ro asilED DAn<7 (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) IT SOWN W. FORNisT. 00101 JO. 111 SOUTH YOUREIi STRUT. TWE DAILY PIitESS, 40 OM Saburibere, IS TEN DOLLARS PER Affirm. to Ovum; or TWENTY CENTS PER WEER. LOVIRRIS to UMW. Mailed to Subscribers out oi the city., FIN E DOLLARSPRR ANNOY; POUR DOLLARS E.ND FIFTY CENTS I 0 HII MOSreirst TWO DOLLARS AND twiner! , Frye VI m sou TIM NORM. PAPirlably 1i advattee for like time ordered . Mir AtV•EUSOMBILTA inserted et the usual vitae. THE TEI•W.EEKLY PirtiSS. mo o d t o subistibers, PITH DOLLARS PHF• ANNUL in Ildreuee. Cip Vrtm TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1865. The Fires at mobile and Nashville. Even the cessation of hostilities and the :generous terms which our Government has •offered to the vanquished, did not check the 'Vindictive spirit of some of the Myrmi dons of JEST DAVIS. They seem to have literally resolved to rule or ruin the South. The terrible fire at Mobile, by which hun dreds of lives were lost and millions of property destroyed, is now said to have been caused by a rebel major, who com pelled two incendiaries, by threats of in stant death, to assist his infernal labors. The disastrous fires at Nashville and Chat tanooga are probably - attributable to a si milar agemiy. The business portion of Richmond was wantonly destroyed by the retreating rebels, as well as the capital of South Carolina. These destructive sa vages were not outieLed with their schemes to fire - Northern cities, to burn steamboats and hospitals, but they have vented their malignity upon the un happy people whose interests they pretended to espouse and protect. All this is in strict accordance with the teachings og the leaders of the rebellion. They repeatedly recommended that the Russian policy at Moscow should be imitated,aind their teach ings have been followed by a few faithful adherents. The North and South have both suffered from their cruel resort to such Cowardly weapons as assassination and arson. If we permit such men to escape Unpunished, we should erase all our laws against crime from our statute books, and rob society of every vestige of legal pro tection against its enemies. AFTER TICE GLOBE of our Revolutionary war, great distress prevailed :for seven long years, on account of the distrac tions caused by the weakness of the old Confederation and the want of a sound currency. But, after the adoption of the Federal Constitution and the adjustment of old claims against the colonies, a career of unparalleled prosperity commenced. WAERINGTON could not be inaugurated it the beginning of his first term, on the 4th of March, because so little confidence was felt in the new Union that it was impos sible to get a quorum of Congress together before April. Industry was disorganized, and business of all kinds was completely paralyzed. Four years later, however, at the commencement of his second term, he had the satisfaction of announcing that the money needed by the Govornment had been borrowed in Holland, on terms as favorable as were accorded to the most werltliy and prosperous nations. We had, in the interval, established on a firm foun dation our credit abroad, and set our own people earnestly at work in developing the 'vast resources of our country, by facilitating the exchange of their products and stimu lating exertion by the; certainty of prompt and generous rewards. We are situated xtow, after the close of another great war, not as the colonies were at the conclusion of peace with Great Britain, but as they Were after WASIIINErron's administration bad created a new financial system. We have capital, energy, peace, a country abounding in wonderful resources, and a teeming population, skilled in the know ledge necessary to develop them. Tina INTELLIGENCE from Forth Caro lina indicates that the policy adopted by the President for the reorganizathin of that State, is highly satisfactory to its citizens, and that the people hail with delight the opportunity to resume their old relations with the Union on honorable terms. It a certainly better to make them sincerely loyal by a magnanimous course, than to rekindle the smouldering fires of discon tent by an unwarrantable interference with their domestic affairs. State Governments have a well-defined sphere.. We have a Tight to insist that they shall not wield their power in rebellious hostility to the Union, but we cannot justly deny them freedom of potion in regulating questions in which they are exclusively interested. The nation will rigidly enforce its legiti mate authority over every foot of its soil, and it will guarantee the freedom of all its inhabitants, but it cannot usurp the local authority of the States without violating the great charter from which it derives ail its power. CONDITION. o THE Nnotto IN OmonotA.—The ranOon Telegraph has a long article on " What Phan be cone with the emancipated negroes 1" Witilst the editor says that be holds it to be an ill.advlsed measure to free the negro, still ha is willing to asks matters ae lie finds them, and counsels his realers to do the same. lle says that it the people of Georgia wish to prevent half a million of mau" rated negroes from being vagrants and public nor thern they must move instantly in the matter, for upon these questions " hang the beggary or com fort, prosperity Or ruin of tho State." The planterd and the people must accept the fiat of the powers that are, and overcome the present diffimlty, ny making the freedmen "good laborers, comfortable, .WOlbled, and happy." The same editor, In another article, says that Many masters, finding it impossible to support their helpless negroes, have turned them away, and tint these poor beings are crowding to the large cities where starvation is staring them in the face. The editor argues that it would be batter for noth master and laborer if the former would keep and employ the latter, remunerating him for his habor either In money or from the crops raised on the farm, nil LotTeel . BROILS Geo. N. SANDIIRS.—That Vagabond, George N. Sanders, whom impede= la only equalled ill!!! treason and ante of perfidy, 1.8 Oat in a long letter to "the Patriots of the South,” In Which he counsels them to acdept all test oaths, because franchise is the Ili; blood of the Sontn," and must not be risked, come what will. Of coarse he tlinita these test oaths are not binding, but to take them is the only way to regale political power. Us tells-them to "coalesce with the Oeneervatives of the North," because if they do they wilt have the power to "direct the future ; possessing a majority at every poll south or Meson and 1)189es line.” Thel " should allow no one to be returned CO any Oltra who will submit to asaumptloos of superior rights on the part of the North, and who will not faithfully support the platform, the UM etitution, with such amendments only 48 hill give greater protection to minorities and geographical Sectlems." One of those " ConaervAtives," the Ms ton Courier, bey, that "whatever may be his programme , for the tormation of parties, national or sectional : 1n this Republic, he had better keep It to himself, retire Into fitting obscurity, and spend the rant of his days in repenting the sins of a fat. tionlst, a rebel, and a traitor, it not of a conspirator awl an assassin. Vale!" NORTH CADOX.M.A..—Tee editor of the Ralelab M. Progress hoe lately bad an interview with Ron, W. W. Holden, lately appointed military ite • Vernor of the State, and received from him Views as to the policy which will be paraded in re constructing the State government. These who have been notoriously disloyal will not be allowed to tate part in reorganization. Neithor will they be privileged to vote or hold office. An en rolment is to be made Of all the loyal me's, after avldch an election for delegates to a State iJonven flu) Will take place. This convention will probably' elnrisaa in September, and will provide fir an elee. ticn for governor, congressmen, legislators, &a. Aitet tale the Work of reconatrwitiOn Will be MOM easy. In order to devote all his time to his ()Moe, Mr. liolden has retired from the 06 Itorshtp and manage• Mont of the Standard, haring it in the hands or Joseph W. Holden 2.,Lti .101.0pra S. Gasmen. Mr. Ihrlden has been le the editorial chair of that Patna' for twenty. too;ease. Tlin CONERT/TUT/ONELL ELNCTION it I<TIRBOIIII.I.-.. The majority against the new Constltatlon In St. 'Loots to, 50(17. The Democrat thinks there will be a msj rile et 10,000 for the new Constitution. Norte:- son end Nouthwestera 'Mir:rout' are ',et to be board from, and the auldiera , 'vote Is else to be reported. What has been Called the "conservative" vote has been ittereaSecs, out not enough to defeat the new Constitution. THE LAKE ERIB PIRA C/Es..-0019, ono of the lead ers or the Lake Erie pirates, veto committed demo. de.t.lms In Sept„ 1864, has turned State's evlnance unS gave is bla Witten) , at the trial or kno of these pirates, in Cleveland, on Wednesday last Cole Lys he la a resident of Carlisle, anti that he had anqhttilnE In Philadelphia by the name of Lavalette alias "T'3' Charles, and Robinson alias A, St. Clair. Ude sold the Whole party of pirates worn *PIIPRed t,y ThOmpson, Cleary, C. C. Clay, and liolsorsh Thus ar,other ohaprer is added to the titlY ab. , l treason of there Canada NatylratoziL , idoot ifttl • \VI , 01013)11 . , / irtt 4••••" . " - - . lilt At ". .1111111111 17110.1, ;110111 . - • " I 1M 11 4 : , - 1:0053ft. - - miligimir,,? 'ftrzt, VOL. 8.-NO. 271. LETTER FROM 460CCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, June 12, 1865 Ex-President Buchanan's long-threaten ed vindication against the charge, already incorporated into the unalterable history of the war, that his Administration hurried on the events which led to and encouraged the rebellion, is announced to be on the eve of publication. The venerable Sage of Wheatland preserves his equanimity to the last. Wrapt in the robe of con scious innocence, and serenely convinced that if he was the last of the line of mo dern- Democratic Presidents, he was also the purest and the best, he will no doubt give the world a work of some ingenuity and labor. The Old Public Functionary is not a 'prentice-hand at making- the worse -appear the better reason. To cite no other incident, who but he, aided, by a skilful and unscrupulous Attorney General, could have given gloss and decency to the revolting heresy that the Government of the United States has no power to pro tect itself trona annihilation? Issued in December of 1860, after President Lin coin's first election, this argument was to the conspiring traitor, in his own house hold and in the hail of Congress, what the map is to the traveller in a strange country, or the chart to the mariner on an unknown coast. 'With this as a guarantee and a warrant, they began a crusade which has cost the free States alone nearly half a million of lives, and almost countless millions of money. Having succeeded in this one labor of love, it is natural that he should boldly under take another. There is something con tagious in this habit of autobiography. The sensation created by Louis Napo leon's Caesar, in which he solves, to. his own satisfaction, some heretofore very difficult questions, has set the Empress to writing her memoirs, and will, no doubt, quicken the intellects and the pens of other children of leisure and of luxury. All such who print, however, must expect to be read; and the higher the place they have filled, the more certain they are to be criticised. But James Buchanan has not shown a very whole some respect for public opinion at any time since he was chosen President ; and he is, of course, prepared to defy comment upon his forthcoming brochure. A few days ago a gentleman who who served in one of the Pennsylvania regiments in Sherman's army, handed me the following letter, which he picked up at Atlanta, Georgia, writ ten by Howell Cobb while he was Se cretary of the Treasury under James Buchanan. It was addressed to the edi tor of the' Democratic paper at Atlanta, and was found in his office by my friend. It, will be seen that the editor had taken the alarm at the course of poor Hon. R. J. Walker, at that time the Governor of Kan sas, appointed by Mr. Buchanan, and thought that Atchison, the infamous Mis souri ruffian, was right in predicting that it would be impossible to force slavery into the Territory. He therefore demanded of Cobb to know if the South was to be cheated in the pleasant game.? The Bu sier of Cobb ought certainly to form a part of the forthcoming publication of the Sage of Wheatland: VirAsimiGTOir CITY, ,a.Ugnst 16,1657. DIT DBMS in I have this moment received your )steer, and ravly at cooo. I feared that General Atchisou's letter would do harm, but I did not ex pect that It would lidltiOnOC intelligent, conservative Democrats, knoll as 3 ou sayhave °lliad at your oflice to give txpreselon to their intliguatiOn. What are the mats ? General At chlson lives in Missouri, and, as I am i9aforvied, has had 'vary little intercourse, for sevtial months, with the people of Kansas. Ito a _private letter, ;hich Is published for the pull:0E60 SUITOCC, of olatracting the flemacratia pally, and wialon was soldently.writteu tO Bhow that ha: lorruer predictions, that KaaSeS would be a awe i - ;thre, would not be. ree,ll.od, on account of ove-..ts he child net coutr...l; tied this solitary sta.toment of Get era 1 Atcblson la to be tiOtett as conclusive evi dence that the pro-slavery men of Katmai condemn Governor Waiter against the following facts : I... The pro-slavery and Democratic papers of ICS.4< He all sustain Walker. 2. - The Democratic convention, composed of two• thuds of prc•alavery men, unanimously aupprt 3 Judge Elmore, the President of that canyon- Mr,. and one of the most decided pro Slavery man oi Earls:is, sustains him. 4. stringiellow, Imam:, 'Whitfield (late delegate), Woi.uwaro ; az.d ether leading' and promlnekt fro tlavary men of ICIILAkg, sustain. b. All the pra-davery men of KanSas who are known, and with whom Gov. Walker has mat, without ex ception, are acting in concert ana cooperation with him. Now, Onn It be possible that sensible men will ie permi this overwhelming of ota to bo el needt, by the solitary letter of array Gen. fa Atchison, who is notin the territory, and the eroaklngs of a few die. contented spirits, who write letters to the Oharleaton Mercury and similar sheets? If you. cannot, with these facts ' present a satisfactory argument to elaople or toorgirt on rain point, you are not the Inal. I have taken lon to be. I repeat to you that rase Acnolnistrailon of. Mr. Buchanan is the most triornittddy identified with. our principles and our rights of any that has ever preceded it, and I am wtl lin,r to stand or Tali upon. the tame. AS to removing 007. Walker for torzi cause now existing, it is not Dreamed of, and those who Intend to quit the Demo moue party on that account, cart con/mimeo atone looking out for their (matters In the Know-Nothing c-,zap. I writs in very great haste for the nexc wan. ihspeetfulry yours. 5:0., Howora, °on% At the time this interesting letter was wirtten, it was known to President Bu chanan that a large majority of the people of Kansas were resolved to make it a free State. Many of the prominent pro-slavery men were then in Washington, and frank ly agreed to this representation. The Pre sident repeatedly acknowledged the truth of the statement and accepted all the con- sequences. He distinctly assented to the proposition that the people of Kansas should have a fair vote and their will car ried out, and this with a full knowledge of the certain result. At the time Cobb's letter was 'written the pro slavery •men of Kansas had not yet broken with Governor Walker. They still hoped to use him for their sinister pur poses—perhaps I ought not to say they hoped to use him ; they only hoped to de ceive him. They thought they could manage the gross forgeries afterwards per petrated, and induce Walker to overlook them, and accept the elections founded on them as the voice of the people. It is true Judge Elmore, and the other gentlemen alluded to in Cobb's letter, supported Walker and his policy ; and thus El- more continued to do to the day, of his death, which took place only last year. Although a Southern man, with Southern principles and prejudices, Elmore was honest. I knew bun well, and can testify that he was as indignant at the fraud and violence of the Southern party as Governor Walker and his seers tory, Hon. F. P. Stanton. But this was not true of others who were strong sup porters of the territorial administration in the summer of 1657. It is also true the Democratic Convention unanimous ly passed resolutions in favor of Walker; but these were suppressed by the notorious Ale Lean, who at ;that time controlled the Democratic paper in Lecompton, and was Stcretary of the Convention. McLean was then in correspondence with the malcon tents in the South. He frequently stated that Governor Walker would not be sus tained by Mr. Buchanan. That noble patriot laughed at the idea; but McLean was confident of his information, which in - die end turned out to be too well founded. h tchison's letter is only another proof of the fact that Kansas was sought to be made the victim of political adventurers outside of her limits. But the sum and sub qance of the whole matter can be stated in 1, cry few words. The honest Democrats supported Governor Walker to the end. That part of them having sinister motives and objects, pretended at first to support him. They merely professed to be willing o give a fair opportunity to the people of Icanaas to fettle their affairs by their own votes. So long as it was understood that Buchanan sustained Walker these noun .;rely sustained him. But they had infor ozuaom adtaried that 111114aThali , would 4bandon him. They had the game blocked 'n. Walker. They pretended to support im until they were sure of Buchanan's T.,id—then they took open grounds against, .3nd defted him. They were sure of having he Federal power to back them, and they plunged into every fraud and villainy to accomplish their objects. When Cobb wrote the above letter to the Georgia editor, he believed that Walker was acting on the side of slavery, instead of freedom. It also shows that when Cobb and the rest discovered that Walker was laboring on the side of freedom—or rather for fair play among the people—he was marked out as a victim, and pro claimed a traitor to the Democratic party. The outrages that followed were fearfully avenged ; at first in the defeat of the Administration in nearly every free State; then in the division and destruction of the Democratic party at Charleston and Balti more ; then in the secession of the South ern States from the halls of Congress in the winter of 1800.61 ; and, finally ( what the traitors intended when they induced Buchanan to desert the solemn pledge upon which he was elected, and to unite with them in trying to force slavery into a free territory,) in an open attack upon the flag at Fort Sumpter, in April of 1801—the beginning of a war that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives, and count less millions of treasure. Here is a chap ter to Which I respectfully invite the atten tion of the distinguished exPresident be fore he adds his august name to the illus trious authors of the day. OccAsroNAL. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, June 12. THE AMNESTY—CIRCULAR FROM TEE AT- TO.RNEY OBNER&L The following circular has been issued from' the Attorney General's Office : By direction, of the President, all persons be longing to the excepted classes enumerated in the President's amnesty proclamation of May 21, 1810. who may make speCial applications to the Presi dent for pardon, are hereby notified that before their respective applications will be considered, it must be Shown that they have respectively taken and subscribed to the oath or affirmation in the said proclamation prescribed. Every snot person desiring a special pardon should make apidintiOn in writing or in person therefor, and shall transmit, with such application, the original oath or affirma tion as taken and subscribed before an officer tborised under the rules and regulations promul gated by the Secretary of State, to administer the amnesty oath prescribed in the said Proclamation of the President. JAMLIEI SPUD, "Attorney General." ARREST 07 EXTRA. BILLY SMITH Gov. WILLIAM Saara, of Virginia, has delivered hirneelf under arrest, Ind is paroled. It 10 thought that VANCB and LIM:SHIM will also be paroled. PROVISIONAL GOVRENORS FOR ALABAMA AND GEORGIA Provisional Governors for Goorgia and Alabama will be appointed to morrow Or neat day. NUMBER OF TROOPS WElo HAVE DEPARTED. One hundred and ten thousand troops have left here up to to-day. THE INDICTMENT OF LEE The indictment and evidence against Lan for treason has been brought here, MATE OF A PROMINENT OFFICIAL. Dr. Wilut.Ax, for twenty years Chief of the Nesrel Surgical Bureau, died last night. HO MU from Pbn nay Wants. PERSONAL It is reported that Governor Mums, or Mists , stppl, was arrested a few days ago, but , released on his parole until further orders. RICHMOND. Opinion of John Moor Botts on the Re construction of Virginia—The Aboli tion of Slavery—Shah the Negroes Re main in the henth—A New and Impor tant Order—Judge (laid and Captain Retch still in Libby. Pan.Airzt:PHlA. PRRBS 13171213A1T, R:OF. MOND, hirierl, 1605. JOHN MINOR BOTTb ON EItOOIO37IIIICITION. Wishing' to be as fully Informed as poSSible, upon the present aspect of reconstruction, I called yesterday on the Hon. John Minor Bolts, who is at present In this city, at the solicitation of Governor Plerpont, to assist in the reorganization of the State. Mr. Botts says that the people of Virginia would have had Jan objection to have rewind Mit Plerpont as Provisional Governor, but that there is a decided disinelinatiOn to acknowledge him as the Erecuilvii of this Commonwealth. Ho thinks it would be unjust to force the Alexander Constitir tion, formed in a Convention of only eleven Mem. hers, and adopted by four or fivehundred votes, upon the people of this State. He says, as he honestly opposed the Leeompton Constitution being toned upon the people of Kansas, he cannot consistently ask the people of Virginia to submit without pro. test to the Alexander Constitution. Mr. Batts quotes Charles Sumner with much emphasis, in re• toning to that gentleman's speech, in Which he dir dared that those who presented their Credentials to be admitted to the -Visited States Senate were elected by nothing more than a town council. THE ABOLITION OY SLAVERY. This eminent gentleman also thinks that the die. organization of labor, by immediate emancipation, IS a source,of much disquietude. The people would have preferred to have had a voice in what so near ly affects them. They do not like the idea of al. cepting a fundamental law with whose provision 3 they are unacquainted, and of whose spirit they are uninformed. frankly admits that the anti slavery clause is repugnant to the people, yet had they the formation of anew Oonstitulon they could be induced, by certain Influences, to yield their Ob jections and Insert an article abolishing the system, Mr. Bolts has no hesitation in saying that tee abolition of slavery was one of the worst mea sures that the Government has adopted for the Blare. He declares that many of the negroes are lazy and worthless, and not in a Andltlon to enjoy freedom ; but that if the act had been gra, dual, they could have been prepared for the pm. Bitten which has been forced upon them. Re wants it distinctly understood that he is noun favor of slavery, and that at his death he had Intended to make satisfactory provision for his bondemen. Maly of them, however, not knowing of his generous in. tentionS, Or, if theyldid, not caring to wait until that period, mysteriously disappeared, among whom he thinks there are only two or three who are oapable of taking care of themselves. They left the women and children with him, whom he cheerfully sup ports, thankful that it is in his power to do so. NISEIRONS lIIIMAININEI IN TRH 6017191, Dlr. Botts emphatically declares that the demo. eraoy of the people of the South le of that character that they will not permit the negroes to remain in the South in peace as free men. He mentioned the fact of his friendship for the negrO in several in stances, and spoke of these unfavorable signs, not as expressing his own feelings, but as anticipating unfortunate eventS. lie called attentiol to the fact that in the Convention of 1850 in this State, to re -17150 the Constitution, when efforts were made to deepen the degradation of the Navin, and to in crease the embarrassments and persecution! of the free people of color, he demanded of the representa tives of the State what—with the additional weight of legislation, they were about to barden the negroes—they wished to accomplish 1 When he Was answered that if it were deemed necessary, they would be driven into the Chesapeake. His liberality with reference to the negro has frequently been the cause and made the occasion for the most violent vituperation from his politioal opponents in Virginia, who seriously questioned his fidelity to Southern institutions. _ AV IMPORTANT ORDER The uniforms of treason, so offenSlVe to Union men, are des:Hared contraband by the following or which will be promulgated through the daily papers to morrow morning, to the astonishment of the rebels : • ntte.J3QILLUTRIta DRPILILTSI'T Clif AUNT OP TEEM Jamas, Ilicassonn, Vto Jane 10, 180, GBSIBRAL 01111118, No. 70.--A euffielent time hay g elapsed since the sarreat er of the forces late In rebellion with the United States for all who were of. each forces to procure Other apparel than their uni form, It is hereby Mead, That PO person after June 15, 1805, appear In pu - blin in UM depart Mela Wears ing any insignia of rank or military service worn by officers or men of the late rebel army. 'Where plain buttons cannot be procured, those formerly used can be covered with cloth. Any person violating this Order will be liable to arrest. By command of Major General E. D. O. Oril, EDW. W. SMITH, Ant. /Wit. General. JUDGE OULD AND CAPTAIN lIA.TOIL, Judge Ould and Captain Hatoh, rebel commie sioners of exchange, still occupy their Well-venti lated apartneents at the Rotel do Libby. Matters of private intermit have demanded their presence oleewhere, but the pressing nature of the inVita., tion to remain, to attend to public affairs!, are par• fcntly irresistible. It is generally supposed that the Investtgatlons which are now going on will re• store Judge Wild to his liberty. Bat% is believed to be capable of robbing our prisoners. Dishonest practices having been discovered in the bureau, it was deemed necessary to arrest the chief, as well as his subordinate, which will acOeunt for the Judge's detention. ROLLIN. R1M98011114. ADOPTION Olf. TEM NSW' CONSTITUTION. T. Lowe, June 12.—Returns from seventy-One counties, together with a portion of the Banners' vote, kave no doubt as to the adoption of the neW Constitution by a decided majority. Thirty.two counties are yet to be heard from, nearly all of which will give a majority for the Constitution, which, together with the soldiers' vote of several thousand yet to come in, will make the majority in favor of its adoption of from 6000 to 6000. Exploilon or a Locomotive and Loss of 'FissansnOwr, Ky., Juno 12.—The boiler ol freight locomotive In front of the railroad depot, rnplodod this afternoon, deitroying a portion of the .spot. Four persOne were haled, and eight or ten badly wounded, perhaps fatally Injured. The canes Of Um explosion is nnlinOWn. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1865. FROM HAVANA. SAN DOMINGO TO BE EVACUATED BY THE SPANISH. The Officers of our Iron-dads Entertained. New YORK, Jute 12.—Tbe steamer Liberty has arrived from Havana, with tOvlose to the 7th.• The order for the definite evaortation of San Do. ming° has been received Vern Spain. Tie news from Mexico ie of no Importance. The Ere Nouvelle does not think the Eimerloan emigration would be dangerous to the Intereida or the-Empire. The Sociedad confirms the report that the clot federates at Eagle Pass, near Piedras Nograil, and EroWnsville, had tendered armed aid to the let. portal authorities, but the tender WAS declined, The Apostolic Nuncio, M. Meglia, had ion for Europe. The entertainment to the omoors of Otte iron-gad fleet at Havana passed off, in the most eattsfuotory manner. The authorities had visited the monitors and expressed groat gratification. The equalron sailed on the 6th, after a stay of a week. The steamer Moro Castle made the trip from New York in four days and seven hours. EUROPE. ARRIVAL OFTHE CITY OF LONDON AT NEW YORK. BANQUET IN HONOR OF THE ATLANit TELEGRAPH. TNE CANADIAN DELEDATES RETIIIUT tiDEBEC AND MONTREAL TO BD FORTIOIRD. "Alabama" Claims in the Enpish Parliament. THE PUNISHMENT OF JEFF HiVisi PRINCE NAPOLEON ANO HIS MI- PERIAL COUSIN. DEATH OF MARSHAL MAGNAN The British steamship City of London, Petrie, from Liverpool May suit and Qateristown Joao Ist, 7 25 A. AL, with merchandise and Pl 2 hundred and fattpfive passengers, arrived at New York on yes terday monslag. At the banquet, given In honor of the Atlantic Telegraph, at the Ship tavern, Mr. Pander, M. P., occupied the chair, and after the toastof tie Queen, ho propeSid the President of the United Stitia, and remarking upon the motnemtons duties Welt de. volved upon President Joi‘eson, he exOessed a hope that In his, Johnson's, aaministration sf affairs at the preaent crisis, justice might be tell:spared with mercy. The sentiment was receivsd with runeh applause and the toast drank with much en thusiasm. Among the other touts was 0 - 10 to the eneeeeg of the Atlantic cable and one to gyro V. exprening the hope that hia energy and perm verauch on behalf of the Atlantic Telegraph Oom pany may be rewarded by the permanent Mena of the cable. The speakers, one and all, expressed the most confident hopes that everything would prove sue.. cessful. Captain Anderson, who commands the Great Eastern; and whose health Wee drank with mush warmth, stated that, although he entered upon the affair with some misgivings, be had now the utmost confidence in the undertaking, as it was being carried out with a vigor and earnestness that commanded r.neceldi. , The Owl says the lasnallian delegates are about to -return to Canada, having established Wiihrtiie fie' vernment ooMplote union respecting the fortitiOa tion of Quebec and Montreal, and for the general defence of Canada, and they feel confident the eon• federation of all the North Amerloan provinoes will be arranged to the entire sathfaction Of the IMperial Governmeet and of the various provinces of British Amerlea. . The enestion Of the ese.ention of Seffereoll - as a traitor continues to be discuse. The Daily a News arrives at the following comb:Wien _ We desire that the extreme pnaLshment of treason may not be Inflicted upon Mr. Davie. not be cause we are prepared to deny the justice of the penalty, but because the principle which the Govern ment of the United Statile represents Is already vin dicated in a maar er so triumphant and glorious that nothing can be added to that vindication by the %- faction ot sneering more severe than that whielt has necesearily Attended his feline. It would be ton worths of the people of the United States so visit his otioneee with its just anger in the position in which he has fallen. Antandonee and cursed by the people Anita, he has misled to ruin, he can no more en danger the cause of the Republie than he can re store the wealth and life and nappiness which he has wantoely and wretchedly destroyed. It should not be enough for the Government to know that it has a complete legal right to execute one Dials for treason. Uttleee that nee Is also believed with good reason to be necessary on nubile grounds, it is one which the MUMS of the Republic would, in after years, look bark on with deep regret." The Londae Times, Ina leader, says : Tee capture of Davie may prove either a fortunate or a fatal success for the Government ef the United States.. If it be viewed merely as the crowning triumph of the war, and as evidence bstore the leee of the world tbat the last spark of organized insurrection hat' been extinguished on the soil of the Republic, the event may conduce materially to th 6 puffin tire of the country; but the new President hag pub- Hely expressed himself in such ominous language on tee subject, and the policy of the Government mar be so directly affected by his personal views, that we can no longer regard the ease with Doi& denee or unconcern. Debate in Parliament. _ ANSI:U.OAX MAZES. . . In the House of Commons, on the 3oth, Mr. Le• levre asked whether the communication Stated to have been received from the United States Govern.. went on the subject of the depredationa of the Alabama, and other vessels of the same charaoter, was in any way contrary to the tenor and spirit of the despatch of Mr. Atiama to our Government of October 1863, in which he stated that In order to preserve amity and friendly re:attain with foreign governments, statesas induced by the Government of the United te to postpone any question aria ing out ot the depredations committed by those ires. eels ; he wished to know, further, whether that de• spatoh was dated before or since toe accession of Mr. Johnson to the presidency. Lord Palmerston said that communications had taken place icr some tine with regard to the depre• datlons of the Alabama and other vessels. The claim made recently was of the setae klgd as former claims. It was delivered to the Government since the accession of President Johnson, but he could not say whether the lustruetions to which it related were issued by President Johnson or President Lincoln. Ain W. Forater Said there eras an impreasion abroad that, elnee.the accession of President John. eon, new claims had been made in a different spirit from those which were made formerly. lie believed, however, that the furpreadon was altogether an• founded. Mr. Layaril said that no fresh deManag had been made. FRANCE The proceedings of Prince Napoleon in ()orate% has called forth the following rebuke from the Em peror: s , I cannot refrain from mentioning to you the painful impression produced upon me by reading your speech at Apace. By leaving you, during my absence with the Empress and my son, as Vice PT& sident of the Connell of State, I wished to give you a proof of friendship and confidence. But the po litical programme which you place under the agis of the Emperor can only be useful to the enemies of my government. To be able to apply at the present time the fdr* of the Emperor, it is necessary to have passed through the Were trials and the re sponsibility or power.- Can we, pigmies as we are, really estimate, at its true value, the great histori cal figure of Napoleon i That whtoh-11 clear to all the world is, that to prevent anarchy; the Emperor had to eslabilsh severe discipline, admitting but one will and one action. I cannot henceforth devi• ate from the same rule of conduct:, The Paris Frew of as 27th publishes the follow ing letter addressed by Prince Napoleon , to the Emperor . • Sara: Ia consequence of your Majesty's letter of the 231 that , and its publication in the Moniteur, I resign my post as vice president el the Privy Conn ell and president of the OOMMillSiOn Of the Universal Exhibition. Receive, Sire, the homage and the profound and respectful attachment with which I remain your Majesty's very devoted cousin, NAPOLTiON Jintossa.” The death of Marshal hlagnan is announced. La Pattie announces the arrival at Paris of M. Efoin, Mel of the Oabinet of the Emperor Maxi. miller, on a special mission to the Emperor Na• koleon. The French Derby was decided on the 28th lilt., Gontran being the winner by two lengths, Le Mandarin second, and Argences a bad third. nineteen ran. It In rumored in Paris that Prince Napoleon con templates another "visit to the United States. ZniNV YORK CITY. 0113!= The trot te•day between Dexter and Lady Thorne wag won by the last named, who made the first, second, and fourth Mate. The best time made was 2.24, on the first heat. TUB STOOK 38031.1.8G1C. SECOND BOARD. 12e660 II 8 66 3,0 Quick 1/716 C 0... 6334 360) 11 866 10.40.-- c 0836 900 18.r1p0.. 1t Co_ 11 /000 Tr IT 7 1046 So.. 5674 61.4 Hrlo 7034 0.00 Missouri 81 780 d 0... ..... v3l 20000 0 & •26 100 do Prof 85 6001 Amorloan Oold .140 300 Ilnd6on RR. 636163% 100 Canton Co-- 3 , 64. 100 do .... • . b 3010136 100 do 334 200 Beading 93 200 Comb Co pref.... 4236 600 do. ~ . . an't 100 12 Y Can 12 0116 400 0 1 0 v 66 .r1/5656.1£ 2(0 ...... 531,1 200 d t u i x 100 do— • --- 934, 2000 66 118 Quiak 6111 6"..3.11 1000 Di 16M1.. . .«...6434 100 do 833. 600 do 100 do 03X TWG STOCK EXCHANGE. At Gnihigher's Xrchange this evening, Gold closed at 142; New 'York Central, 04; ETle ltatb Toad 70X nadoort nivel', ; Iteading, 943‘; Old Southern s .6s„ l / 4 ,'; Pittsburg. 68k; Chicago and Rack Island, 99K; North greet 4 an 2 7m . North, Western preferred, 67; Fort Wayne, 98K ; Ohio certificates, 26K; Canton Company 88K; Ontn. 'lwland Coal, 43 ; rderipoos, Geld, miter eon, was quoted jat 143,1 t. A REPORT OF PAYNE'S (POWELL'SYCON DITION TO BE DUDE TO-MORROW. Important Testimony Concerning the Explosion at City Point. C, C. Clay's Connection with rebel Pirates, the WarwmoTorr, June 12.—The reading of the re- Cord of Saturday haying been concluded, the id lowing Winners were examined: By Mr. Boater : I reside in Warrenton, Virginia 114:cognize the prisoner Payne as a man whom I Sow on the road in front of my house, having tnroe Imirn soldiers in his charge; an attempt was no ids to 1111 the prisoners, and the man palled Powell ( mean. irg Payne) tried to prevent it, and I heard him say that he was a gentleman, and wished to be treated as tuck ; that if they attempted to kill the men he bad Captured, he would dewed his prisoners at the peril or his life ; one of the prieners was killed, when the perry left the road, and I did not see them afterwards ; the affair occurred last Ohrlstmas. Cress examinee s by Judge Advocate Holt: I was speaking of the affair afterwards to a citizen, and tolling Elm this man tiled to save the Union sol. Mem, when I was informed that his name wag Powell bad not seen him before, nor have I seen him since until today, but I am aortain ho ie the Ey the Conn : Re was dressed as a Ocrifederate, and I thought they called Min lieutenant; there were he marks of an ter upon him; he looked' More genteel than the daimon soldiers. , Testimony or ar.sim. cesium— "litir...l)oster f - I am the husband of the witness - Who hes just left the stand ; at the time the affray ~.;courrcd In front of my house, about Ohristmas last, 1 was retorting home, and was within three Lubdred yards of my house when the tiring on the roads commenced; all that I heard was that the prisoner at the bar, who went by the name of Powell, had • tried to save the Jives of two Union solciers ; the prisoner was not an offloer, so far as I am aware. By Mr. Cos ; I am an ensign In tho navy; I have known the prlSoeer, Irlionael O'Laughlin, about eta years ; on the afternoon of Tuursday of 13M of April we Caine together from Baltimore to Wash. ington, reaching here between five and six o'clock ; we came up the avenue sod stopped at Ruliman'a hotel; I.then went into a barberstiop to get shaved, and the prisoner proceeded up the street, but re• joined me before I had been shaved; he was not out of my company at any other time that evening ; I went up the avenue with him to look at the !Bumf natien, but did not go farther than Seventh street; we went to the Vonterbury about 9 (echoic, and stayed there about three. quarters Of an hoar, after Widen we returned to Bnilmen'e hotel, getting there between 10 and 11 o'clock; we remained there about Leif an hour, and then went oat again ; the avenue was so crowded during the evening thatit was almost impossible to get along ; I can state post. tit ely that the prisoner was not near the house of the Secretary of War, on Franklin Square, at any time on Tniatethty evening; we retired between ono and. two O'clock on Friday morning; the prisoner was at his room when I called neat morning; he Was not with me on Friday afternoon ; on Friday evening I met him at Bull atitn'e hotel ; he was there With me until ten o'clock, and then went out in centrally with a man by tue name of Fuller; that 1 , a* alter the atsassltatlon we had arranged to return to Baltimoie on ' , tidal,. mothlt.c, and I pr.,. posed to stay until evening, which we did. UrOkellumnined by Judge Advocate Bolt was impossible for the prisoner to have been at the Muse of the Secretary of War before ten or eleven o'clock on the evening of the lath of April, as I did not part with him at any time ; when he rejoiced me at the barbershop, after leaving me on Thuretiay afternoon, he cold me ha had been to see ]tooth; that was between five and BIS ; tee next morning he was to go to sea Booth, and I called for him at the National hotel, but he was not there ; I then went to hit room and saw him there ; Le said he had been to see Booth but did not see him, that Booth was out ; he did not state his ob• jou in evotavering to see Booth, (lox: lie did not say anything about Beeth eyeing him money; he merely said that ht hed been to seal:looth oa Friday morning ; he told Me ha had not seen Booth. • 14) Judge Advocate Bolt: I had no partionlar mac n for Staying in town undi Friday evening ; ELggeEied to the party in whose company I was, O'Laughlin among the number, that we should re main until Friday evening; I had no Bpi del Tea? son for so doing; O'Loughlin did not make any suggestion of that kind ; the arrangements far our Slat to Washington we determined OD Monday, in Baltimore, Thursday being the day fixed; I sug gtsted the day ; the party did a great deal of drii.king while in Washington; it would be impos sible for me to say how many times we drank ; i do not think it could have been more than ten ; one of the party, Mr. Early, was not sober. Testimony of M. B. Sweeney. By Mr. Aiken! I OM loSiplaititini with John M. Lloyd ; I met him on the 14th of April last at IVlarl, Moro', and rode with him a portion of the way tenor Marlbor o, towards his home; he seemed to be 3.111. siderably under tte influence of liquor; he drank, or attempted to drink on the road, at least to pun the bottle to his lips ; the bottle contained liquor. Cross.examined by Judge Advocate Roil: I drink with him ; I could not tell which drank the moat; bOth drank from the same bottle; he seemed to be otnsiderahly_ excited, witch atttiblitedto the infioece of °rink; he was alone In his buggy ; I was on horseback ; he Wall eXOBed in conversation and general deportraent ; • I do not think rwes excited myself; I suppose helsnew what he was doing, and weere he was going; at leash I thought he was able to take mare of himself. By :dlr. Glampitt : I have known J. Z. JenkinS, a brother of Mrs. Swett's, for sixteen years; I have heard it said of him that lie was a Zellettil Union man ; on one occasion a Union flag was raised wttt, in a hundred yards of the house in which I boarded, and, there being a rumor that an attempt would bo mate to out it down, Mr. Jenkins formed ono of a party who stood guard around It an ulicht ; I heard that he came to Washington to get votes for the Union ticket in Maryland, bat Ido not know any. thing Of that I believe him to be_to.day a con- OW/lily loyal man. By Judge Advocate Roll! I have never acted against the Government, that I know of; I was Strictly neutral in my conduct and feelings in re gard to the rebellion • I was perfectly indifferent as to whether the rebeldon failed or succeeded. By the court : I parted with Mr. Lloyd, on the ce. caller , of which I have spiken, about six miles from Surattsville • I did not Wm more than one drink out of the bottle from welch Mr. Lloyd drank. Mr. Aiken, counsel for Mrs. Surest, stated that when on Friday last he announced that he would not delay the court after the other counsel for the aroused bad closed their defences, he had not learn. ad some important facts since communicated to him. On Friday afternoon last he visited Suratts villa and Marlborough, and while on that visit ace eutred some facts whisk he believed to be of material importanee to the accused, Para. Surat. He there fore sidled the privilege of introducing that beau. mony. Thewltnesses wetild probably be present to morrow, and their examination might net 000upy more than a Couple of hours, and would be likely to affect materially any rebutting testimony which the Government might have to offer. Tudge Advocate Holt stated that, inasmuch as some important testimony for the Government still remained to be taken, and the witnesses might not arrive to.day, but would be present to.morrow, there would be no loss of time ; he was, therefore, disposed to grant the request of counsel. • Ttatimouy of Assistant Adj ntAnt General By Judge Advocate Holt:.Q. State whether or not you are acquainted with G. T. Rains, a briga dier general in the rebel military ser vloe 1 A, I WitS very well acquainted with G. J. Rains, who, in 1861 resigned his coin: Maslen as a lieutenant colonel in the Bth Regular United States Infantry. Q. Were you acquainted with his handWriling 1 .11., Yee, sir. Q. Look at that endorsement, and state whether you believe it to be in his handwriting [Exhibit. ing a paper to witness.] A. To the best of my knowledge and belief it is. The paper referred to was given le evidence with out objection. It is dated Richmond, December le, 1864, and is addressed to Captain S. McDaniel, commanding Torpedo Company, and signed by John Maxwell. II sets forth, in substance, that in obedience to the order of the person to whom it 18 addressed, and with the means and equipment far .nished by him, the writer left Richmond on the' 26th of July, 1864, for the line of the James river, to operate with the norologieal torpedo against the enemy's vessels navigating the river. The writer was accompanied by Mr. R. R. Dillard, whose see. limo were engaged for the expedition. After tine dry adventures, the two men reached City Point before daybreak on the 9th of August last, arid the Writer aline the result of his operations as follows "Requesting -my companion to remain behind about half a mile, I cautiously approached the wharf with mymac hine and powder Covered by a small box. Finding the captain had come ashore from a barge then at the wharf, I seized the otiose 51031 to hurry forward with my box. Being halted by ono of the wharf seatineas, I succeeded in pass. tug Dim by representing that the captain had ordered me to convey the box on board. Dialling a men from the barge, we put the meanie. In motion, and gave it in his charge and he carried it aboard. The magazine contained'abent twelve pounae or powder. Rejoining my companion, we retired to a safe distance, to wit ness the eßect of our effort,. in snout an hour the explosion occurred . Its Meet was communicated to another barge beyond the one operated upon, and also to a large wharf:building, containing the ene. my's - stores), which was totally destroyed. Tile scene was terrine, and the effect deafened my corn panfort to an extent from which he has not recover ed. My own,person was severely shocked, but lam thankful to Providence that we have both escaped without lasting injury. We obtained. and refer you to the enclosed slip from the enemy's nee/Ma w, which afford their testimony of the terrible et:filets of this blow. The enemy estimate the loss of His at fifty-eight killed and one hundred and twenty-six wounded, but we have Minn 10 bra lieve It greatly exceeded that. The pecuniary damage we heard estimated at four millions of dol lars, but, of course, we Can give you no exact ac count of its extent. The writer then detalla the capture of the vessel Jaae Duffield by a party Of which Acting Master J. 11. Kinds, of the 0. S. Navy, and the writer were mombers. The capture occurred on the 17th of September last, in Warniak river. The party far ther states that he was finally compelled to abandon these operations in consequence of the vigilant v Melt kept upon him and his coadjutors by our forces. The Indereemente en the letter were by Z. MoDso Captain Of C. A. Secret service, and G. J. Rains, Brigadier G eneral , Superintendent ; that or the latter being to the elfoot that John Maxwell and B. K. Dillard were sent by Z. MoDaniels into the rtemy'S line, by the authority of the writer, for tome such purpose;, and that when the tremens. eons explosion occurred at City Point on August Orb, the supposition was strong that it was done through their agency. A further Indorsement was as follows : Certified copy forwarded to War Department, June 8, 1865. J. MeanT, A. A. G." Nuw Yuan, Tune 12 ASSlsitint Judge Advocate General Bingham, by permieston of the court, placed upon the record Pertided conies of the journals of the Senate and House of RepreStilitatlyes or the Oengrees of the Hutted States, Showing - that Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin were elected President and Vim President of the United States for four years from the 4th of 16 arch, 1861, and that Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson were elected President and Vice President of the United Stelae for four years from March Otis, 1805. Assistant Adjutant General E. D. Townilend being recalled, testified that from and after the 4th day of March, 1851, until the 15th day of April, 1865, when he died, Abraham Lincoln acted as President of the 'United States ; that for tour years preceding the 4th of March, 1865 Hannibal Hamlin acted as Vice President of the United States, and that from the 4th of Mardi, 1886, until the of Aril of the saws year, the day of the death of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson acted as Vies President of the United Stelae. Mr. Doter stated that he grad read it note from Afidstant Surgeon Coddlunton s of the Clover:Meat THE TRIAL. St. Albans, anCother Raiders. . . TeNstwouy 011111 fro. L. Ormurt. 'Lend lemony or 3. P. Patterson. E. D. Townsend. hospital, I 11 %Te l Il Lit ll e l iA th o e i t tin! death ofr s : b Dr. Plichois, for the et of that gentleman as the proper person to examine. into the question of the alleged Insanity of the pri soner, Payne. The propoSed substitution was acoordingly made. The president of the Commission gave notice that the report of Dr. Bali would be expected tomorrow morning. Be•Examtnation of Richard Bfontgo- By Aselatent Judge Advocate Burnett Q. Et amine that paper, and state when and from whom you reeelveu it. A. I received that letter from 113. o. ()lay, Jr.. on the evening qf the Hest or second of November, 1884. Q. State • whether you saw Mr. Clay write any nation of that paper. A. Yea, Sir; a very con siderable portion of It. Q. You know that to be his handwriting?A. Yee, tar; he wrote the letter in the house In whlslt he wee residing, on Clark street, I think that le tits tame. at St. Catharine's, Unmade. Q. To whom did you deliver the paper ? A. To Eon, 0. A. Dane, Assistant Secretary or War. Q. [Exhibiting to witness a second paper.] State whether that is a copy of the letter which was made by you for more convenience In reading? A. It is ; that is a correot copy. Q. There are certain blanks and omissions hero; bad you any itstruotions with reference to giving Information as to what should be inserted 1 A. Yes, sir, I was InstruCted to deliver that totter to Mr. Benjamin, Secretary 01 State of the ilanfede. rate Statee, and to tell him that I wag lerforased of the names to be put in the blanks ; there are several blanks. Q. What was the reason for omitting the signs& ture of this letter I A. That was for my safety principally, and so that it might not be used n 8 tvidehoe against the writer; both reasons were given to me by Mr. Clay. Q. Do you know at what time Clement C. Clay left Canada I A, About the first of January, I think. The letter wee then read,hearing date St. Oaths,. lines, 0. W., Nov. 1.341864, and addressed to lion. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, Richmond, It gives a detailed account of the oircumstanoes connected with the St. Aligias rail, the letter stating that Lieut. Bennett a v rOling, who led the raiders wastwell known to him *Wane whose heart was with be South in heretruggle, end that, in hie attempt to burn the town of St. Albano and rob the beak% he acted according to the writer's inetruetione, urging iltr'omerit to assume the revolt sibility In the pre Captain Charles 11. tlole, an escaped prisoner of war, in the rebel Forrest's command, who was cap tured on beard the U. S. war-steamer Michigan, on Lake Erie, while engaged in an attempt to cap ture the vessel and liberate the rebel prisoners on Johnson's Island. The writer protests against Cole being treated as a spy, and gives various reasons why he should be regarded as a prisoner of war, and concludes with a statement that 4 ! all that a •iarge portion of the Northern people, especially in the Northwaat, want, in order to resist the °pores- Siva of the despotism at Washington; le a leader; tney are ripe tor resistance, and it msy come soon alter the Presidential election?' Tue letter was not signed, the reason given being that no sigma. ture was necessary, as the messenger or/meting it and the person to Whom it was addressed could identify the author. Menus. Jacob Schaper and Wines linniston, citizens! of Troy, N. Y., being called for the prose. cutlets testified that they had been intimately acquainted with Marcus P. Norton. a witness in this case for the prosecution, for a number of years ; that in the city of Troy, where he is well known, his reputation for veracity and integrity is very good; that they would believe him on oath or otherwise ; teat they knew him to be a lawyer in good practice, and that an attempt welch bad been made to inp peach his character, had proved unsuocessful. Tea - Moony of Horatio Ring. By Judos Advocate Holt : I live In Washington city; / hive held the position of Assistant route roseter General and Postmaster General of the United States. I made -the acquaintance while bore, of Marcus P. Norton, a lawyer of Troy, N. Y. I have known him quite intimately for eight or ten years. I always regarded him as being serupulously honest, and from my knowledge of his clisraoter I would unhesitatingly believe him under oath. By Mr. Doster : I have never lived bi Troy ; I do net kLOw whet Mr. Norton's reputation is in that OitV ; I have had Some connection With him In a patent; I never hoard any one In Washington speak otherwise than favorably of him ; I never heard of any attempt to impeach his veracity. By Judea Advocate Bolt: During March lest I Slew Mr. Norton in title city and had frequent eon yam:tient with him; in one of these conversations he tunnelled to me the circumstanee of a person having abruptly entered his room In the National hetet; I do net remember for whom he said the per son inquired. By Mr. Dater : Q. Dld you ever hear Mr. Nor. ton say that he had overheard a Conversation be tween Booth and the prisoner, Alzdrott, at the National hotel T A. lie made some allusion to it • I Three it wee about tr..) 11th I of May, which was, think, the date of his letter. Assistant Judge Advocate Burnett handed to the wittess a letter, wheat wits ideotified by him as one be had received from Mr. Norton about the 17th of May, and from which he read as follows : el believe Johnson was poisoned on the evening of March 3, or the morning of March 4 hat. I know of something which took place at the Na. Banal Hotel last winter, between Booth and stran gers to me, which, since the death of our good Pee- Meet, have thrown me Into alarm and stupid , " and about which I will talk .with you when I see you." Wm. H. Roberer, being °ailed for the proseouleon, testified to his knowledge of the handwriting of Clement C. Clay, Of Alabama, and identified the letter given above as having been written by that porsoa. There being no farther witnesses the court ad journed. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF VIRGINIA General Lee and Others of his Generals Indicted for Treason. An Extra Session of the Legislature Called Ti Thursday Next. WASHINGTON, June 12.—Judgo Underamou, Of tba Eastern section of Virginia, who has come hither to consult with Attorney General Speed, brings with him all the documents =fleeted with the indictment for treason of Generals Robert E. Lee, Corse, Ewell, and Longstreet, Ex-Governora Smith and Letoher, end A. G. Casanore and New ton McVeigh, 01 Alexandria, and Jihad forty othore. The Alexandria (Va.) Journal says: "Governor Pierpont ,has determined to call an eztra session of the Legislature on Thursday next; and for this purpose oonfidential ciraulare have been sent to the members of the body which heretofore assembled at Alexandria, representing the loyal sentiment, as oontradiSiingUilthed from the late rebel legielature at Richmond. The Journal is alarmed for fear the call is made with a view of removing thefdisablllty imposed upon those who have been identified with the rebellion, and restore to them the elective franchise and the right again to hold ()Sloe. There is no certainty, however, that anon is the object. TEE GREAT EXPLOSION AT errs Town 1.1.8 m Au CUSP OKETSED BY REBEL TOP.PEDOES. The Richmond Whig has the following news : PETERSBURG, Va.—Tadge Underwood has ar• rived here, bringing with him indictments for trea son against Generals Lee, Corse, Ewell, and Long. street; esr.Governors Letoher and Smith, and forty others. He ball come to consult with Attorney General Speed upon the subject. It appears from the testimony before the Milita ry Commission today, that the tremendous explo sion on the vessels discharging storesat City Point, on the nth Of August, Was caused by an infernal machine, introdueed by John Maxwell, of the rebel secret service, who left Richmond on the . 26th of July in company With R. K. Dillard. SOUTH AMERICA. War Between the Argentine Republic and Paraguay—Two Argentine Steam- ere Captured. By an arrival from Buenos Ayres, bringing dates to the 27th of April, we learn that the foroas of Para gully had invaded Corrientes, one of the Provinces or States of the Argentine Bepubllo, and had sur prised and oaptnred two armed eteamers of the lat. ter GOiernmeut on the river Parana. The invasion was made without notice, and in direct oppoSition CO article eight of the treaty between the two Govern, meats, by wbieh It was formally agreed that, should any came of war spring up between the two Go vernments, sit months' notice should be given before any overt act of hostility should be commit ted. In the capture of Ohs of the Steamers, oalled the Twenty.iiith of May, all the officers and crew, numbering about fifty t men, were, with the comp. Lion of five or six who lumped overboard, killed, It is alleged, in cold blood. War now exists between Paraguay on the one hand, and Brazil, the Argon. tine. Republic, and the Oriental Republic on the other. Paraguay has a population of abontl.Boo,ooo, and, though nominally a republic, is in fact an ab. 00/Ilie despotism. The army is nominally AVM Men, and the navy cone its Of twelve river steamers, both army and navy having the advantage of a number oi, European °Moore, as well as of natives, educated in Europe. The three governments united against Paraguay have a population of about 8,000,C00, with a navy or ninety sailing and steam veasels, chiefly Brazilian, and including S 3 820 two or three irori.olads. It may be an item also to no. Use that Paraguay is now said to be mainly ruled by a woman picked up by Lopez in the streets of London—a curious whirligig of fortune.—N. Y. Tri. bunt of Monday. neeeption.of rbiladelphia Firemen In Reading. limantroas Juno 12.—A parade of the Fire De partment Of this city came off taday, on the ocrom• don of the reception of the Independenee Hon Company of Philadelphia, In which about five hun dred men participated. MANX MODBI3TY.—The people of the Isle of Man am gendrally reported to have more leg for the race of life than their neighbors in Eogiand. They have shown their propensity for distancing the pep• pie of the bigger island by making an application to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give them the benefit of the reduction on the tea daty pro. posed in the Budget. This seemed fair, but It turned out that the Manz threteleggea ones have only been paying Bd. in the pound duty daring the time their fellow-countrymen have been paying lib ad. In the pound, and they want a reduction from their former ad. Modest people ! The as No n of the Chancellor of the Exchequer may be witted. paled, and if ha ventures to couple it with a remark, it will not be a pleasant one, assuredly. DHSTAIICTIVII Fish IN OHICAOO.-011 the Yth inst. a destructive fire broke out in No. 186 South Water street, Mingo, Illinois. It soon spread to the neat door, where a large quantity of oil had been stored:. In a very little while the same horri ble science that were witnessed at Ninth and Fade• rat streets, In tide City, wore reenacted. The lire men, with their accustomed will, Subdued the flames, but white they were yet SMOilidering, the walls of the building fell in, burying eight men tinder their ruins. Two wore killed, and several of the others were so mangled that they are not ex pected to recover. The loss amounts to over $BO,OOO. —Michigan claims to be the second State in the union in the amount of iron ore. Two hundred and torty.eight thousand tons of iron ore were shipped from Marquette the past year, and 26,000 tone re tained for the use of furnaces located in that region, making a total produotiou 273,000 tons of ore—an antual amount only exceeded by Pennsylvania in 3500—that State having mined 1,706,470 tons ; Ohio lben ranking neat, MK mining TWO tops FOUR CENTS. STATE ITEMS. White Sulphur and llisalybeate Spring, at Doubling Gap, or this Sta opens for the season on Thursday, June 15th. Th ve:lghtfel place is 10- eated In Cumberland county, thirty miles west of Harrisburg. It is accessible from all the principal cities by railroad to Harrisburg, thence by the Cum berland Talley Railroad to Newville. from Now. elite eight milts good staging to the springs. Pas. congers leaving Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Wash ington in the morning can arrive at the springs the same evening at Ilse o'clock. The long experienoe of the present proprietor, S, Rolenson, enables us to say that the establishment will be conducted in a manner to please an who may be Inclined to flint tt. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Onm• becloud Valley and Franklin Railroad Companies, held at Ohawbereburg on the asst of May last, the sgrsement previously entered into by and between the hoards of managers of said companies to merge both companies into one, under the charter of the Franklin Railroad Company, was unanimously sanctioned. One consolidated road now extends from Harrisburg, Pa., to Hagerstown, Md., a die. lance of seventy-eight miles. A convention of the superintendents of insane asylums In the United States and the Caudal, will assemble In Pittsburg today, and continue In session for Several days. The cheese factories at WhltnereCorners and the Round Top, Charleston, Tioga °may, unitedly are turning out upward of eve thousand pounds of splendid cheese per week. Dlies Annie Eberle, an actress performing In Pittsburg, was, on last Friday evening, the occa sion of her benefit, presented with an elegant silver tea•set, the gift of a number of prominent citizens. Louie Rich.arde, Esq.; has been appointed tale. graphic correspondent of the National Associated Frees at Reading. The currant worm is causing great trouble in Honesdale, Wayne minty. r— Butter has become a drug in the Harrisburg market, at twenty ciente a pound. -- "Sears.s_.r N iL —At Hezeiton, Ind., a short time sines, a sol• dieee wife having received $l5O from her husband, received a call In the night from a man who ap peered in her sleeping room and demanded her mo ney. Fortunately she had provided herself with a weapon In the shape of a rolling pin, and as the 410. mend was made, she threw the money on the floor, and as he stooped to pick it up, dealt him a blow with her weapon on the neck. She then ran to the nearest neighbor for assistance. The man wall not at home, but the lady kindly volunteered and went with her, when, lo and behold, the unfortunate man was the latter lady's husband! The blow he received proved fatal. The Government has had a photographer em ployed at the armory In Springfield for several months, who has made excellent pictures of the houses, Shops, grounds, do. The breeoh•loading muskets presented for the inspection of the military commission, lately in scission in Springfield, ware photographed, a dozen dtiplleated Of which have bean Bent to the Chicago Sanitary Fair. every thing connected with the broechdoading of each of the guns has been photographed in Its `parts, and copies preserved In Springfield, while duplicates have been sent to Washington. The Boston Medical, and Surgical Journal con- Wins a curious ease of a child about three years of age who had a morbid appetite ter everything made of wool. The little fellow would pick up item the floor bits of yarn and swallow them ; gnaw his blau, kets, rush at woollen garments—ladies' plush over. coats especially—like a little fury. Diarrhoea en. sued, accompanied by Vomiting, and at the end of ten days he threw up a very herd, egg-shaped mass Of woollen, three inches in length andlan Weh and a quarter in Its longest transverse diameter. A man In Salem, Alan, owns a farm whip, has been In the hands of the family for over one hen sired end twenty.live years. This farm has been in two.countles, three towns, and two probate districts. All Its owners have lived to a great age, two living to be over ninety. The bees on this farm can claim as direct ancestors, those who lived and made honey on It one bundled and twenty-flve years ago. We print the following Jersey story, bat query IL Is it not another exaggeration of the truth? tc A novelaccident happened on tile Central Rau road a few days since, A hogshead of molasses burst on a freight train and besmeared the track for four miles, between Berth Branch and White Rouse, to such an extent as to cause a following train to stick last in the glutinous mess." —At a serial party in Mobile, recently, there was some restralut betweeuthe Federal and rebel ottisers present, till one of the latter, a fine singer, was oohed on for a song, when be sung "Tile Star Spangled Banner" with mush spirit. The whole party joined in, and after that only joviality and good tooling reigned. —Fifteen or sixteen persons at Paddock's village were nearly POhlOned on Wednesday last from drinking root beer. It is eupptscd that the boy who was sera to dig the route, gathered by mistake some poisonous substance. All but two of the partiaL pators were out of danger, but a Child, it was thought, would die. At Haverhill, Mass., on Thursday, as a man named Hiram Young was engaged in charging a soda fountain, he unfortunately applied more than the Mal quantity of pressure, and the fountain heist, mangling him terribly and eanslng his death in a sbort time. —Twenty.flve years ago a Mr. McGuire, of Al. bany, adopted an orphan boy and educated him. Alter becoming of age he went to California and made a fortune. Re eabsequently visited England, where be recently died, leaving by will $50,000 to the McGuire family. A new mode of raising fonds at Fairs hag been devised at St. Louis. A vote is taken on the question, " Who is the most popular clergyman of the city with a dollar quail& cation for a voter—the aumegefal candidate being pretested with a geld•headed Cane. Mr. Rogers, a Connecticut legislator from MIL ford, remarked in his plane, the other day, that be never heard of a negro who was a passable me. char lc, whereupon Thomas Peterson, a colored man of the same town, challenge!! Mr. Rogers to e. trial Of skill, both being ornamental carriage painters. —ln New Bedford, a short time since, two doves flew in at the window of a house, and took lodgings on the top of a closet in the entry. Each evening Mee they have regularly returned to their new dor Mitory. Dr; J. T. Leach, one of the prominent Union men of North Carolina, made a contract with his negroes to glee them food and clothing as before, and to pay them ten dollars monthly. The result only a few have left him. —All 'Aarone found loitering in the attend!, of Richmond, Va,, are taken in charge by the provost Marshal of the district, and are set to work cleaning the duets. Three funerals tcok place at a church in Pas. sal°, New Jersey, lately. Each arriving at the church about the same time, the coffins were placed along the front of the pulpit In a row. General J. W. Spragen, of Erie county, Ohio, has received the appointment of general superin. 'tendon% of the freedmen for the States of 111.16sonti and Arkansas. Tam le great exOttement at Detroit, is aon• sequence of an order eloping up all the IlquOS atir Toone. Captain Robert Lincoln has sent to the Chicago Fair the manuscript copy of the message sent to Congress by his late father, on April 16, 1862. The Ricianond Whig resumed its motto, Sic per tyrannis, on Friday last, the prohibition of the Government thereto haling been removed. Mrs. Colonel Mulligan, of Chicago, has been presented with $2500 in oath and a $5OOO homestead by admirers of her brave, dead husband. Business at Savannah Is at a otand•ettil. The market is overstocked, and there is no money to buy With. a weekly eemmarclal and finanOlal newspaper 18 shortly to be homed from the office of Lfunt'S Pier chatat's Magazine, at New York. A legislative inquiry haB dieoloeed the fact that the deposits in the Hartford savings banks have fallen off $239,8131) within the last four months. Mr. Madill denies the story that hakes heft the Chicago Tribune. About fifty new buildings are In process of erec tion in Atlanta, from the ruins of burned houses. —A project is on foot to establish a National bank in Raleigh, N. 0. The Minnesotians intend to use blood-hounds against the Indians. FOREIGN ITEIIIS. The aping of the manners of Fernand be the young gamins of Paris, has led them Into the very deepest abyss of English sang fraid, A. young French count and his valet were proomolirg by rail to the South of France recently, when a terrine ste. Went occurred. After picking himself up and ea playing Mantel( with his toothpick for a time, a por ter came up and said, " Monsieur le Comte, we have just discovered your valet, but he Is out com pletely in IWO," "Indeed 1" was the reply. "Take care of the trousers men, for the keys of n thine ore in that." In Vienna the famous drama of "Frank Mul ler" has now given place to a new piece, entitled "Abraham Lincoln, or the Civil War in America," and consisting of a prologue and seven scenes. These &renamed as follows: Prologue, "The Plough at the President's Birthplace." Scene 1. The Father's Tomb. 2. A - Slave's Vengeance. a. A Levee at the President's. 4. The Uonspiraey Of Good Friday at Richmond. C. The Spy. O. Victory and Joy on the Announcement of Peace at Wash 7. Death Of LIAM, The demonstration! of all MA In Lampe In favor of Mr. Lincoln continue. A. biography of one hundred and fifty pages has already reached a sale of more than 100,000 Copies; and photographs, made by Benninger, from a large portrait In the bank. imphotoie of John Munroe & Co., are Selling by the thousand. The portraits and biography of Prem. dent Johnson are also muoh sought after. -- The late Duke of Northumberland had a de cided objection to draw trio half pay as it became due, the result of which was that, at the time of his death, a large amount had accumulated. The ex content, however, have fro scruples, and have since Claimed the amount. They are about 10 PAS4I9B the whole of the arrears of twenty years' aeoamula none from the Britten Government. —ln Southern Africa, the liatlire and the ma jority of the native tribes positively refaced to occu py the land across the Bet. Threats of a war to terminate the white man had also been held out, and, although no serious disturbance was antici pated by the English Government, It was admitted that the poettlon of affairs was IBM unsatisfactory then it had been for several Yam Part. .... The question Of the /reported eitiht to We 6 Th is WAR, Pmanal (PUBLISHED WEEKLY. ma Wats PRIM WM ba sent to anbathlbera by wait (per annum ID advance) at. Ps're coptes•.• • 0.44 0.114 4.• 1.. • .04 •-• •41••-. 1,041 0001 •• •• bit Tell copies 4*ll-11.11 ••• W. •••••• 1.9.1 -••••• •••••••••.:210 (Pe Larger Blabs than Tan will be charged it the law rata, a* so per copy. The ?flout, meet always accompany the emu*. gmit tri no toetance can them termer to deeied 4 / rim ' ar they afford tern little more than the evert of 1000. Ifir Postmasters are reottsetod to sot Ai mink' to THE WEE PIMA& tar-To the retter-up of the Olub of ten or twenty, tot( extra *opt , of the met will be EiVell. great cannot title upon living notabilities la pend ing before the French eourto, on account of the set of the r.toperor, conferring the title of the anoint Dukedom of Montmorenal upon Quint Taneyrana de Perigord. There is a report that the Senate of Frankfort is about to nominate 2/1. Memo Marks de Rothe child as one of its member,. This will be the first time that a Jew tuts received a nomination to that assembly. Jules Gerard , s effects, announced for sale, coin. prise weapons of the abase, and valuable arms which had been presented to him by kings and princes. MusaiTor•ed•dln, eldest on of the Shah of Persia, Is expected to visit St. Petersburg, and pro. coed through the other capitals of Europe on a three months' tour. The Assembly of the Vstablished March of tieotiend recently adopted 'ft reßointion strongly condemning the lat 4 lianovatlohil 111 the church SOF. v 1069. —lt is stated that the Freilet Government hal requested the executors of M. Earconrt to hasten the publication of Talleyratfil memoirs. —We hoar that the Emperor of the 'Emelt will pay a visit on returning from Algiers, to the Queen and King of Spain. A R1160161115d7 fa said to have preSeritOd to the Pope a pair of slippers, In whlob. Wore placed loo s • (00t. In bank notes. -- It appears that France is gradually becoming a free country. The Easperorhae just ramrod the restrictions from the sale or tripe in Paris. The heat at Vienna Is emissive. Miring them has been none, the hot weather having set in at the beginning of April. The "gentle" Mouravieff, late of Warsaw, In Poland, will be made a Count, as a plaster for We dignity, wounded by Ms removal. All the opeotatore agree u to the beauty of th Fight afforded by the oozier° of Sante Crops at tit boot. x••••ttvol, la Flnnanell. GUIBILOPeo ths groat Prewer of Dublin tot hag been knighted, Ifl beer boktleti pill henoeforth beta' the title of Sir Benjamin. General Garibaldi is to leave Oaprera for the vves.--*___n villa on Lake Maggiore has been put it his dlopcsarurvwv r,.m m t„ The owlet/m.ollm of snails has Wet& in Paris that it Is said a spools' market Is about to be opened for them. Letters from Stockholm state that the Xing of Sweden and Norway Intends paying the Emperor • visit this summer In Paris. The story about the terrible Siberian plops depepulating St. Petersburg is now said to be a decree Witt be peidieked 1111 4 E111M rendering the teaching of the French lan ginkgo obligatory in Government mauls, The Sultan has given orders to fortify Erserontl and Kare. A German newepreper, edited by Herr Burow, Ikea been founded in Moscow. urnu CROPS. THE PROSPECTS POE Mb —DOXINTDrax. utairtVESINI EVERYWNMEN.-NEPORTS .PROM THE LOYAL AND REBEL STATES AND CANADA. From a number of sources we glean the following facie In relation to the crops of this country and Commie: In Maine, wheat and rye looks hatter than rirnid and barley full as well. There will be a good yield of areas. The gran crop of DT ew gampahlre h very promises Mg, and farmers have old hay on hand whloh they refuse to sell fur $BO or $4O per ton. • There Is considerably more than the average amount of winter wheat and rye in Vermont, also at spring Wheat, rye, and oats. All the amps look wen. In affaSlaelfUlhate grass is very forward and very phoning, The foliage of both tarot and MIN trees Is very luxuriant, There Will be only a Mother rare orop of apples, and quite a small orop of pears. Cherries and peaches will be more abundant than of late years. The limallerairulta and berries are in good condition, Potatoes also promise well, but coin lags behind, as It almost always does la the early part of the season. There was about the average amount Of spring wheat, barley, and oats sown in Rhode Island, and all the winter crops look promising. if In this part of New York," says the Poughkeep. ele Eagle, and etpecially In the river entitles, the wheat end rye crops have not been as good in twenty years as they now promise to be, Cans also promo.) well. 'rue harvests will be unusually early. Corn hail 001110 up Wallt and Is not d i a turbad by worma.o The grapevines throughout the State leek very thrifty, aid a large yield of fruit and fine vintage ban be expected, The farmers of New Jersey. have been Wand with an abundance of rale, which has brought the crops forward rapidly; the winter wheat bloke bet. ter than usual, and barley and rye not quite as well. There were more than the average qua*. ttty of oats sown cilia season and leas of spring wheat. In Pennsylvania the peach and cherry trees are full of newly•formed fruit, and the prospect for ber ries le very fine. The amount of wheat sown lad fall was not large, bat equal to the average of four years past, It Is now looking finely. As to oats. theta can scarcely fall to he an abundance Every grim piece h$ laud has been pat fa oats, and the crop Is °ming forward beautifully, Oats Will Prra bably be down next fail to the old prlee, getter, the indications throughout the Country were never better for a plentiful yield. The yield of hay this season In Gumberland county will be immense, and of the very best quality. Most of it has been safely gathered, and the wheat harvest has Piet commenced. There will be a fair crop of grapes, but no early varieties. There is an abundant crop of strawberries, and cherries in certain login tiee ; the prospect tor a fell crop of raspberries is good ; there will be a fait mop of plums, bat a. light yield of pears and Mies. Reports from all Bectione of Dela Ware say that this year wheat is lets injured by the winter freltie than usual. The indication are that there Will be a pretty fair yield of fruit this season In Maryland. The op.. pie and pear trees bear evidence of a healthful con dition. The peach and other tree& of a kindred 1111. Lure also look thrllty and promising. In West Virginia the wheat and winter rye crops look very much batter than usual. There wee about the usual amount of spring wheat sown, and con siderably more of oats. The grape crop in the vicinity of Wheeling was almost totally destroyed by the late frosts. The Sandusky Iteryislesays that the promise of a large drop of all kinds of fritit to that part of Okla is good, The editor Of the Fayette °entity Berea! ems "The result Of our observation Is that the prospect fur an abundant wheat crop is as good as we ever saw it. From Toledo west through the counties of Lenowe, Hillsdale, Branc h. and St, Jo. eeph, in Michigan, we never saw a better prospect for a good wheat harvest. In Elkhart and St. Jo seph counties, Indiana, the prospect Is very good; but on the Laporte prairies the wheat has been a good deal winter killed, w bite in the timbered lands wheat looks well. In all the rest of the country good The whe at crope anticipated." The wheat was never more promising in In diana than the present season, and there are probs. bly more sores planted this year in Ibis cereal than for several years past, Oats look welt and are Coming on Scaly. Early potatoes are also growing Neely, and there is yet abundant time for making a large OM of late potatoes, 101 Well as turnips and sweet petateee. From all parts of the State we have the most flattering prospects for a large and remunerative crop the coming autumn. In Illinois, aceounte from the Southern and middle portions of the State represent the amps ite looking finely, with every promise of a large yield, As. counts from some of the northern counties are much lees favorable. Rain is badly needed throughout the State. The apple crop does not promise well. The crops in lowa are all laid to be above the average. • Wheat and rye look better than venal In ROSA and barley full as well. There has been a scarcity of field hands in Ken• tricky, and Consequently there has not been as amok grain sown this year ni Usual However, ;neat, rye, and barley, protein/ to yield more than an average crop. In Michigan it is estimated by farmers that the wheat harvest will beat least a week earlier than usual. Throughout the State wheat le already heading, and never promised better. It is the universal testimony that in Wisconsin wheat never gave a tatter premise of an abundant harvest than It now does. In Minnesota beyond St. Paul, wheat, It said, Is a drug at fifty cents a bushel. In the storehouses tbonsande of bushels are wafting transportation. Some dealers who bought a year sines at a dollar, and even ten shillings a bushel there, have been ruined by the fall. The enormous cost of railroad transportation eats Up, it is said, all the profit on the artiole, The San Francisco correspondent of the Chiceger Tr Warm says: "in calitornia the crops are now about a robrith behind thtif regulor nine, hut never looked inure promising', Iwo, abundant mono& will be gathered thretighout the Atato tidg Tess." The cereal and fruit crepe In Itilsoeuri promise to yield largely tido year. The season In Virginia has been propitionS to wheat, and the growing orop gives every promise of heavy yield. Within the past two weeks the fly, however, bas made Us appearance In Orange and some of the neighboring counties, and threaten serious ravages. The peach and apple tree!' are bearing a rich promise of fruit. In fact, vegetation Is more promising than It has ever been Moe the war commenced. North Carolina gives a great breadth of whets eown last tall. The oorn orop Tooke exoeedlngly well. The OM moo In South Carolina to promising, and eMenalve nal& are being planted In the Interior of the State. The land is ao poet that only opa stalk of *ern thriven In 11. hill. ut labor and land are 00 abundant that there will be no Miami' Letter writera at Montgomery, and other plate In the Interior of Alabama, state that there MU be good crops In the State tide year, if the elements continue to be as anaploions as they have been thns far. There never was a better prospect for an immense crop of knit than this season in Georgia. The ce real crop is promising, considering the times, Th e planters have got In a large amount of seed. New Orleans papers eta that the growing' arena are looking remarkably well in Western Louisiana. The Viefisluirg liehdld Says; lt From Ike breadth. of land sown in Idlsslasippl s we have no dOtibi the wheat crop of the State Will he better than it ever was before, and, as demand regttlateil trade there will he a diminution of price as Seen MI the yield is fatly known." The farmers throughout Tennessee are already beginning to make the country "blossom and bloom" again. Reports from Texas state that large crops have been planted, and that from present appearances there will be unusually large harvests. OANADA.—The Montreat Transcript says that ex changes from all parts of the seem s t o favor. 9 bly of the crops, mind the hope tO be Universal that the Provinoevnt this year be favored with.= abodard hedleet. Fot Borne ;man' E an l n t ' d hl ik w e t io nte Z Dave hoed open, with very WO abbr ., Mop have suffered In ontseeprenoe. Daring the DNS winter the weather was oomparatively steady. There IS, therefore, good reason to hope for a large harvest the present year. Fearful Accident in the East Elver, N.Y. Th re e woods', named reepeotivety Mm. Wineap, Mary McNamara, and Johanna Reardon, were Crowned In the Beet River, New York, on Suladay evening last, under the following Oiraumstanosa. It appears that they had been out rowing with a rouvg man named Jeremiah O'Connor, during the sfteruoup, wad had _returned in safety to their homes. They provided all 0110: etoureion and at about half past eight again started out, bu ttinter. tunalnly just as Monter Was endeavoring to get the boat clear of the pier, the heavy Hood.tide drove the boat and Its contests under the stern of a vessel lying near. The frail row-boat was, of coarse, cop sized, sending the unlucky occupants into the wo. ter. As it righted Itself O'Connor seized one of the women by the hair, but was stable long to keep his hold. Re made desperate efforts to Wave the unfortunate women, but all to no avail. The whole three were drowned. He then Caught the paddle-wheel of a steamer lying near, anti thus saved hie own life. The bodies of the women hart 40t 140 qe4 kooii Opoovutsl4
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