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HARBISON BCOBRMERIIOI/N. —On Wednesday,
July 10. at Fonda N. Y., by Rev. Washington Frothing.
ham. J. M. Har rison.'of Detroit, Mich.. to Mime Lizzie
'.6ehermethona, daughter of Peter V. D. V. Schertnerhorn.
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PA111.1713 * -16LA.liGIITER. — On the 16th of July, in
Baltimore, by the ltev. Win. 11. Chapman, William 0.
Parlett to Mies ilarrietn, youngest daughter of John T.
Slaughter, both of Baltimore. •
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DIED.
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BERGEN.—On Thursday, July 18, In New York, in his
53d year. John C. Bergen.
Paris, France, on the 14th instant.
William IL Clement, of this city.
Due notice of the funeral wilds: given. •
01,ENTWORTIL—At hle retidence, in Germantown,
this morning, Theodora Glentworth, in the 44th year of
his age.
I)ue notice of the funeral will be given.
(lODDA111).-4Jsr the 17th ineL,john L. Goddard, in the
Milt year of his age.
Ills male relatives and friends arc respectfully invited
ti attend. his funeral, Dom his late rvaidence, No. :ititts
Locust street, on Saturday, Dlth inst.. at 4 o'clock. P. N.
Services at "Church of the Saviour." Interment at the
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" Wo6dbindr."
JCHSUP.--At Newport, It. 1., on the 13th inst., Tillie No
wife of Alfred H. Jessup, In the 43d year of her age.
- Dee notice will be given of the funeral. which will take
place from the residence of her. husband, 1433 Walnut
street. Walnut
RP 'HA E HSO.N.—tim the 17th inst., Emilie Everett, only
child of William H. and Entent! .1. Ilichardron. aged 9
months and 19. days.
":tiny- the rain fall lightly.
And the !MI brightly
' Little Emilie's' gre.ve.."
The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral. from the residence of her percuts. 7M
green greet. this (Friday) afternoon (the 19th inst.bat
o'clock Intl.:no-tit lit Laurel Hill.
3NYLIEII.—On the 17th instant, Minna Imor,,m, infant
slaughter 'of Henry M. and Caroline N. Snyder. of West
Philadelphia. Funeral at 9 o'clock this afternoon.
l'AtitiAlST.--In New York, after a short illness., Catlin.
rim , Taggart, in the t,3th year of her age.
IV ILI411",--Ou the Nth Inst., Mrs. Eliza, wile of Richard
I,lllcicv, in the 41.1 year of leT age*
The relatives and friendsof the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral. fro tlie residence of her
husband. so. 142 t Marlborough truth on Monday, :LA
inst., at o'clock, P. M. ••
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The German Snengerfest.
[For the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.]
According tt,i the BI:LI.E.TIN'S 11111.421ti0n Of the
(rerman address delivered at the diAribution of
prizes. the orator said: •
'Ten years ago the FIN!, Slingerfest
riven at Philadelphia."
In a `yew York German newspaper, before we,
slated '2ith .June, 185,5, there a program= of
the
If NATII):‹ AL
~f the Northetn. 'Eastern and Southern Statei , of
the Union, held in New York city on the twenty
' third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and, twenty
vixth of June, 1855
if these Singer's festivals, or festivals of Song,
were held annually, it follows' that the first one
must have been held in 1850, or seven yearsbefore
the time mentioned by Iferr Schueneittauu Putt,
the orator of the late Siingerfcst.
I am made strong In My belief that the. Festi
vals of Song were heldby the Germane in this
count ry at this early date, by the testimony of
iral flans von Breitmann, who affirms by the
her elm( bier of Brandenberg, and by Jena Dmy
foilelbitr. that he, being lu sane mind, sang at a
iingerfest in this country at least sixteen years
ago. He even mentioned, with a loud oath to
confirm it, that he sang In that splendid - "Char
r P.." WIS ter Oper "Die Zaubertiote," eon
Mozart, these words:
Demi. Bratwurst und .Lager und Liebe
Die sehuiticken die feWiehe Nacht!
Drutniebe, wur litissen und Lieben
Und Trinken und Singen erdaeht..
Not having an English libretto of "The Magic,
Flute" handy, I cannot "translate" these lines,
bttt must ,kave this pleasure to some German
student. SALv.t Tonuitm.
Krueliwinkeltaun, 18th July, 1867
Our correspontkut IS partly nglit and partly
wrong. ' The following is the order in which the
Slingerfests have been held; First, 1850, Phila
delphia; second, 1851, Baltimore; third, 1852,
New York; fourth, 1853, Philadelphia; fifth,
185 i, Baltimore. They were then changed from
annual to biennial meetings, and continued as
follows : Sixth, 1855, New York; seventh, 1857,
Philadelphia (which was doubtless the occasion
referred to by Mr. Pott in his speech on Wednes
day); eighth, 1859, Baltiinore; ninth, 1805, New
York (the war having interrupted the meeting
in '6l and '63); and tenth,lB67,Philadelphia. Haus
Breitinann's authority is always entitled to high
consideration, and he no doubt aided and abetted
the fourth Siingerfcst, as he suggests.
IF IT IS THROWN IN YOUR TEETH that you do
not keep , your dental apparatus iu proper trim,
it is your own fault, for all the world knows that
you might do so by using the tuatehleas vegeta
ble dentrillee, sozodont.
131,(iasELLEns ix TitountE.—Actions of dam
-ages laid at £lOO, are to be brought against sev
eral 'Glasgow booksellers for song photographs
-and foreign engravingS 'of copyileht *turd,
such as "The Order of Release," by - Mlllais, and
"The First Step," by Paed,-
=ma=
81 , 2ctilltf,t.—The carpenters and builders of the
Potteries at Newcastle have, instead of striking
or locking-ont, adopted the sensible plan.of sub
mitting their difficulties to arbitration—one arbi
trator chosen by each side, with Mr. Forbes,
.3rehltect, tiE) timpire.
MEXICO.
Cortina in Search of. Cozad% tlie,Nete.
tral Chief of Jalisco-Ortea to be Re
leased, and Form One of t he Proposed
COngretos-Itilmors of Purther Execu
tions at Qupretaro.
NEW ORLEANS, July 18, 1867. —The Bailin
Qilicial of Matamoras, under date of July 11th,
states that Juarez lefsflan Luis Potosi on the Ist
inst., and was expected at the capital on the fOtli,
where preparations were being made for his re
- oeption. Private letters from Juarez to parties .
In this city, dated July Ist, and from San
.Luis Potosi, mention that the President would
leave on the afternoon of that day for the city
of Meileo. Liberal advlces officially received
here claim that neither Gomez nor Cortina have
deserted the cause of the President. Cortina, it
is stated, is waiting orders with an army of 1,500
Men to attack Lozada,who, with the last rem-'
nant of the Imperial army, has his headquarters'
at Acapulco. The number of Lotada's forces
cannot be ascertained his army being scattered
among the mountains in the vicinity. •
Ortega remains quietly at Saltillo, a prisoner at
large, though it is understood that he will be
liberated in a few days, to take part in the corn
-ring .Congresartoshissealled - by-Juarez- upon -his
arrival at, the capitals Ortega disclaims any wish
to be President of the Republic of Mexico, unless
coriiititntionallyelected, and -will-take no leader
ship in any revolutionary proceedings, though he
is willing to contest with jtuirez, in a legitimate,
manner, for the Presidential of
Advices of late date have been received from
San Luis Potosi to the effect that three or four of
the remaining imperial Generals have been con
demned to be shot. The names of the victims
have - not been . promulgated.
Captain Ames, of the English bark Adem, from
Liverpool for New Orleans, reports that on the
afternoon of July ti he -signalized a couple of
transports flying the ensign of France and bound
for Vera Cruz. It was not ascertained whether
any forces were on board.
What 11laaximiliaan Should Have Done
. • -significant Remarks of the Press-
Juarez Expected in the Capital.
HAVANA. July is, 18'57.—The Spanish steamer
Paris, froni Vera Cruz on • the same day as the
English steamer Solent. and via Sisal on the 4th
instant, arrived at this port late on Saturday
evening, the 6th. Among the:passerigers by the
Solent I noticed General Tonias Marin, ex-Com
mandant General of the three maritime depart
ments of .Mexico,' who figured conspicuously in
the confidence of the late Archduke Maximilian:
also, Colonel Fig - ueredo, a colored native of
Venezuela, I think, who was in the Imperial
army. -
The news received is of the most serious char
] after, and highly important, confirming the ac
counts you have lately received from other
sources. The great national drama has been
closed at one sweep ; the unfortunate stumbling
block, one of the scions of Hapsburg, had, how
ever, to forfeit his life before republicanism in
Mexico could be re-established. The only pity is
that after such a long and sanguinary struggie s it
• could not be achieved without such vile treachery
as that perpetrated 'in Queretaro. This and
other similar acts pertain almost exclusively to
Mexican history, and there we shall consign it.
It • appears to belle been Maximilian's fate
or destiny to fall. While beguiled by one
- party -- to fulfil a mis sion, wail.
sold by another in the most treacher
ous and foul manner that history knows of, even
in, the annals of Mexico. Whatever may have
Veen the foibles and errors oflitaXimilisin, he
proved to be a generous, brave and exemplary
citizen in his private character—more truly demo
cratic than any Mexican can ever be—he" was a
noble man in the true sense of the word. As to
his followers, sycophants and others, I do not
claini any of them to have been "better than they
should be." Had the Archduke known his own
interests, he should from the, very outset have
driven the persevering and-astute Indian out of
the country. as soon as the Presidency expired:
and had Maximilian then conceited a national
Congress, the people would have elected him
President of the republic, which he would not
have refused, though it were in disparagement of
Napoleonic seiremes.
- An organ of the capital, le.' CliPPirer, says: "As
soon as the curtain is drawn we demand that
all the guilty in pest civil war shall be called to
account. The principal actors were those who
formed the 'assembly of notables.' The (Ss,-
iisia Piddle(' heads a leader thus : " The prth
ca June. 1563, and the 21st of June. 1867, are
worthy of comparison. -
Your readers wilt.-ere this ask what has Le
i:eine of Marquez. According to a Correspond
ence before me, it appears that on the 19th June
he was lost sight of by his fellow officer.- and
others. The firing of the besiegers teased.. a,
soon as a truce was asked, till three in the after- •
noon. According to another, not a Liberal
source. it seem, that Marquez managed to escape
with SilSisesa. which lie was said to have ex
tracted by force from •the English Legation. al
though it was reported that he had deposited the
money there, and that he was killed by his own
men: while some accounts state that lie wits hid
aWay in the city, and others. that he was already
in the Sierra, at the head of a small force.
The anti-republicans report that the greatest
atrocities Were committed by Diaz after the sur
render. L.ares and_ Lactinzti, they say, were im
mediately shot. as well as General Tavern. The
Spanish Ambassador. the Marquis de In Rivera;
and the rest of the legation. havingssfrurned from
,Tacidiva, were preparing to leave for Spain.
while Hon Sebastian de Mobellan re st:lined in the
capital as Consul.
The President (Juarez) was expected to be in
the capital in a few days. together with his Minis
ters, and recommended the announcement made,
in order that he be received "ditptiente," so says
the Conseietwia Puldica.
The Bidetin Pepuldicano, under the heading of
- "Thu Poor Classes," gives an account of the mea
sures adopted by the authorities of Mexico to
correct the abuse of forced levies. No passports.
to leave-the countrs , were any longer necessary,
the Prefecture of the federal district having taken
other steps for said purpose.
The unconditional surrender of Vera Cruz was
effected in the best order on the afternoon of the
27th ultimo, and the republican forces took Pos
session the next morning at nine - o'clock. They
were received with flowers and laurels and with
_tremendous shouts-of enthusiasm. The feativi
ties lasted three days.
SANTA ANNA. '
It was reported in Vera Cruz that General Santa
Anna was to be shot on the 27th tiltimo. Another
account•says that he had been shot. But, accord
ing to the declaration of passengers per Paris,
which sailed from Sisal on the 4th inst., it ap
pears that the General continged imprisoned,
subject to superior orders. Juarez knows full
well that he must not shoot the old cork leg, and
that the General has to be given up to the United
States, for the simple reason that lie was a pass
enger on board of an American packet ship.
The Spanish steamer Paris brought fifty-seven
refugees from 'Vera Cruz. among them several
families and children, who were immediately pro
vided for and sent into salubrious parts of the
country, having arrived completely destitute.
The English steamer Solent refused to receive Gen.
Perez Gomez (he of the San Juan de Uiloa Cas
tle), as the commander suspected he might suffer
delay, if not annoyance, by so doing. It was then
only that Perez Gomez repaired on board of
the t3panish war steamer UlloaTliihich was to
leave" Vera Cruz as soon as the steamer Francisco
de Asis, now preparing to leave Havana, arrived
there. The Mexican steamer Tabasco 'from
Mobile on the 6th, arrivod here on the iit h inst.;
with several of the men slid officers, in whose be
halfshe was chartered at Vera Cries. The captain
re
assus me that the report spreairin New Orleans
of the assassination of foreign ministers was
devoid of .I
truth.—N... Herald k . •
A VarinitennE Summons—The London Loneet
records the death of Sir Stephen: Love flammlek,
Bart., at Plymouth, England,: at the . age of
ninety years. Hewes the-oldest member of the
medical profession in England,. as.xell as of the
baronetage.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 19,1.867
Important lexica* Disclosures.
The Washing ton correspondent of the New York
Herald has the following:
WASILIM,"IOI4, r',; :_;living living the last few
days a new movement as - ome to light, which
has for its object the annexation of Mexico to
the United States. The facts concerning it are as
follows : Iteseems that Mr. Abbott, brother of the
historian, J. S. C. Abbottr has been. engaged for
two years past in planning and maturing a
scheme for the acquisition of the northern tier of
Mexican States, with aview, ultimately, to the
absorption of the whole of Mexico. He has
traveled extensively through that country, put
himself in communication with its leading men,
including Juarez, and made overtures to
therm with the tacit sanction of prominent par
ties in the United States. Until lately be met
with but little encouragement in Mexico. Since
the capture and execution of Maximilian, how
ever, his propositions have been more favorably
considered. A few days ago Mr. Abbott suc
ceeded in getting together a number of promi
nent Senators and Representatives, to whom he
made a statement of his labors and_ prospects.
The meeting washeld in the Vice-Prest
dent's room -- at — the — Capitol. "Alierewere
Nye,
Senators Wade, Stunner, Chandler, Nye,
Howard, Ramsay, Cole, and Representatives
Banks, Butler, and a few others of lesser note.
Mr. Abbott gave a detailed account of his plans,
and laid before them maps and surveys of the
territory proposed to be annexed to the United
States.. He stated that since the success' of the
Liberals there were fears entertained by the lead
ing men of Mexico of a new invasion of that
country by the European Powers, who were en
raged at the death -of Maximilian, and also of a
fresh repetition of the intestine strifes which
have torMthe republic for so many years. Under
these circumstances, Juarez and the better class
of Mexican leaders entertain serious propositions
of placing Mexico under the protection of the
United States on certain conditions. the most
Vital of which is that they shall be taken card of
in the way of securing good positions in their
native country. Abbott urged that our govern
merit should enter into negotiations with Juarez,
and improve the opportunity to annex Mexico
to the Union. He expatiated upon-the-immense
ath autages it would secure to us commercially.
and in a territorial point of view. The Senators
and Representatives present listened attentively
for nearly an hour, when each one gave his views
on the subject.
Mr. Sumner, who was the first to speak, and
who, us Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, was naturally looked to for
his opinion, disapproved the project, fearing that
if it was adopted it might entangle us with the
nations of Europe. At some future time he
thought it might be well enough to entertain the
idea, but at present he did not consider it prac
ticable.
Senators Chandler and Nye were warmly - in
favor of it: so also:was Sena - for Cole. General
Banks did 'not think It practicable. He feared
the Mexican leaders were not in earnest in making
the offer. The other parties present did not ex
press an opinion.
'Mr. Abbott fortified his proposition with new
arguments, answering the objections of Sumner
and' Banks. No definite conclusion. however.
was reached, and the interview closed with the
understanding that another meeting should'be
held at some future time. Mr. - Abbott hi - a — since
been busily engaged in talking to other Senators
and members on the subject. with what success I
have notheen able to learn.
The Case . et Santa Ana.
The - following communication appears in the
New York World this morning :
STATE:: Im.. :co; July 17.—T0 the Editor of the
Trutt& Your able editorial of yesterday. referring
to the case of General Santa Ana, requires that
I make you acouninted with a fact which will
entirely - overthrow Mr. Seward's justification and
argument in regard to the Virginia ha rinp been
emphlged by said Sant(' Anti, and entirely under his
control, anddhat his landing at Sisal was eolunta
rily on his purl.
1 have documents in my possession which
prove entirely to the contrary. - Whelr General
Santa Ana was ordered by Commander Roe to
return on board the Virginia, at. Vera Cruz, he
resisted, and even. Captain Deaken, of the Virgi
via, would not consent to receive him until he
was finally insured of the payment of his passage
and those composing his suite, which demand was
refined on the part of the General. There was
then an agreement entered into between the Con
sul of iliatilted States, and the agent of the Vit .. -
ginin. at Vera Cruz,' Air. Rl£ler, for . the defraying
Of these expalc!•: but whether to be paid by_ the
Consul of the United States, or Commander Roe.
has not yet been ascertained: still one fact is sure..
it was not paid by General Santa Ana.
When some hundred miles distant from Vera
Ctuz the General was informed by his Secretary
that be had just learned from the purser of the
:cirri;, that the vessel was on its way to S:sal,
u not in a direct course to Havana, as he had
Ifeet led to undeystand. The General then made
immedate inquiry of the Captain of the truth of
this statement, requesting him not to do so. Bat
Captain Deaken declined compliance with this
request, giving as an urgent reason the necessity
of proceeding to . Sisal to receive some freight
amounting to $.2,000 in gold.
General Santa Ana then offered to pay to the
aptain the , a2,00t, , . or more, if he would consent
to change his course and not proceed to Sisal,
promising to deliver over the above mentioned
sum upon their arrival at Havana. .
Captain Deaken replied that if the payment
was cash down, he would comply with the
General's request, but if not, he would be obliged
to anchor at Sisal, as he was obliged to protect
the interest of his employers.
The General, not being in possession of the
cash, could-not comply with the Captain's de
mand, so the vessel proceeded on its course to re
ceive the cargo at Sisal, against which proceed
ing the General protested, -and which protest I
have in my possession, together with other doc
uments which I am now preparing to send to the
State Department in refutation of Mr. Seward's
argument; but as they are proofs, which would
interfere with the well-known policy of Mr. Sew
ard, I fear they will not be of much avail. have
the honor to be your obedient servant.
G. NAVREO VI.
Entertaming the Sultan.
The. London Times describes the elaborate
preparations making hi Loudon for the reception
of the Sultan, which occurred yesterday. It says:
"Great preparations are made at Guildhall by
the corporation of London for the entertainment
of the Sultan •on the hproaching visit of his
highness to this country. Though the day is not
exactly fixed, it will probably be Thursday, the
ltith of July. The entertainment will take plac •
in Guildhall, and will be in the .nature of, an
evening reception. There will be a grand concert
and ball ou the occasion. with a supper, and an
address of congratulation will be presented
by the Corporation to the illustrious visitor
iu a casket of gold. A committee of the Court
of Common Council, with an unlimited 'vote of
Money, has been specially appointed to make the
requisite arrangements and to conduct the enter
tainment. About three thousand guests are to
be invited, including the Prince of Wales. and
other members of the royal family, -the whole of
her Majesty's ministers and great officers of state.
peers, members of Parliament and foreign am
basigilors, among other persona...at distinction.
A stately reception-saloon, one hundred feet long
by . sixty feet wide, and consisting of two floors, is
being erected in the open space in front of Guild
hall, and the ball itself is' being . adapted anddeco
rated in other respects for the occasion. The
upper floor of the saloon will be used for supper,
and will accommodate about six - hundred of-the
Buests at one time: - Between three and four hun
red more will be 80 'accommodated at once. in
other parts of the hall' and.' the adjacent offices
and'about'sixty of the more distinguished per.
sonages will' be entertained at a banquet in the
council-chamber,. which is being expressly tilted
up for ' the purPoba. The ground floor of
,the
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
temporary structure in front of Guildhall, after
baying served the purposes of a reception-saloon,
will be made available for dancing later in the
evening, as will also the great hall itself. A dais,
fifty feet wide by thirty-ain feet deep, is being
emoted in the 'interior of the hall, at•
its eastern end, and upon that 'will be
placed a throne with three canopied
scuts—one for the Sultan, another for
the Prince of Wales. and the third for the Viceroy
of Egypt—the back - and 'sides Of the daisbeing
hung with crimson velvet, decorated with gold
and with crescents and stars. The open space
between the Aldermen's chamber and that of the'
Common Council -will be converted into an
Italian garden, ornamented with fountains,
statues, and rare flowering plants, and a fine
apartment recently constructed as a committee
room for the Court of Aldermen will be appro
priated to the use of the' Sultan: Other parts of
the building and the various lobbies' and corri
dors will be beautified by choice Sowers, statu
ettes and fountains. Altogether the °tension
promises to be one of unusual interestand magni
ficence."
111 4.
_The Ber th Letter—Curd - trent . Mat.
thews.
[From the National Intellincencer, July t
The following communication has , been nt to
us by Mr. John Matthews, the only person who is
able to give any infoimation in regard to the let
ter written by J. Wilkes Boopa t and addressed to
the editor of the National Intelligence,: Mr. Mat
thews was a witness in the Surratt Wel, but was
not permitted by the Court to, testify in regard to
the letter alluded . to. As statement) have been
publicly made in reference to Mr. Matthews's
connection with.this letter, he asks the publica
tion of this communication in justification of
himself and truth:
WASHINGTON, July 17. Editors haelligencer
GENTLEMEN . : Much has been. said in the public
prints in relation to the missing letter of John,
Wilkes Booth. AS lam the person to whom this
letter was intrusted. I know its contents and the
circumstances attending its delivery into my
hands better than any person now living.
It was the afternoon of Good Friday . April 14,
1865, at about 4 o'clock. that I met Sam Wilkes
Booth (on horseback) on- Pennsylvania avenue,-
at the triangular inclosure betwech Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets. We met, shook hands,
and passed the compliments of the day.
It so happened that the officer& of Gen
-era' j..ee's . army had just passed up in
a body. I asked Booth: "Johnny, have
you seen - 'Lee's officers, just brought ,in?"
lie replied. , "Yes. Johnny, I have;" then
placing his hand , upon his forehead,
exclaimed. "Great God; have no longer a court
!" Observing his paleness, nervousness and
agitation„ I remarked, "John, how nervous you
arc: what is the matter?" to which he replied,
"Oh, no,lt is nothing." and continued with,
"Johnny, I have a little favor. to ask of you; will
you grant it?" "Why, certainly, Johnny," I
replied, "What is it?" lie then stated, "Perhaps
I may have to leave town to-night, and I have, a
letter here which I desire to be published in the
Notional Intelligeneer; please attend to it for me,
unless I see you before 10 o'clock to-morrow; in
that case I will see to it myself." -
At that moment I observed General Grant
riding by in an open carriage, carrying also his
baggage. Seeing this, I called Mr. booth ' s atten
lion to- bira - vand said,"Why, Johnny, -there goes
Grant. I thought he was coming to the theatre
this evening with the President." "Where?" he
I pointed to the carriage: he looked
' towards. It. grasped my hand tightly, and"gal
loped down the avenue after the carriage. That
was the hitt time I met him until I saw hirer on
the 'stage of Ford'g theatre ; on the memorable
night of the 14th of April. •
Time passed on. Many, persons who knew
Booth or had ever seen hirn were arrested and
sent to prison: The secret of the letter was con
fided to a few confidential friends only: but when
I saw that the editors of the National Intelligettecr
were suspected of having suppressed the docu
thent..and were interrogated in regard to it at
the Penitentiary trial. I considered it my duty to
assume all responsibility in the matter by ex
plaining the whole affair to the proprietors_ of.
said paper Accordingly I did so. I did call at
the office of the paler. and stated all the facts to
them. as stated above.
• • To-dav, in court. after answering a few direct
questios. I endeavored to make an explanation
Of the matter. which was objected to by the pro
secution, and refused by Judge Fisher.
The New York Herald r which first procured the
news from the Judiciary Committee of my hay
,nglJeen before than, what testimony I had
'giVen. has spoken'of a secrecy of manner, anu
an observation. "If something should occur dur
ing the night." &e.. on the part of Wilkes Booth.
I desire to state all that did occurat that inter--
view. and to say also, that the letter was given
N% Ali. no secrecy of manner. nor was there any
remark made about anything that might occur
daring the night.
NoW .for. the contents of the -letter. -It was
written on a sheet of commercial note paper cov
ering three pages.' The first two pages were
writen in the spirit and style of the Philadelphia
letter, and it was only at the concluding . para
gragh that anything . was said bearing upon what
had transpired, which was to this effect and in
these words :
' For a long time T have devoted my energies.
my time and Money to the accomplishment of
a certain end. have- been disappointed, ;The
moment has now arrived when I ntustiehange
my plans. Many will blame me for what I ant
about to do, but posterity. I am sure, will justify
me.
Men who love their country better than gold or
joIIN W. BOOTH. PAYNI:, HEROLD, ATZETtOnT
iti:spectfully. JOHN 31Arruzws.
Indian Agents in New Mexico.
' The Santa Fe Gazette speaks very disparagingly
of Indian affairs in that Territory, and is not at
all backward in its remarks as to agents. It
says:
'ln our opinion the Indian superintendency of
New Mexico. as at present conducted, is the most
perfect faree that can be imagined.
"The superintendent is living more than one
thousand five hundred miles from the superinten
dency. and has been thus living for the last sixe
months past.
-- "The — Pueblo -- gent - is, almost -- constantly on a
wild goose chase after imaginary gold mines. •
"The agent for the Liles, at Abiquin, or Tierra
Amarilla, has gone to his agency once since his
appointment, and remained there a few days.
The balance of his time•has been spent in Santa
Fe, fifty miles from-his agency. The Mesealero
Apache agent has no Indians to look after, and
consequently has no agency. The Mimbres
Apaches are, and have for a long time been. hos
tile, and therefore that agent is without .Oceu
pation.
"The Navajo agent, the ITU: agent at Maiwell's,
the special agent forthe Pueblos and the Abiquin.
Utes remain at their posts of .duty, and do the
i best they can under the circumstances for the In
dians that are under their charge.
"With one superintendent and, six agents in
New Mexico, there are two agents at their places
of duty; five , are scattered over 'the country,
doing anything but that for which they draw
liberal salaries from the Government. What a
commentary!"
Degradation of Lopez by "the French
LegiOn or Honor.
The Council of the Grand ChnneelrY of the
French. Legion of Honor has been convened for
the purpose of degrading 'Colonel Miguel Lo
pez, the traitor who sold Queretaro and its
defenders .to the Liberals. Lopez had been
appointed to the *rank of officer in the Legion.
U3r Marshal Bazalue; in consideration' of his
courageous deeds in some, expeditions against
the Liberals, and In the summer 0f,18U5 the Mar
sbal married Miss Ale la Pena . , a nieo by marriage
of Colonel Lopez. Bazaine is now called upon
the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of 'Honor
to give an account of this Lopez previous to:the
ceremony of his oftiglat degradatioL.
Fli4lll NEW YORK*
NEw ronic, July 19.—The Hoboken Quartette
Club,•the winners of the second prize at Phila
delphia, arrived home at '7.81) o'clock last even
ing.- It had been arranged to give them a grand
reception by the German citizens of Hoboken, •
but owing to the storm the affair was postponed
to this evening at 9 o'clock, at which time there
will be a procession, fireworks, illuminations, &c.
Upon arriving at the ferry the Club was welcomed
by a large number - of - citizens, and a salutewas
fired by a section of the Hudson County Artillery.
A band of music was in waitla_g and escorted the
Club to their headquarters at Korber's Hotel, op
posite Odd Fellows' Hall. Soon after, the mem
bers of the Hartrionin and Concordia Singing So
cieties came in a body and tendered their con
gratulations to the successful eompetitors for
prizes. The headquarters of the Club, and the
Napoleon Notel, were illuminated throughout;
and many of the houses along Washington St.
made a fine show of Chinese lanterns.
The Spiritualists of this city and vicinity made
en excursion to Bluff Grove, Fort'Lee, yesterday.
The number of tickets sold was about eight bun
-dred; and-with - the - erreeption - of - a - ahOWerin — the
afternoon, everything conspired to make the
occasion a very pleasant one. Among the dis
tinguished spiritualists present were Andrew
Jackson Davis and Warren Chase, both of whom
made short addresses, Mr. Chase congratulating
the world on the great truth of spiritual commu
• nication that his - been revealed within the last
twenty years. a truth in his estimation- greater
than any ever before vouchsafed to man, and Mr.
Davis speaking of the war that is waging between
Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Conservatism (which
he compares to the hosts of E_„ypt) on the one
hand, and Progressiveiiberty on the other, and
stating it as : his opinion that nothing but spirit
ualism ,could , withstand the advances of Ho
inanh3m.
The steamship Raleigh, which arrived yester
day, was detained at the Lower Quarantine, ,
and the Health Officer will require her to dis
charge her cargo in quarantine. The passengers,
wbo have been permitted to land •have encoun
tered tozi unexpected obstacle in the Collector's
order that no luggage shall be inspected or landed,
from ii.vessel :while under. quarantine..' The'-pas
sengers are unwilling to leave tho steamer with
out their baggage.
A box. apparently containing a dead body, was,
washed ashore a few days since on Hewlett's
Beach, Great Neck. The Coroner being notified,
at once erapaneled a jury, ordered a coffin 'and.
repaired to the spot where the supposed body
laid. The box was opened with little delay. when,
to the astonishment of the Coroner and his jury,
instead of finding, as they supposed, .the remains
of some deceased person, nothing was found but
the remains of a defunct dog.
Marquis Levi, reported some days ago in the
Tinifs as having swindled Messrs. Meagher and
Taaffc & Co., merchants of San Francisco. out of
SG,OOO by , false representations, has,. been dis
charged from custody, Gov. Fenton holding that
the offence,with which he, Levi, was chargedis
not a crime at common law, and be refuses to aid
business men to collect their bad debts,
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Anticipated How Between the King
and Bishop
Failures.
SA - s - Fit.rserwrt-----, July --18,-1867:—8y -the- bark
noincer we have Honolulu dates to June 22 A
serious difficulty is anticipated between Bishop
Staley and the king,by reason of a letter written
by the former ehargtng the latter with:the non
payment ofsubscription to the church; and using
language tA the most insulting character.
The sugar mill of Decutton was destroyed by
lire on the'. night of June sth. The missionary,
packet 'Morning Star arrived on' June 10th from
a cruise among the Marquesas Islands, and re
ports the -mission stations in a.flourishing con
dition. •
The United States 'steamer Lackawanna re
turned from a cruise on the 9th of June The
firm of E. C. McCandless & Co. bas failed: lia
bilities, $30.000: assets, $B,OOO. The Fourth of
July was to be celebrated in a brilliant manner.
General McCook, Minister resident of the United
States, and family arrived on the evening of the
21st of June from his - visit to the States.
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HAIL.
ROAD.
Report of Ile Engineers—The Line to
be Located north of Salt Lake—Snm-
. _
mit Tunnel to be opened August 15.
SAN FnAlietA.o, July 16, 1867.—The Engineers
of the Central Pacific Railroad have reported in
favor of locating the line by the north instead of
the south of Salt Lake. It is eighty-nine miles
shorter. will cost one-third less, and passes
through a far better country.
The Summit tunnel is nearly through, and will
probably be opened by August 15.
Ex-President
e Lir r u e lo o r p o je a . ni the South-
[From the Salisbury (N. Cl Old North State, July 13.1
This distinguished gentletnan, more than any,
other man at the North, commands the confi
dence of the Southern people. c . His administra
tion of the Government. while Chief li , lagistrate
of the nation, met with their almost unanimous
approval. He has never, we believe, acted with
the Republican party, and may be relied upon as
being as warm a sympathizer with us as any
other man of his section. The opinions of such
a man to the course which we should now
pursue cannot but weigh very greatly with our
people.
Vv e have been permitted to peruse a letter from
a distinguished gentleman of this State, now in
Western New York, to a friend in this city. He
had just had a long interview with the Ex-Fresi
dent, who gave it as his opinion that' the South
ern people I should promptly reorganize their
State Governments under the recent ads - of Con
gress and schure the admission of their Senators
and Representatives into Congress at the earliest
day possible. If the terms now offered should
he rejected by the Southern people, he feels quite
confident that much harsher ones will be en
forced.
This is the view which we have always taken.
There is no hope of nuy change In parties North
until after this question is disposed of, and this
Mr. Fillmore plainly sees; hence his advice.
'The Army 'Worm.
The most fearful enemy of the cotton crop is
the army worm, which has begun its ravages in
Louisiana and Mississippi. The Notches Demo
crat. of the 9th says:
"There was a bottle full of these cotton de
stroyers shown on the streets yesterday, and we .
learn it has visited several plantations in Con
cordia in. such numbers as to destoy all prospects
of a cotton crop in that parish. It is also ru
mored the worms are in "the lower part of this
county. They come one month earlier than they
did last, year, and the cotton is about a month,
later."
The New Orleans Crescent says that "since
writing and copying . the above a mercantile house
in. this city has favored us with the perusal of a.
letter from a planter of East Feliciano parish,
divided from Adams county, Miss., by`the county
of Wilkinson, which says here is a great deal of
talk of the army worm being all over the parish;'
and speaking of the rains, says: `lf . '.they con
tinue as they have for the past two weeks, it will
not be long before the' worms be taking
everything.' He therefore directs his merchants
not to sell his crop until the,opening of the nest
buslifeeS year." z - -
IS MEDICINE GOOD 'FOR A.NYTUINO2—Among
the anecdotes which, the recent ,death of.
Trousseau has revived; is one, to the effect that
be would never' consent , ithet his ,grandthildren
should tkke d dose of medicine. Yet M 3Trous
seau made'a handsome fortune by dosing other
people's grandchildren. .:A ,hundred similar
ries are told of the most eminent physicians, and
it has Often been noticed that the guardians of
health 'ate much more sparing pf their drugs in
their!own families than xn their general practice.
Was Molibre right ?
F. L. FJETOERSTON. Publislor.
PRICE •AIIIRE?. %CENTS,
FACTS A ND FANO/0690
—Wisconsin is trylnp.• to raise cashmere goats,
• --Pawnbrokers in Mikeland arc rich, One Wad
his safe robbed of slo,o{Kr "::-‘211.1 - _ll.:_.:Ligdtibr, -,•
--Elias Bowe, Jr., the inventor of the sewing
machine, is dangerously Il 1n London.
—A lady in Chicago staltaited her hitsband with_
a pitchfork. It was a Western love pat. •
—A man in New York &ate Was murdered for
twenty dollars,
Montana gold brick worth *6OO isr shown,
in St. Louie.
—New York roughs- call scalping,. "taklngyour
roof off .7
—A Nashville physician haa been made , to par
$2,000 for killing a patient with morphine.
—The Princess of Wales'has taken to 'airing
for the first time since her heir-lag.- r --Reeton PM.
—The French comb has ordered nionraing,for
twenty-one days for Max. It should) mourn for .
the rest of its life.
—Sixty people die and 70 infants are ben every
minute- in- the-world; which - tmtimllly
infants ahead in the score.
,
—Maximilian was polite to the last. H gave
Miramon the centre, which, under the c.ircum
sta Imes, Was perhaps one attention too ranch.
—A gentleman la roportethmi engaged h bAtch
ing shad in the Connecticut. Rather as =gentle
manlike occupation.. . - - _
—A religions paper gravely suggests to-Brother
Spurgeon that his gout should admonisbhinttbat
the stomach needs rest as well as the brain.
—Now that slavery in the United States is dead
a gentleman IA New York proposes toresettersoal
preserve its minstrelsy in book form.
—The freedmen along, the Yazoo are sufrering
from a surfeit Of cat-fish, which has given them
the cholera as a punishthent for gluttony.
—Max Strakosch is going to give Saratoga is
touch of the Italian opera during race week, in
August.
—A Danbury (Mass.) genius found a hand
grenade among some old iron, and ran a hot
poker into it. Just then his left hand dropped off
at the wrist.
—A farmer's daughter, near Pavia, sent the
Viceroy of Egypt a tat chicken as a present. The
gallant old boy sent her a hundred franc
note in return.
—The burning of the Cheyenne village cost the
Indiats *lOO,OOO, and the tufted States $6,,090,-
00e, a balance of $4,900,000 in favor of the Che
yennes.
g o —A Richmond paper published a proclamation
calling on the soldiers of the Northern Virginia'
and Potomac armies to march to. Mexico and
avenge Maximilian's death.
—The London Fun calls this "sheer" nonsense:
'What sort of blades were the Roman Emperors,
Augustus and Tiberius ? The blades that formed
a pair of Cesare, of course.
—A convict In the New Jersixv l3tatePrisou has,
recently. fallen heir to $30,000. Ho thinks he
could enjoy It better outside, where he will
probably get, after awhile.
—Two Protestant missionaries, Who have
traveled from 2,000 to 8,000 miles In the interior
of China, report that empire everywhere open to
enterprises.
—The secret of-the difficulty hetween-Brigtana
Young and Orson Pratt is that Young stopped.
Pratt's checking against the church fund in the
Bank of England.
—The celebrated Bohemian linguist, Scherzl,
who, though only twenty-three yeartvold, is said
to speak thirty languages, has entered the Rus
sian civil service.
--:"Recollections of a Busy Life"is said to be the
heading under which Horace Greeley will soon
write his autobiography. Let uo evil minded
compositor interpolate Body's after Busy.
—Thegovernment of Holland has just made
an appeal to medical men who may be willing
to serve in the Dutch Indies. Foreigners will be
accepted.
—Marquez. who IS now sktilking in Mexico
with a price on his head, curries a fortune of
more than a million in foreign exchange—the
fruit of his robberies—concealed•on his person.
' —A French paper cheered up the mourning
friends of Maximilian hypubllshing that the Em- -
peror has been hanged and quartered, and his
limbs dispersed throughout the four provinces of
Mexico.
—Au ingenious Connecticut rascal stuck bits of
telegraph wire in his neighbor's hay-field, which
turned the edge of the scythe at every stroke,
causing much seythe-sharpening and much sharp
swearing.
—A dramatization of Edmund Yates's "Black
Sheep" is to be brought out, and it is a mattor of
speculation whether the shepherdesses who tend
the Black Sheen will be provided with Black
Crooks.
=A Mississippi paper says that Longstreet was
an "imbecile when absent from the side of Lee,"
that Thompsontis a "humbug and blatherskite,"
and that %Hindman was before the war a "pro
fessional Arkansas political demagogue,"
—The Prussian subjectslrinsportetl to Siberia.
for participation in the late Polish insurrection
have been amnestied at the request of the Prus
l'sian governinent, and are now returning to their
'hdmes.
—Mrs:-hick's stepdaughters are unpleasant
people for a quiet fire-side. They took the old
lady to the stuoke-house,,near their residence In.
Tennessee, poured lead in her. ears, strangled
her, beat her with an axe, and left her for dead,
but she lived long enough to relate their bruelty.
-31. Jules Guerin hos lately shown before the
Academy of Medicine of Paris that although the
populatipn of 'France has Increased 4%10,000,000
since the beginning of the century, the progres
sion has not kept pace within the last twenty
years. From 1800 to 1845 the memr Increase was
1.76,84 i, while up to 1866 it haii only been 129,643..
—A project Is on foot in France for forming a
company to trade on the Niger. It is thought
that a large business can to'done in exchanging
muskets, swords, silks, beads, brandy and other
European articles, for_palm oil, which e is obtained
there in abundance % and for other productions of
the soil. The capital of the company is to be
XlOO,OOO, iu 5,000 shares.
—A-curious. claim -for. a_sum_ of 22,00011 has
been put forward by the proprietors of the race
course at. Lougebamps, as indemnity for the
damage caused by the review on the 6th of June.
The City of Paris demands that sum for the loss
sustained by it in cutting the hay on the field
before ripe, in order to permit the troops to ma
meuvre.
—A Saratoga correspondent says that a bur
lesque advertisement was posted in the Union
Hotel, ttnnourteing, in the style of the grout to
baceo advertiser, that "in order to overcome a
natural prejudice against the use of hash, the
proprietor will, On Monday, place a two dollar
and a half gold piece in 11 curtain quantity of the
hash; ou Tuesday one-italf that ainount in two
ple.cest on Wednesday one-third of that =omit
in three pieces," and so on for a week.
_ —At an exhibition. of meat recently held at
Naticy, a butcher exposed a .mare, twenty-seven
months old, weighing 410 , kilos., and a horse,
thirteen years old, weighing 520 kilos.; these ani
mals had been fattened for .the table, atid were
covered, with garlands. The members of the'Ac--
climatlzatton society awarded buteber Penneand
a silver Imolai and fiftoAttnes in money.. Before
lo
being tan todiesbarabieli,"thirviciliAS were led
through giO,toWn,
--The Lon
. B.vinca correspondent of- a Morn
lug , POFIr ;writes "4: romantic inaideat oc
cnrred th e other day out on the water directly In
front 0 our windows. Twit •strangtim wont out
14 boat together and came back 'engaged. A
remarkable case of love at first alghtl,-The lady
Is t liewXor)t heiress, the optlemansa Member
of the persnasion." We fleet :advise the
buchalOr journalists of New York 261Aistea to the
Waterte_glilitees on the strength., V this &tory.—
r, Gazdtk. . '