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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 ;,,.
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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.
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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.
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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.