GIBSON PEAL I CK. Editor VOLUME XXI.-- . 123. THE EVENING Butir.:p.lTlN tsvF.ity EVF.NING (Sunday)] excepted), IF, AT THE NEW BULLETIN BIIILDI 0, 607 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia , 131' THE EVENING BULLETIN ASSOCIATION. • OPE.I MORS. J, GIBSON PEACOCK, ERN ES T C. WALLACE, FETHERSTON, THOS. .1. WILLIAMSON. CASPER SOLIDER, Ja., FRANCIS WELLS. • The Bin.r.srui is served to subscribers In the city at IA cents Per Creek. payable to the carriers. or Vi per annum. 801102dACKER & CO.'S CELEBRATED gPianott—Acknowledged superior in ail respects any in' thin country', and acid on most liberal term. NEW AND SRCONDRAND PIANOS comdantly On band for rent. Tuning. moving and packing promptly attended to. Waremome.llo3 Chestnut street. Jel9-3uys 111AICR I 14;1'), theagh trot.. by the Rev. Will. ntlicert,.topeph G. Walker to Jeanie P.. Triebele, daughter of I'. W. arlebeln. Erg., all of thin c ity. . DIED. BATI'EItSIIALL.—On the 21Ith instant. Mannino. infant mon of J. NV, and Camelia 1.. Hatter,.hall, aged 6 nionthe and 17 dap.. 'rho_ funeral will take place, on Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock. • It ELL.—On the 2Pth find,/ of his age. The relatives and Iti/ attend the funeral. fon . 4 Tetitnnt. street, Weet/P at 2 o'clock. lilltlslS. A t DordiL Gertrude P. Dorm./ Due notice of tl,r , funeral •.vill 18! given. CI::!IMINS,-01{ th e e v e ning of the 29th instant. after a lingering illnef,la bleb he bore with ' lirhstian fortitude, Dime Cummins/ Sr., in the 7 . 9th„year of lila age. 'rho relative', and friends of the family . are reapect , fully invited/to attend hie funeral, from him late re& dente No. C: 1 Christian street. on Monday afternoon. Sept. 2d. at 2 o'cl .k, without fur th er ntice. !WINK,. It.--In. New' York, on WedrieFtlay morning. 2811.. lust... John Dal fen .x Drinker, aged 37 years, 8 months and .`..8 d ;,,. / ILIA'ACIIER.---On Wedn , J.day afternoon, 28th inst., Ann .1. wife of Jacob Flu bac her. 'fill . , lati%e, and friends r.l the f3tniN - are invited to atn I' l i_, funeral, from tier PIN; tet.idcnee, No. 8:7 North Fifttentlittreet, on liatnrday next” at :11'. if. iAPPli‘f:TON.—Thi., teeming. Sarniter Hap pitrft on, in th. ';:ht yew d of hie age. I /..7Cli LI,I e 1'.7; , f; E I t. --- On t ht . , '....tt n u in,._tant: i Eli zabe , t , Sellei a 'infi - r,, l reitc t . I the late Captain Willi: n; ricl ell ?tiger, The r - elritiv., , and friend. of the fmnily are req,ect ftillyinvited to attend the fun , cal, from her late resi. / Idence. 1.":") Qt wen otte,*, on :,,atArd ay afternoon. at o'clock. To vroceell J.) Old Pine etrent Church. .2t TA . F.P.II.ETI'.:- On tile '2'.'th isn•Jallj,jiatnott Wylie, twin run of the fh.v. Williant and Jane H. Sterrett, aged I' month,. unit 8 dup. Tl:v relativm and friend,. <of . the family are reepectf tiny invited to attend the funeral, trutn the reNidence of the parenta. No. L1:11 Vine street, en Monday afternoon. Sept ltd. at :!- o'clock. •• zitorrn, ,- ,rt the evonlng of 2:+th. Mjo 7. 1 Y1:F1 & LANDELI„ FOUR 111 _ .Li.J or-pi:kilt; for the Fall 'Prad , ! of Pon got titawlp.. order,:d gar,l4, l'nplinr., new adore, and Itich KlArk Silk, imperlor Kradvf. • Plain Silk,. of all vialitieg. RELIGIOUS :NOTICES. seir a, Zi? t I::III ., PICESBYTERIAN CIIURCH; XTII Paster. 1 reo a S t lArat R n * e ' s. v. t, gel , :n . ;nl!!;l. l7. f.'lt ) ;agil w lnA c b o y n t ,, l . ,e Pastor at 10% A. 31. and 7,:j P. 31. Stu3U 2t*rangers - t it • g la iA TUE FIRST CONGRFAATIONAL uNTITA rhin Church. corner of Tenth and Locust ntrecto will be open for religions eerviceo next Sunday (Sept. Pt at lOX A. M . nuardtrp SPECIAL ft/MICE& PARDEE SCIENTIFIC COURSE LAFAYETTE COLLEGE. The next tent commences THURSDAY. September 12th. Cendidates for admission may be examined the day before (September 11th), or on TUESDAY. July 30th. the Say before the Annual Commencement Exercises. For eircuhun. apply to President CATTELL, or to Prof. IL B. YOUNGMAN. Clerk of the Faculty. fraron, Penna., July. 1867 Nor NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.—A PENALTY OF One per cent. will be added upm aU City Taxee for they ear iar, remaining unpaid after the liret day of September next, Two per cent after rinst day of October, and Three per cent after firer day of December. RDA PELTZ, Aro. 22, MX. tau 34 rpn c h i cßer of Taxes. mktg.. FAMILIES ABOUT CHANGINO THEIR REdl "^m' dence or leaving the city. can receive the higheet cash price for old newspapcm. - book?. pamphlete rage, etc. Wrappcm alwaya on hand and for P ale by E. IWNTER, 613 JRytie street. Orders will receive prompt attention, by mail or othenvie.e. ma/ lmrp: mor HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 AND 1530 Lombard Street ,Dielren.qary Department—Medical Imatment and medicines furnichcd gratultoualy to the POOL The Issues in Canada. From the , Montmal Herald. Augurt Sri.) We have reason to believe that people In all ports of the Dominion ' not. least in the, sister provincei., are looking forward with both interest and anxiety to the election contest now going on in Montreal West. Apart from the great per st..nal popularity of Mr. McGee, the contestis in [...erne sense viewed as one between Fenianlsm and -good order. We find this impression coming to us In our correspondence from the extreme parts of the Dominion, and there Is reason for it. It has been remarked (by Mr. James Smith, among others) that Mr. Devlin has made no - Mr.tal or condemnation of Fenianlam. He has not, of course, avowed himself a Fenian. He will deny that he has been an avowed one; but he knows full well the character of his support, which has split ott . from Mr. Mc- Gee, and he deals with Fenianisin very ten derly accordingly. At his last West meet ing in Victoria square he hint Mr. David, advo -eate, to speak for him. Mr. David gave a very mild and neat definition of Fenianlsm as applied to the prisoners Mr. Devlin defended at Sweets burg. He said they were "brave men, whose pa triotism had unfortunately led them rather too far into danger; and that it / redounded to Mr. Dev lin's honor' thathe had been so 'successful in his efforts to relieve them from their difficulties." He abused the British Government in the most outrageous terms, describing it as the " common tyrant of Ireland. and Canada, both of which .countries are groaning under the yoke of oppres .sion." The speech of Mr. David was uttered in French. It is the groundwhich the suffrages of the French s • ,„0. electors of Montreal West were asked for by Mr. Devlin, and on which Mr. Devlin should.be defeated. The electors had bettor look the issue thus put fully and squarely in the face. There is no blink ing it. There is no pretence of denial or expla nation of the correctness of the report of Mr. David's speech, which has now been published two or three days, and been 11 subject of conver sation in the streets. If we turn'to the East and look at the character of Mr. Lanctot's opposition to Mr. Cartier, we find that It is based of communism, intense hatred of British connection and open preference s for a connection with the United States. In .other words, to borrow a term from an evening contemporary, it "Is French Ponianism of a malignant sort." In politics there is no middle feature. Every voter must support one principle, or the other in issue in the elections. In Montreal East,it is Mr. Cartier and the Dominion, i. e. working out on .our separate career, under the protection, of Britain, on one side, and Mr. Lanctot and dema goguism, communism and annexation on the .other. In Montreal West the issue is nearly the same. Mr. McGee represents the Dominion and British connection on one side; Mr. Devlin such views as those set forth by Mr. David on the other. And every newspaper and voter who does, not support the one does support the other,what et er hypocritical professions may be made to the contrary. 31AI:ruts as CuutLEssNEss.—lf all the teeth that have been ruined by neglect could be strung together, they would reach thrice round the corld. 'There may have been some excuse for this havoc in days gone by, when there was no absoltite safeguard against dental decay in exist cad°, but there is,no apology for it now. Fa. GRANT SozonouT, the world-renowned antiseptic dentifrice, _ftecerbduly protects the teeth against decay, as oil prevents steel from rusting, or water arrests the progress of fire. 4 Th.Alatv Bell, in the year /13ds the family are Invited to late riAd,nce, No. 39:v 'hibul , lphia, on Tne.,day. Sept. 3 AND ARUH, ARE THE CATACOMBS OF PARIS. (Correspondence of the Phflodelphio, Evening Bulletln.l PAity,, August 4th, 1867.—" Light," " careless," "frivolous." are, in the English language, epi thets synonynion of " French." The Germanic nations of Ettrope Lave the fixed notion that the \hief desire of their Gallic brethren is the gratifi cation of the appetites and passions. The cause of this notion lies in the fact that the French do not belong to the class of men " whose visages Do cream end mantle like a standing pond ;" and their purpose is not "; to be dressed in opinion Of wisdom, gravity and profound conceit." The philosophy of Democrites has, it is true, obtained more adherents among the descendants of the Latin than those of the German tribes; but is not the logic of Democrites as correct, as pro found as that of the lamenting philosopher? No, the French are 'not frivolous. Had the French character been studied in Its.. deep ness, the general ideas regarding. it would never have been enabled to gain ground, It has been considered as of a superficial nature tiepaUse it has been superficially examined. . The reproach. from its very nature, falls back upon thole who originated and support it. Yet even the:supposition that the satirical philosopher is the only one possessing disciples among the French is erroneous. France glories in its Cor neille, its Racine, its Bossuct. In matters of vital importance the French take the lead of European nations. It was not in the year 1215; it was in the year 1789, that the power of despots received its fatal blow; it was not the Magna Charta, it was tlu French revolution that broke the yoke of nations forever. Strangers visiting Paris relate of its theatres, its balls. its cafes, and. too often forget that it pos.-, senses a Louvre, a Isibliollic , que linperiale, a Sor bonne. Paris has its Pantheon, where we may meditate upon the end of all human greatness; its Catacombs. where 1, , ;.e, find that human: misery has its term. For the thinker, the Catacombs of Paris' have more value than those of Rome. There Death is the sole ruler. In their wildness, in their lugubrious grandeur, they impress us with the desponding feeling of our littleness, that we; must so soon succumb in the unequal war which every day we wage against him. 'With horror we behold the power' of the icy monarch, and no sun shines to throw a light upon the gloomy picture which our mind views. Here, the aspect is different. Yes, here also the ImenetiSe power of Death is manifested. Here, also, we are impressed with the idea that we are but as. a drop of water in the ocean. At the same moment, however, we see that we are not nought ; that, although our body be frail and ephemeral, the products of our mind are pow erful and lasting. Here, in the Catacombs, in the very realms of Death, we havethe conscious ness of possessing a naiad—the nobler part of ourselves, for 1010, Heath .has, no sting.,. He is enthroned here, but mart has built him his palace. At the same time and at the same place we per-` ceive our weakness and learn where lies our strength. It was in the beginning of July when I visited the Catacombs. It was at noon, and a small party had already collected itself at the Barrie re de ['Enter, where the entrance to them is situated. The weather was unpleasant. The sky was covered with lead-colored clouds, which threatened every moment to burst into rain. A disagreeable wind added to the discomfort. The scene itself was,, independent of the weather, far from making an agreeable impression. Wild and desolate is the ground upon which the en trance to the Catacombs is situated. The French have found for It the characteristic name "Bar- Here de I'Enfer." A large gloomy house is the only sign of human presence in the vicinity; thorns and thistles and poisonous plants are the only . diversities offered by nature.. Upon this ground a email number of men and women, solemn and serious, have gathered. Every one holds a eandle in his hand, and . looks anxiously towards the small iron 77; 7 ; -- T 7 3 41 ‘4 band that it is the gate of sorrie'somere - nWelling: The ominous door is opened, one by one the visitors light their candles, are counted, and pass within it. Our turn. arrives, and we arc put un der the same process. After entering, a flight of steps, seventy-five in number, must be descended, and then we reach the long passages leading to those containing the skeletons. The former are so narrow and so low, that no two men can walk abreast, and that many are compelled to bend the head, so as not to come in contact with the ceiling. Let us now cast a glance upon the cu rious scene. ' A deep silence reigns. The sounds of the steps are muffled, and come but' intermittingly to the ear. The forms of our companions arc 'not dis cernible in the' darkness of, the subterranean corridors.. Only small lights are seen as far as the eye can leach, and these glide along slowly. The scene has the appearance of a proces sion of ghosts. Upon the ceiling we no tice a broad black stripe, which serves as the thread of Ariadne, through the labyrinthic windings; and truly there exists, perhaps, no better representation of the labyrinth of the Grecian legend than the Parisian Catacombs. We find ourselves carried along with the rest of the party, from left to right, from right to left, evadine one passage and ,turning to another, without knowing any other reason than that the mystericus thread wills it so. After a march of nearly ten minutes, we arrive at the galleries of the skeletons. A remarkable spectacle, rendered imposing by its associations, now opens itself to. our view. Here, closely packed together, are the remains of the actors upon the great scones of which history has kept the record. As in the game of chess, we place kings, queens, knights and bishops upon the field, let them fight their battles, and then put' them in a dark box—the conqueror and the vanquished indiscriminately— so,appeare to us the way of the world, as we cast our eyes upon the mass of skeletons, now undistinguishable ono from another, and which at some previous day, walked through the path of life as we do. Here arc some that have per ished in the wars between France and England, and witnessed the exp nits of Joan d'Arc. Fur ther on are those who fell in the religious wars of France. Beyond them are the remains of those who, on the ever memorable St. Bartholomew's night, aided in the terrible work of exterminating their heretical brethren. A little later, we coma to the galley in which we see the skulls and what is left of the other parte of the skeletons of the liberators of France and of Europe, of those who gave up their lives in the' revolution of 1789. Considered from the architectural point of view, the Catacombs are among.the most remark able buildings of the world. . They form an area . of • several-square 'roiles;-- extending along' the whole Faubourg St. Germain. They are about 80 I PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1867. feet under ground, and notwithstanding the ' immense difficulties arising from this cause, as well as on account of the decidedly unfavorable position, chosen only because no better could be found, the enterprise proved extraordinarily successful—a wonder of art. Yes,the Catacombs of Paris teach us a double lesson. They give us the striking illustration of the frailty of the hu man body, and they show us to what great results the combinations of our minds may lead, when intended for a useful purpose, and executed by an aggregate of Individuals to whom union lends strength. Among the numerous inscriptions upon the stone pillars of the structure ; there is none more appropriate and more true than the one which calls to us: "Man, know thyself !" An unexpected halt suddenly terminates our reflections. We have arrived at the steps leading to the door, and must await s its opening. We feel now the oppressing air, and the consciousness of being underground marks itself forcibly. The door opens, we mount, and after being again counted, step out and find" ourselves under the wide firmament, inhaling with pleasure the fresh air in deep draughts. I.s.tAc L. Ito Pupil of the Conservatoire. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW YORK. Destruction of a. Distillery....Tbree Men Badly Burned—Four siorses Burned to Denali---Loss Esti nutted at About 5140,000. [From today's New York - Herald.] Shortly after four O'ClUck yesterday afternoon, a tire broke out in the lame distillery of Joseph Sieltels, Nos. 43, 45 and 17 First avenue. The flames spread with astonishing- rapidity, com mencing in the basement, and in the space of fif teen minutes the flames were leaping from floor u, floor, until the whole edifice was enveloped in the fiery clement. Captain Mount, of the . Seventeenth precinct, and 'a large three of police were quickly on the premises, and, aided by the firemen, they extricated three of the workmen, who were at the time so much confused by the smoke that in a few seconds.they must have per— ' Ished. One was taken out from under the iron' gratings iu front, and the other two were dragged out from the rear of the building. James Gol den, who was badly burned on the face and hands, was conveyed by the police to his resi dence. 139 Goerek street. The other two men were not so much injured, and they were sent to 1 heir homes. The whole of the building is a mass of ruins. It was seventy-five feet on First avenue, and eighty feet deep, valued at $5O 000. The stock . was estimated at $30,000, and the machinery at $60,000. The building .was owned by Solomon Shnms, and the machinery by Simms ,t;Heller. The following are the insurances: On building Mechanics, $5,000; Dawery, $5,000; Atlantic, $5,000: St. Marks, *2,500; La fayette, $3,500. Total, $21,000. On machinery—Relief,.*s2 ' 500; State of New Jersey, $2,833; 'Commonwealth, $1;066; Fire men's Fund, $833; 3fontank, $2,500; Jefferson, $2,500; Greenwich, $1,666: New York, $2,500; Hamilton, s2,soo;.Williamsburg City, $833. To tal, $20,131. There is *1,500 insurance on horses and hat:- . mess in the Park Insurance Company. The fotir horses bunted to death were rated at $l,OOO. The total loss may be estimated at about $140,- 000. The origin of the fire seems to be at present not very well explained. One story is that the men wore doing something to the gas meter, and the light caught thegas, causing. an explosion, which tired the building. Another account is that the fumes of the alcohol came in contact with the light. The matter Will no doubt be in vestigated. The President and Mr. Langston.. The Washington Chronicle of yesterday prints the following:. It is reported on trustworthy authority that J. M. Langston, pf Ohio, a colored lawyer, visited the President on Saturday last. The conversa tion transpired somewhat as follows: President—Mr. Langston I - have determined upon the removal of Gen. Howard because of the partisan way in which he has administered the affairs of his bureau. He is fanatical and ambi tious. I want somebody in sympathy with the colored people. Langston 's reply was,in effect, that he believed that the colored people were generally satisfied with G Howard's administration, and that he (Mr. L.ywould be- sorry to see him displaced: p4s.xpressed. the hope that the Present had dete'hnined upon it. The President said that he had decided to re move Gen. Howard soon, and wished a colored man if be could Emrone altogether suitable. He intimated by his manner that Mr. Langston could have the position if he 'Would accept it. He gave him a week to consult with the colored people as to their wishes. By the advice of some of his friends Mr. Langston called upon. Gen. Grant yesterday, and repeated in substance the conversation with the President, and asked the General's advice as to his acceptance of the position of Commissioner. Gen. Grunt replied that, under the circumstances, he considered it. in every respect unadvisable for Langston to accept the place of Commissioner; that if Gen. Howard were removed, Mr. Langs ton could not hope to give greater satisfaction in the administration of the affairs of the bu reau; that he was frilly satisfied Gen. Howard had done his best, and had committed no act which would not bear rigid scrutiny; but if he (Grant) were to remain Secretary of War, and Langston should be appointed, he would aid him to the best of his ability. Gen. Grant, in conclu sion, said nothing had been said to him about the removal of Gen. Howard; but if it.were ac complished, for reasons already stated, It would be inexpedient and of no practical benefit to the colored race for Mr. Langston to accept the posi tion. • Mr. Langston° then urged Gen. Grant to do all he could to have Gen. Howard retained for the good of the colored people, as he was satisfied he had been their true friend, and stated that, looking to the good of the colored people and to the interest of the Government, he could not consent to accept the position,and that he would not accept it for the further reason that he fully believed it to be offered to facilitate the removal of Gen. Howard, and to embarrass the best in terests of his race. In this connection it is proper to state that during the interview be tween Mr. Langston and Johnson, the latter stated that he felt compelled to remove General Howard and denounced him in very earnest terms. He intimated that the removal would occur very soon, and was particularly urgent in his desire to persuade Mr. Langston to accept. his offer. The Situation in Washington. The correspondent of the Boston Advertiser sends the following interesting items from Wash ington: One of the secret reasons for sending General Canby, with his radical principles, to relieve General Sickles, appears to be a esire of the President to remove General Canby from tho command of the Washington District. This has conic to the surface in conneetion with the fact that ten days ago the President had about decided to place General Rousseau in command here. This, it is understood, ho was finally dissuaded from doing, although it is believed hero that General Rousseau has only delayed sailing for Sitka that lie might learn the' issue of passing events. • Notwithstanding General Grant's efforts to have Colonel Gordon Granger sent to his cow-, mend, the President hasicept • him here, and of lath he has mentioned his name, in conneetion, with the contemplated changes. Before Cowl , press adjourned, Colonel Granger Is knoWn for hare declared that it 'was ah - iniconstitntiomd body, Land that it' he were Andy Johnson he OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. Maryland rebels have forcibly ejected from her house a lady who had purchased property on the Potomac some distance below this city, and who bad opened a home for disabled soldiers, white and black. General Howard has applied to General' Grant for military protection of property. A Woman Thrown from a Carriage into the Public Street and•Killed— strangely Mysterious Case. Thor, N. Y., Aug. 2U, 186 . 7.-:-A terrible and mysteriote4 woman murder was committed ;in the adjoining town of Lansingburg last evening. A partial statement of the fticts so far as ascer tamed has sent a perfect thrill of horror through out these surrounding communities, the de tective experts up to this time having afforded the public no satisfactory clue as to how the dreadful circumstance took place. At about tight o'clock last evening a gentleman named Ellison, While walking along State street, in Lan singburg village, had his attention attracted by groaning noises proceeding from a passing car riage. Sergt. King, of the Metropolitan police, was at once notified by Mr. Belson of the strange incident, and at once gave chase to the carriage; the guilty occupant of which had by this time discovered the purilit, and turning into a dark street, made his escape,' only after having thrown the body of a dying girl from the carriage upon the highway. Upon retracing his steps the police sergeant discovered the body of the girl dead by the street side. A little further on a con siderable bundle of clothing for female use was found, consisting of a jockey bat, skirt, under-clothing and. a handkerchief marked !'Carrie." There •no doubt that the girl was thrown from the carriage, 'as already stated. and thus met her death, though she could have lived but a very short time anyway. -.The remains were at once removed to the station house, where they were laid out for identifica tion. Soon after the occurrence two relatives of 31iss Annie Conners, of Cohoes, appeared and identified the body as that of a relative of theirs by that name, though there was a want of posi tiveness in the identifying. It was subsequently ascertained that Miss Conners was at home, alive arid well. The remains were finally ascertained to,be those of a well-nigh unknown woman named Cartie-Hubbard, a beautiful creature, formerly residing at - Pittstown, In this comity,which place she left some time'since for Lansingburg, where she has lived for several months past. Chief De tective Lemuel 11nriburt is now at Pittstown solving out the antecedents of this last .unfortu nate. She could not have been more than nine teen years of age,and was about live feet in height, with a florid complexion and auburn hair. A post mortar examination revealed unmistakably the fact that Miss Hubbard was,previous to her being thrown from the carriage, the victim of a most rough and unsucessful attempt at malpracticp,and that when it was ascertained that she was beyond hope of recovery, and. must die within a very short tittle, she was violently thrown upon the street to the end.that the detection of the living might be avoided. A coroner's jury was em panelled, this morning, before which appeared a sister of the deceased, who had not seen her since last November, when she was employed fu dress-Making. Two witnesses testified that they saw the de ceaSed ten minutes before she died, near a Mr. Tracy's ice house, a man holding her hands and remarking that he could do nothing for her, after which the stranger,, with his victim, entered a carriage and drove away very rapidly. The doctors testified that the post ntortent dis closed a dreadfully diseased condition consequent .upon-inalpructice. A Pittstown woman testified that she had, employed the deceased, but dis charged her on the ground that She was nor strong cenough•to do the work. She regaiiged her as of good character: and never knew o her keeping male company. A man named Burt Gardner, living at the house of the last witness, Kate G, Groff, left there at about the same time as the deceased. •He has been sent for andavill be examined this evening. Gardner is described as a tall, slim young man, with dark complexion. but not dark hair, wear ing a straw hat and light spotted clothes, Murder in New Castle, Delaware. [From the Wilmington Commercial Aug. About 8 o'clock, last evening, James Booth, commonly called' "country Jim Booth," to dis tinguish him from a very respectable relative of his, a resi‘ent . of New Castle. shot a colored man named William Smith, killing him instantly: Booth immediately gave himself upand was com ruitted to jail, and last night Sheriff Herbert sum moned the Coroner to hold an inquest on the remains of Smith. Coroner Bellow went over early this morning to perform tlielkluty, and sum moned a jury. The testimony taken indicates that Booth had had a quarrel with John W. Smith, a grand-child of the murdered man, and after attacking the boy iu the street, followed him to. Smith's dwelling, striking him on the way with a club. The boy ran in and closed the door, when Booth ap proached the window,and after a few words with the old man, took aim with a pistol, and fired, the bullet passing through the latter's heart. He staggered and fell, dying almost immediately. Booth then went to the Sheriff's office and gave himself up. Ho is described as being a singular and eccentric man, not supposed to be quite canyoB watts. He was in the habit of drinking and at times became violent and dangerous. He is not without means, being the part owner of a large farm near New Castle. the management of which is. however, not in his hands. Smith, the murdered man, was known as a very quiet, inof fensive person. • It is by no means improbable that the reekiess ness with which the murderer regarded human life was in this ease partially produced by the feeling which more respectable and better known members of his party have been trying to in- flame against the colored people. The following is some of the teetimouy taken before the jury: John M. Smith (colored boy) testified as fol lows : Between Sand 9 o'clock on the evening of Aug. 28th, I was in front of Miss Bouman's house; as I got opposite the pump Mr. Booth struck me; I then ran; Mr. Booth followed me; as I went in Abe door he struck me again; I went W and shut the door: Wm. Smith came down stairs and sat down at the w'—low; I said James Booth struck mei Win. Smith asked what he had done it for- I told him, nothing that I knew of; Booth said hopokes'his head out of that window I wiß show him what for;" Booth then came towards the window; as he was opposite the door, by . the. tree, I looked out anti saw him pointing aixstol; eaw,the ilasb, and ho ard' the report; William Smith jumped from the chair and went towards the front door, holding both hands to his hast,' saying, "I'm gone. I'mthot;” I thou ran Mr a doctor, and Booth ran.towards thetallroal ' Sheriff Herbert testified that the prisoner had come to his office and asked to be locked up at' 15 mbintes after 9, on the evening of Aug,4Bth. Mr Joseph A. Vining, prison-keeper, testified would march a.body of soldiers to the capitol and disperse it. Pertions well versed hi the condition of affairs in Maryland, and who have spent considerable time in counties in this vicinity, state that the opinion is very common there that the President intends to resist impeachment - by force, and that nearly all the rebel militiamen confidently ex pea to be called upon. As is significant coinci dence, this.opinion appears to have sprung up soon after Montgomery Blair's late visit to Anna-. polls. The name of Jerry Black is also very generally used as one of those committed to this line of Presidential defence. The ktelagencer prints a communication this morning in which the writer, after predicting that the South will scud twenty-five negroes to the next Congress, adds these qualifying' words :. "If one ever convenes." The President still refuses to give out General Grant's letter concerning the removal of Mr. Stanton, although the latter has withdrawn all objection. MURDER NN LAINSINGIBURG, N. Y. to taking a revolver from the prisouer,itud givlhtt" it to the Sheriff. Dr.. John Merritt, who made a mnit nowien/ ex amination of the body of the deceased, made the following. report: "I dcr hereby certify that upon examination of the body of Wm. Smith, mgro, before the Cor oner's inquest, held by Coroner W:11 my this day. I found mron-shot wound from a ball about a inch in diameter, penetrating the heart, and pass ing througfi the upper part of the right side of the heart, from whkeh wound the said Smith , The'l/e,rdiet was, "that the' deeelsed came to Lis deatifby a gun-shot wound, by the Itztodi of James Booth." THEINDIjN IPPAR. The Indium Petueetoinenission. YANKTON, D. T., Aug. 22, 184.7;.—At Omaha, the Capital of the State of Nebraska, and head quarters of Gen. Augur, commanding the Dis trict, the Indian Commission tarried for a few hours, for the purpose of takinir. the evidence of Gen. Augur and others in reference to Indian af fairs. The General estimates the number .of troops necessary to enable him towage a sums ful campaign against the Indians io his district at twenty thousand (20,000), three-fourths, fif teen thousand (15,000) cavalry.. He also esti mates the same amount, or number, necessary in Gen. Hancock's district, south; the same for Gen. Terry's district, north; sixty thousand (60,000) troops, forty-five thousand (45-,000) cav alry, required to subjugate or exterminate the Indians on our Western plains, and in the moun tains. General W. S. Barney, a member of the Indian Commission, one of our oldest Indian. &glitcre, who served in Florida, in the Black Hemk war, and' on the plains for years, estimates the number necessary to put down the Indians at one hun dred thousand (100,000) men. lie makes hi esti mate from a thorOugh knowledge of the capacity of the Indians for ;war, and often refers to the campaign in Florida as proving the courage, shrewdness and determination of the Indians when pressed into an extremity and com pelled to resort to arms as their only means of self-preservation.• In Florida the nation expended fifty millions (..,50,000,000), fought the Seminoles six years, and were then forced to buy them off—never succeeding in conquering them. On theplains and in our mountain fastnesses, with their facilities for rapid movement, knowl edge of the country, no cities, towns, or other trains to guard and protect their means of com municating intelligence from one to another, their originality of attack, and capacity for soon understanding the plans and preparations of their opponents, they can resist an army of one hundred thousand men for at least five Years. As our people are in the wrong in this whole matter, and by our Government failing to provide means to prevent an Indian outbreak, it may be well to make an estimate of the cost of prosecuting a war of extermination against the few. thousand Indians now on the Western plains and in the mountains, and to ask if there is not a better way to settle the difficulty than by going to war. en the plains it is said to cost about two millions ($2,000,000) a year. to support, a regiment at env alry. Eighty regiments ill cost one hun dred and sixty millions ($160,000,600) per annum. The twenty regiments of infantry, artillery, &c., will cost at least twenty ($20,000,000) more—one 'hundred and eighty millions ($180,000,000). In five years it will coat to subjngate-orexterminate the Indians, nine hundred millions ($900,000,000) of dollars. It will be impossible to estimate the cost at less than five hundred millions ($500,000,000), or one hundred millions ($100000,000) a Year. Is the country prepared for this addition to the national indebtedness and consequent reduction in value of Government bonds, merely for the purpose of answering the demand of some of our frontier settlers for the extermination of. the Indians? And this when we are in the wrong, and when every honorable man Is forced to admit that the Indians are justified in their resistance to our army. If they were in. the wrong, entirely so, I should advocate the policy , expressed years ago by one of our Presidents, 45111110ns for defence and not one cent for tribute," and insist on 'eon quering our enemy at whatever cost of life. or treasure. The Indian is capable of civilization, if proper efforts are made, and a fair chance is given him. The present policy of , our Government is calcu lated to keep him as he is for all time. Hereto fore, when they have asked for plows, we have sent them red ochre; when they have begged that their money might be invested In the purchase of agricultural implements, looking-glasses. quilts and other. trash have been sent to them. The In dians have become civilized where•they have had a fair trial; and in some States tHey are not only good farmers, but are entitled to vote and enjoy all the rights and privileges of other citizens of the United States.. What has been done for one can be done for all—whatever may be said to the contrary by designing men, who demand exter mination.of the Indians.—N. V. Tribune:. The Episcopal Question of Discipline. The controversy between the High and the Low Church factions in the Protestant Episcopal community, touching Dr. Tyng's breach of disci pline, Is still carried on - with all the bitterness' and obstinacy characteristic of theological dis putes. The friends of Dr. Stubbs appeal to the canons and rubrics in support of the correctness of their views, while Dr. lvng and his advoentes maintain the right of Episcopal ministers to preach wherever they receive a call. "all canons. rubrics, pastoral letters, and. prohibitions to the contrary notwithstanding " But though the canons and rubrics of the Church may favor the High Church party and bear hard on Dr. Tyng, public opinion and the custom of the age are, be yond question, on the side of the. Doctor and his Low Church adherents. Of this eveu his accusers seem. to be growing sensible, Mince, though us persistent as ever in defence of their argument, they yet deem it prudent to compro mise the matter and retire from the conflict with as little disgrace us possible. The evangelical party manifest no disposition to let them off thus easily, but avow their determination to proceed to the "most extreme issue," in order to secure a full and unqualified decision on Dr. Tyng's course. It is no longer with the solitary case of Dr. Tyne, that the Committee or Convention will have to deal, if they go. On with the matter, since two more Eniscopal ministers have recently of fended in the same Way as the aforenamed Doc tor—the Rev. John A. Parsons of the Diocese of Delaware, by preaching in the Dutch Reformed Church at Hackensack. and the Rev. Robert Mc- Murdy editor .of the New York Frcem n aeo, be officiating at •Roseville, near Newark.—N. 7'ribune. The Drought in Western Neer York. [Friiin the Rochester Unisti, Aug. There arc al yet nosigns of rain. and the drought continues. Each day adds to the num ber of citizens who are without water and who are suffering in consequence of the absence of this essentitil element for the various purposes of life. Ito uch longer it may please Provi dence to ' utinue this drought no man can tell. In the Lyons Republican. August 24.1 It is n • nearly a month since we had more than a sprinkle of rain. Unless rain conies Goon our corn and potato crops will be materially damaged. Already the potato tops hereabouts are drying up for want of moisture; corn begins to • wilt, and the blossomed buckwheat looks gardens cucumbers are already have been watered frequently', a klllP :d °e(r ' r s i b v"l'l o n f lien th s'it e hth s e ft eY nashes; and tomatoes and cab bages arc 'suffering, $ 11 . 1161C 1 Mailkilld VicCoolti • . MT: LOOX9; : ACIkt 29';.—Large br6wAs of' rdugh s 'and tothere _left'Bore This afterntion to • ivitness MeCoole and Jones fight: Betting hero is all' in' favor of McCoolo. The railroads are running exeureion trains at reduced fares. Mcfloole took 10,000 with him to bet on himself. 1 1 .I.lITHERSTON. Publisher, PRICE TilitEg ONNTS FACIES LNI FAIVOIES. —Nashville, Termessee, hie never null ga4. —Japan has ordered slo,ooo` worth of military tremen ts from. San Francloco. —kichne Brown I:niversi students h'ave walked 0410 miles tbie season for ty fu the nof St. —The great-grandutother of Cert. Grandis in the newspapers. —Redechid Pasha bunt a monastery - and threw a sick monk intim the flames. —Peter Zower shot Sfra.. Relly &mein- Grtilhirdi 111. She looked unkindly upon Pemr'sf t to her clauebter —An Italian Countess, beautiful anti dashing', • has been arrested at Paris for saucily riding- in front of Louis, at a military review. - —Rather fine music boxeware LIM soistifer on dollar. The-art of making them has bear gileatly" simplified of lute. —Charles A. Dana, George 'lripley and eorge Wm. Curtis were once enthuzinstie Forttlerites o the Brook Farm school. —Barkis was %dine, and it is'also statecti that Bigler, ex-Governor of Pennsylvtnia, will -tat a position in the Cabinet, if it is tendered. _ —The Labor Congress ask Congress.toppro. priate twenty - five - milliona to establish the eight hour system. —lt is Bur posed the new planet discovered :by Professor J. C. Watson, of Aim Arbor; Michigin, will be called after him. Watson a name? —Miss Swan, at. Portland, Misie, • weight,- four hundred pounds. She is engaged to a gentleman weighing only one hundred and fifteen. • —Ad exchange .Hon. Alexander • - lif. ; W. Ball the Silas Wegg of New Jersey, and 'saysle recently evinced a great disinclination to ''drop into pcetry in ,a friendly way." --Spain is financially, socially and politically\ going to the bad. and the people's freshest trouble \ is a Sunday law Which shuts up the'markets and \ leaves the bull fights unmolested. —The Japanese are very neat in their persons, even the poorest man and woman of that polite and tidy nation wash themselves from- Iread.to . foot daily at the public bath rooms —ln the native town of Edward Everett, a now avenue called by his name has been opened; and • in the sign nost a daguerreotype likeness of• that distinguished man has been inserted. =John G. Saxe can extemporize humorous - verse with great rapidity: He will ride along the • country and weave into passable poetry all ; the objects of interest along the route. —A western paper thinks that Bonner . values - Greeley and Beecher very highly, since he esti- - - mates the two together as worth about half as much as the celebrated "Dexter." ' —Dickens is said to be a " sprt of partner" With-‘ his Boston publishers, and is collecting his - Stray ,. stories, which have never yet 'been volumed, for a permanent setting imie Diamond editions. —A lady in St. Louis polished her huiband with a stick of wood; he reciprocated, with a re volver. • The affair not being fatal. to either was .s great disappointnient to spectators. ....Roguish boot-blacks in, this, city offer , la. polish boots for five cents, and when they have put the shine on one , demand. ten. „eenta..befeayav - they touch the other: — - —The Dutch artist, Joseph Israels,.in addition to the medal awarded tit the Paris Exposltion,hats been named by the Emperor a Chevalier of the • Legion ofHonor. —Blaegue Bey, in his reception speech at the White House,spoke of the democratic affinitles-of his country and the United States. He alluded probably to the popular fondness for turkey:— New Bedford Mercury. —A party of divers at Nashville hooked on to what they supposed was the safe of a steamer sunk some twenty years ago, After long..and bard labor they succeeded in raising an old cook ing -stove. —A Pennsylvania youth of nineteen chose for the partner of his joys and sorrows a maiden of fifty summers, and tore her from the arms other parents, moving off in the middle of the night to be married. —A meteor, seventy feet in diameter, fell into Lake Ontario last week. A captain of a schooner saw it and was transfixed—with fear. It made a. terrific report as it reached the water, and its ugh . was intensely brilliant. - —General Butler is building a solid red granite residence at Gloucester, Mass. The site he hit • chosen for his summer residence is a magnificent one, with its rockand ocean views. • A shell role' leads up to it from the highway. —The Washington Star says that "puttee, abont us, usually well posted In regard to public affairs, offer to wager that Gen. Grant will not remain In the War Department beyond Saturday next." —Lord Cowper recently gave a breakfast at his country-seat in England, which was attended by fourteen hundred guests. He will be likely to, break unusually fast if he does this sort of thing very often. —Hat-makers at the Paris Exposition • can make a hat from a rabbit skin in fifteen minutes. France furnishes fourteen millions of dollars worth of rabbit and hare skins per annum, of which she exports one half. She also exports two millions worth of felt hats per annum, and nearly half a million of silk hats. —England seeds salmon, trout and lobsters to Paris; Holland sends salmon, shrimps, eels, pike and carps; Switzerland, trout from lake Geneva; Prussia, salmon and trout, and the west of Germany immense quantities of larawns. Three hundred and fifty thousand cart loads of' vegetables went into Paris last year. —The Rev. Dr. Stubbs has published a card -in. relation to the charges preferred againetthe Rev. Mr. Tyng. He saps : 'There is no persoualteel, lug involved in the case; It is no party anew= ;-• it is not a local matter, It is of common in terest, and affects the whole church in the whale. country." —An Ohio genius has just given to the world'a. volume of poems, from which we extract• the following specimen "I uton American maiden.: My dyes are blue and mild ; My liplets aro lovely and, rosy— Illy heart is undefiled." , —The Protestant Christians in Egypt, are suf fering persecution at the hind& of the Greek Pa triarch at Osioot. Some of them have been, brie tinadoed. All who ;cad Protestant books are cursed and excommunicated. The Beirut publi cations are ordered to be burned-L,Protesbat schools and services are being rieglteted in con eequence. —A tremefirrt 6us swarm of grasshoppers re cently visited San Gorgonio Pass,. California, and its vicinity, and s trippedthe fruit treesof their foli age, devoured the grass and every U 4.14 herb age, and made sad havoc in the garden*. LtThe swarm was eo vast as to cover the grdatsl, rees, and every bush and leaf. 'When they:lqt, It Is asserted, their flight sounded like 'a hart-tea,m, —At Canton, Missouri, the . ether night, a' bur- Dlar entered the premises of the Recorder, Gen. . Moore, and seised upon his pantrioans, with the General's cork leg therein, carried them Into , the street, where they-were found next morning. minus a pocket-book with a twentydoliar bill, some email change, the key to the Generarasafe,' and a pen-knife. • - --.A. daring inventor is, to brine* the frealeair up. to London, like the milk, and the meat, and Una drinking water. Mr. Thomas, of tioptfo , a ‘ arpenter, sees his way, to a plan of p pure and cold rural atmosphere intalhe cap tua l a The pure air unto pass through ironlunnelsrthe cold• air, is to. go through other tunnels tmld through ite houses; iruu Pipes are to broach off the various streets and rem's, while smaller pipe* ate to be furaistted for the ketutes, 66e.
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