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MEARS—KOLL:IER On the Mb Init., by the Rev.
IL M. Bickel, Edward B. Mears, Jr.. and Clara, eldest
daughter of August Kellner, Esq., all of this city. ••
DIED.
ALTEMCS.—On the morning of the 3th hut, In the
%A year of her age. Charlotte Elizabeth, wife of
Samuel T. Altemus , Esq., and daughter a the late
Franklin Lee.
Due notice will be R iven of the funeral.
ALLEN.—On the 89th Instant, is Baltimore, Margaret
E. Allen, wife of the late William Allen, in the 10th year
of her age. - •
ill;NlTEß.—Suddenly. in New York city, on the even..
D
ing of ISth inst.. in
. W. Gunter, Jr., of Germantown, aged
89 years.
The relatives and friends of the family aro respectfully
invited to attend the funeral from him late reeldence.S.W.
corner of, Tulpehocken and Green streets, Germantown.
on Friday morning, Nov. Int, at 10 o'clock, without
further notice. To proceed to Laurel MIL
ROSER.--On Monday. October Thomas Rorer, Br.,
in the Met year of his age.
The relatives and friends aro invited to attend hie
funeral. from bin tato residence, No. 4529 Fraohford
Arcot, Frankford. on Saturday morning, at 9 o'clock To
proceed to Snion Cemetery, Riehboro', Bucks county. *9
RH:IL/A.—On the evening of the 28th Ititt., Richard C.
Kislev, only eon of John C. and Martha Maley, aged 4
years.
The relatives end friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his
parenta, 2d. South Ninth street. on Thursday morning, at
10 o'clock. Interment at Mount Mortah Cemetery. It
SCHENCK.—At tranklltt. Warren county, Ohio. Oct.
;nth, 16.47, John N.C. schenck, in the PO year of ht. age.
B r:I:JAL CASKET.
PATENT VOr, D LAWN GRANTED Jevy 9, 1007.
b.tA11.1.3'.V. 1" KEIL,
C.ollNilt OM TENTH AND GILEES NTELEETH.
I claim that my new improved and only patented
'BURIAL. CABKEr to far more beautiful in form
and finish ta c o n s tru cti on unsightly and repubdvo coffin.
and that its adds to lts strength and darn
bilitv.
We. the undersigned, having had occasion to nee In our
families E. S. FARLEY'n VATBN'f BURIAL CASKET.
would not in the future use any other if they could 4o oh
ined.
Bishop M. /Simpson. raw. J. W. Jackson.
J. 0. tlchenak. E. J. ()Yippee.
Cons..l. Maranon. L. 14. N., Jacob A. illird)4ll.
Rev 1.).W. Bartine. I).. Geo. W. Evans.
Berl. ()nu% Wm. flicks,
J. 1 ." , . Cinemax. L. N. klinn.
YRE le LAN DELL RAVE THE REST
.111 Lyons Velvets tor Cloks.
Lyons Velvets, %Ana, for ?auks
LANDELL, FOURTH AND ARCM. KEEP A
.124 hue tossoarnent of Cassimeres for Bove Clothes, Cam
larnerOs for BUsiilClui Hate.
KELIGIOUS NOII CESa
$ TILE JUBILEE SERVICES OF TriF,
mation. in commemoration of the 350th Anniver.
easy, will be celebrated in St. Mark's kv. Lutheran
Church. Spring Garden street, above Thirteenth. on
Thursday next. Oct, alst.
Services in the morning at 1O o'clock. Sunday - School
Jubilee In the evenin at 7).4 o'clock.
The church will be handsomely decorated, and special
instrumental had vocal music is to conetitute a prominent
Unture of the tiers - ices. oclaßtrol
ST. JOHN'S EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH. RACE
ortreet. shove Fifth, J. Joe. A. liehm Pouter.
The 7th tiohliee of the Reformation will open with ape
clal on
THURSHA‘," (to-morrow.)
the morning at lOC Evening, 734. It•
SPECIAL NOTICES.
- Oar s TTIEFRIENIMIVOP - FREEDOM LN Eitd
e Pennsylvania. -The following arrangements
base been made in reference to the meetings In No:vem.
her;
To hold the meeting for Wendell Phillips on the sth
of November, at Kennett Square, Cheater connty. Gene.
rat meeting In the day time; the evening specially devoted
to hear Wendell Phillip&
To hold the meeting for Wendell Phillips on the
evening of the 6th of November (Wednesday) in the Hor
ticultural Ball. West Chester. ISee West Cheater papers
and placards for the hour of meeting.) In the afternoon
the executive meeting of the State Society wish to hold a
conference with the members and friends of the society
residing in and near West Chester. The place and hour
will be named In due time.
3. To hold the annual meeting of the Society in Phila.
delp'hla, at Franklin Institute Hall. Seventh street. south
of Market, on the 6th of November, Friday. One
sion,from ten to about four o'clock.
4- To hold the festival or annual social gathering in the
under Hail of the Horticultural Building on inroad
street, near Spruce street. Doors open at rive o'clock.
The lecture from Wendell Phillips to be at eight o'clock,
preciael in the main Ball
The o bject of these meetings is to keen the public mind
olive by direct appeals, and to collect means to continue
the effort through The Standard for securing freedom to
the freedmen.
Chairman of Die Committee,
Itr Box 568 P. 0., Philadelphia.
OFFICE OF TIIF AMERICAN ANTI—INCBUtk.
IIar' TATION COMPANY, N 0.147 South Fourth street.
PIIII.ADELTIHA t October 24.
At a Stated Meeting of the Board of OlmeMra, held this
clay, tt war
Resoivem That a dividend of Five Per Cent., in Caah ,
be declared, out of the earnings of the Company, payable
sou and after November IL MO,
Revived, That the Transfer Books of the Company be
closed from November 1 to ii. 1887.
EZRA LCHENS,
Treasurer.
oOU.noLVS4
seitter.' HIBERNIA FIRE ENGINE COMPANY. No. t.—
The member are requested to assemble at the En.
sine House, TO-MORROW (Thursday) MORNING, at
Ao'dock. to attend the funeral of our late fellow-member.
JOHN CONLIN.
By order of the President.
JOSEPH BARTON.
Jou ti MEAn. JIL, Assistant Secretary. It
zdr HOLLINGSWORTH SCHOOL—OPE:NINO
ercises.—The opening exercises of the Hollings
worth School, Locust street above Broad. will take place
on THURSDAY EVENING, Oct. llt at 8 o'clock. Citizens
of the Eighth Section are respectittlly invited. Addresses
will be delivered by Prof. Stine, Mayor McMichael,
Edw'd. Shipper. Esq., and others. oc3U.2trp"
POST OFFICE. PIIILADELPIII.A. PENNtiYL
8141rVANIA. October tieth.
The Morning
. Malle of the '26th inst., from thin Odle° for
tddo. and Louisville, Ky., are reported as
having been destroyed by tire at Xenia. Ohio.
Iti HENRY H. BINGILtM, P. M.
Mar. OFFICE OF THE LERIGEI ZINC CO., PHILA.
DELPIIIA, Oct. gilth. 1867.
The transfer books of the Lehigh Zinc Company will
be closed BATURDAY„ November 9d, at 8 o'clock; I'. 81.,
and remain closed until THURSDAY. November 7.
•oclOtno3l GORDON MONOEd. Treasurer.
mirtolrinCtllDtrellol3)EireAlka, NOrrpp B. DM AND 1620
Department,—Meal-
Cal treatment and mlcinee P f Milintiy7geter;
"The Bodies of the Conspirators.. Their
Removal trent the Penitentiary.
Morn the Warbington Star, Oct. 23.1 -
Recently the authorities at the Arsenal have
erected head-boards over the trench in which the
bodies ofe conspirators are buried, bearing the
names, r ectively, of the persons buried. , It Is
understoo that this is done In compliance.
e i b
with the rdere of‘7 the War Department,
in order to "keep a record of them."
It will be recollected that about a month
since all of the bodies were removed from
their original graves to No. 1 warehouse, where
they were placed side by side in one trench about
10 feet from the north wall. Booth's body,which
had been buried about ten feet deep in the store
room of the Penitontiary'building, was placed on
the right (nearest the east Wall,) and the bodies
of tin" other conspiratora—Mrs. Surratt, Panne,
Harold and Atzeredt, with that of Henry Wlrz,
the Andorsonville jailer, which had been interred
near the scaffold in the yard of the Peniten
tiary, were placed in the above order, as they
originally rested in the yard. The north end of
•the building bears a novel now, with
the mound raised and the headboards placed on
the north side of it. Tho removal of the bodies,
as heretofore stated by us, was rendeted necessary
by the contemplated improvement, it being sp
.:parent that the proposed grade, where the Peni
entiary Willing now stands, would be below
where the bodies wore buried.
Notwithstanding the difficulty experienced by
the contractor for taking down the old Peniten
tiary building in obtaining hands, he, has com
menced the work, but has less than a dozeh men
employed, who have thus far taken up the pave
manta, and are now at work on the east wall. of
the main south yard. It is stated that the, au
thorities wilthold - him to the contract; and in case
of failure sue the sureties on his bond. -
—Sultana Wilde of Turkey is an able woman
arid trains up her son in the way ho should go.
EUROPEAN
Resignation of Claldlni and Ratazzi-
General Drenabrea Forme a Cabinet
-Garibaldiane Crooking the Frontier
The Situation au Reported from
Rome.
FLonkrzcg, Oct. 27, Eveniag.—The Cabinet
crisis Is terminated.,
General Cia'dint, after various administrative
efforts, declined the task of constructing a Minis
try, and Signor Ratazzi, who, since his resigna
tion, has been holding the Premiership, as it were,
pro tempore, declined - farther service.
Under these circumstances the King sent for
General Menabrea k. and commissioned him to
complete a Cabinet"' The new Premier has
formed a Ministry which includes Signori Gual
terio, Cnmbrai, fMgni, Cugia, Robatti and Can
telli, with Senator Cs.doma. The portfolio of
Finance was offered to Signor Sella.
Revolutionary bands continue to cross the
Italian frontier into the Papal territory.
Letters from Rome, dated on Friday last, say
that the Garibaldian bands which had mustered
in some force near the Eternal City had fallen
back, but that a very large body of the revo
lutionists was in position about fifteen miles dis
tant.
There is no traffic to or from Rome.
Telegraphic communication between this city
and Rome is still suspended, as the wires have
been cut; in fact, Rome is Just now isolated from
the outside world.
Field Operations at the Seat of War-
The liaribaldians Repulsed at Bag
narea-Garibisidi In Check at Monte
Rotondo-March of One Thousand
Papal Troops from. the Clip.
- ROME, Oct. 2d—Evening.—Yesterday a force
of armed Garibaldians wno •I.tuti just marched
across the frontier from Italy into the Papal ter
ritory, and were apparently In advance towards
Rome, attacked the town of Brigimea, situated
about twenty-five miles southwest of Orvieto.
The place, which had previously been in posseS
sion of the insurgents and was retaken by the
Papal troops. was defended in a spirited manner
by the Pontifical Zonaves, and the Garibaldians
were repulsed by the garrison.
General Garibaldi the elder is still in
,position
before Monte Rotondo at the head of a revolu
tionary force, 'numbering, as reports go. from
four to five thousand men. The place is defended
by two companies of the Antibes Roman Legion
and about one hundred men of the Papal gend
armes, who have already been successful in re
his ing two assaults made upon it by the Gari
baldians.
_
One thousand Foldie of the line of the Pope's
regular army marched from Rome to-day to
reinforce the detachment serving in Monte
Rotondo.
ocls , ,Umrp
Widespread Excitement in Parts-lin.
more from Italy-The Mom's. Arri.
tated-Napoleon in council at 15t.
Cloud-A !Loyal Italian Proclaims.
lion Expected.
PARIS, Oct. 27, P. M.—Paris Is 'vastly excited
over the news from Italy and Rome. The Bourse
Is agitated and city affairs remain in quite an
uneasy condition.
Napoleon presided to-day at a council of the
Ministers of State, which assembled at Saint
Cloud under an imperial summons.
Political rumors are to be heard on every side.
IL is said that King Victor Emmanuel has abdicated
the crown Of Italy, and this is again denied, the
denial being credited In the end.
It is said that the French squadron stationed at
Cherbourg has been ordered to leave port for
service, and also that Garibaldi is in the imme
diate vicinity of Rome, with a large force under
his command.
La Petrie, issued this evening, says thatr-m - -
porta come from Florence to the effect that the
King of Italy is about to issue a' proclamation,
addressed to the army, in which he will inform
his troops that he places Prince Humbert. his
eldest son and heir apparent. on the throne, at
their bead, charged to defend the rights of the
monarchy.
The Boman Expeditionary Force
Embarked—Ten 'Thousand l'roops
From atricassThe - Northern Fleet
Lxpected....Transports Going to Sen.
ToyLoiv, Oct. '27, P. M.—Orders have been
issued for every man serving in the expedi
tionary army designated for — duty in Rome or
Italy to embark at once on board the French
transports lying in the harbor.
Ten thousand troops of the Algerian divisional
army have arrived here from Africa.
The imperial northern fleet Is expected at this
port.-
Great activity prevails In all the governmental
departments, and the town is deeply and univer
sally excited.
The first fleet, including the iron clads which
left the port, Is still lying off the harbor awaitine:
the second squadron or fleet, which will move
out to-night.
SPAIN.
The Queen and Cabinet to Support the
Pope—Approval 01 a Catholic Alli
ance in Aid of His Holiness.
MAnnin, Oct. 26, 1867.—it is said that the
Queen and Cabinet of Spain have decided to join
in any action which the other Catholic Powers
may decide to adopt in favor of the temporal
sovereignty of the Pope and the defence of th 6
Holy See.
The Presidential Elections All the
States heard from in Favor of Juarez
—Congratulations from Bolivia—
Santa Anna Sentenced to Death—Re.
ceptloti of Mr. Plumb The Cotton
Crop—Billed Cannon—A Netv State.
[From the Mexican Standard. Oct. lA]
TheAriumph of Juarez is even 'more complete
than the most sanguine anticipated. Of the 320
electors, 245 voted for Juarez for President, and
163 for Lerdo for Vice-President (President of the
Supreme Court). In the evening of Monday,
when the election took place, ' the populace
began to collect in front of the President's.
dwelling, and by 9 o'clock the crowd had in
creased so much that the street was one mass of
human beings, swaying to and fro, each man
eager to get as near as possible to the President,
in order to shout his congratulations. Nothing
could possibly demonstrate the extreme popu
larity of Juarez more unequivocally than the
overwhelming majority
h e carried oil at the elec
tion, and the unbeunded enthusiasm of the' peo
ple when the result of the poll became known.
The cathedral bells pealed forth the news to the
inhabitants of the city and to the neighboring
villages until past midnight.
From Vera Cruz, Orizaba, San Luls Potosi,
'Zacatecas, Queretaro, Toluca, Cordova, San
Juan del Rio, and many other important locali
ties, information has been received to the effect
that the poll has resulted in large majorities in
favor of Juarez.
The Republic of Bolivia has sent to Mexico a
mission, at the head of which is the well-known
name Quintin Quevedo, to congratulate Vesident
Juarez, as representing the restored Republic of
Mexico, upon the success which has been at
tained by his persistent resistance to the Empire
which Napoleon endeavored to set up in the Now
World. Attached to the mission of Col. Quevedo
are Dr. Velarde as Secretary, CommanderAluffi*
and young Mr. Julius QueVedo.. On the
Bth inst. President Juarez, in the pre
-Bette.) of his 'Ministers, officially 'received the
Bolivian Envoy, who, on behalf of 'hiti ; govern
ment and fellow-citizens .0f,.. Bolivia, expressed
the warmest sympathies and sentiments of fra
ternity for Mexim Re stated that all . the Ame
rican Republics bad contemplated - with much
satisfaction the great struggle in which Mexico
had been engaged for the salvation of TePublican
Institutions, and they had with joy witnessed the
ultimate triumph. It is expected that Col.. Que
vedo will remain in Mexico about a month, and
then proceed to Rio .de Janeiro, where he '• has
been appointed to represent his government as
Minister Plenipotentiary.'
On • Tuesday . Mr.• Plumb was, received by the,
ITALY.
ROME.
FRANCE.
DILEXICO.
/ OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1867. .
President as Charg6 d!Atfaires,,ad interim, of the
United States.
Santa Anna has been tried at Vera Crnz, and
sentenced to death. Ile has petitioned the Su
preme Government for mercy.
It is with much regret that we learn by private
letters from Durango that, the cotton crop in that
neighborhood and as far as Chihuahua, has been
seriously injured, almost totally destroyed, by
the /anyosta, which we believe is a kind of locust.
It is reported that the inhabitants of Cuautitian
have petitioned the Government to constitute a
new State, to be composed of Cuautitlan and
Tulanringo, andothe former to be the capital
thereof.
In Oaxaca riflea guns are now being made
which are pronounced to be equal to those im
ported by the Government.
CRIME.
TIIE . SPIRITUALIST MURDER.
Trial of Jacob Van Arsdate at comer•
ville. N. J.
The court-room at Somerville, N. J., was
crowded again yesterday to hear the continued
, intuments of counsel in the murder trial of Jacob
Van Aredale.
Mr. Williamson, for the defence, addressed the
jury in a long vigorous and well - sustained
'pee* commenting- in detail upon the evidence,
and showing the entire absence of any motive
on the, part of the prisoner for the commission
of the crime. He considered the only
question for the jury was, whether, at the time of
the murder, the prisoner's intellect was con
trolled by his reason. It was no uncommon
thing for some men to be subject to paroxysms
or spells of insanity, and enjoy in the intervals
between the attacks perfect soundness of mind.
It was not denied that Van Arsdale was a victim
to the mental malady that disturbed his reason
for temporary f periods,and when no motive could
be found for the deed be had committed, it was
only fair to presume when he killed the boy Jar
• per Baird he was unable to appreciate the nature
of his act. It had been said the little colored
girl's bell , allowed to cat before him had in
flamed hi;temper, but this was mere conjecture,
and should not be allowed to influence: for a
moment the minds of the jury. When he had
committed the murder he made no attempt to
cover up the traces of hisguilt; the hammer and
the knife which he had used lay unconcealed in
his workshop, and where the boy was knocked
down there his body rested. Mrs. Baird, in her
evidence, swears that the prisoner, on coming
from the workshop after the murder, wore a
strange expression of countenance—in fact the
same wild look which a number of witnesses
had sworn to as being the invariable sign of his
mental aberration. Ills whole conduct after the
murder justified plea of insanity. When pnr
rued and overtaken by the brothers of his mur
dered victim, he exclaimed, "I'll fix this thing
when I get to Somerville." Such language could
hardly be the emanation of a sound mind—of a
mind conscious of a terrible crime having been
committed. And when one of the neighbors
came up to aid in his arrest, he cried out, "You,
too, are in this thing." He went volun
tarily into the cars when ordered by the
conductor. When in prison he asked for
no counsel, denied nothing, and had only a
vague idea of what he bad perpetrated. Sheriff
Brokaw asked him what made him do the deed,
and he replied, "They got me drugged," show
ing that he was still haunted by his old 'mono
mania. When asked if he were sorry, •IN said,
"I guess not; I don't kno fir yet; can't say." His
language alone indicated an unsettled reason,
and there was no proof whatever that the mur
der he committed was ,premeditated, no proof
that be lay in wait far his victim, and un
less thee is premeditation, malice afore
thought, there is no murder. The learned
counsel alluded to many cases of homicide
wherein the influence of insanity was less ap
parent than in this, but on trial was nevertheless
sufficient to acquit those accused of responsi
bility. Public opinion, however, had much to do
iu affecting this result; in the case of his client, it
was different, for public opinion was already
prejudiced against him. Mr. Williamson con
cluded his speech with an impressive peroration.
The Attorney-General followed, but the hour
being late be had to postpone the most of his
rtmarks till to-day, when the case will probably
be decided.
THE ROMANCE OF CRIME.
Singular Discovery at Little Neck, L.
Loft of a Church the Ren
dezvous or a Band of Robbers for an
indefinite Period---Large Haul of
Booty---$15,000 Worth of Property
Recovered---The House of God Lite-
rally made a Don of Thieves.
A short time since Mr. William C. Hendrick
son. of Jamaica, had a horse stolen from him,
and immediately set the detectives to work to re-.
cover the property and arrest the thief, if pos
sible. They did not succeed in the undertaking
until Thursday, when they found the man and
home at New Haven, Coun. He was taken into
custody by detective Roller, and taken to the jail,
when he confessed the theft. The horse was
found at the auction rooms of Mr. Hotchkiss.
where he was about to be sold. The thief was
conveyed to Flushing yesterday afternoon, and
had a partial examination before Justice Still
man, when he again confessed to stealing the an
imal. The horse had four white hoofs, which
the thief had painted black in order to con
ceal him from Identification if possible.
Through this arrest comes to light one of themost
important cases that has ever before been
discovered in any part of Queens county. In the
village of Little weekis a neat little . religious
edifice, an Episcopal church, and in the garret of
it nestled a gang of burglars and thieves, about
five imuumber, and who, it is alleged, have been
there concealed for the past 'two or three years,
and who,it is conceded, have been the ones that
committed the many depredations in their com
munity of late. In this garret the proceeds of
many a night's labor has been concealed. Here'
the gang actually lived, did their cooking and the
like, Without the slightest interruption from
anybody. In this attic were found articles of
almost 'every denomination—solid silverware,
plated tea-sets, coffee-urns, teapots, silver pitch
ers, carpets, guns, pistols, swords, pots, hard
ware, and even groceries. It will be remembered
that a short time since the public schools were
broken into throughout the whole county, and
books, inkstands, &c., carried off; these same
things have here been found; the churches were
robbed of their carpets and cushions, and these,
too, have been found together with the carpets
and cushions stolen from the church in which
they chose to make their headquarters. They
Lave lived here a long time, and, have ninny ,
Sunday sat looking down upon the congregation
as the Rev. Mr. Beare was explaining the Bible
and while he was composing his sermon during
the week. It is still more remarkable how
they succeeded in entering the church so often
during wet and stormy nights without leaving
some tracks which would indicate their situa
•tion. A young man named Alfred Townsend
has been arrested upon suspicion ofvbeing acces
sory to the robberies, and the detectives are now
upon the track of others who are' the leading
parties in the affair. The church was presented
a short time ago with a new organ, the one
which they then used being out of order, and it
was abandoned and the new instrument erected.
When but a few weeks in the church the back
was taken out, and the pipe and bellows
carried up stairs, where they were
used for the purpose of melt
ing the stolen silver. This act was charged
against New York thieves, as were all the others.
In Shia same place were found stoves and every
thing necessary for their use. The amount of
goods discovered will amount to $15,000, and
from present Indications there are chances of fer
reting out similar dons of depredators. The
prisoners were committed to jail, to be brought
torward when the remainder of the baud are
arrested. Knight is willing to turn State's evi
dence, Under the . .thought that it will free hint
from punishment for either crime; and Townsend
is said not to have been connected with them for
months past, but is willing to testify against all
parties fn hopes of getting remplm e elf. H e re the
case rests for the present. It bas created more
excitement on Long Island than any preview* oc
currence, including the recent murders. The
people came to Flushing from every town In the
county to get a view of the articles and the inge
nious men who have been eo expert in their busi
ness. In the loft of the church were found various
letters which had been commenced, bnt, not
suiting the composer, were thrown' around care
lessly. One or two of them are evidently in the
handwriting of a female.—.V. Y. Herald, to -day.
A Woman Cote the Throat of Her Two
Children with a Razor, and Then
Attempt , : to Kill Herself.
[From the Sedalia (Ohio) Timer, October 24.1
A week ago to-day there) was committed, in
.thls county five mil meast-of Sedalia, one of the
most horrible and revolting tragedies we
remember of ever recording. Between 9 and
10 o'clock Thursday morning, Mrs. Elizabeth
Norton, wife of Newton Norton, a re
spectable farmer who lives near Farmer
City, procured a razor, and while laboring under
a state of mental aberration, cut the throats of
her two little girls, aged respectively one and
three years, almost severing their heads from
their bodies and calming Instant death. Hav
ing done this, and as she now says, not wish
ing to survive the awful deed, she attempted
to take her own life by inflicting several
gashes on her left arm and one serious wound on
her throat. The horrible sight was first dis
covered by Mrs. Sarah R. Norton, sister of the
unfortunate woman, who called . her brother, at
work near the house. Mr. Lamb forced the door
open, and found the two little children both dead,
and at first supposed his sister was dead also, but
she afterward gave signs of life.
Mrs. Norton seemed to be impressed with the
idea that her children were not "right," as she
expressed it—that they were not like other
people's children. She has often Deen found at
the cradle of her younger child, weeping as
though It was dangerously ill, and when pies
tioned as to the cause of her distress, she would
reply : "My children are not right—they are not
like other children." Sometimes she would
fancy that the head of the older child was too
large, and express a fear that it would be an
idiot. But the children were as bright and beau
tiful as any we ever sa.W. Upon this subject
alone, it is generally Velleved by her most inti
mate friends, Mrs. Nopon was insane, and that
her great desire was to get the children out of
trouble. She seems to realize now that it was an
awful deed, and when asked why she did it, said:
"I could not help it; I wanted to get my children
out of trouble, and I wanted to go with them.
Something forced me to do it." Mms. Norton had
made two previous attempts
_to take her
life and the lives of her children—oneiii July
last, by attempting to drown herself in'a pond,
and one two nights previous to this tragedy, by
placing herself and children on the railroad
tek. • When found by her husband she was•
sleeping on the track, with her children on either
side of her. She refused too with him until she
made him promise not to tell anyone about find
ing her there. She is now in a very critical condi
tton, and her friends think she will not recover.
Heavy Forgeries by a Chicago Provi
sion Broker Reported.
A despatch from Chicago to the Cincinnati Ga
zette 271.11 inst., says:
"The provision ring in our Board of Trade
was considerably excited on Saturday morning,
by the announcement, on 'Change, that D. D.
Michaels, a provision operator in pretty large
figures, and the publisher of the Daily Commer
cial Circular, bad suddenly • absconded, leaving
a large amount of forged paper in the
shape of warehouse receipts, aggregating,
it is said, full $79,000. The tollowing victims
have been discovered: Manufacturers' National
Bank. $lO,OOO certain, perhaps more; Phillips
'Bros., $4,000; Peters & C0.,.55,000; Cummeycial
Insurance Companv,ss,ooo, partly secured; A. C.
Hurlbut, Racine, Wis. $58,500; and several other
smaller aunts , in all about $40,000. The first an
nouncement of Michaels' rascalities did not gain
credence, as he had heretofore been recognized as
an honorable operator. He went at his work sys
tematically. Many of his spurious receipts are
copies of genuine ones in wording and date. Mi
chaels has been an operator in the provision ring
for three 'or more years, and has sustained
several heavy losses; while at one time he was
esteemed as worth a handsome fortlthe. The
forgeries, or the inauguration of them,..it Is sup
posed, arc not of recent origin, but it is pretty
certainly ascertained that he has been kiting
fictitious warehouse receipts for a long while to
keep his bead above, water, in the hope that
ornetbing might turn up to relieve him front
tinbarrassments imposed by loss s on specula
tion.
Reported Difficulty in Louisittna..Ten
Freedmen Killed.
' The Louisiana Baptist, published at Mount
Lebanon, La., has the following in its•issue of
the l7th inst.:
"A gentleman just from Texas, we understand,
relates tlae following circumstance as having oc-'
curred oft _ illack - Bayou, near Jefferson. We
learn that\he was near the farm where the facts
took place a few days after the occurrence.
A farmer had a number of hands em
ployed under written contract for •one
thit dof the crop. He was from home when they
commenced gathering, and on returning found
that they were taking half instead of a third of
the crop. He remonstrated and told them of the
contract, but they became enraged, and finally
made an attack upon him, and he in defending,
shot down four of them with a revolver. Going
to town,he reported the facts to a Federal officer,
%In, sent an armed force to investigate and set
thinks right. The nezroes defied and finally at
tacked this force, when six more were shot
do wu."
DISMAL SWAMP CANAL.
General Parker's Report.... Present
condition of the Work.--Expetitli.
tures 'acquired.
The Washington correspondent of the Boston
A dreTriser gives a synopsis of General Parker's
report to the Secretary of the Treasury on the
Dismal swamp Canal. The canal is twenty-nine
miles long, has a bottom width of twenty to
twenty-five feet, and water surface width of
thirty-five to forty feet. It was intended to
carry five and a half feet of water, so as to pass
boats drawing five feet, but owing to mud,
sediment and other obstructions, 'it will now
held)) . pass boats drawing four feet. Gen. Par
ker estimates the cost of cleaning it out to proper
depth at $.70,000. The canal has seven locks, all
but one of which ho thinks should be rebuilt,
which would coat $120,000. He thinks about
$4,000 would he required to rebuild certain
bridges maintained by the canal, and about $15,-
000 to put in good condition the feeder by which
the :anal is supplied from Lake Drum
mond. Certain other incidental re
pairs i.nd structures are estimated at $20,000. To
these estimates should be added the approxi
mate indebtedness of the canal company, which
is aboit $96,000, making an aggregate of
$;0 To this may further be added $30.000
for putting in repair a lateral branch of six miles
length, caned the Northwest Canal, though Gen.
Parker seems to think it advisable to abandon
this see:lon . of the work entirely.
It appears that since the commencement of
this canal in 1787 something over $1,250,000
have been put into it,and yet, as this report says,
it is nov in bad condition and requires heavy ex
penditire immediately to save the large amount
lately invested. General Parker then goes on to
discuss, briefly but suggestively, the expediency
of further investment in the work. He says the
swamp character of the country will prevent
the successful construction and operation
of railroads. He thinks the agricultural
and conmercial interests of the section require
th e Inelatenance of the canal, which, since the
openiu of rival route, viz.: the Albemarle and
ChesaptakeCanal,•has lost 'much of its former
trade, and linnet eventually lose' it all, . unless
something is immediately' dine restore to
good naigable condition. I 4 ore money, has. al
ready hen sunk this canal than the other one
cost, and paying pinch less tutere B t on; the
i
Genera Parker..b4 conclusion expresttee a con
viction tint thepistnal swamp Omni, route
should be maintained, but he believes it can only
be successfully nianaged by a respOnsible private
corPoration and his recommendation, therefore,
is, that the Government dispose of its stock as
soon as possible.
It will help to an understanding of the question
in issue if a few facts are stated additional to
those in Gen. Parker's report. It appears tine
the amount of stock in the canal is $480,000, of
which Government holds *200,000. The State of
Virginia did hold about one-third of the stock,
but has within the last two or three months
sold out, so that now five-twelfths are
owned by Government and seven-twelfths
by private parties. These individuals are
anxious to have the Government pit the canal in
order, or, at least, Inky its proportioni . the ex
pense, though probably in the end ernment
would have to foot the whole bill! nee the
Secretary of the Treasury, wholopresents the
Government in the matter, has aakedia report on
the condition of the canal from Gen. Phrker,. who
is known to be an engineer of much experience
and excellent judgment.
G Ov. Fenton 9 s Thanksgiving: Fracla..
animben.
ALBANY, N. Y., Tuesday, Oct. 29.—Gov. Fen
ton Bab issued the following proclamation, ap
pointing Thursday, Nov. 28, a day of thanks
giving in this State:
By Reuben E. Fenton, Governor of the Sicrte of
New York:
Renewed evidence of tht mercy of Almighty
God has been given us in the beneficent WOO
. deuce which has marked another year. Within
our borders no pestilence has filled our cities with
lamentation, nor visited our homes with be
reavement. Abundant harvests have rewarded the
toil of the husbandman, and the hum of industry
and activity of trade have alike borne testimony
to the peace of our State andffie prosperity of our
people. Our social institutions have continued to
minister to Intelligence, security and philan
thropy. Our educational interests have been
fosteredjnd extended. Art, science and litera
ture haVe prospered. The ends of justice;through
order and law, have been secured to our people,
and the numerous charitable agencies organized
to reclaim the wandering, relieve the suffering
and shelter the helpless, through the care of. the
State and the generosity of our people, have dis
pensed their blessings through the year. Fresh
proof has been, afforded of the stability and
value of those political institutions and ideas we
have - inherited from the fathers. No convul
sions have 'followed the return of our great
armies of citizen soldiers to -the walks of civil
life. Through the constancy and patriotism of
our people, the grave problems of political re
construction are approaching an early and
safe solution. It is matter of special congratu
lation that those principles of our Government
which make certain and secure the liberties of
our entire people, are with each advancing year
more deeply cherished ar.d more widely diffused.,
And crowning all these are moral and spiritual
blessings above price or measure.
In appropriate recognition, then, of these Di
vine benefactions, and in consonance with hon
ored custom, I designate and appoint Thursday,
the 28th day of November, as a day of general
thanksgiving and praise. led I recommend that
laying aside all ordinary business pursuits, the
people do assemble hi their respective places of
worship, and humbly, before the Supreme Dis
penser of all these gifts; with grateful hearts
learn the lessons of independence, obligation and
gratitude. Let us gladly enter His gates with
thanksgiving and into His courts with praise.
In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my
name and affixed the privy seal of the State, at
the City of Albany. on this 29th day of October,
in the year of ow Lord. 1867.
REUBEN E. FENTON.
By the GoVerner.
GEO. S. HAbTINGS. Private Secretary
[Waphington Corregpondence N. Y. ;lora
A COPPERHEAD CANARD.
Alarm In the South at an Expected
Negro Insurrection.
The prospect of a negro outbreak in the South
is beginning to excite serious alarm in official
quarters here. Several prominent gentlemen
from the South have recently called upon the
President and represented that the negroes were
undoubtedly possessed of arms and ammunition
in large quantities. They state that the blacks
were organizing with hostile intentions, and con
templated the slaughter of the defenceless whites
at the first favorable opportunity. These gen
tlemen urged the President to increase the mili
tary force in the five military districts, and thus
by a timely display of poWer overawe the disaf
fected blacks. _Nothing, short of this, they think.
will.prevent an early uprising of this half-civilized
class and the repetition of all the atrocities of
San Domingo. One of these gentlemen
predicts that the war of caste will com
mence before the expiration of a month,
unless the government adopts strong measures
to prevent such a calamity. This gentleman de
clares the negrocs throughout the South have a
thorough understanding, and that they have even
fixed upon the impeachment of the President as
the proper moment fort bloody uprising. These
gloomy forebodings may be only the offspring
of the natural fears entertained by the
Southern whites: but I have reason to
think that the Government entertains
the most serious apprehensions. The
whites are entirely unarmed and "defenceless,
while the blacks have an abundance of offensive
Weapons, picked up from battle-fields during the
war,and since purchased by money hoarded away.
I am informed that scarcely a negro rabbi in the
South is without arms enough for four or five
persons.. The President will undoubtedly take
steps for the protection of the defeneelesswliites;
but should the negroes revolt at thepresent
moment, while the whites are so entirely denuded
of all means of defence. it is no exaggeration to
state that one-third of the latter would be hutch,.
ered before the national forces would have time
to offer eaetive succor. The force at present
under the direction of the military Comman
ders would be entirely inadequate for such an
emergency.
FliOn NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—The storm which begin
on Monday has effected considerable damage in
this city and throughout the neighboring country.
The cellars and basements along the river fronts
were inundated by the swollen tide, numerous
chimneys were toppled over by the wind, and the
ferryboats plying the Hudson and East rivers ex
perieneed great difficulty in navigating. The
waters rose to the sitting-room in some of the
ferry houses,and in others inundated the bridges.
A sloop was capsized off Hoboken and one man
was drowned. A. large building was blown down
in Hackensack, N. J. Of the results ou the
coast we have yet to hear, and no doubt the ac
count will teem with wrecks 'and disasters.
The Investigation into the circumstances attend
ing the colhsion.of the Vanderbilt and the Dean
Richmond was continued yesterday. and softie
important evidence was produced y The testi
mony of the engineer appears .to contradict the
evidence of some of - the former witnesses. as he
differs not.only as to the time of the collision,
hut also deposes that - the Vanderbilt was still
going ahead when she struck the other vessel.
A target company, styled the Vorhees Guards,
while ou au excursion to the Bellevue Garden.
on Monday, became riotous. and according to
the pollee, broke street lamps, gutted stores,
and assaulted car-drivers and conductors with
out being interfered with by the °Ulcers of that
precinct.
The second annual reunion of the New England
Congregational Church iu Forty-first street, neaV
Sixth avenue, took place last, evening. AddresseS
were made by Rev. Lyman Abbott, Stephen H.
Tyng, Jr., William Alvin Bartlett and Tuomas S.
'Hastings, - D. D.
A. Mass-meeting in favor, of the Sunday and
Excise law was held last evening at the. Cooper I
Institute. Addresses were delivered by Horace
Greeley and several ministers of the Gospel.
,
• —"English ladles," says Erasmus, "are divinely
pretty and too good-natured. They have au ex
cellent custom among them,'that wherever you
go the girls kiss you. They kiss you WWI you
come, they kris you when you-go,
at intervening opportunities they kifts you
opi)ortf.:nil•lea, s i*their Lips are
opq, warm and tleliclous.." - • --:•-•
- F. L. mums. hildisbott
PRICK THREE ONNTS. '.,';
FACTS ASS raNetzsv
Mittilbach is fifty-three years el&
—Horse-flesh is twenty. eenta the 'podia ht
Paris.
—Mr. and Mrs. Kean• are coming here to to
another "farewell."
—Bennett fo three eeorirdnd eleven, and wort%
three millions.
,
—Why is a woman whothas P oet her layer Wier
a rebale? Because abe is of se-ereter of stem
-Win. Allen Btetlei, traitor of "Nothing tcr
Wear," is reportet to be wOrtklinto,ooo.
—The petition for Fenitter'Enther McMahos's•
release will be forwarded to the Queen.
--Chief Justice @hese at one time idiot wit
anti-slavery paper in Cincinnati: . - : •
—lt Is said that Demmer W61(46111* SO/SW
duce Mrs. Yelvertowt,o contrlllntb totbe
—Lard in Florida islannidantt at fifireesta ifs
acre, and is anxious to.be settledi- Tker,,alV4ollar
Is chiefly on the part oAthe alligators. •
—What reason hare we to believe Arosh.
beer in the Ark? Because katigaroo tertsisOad
going- ofriboard with hope; ' '
—Blot says the ladles should do the marked's&
Young ones are very apt to be Is the ttrarldett- , —W.
B. Mercury.
—The blood is a peribetly colorless- AMC,
peppered with little red disks. It Is shard ,, tde
believe it till one sees it through the ndcrencosin..4
—A famine in Scandinavia is among: the. West
misfortunes. reported from Europe. Bad harvestsi
last year caused it, and the people are asking foirl
aid from the surrounding countries.
—Walt Whitman threatens the pi blic without -
of his barbaric gaups in reply to the Shooting.
Niagara. This annihilation of Carlyle will be in -
prose. It is-to appear in the December Gaki.ry:
—An exchange says : "The omission of the
ages in the notices of the deaths of women ,
pushing a reticence always of doubtful honesty
altogether too far."
—Sala, the English author, attributes his penc , -
erty to "lica-vy traveling expenses. and Meath.-
cieney of income." The latter is often the cause
of poverty.
—A sentimental old bachelor says a wommee ,
heart is the " sweetest" thing in the world ; itx
fist, s perfect honeycomb—full of cells. Bec—
where !
—Professor Oliver Wendell Holmes has taken,
up his abode in Montreal. He is to watt there
till his Guardian Angel appears from Londonl
He does this to secure the English copyright.
—Milwaukee has a new hotel with the tempt—
ing name of the "Cream City House." We shoal&
like to know in what whey Mat name oc-curd to
the proprietors.
—A 'New York wife petitions for divorce on
the ground that her husband "endangers her*
soul' by his Immoral behavior. That is the soul.
caneeof her dissatisfaction.
—Bilk dresses last longer than human bosek,
Bo the opening of a grave at Harrisburg. Penn,-
sylvan's, the ether day, proves. Why not sub
stitute silk dresses for bones, then?
—Americans in Europe are more numerous
than ever before—"greatly to the disgust of
English tourists," says an English writer. The
distrust is mutual. .
—Professor Liebig's artificial mother milk,
hhs been made the subject of a warm disci:endow
In Germany. It is not stated whether the mo
ther or the milk is artificial.
—Mr. Dickens say that in writing The Chimes.~
he shut himself up with it for a month, close and;
tight.—Ex. He may have been close when he
wrote it, but we respeetfully doubt the "tight."
—Namich Pasha is the only great man In Tur
key who has married four wives. In view. of the
arithmetic can all of them be called "better
halves?" He had better have none than four,
in our opinion.
--Horace Greeley says he fell in love while he
and the object of his adoration were eating gra
ham bread. Of course the demand for. Graham
bread will Immediately be immense amongyoung
men and maidens.
—William Brodie, of Edinburgh, has beers
commissioned to complete the bust of the Queen.,
which his brother Alexander died and left un
finished.—[Ex.] Query—Why did he dye it and
leave it unfinished?
—Brigham Young, in a recent sermon, de
clared that "marrying for love is played out...' Etc
wants the marrying done In the most methodical
and multitudinous manner. "Early and often,"
is his motto.
—Mr. H. C. Jarrett has got into trouble at,
Vienna for running ballet girls from the Impe
rial Opera House. His arrest was ordered; but
he, managed to escape to Paris with his fair
charges.
—A correspondent of the Springfield Republik
can has found a mate for the young lady who In
quired at a book store for Dr. Holland's Trichina.
Ile called at a well-known publisher's In Maine,
for Dr. Holland's Bitter Sweet, and was politely
referred to the drug store across- the way..
—An eccentric man in Bath, Maine, watt asked.
to aid a foreign mission. He gave a quarter of a
dollar, but stopped the agent as he was depart
ing, and said: "Here's a dollar to pay the , ex
pense of getting , the quarter to the heathen."
Bath-as is about the the term to express that
Bath man's descent from sublime to ludicrous.
—"I shall die happy," said •ttle expiring bus
, band to the wife who was weeping most dutifully
by the bedside, if you will only promise not to
marry that object of niv. Unceasing jealousy,
your cousin John." "Make yourself quite easy,
my love," said the expectant widow, ' , I am en
gaged to his brother.
.- 7 Binekley's return is announced by the Ara
ezonal Intellagetaeer which says: "ftc has spent
some weeks in Southwestern Virginia, and has
derived great advantages on the score of health
from traveling far and near the wild mountainous
region in that latitude." From the style of this
paragraph, it is fair to presume it was written by
Binckley himself.
—Mark Twain doesn't like the Continental bar
bers. He says "they put a bowl under your chili
and slop your face with water, and then rub it
with a cake of soap; then they begin to shave,
and you begin to swear; if have a good head
of profanity on, you see the infliction through;
but if you run out of blasphemy, there is noth.r.
pug for it but to shut down on the operation, tilt
you recuperate."
—When the news of President Lincoln's as
sassination reached Indianola, lowa, a Mrs. Pat
terson. of that city, expressed great delight, and
twentv-two Union women assembled and forced
Mrs. P. to carry the American flag through the
streets, to shout for the Union, and to declare
that she loved it. The woman afterward brought
suit for $lO,OOO damages. The jury, at latest ad
vices, were still "hanging" for a verdict.
—Forrest is wholly unlike Semmes. He fa
quite six feet and an inch or two high. Before
his health was impaired by wounds and hard
marches his weight was one hundred and eighty
or ninety pounds. In physical strength he was
a match for a prize ring champion. Hie hair
was jet black, his skin dark. eyes blue and mild
enough till the devil within was aroused. He
now grows gray.
—Funny things creep Into religious - meetings
as well as elsewhere; for Instance, at a meeting
of one of our churches —°f course thousands of
miles from here—one of the brothers who bad
been absent for 60111 C time was called on to relatta
ilia experience. "Oh," said_ lie, "since last I met
ou, my brethren, my. wife has gone—at this
p oint he broke down, and the encouraging class
- fender said. "Gone to glory, has she?
soli !" and started singing, - "We have bad some
friends belore us gone," ete., whew the forsaken.
brother interrupted him with, that's not it
_ she's gone and. runned off another feller V°
—A young mah who carried a collecting plate
after the service, before starting, took • from his
pocket a shilling . , as, he supposed, put it in the
plate, and then palsied it round among the con
regation, which Included Many young girls..
The girls, as.they looked at the plate, all seemed
astonished and amused;' and the man, takinen,
glance at the plate, found that, instead,; or: a,'
shilling, he had put a conversation lozenge
the plate. with the , words, "Will you mart? *O .
in red letters, staring everybody in the fsee.r,