The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, July 07, 1865, Image 1

THE PIZE,'SS,
3:SMASHED DAILY (SUNDAYS -EXCEPTED)
BY JOHN W. FORNEY'.
' No. 111 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
TO City Subscribers, Is
FIFTEEN'
DOLLARS DER
WEK, in advance; Or FIFTEEN CENTS PER
WEEK, payable to the Carrier. Mailed to Sub-
Calibers o of tiro city, SartE DOLLARS PER
ANNUM; TutHEE& DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS FOR
mosTaa: ONE DOLLAR AND SEVENTY-FIVE
CENTS FOR TORE N MONTIIS, invariably in advance
SOT the time ordered.
~Ogif. Advertisements inserted at the usual rate!.
T UE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS.
letitilert to Subscribers, FOUR DOLLARS FEE Ax
incr, in advance.
assamalzali
Vrtz.
FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1965
tHjEI NEWS.
The findings- of the Military Commission for
the trial of the c onspirators haying been ap
proved by President JohnSOn, Were promul
gated yesterday. The sentence of the court is
that ray'', At zerott, Harold, and Mrs. Suratt
be hung; O'Laughlin, Arnold, and Dr. Mudd
Ue iinprisoned for life, at hard labor, and that
F.pangler be imprisoned for six years. The
sentence of the first four will be carried out in
Arsenal grounds at Washington to-day be
tween the hours of ten and two O'clock. The
list of the conspirators are to he confined in
{he Albany Penitentiary. On the delivery of
the death-warrants to the condemned, Payne
did not seem surprised, but the others were
More or less affected. Mrs. Suratt was especi
ally so, and plead for four day's additional
o ne to prepare herself for death. Every
preparation for the execution has been made.
Py general orders of the War Department,
tbcre is to be a further reduction of the army.
The Philadelphia troops, to be mustered out
immediately, are the 25th, 29th, 43th, 73d, 79th,
ansi 147th• The 33d New Jersey Infantry,
and the 1.4 and 3d New Jersey Cavalry regi
ments are also to be honorably discharged.
(In the 17th ult. the Spanish Government re-
Yoked its grant of beligerent rights to the in
surgents in this country. This was before the
fl ews of the rescinding of the blockade could,
litre been received in Spain.
A despatch.from New Orleans says that the
robot portion of the Cherokee Nation is on the
Verge of starvation.
General Ord yesterday assumed command of
the Northern 'Military Department, hadquar
ters at Cincinnati. His predecessor, General
Booker, is to succeed General Dix.
The President this week has pardoned about
one hundr4d and twenty-five rebels, mostly
I.;ortli Caroliniang.
Admiral. Funs:gut and General Anderson
31ad a reception at Faneuil Hall, Boston, yes
terday.
The President so far recovered that his
rbysicians think. he will be able to resume
ids duties in a few (lays.
Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, in his
Fourth of JulyoratiOn, took strong grounds in
la) or of negro suffrage and the Monroe doc
trine.
Ale candor Hogg, of the firm Of Mackay
Hogg, of this city, was drowned at Savannah,
Georgia, on Tuesday hist,
A light between •citizens and soldiers took
wince at Smithfield, near Fortress Monroe on
Tuesday. One soldier and one citizen were
wounded.
some unknown person put a keg of powder
in the tireplaeo.of the steamer Chorcida, at
Cent re Harbor, New Hampshire, on Wedues-
L by, which exploding, did some damage, but
fortunately no one was injured.
Espeditions are leaving Fort Laramie
i7mieSt the Indians in that 'vicinity.
The Grand Jury of the United States District
Court yesterday made a presentment to judge
cedwalader in relation to the 'embezzlements
in the Navy Yard. They say that the selection
by the Government of those who were to be
tried for these frauds was judicious; and true
jells haye been found against four of them,
and they will shortly be tried for their of
fences.
ht the Select branch of Councils yesterday,
the Committee on Water reported that all of
the water plugs in the city, except one, Were
in good order. The cash in hand in the city
treasury on June Ist, was reported at
5t,01;?,332.23. During the month there was re
ceived, $1,035,008,32.. A resolution was passed
directing, the Committee on Gas to confer
uith the Trustees of the Gas Works in order
io thiTc the price - of gas reduced. Also a reso
lution appropriating $B,OOO for the improve
inent of Fairmount Park.
In Common Council a bill was passed appro
i.risting $710,000 for the erection of water
vork: , 3 in the Twentieth, TWenty-first, Twenty-
Hewn], and. Twenty-fourth wards. The bill
I , rovitling for• the - realm]. of a new school
house in the Seventh Ward, was passed over
the Mayor's veto. Other business of minor
Importance was :transacted, after which the
(handier adjourned.
There is rather more doing in flour, but
prices are unsettled. Wheat is dull and lower.
Corn is also lower. In cotton there is eery
little doing, but prices are without change.
Provisions are firmly held at former rates
Whisky Is dull.
The stock market was more active yester
day. Government bonds are in betterdemand
at an advance, With sales of fti v e-twenties at
194, and sires of issi at 106y 2 , an advance of
:shrew] shares were in better demand, With
• idei of Reading at 49%@49 3 4, the latter rate
advance of y a .
Gold closed in New York, last evening, at
THE
Tho eentencc of the four chief conspira
tors in the assassination of Mr. LrNcors,
wind the projected murder of Mr. SEWAi?.D
sad others, having been approved by Pre
trident JouNso - s, will be carried into effect
to-day. There is in the seqUel of the
Moody Friday, the 14th of April, some
thing of appalling interest. The details
0' the tragedy appear to us in hideous dis
tinctness. The night at the theatre, at first
py, and then crowded with horror and
death—the invasion of Mr. SE WARD'S clam
her, and the terrible struggle with the un
loosed fiend the unutterable grief of the peo-
rie—the flight of the assassin—pass before us
in spechal procession. Shall ;they not die
who contrived this work of unspeakable
crime ± They have been tried and found
plilty. Even in the midst of the clamor
sgitinst the court which adjudged them, the
leading savage of the gang, after BOOTIT
himself, ex-posed and made clear the guilt
01 the rest by the confession of his own.
'hat the sentence is to be enforced at once
is in keeping with the necessity for a stern
example. And yet these wretches only
muck in obedience to orders. They were
but the tools of the master-workmen. Had
There Leen no JEFFERSON DAVIS, there had
iren no PlOOlll. From the bell-broth of
Trea'on rose the vapors that poisoned
heater intellects like those who perish
to-flux.. And •.-while we thirst for no
toau's blood, justice demands that when
thi - underlings. of the Great Criminal are
ignominiously- executed he should not be
eampted from the fate he accepted for him-
Rif, el;en as he forced it upon them.
One word more. We trust there is to be
he an cad of the shameless fabrication of
*Lir:hoods fis to President JouNsox's pur
ipi,es in the punishment of traitors and the
1
orderers -they hire. The business of
, iiling, these lies has been busily kept up
!are the first hour's trial of the conspira
ts, Only a few days ago a despatch was
iced and published as from Washington, to
1. effect that the President was displeased
'muse the respontibility of disposing of the
;ion of the Military Court had been
:ced upon him, Where else could it go
to him ? Of course, this was known
She authors and utterers of counterfeit
W. From the same source came the
;aor that he would ignore the action of
Military Court and send the cases to
• civil tribunals—equally false and A.-m
-inded. No motive . beyond helping the
satiate foes of the Republic—beyond
Aructing the efforts of the constituted au
elides to vindicate the Government and
:mite the laws—can be traced to such
1
Jrsistent and pestilent malevolence. The
resident has done his duty, as good men
pxpected. He cannot stop to explain his
fltentions to all who falsify his objects, and
Weaken his policy by anticipating the exact
ppposite of his designs. He must bide his
line, and let his action be his best, as it is
his only, defender.
HISTORY often repeats the old story of
he visionary, enthusiastic, and reformatory
young prince becoming a conservative king
as soon as the crown is firmly fixed upon
Lis brows.
This is considered to be the effect of
E 6l figliness, and that the enthroned enthu
tiast cools into the conservative monarch as
the surest means of securing that power
Whose sweetness can only he known by
the possessor. But it may be rather the
responsibilities of power than the love of it
trhich causes the change.
The world's work is accomplished slowly
will as surely, and the means by which
good is to be obtained are always to
5 e f ° l / 3 11 1 in the machinery of the present.
he earnest man who in imagination over
toned old in order to build new systems,
• oal learns, when the responsibility of the
(51 . -u al work rests upon his hands and eon
( itzlr; that lie cannot totally iallOre Pre"
.. .
) ".* -1. ~..,
_41 4, 4 . *- • -
' - •••,s.\\ ‘ ‘i I 1 1 // ,
....,--., i !',- --- - tett * .1
If., s---............... : , `..` \Pr ''.;,...•'%-°!--; 't.W.:,....4.- ) >= i'-': . ' 14 ../ ' .
,r__- - • ii ii s imuit.7: 4llBl4..------ ='-' , --, :
L , - * 4--;.--Alillini :. -,- ---- :___#' ". 7-0_ - - " : 7 7_ 110 .... - - ,: :,:,: _ .1 : - f. , --.1:, -1( 7 ., * 7--' . -._ ..--: .
~,_
..:;i7 an .•11,.: , : ... 1 4 111 . if,
, ; : -' l.;
~..,....- - ...
~- --._ ..,_:=7. - .7.;-__f
_....
LI '
.--''—''' s - ': '- 7;:',. - f l, \. 4 i . ; * ,*'' ' '..,-` - *..-•^. :" . , <l ' )). - lir '.
- - :1' '''.
...... 4...... ._..... . . ,
..._.___.,.. i ir : dlT-. - 1„ ..... .„- ....., -- g5-, _ ----.----- _....--......
' . - IN ---'----=---- ~ , ------ -_.. 4_,,,.. -
_,...,"
_..,...
...N . ....... --.-. . b. - . ...-" -- *--....,..',----_4l,fr
VOL. 8.-NO. 210.
established rules, because through them,
mainly, must he secure the permanence of
reforms that are to benefit the future.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN THE SOUTU.
We print below an able and interesting
letter from a gentleman well known in this
city as an active and influential life-long
Democrat. Few men are less likely to be
nfluenced in favor of negro suffrage by
preconceived opinions ; but the change of
sentiment produced in his mind by a short
intercourse with Southern society is pa
ralleled by other instances within our know
ledge.
It is clear that the initiatory steps to
secure the restoration of the seceded states
to their old relations with the Union must
and will be made, under the auspices of
their provisional Governors, by the loyal
white men only—the negroes being de
barred from the right of suffrage by the
constitutions and laws in existence prior to
secession, which regulate the first legal
movements towards reorganization. But it
nevertheless remainsls rith
Ciongress to pass
judgment upon the reception of members
from the seceded States, and if the sentiment
described by our correspondent is not essen
tially mollified; if it is clearly shown that the
rebels have learned neither wisdom, pa
triotism, or the virtue of submission by the
teachings of the war, and that their only
object in "coming back into the Union" is
to organize a new insidious political warfare
against the perpetuity of the Republic, we
apprehend it will be found as difficult for
disunion Senators and Representatives to
regain their old seats in Congress as it was
easy for them to vacate those positions in
1860-61. The President clearly had no
right to insist upon negro suffrage as a ne
cessary preliminary to reorganization. He
has given to the people of the South an op
portunity to make amends for past errors
and crimes by the exhibition of a loyal
spirit in future. But if generosity and mag
nanimity are to be repaid only by new evi
dences of treachery and treason, a remedy
even for such baseness can be applied :
[Correspondence of The Press.]
MOBILE, Ala., Juno :1,1865
I have come down to this part of the coun
try with the intention of casting my lot with
it for the future, and feel impelled to send you
a line to tell of my impressions of the people.
I have been, for some six weeks, in daily con
tact with Southern people of all political
shades, and, though I am a poor talker, I am a
good listener, and not a very bad hand at form
ing conclusions from a great deal of hearing.
I came to the Gulf States full of very fine noe
l-lea about the necessity- of educating the no.
gro before we could extend to him the privi
lege of suffrage. He was ignorant; he was
bigoted ; he was prejudiced ; he could not be
trusted with the privileges of a voter until he
had attained a certain standard of education.
Well, sir, I was never farther away from the
truth in my life. I have listened by the hour
to the familiar, social, unrestrained talk of
Southern people; and I have been sorry to
conclude, from all that I have heard, that the
damnable heresy of the States-right doctrine,
upon Which, with imagined evils threatened
to the institution of slavery, they based their
acts of secession and rebellion, is as deeply
rooted in their convictions as it ever was.
They have failed to establish the success of
their principles at the bayonet's point and the
cannon's mouth, but those principles lie Its
near to the hearts of the great mass of them
as ever, and true loyalty to the Government,
as constituting a principle with the mass of
the people at the North, is entirely foreign to
the breasts of the masses in the South. The
same hostility that was openly displayed
in arms exists secretly in the breasts of the
Southern people, and is ready at any time
to exert itself, no longer in overt acts,
but in every possible pacific way to thwart
the unity, and the progress of the Repub
lic. On the other hand, the negro has but
one principle and one affection. His principle
is that of devotion to the Union; his affection
heart-whole for the cause that has restored
him to manhood. No doubts of the justice of
the cause cross his mind. Noclouds of casuists'
raising obscure his vision. His instincts alone
point out to him the path he is to tread as a
free man, and point it out unerringly. Who
so Mtn , -to trust with theao.-thff -atrity-Nirith
be? Can demago.- -
k a r u t: . 3: s L sophistries? o
muoito
olkow learning not. as e h m i s may I m o: -
3, ce t m o
e l l . e t
! „ ktinl .... - ir w th n e xc r,
p b e i rt tt
a he
e s
is to o the les ti advancement
of all members of the human family, himself
included. And if you could see, as I haVe seen,
the colored people of these Southern cities,
sitting at their door-steps, in the moonlight,
on hot evenings, teaching each other to spell
and to count, regardless of the comments of
those who passed by, you would not be slow
in coming to the belief that even the supposed
amount of education necessary to enable them
to vote intelligently will not be long wanting.
I, for one, contrary to all my previous expo°•
tationS, am fully convinced that the only
safety for the South is in the extension of free
suffrage to the people of an colors, and I mean
to throw myself into the advocacy of this
cause with all my energy. Far better is the
instinct that teaches loyalty to the Union than
the false education that makes States-rights
traitors. Shall we trust the future of our
country to the instinct that inevitably leads
to the right, or to the educated sophistry that
inculcates what is false and ruinous?
We are by no means ready fora reconstrue•
tion under the domination of defeated but
unconvinced traitors. We have hada terrible
war ; let us not cast away its fruits. Let us
have military government in the Southern
States until the sentiment of true loyalty
begins to be felt; or, if we must have civil
gor ermients reconstructed, let those who
have every cause to love the Union not be put
aside, while its interests are confided to the
hands of those who have been its open ene
mies,
LETTER FROM` OC CA SIONAL.”
WASHINGTON, Tilly 6, 1865
The war for the Government, began to
punish and put down rebellion, and after
wards stimulated and fired by the conquer
ing resolve of freeing a whole people, has
been crowned with a peace in which the
grandest ideas have received the grandest
illustration. The celebration of the last an
niversary of National Independence was an
instance. The clay was made the occa
sion of peculiar rejoicing. The double cause
of a Government created and a country
saved gave keenness and intensity to the
public gratitude. The citizens Who had
fought for the Republic were, at home, ido
lized and flattered, in a thousand ways.
Invention was exhausted to do them honor. ,
Four years of soldiers, or rather the sol
diers who had served and, suffered during
four years, making in all a series of mighty
armies, were returned to and mixed with
the body of the people, with all their
military habits, curious experiences, and
apprehended violence and turlplence.
And yet no more disturbance bas been
made in the current of society than that
created by the addition of a mountain
stream to the volume of a river, or
by the contribution of the river to the
' sea. The effect has, indeed, been to enli
ven, and to make wholesome much that
was dull and languid. The harvest fields,
the manufactories, the trades, are jocund
with the happy voices of the returned vete
rans. But there is no confusion, riot,
or anarchy. Even the excess of popular
affection for them has bred no excess of
exultation. The last Fourth of July, the
most glorious and ecstatic in our history,
was the clearest of disorder, of vice and
crime. It was more like a Sabbath. Na
ture seemed to have arrayed herself for the
Commemoration. No lovelier skies, fresher
flowers riper fields, and balmier airs,
ever offered their tributes to adorn
and purify a day in early July.
The soldiers were not indifferent be
cause they were not noisy. If we saw few
uniforms in the dense crowds which surged
along our streets, we felt that our brave
preservers were there. Walter &cat, in
his memorable introduction to the " Wa
his authorship was
veily" novels, after
made known, says it was a source, to him,
of exquisite plea Sure, to mingle with the
people and to hear the praise of his works
on every tongue, mingled with disputes as
to the writer's name; and that he felt as
proud of his fortune as the lover who wore
his mistress' favor in his bosom, concealed
from vulgar eyes. And doubtless many a
brave fellow enjoyed the celebration of
Tuesday with a yet profounder joy be
cause his citizen' a dress concealed his
relation to triumphant war. IS Pt WS
decorous bearing of our returned defenders
a new claim to our respect ? Does not the
lustre of their noble deeds shine brighter in
pleasing contrast with their retiring and
unpretending conduct, as they fall back into
the ranks of private life ? Assuredly there
could be no finer moral spectacle—no more
promising demonstration in the many signal
proofs of a lasting peace. It needed only
this to complete and clinch the claim of the
nation's preservers upon the nation's grati
tude. They do not ask—they do not press
—for reward or for recognition. But their
deserts and deserving are therefore the
stronger. If they are forgotten by the po
liticians, I fear the politicians will not be
remembered by them in the good time
coming. OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON.
THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH STILL
EMOVENTI.
The Spanish Government withdraws its Con-
cessions to the Rebels,
WASHINOTOIf, July 6,
The Health or the President.
The attendant physician has expressed the
belief that the Yresident will be able to re-
Mlle his duties in a few days.
Troops to be Mastered Out.
In pursuance of General Orders No. 160,
dated Headquarters Department of Washing.
ton, July sth, 1865, Brevet Major General BART
LETT'S division, composed of the 79th Pennsyl
vania, 17th New York, 35th New York, 46th
Pennsylvania, 143 d New York, sth C. T., 2d
Massachusetts, 29th Pennsylvania, 28th Penn
sylvania, 147th Pennsylvania,
73d Pennsyl
vania, 111th Pennsylvania, 60th New York, 33d
New Jersey, and 1024 New York Regiments,
will be at once mustered out of service and
ordered to their proper State rendezvous. The
fist separate cavalry brigade, composed of the
Ist and 3d Regiments New Jersey Cavalry, Ist
Connecticut Cavalry, and 2d Massachusetts
Cavalry, Brigadier General GAMBLE command
ing, is tb be immediately mustered out of the
service.
The Spanish Government and the Be-
bellion.
It is understoOd that on the 17th ult., and of
course before the news of the rescinding of the
blockade could have been received, the Spa
nish Government had revoked its grant of bel
ligerent rights to the insurgents in this Coun
try.
Pardons by the President.
About one hundred and twenty-five pardons
have been granted by the President this week,
the larger part from North Carolina.
The dr:merriment as advertised another sale
Of Vessels on the 20th inst., fifteen in mini
her, including the captured bleekade-runner
Banshee, steel-plated, and 213 feet long.
The Forthcoming Execution.
WASHINGTON, July 6.--Major General Han
cock repaired to the arsenal at noon to-day,
and delivered the death warrants of Payne,
Harold, Mrs. Suratt, and Atzerott, to Major
General Hartrauft, who is in charge of the
prisoners, when they together visited the con
demned to inform them of the sentence pro
nounced and the time fixed for their execu
tion. Payne was the first to whom the intelli
gence was communicated. It did not seem to
take him by surprise, as doubtless he antici
pated no other sentence, and had nerved
himself accordingly. The other prisoners
were naturally more or less affected. Mrs.
Suratt, particularly, sunk under the dread an
nouncement, and pleaded for four clays addi
tional time to prepare herself for death. All
the prisoners will be attended by clergymen of
their own designation. The scaffold has been
erected in the south yard of the old Peni
tentiary building, which is enclosed by a high
brick wall. The coffins and burial clothes have
already been prepared. Only a limited num
ber of per Sons will be admitted to the scene.
The sentence in the ease of the conspirators
who are to be imprisoned will be carried into
immediate execution.
FORTRESS MONROE.
A Fight Between Citizens and Soldiers—
A ]Mutiny—Arrivals. }'
Fcgr.TRESS ALONROB.__JIII37:
- Party of colored individuals, yesterday; anCt.
detail for a guard was made for the occasion
from Companies C and K, Eid New York Caval
ry. Their right to land at Smithfield was con
tested by some citizens, creating fl disturbance
that required the services of the guard to
quell. Private John Gray, of Company C, was
shot by bis sergeant for not obeying orders,
and one of the citizens had his scalp removed
by the sword of a Federal officer, after which
order was restored.
Arrived, Schooner E. English, from New
York, with forage; schooner Jos. Franklin,
New York, with forage for City Point ; schoon
er Helen, New York; schooner J. J. Worthing
ton, New York; steamer Ella Mary, from New
berm, with troops ; schooner L. B. Strong, from
New York for City Point; schooner Samuel
Eddy, from City Point.
The steamer Porter, for Texas, has a crew on
board refusing to do duty. The provost mar
shal's attention has been called to the subject.
Robert Searl, of Norfolk, is said to be the
citizen injured at Smithfield, yesterday.
Thermometer 96 degrees in the shade.
LOUISIANA.
The Fourth in. New Orleans—The Che•
rokee Indians in a Starving Condi.
tion—Good Promise of Fine Crops, etc.
fires ORLEANS, July 3.—The schooner Lorena,
in going from New Orleans to Mobile, was
wrecked in the lower obstructions. Her cargo,
which was owned by J. M. G. Parker, is a total
The crops are looking well in We.gt Lou.
isiona. The freeamen arc still flocking into
town.
There will be a double celebration of the
Fourth to-morrow, the first committee ap
pointed having too many recent Confederates
on it. Gen. Banks will address the opposition
meeting, and Win. Reed Williams the other.
The hag hauled down from the custom-house
before the war is to be restored.
The 2tue Delta has passel into the hands 0
W. R. Adams and Mr. Oliver.
The Evening Star sails for New York to
night.
The Times is informed that the rebel portion
of the Cherokee nation is near starvation.
Oen. Stanley appeals to the Texans for relief.
The inquiry for cotton is moderate, and
there are no sales reported of Western pro
duce. Gold, 140%. Domestic exchange, check
ing on New York, 94 discount.
Baplesion of a Keg of Powder out Board
a Steamer.
CENTRE Harmon, N. IL, July 6.—While the
steamer Chorcirda was lying at the wharf at
this place, last night, some one unknown placed
a keg of powder on the furnace, when an ex
plosion took place, blowing up the front deck
and shattering the door panels, but not in
juring the machinery. She was able to leave
on time this morning. No one on board was
much injured.
Expedition Against Hostile Indians.
FORT LARAMIE, July 6.—A column, consist
ing of the 2d Missouri Light Artillery,
equipped as cavalry, and the 12th Missouri
Cavalry, passed Columbus, Nebraska, to-day,
on their way to the Powder river country, to
co-operate with two other columns now pre
paring to march from Laramie against the
boltilt Indians.
A Philadelphian Drowned at Savannah.
SAVANNAH, GA., July s.—Alexander Hogg
was drowned yesterday while bathing near
this place. His body has not been recovered.
[Mr. Hogg was a merchant of this city, of
the firm of Mackey & Hogg, doing business in
Water street, above Chestnut, and was a most
estimable citizen. He resided in Fifth street,
near Reed, and leaves a family.]
Prow Cairo.
CArao, July 6.—An arrival from New Orleans
brings 216 bales of cotton for Cairo, and 255
bales of cotton and 450 hogsheads of sugar for
St. Louis.
nn arrival from Memphis brings 100 bales of
cotton for St. Louis.
Reception of Farr/taut in Boston.
Bowrox, July S.—Several thousand men and
women shook hands with or otherwise saluted
Admiral Farragut and General Anderson, at
Fanieul Hall, to-day. The levee was quite
informal.
Election of a Canal. President.
llnaimolus, July 6.—J. Shively, of Hancock,
vas to-day elected President Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, in the place of Alfred Spates,
oY Unniberland, Maryland.
Markets by Telegraph.
CHICAGOS July C.—Flour firma Wheat active
and 2c higher sales of No.l at $1.04@1.04'/ and
No. 2at 137@89e. Corn firm, and advanced-1c ;
tales of No. 1 at WA and No. 2at 52c. Oats firm
nt 41 1 /0042e. Freights quiet and unchanged.
PrOVISIOIIB fi rm 5 Moss Pork $25. nigh Wines
firin ; sales at 42.02%M2.03.
Weelpt3. 6h3pment6.
Flour • B , o uu 7,000
Wheat 45,000 50,000
Corn 161,00(1 31,000
Oats 82,000 114,000
ClzrowniTl, July 6.--Flour and Wheat firmer,
the latter being advanced to *1.35 for red.
05 bbls of WhiSky 801 d tit *l, O O, and TOO 41318
ilaCiA Dark at f 26.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1865.
lESULT OF 'I TIM.
FINDING OF THE COURT.
ITS SENTENCES APPROVED BY
THE PRESIDENT.
Lewis Payne, Mrs. Suratt, George A.
Atzerott, and David E. Harold,
to be Hanged To-day.
DR. MUDD, ARNOLD, AND O'LAUGHLIN, TO BE
IMPRISONED FOR LIFE.
Spangler to be Confined in the Peniten
tiary for Six Years.
THEIR FATE ANNOUNCED TO THEM
YESTERDAY.
ALL BUT PAYNE RECEIVE IT:VIM
FEAR AND TREDIBLING.,
MRS. MATT PLEADS POE POOR DAYS
LOADER LEAVE OP LIFE.
The Preparations for the Death
all Made.
WASHTNOTON, Judy 6.—ln accordance with
the findings and sentences of the Military Co
m-mission, which the President approved yester- ,
terclay, David E. Harold, Lewis Payne, Mrs,
Scrag, and George A, Atzerott are to be
hung to-morrow by the proper military au
thority.
Dr. Mudd, Arnold, and O'Laughlin are to be
imprisoned for life, and Spangler for six
years, all at bard labor, in the Albany Pent
tentiary.
THE OFFICIAL ORDER.
WASHINGTON, July 8,---The following import
ant order has just been issued:
WAP, 'DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S
OFFICE, WASHINGTON, July 5, 1865.—T0 Major
General W. S. Hancock, United States Volun
teers, commanding the Middle Military Divi
810n, Washington, D. C.
Whereas, by the Military CommissiOn ap
pointed in paragraph 4, Special Orders, No. 911,
dated War Department, Adjutant General's
office, Washington, May 6, 1865, and of which
Major General David Hunter, United Statbs
Volunteers, was president, the following
named persons were tried, and, after mature
consideration of evidence adduced in their
CHU, were found and sentenced as hereinafter
stated, as follows;
lirst. David E. Harold—Finding of the speei-
Ideation, guilty, except combining, confederat
ing, and conspiring with Edward Spangler, as
to which part thereof, not guilty ; of the charge
guilty, except the words of the charge, that he
combined, confederated, and conspired with
Edward Spangler ; as to which part of the
charge, not guilty.
Sentence—And the Commission does, there
fore, sentence him, the said David E. Harold,
to be hanged by the neck until he be dead, at
such time and place as the President of the
"United States shall direct, two-thirds of the
Commission concurring therein.
Second. George A. Atzerott—Finding of spe
cification, guilty, except combining, confede
rating, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; -
of this, not guilty. Of the charge, guilty, 433;•
eept combining, confederating, and eonspiriat
with Edward Spangler; of thismot
Sentence—And the Commission does, there
fore, sentence him, the said George A. Atze
rott, to be hung by the neck until he be dead,
at such time and place as the President of the
United States sh,iti_
• Third. lewis Payne---Finding of the specifi
cation, guilty, except combining, confederat
ing, and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of
this, not guilty. Of the charge, guilty, except
combining, confederating, and conspiring
with Edward Spangler; of this, not guilty.
Sentence—And this Commission does there-.
fore sentence him, the said Lewis Payne, to be
hung by the neck until ho be dead, at such
time and place as the President of the United
States shall direct, two-thirds of the Commis
sion concurring therein.
Fourth. Mary E. Suratt—Finding of the spe
cification guilty, except as to receiving, sus.
tabling, harboring, and concealing Samuel Ar
nold and Michael O'Laughlin, and except as to
combining, confederating, and conspiring with
Edward Spangler ;of this not guilty. Oi the
charge guilty, except as to combining, con
federating, and conspiring with Edward
Spangler of this not guilty.
ecntcnce—And the Commission does, there.
fore, sentence her, the said Mary E. Suratt, to
be hung by the neck until she be dead, at such
time and place as the President of the United
States shall direct, two-thirds of the members
of the Commission concurring therein,
And whereas, the President of the United
States has approved the foregoing sentences
in the following order, to wit:
EXECIIDVa lifAxsiow, July 5, 1865.—Tlie fore
going sentences in the case of David E. Harold,
G. A. Atzerott, Lewis Payne, Mary E. Suratt,
arc hereby approved ; and it is ordered that
the sentences in the eases of David E. Harold,
G. A. Atzerott, Lewis Payne, and Mary E.
Suratt, be earrried into execution by the
proper 'unitary authority, under the direction
of the Secretary of War, on the 7th day of July
1865, between the hours of ten otelock A. M. and
two o'clock P. M., of that day.
ANDREW Jorixsorr, President.
Therefore you are hereby commanded to
cause the foregoing sentences, in the cases of
David E. Harold, G. A. Atzerott, Lewis Payne,
and Mary E. Suratt, to be dilly executed, in ac
cordance with the President's order.
BY command of the President of the United
States. E. D. TOWNSUND7
Assistant Adjutant General.
In the remaining cases, of O'Laughlin,
Spangler, Arnold, and Mudd, the findings and
sentences are as follows
EWE. Michael O'Laughlin. Finding of the
Specification guilty ; except the words thereof
as follows:
And in the words thereof as follows : And
in the further prosecution of the conspiracy
aforesaid, and of its murderous and treasona
ble purposes aforesaid, on the nights of the
13th and 14th of April, 1865, at Washington
city, and within the military department and
military lines' aforesaid, the said Michael
O'Laughlin did there and then lie in wait for
Ulysses S. Grant, then Lieutenant General
and commander of the arms of the United
States, with intent then and there to kill and
murder the said Ulysses S. Grant- . -of said
words not guilty, and except combining, con
federating, and conspiring, with Edward.
Spangler—of this not guilty. 'Of the charge—
guilty, except combining, confederating, and
conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this not
Sentence.—The Commission sentence O'Laugh
lin to be imprisoned at hard labor for life.
girth. Finding—Edward Spangler, of the spe
cification, not guilty, except as to the words
"the said Edward Spangler, on said 14th day
of April, A. D. 18115, at about the same hour of
that day, as aforesaid, within said military
department and the military lines aforesaid,
did ant and abet him (meaning John Wilkes
Booth) in making his escape after: the said
Abrahain Lincoln had been murdered in man
ner aforesaid," and of these words, guilty. Of
the charge not guilty, hut guilty of having fe
loniously and traitorously aided and abetted
John Wilkes Booth in making his escape after
having killed and murdered Abraham
coin, President of the United States, 'he, the
said Edward Spangler, at the time of aiding
and abetting as aforesaid, well knowing that
the said Abraham Lincoln, President as afore
said, had been murdered by the said John
'Wilkes Booth as aforesaid. The Commission
sentenced Spangler to hard labor for six years.
Seventh,. Samuel Arnold—Of the specilica
tio»s, guilty, except combining, confederating,
and conspiring - with Edward Spangler ; of this
not guilty. Of the charge, guilty, except earn
' Lining, confederating, and conspiring with Ed
ward Spangler ;of this not guilty. The Com
mission sentenced him to imprisonment at
hard labor for life.
Eighth. Samuel A. Mudd—Of the specillea
tion, guilty, except combining, confederating,
and conspiring with Edward Spangler; of this
not guilty; mid excepting receiving, and en
tertaining, and harboring, and concealing
said Lewis Payne, John IL Suratt Michael
O'Laughlin, George A. Atzerott,' Mary • E. Su
ratt, and Samuel Arnold ; of this not guilty.
Of the charge guilty, except combining, con
federating, and conspiring with Edward . Spau.
gler; of this part guilty. The Commission sen
tenced Mudd to be imprisoned at hard labor
for life.
The President's order in these cases is as
follows
It is further ordered, that the prisoners,
Samuel Arnold, Samuel A. Miidd, and Michael
O'Laughlin, be confined at hard labor in the
- penitentiary at Albany, New York, during the
period designated in their respective son
-1,049§% AhAnEW Joss 02b President.
THE CHARGES AND SPECIFICATIONS
AGAINST THE ASSASSINS.
In order that our readers may learn oil
what charges and specification's the cow.-
spirators were found guilty, we subjoin the.
charges made by the Government, through-
Judge-Advocate Holt, at the opening of the
Charge I.—For maliciously, unlawfully, and
traitorously, and in aid of the existing armed
rebellion against the United States of Ame
rica, on or before the 6th of March, A. D.
1565, and on divers other daya between that
day and the ism day of April, A. D. 1855, com
bining, confederating, and conspiring together
with one John it Sundt, John Wilkes
Booth, Jefferson Davis, George N. San
ders, Beverly Tucker, Jacob Thompson,
'William C. Cleary, - Clement C. Clay, George
Harper, Gorge Young, anti others unknown,
within the Military Department of Washing
-ton, and within the fortified and entrenched
lines thereof, to kill anti murder Abra
ham Lincoln, late, and at the time of the
combining, confederating, and conspiring,
President of the United States of America,
mid Commander-in-Chief Of the army and navy
thereof; Andrew Johnson, now President of
the United States aforesaid; Wm. H. Seward,
Secretary of State of the United States afore
said, and Ulysses S. Grant, Lieutenant Gene-.
nil of the army of the United States
aforesaid, then in command of the armies
of the United States, under the direc
tion of the said Abraham Lincoln, and in pur
suance of and in prosecuting
. said malicions,
unlawful, and traitorous conspiracy, aforesaid,
and in aid of said rebellion, afterwards—to
wit: on the 14th day of April, A.D. 1865—within
the military . department of Washington afore- ,
said, anti within the fortified and entrenched
lines of Said military department, together
with the said John iVilkes Booth and John
H. Surat, maliciously, unlawfully, and traito
rously murdering the said Abraham Lincoln,
then President of the United States and Corn
mender-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the
United States, as aforesaid, and maliciously,
unlawfully, and traitorously assaulting, with
intent to kilt and murder the said Witham H.
Seward, then Secretary of State of the United
Slides, as aforesaid and lying in wait ; , with in
tent maliciously, unlawfully, and traitorously
kill and murder the said Andrew Johnaon,
- then being Vice President of the United
States, and the said Ulysses S. Grant, then be
ing Lieutenant General, and in command of
the armies of the United States, as aforesaid.
Specificatibn 1. In this that they, the said
_David E. Darold, Edward Spangler, Lewis
Payne, John Suratt, Michael O'Laughlin,
Samuel Arnold, Mary E. Suratt, George A. At
zerott, and Samuel A. Mudd, incited and. en
couraged thereunto bJefferson Davis, George
N. Sanders, Beverly Tu y cker, Jacob Thompson )
William C. ;Cleary, Clement C. Clay, Georg. e
Young, and tethers, unknown citizens, of the
United States aforesaid, and who were en
gaged in armed rebellion against the United
States of America within the limits thereof,
did, in aid of said armed rebellion, on or
before the 6th day of March, A. IL 1855, and
on divers other days or times between that
day and the 15th day of April, A. 0. 1865,
combine, confederate, and conspire to
*ether, at Washington city, within the mili
tary department and Within the entrenched
fortifications anti Military lines of the said
United States, there combine unlawfully, ma
liciously, and traitorously, to/kill and murder
Abraham Lincoln, then President of the United
States aforesaid, and Commander-in-Chief of
the army and - navy thereof, and unlawfully",
maliciously,:. and traitorously to kill and
murder Andrew Johnson, then Vice Presi
dent of the United States, upon whom; on
the death -of the said Abraham Lincoln,
after the 4th day of March, A. D. 1865, the
office of President of the said United States,
and Commander-in-Chief of the array and
navy thereof, would devolve, and to unlaw
fully, maliciously, and traitorously kill and
murder U. S. Grant, then Lieutenant General,
under the direction of said Abraham Lincoln,
in command of the armies of the United States
aforesaid, and unlawfully, maliciously, and
traitorously to kill and murder William 11.
Seward, then Secretary of State of the United
States aforesaid, whose duty it was by law,
upon the death of said President and Vice
President of the United States aforesaid, to
cause an election for electors of President
of the United States. The conspirators afore
said designing or intending by the ldiling
and murder of the said Abraham Lincoln
anti Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and
William li. Seward as aforesaid, to deprive
the army and navy of the United States of a
constitutional commander-in-chief, and to de
prive the armies of the United States of their
lawful commander, and to prevent a lawful
election of President and Vice President of the
United States aforesaid ; and by the means
aforesaid to aid and comfort the insurgents en
uaged in armed rebellion against the said
nited States aforesaid, and thereby to aid in
the subversion and overthrow of the said
United States, and being SO Combined, confede
rated, and conspiring together in the prosecu
tion of said unlawful and traitrous conspi
racy on the night of the 14th day of April, A.
D. 1865, at the hour of about ten o'clock and fif
teen minutes P. 11, at Fords Theatre, on Tenth
street, the city of. Washington, and within the
military - department and military lines afore
said, John Wikes Booth, one of the conspirer
tears aforesaid, in pursuance of said unlawful
and traitorous conspiracy, did then and there,
unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously', and
with intent to kill and. murder the said Abra
ham Lincoln, discharge a pistol then held in
the hands of h
im r the saidßooth, the same be
ing then loaded with powder and a leadenball,
against and upon the left and posterior aide of
the head of the said Abraham Lincoln, and did
orebv_ there_ and then inflict upon him; the
the army and navy tnerem, zaaasmaes_ of_tha
whereof afterwards, to wit, on the 15th clay
of April, A. D. 1865, at Washington city
aforesaid the said Abraham Lincoln died; and
thereby, then and there, in pursuance of said
conspiracy, the said defendant, and the said
John Wilkes Booth did, unlawfully, traitor
ously and maliciously., and with the intent to
aid thei rebellion as aforesaid, kill the Presi
dent of the United States as aforesaid; and fur
ther, in prosecution of the unlaWful traitorous
conspiracy aforesaid, and of the murderous
and traitorous intent of the said conspiracy,
the said Edward Spangler, on the saidl4th day
of April, A. D. 1865, at about the same hour of
the day aforesaid, within the military depart
ment and the military lines aforesaid did aid
and assiatthe said John Wilkes Booth to obtain
entrance to the box ha the theatre in which the
said Abraham Lincoln was sitting at the time
he was assaulted and shot as aforesaid by John
Wilkes Booth, and also did then and there aid
said Booth in barring and obstructing the door
of the box of said theatre so as to hinder and
prevent any assistance to a rescue of the said
Abraham Lincoln against the murderous as
sault of the said John Wilkes Booth; and did
aid and abet Minh' making his escape after the
said Abraham Lincoln had been murdered in
manner aforesaid.
And in further . proseeutiOn of said unlawful,
murderous, and traitorous conspiracy, and in
pursuance thereof, and with the intent as afore
aaid, the said David E. Harold, did, on the night
of the 14th of April, A. D. 1865, within the mili
tary department and military lines aforesaid,
aid, abet, and assist the said John Wilkes Booth
in the killing. and murder of the said Abraham
Lincoln, and did then and there aid and abet
and assist him, the said John Wilkes Booth, in
attempting to escape through the military lines
aforesaid, and did accompany and ,ussist the
said J. Wilkes Booth in attempting to conceal
himself and escape from justice after killing
and murdering sain Abraham Lincoln, as afore
said ; and, in - further prosecution of said un
lawful and traitorous conspiracy, and of the
intent thereof as aforesaid, the said Lewis
Payne did, on the same night of the 11th day
of April, A. D. 1865, about the same hour of 10
o'clock and 15 minutes P. M., at the city of
Washington, and within the military depart
ment and military lines aforesaid, unlawfully
and maliciously make an assault upon the said
William H. Seward, Secretary of State afore.
said, inthe dwellinaahouse andbed-chamber of
him, the said William H. Seward ; and there,
with a large knife held in his hand,unlawfully,
traitorously, and in pursuance of the said
conspiracy, strike, stab, cut, and attempt
to kill and murder the said Wm. IL Seward,
and did, thereby, then and there, and with the
intent aforesaid, with said knife, inflict upon
the face and throat of the said William H.
Seward divers grievous wounds ; and the said.
Lewis H. Payne, in further proseentiOn Of the
said conspiracy, at the same time and place
'last aforesaid, did attempt, with the knife
aforesaid, and a pistol held in his hand, to kill
and murder Frederick W. Seward, Augustus
W. Seward, Emerick W. Hansen, and George
F. Robinson, who were then striving to nib
tea, and rescue the said William 11. Seward
from murder by the said Lewis Payne; and
did then and there, with the said knife and.
Pistol held in hiS ltionl afr inflict wounds upon
the head of the said . Seward and upon
the persons of the said Augustus W. Seward,
Emerick W. Hansen, and George F. Robinson.
And in the further prosecution of the said
conspiracy, anti its traitorous and murderous
designs, the said George A. Atzerott did, on
the night of the 14th of April, A. D. 1865, and
about the same hour of the night aforesaid,
within the military department and the mili
tary lines tfforesiod, lie in wait for Andrew
Johnson, then Vice President of the United
States aforesaid, with the intent unlawfully
and Maliciously to kill and murder him, the
said Andrew Johnson.
And in the further prosecution of the con
spiraey aforesaid, and of its murderous and
treasonable purposes aforesaid,. on the night
of the - 13th and 14th of April, 18655, at Washing
ton city, and within the military department
and military lines aforesaid, the said Michael
O'Laughlin did then and there lie in wait for
Ulysses S. Grant.
And in the further prosecution of the said
conspiracy, the said. Samuel Arnold did, Witla
in the military department and military lines
aforesaid, on or before the 6th day of March,
A. D. 1865, and on divers other days and times
between that day and the 15th of April, A. D.
191;5, combine, conspire with, and aid, counsel,
and abet, comfort, and support the Said John
Wilkes Booth, Lewis Payne, Geo. A. Atzerott,
Michael O'Laughlin, and their confederates in
the said unlawful, murderous, and traitorous
conspiracy, and in the execution thereof, as
aforesaid; and, in the further prosecution of the
said conspiracy, Mary E. Suratt did, at Wash
ington city,. and within the military depart
-
went and military lines aforesaid, on or before
the 6th day of March, A. D. 11365, and est:livers
other days and times - between that darand the
20th day of April, A. D. 1865, receive, entertain
harbor and conceal, aid and assist the said
John Wilkes Booth, David E. Harold, Lewis
Payne, John R. Suratt, Michael O'Laughlin,
George A. Atzcrott, Samuel Arnold, and their
confederates, with a knowledge of the mur
derous mid traitorous conspiracy aforesaid,
and with intent to aid abet, and assist them in
the execution thereot, and in escaping from
justice after the murder of the said Abraham
Lincoln, am aforesaid, with intent to aid, abet,
and assist them in the execution thereof, and
in escaping from Justice, after the murder of
the said A. Lincoln, in pursuance of the said
conspiracy in the manner aforesaid.
order of the President of the United
States. -
J. HOLT, Judge Advocate General.
WESTERN NEWS.
CINCIIiNATI, July O.—Major General Ord to
day assumes the command of the Northern
Military Department, headquarters at Detroit.
General Rooker will leavo in a few clays for
New York, to relieve General Dix.
The thermometer during the past few days
has averaged ninety-eight. A large number of
eases of sunstroke are reported, only two or
three, however, proving fatal.
Two soldiers were run over and killed, near
Indianapolis, yesterday.
Newry Winter Davis, in his Chicago speech,
on the Fourth of July, took strong grounds is
favor of negro suffrage and the Monroe doc
trine.
A. locomotive exploded at Centralia, Illinois,
on. OA 4tlii killing the engineer and firOMIW4
TRE HREDILI,' CALAMITY IN 'WISCONSIN.
EFFECTS OF THE TORNADO AT VIROQUA
I . Vventeen Persons -Killed *lid one Hun
dred Wounded.
A few days ago, we gave a teleVaphie ac•
count of a terrible tornado at Viroqpia, Wis
eonsin,by which many were killed and wound
ed. The La Crosse Republican comes to rit.with
full particulars of this calamity, extracts from
which we print. The Republican says
"The terrible calamity that has fallen upon
the people of Vernon comity, Wisconsin, wiJi
appall the stoutest heart. In an instant fifty
families were thrown from happiness and coin--
fort into grief and adversity. About four
o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, June
29th, two angry-lookin clouds approached
each other from the north
and south, and met
at a short distance west of the village of Vi
roqua, Vernon county, Wisconsin. Tho peo
ple watched the threatening cyclists with deep
solicitude. When those two forces came in
contact, they whirled off at a tangent, and
moved in an easterly direction, and passed
through the very heart of the beautiful vil
lage, carrying death destruction, and danger
I
in their progress. n a moment, about fifty
buildings were demolished and scattered .to
the winds, seventeen persons killed, and about
one hundred men, women, and children in
jured. The hurricane continued eastward in
its course; and it is yet unknown where its
havoc ceased.
- -
"For Several miles Mot of Virocipar it de
stroyed everytlilkug in its course. The total
destruction of property is estimated at two
hundred thousand dollars. The citizens of
Viroqua and the surroundino• ' country have
done, and are doing, what they can to , relieve
the distressed ; but it is an emergency that
appeals to the prompt benevolence of the-citi
zens of this and other places."
A number of citizens have issued an appeal
for aid for the sufferers, in whielithey say :
"On the 29th day of June, ISSN a , Whirlwind
swept through the county of Vernon, in a
course from west to east, uprooting trees,
sweeping away fences; barns, and dWelling
houses, until it reached the county seat, un
roofing the court-house, razing the Throe print
ing office to its foundation, demolishing the
new stores of M. C. Nichols and D: B. Priest,
and the store of John Dawson, the Methodist
Episcopal Church, a blacksmith shop, and
fifteen dwelling-houses. About a dozen more
houses were ruined. Most of them were lifted
from their foundations, dashed'in pieces, and
the fragments were scattered to the four winds
of heaven,. then, continuing- its course, we
have heard of it for a distance of ten miles,
raging with unabated fury, and still rushing
onward. Seventeen lives were lost, and more
cannot survive, besides many maimed and
mutilated. By this 'appalling calamity men
of energy and influence are reduced to poverty.
At least one hundred and fifty persons are
homeless, wanting food, and destitute of wear
ing apparel. Anything which will afford re
lief will be thankfully received and faithfully
appropriated. Remittances may be addressed
to D. B. Priest, chairman, Viroqua, Vernon
county; Wisconsin."
How General Sherinan's Life was En-
dangered• and' Saved.
Tile Cincinnati Gazette says
"During the advance upon Corinth, in May
of 1852, an incident occurred which placed
General Sherman directly in range and within
easy gun-shot of the videttes that covered the
front of the Second division of the Army of
the Tennessee, at that time commanded by
General Davies, and which, but for a doubt
that existed in the mind of the officer com
manding the guard, would have deprived the
arnly oT that General who has since become
BO famous.
"The line of videttes had been established
earl yin the morning, under fire of the enemy's
Pickets, at a point near where the main Co
rinth and Purdy road was intersected by the
road leading from Chawalla to Hamburg.
The line was not strong, being composed
merely of two companies of cavalry, whose
duty it was to watch the movements of the
enemy, if any were made, and, in case of
attack, to give the alarm.
"The line had been pushed Mite= to the
front, and nothing separated it from that of
the enemy save a shallow valley that lay be
tween a couple of rounded hilltops, from the
opposite side of which, throughout the entire
day, the rebels kept up a continual firing,
cutting off the leaves over the heads of our
videttes, and occasionally barking the trees
behind which they were posted.
"The day had been one of alarms. Half a
dozen had occurred, and. entire volleys had
been sent fruitless from the enemy at the
handful that opposed them at that point, but
scarcely a shot had been fired in return. The
rebels kept themselves hidden, and only ex
posed their whereabouts by the puff of smoke
that followed the discharge of their pieces. A
battle at that time was not desirable, and. the
officer in command of this little guard had giv
en the strictest order that no shot should be
fired save at his direct command. The men
chafed and fretted somewhat, but obeyed.. It
did not seem just right that they should be
compelled to endure all that tiring, being
blade targets of, us it were, without the privi
lege of replving through the means of their
own lead. Xevertheless, it was this fact that,
we doubt not, saved. General Sherman's life.
The sky had been cloudless throughout the
and latnin the
of ernoon.the firms: allel
e iras, and imm of insects were the - only'
sounds that were heard. Twilight approached
—the shades that had been gradually length
ening were thrown into the shade as the sun
descended in the west and left a crimson halo
all around the circling horizon. Soddenly tn..
sharp, quick report of v ine was .11.15111 - 11. on Lau
right Of the line, followed by a volley, appa
rently, from an entire reginient. Tlien an
other anti another came quick upon the heels
of the last., and they approached nearer and
nearer with each sueceedin sound.
" The officer in command of the videttes was
with his reserves at that moment, but the first
shot found him on horseback, and the next in
stant he was galloping in the direction of that
portion of the line which he believed to be at
tacked. Upon reachbfg the front—there was
nothing mythical in the word at that time—and
looking down thereat, which was very straight
for a distance of five hundred yards or more,
he saw a couple of men cross the road, and,
in the dim twilight, another ride up and stop
just opposite to him. Half a dozen carbines
were brought to bear upon the supposed ene
my • but the officer snouted: Wait ! don't
fire Y Slowly the muzzles of the carbines
were lowered, and the sound came back from
the increasing darkness Come here! It is
General Sherman!' The officer did not feel
sure of that, but he seized his pistol and rode
forward. As be appreached he recognized the
dark blue uniform of our troops, and soon
after the well-known features of the com
mander of the right wing of the besieging
army.
"General Sherman wanted a portion of the
ground occupied. by the enemy, and placing
himself at the head of a small detachment for
that purpose made his advance from the right,
struck their line upon its flank, and with a few
volleys drove them from the position he
wanted, and established his grand , o quard upon
the very ground they had occupied.
. 'Half a dozen carbines were aimed at you
a moment ago, General.'
" What is your division!'
"'Second Division, General Davies'
" Remain where you are for the night
t'
new line of videttes will be established in the
morning by General Davies' adjutant.'
"So it was. A feW days after that our army
Oeetipied Corinth, and when that occurred,
there was not an armed rebel in that depart
'Mut. •
"Of that which has happened under the eye
of General Sherman since that evening, sonic,
what more than two years ago, our readers are
well aware; but the most vivid imagination
will not be able to conceive the difference in
the result if any one of those six carbines had
been discharged."
Teaching by Machinery.
A very ingenious mechanical contrivance
for aiding the ordinary educational process in
the acquisition of languages, music, arithme
tic, to., was exhibited recently in London, in
the presence of several ladies and gentlemen
interested in the work of education. The Pa
tent Metall()lical Machine is the name which,
the inventor has given to this very simple but
apparently very efficient piece of mechanism.
The machine is constructed so as to present to
- the eye an endless succession of musical coin
binations, or of sentences in grammatical and
idiomatic form. These are produced by inter
changes of the words or the bars which have
been previously selected and arranged accord
ing to a certain formula, and then written upon
the faces of the little cubes. The peculiar
characteristic of the apparatus is a contri
vance which prevents the faces of the cubes
from presenting themselves in regular succes
sion. An irregular movement being secured,
a different variation of the words or the liars
necessarily results from each evolution of the
machine on its axis. A complete sentence
appears at the windows on each occasion, and
all the rest of the words or the bars are ex
cluded from - sight. The working of the ma.
chine exemplifies the process whereby chil
dren, taken abroad-reproduce foreign sen
tences in idiomatic form. It shows that the
intellect works mechanically in the colloquial
attainment of foreign languages; particularly
-in relation to the idiomatic arrangement of
the words. The machine was devised to illus
trate the method set forth in Mr. Pendegrast's
work on the "Mastery of Languages." The
beginner commits to memory two foreign !
sentences very perfectly. The English transit:l,
Lions are inserted into the machine, and when
ever it revolves a. different Variation of the
words appears at tho windows. The system re
quires that the learner shall g 0 On translating
these variations until he shall have attaine
the " mastery" of them. Then he may under
take another sentence ; but he must recapitu
late them in every lesson in order to prevent
their escaping from his memory. The exclu
sion from sight of all words except those with
which the learner is actually dealing at the
moment is of great importance, because it re
moves all uncertainty and obviates the diffi
culty of retaining in the memory the latter
words of a spoken sentence, whilst he is em
ploying that faculty in recalling the foreign
words required for the beginning of it. A
machine with two rows affords an additional
exercise, for if the foreign words arc placed
in one row, and the English in the other,
each revolution will give an opportunity for
practicing double translation. The machine
will soon recommend itself by the rapidity
and the economy with which it works. To
write out the variations of the sentences on
Piper, would be a very tedious operation, and
to make them viva voce from two written sen
tences, would be perplexing and unsatisfacto
ry. The apparatus is a sort of dumb waiter,
from which the beginner helps himself with
out bothering or being bothered by a talking
one. One prominent feature of the scheme is,
that it bars the beginner from attempting to
manufacture a sentence in a foreign language.
The sentence must be selected from books,
or else received from a native. No man,
however learned he may be, can make
an idiomatic sentence in a foreign tongue
until he knows something about it, and
it is very irrational to attempt it. The
apparatus is a novel application of the
kaleidoscope principle, and almost realizes
Swift's description of the art of book-making
in Laputa. The words aro put into the ma
chine, and they are varied to form sentence
after sentence at the pleasure of the operator.
Its adaptation to musical composition was
aptly illustrated on the piano -forte. A num
ber of cubes, upon each of the sides of which
was written a different bar, which, read to
gether, harnlolll2o into a regular thoine or
melody, Were placed in the machine, and va
tied
at pleasure turning the handle, the
samea a angn i tortuneasrarelrecurri eas the ne:o:nationotpatteriauaeolr
• IA the lialeidONOM
THREE CENTS.
CITY COUNCILS..
The stated meeting of both branches ef Conn
oils was held yesterday afternoon.
SELECT BRANCH.
A petition was received frem carriage-d, 4 o*ra
protesting against the ordinance prOpOSifig to
give to certain parties a monopoly of the car
riage stand at Ninth and Chestnut streets.
lieferrod to the Committee on Highways.
Mr. GRAY (U.), chairman of the Committee
on Water, submitted a report setting forth ,
that, after an examination of the fire-plugs in
the city all, with the exception of one in the
Third district, were found in good condition.
2.11 regard to the tire-plug in front of Messrs.
Vussier's store, the committee report that it
wd.S in order the clay before the Are, and it be
came damaged, by the illegal use of the plug
by tb occupants of the stcire. Referred to
the Committee on Fire and Trustw,
Mr. JekNEB (U.), chairman of the. Committee
on Law., reported an ordinance' ctimiging the
boundaries of the First, Fifth, Eighth, and
Ninth divisions of the Nineteenth' ward, and
creating fear additional divisions. Adopted.
Mr. hi ObOaea - (U.), chairman of the' Commit
tee to verily the cash 'smeount of. City
Treasurer,rnade a report, showing theindance
on band on the lat inst.;
antic 1, cash as per cash-book • COMM 23
Julie 30, cash received during the
month • 1,035,008 32
Trust fund • $22,3 K 053,34, 394, 55
25
Mr. Guar (U.) submitted an ordinance, dt
reeling the payment of a bounty of stao to
Merman Peake, a volunteer, who failed to oh
lain his Warrant. Agreed to.
The resolution from Com Mon Council; direct
ing the Committee on Gas to confer with the•
trustees of -the gas-works, in order to ascertain
if it is possible to reduce the price of gas; was .
taken up.
Mr. FURMAN (IT.) Mina -as an amendment
that the reduction be applied to the city
lamps.
This gave rise to a debate, in which the re
ference in a certain newspaper to General'
Miles was denounced by a member , as • unjust
acid untrue. His accounts were found correct,
and the allusion to a defaulter, at the last
meeting, was intended to apply to another
persop_, now dead.
Mr. REEMAN spoke at length in favor of his
amendment as calculated to do justice in the
right direction if it is found possibleto reduce
the price of gas.
Mr. Ellie (0.) urged that there was time for
a change in the mode of managing -the Gas
Works. There should be less secrecy, and the
people should be admitted to the deliberations
of the trustees. So difficult was it to see into
the interior of the trust that our own Com
mittee on Gas can never obtain-any inform,
Lion.
M - -
r. ARMSTRONG (0.) also opposed the amend
mein, and argued that the Board sheuld be
opened to the public.
The amendment was not arced to.
Mr. FREEMAN moved.to - refer the resolution
to the Committee on Gas.
This led to further • debate, in the course of
which Mr. Freeman(o.) suggested to• Mr. King
and his friends that they were in a minority,
and as a minority were not to be entrusted
with the management of the Gas Works.
Mr. 11.1CliB (U.) said he was in favor of a re
duction in the price of gas, but was willing to
wait until the trustees have examined into
the subject. Me feared that the present reso•
lution was intended to cast discredit upon the
trustees.
Mr. Ann - Brume (0.) was opposed to the gas
works making money off the people. What
ever of profit there was should be applied to
the reduction of the price to the consumer.
Mr. Kira (O.) called attention to the fact
that the resolution now under Consideration
came from Common Council. The majority
there was of the same political party as Mr.
Freeman, and, therefore, his censure would
apply to them and not to the others.
- .?,1r. SFr:nixes (U.) moved that the resolution
be indefinitely postponed. Not agreed to—
,
yeas 6, nays 15.
The motion to refer was not agreed to—yeas
2, nays 20.
Mr. JONES (U.) stated that the Trustees were
now engaged in an examination of the works
with a view to a reduction in the price of gas,
if possible.
A committee was appointed, as follows:
Conrad S. Groves, Nathan Mlles, J. A. House
man, Win. H. Barnes, Win. Elliott, and - John
McCarthey. These gentlemen arc taking a
statement of the meters up to the Ist of July,
- and, if possible, will report in favor of a re
dution in the price of OS.
The resolution then passed.•
The ordinance from Common Cohneil
making an appropriation to a portion of the
Fire Department, was concurred in.
Mr. JONES, (U.), chairman of the Committee
on Law, reported an ordinance changing the
place of voting in the Seventh precinct of the
Seventh ward. Agreed to. -
The same committee reported an ordinance
changing the place of voting
in the Eighth Di
vision of the Seventh ward. Agreed to.
The ordinance from Common Council, ap
proving of the location of the Spring Garden
:Rose Company as a steam fire engine, was con
curred in. Also, the location of the Reliance
Engine Company.
The ordinance making an additional appro
priation to the Department of City Property,
for 1865, was taken up.- --
si-r.noto (IL) fnavod to tae"item for
the improvement of Fairmount Park, $B,OOO,
instead of $12,000.
Mr. FREEMAN (U.) opposed the item at any
figure. In our present financial condition, any
expenditure for the park would be improper.
The former appropriation of 04000 has been
expended, but no one can readily see where
the_algneVlAßAl".tue purn. - urustruo Ettaoarabu
to,and as to the former expenditure, he thought
any one could see the improvements resulting
from this money.
Mr. ARMSTRONG (0.) was surprised to hear
that the annual appropriation fr t4L4ric was
- hiftTiVir . - too ederget wnen n e e - e
appropriation of a year within the first six
months.
The aniendment was agreed to, and the bill
passed.
The ordinance from Common Council re
quiring the Germantown and Norristown
Railroad Company to have flag-men on the
line of road was postponed.
The resolution from Common Council ap
pointing a committee to examine the progress
of the work on the Chestnut-street bridge was
concurred in, Adjourned.
COMMON BRANCH.
President STOKLBY ill.) in the chair.
The bill appropriating *710,000 for the erec
tion of water works in the. Twentieth, Twen
ty-lirst, Twenty-second, and Twenty-fourth
wards, and to connect the Corinthian avenue
and Kensington works with% thirty-inehmain,
was taken up.
Mr. HANCOCK (U.) was in favor of the bill, but'
was opposed to giving the entire expenditure
of such a large sum into the hands of a single
individual, He was in favor of creating a cam
mission for the purpose. Members of Cell a cils could be influenced by certain persona,
who could come and say to them, "If it were
not for me you would not have your present
position." A commission could act entirely .
free and independent. In the building of the'
municipal hospital, a commission had saved
the city $50,000. He moved that the matter be
postponed for the present.
Mr. Ewa:ism:it (u.) hoped the matter would
not be postpOnech Councils Were 118 ready for
action on the subject now as they would ever
be. The citizens of the wards named were in
need of water, and they coultl'nt get along
without it. He believed that the chief engi
neer, or the members of Councils could act as
honestly and fairly in the matter as any com
mission could.
Mr. Snersox (U) thought that the whole
burden of Mr. 11Arreock's remarks was that
Councils should have a commission appointed
to take care of them.
Mr. HANCoCK (U.) That's it, exactly.
Mr. Slaktesox believed that Councils were IL
little better men than Mr. Hancock seemed to
suppose. if Councils wish to kill the bill, let
them vote to postpone ; if they wish to stop
improvements in the several wards mention
ed, let them vote to postpone • if they wish to
bring continued sufiering on 'the residents of
those wards, let them vote to postpone.
Mr. Causwett (U.) was in favor of a COMMIS
sion. Councils were changing every year.
The Chief Eugineer was elected every year.
A Commission could continue for years, and
could carry the thing through ; the sane men
would superintend the commencement of the
work, and would stick to it until it was done.
On the motion to postpone, the yeas were 10,
nays M. Lost.
.11r. HARPER (U.) called the attention of Coun
cils to the fact that the Twenty-fourth ward
was the only ward which had not paid into-
rest on improvements made in it. Ito thought
that before the *tso 000 which it was proposed
to appropriate to tile Twenty-fourth ward for
water purposes, should be applied, Connetle
should inquire whether there was any pros-
Peet of this ward ever paying interest on MO
ney invested for its improvement.
Mr. CRESWELL (U.) thought that facilities
for improvement should be offered before any
return for such improvement were expected.
The citizens of the Twenty-fourth ward had
expected for many years to have an additional
bridge across the schuylkill, but they have
been disappointed. Improvements have not
been made to the extent which they otherwise
would have been.
The bill passed ffnally---yeas 27, nays s.
Mr. Msneen (U.), from the Committee on
Finance, reported an ordinance appropriating
$122.50 to the executors of Burd's estate, for
expenses incurred by them in levelling forti
fications on their premises, at Woodland
street and Darby road. The ordinance passed.
Also, a supplement to the ordinance pro
viding for the erection of the municipal
hospital ; appropriating $3,180.51 for the eree ,
tion of a water-tank, and the opening of a
road: The bill passed.
Also, a supplement to the ordinance pro
viding for the relief of families of volunteers.
The supplementprovides that thatommission
constituted for this purpose sl cease to
exist in thirty days front the date of it*
passage.
Mr. BRADY (U.), from the Committee on
Highways, reported a resolution authorizing
the repaving of Scott street, from Nineteenth
to Corinthian avenue; Fallon street, from
Fitzwater to Catharine, and Race street, from
Twenty-third to Schuylkill. Passed.
Also, a resolution authorizing the
_paving of
Vi r
Forty-first street, from Spruce to 'oodland ;
Twenty-fourth street from South to Shippen,
and Whildey street. Passed.
Thehour of five having arrived, the Seventh`
ward school bill was taken up, it having been
made the special order for that hour.
Mr. Marin. (U.)stated that the $58,000 Which
the lot and - building would cost; and the loss
to the city by the property being , exempt from
taxation, would make this school-house cost
the city $lOO,OOO. Ho would likato know why
such extraordinary
. pithas were taken by the
advocates of the 'lnn to secure its passage.
They bad gone to the members of Conned at
their homes, and secured from them their
promise to vote for the-bill, The Mayor has
vetoed the bill, and it has. been passed over
his veto by the Select Branch. He thought the
reasons given by . the Mayor for vetoing, the
bill weregood and sufficient to any unbiased
mind, anithe hoped the Chamber would refuse
to pass the bill
Mr. EVANS (U.S thou,glit the gentleman from
the Eighth (Mr. Harper) had a seetienal feeling
in the matter, and was afraid that if the Se
venth seetion'secured a Comfortable building,
that the children would leave the Eighth sec
tion and go to the Seventh. The onieethms,
therefore, of the gentleman being sectional
obi ections,they could have nOweight upon his
mind.
Mr. HETEEL CO,) called the attention of the
Chamber to the almost unanimous vote against
the bill when it was first introduced. No ar
gnment had been presented in the Chamber
since that time which would tend to change
the mind of any one. It was the entering
wedge to the appropriation of half a million
doctor more than the DM authorized. The
fact of the Matter was, arid the borers in the
lobby showed iti:there were Peeple Who bad
WS to griudi there were Men. who had, lets
THE WAR PRESS.
{PUI➢LItiHED WEEKLY.)
Tun WAR. PnEs6 will im Rent to attbaerlhafe b
. mail (her annum In advaucco at la ho
•
Vivo copies to 00
Ten eftpleS 20 Of
Larger eliAlmthrin "reu will be charged at the gime
rate, *2 , 00 per copy.
The money must a Waya accompany the order, tgnAlr
in no instance can these terms. be dedated from 011
they afford very little mare than the coat of paper,
air Postmasters are requested to act as agents
for THE WAR PRESS.
Sier To the gutter-up of the (flub of ten or trrentr.
All extra copy Of the paper will be
purand they could employ borerm tO help
i i h j ell ' bill through for them, and borers could
get Inenthers of Council to listen to them.
The bill passed over the Mayor's veto—yea*
28,nays:5.
The CoMmittee esr Trusts and Flll3 reported
an ordinance locating the Reliance Fire hngine
Company ay a steam fire-engine company.
Mr, Thum. nonatituting
any more Memo lire -miginett.' We' IWO too
(0.) wto , opposed to
malty already, and if there be a necessity in
any partieuliPS section ct the' oi'yfor'a steam
tire-engine then there should be one taken
from that sectitui where there was ablekciess of
these apparatuz. It was a useless increase of
;the city's debt. De was alriend of the fire.
imp), and lie warned them that the more, steam
tire-engines they gat the ncxzer'tlieygot to
beings paid fire department ; and it would not
be: long, if they cur. finned incrosialfig their ap
paratus, before they would be' in the mama
seliifpe that their brother tirememin Now York
wette now in.
Dr.lllAmze (U.) sal 4 there was' 110 steam
fire-ragine within a nate of 'the Reliance Fire
Company. The bill pw:sed.
Mr. EvErnami (U.) frMet the Committee on
Surveys, reported an rAlinance authorizing
the construction of a EleV'ol . 011 Girard' avenue,
between Eighteenth and ilinteenth streets.
Mr. Fox (II.) moved to amend that the ex
pense be borne by the property-owners on the
prOposed sewer.
After wow debate the Mutter was MOM.
witted to the committee.
The sante committee ofrotd 'an ordinance
authorizing citizens to make sodded uncle.
sures on Eletterith, Mervin°, Twelfth, Camac,
and Thirteenth streets from lierks to Norris
streets, and from Norris to Diamond streets,
at their own: expense, not excattling twenty
feet in width; and - 20 2 feet in length.' The ordi
nance passed.
Mr. Fox (U.).afferedan ordinance appointing
Frederick Graeff, B. H. liartol, William
Sellers, a comnilssidir to superintend the ex
penditure of the whillion dollar water loan.
Mr. WoLuznT ((l) moved to itineliti, by add•
ing the name of 'Peter Williamson.
After some dell.tte, the whole matter was re.
ferret] to a special committee of five from each
Chamber. Adjourned.
THE COURTS
llirited States Initriet Cottrt.L,Tiodge
THE "NAVY TARD ENDREELPATENTS-..THE GRAND
MAP MAKE THEIR .1 0 1 SAL REPORT IN RELATION,
AND:ARE DISCHARGED.
The following final preeentment was yester.
day. niade by the Grand jury of this court is
regard to the late frauds at the Navy Yard is
this•city, to which their attention had bem
specially called by Judge Cadwalader
TO the Hon. John Carittlalade lodge of the DU
triet (Sart of the United Nato for the Eastern
. Ditheiet•of Penneyloania:
The Grand Jury of the Milted States, in
quiring in and for the Epstein . District of
Pennsylvania, in respect to a communication
or charge addressed to them by your Honor,
in regard to frauds alleged to lmve been put°.
Heed upon the Government of the United
States by persons employed in. the public ser
vice at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, respect
fully report:
a
Thattbey have carefully considered the sub
le to which their attention has been called.
rom the investigations Which they have
made, and from the witnesses whe -have been
'called before them, in eases Where bills have
been found and returned to the 'Court, they
have become familiar - with the facts eoaneeted
with the alleged frauds at the Navy Yard.
•These frauds, It seems, were of such a chattier
: ter as to induce a special inquiry by the
Navy Department of the United States, For
the purpose of making these investigations,
special commission was instituted in this city.
These inquiries were conducted under the im
mediate direction of Mr. Chandler, acting at
first us agent and afterwards us solicitor of
the Navy Department.. The result of these in
vestigations was that various persons Con
nected with these alleged fraudS were ar
rested and imprisoned, and large restitutions
were made for losses sustained by the Govern..
ment. But the necessity of the ease requiring ,
that accomplices should be used for the pur
pose of bringing guilty parties to jentiee, eer..
- min persons—participators in the' frauds--
were used as witnesses,
N _and other persons
were handed over by the avy-Department to
the civil authorities for prosecution. The
Grand Jury do not deem it necessary or proper
at this time to express an opinion whether
the mode of Investigation pursued was the
best. It was adopted illthat peettliar 01181 s of
our history 'When frauds on the Government
were calculated to weaken its military
strength, and the exigencies of the public ser
vice were supposed to require what waano
doubt deemed the most summary and. effee
tual method of punishment. That by this
method the ends of justice were sub
stantially obtained the Grand Jury have
no reason to doubt. From the peculiar char
acter of these frauds It is plain that the prose
cution of all the participators was impossible.
A selection bad therefore to be made, and the
Grand Jury believe that this selection has been
made judiciously. Four of the parties who
appear to be most largely involved and
US- - "
ba-naett‘over for prosecution to the civil au
thorities, and the Grand Jury have found a
number f bills against them.
The Grand Jury are not prepared to recom
mend that bills should be presented against
the accomplices who have appeared before
them and testified; many of whom have an
rosily been imprisoned and have made resti
tution, and who have now appeared and testi
fied no doubt with the hope Or expectation,
Eavvihrtr pt . o.•
:Vorri. 7--Tr) Tcomnfe l l'i e d s ai t onsktagttlit i itstshtohultaa be
~ f en r ei gl h v t i tt u t k l e i the
t o o p s i e n c l i e tt n io o i f the W e n t i l l g J u r s _ t ,
/WI
whom bills have already been four,and - Would
Ulna
_probably defeat entirely the ends of jus
lights Willett trt4
,s 4 1.9 . 0 y gon e
can promote the cause o
'
further investigation, or by any spee a pi
eelitMent.
The whole matter, therefore, boon
heretofore investigated in the manner already
stated the Grand Juryleave it with confidence
in the hands of the United States District Ate
tomes, who, they believe, is disposed, under
the direction of the Navy Department and the
suggestions of your Honor, to do all that is nee
eessary and proper to be done for tile =into.
nance of the rights of the Government and the
-5-indication of the law.
The aboee having been read, fudge
leder directed the following order to be ens
tered:
And now, July , 0, 1865, the foregoing report
being presented and read, the court orders
that the same be filed and that the Grand Jury
be discharged for the term.
Court, of Oyer and Terminer and quarter
Sessions—Judges Ludlow and Allison.
SINTENOED,
. .
Mary Ann StVine, eonvieted some months
since of infanticide, in having killed hey
newly-born infant, was sentenced by Judge
Ludlow, yesterday ' , to an imprisonment CC
three years in the }Astern Penitentiary,
Court of Quarter Seestous—Tudge Al.
ASBAULT. AND. BATTERY WITH INTENT TO KILL.
Vic case of William Pannell, charged with
assault and battery on .lidwin J, lerarrinotott
and James Marshall, with intent to kill, the.
trial of which was begun on Monday, was pro
eeeded with yesterday.
Warrington and. Marshall are likewise in.•
dieted for assault and battery on Furmanwitn
intent to kill, and, both indictments relating
to the same transaction, the cases were tried
together. It appeared from the testimony of
Fu rumn,thitt on the east of May,being with Wart
rrington and Marshall in a tavern at Seventh
and Christian streets, the latter, without warn
ing Or provocation, struck him several tibiae
on the head with a billy, and the former shot
him with a pistol, the ball taking effect in the
head. As matter of defence to the statement
of Furman, and in justiteation of his action,
Warrington testified that Furman had re
peatedly threatened his life, and that he had
yrevionsly,on two occasions, unmerited it, hay. ,
lug shot him twice, both balls taking effect,
and one of them still remaining in his body;
that only, the day before the day on which the ,
trilllSlletien Marred which gave rise to this
ease, he had again threatened to blow Ina
brains out. While con Veraing_With Furman at
the tavern on the 21st of Mav, Warrington
said he distinctly heard the click of it pistol
in Furman's pocket, and saw him in the act of
drawing the weapon. Marshall heard and
saw the same thing, and calling Warrington's
attention to it, struck Furman with a billy,
and Warrington shot hhn. Both. of them tes
tided that they did this to save theallortelVatil,
believing FtlrnlfllVS intention to he to shoot.
one or both of them, ho having also threatened
to kill Marshall.
On the other band, Furman denied that he
was armed, and called witnesses to prove that.
he had no pistol or arms of any k bat about
his person.
The Jury rendered, a verdict of not guilty as
to all the parties, thus leaving them at liberty
to attack one another at, the first oppor
tunity. .
Incident* at Newport.
TA go to Newport wititent a team, or the
means to hire one for the season, it to be ti
marked and lonely hhingi eblulelririea to go to
and fro on toot or cock mots legs on the pl•
imut of hotel: and lathe enjoyment enviously.
The publicans there let out teams and stable
them for about four hundred dollars a month
for a span. It costs quite fifteen dollarit at
week for the eare.of a single horse. The rivalry
ot Newport is not so much in the homes—
for anybody, in this respect, can ingeni
ously fall back upon the arguments of
rural felicity, retirement from Cafe rind
fashion,/to., but nobody dare press the or
deal of B i
ellevue n a - cranky or rustic vehicle,
while footmen in red or yellow trimmings,
and cockades like a TOOSteltls comb' Md but
tonsna
white' are irrors, and gaiters which are
elaborately '1 respectable," go by in pavan%
looking over,the bosoms of languid beauties,
who, despite their flutter and triumph, are ex.
erting all their poormortal energies to appear
borea, nonchalant, and uainterted. Hypo
crisy - is not so much in sctnning its in unseen:L
ing. There is. a story of a resident of a little
cottage out of town, who appeared hi Newport
last summer, nee equipage was magnificent,
an d *as amora lly alleged to be aulong tho
finest in Newporttwo coal black steetts,
riding pony, and one driving mare constituted
her stable. She was not too old to be hand
some, but feet of that age when timid Is both
ornamental and excusable. She seemed to be
noon the road, but folks could, see
nothlnß amiss in this, as whoeverpossessed
such urn out had best live in it altogether.
The mystery attaching to this Mrs. was;
in'she never invited anybody to her dwell.
Mg ! She Went to the bops,o appeared.
daily upon the beach, and Watt quite affable
and popular, but never dropped u, agnates
to her cottage. Thereat, the other ladies Who
were dying of curiosity, resolved to. visit her
unso ueiteil, and a commission was appointed
to disc island,r abode and report uonFar
up the in the townahip P,Ortsmouth,
they observed - a farmhouse, too obscure.
to attract attention, and tttir appearance
its Portia threw everybody within into con
sternation, The place was bare of both carpets
and furniture ; a single room made any pre
tentionS to inhabitabilityawl, therefore, nt,
lady slept on an iron bodatetA, with a °heal)
wardrobe near by for her:excellent dreatles„
and a single mirror, wttltoat the company of
which one cannot be a woman. lier beautiful
harness and saddles wove deposited Under her
nose ; she had understood Newport suldeiently
well to place her strength in the stable, be
yond which she had scarcely the means to live
respectably.
The discovery , of Mrs. menage was
soon followed by Ater mumouncoa exit front
/Import, ThisMuntillef she will probably stop
at some where a louse ie tilt) iILWA' OI I
atilt It teiW Seeditetili,