever, seen all, and when her lather re
turned she ran toward ldm and told
him, with all the eagerness of child
hood, that they now possessed a quantity
of fine things which belonged to the
peddler, whose head her mother had cut
off, and whose body she had hidden in the
loft. The father sternly upbraided the
wife, but in a short time the woman's
energy had triumphed over the weakness
he displayed. Seeing that what was done
could not be undone, and that his wife
must be saved at all hazards, lie resolv
to get rid of the poor little girl, and the
seine night took her into a wood, where
he intended to leave her, in the hope
that she would perish with cold. The
tears, caresses, and supplications of the
child were too much for him, and he
returned home with her—his fearful
purpose unaccomplished. The mother,
however, was pitti less. She heated the
oven, and into it she tin ust her helpless
offsprhig. The crime was discovered
the next day, and the unnatural mother
was apprehended. The father had
hanged himself, and was found sus
pended by the police.
A petroleum distiller writes : There
are two principal causes of the many
accidents which have occurred in the
exploSions of coal oil. The first arises
from the ignorance or want of care In
the person having charge of the lamps.
It is indispensable, in filling the lamp,
to leave a sufficient space for the dilation
or expansion of the fluid which is nec
essarily produced by the heat of the
rooms, and by the combustion of the oil
in the lamps. It can be easily understood
that the oil, under these circumstances,
having increased its volume may occa
sion an explosion, especially if the lamp is
cracked or has any other Haw or defect.
The second cause of an explosion is ow
ing to the intentional admixture of
benzine with the oil. It can be easily
ascertained without an instrument if
the oil contains benzine: By pouring
into a cup or saucer a small quantity of
oil, and then applying to it a lighted
match'; if the oil does not take fire im
mediately, it may be considered of good
quality, and free front any explosive
admixture.
31r. Winn Gunn, of Shelbyville, Ky.,
sends us the folloWing interesting state
ment in reference - to the destruCtion of
this pest to fruit:
In the spring of 1860 I noticed some
of my plums punctured. Having suc
ceeded in catching the striped bug that
is so injurious to melon vines—by plac
ing wool on the hills around the young
plants—l concluded to try it around
my plum trees. I removed the grass
about a foot around the tree placed trash
wool on the cleared ground and wrapped
it around the forks of the tree. On
looking the next day, 1 found my trap
had caught "a number of the enemy,"
they having become entangled in the
wool. This tree produced a beautiful
crop, while the fruit on the others in
twenty feet of it, "came to naught." In
1861 I treated part of thc others the same
way, with like result. Also in 1862. In
1863 I treated all my trees the same way.
A more healthy and abundant crop of
plums I never saw. I have eight va
rieties; I have a frestone damson that
deserves a place in every fruit-yard,
being hardy and very prolific—a supe
rior fruit for canning or drying.—On
cinnatti Gazette.
Ireland now possesses large manufac
tories of machinery, especially for linen,
for steam engines, and, of late years, for
iron ships. So much has the character
of Irish woolens recently risen, that be
tween 1851 and 1863 the number of mills
increased from nine to forty-three, or
nearly four hundred and sixty-three per
cent. The cotton mills in Ireland, since
the American war, have been applied
to the manufacture of flax, and the Irish
poplin trade has greatly revived, but, by
far ;he most important branch of Irish
manufacture is the linen trade. In 1564,
there were in Ireland seventy-four
spinning mills with six hundred
and fifty thousand, six hundred and
thirty-eight spindles, and there was a
similar increase in power loom factories.
Ten years ago there were seventeen
thousand persons employed in the linen
trade of Belfast, while in the present
year there were twenty-five thonsand.
There has been an enormous increase in
flax cultivation, the total value of the
crop of the present year being no less
than three million, nine hundred and
eighty-nine pounds. The total value of
linens exported from the United King
dom has increased from five million,
one hundred and ninety thousand,
three hundred and forty-seven pounds,
in 1861, to eight million, four hundred
sixty-nine thousand and thirty-six
pounds in 1863.
It is stated that in boring for oil in
Wirt; county West Virginia, recently,
some parties struck a rich vein of anti
mony. The sum of $360 per ton was at
once offered for all the discoverers could
supply, and at these rates their profits
will rival those of the silver mines of
Washoe and the oil wells of Venango.
1 14 altztatet sntditytt&e.
"Lap Still Sonny."
A Russian Tragedy
Petroleum Explosion
Remedy for Cureullo
Manufactures of Ireland
piocellatirom
The Recent Battles in North Carolina—
Full Particulars
[Special Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.]
IN FRONT OF KINSTON, Mar. 11—A. M.
A number of skirmishes and engage
ments have taken place here since Tues
day, the 7th instant, which, for perti
nacity of fighting and the results that
followed, would bear respectable com
parison with many of the battles that
figtire largely in history. Time will
permit me to give you only the general
features and events, while the details,
and list of killed, wounded and prison
ers, must be presented hereafter. I
have already advised you of the general
movement, which started fiom New
bern and vicinity on the 6th and 7th,
under command of Major-General Cox.
Since then Major-General Schofield has
established his headquarters at New
buil, and has spent the most of his
time in the field iu front of Kinston.
PRELIMINARIES TO THE FIGHT ON THE
bTli
The first action of any consequence
was on Wednesday, the Bth, although
there was some inferior skininishing on
the 7th between a small body of Col.
Cla.sseu's command and the enemy's
skirmishers, which resulted in the lat
ter being driven to their works at Jack
sob's Mills, about four and a half miles
east of Kinston. There was subse
quently more or less artillery firing till
night came on, attended with insig
nificant results.
TILE BATTLE 01' THE STH INsT.
Wednesday forenoon, the Bth, the
enemy gave evidence of a determination
to attempt to turn our left flank, where
the Fifteenth Connecticut and the
Twenty-seventy Massachusetts were
occupying the advance skirmish line.,
The rebel force that made this unex
pected onset is supposed to have been
Hoke's division. They came upon us
furiously, and the consequence was that
a large portion of the two regiments
mentioned above were taken prisoners,
they having been completely out flank
ed by the rebels, who pressed in upon
them from the rear and the hides, and
gobbled them up nearly , a The
Twenty-seventh Massachusetts num
bered not far from two hundred, Lieut.
Colonel Bartholomew being in com
mand. He was captured with his regi
ment. It is his second misfortune of
the kind. He was once before captured,
when in Hackman's brigade, at Drury's
Bluff. He is a most worthy officer, and
his command fought like heroes before
surrendering; but it was against far too
great odds. The Fifteenth Connecticut
numbered twelve or thirteen hundred,
including a few fragments of other regi
ments that were with them, and a large
proportion of them were captured.
Major Osborne, who was in command,
was wounded and taken prisoner. -
Just previous to this the enemy had
advanced with similar impetuosity in
front of the First and Second divisions,
and captured portions of three or four
companies of the Twelfth New York
cavalry.
Many of these three commands made
good their escape in the confusion that
occurred andatterwards, and some have
straggled in from time to time even up
to the present moment.
The left of the line was held by the
Second division, General S. P. Carter
in command, and some of the most
desperate fighting occurred in their
front. The Twenty-seventh Massachu
setts, when they found themselves being
surrounded, fought like Trojans, resort
ing to the bayonet when their ammu
nition became exhausted. They de
served a more glorious fate than they
met. Those of the Fifteenth Connecti
cut who were captured displayed equal
valor.
. .
Previous to the capture of these regi
ments General Carter visited the skirm
ish line, and was particularly exposed
to the fire of the enemy. Afterwards,
on the afternoon of the Bth, he had his
horse shot under him, and the rest of
the day he performed the most of his
duties on foot. His coolness was well
illustrated in the fact that he bore off in
his arms, from the line of skirmishers,
a soldier who was wounded. Such in
stances of courage, magnanimity and
devotion to his troops,• make him an
object of idolatry with the latter, and
they universally speak of him with love
and admiration. He is a man of few
words, but of iron will and sturdy action,
and a true soldierat all times.
To partially compensate for the loss
of the regiments above named, Colonel
Savage, of the Twelfth New York cav
alry, afterwards made a detour towards
the rear of the enemy with a portion of
his command, capturing between fifty
and one hundred rebels, a few wagons
and a surgeon. The same afternoon,
also, an attack was made upon our right,
occupied by the First division, com
manded by Gen. limes N. Palmer; but
it was repulsed without difficulty and
without any serious loss of life.
Our line at this time (afternoon of the
Bth) was in front of Jackson's creek, at
one point on which (Jackson's Mills,
previously mentioned,) the rebels had
their strongest position. In the early
part of the afteernoon Col. Malloy, of the
Seventeenth Wisconsin,but now ill com
mand of the First brigade, Second di
vision, was winning laurels by the gal
lant and successful opposition he was
presenting to any further advances up
on our left. I t must be confessed, how
ever, that it was no trifling task, inas
much as many of his troops were small,
fragmentary portions of a large number
of regiments from different States,
many of them being without officers of
their own, some of them being conva
lescents, others new recruits, and all of
them I little 41i,ieiplined under their
new organization. They were a part of
the provisional division which General
Meagher was to have connnanded, but
which now largely entered into the
make-up of General Carter's division,
and partially into that of General Pal
mer's.
rdmzely, too, no connection existed
at this tame between the First and Second
divisions, there being au interval of un
defended territory between them. Brig
adier General Ruger, of the First divi
sion, Twenty-third corps, but now in
command of the Third division of this.
army, had his headquarters and division
four or five miles back, and Gen. Cox's
headquarters were in the same vicinity.
The latter, however, was present at the
division headquarters in front, and in
the course of the afternoon Gen. Scho
field came up, although the sole direc
tion of movements was left with Gen.
Cox. General Schofield exhibited the
utmost nonchalance during the opera
tions of the afternoon while he was pre
sent, and dontless looked upon it as a very
slim affair compared with some of the
ugly ordeals he had previously passed
through. In view of the adverse cir
cumstances which existed, and the
splendid conduct of our troops since, it
is no detriment to the cause, nor dis
credit to the gallant general in com
mand to confess that we were surprised
at first, and hardly supposed the enemy
to have the force which they proved to
have. But the fragmentary masses re
deemed themselves, and the Western
States, from which the most of them
came, may continue to be proud of their
children. General Cox has issued an
order praising them for their gallantry;
and when there is a fighting opportunity
hereafter wo to the enemy that stands
in their path.
Between three and four o'clock on the
afternoon of the Bth, Gen. Ruger came
up and filled the interstice between
the First and- Second divisions. This
gave a new life to the entire line, and
Colonel Malloy made a charge upon the
rebel rifle pits, partially regaining the
ground he had formerly occupied. As
this night came one and the action
ceased. Captain Fish, of the Twelfth
New York cavalry, had lost two howit
zers, and Captain Kelsey, of the Third
New York artillery, had lost a Napo
leon gun. We had taken perhaps, two
hundred prisoners during the day.
THE ADVANCE ON THE 9TH INST.
Thursday morning, the 9th, Malloy
fully regained his original position and
continued to hold it. The enemy
charged upon him three times in the
forenoon, and were each time easily
repulsed with some loss of life and a
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1865.
small loss of prisoners to them. The
afternoon was mostly occupied with
light skirmishing along the whole line.
About two hundred prisoners were
taken by us during the day. We still
hold our original line, ample breast
works having been erected, and stout
hearts occupying both them and the
skirmish pits.
All through the evening of the 9th,
and the night and morning of the 9th
and 10th, rebel fury again belched forth.
They had evidently learned of some
thing that urged them to unusual des
piration ; and we afterwards learned
that it must have been the reception of
intelligence by them that Couch was
coming up overland to join Cox. This,
of course, necessitated a furious and
speedy onset upon Cox, in order to an
nihilate him before Couch should come
up and prove a couch of thorns to them.
All night long they charged again and
again, making six or seven different
charges, and a roar of musketry and
cannon that was deafening and
terrible as it swept and surged
through the night air. They had
driven back our skirmish line from
their rifle-pits to the breastworks, and
they seemed determined to pour their
hordes over into these. But the wave
was sent bounding back time after time,
and finally, on the morning of the 10th,
as they attempted another flank move
ment upon our left, it is said that we
took from them an entire regiment of
Alabamians. From this time their ar
dor began to diminish, and yesterday
afternoon when I left the immediate
scene of action there was every pros
pect that we would soon regain the
skirmish pits and win a handsome vic
tory over the maddened foe.
THE LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES.
The list of killed and wounded from
the operations of yesterday and the
night before will be quite heavy on both
sides, though much more so with them
than with us, from the fact that we
fought from behind our works,
while
they indulged in some most foolhardy
charges. We have probably taken,
from the commencement up to last eve
ning, not far from two thousand prison
ers. Our entire loss from the commence
ment, in killed, wounded and prisoners,
eaunot be over two thousand. Captain
Bassett, Fifteenth Connecticut, is
thought to have been mortally wounded,
and at last accounts was in the hands
of the enemy. Capt. Myers, Twelfth
New York cavalry, was captured. Lieu
tenant Pittman, Twelfth New. York
cavalry, is supposed to have been killed.
Captain Hufty, Ninth New Jersey is re
ported to have been mortally wounded.
Captain Hubbard, Twelfth New York
cavalry, was captured. Lieut. Haring
Acting Adjutant of the One Hundred
and Thirty-second New York, was badly
wounded in the face. The colonel of the
One Hundred and eightieth Ohio was
severely wounded in the leg. Captain
Forbes, Twenty-fifth Massachusetts,
was badly wounded.
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTRY
where most bf the fighting occurred
presents a dead level, and the fields and
roads were muddy beyond description.
The soil is a mixture of sand and clay,
and those who were with Sherman
through Tennessee and Georgia affirm
that they never saw the mud worse in
any of those marches than here. There
being no eminences, also, the artillery
could not be worked so advantageously
as otherwise. The prisoners we took
were mostly Georgians and South and
North Carolinians. The most of the
prisoners were well dressed, and had
with them duplicates of jackets, shirts,
shoes, and personal outfit generally, in
cluding good knapsacks, canteens, &c.
They were generally robust young men,
of eighteen or twenty years of age. The
rebel cavalry force seems to have been
small. The prisoners generally affirm
that Bragg is in chief command, and
that they have a force of from fifteen
thousand to twenty-five thousand,
among whom is A. P. Hill's division,
from Lee's army. There is no doubt of
Hoke's presence with them, and they
have great confidence in him. At the
capture of Newbern he was merely an
orderly sergeant in a regiment of which
Governor:Vance was colonel. Some of
the prisoners foolishly boast that Kin
ston will prove another Petersburg to
us, and doubtless believe it. Should we
approach nearer to the town they hope
to do wonders by the aid of the ram at
K inston.
A horrible Affair
From the Fort Smith (Arlr.)N...w Era, Feb. 11.]
Six heavily ironed prisoners came up
on the Lotus day before yesterday, from
Clarksville, among whom was G. W.
Hutchinson, formerly chaplain of the
Ist colored Kansas infantry. The names
of the other five are W. Farmer, Ist
Arkansas cavalry; R. H. Atwell, 2d
Kansas cavalry; John Sharks, 2d Ar
kansas infantry, and C. 0. Kimball,
citizen, formerly of the 2d Kansas
cavalry, and more recently a lieutenant
in the 2d Arkansas.
Ex-Chaplain Hutchinson, who re
signed his position in the army some
time last spring, in order to follow the
real bent of his inclinations with more
leisure, stands charged with heavy
swindling operations upon the Govern
ment and people. How far he is in
criminated with the deeds of the other
prisoners cannot be ascertained until
after more thorough investigation of the
case.
The other prisoners stand charged
with torturing our respectable ladies
over a slow fire till they were horribly
Mutilated about their heads, shoulders,
and feet, and with ravishing them, from
the effects of which one died and the
others were made cripples for life. One
of the prisoners also stands charged
with additional crimes upon the body
of one of the victims which pen would
shudder to record.
The object of the cruel wretches was
to obtain some money, a considerable
amount of which these ladies were sup
posed to have in their possession. They
lived about seventy-tive miles below
this place, in the vicinity of Clarksville.
Three of the unfortunate victims are
now at the latter place under medical
treatment. Their houses were also
Mulled down. Information was re
edved there day before yesterday, and
seven other persons had been put in
irons at Clarksville, charged with being
accomplices in the above crimes.
We give the details of this horrid
affair us we received them from the
officer who conducted the preliminary
investigation at Clarksville. A full
trial will undoubtedly develop all the
facts in the case, and justice be fully
meted out.
The Cotton Plantations
A gentleman just returned from the
West, after much experience in cotton
culture on the Lower Mississippi, gives
deplorable accounts respecting the de
precations of guerrillas. Since the with
drawal of a considerable portion of the
Federal troops, mostly cavalry, ap
parently for a movement toward Mobile,
large tracts of valuable lands have been
abandoned, the attempt to grow cotton
under present difficulties, being con
sidered wholly impracticable. Guer
rillas destroy or steal everything
beyond our • picket lines, so that
the prospects of a large yield the
present season are enjoyed no longer.
The guerrillas are made up from both
armies, but for the most part are Con
federate deserters. The latter operate
with more impunity, from the fact that
when captured they produce their pa
pers, and claim the treatment accorded
to prisoners of war. But for this,
guer
rillas as a class would be much more
summarily dealt with.
Negro laborers are so intimidated,
that most of them depend for subsitence
on the various camps. Even if dispos
e&to venture into thefields, few of them
would find anything to do. Another
discouragement arise from the demor
alization and disorder everywhere pre
vailing, so that whoever owns merchan
dise is pretty sure to leose itby swindling
or robbery, or false charges, or some
other means best known to the cormor
ants who throng the military posts.
This state of things prevails, with few
exceptions from Cairo down.
The draft commences in all the Con
gressional districts in Maryland except
the Fourth, to-day.
A Chapter on Suicides
A correspondent from Paris devotes
considerable space to the subject of sui
cides, which are probably more frequent
in that city than in any other of the
world. Of the suicides occurring lately,
he says: One of them is generally re
gretted. He was a perfect gentleman,
an interesting companion, and one of
the frankest, most generous fellows to
be seen. In a pliant hour (his confiding
life was full of them) he indorsed a
friend's note for $6,000. His friend was
unable to take up the note at maturity.
M. Lainel (theindorser) spent the whole
day on which the note fell due in at
tempting to procure the necessary
amount of money. He knocked at
every door and not one door could or
would assist him. Then he went to his
home in the Avenue Gabriel, dismissed
his servants and blew out his brains.
So his life was not worth so much as
the risk of losing $6,000. The other
morning the tenants of a house in the
Rue St. Antoine were unable to open
the front door, although it was late, the
postman was thundering at the door.
They entered the porter's lodge and
found man, wife and -daughter attired
in their Sunday clothes and dead. A
chafing dish, with fragments of char
coal, told the tale. A sheet of paper
placed on the table related their history.
They had been well-to-do people in
some provincial town, where they
drove some petty trade. They were un
fortunate in their ventures.
- _
Everything they had was sold to
satisfy process of law, and still all their
debts were unpaid. They gave notes
for this remnant and came up to Paris
CO.-retrieve their fortunes. They obtained
a porter's lodge in the Rue St. Antoine.
The daughter, a comely girl of some two
and twenty, found employment as a
laundress. Their industrious and regu
lar habits commanded the respect of
the neighborhood. One of their notes
for $3O was about to fall due. The harsh
provincial creditor gave them notice
that if the note was unredeemed lie
would do his best to oust them from the
lodge they occupied. They had laid by
Sls to meet the note, but notwithstand
ing all +their exertions the remaining
15 could not be procured. Weary of
unsuccessful struggles, and despairing
of the future (which seemed to them
full of menaces), they all three resolved
to die. Here the life of each of them
was not worth live dollars !
Dr. Vernon told some friends a few
nights since the following true story :
When I was manager of the Grand
Opera a man, some fifty years old, tall,
well built and handsome, entered my
office. We were scarcely left alone
when he knelt at my feet and said to
me in a voice trembling with emotion.
"Sir, it is in your power to save my
honor and restore peace to my life." I
was a good deal puzzled by this com
mencement, and 1 asked ! "In what
way?" "By engaging me at the Grand
Opera." "Ace you a tenor?" "No,
sir." "A baritone?'' "No, sir." "A
bass?" " Nu, sir." "Ah ! you are a
dancer ?" " I never danced in
my life." "Well, then, if you are
neither a singer nor a dancer, how
can you expect me to engage you at the
Grand Opera ?" "As a figurant, but
upon one absolute condition." " What
is that absolute condition ?" " That I
shall fill without a rival the parts of
popes, kings and emperors." " Without
a rival?" " Yes, sir; I must have the
monopoly of these parts; it is the con
dition sine qua non of my engagement.
I feel that I owe you some explanation
of my request and this stipulation. My
story is this: I married a woman
younger than-myself, and I adore her as
I adored her collier wedding day although
we have now been married about twelve
years. I have discovered for some
months past that my wife's tenderness
for me has sensibly cooled. I would
hide the knowledge from my eyes,
but I cannot conceal the fact that my
prestige is declining. lam persuaded
that were I to appear before her three
times a week, arrayed in gold and pur
ple, covered, with glittering arms, my
brow circled with a tiara or crown, my
prestige and her love would be restored.
I beg of you, sir, do engage me ; satisfy
my ambition, give reality to my dream.
I do not care about salary. I have
enough to support me. My life is in
your hands. If you reject my request,
I am a dead man."
While he spoke, says Dr. Vernon, big
tears coursed down his cheek. 1 could
not refuse him ; besides, we were then
rehearsing Scribe and Halevy's La
Juive, and we wanted a man of his size
and appearance to represent the Pope
with dignity, for his Holiness figures in
the solemn procession of the first act of
this work. After a few minutes reflec
tion, I said to my visitor, whose heart
panted, and eyes whose were fixed on
mine, " I will engage you, Sir." "And
I may fill the part I would take ?"
" Yes, I will give you a monopoly of
those parts." The words were not out
of my mouth before he fell on his
knees and covered my coat-tail with
kisses. The following week he made
his first appearance on thestage of the
Urand Opera in Robert le Diable, when
he represented le Prince de Sicile, father
of the Princesse Isabella, with a great
deal of majesty. Ile made himself a
superb head. Ile was remarkably hand
some. The morning after his maiden
appearance, I received through the post
office a short note in these words:
" Heaven bless you! She was at the
opera last night. She saw me. I have
regained the treasures of her tender
ness. I owe my happiness to you. All
my blood is yours. Take it when you
please." Of course I didn't take his
blood.
Soon after this incident occurred the
Chamber of Deputies seemed inclined to
diminish the amount of money granted
to the Grand Opera. I resigned my
place as manager. Maybe I ought, be
fore I quitted the Grand Opera, to have
recommended in an especial manner
this man to my successor. I confess
that I neglected this duty. It was a fa
tal forgetfulness. When I returned
from a long, journey I on my desk a
second letter from that person. He
wrote to me :
"Sir: I am the victim of odious ca
bles. The new director, not satisfied
with taking from me the part of Pope,
which I created with so much success
in La Juive,' obliged me to appear as
one of the mob. She saw me in my
plebian attire, and I feel that her love
is going to leave me now forever. If
your kindness does not come to my as
sistance all is over with your faithful
servant." I consulted the date of this
letter. It was a month 'old. I made
inquiries and I found that a fortnight
before my return the poor fellow was
discovered hanging by the neck, dead,
in his chamber.
I had pointed out to me the other day
as he crawled iu the sun, which shone
brightly and warmly in the garden of
the Palace Royal, a man who had re
peatedly thrown himself into death's
arms and was as often spurned, just as
you have seen at Point Comfort the sea
toss back on the shore the chip which
you would launch for the ocean to toy
with it. Fifty odd years ago—he is now
eighty years old—he was a prompter at
the Odeon Theatre. He fell madly in
love with a beautiful actress of that
theatre. He told her how he loved her.
She laughed in his face and called
him an impertinent fellow. He
went to the bridge, got on its para
pet, fired a pistol at his heart and leap
ed into the river. Boatmen were at
tracted by the flash and report of the
pistol, he was rescued from the water
and carried to the Hotel Dieu, where
Dupuytren attended him. In two
months he wes well enough to resume
his place at the theatre. As the news
papers had published the cause of his
suicide he hoped that the beautiful
actress would prove less insensible than
before. He paid her for atwelvemonth
all those attentions which are apt to
soften women's hearts. They made no
impression upon her. He went home
and cut his throat with a razor.
A medical student who lived in an
adjoining chamber was awoke by the
death-rattle of the poor fellow. He burst
into the room, sewed up the gash and
saved the unhappy man's life. He was
kept to his bed for months by this
misfortune, and when he returned to
the Odeon he found his place given to
another. Hearing that some theatrical
agent was organizing a company for
Mexico, he obtained a place in it as
leader of the orchestra. When the ship
reached Vera Cruz, the vomito negro
was raging with unaccustomed violence.
Every actor, actress, sailor andship's of
ficer perished,all except the ex-prompter
of the Odeon. He went to Mexico
and established himself as a music
teacher. He was giving a lesson one
day to a class of twenty-live young men
when au earthquake occurred. The
house fell and all the young men were
killed ; he alone escaped, as he hap
pened to be standing on the hearth with
his back leaning on the mantle-piece.
He was taken from his perilous position
by a ladder. He made a respectable
fortune in Mexico, and he is living here
quite as enamored of life as any maiden
bride. He will probably attain ninety
or one hundred years, and then expire
as the exhausted candle after consum
ing all the grease which remains in the
candlestick.
A Baltimore Story Panic In Richmond
Caused by Sheridan's Proximity.
BALTIMORE, March 14.—A returned
Union prisoner, who reached Annapolis
to-day direct from Richmond, commu
nicates some interesting intelligence in
relation to the state of affairs at Rich
mond and Sheridan's movements. He
say he was confined in Castle Thunticr,
and through the friends of Union citi
zens incarcerated there obtained much
information relative to events transpir
ing, upon which the Richmond papers
are silent.
On Saturday night last Richmond
was thrown into a state of intense ex
citement by the announcement that
Sheridan was nearthe city. The alarm
bells were rung, and all the home guards
and every available man that could be
spared was hurried off to repel the Y. -
trees, who were said to be at the Beav •
Mills Aqueduct, on James river, son
..2ti miles from the city, destroying the
canal, which is the main feeder of Rich
mond.
The excitement continued all night,
and increased to a panic throughout
Sunday and down to Monday morning.
When he left the excitement still pre
vailed. It was understood that Sheri
dan had succeeded hi the destruction of
the aqueduct, blowing it up with gun
powder, and it would take at least six
mouths to repair the damages done by
him.
During Sunday afternoon Rickett's
division passed Castle Thunder in great
haste on the way to meet Sheridan
There is a ferry near the aqueduct, and
it was believed that Sheridan's purpose
was to cross the James and strike the
Danville railroad near the coal fields,
where there is an extensive bridge, de
stroy that and thus complete the de
struction ofthe coin mu n kat ions of Rieh
mond, and then make a junction with
General Grant. Movements indi
cating preparations for an abandonment
of Richmond have been in progress
sometime. The heavy machinery for
manufacturing iron has been removed,
also the machinery of their percussion
cap factory, and all the carpenters in
town were at work filling a large gov
ernment order for packing boxes.
The high water in the James hadsub
sided so much that the boat which col
vet's passengers from Richmond coul
not pass above Rocketts, as she had been
doing previously. From this circum
stance is hoped that Sheridan will find
less difficulty in crossing the streams in
his line of march.
'The Speculations in the Indian Bureau
The Interior Department imbroglio
daily developer more rapidly and fully.
Some six or eight years ago scrip was
issued to the Sac and Fox Indians, in
Kansas, in payment for the erection of
buildings upon their new reservation
farther West. This scrip was subse
quently made interest bearing, and by
its tenor was to be redeemed out of the
proceeds of the sales of the reservation.
These lands are some of the best in the
State, and were sold about two months
ago, the Secretary and Commissioner
being large purchasers. Previous to the
sale the scrip had nearly all been pur
chased, as is alleged, by what may be
termed "the Interior Department ring,"
at an average of about ; per cent. of
its par value. It will be seen that a
profit of sixty per cent. and several) ears
interest on three hundred thousand dol
lars amounts to a snug little sum.
Another transaction, boldly charged
upon these officials and their friends, is
even worse than the foregoing. Its
enormity almost surpasses belief. The
charge is no less than connivance at the
sales by the agents of the department
of Indian goods to the rebels in Arkans
as and Texas, instead of distributing
them among the tribes for which they
were ostensibly purchased, and a di
vision of the spoils amone the mem
bers of the "ring." This neglect of the
Indians may account for their hostility
and union with the rebels in the South
west. The matter should be fully in
vestigated at once, both in justice to
the officials complained of and to the
Indians. These charges are of the
gravest character, and if proved, should
cover the parties with infamy. The
latter charges involve treason of the
blackest character.
The Harbor of Baltimore
The serious interruption to naviga
tion which Baltimore suffered during
the recent cold weather, the harbor
being for several days together com
pletely blockaded by ice, has attracted
the attention of the city authorities, and
in the Council Monday evening, a resolu
tion was adopted authorizing the Com
mittee on the Harbor to prepare a law
and endeavor to get it through the
Legislature, appropriating :4•50,000 for
the purpose of keeping the harbor open
during the winter months. It is de
signed, by the Council, if the action of
the Legislature should be favorable, to
appropriate a similar sum, in order to
secure the construction of an ice boat,
which will cost about Slon,ooo, and
which will prove available under all
circumstances in clearing the ice from
the harbor. The proposition is looked
upon with favor by several prominent
merchants, and it is believed that
proper efforts used with the Legisla
ture will be successful in getting the
desired appropriation. Of the readi—
ness of the City Council to act there is
no doubt.
Tragic Occurrence
On Wednesday last, a tragedy was
enacted at Wye Farm, Queen Anne
county, Maryland, which involves the
tiameof one of the oldest families in that
State. The facts in full are these:
John B. Paca, one of the wealthiest
farmers in Maryland, and extensively
known as a descendant of a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, with
his three sons, all young men grown,
John, Paul Jones and Tilghman, went
to an adjoining farm, to which the father
laid claim as part owner, and after some
altercation, being armed with double
barreled shot-guns, fired at and instant
ly killed Alfred Jones and young John
B. Paca, the former an uncle of the latter,
and the latter also nephew and cousin
of the murderers. The farm in dispute
bad been confiscated because the deceased
Paca had been in the rebel army, and
purchased by Colonel Paca. He order
ed the deceased and uncle to leave it,
which they refused doing, and hence
the tragedy. Col. Paca and his two
sons were arrested, and are now in Cen
treville jail awaiting trial.
Capture of Sue Munday and other Guer-
LOUISVILLE, March 13.—An expedi
tion of fifty United States soldiers
which was sent out from here on Satur
day,surrounded a barn in Webster, Mead
county yesterday morning, and captured
the three noted guerrillas, Sue Munday,
alias Jerome Clark, Magruder,. and
Henry Metcalf, after some resistance,
in which three of our men were slightly
and a fourth mortally wounded.
The prisoners were brought here by
the steamer Morning Starthis morning,
and lodged in the military prison. Ma
gruder is suffering from a recent wound,
and is not likely to recover.
NUMBER 11.
Items of News
It is claimed that the oldest man in
the world resides in Caledonia, Colum
bia county, Wisconsin. The name of
the person is Joseph Crele. He was
born in Detroit, and the record of his
baptism in the Catholic church of that
city shows that he is now one hundred
and thirty-nine years old. Crele was
married in New Orleans one hundred
and nine years ago, whence he removed
to Prairie du Chien while Wisconsin
was yet a province of France. He now
resides with a daughter by his third
wife, who is over seventy years of age.
The old gentleman is quite active, can
walk several miles, and, to crown all,
is an inverate smoker.
A gang of deserters and bounty jump
ers have been on a raid in Atlantic
county, N. J. On last Saturday morn
ing they broke open a store at Wey
mouth. A party of the neighbors turn
ed out and pursued them to a swamp.
A brisk skirmish ensued, each party
being armed with shot guns. After ex
changing a number of shots the thieves
retreated into the swamp, leaving two
of their guns and nearly all their plun
der in the hands of their pursuers. Two
of them are believed to have been
wounded. An expedition has been or
ganized to rid the county of the nuis
ance, which will doubtless prove suc
cessful.
"Ambassadors from Madagascar,"
says the Nord, "are said to have left
Tamatava on the 23d of December for
New York, Paris and London, and are
believed to be provided with the neces
sary powers for negotiating and signing
treaties with the three countries. Their
stay in the United States will probably
extend over two mouths, as they have
to make purchases on account of the
Government; consequently they will
not arrive in Europe until about the
end of April."
The Lowell (Mass.) Coin-ier states as
a strange fact, that a few months ago,
an old gentleman fell dead in the high
way of a town or city of this State, on
whose person was found twenty or
thirty thousand dollars, in bills, on one
bank—many of them much worn and
mutilated. They were offered at the
bank, and the officers were obliged to
call a meeting of the directors, in order
to ascertain (so old where some of them)
if the bank had ever made any such
issues.
A laborer in the Treasury Depart
ment, named Davis, while engaged in
sweeping the building on Saturday
evening, found a package containing
one hundred and seventy thousand dol
lars, which, with rare honesty for these
degenerate times, he returned to Secre
tary McCulloch.
The Hon. Daniel W.Voorhees, Judge
Hughes, late of the Court of Claims,
and J. H. Bradley, have been retained
to defend Miss Harris, who recently
killed Burroughs, a clerk in the Treas
ury Department in Washington.
There is a strange story afloat in Mon
treal to the effect that a Commis
sioner on the part of the Washing
ton Government has been in that city
for weeks negotiating with the leader.
of the Annexation party, and obtaining
information as to the feeling of the peo
ple on the subject of a union of Canada,
with the United States.
The citizens of Spencer county, Inch.-
aim, have struck oil. Four springs
have been discovered in the vicinity of
Rockport. The Rockport Umpire is
full of oil. It contains a communication
engthy and oily, which locates the oil
prings near that town.
There is quite an excitement at To
ronto, Canada, caused by controversies
between those of the business men who
are willing to take American silver at
par and those who demand a discount.
The Board of Trade are among the lat
ter, and recommended four q)er cent. as
the proper rate.
Several Unionists lately fled, from
Texas to Matamoras for asylum, and
were forcibly taken from the American
Consulate, and delivered over as prison
ers to the Confederates. The new Amer
ican Consul, Mr. Wood, was ordered to
leave. His flag was torn down by the
mob in the presence of the Franco-Mex
ican officials, who made no effort to stop
the outrage.
On Monday aferuoon, a Government
teamster, name unknown, while at
tempting to turn his wagon, which was
heavily laden, on Market street, near
Jackson, in Nashville, unfortunately
drove over an embankment into the
backwater, which is some thirty or forty
feet deep at that point, and driver, horse
and wagon disappeared, and have not
since been found.
Fifteen guerrillas, headed by Sol.
Thompson, recently made a dash into
the town of Hammondsville, Hart
county, Ky., robbing its citizens and
stores with impunity. The citizens cap
tured two of them, Lewis Porter and
the notorious Ben. Cofer. They were
turned over to the United States au
thorities.
The damages to the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal are thus reporled Officially:
Dam No. 5, above \Villiamsport, washed
away ; the stone aqueduct, two hundred
feet high, at \Villiamsport, fallen in;
the stone culvert, four miles below, car
ried away ; three breaks near Sharps
burg, three more at Edward's Ferry,
and four between Seneca and George
town.
A brutal murder was perpetrated in
New Haven on Saturday evening. A
returned soldier, John Erlay, became
engaged in a dispute with John Don
nelly, a town pauper, relative to the
payment for some liquor, when Don
nelly seized a butcher's-knife and
plunged it into Erlay's heart.
A corporal of a squad of men, having
a deserter in charge in Philadelphia,
fired at the fellow as he attempted to
escape, yesterday, but the shot took
effect upon a widow lady named Han
cock, wounding her dangerously. Such
recklessness is utterly inexcusable.
John G. Nicolay, the President's pri
vate Secretary, was on Saturday nomi,
nated and his nomination unanimously
confirmed by the Senate, as Consul to
Paris, to fill the vacancy caused by the
promotion of John Bigelow.
The Navy Department has received
information of the capture, off Pass
Cavallo, Texas, of the English schooner
Mathilde, by the gunboat Penobscot.
She had a cargo of cotton, bagging,
liquors and rope. She cleared from
Matamoras for Havana.
The Hon. IV. A. P. Dillingham,
Speaker of the Maine House of Repre
sentatives, has been appointed to take
charge and dispose of confiscated Rebel
' property in Mississippi. He has ac
cepted the appointment.
Dates from Moline via Nashville re
port great distress among the poor
classes of Mobile. Forrest has his head
quarters at West Point, Miss. His com
mand is scattered for a hundred miles
around.
The steamer Post Boy burst her boiler
and was totally destroyed on the sth in
stant, 2.5 milesabove New Orleans. Two
lives lost.
The Flax Cotton Company's mill at
Lockport, N. Y., was destroyed by fire
on Friday last. Loss $75,000; insured
or $lO,OOO.
Over $2,000,000 worth of property is
-said to have been destroyed at Eastport,
Miss., by a freshet in the Tennessee
river.
Trains have again commenced run
ning on the Ohio and Mississippi and
the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Rail
roads.
A daughter of John C. 13reckin ridge,
who has been attending school at Louis
ville, Ky., is to be sent through the
rebel lines to he father.
A railway is to be built in Palestine.
It will connect Jaffa with Jerusalem,
will be about forty miles long, with a
harbor at Jaffa, will costa half a million
pounds sterling.
Coffee in San Francisco on the Ist of
February was selling below the cost of
importation, in consequence of the ex
cessive stock on hand.
The Canadian Parliment has voted a
million dollars for the permanent de
fense of the country ; also $350,000 for
the expense of volunteers on the frontier.
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Items of News.
The United States transport steamer
Thorn was blown up by a torpedo in
Cape Fear river, just below Fort Ander
son, on the afternoon of the 4th instant,
and sunk in mid-channel within two
minutes afterwards, the crew barely es
caping with their lives. As the river
was thoroughly dragged, and all the tor
pedoes removed after the evacuation of
Fort Anderson, it is supposed that the
torpedo had been recently planted by
some prowling band of rebels, probably
with a view of blowing up one of the
Union transports going out of the river
loaded with paroled prisoners.
The Hon. Chas. W. Bradley, former
ly Secretary of State of Connecticutand
United States Consul to China under
President :Pierce, died on Wednesday
last. He was considered the best versed
in Chinese history, language and man
ners of any living :American.
Several chiefs of the Winnebagoes
had a talk with the Commissioners of
Indian Affairs to-day, preliminary to a
treaty for their removal from Daeotah
to the Umah reservation, in Nebraska.
Sir Frederick Bruce, the new English
Minister to Washington, was attached
to the English Legation in this country
during the negotiation of the Ashbur
ton treaty, and subsequently held office
in Newfoundland.
A large number of the old residents
of Wilmington and the surrounding
country have taken the oath of allegi
ance. The Provost-Marshal's office is
constantly thronged, chiefly by those
who wish to resume business in the
town, and those who have property of
their own to save, or the goods, chattels
and effects of absconding Rebels left in
their hands.
The two houses of the rebel Congress,
which were to have adjouned on Satur
day last, postponed their adjournment
till yesterday, at the request of Jett La
vas, who informed them that he desired _
their presence in the rebel capital for a`
few days longer, as he expected to have
something of importance to lay before
them.
Oil is said to have been " struck " at
Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island. A
company is talked of and specimens
are already on exhibition.
Last year's Police report shows that
,the station-houses in this city gave lodg
ings to 56,9•'1) drunkards during that pe
riod.
An Alderman in Augusta, Maine, has
set the good example of personally go
ing into the ranks to aid in filling the
city quota.
The exchange of prisoners under the
recent arrangement at V aru na Landing,
between Col. Mulford and the Rebel
agent, is progressing very rapidly.
Illsnow positively asserted that Sena
tor Wilkinson will not be appointed to
the Indian bureau. Commissioner Dole
is represented as again having the in
side track with the President.
A court in Dayton 0., has awarded a
young lady there 50,5000 damages for
breach of promise of marriage.
Miss Julia Cobb, a sister of Sylvanns
Cobb, committed suicide at Wisconsin,
a few days since, by hanging herself in
her father's cellar.
H. C. Beckwith, the Hartford horse
financier, has purchased, for SO,OOO, the
black stallion " Black Diamond," eight
years old, raised in Vermont—a beauti
ful horse and a fast trotter.
At a Christmas celebration by a con
traband school aL Norfolk, the teacher
asked the little (turkeys whose birthday
they were celebrating, and they all,
with one voice, cried out, " General
Butler's."
Brigham Young is perfectly neutral.
In a recent sermon he said : "The
North prays that their swords may
strike into the heart of every rebel, and
I say, Amen ! And the Routh prays
that the North may be cut down on a
thousand battle-fields, and again I say,
Amen!"
Lieut. Wilson, son of the Massachu
setts Senator, has been appointed to a
Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the Colored
Corps.
One of the most celebrated of the
fighting regiments of New York, with
every officer from its Colonel down,
have taken a vow to serve the popular
cause in Mexico, as soon as they are out
of our war with the Rebels.
A Toledo firm are manufacturing a
" Ben Butler" pen. It is to be hoped
that the (Ben Butler) pen will prove
mightier than the (Ben Butler) sword.
The Abolitionists of Rhode Island,
have nominated Hon. Thos. A Jencks
for re-election in the Eastern, and N.F.
Dixon in the Western district.
There was a fearful storm of sleet in
New Foundland on last -iiiturday, which
prostrated the telegraph line between
Grands Brook and Bay of Despair, N.
F. Every exertion has been made to
repair it and the line will soon be in
working order.
No more of the 3 cent fractional cur
rency is to be issued, in view of the
coin pieces authorized to be substituted
by act of Congress. That which will be
returned to the Treasury, will not be
reissued.
Rumors prevailed in Washington
yesterday that peace commissioners had
arrived at City Point from Richmond,
but no credit was given to the report.
The new freight depot of the Philadel
phia and Erie rail road, at Fifteenth and
Market streets Philadelphia, has been
so far completed that business can be
transacted there.
Richmond papers of Monday last fully
admit Sheridan's wholesale destruction
of canal and railroads, and also add that
he was unopposed.
Count
,Wydenbruck was yesterday
presented to the President by Secretary
Seward, as minister from Austria. The
usual complimentary and friendly salu
tations were exchanged.
Preaching vs. Practice
A Washington correspondent of the
Newark Daily Adre,raq(7- relates the
following:
" Speaking of horse-cars reminds me
of an incident that occurred in one a
few days since, in which colored people
were admitted. The car was filled, and
among the passengers were Senator
Sumner, the champion of contraband
rights in the cans, and Lazarus W.
Powell, the pro slavery peace Senator
from Kentucky. Two colored ladies
entered; Mr. Sumner did not see them;
Mr. Powell;i with great courtesy arose
and surrendered his seat to one
of the ladies in behalf of whose 'right
Mr. S. had been so eloquent in the Sen
ate. Mr. S. retained his seat with the
lady standing by his side. Finally Mr.
Powell suggested the proper course for
him to pursue by saying: " Sumner
why don't you give that lady your seat . .'
Mr. S. began to squirm, and finally re
plied he did not resign his seat to any
body. But Powell was unrelenting and
the distinguished defender of equal
rights was forced to give way to his
ebony fellow-passenger. He talks ad
mirably.
A Sad Fate and a Warning
Some years ago a motherless little girl
was adopted by a respectable family in
Easton, Pa., and named after her adopt
ed parents. She was carefully raised,
well educated, and grew up to be an in
telligent, sprightly girl. Improper as
sociates, however, corrupted her mind,
and only last fall she threw herself into
the arms of some reckless adventurer,
who took her to Philadelphia. A short
tithe ago, she was found in the streets
by the police of that city, an abandoned,
diseased outcast, and taken to the Alms
House. Ascertaining her residence to
be in Northampigm county, she was re
moved thither, where she died in a few
days. Such is the brief and sad history
of a young woman of twenty, who
might have been an ornament to society,
had she chosen to walk in the path of
honor and virtue. Let her fate be an
example and a warning to the poor de
luded, giddy creatures who in these
days of recklessness, more than any
previous time, are rushing headlong to
ruin, in our towns and villages.—Er.