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Hcpudlation.
The proposition to tax the 'interest upon
cur national securities is supported in some
•quarters, on the ground that Austria has just
Tesolved upon the same thing. But the fact
is, that Austria has already great damaged
her foreign credit by the proposition. The
London Standard says:
“The next time Austria wants money it
will have to raise it at home. After thia sig
nal breach of faith, anfL after the arguments
by which it has been excused, it will he vain
to appeal to France or England. The greater
the inducement offered in the high rate of in
terest, the stronger will now be the warning
against touching it. Baron von Beust's assu
rance that the rate of interest is necessarily
always in inverse proportion to the security
■of the capital will be taken to heart, and the
fact that the national representative of both
icountriea have shown themselves disposed to
so further in the way of repudiation than the
Uovernments will prevent ahy further intrust
ment of capital to develop the ‘incalculable
resources’ of States with whom every advance
.in freedom is accompanied by a correspond
ing development of ill faith. The warning has
■come in good time,”
Speaking on the same subject, the London
Advertiser, says: .
“This last great national swindle ought
once and for all to'teach the moneyed inte
,rest/a lesson which it ought to have learned
long ago. There are certain sorts of public
andnational investment, as there are, certain'
sorts of private stocks and securities, upon
which really sensible people; would never lay
out one shilling. Austria ought not to have
been trusted any more than Spain. Every
man who knows anything of the history of
Europe for the past ten years must know
What Austria really is—she is the sick man of
Ike West, and not so much entitled to be
trusted as the sick man of the East, because
•She latter has friends and backers, which the
©ther has not.”
This strong language represents the voice
of Europe, and our . American credit will be ;
treated m exactly the same way if the knavish'
rpropoeition now before Congress,: and sup-'
ported, by the Democratic platform, should
.become Times.
BUBOFEAN AFFAIRS
Intel esting Details by Mail
The I.ml>or Celebration*
A despatch dated Worms, Jane 25, says: The
most important part of the Lather celebration,
viz.: the unveiling and dedication of the me
morial, took place to-day. The weather was
very fine, and a great number of people were
present. The prefiminanr celebration yesterday
consisted in speeches ana sermons, which were.
delivered in three churches, and a soiree in the
evening, at which Dr. Elch, of Worms, in the
name of the Celebration Committee, made a
speech to the guests, which was followed ,by
several others.
To-day was nshered in with Joyous peals of
bells ana choral music from the tower of the
chief church. At 9 A M. Divine services in honor
of the celebration were held, the Grand Duke of
Heese and bis guests attending the Church of the
Holy Trinity.
The King of Wurtemberg arrived early, and
soon alter 9 o’clock the Grand Duke of Hesse,
the King, the Crown Prince of Prussia, and the
Grand Dnke of Saxe-Weimar, with their respec
tive suites, came by special train, and they were
received at the railway station by the authorities,
and drove at once to the ehuren. Loud cheers
greeted the, royal-party on their way to the
ebureb, where an immense crowd was collected.
The church itself Was very full, the people stand
ing even outside the doors, while the heat was
overpowering.
Divine service being over, a procession was
formed, which arrived at thebloce where the cel
ebration was to be held at IP. ML. Immediately
afterward the royal party arrived, and were
again loudly cheered as they took their
places in the pavilion which had been erected
for their reception. The large open space
where the memorial is erected is an elongated
square surrounded by fine buildings. Oa the
southern side of the equre a large covered saloon,
capable of seating some 1,400 people, had been
pu t np, while on the other three sides other stands
hod also been erected. Opposite the memorial
was the stage for the speakers, rather on one side
of the royal pavilions and close to a balcony
wbere were the royal suites and high officials.
Tbe royal party comprised the King and the
.Crown Prince of Prussia, the Grand Dukes of
Hesse and Baxe-Weimar, Prince William of iia
all in full uniform, and the Princess Karl of
Hesse. The Grand Dnke of Baden, who hod been
expected,yvos unable-to attend through indispo
sition.
The celebration commenced with a chorus for
male voices, accompanied by wind instruments,
and composed by B. Lachner, the words from the
Ctith Psalm.
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Dr. A. Oppermann of Zittau, the brother-in-,
law and biographer of the late Herr Bietschel,
the sculptor of the monument, then ascended the
Elatform and made a stirring speech, in which
e narrated the history of the origin of the me
morial, which the artist himself had been unable
to finish, but which bad been completed by his
pupils and colaborateurs, Herren A. Doundorf
and G. Kletz, assisted by Herr G. Schilling, after
his designs and models. Dr. Oppermann then
rnlarged on the monument and the historical
events and persons it was Intended to commemo
rate. This speech was-followed by the “Hallelu
jah after which Dean Keim, who was
one of the originators of the monument, spoke at
some length. When he had finished, the statue
was unveiled, and the whole assembly joined in
the grand old chant “Eine feste Barg.” The,
irnmpcts sounded, and at Intervals'salvos of ar
tillery were discharged.
After the hymn was finished, Herr Zimmer
mann, from Darmstadt, made a speech, in which
be explained the object of the memorial: and
formally delivered it over to the authorities of
ihe town of Worms. Another hymn was sung,
and the Burgomaster of Worms then formally
accepted the monument. At this point the royal
party lelt their pavillion and ascended the plat
form in order to better hear the speakers. This
step was received with load cheers, and the
speech was interrupted by the Prussian national
hymn, “Hell dirim Slegeskrauz, ” which was
sung by the whole assembly. The singing over,
the Burgomaster finished his speech, with which
the actual celebration conclnded. A grand ban
quet will take place in the covered saloon to
morrow.
The town is decorated with fjagfiand gay stream
ers, and immense numbers of visitors are in
town.
Queen Victoria sent the following telegram to
the King of Prussia, at Worms:
“Pray express to the Committee for the erec
tion of the LutherMemorail my most hearty con
gratulations upon the successful completion of
tbeir task. Protestant England cordially sympa
thizes upon an occasion which unites the Protes
tant Princes and people of Germany.”
THE PAPAL STATES.
The following is a translation of the Papal al
location delivered in the secret consistory, held
on the 22d of June last:
Venerable Brethren: We should never have im
agined that after the convention agreed to nearly
thirteen years ago between ub and the Emperor
and Apostolic King of Austria, to the great joy
of all well-minded men, we should be obliged to
lament upon the miseries and serious misfortunes
which, by the machinations of evil disposed men,
now afflict and annov in a deplorable manner the
Catholic Church In the empire of Austria. In
fact, the enemies of our divine religion,
have been unceasing in their efforts to
destroy the said convention, and to
do the greatest harm to the church, to us, and to
this apostolic see. On the 21st of December last,
the Austrian Government passed an odious law
to be carried out and strictly observed in every
district of the Empire, even in those districts
where the Cathollc rellgion exclusively prevails.
That law establishes free liberty for all opinions—
liberty of the press, of all faith, and no matter
what confession or doctrine; it grants to the mem
bers of every confession the right of establishing
pnbllc schools and colleges, and members of every
confession are allowed to be admitted on the
same footing with the sanction of the State.
Although we felt great grief on being informed
of the fact, and wished to raise our
voice ogainßt it, we nevertheless gave proof of
forbearance, »pd we deemed it advisable then to
keep Bilent, chiefly supported by the hope that
the Austrian Government, lending a docile ear to
the just complaints of onr venerable brethren
(the holy prelates-of‘Austria), would return to
more wholesome ideas, and adopt a sounder de
termination. But our hopes have been frustrated.
In fact, the same Government, on the 25th of
May of this present year, issued another law
which compels all the subjeots, even the Catholic
ones,of the Empire, deciding that sons born of a
mixed■■ marriage must follow, ithe. religion of
the father, and the daughters that of
the mother; and that ’under seven years
of age they must follow in the stray path
of their parents from the true faith. More
over, the same law suppresses entirely the vali
dity of the promises which the Catholic church,
with reason and with the greatest justice, exacts •
and prescribes absolutely before the celebration
of mixed marriages. It makes apoataey itself a
civil law both as regards the Catholic religion and
the Christian religion generally; it suppresses all
authority of the church, over cemeteries, and
Catholics are bound to allow the bodies of here
tics to be buried in their churchyard If they have
hot any of their own. Moreover, the same Go
vernment on the said 2oth day, of May of the pre
sent year did not hesitatate.to promulgate a law
on marriage which entirely- cancels all the enact
ments Agreed to In the convention alreadyaUuded
to this law restores the former Austrain laws,
whieh are • contrary ! fo the laws Of" the
ohurch; it admits, and oven confirms, that
form' of marriage absolutely co'ndomnable,
The Allocution.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1868.
called civil .marriage, when the authority
of any confession whatever refused the
celebration of the marriage on grounds which
are not' admitted as valid or legal •by the civil
authorities. By this law tbis same Government
bas suppressed all the authority and jurisdiction
of the church on matters relative to marriage, as
also all competent ecclesiastical tribunals on the
subject. It has also promulgated a law on edu
cation which suppresses all the influence-of tbe
ehurch over,education, decreeing that tbe whole
superior supervision of education, literature
and science, as also the / inspection of
schools, appertains to the state, which finally de
crees that religious teaching in the public schools
must be placed in the banas of members ef each
separate confession, that any religions society
may open private or special schools for the youth
of Itsfaith; that those scboolß shall also be sub
ject to tbe supreme inspection of the State, and
lhat the scbool books shall be-submitted to the
approval of tbe civil authorities; with the excep
tion, however, of sneh books os are meant for
religions instruction,-books which mußt be sub
mitted to the approval of the competent authori
ties of each confession. Ton Bee, consequently,
venerable brethren, how necessary it is to
Btirjgly reprove and condemn those aboml-
Da’bie laws sanctioned ■by the Aus
trian -Government—laws which are in
flagrant contradiction with the doctrines of
the Catholic religion: with its venerable rights,
Us authority and it 6 divine institutions; with our
power and that of the Apostolic See, os also with
our concordat already quoted, and with natural
right itself. In virtue then of the’ care of all
,churches intrusted to us by the Lord Jesus Christ,
we raise our voice in your most illustrious assem
bly: we reprove and we condemn by our. Apos
tolic authority the laws which we have enumer
ated, and every thing,’general or special, in those
same laws, or in matters which refer to ecclesias
tical right which hag been decreed or attempted
unjustly, in any manner whataeever, by the Aus
trian government,or its subordinates, whomsoever
they may be.ln virtue of this same authority which
appertains to us, we declare those decrees null
and powerless in themselves, and in their effect
both as regards the present and the future. As
regards the authors of those laws, especially
those who congratulate themselves cfn being
Catholics, and have not feared ter propose, estab
lish, approve, and carry out the above laws ond
acts, we conjure and entreat them not to forget
the censures and spiritual punishments which
tbe ecclesiastical institutions and the decrees of
-he (Ecumenical councils inflict, as having been
deserved in ipso Jaeto by the violators of the
rights ©f the Church. Meantime we rejoice greatly
in the Lord, and we give onr well-deserved
pmise to our venerable brothers, the archbishops
and bishops ol the Austrian Empire, who
with truly episcopal energy, have not ceased
to warn their flocks of their duties
boldly to defend and protect, by speech as
well as writing, the cause of the Church and the
said concordat conclnded with us We also de
sire from-our hearts that our venerable brothers
■be archbishops and bishops of Hungary, follow
ing the sample of their colleagues,will show them
selves disposed to display the same zeal and the
same ardor to-protect the rights of the Church
and defend the said concordat against the stacks
which are directed against it. Nevertheless,
under these calamities which in these sad times
offlict the Church everywhere, we do not cease,
venerable brothers, with the deepest fervor and
humility of heart, to pray to Goo that He may
upsot all tbe criminal designs of. His enemies
and those of His holy church, suppress their im
pious efforts, and in His mercy -lead them back
into the paths of justice and salvation.
General Council of tlieCUnrcli.
A Ponfffitoi'Buil'smmnoning a General Council
of the Roman Catholic • Church, to meet in the
Basilica of the Vatican on the Bth of December,
1869, has been formally promulgated. All eccle
siaatics'entitled to be present are enjoined to ap
pear, or, if prevented, to .jjbo represented by
proxy. - The Bull expresses hopes that Princes
and other rulers will afford the ecclesi
astics all possible facility for making the
journey to Borne. The Bull also states
that the object of the Council is to assure the in
tegrity of the faith, respect for religion and the
ecclesiastical laws, 'the improvement of public
morals, the establishment of peace and concord,
and the removal: of the ills afflicting civil.and re
ligions society. The Bull finally adverts toj-the
necessity for maintaining the temporal power,
the sanctity of matrimony, and the religious
education of youth, and deplores the efforts ot
the enemies of the Church t© overthrow those
principles.
POUTICAJU,
FvGovernor Seymour and the Bebcl
Couimlssioners-Efforts to Array the
State of n civ Y orh la Hostility lo the
Government.
[From the Columbui (Ohio) Journal, July 11.1
We publish to-day the affidavit of Capt. James
Sidney Hill, to which allusion has heretofore been
made by us. The publication of this important
affidavit has been purposely delayed, with tile hope
and expectation that Horatio Seymour would be
nominated for tbe Presidency by the Convention
at New York. It will be remembered that when
reference was first made to the existence of this
testimony, Gov. Seymour exhibited ungovernable
rage, and not only took occasion to vouch for his
own innocence, but to attack with savage empha
sis all officers and agents of the Government
whom he suspected of having been instrumental
in making known to tbe State Department the na
ture of hie relations with the rebel Commissioners
in Canada. ,
The writer who; in 1864, was Consul of the
United Btates in New Brunswick, having been
appointed to that office by President Lincoln In
September, 1861, had occasion to, transmit to the
Secretary of State information concerning the
movements of the rebel Commissioners, Clement
C. Clay and James P. Holcombe,and it especially
became his duty to mhke known to the govern
ment whatever facts were known in the British
Provinces concerning the nature of the “mis
sion” of these notorious enemies of
States. Application will be made to the State
Department for copies of the full correspondence
on this subject, which, when obtained, will be
made public.
The important.fact was then well-known that
the prime purpose that the Davis Government
bad in sending Commissioners to Canada, was to
array the State of New York In hostility to the
Federal Government. Captain Hill’s tes
timony establishes beyond question the fact that
such was the confidence reposed in Horatio Sey
mour, then Governor of New York, that the
rebel chiefs did not hesitate to address him on a
subject which they knew was dear to his heart—
the triumph of the Confederacy.and opened con
fidential correspondence with him,as with a tried
and trusted agent of their own.
Clement C. Clay, who organized the raiding .
and piratical expeditions from Canada into the
United States, expressed his entire willingness to
visit Ogdensburg, N. Y., knowing that Seymour
would give him safe passport throughout his
“sovereign State.” It will be proved hereafter
that Clay sent despatches to and received des
patches from Albany, while at Halifax, Quebec
and Montreal; that messengers were passing be
tween the rebel Commissioners and the rebel
sympathising Governor, for a period of almost
two months; and we believe also that the exact
nature of these communications will, ere long,
be fully made known. 86 much by way of ex
planation to-day, We shall pursue,this subject
until the treachery and, treason of Horatio Sey
mour, the Urorst and vilest enemy of the Repub
lic, are laid bare. We. propose to see the thing
through, and shall fight it oat on thia line:
The following lean exact copy of the orignal
affidavit now on file in the'State,Department of
tho United States Government,: ' ;- ,
AFFIDAVIT OF CATTAnT JAiIES SIDNEY HILL.:
Consulate of the Unwed States, St. John,
N. B.—On this 2d day of June, 1864, personally
yappearefi before me, J. Q.'Howard, .United States
Consul at- St.' John,' N. B,; James .Sidney Hill,
who solemnly made oath to the following facts .-
• lam now about 28 years ot age; I was born in
Ihe parish of St. Bernard, La.; I am the son of
Jerome Philip Hill, of New Orleans,. wh<> has
always been a devoted Union man. I - was edu
cated as a civil engineer at West Point, Vo.
In the year 1861, in the month of April, I was
carried away by the intense excitement that pre
vailed, and entered the rebel service as captain of
a company pf volunteers; I served in tbo rebel
Army at the first battle of IJanassas, at the bat
tles before Bichmond at tbe time of McClellan’s
advance, and also took part In the battle of An
tietam; ,was wounded in the seven days’ fight
near Bichmond; was sent to Savannah as engi
neer on tbe staff of Gen. Gnstavns W. Smi th, and
obtained leave of absence to go to Wilmington;
from Wilmington I ran the blockade on the
steamer Banshee. to Nassau; my object; was to
get out of tbe rebel service ond take ’the oath of
allegiance; from Nassaul-went to_JFlavana, and_
there took the oath-of allegiance under Mr. Lin
coln’s . amnesty proclamation; from Havana. I
went to StThomas with o friend who was in a;
dying condition; thence to St. Johns, Porto
Bleb; I could not get a vessel at' Pert© Blco for
New Orleanß, but obtained passage to Halifax,'
Nova Scotia, where I expected more readily to
get a vessel. ' f
I bad been in Halifax about four days, when
happening to be at the wharf when thp mail
steamer Alpha arrived from Bermuda, I was ac
costed at the landing,.by Hon. C. C. Clay, of
Alabama, whom I accompanied to the Waverly
Hotel. CoL Duncan, of Louisville, Ky., was in
company with us. Mr. Clay said he was on a
little business for the Government! and was on
bis way to Canada; said that he had great confi
dence in me. A day or two after this conversa
tion I came to St. John, N. 8., hoping to get to
New Orleans by the way of Portland; and on the
first day of June I again met Mr. Clay at the
steamboat landing. He said ho wanted me to
come as soon os 1 could to the Waverly Hotel to
see him; about 8 o'clock he sent a boy to tljo
Lawrence Hotel for me, and I went up to the
Waverly to Mr, Clay’s private room.
He said, look here, Captain, I want yon to go
to Canada; I shall very probably go to Ogdcns
burg, and as lam not at all well'l need some
companv: I would have gone to Portland,’but I
am afraid some one would recognize me. He pro
posed to tfike a walk, and after our return, he
requested me to come up to the hotel early In .the
morning (this mhrning.) He sent for me at half
past seven, and I went directly up.' He tooji me
to his private room and again urged me to go
with Mm. - "
He took from a pocket in the back of his in;
Bide coat, a package containing four or five let
ters or despatches; I had one of these documents
in my hand; it was addressed to His Excellency,
Horatio Boymour, Governor of the State of Now
York: another was addressed to Hon. Fomando
Wood, New York; on each of these envelopes
was printed, Department of State, Bichmond, C.
8. A., and on the envelope was written a name
which I do not remember, but have no doubt it
was the name of the present Secretary of State.
Said Mr. Clay, I was sent on a mission to deliver
those letters to Gov. Seymour, but I wish, they
had chosen-somebody else; said he, I shall stop
in Montreal a few days and then shall proba
bly go to Ogdensbnrg; he said I shall
see Gov. Seymour; but did not say directly
that he would see him at Ogdensbnrg. If my
(affiant’s) letters (which I .was expecting from
New Orleans) came, he would like very much to
meet me at Quebec or Montreal. I inferred from
Mr. Clay’s conversation that he wanted me to
convey bis despatches to Gov. Beymour. My in
timacy with Mr. Clay arose from the fact that his
son, Robert Clay, was First Lieutenant in my
companv, }'! Ji Regiment Louisiana Volunteers,
Col. York’s command, Gen. Pickett’s division,
jumgstreet’s corps.
I parted with him saying that I would meet Mm
in Canada, if possible.
I Signed] James Sidney Hill.
Sworn before me by said James Sidney Hill,
and subscribed in my presence this second day of
Jure, 1864.
[Signed] J. Q. Howabd, U. S. ConsuL
A Missouri paper on Blair.
[From the St. Louie Democrat.}
A FALLEN STAR.
The Democrats seem to have become disgusted
with their nomination for President, and satis
fied that the game was lost, for nobody wanted
to be Vice President but General Blair, and the
whole convention was willing to “ let the tail go
with the hide." It must be confessed that
they could not have done a better thing
—for the Radicals. If we cannot beat
Blair, the revolutionist, with his proposal
to disperse State governments by armed
force fresh in mind, we could not beat
anybody. In this State, his nomination will add
five thousand to onr majority. Perhaps It may
help the ticket in Kentucky or Maryland, but we
doubt It.
General Blair was once an honored name in
this State. Greater credit is given him else
where, it is true, for the course of Missouri in
the early years of the struggle, than he really
deserves, and yet, in kindly recollection of his
admitted services, the Radicals of this State have
never cared to lessen the respect which others
might feel lor him, and have regretted to see it
lessened by his own conduct. Perhaps it Is
enough to point to the record. How much in
fluence General Blair ever exerted is perhaps suf
ficiently shown by the fact that after he and his
friends, the Blair faction or Claybonks,
chose to desert the Radical party, that
party, nevertheless, moved on with solid
lroDl to more complete victories over
the Demoprats and Blair than it' had ever won,
with his aid, over the Democrats alone. What
tho Radicals in this State have accomplished,
they have done, with General Blair, backed by
tbe whole power of the Federal administration,
fighting them with all the desperation of a ruined
political gamester. For he is a political gambler,
as reckless, and now in his ruin as desperate, as
can be found anywhere in the land. Sober men
at the East have asked, with wonder, whether the
revolutionary letter recently printed could possi
bly have come from Frank Blair. But those who
know him better have long ago ceased to be sur
prised at the manifestations of a desperation
which borders on political insanity.
By his letter and his nomination, General Blair
renders the only service now in' his power to tho
party which he has so long tried to destroy. Long
ago he learned that the proud boast, “I made it; I
can crush it!” was not easy of fulfillment. To
day, he has reached that point, that, in Missouri
at least, he can help any party only by being a
candidate against it. For that last service to the
Radicals of Missouri, and for a letter whieh will
tell the whole country what manner of man the
Democrats have nominated for Vice-President,
we heartily thank him.
The Cabinet and tbe Presidency.
Washington, July 12 There Is much specu
lation regarding the attitude of the President and
his Cabinet on. the New York Democratic nomi
nations, find numerous reports are in circulation
(none of them well founded, however,! that a
serious disaffection exists among Mr. Johnson’s
advisers '■■ toward the Democratic candidates.
There is no doubt, however, of the position of
Mr. Seward and Gen. Schofield. They both sup
port Gen. Grant. Secretary Seward will probably
take no .prominent part in, the campaign,
but his sympathies ana countenance will be given
to the Republican candidate. Tho same may bo
said only in a more positive degree of Mr, Evarts,
the probable Attorney-General. As to Mr. McCul
loch’s position, nothing further Is positively
known than that he utterly repudiates the finan
cial part of the Democratic platform, and that he
dislikes Beymour. Postmaster-General Randall
is reported' to have declared for Grant and
Colfax, but authorizes a denial of tho
report, and adds that he has not made
up his mind to support either ticket.
He states further, yery significantly, that he
cannot conscientiously support a repudiation
platform, of any candidate with repudiation
principles. Regarding the much-talked-oi third
party movement, be says that it would fail, inas
much as it would result in throwing the election
of President into the House, where there Is no
third party, and where Grant and Colfax are the
overwhelming ehoice. Other members of the
Cabinet are understood to entertain similar
views.— N: Y. Times.
Gen. Sherman oa theNominaMShi. 1
A St. Louis telegram in the Chicago Times
says that os Gen. Sherman waS alighting from a
sireet car at the comer of Fourth and Olive
streets, in that cl*y on, Thursday evening, a
crowd surrounded him, asking what he thought
of the nomination of Seymour, and whether he ;
would support him. He replied: “It is a bad
nomination, and will be beaten all to pieces.
Grant will he elected.” Voices in the crowd re
plied: “We don't want the support yL honse
bnrners.” “You-wanted the nomination your '
self.” “You want Grant elected, so as to get Ms
place at the head of the army,” and such like. ~
CRIME.
Tbe Express Bobbery in tbe West..
[From tbe Cincinnati Times of July 11.]
Yesterday afternoon we gave a pretty full ac
count of a doring attempt to rob an express oar
at Bro wnstown, Indiana, We have since learned
the following particulars:
For some time past the conductors and other
officers of trains nave noticed a lot of well-known
scoundrels of Seymour lounging around thede
, pot and entirely too inquisitive about the private
affairs of the Adams Express Company.
So well convinced were they that another guer
rilla attempt would be mod*, that one of the en
gineers, James Flanders, went to the Express
Company and desired to be allowed to work the
matter np, by remaining off for some time at
Seymour, To this proposition- the company
readily consented, as they knew Flanders to be
one of the gaincst and most reliable men on the
road.
By an nnusnol amount of cunning, Flanders
had not been in Seymour bnt a short time before
ho became Intimate with Vol. Elliott, Frank
Sparks, John Moore, Charles Koseberry and
Henry Jcrrcll. It was not long before they im
parted to him the important secret that they,
would “Morgan” the train leaving St. Louis at 3
P. M. of Thursday. At once informing the Ex
press officers of the knowledge gained, a strong
guard was placed in the car,and Flanders, having
left Seymour, took his place as Jhe engineer of
the train, making an unusual stop at Browns
town, the place designated for the robbeiy. As
loon os the train stopped Flanders jumped down
and commenced his usual examination of the
machine, to see that it was all right, after which
he got np, and was almost instantly confronted
by three of the gang with cocked revolvers, which
they had placed in close proximity to his head,
one being jammed against the eye hard enough
to make a severe contusion.
He surrendered at discretion, bnt before jump
ing off,- requested to be allowed to start the
pumps, so that the engine would not be bnmt
up, which was granted. When the locomotive
and ebr started off, the thieves pushed the fire
man overboard, ana then fired several pistol
shots np into tbe air, as a signal of victory.
After moving three or four miles, the enghm was
stopped, and the villains started to examine the
booty in tbe car, wMch they supposed to bo al
ready theirs, when, to their amazement, they
were confronted with the armed guard hereto
fore secreted behind some baggage. This was
the signal for a general battle, both'sides firing
with great rapidity, and the battle seemed about
even, until Vol.EUiott, the most daring, as well
as the acknowledged leader - of.tho gang, was
seen to fall, when the rest beat a hasty retreat,
bnt not before two ©f them were seen to fall, sup
posed to have been mortally wounded—but this
Is not certain, as their companions managed to
secrete them in the darkness, and the train left
before tbe result of the search, at onee commen
ced, was ascertained.
George FlaDders, not William, as printed in the
first notice, was brought to the city, and had Ms
leg ampntated. Vol. Elliott received two shots—
one in the breast, and the other in the back—and
although it was at first intended to leave Mm in
the Brownstown jail, it was finally conclnded to
bring him on to this city, and puce Mm in onr
County Jail, where there will not be any possi
ble chance of his escaping through the connivance
of his associates.
Tho -whole affair was managed with the moat
commendable energy, shrewdness and bravery,
and reflects the greatest credit on the Express
Company hoys—the wounding of poor Flinders
being the only acddent-to be regretted.
Parisian Luxury and its Cost. —Besides the
bans de delegation, vie And ranking. against the
ratepayers of the French capital bondß of the
famous year 1852 for £2,000,000 sterling; from
1855 to 1860, £8,750,000 sterling; for 1865, for
£l2 006,000 sterling; and the bonds of the “Fund
of Public Works, Paris,” for £4,800,000. These
form part of the £80,000,000 sterling which havo
been raised and, as it is called, borrowed by the
towns, departments and communes of France
dujrlng the sixteen years' life of the Second Em
pire. It is, therefore, not surprising to find that
the annual charge of the delegation bonds presses
somewhat uneasily on the good city,and that there
lata proposition nowunder consideration to extend
the time for the repayment of this considerable
sum over a period of’sixty years. Instead of the
ten years stipulated for in the existing and, as it
should seem, Bomewhat irregular, treaties. The
immediate Inducement for this alteration in the
character of the responsibility is not slight,being
no less than the saving of an annual sum of
20,000,000 francs, which has to be defrayed out of
the heavy octroi duties of Paris. But the shape
of the change proposed has been defined, in a
line, thus: That the population of Paris, Instead
of paying £20,000,000 sterling within ten years,
shall pay nearly £52,000,000 sterling in extinction
of the same debt within sixty years. This may
be called paying for a long day with a ven
geance.
Mode op Freezing Decanters op Water.—
Every Englishman who hod been in Paris brings
away with him a recollection oi the carafes frap
pes—decanters of frozen water—supplied in such
profusion at the cafes and restaurants, and pro
bably often wishes that London was as liberally
supplied. A new establishment for supplying
them to the cafes has recently been opened'ltr
Paris, and the mode in whichttho water is frozen
is said to be as follows:— I Tla decanters, two
thirds filled with water , which has been ,twice
filtered, are placed in shallow tanks, in which
salt water is made to circulate. Each tank con
tains a copper reservoir with a receiver con
taining ether. Large air pumps, worked
in this establishment by a 16-horse power engine,
exhaust the air from the reservoirs, the other in
the receiver boils and passes rapidly away in the
state of vapor, and the temperature of tho salt
water and the water in the decanters is soon re
duced to 20 deg. below the freezing point. At
this temperature, however, the water in tho bot
tle remains liquid; but now a workman goes
round, and with, a glass rod stirs-the water in
each decanter, and in on instant, 1 as If by en
chantment,” it is changed to a mass of ice.. At
the establishment we notice 6,250 carafes are fro
zen daily, at what exponse is not stated, but It
need only be very 6mall.— Mechanics' Magazme.
-Electric Ornaments. — Electro-magnetism, it
is said, is now employed to make smiall butter
flies flutter their wings on ball headdresses, in
Paris. Within the chignon ore concealed a small
battery and a minute Bhumkorff coil. On the
bosom may bo a brooch, with a head upon it, the
eyes of which turn in all directions. This, too,
is accompanied by the use of a batteiy and coil
so,minute as to be concealed within the brooch
itself. ■
The practice of registering names - for- the
privilege of speaking has been abolished ln_the
North German Parliament,, and hereafter the
member must “catch the “Speaker’s eye,” as in
the House of Commons and universally ini Amer
ican legislative bodies. t
PRICE THREE OS STS.
FACTS,
ID raiTCIES.
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EPITAPH ON SALMON P. CHASTE.
In this dull dreaiy'plnce
Slumbers Salmon P. Cuase,
A Senator ojce from Ohio;
The gooif-Abreham Lincoln,
•Him trußtwoKhy thlnkin’,
Declared him Chief Justice; O, why oh?
How this Chief Justice Salmon
Had. a quick eye for mammon,
And unto the White House aspired;..'
80 his old party dammln’,
And practising gammon,
"Hlmsaif toTthe Copperheads hired. 1 :
They used him and fooled him,
And then, they out-ruled him,
Out Voted him rather; Tor Salmon
Had a mere vulgar fraction
Of votes; the attraction
Was wholly for Seymour—Oh, Gammon*
Salmon once loved the blacks,
, But he lately made tracks
On the course for the rule of the white man
But the people in Tammany
Thought Salmon was gammony.
And not for their service the right mam -
Of this fact notified,
. Poor Chase sickened and died,
And lies here by the banks of Salt River;
: And the Coroner’s ’quest,
• .When they opened his breast,
Found a very black heart and white liver.
—Chicago has 9,000 Italians.
—Andrew Johnson is not the Merry-Andrew
that he was.
—GoVomor Geary has very properly declined
to call an extra session of the Legislature.
—Omaha has dug up a gold coin bearing data
158G.
—When should a song have most discord?
When it Is set to music.
—Most of the wealthy actors and actresses are
at Long Branch.
—The headquarters of the Pendleton HspOft- at
Cincinnati are for renU --ii"
—Pendleton badges are cheap atClnclnnqjtl. :
—A wild-goose chase for the
Balmon P.
—CEaee having gone up Salt River, its Salmon’,
hereafter will be salt Igt
—lbe Earl of Zetland'is the great Masonicnott
In England.
—The Saltan wants Napoleon to pay him a
visit.
—Brazil opens a new vein of gold about throe
times a week.
—A miner in Utah fell 750 feet down a shaft
before ho touched bottom. ’ --7 y.-
—Australia Is trying hard to raise sugar* both,
from cane and from beets.
—Alboni Is still fat, while Grisi is Still lean.
But what’s in a name? '
—A woman in Houston, Texas, has died of the
disgusting habit of “dipping” snuff.‘ ?
—An English pedestrian is reported as having
run 40 miles in 4 hours 53 minutes,
“without mnch fatigue.”
—A great American- exposition s proposed for
1876, the centennial anniversary of the Declare- 1
tlon of Independence. .
—M. Maretzek has sent to France for a score
of Auber’s “Premier jonr do Bonheur,”and la
having a libretto translated into Italian.
—The city government of Evansville, Indiana,
has been defining on offence which it spells
“purgery.”
—The Western Democrats comfort themaelved
with the reflection that wntts Pendleton could,
not be nominated, Seymonr cannot bo elected.
—Some incredulonß writer in Richmond thinks
the story that Chaug.and 'Eng are*bbont to dis
solve partnership e®y o a sarlea
“final farewell” entertainments by them.»L
—Tom Hughes is/ to write the history di tha
“Jamaica Committee,” appointed to procuta
Judicial examination into the'bfficlal acts of Goyv
Eyre. ' T ’
—The Washington correspondent -of the Cin
cinnati Commercial calls Mrs. Ames’s bust of Lin
coln “as pure a piece of sculpturo as has becu
seen.”
—Eight Arabs condemned to perpetual im
prisonment for cannibalism during the famine in
Algeria, have lately been seat to the Island of
Marguerite.
—ln one of the counties in Mississippi- tho
democratic tradesmen have notified the white re
publicans tbat they will not admit them to their
stores. A dresdftd punishment Indeed.
—English steamers that make Bhort trips from
London to the watering-places are lettincrbectha
for the season to ..persons who like tliat\tyli£of
travel and amusement. y\
—A New Yorker writes to the papers that he
can’t -go 'to cbnrch without being “awfully
shocked” by tho tobacco juice of the boys.and the
flirtations of the girls.
—The Lanterne says that one
francs is an awful big price for the people to pay
for getting a gullible Austrian Archduke shot in
Mexico. J .
—The ceiling of the aome of the Senate Library'
in Luxembourg paloee lately fell and destroyed
the beautiful painting by Eugene Delacroix which,
covered it.
—lt was strikingly proper that at the Seymour
and Blair meeting, on Saturday evening, the
band Bhould have played the famous rebeiair of
“Maryland I My Maryland I”
—General Napier, the conqueror of Theodore,
has been made a peer,with the title of “Lord Na
pier of Mogdala.” A Scotch querist questions the
propriety of making a peer of a man who is Na
pier.
After a tong season of “Black Crook,” tho
Chicago papers rejoice that the legitimate drama
.asli) return to the stage at McVlcker’a Theatre.
Theonening play is Brougham’s “Lottery or
Life ! ,f NQh, legitimacy!
—On tire-day of adjournment the New Hamp
shire legislatureYnet-at five o’clock in the.mora- -
ing. Nothing like this ever happened In any
other New England State.
Reports from Itoly are to the effect that the
revolution is making great strides, and that
Mazzlni is determined to resume the direction of
affairs, convinced that the “rotten administra
tion of Victor Emmanuof’.cannot uniteltaly.
A French paper announces .that Italy feels
that it owes such a debt of gratitude to both
France and 1 Prussia that in case of a- war be
tween. Iko two countries it would remain neu
tral. - .. ' ?•
—The militia force Of Great .Britain and Ire
land in the roaj>l«G7, according to the latest
ofllcial TETtrr&er'wis composed of 4.638 officers,
5,027 non-commisßioued officers, and 124,622 pri
vates. . ..
—An adopted citizen' oi
mailed a lotter.wlth this “ Foto An
shot (Fort Ancient), to William Gole to come as
quick as you can as it got to Fort Ansont; and to
send it as quick as possible and his sister Frances
wand (wants) to ace hit?.”
—TKeScmth-GormanDemoeraMejoarnallsts aro
bitterly denouncing Mr. Bancroft; They chnrgo
him with being such & foolish admirer of.Couht
giamaxck that tho latter cohldeet him to consent
to everything he pleased. Tim feeling «w«jC
the Gcrroan-Ameiten.* now m Germany is very
strong ~
ON. Piffifisto