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Story of a Miser
If any of Our readers ever go over
London Bridge and look at the beauti
ful Church of:St. Mary Overies, let him
think of the miserly ferryman and his
loVely daughter who plied there in the
remote Anglo-Saxon times. In those
ages. there . ; was no bridge over the
Thames ; and old John Overs, who fer
ried people across from the city of Lon
don to the borough Southward, pros
pered at a great rate. John rented the
ferry of the city ; but so many people
crossed from side to side, together with
horses and cattle, and market produce,
that he made a very large profit by his
work, and, waxing rich, put out his
money at usurious interest, and he
waxed richer. In time (according to
the old tract in the British Museum
from which Mr. Timbs quotes) he ac
quired an estate equal to that of the
-best alderman in London ; tfut he al
ways lived in abject poverty ; though,
for purposes of business, he kept
several servants and apprentices.—
He bad an only daUghter, beau
tiful and pious, whom he took care to
have liberally educated, but "at . the
cheapest rate." When, luiwever, she
grew of age to marry, " he would suffer
no man of what condition or quality
soever, by his good will, to have sight
of her, much less access to her." Of
course - all his flue precautions were in
vajn. You may shut up Danae in a
brazen tower, but -Jupiter will find his
way in somehow. But the Jupiter of
this particulank , gend was a young gal
lant, who certainly did not effect his
entrance into the maiden's bower in a
rain of gold, for he seems to have rather
sought that commodity than to have
brought it with him; but who managed
in some way to obtain three interviews
with Danae while her father was low
ing to and fro on the river. Finally a
match was ageed on ; but an unlooked
for circumstance prevented the desired
nuptials.
Old John took it into hismiserly head
that he could save something worth hav
ing by starving himself and all his house
hold for a day ; he, therefore, feigned
to be dead, and caused his daughter
(who reluctantly consented to the trick),
to wrap him in a sheet, and lay him out
iu his own chamber, with a taper burn
ing at his head, and another at his feet,
as the manner then was. He took itfor
granted that all the people in his house
would fast during the whole day, in
sorrow at the event; but, watching
narrowly from his sheet, he was horri
fied to find that everybody sang and
danced for joy, end, breaking into the
larder, began feasting without check.
He bore it as long as he could without
moving ; but at length the agony of see
ing so much Waste going'on about him
became greater than he could endure,
and, says the tract, " stirring and
struggling in his sheet, like a '
ghost with a candle in each hand, he
purposed to rise up and rate 'sin for their
sauciness and boldness ; when one of
them, thinking that the devil was about
to rise in his likeness, being in a great
amaze, catched hold of the butt end of
a broken oar which was in the chamber,
and, being a sturdy knave, thinking to
kill the devil at the first blow, actually
struck ont his brains." The sturdy
knave was afterward tried for murder,
but acquitted, doubtless to the satisfac
tion of all reasonable men. The ferry
man's daughter inherited the old man's
estate; and the lover, hearing of the news
in the country, where he then was,
posted up to London as hard as he could,
but on the way was thrown from his
horse, and broke his neck. The body
of Overs, the ferryman, was denied
Christian interment, on account of his
extortions and usury; and when the
friars of Bertnondsey Abbey consented,
for a money consideration, to give a lit
tle earth for the reception of the remains
the abbott, who was away at the time,
nb sooner learned the fact on his return,
than he caused the body to,be taken up,
and put on the back of an ass, which
was then turned out of the abbey
gates, the - abbot praying that the beast
might carry the corpse of the old usurer
to such a place as he would best deserve
to be buried in. The ass thereupon paced
solemnly along Kant street, and so to a
certain pond which was then the com
mon place of execution, and there he
shook oft his burden immediately be
neath the gibbet, and the body was put
under the ground without any kind of
ceremony. The lamentable events
seem to have permanently overshadow
ed.the spirits of fair Mary Overs, and to
have turned her thoughts from this
world to the next; for she first dedica
ted her wealth to the building of the
Church of St. Mary Overes (so called
after her), and then retired into a con
vent.
A Bride's Rare Prerogative
Some years ago, a ludricrous incident
happened at Vienna. The emperor was
interrupted in the midst of a cabinet
council by a message from the empress,
who it xv:.s said, wanted him immedi
ately. On going to her majesty's apart
ments, she threw herself before him in
an imploring attitude, and begged him
that she might be allowed the extraor
dinary privilege of putting on her own
stockings. The high dames of the court,
it seems, whose duty it was to perform
that function, insisted upon discharg
ing it,"though, as their imperial mis
tress represented, " they tickled her"
when doing so in a way that she could
not endure. The young princess, whom
fortune had raised to be the partner of
the Kaiser's throne, had been brought
up in asimple and sensible manner, and
really could not see why the hands God
had given them should be less useful to
imperial and royal personages than to
any other people. The emperor yielded,
doubtless to the consternation of the
ladies of the bedchamber, who saw in
this innovation a precedent fraught with
danger to the most hallowed institu
tions of the monarchy.
Soldier Wit.
A feature of the war literature of the
country during the last four years has
been the terse, expressive NV it with which
many a humbug and sham has been la
beled and sent forth to the world with
some new but highly-expressive name
Not to cite familiar illustrations of this,
there is something nearly allied to it in
the amusing use made by the returned
veterans of the word "brevet," the hon
° ors of which they seem to think extreme
ly easy, so they characterize whatever
is of an inferior grade as a "brevet."
Thus, a stubborn mule is a " brevet
horse." A. regiment recently returned
from long and wearisome detention in
Texas, after being, mustered out, were
retained; under military restrictions, to
be paid off and discharged here, styled
themselves " brevet eltizens.!' •
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VOLUME 66.
&demo Ward on. Arralini-Pogae
Artemus went to see Bourcicault - &
Co's new drama when it was brought
out in New York. -Here is his dissec
tion of it :
You ask me, sir, to sling some ink for
your paper in regards to the new Irish
dramy at Niblo's Gardin. I will do it,
sir.
I,found myself the other night at Nib
lo's Gardin, which is now, by the way,
Wheatley's Gardin. (I don't know
what's becum of Nib.)
I walked down the ile in my usual
dignified stile, politely tellin' the peo
ple as I parsed along to keep their seats.
Don't git up for me," I sed. One of
the prettiest men I ever saw in my life
showed me into a seat, and I proceeded
to while away the spare time by readin'
Thompson's Bank Note Reporter and
the comic papers.
The ordinance was large.
I tho't from a cursiry view that the
Finnnigan Brotherhood was well rep
resented.
There was no end of bootiful wimin
and a heap of good clothes. There was
a good deal of hair present that belong
ed on the heds of people who didn't cum
with it.
The okistry struck up a toon, & I ask
ed the Usher to nudge me when Mr.
Pogue cum out on the stage to act.
I wanted to see Pogue, but strange he
didn't act durin' the entire eveniu'.
recken he has left Niblo's and gone over
to Barnum's.
Arrah-na-Pogue was writ by Dion
O'Bourcicolt & Edward McHouSe.—
They rit it well. O'Bourcy has rit a
cartload of plays himself, the most of
which is fust-rate.
I understand there is a large number
of O'gen'lmen of this city who can rite
better plays than O'Bourcy does but
somehow they don't seem to do it.—
When they do, I'll take a box of them.
ACK THE I.—Glendalo by moonlite.—
Irishmen with clubs. This is in 1798,
the year of your birth, Mr. Editor. It
appears a patriotic person named Mc-
Cool has bin raisin a insurrection in the
mountain districks, and is now goin' to
leave the laud of his nativity for a
tower in France. Previously to doin
so he picks the pockit of Mr Michael
Feeny, a gov'ment detectiv', which
pleases the gallery very much indeed,
and they joyfully remark, " hi, hi."—
He meets, also, at this time, a young
woman who love him dearer than life,
and who is, of course related to the
gov'ment; and just as the Gov'ment
goes agin him she goes "for him. This
is nat'ral, but not grateful. She sez :
"And can this be so' Ar, tell me it is
not so thusly as this thusness wouldst
seem !" or words to that effeck. He.sez
it isn't any other way, and they go off.
Irish moosic by the band. McCool goes
and gives the money to his foster-sister
Miss Arrah Meelish, who -is goin' to
shortly marry Shaun, the Lamp Post.
Mae then alters his mind about goin'
over to France, and thinks he'll go up
stairs and lie down in the straw. This
is in Arrah's cabin. Arrah says it's all
right my darlint, och hone,
and shure,
and other poplar remarks, and Mac
noes to his straw.
The weddin' of Shaun and Arrah
comes off. Great excitement. Immense
demonstration on the part of the peasan
try. Barn-door jigs, and rebelyus song
by McHouse, called " The Drinkin' of
the Gin." Ha, what is this ? Soldiers
cum in. Moosic by the band. " Arrah,'
sez the Major, " you have those money.
She sez, " Oh, no, I guessnot." He sez,
" Oh, yes, I guess you have." "Itis my
own," sea she, and exhibits it. "It is
mine," says Mr. Feeny, and identifies
it. Great confusion. Coatis prodooced
from up stairs. " Whose goat is this ?'
sea the Maj. "Is it the ,toat of a young
man secreted in this here cabin ?" Now
this is rough on Shaun. His wife ac
coosed of theft, the circumstances bein'
very much agin her, and also accoosed
of havin' a hansum young man hid in
her house. But does this bold young
Hibernian forsake her? Not much he
don't. But he takes it all on himself
sez he is the guilty wretch, and is march
off to prison.
This is a new idee
wife who suffers, in the play, for her
husband; but here's a noble young fel
ler who shuts both his eyes to the ap-
parent sinfulness of his new young
wife, and takes her right square to his
bosom. It was bootiful to me, who love
my wife, and believe in her, and would
put on my meetin' clothes and go to the
gallus for her cheerfully ruttier than
believe she was capable of taking any
body's money but mine. My married
friends, listen to me. If you treat your
wives as tho' they were perfeck gentle
men—if you show 'em that you have
entire confidence in them, believe me,
they will be troo to you, most always.
Shaun is tried by a Military Commis
sion. Col. O'Grady, altho' a member
of the Commission, shows he sympa
thizes with Shaun and twits Feeny, the
Gov'ment witness, with being a knock
kneed thief, etc., etc. Mr. Stanton's
grandfather was Sec'y of War in Ire
land at that time, so this was entirely
proper. Shaun is convicted, and goes
to jail. Hears Arrah singin' - outside.
Wants to see her a good deal. A lucky
thought strikes him ; he opens the win
dow and gets out. Struggles with ivy
and things on the outside of the jail,
and finally reaches her just as Mr.
Feeney is about to dash a large wooden
stone on his head. He throws Mr.
Feeney into the river. Pardon arrives.
Fond embraces, tears of joy and kisses
ala Pogue. Everybody much happy.
Curtain falls.
Yours till then,
The raven possesses the power of imi
tating the human voice, and if not so
voluble as the parrot enunciates his
sentences with tenfold the gravity of
Poll. A raven's corpse was once fol
lowed by a greater crowd than ever es
corted the funeral of one of Rome's
distinguished sons. This honored bird
was born on the top of the Temple of
Castjr, but took up his abode in the
shoemaker's shop opposite. Crispin
took great pains in educating his black
lodger, and his pains were well bestowed.
Every morning the raven used to fly to
the Rostra, and salute in turn Tiberius
and his nephews, and having thus testi
fied his loyalty, amusing himself with
exchanging greetings with the populace.
For several years the bird continued to
delight the idlers of Rome, until a jeal
ous brother of his landlord's craft killed
him in a fit of anger. The mob rose as
one man, drove the murderer out of the
city, and then executed him.
The body of the popular bird was then
placed on a litter, and borne to the pile
amid the laments of Rome, and his
ashes deposited in a field on the right
hand side of the Appian Way. Most of
our readers will remember crazy Barn
aby's friend and companion•, Grip, ever
insisting upon his diabolical origin ; but
few, perhaps, are aware that the novel
ist drew Grip from the life, the idiot's
pet being compounded of two great
originals, of which Mr. Dickens was
once the happy owner. The first of
these came to an early end after ban
queting upon a pound or two of white
paint; the second and more gifted bird
is so happily drawn by his master's
hand that we must give his description
entire :
"The first act of this sage was to ad
minister to the effects of his predecessor
by disinterring all the cheese and half
pence he had buried in the garden, a
work of immense labor and research, to
which he devoted ail the energies of his
mind. When he had achieved his
task, he applied himself to the acquisi
tion of stable language, in which he
soon became such an adept that he
would perch outside of my window, and
drive imaginary horses with great skill
all day. Perhaps even I never saw him
at his best, for his former master sent
his duty with him, ' and if I wished the
bird .to come out very strong, would I
be so good as to show him a drunken
rnim 2' which I never did havingt--,un
farturtately, 31013 e
,but.. 0911561 petple" at
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The Hon. Ben. H. Hill, of Georgia,
one of the leading men of that State,
wrote as follows before the recent elec
tion :
The oath is unconstitutional, because
it adds to, and varies from, the oath re
quired by the Constitution. This is set
tled by several adjudications.
The oath is unwise, unnatural and
unprecedented, because it is retroactive
in its requirements. It does not seek to
secure proper conduct in an officer while
discharging the duties of his office ; but
does seek to exclude him from the office
altogether by reason of something done,
or not done, long before the office was
conferred.
If Congress can prescribe one test it
can prescribe any other test; and thus
by legislation, destroy the right of rep
resentation.
I would vote for no man to represent
Georgia who could take this oath ; be
cause it is the highest evidence of infi
delity to the sentiments of the people of
the State.
I would vote for no man, anywhere,
who would take this oath; bec,ause it is
the highest evidence of infidelity to the
Constitution. The man who takes that
oath admits a power in Congress to
destroy every department of the Govern
ment as well as every right of represen
tation.
I am a candidate for no office, and
will seek none, and desire none. The
man who wishes now to be a represen
tative in Congress from the South either
does not comprehend the very unpleas
ant and very heavy duties of that posi
tion, or has made up his mind to hold
the position without discharging the
duties. In either case he is not fit to be
trusted.
There is no danger now from any
spirit of resistance in Georgia. The on
ly danger comes from an opposite direc
tion—servility. I intend to be loyal my
self, and have not been faithless to any
obligation I ever assumed. I resisted
secession until resistance was hopeless,
and then I resisted subjugation until
resistance was hopeless. I would not if
I could change my record.
But I will help no man to represent
Georgia whose fidelity to the State is
doubtful, or whose ability and willing
ness to maintain and vindicate the hon
or of her people, living and dead, is sus
picious. I will vote for no man to ad
minister the Constitution who, in the
very beginning of his work, would take
an oath which admits a power in Con
gress to subvert that Constitution.
Each House of Congress is the sole
judge as to whether persons seeking
seats have the qualifications prescribed
by the Constitution, and have been elect
ed and returned according to the laws.
The people are the sole judges of every
other qualification. Otherwise Con
gress can nullify or even destroy the
right of election secured to the people
alone, and thus make a Congressional
despotism.
The right of the States to representa-
tion in Congress is the clearest of all
rights under the Constitution. It is the
right without which no other right can
exist, and no obligation can be imposed.
I have an abiding faith that the Presi
dent will not permit its destruction by
test oaths or otherwise. He was for the
Union against the South ; and it is my
opinion that he will show himself for
the Union against Massachusetts when
the issue comes
Pennsylvania Taverns In the Olden
Time.
The York Gazette says :
We copy from the History of York
coon y, the following list of tavern rates
and prices regulated by law, in theearly
days of the comgy, which will doubtless
prove interesting and amusing to the
readers of the presen t generation. These
rates contrast very strongly with those
of the present day. It is true that they
then had no "National" "Washington"
and other firstclass hotels, but the wines
and liquors furnished were no doubt
much purer and better than those of the
present day, and the "one man's break
fast," " dinner" and " supper" abund
ant and substantial meals.
It is gin'rally the
The general assembly of Pennsylvania
considering that Inn-holders, &c., ex
acted excessive rates for their wine,
provender, &c., made a law on the 31st
of May, 1718, by which the justices of
the peace, in their quarter sessions,
should set such reasonable prices as they
should see fit. The justices of York
county, on the 18th of January, 175 . 2,
established the following rates and
prices : We give them in an extract
taken word for word from the records of
the Court of Quarter Sessions.
f. 8, D.
" One quart sangaree made
with one pint of good Ma- n.
deira wine and with loaf I - "
sugar,
A bowl of punch made with
one quart water with loaf „
sugar and good Jamaica '-
spirits, 1. G.
One pint good Madeira wine,
One pint good Vidonia wine,
...
One pint good Port wine,
One quart of mimbo made)
with West India rum and ( •' U. 10,
loaf-sugar,
One quart of nilinbo made)
with New England rum and '1
" 0. 9
loaf-sugar,
One gill of good West India
0. 4
rum,
One gill of good New England 3
rum, 1
One gill of good whiskey, " 0. 2.
One quart of good beer, " 0. 4.
One quart of good cider, " 0. 4.
One man's breakfast, " O. 6.
One man's dinner, " 0. 8.
One man's supper, " 0. fi.
One horse at hay 24 hours, " 0. 10.
One horse at hay one night, " 0. 8.
Half a gallon of good oats, " 0, 3.
" The above rates were settled by the
court and proclaimed by the crier in open
court of general quarter sessions, in
pursuance of an act of general assembly
of this province in such case made pro
vided."
The above continued for some years
to be the tavern rates within the county
of York. But the statutes requiring
them, have long since been repealed ;
and inn-holders are now (Jan., 1834)
permitted, as they ought to be like other
persons, to regulate their own prices.
M. EDMOND ABOUT is working on a
novel of which this—an incident of real
life here—is the theme :
A young man of enormous wealth is
extremely in love with a young girl,
but he cannot marry her, so great is the
disparity between their social positions.
He goes to a school-fellow who is very
poor, ignorant of the world, and ab
sorbed by a love of chemistry, which is
to some degree a platonic love in con
sequence of his poverty, and he says to
him, "You care for nothing on earth
but chemistry ; now, if you will agree
to myproposition I will give you money
enough to enable you to devote your
whole time and attention to your
favorite study. This is my proposition :
Ask Mlle —in marriage; she will not
refuse you ; I have arranged all that
with her. After marriage you both
will take up your residence with me,
and you will be the nominal, I will be
the real husband."
The poor student accepted the proposi
tion. The two lovers launched their
bark into the sea of pleasure, without
giving a though t to the poor fellow whose
ignoble connivance they had purchased,
and who, absorbed in his science, gave
no thought to them. They, by degrees,
ran through his estate, and when pov
erty came, the woman discovered that
her lover was a giddy and heartless fel
low. All this - time the chemist has
labored ; he has made discoveries which
have brought him wealth. He has
looked around him, admires his wife,
falls in love with her,
and when, one
day, the last cent of her lover's estate
has been spent, she comes to him for
bread; he feeds her, her children, and
her lover, and becomes in reality . her
husband. What a corrupt, society, that
- niuit be in which such ti revolting story
can be accepted as a faithful' picture ; o f
'real life hotter. '
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The Test Oath.
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Army Joke.
The following good one at the expense
of Gen. J. B. Magruder is told by the
Natchez .Democrat:
While retreating from the Peninsula
in 1862, the General and his staff stop
ped at the house of a widow lady on the
road, and engaged dinner. In a few
moments Jim Phelps, a Louisiana sol
dier, accostedthe lady with : " Madame,
can I get dinner?" "Yes, sir," was
the reply, " but as I am preparing din
ner for General Magruder and staff; and
have not room at my table for more,
you will have towait forasecond table."
" Very well, madame, thank you,"
said Phelps, taking his seatin a position
to command a view of the dining-room.
Watching the movements of the ser
vants, Phelps waited until the feast was
on the table and while the hostess pro
ceeded to the parlor to announce dinner
to the General and staff, Phelps entered
the dining-room, and, seating himself
at the table, awaited further develop
ments.
Upon the entrance of the party of of
ficers, there was found to be seats for
all but one, and one politely returned to
the parlor to wait. The General took a
seat next to Phelps, and, after the first
course was finished, turning to Phelps,
he inquired: " Sir, have you any idea
with whom you are dining ?" "No
sir," coolly replied Phelps. "I used to
be particular, but since I turned soldier,
I don't care a d—n who I eat with, so
that the victuals are clean."
"Soldiering."
What a world of tricks and dodges
were invented during the war by the
poor fellows who had got in and wanted
to get out of the army. An officer was
telling the other day of a soldier, who
shortly after going into camp, was taken
insane. His appearance, actions and
everything about him, betokened abso
lute insanity. All day long he would
sit in his tent with a little stick and a
string attached, raising and lowering in
a sort of fishing pantomime, • saying,
"No-o bite," "No-o bite." This he
continued for some weeks, and he was
at length sent to the hospital. Here he
was carefully examined - and closely
watched, for it was suspected at first
that he was "shamming." Still he had
the same vacant stare iu his eye, the
same idiotic expression in his counte
nance, the same indifference to every
thing about him, and he still fished
with his stick and thread from morning
till night, no word passing his lips but
the solemn, ever recurring " No-o bite."
His friends came to see him. His only
recognition was a vacant stareand "No
o bite."
So it ran on for a couple of months,
and the young man's father at length,
the case being so very clear, procured
his discharge. He came to the hospital
with the document. " Charles," said
he, " I have got your discharge."
Charles only fished and said, "No o
bite." " Charles," repeated the old
gentleman, " I've got your discharge
and want you to go home with me."
Still no reply, but " No-o bite." The
officers and othersstanding around were
affected almost to tears by the scene.
At length the aged father stooped down
and put the discharge papers into his
hand. In a listless way the son took
them, opened them, turned them over,
read them through carefully, saw they
were all signed properly and complete,
got up, and with a very sudden change
in his apppearance, remarked, " Well,
gentlemen, Lve been fishing a good
while, but I've finally got a bite,and I
think it's a bite worth having." Leav
ing the party somewhat astonished
at the sudden restoration of his facul
ties, the insane youth retired with his
father, and they probably enjoyed the
bounty together.—Norwieh Bulletin.
Facts and Philanthropy
FACT—The Freedmen won't work,
even to supply the most pressing neces
sity.
PHILANTHROPY—Then give each of
them a forty-acre farm.
FACT—They hang about the towns to
beg and steal.
PHlL.—Then amend the laws so as to
allow them to sit on juries and testify in
the courts.
FACT—They are naked and homeless,
and unless relieved, will starve to death.
PHlL.—Then establish schools for
their education, and churches for their
conversion.
FAcl , --They have neither foresight nor
economy, and are at once helpless and
dangerous.
Pit iL.—Then obliterate in your society
all distinctions on account of color.
FACT—They destroy their children,
and are themselves infected with loath
some diseases.
PHIL.—No higher proof could be given
of the unity of the human race, or of the
higher moral endowments of the Afri
can. Give them an abundance of bibles,
tracts and testaments.
FACT—The women prostitute them
selves, and the men aid them in the
traffic and divide with them the pro
ceeds.
PHlL.—This proves their eminent fit
ness for the holy state of matrimony,
which, with the aid of Divine Provi
dence, we have introduced among them.
FACT—They are universally unfaith
ful in the marriage relation.
PHlL.—Thisonly shows how like they
are to ourselves.—Cincinnati Inquirer.
Singular Blunder in the Treasury Depart
Correspondence Cincinnati Conrinereial
WASHINGTON, Nov. IG.—The Print
ing Bureau of the Treasury Department
recently made a blunder of such a stu
pid character that it is a wonder that it
was not discovered by some one of the
many attaches in time to save the rep
utation of the establishment. The care
less and off-hand manner in which they
do things iu the Printing Bureau would
ruin any job printing office in the Uni
ted States in six months. Think, for
instance, bf them striking off, I don't
know how many thousand dollars, but
as much as they wanted at any rate, of
ten cent fractional notes, and then dis
covering, when the work was comple
ted, that in the engraving the word
"cents" had been omitted, and that the
bill might mean ten mills, ten cents;
ten dollars, or ten d—ns, just as might'
be agreed upon between the holder and
the redeemer of it. It had 10's all over
it, but the word "cents" didn't once
occur. The faux pas was not discovered
until the greater part of the notes bad
been paid out of the Department. An
attempt is now being made to call in
the erroneous issue, but the work pro
ceeds very slowly. The head of the
Printing Bureau is Mr. Clark, about
whom a Congressional investigating
committee told so many naughty stories
a year and a half ago. But there seems
to be some hidden virtue in him that
made him invulnerable.
Man Killed by a Bear
A young man named Friester, resid-!
ing near Bear Meadows, started from
his home to the Meadows for the pur
pose of hunting small game, taking with;
him a shot gun. After being out a short
time, he came across a huge bear into
which he poured the contentsofhisgun.
The bear, aggravated by his wounds,
made at the defenceless young man,
and succeeded in devouring all of him
but one leg. When what was left of
young Friester was discovered, the bear
lay dead a short distance away, havirkg
died from the wounds inflicted by the
shot from Friester's gua.--/Tuntingefon.
Monitor
A hen was killed at the Cowell House
one day last week, that contained about;
two and a half dozen eggs. Oneofthe
eggs had a hard shell on it, seven others
of full sized skins were brokenand theii
contents absorbed. Besides there were
near two dozen small eggs fronithe size
of a head, cherry, walnut, ttc. Had
these eggs all come to maturity they
would • have been worth more than the
hen, .as eggs have•been -selling here at
fifty cents per dozen. This is equal t
Bfltz's:Feleb;stied egg bag:-.7462i1e5t9z0n
Prolific lien
Interview Between the President and
Senator. Hamner.
rich interview took place .between
the President and Senator Sumner on
the'evening after the Message was read
in Congress. It lasted for several hours.
There: were three or fo u r persons present.
Sumner is represented as having been
very nervous. Some of those present
thought he would go into a fit at two or
three different periods of the consulta
tion. At any rate his actions justified
the application of the term of being a
monomaniac in regard to the negro.
Finding himself unable to move the
President; he finally broke out as fol
lows :
"Mr. President, I notice that the
white rebels down in Alabama and oth
er localities in the South are talking
very strong against the Union, and de
nouncing it in strong terms; can you
not do something to put a stop to it?"
The President coolly replied : " I see,
Mr. Sumner, that the white rebels in
Boston are talking against the Union.
Can't you put a stop to it there?"
This confused the Senator for a short
time, but after twisting in his seat for a
short time he again broke outas follows:
" Mr. Johnson, the reports from the
South show that the white rebels in
almost every section are insulting the
freeslinen. Don't you think that Con
gress ought to do something to correct
this evil?"
The President, with a significant wink
to the other gentlemen present, replied :
" Mr. Sumner, I notice by the papers
that the white rebels in Cincinnati have
been recently insulting white people
there and knocking down one or two.
Can't Congress do something to correct
that evil?' •
It is needless to add that the stay of
the Massachusetts negro monomaniac
at the White House was of short dura
tion after that thrust —N. Y. Herald.
Sleeping-Cars
The people of this country are paying
several thousand dollars per night iu
generous prices for the use of Sleeping-
Cars on Railroads, and receiving in re
turn more poison than the Black Hole
of Calcutta could have generated had it
been filled and refilled with helpless
captives down to this hour. It would
be a low estimate to place the baneful re
sults of these mephitic dens at thirty
thousand typhoids and one thousand
deaths per annum.
A Sleeping Cur might and should be
properly, thoroughly ventilated ; but
none ever will be so long as air shall be
admitted only from windows at the top
nor so long as the quantity of air admit
ted is controlled by any person or per
sons. The occupants of the top berths
very naturally object to sleeping in a
draught for the benefit of the ground
hugs ; and your attendants will shut up
ventilators to save heat until thecar be
comes a foul, revolting charnel-house,
wherein sleep is perilous and breathing
the inhalation of disease and death.
„Until this abuse shall be reformed,
and every ear thoroughly ventilated
from the bottom as well as the top, so as
to maintain a pure atmosphere within
it whatever may be the temperature
without, and utterly independent of the
will of the conductor, we advise passen
gers to keep out of Sleeping Cars.—N.
Y. Tribune.
A New "Iron Mountain."
The Iron Mountain of Missouri, situ
ated some eighty miles west of south
from St. Louis, has long excited the
wonder and admiration of metallurists
and commercial men. It is doubtless
the greatest development of rich iron
ore, above the surface and " patent to
the eye," in the known world. Wealthy
capitalists, years ago, monopolized this
great bed and mound of ferruginous
treasure and are profiting from its pro
duct.
A gentleman who recently visited
East Tennessee, has described to us a
new mountain of iron ore recently dis
covered in that State. It is in thesouth
ern part of Roane county, three miles
east of the Tennessee river, and sixty
north of Chattanooga. This placer
consists of a hill of iron ore of the
kind known as specular, lenti
cular, hematite ore; familiarly called
" dyestone ore." The eminence is di
vided into three spurs, or offshoots, each
of which has a brood top covered by
solid bedsof ore. The exact thickness of
these beds is unknown, but is pronoun
ced at least twenty-five feet from out
cropping crags, and may be treble that
depth. The surface of the hill extends
over two hundred acres. The finest
timber grows apon the property and in
the neighborhood. Prof. Safford, Ten
nessee State Geologist, says the dye
stone ore yields seventy per cent. of iron,
by a nice analysis, though in practical
working it would not produce over sixty.
This ore is unusually "kind" in fluxing,
and make a soft grey iron. There are
two other similar developments in the
same district, and all of them will be
brought within convenient distance of
Cincinnati by the construction of the
proposed Southern railroads.
An English Girl Sold to an Indian Chief.
[From the Delhi Gazette.]
It appears that a certain chief who
holds sway in the State of Bhatwa, in
the Kattywar territory, and who is
named Khamaldeen, or Kumaloodeen,
lately conceived a desire to add to the
live stock in his harem. For this pur
pose emissaries were dispatched to
Ahmedabad, where lived an English
man with his wife and children. They
were a dissolute couple, by all accounts,
and of course had long rubbed skirts
with poverty. They had a daughter,
named Anne, a girl of 14 years of age,
and the Bhatwa emissaries determined
to make the parents an offer for their
daughter. The father agreed, in con
sideration of 3,000 rupees, to consign his
daughter for her life to the tender care
of Kumaloodeen. The bargain hav
ing been struck, the contracting parties
made the best of their way to Bbatwa,
where money was to be paid and the
goods delivered. Arrived at their des
tination, this child of 14, the offspring
Of English parents, and a daughter of
the Christian Church, was handed over
to her purchaser, and the delicate-mind
ed parents became the happy possessors
of 3,000 rupees (X 300). At this stage of
the proceedings he chaplain of Rajkote
called upon the political agent of Katty
war to rescue the child from the destruc
tion to which, body and soul, she was
doomed by her guardians. Our corres
pondentdoes not vouch for the truth ofthe
report which has reached him touching
the action taken by the political agent in
the matter; but what he says is, that
Anne after she had become the Na
waub's property, was solemnly made to
abjure the errors of-a Christian Church,
and formally received into communion
with the followers of the true prophet.
The next step taken in regard to the
child was to marry her, after the Ma
hometan fashion, to her purchaser, but
before this ceremony was performed
the political officer is reported to have
caused the bridegroom, justturned sev
enty, to draw up a marriege . settlementi
by which the new light of the harem
is secured in the possession of an income
of two thousand and odd rupees per an
num, including an item of thirty rupees
for- pan and sooparee, which may be
looked upon as an equivalent for pin
money. The political agent, however,
was not satisfied with this provision for
the present wants of Anne. He caused
another deed to be drawn up, by which
it is stipulated:that, "in the event of her
being at any time banished from the
harem, she is to receive, for the term of
her natural life, the allowance of three
• thousand rupees per annum." This af
fair has natural 'caused great indigna
tion amoog:the Burnlienns in India.
Whotesalely.ing by a Minister.
The•Beio: 'Et. , M. Sneed, pastor of the
Sixth Street Methodist Protestant
Cbureh, at Cincinnati, has just been
tried on sixteen, charges of "wilful and
maliciiius lying" and "general imnior
ality."' The specifications set forth that
the reverend gentleman is guiltyof" ly
ingat exindry.times and.places, not only
about pis ;broth rep but als9, about him
-14f2) The - , verduit.lita. not."yet been
rendered;blitrtin#o4olt .WPI4 - agatlet
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A Capital Bath
An open window with the direct rays
of the sun coming in will begixbdfor the
little one. On a hot summer day, to lay
it down near the window,quite nude, and
let it lie for some. minutes where the
rays of - the sun may fall upon its skin,
will give it new life. There is vital re
lation between sunshine and a vigorous
human being. Seclusion from sunshine
is one of the greatest misfortunes of civ
ilized life. The samecause which makes
potatoe vines white and sickly when
grown in dark cellars, operates to pro
duce the pale sickly girls that arereared
in our parlors. Exposed either to the
direct rays of the sun, and they begin to
show color, health and strength. When
in London, some years ago, I visited an
establishment which had acquired a
wide reputation for the cure of those
diseases in which prostration and ner
vous derangement were prominent
symptoms, I soon found the secret of
success in the use of sunshine. The
slate roof had been removed and a glass
one substituted. The upper story was
divided into sixteen small rooms, each
provided with loungers, washing appa
ratus, etc. The patient on entering each
his little apartment, removed all his
clothing, and exposed hituself to the
direct rays of the sun. Lying on the
lounge and turning over from time to
time, each and every part of the body
was exposed to the life-giving rays of
the sun. Several London physicians
candidly confessed to me that many
cases seemingly only waiting for the
shroud were galvanized into life and
health by this process.—Dr. Dio Lewis.
The Effects of Fear on Children
The most effectual way, for all purpo
ses, to discover the fear that is already
there, in order to relieve him from it, is
by changing thiS weakness into a source
of strength and comfort. What is it—
this fear that lies hidden in him? A boy
who is not afraid of the dark, or a bull,
or of a ghost, may tremble at the sight
of a drunken man, or at the hearing of
an oath. A girl who is not afraid of a
spider, or a toad, nor thieves, or of
climbing ladders may tremble at the
moaning of the wind in the chimney, or
at a frown from her mother, or at enter
ing a sick chamber. Whatever it be
let the parents watch, carefully but si
lently, till they have found it out; and
having found it out, let them lead on
the child td•conquest, both by reason
and by bringing such courage as he has
to bear on the weak point. In any case,
whether of a bold nr timid child, the
only completely effectual training comes
from the parents' example. If the ev
ery-day life of the parents show that
they dread nothing, but dying wrong,
for either themselves or their children,
the fears of the most timid and of the
boldest will alike take this direction,
sooner or later ; and the courage of both
will, with more or less delay, become
adequate to bear and do anything for
conscience sake.—Miss Martineau.
Arrival of Gen. Lee's Faintly In Lexing
General Lee's family arrived in Lex
ington on Saturday morning last by
packet, and took possession of the pres
idential residence on College Hill. They
have been detained hitherto in Cumber
land county, awaiting repairs of their
future residence.
It will be gratifying to the numerous
friends of the General and his family to
know that many of their wants had
been anticipated and provided for. For
some days before their arrival several
of the lad es of the town had been dili
gently ei gaged in having the house
thoroughly cleansed up, carpets put
down, furniture adjusted, &A!.
Mrs. Lee's private apartments were
completely and handsomely furnished
through the considerate and liberal
kindness of a wealthy lady of Cumber
land county. And, to her praise be it
spoken,she had all the furniture manu
factured in Lexington—thus setting an
example worthy lof imitation.—Pich
inond:En<juircr.
Fatal Railroad Accidents
On Saturday evening last asa train was
passing through the Summit Tunnel on
the Catawissa Railroad, twelve miles
above Tamaqua, the Engine ran off the
track and came in contact with some
timber propping up the Tunnel, which
was knocked down, killing two persons
and injuring some five or six more, in
cluding Mr. - Lewis of this city, who is
the engineer.
A man named Lock, of Pottsville,
whilst under the influence of strong
drink attemped to jump on the Cow-
Catcher of an Engine, below Chestnut
street, when Ie fell and was dragged
about half a square. He was mangled
in a shocking manner, taken to the
house of a relative where be died about
11 o'clock in the night.
An unknown woman was picked up
below Norristown, on Saturday even
ing, by Conductor Moore of the freight
train. She was apparently about 22
years of age and it is supposed she was
,run o vex' .anil killed by the down passen
ger train whilst walking on the track.
On the same evening an unknown
man was run over at Port Clinton and
,killed.—Reading Record.
General Beauregard
General Beauregard wrote the follow
ing letter to the editor of a French
newspaper which had defended him :
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18, 1865
My Dear Sir—l beg leave to thank you
for your article of the 27th of October, in
reply to au ungenerous attack upon me by
the Paris Atenir National, a paper which
ought to be satisfied that I am not a soldier
of tbrtune.
When my native S:tate, Louisiana, re
quired my services, I drew my sword with
out hesitation, as a son rushes to rescue his
mother from the torrent, without thought of
his own safety.
At one time, in order to escape the hatred
of Northern fanatics, I thought of seeking a
refuge in Brazil, but the generous senti
ments expressed by President Johnson to
ward the Southern States have persuaded
me, t °get her with a great many other Confed
erate officers and soldiers, to remain in Lou
isiana. I prefer to live here, poor and for
gotten, than to be endowed with honor and
riches in a foreign country.
With sincere respect, your obd't serv't.,
G. T. BEUREGARD.
THE Ceylon coffee season for 1864.65,
closed on September 30th last, and the
reports are the largest ever known.
Consumption in Englan , of this article
is decreasing ; nevertheless, the exports
from Colombo are principally to Eng
land. Out of 876,000 cwt. of Plantation
and Native shipped, 821,000 cwt. were
destined for England. Next in order
stands Melbourne, which took 10,296
cwts. ; then New York, 9,939 cwts. of
Native, but not a berry of Plantation ;
after which, Belle Isle imported 9,916
cwts. ; Havre, 8,758 cwts. ; St. Nazaire,
6,465 cwts. ; Gibraltar, for orders, 6,426;
and the remaining few cwts. found their
way to Cape Town, Sydney, Mauritius,
and Singapore.
General Butler and the Virginia Legis,
In the Virginia House of Delegates,
on Friday, Mr. Hurst, of Norfolk county,
offered the following :
Whereas, It is currently reported and
generally 'believed that the celebrated
Hudibrastic Gen. B. F. Butler is about
to take charge of this military depart
ment with powers extraordinary— there
fore,
Resolved, That whatever money may
remain in the State Treasury be imme
diakely divided among the widows and
orphans of deceased soldiers, and cour
iers be despatched to the various coun
ties requesting the people to secrete or
bury their plate.
National Banks.
The, following National Banks were
established last week :- The Windham
of Connecticut, the Henderson of Ken
tucky, the First National of Macon, Ga.,
each with a capital of $lOO,OOO, and the
Pacific NatioliaL Ito:dr. - of North Itrovi
dente; 1., witha capital of $185,160.
Applimtkins• for: the 'estahlishmentiif
,the above banks' 'were' amide:early:Ba
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'NUMBER 50.
A Republican Journal on Thad. Stevens
•
The Philadelphia Daily News, a paper
which has never acted with the Democ
racy, and which has been as bitter as
any other in the State, is gradually
coming to its senses, if we are to judge
by the following just and well-timed
sketch of our member of Congress. We
give the article entire as we find it in
•
yesterday's issue :
It is as much the duty of a candid
journalist to point out those defects of
judgment, in a person occupying an in
fluential position, wheh are like to
bring trouble upon the country, as it is
to perform the more agreeable task of
commending the wise and patriotic acts
of those who labor judiciously and earn
estly to prevent disasters.
The gentleman whose name heads
this article is a prominent leader of the
ultra wing of the Republican party, and
he exercises a great influence over
the majority in the popular branch of
Congress. His great experience and
shrewdness in the management of
party affairs give him great power, and
all that he says and does has weight
with a considerable portion of the peo
ple of the Northern States, consequently
his power for good or for evil is great.
Mr. Stevens opposes the policy of the
President, who aims to restore the au
thority of the Federal government in
the recently revolted States, and the
prosperity of the whole country, in the
shortest time practicable. The views
presented by Mr. S. with regard to finan
cial measures, particularly those which
concerned proposed laws designed to
compel the people to ignore the differ
ence between gold and paper money,
were so absurd as to bring ridicule upon
him ; and his more recently expressed
idea that the impoverished Southern
States may be compelled to pay the
enormous national debt incurred iu sup
pressing the rebellion evinces so little
practical knowledge of the condition
and productive resources of the South,
and of the means by which property
may be made to yield revenue, as to
make it evident that a great lack of
judgment or of candor is to be found in
his expressed opinions.
The policy advocated by him would
in effect continue the war, or at least a
great part of the expenses of the war,
I indefinitely, for it utterly ignores the
constitutional rights of States and of
individuals, and if adopted would drive
the people of the South to desperation
and renewed resistance. Its object can
only be to gratify vindictive feeling.—
No thinking man can fail to perceive
that there can be no permanent peace
between the two sections of the country
unless peaceably disposed persons in
the South are made to feel that the
Union is a real benefit to them; and
while even a sullen and passive resist
ance is continued, the expenses of a
large military establishment, with all
its concomitant corruptions, frauds,
and plunderings, will go on. Confisca
tion on the Stevens' plan could never
be made to pay a tithe of what it would
cost to enforce it, and the notion that
the people of the South may be ex
pelled or exterminated, or so utterly
subdued that they cannot, resist, is tou
absurd to need comment.
The natural increase of population is
far greater than the immigration which
could be drawn into that part of the
Union by the prospects of confiscated
estates, for the people of those countries
from which our best emigrants come pre
fer legal titles to the fertile lands of the
West, whose climate suits them better
than that of the warmer and less healthy
region of the cotton States. Argument
is scarcely needed to show that Mr.
Stevens is a visionary theorist, whose
judgment is distorted by the harsh feel
ings which he entertains toward the
people of the States recently at war
with our government; and, what is 'Ol
much more consequence to every citizen
of a loyal State, is that he is a revolution
ist. He has repeatedly declared that he
does not respect the Constitution which
is the creator of the legislative body oi
which he is a member.
If his views be adopted and put into
practice the American republic will nu
longer have an existence, although the
name may be retained. He would ut
terly destroy the grandest political fabric
ever erected by the wisdom and patriot
ism of man, and substitute for it an oli
garchy of an undefined and irresponsi
ble character. It is difficult to realize
the fact that men occupying positions
like those in which Mr. Stevens and
others who sustain him are placed
should contemplate and advocate the
utter subversion of what has been so
often termed " the best government
upon earth" for the purpose of estab
lishing some form of tyranny whose
shape is not yet well defined. When
men revolt against despotic govern
ments their conduct is deemed heroic
and patriotic, for it is presumed that
they are actuated by the desire to estab
lish one in which freedom and justice
may be instituted ; but what excuse can
be given for the efforts which are now
made to overthrow agovernment whose
fundamental character secures all power
to the people? Can it be that men who
sustain the revolutionary policy of Mr.
Stevens fully comprehend it? Do they
see that in an effort to wreak vengeance
upon men who have rebelled against
the authority of the government,
they are about to pull down the
house which shelters them upon their
own heads? Mr. S. acts upon the pre
sumption that the Constitution has al
ready become obsolete, and has no long
er power to restrain the majority in
Congress; and if this view be correct,
or government has teen changed to
something different from what it was
before the war. It would be well fur
those whose notions of the power of
Congress are based upon the presump
tion that it may disregard the Constitu
tion if they would coolly ask themselves
what our government is, and what se
curity we have for the liberties of
which we have heretofore boasted so
much.
The two houses of Congress have no
legal power but what they get from the
Constitution, and if they act - in disre
gard of it, they may with as much show
of right pass "a concurrent resolution"
making Mr. Thaddeus Stevens Emperor
of North America as they may do any
other of the ridiculous things which he
proposes.
"ONE of the driest humorists, I ever
met," says Sala, "Is P. T. Barnum.—
On board the river steamers in the States
they feed you at a moderate outlay, very
sumptuously, but the portions supplied
are usually of microscopic dimensions.
Barnum had taken passage by one of
these stately Noah's Arks. He called
at tea time, for a beef-steak. The negro
brought him the usual shriveled mite of
broiled flesh, certainly not sufficient
for more than two mouthfulls. Barnum
poised the morsel on his folk, scanned
it critically as though it were a sample
of steak submitted to his inspection,
then returned it to the waiter, saying
"yes-s, that's what I mean. Bring me
some of it."
How to Get up a Quarrel with a Wife.
Wait until she is at her toilet pre
paratory to going out. She will be sure
to ask you if her bonnet is straight.
Remark that the lives of nine-tenths of
the women are passed in thinking
whether their bonnets are straight, and
wind up with the remark that you
never knew but one who had common
sense about her. Wife will ask you
who that was. You, with asigh, reply,
"Ah! never mind." Wife will ask
why you did not marry her. You say,
abstractedly, "Ah ! why, indeed?" The
climax is reached by this time, and a
regular row is sure to follow.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR JOHNSON,
ef...GOrgia, has asked to be relieved,
_that (3oYePlar
1641i01-izalloweci ttx - take* office;
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The Fenian Troubles in Ireland
From the Dublin Freeman's Journal
HEAD CENTRE STEPHENS' ESCAPE.
The escape of Stephens is one of the
most remarkable, and at the same time
instructive and suggestive events that
has occurred in connection with the
Fenian conspiracy. That his escape
was the result of treachery there is no
longer any doubt and that treachery
was aided by the omission of due pre
caution on the part of the authorities is
no less plain. The prison was in facefor
hours in the hands of the Head Centre
and his accomplices, and the only mat
ter of surprise is that all the prisoners,
as well as the chief, were not liberated
by those who used the master key with
such effect.
At the time Stephens left by the
southwestern gate of the prison it was
raining in torrents, and blowing nearly
a full gale from the , southwest. There
is no doubt of his having left the jail
about half-past one o'clock, and at that
time, on such a night, in all probability
he did not meet a soul save a stray
policeman, who would take no notice of
a gentlemanly looking man walking
rapidly for own. The only rumor which
bears the semblance of probability is
the one which has been generally cirou•
lated, that Stephens, after he reached
town on the morning of his escape, met
his friends by appointment, and pro
ceeded at once to the neighborhood of
Howth, where he got on board a fishing
smack that put to sea before daybreak
without exciting suspicion. If this
course was adopted it was a practical
one, as the wind and sea, though very
heavy, were off the shore, and there
would be nothing easier than for
the smack (which belongs to. a
most wealthy class of vessels) to
get into the course of long sea
going ships, and put Stephens on board
one of them, or perhaps on board a ves
sel that was lying in waiting for him.—
It sLould be borne in mind that Steph
ens and his friends knew to the hour
when he would be released, and knew it,
in all probability, for a week before his
escape was effected. Under the circum
stances, there is every reason to believe
that the plans of the conspiratorsdid not
only embrace' the release of Stephens
from prison, but were all matured and
arranged for his safety when he regain
ed his liberty,
The special commission for the trial
the Fenians was opened in Dublin
i the 27th November, and the trial of
Thomas Clark Luby, proprietor of the
Irish People, was commenced, the
charge being treason and felony, for
which the maximum punishment is
ervitute for life.
At the opening of the trial, the coun-
tiel for the defence exhausted every con
ceivable plea for the postponement of
die case. All the objections were over
ruled. In choosing the jury a long
panel of three hundred and twenty
mimes was called over, and about one
hundred and eighty answered. The
prisoner was entitled to challenge
twenty, and he exercised that right to
the full, being, indeed, allowed to ob-
ject to more than that number. The
Attorney General, Mr. Lawson, then
opened the case on behalf the crown.
lie stated that the offence charged
against the prisoner was "treason
felony," an offence constituted by law
so that the crown was enabled to treat
wore leniently than before crimes of
this character. lie added that this was
not a press prosecution ; Luby was not
tried as the publisher of the Irish Peo
ple, but as a member of a conspiracy
having for its object the dethronement
of the Queen.
On Friday the trial was brought to a
elose. The jury retiredat half-past one,
and remained nearly two hours in de-
aeration. They brought in a verdict
d . guilty on all the counts. Their
ordships then retired for a few minutes
consider the sentence. When they
. 2turned the prisoner was put forward
Ind asked by the Clerk of the Crown
i at he had to say why sentence should
lot be passed on him.
The prisoner then addressed the court
i a calm, collected manner, with much
wee and propriety of language. He
emphatically denied and repudiated the
allegations of assassination which had
been urged against him and his fellow
prisoners. He admitted that according
to the British law he was guilty. Al
though it was of no practical utility nowi
'till he believed that his words would
carry conviction, and carry it much
surer than any words of the crown pros
ecutors, to three hundred thousand men.
of Irish race in England, Ireland, Scot
land and America. He believed that if
his guilt or innocence were to be tried
according to the higher standard ofeter
nal right, and if the issue were put to
the country, the majority of his coun
trymen would pronounce that he was
riot a criminal, and that he deserved
well of his country.
Mr. Justice Keogh addressed the pris
oner, deploring that a person in hissocial
1,,n-iiiou should occupy that place, and
pointing out the destructive conse
quences of revolu,tion in this country.
l'he sentence of the Court was penal
servitude for twenty years.
Tile prisoner was then removed, and
in a few minutes was transmitted
under military and police escort to
iNl,,untjoy Convict Prison.
W hile the jury was deliberating, John
O'Leary was placed in the dock and ar
raigned for the same crime. Another
jury was sworn to try him, and the
statement of the Attorney General ocr
cul,ied the court till its rising.
During the day the grand jury found
true bills against O'Brennan, Hartigan,
0' Nfahony. Cleary. Poan tree and Keane.
Bottled F. Batter
The following reminiscence is from
the Memphis Bulletin:
"On Monday evening, succeeding the
Baltimore Convention of 1860, a great
concourse of people gathered'in front of
the residence of Jno. C. Breckinrideg at
Washington. He bad been nominated
for President by a portion of his party,
which bad seceded from the main body
thereof, and the collection to which we
allude was assembled for the purpose of
receiving his acknowledgments. In the
course of the evening speeches were
made by Mr. Toombs, Mr. Davis and Mrj
Yancey.
" Toward the close Mr. Benjamin F.
Butler, a secessionist from Massachu
setts, was called for, and spoke for half
an hour more violently in favor of
Southern rights than any of his prede
cessors As he concluded his harangue - ,
the writer of this brief reminiscence
turned to Andrew Johnson, who hap
pened to be standing near at hand, and
inquired what he thought of it? "By
G—d sir," he replied, with character.;
istic warmth, " I never like a man to
be for me more than I'm for myself,"
From Georgia---The President on Gov.
Jenkins' Inauguration.
. MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 12.—The Pro
visional Governor sent to the Legisla
ture the following despatch :
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 11.
J. Johnson, Provisional Governor:
The Governor elect will be inaugu
rated, which will not interfere with the
Provisional Governor. You will receive
instructions in a few days in regard to
being relieved. Why can't you elect a
senator? I would issue no commis
sions to members of Congress, but leave
that for the incoming Governor. We
are under obligations to you for the no
ble, efficient and patriotic manner in
which you have discharged the duties
of Provisional Governor, and will be
sustained by the government.
' ANDREW JoirlYsorr, President.
A committee was appointed to wait
on the Governor elect,.and learn when
it would suit him to be inaugurated. It
is understood that he desires to know
his status before taking his seat.
GENERAL GRANT has issued an- order
for the discharge from the army :of: all
civilians exedritmlerks, and- to 8001-
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