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ORDER OF TRANSFER;
STOOK
,
STOOK 'ADGER,
STOOK LEDGER BALANCES,
REGISTER OF CAPITAL STOCK,
DIVIDEND BODE,
BROKER'S PETTY LEDGER,
ACCOUNT 01' SALES,
lIOOd mitosis's sad at Low Prices.
Moss & Co.,
BBOEMA.KER ds 00.,
Corner Of lOVRTE sad BADE Strata,
ramAimparA,
,ESALE DRUGGISTS.
IMPOETEZEI AJID DNALKES IA
YORRION AND DOISESTIO
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
MANTI7IOTOPPIS OP
'l6 - 11AD AND raa PAINTS, PUTTL, AN.
mourn MA TIM OPLIBRAPID
FRENCH ZING PAINTS.
and•011111111•01eappued
• •
AT FURNITURE AND BIL-
Wait
.00RE do OAMPION. .
fo. 261 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
.on with their extensive Cabinet Vastness, are
Aufhetuzina a sonorior article of .
BILLIARD TABLES;
%ye now on band s rail supply, finished with the
)1111. & CAMPION IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
are prononneed by alt who bay* used them to
'dor to all others. Vor the grittily and Ilnlsh of
*tbles, the manufacturers refer to their sumo-
Cur. ...boat the Union. who are familiar
:hair work. • -
STEN OIL _
M. J. 3IFITCAL.
101 UNION STREET, BOSTON, MASS.,
onll tottoufecturerg to the United States of Braes
abets and Figures, to any great extant or to *any
Ay, Sold at wboleaale at the bowed Cash Prices.
the beat of INDELIBLE STENCIL MK, very
Stencil Me and ell blade of Stencil Stock. In.
' Or orders promptly attended to, iY2I-3ut •
N WAX OP ANTILLES.
inrrlizzica COSUIETIC for beautifying; whiten
and Preserving the complexion. It la the mod
compound of these, There is netther
Powder, magnesia, blow:lth, nor tale In Its cora-
I en, It being composed entirely of pare Virgin
item lta extraordinary qualities for presenger
t, making it soft, smooth, fair, and transparent.
RI the old appear YOU kg, the homely handsome
Adeonte more beautiful, and the most beautiful
us. Price 25 and LO cents. Prepared only by HUNT
Perfumers, 41 booth EIGHTH Street,two doors
Chestnat,an4 183 Beath a WRATH Street,aboul
,nt. ie22-1m
BEAUTIFUL ART OF ENAMEL.
ATMS SEIN, —Pate de Toilet Prancatee (Freud
paste). for enamelling the atin.htditta small-pox
a, wrinkles, barn, ;wars, dts., without lubtry
lost delicate complexion. Its seeds are truly ma.
Sold txJars, price one dotter. with direction, for
BUNT a CO., Proprietors, 41 South EIGHTH
.two doors above nhactun I. and 173 B.7IIVINT' -
oevl
, DILRI
.en, all disorders of the Bowels coney:4l
Rthe use of Janieill's Syrup of Blackberry
hubarb. Entirely vegetable, easily taken_,
;We. it. Priipared only by AMOS MASI.
W. sot TWENTLETM and MARKET Streets.
MBRCHAAT.
dOOND AND WILLOW. STREETS.
PHILADELPHIA.
ma purchased. and tot 174•Sa•
STATIONERS,
432 CHESTNUT Stria
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VOL. 7.-NO. 308.
CURTAIN GOOD.
I M. WILLJUA.VEN,
iSIICOESSOR TO W. H. CAR.IFTL.)
MASONIC HALL,
719 CHESTNUT STREET
WINDOW SHADES,
CURTAINS,
AND
MOSQUITO NETTINGS
37141
COMMISSION MOUSES.
lIAZARD & HUTtRINSOIsT,
No. 112 CHESTNUT STREEP.I
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOR TRH SALE OF
E714-8m) PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS
ARMY GOODS.
FOR TIM ARMY AND NAVY.
lEVA.NS 11A.SSMX+,
MILITARY FURNISIIERS,
418 ARCH STREET,
PHILAD ELPHIL.
Banners, Regimental and Company Pings, Swords,
Bashes, Belts, Peasants, Epaulets; Bate, Caps, Can
teens, Hayersacks, . Camp Kits. Field Clime% Bltrti,
and everyth int pertaining to the complete outfit of Army
and Nagy OZlrcef c.
A liberal discount allowed to the trade. la.ll-Iro
CLOTHING.
EDWARD P. KELLY,
303E1N KELLY;
w.wimon,s,
&So. 612 CHESTNUT STREET,
I.TOASB' J 10731., 1
142111 142 SOUTH MIND
WITS lOW Oft Linda somoleto assortment of
SPRERG AND SLIMMER, GOODS,
n 3641,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
rES ThIPROVAD-PATTDIIN
WA-BRANUM TO FIT AND GUN SATISFACTION
MADE BY
JOHN C. AXMISOW,
NOB, 1 AND B NORTH SIXTH STREET,
EANIJFACITUEIIB AND DEALER
DIFILVARIfS FINK IeDRNISIM GOODS.
CONSTANTLY O 2 BAND.
WHIN, MUSLIN. and FLANNEL SHIRTS 2111
DRAWERS,' COLLARS, STOOKS, TRAVELLING
SHIRTS, TIES, WRAPPERS, Ao., &a.,
or lutrowarizeorcrrAoTtrox.---
HOSIERY
caohs.
SOARES
SUS.rENDISES
.11/..NDKEiCHIEFS,
Ja
SHOULDER RLOES, &L. Ass
Sold at reasonable Prices
826 ARCH STREET. 825
it30310 -1 7A.1.4.
O. A. HOFFMAN,
TARSI' PEI litTx SHIRT Al 4 iD WRAPPER
MAISMEACTOET, AND GENTLEMEN'S
FURNISIIING - EMPORIUM,
ZEREOVED FROM GOO ARCH STREET. ,
TO THE NEW STORE,
825 ARCII. STREET. 825
1610-framw6to
SPRING .a..11D BUMMER.
ENTINE NEW STOOK
LT "1NT.13V.11,C1.40701 - lIDTG.
TkIE LATEST NOVELTIES IN
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS,
tic TIB~ & BROTHER,
(ENCOESSON. TO HILL &EVANS.)
1086 CHEBTNUT STREET.
The ‘` Model Shoulder-Seam Shirt."
zny4-artrulm
FINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. .
The subearibere would tuelte attention to their
IMPROVBD COT OF SIIIhTB,
which they make a specialty in their badases. Alto.
constantly recetYLag
NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAN.
J. W. SCOTT 6: CO.,
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,_
8191 OHR6TNIIT sTkerr,
.10.17.tt • Four doors below the Continental.
GROCERIES.
To FAMMIES RESIDING IN THIS
COUNTRY.
We are prepared. as heretofore, to supply familia
at their Country Basidencee with 011(117 description of
FINE GROCERIES, TEAS, &0., &o.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
nisi-st • Canner BLIPTENTH and YIN'S Bb
. . .
..
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ARCHERit - REIVES, . .
WHOLESALEoRoczas. .
• Rio. 46 North WATER Street, and
No. 443 North DELAWARE Amenne,
046 T for sale, at the Lowest Market Prices, a Imo
4took of
SII0Alt; MOLASSES, COFFEE,
'TEAS, . SPICES, TOBACCO,
And Groceries generally, earefnlly selected for the
wintry trade.
Sole Agents for the prodnets of FITHIAN & POOLIB'S
Extensive Fruit Canning Factory at Bridgeton, N.. 1.
ap2SBn3
MA.CKEREL, HERRING, SHAD, &o.
U. l - —OO bble. Mau. Eros. 1,2, and 3 Afackerel.lato
unight ( at Ash, In assorted packages.
2060 bble. New Eastport, Fortune Bay, and Halifax
leering.
2,600 boxes Leib's, Sealed, and No. 1 Herring.
160 bbla new ideas Shad.
MO boxes Berk truer County (Meese. &e.,
In aforesaid for sale by BIIIRPHY ICOONLI
jall2-tf Igo. 146 IIOETH WHARVES.
PICKLES. 100 BBLB. PICKLES IN
VINEGAR.
• N) half bbla. Pal." in Vinegar.
Also, three-gallon and dve-galion kegs do.
For sale by RHODES & WILLIAII2,
mkigi 101 South WATER Street.
S . I - 3EOUSMA.N SE. CO.,
• JO. UE,7 BROADWAY, NEW YORK ,
IMPORTERS OIL
MEN'S as LADIES' GLOVES,
GERMAN AND ENGLISH HOSIERY,
MtN'S‘F.URNISETING GOODS.
LACES itISDRtSS TRIMMINGS,
to whicb they
MITE THE 'WHOLESALE TRADE.
Q IU E D PIGS FEET - 100 EEQB
L- 7 Frail.
Soused Lambe Towne, 100 kegs prime. •
Soused Tripe. 100 kegs prime.
For sale bY BI ODES & WILLIAMS.
107 annth WATER Wait
013EPki H. THOMPSON
SHIPPING COMMISSION matoneirr.
And Oeneral Agent,
toen-trn 1/54 North DILAWASE Avows&
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING.-
.
MoCOLLIN it RHOADS.
Isl9l MARKET Street, Philadelphia.
Water Mille, Wind Mille, Hydraulic RaMS• POZOOS of
carious patterns , Bathing Tabe,Waish Basizahand other
articles necessary to tarnish Dwellings in city and
eonntry with every modern tonyealenee of Water and
Os..
Tint Ootts Wale and Dal* ?In. it'll-Wren
Ely V 1,155.
FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1804
'PILE SECOND INVASION,
Tne "Pursuit. Of the Raiders" Checked
at 'Winchester Drechinridge Rein
forced and holds the 'Fortifications—
Ite Drives Arerill back to Martinsburg
and through it—a Running Fight.
We print the following letter from Martinsburg as
the first chapter In the hiEtory of the Second. Inva
sion ; inasmuch as It details all the facts from the
time the rebels paused in their into night, till they
readvaneed and reattached lilartinsUurg :
MARTI:ISM:R(I, Monday, July 25, 1814.
Again the Shenandoah valley becomes the scene
of conflict, and this time of an engagement of more
than passing importance—an engagement fought
with groat obstinacy and gallantry on both sides,
lasting over a day and a halt; and ending in the re
tirement of the Union forces only in consequence of
the overwhelming strength of the enemy opposed
to them, and not from any lack of courage
or discipline. General Averill had driven
Breckinridge to. Winchester, but the query has,
been. why Averill did not continue to drive
him 1 The reason Is simply- this : General Averill
advanced up the valley, and by 'a fortunate and
well executed movement wrought considerable trou
ble for the rebel commander in the capture of no
small number of his men and some: of his artillery.
After this Breckierldge , s command slowly, retired
before our closely following-up forces, and all at
once suddenly disappeared, but only to be disco.
vered in "martial array" behind the fortifications
of Winchester, the very ones we had erected with
much care and attention to keep the rebelsout. Un
der the cireumstances now presented to the Union
commander, .he found it impossible to do anything
particularly effective. against the rebel position.
This the rebels seemed fully to appreciate, for they
very coolly maintained their position and manifest
ed no particular desire to know where we were,
what we were doing, or what might be our both
gerent" intentions. Thus was the state of milita
ry affairs for some time. At last they wore
reinforced by what was at first stated as a great
many, then a division, and finally a corps. In con
nection with these reports came others stating that
a readeance was intended, and that Longstreet
would command the whole rebel column of the
Shenandoah. At no time was there a disregard
manifested on the part of our commanders to these
reports, and in fact it was but a short time before
they were partially confirmed by the readvance of
trly , s, forces upon our Own, and from behind their
.entrenched position at Winchester on Friday.
Averill , had also been reinforced, and returned the
enemy's advances by a few volleys, and subsequent-
IT by a regular skirmish. Nothing daunted with
such a reception, the persevering rebel continued to
"press his suit," eventually compellim , 6 us to seek
another bivouacking ground.- On Saturday, in con
sequence of the manner (by force of superior num
bers) in which the rebels threatened an attack, our
cavalry fell back upon the main army and prepared
for action.
SIINDAT'S OPERATIONS
In the early part of Sunday morning the hitherto
stillness of the day was broken by sounds attendant
on the rapid discharge of small arms. This, of
course, announced to us that the rebels ward again
advancing ; and accordingly a very few minutes
sufficed to get the whole command in condition to
repel an attack. The first demonstration of the
rebels was closely followed up by their causing a
sharp conflict between our own and the rebel caval
ry. Soon after this the rebels uncovered their in-
fantry and brought it up in line of battle for a gene
ral engagement. We also formed line of battle.
The movements at this time were being conducted
at a point situated abeut two miles from Bunker
Hill, towards Winchester.
THE RATTLE
lasted all day, and resulted in our men being driven I.
within six miles of Martinsburg., The overwhelm
lag force of the rebels outflanked us at every point,
and compelled us to keep up a retrograde move- ,
ment. In one grand charge which they executed,
And in which it was estimated that from twenty to
.o.ents.ave thousand- tr.vs-rastteipaLlKl, loaf:
heavily in prisoners. Besides these; wo lost either
four pieces or a whole battery of artillery. This
charge decided the work of the day. Our com.-
menders saw that they could do nothing against
the overwhelming odds against them, and resolved
to fall back slowly to Martinsburg.
A portion of our wounded fell into the enemy's
hands. In the confusion which now exists it is im
possible to get any definite information regarding
their fate. That portion of our wounded who are
able to walk have been and still are being sent to
agetitowm--Theroto-aG=tote-timaa~along *iii.:,.
-
road train of wounded about starting for Cumber
1101DAT'S OPE'RATIOIC 5.
On this (Monday) morriingtim_rebels_continnAd
their ItYvance, and as a consequence we had a re
newal of hostilities. The enemy advanced slowly.
Our men . ltept the line, and in falling back preserved
the best of order. In this retrograde movement we
did not quietly give way before the advancing foe,
but compelled him to win the ground by fighting
for it S. stubborn was the resistance offered that
the enemy was compelled to use his artillery even
up to the time of entering the town which is about
"now t"—noon—the time of the closing of this des
patch.
The last lines formed for the defence of Martins
burg (and yet not so much the defenciof Martins
burg as to gain time to get off our railroad and
other trains) were stretched from the Faulkner resi
dence (the late home of ex-Minister Faulkner, now
occupied by Mrs. F.) across the Winchester turn
pike to another road beyond it. Our lines were but
a few yards distant from the rebel ones. Both par
ties faced each other In fine style. The rebels
opened with their artillery ; we replied, and as they
used small arms, so we returned like for like. In
this last endeavor we gained time, and, in truth, It
was the saving of us. By its aid the railroad and
wagon trains were got out M . the way, the wounded
despatched in safety, and stores and other United
States property saved.
MARTINSBURG EVACUATED
The rebels have reached the outskirts of the town
a railroad train loaded with passengers has just left
citizens are skedaddlingon steeds °flail antique and
angular character, and'otherwise looking; there is
a constant pop! pop I of small arms, and the dis
charges of cannon and bursting of shells ; the last
of our wagon trains is moving off in good order ; men
and women, citizens of the town, are rushing into
their houses, or are grouped upon stoops to witness
the outgoing of one party and the, incoming of an
notwithstanding the dangers around them ;
the stores are closed, and the town looks dingy ;
overturned boxes in the streets and articles of some
value lying here and there indicate a hasty parting
from their keepers or owners ; our lines are slowly
moving back toward the Williamsport pike; infant-
Ty is marching 10 column out of town
. ; the Union,
cavalry (our advance, if we` were going the other
wal) is in sight ;-the rebels are in town ; no more
from Martinsburg; and the correspondent, follow
ing the example of the army, also retires in good
order and excellent spirit.
General Grout's Campaign—He is Con
fident of Success.
[From the Chicago Journal. 3 •
Ex-G overnor - Ramsey, United States Senator from
Minnesota, passed through this city, en route for
home, on Tuesday last, having, since the adjourn
ment of Congress, been on a visit to the army before
Petersburg. Ho gives a very encouraging account
of the situation and the prospects. He visited our
entire lines, and without exception found the Wil
ms and the men full of hope and confidence. They
feel sure that their present campaign will result not
- only 1u• the Llopture -, Of , Puteranuxu•-atul.R . lohlMOnd ,
but, what is more Important, In the dest r uction of
Lee's army, which Is the mein object of present
operations. Everything appears satisfactory in our
position near Petersburg, and the army is not idle.
At present, sapping and mining are the order of the
day, a la Vicksburg.
Governor Ramsey had conversations with General
Grant, who told him to request the people of the
North to "possess their souls with patience "—that
all will.comeoutright—thathis success Is beyond
doubt.-4hat his grand plan has been successfully
carried but so far, and is certain to be successful in
the end. General Grant has never felt greater con
fidence of success than he leels now. But it la a
stupendous work he his before him, and the people
must not be unreasonable in their anticipations;
they must not expect that to be done in a week
which cannot be done Ina month ; for if they will
have patience, they will in duo time be fully repaid
for the exorcise of that virtue, by the splendid suc
cess that will crown the efforts of the Army of the
Potomac to overwhelm the chief army of the rebel.
lion. The destruction of Lce's army will be almost
equal to the suppression of tho rebellion. The peo
ple, therefore, con afford torwalt, if that aohlove.
ment Is likely to result from the present apparent
inactivity—tor It Is more apparent than real.
A Warning* to Young oincers.
At Schofield barracks, yesterday - afternoon, a
novel military spectacle was witnessed .by the 145th
Illinois hundretillitys men. A lieutenant of that
regiment was marched out Ly a corporal's guard
at dress parade, and the orders read which con
demned Lim to be dishonorably dismissed the
service, to .forfeit his pay, and to have all mill
lacy insignia stripped from his clothing in pre
sence of the regiment; after which he was to
Le conducted to Myrtle-street . prison and hold
in confinement for trial as accessory to the
crime of murder. His offence was, that while
Witter of the guard, a few days ago, he left
his post, In company with several men of his
company, entered the premises of a German gar
dener named limdermus, for the purpose'of rely-
Ling his orchard, and while there one of the men
shot and killed Bradernius with -a musket. The
sentence of the court was executed under the direc
tion of Colonel Baker, who was present on the occa
sion. After the orders were read, one of the privates
drew forth an old haw k-bl I l penknife severed the
cord on the lieutenant's hat, nipped his , shoulder
straps in the bud, and winged the golden eagles that
were perched upon his coat. The unfortunate
young man bore fits disgrace in silence, but he Must
have felt Lis degrs'datlon deeply. lie is from
Williamson county, Illinois, and is said by his
comrades to Le an excellent young man, of a
gentle disposition, and not at all disposed to
shirk, from the performance of his duty. His
desertion of his . post and raid upon the
apple orchard * was a thoughtless country-boy's
frolic; and it is said that he ordered the soldiers
not to tiro upon the German. But in times like these,
when officers are prone to become r"ck' al and care
less, it was found necessary • example of
this young man, and ho ' • ~. mica that
•others may take warning by his exam pm. The army
regulations declare that the plundering by soldiers
of persons and property they are in duty bound to
protect Is n crime of such Infamy it cannot be ex
cused. The two Illinois regiments now quartered In
this city are fresh troops, and, with the exception of
the case mentioned, have conducted themselves in a
proper manner. The fate of this young man should
warn them to be Careful in their conduct, as the
officers in command here aro not disposed towink at
flagrant violatiOns of law end order.—SC Leofs De
mocrat, 2:11. •
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1864.
Wrongs of the Private Soltlier:-.To the
Sanitary Commission.
To the Editor of The Press:
IN TI(N TUNNCIINS, NUM?. PETENSTRTUCI, VA,
July 25 ? BM
In accordance with the long expressed wish
of many intelligent soldiers doing duty in the ranks
and other places, 1 will try and give the readers of
The Press and friends of absent ones in the army a
brief account of - the manner of distribution of sup
plies furnished by the United States Sanitary Gom
mission and its supporters.
Every one who is at all conversant with a soldier's
life knows that the private soldier, in particular, Is
constantly deprived of all the luxuries of home,
and often of the necessary articles of diet and
clothing. To remedy this great evilour Government
clothes and rations Its army much more munificent
ly than any other country in the world. Still, there
are many things yet needful, most of which are fur
nished by the Sanitary and Christian Commissions.
In those armies and departments where It Is practi
cable, the - Commissions send persons, called Relief
Agents, who personally attend to the distribution of
the supplies to the hospitals, and when there is an
overples, turn the same over to the Commissaries
of Subsistence for issue to the troops. But In many
instances the Commission places In the hands of sur
gennsibrigndes and regiments large quantities of
stores, Including, food, clothing, wines, Sm., for di
rect distribution to the troops, to whom they belong.
Then comes tie "tug of war." Wrongs aro com
mitted daily, and distributions are made, not to the
enlisted-men, but to the officers, to the °Mears' mess,
their friends, ofi en not connected with the army, but
Sometimes styled "Friends In the COuntry." The
writer, while serving in North Carolina, heard au
army surgeon of some celebrity. say, in conversa
tion, that , he did not know how they (his mess of
thirteen officers) would have lived, but for the
Sanitary stores received in Newborn; he stated
that they lived almost exclusively upon these stores,
and that their expenses for mess accounts were.
very trilling, : the liquors and wines being much
superior to any procurable front other sources. An
oflicer,replled that he understood that these stores
were for the sick in hospitals, to which was answer
ed : All the sick need Is judicious! use of medicines
and a little care, that enlisted men only expected
and needed the rations furnished by Government,
and that, if lucky enough to get into an hospital, were
quitecontent and as happy as if in a little heaven.
,In many Instances, the stores reach the soldier,
but often they only find the tables of officers and
their friends. The above is not written to prevent`
our friends at home from stretching forth the help
ing hand, but only to show the misplaced confidence
bestowed upon officers in the service. A more glo
rious institution than this never existed, and to have
its powers crippled or exercised in wrong directions
,is a shame and lasting disgrace to those who appro
priate that for their own private use r which Is
originally intended for the men under their com
mand. Officers on detached service receive themost
benetit from these supplies. Those officers aro all
paid every month upon the sight of the orderdetail
ing them, while the soldier is often without money
and poorly clothed, as is the case with many of us
now, for we have not received pay for seven months.
These officers have at all times the right and funds
to purchase stores both of necessity and luxury,
while the enlisted man only subsists upon the ' , field
ration."
Let the Sanitary friends send more agents into
the field to personally superintend the distribution
of supplies, and the wrongs here shown will be at
once obviated.
I am, sir, very respectfully yours,
THREE! YEARS
Gambling at Saratoga —Folly and Plea.
sure hand In hand.
A correspondent, writing from Newport, says that
gambling is carried on there at a fearful rate.
Thousands change hands daily, and the young men,
soldiers home from the war with their pay in their
pockets, young Californians and old men, are infatu
ated, and the betting is high. Near the United
States liotel is a large double brick house. All is
quiet around it. Alen go in as if to a sacrifice. No
sound Issues from the dwelling. It is kept by
Morrissey, and is, out of New York, the largest
gambling house in the country. It is kept in
style. All the machinery Is well adjusted, well
Oiled, and moves without friction. Tito table is
elegant, and costly viands and wines are spread
in profiaion. It hears the name of a Club
liouse," and many public men who hold the re
pute and life of men in their hands are said to
board there. But thousands are lost and won with
in that quiet retreat. Alorrissey can be seen at any
time at the United States, dressed In style, a short,
athletic, powerful man, quiet and of few words. He
to.. New York MA from Troy.. He was
then a fighter, poor, drunken, andbrutal. Ile came
to whip Bill Poole and .his party, to whom he bore
a deadly hate. lie was engaged to protect thobal
lotboxes in a ward election. He then arranged the
fight with Sullivan, and became the champion of
the fancy. He has made money (is said to be worth
f400;000), is a great stock operator, and keeps seve
ral or the largest gambling houses in the city of
Now York. he Is a steady man now drinks noth
ing, and does not gamble himself. l ie has a lease
of the race track for the races, and brings up at his
own expense detectives. from New York, to keep
pickpockets away and preserve good order. All
ground this "Club House" are gambling tit•
a small semicircular table bound with green baize,
tokens to represent coin, four mon to ran the ma
chine, all the dupes that can be induced tosit down,
vtlo4.about ten or twenty who play against the bank,
- but all really in the ring, with an apparent fairness
in the
to ten the bank must win and the person lose. Here,
from early morn, all the day long, till the small
hours that tell that midnight has one, men sit and
squander money and character. Scarcely a word is
spoken, and all that is in a subdued tone, and the
game runs on, carrying untold wealth into the till
of the benk, and despair into the heart, and frenzy
Into the eye of the loser. Clerks, sons of noble
mothers, officers who have fought bravely forthona
tion, young husbands and fathers, are daily carried
over this moral cataract of Niagara and are seen no
more. Besides these, it has become fashionable to
form clubs of wealthy men, and go to a room from
which all are exoluded who are not Invited, and
have a great game of cards, with the small stake of
Solb or i!.50 to giro piquancy to the game. These
men do not want money; but the excitement ol
chance they seek, and some go out from these scenes
to deeper play.
In August there will be a raid of sportsmen In this
place to attend on the races. This llas now become
a fixed Institution of the Springs, and sporting men
are to be catered for, and unusual attractions are
held out to them. The politicians are also to hold
important meetings here in the early part of August.
The great parties are all to be •represented by the
central committees, leading members of which are
already on the ground.
The billiard saloon that connects with the Union
is one of the largest . in the land. It has sixteen
tables of the newest combinations, and is ran day
and night. Billiards are taking the place of Wiwi
lug, and arrangements are being made to have a
room in which ladles and gentlemen can go in com
panies, as they formerly did to the bowling saloons.
Indeed, most of Lisa-gentlemen who formerly were
found in the alleys can be seen at this Immense se-
Icon each morning. The man who runs this estab
lishment is a. curiosity in his way. lie is welt on to
sixty years old, has quite a number of stores, and
employs women for ten miles round, making " Indi
an work "—baskets, bows, arrows, Fr.c.—which ho
sells as Indian manufacture. He has a dozen irons
in the fire, and keeps a smart lookout that none of
them burn.-
Singular Letter from Eng,lish Authors
and Artists.
THE STREET-1M MC EXOITEMENT IN LONDON.
Bass, the member of Parliament who intro
duced the bill for the suppression of street organs
and hurdy-gurdies In London, has received from
Charles Dickens and others the following congratu
latory letter :
"To M. T. Bass, Esq., M. P.:
"SIR: Your undersigned correspondents are de
sirous to offer you their hearty thanks for your in
troduction into the House of Commons of a bill
.for the suppression of street-music; and they beg
to assure you that, in the various ways open to
them, they will, out of Parliament, do their ut
termost to support you in your endeavor to abolish
that intolerable nuisance. Your correspondents
are all professors and practitioners or one or other
of the arts or sciences. In their devotion to their
pursuits—tending to the peace and comfort of man
kind—they are daily interrupted, harassed, worried,
wearied, driven nearly madby street 'musicians.
They are even made especial objects of persecution
by brazen performers on brazen instruments, beaters
or drums, grinders of organs, bangers of banjos,
clashera of cymbals, worriers of fiddles, and bel
lowers of ballads; for, no sooner does It become
'lemma) to those producers of horrible sounds that
any orybar correspondents have particular need of
quiet in their own Amnes, than the said houses are
beleaguered by discordant hosts seeking to be
bought off Your correspondents represent to you
that these pecuniary speculations In the misery
they endure are far more destructive to their spirits
than their pockets; and that some of thorn, not
absolutely tied to London by their avocation,
have actually fled into the country for refuge from
this unmerited persecution, which is none the less
grievous or hard to boar, because it Is absurd.
Your grateful correspondents take the liberty to
suggest to you. that,*altlaough aiParliamontary de
bate undoubtedly requires great delicacy in the
handling, their avocations require at least as much,
and that it would highly conduce 'towards the suc
cess of your proposed enactment, if you prevail on
its opponents to consent to state their objections to
it, swelled on all sides by the frightful noises in
'despite of which your correspondents have to gain
their bread.
" Cheries Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, John Everett
Millais, Francis Grant, John Forster, T. R. Her
bert, John Leech, W. Holman Hunt, Wilkie Col
' lins, J. R. Horsley, W. P. Firth, F. Seymour
Haydn,R. Doyle,. T. Carlyle, Alfred Wigan, W.
•Boxall George JOINS, Alfred Elmore, Thomas '
Feed, Sohn - Phillips, 'Thomas Creswick, James
' Sant, E. M. Barry, J. H. Robinson. S. Cousins,
L. Stocks, W. 0. Dobson, Thomas Woollier.),
A Si)fritital Outra ge.
The Alta California gives the following statement
of an outrage committed by spiritualists on Lisle
Lester, the etiltress of the Pacific 'AlontAly Magazine,
In San Francisco :
The circumstances are as follows: During the
past week, Miss Lester has tioen lying very ill, hav
ing frequent attacks of syncope, which had been
quite alarming from the fact that some of her rela
tives have diva Ina similar condition ; but on Satur
dAy there was evidence of great improvements, and
hope was entertained of her speedy recovery. As
the nurse bad become greatly fatigued by her
constant • watching, she was induced to retire
to ran • adjoining room, while a lady • friend
would wait upon the invalid; but no sooner had
"tired nature's sweet restorer" breathed the le
nient balm upon the wearied lids than the supposed
friend was seized with a "spasm" of superior
stupidity, supposed by her to be knowledge from the
spirits of the departed, when she moved silently
and quickly away, calling in another woman or
the " faith," accompanied by a male calling
Himself "Dr. -, triairvoynnt, Physician, ate.,"
and the trio wore going to work miracles.
During this arrangement the sick lady .knew no
thing of what was being done, nor did she know
rho strange woman and man who had entered her
boys°. When they saw she had no friend by her
side,. the rude monger threw off his coat, rolled
up his sleeves, and rushed to the bed, seized
the bead of the feeble lady violently, and moved it
about in the most rude manner, applying hot water
to Ler temples and forehead, which the attendant
crinolines brought for his use ; then pressed upon
her chest, and basely attempted to remove the
clothes from her body, which he would have accom
plished bed she notwildly have caught hold of them
ar.d screamed in terror for her nurse. The effort
caused hint to relax his hold of the clothes, and
pinto his Land over her mouth to prevent her from
oinking n noise, swearing ho would have no ono In
the room who was not In favored' what he was doing.
All this time those women who were present, anal
who have disgraced their sex, offered no resistance,
but rather smiled approval of tho outrage.
WMFS FROM REBKIIDOM.
- REIM POETRY.
A late number of the Atlanta Appeal prints the
following; Song, adapted to the air, "Rally Round
the Flag.ti It Is entitled : "Brightly the Southern
Cross Is Gleaming," and purports to he watt.= by
a "prisoner on Johnson's Island :"
With the force terrific roar
Or five hundred guns or more
A doom over Sumpter long was seeming;
But they gave up in despair,
For OUT lierturegarti was there,
And brightly the Southern Cross is gloaming.
CHORUS
Shoulder to eliouldor, with hearts firm and true,
We never can be conquered by an Abolition' Crow ;
For wherever Is seen our bayonets , &been,
Brightly the Southern Cross Is gloaming.
The miscreant Dahlren thought,
As he led his base cohort, _
That with blood the streets of. Richmond would be
streaming;
But ha tasted Southern lead,
And above his gory head
Brightly theßouthern Cross is gleaming, -
When Gilmore's mongrel horde
Into Florida was poured,
Fondly of triumph he was dreaming ;
But his column backward. reeled
From Olustee's bloody field;
Where brightly the Southern Cross is gloaming.
Since Banks quit keeping store
For Stonewall Jackson's corps,
Louisiana's ruin he's been scheming ;
But his star at Grand Ecore
Has set to rise no more, -
And brightly the Southern Cross is gleaming.
Brave Forrest once again,
Wit! his gallant mounted men
Has filled the Yankee heart with terror teeming ;
At Fort Pillow he has paid
The full price of Sherman's raid,
And brightly.the Southern OroSs Is gleaming.
With Lee in the East, '
And Johnston in the West,
Brightly the star of hope is beaming;
Our success in '64
Will end a glorious war;
Proudly the Southern Cross is gleaming.
DOITOTHIIL.COMPTAMENT TO GEN. DATUM
The editor of the Cairo Arazat has been furriished
with a' copy of the Mobile Evening News of May 30,
which contains the following remarkable order,
which has not yet been published in Northern
papers : Ca.
AND INSPECTOR GEN'S. OPPIOIi,
lircumo:so, May 21, 1864.
SPECIAL OERER No. WC—Owing to the inesti
mable service rendered to the Confederate States by
Major Wan. N. P. Banks; U. S. A., all officers and
menlnMe:service of the Confederate States aro
hereby prohibited from harming a hair of his head,
and are especially ordered, under all circumstances,
to allow him to escape. By order. -
_
Adjutant and Inspe S ho G r ° Tn ß er' al.
BONDIJOM OF REBEL rir.rrlA.
General .lohnston In a letter to Governor Brown,
of Georgia, says :
I have the pleasure to Infbrm you that the State
troops promise well, and have already done good
service. While the army was near Marie tt a they were
employed to support the cavalry on the extreme
left, and occupied a position quite distinct from any
other infantry of OUTS. According to all accounts,
their conduct in the presence of the enemy was firm
and creditable. Such Federal parties as approached
the crossing places of the Chattahoochie guarded by
them have been driven back. These proofs of their
vahte make me anxious that their number shall be
Increased. Is It possible'? You know that the dis
tinguished officer at their head is competent to high
com mend.
wri ERE IS REBELLION'S "LAST DISTIL W—A REBEL
The following note was found by one of our sol
diers in Marlette, Immediately after Its abandon
ment by the rebels:
"Good by, Yanks. Yon will meet us Mae (9)
miles south of Atlanta, on Cedar Bluff. If you
flank us out of there you will find us nine miles be
low Bell (where we are strongly fortified)." The
fellow seemed doubtful about holding Cedar Bluff,
but strongly implied, in the last part his note,
where the last climb may be found.
GEMIEZE!
The Richmond Enquirer contains the following
personals, seeking Information of or from persons in
this city and vicinity :
I,NPORNATTON WANTED of George H. Holdsworth,
Company K,l2th.Virginia Regiment, hlstione's bri
gade, Anderson's division, who, it is supposed, was
taken prisoner near Petersburg, Vs., during an en
gagement in the latter part of June. His family
aro anxious to hear from him. Philadelphia and
Baltimore papers please copy.
S. G. 0., Rita MOND,. Va., July 20,.1864.—Dr. John
L. O'Neale, Philadelphaa. Pe.—Your family, together
with that
.Of Mrs. James- Saunders, of Charlottes
's:, are all well, but very desirous of hearing
from wan- Please inikkrm,Captain Wm. W. thaania
wife, Sophia Lee, and children, of Lynchburg, S
C., are very well, and also very anxious to hear from
him. My friend Raker was sale and well near Pe
tersburg, Va., when last beard from. Please do me
the favor to Inform my family and friends of my
continued health and welfare, and of my great
anxiety to hear from them ts not having heard since
last October. 'Write by flag of truce, or through
personal, to be copied into columns of Richmond
Enquirer. Praying for a speedy and happy re-union,
amid scenes of restored peace and prosperity to our
land, Yours truly,
C. L Warta.
• • ManniiraTan, July 11, 1864,
- J. C. Orraevan, Pa.: I see by your note you have
received no letter from me. I hope you may get this
note. Your children aro all well. May (Intl bless
and take care of you, Is the prayer of your affection
ate wife,
!gut
... s i t .o reg 4 Phila:
Vfar:lre r i l f Nol?rhe 3
you all. Answer through New York News.
JAM.ES E. CZAR re.
To Dsvrti Sor.omow, Philadelphia; J. M. Di-oltiti
sozr, President Manhattan Bank JAMES LER & CO,
and Dr. MARION Sims, Now York: Lieutenant
William E. Johnson, of the 7th South Carolina Ca
valry, was rewnted missing after a cavalry fight,
near illchmohd, 30th May last. Information con
cerning him through the Now York Ne:as and other
channels will be most gratefully received.
TEE OASIrdIGN or LEE'S AR.ItY
(From the Richmond Sentinel, Jaly 22 I
This campaign of Lee's army, in Its conduct p.nd
res.ults '
tar, much resembles the famous Italian
campaign of Napoleon. in which, by the rapidity
of his movements, his strategic skill and the dash
ing courage of Ms troops, he overcame three armies,
each as largo or larger than his own. In the num
ber of troopeenguged,and in the area of country
pervaded, as'well as in number killed, wounded
and missing, the campaign of Leo, and the officers
and soldiers under him, already greatly exceeds that
of Napoleon. We include in our estimate of tho
achievements of Lee's army tho battles about and
beyond Lynchburg, the invasion of Maryland and
Pennsylvania, the recent battlenoar Snicker's Gap,
the raids of Sheridan and Kautz, as well as the
many bloody engagements beginning at the Wit
derneSS and continued, not ended, at Petersburg.
We believe that our enemy, in killed, wounded,
and missing, by desertion, by natural deaths, and
by the expiration 'of }arms of service of its three
years' VC terans, has lost fully one hundred thousand
men ; we not more than a filth of that number. The
losses of the Pederals have so far exceeded two
thousand per day; and if Grant and Hunter are re
tained in command, will probably continue to ex
ceed that daily number for some time to come.
The skilful strategic movements of Leo, from the
Rapidan to Petersburg, would have done credit to
Wellinaton, while Early's sudden appearance at
Lynchburg:his..defeat and pursuit of Hunter, his
rapid march up the Valley tits dashing invasion.of
Maryland and Pennsylvania, his . successful return
to 'V train's, his second meeting with Hunter and
his- victory over him ; in celerity and secrecy of
movement, in dashing. Courage and In successful
achievement, remind us of the most brilliant feats
Of Stone Wall Jackson and Napoleon.
THE BRArE OLD MAUI - LANDER DPI AEL DAT.—
The Baltimore American publishes• the following
letter from Ishmael Day :
"Messrs. Editors BaLltinore American
"Having now reoruited a little, and got things
a little fixed, but Still weak and feeble, I beg
leave. through your valuable paper, to reply to
the letter of my very kind and sympathizing
friend, dated Philadelphia, July 14, and in the
name of the people, and over the signature of
One of Many,' and say, with all my heart and
soul, 1 thank him meat sincerely for his kindness
and offer, but would' have been much more thankful
could 1 have deserved more of his kindness, as well as
his fellow-citizens whom he represents, by giving to
the other rebels such a deadly close as I gave the
first, and as many more, could I hare done so. I
feel It to be the duty of every American citizen,
home and abroall, pld and young, to maize use of all
ways and meansgtnd at all times and hazards, to
crush this cursed and uncalled fur rebellion.
"At the time I shot the rebel I did not think for a
moment of property or consequences, bat kept my
eyes on the trattorand our glorious old • stars and
stripes, which God grant' may ever wave over all
enemies el every land and nation as well as trat
tors of this once happy land. I have lost by this
act and love of my country all my property by
tire, by the hands .of traitors, except two small
outhouses '
all my books and valuable papers,
household and kitchen furaiture, hay, wheat, Etc.,
leaving alone sixty-ftve acres of land—my loss be
ing about nine thousand dollars, my family clothe
less and homeless; consisting of self, wife, and
three daughters, one .of whom is much afflicted,
and income for their support being now about - 41490.
But notwithstanding, with my trust in an all-wise
Lord, and confidence In my State and General Go
vernment In making good my losses some dr.y,T hope
to make out to support my family for the few days I
may yet live, and my family after. • And now say,
in conclusion, that any little office suitable for an
old man In his seventy-third year would at this time
be very acceptable and thankfully received from
any quarter whatever.
"With many thanks and well wishes for my friend
for the lOtereat taken in my behalf, I remain his
most obedient and very humble servant.
L Day."
Row TrigT-Duo A WSLI, 1K RICHSIOnD.—MC-
Malian, with his army of 100,000 men, besieged
Richmond; The town was filled to repletion with
Jefugees front around the straitened city. There
WAS no Ice to be had, and the river water was warm
and muddy. Thousands of sick and wounded, ltun-•
thuds of thousands of the strong and healthy, were
here gathered. At this late season the deficiency of
wells was discovered. The authorities of Richmond
wafted until the middle of July before they began
to give this their notice. One.well was begun at
the corner of Eleventh and Main Streets. Three
lazy, ragged negrocs were set to work. They worked
leisurely for thirty days. Water was found at last;
but before a single, draught could be drained the
well fell in. A "gum' , had to be . found and hol
lowed for the aperture.
Three weeks wore- consumed at this, when It was
thrown In the street near the well. This wooden
tube had many . excellent qualities. It was hard
and hollow; but it had, withal, ono great fault—
s, cause similar to that which caused Robinson Oru-
see's great boat to bleach anti warp on lerra
and the gorgeous memuioth picture of Mr. Prim
rose's family to hang in Ignominy from the kitchen
wall. The "gum" was too big.
It woo plain.the well must ho enlarged. After a
week's meditation the digging was renewed. The
negroes did not over-exert themselves, and another
creek went past 'before the well was ready for the
long, wooden tuba. During all this time the people
subered from excessive thirst. About the few wells
that poured forth pure water the scones wore appal
ling. Men with parched throats quarrelled and
fought with dusty-hatred, travel.solled women. All
night, and during the day. , the spring in Capitol
Square was surrounded by a thirsty, ravenous
crowd.
The "gum , ' lay helpless In the street. Now that
the well. vas finished; no one offered to assist in R
iling IL Three days wore spent by the negroes in
fixing upon seine plan: At length they gave
muscle a trial. But it failed. ()Mums passed
that way, but. with a true estimate or their
dignity, misused' to.'assist. They wore spectators
with bends crammed to empty pockets. Advice was
proffered by all who pa.ssed that way. At length six
volunteered-Inm correct about the number, leaving
made, strict research. Thus the gum was placed In
the well, and a pump eventually Inserted, in Sep.
tezabor, whoa the necessity for water was past,
The Peace Farce—Jewett itSelf-appointed
Clem , n.
The Washington Chronicle says : "As an Irre
sponsible person named .Towett, who has recently
been acting aeon agent and Messenger for the rebel
emissaries in Canada, is assiduously laboring, and
apparently with some success, to create the impres
sion that ho acts by virtue of a certain implied un
derstanding or connection with the Executive
Mansion, we deem it not improper to state that he
has never received from the President the slightest
recognition ; that Major Hay, at Niagara, expressly
declined to meet him, and that the only letter he has
over received: from the Executive Office, in an
swer to his voluminous communications, is the fol
lowing:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WABIIINOTON, July 18, 1884.
Srn: In the exorcise of my duties as secretary in
charge of the President's correspondence,. it is
necessary for me to use a certain discretion in the
choice of letters to be submitted to the personal In
spection of the President. In order to avoid a fur
ther waste of time on your part, I have to inform
you that. your letters are never so submitted. My
proceeding in this matter has the sanction of the
President. • - ' •
I am, sir, very truly, your obeillenlsorva i lt,
WM. CVP.NICLL JEWETT, ste., &er n( 41
A Student's Duel At lteidelberit.
A correspondent or the London Post, writing frOm
Heidelberg, on the 10Ih instant, says
Passing through Heidelberg, I saw one of the sad
dest and most striking sigh.s—the funeral , proces
sion, by torchlight, of the anfortunate student, who,
about a month ago, was - found in broad daylight,
desperately wounded by a pistol shot and bleeding
to death, in ono of the public thoroughfares of the
town. Ho was at once carried to the hospital, and,
on searching his papers, there was no doubt that the
wound was inflicted by himself In consequence of a
quarrel with another student there. A challenge
had been the result, but the other declining to fight
with swords, to prove that he was not a coward, had
insisted that they should "draw lots and that the
one on whom the lot fell should kill himself with a
pistol.
The victim was a native of Wurtomberg, in the
Croatian band of students, and knowing that his
father was dangerously ill, he had begged for a re
prieve of a fortnight, but this had been refused, and
he was bound to kill himself before a certain hour
on the following day. Universal indignation, has
been felt, and every effort has been made to discover
the author of the murderous challenge, as foul play
Is strongly suspected, but beyond that he is a Pole,
nothing is known, as the Croatian would not give
up his name. Each of the chiefs of- the different
corps have bound themselves by a solemn oath to
kill the murderer, and one of them never left the
bedside of the wounded in an, hoping that, In his de
lirium, be might divulge the name. When taken to
the hospital, and told that he would probably re
cover, he declared that as soon as he was well he
would kill himself, as ho was bound to do so.
The different chiefs of the corps of students came
and assured hint that he had amply redeemed his
honor, but to no purpose. His parents then arrived,
and it was hoped that, being an only son, he would
relent. Tho doctors had hopes of his recovery until
two days ago, when bad symptoms set in, and ho died
on the sth of July. On the following evening a pro
cession of students, each bearing a torch, accompa
nied his hearse, drawn by six_horses, to the railroad
station, where he was taken to be burled in his na
tive village, ids broken-hearted parents alone ac
companying his remains. Nothing could be more
sad than the funeral cortege, the mournful notes of
the music, and the mulliddrums, and the 300 stu
dents, with their flaming torches.
From the station all returned in quick time, and
in front of the university the students made a fune
ral pile of ,their torches, singing in chorus as they
threw them away. The crowd then dispersed, and
all the students proceeded to a Bier Keller (before
agreed on), where the custom is for each to drink in
perfect darkness a huge Chopin of beer to the re
membrance of the deceased when living, and of his
remembrance in death; atter which they all throw
their glasses on the floor, and break theta in pieces.
It might, indeed, be hoped that such a shocking
tragedy would Induce the authorities to put a stop
to the system of duelling, which prevails at this uni
versity to such an extent that they are not even a
weekly, but almost a daily occurrence.
The faces I saw last night were scarred in every
variety of form. Some had their faces cut open, the
sears scarcely healed ; some had bandages around
their heads ; others huge plasters on their cheeks ;
and at this present moment a student is walking
about with his nose stuck on with plaster. At Hei
delberg scars are considered beauties In the Same
way that tattooing is admired In New Zealand.
What Is also strange, It is considered more honora
ble to receive than to give cuts. The Germans aro
loud in their praises of the Ordinary duels with
swords, as they say only a nose or an eye can be
lost, for up to their necks the students are muffled
Fp and protected, and only the faces are exposed.'
or a nose to be diet olf, or an eye put out, Is by no
means a rare occurrence; but the famous Dr.
G—s replaces them so perfectly that only to the
inner man is the loss perceptible.
The Steam Vessels of the United King•
The mercantile steam marine of this. country is
insressing with great rapidity, and now consists of
no fewer than 2,277 vessels, with a gross tonnage of
88.3,02.4 tons, or (after deducting engine room and
space)'of the registered tonnage of 591.431 tons. This
ail thA tither. na_-
tons of the world put together.
It appears, from a return just laid on the table of
the House of. Commons, on the motion of Mr.
Thomas Baring, that the steam tonnage of this
country had attained the remerkable extent above
named on the Ist of January, 1801.
The same return also furnishes a number of facts
which we combine and arrange under separate
heads, and which give the following results:
The total number of Steam vessels of all kinds, as
we have already stated, is 2,277. A few years ago
iron first began to be introduced as a material for
the construction of steamers, and already the Iron
steamers in the British mercantile marine are more
numerous than those constructed of wood, there
being -1,391 built of iron la the total of 2,277
steamers.
Another new material is now coming into use In
the building of steamers, namely, steel. The num
ber of vessels "formed - or - steel - at - present - onty
rh u it s iTt l ie ts gintr r- O r r t a - f l in t constructed ofpro b able
l able
ma
terial will increase—a much smaller quantity of
steel (Indeed, not more than one-half) being re
quired to give the same amount of strength In re,-
slating shocks and blows than is required of Iron.
In one case there Is a combination of steel plates
with iron beams.
It Is also only a few years Sillee the first screw
steamer was constructed In this country . , and al
ready considerably more than ono Vijrd of the
steamers in the mercantile marine of rfits country
are propelled by the screw. According to the re
turn lust published, the number of screw steamers
at the beginning of the present year was 792.
The size of the steamers employed in the trade
of England • 'varies from to tons to 15.915 tons—the
last being, of course, the tonnage of the Great
Eastern.
CZME=M
Nearly the whole of the trade between Groat
Britain and Ireland, and a very considerable por
tion of the trade around the coasts of the three
kingdoms, is now carried on by means of steamers.
Tho number of steam vessels employed In these
branches of trade may be taken at 1,800. We ought
also to Include under this head neatly the whole of
the steamers employed in the trade with Franco,
Belgium and Holland, and a portion of those em.
ployed in the trade with the Atlantic ports of the
Peninsula, and in the trade with Germany, Den
mark and the Baltic.
The number of steamers employed in what may
be celled ocean traffic amounted to 477 at tho com.
meoceuientof the present rear, and may be safely
taken at upwards of 500 at the present time. These
vessels may be divided into ,our classes, according
to their tonnage.
The first of these classes consists of vessels of from
500 to 1,000 tons. These amounted at the beginning
of the present year tows, and include a large por
tion of the steamers employed in the trade with the
Mediterranean, the Adriatic, the Black Sea, the
Baltic, and the Ranee Towns of Germany.
The vessels which may be considered ocean
steamers, in the strict sense of the term, are vessels
of between 1,000 and 4,000 tons. The steamers of
this class from 1,000 to 2,000 tons burden amounted
to 158. In this number were a few of the steamers
employed in the trade with America. When that
trade commenced, vessels of 1,200 tons were consi
dered sufficiently large, and that was the size of the
steamers in the original Cunard contract. But the
steamers employed in the trade with America have
Increased In magnitude every three or four years,
and 'there are now fifty vessels of upwards
of 2,000 tons employed in keeping .up the
communication fur the mails and first-class pas
sengers between Europe and America. The num
ber of vessels of from 2,000 to 8,000 tons is stated in
the return to be 43, and the number above 3,000 tons
is stated to be 7. - But this class of vessels is in
creasing rapidly, and these figures fall considerably
short or the real number of steamers of this class
now on the ocean.
The Great Eastern is still far ahead of all other
vessels, her tonnage being no less than 18.015 tons.
This leviathan of the ocean has been too unfortunate
as a commercial speculation to have given rise to
any Imitations. The largest class of steamers that
have hitherto been employed with profit and ad
vantage scarcely rises to the magnitude of 4,000
tons. In the warlike marine of this country one or
- two vessels have been constructed of the magnitude
of 0,000 tans. .
ak It is impossible to consider the above facts with
out coming to the conclusion that the introduction
of steam navigation, followed, as it luxe been, by the
application of Iron to the purposes of shtp-bullding,
and the introduction of the screw in the place of the
paddle wheel, have given a fresh impulse and an
additional security to the naval greatness of the
country. .Iron steamers aro in future to rule the
ocean, in the place of those vessels, built of heart
of oak, in which Nelson and Blake gained their
victories ; and the country which carries the build
ing of iron vessels to the greatest 'Perfection will be
the country that will rule the seas. It fa even
doubtful, since the power of artillery has been so
much increased, whether swiftness will not become
as great an elem enter naval power as strength, and
whether that nation will not possess the command
of the sea which has the greatest number of swift
iron steamers capable of carrying ono or two very
heavy guns apiece. Should it come to this, the iron
steamers of the British morcan the marine may have
as much influence in preserving the naval power of
this country as the wooden merchant vessels of our
ancestors had in creating . IL—Liverpool Times.
Thu BIRD .01 , Bermat.—The Now Albany (In
dlana) Ledger tells this story :
" Vire printed, a few days from an Atlanta
paper, an account or a mock) ird, which, at the
battle of llama, perched its n the top of a tree,
and during the light Imitated the whistling of the
bullets ion ()ajar noises liicldent tea battle, Another
and a more touching incident of a similar character
was yesterday related to us by Captain George
Babbitt, of. General Gresham's stair, and or which
he was himself a witness. During the fierce can
nonading at Nickajack a small bird came and
perched upon the shoulder of an artilleryman—the
man designated, we believe, es No. I,' whose duty
It is to ram down the charge after theammunition is
put in the gun. The piece was a Napoleon, which
makes a very loud report. The bird, as we have
stated, perched itself on this man's shoulder and
Could not be driven from its position by the violent
motions of the gunner. When the piece was die
charged, the poor little thing would run its boak and
hoed up under the man's hair at the back of the
neck, and when the report died away would resume.
Its place upou Ms shoulder. Captain Babbitt took
the bird in his hand, but when he released his grasp
It immediately resumed Its place on the shoulder of
the smoke-begrimed gunner. 'rho soeno was wit
nessed by a large number of editors and men. It
may be a subject of. curious inquiry, what instinct
led this bird to thus place itself. Possibly frightened
at the violent commotion caused by the battle, and
not knowing how to escape or whore to go, some in
stinct led It to throw itself on this gunner as a pro
tector. But, whatever the cause, the Incident was
a most beautiful and pleasing one to all - who wit
nessed it."
THE CAPITOL IMPEOVEMENTS.—TraveIIers sneak
In most exalted terms of the north portico or the
east front of our National Capitol. It Is stated
that Europe has nothing to equal it. The south
portico will corrospond well with the former, and it
is gratifying to witness the skill •and seal of our
American marblo•cutters.
DECBASBD.—Mrs. Caroline M. Nixon died in
Bangor, Ate ., on the "20th instant. She was the
divorced wife of James, M. Nixon, the • theatrical
manager; was herself some sears ago a dashing
equestrianperformer, and was travelling profession
ally at the time of her death.
A Loxo TACIT.-A match for $250 a side was late
ly trotted in England between the American horse
Jack Eossitor, and an English mare named 321:Latch
less, fifty milts it !Lamm.
THREE CENTS.
FOREIGN MISCF,'LLOT.
TRAO7B Or TER HARTLIMOOL MORDEREIL—
SOIne rather important. revelations have come to
light within the last few days in connection with the
murder of Matthew Hodgson, near Hartlepool,
England, on the lath of March last. It will be re.
membered that the man who was supposed to have
committed the deed was described minutely by Mar
garet Denton, who saw him following deceased On
the day of the murder up Hart lane, with a bludgeon
in Ills hand, which was aftervrazds found near the
spot whore the tragedy was perpetrated. This man
the police of the dialrict have been unsuccessful in
getting bold cd; but about three weeks ago Marga
ret Jionton was at Hartlepool with one of the
farm laborers, and on returning In the cart at
night, while the thirer was absent a minute or
two, her eyes caught those of a man who was intently
pelt:gat her. She at once recognized in him the man
whom she saw following Hodgson a short time be
fore be was murdered. The driver joined the cart,
and as It was proceeding, this man, whom the girl
eyed with such fear, came up to the cart, and,from
a point from which he could scan the girl's face t
again scrutinizingly glanced at her, and Inquired of
tt o driver if he was going to Hart. He received a
negative reply. The cart then proceeded on Its
journey, having to.go a little to the north of lien.
At the bend In the road, where, on the nth -of
March, the girl had first seen the supposed mur
derer, this Individal, strange to say, was there, and
he again put the same question to the driver,
asking if lie was going to Hart. The driver, appa
rently annoyed at the troublesome inquiry, gruffly
answered him in the negative. All this time Mar
garet Denton was so terrified that she dared not
breathe to the driver of the cart who this strange
questioner was, but on arriving at home she told her
mother she had seen the loan who had followed
Hodgson up the lane on the day of the murder. The
farm laborer who was driving the cart when this in
cident occurred, appears to have had occasion to go
to Hartlepool on Monday last, and when in the out
skirts of the borough he was accosted by hie former
questioner; he said, "Do you know that girl that
was in the cart with yod on Friday I" "Yes," re
plied the driver. "Did she say anything about
me 1" "No." "What! did she not say she knew
sue nicelyl" "No, sho never mentioned you."
Such was the conversation, and the man left. The
facts were then communicated to the police, who,
during the week, have been scouring the whole
neighborhood.—Newcastle Chronicle.
A WOMAN CHARGBD WITR. BURNING FIER HOS.
DAND TO DEATII.—On the 11th inst. an inquest was
opened at Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England, on the
body of John MeMorrow, who died from Injuries re
ceived, as his deposition stated , from his wife setting
tire to him whilst he was asleep. The deceased
stated that on the 2isd of June he want to Chester
field to a funeral,lind on returning home his wife
and he quarrelled, and finally he left the house, to
which be did not return until 12 o'clock. The wife
was then sitting in the kitchen In her bonnet and
shawl, and refused to go to bed, saying she would ,
Cut her throat. The deceased afterwards took off
his coat and hat, and hung them up some dis
tance from the lire and fell asleep. Ile was
awoke about 'one or two o'clock in the morning by
finding himself on fire. Ile cried for help; and saw
his wife running from him up stairs. Ile heard her
laughing at him, and would soon have been burned
to death but that his cries aroused some lodgers,
who threw buckets of water upon him and ex
tinguished the flames. He was badly burnt on the
back and left side of the arm, the two shirts and .
waistcoats he had on being nearly consumed. As
FOOD as the tire was extinguished, deceased went for
the police, and charged his wife with setting him on
fire. She denied it, and said he had fallen on the
tiro while 'he was intoxicated but evidence
was produced at the Inquest which contradicted
her denial. As a proof of the deceased's Intoxi
cation, she raked out of the ashes his tobac
co box, but one of the witnesses swore tbat he
had taken it out of his pocket just before. he- went
for the police, and that he left it on the table. De
ceased's coat was also found by the police to be
burned, but deceased pointed out that, whereas he
was burned on the left arm and side, the coat had
the right sleeve destroyed, the husband having al
leged that the coat was behind the door when the
woman set him on fire. It was also proved that
when the deceased was calling out " fire," his wife
was heard laughing and talking to herself up stairs.
The deceased was attended by Dr. Wilson, and had
everything Bono for him that was possiole, but he
died on the 9thinstant. The inquiry was adjourned.
The wife, Mary bleMorrow, is In custody, and has
been remanded by the Alfrelon magistrates to await
the result of the inquest.
CDAVGED TMES AT Nartits.—The Times cor
respondent, writing from Naples, says: "A statue
has just been erected at Salerno in honor of one of
the Neapolitan martyrs, Carlo Pisa-cane. In UM
Carlo Pinup° landed with an expedition at Sapri.
It was unfortunate—much blood was shed, and the
Cagliari cause was tried, in which near 300 men,
•among them our countrymen Wattand Parks, wore
placed at the bar. flow great the change, (writes a
correspondent), which has taken place since than!
Let the impatient and discontented read this page
of their history well. Nicotera, whom I then saw
in prison, in court, in chains, and finally a con
demned criminal, under sentence of death, last Sat
urday stood in the same city as its representative to
inaugurate the erection of a statue in honor of his
chief, and a mighty crowd bad assembled, without
any Interference upon the part of the police, to join
In the festivities.
TILE FRENCH CLERAV AND TRR POPE.—The
_parochial Ostia:oMo archdlocess of Lyons appear
witutrysufe in, thetropeu-oe-i.utr=,pt.,.up- -
stitutlon of the Bomantiturgy for their own. When
the breach between these elergymen and the Papal
authorities took place, a deputation was appointed to
explain to the Court of Rome the reasons on which
that opposition was founded. The explanation,
however, was not listened to, and the archbishop
then endeavored to coax the disaffected priests into
subs Wive obedience; but In this he also failed, for
after an examination of the proposal of the superior,
and after mature deliberation, the clergy of Lyons
respectfully but peremptorily refused to comply with
his wishes. After this exhibition of determined hos
tility to the decree of the Court of Rome it is thought
the matter will drop, and that the obnoxious liturgy
will not be enforced upon priests or people. For the
information of those who are not aware of the fact,
we may state that the French liturgy, although In
the main points identical with the Roman, differs
-- from tkriattor-10-many miner portions—Stleh as the
selections of psalms and hymns for special occa
sions, &o. .
Az; ARTIST THE Lamm . 01, THII 8816.A.W65.
An English artist, Mr. Lionel]; says the Roman
correspondent of the Post, hasjust returned to Rome
after a very interesting but equally hazardous ex
cursion In the mountain districts of the Abruzzi
and Terra di Lavern, most infested by brigands.
lie was accompanied by an experienced model, well
known to artists there, named Antonio, himself a
mountaineer; and although frequently in the neigh
borhocxl, and almost in sight of formidable bands,
succeeded In tracking his way unhurt through the
dangerous districts. Mr. Linnell's journey lasted
twenty-three days, including a trip to the province
of Salerno ; and the part of the country he found
most oppressed with brigands was the immediate
neighborhood of San Germano, where the hills were
tenanted by a band of about 300 brigands, with flags
and other pretensions to the honorof regular war
riors.
A BALLOON Err KRIM - ENT.—A small balloon, con:
structed of goldbeater's skin, scarcely two feet in
diameter, ascended from Highgate on the 30th ult.,
at 7.45 P. N., the wind blowing moderately from the
N.W. A small tube fitted to the neck allowed
thegas to escape as it expanded, and a paper car,
filled with sand,
which tell slowly through a small
aperture In the bottom, was attached to the balloon,
in order to compensate to a certain extent for the
gradual loss or gas. At S3O A. M. the following
Morning it descended at Hirsehalp, near Bamberg,
in Bavaria. The distance is about 500 miles in a
direct line, and the time occupied, allowing for' the
difference of longitude, as nearly as possible, twelve
tours.
TRH NEw GOVERNOR or THE C Km—Lieutenant
General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, who has been
appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Rope, is
the oldest son of the late Sir Howard. Douglas, who
was Governor of New Brunswick from 103 to 18V,
and Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands
from 1835 till 1840. The new Governor was born in
1805, and succeeded to the baronetcy inlB6l. Rehm
been inspector of militia and assistant adjutant
general to the forces.
A GRILAT number of distinguished visitors are ex
pected at the Viennese Court at the end o the month.
The first to arrive will be the hereditary Grand
Duke of Russia, who will probably pass some days
there. A. short time alter his departure the Empe
ror of Russia will arrive, on his way to St. Peters
burg, and will also stay a few days. It is believed
that the . Empress of Russia, who has never seen
'Vienna, will accompany his Majesty. Prince
Gortschakolf will probably profit by the occasion to
visit some of his old friends in the Austrian capital.
1w THE burial register of Ly ming ton, Hants, there
is the following entry: "12 August, 1722. This
forenoon the body of Samuel Baldwin, late inhabi
tant of this parish, was conveyed in a' ressel off to
sea, and was committed to the deep off the Needle
rocks, near the Isle of Wight." " This appears to
bare been done," says a Hampshire paper, •in ac
cordance with the wish of the deceased, to prevent
his wife dancing over his grave, which she threat
ened to do."
A LETTER from Calais states that the Confodemte
vessel Rappahannock lately had a judgment pro
nounced against her by the Chamber of Commerce
of Boulogne, for commercial debts of the captain.
It appears that when the huissier charged to affix
the notice of sale made his appeal-atm) on board the
vessel, the captain warned him off without delay. as
no such errand should be performed Moro. 'f he
huissier had nothing else to do but to retire and
draw up a proves verbal of the circumstance.
THERE Is at present under Dr. Hillior's care, in
the University College Hospital, London, a male
patient, who affords a striking illustration of true
leprosy, formerly so common, laitt now so rare, in
this country, . and at present - almost unknown
throughout Europe, except in some districts of Nor
way and the Peninsula. Dr. Webster has seen the
ease, and announces it to be a true specimen of the
disease.
A Sr. PETERSIIIIRG latter of the 23d says "The
Grand Duke, heir to the throne, left for Berlin last
evening at six. He will be eight or nine months
absent, as ho is to pass the winter in Italy. The
Emperor is making his son do what he did rhimself
when young—spend some time in Germany and
England, snaking a still longer stay in Italy. The
Grand Duke will roach his majority (2t) on the2Oth
t‘eptember neat. The probability is that his Imps•
eel Highness' marriage will be deoided on be
fore his return.
TnE Non'tour du Soir registers an order of the.
day. issued by nine° Merles Frederick of Prussia,
in virtue of which any foreigner made prisoner in
the Danish - ranks, and unable to substantiate his
Danish nationality, or to prove that he has boon re
gularly enrolled In the army of Denmark, is to be
dealt with as a brigand, brought before' court mar
tial, and, on conviction, duly shot. •
Qualm VICTORIA will take upon herself the cost
of restoring the Savoy Chap.el, which was reduced
to ruins by the the of the ith. The Interior of the
chapel was repaired and restored at• her Majesty's
expense in 1843, and the congregation showed their
gratitude on that occasion by the ouitielllshment at
their own cost of the largo window over the altar
with stained glass.
AuoTtign proof of the growing feeling in Frande
against capital punishment was given recently at
Amiens, where a jury returned a verdict of guilty,
with oxtenunting circumstances, against a man
convicted of having once attempted to murder his
own lather, thrice attempted murders of a loss un
natural dye, and of having perpetrated five incen
diary tires.
lamella FROM VaNiCE2 state that researches
made by the police to discoverlhe correspondents
of the Venetian committee hake resulted in the
arrest of five persona, two being MM. Matoralt and
Tonoli,.advocates ; another M. liatuanoro, an en
gineer, and a fourth person named Martnoni, em
ployed' In a Government office. The prisoners are
to beaded by military tribunal.
' Ti nt Director of police at Warsaw. hasest pub
lished a notice on the subject of the prohibition for
ladles to wear mourning. Ho now issues a list of
the style of dross which ho considers as constituting
mourning, and at the same time advises any lady
who may consider herself to be falsely accused, to
matt on h int wearing the articles of dress objected to.
Tamintr., astronomer has addressed to the
Journal de Toulouse a note, dated the sth Instant, in
which he says : At two o'clock this morning I dis
covered a now telescopic comet, in the constellation
of the Ranh Its position was about 2h. 57m. right
ascension, and 18 dog. 12 min., northern decline.
lion"' , ,
Tun Tun Dorset Chronicle announces the deg' , the
last of the celebrated breed of Portland dugs, who
were to Shipwrecked mariners what the St. Bernard
dogs are to storm lost travellers. Owing to life
boats the breed has fallen into disuse, and the last
was killed last week on account of old age.
IN THE Amt= of the public income of the
United Kingdom for the financial year ending with
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SW. Postmasters are reauested to act as agents for
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*VIII cony of the Paper will be eves.
March last, amounting in the whole to X 70,721,891,
there Is the suns of LSO, which waa bequeathed by
John Shipman, of Scarborough, " to be applied by
the Government for public general purposes."
A rnoor of the great interest felt by the Em
peror or the French in Industrial exhibitions Is
afforded in the fact that his Majesty has specially
ectrunlenloned AL Faugnovllle, auditor of the Council
Of State, to visit the exhibition In Dublin, and fur
nish a report on the subject.
THE young men of the Papal States have recently
worn steel watch chains with miniature Orsini
bombs attached. To counteract these revolutionary
indications the Pope has sanctioned the manufac
ture or watch chains after a model of " The Sacred
Chains of St. Peter."
iaa Hyman, the bushranger of New South Wales,
having been some time back captured in Queens
land, was brought to trial the other day to Sydney,
and was acquitted, amid the hearty cheering of the
bystanders. The ruffian has, however, many other
charges hanging over
nix Journal des Ppinles Orientates announces
that the family of 11. Bovine, of Perpignan, cele
brated, a few days since, the one hundred and se
cond anniversary of his birthday. The centenarian
is still In the enjoyment of excellent health.
A VERY beautiful memorial tablet to perpetuate
the memory of the late Sir C. Barry has been jest
erected in the nave of 'Westminster Abbey, over the
spot where the distinguished architect of the
'louses of Parliament lies burled.
THE foundations of tho Albert Memorial In Ifyde
Park are progressing. We understand that the first
stone will be laid without public ceremonial; but
that her Majesty is likely to be present at some
stage of the progress, a little later on.
BERRYNR, the head of the French bar, is ex
pected in London the end of October or beginning
°, November, on a visit to Lord Brougham; and the
English bar mean to Invite him to a banquet.
TILE Ear PEROR ALEXANDER and Prince Gortacha
hoe' ere to reach St. Petersburg on the 22d of this
month.
THE PRTNOESS CLOTHILDE 18 at present residing
at the chateau of hleudon, where she will remain
until alter her confinement.
Tirz Sovereigns or Austria and Prussia aro cor
responding In cordial language with the petty
princes of Germany.
THE process of laying a telegraphic cable between
the Gulf of Spurta and the nearest promontory of
Corsica has been fully successful.
A WEIEORIAL of the late Mr. Thackeray is to be.
erected in Westminster Abbey.
AHD-EL-RADER has returned to Damascus front
his pilgrimage to Mecca.
GENERAL NEWS.
RECUARICABLS STORY OP A /MOTU. —The Wil
mington (Del.) Republican relates the following in
cident: "A few days ago Mr. Stephen S. Pierce of
the Fifth ward, determined to give the robin which
he had kept in a cage about four years, its ilberty.
With this view, he took the bird to the highland,
neat the residence of Dr. Norris, and let it go. It
first flew to a tree, then took a sweep some distance,
returning near the place he was sitting, and hovered
around him, as if unwilling to (pit his presence.
After remaining. some time, Mr. P. returned home,
leaving the bird behind. Anxious to know whether
it had departed, he went out about two hours after
wards, and was astonished to see his former pet re
maining near. Mr. P. had taken some food In a
Small cup, and placing it upon the ground, saw it
come, and partake freely. Lingering an hour or
more. Sir. P. retraced his - steps homewards, when
the bird at once followed him, flying against his per
son repeatedly, particularly about his feet, seeming
)3, in great distress. Surprised at this, Mr. Pierce
picked up the bird and returned it to its cage, when
it at once exhibited great joy."
TOE FENIAN Baorsreasroon.—This powerfal or
ganization: it Is stated, now has enrolled in the
trnited States more than two million members. In
this city recently several new Circles have been
started. These new bodies are merely entitled Sub.
circles, until such time as the number reaches 125,
when they rise to the dignity of a Circle. So well
are the Brotherhood said to be organized, that at an
hour's notice one hundred thousand armed men can
be ready In Ireland alone, and be brought into the
field ; and after a week's notice, double that number
mightbe-get-together. Circles are established also
In the heart of England, and among the leaders it
Is confidently believed that Ireland may be hailed
In two years from the present as a sister republic.
In Wales, in Scotland, and in many other toreign
countries, Circles are established, and meet together
weekly in private. Prominent Fenlans believe that
if the opportunity is not given by England in two
years, that the Order will make It.
ACT or Baerawr.—The Elmira Gazette says:
The engineer on the train conveying prisoners to
this place, when the collision was discovered to be
unavoidable, with certain death staring him in the
face, heroically remained at his post and reversed
the engine, and was buried in the wreck. When
found, his back was found atrainst the boiler, and he
was literally burning to death. This noble man
told those who came to his assistance to keep away
from him for their own safety, as he feared the boiler
would burst. Every effort was made to extricate
him, but without avail until life was extinet. His
name was William Ingram. Ho will not be forgot.
ten when other incidents of the terrible accident
which caused his death have ceased to be remem
bered.
—nan-r,eur Muuday lerteraumr, men.
Henry Taff, residing in Omani, came to town to get
her husband's bounty, who is in Captain Ketrer's
Co. E, 40th Regiment. She applied to M. B. Boyer,
Esq., and received the bounty; but on her way home,
on the Morgantown road, between the Lancaster
bridge and 'Yost's Island, she was waylaid by two
brutes in human form, who dragged her into an
adjoining field, where they ravished her. The par
ties are known to the woman. On Tuesday the
police attempted to arrest them, but could not find
them. „So brutal an occurrence has not disgraced
our county for a long series of years.—Reading
Times.
lionntimE Stricrns.—On Tuesday last a respecta,
ble farmer named R. J. Carpenter, living near
Frederica, Kent county, Del., took his gun, heavily
loaded with large shot, and placing it to his head,
ordered a small boy to tell his wife thathe was going
to kill hinnelf. Mrs. C. Immediately ran to • here
he was, and casting_ herself_on her knees, begging
Ibito desist. To her frantic inquiry, " Whit will
• I and the children dor , he replied: "Do the beet
you can," and immediately pulled the trigger, the
load tearing off the entire skull and scattering the
blood and brains over his poor wife, who had fallen
with him.
PRICE or PROVISTOICS ri ,112A00\, Ga.—Bacon,
$3 to 83.75 ; corn, *lO ; corn meal, 810 co $l2 ; syrup,
915 to $l3 ; sugar, $6 to $7 ; beef, $ 3 to $2 . 00 ; pork,
$2 to $ 2.50; mutton, 82 to 82.50; flour, $1 to 31 25 ;
beans, $1 per quart; cucumbers, $1.50 per dozen;
squashes, 82 per dozen; Irish potatoes, 81 per
qrt ua ; speckle peas, 810 per bushel ; water melona,
$2O a piece • green apples, $l5 per bushel; black
berries. $1 piece;
quart ; whortle berries, $1 50; eggs,
$3; er dozen ; chickens . , $3 50 to $5 each ; geese, 3.
each; butter. $4. to 80 per pound; honey, $3 per
pound ; dried fruit, peaches, onions, $24 per bushel ;
scullions, $2 a grab.
SPIRITS AND OcL.—A company has been formed
In Chicago for the purpose of boring for oil within
the limits of that city, and the work of boring ac
tively prosecuted. At twenty feet indications of 01l
were found, but although the depth of three hun
dred and twenty feet hare since been reached, no
better show has been obtained. The diggers are di
rected by a spiritualist medium who is influenced
by spirits of departed oil speculators who have
"gone up," and who are now able to see through
numerous geological strata into a lake of oil which
the workmen are vainly endeavoring to reach.
PIERCE TO BE NOMINATH.D.—The Niagara Falls
correspondent of the New York Commercial Adver
tiser wrote that if George Sanders and Jacob
Thompson failed to bring about an armistice with'a
call for a convention of all the States, they will en
deavor to procure as an alternative the nomination,
by the Democracy, of ex -President Pierce at
Chicago. •
INCENDLART H.sdnerr.r.s.—A. Dr. Smith was
caught posting neat handbills in Louisville the
other day. They were eulogistic of the traitor Lea
as the concentration of air the military genius of
Cesar, Napoleon, Hannibal, Alexander. Turrenne,
Frederick the Great, and Saxe, strangely omitting
Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot. Smith is an
Englishman.
TILAI.PIIVG A BEAR.—A bear was trapped on the
Green Mountains last week which weighed about
two hundred pounds. Bruin made vigorous efforts
to escape, drugging the trap and a clog attached to
it, which weighed forty pounds, to a tree about
twenty rods from the place where he was caught,
and climbing it to the height of thirty feet. Here
the trap and its fixtures became entangled in the
limbs, and he was found and shot.
lI:CAP.:WITT 05 REBEL SURGEONB.—The Rich
mond Examiner says that recently a conscript, who
bad been undergoing an examination before the
medical board in that city, upon reaching the street
fell in a fainting fit, with a bleeding at the lungs,
and wns carried to a place where medical assistance
could be rendered him. Be had boen pronounced,
by a highly enlightened board, a healthy conscript,
While not twenty degrees removed from the grave,
DISCOVERY OP A SRELETON.—An Indian skele
ton of Immense size was recently discovered three
feet under ground, near Fort river, in Hadley. The
hones were so far decomposed that most of them
crumbled upon exposure to the air. Soma of the
doctors think that the Indian was not less than
seven feet high and one hundred years old when he
died.
A Douirrrtrr. STORY.—The Lewistown (Me.)
Journal has the following: "There are a couple of
spinsters in Greene—monomaniacs in their way—
who have been trying to see how many eats could be
multiplied from one pair. They began with one pair
when the rebellion broke out, and, as the kittens
have grown and multiplied, their number now
reaches the alarming number of 440 cats and kit
tens
PEEEETLVAETA STATE FAIR.—Tho State Agri
cultural Fair will be held at Easton, on the grounds.
of the Northampton Corinty Agricultural society,
on Tuesday, Wednesday, 'Thursday, and Friday,
the 271.13,25 th, 29th, and actli of September. next.
For circulars and other information, persons will
address A. 13. Longaker, Esq., Norristown, Pa.
• OIL ia RA ws.ts.—Tbe Pittsburg (Penna. j Post has
Information that an abundance of oil, possessing all
the qualities Of the Oil City petroleum, is found
along a stream called Wea Creek, which runs
through Allaml connty, Kansas. It is said to. be
better lubricating oil than the Allegheny petroleum,
and is so plenty as tobe easily gathered with a spoon
from the top of standing puddles of water.
A Quart: YOUNG LADY.—There is said to be a.
young lady, aged sweet eighteen, who belongs to
and resides la St. Louis, and who has done nothing
but eat and sleep since she was four years old. She
is awake seven minutes twice In twentplour hours,
and then talks Mill cats.
A SMART WIDOW.—Not long Eine° A widow,
pying s large house in the fashionable quarter of Lon
don, sent for a wealthy solicitor to snake her will,
by which rho disposed of between £50.000 and
£60,000. He proposed soon after, was accepted, and
found himself the happy husband of a penniless ad
venturer.
Suivrisicu CossuirrEp.—The President has com
muted the sentence of First Lieutenant Edward
King, 66th New Fork Volunteers,
sentenced to be
shot for desertion, to discharge from the United
States SCITICO, with loss of all pay and allowances
due, and Imprisonment' during the war at Dry Tor
tugas, Fla— Washington Chronicle.
Tun Alowrn OF Fist 8.-July, 1564, will be me
morable for disastrous, fires In this country. hinny
of them have originated from the drought; and.
much valuable woodland has been burnt over.
Aside from this, It Is estimated that upwards of
$5,000,000 worth of property has been destroyed by
tire in different sections of the United States.
HKAIKD Tnx FIRING. --11. gentleman residing on
the coast of L'ngland writes to the London Times
that he distinctly heard the tiring of the guns of
the Alabama and Kearsarge. His house is situated
on nn elevation about 110 feet above the surround
ing district, and is distant ono hundred and fifteen
miles from the scene of the conflict.
Too DIANY LADIES.—Thero 1.5 surpluS of females
In Massachusetts, and a surplus of males In Oregon.
Steps have been taken in New York looking towards
an organization to send females to Oregon. The
news, when it reaches the Pacific, is expected to pro•
duce great joy.
DEBTRUOTIVB FIRE , AT DEMARAV.A.—thlptaill
Steed, of the British bark Delaware, at this port
yesterday from Demerara, reports that another
large fire occurred there on the night of the 4th of
July, which destroyed a large portion oC the town,
the loss amounting to sl,lso,ooo.—flalamore Sun.
LEATHER Piss.—Army pies are so terribly tough.
that the soldiers call them leather pies. A poor fel
low of Grant's army, whose arm had just been am
putated, vas being carried past a stand the other
day where an old woman was selling pies, when he
raised himself in the ambulance and called Out, "L
say, old lady, are those plea ;owed or paggalll'i

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