PIUMSM§, /11111LI18ID DAILY (SUNDAYS SXOEPTED). MT JOHN W. FORNEY, 011101. No. 111 BOUTS FOURTH STRUT. THE DAILY PRESS, 1111217 02111 PPE WADI% Payable to the earrler Inanea to 6111:414b0re ant of the oily at Bevan DOLLAR! raft Aim=ii Thais DOLLARS AND Frew CENTS roe BM IfORINS; ORM DOLLAR AND SRVANTT•PIVB OIMTS POP Zoos Korn& layeatably to advance for the time or• dared *T.ldysrtiaententa inserted at the usual rates. stx Glad *mantra' a aware. TILE TRI•WEEKLY PRESS, Milled to Subseribers ont of the city at Foca Douai. Ns A 3111716 IA advance. NATIONAL BANS rEriapnraLs.. 413ESIGNATED DEPOSITORY FINANCIAL AGENT 07 TIM MILTED STATE& 10.40 WAN. ablok hag boa 'anlbortiod 1.14 to zow prepare( to revolve as llaiPtlolll to tto NM GOVERNMENT LOAN. This Loan, Issued under authority of an set of Hoz , • prat. approved Marra 1E64. orcrtidea for the tune of Two Hundred Millions of Dollars trimemon United. Wpm Bonds. redeemable after ten years, and payable forty year, from date, IN COIL dated Marsh 1.1964. Mains Internet at the rata of FIVE PEE CENT. bet annum IX COIN, payable ssmi.annully on all Dade over WO, and on Bonds of $lOO and less, an. ltnal y. Bubserlhers remipe either Registered or Conoco' Rends u they may prefer Registered Bonds will be issued of the denominations of fifty dollars ($00). one hundred dollars ($100). un liundred dollars (OW). one thousand dollars ($1,010), Rye thousand dollars ($5.10)), and ten thousand dollars (410,000). and Boopon Bonds of the denominations or RAY dollers11160), one hundred dollars ($100), Ire hu gged dollen (WOO), and one thousand dollars ($100). • INTEREST • Iwni.olrUiellei from data of subsoription, or the sumo* • Interest from the lst of. Marsh tan be paid in rein, or, Ontil farther nett**. in 11. S. notes or notes of National Itanim adding (K) iftY per sent, to the amount for ore. O. a CLARK, IPSotf . President. E W L 0 A N 11. S. th-te. . • JAY 000 U k 00. CITIZ YO2 BALI TEI NEW GOVERNMENT LOAN. Bearing Floe For Cent. Interest II COIL Zedeemable any time after TIM TILES, at the rile* , &Pro of the Comment, and payable FORTY YEARS • after date. Both COTTONS and REGISTERED BONDS - are issued for this Loan, of same denominations as ths "lue-Twentlea. The interest on $OO and $lOO payable but all other denoutinations half yearly. The 7111-10111" BONDS are dated March 1, 1554, the half- . yearly interact falling due September I and blank 1 of - lach year. llntll Ist September, the attuned interest front Ist March is required to be paid by pnrettassrs Ii - sole. or In 1401 currency. Wing SO pa sent. for • ggougtua, until farther tuition All "Ws GOvirmont Swanton bought and cold JAY COOKE & 00.; ag&tt 114 8011711 TIIED WEBB?. ITorAii NOTICE TO THE HOLD. P-IpatEl OP wilt 7-30 11. S. TREASURY NOTES. SEVEN-THIRTY NOTES, of the denexablatitat of ItiOs and 100 e, can now be converted in BONDS OF THE LOAN OF 1881. the same denomination. Foe' information apply at the office of JAY COOKS & Co., Bankers, 378-im 114 &nth THIRD Street, Phila. STATIONERY & BLANK BOOKS,. OIL COMPANY DiIIEOTORY—CoW Mining aList of Campania*. Melt ONcee, Freedman. Treasurers. and Secretaries. We are Mao prepared to szaish Now Compitales with CERTIFICATES OF STOOK. TRANSFER BOOK, ORDER OF TRANSFER. STOCK LEDGER, STOCK LEDGER BALANCES. BEGISTFX OF CAPITAL STOOK. DIVIDEND BOOK, BROKER'S PETTY LE.DGER, ACCOUNT OF SALES,' goad materiel* and at Low Frioes. SLOSS & CO., STATIONERS. wort-t! 43% CHESTNUT Street. DRUGS. NZT CABS DRUCt HOUSE. WRIGHT & SIDDALL; so. no IiAgEBT STREIT, ISetwon F=ONT And SZCOND Streets U. W. W31.01/7. VEUGGISTS, PHYSICIAN'S, AND (}Er FERAL STOREHERPERS', Oats End at our establishment s full assortment of Int ported and Domestic Drugs, Popular Ps, tont Mediolnee t .Paints, Coal 011, Window Glees, PredsOrlptiOn *AO., at se low prices as germ ine, &utilise goOds can be sold. FINE. ESSENTIAL OILS, Tor Confectioners, In fall variety, and of tka )15 46. 5 Oc c alligr: Reap.' Indigo, Madder, Pot Mb. Dadbear, Soda Leh, Alnm, 011 of Vitriol, Asset. to, Copperas, Extract of Lockwood, dm., FOR DYERS' USE, Always on hand at lowest net nab prise& SULPHITE - OF LIME I flog keeping eider sweet;_ a perfectly haridess pre. paratton, put up, with fall dirsetions ter ue, is paekageo oontalntnt bllftbuleat for one barrel. Orders by mall or city post will meet with prompt attention, or special quotations will be Mulelted when molested. WRIGHT & SI-DDALL; wHoLY.skr,a DRUG wiamnotrug. • to. 119 DUARKST Strad, aboye FROla. iel-tbetair-tn - • - ROBERT SHOEMAKER dt - CO., R.E. coma Of rOORTR and RAGE Streets, FRELADELPRIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. WORMS AID DICATARB IN Moms AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. NAJI77IO2IIIMIS OF warn LEAD AND Elmo PAINT% PETTY, AM AOlll7l FOR TH3 quenzrran MITCH ZINC PAINTS. Males zit scossutatt aundled at levlit.lbst WIRY LOW PEIOIIII 702 OARS EV:I I A i*.A. l ,/ 4 - 1) : O.ABINBT‘ EVENITURE AND BEL. A., MILD TAMIL MOORE & CAMPION. No. EU BOWE SECOND STREET, In connection with their extensive Cabinet brisineilbarl sow alituagiotaring a impeder article of BILLIARD TABLES, Ind have now on hand a full supply, finished with the Xooli3 di okianotre lIIPROVED CUSHIONS. Willa are pronounced by all who have used them to' be superior to all others. For the onaitty and finish of these Tables, the mannfacturere refer to their Dame tons patrons throughout iho Union, who are familiar With the character of their work. apl9-6m NEW ROUTE TO WILICESSARIIM, VIA NORTH PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 'TIME AND DISTANCE SAVED I A. N. EXPRESS TRAM, PROM THE NEW SPOT, THIRD STREET, ABOVE THOXPSON. 4 111tItIVING IN WILICESBARRE 2.46 P. M. BET f II TINENG, DAY* WILKESBA*RB at 1 P. IL , making don con inatiOn at Bathlehem,with North Penitsylyanta - U prose train, and arriya ta, Philadelphia at 8.33 P. M. . . ' BAGGAGE ORECIND THROUGH. FARE ,64.25. ELLIS CLARK, AGENT (COLD'S IMPROVED STEAM AND WATER-HEATING APPARATUS, r Warming and Ventilating Public, Batldinge ead Prlvata Rea!dem*, • . afaeitiredby the cl/S-STRAM Ar WATER•IIRATING • 00317137 Of PRILAD&LPHIA. . . JAMES P. WOOD, • . 41 South POURTE( Street, . , I. X. WELTWELL.Stinerintendant .ED PIGS FEET -100 KEGS Lambe Tongues; 103 kegs Prima. TriPO, 100kOgisp_ritle.• • - • ' Is by RHODES & WILLIAMS. WI death WATEB &treat. VOL. 7.-NO. 305. I . W.AI-MA:1?-'EN, '719 CHESTNUT STREET. WINDOW MOSQVITO NETTINGS HAZARD it AuTOHINSON, No. 113 CHESTNUT STEW,' COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 110)1 TRH BAIR or layl4-11m1 PHILADELPHIA.MADI GOODS. ARMY GOODS. FOR TSB ARMY AND NAVY. IMVAN . 3 itSc ELASSAI.S4, MILITARY FURNISHERS,- Banners, Regimental and °entreaty Flags, Swords, Sashes, Belts, Peasants, Epaulets, Hats, Caps, Can teens, Haversacks, Camp, Kite, Field. Gla.esee, Spars, and everything pertaining to the oompleteotatit of army and Navy Officers. ' a liberal diaconal. allowed to the trade, Jai -1m EDWARD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY Mo. 512 CHESTNUT STREET; 110 now on bands wimples amortmant SPILINQII I BUMMER GOODS. eaos-tt GENTS , FURNISHING GOODS. THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT. INARB,LITID TO TIT AND OWN EATDEFAOTION. lUDS BY JOiiN C. AIMISON, . NOS. 1 Aim 8 NORTH SIXTH STREET, KA3IIIPACTUBBR MO - DEALER IS itrifULEMERMS FIJRNISIIING !MODS. WHIN. HUBLIN, and FIANNIL SHIRTS and DRAWERS, COLLARS, STOCKS, TRAVAILING SHIRTS, TI3S, wHiPPEES , am.. am. ORRIS - OWN N.A.IrOknOTETRIL EMERY OLOirES, SCARPS EUSIJEADERS LL iiA.NDKßicrasn, SROITLDER BRACES, ars., as Sild at reasoluibla prices. VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. .1 The aubacribere tbovld invite attention to their IMPROVED OUT OF SHIRTS, which they make a specialty in their business. Ala°, sonstantly ratebrinit NOVELTIES FOR' GENTLEMEN'EF-WEAR. J. W. SCOTT & CO'' s • GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE, No. 811 CHESTNUT STREET, ial7ctf Year doors below the Continental. V. N. arDnem, TO FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE We are prepared, as, heretofore, to world,' fewolieS at their. Country 'Residences with (wary description of EWE GROCERIES, TEAS, 450., dtc. . • ALBERT, C. ROBERTS, tarsi-tr Corner BUBVZNT.II and. VI - NB Me. A . RORER & REEVES, WHOLESALE GROCERS, No. 46 North WATER Street, and No. 46 Adith DELAWARE Avenue, Over for sale, at the Lowest Market Prices, a urge stock of mem:, 'MOLASSES, COFFEE, TEAS. SPICES, TOBACCO,' And Groceries _generally, , sarefally selected for the anuitry trade. Sole Agents for the products of FITHIAN& POGUE'S Ostensive Trait Gamin .ractory,st Bridgeton, N. J. Itit.A.CKEREL, HERRING, BRAD, ita. --2,1200 bbl. Mum Nos. 1,2, and 3 Mackerel,late. might fat fish, in assorted packages. lerring.2,ooo Drew Eastport, Fortune Bay, and Halifax • . 2,50fi boxes Labe*, Sealed, and rfo. 1 Hening. 160 tads new Mass Shad. 2.20 boxes Herkimer County Meese. - In store and for sale bi MURPHY as KOORB 12.13,-tf . , Ho. 146 NORTH WHARVES. picKLEs.-100 438LE1. PICKLES - IN warmeE.. • 00 half bbli. Plellos in Vinegar. Also. torso-dalion Ind dve-pilon ken do. Per Webs . /MOMS k wm.rems. anbln . /07 South W.L.1 . 118 &rook 8 . xi 0 VISIt!..A. C . , iio; REOAEWAY, NSW YORK., REPORTERS OP MEN'S & LADIES' GLOVES, GERMAN AND:ENGLISH HOSIERY, MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, LADES & DRESS TRIMMINGS, total& they INVITE THE WHOLESALE TRADE. 1710-tim T ICE • . • 'EXCELSIOR" - HAMS - . • . ARE THE BM . WOELD. • _ • • • '''' ' ' ._ - • ATONB. awirinars -WOWS BRAIDED • . . . J IL & 00..; SIOELSIORM MIOEIENEPt. & 00.; GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS, CURERS 0! THE CELEBRATED 66 3 0 XCM1..45X - 0.11." SUGAR-CURED HANS, Nos. 242 and HA North FRONT Street. Between Arch and Ease streets, Philadelphia. The justly-celebrated " EXCELSIOR " HAMS are cured by .1. H. M. & Co. (In a style pecnitar to aim ,sis..) expressly for PA3fILY USE. are of delicious layor, free from the unpleasant taste of salt, and are Pronounced by epicures superior to any now offered for tale. • myl6-tuttul9ut LOOSING OLABBES. JAMES S. EARLE es SON. 816 mown= BTBILBT, P 11114., EMI now In Mors a very Ina assortment o 1 LOOKING GLASSES. of nevi character, of the niiY BUT MANUYAGTURB AND LATHS? EfTYL3II OIL PAINTIIKIS, ,EXORAVTIMS, "min PTIVITIRII AND PHOTntIRAPIT SUMMER. COMPLAINT, DIARREICEA, Dysentery, and all diaorders of the Bowela relieved at once by the use of Sardella'a Syrup of Blackberry Boot and Rhubarb. Entirely vegetable, easily taken, very_effsatnal. Try It. Prepared only by AMOS HAM. SELL S. W. oar. TWENTIETH and MARKET Streets. jialso• CIELA.IiLES MIDDLETON, IRON MEROE.SET, SECOND AND WILLOW BTREETS. PHTLADHLPIIII. Reran Iron anrabaaad and NT awls. Jaa.las• JOSEPH H. THOMPSON, . SHIPPING COMMISSION MERCHANT, Aird General Agent. dg•Litt idilk /Kona DIL.A.WAILWATeau, •T 1 . .. . , 2;,.: 4:.1 , , - 4.„7- , . 9' o '• ..---",.... , .. ~...,. ' ;4 ::. .......,.....,,,...,- ... 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TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1804. renusiyivoulans in Alabama- 4 i Keystone Schools"—A Clutilenge—Jeffibivite Pro pbeey—ilow it hos not. been Fulfilled— Tile Negro in Alitbnitut --Successful Ef fort to - Elevate liim—A heroic Woman —Testator of the PernisTivitnitt Freed men's Relief it.siioeintion., The fallowing Is part of a letter from William F. Mitchell, superintendent of schools in Middle Ten nessee and North Alabama, under the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association, to the corresponding, secretary of that hotly. It cannot fall to be read with interest: TV,suvit.rx, 7 1170., 20th, You may recollect that when Miss Bendel° and Mrs. Kilgore passed through this city, en route for Stevenson, Alabama, whore they were to take Charge of the ' , Keystone School," I gave them to understand that I would follow them and assist in the bettor organization of the school, In a lei , ' days. The distressing illness of our teachers, in Nashville, prevented the accomplisthient of this purpose until within a week. In the meantime the two ladies pro ceeded to open the school, and organize it on the plan best utlapted to the condition of the children. The average attendance was HO. At the end of a month Mrs. Kilgore left the post iii with whooping cough. Silos Randal° was thou let alone. About the same time Captain Kilgore, the quartermaster, in whose charge Miss Randall) was more directly, wad ordered to Dalton, so that this lady was loft alone. There was no otherlady in the camp; the school had its strong enemies on the very spot, while three miles distant, just over the Tennessee, lurked the guerilla waiting the opportunity to raid upon the station. For a time her life was one of great trial. We could get no assistance to her from Nash vide, all transportation of teachers to points below being cut off, and the task of teaching atone 160 children was, to say the least, laborious. The change of commanders and, troops frequently brought reckless men about the school, who would annoy and frighten the children, and stand about the school-house, and indulge in coarse, vulgar talk, and rude jesting. • It was _ - not an uncommon thing for her to find dtunkon soldiers in the school-room when she arrived, and in wet weather tho door of the house was overflowed by the water from the mountain behind it. Ber own quarters were also much ex posed. Alarms were of frequent occurrence. One of these took place on the night of my arrival. The commander of the post at Bridgeton telegraphed that "Stevenson Was to be attacked that night by a large force of cavalry, which had crossed the Ten nessee 'that aftertioon. l ! Every preparation was made for resistance, and I heard the colonel detail his plan for a line of battle in case the attack should be made before morning. The rebels did not come, however, but this was the fourth alarm of this character since thislady's residence here. Such was her situation—one of constant exposure; but, nothing daunted, she had been carried through it all. Ac the time had come for giving a vacation, and it was also desirable to make some improve ment in the, log school-house, an examination of the school was held on the 16th. There were no in"- dtvidual instances of remarkable progress, but in ten weeks one hundred children had learned to read. "A degree of emulation among our teachers is highly desirable," was a remark, I think, of your own; we, therefore, Invite the teachers of Port Royal, Washington, or any other of the stations of the Pennsylvania Preedinen , s Relief Association, to show better results, considlring alt the circumstances. On the morning of the 17th we held a Sabbath school in an orchard near the camp oiongineers and mechanics. About 121 children were present. They were grouped under the trees, and listened with profound attention to the'addresses,' which occupied over an hour. In the afternoon we held a meeting for the older people, and It proved a very interesting opportu-, nity. And the very circumstances should have made it so. It was held within pistol shot of the Alabama House, where, but two years-since, Jeff Davis prophesied that it grass would grow in the, streets of the great Northern cities." Now, an unarmed man, from one of the principal of these marts of commerce, was speaking boldly and freely to a free people of their rights and obligations. The scene was very impressive. The day was beau tiful; the wide-spreading trees gave amplo shade for those who listened. In font, up the hill side, were a hundred soldiers, while, immediately before and behind the speakers the freedmen and freed women stpod or sat listening with an eagerness that could be felt. I shall endeavor, when I see you persentilly, to show you how the address of the sli parigkendent was arranged, so as to " ring Jro2 soldiers present, and be strong counsel for the freed people. An excellent address upon the subject of equality Was Made by. Capt. D t .G. , Kilgore,- formerly super intendent of schools, Ydridisonf Wisconsin. • - At the close Of the Meeting,-the leading colored. men assured me that the school-house should be pitt in order for winter, those wko could not asslst per sonally promising to contribute money for , that pur pose, One colored family prepared us a, dinner, and . another a supper, and on both occasions proved the' correctness of Mrs. IStowe's remark, " The colored people are born cooks." It is the intention to open this school early in Sep• tember. In the meantiroe, the commander of the post has secured to the'colored people full possession of the:building as a place of worship. In all probability the freedmen will not remain at this point more than one year longer, but in that - period how much may be done to educate and train them for a life of freedom! As it has been impossi. ble to get teachers to them, so it has been difficult to send supplies of clothing, and many of the children are very destitute. Permission has just been ob tained to transmit a few boxes of goods to them, and we know, from personal observation, that they will be well bestowed. , AS,II of the progress which hasheen made in Ten nessee and Alabama has been through conflict. Most of the teachers came out too late In the sea son, and the sudden stoppage of transportation obliged them to stop in Nashville, where, in crowded quarters, they suffered in health. The whole field has at times swarmed with guerillas, and the mili tary authorities, with the machines of war constantly In their hands, had no time-for the affairs of freed men. Yet, mach bas been'accomplished, and the plan of the association for the coming season em braces aline of schools from a point one hundred miles from the mouth of the Tennessee to Chatta,- nooga and beyond: The Tribune on the Peace Conference. The N. Y. Tribune OW not believe the recent ;peace negotiations> l at Niagara are'to be regarded us altogether fruitless. It says : But, even though the results rictually, attained fall deplorably short of what might have been, we hold that a great step has been gained toward peace by eliciting the, President's -manifesto. Lot us re- consider It' . • ' • ExsourrvE DlANsiox, WASIIINGTON, JulylB, 1884 TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN. Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive Government of the United States, and will be mot by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral paints, and the bearer or bearers of It shall have safe conduct both ways. ABRAHAM. LINCOLN. Here the President Insists upon but two cardinal points, intimating that on all others he is ready and willing to treat on " liberal terms." This overture of the President will, of course, be disseminated at the South, and will go far to disabuse the rebel sol diers of the delusion, which has been sedulously in culcated by their °Mere, that no terms can be made with the Government—that they have no choice but that between persistent lighting and unconditional surrender. • Not one-tenth of those soldiers has any interest In slavery, save to get rid of it ; while tons Of thousands of them regard the rebellion as inex cusable, and know that Its authors richly deserve hanging. "But," they say, "we are standing be tween our homes and devastation; between a ruthless, hostile soldiery, and our wives and children ; and • hero we must stand till wo the South really know the actual state of feeling at tho North, the rebellion would not stand another month. The zanies in the loyal States who talk as though a broad em pire could be euloected to military execution sup ply the venomous, desperate traitors in Dixie with the very aliment they need, itnd ye L , l7/....ret • that_one of_ the me sate isaltunore l i on- venuon seems calculated to give them a lift. Gen. Fremont did a wise, generous, manly act, in stamp ing instead of standing on the wholesale confisca tion plank of the Cleveland platform, thereby aid ing toSmooth the path to peace. Mr. Lincoln, in the paper above given, has gone much further on the same way, taking ground radically different from that of unconditional submission: His Indis pensable bases ofpeace aro just right—are those on which it becomes him to insist ; though it (loos not Miele that the rebels should be precluded from pro:. posing any other, nor that all negotiation should be barred until they shall bo prepared to concede, as a preliminary, all that is essentially in dispute. 'Wesley, reproved by one of his brethren for the light, lively character of some of the tunes to which he Eat his hymns, wisely responded that he disputed the right of the devil to a, monopoly of all the best music. We feel very much like this when we hoar the most vociferous champions of the sneaking theft of Texas from Mexico, the bolder robbery of New Mexico and California, the delendeni of. the Ostend Manifesto, and of every atrecious, .blotaly-inhadod aggresslon which has disgraced our. country's history,. now groaning , over the horrors of war and, descanting on the Christian blessedness of peace I What they really seek Is a rehabilita tion of the slave power; if this war were only making slaves Instead or emancipating them—or if It were adding a new empire like Texas to the do main of the elavoliolders—they would observe with complacency its prosecution throughout the next ten years. It is not war that they hate, but a war wherein slavery Is getting worsted. But the hatred they affect, we feel; and wo would have the people freshly assured that we aro struggling for national existence against the most wicked and wanton re bellion that the world ever saw—that, if we con tinue at war, It is only because a few months more of wholesale agonies and devastations are the ne cessary prelude to a century of true, beneficent peace. It seems to us that the time, if It has not already come, must be near at hand, wherein the ?forth and the South will be ready to exchange glances other wise than over the crests of their rival entrench ments along the sights of their respective muske ts— a mode of regard not conducive to geniality of tem per, graciousness of manner or comelineesof visage. In that day the South will be made to compre hend that the North requires the extinction of slavery in no envious, inimical spirit; requires it because Its continued existence involves the cherish ing of Inbred though smothered jealousies, antago nisms, antipathies; bocauee cordial Union, lasting peace, are attainable only through homogeneous Institutions, based on liberty for all. And, if the superficially abortive e ff ort at Niagara shall have served-to hasten•by•but a week this moat desired consummation, it will by no moans hays been made in min. PHILADELPHII, TU SCIENCE AND ART. • Photographers aro acquainted with three or four different ways in which secondary images may appear in photographs. In the first place, when . sensitive glass plate has served its turn as a nega tive—as many paper positives as may bo needed having been taken from it—the film of collodion or other prepared surface is removed from it, and it may then he usad for a wholly now photograph. But it Is found that, unless groat care be used, some faint tram of the former picture still remain, and these may appear as a sort of ghostly attendant upon the figure forming the second picture. One photographer, in endeavoring to utilize an old plate which bad fulfilled Its duty as a negative of the into prince consort, could not wholly • erase the imago, wash or rub as he might; there was al ways a faint ghost of the prince accompanying any subsequent photograph taken on the same plate. Dr. Phipson relates that a friend of his received at Brussels a box of glass plates, quite new and highly polished, each wrapped in a piece of the lade prndancc Itelge newspaper; a lady sat for her pho tograph, taken on one of those plates, and both the photographers and the lady wore astonished to sco that her likeness was covered with printed charac ters, easily to be read—the ghost of a political article, in fact. In this case, actinic rays, as they aro now called, had done their work before the glass was exposed to the camera. By another mode of manipulation, a photographer may produce a ghost like effect at pleasure : a sitter is allowed to remain in the focus of the camera only half the time neces. nary to produce a complete photograph; ho slips quickly aside, and the furniture immediately be hind him is .then exposed to the action of the light; se a consequence, a faint or imperfectly developed photograph of the man appears, trans. parent or translucent, for the furniture is visible apparently through his body or head. With a little tact, a really surprising effect may bo pro duced in this way. As a third - variety, one nega tive may be placed in contact with another, and a particular kind of light allowed to pass through it for a time ; there results a double picture on the lower negative, one fainter than the other. It is known, moreover, to the more scientific class of photographers, that *the lens in the camera is lm-• perfectly curved at the surfaces, spots of cloudy light may appear in the photograph, having a sernizhctly sort of effect: Leutzo has nearly finished a picture represent ing a richly 7 apparelled cavalier abjuring "for faith's sake" the religion of his fathers. Bearing under his arm the Mita Sacra, and in his hand a sword, through the use of which, if necessary, to prove his faith, he is turning from tho argu ing priest, who sits, surrounded by heavy tomes, before a table; from the aged "mother in the church," who, with head bowed upon her hands, is weeping, and oven from the pleadings of the young girl who hangs upon his arm, and with pale countenance and tearful eyes gazes into his face, prepared to go forth, a Pro testant absolved from all allegiance to the Catholic Church. This picture, to - ono standing before it, requires no explanation; It tells Its own story in a clear and unmistakable manner. The stern, Unrelenting countenance of the priest, as ho promulgates the punishment which will follow, both here and hereafter, this act of apostacy ; the deep abandonment to sorrow of the woman, shown more in her prostrate form than in her face, which is partly hidden from view; the frightened and supplicating looks of the young girl, and the decided but troubled expression, not unmingled with hope and triumph, in the countenance of the young man himself, ate forcibly portrayed. The accessories of the picture, the great fireplace with Its carved wood-work and the fire blaring in its recess, the silver salvors and tankards on the beaufet, tho dress of the young girl, and the cloth spread over the table, aro carefully rendered. In the composition of the work, and the pOse and management of the figures, Leutze has rarely been more successful.—New York EL:ening Post. The lectures of M. Joly, on spontaneous :gene. ration,lat the Ecole . do Medicine, attract as many hearers as did those of Ronan, Minot, or Michelet, at the College of France. The problem which he tries to solve has been debated in all ages. It has a place in Aristotle's works. The Fathers speak of it, and it was the subject of hot and absurdly subtle • disputes in the middle ages, when most literal sense was attached to the Biosaic account of the Creation. The theory of Spontaneous generation for five years past brie been hotly attacked by some, and as ar dently defendeff;lby other French ,scant. Its chief. defenders Dave been M. Pouchet, of Rouen 01. Joly, of Toulouse, and his pupil, M. do Dlusset: All three have brought forward most ingenious argu . ments in its support, and they firmly believe to this theory. M. Pasteur, who belongs to the Baconian school; has tnado,innumerable experiments. which have led him to believe that. there Is no such thing as spontaneous generation, and that the birth of animalcule), adduced by Joly,ls. duo to innunierablek germs . which float, in the atmosphere. The oppo. nents of M. Pasteur have, they in turn allege, proved the contrary by means of experiments. The value of soap -suds as a stimulant of vege table life cannot be too highly appreciated. It con tains the aliment of plants in a state of ready solo-. tion, and when applied, acts not only with Immo dints and obvious offset, but-with-a eustained energy. which pertains to few even of the most concentrated measures. When it is nut convenient to apply it in irrigation—the most economical method, perhaps, -of using it—it should be absorbed by some material which may be used as an Ingredient in the compost heap. Sods, muck, and other similar articles, Should be deposited where the suds from the sink and laundry May find its way to them, and be ab sorbed, for the benefit of crops. In this way several loads of manure, suitable for the support and suste.. nance of any crop, may be made at comparatively small expense. Tho highly putrescent character of this fermentable liquid qualifies it admirahly for the irrigation or compost heaps of whatever ' - material - composed. Being a potent fertilizer, it must of mg:: cessity impart additional richness to almost any material to which it may be added. In France, tho waste steam from the engine, instead of being allowed to escape into the air, is conducted from the escape pipe by means of a vul canized India rubber tube, to copper pipes, through which it circulates under the seats and 'flooring of the cais. .As soon as the train is sot In Motion the steam begins to .circulate through the pipes, and warms the cars, first, second, and third-class equally ; and being connected with each other by India rub ber tubing, they can be immediately detached or re united at pleasure. In a trial of this plan on the Lyons line, two thermometers placed in first-class cars marked sixty degrees Fahrenheit during the whole journey; and in the second and third-class cars, also, the temperature was found to bo suffi ciently elevated to allow of the longest winter's journey being accomplished without discomfort to the travellers. —A new method for restoring pictures, which was lately invented by Professor Pettenkofor, has, we' learn, been patented in England. Having examined several paintings of great age, Professor Petten kofer found that the indistinct appearance was due to a want of cohesion on the part of the molecules of the paint, by reason'of which they separated from each other and produced 'small fissures, thus de stroylng the power of 'reflecting lighb.. l :. His remedy • is, therefore, a meet:alike' ratherdhan a physical one;aud. consists In exposing the picture, which is previously laid out upon a flat metallic surface, to a mixture of atmospheric air and alcohol vapor. The latter penetrates the old paint, softens its molecules, and thus allowing them to cohere, once more enables the surface to reflect light asst did at first, and it:Stores It to its primitive condition. —We notice that Jam Ward, once a celebrated member of the prize ring, takes a benefit at the Roy- al Amphitheatre this evening. The programme is an attractive one, and Tom Sayers, Tom King, and Phil Sampson will present themselves with ;Tom Ward during the evening. Ward has been one of* the most remarkable men that over figured' as' a' prize-fighter. Universally' allowed to ha.vW been the most manly and scientific bruiser. of till day, he Was yet something more. As a painter in oil he proved himself an artist of no mean - pretension ; and -many of our townsmen have seen morn than ono of his productions which would not have disgraced an acknowledged•master. Ire was for many years re sldent in Liverpool; and kept the Star, and 'subse quently the York hotel, In Williamson-square; and will, we doubt not, bo pleasantly remembered, by many. It is to be regretted that'nelther as painter, . prize-fighter, nor publican has he contrived to pro vide for age or fdul weather ; . a fact, wo are assured, mainly attributable to his easv_srood nature and too - open and liberal dispOSl tie n.—L iverpool Post, July 12. —lt has often been .stated that light will mag netize a bar of steel, but according to the exp er t. merits of M. St. Victor, the distinguished' pre nc h chemist, the common opinion In this respect Is an" erroneous one. lie has tried several eiperiments. upon lino needles, but has not stuideeded, and con cludes, therefore, that this activity of light is not owing to electricity or magnetism. From his various experiments with magnetized and unmagnetized needles, ho concludes that light has no effect upon. their electricity. From all that appears In respect tolbis subject, it is manifest that, with light alone, It is impossible either to magnetize or demagnetize any body. —Some fruit trees will never produce any good fruit, and some will not bear even poor fruit. I luul several such trees, and every effort failed to make them bear fruit but this one : 'We eroded a portable fence around each ono, and kept a pig or two in the" enclosure. Four panels, about' sixteen feet long, of light board fence, were placed around a trop, and simply nailed together at the oorners. Alter the pigs had .keen In that pen about a month, they were removed to another tree. If this remedy Palle to produce good fruit, after they have been well manured and regretted, then lot the trees be cut down.—Ohio Farmer. A Dunkirk journalist, in September last, anxious to prove that Franco possessed animals of rare merit, gave in his psper the following example, in proof of the truth of his assertion: " 111. Jolly," said he, "a olothlmerchant of Abbeville, is la • pos session of a beautiful drake, which, by perseverance for two years with a bird organ, ho has taught to sing several different airs. His success In this in stance has determined him to try the same experi ment on a turkey, and he expects to suceeed." • It Is gated that the French Government Se a convert to Jeremy Bentham's views on usury, and will shortly repeal the laws which regulate the rate of Interest. Several French engineers havo taken up their quarters at Geceenkiroben to make surreys for a railway which will put Paris in direct communica tion with Hamburg. --Fifteen of the pictures of Me[mounter, which wore sold from the collection of, Prince Domidoif, at Paris, fetched the sum of 233,045 f. "Uri Lecture do Diderot" fetched 88,000 f.; " laterleur doe Corps SDAY, JULY 26. 1864. de Garde,i , 28,700 f., &c. Borneo Vernet% " Oem, bat entre les Brigands of les Dragons du Pepe" was sold at the same time for 20,000 f. There was recently found at Dover a curious sun dial and ring of the Boman Empire, and a fine intaglio, representing a horse feeding, with the owner's name below. The ring was excellent work of Greek origin. -The paper of Ricou is sold to be a radical cure for the asthma' and other chest oppressions. The .French have invented many forms of medicated papers. Tanner's bark is'said to be a good thing for `rounding strawberries when fruiting. It is also a preservative against-slugs. LITERAIif. —Moro than one eminent philologist has asserted that to tho streets wenwe most of the new words, and a good :deal of the colloquial- strength of our language. Ono singular feature in so-called "vul gar speech" is the retention and revival of ster ling old English words.. A dictionary of these col loquial expressions, giving, where'possible, their origin, with instances of their:use, has been under compilation, by •the London antiquary who edited , the small " Dietionaryof Modern Slang in 1859," Tor. many years. Ills new book; entitled "The Siang Dictionary r or, The Vulgar Words, Street phrases, and 'Fast Expressions of High and Low Society," now on the eve of publication, will in clude the smaller work, and will, besides, especial ly treat of;the Lingua Franca, or - " Organ-Grind er's" speeeh, largely introduced Into the slang of our London' lower,rders ; the Anglo-Indian and High-Ohliese slang, extensively spoken amongst our- seafaring population ; the slang of "the turf" and faskihnible sporting society;,and the phrases used by gamblers, .card-triclisters, and ethers who play at games of•ebanco. The work will contain about ten thousand words and phrases which are said to be•ln.every-day use, but which are contained in. no English dletlenarY. -" Uniform as to size and type with his - illustra- Cons," Mr. Colliery has commenced a new series of reprints, under the, general title of "Old English Literature." The opening piece is. called " The Lamentacyon of st.Ohristen against the Citye of London for certain , grate Vyces used therein." The date of . this tract is 1548, and it seems to have been printed abread—perhaps in Nurnberg. The ?natter is often curious.. Thus we read that pardons were openly sold in a shop in Lombard street; sold. like pies, says the'anonymoushuther. A leading New York publishing house will soon issue a popular history of Florida, by the Hon. L. D. Stickney, United States district tax commis sioner-for that State, giving resources, soil, climate, and capability of the State. The work Is In able hands, and it willeentributo greatly to the settle. ment of Florida by emigrants from the free. States. -- A history of the Protestant Episcopal Church In the diocese ofigassachuSetts will soon be written by Rev. Wm. S. Bartlett, the author of " The Fron tier Missionary." Another Episcopal work, "The Original Constitution of the Churchand its Restora tion," has lately been published In London. It is from the pen of Jubal Hodges, of the diocese of Pennsylvania. . • The posthumous papers of , Hawthorne, in. eluding many of his old Contributions to reviews, magazines, and annuals, will be soon published by. Tielmor Si Fields. Donald Etelf ay on the Light-Dranght Monitors. The following Interesting letter from Mr. Donald Me,Hay, the well-known shipbuilder, appears in the Boston