e- - 411.rts+ TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1885. If-! We eau take no WO* of anonymous comma steamer. We do tot return rejected mentmerlPtia 'Mr voluntary aorreapondeno• is imitated from an pule of the amid, and erpeoisay from oar MOODS UMW Sad naial departments. Woes used, ft will le pelt Ibr. Reorganization. By the Fourth of July, Provisional Go vernors will probably be provided for the three remaining States which are still ex clusively controlled by military rule, viz : Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina. President Amami; has already appointed Governors for North Carolina, Mississippi, a Georgia, and Texas, and recognized Gay. PIERPONT as Governor of Virginia. Loyal civil governments were established in Ten nessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana, before the 'death of Mr. Li:scowl% Thus the unexpected rapidity." 'OM" %YAW done their work thoroughly. A Washing ton correspondent reports that a member of a southern delegation remonstrated with the President a few days ago against im me.diate emancipation, urging that the slaveholders should have time to adjust their interests to such a momentous change. His reply settled that question with very few words. It was: "Do you know which side was victorious in the war?' The inevitable answer to this question must carry with it an acknowledgment that the North was bound in honor and justice, as well as by its repeated public declarations, to signalize its triumph by in stantaneous liberation of every slave upon our soil. Slavery, and secession were killed by the valor of our troops. No new issues that may arise can resuscitate those defunct monsters, and this fact is as clearly re cognized by every clear-headed politician in the South as it is by,the people of the North. Every rational consideration that influ ences the human mind is impelling the sensible men of the rebellious States to re pent their past errors and follies, and to become loyal citizens. Thousands of them are seeing for pardon, and their hopes of obtaining it must, of course, depend in a great measure upon their behavior, and upon the spirit displayed by the States in which they reside. If they wish to regain political rights they must show that they deserve them. If they wish to choose their own rulers and to share the power and glory of the giant Republic that has crushed their wicked revolt, they must prove that they are sincerely devoted to the Union. If they wish to re establish industry, and to obtain the necessaries and comforts of life, they must assist in good faith in orga nizing a free-labor system, for they under stand that the days of enforced servitude have passed away forever. If they do not wish strict justice to be enforced against all the leaders who misled them, they must show that no disposition to generate a new revolt exists. By persisting in acts of hos- tility and bad faith, they have everything to lose and nothing to gain. Some time will probably be required for the fierce pas sions aroused by the rebellion to subside. Revengeful and passionate men will, it is to be feared, occasionally vent their baffled rage in unlawful and desperate outrages. But we retain an army amply sufficient to check angry ebullitions. There is no thing left for the seceding States but submission, and all their clear-headed inhabitants are at this moment ponder ing the problem of how they can best make a:virtue of necessity, by accommo dating themselves to the great social and political revolution that has overwhelmed them. " Time, at length, sets all things even," and master and slave, loyalist and rebel, will find in the end that our glorious country is proueetive enough to provide for all who exert a reasonable legree of energy, and its Government sufficiently powerful to vindicate its authority and protect its faithful citizens. Rebellion has been tried for four long years—it has been tested more fully than any, people ever attempted to test it before—and it has proved the most complete failure that history records. The victims of this tragical fiasco can have no disposition, as they have no pc suer to re peat their disastrous experiment. The Capacity of the Negro. While many of the freedmen are neces sarily ignorant on account of the stringent laws forbidding their education, and the rigorous policy of their masters, there are a number of instances in which they have shown very considerable business capacity. As a body, the slaves were compelled to be infinitely more industrious than the whites Of the south, and not a few are skilful mechanics. The following extract from the report of Li eut . CoI.EATON, In spector of Freedmen for the State of Arkansas shows how an opportunity for managing a cotton plantation—the one great art in which the rebel leaders were supposed to excel— was improved by a " full black :" " That the negro is not wholly without ability to realize this prospect, there Is convincing proof in tee life of a full black at Pine Bluff, well known as 'Uncle Reuben.' He was born in Georgia, and fell to a master who had but few slaves. He discovered such energy and tact, as well as complete devotion to his master's inter ests, that the latter entrusted everything to his management. The Slave raised hire from, poverty to Wealth Tee master was enabled n, buy a large plantation in Arkansas, and swan it with nearoes. As his circumstances grew caster, his habits became extravagant. Ills estate beams involved, and, when over Claimed with indebted. ness, he died. The widow, helpless and withetr, seemliest, called Uncle Reuben, told him that she had no one to rely upon but him, and placed all In his hands. He wee aroused by this touching confidence. He became more ambitions than aver to bring the east bales of cotton to town, and to emitter still more to the acre than the neighboring platters. The number of bales grown on the plan. fagot increased every year. The children were sent North to school. His success was so remerkable, that the white overseers around became jealous of a negro's t utstrlppeng teem. They compelled the rotatroes to plzoe a white, nominally, over Mute He was not, however, Interfered write, until the young Masters returced from the North. The fact that a aegrc slave had educated them, aed by his own pru dence and energy had amassed for them a fortune of nearly one hprdred and ftfty thousand dollars, wee not as grateful tc them as true. Ills mistress, however, always treated him as kindly as she dared. On the approach of our armies, he remained till air had left Mg himself and family. Being assured by our elf:Mere that the President's proclamation was tine, be also quietly came In. Spiritea and proad, he is the most tumble of all. He refuses to sit in the profiler:ice - of whites, and touches his hat to you at every address." The Fair Montana. This new Territory has proved as attrac tive as the beautiful name with which it has been graced. Although both northerly and elevated, its climate is more genial than more eastern regions lying in the same lati tude, because of its exposure to the gentle influences of the soft Pacific breezes that modify the winter into mildness, and be stow a uniformity on the whole circle of the seasons. A. pew offspring of the Republic, born in the war, it is a sturdy man-child, hearty and thriving. In an existence of only three years, it has gathered into its borders an earnest, working population of fifty thousand whites, who may be fairly pre- Sinned to be that indefatigable and energe tic race who people our new Territories, where land and wealth are within the grasp of all, yet can be only won by industry, valor and enterprise. The tide of emigration, which we have taken occasion to mention repeatedly as continuing to a limited extent during the last few years, notwithstanding the ob stacles arising from the war, is now tend ing towards the beautiful hillsides and fair valleys of this mountain land. The giant peaks of the -great Rocky Mountains are included in this territory, but also the fer tile valleys of the Upper Missouri and the Yellow Stone. Fine forests adorn its sur face, broad Men irrigate its vales, while beneath the Soil lie treasures of gold and silver ready for the hand of the seeker. Large bands of emigrants are now pre paring to take their share of these coveted prizes, and win some of the advantages of This golden opportunity with the efforts of their sturdy arms, strong hearts, and keen and cultivated intellects. The range that raises this Territory to so lofty an altitude, and has given it so beau tiful a name, is the grand backbone of our mighty continent, and it may be indeed ex pected that at some future day the states that will cluster aroma its pears may as isume their station as the backbone of our mighty Union, and become a new centre from which life and vigor will be sent through the vast body of our grand Re• public. LETTER FROM u OCCASIONAL.” WASHINGTON, June 10, 1865 The closing scenes of the trial of the conspirators have revived the universal in terest excited at the commencement of the sittings of the Military Commission. The argument of the eminent counsel on the part of the Government will Probably be written, and the intense desire to hear Mr. Holt, the Judge Advocate General, will therefore be disappointed. As the exami nation proceeded, the complicity of the leaders of the rebellion, who held their court at Richmond, with the authors of the horrible tragedy of the night of the 14th of April, 1805, if not with the bloody deed itself; was made more and more clear. The yell ofrebel and tory rage which greeted the reward for the capture of these leaders, of frag ,11,g JAI L kr2clarpation of the Presi tory despair at the capture of Jefferson Davis ; but there will be a rare renewal of it when the ease of the Government against the assassins is made up from the mass of testimony and laid before the public. The celebrated report of the Judge Advocate General on the subject of the secret associ ations in the West, known as the Sons of Liberty, or Knights of the Golden Circle, made to Congress more than a year ago, showed, conclusively, the existence of a wide-spread organization, bound by the most solemn oaths, and pledged to the most revolutionary objects. Some of the parties engaged in these clandestine cabals, were arrested, tried, convicted, and pun ished ; and in the investigations which esta blished their guilt, some of the scenes which led to the murder of Mr. Lincoln, were clearly foreshadowed. Fully to understand the forthcoming analysis of the evidence taken before the Military Commission, the main features of this report should be read. From that it will be seen that the conspiracy took its rise more, than three years ago, and in eluded hundreds of bad men in both sec tions. The great riot in New York, in the spring of 18G3 ; the resistance to the draft the attempt to set fire to the New York .hotels and theatres, were the beginnings of that *which was intended to be a most destructive catastrophe. The links in this long chain of crime may be traced with startling fidelity, with the aid of the report and the files of the daily newspapers. That nearly every step in the dark procession was taken in the interest of treason, and with the knowledge of Davis, will, I think, be made most indubitably to appear. We dare not be surprised at anything after the assassination of our good President. That sacrifice, with the attendant in cidents of barbaric horror, makes all other offences, or attempts, no matter how exaggerated or unnatural they might seem to be in any other light, strangely probable and real. And yet while this theory is sufficiently conclusive, it is as common to hear the guilt of Davis denied and his re lease demanded, as if he had never drawn his sword in rebellion, and had never con sented to the starvation of our prisoners; and as if his tools had not attempted to fire our cities, and had not deliberately mur dered President Lincoln I We shall now have another opportunity of comparing the truth, as it has been obtained before the Military Commission, with the facts col lated in other printed documents, and, of contrasting both with the appeals and argu ments of the pro-slavery rebels, and the tories of Great Britain. OCCASIONAL. An Interesting Leaf of History. HOW 'llOl BYAIWIPATioN YSCIOLASCATION WAS LIM= The New York independent of this week contains an interesting article from Mr. F. B. Carpenter, giving the history of how the emancipation procla mation was written. Mr. Lincoln gave the history to Mr. C., and the latter quotes Mr. Lincoln's words as follows " It had got to be," geed t•lltda-arm late. Things had ache frOM bad werse, until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operation we had been parentag ; that we Ikea about played our last card, and mast change, our tactics or lose the game ! I now determined on tbe adoption of the Emancipation Proclamation; and, wlthort, consultation with, or tee knowledge of, the Ctebinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and alter much anxious thought, called a Cabinet meeting, upon the subject. This wee the last of July, or the first part of the month of August, 1862 (The neat. date he did not remember) lees Cabinet menthe- took place, I.thlck, upon a Severday. All vrere^ present excepting Mr. Blair, the Postmaster General, who was abeeet at tee opening of the discussion, but came In enbeequentily. I said tO the cabinet teat I had rest lved upon this step, and had not called them together to aek their advice, but to lay the subject matter of a proclamation before them. suggeettous as to which would be in ceder, alter they had heard It read. Mr. Levet cy," mid he, " was in error when be informed you that it excited no comment, ex eepting on the part. el Secretaty ieward. flout+ suggestion were offered. Secretary Chace wished the batter:ago stronger in reference to the arming tee Macke. Mr. Blair, after he came In. deprecated the volley, on the ground that it would cost the Administration the fall ohne:me. Nothing, however, was offered that I had net already fully anticipated and settled in My own mind, anti). Setoretary Seward spike. Said be Mr. Preeldellt, I approve of the proelatna- Oen, but I question the expediency of its belie at this juncture. The dement= of the public mind, corsoquent epee ocr repeated reverses. is so great that I fear the Meet of .50 Lupe tant a step. It may be Mowed as the last met. tuns of an exhausted gevernment--a cry for help ; the Government sire:clang forth its tends to Ethiopia, instead cf Ethiopia stretching forth her hauce to the Government.' "His idea," said the Pete - Met, "was teat to would be considered our lan shriek on the retreat." (This was his preeise expression.) " Now," continued Mr. Sew ard, ...tattle I approve the measure, I suggest, air, that you postpone its issue, until you can give It to the country supported by military suet cats, instead of it, as would be the case now, 11113 s, the greatest disasters of the war ! " Said Mr. Lincoln : "The wisdom of the view of the Seers. Wry of State struck me with very great force. It was an aspect of Tao env that, in all my thomat neva the subject, 1 had entirely over locked. The result was, that I put the draft of the proclamation aide, as you do your sketch tor plettire, Waiting for a victory. FrOM time to time I added or changed a line, entente& it op here and there, waiting the progress of events. W ell, the next news we had was of Popes digester, at Bull Ran. Things leaked darker than ever. Fir:ally, came the week of tee battle of Antie tam. I determined - to wait no longer. Tile taws came, I think on Wednesday, that the advantage was on our side. I was then stay. Ing at the Soldices , Home,' (three miles tout of Waselegtone " Hare I finished writing the Mond draft, of the preliminary plociarneelon. ; name up on Saturday ; called the Clableet together to hear it, and it was published the following Monday. "It was a somewhat remarkable fact," he eon tinned, "that there was just one hundred days bee Men the Oates et the two prcolamationa, tamed upon the eed of Septeta bet and Waist of January. I bed not made the ellealatiOn at the time?' At the deal meeting on Saturday, another is. 'wreathe Incident occutred in connection with Secretary ttewerd. The President bad written the Important part of the proclamation, in these words : " That on the first day cf January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, all permute told as MUSTS within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceletward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, tuned 170ff the tailltaty and naval authority thereof, will recognize the Heed= or such vermin, and will do no act or acte to repress such persona, or any Of there in any efforts they may make for their actual free dom." " When I !teethed reading this paragraph," resumed Mr. 'Amin, "Mr. Sewrad stopped me and raid / telt 3t, Mr. President, that you should insert after the word rt cegnizee in that sentence the words and maintain.' I replied that I hod already fully considered the import el that expression in thle conneetion, but I balenot introduced It, because it was not my way to promise west I was not en tirely sure that 1 could perform, and I was not pro parrii to say that I thought we were exactly able to "maintain" this. Bkt," ewe uo, "At,. Soward inalsted that we ought to take this grehriii ; and the words neatly went In !" Mr. Lincoln then proceeded to show me the va rious positions occupied by himself and the different members of the Cabinet On the occasion of the first meeting. "As nearly as I can remember," said he, "the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War were here at my right hand—the others wore grouped at the left." Mr. Chase also told me that at thecabinet meeting, Immediately after the battle of Antietam, and just prior to the 18600 Of the September prosiamation, the President entered upon the business before them by saying that •the time for the enunciation of the emancipation policy could no longer be delayed. Pabile Sentiment," he thought, " would sustain it, many of Lis warmed friends and supporters de manded it—sad he had promised his f3od he would ‘.:O IV" The fastpart of this was uttered in slow tone, aLd appeared to be heard by no one but Secretary Ohara, who was sitting near him. Re asked the President if he correctly understood him. Mr. Lin coln replied, PI made a Solemn vow beforo God that, 1° General Lee wee driven back from Penn sylvania I would crown the result by the declare lien of freedom to the slaves Pi PIMMSBITRO lirawany BOOKS GOING NORTH AS ManuesTolts.--The following paragraph apatite for itself. Its a verbatim extract from a letter from a arstleman in New York to a friend ffiPetereburq. It needs no other cOMINSIO than an expression of ciztempt for theft who hare .purloined these books, and of Leant that the Library has been robbed of them : "On board a steamer last week I saw in the pot. sestion of some gentlemen three volumes of books from the "Petersburg Library," which they were arrying off as mementoes of a visit, to your city, and BO an evidence or the destination made by shells 4nring the late siege. I remonstrated at Such van dairtya ithey replied that others were doing Me fame. Such transaetions arc shameful, and I with to request of you, if no one is ;,:et appointed to take proper care of thq books of that library, that you will have them boxed up, or otherwise secured, so that they ce.nnot , be removed except, by aullsortzed persons, and I will pay the expense. Your atten tiou to this may Rye the library and prevent fur heropredstious, 1 have no intermit in the matter further than a deteStatiOn of those who would oosa- Inft such 16 wrong upon unprotected propeety.»..._ Petersburg Exprees,lBth. Fire at Pittsfield, lass BOSTON, June 19.—A. fire do Pittsfield village, Lear Hampton, yesterday, destroyed Drake's hotel, together with the stable and outbuildings and a flwelling.hOttSo aelolaing. The ieSti atOttated to 610,000. WEST POINT. THE EXAMINATION OF 1865 The Board of Examiners—The Academic Staff. Peculiar Views of the Board of Visitors.-- Conflict of Jurisdiction. THE NATTER REFERRED TO THE SECRE- TART OF WAR. TILE PROILA.:I3 - I_4M 3PIATE. Wasl , PoinT, June 17th and 18th, 1886. The annual examination of the oadet classes is now in progress. Yleitors appointed by the Govern• went are here, and with sharp GM watch, and with aei mars listen carefully and attentively to the proceedings on Dena —*ire country. The board, as appointed by the President, is as 10n.,,.... 1. Capt. D. H. Brigham, Alabama. 2. Rev. A. W. Campbell, West Virginia. 3, Col. Fred. A. Conirlio New York. 4. Dr. Thomaa ()oilman, 1 06 1 1816 no• b. Lieut. Gov. G. C. Cos, Maryland. 6. Ron. John F. Briggs, Michigan. 7. Col. John X. Fessenden, MassaohuSettS. g. Ambrose P. Kelsey. Esq , Maine. 9. Right Rev. Bishop Lee, lowa. • 10. R0n..1 D. Lyman, New Hampshire. 11. Dr. A. G. Mackey, South Carolina. 12. Senator T. W. Nye, Nevada. 23. Col. Alfred P. Rookyroll, Conneotiont. 14. Mi.jor Gen. Robert C. Samna, Ohio. 16. Ga-Gov. D. L. Swain, North Carolina. 16. 3, B. Thomas, Esq., California. , 17. Ron S X. Wilsioson. illinnent.4. • 18. Wylley Woodbridge, Georgia. These gentlemen, some of whom are graduates Of the acacemy, are entitled to no ocumensation, re ceiving only payment of their eXpeaseS for board and locg,ing, and an allowance or eight cents per mile for travelling', by the shortest Mail route, from and back to their homes. The friends of the board claim that for the first time In mail' puns, the peo ple, par (=Thence, of polio( themselves, are repro. Berate thereby, and as In the minds of thousands the academy is regarded as exclusive, asistooratic, and too luxurious, it is determined that the Mimi- Batton or ills year shall be One not Virtually, but literally and exeotly. On Saturday, the ad day of June, the sessions commenced. Tbp military and academie staffs, with the super !RAM! tot of the Military Academy, and commandant of tea post, Brig. Gen. G. W. Cullom, conducted the examination of the cadets in ' the presence of the board of visitors. The latter were permitted to question the Clad.% examining them in every pull. ble manner, alter which, by a series of calculations based on arithmetical data, the standing of each yea determined. Nothing can be more fair or just than the method of determining this standing. No collusion between the Professor and his 01868 is pos sible. The whole Is reduced to a mathematical nicety, and, 68 Stlith, becomes of inestimable thine to the caceta, their Mends, and the paella at large. But aside from attending the wreath:intim of the canals, the board of ibis year deemed themselves charged with other duties, and among them the Investigation of EVERYTHING AND zysarnOrrr Connected with the Point, the academy, and the Cadets. They chose, too, to do their Investigating In their own way, and thus Caine in content wits General Culbm, who, as commandant of the post, somewhat 611‘gularly conceived the notion that he should be firs[ consulted in regard to matters, usual or unusual. which the board propmed tO elrilMllll% lie very properly demanded that the board should acquaint Mai with its intentions, or, in other words, euchre themselves to the routine as prescribed in the rules and regulations of this and all other well regulated posts. To this view of affairs the board objected, and, after a lengthy consultation, passed the following URSOLUTIONS Resolved, That this board, deriving , its existence and authority by appointment of the President, under the provisions of a law of the United States, is charged by that law, and by the Instructions of the appointing of Congress, "the actual state of the dlsrlyike .t rst oi r t nction„ poli i ;,: r dat e nlaton, ry 1211 st in b A i rt le i:I r o n:1 1 21 sought for by board ”,.-.1 - y - nroharr•- 1t their duties, by inquiry and re• ii -- "C„ielscharge of their duties; by !equity ano __ qu"fevlor written or other couiraunioataons. from the members of the academic and military staff, or from any other officers or persons within the command at West Point, is of the nature of testimony; and this board does not recognize the right of the superin tendent of the academy and commandant of the post to supervise the said testimony, whether writ. ten or oral, or to require the same to pass through his hands, but denies the propriety of his claim to any Such sarervisiLn or inspection. Resolved, That the titoretary immediately coMnin- Moats a copy of this resolution to Brigadier (Moral el/DOM, the superintendent of the academy. This resolution was sent to General Cauom, who replied that be had forwarded it to the Secretary of War, endorsed with his disapproval and his mama therefor. Coesideriag that nal. Stanton recently issued an order directing that no information should be given by the officers of the post concerning even cadet vacancies, it is not atalipr able that he will permit the board to - question adets, without extending the courtesy to the au ntendent which a criminal can demand as a right in the courts of Justice—namely, a confrental with the witnesses. It seems that the cadets ?eel themselves materially injured in some minor points, among them the nATINCit- AND WASHING arrangements. The Bret point is one ou which all the yours men and women or rayacqoaintanee have agreed ftom time on. In the words of General (Jul. lom, complaints concerning the quality and quan tity of rood are “incedeut to youth"—always were, and always will be. Young gentlemen who wear (rem five to fifteen pair of trousers per weak, must expect to have comparatively large ineml. -4 .use. ta (Imp bv at .m, and the character" of the material may oe inrerred ' from the following literal Copy of a list extending over three days, furnished by Coe cadet ; 1 white shirt; 2 colored Shirts ; 4 un dershlre ; 14 collard; 9 cotton 600IESj 4 woolen seeks; 5 pairs gloves; 16 handkershier3; 5 white pants ; 9 shoulder belts; 1 waist belt ; 2 sheets ; 1 pillow-tare, and 0 towels-76 pieces 4n all—a pretty fair half:week's wash. THE GRUB QIIESTION is one of more vital importance. The fact is, more money ouglt to be allowed, or what would amount to the same thing, fewer charges should be placed to the account of the cadets. With General Cul. loco's evident desire to be upright, fair, and square with the taunters 01 the corps, it should not be a difficult matter to harmonics the present 0011fficting interests. N. GEZOBBAL PACIIIKR began on the Sth of September, 1884. The Corps. WM largely in debt, the Steal matters; generally in a bad way, the tone of devotion to the deg not so high as it bar since been, and leakages here and there were discovered. First, he determined to elevate the esprit de corps, and encourage the mast demonstra tive satisfaction at the success of our arms. One tnedred guns were tired ripen the announcement of every victory ; Rage were draped effectively in the chapel, with appropriate services ; and when the fall of Richmond was announced a salute of two hun dred guns were fired, and the capetS, unbiddon, gathered on the roof oi the barracks, and sang, with the wilt:est enthuslarm, "Sally Mad the flag, boys " • A high sense of honor and of truth is eneenraged SS a cone supreme above all earthly law, and iota rior only to the wiil of the Creator, and the remit is that the saperlmendent salaams never to have met a more honorable pet of men In his life than the Corp of Cadets. In regard to the ZTANDAIM ov ADMISSION applied to the olais jest entering. They think it entirely too low. A boy need not write elegantly nor express himself grammatioally ; he may simply make pothooks and read passably, anti understand the four grand rule: of arithmetie. I ascertain from the records of the past that the total number en tered at the Academy since the year of its founds,. tier), 1802, is 4,701.„ of whom but 2,114 were grade. ated. Does this not teaoh a lesson, and, if so, is it not that s higher standard of admission Should be adopted The General proposes, we understand, that, in addition to the present demands, the cadet shall be qualified In grammar, geography, and the history or the United if tate& The question or age, too, has attracted the attention of the board ; It now stands from sixteen years to twenty-one—they pro. pose to make it from seventeen years to twenty-one. The board have expressed themselveS pleased and surprised at the proficiency of the corps in military evolutions. They look with astonished eyes at the machite.like nicety, the intelligent operations of the corps, their manipulations, and evolutions. TUB CLASS or 1856, which has graduated are a manly, noble set of fel lows kleotally, their record shows them to be far above the average ; morally, their superintendent states he has never met more honorable men ; they are handsome, bright-eyed, dear -faced, firm/ooted, well developed, and bid fair to ba an honor not alone to thole alma mater, but to their nountry. Their names are kt.! follows, We MAT May also mention. that the present is the largest class ever graduated from the Academy 1. Charles W. Raymond, New York. 2. Devils C. Overman, (lrem Philadelphia,) at large. 3. A. X. Miller ' at large. 4. DI. R. Brehm, DlassachaseaS. 5. 81. B. Adams, Ohio. 6. Win. B. Livermore, Massachusetts. 7. David W. Payne, New York. 8. William H. Honer, Allasouri. 9. William S. Stanton, New York. W. R. Chase, Pennsylania. 11. Thomas H. hianO.burn Pennsylvania. 12. R. W. Perikin, at large. 13. Joseph C. Post, New York. 14. John K. liezlejr, Minnesota. lb. A. N. Lee, at large. 15. Joseph F. Gregory, New York. 17. A. E. Rates, Michigan. 18. Henry B. Ledpard, at large. 19. Thomas M. Tolman. Maine. 20. John R. titory, Jr., Wisconsin. 21. O. M. Mitchel, at large. 22. I/. IL Poster, Pennsylvania. 28. J. R. Hall, at large. 24. AppWen D. Palmer, Ohio. 25. James L. Sherman, Alabama. 20. William A. Rafferty, at large. 27, Cyrus W. Allen; Jr., at large. 28. Airport G. Forge, Ohio. 29. William H. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania 20. CI Powers, Ohio. • 31.'S. H. Norton, Virginia. 32 0 M. Reid, Oonnecticut. 33. E H. Totten, at large. 34. George. H. Burton. Delaware. 35 George T. Olmsted, Naw York. 36. Edwin lidatick, Pennsylvania. 37. Frederick N. Bailey, as large. 38. Thomas L Brent at large. 39. James H. Breckiiirldge, at large. 40 J. M. Marshall, at large. 41..87. S. Starring, Illinois. 42. X. Kranse, at, large. 48. O. P. Smith, Pennsylvania. 44. Jared L. Rattibone, at large. 45. Thomas J. Lloyd, Penhsylvarda. 48. Francis B. Bose, lowa. 47. Edward Hunter, Maine. as. W. A. Garland, New Hampshire. - 49. A. W. Hoffman, Dakota. 50. Edgar 0. Bowen. Wisconsin. 01. Charles 3. Keller, Pennsylvania. 52. EieDj. D. Critchlow, Pennsylvania. 03. Malborab McArthur, Blaine. 04, John E Roamer, rdassachusette. 85. Pawl SI. Mills, Jr, Pennsylvania. N. M. D. Oroole, Missouri. 57. 0. E. Moore, at large. 58. Joseph R. Ryer, Wisconsin. 89. George G. Greenough, New York. CO. James D. Graham, at large. 61. Warren 0. Reach, New York. 62. Charles Morris, at large. 63. Batteries C. Plummer at large. 84. Archnsid H. Goodloe; Kentucky. 55, Cass Durham, Pennsylvania. cu. Junes B. Wade, at large. 67. Eimendorf Sloan, at large. 68. Oharles A. Dempsey, Indiana. THZ PUNT WITS are young men of more than ordinary calibre. They have not only acquitted themselves splendidly in their mental developments and acquirements, but rank high t-o-fgen of. honor, probity, and character. Raymond was appointed by Hon. TeX Humphrey, thisho Tlird UOTIVOLTIOnaI. City of of State. Heretofore the of Ohtireilee hag not had much to brag of in the cadet line, but from this time on she can rest content. Raymond Was graduated from the Pojiteobnio Inatitnte Of Brook nn, and has always b regarded as a youth of exesilent promise and rare industry. " • Overman is from Philadelphia, but was appointed "at large " by Hon, Thomas A Scott, former Ant* ki l iV :St A TrtSDAY: RTNE 20 1865: ant Seeretary of War. Overman's rimmed has beau doe throughout. Between him and ffarMond a friendly contest has been waged-from tne tint. and at the last examination he stood number one. He is a fine marking, olear•heeded fellow, who will do well, and Philadelphia may be satisfied with her eon. 1" regret that /had no opportunity oflearning any. thing in detail of the three others in the tire: rive. The euperintendent speaks bight Of theca sal, cad while p Wing the entire olass, which le the largest Geer graduated, he reverts to these young gentlemen with peculiar pride. General (halm gave permission to the under graduates to give in honor of the class of 1865, to-night. The cars brought large W 048510118 of dust•begrlmed pugrloid to the orowded hotels, and thiptatu Aadersou'ii pat, the Nary Powell, was deep In the lordly Hudson, With her load of denting and Spectators. Sack cramming of hotel oonis Ton never saw. The pro• !Mora are overrun with dear friends, and thelr families are annoyed by the serious inroads upon comfort and ease. In the meantime, the cadets and the young ladles whose papas were fortunate enough to noun rooms, dressed and went to the hall, determined to make an evening of it, and get through the entire programme before midnight, at wain hour the Sabbath begins and the music will cease. As I write, the hop Is in fall progress, and a jollier crowd I never saw. West Point has enjoyed many similar scenes but never before has snob entire 'Octal attended ' elle Of Ite belle, The cadets are simply eestatio In their bliss. Releesedfrom 01111011, freed from professore, unbotbered by regulations, unawed by oemerits. caring nothing more for lea. Mine, Secure In the possession of " Max," or resigned to the condition of the other fellow, they one and all seem forgetful Of the past, regardless of the future, but bent and determined on enjoying the present to the very full. Fashion and beauty are certainly here. Fashion, with her curly wigs, her frizzled fronts, her huge round rats, her dainty little miee, her ponderous rolls , her tremendous waterfa ll s, her greet big bags Of I nsetted hair, cut from the Lord knows who, her spangles and brilliatte, her IliThelows and horps ; and, despite all the Wilton, beauty is here too. The ladies are dressed elegantly, and, with the exception of their heads, with great taste. Surat webs of illusion, tulle, tarietain muslin, and all that sort of thing, were never woven in theimagination of Igesuracus, or any other oriental story-teller. En tirely unfamiliar with the mysteries of feminine tog gery. I can only say that all the ladies are dressed in robes of exceeding lightness ; they look as tho Ugh the touch of a single match would send the roomful into the adjoining realm Of fire and smoke in a second. A Under-boa le nothing to them. No one but cadets dance with them; civilians are nowhere, and officers are at a dlsomnt. Meetly every cadet has lost the majority of tile coat-buttenS, and the ladies are heavy with the stolen metal The band discourses eloquently, and the list of dances bids fair to be concluded by twelve o'clock. Gen Cullom. Col. Black, all the members of the high and miens Board of Visitation, the academic and military staffs, and other . Metal personagss, are here; but their entirely paled tires, are singe• laxly ins n'Ectual before the glitter or the cadet uni form, and, I may add, the cadet braes, the first of which are numerous, and the latter more so. Happy dogs, go It-Iround and round until you're dizzy, bank again until you're all right ; then take another partner , and do Be more; lts all right andvery pretty, but with the thermometer at ninety, trails 01 costly dresses all over the floor, and a orowd simply exclusive, I prefer to retire intomy own little corner, and look on at the gay and festive scene. 'Twill soon be over ; then the diplomas will be Ma. tributed, the class will separate, each man will gang his sin way, until the " leave " Is ap, and then with di a new coat, other buttons, and a ffsrent-colored pair of trowsers, the transformed youth, no longer a cadet, but an officer, will commence the trip through life, of which this four years' preparation Is but the step which Man to the gate before the road.—Specid correspondence of the New York Times. FORTRESS MONROE. Arrival There of John Nitehel—Re is VIRGINIA RAILROADS BEING REPAIRED. BICHNIOND INFESTED WITH THIEVES. E0P.T117913 MADERO% Julio 17.—At noon to-dAy the steamer Henry Burden, from New York, came alongside of the engineers' wharf, and John Mitchel was escorted to the quarters assigaod him inside the fortress by a guard of the 3d Pennsylvania Artillery. The English. ship Empire, reported in distress off Cape Henry, Was towed off Hatteras shoals on Wed nesday last, by the steamer Andrew Fletcher, and three men put on board, she having been abandoned. The steamer A. Winans, sent to her relief, has re turned, not being able to find the Empire. She Was probably picked up by some other steamer. A board of inquiry, of which General Graham is the president, is now in session to investigate the circumstances attending the damage done to Go- Imminent vessels by collision, Ste, and assess damages. The steamer Empire State arrived thie afternoon from Baltimore. She hes on board over two hun• dred rebel prisoners bound to Wilmington, Charles ton, and Savannah. The small-pox has broken out among the prisoners, - The Richmond Daily News, of the 17th, says : "The Virginia Central Railroad bridges over the Ravenna, Pdoer's creek, and Mechanic's river, are Progressing, and hopes are enoertaleed that the whole road will be in operation in four weeks." The Orange and Alexandria Railroad is also be. lug repaired from Charlottesville to Lynchburg. Clan are now running from the latter place to Tye river, a distance of thirty miles. FORUMS MONROE, June 16.—ThO steamer Idaho, from Baltimore, arrived this afternoon, with 200 rebel prisoners on board. Taey were landed at this place. The BiOnmonu TAW or JllllO ITi - map" KIM mond is infested with thieves, who are plying their nefarione vocation with impunity. Burglaries and robberies aro committed every day in the very centre of the city. The proven marshal IS doing ari in his power to pat a stop to these operations, THE SOUTHWEST. General Maury and Governor Moore, of Foaarress MOPROR, Jane 18.—The United Sio.teg steamer Constitution, 'Commander Greenman, from New Orleans on the lOth inst., arrived to-day. Among her passengers was the rebel Mei or General Maury, formerly commander at Mobile, Alabama, with his family. They were landed at Fort Pulaski, under guard, with Ex• Governor Moore of Alabama. ,'llt. also had as passenger a man 'sailed Vol. Gay lay, who, It is raid, offered one million dollars re ward for the murder of President Lincoln,some time during the, war; also two rebels es witnesses to prove It. The Constitution touched at Seed Key, Florida, to land mails, &e. She passed along the C3llSt. or Florida the steamers Neptune, 0, C. lisary and twelve other steamers or the Texas expedition fleet. CAIRO AND NEW ORLEANS. Jeff Thompson's Paroled Army at the CIVIL COURTS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ARKANSAS. OA 1110, June 18.—The hag of-truce boat, with the paroling party, has arrived, with boats containing 7,454 men of Jeff Thompsou , s army, toolading 685 officers, all of whom have been paroled. Jeff Thompson came as far as Memphis, where he re mains awaiting the President's decision relative to his petition for pardon. General Reynolds has taken initiatory steps tottards establishing civil courts throughout north ern Arkansas. Garrlsens have been establtshed along the White river, and the people are more bopefuL New Orleans dates of the 12th have been received. A portion of General Weitzel's fleet had arrived at Southwest Pass. Superfine flour 18 quoted at $7.50. Cotton de preesed ; middling, 34@360 ; good ordinary, 326030. Common Louisiana auger, 12Mo. SAN FRANCISCO, JUDO 13.—The oars Of the Cen tral Pacific Railroad are running to Upper Gap, forty-three miloc from Sacramento, and will proba bly go twenty miles further by fall. General McDowell has turned over to the civil authorities numerous priaonera charged with Malt ing disloyal speecheS. There are local laws which meet their oases expressly. The first shipment of one hundred and twenty gallons of crude petroleum from Humboldt county, arrived at San Francisco. A large and enthusiastic meeting was held at SaOran:lnto on Saturday evening, to express sym pathy for the struggling republic of Mexico: Speeches were made by General Wright and others in favor of the enforcement Of tie? Monroe doctrine. The iltßainshlp NEWieit Taylor sauGa to-day tor Nicaragua, with passengers for New York. SAN FRANC/EC% June 16.—The United States grand jury has dismissed the Olimplaint against the pestles charged with an attempt to violate nen• trality by an expedition to Moak*. The charge for an attempt to atiZ9 the steamer Colon is still pending before the local courts. Mining etheks are rising again. Gould & Carry reached 81,876 greenbaCks have Tali= to 72%. One failure has marred of a prominent , broker, who speculated in currency for a rise. A large auction sale of 4,000 barrels Eictorn and California refined sugar resulted in the sale of the entire offering at 143 4 0 for crushed ail round, being a decline of one Cent on the late rates, or three cents on the highest rate of this season, SINOMAR DiaCOVRaT.—We extract from the Lake Superior Journal of the OM Instant the follow• jag "On tiunday loot two men working for KG Flurley, on the extension of the Narquetse and On tanogan railroad, took a boat and visited one of the numerous Islands In Lake Bliebeganuea, and, While strolling over it, discovered a ,akelatoa bound to a tree with three cords. We have not beard enough particulars to indulge in much comment this weak, but it is supposed that it is the work of some Indian, who thus revenged himself on an enemy. an old musket and three pairs of Sneer-shoes WON found near the tree. The Indians in this-region, and even the most intelligent half-breeds, could never be pre. veiled on to visit this island, and this probably en abled the perpetrator to commit the atrocious not." A DIE.TI7-1.8.1CY .11 A Coat. MIN.e.---The Peoria (Ill.) 7renscripf has the TO/lowing The suspicions of Deputy Hotted States Collector Chafe, Of thin city, leading him to the belief that he had not Un earthed all of Donne, Puller, Sr 003 conlipaband whisky at Coalvllle, proceeded to pay the locality another visit. The party, entering an old disused coal mine, proceeded until they came to what ap peared to boa carefully concealed lateral chamber, closely stopped up with slate and shale. This was tom away, sad, after groping a short distance, the oliaCtories of the party plainly detected whisky In the advance. And whisky ) sure enough, there was. Hew much whisky the mine would yield it was im possible to tell until a full Investigation. Accord. ingly a force was deapatohed to the fdaCe to roll it out. At last accounts it, was thought the would be at resat one hundred Sad tirtl barrobh" TER GRAND ROD. Imprisoned in the Fort Alabama, Prisoners Former Place. CALIFORNIA. STATE ITEMS. The Republicans of Batter county have nom*. bated the following ticket for the October election: Senator, John N. Purview'', of Butleroounty, (sub ject to decision of district conference;) assembly, Henry Pillow, of Franklin, John M. Negley, of But ler, (subject to the decision Of district conference;) treasurer, Winiam E. Moore, of Butler; dietriot attorney, W. H. H. Riddle, of Butler; commis sioner, William Dick, of Franklin ; county sur veyor, Nathan H. Slater, of Ssokfon ; auditors, J. O. Kelly, or Worth ; G. Henry Gumpper, of Mil leretown. Resolutions endorsing President John son were adopted by acclamation. -- On the 3d instant, a party engaged in fishing at the head of Conneaut Lake of this State, found the body of a child, four years old, floating upon the waler. It proved to be that of an adopted daughter of Wit. Miller, living on the Island. It seems that the little girl had been missing for three weeks. When found the body was to a good state of preser vation, and was readily recognized, The Republicans of Greene county have made the following nominations for county Maces As sembly, Silas M. Bally; treasurer, James 1.. Don ley; commissioner, Archibald G. Fordyce; au ditor, Jobn Gwynn; poorhouse director, Jacob Rinehart ; president judge, Robinson W. Downey, of Greene county; (subject to the district Union conference.) They have a paroled rebel prisoner in Pittsburg who is desperately bent upon drowning himself. He first tried it in the river, but was rescued, and then nearly accomplished It by holding his head in a pall of water. Then he thrust his head into the refuse pipe of the watch-hOuse, arid , turned on the stream of dirty fluid. He has not yet succeeded in ascom' plishing bis purpose. The Pittsburg pOliCe, during the past week, succeeded In killing one hundred and four dogs. The crusade Still continues, and it is probable that within a few weeks all the worthless ours in the city wfil be added to the nthaber. The pollee receive fifty Gents for each animal killed, which adds con siderably to their activity and vigilance. The morning edition of the Harrisburg Tele. graph will be for the present suspended. The sub. scribers will, however, be furnished with the eve ning edition. The type letting of the paper, which appeared on Saturday evening, was done in the lobby of the House of Representatives. Ashbel F. Dickson, a resident of 'Uniontown, Fayette county, incautiously exhibited his pocket book, containing $2,500, to a stage-driver named Pat Collins, and the letter decoyed him into a quiet plate and deliberately robbed him. The police are 'after Collins. Nearly twenty superintendents of different in. sane asylums, located in various States and the Canadair, were in session at Pittsburg on Wednes. day. James E. Johnson. and Colonel Samuel BM man are announced as Democratic candidates for the Mee of Luzerne.cuunty treasurer. 011, at a depth of four hundred and twenty feet, bas been found in paying quantitleo in Clearfield county. The total valuation of the live stook of the State le estimated at MS 862:161. Although strawberries have disappeared from our markets, they are still plenty In Reading. HOME ITEMS. -- There is now on exhibition, in the office of the Hartford Timer, a small colony Of a thousand or two of Italian bees, with an Italian !men, (the latter not yet quite a week old.) They are in an "observatory hive," constructed for advantage In seeing the busy occupants, who are provided with a small aperture at the window, from which they issue forth in large numbers, flying far away over the crowded city of brick and mortar, into flowery fields beyond., from which they bring back their honeyed stores of plunder. Mr. lease Ilavbion, of liightatown, N. 1, die. covered, while ploughing a few weeks since, a nam• ber of old Spanish silver coins, On two of which were the dates 177.1 and 1771. One also bore the title of "Platforms V.," and on some the impres sions were quite distineh They had been buried several Inches beneath the sarface, where it is sup• pond they were dropped by chance, in "auld bug SYne." William Graham, of Summit county, who, in Much last, shot two of his neighbors, injuring One Of them zoortaily, who visited him, in company with others, to ash him to contribute to relieve the township of the draft, has been tried and Con- Tided of murder in the second degree, and Ben tenced to the penitentiary for Me. It would have been more economical for him to have paid his quota. They are experimenting with a new cannon in Springfield. It weighs one hundred and sixty-seven pounds, and the charge is one pound of powder and e projectile of ten and a quarter pounds. The core of the gun Is bronze, then an inch thickness of fine steel.wlre Closely wound, then bronze again. The inventor is Dr. Woodbridge, of Little Palle, New York. A man in Chicago unites the business of whisky selling and garroting, though it does not appear that he has yet procured a 'loans° for pursuing the latter vocation. Ills name is McOarthy. On Wed norday evening after suppiVing, in his own saloon, Ole Jansen, a Swede, liberally with whisky at ten cents a drink, followed him, garroted and robbed him of *lOO. -- That was a queer freak the lightning took, at a store In Rockville, Conneotiout, Saturday after. noon, a week ago. It entered at the door in a livid flash, which actually lit an ell lamp, and left it burning, without leaving any other visible marks of Hs passage. The New Orleans Tunes coot.. Oho ioclotozoso of cholera in that city, but admits that the warm weather has resulted in a pretty large number of eases of dysentery and ordinary summer domplaints, but that Ii all." --- The Government undertaker at . Nafilltrilie, since the Federal occupation of that olty, hati buried 18,2(4 Federal Soldiers and employees; also about 8 : (00 -rebel soldiers, and 10,000 refugees and contrabands. -- A subscription has been started among the officers and men of the let Division, Bth Army Corps, for a mounteent to their former commander, General David A. Russell, who fell at Opequan in September, 1864. A strawberry man In New Jersey says he will pick 7,000 (Inane Of berries from his two acres of ground. He is selling them new in Now York at thirty cents per quart. This makes a profitable crop. It Is said to be the Intention of the Government to retain most of the army wagons for future use, storing them in immense fire-proof buildings, to be especially erected at various points. It is announced that the stone cutters of Boa. ton, In order to do their part In making it possible to reecmmence building operations, have apontaneo may offered to reduce their wagesflfty cents a day. The New York Independent Intimates that a inbEcription paper, passing around in that city in behalf of General Lee, already bas some 410(),000 On it. A the Union raoe.Bonree, New York, a gang of thieves robbed a man of $l,OOO in money. The police were too few to interfere, and no arrests were made. A man by the name of Leslie is about to repast, Bionoin , a performance of crossing Niagara Falls on a tight.rope, proposing to take a wheelbarrow with The sixth annual meeting of the Michigan norcceopatido Institute was held at Detroit on Tuesday, the lath of SWIM. -- The New Yorkers are raising money to supply the returning veterans with strawberries and other seasonable delicacies. A child was born recently in San Francisco who bed no opening for its eyes. Cuts were made, and a pair Of bright Imes were found underneath. AD art gatiory Is to be erected In Detroit tills flair-MK% and it le proposed to open it with a na• tionel exhibition. Mrs. Lincoln has presented to Mr. wimareson, her boy 'a late tutor, the shawl worn by Mr. Lincoln in his perilous journey to Washington, in 1861. —'A gang of Meow, known as "The Break- Onday Johnnies," are committing depredations in Detroit. -- A colored b chool or two hundred pupils has been started laqtalelgh, North Carolina. FOREIGN ITEMS. Dr. Colenso, in his lecture on omissions before the Anthropologists, said : "Happily, no one can attempt to translate the At hanaslau creed into the Simple—Zulu tongue ; we can find no words to ex. Tien the nice refinements of the Greek original, which are but imperfectly represented even by the English equivalent." For this he Is called to se eount by " Theophilus Angiloanus," in the Star. " Theophilur writes: "We are given to under. stand by Dr. Colenso that he has actually tried to find words In the simple Zulu. tongue to express the nice refinements of the Greek original of the Athartasian Creed! , But, sir, as lam told In my 'Gibbon,' and assured by another dootor of avid. ty, who is not happily a colonial bishop, that the original of the Athanallan Creed is in Latin, and not in Greek, how are we to 'interpret' Dr. Coln. so's statement as to this 'effort , on behalf of his Zulus ; and what are we to think of his erudition 1" Considerable progress hss been made with the sketch models for the subjects on the north and west fronts of the podium of the national memorial to the late Prince Consort of South Kensington, the arts selected for illustration being archttecture and sculpture. These have been intrusted to Mr. Philip, the sculptor, and her Majesty has recently in. spected the progress of the work in this artist's studio at Pimlico. Each side of the podium will be about fifty.slx fest long, and the height of the figures, which are to be exeented in Sicilian marble, will be shout six foot. A person coining from London to Dublin finds many contrasts between the two capitals, the most striking of which, perhaps, is the quietness of the streets in the latter city, as compared with the crowded, noisy, and bustling life Of the English Me tropolis. Cologne is a fast growing place, and within the lett twenty years has more than doubled the num ber of its inhabitants. From 00,000 in 1844, it hag MUM less than a generation grown to be a silty Of sometbing like 140,800 in MIS. A royal decree of the Queen Of Spain has just appeased the toll of severttplive TOMS hitherto paid to the governor of the fort of San Lorenso del Punta), in the bay of Cladle, by all foreign vessels which anchored in or caromed that bay. Victor Emmanuel has, it le said, declined the honor of a visit from his soroin•law, Prince Napo leon, on the ground that his presence in Florence at this juncture might endanger the success of the ne gotiations with Rome. A large stock of Australian sovereigns was lately in the Calcutta market. They were likely to go to England, as, at the rate Of exchange, gold was a better medium for remittance than bills. The new submarine telegraph between Bergen and Sweden is to be opens In the course of the week. It Is the first direct line between Cleratany and the Scandinavian peninsula. The annual Swills Federal Rifle Festival takes place the year at seheiriususee. NO less than ecoeoo£ are to be distributed in prim to the pie. tore. The number of targets erected will belt°. The suspension has lately been announced of KUM. Fula.; Cooper, & Co., East Luna suer chants at Liverpool, with liabilities suppoled ,to ameunt t0.£400,000. The people of Bogart°, OD the news arriving Of the Paraguayan aggression, tore down the stint from the Paraguayan consulate, and dragged them through tie streets. The funeral of Marshal Magnan took place at the luvalides, where all the ministers and the great dignitaries of State had assembled in the chapel. The Vienna papers announce that the Emperor of Austria was to have met the Sint; of Prussia at Carlsbad, on the 18th of June. The London exquisites have Changed the time of appearing In the park to between twelve and two. .It used to be between aye and seven. The duty on iron and iron goods coming from the Zollverein States into Austria, has been mate rially raised. So rapidly has the cotton trade revived in the districts around Soehdare, In England, that there is already gad to bo a soareity of Operatives. —The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Servian insurrestiOn of 1815 °commenced on the fourth of this month. The Emperor of Russia, on the memorial of the General Director of the Post, has authorized thlll employment of women in telegraphio offices. Zhe new Ottoman ambassador to the Court of the Tuileries has presented hie credentials to the Empress.. national bank is to be established at plea rest, in Turkey. Civilization Is evidently progresS- Ing—to the tine of 200,000,000 piastres. The public fete in commemoration of the grant Of the Constitution took place In Fiorenoe on the 4th of June. A continued and increasing depression per vades the Calcutta share market. —lt Is said that Austrian, Industry IS not in a flourishing condition. The London sportsmen are very much cat up at the victory of the French horse at the Derby. Lord Derby's translation of the " Iliad of Ho mer has reached a fifth edition. It is rumored that Prince Metternich 18 about to publish the memoirs' of his late father. The eruption of Mount Etna has recently bra ken out again with renewed violence. —A portion of the French troops recently de• Spatohed to Algeria are ordered home. —The Emperor Napoleon was to return to Paris from Algiers before the 12th or 14th of this month. Mysterious Suicide in Central Park; Near Early on Saturday morning one of the Central Park police found a man lying under the terrace suffering from the effects of poison administered by himself. Physicians were °ailed but without avail. The deceased was a Frenchman named Octavn S. Bferracini, and was about forty years of age. Two letters were found upon him which, however, did not throw any light upon why he Committed the deed. A small pamphlet, entitled By-la Vie of the Supreme 001110111, Sublime Masters of the Great Work, Ninetiesb. Degree, of the Stated New York," Was also among the effects left by deceased upon his person. Flom this little mystic volume the follow' ing extracts are taken ABT/CIM 1. This council shall be known as the si Supreme Council of Sublime XiSetele of the Great Work, No, 1, of the State of New York" ART. 3 The cilleers of the Council shall consist of 1. Sublime Dia ;2. First Mystagog ;3. Second Mystegog ; 4. Treasurer ; 5. Secretary ; 8. Orator ; 7. (fraud Expert; 8. Arcalrist • 9. Messenger of science; 10. Accompanier ; 11, Standard Bearer; 12. Sword Bearer; 13. Gassman of Sanctuary ;-14 Sentinel; the tree seven of whom shall be elected by ballot at the regular eonvocation hold nearest the Spring Solstice. (21st of March). The.retnain- Mg officers shall be appointed at - the same convoca tion by the Sublime Die SBOTION I—ART. 6.—None shall be admitted as candidates for the degree of ,1 Sublime Master of the Great Work," but these who are in good stand ing in some Senate of Hermetic Philosophers, forty second grade of our rite, and shall have been rag tr imly proposed and favorably reported on by the investigating committee, said committee of investi gation to be appointed by the Sublime Dia. AtteMptta Murder of a Young Lady in Lancaster., One of the most singular affairs that has oOtoorred In this city for a long while, name to our knowledge within the last day or two. It appears that a man named John Leaser, hailing from Marietta, In com pany with another man, called at a certain louse In the Southwest ward, on Monday afternoon last, and requested one of the inmates, a young woman, to take a ride with hlm, which she promised to do after tea. A little after 7 o'olook be again called, but was very drunk, and she refused to go with him, and he left the house. Tae following morning, Tuesday, he called a third time, about o'dock, when be WitS sober, asked for the young woman, again making the request that She should ride with him, and stating that ha had a check from a man residing near Willow street, payment of which had been refused at one of our banks, and that he was going to coilect the same in person. The young woman was, how , ever, engaged at the time, and, while awaiting her appearance, the man Stepped out Into the garden, where the woman of the house Was engaged In pick bog Strawberries, some of whoa she gave him. He commenced a conversation by saying, " rva a mind to kill Sallie for the way she treated me last night." Tile woman replied that it was "very singular talk, as Sallie was S. very innocent girl, and wouldn't harm a child." The conversation was interrupted by the appearande of the young woman, when ills consented to take the ride, and got into the Car riage with him. They then proceeded down the Willow-street pike and the Port Deposit road to what is known as the Buck Hills, where he drove into the woods, remarking that they would have to go down that road, as the man Rived there. She refused to do so, becoming suspicious, when be caught hold of her, pulled her out of the carriage, drew a knife, stabbed her in the side, ohoked her very severely, and tore her clothing. Whilst in the act of choking her, her cries of "murder" brought a young man, who was driving along the road, to her relief, when Loeser immediately jumped into the carriage and drove rapidly off. Tao young man brought her to her home in this *Up, when a physician Was called In, her armada dressed, and she is now doing well, The case is certainly a very singular one; and what steps, if any, have been taken in reference to a legal investigation of the Matter we have not learned. Lancaster inteiti• gen cer, 1814. JEFF DAVIS' STATUS AS A. STUDIINT.—An article which appeared in the New York rinses ten years ago thus sums up the capabilitleil Of Jeff Davie as a Student at West Point : "Notwithstanding his great power of will and pride of character, Col. Davis was distinguished for nothing as a student at West Point, except In being at the foot of his class in the department of rhetoric and moral philosophy. which constitutes the literary portion of the course. In mathematics and natural philosophy be was little better, being In the former the twenty.seventh, and in the latter the thirtieth in hie class, which numbered thirty-threogradttatos. The highest number of marks obtained by a cadet for pi's note/soy in the abovanomed studies was then, as it le now, two hundred in the former and three - hundred in each of the latter. In the former, OM. D. got only forty-SIX, there being only eight beside, himself who got less than one hundred, and only one of them as low as sixty•six wht.e In mathems. ties Col. D. got one hundred and fff fy-four, there being twenty others who got more than two hun dred. Two of these got two nundred and ninety- thre r, being only seven short of the highest number. In natural philosophy he got one hundred and thirty, there being seventeen others who got more than two hundred. The above facts show conclusively that he hen no particular aptitude for either literary or scientific pursuits." TERRIFIC! THUNDBASTO WM IN POTIM. Our city was visited last night by one of the most Severe =Mader-norms which has occurred In Pe tersburg within the reeollecllon of some 01 our old est citizens. Melancholy to relate, it was attended with fatal Mane, instantly depriving a mother and child of life. The gathering or the storm commenoed about half-past eight, and at nine the sides were corn. pletely overspread. The lightning flashed with startling vividness, and loud peals of thunder fol• lowed in Muni rapid succession as to recall very forcibly the terrific bombardment to which the mili tary Imes were ellbitaited on the night of April the 2d. The lightning, we fear, struck in many plans, but in some portions of this city its effects were fearful. Near the upper end of south Old street a bol; en. tared the store of Mr. James Spaulding, instantly killing his wife and an interesting little daughter, about seven years of age. Mr. Spaulding was him• self severely stunned, and for some time his lifo was deeyaired of, but the neighbors instantly rushed to the fearful scene and by the aid of restoratives, sac- *ceded in reviving the apparently insensible form The sadly stricken husband was aroused to orn seiouenesS, but Only to realize an affliction that was Well calculated to ovorwholot the stoutest heart. -The pale and inanimate form of his devoted We i and the ghastly corpse of his beloved child, lay be. fore him In the (sold embrace of death. Tha scene was truly heartrending, and not a dry eye was to be seen in all the large company which had so quickly assembled. Dr. Joseph Smith responded promptly to a summons, but the lightning's dash had done its work, and he could afford no relief. We fear that we shall hear today of other fatal casualties (mused by this truly terrible storm.-Pe• tersburg Expfess,lsol. LAST DAY OF TDB DOTIVEDIIIZATB USIPOPaI llr Brenreortn.—By force of the order of General Ord, loped last Monday, yesterday was the last day on Which any insignia or rank of service in the late Confederate army or navy could be Worn in Mott mond with Impurity, and the =nary guard who patrol the city were instructed to enforce tnis order ; but we are pleased to say they had little occasion to interfere, except with negroes and boys, a number of whom were found sporting the old Confederate brass button. We heard of no °filar, armyor naval, being seen In uniform. A few young men, privates in the Confederate army, but now engaged In agri cultural pursuits, not having heard of the order, at• tended the market It their old unlforms. These promptly out off the button on being informed of its prescription. Some negrotte, however, showed en unwintageose to obey the order—indeed, absolutely rained to submit to and two or them ware, In consequence, arrested and put Sato the cage.—ittek. mond Republic, June 1014. TRH OPICLING oB THS 01130118.--The grand Qom- Modica Circus of Messrs. Stone & Rosston en tered the city yesterday morning, and made a street parade through the principal thoroughfares. The E 088011; for one week only, opened yesterday after noon. There was a fine audience present. List evening the pavilion was filled to overflowing with a highly intelligent, appreciative, and, we may say, fashionable audience. The ylleorsaanoes gave nat. venal satisfaction. The Indian troupe elicited much pleasurable excitement. Messrs. Stone & Rosston are veteran managers in the business, and know exactly how to arrange the programme to please the Philadelphia publie. Thoughethe tem perature of the weather was warm, yet in the pavilion there was a delightful current of air that It seemed almost a luxury to enjoy. The tent is can vas prepared with Mils rubber. It is lighted with gas, and handsomely embellished with fancy ban ners, containing mottoes Inoldent to the profession. There will be peformanees every afternoon and evening during this week. UNITED STATES MAIL LIFE PROM BA'LTIEOIIII TO FORTRESS MONROE, Nonfromr, °lry POINT, AND RIOEXOND.—By an advertisement In another column It will be seen that a daily line has been es tablished between Baltimore and Richmond. First -014150 eteansers have been placed on the route, with excellent state•recm adeommodatlons, and we are assured that everything Powlible Wlll be done to forward the comfort of passengers. Those leaving this city In the 1.16 train will arrive in Baltimore In time to make conneetion. The. steamers navigate the James river, stopping at Fort Monroe, Norfolk, and Oily Point, going and coming entirely during daylight, thus giving passengers ample opportunity to see the fortifloatlona and all other objeots of in- Wrest. For further particulars, see advertisement. Leans PosITIVA SAta or Boors, Sisous, Ban. O Aye, rukvitLLlNG BAGS, STRAW GooDB, L MSTS, Sx.—The early attention or purchasers is requeted to the large assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, white and colored shaker hoods, men's aild boy's canton bats, m oats, &0., &0., embracing Samples of 1,20 packages of firstalassaeasons.ble goods, of oily and 'Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily Said, by ootorogno, on four monthr meats, commenting this morning at ten o'clock, by John elvers & 00., auctioneers, Noil. 232 allQ 434 Market , West., ITali Ouore ric New IsiteßY.—We hear that the