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RHOADS', O. 1221 Blarket street. ap29-tf; DIED. EVANI3.—On the 12th instant, at the residence of her t‘oliqn :" • Jnitn 0. Jam .s, No. 1129 Arch street, hire. basalt Evans, In the 81st year of her age. Funeral services at the Hllltown Baptist Church, Malts counly,onDlo _, nola- 15th inst., at .1 fat A Y.—On themorning of August I !Tat Pittsburgh, Das Id, eon of William an Margaret Gray, aged 21 years and 7 uremia. The relatives and friends of-the filthily, also Ragan Lodge, No. 23 % K. of P. , and the Scots' Thistle Society, ere respectfully Invited to attend his tonere'. this (Saturday).afternotm,at__4 o'clock ,_frout thesesitiente of isle parents. No 104 South Twenty-second street. 'fo proceed to Mount Morlali I emetery HA COCKS.—On the 13th Inst., William Hancocks (son of the late William Ilancocks), in the Sitti year of the aye, Due notice of the funeral will be given. MAN Fl Flat —On the 11th instsnt, Franklin Fisher, eon Of W 11ilaIllillft and the late Joseph Maxfield, in the 21.4 3 e oO'if his age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, iron IL,, tosideuceof his mother, N 0.631 North Nine ti both street, at 4 o'clock, on Monday afternoon. POW ELL.,—On Friday morning, the 1211, lust y Mrs. ra S. Pon ell, widow of the late Ituac Pots - ell, in the 7r' 1 , > bar of tier age. helm is es and friends of the fairillY are invited to at -1,-ad 11. e. funeral. frolll theresidenceof p . r. John Has kins. East Geshini , , Cestei' county. Ott l'dentify,, the 1511, inch, at 11 o'clock. Carriages will meet the 7.15 train from Philadedphis ( Media Eztilmad) w tyt vh.n, Shop. Station. - ;-fitifilllAK ER.—On the 12th instant. Mary . Westcott, intent daughter of J ulien and Hannah A. Shoemaker, tyre months. 'The ft lendb of the family al- incited to attend her fu nen, from tier parmits i , sidence, No. )::19 Girardave. nue, (;11 ldowlay, the 15th instant, at 10 o'clock. WALTER.—At _New. Red. Lion, Chester county—Pa... on the loth instant, William Walter,.in the 81st year of his age. 47" AT A MEETING ..tr. THE CLASS OF *(7), (TF the Univ,raily of Pen nsyl% mita, held Saturday morning, tie- 1311. in at„ the following resolut IOW! were adopted : hereal. We have earl with deep f..orrow of the - death - of . SIAS.- CULL, endeared t , ..1 hi? Oats not only by iftrongtilgs bufbeloved by all its memberik for hI t, i i .7,ent tons. gentlrmanly and Chrirdi in bearing ; and • early Altai tf:C.0.1411i2 th : a fro td , rionn thou,;ii All wit , ft Pr , •vid , nce mall 3: j, oill Lip prepare fur t lblt V:r1.1: t o m 11, to fully prepared, he wain.euddeuly • :A:0;1. L_: _._-1. That in hi death we haat w,.Lavo.k,gt and frhaal, to whom! honorpd ru,rnary dvdh ate thew: r• t , ,:atioul ex ‘ A , of our d.ep • Tl,kt re3Qlutions be tent to t. . tb.tt in atad attend hie nf.FIT.J 400 EYRE ILRCII STREET LA' . .NDELL nt•pii: in 4 their Cutto-atrri with BLACK bILK S . Pr.n:iunn A G ~ II" 7)U! 1•; COD LIVER -OIL, CITRA.TE a ia.—JOllY BAKER S C0.,i19 Markv.. st. SPECIAL NOTICES. OUR CHOICE STOCK SUN MER- CLOTHES DAILY REPLENISHED. IVANAMAKER, OLD BETHEL CAMP MEETING, Barnsboro Station, on West Jersey Railroad Trains lease Philadelphia from foot of MARKET ,treet at 8.09 A. Id., 11.0 A. M., 3.301'. M., 6.45 P. M. iitTURBINCKLEAVE CAMP, s.id A. DI., 5.13 148 P M. 01.59 P.M. and 1045 P.M. Excursion Tickets, good during continuance of the CAntp. 70 cents each. W. J. SEWELL, Sniet. RELIGIOUS NOTICES SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. —Rev. J 13. Conkey, Pastor, will preach at half past 10 A. 151. and at 8 o'clock P. yY FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CH UR CEI, Washington square.—Rev. Wm. C. Cattell, D. D., Pre3ide.ncof Lafayette College, will preach to-mor row at .114`. o'clock A. 21. .1t ' EVENING SERVICE AT SPRING Garden Ball, northwest corner Spring Garden at.d Thirtef.nth, to-morrow evening tot 7%V. 21. Sermon by Charles Caropbel!. it' I&. UST REFORMED — CHEM C , corner of Seventh and Spring Garden s troots.— Rev . Thus. N. Orr, Pastor, will preach to.inerrow. at W A. M. and 13 P. M. Strangers welcome. It* ezp , WHARTO STREET.N M. E. Church.—All the members are requested to meet their Pnoor on Monday evening, August Thtb. at .'clock. at the :nett M. E. Church, Eighth and Dicker son. lt* UNION SERVICES, CENTRAL UPreebytertan Church and Third Reformed Chureb.—Rev, C. Wadsworth, D. D. ; wllr.preabb te nni; row morning in the Central Church, Eighth and Cherry, at 10i o'clock, and in the evening In the Third Reformed Church, Tenth and Filbert, at 8 o'clock. V.• CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN Church, Locust street, above Fifteenth.—During this month the congregationv of the West Spruce Street and Calvary Presbyterian Churches will worehip to ;;ether at the Calvary Church. Services at 104 A. O. hey. Thaddeus Wilson will pretudi to morrow. It- tu. ST. CLEMENT'S CHURH C., TWEN- Seth and Cherry streets.—Service (Choral) and :Sermon, tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock. At thio Bey :vice the Beats will be free.' au6-sBr OPEN AIR SERVICES UNDER 10 " the auspices of the Young Rim's (Mali Han Asso• lotion, SABBATH AFTERNOON (P. Y.), at the fol . owing places; Market House. Second and South streets, 3 o'clock. cemetery Lane, Kensington, Second street, above York, 4 o'clock Seventh and St. Mary streets, Independence Square, Preaching ) R . ev J. P. CONK EY, Gray's Furry road and Bainbridge St., Nineteenth and Ridge avenue, Fourth and Bainbridge streets; by the Young Men's Christian As 4 eciation of the First Presbyterian Church. Jefferson Square, Prinschingky Bev. J., AL PETERS. Broad and Master streets, Broad and Arch streets, Broad and Coates streets, • 1 1 5 o'clock Broad and South streets, Twenty-second and Federal streets, Almond street wharf, 7 o'clock, Emili, street, rear of Ninth and Bainbridge streets, at o'clock. ,Wister's Woods, below Germantown,4 o'clock. Germantown avenue and Nicutown lane, 4 o'clock.. NicetOwn lane and 'Germantown Railroad, o , eieek ' • West Philadaphin—Thirty sixt.l.r and Lancaster • avenue; o'clock. Ounparsville, 5 o'clock; DIVIDEND NOTICES. DIVIDEND.—M cOLINTOCE:VILLE PETROLEUM COMPANY, No. 427 Waluut titreet PHILADELPHIA, Aug.2d, 1870. The regular Quarterly Dividend S tuh Per Cent. Cu the reduced capital, free from Stay tax, was de clared ; also, an extra dividend of Seven Per Cent, be ing surplus earnlnge, both ;payable at the office c f the Company on and after MONDAY, the 15th. lust. Transfer Books to chum on the 6th Met.. and reopen en the 10th met. Wen. W. ALT6I VMS, an 3 0 13 st;rp§ liecretary and Trcaevrer.- CONGRESS HALL The undersigned, visitors at Cape Maya apprecialing the uniform courtesy extended to the traveling public by Conductors on the West Jersey Railroad, Desire to show their appreciation by If:tidering them a On Tuesday Evening, August 14;th Throngh the kindness of J. F. Cake, Congre. Dining Hoorn and Haseler's Orchestra have be. dered for the occasion: E. C. Knight E...W. Cnit, E. J. Ettinc. Thomas Birch, - W. W. Juvenal. E. R. Thompson, W. H. Henlings , W. W. Vr"ltTe John Davis. Samuel P. F. 31c11%ain, John Peirce, B. G. Dobbin, Jacob G tieafi , M Finn Stanton. - - m. Anr-pach Jerry lIIcK h. W. Dryden. E Norris, J. F. Cake, I , r. F. G. Smyth, E. T. P( I.r. IL. N. T4wnsend, John Thom-.a. Jr., Charles Potts, :•;t1..0,e: I) Da% John T. School. James Peabody. Bon. Sam. J. II ,Ich, , David Sway. , W. F. Potts. George Gordon, GliftS: Duffy. - George Fryer, Satn,:l JOSE phi, L. Harm ood W to. F. McCully, r,oc. J. Bolt- , n, WILD. D. Hendrick, Cooke, Abram P. Hildreth, Thomas Wzo. Wood, A. ProkauF,r, James C Hand, Charles McSharo-, L A. Warne. John Thomfwt SS zu. !truly, Wm. F Dotuld2on THOMAS L. LIST, Vitt- Pretitlrnt Jr, J. B. llict:reu ry, Geu. J, Itichanifiun, E. D. Ch,rkk Hubicain Tichets, Cm. be pros tired in Philadelphia of CHARLES McSBANE. American Hotel., and at Congret , ,, Ha 11; r4t.. , ckton Hall=n and Celan:o,lo H 'C.i,'Cape May. 818 Chest. St. 820 ) HOWARD HOSPITAL, NOS. 1518 and laZi Lombard street, Dispensary Department. -Medical treatment ad medicine furnished gratuitously o the poor ' 1870. WILLIAM R. LEEDS. jel6 tl ocl2rpg HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN U CITY,EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE, fio. 1105 NEST UT SfIIiEET. . • In accordance with a resolution adopted by the Re• poLlican City Executive Committee, the various Re publican Ward Executive Committees will elect three Delegates from each Ward to a Convention, to be 11 , 1 d in the 01(1 County Court House, Sixth street. bdow Chestnut, on MONDAY, September 12,1870. for the pur pose of re% isn . g the rules for the government of the Union Republican Party. By order of Committee. JOfN L. HILL, President. Jew; 'Wet:uncoil, M. C. Flow,Secretaries. anl3-s to th 3t A correspondent writes to the New Orleans Picayune as follows, concerning the proSpects of the growing cotton crop: Some weeks ago, after an exploration of .a large district of cotton lands, 1 reported through the Pleallllll , 2 that the result of my ob servation was that the cotton crop would turn out far less than the crop of last year. Yesterday I made a searching examination of four fields of cotton that were far above the average, and, indeed, were equal to any cot ton fields seen this year. I found these four helds with, comparatively speaking, very few Lolls. The stock large enough, healthy, free from rust or worms, yet the fruit was not there. For two weeks the forms and blossoms have been abundant, but the frequent rains and hot suns have caused much falling off. The early varieties of cotton are now open ing, and if we could have dry weather, pick ing would become general from the 15th to the 20th instant. The European war may affect disadvanta geously the price of cotton, but I feel very confident that the production will fall far be low the crop of 1869. Last year cotton was bringing remunerating prices, which stimu lated the freedmen to pick faithfully. Now, the freedman is discouraged at the present fall in cotton, and the prospect of a further de cline, and if the cotton was in the field to pick i t would not be gathered. As far as Louisiana is concerned, the labor'. will be disorganized by the comb g election, the operation of the militia la*, and more than all, by the depre• , ciation in the price of cotton. Butt() all interested in coming to a correct conclusion as to the magnitude of the growing crop of cotton; I give the opinion of an old planter who has extended his inquiries far and wide, besides his own personal examina tion of thousands of acres, that in the absence of worms, with no storms and a good picking season=-even with these advantages, includ ing the increased area planted the,cotton. crop.. efinikit - refieh the number of baleS pressed-last- 4' 2 o'clock —Along the Sierra Nevada, close to the line of snow, a plant grows of sizes varying from an inch to two inches in thickness and height to the dimensions of the largest cabbage. It is knoWn as the snow cactus, and depends for moisture upon the melting snow. It has been recently proposed to treat the plant as a table vegetable,and, it is said that, boiled and served up like asparagus, this cactus is 'found equally succulent and satisfactory. —lt is stated that the debt of Canada has increased - 111;000,000 in. seven ,years. SPECIAL NOTICES CAPE MAY,N. J., Augtat 9,1870 Messrs, BROWN & MULLINER, COMPLIMENTARY HOP null Striq POLITICAL NOTICES, SHERIFF, THE COTTON CHOP. Effect of the European It'ur. —r e ; THE WAR IN EIIROPE The People's Suffering's In the Wor. A correspondent at a little town in Bruns wick sends to the Poll Moll Galette the follow ing sketch of the - muster and departure of troops : jai) , 22.—Since I last wrote there have Peen - exciting days. I think I told von that orders had come for all the' Militairpflichtige" here to, hold tbeinselvesin readiness to march-at any moment, and at two o'clock this morning we were awakened by drums at the gates. It was the " -- appell" - for the men to rnarch. We got up and dressed, and went down -to the market place. Day wasjust beginning to dawn; a wild stoney morning, with black clouds banging all over the sky. The whole place was in uproar, and women and children all stream ing towards the market-place, where a band of music was playing national airs. P. went down with us in a per feet glow of' enthusiasm and burning to be oft, but with the other poor fellows there were more tears and sobs than there was en thusiasm, for a great many of them leave Wife and children behind. It was a scene I never shall forget. The men, between fifty. and sixty - ,-were - assembled in - the market-place; the gi ntlenien hastily . made a subscription so that each poor man might at least have a few shillings in his pocket; and then they were told that we promised to care for their families in their absence or in case of their not return ing:- -The - clergyman - of - the - place - mounted -- on a cart and made a sort of- farewell address, and ended by reading the -Psalm: " Gott ist unsere - Zuversicht and Starke; eine 13 ulfe in den grossen Niithen, die tins getroffen," &c. Then the Lord's Prayer was offered , up,-- and -amid amid cheers and sobs the. poor fellows went . oft: They . $l,-pre to. have. marched to Braunschweig, but the neighbor ing farmers had all turned out with their carts to drive them there. Now our chief thought blt) care - fOr tlieSelliat are left behind and to epare for the wounded. We have promised to subscribe so much a week, and we have +en telling the servants that we must agree , o certain household retrenchments, so.that_ ach one may feel he is. doingsomething. Last week-all the horses from all the neighboring !arms and villages sthewere assembled in the mar et-place, and best picked out for the use of the army ; our friend and neighbor C. lost his best carriage-horses. Here is another little cabinet picture, equally ouching and impressive, from one of the 14 rt., in tie T eh, T.S. The writer had crossed the frontier into Prussia : have just been present at the ' office' in the church of the village, and have listened to the sermon of the curate,, who naturally preached the holiness of the war against I.'rance. All the women -wept and groaned. The village numbers some, four 'hundred in habitants, and the mobilization of the army has carried off forty men, of whom twenty tour are married. I have been talking with a puasant who has five sons and twosons-in-law al the army." 'rbe Emperor and.the Empress. An English journal says Partings are. at. _alLtimes_painful,-but--- would be difficult to conceive any farewell' more tinged with sadness than.- that_ef.the Einperor,and th e Empress- •on---his-departure 'prom Paris, There are no two people in Europe who have played so prominent a part in history during the last twenty years as the royal couple whose fate hangs upon the result of the present war. When they. meet again, if, indeed, they ever do meet, what an event ul story will have been told, and each line ritten in letters of blood! To France, hough the issues are great, the war is but one chapter Pk her history ; ut to the. Emperor and the • Empress ' t may be the laSt dhapter in the record of their career. For him at least there is no tuture but in success . .; in drawing the sword: he has thrown away the scabbard, he has ~ urtied his ships. That gay and glorious city which as with an enchanter's wand he has remodeled and rebuilt will either close her gates to the fugitive or welcome the return of a victorious leader. Bold as the Emperor may be to beard Bismarck in his power, it will require more boldness still to reappear at home without his army. A Curious Suggestion. _ _ - $1 00 1870. Smucker, in his Public and Private Life of Louis Napoleon (page 1110), says : "Seventeen ears were the limit of the supremacy of Na-. poleon 1. Seventeen years the restored Sour bons reigned. Seventeen years Louis Philippe occupied the throne, and we may safely pre dict that seventeen years will be the longest period allotted by the hand of Destiny to the restored dynasty of the Bonapartes. The par allel may seem absurd, but it is based on solid reasons, and deduced from rational infer races." The Empire was announced about January, 1853. Lost, Stolen, or Mislaid, a French Prince, 14 years of age, of tranquil temperament, wears red trousers, and carries a bullet in his fiOcket. Was last seen going home from a ~a ptism of tire. Is supposed'at Paris to be in Metz ; is supposed at Metz to be in Paris: is -unposed at other places to be in London. Any information concerning him will be re ceived with the greatest indifference by the Lewslatif.—Tribune. Will lie Emigrate to America? The Army caut 21ravy journal states " posi tively and froth personal knowledge" that early in our war, when prices were slepressed, an agent of Louis Napoleon came to New York and made large purchases of real estate Third avenue and other parts of the city. 'he Imperial speculation has resulted 'fortun ately, and the time seems to be coming When the Emperor Will have reason to be thankful" that be has made this provision against a rainy day. We don't suppose he will have to ve on his Third avenue property; for in one place and another he has put away a very pretty fortune. The Emperor of France has one enemy more than he wots of, and that is the Rev. Granville Moody,ot Grace M.E. Church,New port, Ohio. Mr. Moody has very distinct opin ions of the Bonaparte policy ; and so, a Sunday or so since, he aired them unmistakably in his prayer. He asked the Lord not to help " the ambitious and unscrupulous Napoleon who trode to arbitrary power over his broken vows, and who is seeking the perpetuation of his despotism in the person of his son :" %Ow is also seeking ''the disintegration Of Protestant Prussia." Whereby God was bef.ought put a hook in the Imperial nose." May the smoke of his torment," prayed Mr. Moody, "ascend from the battle fields of the Rhine, and may his discomfiture prove the disaster of Popery !" About the - disaster of Popery". we have only to say that recent advices from Rome do not. serve to .bow any cordial feeling of. , His Holiness towards his French champions.' Perhaps the Rev. Mr. Moody permits his rotestant preconceptions to mislead him; but his political'stow, as ex - pressed .in his petition; atone for' this pf_seetarian:feeling_TEMperor - iii - linqueB= tionably "ambitious" He is . un scrupulous." He does '.seek. -the perpetun titiarof-despotism in the peril - m - 6f his sun." There hien° nose in Europe, in our opinion, which so much needs a hook, as. the- some- What enormons proboscis of L. N. B. and' therevis no 'nose which will accommodate a larger book, either. We may doubt the. good taste *Amu% nraying as, Mr. Moody's, and we may say " Amen ' to it, in spite of our doubt. - An Ant Quotation. One of the wickedest of moderm wars,a con test fought for the purpose of consolidating SATURDAY, AUGUST 13,1870. A Lost Prince. Moody on Napoleon. despotism, promises to result in an immedi ate triumph of freedom. The'poet must have been filled with the spirit of prophecy when he wrote : "Though many a light shall darken, and many shall weep For those NII:o are crushed in the clash of jar ring claims, Vet times lust wrath shall be wreaked on a giant liar: And many a darkness into the light shall leap And shine in the sudden making of splendid And noble thought be freer under the sun; And the heart of a._people—beat with_one desire." The i!rincess Victoria Making Prejasra. *tome to Care for the WoUoded. 'ruing Post.] Her Crown Princesq, to TS rive the country is . and charitable in blitution, has in this trying hour addressed the following-letter to the Committee of the Vic toria Society. for the relief of wounded sol dierit : Once more the country calls its sons to the .standard to fight for all that is nearest and dearest to us—the honor and independence of ,Germany.. An enemy, whoin we .have-not Ofir.•nded grudges us the fruits of our victories, and strives to prevent .us from completing our great national rank through the labors and the steady progress of peace. Affronted and in sulted in its most sacred feelings, the whole people ; —the. only army -we have—takes-up-its well-tried arms to protect their hearths and their families. Thousands of wives and children are thus being deprived of their bread-winner 6. We cannot remove the sorrow weighing down their hearts but- wu may guard them against distress. .1a all parts of the world the GermanS gave bril liant --proofs of patriotic devotion - to their country, when; a-short time ago, we appealed to them to alleviate the sufferings consequent upon-the struggles -we had then -- undergone. e hope that this noble example will be re peated, and that charity will again seep in to relieve the familieS of those who are prepared to sacrifice life and health in our behalf. Let us - give - speedily and - bountifully, that the fenders of our sacred national rights may take the field in the comforting consciousness that the future of their beloved one 3 is secure in kind bawls. 1 request the Committee of the Victoria Institution for the Relief of Wounded Soldiers to devote themselves to this charitable work, and to open subscriptions and direct their application. VICTOItiA. • New Palace, Potsdam, July 19. This r ,, quesi of her Royal Highness bas been intim diately attended to bY the committee. Herr F. W. Krause, the well-known banker, Hie treasurer of the - Victoria_lnstitution. _ SUICIDE OF A PITTSBURGH BANKER. Well-linonn Banker Shoots 12[Intself ...Ihreukh the Eleart--Finanelal.Etattar rah/Intents the Cause—Coroner's /Inves tigation. . The Pittsburgh Chrorticle'of last night hen the-following particulars of a traged • alread e egrap : One of the most distressing cases of suicide ue have ever '. l cieen' - called:'unou_to - _ record, -- necurred this morning; the victim being Mr. Ph. E. Mertz,• the well-known and highly respected banker, who shot himself at his bankine• ' -house, at Fifth avenue and Wood street. About five o'clock this morning offi cers Wright and Brown, of the Fifth avenue police, stationed at Fifth avenue and Wood street, were engaged in washing the crossings, is hen - their -attention 'eras attracted by -a ~oise resembling the crashing of glass. apposing that the sound issued from_ Mertz'S - banking-house; officer Wright crossed. the street, and finding a win dow open . on the Fifth avenue side of the room, be looked in. Everything appeared to be quiet.. About six o'clock this morning, Mrs. Fredrick Schroeder, an elderly German woman, went to. the ~banking-house for the purpose of cleaning , it out. She tried Or some time to - open the door, but was finally , com pelled to obtain :the assistance of Mr. James .Robinson, who has a store in the basement of the building. , Mrs. Schroeder proceeded to the rear part of the room, and just as she passed behind the counter she saw the de ceased sitting in the wash-closet quite dead. Sheimmedlately gave the alarm, and Officers Wright, Brown, Clippies and others rushed into the room and discovered the body. The Canoe for the Act,. From all . We can learn the cause can be di rectly traced to financial embarrassments. Mr. Mertz Was unusually excited all day yester day in consequence; of the fluctuations in the money and stock market, in which he was operating extensively. Yesterday he pro posed going to New York on the noon train, to attend to urgent business. He missed that train, and was greatly excited in consequence. He then concluded to leave on the afternoon train, and during the interim, he, in com pany with .his . wife, transacted some pri vate • business in the city. When four o'clock came he was again too late, but lie remarked that he would make as much'as by taking the next train for the East. He then. bad a settlement with his book-keeper,-Mr. Schultze, and gave explicit directions concerning his business during his a eielice. He then started home, and informed JI r. Schultze that• be would meet him at the thee about half-past six. He kept the ap ,eintment, and atter some conversation lie re marked to Mr. S.:, " Now you know all," and lade him good by. Mr. Schultze noticed that riis manner was changed, but attributing it to the excitement incident to the transaction during the clay; paid no attention to it. That was the last time Mr. S. saw him alive. Temporarily Insane. There seems to be no doubt that the intense excitement under which the deceased was laboring dethroned his reason. Throughout the day his manner, usually excitable, was unaccountable to some of his friends. During the afternoon he fixed up little business trans actions with several parties, secured a life insurance policy which he had transferred to his wife some two months since, gave special directions concerning private matters, but all he time giving evidence of great mental ex citement. The measures were evidently taken in fel. contemplation of the tragic act which terminated his life, although none of his friends entertained any apprehension of such a result The Appenrantte of the Body. The officers, after haStily looking about the roc m, proceeded to the small wash-closet de scribed above, and a'horrible sight presented itself. The deceased was found sitting in a chair, with his ffic e toward Wood street,with out coat or vest. His head was thrown back, aril his arms hanging over the arms of the chair. His eyes were wide open,. and his lower jaw distended.' : On the breast of his shirt was a blood-stain, an inch or two in cir cumference, and on the floor at the left side wash pool 'of blOodimiliich had trickled Ade wn fromitimwormil. A feWinehes frOmThis_waS, .t'iffind:aSriSith L &;= - Wi4ittirr - seVen.sliootei one barrel empty and the hammer drawn baak apparently in preparation for another .dts charge. The A Letter to Wife. The deceased had been married only a few months, and his domestic relations seem to have been of the most pleasant character. -In searching over his papers this morning, a let ter addressed to hLs %wife -was found, and in that he gave a somewhat detailed account of the causes which led him to take his own life. Ho alludes to his wife in the most affectionate terms, but charges that was accom plished by friends who failed to keep their. prondse,s and to meet the responsibilities muting due. lie stated that he way financial!: ruined, and that he was prepared to take hia n lite rather than endure the excitements which would ensue. 'a be Deceased. The deceased has been engaged in the bank ing business in this city fur a number of year. and was, well known and highly estaetned. His death Will causi deep sorrow among his erirmip nrid intimate acquaintances. Ile was about ;15 years of age. DEATH OF A SLATE-IJA ream A Boman Bloodhound Gone to His Reward. The Middletown (Md.) Transcript reports the death of Timmas McCreary, at Elkton, in that State, at an advanced age. The . Transcript gives the folloWing history of the man : Be it remembered that the story comes from a pro slavery paper. " McCreary was a man of iron nerve and lion heart. He had many adventures in Penn sylvania in arresting runaway slaves, and made, Many. hair-breadth , escapes. He . was several times waylaid and fired upon by part ies in ambush and had a desperate encounter at -Chestnut Level; with seven men; who undertook to arrest him in a bar-room of the hotel at that place, in the winter of 1852. w•. think it was. With his revolver. and bowie knife he .caused his assailants to beat a hasty retreat, having cut the whiskers of the -leader of the - band - by a ball tired through the bottom of a wind' or chair, which the man held up between McCreary and himself, as he advanced upon him to make the arrest. After the encounter, McCreary- thought it prudent to make a hasty retreat, which he did, lest, the party-might return reiliforeed, A requisition Was.. at one time maue..for him. by-the Gov ernor of Pennsylvania upon the Governor of Maryland, on the charge of kidnapping, tint an investigation showed that the charge was grenndless.. Ne-Creary, though charged_ with the offence, \i'as above anythibg of the kind. He was bold and adventurous, even to rashness, in arresting runaway slaves, but would _disturb no one known tole free. The protracted trial in Baltimore, which terminated in the rel a3n of two young girls, alleged to be slaves of Mrs. Schofield, of that city, whom be arrested in Chester county, was followed by a tragedy which created great excitement at the time. A roan named Miller, one of the witnesses to prove the girls free, had- so compromised - him , self by acting in the interest of both parties that he hung himself at Stemmer's-run to a tree, leaving the ears for the purpose, at night, while be was on his - home from Baltimore. It was alh;ged in Penn sylvania that -a-, baud of Balti more-roughs followed- him, seized him -- at Stemmer's run, and committed the 'foul - deed: • t was also alleged that McCreary - hung him ; but the truth of the matter was, that the man Was in terror of his' neighbors, lest they should discover his.trtie relations in the case which :tared up such excitement in hiS neighbor hood. -We had this explanation ,of the affair from McCreary's ,own lips, and have no • • • • tn_to_datibtLits_trotb, - In the latter, part of his days be lived a quiet and unobtrusive _ljfe,:rana_vosiOLaituin bet. of_yearssexto n--of - - Trinity church, Elatom:--the--•duties,'-of'which office he discharged much to the satisfaction of the vestry and the congregation." COLLISION IN NEW YORK BAT. be t'oney Island Steamer Norwalk Ran IntO by a Seboouer---trerrlble Close of a Day of P/easure—S. v. rat Persons linoeked Overboard and Probably Drouned---Names of Some of the In- • [From the N. Y..Timeaa _ A terrible disaster occurred in the harbor last evening, by which several lives are sup posed to have been lost. At about 7i, as the steamer Norwark, which plies between this city and Coney Island, was coming up the bay at full speed, she came into violent collision when opposite Red Hook, with a sloop, the name of which has not been ascertained. " The port side of the Norwalk was pene trated, to a considerable distance, and her wheel carried away by the bow of the sloop. Such was the force of the collision that tno sloop remained for some time wedged into the side of the Norwalk: The shock was terrific, causing both vessels to shake from stem to stern. There were several hundred passengers on board the Norwalk, and the excitement succeeding the collision was intense. The, ladi es rushed from the cabins, shrieking with alarm. The deck hands tried to save themselves as best they could. Agonizing -creams came from the ladies' cabin, and above the din and uproar were heard the shouts of the Capt.dn of the boat. 'I he collision was so unexpected that the passengers were, in many - cases, seated on the bulk warks of the steamer Two children on the forward part of the boat. tell from their mothers' arms into the water. A number of others were precipitated into the water. It is probable that hot less than eight lives were lost. A tug-boat, whose captain had seen the col lision, soon came to the rescue. Re succeeded in saving'two of the drowning men. A h.tsty exainination attic Norwalk showed that she bad been seriously datnaged,and that , the water was pouring into her hold at a rapid rate. The i , assengers called cutrto the master of the tug, andnothied him of their dangerous predica ment. The tug attached itself to the Norwalk, and towed her toward the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn. At the moment the wharf was reach ed a cry was raised that the Norwalk was going down. Afrightful scene ensued. Men, women and children rushed for the plank, and trampled upon and crushed each other in their eagerness to get ashore. .Hardly had the last man touched the dock and the tug been unloosed from the steamer than the latter went down. The utmost excitement pre vailed in the neighborhood, and the cries of the passengers who missed friends and rela tives were agonizing. On account of - the lateness of the hour at which information of the disaster reached the eit3 l ; it was impossible to ascertain the names of the lost. THE COLORED CADEC Report of the Court of Inquiry to Intes ti:vne the Charged of lit- freatment of Cadet J. W. Smith at West Point. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 1870.—The Court of Inquiry composed of ILleutenant-Colouel J. H. U. S. A.; Major H. L. Abbott, U. S. Engineers; Nlajor T. P. Rodebough, U.S. A., and Major Thomas F. Barr, Judge Advocate and Recorder, which assembled at West Point in pursuance of Special Order No. 163, of July 13, 1870, to investigate the charges of improper treatment of Cadet J. W. Smith (colored), as contained in his letter ofJune 20, 1870, addressed. to his -friend, understood to be Mr. Daniel Clarke, of Hartford, Conn., and published in several newspapers of the day, has delivered the following opinion : And- the Court expressed the : opinion that the, evidence adduced .warrants the trial .by court-inaril iilaJladetenrporaLtillim ore,who_ le shOwn, while in cc:QM - nand:of his eon:many police squad, to have applied grossly abusive and insulting epithets to =Cadet :Smith ;' that the facts developed imregard to the conduct of Cadet - Smitlrare of such a nature as to re- - - quire bis trial before a court-martial; that the case of the other cadets who so far forget themselves as to use insulting epithets to Cadet. Smith should' be disposed of by the Superintendent; that the professors and army officers on duty .at the Military `Academy have treated CadetSraith with sortt : pulous fairnesa, recognizing aud enforcing the practicable observalice, so .far as possible, of his complete equality before the law; that the PRICE THREE CENTS' Superintendent of the Academy and the coin wandant of cadets have taken espomd p drug • o protect him 'at all times and in all id ices from the annoyances of those who might be prejudioed against him; the cadet officers and many of the leading cadets have scrupulously respected his official right, while the preju dice of others has resulted in the acts of injury and insult proven before the Court, but that a bet ter feeling-now prevails, and it is believed ihat the measures adopted by the academic Inthorities will prevent the recurrence of such misdemeanors. The Order 'of the Beeretrtry_of i War.- On dile O consideration of the subject, anti n the hope founded in the belief of the Court that there will be no recurrence of similar misconduct on the part of the ,cadets, the Secretary of War has disposed of it by order ing Cadets Ciiilmore and Smith to be severely-- reprimanded by the Superintendent of the Acadt my, and assuring all concerned that if the reasonable expectations of the depart iintnt he not realized the most rigorous meas ures will be taken to bring to punishment any cadets who nay ba the cause of future trail bles of this tiled, • - FACIN AND reoiciss. • .--Nothing later, to-day, from the. Boy. —A crystal ghost 7 A glass shade. --A—freight- car passes through Syracuse each minute out of the twenty-four hours. —Richmond,' Va., expects to have 55 ,000',-.. -population by the - present c - enlniS. —Trace chains from mule harness are the favorite medium of suicide in Georgia. —Twenty troupes of blonde burlesquers are to descend on this country in the autumn. —Talk of climate? The thermometer- has got so high that it's impossible to it. . • —lt is so hot in lowa City that the cat-fish in the river there come out under the shade trees to fhn themselves with their tails. —A man at Rockaway, last Sunday, went in hathing with the cork out of a pop-bottle tied on his bathing dress for a life-preserver - —Rome was delivered by its geese. Stras bourg _has made__its—fortune by de-livering--- geese. - Will its geese save irriow Idich w igander treed a 140-nound catfish i n a hollo log, one end of which entered the river,and chopped him out like a coon. N Y., has the champion hot w. whet' preacher. He gets through in twenty three minutes. - —Since the late grand, display. of meteoro log lea' fire-works, the weather bas steadily grown no cooler. „ —The _ lightning - - cam e- — down --- Sergeant — D ouglass's"c him') ey the other day and thunder bolted all hisotatoes. The peal was scattered all round the kitchen. The hirtfrer says that an officer of the Board of Health.bas been ordered- '4 to scour be sailors' boarding-houses." It is not a day before they-needed it.. • —A Troy man, named Cheney, has invented a railroad slide apparatus, operated by a two-. horse power enanie,for hoisting coal and stone from vessels lying at docks and —A young . ladY, about to be married, says she will not promise: to " love, hiatior arid _ obey," but, will_sayjnstead "lore, honor and be• gay." —lt is estimated that over one hundred young ladies are at present studying law in this country. Probably they will become mothers-in-law one of these days. —A youth innied Walker recently suc ceeded in breaking his collar-bone while in the act of " Westonizing" on the top of a rail-fence in New Jersey. —There is a girl in Fulton county, Indiana„_, who speaks_fourianguages chews and Smokes tobacco, plays the most difficult music on the piano, swears, dances superbly, and takes whisky "straight." —A stranger lately went to the village of Storm Lake, lowa, to inspec,t his purchase of a section of land, and found that it is located in the centre of the lake. Ho had paid four dollars and a half an acre. —We see that many of the excursionists to Lake Superior who liavejust started from this city, are accompanied by their ladies." It would have looked better if they had taken their wives with them. —A chivalrous Virginian has properly punished an aged and feeble editor for an obnoxious article by approaching him from, behind, while seated, and pounding him over the head with a hickory club. —The order of the Board of• Health to have the grass removed from the streets must not be understood as including the dirt in which it grows. It would have puzzled the grass to get a foothold if there had been any street cleaning going on this summer. —The records of the French War Office show that during the first half of the eigh teenth century, ending five years after the day of Fontenoy, four hundred and tifty thousand Irishmen died in the French service, and that during the last half of the century one hundred and fifty thousand Irishmen fell in battles under the banners of France. —George Chafi; a mill-operative of Con necticut, stopped, a few days since; to compli uuenta young lady upon her appearance. Her lover coming up at the moment struck him in the head and knocked him insensible. In future George will probably be more careful and not attempt to " chair young girls when their lovers are in sight. —Flan Francisco, it is claimed in a-recent article in the Overland Monthly,-ndsv "stands far ahead of any other city in :the United Slates, or, indeed, in Europe, in point of hotel accommodations." The capital - invested in the fi ve principal hotels of tile city amounts to 41,800,000, the annual income froni them being nearly three millions of dollars, —Two young cavaliers of tit ica,N. (~stimul ated by the influence.of. Cupid and Bacchus. started on a serenading expedition, the other' night, with a violin and harp. They played and sung industriously until morning, when they were pursued by three big brothers, and beaten in a most unmerciful manner with paving-stones and other missiles. The trouba, dour system is evidently not in harmony with the feelings of " pent-up Uticaus." —English papers announce the death, in Staflerdshire, of Jean Baptiste Frangois Mien, one of the few surviving witnesses of the eution of Louis X 171:. He was bora on the 15111 of August, 1786, and was taken prisoner of war at St. Domingo 1114803. He arrived in the following year at Leek, where he married and settled. During his , childhood he Hired with his friends at Els, a village on the road to Fontainebleau, and during the, scarcity. Which accompanied the horrors of the revolu tion was sometimes sent by his mother with food to an uncle named Corriere, who lived in Paris. It was on the occasion of one of these visits that, mounted on his I.l4sCle's shoulders, he was taken to see the execution of the king. To the day of his death he had a vivid recollection ofthe fearful tragedytheidOnse meb:surround ink the scaffold, the beating of . - thedisitits -- 11.S 41 nOving7attonipteitteatidresS-thelietipleatii.F. the deafening rovieDient as the knife fell. Mr. Mien's mother, Who appears to have been au outspoken and not over-discreet person, was committed to the Oonciergerie by order of the ' government, but she was permitted to have an interview with Robespierre; in company with her husband and young Jean Baptiste, who was in the habit of de&cribing the revolution. ary leader as' a hand Brno man of agreeable demeanor. During the InteryloW he did not cease to stroke the child's head, muttering • to himself "Poor little fellow I poor little ramp The interview- had a. suocestiful, issue, and Mcltne. Mien was released. Mr. Mien was luz! it'd at Leah. - en Tuesday •
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