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Paris!—l suppose Paris begins with the
Louvre.
But even the Louvre, with its fifteen com
ponent mnseumß. partakes of the infinity
•and bustle of Paris, and is fax from easy tp
describe. I can do nothing unless I get
into some cool, quiet place, and into the
.presence ef some elevating and calming in
fluence. Perhaps Polymnia will be willing
to help me this once more.
> The Polymnia of the Louvre dwells
among the antique sculptures in the long
jgallery, which fronts the Seine, and which
■Louis XIV built from the designs of the
..physician Claude Perranlt. I Bhall find her
among her associates, the severe and peace
iful marbles of anoient Greece.
As I enter the grand old hall my eye com
mands without interruption the whole
length of it. There are the kind marble
Muses, and amongthemthelyrist Polymnia,
muffled to the chin in veils of stone. She
- looks as if she knew everything, and was
turning the universe tp music in her brain.
Around her hair are bound twd circles of
wild roses, whose petals have not shriveled
in a thousand years. Her breast and her
arms are leaned upon a savage pedestal of
rocks which ought to burst into flowers
without delay. Her head and her hands
and feet emerge like soft birds from the
complications of the drapery, which is
’ strained around her in manifoldflutings, in
• tended possibly to express in their sharp
■ ness and unison the cords of the harp. Her
very robes seem capable of music, while the
Muse escapes from them in her soft divine
extremities, like Isis from the comer of the
'Veil.
••None knows, none understands
"Wliat flowers are like her hands;
Though you should search all lands
Wh ereln time growß,
What snows are like her feet—
Though his eyes burn with heat
With gazing on my Sweet.
Yet no man knows.”
'I have fancied that this high creature, for
■whom all things are lyrical, has taken me
'somewhat under her protection. I should
like to sit long at her white feet and learn to
set the world to music.
Near by, with still more of ineffable di
vinity about her, stands the Empress ol
Los e, the queen of all sculpture forever, the
unspeakable Venus of Milo. It is the most
'Christian of all pagan imaginings: its ges
; tore, at once winning and imperious, com
> mands the world to come and taste of enno
bled love. The Venus of Milo was the
patroness of poor Heine, in those sad latter
days of his at Paris. He used to call her
Onr Blessed Lady of Milo. Our more
blessed lady of Nazareth, with that holy
thing that was bora of her, was unknown
or unheeded by him, and he reposed for
succor upon the most recherche and exqui
site paganism he could find. Just before he
died he dragged himself from his “matress
grave” hither to the Louvre, a palsied
skeleton, to visit his Lady in her
shrine. He says he threw him
self at her feet in a rapture of
>tears. And the goddess beamed and melted
for him upon her pedestal and seemed to
'understand him. “But I cannot help thee;
seest thou not I have no arms?” And so
Seine went home and died in his sad-
stony, beautiful paganism, haying long ago
smiled away the offer of the one arm that
i :is not shortened and that could have helped
1 him.
Polymnia, an immortal melody, leans her
-chin on one soft band and contemplates
.all things. She'stands among others of the
nine. At the extremity of her hall, from a
floor of costly mosaic, springs the gigantic
figure of M elpomene, as if she would lift
the roof with her lofty head. This head the
sun never touches; it is dim, in its cold, all
comprehending smile, under the eternal
shadow of twilight and' of tragedy. It is
- dim because it lies high. But the breast,
•when I saw it this evening, was warm with
a fluttering light of gold, which streamed
- over it from the great window and covered
- it with a luminous shield. In one hand lay
the mask, the antique features fixed in hor
ror, and the moulh set to bray of panic and
. disaster.
All around were assembled the vast ideas
of antiquity, stamped upon the rock, and
gathered hither from many places. Here
' were the Germanicus and the Jason, the
superb combatant we know as the Fighting
Gladiator, the Venus of Arles, a relic of
Homan Gaul, the Silenus who dandles the
infant Dionysius, with scores of others whose
fame has rung>round the earth. The glo
rious halls are quiet and studious. Jason
and Germanicus are the master spirits now
of . the room where Moliere used to play be
fore the court, and where Henry IV. wedded
Margaret’of Valvos. Those shining scenes
are replaced by a society of pale students,
• trying to catch for their pencils the secret of
the Muses and divinities around. And the
lady-artists come also among them.
Lady-artists were bom to be distraotions
and bewilderments. By Borne influence that
shakes from their earrings or pervades their
back hair, they make the male students er
ratic and good for nothing. There is one,
half-way up a ladder, on a level with the
girdle of the Melpomene, whose proportions
she is copying and slandering. The artists
look, not upon their proper models, but on
her, and most of them have reproduced her
in some of her least resistible poses, around
their margins; She works away, boldly
' f ; • Jx H ■ - ■ ■ ■ ■ - H ■’V . f '" ■■. - r^Bß-. - ■;.•'»■. v"b( ft. r ’ Hl' Hi
Draperies! What a sex it is, that has not
even invented a costume that serves the
chief end of a costume! Lift a lady a foot
or two above the ground she habitually
her clothing becomes an indeli
cacy. The lady of the Louvre has been
forced to apply for covering to the wardrobe
or-her step ladder; > This apparatus has a
Bind of canvas lining, and politely shelters
the daughter of Eve with its shirt. In other
situations I see ladies relying upon the pet
ticoats belonging to balustrades, staircases
and galleries, their own having quite failed
them. And I have even Been—bntyou will
never believe me—ladies borrowing their
horses’ pocket handkerohie&!—opening the
feithfol creatures’ saddle pockets, serenely
dressing their noses, and returning the laes
to the toilet it properly came from.
In the upper rooms, whieh imprison the
. glowing sun of Venice and the heavens of
Borne upon the canvases of Titian and
Baphael, you see more of these lady
painters on their ladder pedestals; many
of them are womanly, faithful crea
tures, working on panels or on vases
or on. tiles from the priceless examples
around them. Hilda lives there day by
day, among the raptures and beatitudes of
the old Roman saints, until thfcir parity has
passed into her pale and noble face. But it
takes a large variety to make the world we
call Paris, and you will see Purity and
Pleasure side by aide. In the Rubens por
tion of the Louvre you may be struck with
a dark, rich face, whioh you are certain yon
have seen before, Where? Where, but in
Gtsrdme’s Almeh—the picture they call the
ventre, on aeoount of the settled gravitation
of the troasers and the morbid short-waist
ednesß of the jacket there represented. The
likeness is expressed with GferSme’s infalli
pencil—and you have oaught the Almeh
painting away like Jezebel among the flam
boyant Rubenses of the Long Gallery.
?Je following letter, by its address, is
evidently designed for this department of
the paper. As it so effectually demolishes
our arguments against the “Fatal Five
Hundred,” the magnanimity implied bv its
publication will be admitted by the most
benighted stockholder: ,
“foILLEFLEURE PLACE, Dec. 28 1866
To ‘Facts and Fancies’, My servant
just cleared the breakfast table,
and I, having naught to claim me until the
dinner hour, mean to bestow a little while
upon you. Ton are, I doabt not, quite a
clever fellow, but have unfortunately cho
sen the wrong track. Let me set you right.
if paper pellets were as weighty as
bullets, your ungenerous attacks
upon the gallant “five hundred” would as
effectually serve out the holders of Academv
stock, aB did Russian fire the English “six
hundred” at Balaklava, but your onset on
onr set is not the thing.
“Injureus you cannot; but, believing that
a fair statement of certain facts, perhaps un
known toyon, may mollify the vindictive
ness of your misdirected attacks, I hasten
to lay them before you. Yon should, in
the first place, not forget that eaoh individ
ual in tu© stockholders’ pen t (as yon are
pleased to term it,) represents at least five
shares, (par value $lOO each,) of the afore
mentioned stock. Call in arithmetic to your
aid and find out how much capital is thus
represented. As you are no fool and are
therefore, not devoid of the respect due to
wealth, you can readily infer my meaning
You may answer me that capital repre
sents itself and that even if the stockholders
were out of existence, the capital they now
possess would still exert its power over
humanity. Perhaps this is so. But you
should not forget that in our stockholders -
you must also respect the wisdom, the intel
ligence and the virtue which are, in this
country, 2 almost invariably the concomi
taßts of wealth.
“ You had better, by far, remember that
we constitute a sort of; art-senate, whose
dicta form the judgment of our audiences.
Look down upon us, from your compli
mentary seat, and behold how many have
actually grown bald in the service of art
and pause before you again fling your witti
cisms at men whose active brains have ac
tually worked the hair off their heads
“You suggested that the stockholders/
seats should be differently, distributed; I
freely agree with. At present, our seats are
the worst in the house. Just imagine my
suffering when I inform you that lean
never find a vacant place exoept in the
Vicinity of the trombone. Reflect on this, and
endeavor to realise how.poor a return this
is for the service I rendered the Divine art
when I became the owner of five shares of
Academy stock, and cease your abuse of the
five hundred.
If you will comply with my request, I
will eend you a few good jokes which are.
as yet, unknown out of our set:
“Yours, an injured but forgiving,
“Stockholdhr.”
A singular scene lately occurred in a par
ish church in the west of England. It ap
pears that the rector is very mnch opposed
to persons coming into church after the
commencement of the service, and when
°° me in he always stops his reading
until they are comfortably seated, and then
proceeds. It happened on a recent Sunday
that his own servants—two sisters—came in
late, when the clergyman paused as usual,
but when he ascended the pulpit, and before
giving out the text, he said, “I herebv give
you, Elizabeth S and Kate S- ■ a
month’s notice to leave my service, in con
sequence of your coming late to church.”
The young women blushed crimson, and
the congregation audibly tittered.
The Galaxy says: “It has been doubted
whether negro attendants were known in
England before the seventeenth century.
Perhaps the following passage from ‘Para
dise Lost,’ may settle the question:
With goddess-Hire demeanor forth she went
Not unatterded; for on her, as a qneen,
A i*oxnp of winning graces waited stilL”
Thad. Stevens proposes to destroy the
State of Maryland, whioh never did secede.
The Radicals only hold Pennsylvania by a
hair, and when that breaks he will probablv
desire to dissolve the Keystone.— [Albany
Argus.] The Argus should understand that
if the Radicals hold Pennsylvania by the
hair, they are not likely to let go. This is
not a mere old Whig State.
A well-informed Frenchman recently sold
his young and beautiful wife for five francs.
Apretfygood trade, as he had in place of
one wife five hundred sent him.—(soo cen
times.) , v
enough, and yon would not suppose she
dreamt of the males; bnt I suppose her
draperies and effeots are prinoipallV for
them.
Facts and Fancies.
A Berks county cattle-dealer paid a boy
ten cents for two weeks’ service. He would
have earned more if his labor had not been
too-weak.
People are still discussing the speech of
General Butler, when he ate the apple
ibrown at him. Some prefer his apple and
some—his-speech.
If you want to gall a person to the quick,
put ink under his nails. The gall of the ink
will go directly to the quick.
Enfant Perdu,
The Theaters.— Mr. J.S.Clarke appears
to-night in “The Rough Diamond” and
‘‘Knighte of the Round Table;” and “The
Naiad Queen” will also be given at the
Walnut. In each piece the cast is superb.
At the Chestnut Mr. and Mrs. Barney Wil
liams appear in three splendid pieces, as
“ine characters. At the Arch
“Griffith Gaunt” will be repeated. We have
given this noble version of the novel the
highest possible praise, and can only repeat
that the acting of Mrs. Drew, Mr.Mordaunt,
Miss Price, Miss Annie .Ward, and in fact
every one in the cast is trulv magnificent.
1 he scenery and appointments (particularly
of the fair scene) have never been surpassed
even at Mrs. Drew’s theatre, and they met
with the most unqualified admiration. At
the Academy of Musio the Christmas en
tertainments close on New Year’s night
those who have not seen “The Arabian
Nights” and the Old Folks should not
neglect the opportunities remaining. At the
American holiday bills are still given.
Signor Blitz flourishes at Assembly
Building nightly and on Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons.
(V. I.) telegram of December
19th, says that the British brig Ann arrived
in Royal Roads that day, from Mauritius,
bringing one hundred miles of telegraph
cable from the ship Egemont, which put
into that colony in distress. The Egemont
was discharging the remaining four hun
dred miles of cable, having to pay five thou
sand dollars for a coffer dam to contain it.
The Telegraph has a leading article in
which the prosperity of Montana is con
trasted with the retrogression of British Co
lumbia. It inquires: “Must we come to the
melancholy conclusion that in American
territory the race is maintaining its manli
ness, while in the British colony it is rapidlv
degenerating.” , -
The barque Candace, from Rio de Janeiro,
with the other part of the cargo of the ship
Carlyle, condemned at that port, arrived
here yesterdav.
San Francisco, Dec. 28.— The memorial
to Congress, asking a division of territory,
will probably pass the Legislature. It is
proposed to name the new territory Co
lumbia. J
The private grain circular states that our
wheat receipts and exports for the past six
months, are larger: than fir any entire
year heretofore, and the surplus still re
maining for exports is not far from one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand tonß.
Gold deposits in the Branch Mint, Deo. Ist
to Dee. 22d, inclusive, at which time the
Mint closed for the annual statement, 46,300
ounces, and the gold coinage about $20,000.
Mining stocks show a continued and
generai aechne. Yellow Jacket, $1,200;
iron 11 ?? > ? > ? toBl i 208; Im perial, $130; Ophir,
$130; Belcher, $134; Legal tenders,76.
St. Paul’s, Minn., Dec. 28.—A terrible
tragedy occurred at New Him, on Christ
mas Day. Two men, named Campbell and
Liscomb, had come in from a trapping ex
pedition. . During an altercation m a saloon
one of them stabbed a resident of Yew Ulm
named Mr. Spinner, severing the main ar
tery and causing death. The Sheriff ar
rested Liscomb and Campbell, and while on
iheir way to jail, handcuffed, they were set
upon by a mob, beaten with stones and
sticks of cordwood, and then rescued from
the Sheriff and hung.
, E ; e s Ranging the-mob cut and
hacked their bodies in a shocking manner.
T beir bodies were still hanging and frozen
stiff the next morning. Campbell and Lis
comb served in Company F,2d Maine Regi
ment, and were of good character and res
pectably connected.
The [Congressional Excursionists.
. New Orleans, Deo. 28.—The Congres
sional excursion party arrived last night at
a late hour. They have been entertained by
the city officials and the citizens to-day.
The baa weather, however, has somewhat
marred the pleasures of the day.- This
evening there is a grand dinner given by the
city in honor of the notables. To-morrow
be a public reception, and then
they will take their departure. They regret
tbattbeir short stay will prevent them from
receivingthe many courtesies which the cit
izens wished to offer.
_ The lass- of life by' the burning of the
steamer Fashion, in the'Mississippi river,
will probably reach sixty.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBBB 2D,1866.-TIIIPLE SHRt.T
-Shall ladles have votes?” asked a stomp
speafcm-. “Certainly,” replied a strong
minded woman in the audience. “Is wo
man made only to sew on buttons? And,
it she la, it is against the ' law of nature to
turn away the needle from* the poll.”— Ex.
Lentz* has just commenced « stody, in
water color, for h.large picture entitled “The
Emancipators,” which he intends to paint
during the present winter. It will contain
the portrait*, as far as practicable, of the
chief emancipators of the world, from the
days of Moses to those of Abraham Lincoln.
If he had made his period from Lincoln .to
shorter " won ld have been a good deal
o th® animal-painter, has just begun
a painting illustrative of the saying, “It
rains cate and dogs.” The pietnre Is not yet
enough advanced to be described, as a con
fused mass of cats and dogs is the only part
sketched in. It Is, of course, kit-cat size.
There is one advantages being a block
head, you are never attacked with low
spirnsor apoplexy*. The moment a man
can worry, he ceases to.be a fool.
A workman in ehop in Chicago whistled,
which was against the rales, and had his
head split open by a large cleaver in the
hands of the boss. Served him right! He
had probably split the ears ofhißtoss. until
patience ceased to be a virtue.
i V John, did you ever bet cm a horse race ?”
-No; but I ve seen my sister Bet oa an old
mare!”
The London Times of a recent date, safelv
remarks (that “The decision of a Court fa
nothing if it is not decisive.” Bnnsbv will
please make a note. . J
Why is the human windpipe like the
Pope’s anathema? Because it is a neck's
communication. .
The other day. in Dubuque a grateful
C< <Mn^ eß i Cen *' Presented his physician with
a $lOO piano. The poor fellow, in the de
probably thought he
was a Bakin’ and Ravin’.
amusements.
From the Pacific Coast.
Tragedy In Hlnnesota;
OVB lVHOll!
THE YEAE 1866.
Political and Military ®yents in
tile United Stales.
THE RECONSTRUCTION QUESTION-
Tie Disagreement Between tie
President and Congress.
FRANCE, MEXICO AND THE
THE FENIAN MOVEMENTS,’
L Prepared ttar Philadelphia EveoU*
' -BOUetH!..} .
We give belbw, in as condensed a Sstm a 8
possible, a statement of the polities* and
military events in onr country daring the
year 1866, together with sneh ocourreneesin
Canada, Mexieo r <fcc. r as were intimately
connected with the policy and action ofrthe
Federal government.
_ JTAHIAKY.
p« o H, o "f S P°? dence Bent to Congress- by
Fresident Johnson, on Mexican qnestion.
comprising letters of Secretary Seward!
Mexican agents, the French Minister in U.
b.,and French Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Correspondence covered nearly a yeasr.
AmoDg other things it stated, on the part of
States, that our Government was
m friendly relations with the Juarez Go vem
ment of Mexico, and that President John
son declined to receive a certain communi
cation from an envoy of Maximilian. The
position of onr Government was, as stated
in the correspondence, received with no'sa
□sfactiqn by the French Government Sub
sequent papers show Secretary Seward as
saying that while we are friendly to France
we can in no way encourage the establish
ment of Maximilian’s Empire in Mexico;
m reply the French officials urge the recoe
nition of Maximilian’s government as the
best guarantee for good order in Mexico;
to this Secretary Sewaid replies that such
re °° g niti°n seems to be impracticable.
10. In reply to a message from United
States Senate, the Fresident states in a mes
sage that Jefferson Davis is imprisoned in
consequence of an indictment for treason.
formally arraigned, in the Dis
trict oPColumbia; that he is charged with
treason; with conspiringtoassassinate T.in.
cols; With murdering union prisoners of
war, &c. The President urges his speedv
suggesting a trial a before civil
court in -Virginia, bat that Chief Justice
Chase has held no court there
eisce the capture of Davis and apparently
. for some to come.—Ordert
pubhrfied mustering ont Major Generals
and Brigadier Generals of United States
\ olnnteers to the number of 128.
12. Orders issued by General Grant di
recting military commanders in rebel
States to protect all officers and soldiers
from civil prosecution for acts
performed in execution of duty; to protect
ioyal citizens, and all persons holding
abMdoned lands under Presidential am
tbonty, from suits or judgments in conse
quence of their former acts, and to protect
au colored persons from prosecution for any
offences for which whites are not punished
“i.rA” 1 ?, 1111 ?' Correspondence trans
it U. S. Minister Adams, between
himself and the English minister in refer
ence to pirate Shenandoah; payment de
manded by Mr. Adams for American ships
burned, and the surrender of the Shenan
doah on her arrival at an English port,
together with prosecution of officers*and
crew for piracy. The British authorities
discharged the Shenandoah’s crew, returned
the vessel to the U. S., and refused to make
compensation. President Johnson, in
message to Congress, declined to issue a
proclamation declaring Colorado admitted
as a State on the ground of Informality in
the adoption of a State Constitution by the
territory; he submitted the question to the
Legislative Department of the Government
for consultation and action.
13, Excitenient among the Fenians. Let
ters from Jas. Stephens, Central Organizer
of the Irish Kepublic, published, declarin'*
hie confidence in J. O’Mahoney as chief of
theF. B. in the U. 8., and appointing him
.representative, financial - and otherwise of
the I, R. for the U. S. and Canada,
r 15. lowa, by her Legislature, ratified the
Constitutional Amendment abolishing !
slavery. & |
IS. Negro suffrage bill passed by House,
at Washington, allowing black persons to
vote m the District of Columbia; vote ayes,
116, nays 54. D, S. Walker recognized by
President Johnson as Provisional Governor
of Florida.
19. To Sir F. Bruce, British Minister at
Washington, a despatch from EarFClaren
don is sent, alleging that the British Go
vernment had no evidence of the piratical
■Character of the crew of the Shenandoah.
Also at same time time correspondence took
place between Earl Clarendon and Minister
Adams, in which the latter declares that he
sees no use of furnishing evidence against
Englishmen enlisted on the Shenandoah, as
previous experience had shown its futility.
23. Benate of New Jersey ratified amend
ment to the Constitution.
24. Major-General Sheridan arrests and
sends to Fort Jackson, Gen. R. C. Crawford,
a filibuster, who had been in the attack on
Bagdad* on the Rio Grande.
25. The Kentuoky House of Representa
tives for the second time rejected Constitu
tional Amendment.
'2B. Gen. H. W. Mercer (rebel), aoquitted
of the murder of Union soldiers, at Sa
vannah.
12. Anniversary of birth of Lincoln cele
brated at the Capitol in Washington by an
oration by Hon. George Bancroft, in pre
sence of the President, the Supreme Court,
Members of Congress, Diplomatic Corps, <fcc.
17. Gen. Grant issued an order to Depart
ment Commanders to send to his headquar
ters copies of disloyal newspapers, with a
view to their suppression. Gen. Grant also
revoked the order suppressing a prominent
journal in Virginia, by direction of the
President.
_IS. The Episcopal Convention of the
Diocese of South Carolina returned into
union with “The' Protestant Episcopal
Church of the,United States,” declaring all
action inconsistent therewith null.
* 19. President Johnson vetoes Freedmen’s
Bureau bill, passed by Senate and House.
20. Eflort made to pass Freedmea’
UNITED STATES.
&C-, &C-,
FEBRUARY.
ov ® r Presidential veto in the
il Qoo^ol''^ 01 '' the biU m ’ against
"Vf" j% at 2 ' E , onae pawed by ayes 109 to
BvwHtJt 0 a res olntion declaring that no
to Go t^rPß a re f PreE6^L afiv ? BhaU b ® admitted
nJ.tnSIt 88 frorn the eleven rebel States
sfateenmF/H® shaU bave declared each
estate entitled to representation.
MARCH.
elected Governor
S. , “»ls•^;SS4?a! 1 ' , ” 8901 ™ a,,
;r,!Lrf 0 jv ,Ij o. MoHe y* Minister to Austria,
by ®®®retary Seward to protest
H^ a J? a B i t *i? repo !» te ? arrangement to send
to aidMSu4t nStriBn tr ° opB teMextoo
27. Civil Eights bill, - passed by both
Homes, vetoed by the President.
„ APBIXu
Resident Johnson issued proclamation
016 rebellion was overthrown
, in all the States in which it had hitherto
na n “i ßS, them all save Texas, and
that ishereafter to be regarded as at an end.
y i. (Wnio,l) , el6oted Governor
1 gggSSSS
Qfficjal information made public in
ancB ?* e French troops were to
evacnateSßexico during November of the
g® 1 year and in March and November,
60161^. 8 wrote to oar Minuter
S'nS®** Motley, thattin the erentof
hostilities being carried on hereafter in
Mexico by Austrian subjects under the
command or -with the sanction of the eo
fe^i D S eDt Vlenna > th » United States will
h<^Hi^- mBelveB ' a - hberty to regard those
bostiUiea as constituting a state of war by
Austna against the Republic of MexicZ
regard t» such war, waged at this
e^ ] ? tuig circumstances, the
united States could not engage to remain
as silent or neutral spectators. remain
T^?J^ e , c L vil Sights bill over
veto— 33, nays 35.
9. House passed Civil Rights bill over the
i7h« t ™ yeaB a 12 ?‘ n F 3 ' 4l * Opeaker
f e^ npoD declared ihat the bUi had become I
j | “W.- lioan bill passed by the TJ. S.
| Senate as is came from the Hocie
■Porther instrnotions given toour Aus
trian Minister by Swretary Seward, pro
-1116 of Austrian
troops to Mexico as an unwarrantable in- I
L B ±? t nCe “ Mexican affairs, andiiat
1° west there a European military I
t9WIUCh States^
17. In reply to a despatch of Gen. Unison,
commanding United States tWi to
Georgia.AflaritantAdj utant-General Town-
H Phe s ordeK “®be President's pro
clamation does not remove martial' law. or
way - Dpon Freedmen’s
; atueaum the exercise of-its legitimate iu
risdiction. It la not expedient, however to
resort to military tribunals in any case
where justice can be obtained through the
medium of civil authority.” ,
18. C. C. Clay, of Alabama, arrested for
treason, <fca; released from For tresa Monroe
on parole.
1. A death, believed to be the first, from
Asiatic cholera, occurred to New York, a
British vessel with oyer one thousand pas
sengera having arrived at the quarantine of
mat port, announcing the loss of 33- fives
from this cause.
2. About this period serious troubles took
place in Memphis, Tenn., in which the re
bels appeared to be the aggressors, resulting
m the massacre cf about thirty negroes, the
burning of colored school houses, and the
destruction of much other property. These
events created' great excitement throughout
the North and showing the “unrecon
structed” spirit of the late rebels.
10. By vote of yeas 128, nays 37, the
House at Washington passed the Constitu
tional Amendments reported by the joint
committee to form the basis of a system for
thenestoration of the rebel States to repre
sentation in Congress.—Stephens, the
chief of the Fenians, arrived from France
at isew i ork and had grand reception from
hiseupporters.
15. President Johnson vetoes bill admit
ting Colorado.
■ “L; S®™ l * l deaths from cholera occurred
m New York, and two vessels which “had
tost passengers from this cause also arrived
at quarantine below the city.
31. Fenian invasion of Canada actually
begun; a poorly armed and officered detach
™®Dt 9 r °ss ed Niagara river and .“captured”
ht, Erie; they then began an advance towards
Chippewa, and went into camp at French
man’s creek. Another detachment crossed
from Vermont into Canada.
JUNE, a
, Feman3 in Canada were encoun
ter? at Ridgeway, or “Limestone Ridge ”
by the Canadian Volunteers, and the former
latter back, with smaU loss on
both sides r at a place called Waterloo the
Fenians were also successful in a short en
gagement.
5. About thisdate the Fenian invasion of
Cjmadawas discovered to be a failure; the
endeavored to Set back to
the United States, some seven hundred of
them.being captured by the U. S. gunDoat
Michigan, but discharged immediately on
recognizance to, appear before a U. S. Court:
a circular Was issued by the U. S. Attorney
General, directing the arrest of all Fenians
who may be guilty, or against whom there
is probable ground of suspicion of violating
the neutrality laws.
; 6. President Johnson issued a Proclama
tion against the Fenian invasion of Canada.
——General Sweßney, commanding the
Fenian army, arrested at St. Albans, Vt..
and “President” Roberts, of the I. R* ar
rested at New York, hut subsequently dis
charged without suffering much incon
venience.
Fenians had attacked Canada from
the Niagara river and from Vermont: the
former detachment had been driven baok
previously; and at this date the invaders
from Vermont got safely baok into that
°tate, haying accomplished nothing what-
„ f l i 3 o n HonBe .of-Representatives, by a vote
of 120 yeas to 82 nays, adopted the proposed
amendments to theUonstitution of the United
States, as amended in the Senate the pre
vious week, by a vote of 33 ayes to 11 hays;
They are as follows— ■
“Htsolved , By the Senate and House of
r Representatives of tire United States of
Amerioa in Congress: assembled, two-thirds
of both Houses concurring, That the fol
lowing artiole be proceed to the Legisla
tures of the several States as an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States,
which, When ratified by three-fourths of the
said Legislatures, shall be valid a,s part of
the Constitution, namely— ■ ■
“ Artiole —, Section L • All persons born or
naturalised mthe Uhited States, and subject
to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United states and of State whewin they
F. Iu FETHEESTON. MMer.
three cekts;
reside. No State shall make <Sr eoforoe an if'
law which shall abridge the pri-vilezes cr
citizens of the-Unitedf
Btate deprive any person of
»® r Property, without due-processr
l eny t 0 aoy person within its
i^SSSa-JV*- 1 protection of tholaws.
$ n a Representatives shall fce J at>-
among the several States accord-
J£ “ eir respective numbers, counting
of P OlBOOB in each State;
Indians not tased; but whenever'
S»°l" 5 «S
gSaaaaa;
Of Jbf gears'of age, and citizen
of thOUniteaStates, or ln any wav abridged?
SStffrW**** r4»llihnoro&
»bin .°f representaUon thereto
nn^wlf 3uC ? i m tbeproporHon which tho
w u 0111 ? ale citizens shallbear to the
whole nuraberof male citizens twentv-onw
ycaw.ofage in that State; ” .
Section 21 No person shall be a Senatm* -
® n Congress, elector of
President and President, or hold any
office, civil.or military, under the United
States,, or under any State,. who having nre
an oath as a member ofXhn-
or as an -officer of thedZTnllted States
°f 0f “? Btate Legislature^
Bcutive or judicial officer of any
: fr?ltefl i Ktaf UpP^ fc i, t^ e Constitation of the
United States,, shall have engaged in insur
rebeffion againft
given asd or comfort to the enemies'thereof;
lo^ a^ ress ‘ nlay ’' by a TOte °f two-thirds
of each Honse, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt
of the United States authorized by law?in
cludmg debte incurred for the
pensions and bounties for services in sup
pressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not
nor q «^ t sS? d ’^ n » neUher f* l6 United Stated
Btate shall assume or pay any.debt
“ 3bb Ba? on incurred in aid of insurrection
belh ° n against the United-States, or
any claim for timloss or emancipation of
any sieve, bat all such debts, obligations
andelaims shall be held Illegal and void.”
- —Constitutional amendments ratified by
Connecticut Legislature. y
JVJb%
1. Another order issued by Gen. Grant
g ' tat , o ® c « 8 . agents, ■ oitizeas W
1110 United States, irrospec
°feolor Protected by districtand
wherever civil authori
-80 4 ,0r fad or are unable to bring to
pnmj-nnent offenders against them,
4. The usual celebration-of the dav-took
g 1 ®?® m .fii ioya. l and in some parts of rebel
Statesjut was signalized- by a terriblo-fire
at Portland, Me., and by an address
issued by the Democratic members of Gon
gress, approving of the “Wigwam’-’ Giro
yentmato beheld at Philadelphia, August
ChiK? y a “ Joimsoa ” clQb^
if-Welles, Secretary of the Nav^to
bL ®<d letter, gives in his adheaion to
dl® Policy” of President Johnson as oo
posedto-tha views of Congress. ,
12. Postmaster General Dennison, not
agreeing! with Johnson’s “Policy” sent- to
tos resignation Hon. A,W. Randall.wm
subsequently appointed to sueceed him.
„ £f®*dent Johnson vetoed bill contin
umgFreedmen’s Bureau for two years;- it
was taken-up in both Houses of Congress
and passed notwithstanding the veto, tor the
following. vote:. Senate—yeas 33, nays 12.
S^i n |^£i Baal - 04 ’ 11 J a ?? 33 - —
eral Speed resigned ms post in consequence
P.C^o^P 93 ™ 6111 wttbPresident Johhsou’a
“Policy.” Hon, H. Stanberry, of Ken
tu,c?iy-l T was snbse qoently appointed.
d l ® National Capital -
that the House of. Representatives of Tenn- "
essee had ratified the reconstruction am&cd
ment to ths Constitution of the United States
by a vote of 43 yeas to 11-neys (two reS ,
to vote),.the- whole number constituting a *
quornm-Ja motion was made to discharea
the Committee on Reconstruction from th»
consideration of the case of Tennessee so asto
bring the matter before the House, ’it
postponeduntil the next day, when it wm
carried in the House by a vote of 125 yeas to
23. The Senate having passed the bill for 4
the admission of Tennessee, with amend
ments, the House concurred in said amend
ments ana passed th® act by yeas 92, nayaSa.
-4. President Johnson approves Of the
Tennessee bill with a bad to-.
show that there were certain defects in the
proceedings connected with the bill, and
showing thaljthough the result suited him.
the intermediate steps were illegal and
contrary to his “Policy.” a u
25. Tennessee delegation admitted to the
House of Representatives at Washington.
—Senate confirmed Lieutenant General U-
S. Grant as ’General,” and Rear Admiral
D. &. Parragut as “Vice Admiral.’’—-Hbnl
M. Fowler admitted to U. 8. Senate, as a
member from Tennessee.
26. Major Gen. W. T. Sherman confismed
by U. S. Senate as Lieut. General: Brie -
Glen. W. S. Hancock as'Major General-
Lieut. .Col. E. O. C. Ord as Brig. GeS*
and Com. D. D. Porter as Vico Admiral*
27. Secretary Harlan, of the Interior De<
paxtment, resigned bis post, in consequence,
of non-agreement with the President’®
“Policy. ”-i»-Hon. D. D. Patt B rsbn®of tSS
nessee, made eligible in tbe opinion of* the
Senate, for admission to the O* S. Senate, bv
a vote of 35 to 2, absolving him from taking
a portion of the test oath; the House next
day laid the resolution on the table, but tha
Senate deolared that he should be admitted.
Wl l h to the action of the House.
2S. Atiantio telegraph cable successfully
landed at Heart’s Content, Nova Scotia and
messages sent to and from Valentia bav
Ireland.
-0. This dayiwas signalized by the New
Orleans massacres; a State Convention,
composed mainly of “Radicals”had
convened, against the wish of a portion of
the State authorities, who maintained that
its powers had ceased. It was supposed that
the Convention would pass the “Constitu
tional Amendment” and establish negro
suffrage. ; The rebel Mayor (Monroe.) of
New Orleans, with a rebel police, and
with the aid of prominent rebel
citizens, determined to stop tha
proceedings of the body at any hazard- the
occasion was furnished by the marching of
a negro procession to the Convention hall.
Opinions differ as to whether there was any
provocation for a rebel attack, but the re
suit was that the procession was fired on
and the participants either killed in the
streets or driven into the convention hall
which was besieged, entered, and those
found there were mangled or killed, if un
able to escape. According to the report of
were the losses
in this riot; killed 1 and wounded 8 among
white citizens attending convention:. 2 hilt,
ed, 9 wounded, who were not members;
total number of whites killed and wounded!
20; blacks, 34 killed, wounded 119; total
blacks killed and Wounded, 163. There
were many whose names could not be had.
and General Baird, reported eatiuiafo of