N t.-.ve Items —All the ergars in the leading hotels of Bos ton have been seized for en alleged violation of the revenue laws. --‘Considerable oil is produced in Canada, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and other States, but the product is small, compared with that of Pennsylvania. —A full biography of President Lincoln Is announced in <let-many, and three have appear ed in Fralle-, where they sell better thari - " - Jules Czesar." —.Major General Burnside, since the accept ance of his resignation, has cone into business in Rhode Island, where be mill continue to re side. —Pre , hicnt Johnson has pardoned Bishop Lynch, of South Carolina, who is at present in Home, and Mrs. Cora Slocum, of New Orleans, whose confiscated estate is restored to her on the recommendation of Gen. Butler. ' —The New York Colmar/tiers ;Montreal dis. patch says y o ho Sarratt lots been in Canada for Montreal. Sanders is wearing out in Inebria ',lon, and Beverly Tucker is Vreparing to leave Montreal, owing to the lack of funds. —lt is now stated that Gem Dick Taylor's re el-nt visit to the President was for the purpose of ontMninir permission to leave the conntry for France. President Johnson told him Meerul leave if he desired, but that be had e stay and try and lead his people in the right way hereafter. —The following is the new Canadian Cabinet arrangement : Sir Nareisse BeUean, , Premier and kteceiver-General ; the Hon. John A. Mc- Donald, Minister of Militia, and the Hon. Mc- Dougall, Minister of Education. The Canadian ['aliment assembled on the Bth. —A cow is to be exhibited at. the Now Eng land Fair to he held at Concord, September sth, which the owner says he has refused $5OO for. He offers to bet $2OO that she will give more milk and produce more butter than any other cow in the United States. We suppose the use the pump is to be barrel. —The Freedman's Bureau is informed that where the negroes are under the direction of the L7O vernmcnt authorities in Mississippi, they are succeeding admirably ; but in remote localities in the interior the former masters endeavor to suppress the idea among the negroes that emu cipation is effective. —Fox Rudd. of Burtown, Pa., is eighty-nine years old. He has lost nine sons in the war.— Eight were killed in battle, the ninth by starva tion at Salisbury. His tortures there were so intense that he ate his own right arm in the hope of assuaging his hunger. The fourth s- in of this old patriot has Just come home from the army bearing the scars of eight wounds received in battle. —Samuel Casa - ell, of Barnstead, N. H., is one hundred and six years of age, and has never drank intoxicating liquors nor used tohacco in her life. He has never worn spectacles, and his eyesight has been perfectly good till within a /Sy r s ear He has mowed grass ev , summer einee he wits twelve years old till the sent, and has never had a physician but thre times,and those lately. His wile is living in good health, at the age of ninety-six. —The rush of Southern vi=itors to Washing ton continues unabated. The great majority stop at Willard's, the register of which daily shows nearly one-half the arrivals to he from the States lately in Rebellion. Their business there is generally the collection of "mildewed", claims against the Government, which they sometimes succeed in having admitted through representations of their never-faltering loyalty to the Old Flag during the war. —Gen. Meagher made a speech in SL Louis last week to an Irish society, in which he cau tioned Irishmen to beware of copperheads, and not to be drawn into opposition to the govern no nt. He conic out boldly for negro suffrage, iwy lug that a democrat who should deny the ne gro the right to vote is not worthy to participate in the triumph of the nation. —The remarkable tendency or OUT population towards the cities is illustrated by the new a:‘- portionment of Members of Assembly in New York State. While New York city gains twelve and Brooklyn three members, all other districts lose or merely hold their own. —The. citizens of many towns in the South, "without respect to parties," are engaged in giv ing banquets t" rebel soldiers, at which speeches are made berating the authorities and promis ing "shortly" to renew the war for the Confed eracy. Truly, the rubs are being "pacifted"with wonderful alacrity. —The American Institute of Instruction held its second session in New Haven, on the 9th.— There were present at least 1,000 guests from abroad, mostly from the Northern States, and of whom two-thirds were Indies. B. G. Nor thrup was re-elected President. The question discussed on-the 9th was, " What duties does the return of peace bring to the friends of edu cation, especially in reference to freedmen ?" --A stranger, apparently from the country, made his appearance on the streets yesterday, attracting much attention by the unusual lofti ness of his stature. He measured seven feet two and a half inches in his hoots, and wore a tall white stovepipe hat which made him look as long as the moral law. He was a rood natured " custi,"and seemed to enjoy the attention which his extraordinary longitude attracted. - At one time at least five hundred pesple surrounded him, and be looked down on the multitude from his lofty eminence, like a jaelt - 4ss among a flock of sheep.—R. l ouie Democrat. —During the month of July last, the Sanita ry Commission Claim Agency, of which Darius Forbes, esq., is general Agent,..collected gratui tously the following claims! Invalid pensions. $7,946: Widows>ensions, $10,063; Navy, $816; Prize money, t 9,008 ; Bounties, &c, $2,344 39, making a total of $69,882 98 For the week ending on the Bth inst., similar claims, amount ing to $18.964 95, were collected; and it Is esti mated that at the rate with which claims are be ing presented, that at least 10,000 will be tiled during the present month. —The Chicago Republican has the following : Probably the richest woman in the United States is Miss Hester Robinson, a young and beautiful girt lately of New Bedford, but now a resident of New York City. Her father died re cently, leaving her one million outright, and the income during her life of about four millions more. Her ann', Miss B. A. Howland, of New Bedford, who deceased about the let of July, also left her a million ; but at the same time, be queathed large sums to various other persons who were not her blood relations, among the rest giving to her physician a Hundred or a hun dred and fifty Thousand dollars. Miss Robinson is dissatisfied with the will, and has employed five of the most eminent counsel in 3fasimetias setts to endeavor to have it set aside, though on what grounds the public is not yet informed- —A City of Mexico correspondent of the 11th ult. says that the French organs state that they will require 100,000 more men to destroy the bands of Jurists- The rising of the people dai ly takes larger dimensions. Reports of French successes are unfounded. Gen. Alvarez has just inflicted a heavy blow on the Imperialists at Yepalla, completely routing them, taking three pieces of artillery. Ex-Minister Corwin has written a letter to Maximillian's Foreign Minis ter, from which somo4nfer he will influence Mr. Seward to recognize the Emperor. The Liberals hold the entire State of San Luis, except the City of San Luis Potosi, but have their lines within three miles of there. The French claim to have scattered 2,000 men under Pesquiera, near Guaymas, with 52 Chasseurs crAfrique. —Gov. Hamilton of Texas has published a proclamation. ..informing the people of their situ ation and what is required of them to regain their lost citizenship. After announcing the rppointment of persons to prescribe the amnes ty oath, he says that a State Convention will be held as soon us practicable, to be composed of the -number of members to which the counties are respectively entitled in the House of Repre aentatives of the State Legislature. No person ‘vill be eligible to a seat In the Convention with out subscribing to the oath prescribed in the President's proclamation of May, 1865. The - general liws and statutes of the State in force immediately preceding the let of February, 18el (the date of the ordinance of Secession,) are, to be respected and enforced. And all laws, Pre tended laws, sets or resolutions of any legisla— Isture,convention or other authority, or pretend ed authority, based upon a supposed dissolution of the "Union, or inconsistent with the idea of Texas being an integral part of the United States Government, are 'inoperative and void, and no longer to be resw..ta. or obeyed by the _public. The negroes are not only free, but the Govern ment will protect them in their freedom. For the time benig the freedmen are recommended to engage with their Ibrutermasters for reason able compensation to laborat the,close of the season for gathering the present crOp...:=. Oppression of the freedmen Will not be allowed. Zhe gutleriultut ftpublian. CIRCULATION 8,100. H. H. FRAZIER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Montrose, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1865 STATE TIOKET FOR AUDITOR-GENERAL, GEN. GEO. E. MARMOT'', of Montgomery 00. FOR SURi - EYOR GENERAL. 30L .TAOOB M CAMPBELL, of Cambria County. Republican Unio'n County Convention The Republican and Union citizens of Susquehanna County are respectfully requested to meet in their respective Boroughs and Townships on Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of August inst., for the pur pose of electing two Delegates to meet in Conven tion at the Court Mouse in Montrose on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of August inst., at one o'clock in the afternoon, io place In nomination suitable candidates to he supported by the Loyal Electors of the said County at the ensuing State Election. All who are supporters of the present National and State Administrations, who are in favor of so amending the Conatitution of the United States as to abolish slavcrs throughout the entire Union, Who believe treason to be a crime, that should he punished, and not ;rewarded, In short, all Loyal and Liberty loving C01..e oq of the County, are Invited to participate In the Election of Delegates In their re spective Township , . The ToWnship Committees will give notice of the time of day and place when and where the Town. ship Elections will be held, and take the general superintendence thereof. A. CHAMBERLIN, Chairman. E. W. TlawLev, Sri-reran/. The following are the Committees for the different Townships: Auburn-John Tewksbury, W C Low, E. J. Lacey. Amrat-James C. Bushnell, Samuel Williams, W. 0. Blosham. polacon-Tticbard Collins, Jonathan roster, Ashel Graves. Brooklyn-H. W. Kent, S. W. Breed, E. A. Weston. Bridgowarer-J. V. Cottrell, A. I P. Bush, C. I'. Watroas. Choconut-Thomas Henry Donnelly, David Mink ler, L Chamberlin, Jr. Clifford-W. 0. -Miller, P. H. Gardner, Evan Jenkins. Drandaff-Win. H. Slocum, Amos Miller, George Rogers. Mmock--George Blakeslee, Thomas Babcock, James Bunnell Forest Lake-John Brown, J. P. Hamlin, F. P. Hollister Friendevllle-J. P. Ryan, Patrick Fly-en, Nellol3 Griffin. Franklin-Frederick Lines, Erastus B. Smith, J. E. Townsend. Gibson-W. W. Williams, Wm. H. Pope, Jacob Dutcher Great Bend Township-Galen Newman, Charles Simpson, James B. MeCretryjr. Great Bend Borough-W. W. Slmrell, A. J. Grif fin. E. F. Simons. H e r rick -E. V. Green, Otls Grinnell, H. M. Jones. Herriek-Engene Lyon, C. C. Ellis, John Miller. Harmony--J.: , cob Sehinprer, F. A. Lyons, Jacob Taylor. Jackson-Eli Barnes, George Curtis, D. A. Lamb Jessup-E. W. Bolles, Fred. Dayton David Shay Lenox-S. H. R. Grow, H. N. Smith, Chapman Harding. Liberty-Arthur Sonthworth, H. C. Knight, Hi ram T. Law. Lathrop -John Sherman, John H. Chapman, J. Anev. Little Meadows-Silas Beardsley,Jonathan Barney, D. R. Garfield. Montrose-Geo. L. Stone, Sam'l Henstock, Joseph Williams. Middletown-Lyman Bebec, John D. Thomas, Hiram True. New Milford Township-Wm. Morley, Harvey Grentiell, D. W. Rice. New Milford Borough-Henry Dewitt, K. A. Johnson, Josiah Moss "Oakland-George A. Brush, S. H. Easterbrooks, A. A. Andrews. Rash-N. Granger, J. H. Hall, W. FL Sherwood. Biller Lake-Ansel B. Hill, William Gaige, H. B. Decker Springville-4. B. Culver. Orin Fish, Jeremiah Stearres. Susquehanna Depot-IL K. Newell, J. C. Foot, Benjamin Gregory. Thomson-IL J. Whitney, Sylvester King, E. W. Lewis. - OUR CANDIDATES Major-General John Frederick Hartrantt, the nominee of the Convention for Auditor-General, is already well known, not only throughout the State, but to the whole country. He is a native of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and is less than thirty-five years of age. He graduated at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1863, and commenced life as a civil engineer. He finally commenced the. study of the law, and was in practice at the breaking out of the Re bellion. He raised the Fourth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, and commanded them daring the three months' service. At the first battle of Bull Run ho acted; as as a volunteer aid on the stall of General Franklin. He then raised the Fifty-first Pennsylvania Regiment, and with them joined Burnside's North Carolina epedition. He remained in command of his regiment, do ing signal service at second Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg and other points south, until Jane, 1863, when, prostrated by sun-stroke, he was sent North. In November he rejoined his regi ment at Knoxville, and the successful resistance during the siege was in a great measure due to engineering skill of Colonel Hartranft. In Jan uary, 1864., the Fifty-first re-enlisted, and Col. Hartnaft rejoined Ids comrades. Soon after he was appointed to command a brigade of the Third Division, and for his valuable services from the Wilderness to Hatcher's Rem, was made Brigadier-General; to rank from May 12th, 1864. Early in last April be was brevetted Maj- General for gallant and meritorious conduct be fore Petersburg, where his services were of a character to call forth the special commenda tions of his superiors. In consideration of his peculiar merit he was selected by the President and Secretary of War as one of the few General officers exempted from the orders for the muster out of General officers, and at the time of his nomination he was on his way to Tennessee, to assume the duties of his new command. Colonel Jacob M. Cainpbell. of Cambria cotut ty, the nominee for Surveyor-General, t" also e gallant soldier, and achieved considerable dis tinction during the•warf He entered the service on the 80th of July, 1841, as Colonel of the Fif ty-fourth Regiment PeunsylVanin Volunteers, and participated in nearly all the battles of the Army of the Potomac. ; The nomination of General Hartranft and CoL Campbell Is a practical' recognition of the gal lant services rendered by our citizen soldiery in the late struggle agabast, armed treason ! and the State Convention has set an example which may well be followed by, nounty nominating conven. none throughout the State. The, platform adopted by the Convention is TernaiObw WWI park* gegitattai lad air' dial - airport 'Vibe NitionelAdatint deserved compliment Is paid the able head of the War Department and the valiant heroes who destroyed' the Rebellion. The peculiar In terests of. the :Btate of Pennsylvania were not forgotten, and we commend the resolutions, which will be found in another column, to the consideration of our readers. RICSICOTISCIANCE OW THE REBELLIOSI When the aristocrats of the South banded to. gether to strike at the Government, their first calculation of success, as we have frequently de clared, was based upon the presumed superiori ty of the Southern over the Northern man. The South could whip ther.:North _with an odds of four to one against the former section. Hence it was that the traitors entered the contest some thing like the Chinese go to war, amid great brisiating ns to what they could and would do, as a substitute for the Celestial hub-bub produc ed by gongs to terrify their enemies. We have now a specimen of that boasting at hand, as a reminiscence of the rebellion. And in this con nection nothing could be more suggestive, in view of the results of the war, than the follow hag extract from Jeff., Davis's Proclamation of December23d, 1862 : " Now therefore I, -Jefferson Darts, President of the Confederate States of America, and in their name, do pronounce and declare the ealdj Benjamin F. Batter, to be a felon deserving of capital pun ishment. ' I do order that be shall no longer be con sidered or treated simply as a public enemy of +be Confederate States of America, but as an outlaw and common enemy of mankind, and that in the event of his capture the officer In command of the capturing force, do cause him to be immediately executed by hanging." The object of the flourish was to terrify men of Gen. Butler's vigor, valor, and ability. And in purtuance of this amiable proclamation, one Richard Yeadon, of Charleston, on the let of January following, offered a reward of $lO,OOO fur the said Benjamin F. Butler, delivered to him dead or alive. If this said Yeadon be now living, and should find it necessary to apply to President Johnson for pardon, it might he well for him to get Butler to intercede in his behall. No doubt it will afford old " Cock-eye," as he is called, extreme pleasure to save the neck of the ardent but now repentant fire-eater. Another offer to which the proclamation of Davis gave rise, is contained In the following announcement which appeared in the Charles ton Courier soon afterwards: " A daughter of Routh Carolina writes from the Darlington District thus: ' I propose to spin the the thread to make the cord to execute the order of our noble President Darts when old Butler Is caught, and my daughter ask• that she may be al lowed to adjust it around his neck.' " Of the truth of this we have some doubt— not of the hangman disposition of either the old woman or her "gal,' but of the remarkable fact indicated—namely, that a chivalric daughter of South Carolina, if a white woman, (and surely no other ever wanted to hang old Ben.,) should know how to spin. FOREIGN NEW S By the arrival of the British war-steamers Terrible and Galatea at St. John, New Found land,' on Tuesday evening last, we have later news from the Great Eastern. The parting of the cable took place on Wednesday, August 2d, at 12t35 p. m., during an attempt to haul In the cable for the purpose of discovering the cause of a partial loss of insulation. The Great Eastern steamed back toward Valenetia twelve miles, and commenced dragging for the cable. It was grappled for three different times, and raised 1,200, 900, and GOO fathoms respectively, but &eh time the grappling broke. The cable, how -1 ever, remained unbroken. Buoys were lowered to mark the spot The Great Eastern returned to England on August 11lb, for stronger and better grappling gear. Horace Greeley A friend of Mr. Greeley lately addressed him a letter, Inquiring if there was any truth in the p-port that be was about to have the Tri2une The reply is very characteristic. We quote : "We elect an editor of the Tribune annually by a stock vote (one hundred shares, one vote each). Once, many years ago, two votes were cunt against me for editor—none before or niece. I have never heard that any stockholders desired my withdrawal from the Tribune. Imean to reduce my work on it at the earliest moment, and have so stated to all who have a right to know. I am overwhelmed with labor. I grow old, and want rent and comfort My idea in to get somebody else to take the labor log oar, receive the kicks and cuffs, and let me farm a little, fish some, and write when in the spirit. Such is my dream. I hope to realize at least a lure of It during the year IMO: but I may not till some time later. You know how circumstanees control everything. At present lam writing about an aver ege of two columns per day for the Tribuno—to , , much; I mean to write lens whenever I can. That'. all I knots about the matter. Perhaps they know more at the Iferald office. Vol. 11. (of the " Ilittory of the Great American Conflict"), I grieve to say, does not go on so fast as it ahonld. I have too mud other work, a very tick wife, and am not very wet myself, and the weather is good for corn and turnila , but bad for the history." Reconstruction The Whashlngton correspondent of the Neer York hukpendrog, under date of August 14th writes es follows The Tennessee election greately disappoints the President. It could not fail to do so, for it i 3 his own state, "reconstructed" after his own phns, and it has elected a delegation to Congress, a mu jority of which, it is feared, are not loyal to the Gov ernment Yet Tennessee was regarded as one of the most trustworthy of the States which went madly Into the rebellion. But the "loyal white men' of Tennessee were unjust to its black. Inhabit ants, and they now Sod themselves In a minority, or, ir in the majority, it is so slight that they trem ble when they think of future elections. The Pres 'dent la a thoughtful man, and he perceives that his reconstruction plans, so far as Tennessee Lt con cerned, have lamentably failed This is generally admitted in what are called "administration cir cles," and it la supposed that the Tennessee dele gation will not succeed in obtaining admittance to Congress. It is doubtful If the President desires them to be admitted. It is no longer to be conceal , ' ed that a decided majority of the white Inhabitants of the South Is either disloyal or unwilling to acqui esce In the extinction of slavery. There is not one of the states which joined the " confedercy" which can be trusted with self-government. The Presi dent and his Immediate advisers will acknowledge this fact. What then must be done for the safety of the republic? Let Congress, In conjunction with the President, decide. It is enough that all Intelli gent men admit that something mut be done—that it is unsafe to give up control of the rebellions states to their white inhabitants. There is really nothing discouraging in the pres ent comiltion of things at the flkinth. None but an optimist could have expexted that traitors would become loyal at once. Enlorced loyalty is not to be trusted. In due time the South will forget its old "griefs," and contentedly accept her position under the Government. She will not do It, howev er, till she has learned the lesson of obedience and humility. Northern Ideas are to rule the Routh henceforth, and the Southern people must give up the contest with them. The prosp.-ct for next winter's congressional con test upon the subject of reconstruction or restora tion is good. The history of the last three months hss drawn together all classes of Republicans, and, so far as I can learn, both radicals and conservatives are asking, " What is necessary to save the nation from disaster?" There Is no longer the thought of a bitter controversy between friends on this subject. The President is far less fixed in his ideas respect ing the mode of restoration than he was three months ago, end, unless I am greatly mistaken, he will cot urge Congeess, in his mthsage, to admit delegations from Southern States Indiscriminately. Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, is the first man appoint. ed by the President who has spoken plainly to the people under his.ure, and oven he avoided the question of negro suffrage. He tells the people of Texas they must establish a constitution satislacto ry to the general government on the subject of sla very and loyalty, "or a gragrament will be estobl‘shed over them, which they will have to obey, whether they like it or not." Ttds is a significant threat, for it fa an undisguised threat. Gov. Hamilton is one of the Preaident's intimate friends. They thorough ly understand each other's views, and, in threaten ' fag the Texans with a government from without, Weiss they conform to the grtht facts of the time— the overthrow of the re on and universal annu -1 cipation—be undoubtedly expresses the views of the President. The country can be in no serious danger when so firm and bold a hand is at the helm, Prrnorzow.—The capital known to be repro. seated In the petroleum business In ten cities is ea follows: Philadelphia, $165715,000• New York, $ 134 .0 15 _. ! Cali Plite6ent. $15,740000 ; Boston, $2,300,- WO; Baltimore, $1,7 3 0,000; Titusville, $4,000,000; Cleveland, $2,200,000; Chicago, 11,000,000; Melo. nal, $750000; Wsahlogton, $700,000. Total, Mlle 0:0,000. This doe' not by any messukinclude all the capital engaged, as very many companies do not coma bef the public at all .with gatementa their cispittl ore —PhfdderAto An awr». of Why Copperheads Oppose Negro Suffrage. When the colored p4ople of the South are en franchised, there will be right hundred thousand votes given for the Republican Union ticket, as not one black in a hundred amid be coated or coerced Into voting the Copperhead disunion ticket. Peo ple may talk about the Influence and control the Pate masters would exercise over the votes of the blacks, but It is all a Mistake. The candidates of the Republican party wohld receive the support of the freedmen quite as unanimously as the Copper head candidates will obtain the votes of the ex rebels. Give the colored man the ballot, and there will hereafter exist two great parties at the South, of not very unequal strength, just as we have them In the North; but the Union party there, as here, will be in the ascendant One party would he com posed of three elements; first, radical Southern white Unionists; second, radical Southern colored Unionists; third, radical Northern Unionists who migrate to the South—the whole constituting the Republican Union party of the South, as the cor relative of the. Republican Union party of the i North. The other party In the South woe'. ! consist of, Sect, the great 1318.6 of the late slaveholdere, who were active rebels; the bulk of the "poor white trash," who also were rebels, and arc controlled by the aristocracy in-,consequence of their dense and hopeless Ignorance; third, Northern Copperheads living In the South. who sympathised with the rebei - s, voted against raising any more men or money to prosecute the war, and declared that the rebellion conid never be put down by forcc of arms; fourth a small sprinkling of blacks of the baser sort—pam pered Donee servants and the like, hut all told, numbering only a few thousand in the entire South —the whole constituting the rebel Copperhead par ty of the South, and actin,,e In concert and unity with the Copperheads of the North. From this survey, It is obvious why Northern Copperheads are opposed to conferring the franchise on the colored men of the South. They perceive very clearly hoW that class would cast their votes. if they could be assured that the black' would sup port the Southern Copperhead ticket, their hostili ties to colored suffrage would inetantly undergo a modification. Many of them would clamor us loud ly for " universal suffrage" as they now do against it. The opposition of the Copperheads, therefore, is not to negro voting In the ab"tract, but to negroes voting for the Republic-an ticket. The " poor white trash" in the South oppose eolonxi suffrage on dif ferent grvinuds. They bare been taught by the crafty alareholders to believe that their own rights and position in the seine of society would be linp.r- . . - tiled or subverted by letting the negroes up, and that their assumed superiority to the blacks de pended on keeping them down. Therefore tlie2, are hostile to the blacks beteg allowed to better their condition by sequiring wealth or knowledge or political privileges. They ant too lazy, shiftless and degraded to move forward themselves on the road of improvement, and they can't bear to ace the despised blacks passing them. Hence their bitter resistance to any measure or policy erbleh tends to glee the colored people a fair chance to rice trout their prostration and Min even the rear of the col umn of Progress. But the opposition of the Northern Copperheads to colored suffrage rests on a lees respectable foun dation than even the miserable caste feeling of the ignorant white rebels., .a the Southern blacks In no way compete with them in the labor market, In the school-house, or In social relations. The opposition to them is partikan. They would deprive the hlack . .tizena of the tight of voting, because the blacks, li 1 rufranehised, would generally vote the Republican ticket: They Inaist on letting the rebels vote, be cause they will all 'Sot,: the "Democratic " ticket ; bat they object to the loyal blacks Noting, for the converse reason that they will OM vote the "Demo cratic" ticket. Some Copperheads give as a cause why the blacks should not enjoy the suffrage, that they are unlettered and ignorant. Bot if ignorance ought to exclude a man from the polls, more than half of the whites of the South, who are equally as ignorant as the blacks, must also he occluded; for why should not the rule of Intelligence apply to them equally as well as to the blacks? Thus, it is seen that the "ignorance" objection Is hut a shallow pretext—the.'real reason of the oppoeit bin being, as before stalest, that the colored men, It en franchised, would vote the Republican Union and not the Copperhead secwsion ticket. —Chicago Tri I burn. _ Anti-Slavery Progress. The best new• lately received from Europe was that which we published yesterday, to the effect that King Louis of Portugal, when closing the Cortes, promised a strict law for the final abolition of ne gro slavery within his dominions. This actually means within his colonial possessions—in the Cape de Verde Islands, Mederia and lit. Thomas; In the Azores; In Senigal, A nizuLa, Guinea, and Mozambi que; in the East Indies; in the Indian Archipeblgo, and at Macao, in China. The whole of this colo nial population exceeds three millions and a half We have no doubt that the recent abolition of . • . very to this country has acted as a strong induce ment to the performance, however tardily, of this act of justice and humanity. It is fitting, Indeed, that the country by which Negro Slavery was commenced should finally aban don and surrender it. From the time of Mohanitned black slaves have been held in parts of Africa and Asia. Early in the fifteenth century one of the princes of Portugal personally gave an impetus to maritime discovery, which eventuated in the re searchea of Columbus, on the then almost " un .athed waters" of the Atlantic. The exchange our Mooriett prisoners for twelve black slaves from Africa, in the year 1442, led to the commencemem of the slave trade, by a company of adventurers under royal patronage, a little later. But, thougi the trade flourished at first, it gradually declined. The discovery of America, in 1492, at which time there were onlynhout 300 slave,‘ annually brought in to Portugal, made the trade popular and profitable. Columbus himself had been engaged in it before be went upon his adventuoua voyages, and reruns mended the Spanish sovereigns, Ferdinand and lea bells, to traffic In Indians, as the inhabitants of the newly-discovered continent were called; and, curi ously enough, It was found tht,t domestic slay, ry was one of the original "institutions" of Peru, while, in Mexico, the law was, the children of slaves were free-born. Negroes were largely imported into tin Spanish colonies, because they could perform hard work, to which the less sturdy Indians were unequal. One negro wan equal, In market value, to four Indiana. It is not necessary to mention how Negro Slavery spread from South to North America_ English traders went largely into the trade—but the first slaves actually imported and purchased in this country was a small lot of twenty, brought to Jamestown. Virginia, in a Dutch vessel. The trade, however, wan largely English, and Queen Elizabeth shared profits with the first party who en gaged In it; while the last two of the male Stuart monarchy, (Charles 11. and James II.) were members of one of the four English companies est,blished for carrying on the African slays trade Some of the colonists remonstrated against it, but it was supported by England The first abolition move meat was made sheet the time when the Declara tion of independence was drawn up and signed. Our continential Congress resolved, in 1776, that the importation of slaves should cease ; but, In 1763, this was taken back, and the year 1608 fixed as the year when it must terminate. We need not here repeat the particulars of the battle which has been carried on among ourselves, during the last filly years, to abolish slavery—which was finally done during the Presidency of Mr. Lincoln. It may not be without interest, however, to give dates of its abolition elsewhere. \ ' In England, the trade'ivaa low , ' considered as le gitimate as It was profitable, and Liverpool wan lit erally odeed by it from a small fishing village to a great seaport. It is recorded that, on one occasion, the erratic actor, George Frederick Cooke, having taken 3 benefit in the theatre at Liverpool, was tar dy in complying with a call from " gods of the gal lery," kt acknowledge their patronage by a speech. The ruling error of this great actor's life was his pro clivity fur wine, and be was under its exciting ef fects when be was informed by the alarmed man ager that, if he did not appear before the curtain, dissatisfaction would speedily ripen into riot, in which case the theatre would probably be pulled about his ears, end his own life endangered. Cooke presented himself to the audience, and showed that he desired to speak. Attentive silence was the in. atant result. Glancing keenly around the house, be began; but, instead of the address of personal thanks which his patrons expected, be said, in his clearest tone and most impressive wanner, " Men of Liver pool! lam ashamed to play here, for hire. Asham ed, because there Is not a brick in your town that has not been cemented by the blood of an African!" The words were heard in silence, and Cooke was allowed to depart, unmolested. There was so much truth In his brief but sharp reproach, that no man could answer it. About that very time, Mr. Glad stone's father had several shins in the slave trade, in which he was largely and profitable concerned. The first step In the British Parliament for the abolition of the Slave trade was taken in 1788, when • petition, signed by Quakers, was presented. Pitt and Fox, the great political rivals, soon Joined the abolition movement. Effort after effort, suceeding in one House and failing In the other, was almost annually made. At last, when Fox was last in of- I .flee , In 1806, the Government brought on abolition as their own measure, and It was passed, in 1801,. alter the death of Fox. Still, this only abolished the alave hauls Steps were then taken, the move ment being still headed by Wilberforce and Clark son, to mitigate and abolish slavery Itself; and to 1833, this was done, by ant of Parliament, 8100,000,- 000 being paid, as compensation to the alaveowners, out of the public treasury. This Emancipation vir tually took place on August Ist, 1834. France, which wan Interested In the slave-trade, abolished it 1191, but Napoleon restored It, and again abolished 111815; It was re-etuarted'hy Louis XVIII In that lame year, but wholly ceased In 1820. The proper ty in slaves in the French colonies was abollslied early in 1848, after Louis Phillippe was deposed. In the Netherlands it was abolished in 1818; in Sweden, In 184 S-7; In Denmark, in 1848; in Holland, In 18621 Spain promised, In 1814, that she would abolish slavery in 1820. She kept her word as badly as Bra zil, which passed a law aguinat It In 1820, but still continues it Portugal, which had not given any pledge upon the subject, now volunteers, luting her, , King as the medium for announcing It, that the an cursed system shall cease forever, under hex flag. Spain and Brazil, therefore, are the only countries, claiming to be civilized, which continue legal pro tection to " property " in human flesh and blood, by their citizens held In bondage. It Is Impossible that this can continue multi longer The rulers of thew, countries are professedly Christians, and hold ing kidnapped human beings In perpetu al often times most cruel slavery is not to be reconciled— whatever Bishop Hopkins may pretend—with the mild tenets of the Gospel of the Saviour. Indeed, st.l4 now &too that Bpaissapd hnite relaalgell to bbllsh shyers—Pk W 4— Union State Convention• HARILISUVRO, Thursday, August Vi, 1865. The Union State Convention met In the House of Representatives at noon to-day. The Convention was called to order by General Cameron, the Chair man of the State Central Committer. The lion. John Cessna was chosen temporary President. A Committee was appointed on Contested Beats and Permanent Organization. Mr. Todd of Cumberland offered the following: /tracing, That this Convention, representing the loyal people of Pennsylvania, recognize the claims of our soldiers on its confidence and gratitude as su perior to those of all others, and that in token of the sincerity of this declaration it will nominate none as candidates for once except those who have proven their loyality and patrtotlam by services in the field against the enemies of the Republic. Mr. Stevens moved its reference to the Commit tee nn Resolutions, which, after some debate, was modified by instructing the Committee to report this afternoon and then adopted. A Committee, consisting of one from each Sena torial District, was appointed on RC/3011100UL ArIZIMOOII 88981.0. The Convention reassembled at 4 o'clock. The Committee on Permanent Organization re ported IL C. Johnson of Crawford, for President, with a Vice. President from each Senatorial District. Mr. McVeigh, Chairman of the Committee on SesoluUons, submitted a report as follows : Wayne McVeigh, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, reported the following: The Union Party of Pennsylvania, In State Con vention assembled, declare, First. That as representatives of the loyal people of this Commonwealth, we reverently desire to otter our gratitude to Almighty God, whose favor has vouchsafed victory to the National arms, enabled us to eradicate the crime of slavery from our land, to render treason against the Republic Impossible for evermore, and next to Him, our thanks are due, and are hereby tendered to our brave soldiers and sailors, who, by their endurance, sacrifices and Il lustrious heroism, have secured to their country peace, and to the down-trodden everywhere an tray lute of liberty; who have shown that the war for the rratoration of the Union fa not a failure, and whose valor has proven for all time the fact that this Government of the people, by the people, for the people, Is as Invincible In its strength as it has been efficient in its operations. Second That, revering the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the great martyr of liberty, we cannot show greater honor to his name than by a generous sup port of his fellow patriot and successor, Andrew Johnson, the President of the United States, who has been called to complete the task be had leR un finished. Gis unbending patriotism in the past is a sore guaranty that In the momentous future the au thority of the Government will be upheld and the rights and liberties of all the citizen's of the Republic secured. Third. That the mild andgenerous method of re construction offered by the President to the people lately In rebellion, in the judgment of this Conven tion, has not been accepted an the spirit of honest loyalty and gratitude ; but with such evidence of de fiance and hostility es to compel us to the convic tion that they cannot safely be entrusted with the prdifi cal right,' which they forfeited by their treason until they have proven their acceptance of the result of the war, by co-operation In constitutional provis ions, and giving to all men within their bordets their inalienable right.s to life, liberty, and the pur suit of happiness. Fourth. That having conquered the rebellions States they should be held in subjection, and the treat - went they are to receive and the laws which are to govern them should be referred to the law making lamer of the nation, to which It legitimately be Fifth. That as the late Rebellion was wantonly precipitated by the property holders of the South, It is but just that they should pay the expenses of the war, and Congress should declare as forfeited and vested In the Government the property of all Rebels whose estates exceeds the sum of ten thousand dollars, and that the proceeds of the pro pert) so confiscated should be applied to increase the pensions of those entitled thereto by the casual ales of the war, to pay the damages done by the enemy to loyal citizens, and to reduce the burden of the national debt. Sixth. That it Is the duty of Congress so to revise the revenue laws as to afford increased protection to American Industry, to secure the development of the industrial wealth of the people, to render labor profitable and remunerative, to build up a home market for our agriculturists, to attract capital to the mineral fields of the country, and to provide revenue far the maintenance of the public credit; and this f'onveetion recognizes the chief enemy to a policy of protection In that European power which for tour yefirs has furnished piratical vessels of war to the Rebels, and thus endeavored to drive our commerce from the seas. Seventh. That any attempt by foreign nations to establish a monarehleal government on this continent is evidence of a design to destroy republicem insti tutions. Regard for our own safety and for the tar turn security of the Republic demands that no such attempt *Mill succeed. Eighth. Th. , it is the duty of Congreea to secure the full Federal bounty to all honorably discharged soldiers, 'irrespective of the date of their enlist ment. Ninth That we recognize in Edwin M. Stanton, the fearless, honest, and able head of the Depart ment of War, a public servant who has deserved well of hie country, and bee borne himself so clear in his greet office as to merit the earnest gratitude of all loyal men, end we tender to him, and to his distinguishrd colleagues in the Cabinet, our thanks for their - valuable' services in the cause of liberty and law. Tenth. That the constant devotion of Governor Curtin to the best interests of the State and nation during the last lone years, and his indefatigable ef forts ea all occasions to pay the just debt of grati tnde we owe onr national defenders, not merely by words bnt also by deeds, entitles him to the thanks of every koyal citizen of Pennsylvania. Eleven lb. That this Convention, representing the loyal people of Pennsylvania, recognize the claims of our citizen soldiers nn our confidence and grafi , lode, end that in nominations for offices an especial regard shoeld be paid to the claims of those who have faithfully served their country in the army or navy le the suppression of the Rebellion. Twelfth. That the leaders of the Democratic par ty stand arraigned be — fore the people of Pennsylva- I nia for constantly obstructing the efforts of the con. Atitoted untaorities to maintain the life of the 'fe -1 public. They did this by Inflaming the passions of their ignorant followers against the legally elected officers of the Federal Government, and refraining from all reproaches against treason or armed trai tors; by procuring a decision from the Democratic -lodges of our Supreme Court denying the right of the Government to the services of the citizens of this State for the defence or their Imperiled country; by dlscooraging men from volunteering into the ar mies of the Union, thus rendering it necessary to succemb to treason or pay largo bounties, and so burdening every ward, township and borough in the State with debt to fill the ranks of our armies; by opposing the enlistment of negroes for our de fense, although one white man less was required for every black one who could be enlisted, and thl. at the very moment when the battle of Gettysburg was raging on the soil of Pennsylvania, and the re sult of that decisive battle was uncertain; by deity - Mg to onr soldiers the right to vote while fighting for the flag of our fathers, on the plea that such rights were not allowed by our Constitution, and by opposing an amendment which removed their ob jections and exempted our breve soldiers from this disability; by ex.greruting the public indebtedness, denying the public credit, and teaching that the resources of the North were unequal to the suppres sion of the Rebellion ; by a shameful opposition to rneasnres extending relief to the families of L'nion soldiers, and by a malignant effort by these means to insure the success of the Rebels in the field, or such a protraction of the war as would exhaust the nation in Its effort to subdue their friends; by now heaping &beet upon the Government for punishing assassins and their accomplices; by demanding the release of leading traitors; by (rowing down all at tempts to bring to puniahment the fiends win starved our soldier., and by assuring Rebela that neither In person or property shall they be pnolabed for their crimes. And, If anything were wanting to complete their infamy, we have It In their deter mined opposition to free labor, and to a tariff which, while It would make labor profitable by protecting the workingmen of Pennsylvania from British com petition, would largely Increase the revenue essen tial to the maintenance of public faith and credit Mr. Todd again offered the resolution submitted by him at the morning session, relative to the recog nition ',oldies' claims to offices, A:c., as a substi tute for the one on the same subject, presented by the Committec.r. Atter considerable debate, the sub stitute was negatived by a vote of 17 yeas against I_ll nays. The resolutions, as submitted by the Committee, were then unanimously adopted. The Convention proceeded to ballot for Auditor General, which resulted as follows: Gen. John F. Hartrartft of Montgomery county, 63; John A- Heistand of Lancaster, 39; B. C. Macomb of Law rence, Z:0; Gen. Charles Albright of Carbon county, 3; Gen. J9mes S. Selfridn of Northampton county, 5. On motion, the nomination of Gen 1. Hannan, was declared to be unanimous. The following is the bolloting for Surveyor-Gen . - end : CoL Jacob H. Campbell of Cambria county, 22 ; Gen. Jamea Neglee of Schuylkill county, 27. The Hon John Cesana of Bedford county, was elected by the Convention as Chairman of the State Central Committee. The members then proceeded to indicsie their choice for members of the State Central Committee ; attar which Gen. Hartranft and Col. Campbell, be- Mg presented to the Convention, made brief ad. dresses. The Convention then adjourned sine die. OPPOSED TO OATHS —A correspondent writing from Richmond, relates an Incident as follows: A modest young countrygirl, on applying for rations to one of our relief agents, a few days ago, was asked If she had ever taken the oath. " so, Indeed, sir," was her terrified reply, "I never swore In all my life. " But you must take the oath, my good girl," said the agent, "or I cannotgive you the tenons." " No, Indeed, I can't, sir, mother always taught me never to swear." The agent mildly persisted, and the maiden as pertinaciously refused all attempts at persuasion, until overcome at last by the dreadful conflict between necessity and her high seine of moral duty, she stammered out with downcast lids, " Well, sir, if you will make me do such P 940, wicked thing, ••-•—it taur Ristkiiiir^ • News from All Nations. —Applications for pardon flow In steadily to the President, but few are granted. —Melees from Eljpain mention the probability or war being declared by Spain against the Republic of St. Domingo. —Significant ministerial changes have recently ta ken place In Maria, In the direction of freedom and liberalism —Queen Victoria Le to travel on the continent Incognito, and under the title of the Duchess of Lancaster. —Genera) Butler has written and will soon print a pamphlet defending bimacif from the attacks of Chaplain Fludeon. --Commissioner Holloway, of the Potent °Mee, has signified his intention of Immediately leaving the Interior Department, whether his successor be np• pointed or not• —Repairs to the damaged railroads of Virginia are rapidly progressing, sod It 'will not be long before such communication will be restored throughont the State. —one day last week the Union Hotel at Saratoga, entertained 1,400 people, who cousurued 1,240 lbs. of beefsteak, exclusive of other meats, and 410 quarts of ice cream. --Cholera, in Its westward traveli, has reached Ancona, Italy, where 34 persons are dying of the ter rible disease daily. —The work of reinterring the remains of our sol diers who died at Andersonville during the war is nearly completed. fourteen thousand headboards are to be set ap. ' —The Rebel General Forrest cannot return to bls plantation and old home on the Mississippi River with safety to himself, unless protected by Federal bayonets. Serious riots are prevailing in Petersburg, Va. growing out at a contest between the blacks and the poor whites as to which shall have the mo• nopoly of cleaning the bricks. —A large number of negroes are now being con tracted for at the Freedman's Buman in Richmond, to proceed to Cayuga, Co. N. Y. for the purpose of felling a large tract of valuable timber in the marshes of that section. —The total number of schools for freedmen In Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, is 59; number of teachers employed, 22.0, and number of scholars enrolled, 7,000, who, during the month of May, voluntarily paid a tuition aggregating $1,200. —The sympathy of the Washington Beeessionists for Mrs ?acts is decidedly substantial in its chary. ter. The amount subscribed in her behalf foots up to the handsome sum of $6,20 The lowest emits!• button to the fond was $lO, and the highest $.550. —Madame Jumell Burr, widow of Aaron Burr, who recently died In New York, appointed a coun try pastor, who had been very kind, to her, residua ry legates of her estate, worth wow. Bbe also left money for the erection of a new church for the rector. —The miners of Scranton, Pa., andalong the Lackawanna Valley are on a strike, the absolute merits of which It is very difficult really to ~get at. though the results will be felt nest winter in the ad vanced price of coal. —Twenty-one thousand two hundred • and fifty seven acres of public lands were entered at Wiaeba•. go City, Wiscnnsin, during last month, for actual settlement under the Homestead law, and the cash sales foot up only $1.049. —A novel and rather startling idea tins been pia forth by a new Government paper in France, I. e. that no one should be allowed to write In a newspa per without bovine been subjected to a competitiv examination and obtained a diploma. —The negro population of Washington contintns to be increased by arrivals from Maryland. A cen sus la being taken of the colored population, with view of ameliorating the condition of the destitute, assisting the Idle to employment, and establishing free schools for colored children. —There are 219 establishments for the mannfac turing of men's furnishing goods in the United States, which represent a capital of 827...A500. The material coats $3,r..a3,607, and employs 2.58 male and 1,5058 female operatives. The combined product of these manufactures in tr 7,218,720. —The feeling le Canada, in favor of annexation to the United States, has grown rapidly of late. One third of the Parltmentary members are In favor of it. and all that is wanted to carry the project through to success is a bold and firm leader. The Ministry have become somewhat alarmed. —Rumor in Richmond states that the Washing ton authorities thrbtd the selling of any more Gov ernment property as It is believed that a war with France to expel laxamilian from Mexico and In volving other Etiropean Powers is imminent. Great excitement everywhere prevails. —The last census reports that In the manufacture of boots and shoes New England is represented In the following proportion : Number of establish ments, 2.438; capital Invested, ,10,977,113 ; cost et material used, $27,189.000; male hands employed. 52,000, and females, 2.1.252; cost of labor,Sli,V9,ooo. annual products, $54,815,948. —A grand military council is to be held in Rich mond during the last week in Auguat,at which Pres ident Johnson, Secretary Stanton, and the several Generals in command In that suction are to be pres ant. It is supposed that final action will then be taken upon the grave issues of State policy growing out of the recent election in Richmond. terrific hurricane has occurred In the South Pacific Ocean, entirely washing away one of the Pal• mention Islands, leaving nothing but the coral breaks's, which, In case of a heavy sea, are entirely invisible to the eye, but in perfectly calm weather they aro observable. Owing to this damage by the hurricane, several vessels have been wrecked, but none were American. —Daring the first six months of ibis year, the emigration to the United States through the porta of Bremen, amounted to 18,700 persons, against 15,000 in 1863. The emigration through Hamburg, for the same period, amounted to 15,609, making ar addition to our population of nearly 34,600 in 6il months. A far larger number la expected from those German ports this Falrand next Spring. —Accounts-from Texas state that very many of those who were Intense Secessionista arc now equal ly as fervent and zealous for the Union. The larg est slaveholdera express themselves reconciled to the changed condition of affairs, and sac that well regulated free labor will prove more profitable than servile labor. No lately rebellious State will more easily return to Its former national relations than Texas. —The son of John Mitchell recently visited For tress Monroe to see his father, hut having no au thority from the War Department for admlaslon,was not allowed thtrance. He was gentlemanly iu his request, and took the refusal with like good grace. Learning his father was well, seemed to pacify him much under his disappointment. He la a fine ap pearing man, of agreeable address and conversation. Be was an officer in the Rebel army. —The original Will of George Washington is still preserved to his countrymen. The writing Is In the owithand of the Illustrious " Father of his Coun try," plain and legible, and signed at the bottom of each page. This Will was preserved from the de structlon attendant upon the evacuation of Rich mond by the former Secretary of State, Col. Men tor& who secured it it the iron sate of the Capitol, thereby showing the veneration In which he held the name of that great man. • —The planters of Western South Carolina are charged with continued and violent abuse of the , freedmen. The offenders in the more violent o' these outrages are now in Jail awaiting trial. They claim that a clause in tie it contracts with the ill treated blacks, permitting the application of the ia'b in certain cases, had been introduced with the per mission of the local commandant. The commandant In onestion is to be severely rebuked and eigfally punished. —The frienris of emancipation In Brazil are active ly at work in efforts looking to the extinction of slavery In that empire. Propositions for partial emancipation have been introduced In the Brazilian Senate with a good prospect of becoming legal en actments. If successful in these measures, their ad vocates intend to continue their efforts for still fur ther concessions In the matter, and hope that before many years they will be able to effect the complete abolition of Slavery In their country. —The trustees of Washington College, at Lexing ton, Va., have unanimously resolved to tender to Gen. Lee the Presidency of that venerable institu lion. Gee. Lee was long a Professor at West Point. He Is at present residing at Cartersville,on the south side of the James River, 40 miles from Richmond, in a small but not inelegant cottage, adjacent and belonging to some tour or five acres of land, trlie Sods recreation In cultivating. Gen. Le usually reticent In his seclusion, and it is , e tc Pr able will rarely If ever emerge from it. _ ~ .1-A remarkable instance of elopement And. gran.. onment, In which distinguished persona are prom nent actors, has come to light in New York, creat ing a sensation In faiihinuabla circles. One 113—, a young man of good standing In society, whose pa rents were very wealthy, was married some 15 years since to a niece of an ex-Prealdent of the United States. For several years they lived happily togeth er, two children being the fruits of their union.— then became enamored of an American prima donna, and neglected his family. Alter repeated warnings, his father disinherited him On the 12th inst. O--- was arraigned in New York for abandon ment, his wife confronting him as complainant. The cafe was settled amicably by the husband agreeing to return to and live with his wife. —Proclamations have now been issued by all of the seven provisional Governors appointed by Pres ident Johnson for the States In which, until the sur render of the Ethel armies, control was usurped by the Insurgents. The lost are by - Gov. Win. Marvin, of Florida, and Gov. ilarallton, of Texas. The for informs the citizens that Slavery is dead and cannot be resaacltated, while the latter warns the Texans against cherishing the idea that when their civil government Is again In operation they can re store 'slavery, end against attempting to frame a con stitution or enact laws punishing , negroes for any of• fenses from the penalties of which white persona are exempted, or Imposing burdens on the one nice which the other is not compelled to bear. At the same time he said that the blacks had enough to at• tend tofor the present, to let the question of voting The Atlantic Cable For several days confused and ansatlstactoly re ports haVe come from the Atlantic Cable. Last week we had news that the insulation had been broken, and every body then believed the new telegraphic enterprises failure. On Monday, how ever, later intelligence was received, showing that the cable had sustained some damage on the 29th of July, as bad been reported, but that the tronhle bad been remedied, and the Great Eastern bad con tinned het voyage. All went well until the morning of Wednesday, August 2d, when the signals received at Valentia suddenly became unintelligible, and soon ceased altogether. The steamer which left Liverpool on the 4th met.. reports that no farther intelligencehad been received up to the hour of her departure; so that an Interval of two days had elapsed. When first heard from the Great Eastern had laid twelve hun dred miles of the Cable, but had herself made a dis tance of only one thousand and fifty miles. She bad thus paid out one hundred and fifty miles of Cable in excess of the distance she had sailed. On the 2AI the ship was lu the deepest water bf the route, twenty-four hundred fathoms, or nearly two and three-quarter miles. The London Times infers that the disaster occur red after the Cable left the vessel, from the fact that it woe unknown to those on board, who were air milking their messages as usual when their signals became unintelligible at Vallent la, and at last ceased entirely. It adds: "As to the chances of recovering the unimpaired part of the cable, and repairing it, it is said that the process could not be accomplished at the rate of morn than a quarter of a mile an hone, which the slightest wind or rough sea would at once put an to. For such eventualities the Great Eastern is am ply provided. She has several bonys on board, equal all together to a weight of fifty tons ; and she has at least five miles of powerful wire bony rope. which can support, all the bony% themselves eat float. This effort to bony, however, will not be re sorted to till the last extremity, owing to the danger and Improbability or finding the Cable again." The following Is a record of the progress of the expedition from the 2.9 th to the Slat of July July 29-11.1Ies laid, 700; distance run, 000 miles. Accident to cable. July 30--Allies laid, 750; distance run, 1150 miles. July 31—!lilts laid, 300; distance ran, 750 miles. TUE LATEST—THE GAME PAR= AND WITTED. By the arrival of the schooner First Fruit at Har bor Grace, New Foundland, we learn that the Cable was parted and bouyed on the 2d of August. The report received Is as follows: On the oth of August, at 4 o'clock In the morn ing, the schooner saw the steamship Great Eastern and the British war steamer Terrible. At six o'clock in the morning saw a beacon-bony with a thez upon it, marked as follows: ' Great Eastern, Number lice.' The Great Eastern and the Terrible were then about firs miles southeast from the beacon-la:6y." At noon the Terrible came near the First Fruit and received information from her of the bearing of the beacon-bony. The Terrible reported that the Cable was parted on the 'id of August. The position of the beacon-bouy, by the acCOUnt of the First Fruit, was in latitude 40' north, longi tude 35., " FAULT " DETECTED LID REVEDIED Our former intelligence from the expedition stated that on the first day of the voyage, (July 24,) a fault was discovered in the Cable and speedily remedied. The nature of this defect has since been explained. The accident had a curious origin. When the Great Eastern was about eighty miles from the land, go hag at the nte f six mites an hour, an the weather perfectly calm, o the electric current su d ddenly ceased to flow. The ship wee immediately backed, while the cable was drawn In by means of a real axed In the forward part of the ship, and the defective part Mend. It appears that in tho act of splicing the abort lengths of the cable on board the ship, as they arrived from the factory, as small bit of wire which had been cut out fell upon the coil in one of the tanks and was afterward drawn into the guiding wheels in the proem of paying out. The weight of the " jneky-pulleys" employed to keep the cable la place foree. this wire through the insulating ma, terlal until it pierced the core, destroying the in sulation. Skilful electrical tests enabled the ope rators to discover the brat of the trouble; the Cable was cut and respliced, and the Great Eastern that resumed her voyage after a detention of twenty four hours. After this, all went well until the 20th, when the second break occurred—but this was also remedied, and the ship went on until the 2d bastant —at which point all news stops. The Detection of Counterfeiters - - - - The Solicitor of the Treasury has issued a circa. lar in relation to counterfeiting, stating that Con gress has appropriated a considerable sum of more ey for the purpose of meeting any expenses in de tecting and bringing to trial and punishment nat ions engaged In counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, or other securities rd the United States, as well as the coin of the United States: It being expected that further appropriations of like nature will be hereafter made, the Secretary of the Treasury has directed that the administration of the measures contemplated by Congress, shall be committed to the Solicitoeeoffiee, and that there be organized therein a division, under the direction of a competent head, to have immediate charge of the measures, in question, which has accordingly been done. Colonel William P. Wood has charge of the divi sion, cinder the aupervlsion of the Solicitor, who says : " The mode of operation adopted by the of fice is two-fold. First, by the offer of rewards for services or information Leading to the suppfession of counterfeiting, and, second, by direct efforts to collect information and make seizures and arrests through the Instrumentality of persons acting un der the direction of the chief of the division. In order to secure the rewards it is not essential that the parties asking them shall act to any extent under the direction of this office. They way pro ceed with their operations on their own account and in their own way, until they shall reach their consummatitn, when they mar present the results to the office and nab proper rewards, which witl he given with fairness and on the most liberal scale. But it mast be borne In mind that in such cases the parties can only look for reward for what they actu ally accomplish, as the office will not undertake to remn nests them for loss of time, or to reimburse any expenses which they may have incurred In tin successtul efforts. Neither is it necessary that snob parties shall perform any acts whatever beyond the mere communication of information which shall be found to be of value, and !no person possessing such information nerd apprehend that his just claims will be overlooked or disregarded, since books will be kept in the office In which will be en. tercel every Item of information received, together with the name of the party by whom it is sent, and before any reward is awarded a careful examination will be made of the whole case, in order that each person who has contributed to the general rgtalt 'hall recover his proper share of the reward." Tea Solicitor has also issued a circular to District A I tor ueys, Marshals, and Clerks of Courts of the United States, apecitying the particular service which ho requests of them and the kind of information to tic furnished. Our Claims on England Ron. Schuyler Colfax, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has made an eloquent address at San Francisco, where he alluded to oar claims an England. Rem is what be said : "There are some accounts yet unsettled between oar own and foreign Governments; but they will be settled without hostilities. There Is the Alabama'' account with Great Britain. [Tremendous sp. plaurel When the Alabama went down in ice British Channel, in sight of the vine-clad bills c: France and the white thitT4 of Albion,she left a smell bill which we shall ask England to pay, sad whict she will pay. [Enthusiastic cheering and apphone This is a question we can properly submit to Ita arbitration of a neutral power, as it is a queatiou of dollars and cents, and does not affect our national honor in any wny. The Alabama was an English vessel—built in England, manned by an Even 's crew, armed with English guns, supplied over tad over again with arms, ammunition, men, and prod sines in English Colonial Ports ; and it this does net give us a lair claim for the damage she did, t , en there never was a lair claim for damages. [Applause ; And I think sho will settle it, after a little more CO, respondence on the subject, and take Andy John son 's receipt In full. [Enthusiastic applause.] BRITISH FRES TuAna.—Lord Galeria!, In a debase in the liritiAla Parliament, bit the "all on the heed exactly when be uttered the following words: "ina• er nations know, as well thti noble Lord opporuo and those who acted with hlm, that what we Rims( by free trade, was nothing more nor lees than, hY means of the advantage. we enjoyed, to get at Ills monopoly or all their markets for our mandsc tßrers, and to prevent them, nue and all, from ever becoming manufacturing nations." TEL PERFORMING .01 POWDER--A French chffn• tat asserts Mut If tea be ground like eoff , e, before hot water be pot upon it, It will yield double (be amount of exhilarating quanta. Another writer gays that " if a piece of lump sugar the 51/M of a wal nut, to put Into the tea-pot you will make the to infuse In one hat( the time." BATCHELOR'S Celebrated HAIR DYE! pHs Original and Beet In the World! 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