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MONDAY, JULY 17, 1865
THE NEWS.
e SteanWr Fulton, from Savannah and
rest on. arrived in New York on the 15th,
u k rin! , gUI vices from those cities to the 11th
laid. Tile Savannah Herald publishes an
lre,s from Governor Brown, of Georgia, to
s ,ople, in which he urges them to support
iMvernment and the President. lie
lo Them to take the amnesty oath, and
•p it in good faith. lie states that slavery
s ow dead forever, and also that he will
• nheipate his :slaves and treat them as free
•n. Ti' those who will not suppOrt the Go
nutria, be suggests emigration.
. ontgonery Blair and a delegation of Ma,
andurs called on the President On the 15th,
Mgt. a change in certain offices in Balti
tre. It is thought in Washington that the
.rent postmaster there has been real) -
, Med.
eVertly J01111., , 0n MS arrived in Richmond,
counsel for the properties Of the Ballard
spot t , 00 1 I [mos, which have been con
in ea. I:Lib/H.IIOS in that city still continue.
Richmond Times of the 14th has a long
torial inviting emigration to Virginia.
lc Fourth of July in Augusta was. celebra
by a procession of colored persons, with
nearing various devices and mottoes.
le :IR efilooll the troops paraded, and in
vVeil int; there Was a display of lireworlre,
railroads in the interior are being com-
I id
southern people are accustoming them
::: to their old places in the Union. The
of "restoration e, is said to be progressing
The free labor system is succeeding
in Louisiana and Alabama. The rebel
hues of Texas, through their Chief, Stand.
huve submitted, and make promises of
l ta•havior in the future.
l i e national loan.seems to be again looking
over ten million dollars Were subscribed
;;;1; urday. The third and last series is now
lie market, and there is every prospect of
being nil sold within two week.
muggling is going on frOM Canada into the
iced States. Our revenue laws are, how
well carried out, and the occasional
cures made, render the illicit traffic. difn-
s. President, on the recommendation of
court which tried Edwin Wilmer, captain
provost marshal of Delaware, has re
tea the uneseented portion of his sentence.
. T. Crane, the accomplished artist of Hay
s Weekly was found dead in his bed, at the
;mat Hotel, Washington, on the morning
hr 15th.
oteral Carl Sclmrz has resigned, and been
the President to travel on a tour
oath the South. tie will probably visit
:".011thern State.
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r. heal has moved his headquarters to
Tuee, .Alabama. The 20th Regiment, Ist
,dion of Maine Volunteers, and 20th Massa
-1,;, are to move there.
:other Florida delegation has arrived in
hington. - who are opposed to the appoint
tt of Judge Marvin as Provisional Govor-
!larks N. Bachelor has been appointed Sur
or General for Pittsburg, Pa., and Arthur
Grimsbaw, Postmaster at Wilmington,
• ware.
c trial of :Miss Harris still continues. .
ion is gaining - ground in Washington that
will 1,, acqffitted.
Pierpont estimates that ten thousand
giniam, are entitled to pardon under Presi.
sideni Lincoln's proclamation.
dc:4 turtive ftre occurred in - Concord, N.
on the 15th Kist. A steam tannery of
Robinson 86 Sons, valued at $5,000, was
destroyed; insurance, $3,000.
he Charleston Courier complains of the fre
,n oe.currenee of breaches of the peace in
city.
Trral State Adjutant Generals arrived in
York from Boston., on the 15tle inst., on
ir way borne.
mv more National banks will be authorized.
e limit of circulation— 100,000,000—has been
ail reached.
staal. Postmaster McLean, of New York,
eone to lake Superior.
o.4tilniter General Dennison and Major
~ earl] George IL Thomas are in York
e. Sixth 11. S. Infantry are to garrison.
;r!. ton.
he Fourth in Atlanta, was appropriately
me numbers of negroes are dying in and
et Macon.
le rresident on Saturday reappointed
Mau Cleadenin Conslll to St. Petersburg,
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July 16, 1665
The Restoration of the Union..
formation received here from prominent
zenS in the Southern States gives assu
ee that the work of "restoration" is pro.
wing more smoothly than was anticipated,
that the unfriendly utterances of some of
- editors are not indicative of the pacific
it of the people.
S gaging from Canada.
-ports received here show that there are
sional seizures and confiscations of goods
• ggled into the United States from: the
ish provinces. The effective means
hid by the CommisSiOnar of Customs,
ge -,kllo-E. - ST, have, however! prevented to
n,iderable extent such violations of the
• nue laws.
Tee National Bank System.
ha, been ascertained, on inquiry, that the
i lim it of $300,000,000 of national bank air
: t i 0,3 nearly reached, and, therefore, the
'don of but comparatively few additional
lnmtions under that system will be autho
•ii. The entire number will probably reach
banks.
Appointments.
ie President bus reappointed HENRY W.
FM ALN, Collector of Customs; Jonx F .
Hlc
.a, Surveyor, and FRANCS CoitanaN, Na-
Mieer, at Baltimore; HENRY S. DecKwrrN,
eyor, at Hartford, Conn. ; riEssny SnyErs,
•eyor, and CFBOI:OE .J. COLBY, Naval Oflioer,
'eabaryport, Mass.; LAWI;EXCE WILDMT,
wary : sad DAVID PRILLIPS, Marshal, for
Northern District of Illinois; WM. CLNN.
IN, of Ohio, Consul at St. Petersburg;
'as, W. BAcanton, Surveyor of Customs
tilt ',burg, Pa. and ARTITITB 11. GEDISHARD
ter at Wilmington, Delaware.
Appointments in Futuro.
e: •l fikene.l. - BLAIR and a delegation of
chtnaers called on the President this
' , it!: to urge a change in certain offices in
;Incr , .. It is understood that the present
ester there had been reappointed.
The ett,e of Provext. Wilmer.
e on the unanimous reeommen-
Ai or the court which tried Enwix Wm-
CuPta . m and Provost Marshal for Dela
-11:* remitted the unexccuted portion of
eateneu against him.
Confiscated Property.
Joirssoi: has gone to Richmond as
for the rebel,, (Se
),, z111.(1, tiovernor P
- I.I4IIPONT estimates
ten lhonSand Nlrginlaiis are entitled_ to
1011 Under Lincoln's proclamation.
Arrivals and Departures. '
.sistam. Postmaster IIfcLELLAN has gone to
c.sf•nperior.
amaster General DENNISON and Major
Till THOMAS are in town.
ml State Adjatant Generals arrivedtere
from 'Boston, en route for home.
Tour of Observation 4 •
nem]. Cant. &nuns, having resigned' his
m,sion, has beewsent by the President to
1 through the South on a tour of observe
:LS 1 o the working of emancipation, the
ly of the whites, the condition of the
and the fitness - of the several States
.1111 E u -bat e restoration to their status prior
is paid his expenses only,
111 tu • nt , ablyvisit every State lately in re
+ exa,,
Too Late.
' tJ urr Florida delegation has arrived, who
prosed to the appointment of Judge
Si Provisional Governor. They are
Personal.
CRANE, the artist of Harper'S Weekly
foluid dea4l hi his bed at the Nationa
on Saturday morning.
THE NATIONAL LOAN.
$10,000,000 Subscribed on So
day—The Last Series of 7 -;tos Like
lo be all Sold Within Two Weeks.
!itl , scriptions to the 7-30 loan on Sato'.
15th, amounted to $10,331,200, %dud
e e following:
National Bank.
... . . $lOO,OOO
National Bank, St. Loins '3OOOOO
National Bank, 805t0n..::..:,,
National Dank, Albany_...... . . 100,0011
National-Bank, Cincinnati.. 24b(100
-'1 National Bank, Boaton ......... 2.40, ,
eOO
It National Bank, New York .. 200,000
National Bank, Willtesbarre.... 1a0,009
Id National 'Bank, Cleveland 1311,000
,a Nationale Bank, New Haven...—. 100,000 .
Rah wealth National Bank, N. Y.... 100,000
I, ants , National Bank, Portland.... 150,000
p
hank of the Iteublic, Boston.. 200,000
&Co Meadville, Palma 75, 0 0 0
Putnam & Co., Boston 200,000
National Bank, New L0nd0n.......75,000
' , al lona! Bank, Philadelphia 250,000
National liank,Chicago 130,000
nal Bank of the MetropOlis, Wash. 400,000
7,22,1 individual subscriptions for
` - •idieriptions for the week, $35,638,700.
''l , of the third anti last series, of the
loan draws near to the end, only
millions of the notes reinainingun,
%ling to the sales reularly ieported
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by JAY Cooi the amount of sales in Califor
nia, awl at the regular &wail - Cries, Which
114 Te l -tot been included in the reports from
ybiladelp
h.a, at the present rate of subscrip
tion the balance of the loan wiii be disposed of
- within two weeks, and probably in less time.
SOLTTH CAROLINA.
Quarrels between the Races in Charles•
ton—Removal of Headquarters.
NEw Tor m, July .15.—8 y the Fulton, we also
hare :Layices from Charleston to the 11th.
The Charleston Courier complains of the
frequent occurrence of riots and breaches of
the peace, saying that people cannot walk the
streets at night without fear of being robbed.
or killed.
This condition of affairs appears to have
arisen from the distinction of color main
tained there. The negroes attack white citi
zens, and white citizens attack the negroes.
The white and black soldiers also attack each
other.
Private C. F. Durban, of the lbth Maine Regi
ment, was severely injured by the firing of a
salute, on the 40, at Georgetown.
General Beal has removed his headquarters
to Florence, Alabama. The 20111 Regiment and
Ist Battalion of Maine Volunteers, and the 30th
Massachusetts Regiment are to MOVE there.
GEORGIA.
Address from Ea• Governor Brown to
the People of the State—Restoration
of Railroads, etc.
Yaw Yonx, July 15.—The Steamer Fulton ar
rived at this port tills afternoon, bringing ad
vices from savannah to the 11th inst.
The Savannah Herald contains an address by
ex-Governor Brown to the people of Geor
gia, in which he urges them to support not
only the Government of the United States but
the administration of the Chief Magistrate.
He appeals to them to take the amnesty oath
and observe it in good faith. lie argues that
slaierY is now dead forever. As to his slaves,
he will immediately emancipate and treat
them as free, giving them a part of the crop,
or wages for their labor. To those who can
not support the Constitution of this Govern
ment he suggests emigration from the country.
The Herald says the sth U. S. Infantry are to
garrison the city of Charleston.
TlieFourth. Of July was celebrated in Augus
ta, Ga., by a procession of colored persons,
with'bantiers on which the mottoes, "Death
of Disunion and 'Slavery," and "Liberty and
Equality," were inscribed.
'lathe afternoon the troops paraded, and in
the evening there was a line display of fire_
works.
The railroads are being completed in the in
terior, and communication re-established.
The Fourth of July was appropriately cele
brated at Atlanta by the troops there.
Large numbers of negroes are dying in and
about Macon, destitute of medical aid and the
necessaries of life.
Captain Clarke, of the 2(1. Michigan Regiment,
- was shot to death by disorderly Soldiers of the
4th Regulars, near Macon, on the ISt.
TEXAS.
A Treaty between the 'United States and
the Texas Indians.
NEw Yens, July 15.--A Texas letter to the
Herald states that a treaty has been entered
into by Col. Matthews, of the United States
army, and General Staudwatie, of the Cherokee
Nation, by which all the tribes formerly allied
with the rebels will return to their homes and
keep peace with the United States.
LUYiIiji,ILMI.U)A
Arrivals and Departures of Vessels.
FORTRESS Nownon, July 14.—Brig General
Potter arrived at Norfolk this morning.
Schooner 11. C. Town arrived from New
York, and is bound to City Point.
Schooner S. IL Sharp arrived from Philadel
phia.
Schooner Rhodella Blue arrived from Phila
delphia.
Steamer Wyoming arrived from Baltimore,
with rebel prisoners.
Steamer General Meigs arrived from More
head City, with detachments of discharged
soldiers, bound home.
Steamer Thomas A. Morgan, from Drury's
Bluff, with troops for Washington, D. C.
Sailed,-Steamer C. W. Thomas, for Rich
mond ; propeller Sentinel, for City Point ; stea'
mers Monitor and Sylvan Shore, for Frede
ricksburg, with troops.
The steamer Northerner has passed out. She
did not stop here.
NEW YORK CITY.
Yo c, July 16, 18Q5
ARII/VAL OF .r.rtoors
The 9.d. and 4th Rhode Island Regiments ar
rived last evening, and quartered at the Bat
tery, where they were attended to by Colonel
John H. Almy, and left at 5 P. M. for Provi
dence. The 58th and 11th 2,lassachusetts Regi
ments, the latter a veteran regiment, having
been in service since 1861, arrived on Saturday
night, and were duly attended to by Col. Howe,
and left this afternoon for Boston. On the
march up Broadway, these regiments Saluted
_Major General Hooker at the Astor House, the
General responding in a few eloquent remarks
to his "old boys? with whom he had been as
sociated in the old Army of the Potomac. The
107th Ohio Regiment arrived to-day from
Charleston, and left this afternoon for Cincin
nati. A number of New York regiments have
also arrived.
DEPARTURE or sTv A3SP.RS
The steamships Edinburg, for Liverpool,
and the America, for Bremen, sailed yesterday,
taking out $50,000 in specie. The Britannia
sailed for Glasgow, the Manhattan for Vera
Cruz, the Corsica for Nassau, the Mariposa
and Star of the Union for New Orleans, the
America for Savannah, and other steamers for
cliarieston, 'Washington, Richmond, Beaufort
and Wilmington.
ARRIVALS FROM NEW ORLEANS
The steamship Western Metropolis, from
New Orleans on the sill instant, arrived at this
port last night. tier news is unimportant.
The steamers Fung Shiley and United States
have arrived, with New Orleans adviees of
July 8, They bring no news. •
Arrived--Steamerbloutezumfi,froni Jamaica
July 6.
The Free Labor System.
.TinMIP
NEW Yonx, July 16.—The several reports re
ceived at the Freedman's Bureau from Ala
bama represent, that the planters are entering
into labor contracts with the negroes in good
faith, and but little persecution is complained
of, by the negroes. At Selina, however, an as
sistant commissioner found it necessary, in
consequence of absurd stories having been
promulgated, to call a meeting of planters,
whieli Was largely attended, and the system
adopted for the regulation Of future relations
between the negroes and planterS, by the Be
.reau, was plainly expomuled, which had good
effect. In Louisiana the system ,is working
•
Fire v.t Concord. N. 11.
Coreconn, N. IL, July 15.—A destructive fire
occurred here, beWeen three and four o'clock
this morning; the large steam tannery of
Cyrus Robinson & Sons, situated - near llorso•
Shoe Fall's, being entirely destroyed, together
- with the stock on hand, which was valued at
$50,000. • There was an insurance of $23,000 on
the property.
Non-arrival of the North American.
PATITEM Pormm, Julyl6-9 E M,—There are no
signs of 'the arrival of the North American;
now clue oft' this point from Liverpool.
It hus been raining heavily all day.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, July 15.—Flour quiet; high
grades arm. Wheat dull, and 80:qe lower;
new -red, $1.9569.. Corn flrin; white, sl.m.
Provisions steady. Coffee Gull; Rio, 20g22e.
Whisky Arm; sales of 200 bbls at $2.14; new is
held at 402.15.
At Tasy.vron.—The Paris world
has been dying over the " will" of au Odd fish
who died the other day, and which his heirs
have been trying to set aside. The old gentler
loan, it would scent, made the cloemneat a ve
hicle of satire - aimed at all his friends. To
one famous amongst his acquaintances for pos
sessing the most boots, pantaloons, and waist
coats in Paris, he left 500 E, two pair of boots,
two pair of pautaloons, and two waistcoats 3 to
a skeptic, who was always railing at religion
and priests, he left I,OOOE, on condition that he
went to confession once a fortnight, and took
the communion annually for three years ; to
another he bequeathed 100 francs, on condi
tion he confessed he stole one franc from him
ten years ago ; to another, who was fond of
getting how-come-you-so, and of singing then
most boisterously, he left a barrel of brandy,
twenty bottles of most eXcellent wine, twelve
bottles of Baspairs mixture for hoarseness,
and six bottles of absynthe "to clear his
throat." He bequeathed to another 300
francs for having shamefully neglected
to write him complimentary letters on
his birthday. and on New Tear's day. Elise
got 100 f. for her general beauty; Gabrielle was
left 5001, for her delightful conversation at the
5 - upper -table g Adeline received 0001, for being
as plump as an ortolan. He gave positive in
structions about his funeral, " which must not
be ft legmbriOUS one." He ordered 250 laboring
men to he invited to it, and gave directions that
each should receive three frauds. a chicken-pie,
and a bottle of wine, " on their return from
the cemetery; and if there be any sick ladies
among those who attend my funeral, my will
is that each of them receive two bottles of my
best old Bordeaux wine, in order to-do them
good." lie bequeathed to the Commissary of
Pollee, who was charged with distributing all
these objects, four bottles of champagne
and two bottles Of sherry, upon condition that '
he took tare to see the chicken pies were of
the best quality. The heirs contested the will
of their uncle fan old wine 'merchant Of Bony,
who was fond- of good living and good wine)
upon the ground of insanity. The court de-
Wined to take this view of the jovial will
which had made them laugh, and so die - armed'
them. - •
TRIAL OF MISS HARRIS FOR THE AMR
DER OF A. J. BURROUGHS.
SATURDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
More Medical Evidence Concerning her
Insanity.
CSpeCial Despatch to The tress.]
Wasutbromox, Julyls
The court went into session at ten A. M.
Judge Wylie presiding. Long before the court
opened a large number of persons were in at
tendance, demanding admission. The officers
of the court were ordered by the Judge, how
ever, as a precautionary measure, to allow
none but those connected with the court to
enter prior to ten A. M.
The names of the jurors were called, all re
sponding.
Miss Barris entered the court-room, leaning
on the arm of Mr. Voorhees and bearing in
her hand a neat bouquet. She took her accus
tomed seat, with her counsel. A larger num
ber of ladies than heretofore were present,
who listened with eager attention to the in
teresting testimony and debate.
Dr. Joim F. May took the stand and was
cross-examined.
By Mr. Hughes : 'Witness did say in his testi
mon yy est erday that he had not made insanity
a special study. He stated uponthe hypotheti
cal question put to him, he did not consider,
from its abstract form, a person insane. In
sanity was of four forms—mania, monomania,
dementia, and idiocy, all of which show them
selves, more or less, in those irregular periods.
Disappointment in love was often a strong
cause of insanity. Any serious uterine mine
tion would tC]ld to insanity, though he never
had a ease under his care where he could trace
insanity alone from these causes. He consi
dered hysteria a disease emanating from the
utera. Others considered it as emanating from
the brain. There was a difference of opinion
on the subject among physicians. He did not
think hysteria could come under the head of
insanity. He had seen eases where hysteria so
affected the patient that ,she was controlled, as
to will, by the disease ; hail seen them act very
irrationally; he would inquire into the ante
cedents of the patient, the history of the pa
tient and present condition, and into all the
facts, to ascertain whether insanity existed.
Assuming a little child of ten or twelve years
of age should form an alliance of the charac
ter described, and the two should be so brought
in contact; their positions in life and religious
views differing so Materially; the long cor
respondence and finally snail a disappoint
ment occurring, in connection with a highly
nervous temperament; the manner of break
ing off, as alleged,. by decoying into an as
signation house, all of which brought on the
disease named, as testified to ; and the alleged
strange freaks of the person, her contradictory
movements and statements at the Treasury
Building, and her alleged condition since that
tragic act, the witness had no hesitation in
saying, after the details of the hypothetical
case of that kind, that the subject. labored
under a deranged Intellect—paroxysmally de
ranged—produced by moral causes, and in
creased or assisted by a derangement of the
uterus.
By Mr. Carrington : The witness said a pa
tient, who exhibited the symptoms detailed
labored under paroxysmal insanity; from the
circumstances detailed by Mr. Bradley, he
should be disposed to Say the hoinicide was an
act of paroxysmal insanity. From the union
of an the circumstances detailed by Mr. Brad
ley, he formed his •opinion ; the melancholy;
the having shown an amiable temper previous
ly; violently attacking parties without cause
for attack ; the appearance of the patient after
the committal of the homicide ; the variation
of her statements; the rapidity of the pulse;
the dilation of the pupil of the eye; the per
fect insanity at times ; the not believing Bur
roughs to be dead; the insensibility to cold,
all aided him in forming his opinion.
By Mr. Bradley: Question. What is the re
putation and standing of Dr. Nichols
Objected to.
Mr. Voorhees said the attack on Dr. Nichols
yesterday, before the jury, brought out the
question.
Judge Wylie said as no proof had been offer
ed to impeach Dr. Nichols, it was improper to
offer testimony on the other side as to the
ability of Dr. Nichols; Dr. Nichols had testi
fied as an expert, and the question was not
properly raised now.
Dr. Noble Young was sworn, and testified
that he was the physician at the jail ; he saw
the prisoner a t the jail he never observed any
insanity in any form ; lie
. generally acted only
in physical diseases • his notice was never
called to any mentedderangement of the ac
cused ; the last periodical sickness of the ac
°used Was from the lath to the lath of the past
month ; the patient's own statement is gene
rally taken on that point.
Dr. Witham P. Johnson was sworn, and tes
tified he bad practiced in this city for twenty
five years. He treated the diseases 01 ladies
extensively ; hysteria assumed so many forms
that it would, be difficult to explain them to
the jury; dysmenorrhma often produces con
vulsions or paroxysms; and it noted for its
pain; these paroxysms may last a day, or
probably four or five days, leaving the patient
in good health; the mind is not usually im
paired, but the will frequently becomes im
paired, and the patient becomes nervous and
impressionable, and liable, more or less, to se
vere returns.
Mr. Wilson put a like question to the witness
as that propounded to Dr. May, giving in de
tail the acts, conversations, &e., of the accused,
which was objected to by
Mr. Hughes, who quoted from May's Medical
Jurisprudence, to caution the witness against
the manceuvres of the prosecution, which
Might cause him to contradict a statement
already made by him; the witneSS was not
hound to answer categorically yes or no. The
witness Was entitled to the circumstances at,
tending the act.
Judge Wylie decided that the queStion could
he put.
The witness resumed, and said it would be
impossible to answer the question in that
form; the history of the accused should. be;
known ; if the accused was suffering from
dysnicumThCea at the time of the act,
and was liable to paroxysmal attacks at
the time of the act, she might have
given away; hysterical females are easily
affected; females are more easily affected
than men, and sometimes the effect is
greater than at other times ; he could not say
what effect would be likely to be produced on
the accused at the time, as he was not aware
of how - materially she was affected at the time;
if an individual had been brooding over the
matter just named for a long time sh 6 might
do an irresponsible act 3 she may have preme
ditated in these paroxysmal attacks the Com
mission of the act, and yet may have been in
the interval of sane mind.
By Mr. Bradley; An habitual change in the
body indicates a change also in the mind;
this repeated occurrence, once a month, has
greater effect on the patient; it has occurred
that a lady, on being informed of another
being seized with these hysterical attacks, has
herself been immediately subJected to the
Same; where these attacks occur at frequent
intervals, during a number of years, they
might produce insanity.
The court here took a recess.
On reassembling, the examination of the
witness was continued.
By Mr. Bradley: The statement he had just
read embraces the history of the accused from
early life to the present time. It is there
stated she was suddeny disappointed In love ;
was afterward tint:etc( -with dysmetiOrrhala ;
left Baltimore for this city; brought the pistol,
but not the letters ; on arriving here, pro
ceeded to the Treasury Department, still suf
fering dysmenorrhma, and committed the act
with which she is charged. 11 she would,
without provocation, attack a person with a
pincushion, she might, in a ease of this kind,
where she felt that she had been wronged,
Commit en set of the magnitude described,
under the impulse Dr the moment, upon a sud
den meeting with the cause of her distress.
By Mr, Wilson: Q. Is there anything in this
Moral shock or disappointment in love which
would, in your opinion, cause the disease
alluded to; A. There is nothing more uncer
tain than the causes of disease; it is difficult
to ascertain all the causes of any one disease.
Peter Wartwell was sworn, and testified Miat
he lived at Chicago and wee acquainted with
the accused ebmee We spring of 1863; during
the summer of 1803 he saw her nearly every
day; did not see her after that time until last
January at the depot of the passenger rail
way at Chicago; the interview lasteU about
an hour; this was about the Ist of January;
the present appearance of the accused in cOM
parison with what it was then did mint indicate
much chance; he had seen her face in the
ante-room.
By Mr. Bradley: Witness was subpcenaed
by the Marshal at Chicago; Dr. Burroughs
spot:. to him at to the testimony he would give
in ; he also gave an order on ,itidge Freer for
money to defray his expenses here ; witness
boarded at the same house with Miss Harris in
Chicago; lie thought Miss Harris more fleshy
then than now, and that she is now paler.
G corgi F. Mosely was sworn, and testified he
lived atlTaynesyille, Wisconsin; he became ac
gestated with the accused about a year since;
he Saw her until December, when she left
there ; saw her nearly every day. she would
call at his bookstore on business ; she was quiet
in her manner, and self-possessed; saw her fre
quently pass the store; lie did not notice any
indications of a deranged mind ; thought she
never said anything about a lover.
By Mr. Bradley: Dr. Burronghs had some
conversation with him in reference to the
ease 5 - witness , store was next to Miss Devlin's
store; witness belonged to the Presbyterian
church; thought Dr. Burroughs did not ask
him to appear as a witness • the Deputy Mar
shal of Chicago summoned him; his expenses
lied not yet been paid.
By Mr. Hughes: Witness never met MIAs
Harris at a social entertainment ; had no other
acquaintance with her but by her calling in
the store; saw her at times when she said she
was not feeling very well; thought he had
known the accused long enough to form en
opinion as to her sanity.
Witness here produced his summons. which
was dated 4th of July, and ordering him to
appear here at the March term of the Criminal
Court. Witness did not remember what Dr.
Burroughs said to him when he called.
Elibu H. Strong sworn= and testified that he
lived in Jaynesville, Wisconsin; Miss Harris
bearded with him about ten days in the year
JBG4; had never seen her prior to that time
met her casually on the street for several
months ; he regarded the accused as laboring
under mental excitement; thought her in deli
cate health; did not observe anything unu-
Mil in - her. conduct Miss Louisa Devlin
boarded at his house also; was there about a
month before Miss Barris came ; Miss Devlin
conducted business in that town for about
one year ;. lie was at her store once.
By Dlr. Carrington : Have you eyerheard the
reputation and veracity of Miss Devlin dis
cussedl
-
Mr. Voorhees objected, as the question was
not put in a proper form, and informed Mr.
Carrington that the question could only be
put as to Miss Devlin's general Character.
Witness was not aequaintedwithher general
character • his acquaintance with her was lim
ited, as he had not seen her often.
By Mr. Bradley : Witness had a conversation
with the Deputy Marshal at Jaynesville, con
cerning this case; he was summoned by the
Deputy Id aralial on the 4th of July; he did not
like to come and leave his business, but the
Marshal said he must come, and said his ex
penses would be paid, and he would receive,
besides, three dollars per day; the marshal
showed him a letter which he said was from
Dr. Burroughs, -who said if there were any
funds wanting they should draw on him. •
Dr. Thomaswas sworn for the de
fence; and testified that he was in the court
when the hypothetical question was pro
pounded to Dr. May; he agreed perfectly
with the doctor, in his• opinion expressed to
the court; he for ninny yearn had charge of
PHILADELPHIA, MO DAY, JULY 17, 1865.
the Insane Asylum, and had considerable ex
perience in cases of insanity; he had listened
attentively to Dr. May's testimony, and could
not see where he could differ With him..
Dr. F. Howard was sworn, and testified, On
the part of the nrosecUtiOn, that the symptoms
of hysteria were various, and effected the Pa
tient in many ways, and sometimes affected
the mind; the victim to this disease would
sometimes tear her hair and throw herself
about violently, and exhibit signs of pain and
distress; he did not recollect any case where
permanent insanity resulted horn dysmemir
rhcea.'
By Mr. Bradley: He had read the question
propounded to Pr. May, and was of opinion
that the supposed patient was subject to men
tal alienation and insane imxinlse—probahly
to suicidal and homicidal mania
One of the members of the jury complained
of being seriously ill, and hoped the Judge
would take the matter into his consideration.
Judge Wylie asked the District Attorney
whether lie had any witnesses lie considered
material, who remamed yet to be examined
for the prosecution.
Mr. Carrington replied that lie.had several
he believed to be material to the case. Ile
had some by whom he expected to prove the
sanity of the prisoner; some of it would be
rebutting testimony; some of it was cumula
tive.
After some further converSation by, the
counsel, the Assistant District Attorney signi
fied his willingness that. the Judge should de
cide whether the ease would there close on the
part of the prosecution.
Mr. Bradley, on the part of the defence, said
he was willing that the judgeshould decide as
to closing' the ease on the part of the defence.
The Judge said, if the matter was left to him
he would close both sides.
The court adjourned to ten A. M. On Menday
next.
The Western Penitentiary.
As the subject of penitential asylums for
persons convicted of crimes, and the various
systems thatare in vogue hi the United States
with reference to the said prisoners is attract
ing considerable attention at present, we have
thought it proper to give the results of a re
cent visit to the above inStitution. The 'Bind
ing known as the Western Penitent - I, ry is
pleasantly situated in Allegheny, and with its
contiguous grounds occupies considtrable
space. Passive '
from Ohio street, we proceed
up a pleasant
walk by a fountain, in *hose
basin a number of goldfish are sportiligi to
the main entrance. Armed with the acces
sary pass, we .present ourself to the gmtle
manly clerk of the institution, Mr. John tiller,'
who calls an overseer, and charges him td show
us over the prison. A heavy grated dior is.
opened, we enter and the door is locked be
hind us. We now find ourselves in a largo hall.
To the right and to the left, and straight Before
us, stretch three long corridors, which cdntain
the cells. These are built in two tiers, oli each
side of the corridor, and are three hundred in
number. By this arrangement the overseer
eau, by a simple movement of the head, .See
every cell.' Thus nothing can. Occur Wkiell is
not immediately detected.
The cells are built in two tiers, are eigtt feet
wide and sixteen feet deep, and about welve
feet high. They are all well ventilated, and
are supplied with water andgas. In Winter
heat is afforded by means of steam, by which
every cell is kept at a uniform' and epiable
temperature. The gas is turned off at nine
o'clock P. M., by which time the inmates are
supposed to retire. Owing to the well-ordered
system which prevails, the institutionis now
self-supporting. The convicts are euip4yed in
shoemaking; weaving, and broom-making.
During the war a large quantity of army shoes
were made here. Carpets are also wovet. The
filling is furniShed by parties who des:re the
work done, and the finished material is return
ed. A sufficient price is charged to reitaburse
the prison for the cost of the work. Phi num
ber of prisoners now in the institutiOniS two
hundred, allowing a decrease Of four since
the first of the year; but on account 9f con
stant admissions and discharges the 4prilair
is always fluctuating. The diet of tie pri
soners is liberal, and the food wholbsome.
The morning meal consists of bread! and
coffee; for dinner they are given meat and
soup and for supper bread. Vegetabl e s are
Supplied hi season. Many of these are, rown
in the yard of thc prison. and when the, - 0 are
not sufficient in quantity others are inight.
All the cooking is done by steam, in four
boilers, capable of holding . fifteen gallons
each. Steam is obtained in winter from three
large boilers, which also Warm the banding,
and drive a small engine, but in the summer a
smaller boiler is used. The bakery is hi ex
cellent condition and furnished with of good
oven, which willhold the dough of two *role
of flour at one charge, which is rather more
- than the average tinily quantity used. The
gas used is made on the grounds of the - insti
tution. The retort house has six retorts; but
only a portion of these are in operational one
time. The gasometer will hold suflicienl for
three nights' COD SUMPtiOrk, ill MSC of any Wei
dent happening to the generator.
From the centre of the main corridor a h. nd.
some cupola rises; whence a flue 'View Illa.. be
.
obtained of the two cities, and the conflut et:
of the two rivers as they unite to form he
Ohio. In the upper part of this cupola alb a
series of gas burners and reflectors so arras pa
as to east a flood of light on the and at _ nidllt,
thus illuminating every part of it, an d making
it almost as bright, as day. It has been fond
necessary to adopt this plan as a preven ye
against the escape of prisoners by eliml ng
over the roofs of the building. The chief le
feet of the institution at present seems to e a
want of hospital accommodations, and i is
thought the management will ask an ap ro
e
priation from the Legislature forthisperi se.
ivy this means the invalid convicts receive et,-
ter attention Dew if confined to their dell 4,
Religious services are held every Sunday by
the moral instructor, - Thomas Crempton.
During the week such of the convicts as
de
sire to learn, receive instructionfrom hint,
and the results are said to be most gratifying.
A library is attached, and books of a serious'
tendency are distributed amongst the arisen
ers. They are also allowed to have news
papers of a religious east. Such of the in
mates as show, by their exemplary innyivior,
that they are worthy of the priviWO, are
allowed to be out of their cells durum the
day, to work in the yard or assist in the ne
cessary - work of the prison.. This plcu has
been found to work exceedingly well, Aid at
present nearly all of the labor inciden, upon
the institution, such as cooking, bakitg, at
tending to the boilers, the gas works, Ffe., is
performed by the prisoners. They receive,
and esteem the opportunity to enjoys few
hours of sunlight, as a great and almost ines
timable privilege. 1
Whenn person sentenced to confinolient is
his non,.. _
received, his name is taken and he recdive.g a
particular. number. Henceforth, until the
doors of the prison are reopened and heagain
steps forth a free man, his identity is lost.
He has no name ; ho is but number so-sad-so.
He is stripped, carefully measured, an accu
rate description is taken of any nataralmarks
upon his body, the color of his hair aid eyes
is noted, and all these facts are recorded op
posite his number in the prison registkir. Ile
Is then taken to another room, where he re
ceives a bath. Ms own clothes are taken away
from him, and he is clothed in the 'prison
uniform of dark coarse gray, alternated
with black stripes. The door of his cell doses
upon him, and there he remains until tht law
is satisfies , or Executive clemency interp . ses.
Some who enter have looked for the last gnie
upon the earth, for they arc never to leavi the
prison alive. Others cheer themselves thr4high
the dreary months anti years with the hope
that they shall again enjoy that liherty,they
forfeited by an act of crime.
The oflieers of the institution are as follows
President, James B. Lyon ; Treasurer, 4raes
Marshall • Secretary, T. H. Nevin; Moral
In
structor, Thomas Crampton; Physician, h. N.
Rankin; }Warden, Hugh Campbell; Clerk, jOhn
Miller.—Pittsbarg Dispatch.
.d SON - ORA Stott - sr.—The following rich story
i 8 related by a gaaarit paper, at the eXpelnie of
a queer genius who vibrates between that
town and Oregon as "advance" agent 4f a
concert troupe, and who, though pretty cliver
in "selling" the curiously inclined, floes not
always conic off first best: .
Frank Ball, travelling in a vehicle bearing a
strong resemblance to a peddter's earl. Old
lady rushes out from a house by the roaaside.
The following colloquy ensues:
Old Lady. Say, what have you got to all?
Bad. I am a travelling agent, madam, Jor the
grentestmenagerie of ancient or modern hues,
which is shortlyto be exhibited in this section,
affording to the inhabitants thereof an ppoor
tunity of viewing the most stupendous tonne
tion of animals ever before exhibited.
Old. Lady. You don't say! . Havc you ary
elephant
Rea. We have, madam, six elephants; lint
these constitute a comparatively unimportant
part of the show. We have living spoeini4nl
of bipeds and quadrupeds, who roamed ()ter
the earth not only in the antediluvian, put
also in the pliocone and postraiocene perrod,
m
embracing the egatherium with six legs and
two tails ; the icthyosarus, with four eyes and
three tails; the gyastueus, with no eyes, two
noses and four tails ; the plesiosarus, resem
bling Satan in shape, which spits fire and
breathes sulphur, and many other species,too
numerous for enumeration. We also have a
pious MAIMS.
Old Lady. Well, I declare! •
Ball. But, madam, the greatest curiosity by
far of our exhibition is a learned and classical
ly educated monkey . , who was brought tip a
Mohammedan priest in the mysterious regions
of the Great Desert of Sahara. This monkey
speaks with fluency all the modern languages,
besides Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. lie can re
peat the Ten Commandments; the Emancipa
tion Proclamation, President Lincoln's last
Message, and !performs the most intricate ex
amples in mathematics with rapidity, ease,
and accuracy. While being exhibited in Wails
ington he actually repeated a long speech of
the PreSident. This monkey corresponds—
Beautiful young lady suddenly sticks her
head frdm the window, and calls out
"Mother! mother! ask him why they let the
monkey travel, 120 far ahead of the other craters
A Cow DRINKS EitiliThitN GALLONS o
WHISKY.—The Troy Times, of Friday gives a
most remarkable case of "beastly , ' intoxica
tion It seems that on the upper part of
Green Island an illicit whisky still existed,
until yesterday, when Marshal Kipp, Collector
Wood ward, and Inspector Fates made a raid on
the premises, and locked up both the owner and
and the door. _A month ago the distillery was in
full blast. It was a " alto , night, and the man
running the maehine, who had made eighteen
gallons of whisky, put it out in the open air to
cool: Along came a cow. She was thirsty,
and the beverage looked inviting. Site swal
lowed every drop=eighteen gallons of nurse
tided whisky, warranted to kill at forty rods.
That cow has been drunk ever since. She
st aggered home. and is now in the fourth week
of a rand old bender. The cow eats nothing ;
falls down whenever they try to raiselier 11 1),
and has become as lean as a crow instead of a
cow. Whether the cow will ever get sober, or
end her life in a fit of delirium tremens, is a
question we shall look anxiously to see the So
lution of. It is really a remarkable case, and
We should scarcely believe it, if our informant
was not connected with the telegraph, and, of
course, perfectly reliable.
THE LOicDON THEATRES.—The hot weather is
havi»g its usual effect on the attendance in the
theatres, although the Princess' and the Hay
market still continue crammed. The run of
uArrah Na Pogue" , ami "Brother Sam" .will
Probably have to he Stopped for the conveni
ence of the actors, who cannot go on forever
without a rest. At all events, Mr. 'Brougham
intends making &holiday in October, and run
ning over to America on a visit. -Mr. Sotheru
will - play ' , Brother Sam" for four weeks longer,
will then take five weeks' holiday . at the sea
side, and then commence his provincial tour,
which will occupy him till Christmas. Misa
Bateinan's engagement at the Adelphi tinishot
on Saturday night. It is but true to say that,
comparing it with her former triumph, it has
been a quasi-failure. Nothing else could he
expected when such preposterous nonsense as
the last piece in which she appeared waS prO
ducied.—Foreign paper.
Gen. Sherman and staff passed through
/nth:ma-ais on Thursday, on their way tor St.
Louis.
MRS. SURATT.
Repb , of Loots J. Weichotano to the
Affidavit of John P. Brophy, impeach
imig his Veracity—Why no Attention
wag paid to the Mlidovitt DY the Go-
I veriament.
The Sunday Divatch, of yesterday, Publishes
al statement of Louis J. Weichmann. The
Dispatch says it has been brought forth in con
smuence of the attacks upon Mr. Weiehmann'S
character, made since the execution, in seces
tdon journals which sympathized with the
murderers of the President. There are some
matters hi this statement in relation to Mrs.
ixlrzt:tt , s conduct which are important cm:
roborations of the evidence imbliely given
against her, and which show that her punish
ment was just.
rife. Weichmann, in a card to the editor of the
Dispatch, requesting the publication of his
statement, states that:
"Mrs. Suratt is dead, and what I now have
to say ean.do her no harm. There was a time
when none had more respect for her than L
When living I did everything for her that was
in my power. 'testified toher character nobly.
I plead for her day after day with those m
authority that they might spare her life be
cause she was a woman, and because she had
been kind to me once. It was in vain. The
Government knows best, and must make a
dread and just example to terrify all enemies
to free government. Yet, after all this, an
attempt has been made by one Brophy, in
Washington, to blacken my character. To
silence him, and many other sympathizers
with guilt, I deem it necessary to present the
following to the public. Let themjudge and
decide fairly."
The foregoing was dated Philadelphia, July
15th. Mr. Weichmann's statement says :
The affidavit of John P. Brophy, of Wash
ington, instead of being to me a matter of
surprise and anger has been one almost of
daily expectation. To prove its utter worth
lessness, it is merely necessary to state that it
Was twice submitted to Judge . Holt, and once
to all the members of the court, albite Presi
dent Johnson himself, before the execution of
Mrs. Suratt, and that it had no effect whatever.
Colonel Burnett himself handed me the
charges almost ten days before the trial was
closed. They had been sent to him by some
one who was afraid to affix his signature. I
laughed at them, then, since they were ridicu
lous and I now pronounce the statement, so
extensively copied in various papers, a tissue
of lies from beginning to end. It puzzles me
much to know why these monstrous charges
were not brought out on the witness-stand by
the learned counsel, Aiken, and•his worthy as
sociate, Clampitt, who are in close communion
with Brophy. The case had not been closed
when, I read them. I was then, and am now,
Prepared to answer all such charges.
Brophy himself was summoned, once for the
defence and once for the prosecution; but
according to his own wishes lie never appear
ed on the stand. I had him and a dozen re
liable, gentlemanly witnesses, called to prove
my character, against which he dares not say
one word. It was only after a very tearful pro
testation on his part that "his poor mother
world cry hersell to death if she saw his name
in the papers in connection with this trial,"
that I sent a note to Colonel Burnett to release
him, and he at once did so.
I never visited President Johnson, never
wrote a letter to him, and don't believe that.
Mrs. Suratt was an innocent woman. The ex
pressien about Judge Holt is an infamous
Brophy accuses me of disloyalty. I would
here say that no person throughout the whole
trial had his good character so fully vouched
for as I have.
Brophy bad better clear his own shoes first.
He is an alien, has never been naturalized, and
has not taken the oath of allegiance to the Go
vernment which he. attempts ID assail in the
person of its chief witness. A very . prevalent
rumor, too, is that I was placed in irons, mal
treated, and threatened by the Secretary of
War. This is also an error. The War Depart
ment bad all the information I pos
sessed, on the 16th of April, It was given
without compulsion. The Government, too,
furnished me with money and transportation
to go to Canada in pursuit of John H. Santa,
Throughout the trial the treatment which I
experienced at the hands of the Secretary of
War, Judges Holt; Burnett and Bingham, and
the members of the court, was very, marked
and courteous.
As regards my testimony, I have nothing to
reo•ret.
ar from considering it a disgrace to have
been a Government witness, I can only esteem
it an honor that I have been of assistance in fer
reting Out the diabolical schemes Of traitors
and conspirators. lam pained only that I have
been deceived so much in Mrs. Suratt and her
son. Much has been said about Mrs. Suratt's
innocence. Sensation paragraphs were scat
tered throughout the country, ridiculing our
times. lICCUSUIg as of a want of respect to the
female sex, and recalling us to the days of
knight-errantry, when woman was respected
"in court, and camp, and tourney, and banquet
ball." The United States Government itself is
assailed, and charged with having murdered
en innocent Avottuin. That a woman so kind,
so generous, and so religious, should have
been cognizant of plots to capture or assassi
nate the President, is hardly to be believed.
Yet it is true. Her actions and Words, for
weeks prior to the assassination, and even on
the 14th of April itself, leave very little doubt
in my mind but that she was guilty. But guilty
to what - extent I do not know.
She may possibly have been cognizant only of
the capture and of the parties concerned in it.
Yet even thal deserved death. It was treason
able and criminal to lay hands on the person
- Of the. President in aid of the enemy, and as
such it ought to be punished.
Mrs: Suratt is to be much blamed; She
should have exercised a woman's influence
and a mother's love, and then she could have
prevented all. But no, she was too infatuated.
She loved the South too much. None can re
gret her untimely, end more than I, yet none
can detest her crimes more.
Particles of conversation which Were once
infended to blind me, and which had a certain
air of mystery' about them, now come back
in their dread reality with a peculiar and an
awful significance. Before the 2th of March,
Mrs. Suratt was continually remarking to
evebody that something was going to happen
to "Old Abe, ,, which would prevent him from
taking Lis seat, because General Lee was going
" to make a movement which would startle
the whole world) , This appeared in the pa-
Pers, and no notice was taken of it. The 4th
of March came and went. President Lincoln
was inaagurated, but General Lee did not exe
cute his "movement." What that " 3110ye
meet was Ido not know. A short time after
asked her why John brought such. men as
Harold and Atzerott into the house I "Oh,
John Wishes to make use of them for his dirty
work," was her reply. I then asked her what
the "dirty work" was. She said, "John
wants them to clean his horses." Me had
two at that time. When Richmond fell and
Lee's army surrendered; when Washington
was in a blaze of glory, and all hearts beat
with joy, Mrs. Suratt wept, and closed her
houSe.
On Good Friday I drove her into the coun
try; ignorant of her purpose and intentions.
We started at half -past two. Before leaving
she had an interview with John Wilkes Booth,
in the parlor, and no doubt she then received
from him the field-glass which she gave to
Lloyd. On the way down she was lively and
cheerful, taking the reins into her hands
several times, and urging on the steed.
On our return I chanced to make some re
mark about Booth, stating that he appeared
to be without employment, and asking her
when he was going to net again. "Booth is
done acting," she said, " and he is going to
New York very soon, never to return."
Then turning round, she remarked: " Yes ;
and Booth is crazy on one subject, and I am
Wittig to giye him a good scolding the next
time I see What that "One Subject"
was, Mrs. Suratt never said. The people can
judge for themselves. She was very anxious
to be at home at nine o'clock, saying that she
had made an engagement with some gentle
man, who was to meet her at that hour. i.
asked her if it was Booth. She did not answer.
When about a mile from the city - , on our re
turn, and havin from the top of a hill, caught
a view of Washington, swimming in a flood of
light and glory, raising her hands ; she said
"I am afraid all this rejoicing will be turned
into mourning; all this glory into sad
ness." I asked her what she meant.
She replied, that after sunshine there was al-.
ways storm, and that the people were too
proud and licentious, and that God would pun
ish them. The gentleman whom she expected
at nine o'clock on her return, called. It was
John Wilkes Booth's last visit to Mrs. Suratt,
and the third one on that day, Site was alone
with him for a few Minutes in the parlor.
What transpiredthere God onlyknows. As soon
as 1 had taken tea Iwent to th e parlor. Mrs. Su
ratt's former manner and cheerfulness had left
her. She was now nervous, agitated, and rest
less. Pacing up and down the door, she seemed
tobe thinking, and on my asking her what was
the matter, she said she felt nervous and un
well.- Then looking at me, she asked me
which way the torchlightprocessionwas going
that we bad seen on the avenue? I remarked
that it was a procession from the arSenal, and
that -the employees were probably going to
serenade the President, it being the 14th day
of April, the day appointed for the restoration
of the flag over Sumpter. She said she would
like to know, as she was much interested in it.
Her nervousness finally increased so much
that she drove myself and the young ladies
who were creating a great deal of noise and
laughter,to our respective rooms to bed. • She,
however, returned to the parlor and continued
pacing up and down the room long after i had
retired.
When the detectives arrived at three o'clock
the next morning I rapped at her door for per
mission to let them in.
"For Go,Pasake,letthem come in! I expect
ed the house to,be searched," she said.
When the detectives had gone; and when her
daughter, tilin frantie, cried out, "Oh !ma,
Just think of that man's having been here an
hour before the assassination! lam afraid it
will bring suspicion upon us!"
"Anna, come what will," she replied, " I am
resigned. I think that I. Wilkes Booth was
only an .instrument in the hands of the Al
mighty to punish this proud and licentious
people."
Now, who is there, after all these facts, that
will not say that Mrs. Suratt knew what was
in Booth'S mind l God grant he may have
spoken to her only of .eapture, but I believe
what Judge Bingham said, and what, every
Union-loving' Union-loving'man will say: "Capture
meant murder."
The abduction of President Lincoln from the
city of Washington, which is surrounded by
nearly thirty. strong forts, and which was at
that time protected by twenty thousand sol
diers, would have been simply an impossibi
lity. His carriage could .not have proceeded
threO squares without being recognized. Tile
atterapted execution of this silly plot would
Imre 'been as absurd as its original conception.
-Lem J. WILTCHMANN
The Salmon Fishery.
The different kinds' of fish which are to be
found in the inland waters of the British isles
have such various habits,.that there is not, a
month in the year when the members of 0110
species or other are not in condition, and con-
sequently lit for human foed. The lordly sal-
Mon begins to 'ascend some of our 'rivers As
early, as February, after cruising round our
bays and prOnlontories for, a• few months,
living on the .00d things tote met with in the
saltwater, and which speedily transform the
emaciated kelt into that vigorous fish which.
tries the spring of the angler's rod, and tests
the character of his tackle. FracticallY,
are supplied with salmon in greater 'or less
quantities, from March' till October. .Trout
arc allowed, by the:rules of the Nest of Eng
land "fishing associations, Lobe caught on tie
IStli 'of February ; but it is generally ae
knowledged that this • game and • delicidOs
fish should not '-be" captured •in any lake
or river in Great Britain or Ireland after
the Ist of October. As soon as these two
species have been pronounced out of sea..
son,: the grayling, which abounds the
Dove and in several other streams; and,Which
s admirably adapted to . some Of the Irish
waters, succeeds them, and, as it spawns in the
Spring, it is in a fit state to he caught and
eaten diming the autumn and winter months.
Pike are never in thorough condition till har
vest time, when they are fair game, and con
tinue to be so till the Ist of February, when
they beenmegnivid and unclean. The salmon
tribe, however, VII] always command the
greatest amount of attention from the
British public. The same *Tatar especially,
by reaSon of its importance, farces itself
on the notice of Parliament; gives rise tcr
legislative enactments; employs commission
ers to watch over its interests, (which are
those of the public p raises princely revenues
for its.proprietors; provides an exciting pas
time for rod-fishers; and finally graces the
dinner-table with its magnificent proportions.
The act passed in 1861 for the multiplication
and pretection of salmon and sea-trout in Eng
land and Wales has already been followed by
the most important results, and the commen
dations bestowed by Mr. Baring on the admi
rable manner in which its provisions have
been carried out by the commisstoners,Messrs.
Fiennell and Eden, have been well-earned, as
all know who have paid attention to the sub
ject ; but it would have been a wonder, indeed,
if Parliament had proved itself competent to
deal, in a single measure, with a host of abuses
with which years of neglect had surrounded
this question. Experience has proved its great
Value, ant it bas als
billo discovered
tro du
c c e et certain 1 ,
31rde
fects in it • and the
Baring, and for which the House granted leave
on Tuesday night, proposes to provide the ne
cessary remedies. A fixed engine is almost as
difficult to define as a parr once was. It has
been maintained that a net held across a river
by men with ropes is one of those implements
whose presence in rivers was permitted on the
ground of immemorial usage, by the act of
1861. The unsportsmanlike system of using
cross-linos could easily find advocates, espe
cially if the persons holding each rod kept
themselves stationary, andswung their row of
flies up anddown a favorite salmon-pool. The
otter, that terrible invention, with its hun
dreds of flies, may be made to sweep a vast ex
panse of lake, and might be considered, under
a lax system of interpretation, a fixed engine,
on the ground that the person who pays out
the cord could, if he liked, stand still while
the operation lasts; and it follows that, un
less care be taken, very curious, destructive,
and even ancient modes of killing fish may
become legal and detrimental to the interests
of salmon, were ads part of the question not
set at rest by some precise decision of the
Legislature. The appointment of boards of
conservators for certain fishery districts is a
very important matter, as well as the im
position of a license duty on all engines em
ployed in captnring salmon; for evidently
they who take and have the fish, ought to
contribute towards their preservation; and
permission to raise a rate in aid, if necessary,
on frontage' or value, after the manner sane
:dotted: by Parliament in the case of poor-law
unions, or to borrow money on the security of
fees received for engines, for the general
benefit of a river, is a suggestion made, and
with reason by the commissioners; and it is
to he honed that it may receive due attention
front the members of the Legislature clueing
their consideration of the provisions of the
present bilj. It is of the utmost importance
to the increase of the various members of the
saimectida , that water-bailiffs and others ap
pointed by conservators to look after a river
should have power to enter on lands adjoin
ing, and to inspect mill-dams, eel-traps, weirs,
sluices, and gaps, in order to ascertain if all
the arrangements prevalent there are strictly
legal, by night as well as by day. More harm
is done to smelts, kelts, and salmon in those
localities than by the torch and Mister of the
poacher on the spawning-beds at Christmas.
Parliament could not more effectually pro
mote the increase of salmon in British wa
ters than by distinctly pronouncing that the
close time for all rivers in the United King
dom shall be the saute. Certain streams, un
der such a system, adght suffer a little, but
the whole would be greatly benefited. At
present poachers seize, and either offer for sate
here, or else osport by means to agents to
France, large quantities of unclean fish, which,
at the port of shipment, are asserted by the
exporters to have been caught in Ireland or
elsewhere. Dutch salmon are frequently ex
posed for sale by fishmongers very early in
the season. These considerations evidently
point to the desirableness of having the close
time for England the same as that for Ireland,
and also for declaring the mere possession Of
salmon during that period a punishable of
fence; otherwise legislation on this subject
will be evaded, as ft has hitherto been, to a
very great extent.--London Morning Post.
RAILWAYS IN AND AROUND LONDDN.—The
construction of the Metropolitan District,
which proposes to provide a system of south
ern connecting lines, and to complete the
inner circle of railways, has been commenced
at several points. The most important of the
line now in hand is the excavation at Earl
street, beneath the Chatham and Dover Me
tropolitan line. The process of underpinning
the piers is cautiously carried on, without any
interruption to the truffle of the line: The
District Railway will pass in tunnel nearly
thirty feet below the foundation of the piers
of this railway, and will, from this spot, con
thine its course westward to the Thames em
bankment, and eastward under the new line
Of street to be made from Earl street to the
Mansion house. The works of the District
line are also being earned on in Cannon
street, under the site to be occupied by a por
tion of the station and hotel of the railway,
now rapidly approaching completion. On a
portion of the Thames embankment, near - the
Temple gardens, the works connected with
this company will be almost immediately
commenced. The estimated cost of this line is
£3,600,00, and will connect the Kensington and
Tower-hill termini of the Metropolitan exten
sions. In connection with the Metropolitan
line may conveniently be mentioned the Me
tropolitan and St. John's-wood Railway, with
its extension to Hampsted—a line of some four
miles in length—at a cost of about £4.51,000.
The capital is subscribed, and the works will
shortly be commenced. On the south side of
the river the London and Brighton have very
nearly completed their South London line,.
running from London-bridge to Victoria by an
arc Of a circle within the present Crystal. Pa
lace and West-end Railway, It is expected
that so nines of this route will be lints - lied next
month as will admit of it being used by the
Chatham and Dover for its Crystal Palace
high-level line, which is practically finished,
and wants only the completion of the link of
the South London between Peckham and Brix
ton. This South London line runs by the side
of the. London and Brighton from London
bridge to Bermondsey, where it leaves the
main line, crosses the market-garden grounds,
and goes through New Cross, Peckham, Cam
berwell, crosses Denmark-hill, joins the Chat
ham and Dover at Brixton. and then rims side
by side with it to the Victoria station. Tile
Crystal Palace high-level line leaves the South
London at Peckham, and passes round by
Nuanced, Forest Hill, and, skirting the range
of hills, lands its passengers at the magnificent
station directly opposite the central transept
of the Crystal Palace, the entrance to which
is preceded by a handsome flight of stone
steps. At Nunhead a branch is; thrown off by
the Chatham and Dover, which runs through
Deptforu to Greenwich ) to be, ultimately ex
tended to Woolwich by the alternative line
approved by the Astronomer Royal. This
system of line embraces nearly twenty miles
of railway; and the aggregate cost may he
taken at about £5,000,000. - The Southeastern
are actively engaged on their main Tunbridge
line, which will leave Lewisham, and pass in
a direct course through Sevenoaks to fLjUlle-
Lion with the main line at Tunbridge. A por
tion of this line, Which may be fairly included
with the metropolitan eirele—riz., that to
Chislehurst—is completed, and will be open
for traffic in a very short Hine, when it will D
compete with the Chatham and over for the
- Bromley, and, ultimately, for the Sevenoaks
traffic. The cost to Chislehurst cannot proba
bly- be taken at less than one, million. On the
north, again, the lo,dgware and Highgate arc
proceeding vigoronsly with their works, and
there IS - an extension line also to the Alexan
dra Park. The Midland also are at work, ex
tending their road from Bedford into London,
and forming connections with the Metropoli
tan underground at King's-cross, and the su
burban portion of their various schemes will
involve an outlay of certainly not less than
£3,000,000. The one line which has not
yet been brought before the public is
that to connect the London and North
Western with Charing-cross. The pro
moters appear to have considerablya
un_er-es
timated the cost of this work when they pro
posed to make the railway for less than one
million, and to provide, in, addition,a hand
some street thoroughfare ever their line from
Charing-cross to Tottenham-court road. We
are informed that the prospectus of this
undertaking will, however, be shortly before
the public. There are various other short lines
and junctions of the London and South West
ern, the. London and Brighton, the Great
Northern, and other companies, wroth mar be
fairly included within the area of the metro
politica . and suburban districts. It is a mode
rate estimate to put the various railway works
now in band, or shortly to be commenced, at
an aggregate length of one hundred and twenty
miles, and involving an outlay of about £30,-
000,000. This vast network of railways is de
signed for the convenience of a population
already exceeding 3,000,000, which is every year
greWing with rapid strides, and the experience.
Obtained by the Metropolitan ContPitnY
ap
ppears to justify the opinion that this system of
lines may •be made with every prospect of
yielding an adequate return on the outlay.—
Enellek - Railway News.
EARLY WOOD ENORAVING.—A recent number
of Chambers' Journal has the following: The
earliest specimen connected with the art of
wood engraving was discovered in a tomb at
Thebes, and brought to England by Mr. Ed.
ward Lane, so famous for. his extensive re
searches in Egypt. The stamp is made of
wood, is about eve inches long, two inches
broad, and one inch in thickness. The corners
are rounded off, and a handle is carved out
of the solid wood at, the back. The face
of the oblong presents hieroglyphics cut
Oaf of the wood, which would leave raised
- figures on the clay. The hieroglyphics
are translated into Amonoph, 'beloved of
Truth." Champollion applies the name to
Amonopli 1., who, accordml to the best autho
rities, reigned in Egypt in he time of Moses,
before the departure of the children of Israel.
Besides this stamp, many bricks, and the
stamps with which they have been marked,
were lomed in the tombs of Thebes and Maroc,
and:Maybe seen intim British Museum, where
arc also' Similar bricks, but of a larger size, co
vered with arrow headed' characters, found
among the ruins "Of liabylon, Coming down
from this extremely remote period to the time
of the Roman. Empire,' we And lamps, tiles,
amphOrm; and various utensils marked in a
similar way, eith or by wood en or metal stamps,
both of which have been found:: Next come
the brands used in Greece and Rome for mark
ing. slaves, criminals, and' animals. Thus we
are told that the Syracusans marked' their
captives with the figure ola horse ; the Samian
captives were mark.ed by the Athenians ,:with
an owl ; and the Samlaus, when victors, marked
the conquered with a galley, In , these two
styles Of stamping are found the'origin of two
styles of engraving, the one intagliate, the
other raised. The hitter principle was inge
niously applied to the making ot .monograms,
which, being made of metal, somewhat in the
14030 of the postmark of the present day
were generally used during the ninth,. tenth,
and eleventh centuries for signing documents.
Anothermethod was by stencilling the name ;
this was done by 'tracing the letterS of ai name
o k• m o u o grains through the nartorations . of a
thin plate ofold or other metal. Wutnerous
signatures relbainn done in this way RS late as
the seventeenth century.
Parisgeorrespondent writes that he re
cently Met Ti that city' the former purser of
the, privateer Rappahannock; a flue-looking,
finely-educated man. His feet wereabsolutery
ca the ground; his coat was craased and
threadbare, and without lining; he was pallid
and of trembling hands, and asked for a few
sing to buy himself a glass of absinthe. He
took ff. dead mants portion, and hobbled away,
With the remark ,that he was pretty low.
down: , This man's wife; died of. paralysis in.
the Charity,,Hospital; haying been driven, by
her eattat and pOYerty to YiniOus courses.
THREE CENTS.
STATE ITEMS.
The Allentown (Pa.) Li,nwerat says that in
consequence of the want of demand for iron
since the< cessation of the war, every iron
establishment in the Lehigh Valley has blown
out one, two, or more stacks, and pig-iron is
piled up on the banks of the canal and along
the railroad by the acre. At Catasamma, four
or - Alm stacks have. been StOPPed ; at the Allen
town Iron Works, tiro out of four tut;hen
dauqua, two out of fonrA One OUt of two at
the Lehigh Valley Iron Works. The Roberts
Company, at Allentown, is blowing out its
only stack ; and the rolling-mills at Allen,
town, eatasauqua, and other points, are pre
hparing to'suspend for a time. Lewis' mills
ave already stopped. Those stoppages will
throw hundreds of laborers out of employ
ment The coal operators in the Lehigh
region, some time since, gave notice to the
miners that they must submit to a reduction
of one-third of their wages. The miners did
not feel disposed to do ft, and stopped work.
As the market is well stocked, and there is no
great demand, the public will not be likely to
suffer much in consequence of the stoppages.
There was not over one-fourth the usual quan
tity of coal brought down the Lehigh Valley
road last week. In the Schuylkill region the
miners have agreed to a reduction at some of
the oollieries.,
-- Recently, a woman,apparentlysorne twen
ty-Vero or Monty-three years of age, aceompa
meet by a little girl, aged about tWO years,
called at the house of 31r. True, in Ebeneburg,
Cambria county, and asked the family if they
would keep her child for her until she re
turned from the store. They promised toeom
ply with he't request, when she departed—but
she has not yet returned. The child has been
taken in charge by the poor-house officers.
There is not a church bell in the town of
Mililinburg,Union county. An effort is being
made by the citizens to raise sufficient money
for the purchase of a bell for each Of the four
churches in the place; Intitti.oo have been con
tributed thus far.
Charles Brodhead,TEsq., of Bethlehem, Pa.,
has added six acres of land to the quantity
already donated hy Judge Asa Packer to aid
in the erection and support of an institution
at which boys in indigent circumstances, who
desire it, shall have free education.
The "oldest inhabitant of Erie, Pa., was
found the other day imbedded in a piece of
bituminous coal that had been broken for
burning. It was a live frog that was roused
from a nap of many thousand years.
The cemetery, in Carlisle, will soon be
ready for the reception of the dead. It la ex
pected that it wilt open about the first of Sep
tember.
The next annual exhibition of the Wash.
ington County Agricultural Society will be
held on Thursday and Friday, 21st and lid of
September next.
The-Monroe County Agricultural Society
will bold its sixth annual fair at Stroudsburg,
on the 3d, 4th, sth alid6th days of October next.
—Apples will be suite scarce in the western
part of the State this fall, and the crop in the
eastern part is also light.
—ln boring for oil, in Clearilel3,"salt in
stead of "oil " - was struck" at seven hundred
and sixty feet. •
Carlisle has recently had several disturb
ances of the peace between the citizens and
the soldiers at the barracks.
Guthrie P. Reed, late senior editor of the
Indiana True American, died at his residence,
in Indiana, on Monday.
-- We thank the Miners' ..Tournot (Pottsville)
for its flattering notice or our paper.
Hay . is offered at from are to seven dollars
per ion In the Erie market.
HOME !TENS..
A Buffalo paper thus complains of the con
ductors of the cars running in that neighbor
hood. It says: " They run the eleven o'clock
cars to the theatre, and there take their stand
—the drivers looking after the horses and the
conductors after the play—the passengers, at
ready on board, having from - half to three
quarters of an hour to lounge, and yawn, and
wait for the theatre to be out. On Tuesday
evening the theatre didn't choose to get out
until about twelve o'clock, and the conductor
Niagara - street the Ni•ara-street ear didn't choose to goon
until he had seen the curtain drop, and so
some eight or ten passongcrs had the car all to
themselves for sonic forty minutes, with no
better entertainment than the grumbling of
the driver because passes were not given to
the conductors of the 'bosses' as well as to the
conductors of the ears. To him the distinction
seemed to be invidious, lie wasn't pleased."
Doesn't this apply a little to Philadelphial
A man in New Orleans known as Irish
John, and living as a hermit, was mysteri
ously murdered a short time since. A
lady, residing not far Off, kept a goat for him;
and he was in the habit of calling for his share
of the milk at regular intervals. fie had failed
to call for several days, when the lady sent
a child to ascertain the cause. It was then
discovered that Irish John had become the
victim of a most foul and mysterious murder.
Ms dead body was found in his bunk, the legs
tied with an old bridle and a piece of cloth,
his hands fastened with a rope, and his mouth
gagged. The .head showed that severe blows
hail been inflicted on it with some blunt in
strument, and the appearance of the body and
the effluvia emitted lead to the belief that the
man had been murdered for several days.
Nothing has' as yet been discovered as to the
perpetrators Of the deed.
—John S. Wallace, a merchant of Chicago,
was arrested on Tuesday for using revenue
stamps two or three times over on his ware
house receipts. Ills manner of doing it was
to put a stamp on a receipt, and after it had
been passed . , tear it off and use it again on an-.
other receipt. Numbers of receipts were
found in ins desk with the stamps off, and the
stamps in an envelope. In this way he Con
fesses to having saved about $Si, which will
probably cost him about $35,000, the penalty
for each offence being $l,OOO, with the addition
of imprisonment. Wallace offered $5,000 to
the officer who arrested him if he would let
him off.
The editor of the Milwaukee News has
been shown a watch, now the property of Mrs.
D. U. Lee, of Iforieon, Dodge county, and once
the property of the celebrated Major Andre.
There are but four figures on the face: 3, 0,5,
and 12, the other divisions being indicated by
a little gold star. On the back, inside, are
directions for winding, and the following:
" ;Major Andre, 1774,” engraved in bold letters.
A female rebel in Canada; who was coming
to the States, attempted to smuggle an alarm
clock under her hoop-skirt. The waggish
dealer in clocks, knowing her intention, set
the clock so that it would strike the alarm
just as she was going through the Custom
house, and while the officer was examining
her it set up its whir-r, and; betraying itself,
was captured.
The First Baptist Church of Newark :is
taking measures to procure and publish in a
memorial volume of the war the names of all
those of in the congregation who have served
in the Union army and navy. These names
are to be posted conspicuously in the church
edifice, there to remain as a lasting memorial
of their valuable and heroic services for their
country's good.
There never has been, of late years,
such
an outcropping of conventions in various parts
of the country as at present. There is, first,
the Commercial Covention, at Detroit ; second,
the Adjutant Generals' Convention, at Boston;
third, the Plasterers' Convention, at Pitts
burg, Pa. ; and fourth, the National Commer
cial Collegiate Convention, at Chicago.
The Oregonians are getting excited over
the discovery of new gold diggings reputed
to be the richest and most extensive' ever
found in the northern country. The new dis
trict is situated in the Cceur d'Alene Moun
tains. Lots of big strikes have been made—in
one case $7,000 from 500 pounds of rock.
A ludicrous incident was observed recently
at the Meiggs' Wharf Museum, in San Fran-.
eiseo, when, the opossum falling sick, the
largest and most active of the monkeys took
the sufferer in his arms, and Went to mime,/
it in the most comically affectionate manner.
The author of "Ben Bolt" died in Cincin
nati the other day.—Bosion Post,
It is time this item was stopped. "The au
thor of Ben Bolt" is Thomas Dunn. English,
and he is alivti . „ and resides at Fort Lee, on - the
Iludson.—N. I. gun.
A New England editor Who is travelling
in Nevada says "English, French, German,
Spanish, Irish, Chinese, Pi Ute, and other lan
guages, are spoken there with much fluency
and freedom, but none seem to be so generally
understood as—profane language."
—Some despicable traitor, on the night of
theleourth, cut down and destroyed the stars
and stripes left - dying from the liberty pole in
Elyria, Ohio, leaving the torn shreds on the
spot. A reward of fifty dollars is offered for
the detection of the misereant.
They have a Roy& mode of selling horse•
flesh in Buffalo. A man of that city sold a
span of bay mares a few days since at $l.O per
pound. They each weighed nine hundred and
fourteen pounds, and consequently the span
netted him something over $3,000.
A despatch from New York, relative to the
burning of Barnum's Museum, says the snakes
escaped—some of them into Broadway, and
sonic into the Work! and News offices. The
fekdilCe. is that the latter were of the copper
head species.
The Hudson River Railroad Company is
complimented for its cleverness in recently
killing a whole family—father, mother, and
child—all at once, so that there was nobody
left to bring an action for damages.
An old gentleman, with a profusion of sil
very leeks, a few days since paraded Broad
way, New York, with )ds "back hair" done up
as a "water-fall,' in a silk net, which pro.
traded from beneath blajtat.
Another case of horror occurred in Boston
the other day. Three young men have been
arrested upon the charge of brutally outraging
a young girl of eighteen. No punishment is
too great for such fiends.
• -
There are two. cemeteries near Danville,
Va., in which many Union soldiers (prisoners)
were buried. Moot them Ws:A used capecially
for the reception of those who had died of
small-pox.
The Vermont standard, printed at Wood
stock, naively says: "Any improvement no
ticed in our paper this week may be attributed
to the absence of the editor for several days."
The remarkable statement is made that,
out of the last one hundred 'persons who have
committed murder in New 3 ork city, not five
have been hanged,
—Dr. Felix Robertson died in Nashville on
the 9th inst., aged eighty-four years. He was
a native of Nashville, and the first male' child
born in the place.
On Monday,* Jordon, New York, a young
woman hauled Emma Tuttle, died from aneu
rism of the heart, produced by excessive
laughter.
A, writer in the New Orleans ittnestyling
himself "a • retired planter," urges the intro.
duction of Chinese labor for cotton- Nal" -
tions.
Several of the churches in' Charleston , S.
C., have been restored to the pastors arid con
gregations who formerly occupied them.
Cannel coal has been discovered near
Grand RaPids_, Mich., and the ordni° l / I S ex"
pressedthat the quantity is inexhaustible.
Forgeries to the extent of 015,00 or'2oooo
of Cook county scrip have becu detected in
Chicago. One arrest has been. made.
It is now generally believed, iII2`TOW York,
that the fires wh cih occurred there last woelt
were.the work of incend i ari 08.
The subscriptions t the Mationai Lincoln
Monument Fund, at Spr o
ingfield, 111., received
ulr to Tuesday, amount to 01.2 70..
Nearly half of the hogs in and about Wil
liamstown, Grant county Ky., have.died of hog
Cholera, and it line not yet ceased.
There is not a single lawyer in Jasper
county, Mo. Circuit Court is to he held there
ou the second Monday of October.
--The relic hunters at Washington have
already attacked the , gallows on which the
consplratorswero hung.
General oriteld was sun struck at Raven
,
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an extra copy of the
na, Ohio, while ddiVOrlng an address vn, the
4th, but he soon recovered.
—One of Col. Baker's detectives is under 0,r..
rest in New York, charged with extortitv
money.
—A. white robin was shot in Attleboro Nat:
week, and secured by a oitizen of Pawtucket',
R. I.
The ithoxyllie whiff says no doctors, but
a great many preachers are wanted MOM
—A large number of repel - 11AM robots daily
take the oath of allegiance in NitSliVine.
-.Female robbers ten yearg of age are atnOng
the " inatitutions ,, of Jersey City.
The New York Central Park will cost MO,-
tan to keep it in order this year.
-A valuable marble quarry has been dio
- in Sauk county, Wis.
The new directory of St. Louis contains
52,502 names.
Tia• Fair buildings in. Chicagtr aro being
torn down.
-- Only live lterolntionary pensioners are
now living.
—Beef is 10@12 cents per pound an Lynch
burg, Vu,
—John Morrissey's income is 09,700:
FOREIfiN ITEMIM.
Some "tome concerning the Royal family
will please American readers. Front late Court
intelligence we learn that the Queen is now
"rusticating" at Balmoral, hi Scotland. She
affects to be still mourning for her Royal Con
sort, - Prince Albert, who died several years
back. All the onerous duties of the Sovereign
arc now performed by the Prince of Wales.
Victoria, be it -known, annually receives, for
doing nothing, .£380,000 or ncarlyW,ooo,ooo is
American money. Besides this, all her child
ren are salaried at correspondingly high rates.
The Print, of Wales has lately requested. an
increase of £(30,000 (Ss0,000) to hie stunt annuity
of twice that sum. 'Verily, Great Britain pays
most handsomely for the luxury of a royal.
family. The infant prince, now ten days old,
appears likely to live to claim his share of the
public money, The Court phydcians have an
that "mother and son are doing, per
fectly well," whereat there is great rejoicing.
Much powder has been wasted, and obsequious
resolutions, cut and dried for the occasion,
haVe been brought forth and imloptin Queen
Victoria is eXpeeted to gO to Germany in Au . '
gust, where there is to be a family meeting,
and he inauguration of a statue to the late
Prince Albert, for whom, as a London high
class journal said the other day, "she is stilt
pleased to mourn." This is very much like the
expression of the lady who said she "enjoyed
very poor health."
—Nineveh was fourteen miles long, and Ar
ty-six miles round, with: a wall one hundred
feet high, and thick enough for threechariots
abreast. Babylon was fifty miles within the
-walls, which were seventy-live feet thick and.
one hundred feet high, with one hundred bra
zen gates. The temple of Diana, at Ephesus,
was four hundred and twenty feet to the sup
port of the roof. It was one hundred years in
building. The largest of the pyramids was
four hundred and eighty-one feet in height.
and eight hundred and fifty-three feet on the
sides. The base covers eleven Aelles. The
stones are sixty feet in length, and the layers
are two hundred and eight, It employed
three hundred and twenty thousand men in
building the labyrinth in Egypt, and it con
tains three hundred chambers and twelve
halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins twenty
seven miles round. Athens was twenty-five
Thrieb round, and contained 350,000 01117.0118 and.
ton,ooo slaves. The temple of i)olphos was so
rich in donations that it was plundered of
W 1,000,000, and the Emperor Nero carried away
from it - two hundred statues, The walls of
Rome were thirteen Miles round.
—An earthenware dealer at Lille, findinghim
self going to the bad, determined to swindle
his creditors, and go abroad with the money
be might amass. He let his wife and clerk
into the secret, and told them to sell clandes
tinely all the goods in the shop; this done, he
was to send a lelegilabi to his wife annoutioing
his death in a duel at Belgium ;. thereupon 5110
to celebrate a funeral service to which all
his creditors were to be invited, appear in
deep mourning, and rejoin him with the flpolla
taillelgiUlll. The wife faithfully followed the
first part of her husband's orders. She sold
the stock in shop, hail the funeral service cele
brated, went into Illeprning, and ran off with
the Creditors' money; but, ancient" hi joining
her husband, she ran in another direction With
the clerk ; her husband had told her he was a
man in whom she could place implicit confi
dence. The husband, furious at the double
trick played on him, laid information to the
police, anti all three parties have been ar
rested, tried, and sentenced to imprisonment.
—A butehernamed Done n vy, near the French
frontier at Montlucou, (Al/ler,).got drunk re
cently) and, going horde, bit his wife's index'
finger nearly oft. Ile then disappeared, and
returning' next morning, his wife, thinking to
appease him by the fear of the authoritiOS,
said: "The police are after you.". The effect
of these words was to exasperate him still
further, and snatching up a knife, he ex
claimed : "Alt! you want to have me arrested;
I will put an end to that," and then burled the
weapon in the breast of the unfortunate
woman, who fell at his feet, and shortly after
etpired. A niece, a young girl aged fourteen,
threw herbelf on Doneirry's neck and endea-
VOred to restrain his rage, but the savage
stabbed her in the side and throw her from
him : he neat plunged the knife into his own
throat and breast and tore open the wounds
with his bands. Ile then fell dead. The girl
was expected to recover.
—A curious story' reaches us fromtViellitat
"A poor, wretched-looking old woman went
to a branch pawn-office in that city, to pledge
the only article of value left her—a small gold
locket. The clerk searcelc looked at it ere he
asked the owner where she got it from, Site
declared it WAS her own property, anti it came
out that the old women found in the clerk her
long-lost son. Many years :tw ' o, when this Wl>.
man was 'keeping a farm other own at null
kireben, in Hungary, her son was Clehlrn a
soldier, and on his return heard the melan
choly news that his mother's cottage had been
burnt down, that she had left the village soon
after, and was probably dead. Thus mother
and son had lived in Viennk without meeting,
and it was only the locket that lutd led to
recognition: ,
The great fair of Leipsic thisear attains
its hundredth anniversary, having boon es
tablished in 1705. Before that year the fair was
visited by numerous booksellers from all parts
of Germany,hut Frankfortwas then the grand
emporium of the book trade, especially for fe-
reiguers. The authorities of the latter city
having imposed certain regulations, the trade
abandoned it. At present the German book
sellers send their books to the different °or
.respondents as theY appear, and meet at Le4p
sic fair to balance the accounts of sales during
the year.
A man and his wife living in Belleville,
' France, have been sentenced to a term of im
prisonment and fine for maltreating a little
apprentice girl, They had not only half
starved and cruelly beaten her, but had, when
she had not been able to got through her work
so soon as they expected, tortured her by
burning her face, neck, and arms—seinaiMeg
with the flame of a candle, and et MON With
a hot Irbil, shell al 1/W1111.1.09919 IMO for MMus
the borders of caps. The prisoners pretended
that their only object was to ottru no child of
her idleness, and that they did not know the
iron was so hot.
At a recent diplomatic reception at the
Tuileries, the Emperor having observed the
new Turkish Embassmlor, whom he had not
seen before, went up to bbn and addressed him
In a few polite words. Atter the amt compli
ment the Andia32fttiOt hawed loco, but did not
answer, and the ;Emperor continued his flat
tering speeches without eliciting a word of
reply or acknowledgment. At last some one
explained the mystery by whispering to his
Majesty that Safvet Paella does not speak
French.
The crow of the Prince Oscar, a guano ship
from Chincha, now lying at Southampton,
while oil' the coast or Brazil, caught a large
turtle, This is about three months age, and
the turtle is still alive oil board. It has been
kept alive by throwing sea-water on it occa
sionally. Although it bas no teeth, its saws
are so hard and strong that they will crack a
stout stick, and are so slmr that they will cut
a piece of twine in two, The captain of the
Prince Oscar intends to take the turtle to
Sweden, to which country he is shortly bound.
Ilirnni Puller, Esq., formerly editor Of
the New York Mirror, proposes to publish s,
newspaper in Paris to be called "t he Glosnum
politon,o giving a full resume of the news of
the world, with original reviews of current
events. The capital required is "250,000 francs,
to be raised by issuing 500 shares at 500 francs,
each bearing six per cent. interest, payable
semi-annually at the office of publication, of
which amount 300 shares being already taken,
Only %/0 remain to be oubseribed.
The startling t eortality. among the attend.
anis of the British Museath, tlx Or seven
having been carried otr within ail interval of
u few months, must have the early attention
of the trustees. The atmosphere of the Mu
seum is declared to be favorable to pulmonary
disease, and the employs now breathe it for
manv long hours, the liberty of leaving the
building during refreshment time having been
recently withdrawn.
-- The Emperor of Austria has recently pre
sented. to the Hlingeriltil Academy of Sciences
the Sera of 15,000 florins, Although. the Meant
is not very large, the gift is a graceful one,
because it was taken from his Majesty's privy
purse, and was sent to l'esth without either
the co-operation or knowledge of the 'Juno.
rian aaneery. Ills Majesty received a depn,
talon from the .Atudemy in the course of his
recent visit to Posth.
A stable boy at an English town, a fear
weeks ago, wiBkod to reduce his weight , fire
pounds, so as to ride a horse at a race. He
wrapped himself in flannels and a great coat,
and started out on a hot day to sweat himself
down ; but after walking two miles he fell
down and soon died. The cause of death, aS
stated by the surgeon, was. effusion oa the
brain, produced by the heat of the weather
and ovar-exertion.
One of the oldest wholeSaie and retell
Arms in London is carried on under . 11 / 11 / 105
whose owners were gathered to their Where
a century ago. The real proprietors are never
seen upon thepremises, and the highly-salaried
manager of business IS bound never to reveal
their names or whereabouts. Such is "snob-.
berg.)).
The amount realized from tile sale Of the
' tu
Dukeres,was p
Morns coilecti twenty-three thousa including the pndlc
nine handfed and Inty-seven. francs, or over ,
four hundred thousand dollars in gold.
Poretzby, a Russian village, built on the
side of a mountain, was recently swallowed
up in the earth t great crevices appearing lit
the mountain side after a heavy shower,
—On the VA day of August the people of
Royalstone, Mass., will celebrate the one
hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement of that
town.
—Please, sir, do the "Black Ball" steam.
ships take away from England the candidates
rejected by different clubs I—Punch.
—ln the port of Macao it is currently rem
ported to rain thirteen months in the year.
The waterfall rages there extensively.
A Turco stabbed a comrade for translating
'a remark upon his ugliness made by a Paris
grisette.
—The Imperial family of Russia is said to be
very short of money and obliged toeconomlze.
The rich. Mr: Thornton, of England, left
ten of dollars to his nephews,
. -
There are over three million horses In
Franoe ; in au the world about 49,000,000.
The British Afuseum will probably soma
be open to the public on Sundays.
anniversary' of Napoleon's murder
was solemnized at St. lielena.
It is believed the Ocean will arrest the St.
roterfibvtg
—ooe hospital in Louden uses 62,000 pounds
of beef a 'rev for beef tea.
—Prinee Nispoleon will attend the Dubtlit
eAhilgtion. 2 • .
• • • • The yellow feyeris :aging at tiara CLIO..
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