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WEDNESDAY, JUL,VI 1865
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THE NEWS.
The news wo print from North Carolina this
°riling is very encouraging. The majority
the planters are pursuing a humane and
dudous course towards their late slaves.
le a dministration of Governor Bolden is
ing in public favor. The amount of
eight at Wilmington is enormous, but unfor
oalely there is not enough transportation
, t it. There are now four lines of steamers
ma that port, beside a great number of sail
,z vessels- This is gratifying, when we con
tier that it was deemed impracticable MlB5B
ran a line to New York. There are no cases
f yellow fever at Wilmington.
Further accounts of the great freshet which
retailed on Saturday last, in the country
DIM and east of Philadelphia, will be found
another colunnt. in Montgomery county
e flood was the most fearful ever known
ere. The Mintage done is estimated at be
'eon one hundred and fifty and three hutt
ed thousand dollars. In Norristown the
ood was very 'destructive, and the poor people
that town wore the worst sufferers. In
ticks county it was equally destructive. In
elf jersey, for a space of twenty square mites
„n t ; the line of the Central Railroad, the
,untry - was submerged, and property to the
lie of two hundred thousand dollars do
oyed. In Montgomery county (this State)
• I,ldrering is so great that contributions are
cliched.
Avery destructive fire occurred on Fifteenth
reet, above Chestnut, yesterday morning
gait four o'clock. It commenced in the ex
,nsive - turning and moulding establishments
f Messrs. E. Esler & Bro., and these, with
dwellinghouses, were totally destroyed,
,ur other houses were partially damaged; also
e rear of the church of the Epiphany.
he fire burned stubbornly for some time, but
e firemen, with their usual hereulban will,
recanted the flames from extending any
eat distance, which at one time they threat
tied to do. The loss will probably reach $35,-
1. During the fire many of the houses, which
ere on fire, and others in the same neighbor
old, were broken into by numerous rascals,
~d in some instances valuable property
olen. The cause of the fire is at present un
down.
Major Generals George Cadwalader, Stephen
Ilurlburt, F. J .Iterron, andp3rigadier Gene
:ls B. F. Kelly, Joseph Bailey, A. Von Stein-
chr, Robert A. Cameron, M. R. Patrick, A. J.
smitten, 0. S. Ferry, L. P. Bradley, G. F.
apley, William H. Seward, Jr., F: B. Spinola,
oderick Vanderveer, Lys. Cutler, R. B. Heya,
, W. Rinks, P. H. Jones, Edward Harland,
,G. Mitchell, J. A. J. Lightburn, and Morgan
. ;inith have sent in their resignations.
,Tudge McCandless, of the United States Cir..
iit Court; in session at Pittsburg, on behalf
(Judge Grier and himself, yesterday declared
at the act of the Legislature repealing the
Barter of the Connellsville (Pa.) Railroa was
nconstitutional.
The regularmsil service will be immediately
•-established on the following old mail routes
Tennessee, viz: From Lebanon to Rome;
urfreesboro to McMinnville; McMinnville to
mithvnie ; Lebanon to Chestnut Mount.
The new Austrian Minister, Count Wydon
neh, yesterday presented his credentials to
c President. The speeches customary on
ch occasions will be found in our Washing
el despatches.
A graphic pen picture of the scenes On Chest
et street, both by sunlight and gaslight, will
e found in another column. The different
, Imacp of character presented there are ex - -
ihited, and Chestnut street will appear to
any readers as it never appeared before.
It is said that Spangler, Mndd, O'Laughlin,
oil Arnold, have been sent to the Albany
'enitentiary, to serve out their term of im
.risonment.
A party of soldiers have arrived at Savan
,ah, enroufeto Andersonville, to give a proper
.1111 M to the Union soldiers who have died
'tere during the war.
The Union State Convention of New Jersey
ocets to-morrow, in Trenton, for- the purpose
,1 placing nominees before the people for Go
ernor and other State officers. The Conven
'on of War Democrats meet in the same place
lay.
The Sa3ngerfest Jubilee is still in progress in
'eu - York. A full account of Monday and
uesday's proceedings will - be found in nn0.1,9"
.1,9" column.
It. IL Gillette, Nato ft is Said will be one or
ell Davis' counsel, is in Washington.
Gene. Meade and Burnside are in Boston.
The subscriptions to the seven-thirty loan
esterday amounted to $6,501,300.
The moneT market was active yesterday, but
rites wera unsettled. Reading Railroad de.
lined 14, Pennsylvania Railroad advanced ;16.
or Camden and Amboy 1:I9 was bid, and Nor•
',town 65. Government bonds were lower;
:]Os selling at 10534; 6s of 1881 at 10N,, and for
40s 97 was bid. City loans, declined, whilst
I l e prices of passenger railway shares re.
,iarned the same. There was not much done
canal stocks, ditto in oil stocks. Gold closed
4 P. M. at 14334.
The markets were without any material
singe yesterday. The sales of flour, were
led, prices ranging from $6 to $lO R bbl.
flour sold at $5 IR bbl., and corn meal at
4 111. Prices of wheat were better; fair
selling at $1.70 'ft ha.. and choice old at
',.150. Corn sold at 95@96, and oats at 6Q70
s. Cotton was lower. Sugar sold at 11%@
cents, in currency. Pennsylvania whisky
at 4146215 /1
ii closed in New York last night at 143'.4.21
'ER FROM "OCCASIONAL. S,
WAsniNGTON, luly 18, 180.
ie three States in which there has been
stubborn opposition to the Joint Reso
m of Congress, amending the National
istitution so as to provide for the corn
ce abolition of human slavery, are New
ley, Delaware, and Kentucky. In the
~ the only remaining free State that
Is out, the Democratic leaders are pre
ing to yield to what is decreed, though
am glad to obserye that the Union
ty is resolved not to be caught
)ing, and are fighting for the Legisla
precisely as if the men who baffled and
sated the efforts to get the approval of
last Legislature for that wise and essen
mendment, were resolved to maintain
ontiet. Delaware and Kentucky may
heed to follow—the latter being the
certain, because there the controversy
aly conducted, on high grounds, and
most honorable spirit. Accepting the
of slavery as a fixed fact, a number
he former opponents of the abolition
idment of the Constitution have taken
stand in favor of that amendment.
it a blessing the removal of slavery
kl have been to both these States ten
ago ! It has been the clog to their
. ess—the corpse tied to and poisoning
energies. A remarkable picture of
teal effects of slavery upon these two
!s (Delaware and Kentucky) was drawn
to Hon, Robert 5. Walker, in his let
ldressed to the English Government
people while he was resident in
lon, in the months of January and
iary, 1864. Governor Walker was
'ssioned by President Lincoln to
tie the British mind in regard to
jects of the war, the powers of the
iment, the resources of the country,
iancial system, and the ability and
ion of the Administration of Mr. Lin
in the liquidation of the public debt.
comprehensive duty, embracing the
range of questions incidental to the
was discharged by Gov. Walker with
'sing and herculean ability. He
to his,aid the - unfailing auxiliaries of
:perience and his memory, and with
tthorities more familiar to him than
;t statesmen, he entered upon his
with characteristic enthusiasm, in
and perseverance. The effect of
iment was surprising. He attacked
rebel Macy, whether in reference to
,finance, or political history, and he
al the thanks of his Government for
de and generous services. Now that
kr is over, his correspondence with
epartments 6f Treasury and State
be profitably published. It is hoped
the next Congress will call for it at an
day in the session. Governor
's open letters to the British
have been lately collected by
Ridgway, London, in a neat
—for a copy of which I am in
_ to the eminent author. From this
I take the following passages, con
1g the progress of Delaware and
Island, and also the progress of
(y and Ohio. The information is
pportune, now that both- Delaware
3 ntnelEY are once more called upon to
vhether they will consent to drive
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VOL. 8.-NO. 220.
the pestilence of slavery from the Na
tional Constitution, and rid themselves
from it forever :
Ark neat comparison will be that of our two
smallest States—Rhode Island, a free. State,
and Delaware, a slaveholding.
In 1790 the population of Ithode Island was
69,110, Mad that of Delaware 59,096.: in 1860 the
former numbered 174,620, the latter 112,216.
Thus, from 1790 to 1860, the ratio - of increase of
population of Rhode Island was 152.67 per cent.,
and of Delaware 89.88. At the same relative
rate of increase, for the next, as for the last
seventy years, the population of Rhode Island
in 1930 would be 441,212, and of Delaware, -A14,814.
Thus, in 1790, Rhode Island numbered but 10.014
more than Delaware 62,404 more in 1360, and,
at the same ratio of increase, 228,138 more in
1930. Such has been and would be the affect of
slavery in retarding the increase of Mil:aware,
as compared with. Rhode Island. (Census
Table, 1860, NO. 1.)
The population of Rhode island per square
inmile, 1790, was 52.15, and in 18(10, 133.71; that
of Delaware, 27.87 in 1790, and 59.93 iii 1660. The
absolute increase of population of Rhode Is
land, per square mile, from 1790 to 1860, was
80.79, and from 1850 to 1800, 20.74; that of Dela
ware, from 1790 to 1860, was 25.05; and from 1650
to 1860, 9.76. (lb.)
AREA.—The area of Rhode Island is 1,306
square miles, and of Delaware, 2,120, being 38
per cent., or much more than one-third larger
than Rhode Island. Retaining their respec
tive ratios of Increase, per square mile, from
1700 to 1860, and reversing their areas, the
population of Rhode Island, in 1860, would
have been 283,405, and of Delaware, 78,263.
In natural fertility Of soil Delaware is far
superior to Rhode Island, the seasons much
more favorable for crops and stock, and with
more than double the number of acres of ara
ble land.
FIIO6OIEBB O 8 WEALTH: By Census Tables 33
and 36 (omitting commerce,) it appears that
the products of industry as given, viz.: of agri
culture, manufacturee, mines, and fisheries,
were that year, in Rhode Island, Of the value
of *52,400,000, or $3OO per capita, and in Dela,
ware, *16,100,000, or $44;1 per capita. That is, the
average annual value of the product of the
labor of each person in Rhode Island is greatly
more than double that of the labor of- each
person in Delaware., including slaves. This,
we have seen, would make the value of - the
products of labor in Rhode Island, in 1930,
8132 ) 3716,000, and in Delaware only $30,463,582, not
withstanding the farfreater area and superior
natural advantages Delaware as compared
with Rhode Island.
As to the rate of increase ; the value of the
'products of Delaware, in 1850, i
was *7,804992. in
IF6O, $16,100,000; and in Rhode Island, n I ' Bso,
$24,25088, and in 1860, $52,400,000 (Table 9, Treas.
Rep., 1856,) exhibiting a large difference in the
ratio in favor of Rhode Island.
By Table 36, p. 196, Census of 1860, the cash
value of the farm lands of Rhode Island, in
1860, was $19,385,573, or $37.30 per acre (519,63.3
acres,) and of Delaware, *34420,357, or *31.39 per
acre(1,004,295 acres.) Thus, if the farm lands
of Delaware were of the cash value of those of
Rhode Island per acre, it would increase the
value of those of Delaware $5,935,38 1 / 4 whereas
the whole value of her slaves is but *039,400.
But by Table 35, Census of 1860, the total
value of the real and personal property in
Rhode Island, in 1360, was *135,337,588, and of
Delaware, $46,242,181, making a difference in
favor of Rhode Wand, $80,920,407, whereas, we
have seen, in the absence of slavery, Delaware
must have farexceededlihode Island. In wealth
and population.
The earnings of Commerce are not given by
the census, but, to how vast an extent this
would swell the difference in favor of Rhode
Island, we may learn from the census, Bank
Table No. 34. The number of the banks of
Rhode Island, in 1860, was 91; capital, 820,865,-
569; leans, *10,719,877 circulation, $3,558,295 ;
deposits, $3,5.63104. In Delaware, number of
banks, 12; capital, *1,640,675; loans, $3,150,210
circulation, $1,135,772; deposits, *976,223.
Having shown how much slavery has re
tarded the material progress of Delaware, let
us now consider its effect upon her moral and
intellectual development.
NEwSrAPBRS AND PERIODICALS.—The number
of newspapers and periodicals in Rhode Island
in 1860, was 20, of which 18 were political, 6 lite
rary, and 2 miscellaneous. (Census, Table No.
37.) The number in Delaware was 14, of which
13 were political; and 1 literary. Of periodi
cals, Delaware had none; Rhode Island, 1:
The number of copies of newspapers and peri
odicals issued in Rhode IslandlB6o . was
5.289,280, and in Delaware only! 010,770, - or large
lY more than five to one in favor of Rhode
.
As regards schools, colleges, academies, lib ra
ries, and churches, I must take the census of
1850, those tables for 1860 not being yet arranged
or published. The number of public schools
in lthodc Island ill 1550 was 426, teachers 518,
pupils 93,129; attending BOW duringthe year,
us returned by families, whites, 28,359; native
adults of the State who cannot read or write,
1,248; public libraries, 96; volumes, 101,342;
value of churches, 41,293,600; percentage of na
tive free adults who cannot read or write, 149.
Colleges and academies, pupils, 3,664. (Comp.
Census of 1350) The number of public schools
in Delaware in 1850, was 191 1 teachers 214, pupils
8,970; attending school during the year,. whites,
as returned by families, 14,216; native free
adults of the Statorwho cannot read or write,
9,777; public librarleS,l7 ; volumes, 17,9505 value
of churches, 4340 2 345; percentage of native free
adults who cannot read or write, 23.03 ; colleges
and academies, pupils, 764. (Comp. Census,
1850.)
I will now institute ono other comparison—
Kentucky, slaveholding, with Ohio, a free
State:
Kentucky—population in. 1790, 73,077; Ohio,
none. 1800: Kentucky, 220,955 Ohio, 45,305.
1860: Kentucky, 1,155,W4; Ohio, 2,339,502. We
must institute the comparison from 1800, as
Ohio was a wilderness in 1790, when Kentucky
had a pOpillation Of 73,077. .In Kentucky, the
ratio of increase of population from 1800 to
1860 was 527.98 per cent., and in the same period
in Ohio, 5,05708. Table 1, Census 1800: thus
from 1800 to 18110 Ohio increased in nearly ten
fold the ratio of Kentucky.
WEALTH.—Byaables 33 and 36, Census of 1880,
the value of the product of 1859 was as follows:
Ohio - $337,619,000
Kentucky 115,403,000
PEE. C4PITA,
Ohio .$111.31
Kentucky " 0092
Thus is it, that whilst in 1790 and 1800 Ken
tucky was so very far in advance of Ohio, yet,
in 1860, so vast was the advance of Ohio as
compared with Kentucky - , that the value of
the product of Ohio was nearly triple that of
Kentucky, and, per capita, much more than
one-third greater. No reason can be assigned
for these remarkable results, except that Ken
tucky was slaveholding, and Ohio a free State.
Their area is nearly tie same, and they are
adjacent States; the soil of Kentucky is quite
equal to that of Ohio, the climate better for
crops and stock, and theproducts more va
rious.
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We have seen the actual results in 1860,
but if Kentucky had increased in population
from 1800 to 1860 in the same ratio as Ohio,
Kentucky then would have numbered 11175,09%
Or nearly ten times her present population;
and if the product had been the same as in
Ohio, per capita, the value would have been
1,012,601,230, or more than fourteen times great
er than the result. Thus it is demonstrated
by the official tables of the census of the
'United States, that if Kentucky had increased
in wealth and population from 1800 to 1860 in
the sae It ratio as Ohio, the results would have
been as follows:
Kentucky: population . in 1860, 11,175,970; ac
tual - population 111 1860, 1,155,684; value of pro
ducts in 1880, *1,612 ,801,230; actual value in isee,
$110,408,000.
Some attempt has been made to account for
these marvellous results, by stating that Ohio
has a border on one of the lakes and Kentucky
has not. But to this it may be replied, that
Kentucky borders for twice the distance on
the Ohio river, has a large front on the Missis
sippi river, and embraces within her limits
those noble streams the Cumberland and Ten
nessee rivers, making, together with the Big
Sandy, Licking, Kentucky, Green, and Barren
rivers, the natural advantages of Kentucky
for navigation superior to those of Ohio. But
a conclusive answer to this argument is found
in the fact, that, omitting all the counties of
Ohio within the lake region, the remainder,
within the valley of the Ohio river, contain a
population more than one-half greater than
that of the whole State of Kentucky.
LAIMS.—The farm lands, improved and un
improved, of Ohio in 1860 were worth
*666664,171 The number of acres 20,741,138,
value per acre $32.18. (Census of 1860, p. 197,
table 36.) The farm lands of Kentucky, im
proved and unimproved, were worth $204-
466,953, the number of acres 19,1(8.,276, worth per
acre $15.21. (lb.) Difference in favor of Ohio,
*370.067,165. But if to this we add the diffe
rence between the value of the town and city
lots and unoccupied lands of Ohio and Klan
tuelcy, the sum is $125,000,000, which added to
the former sum M 75007,165) makes the diffe
rence in favor of Ohio *000,070,100, ffhen emu
paling the value of all her lands with those of
Kentucky. We have seen that the value of the
products in 1850 was—Ohio, $3,37,610,000;- Ken
tucky, *115,408,000. But these products embrace
only agriculture, manufactures, the mines,
and fisheries.
We have no complete tables for commerce
in either State, but the canals and railroads
are as follows : Census of hno . , No. 38 pages
22.5, 226 233-Ohio: Miles of railroad, 3,016.83;
cost or construction, $113,209,514. Kentucky:
Miles of railroad, 5694; cost of construction,
N5,058'477. Estimated value of freight trans
ported on these railroads in 1860: 01180, $3Ol,-
4e5,000; Kentucky, 828,708,t100. On the Ist of
January, 1801, the number of miles of railroad
in operation in Ohio was 3,856.74, costing
W 30,454,383, showing a large increase since 1860,
whilst in Kentucky there was none. Amer. It.
It. Journal. page 61, - vol. 374 Canals in 1860,
(census table 39 :) Ohio, 906 miles; Kentucky,
two-and-a-half miles. These tables all prove
how vast bus been the increase of the wealth
of Ohio as compared with Kentucky.
Let us now examine some of the educational
statistics.
By census table 87, giving the newspapers
and periodicals in the United States in 1800,
the whole number of that year was 4,051, of
which only 579 were in the slave States; total
number of copies circulated that year in the
United States, 927,951,548, of which number
there ere circulated in the slave States only
167,911 WA This table shows the total number
of nB6 papers and periodicals published in
Ohio in )1859, was 34(t; and the number of copies
eireuk - .,ed that year in that State was 71,767 5 711
ln ito.:irtucky, the number of newspapers and
periodicals published in 1850, was 77; and the
number of c/2pies circulated that year w a g
13.504,044, wd,',st South Carolina, professing to
instruct a control - the nation, had a eireula•
tion of 3, ,840, although South Carolina in
1790 had a population of 249,073, when Ohio was
a wilderness, and Kentucky numbered only
73,077.
As regards education, we must take the
tables for the census of 18.51), thosefor 1860 not
haVing been yet published.
, By table 144, census of 1950, the total number
of pupils in public and private seliool9,
ges, and academies, was for that year as fol
lows:- Ohio, 502,826. Kentuky, 85,914. Percen
tage of native free population who cannot
read or write—table 155—Ohio, 3.24; Kentucky,
:;.12 ; slave; States, native white adults who
cannot read or write, ratio 17.23; free States,
412. (Table. 197.) If we include slaves, more
than one-half the adults of the slave States
cannot read or write. Indeed it is made by
law in the slave States a crime (severely
punished,) to teach any slave to read or write.
These tables also Show that in South Carolina,
the great leader ofsecession, (including
more than three-fourths of the people
can neither read nor write. Such is the State,
rejoicing, in the barbarism of ignorance and
slavery, exulting in the hope of reviving the
African slave trade, whoSe chief city witnesses
each week the auction of slaves as chattels,
and whose newspapers, for more than a cen
tury are lined with daily adVertisements by
their masters of run away slaves, deseribrhg
a
the brands nd nautilation.sto which they have
been subjected ; that passed the first seeeasion
ordinance, and commenced the war upon the
Union by firing upon the Federal tag and
garrison of .Sninpter. Yet it is the pretended
advocates of peace that justify this war upon
the ;Union and insist that it shall submit to
dismemberment without a struggle, and per
mit :slavery to he extended over nearly one-
lttlf the national territory, purchased by the
blood and treasure of the nation. Such a sub
mission to disintegration .and. ruin—such a
capitulation to slavery, would have been
base and cowardly. It would have justly
merited for us the scorn of the present, the
. contempt of the future, the demmelation
Of history, and the execration of mankind.
Desots would have exultingly announced
that" man is incapable of self-government;"
whilst the heroes and patriots in other coun
tries, who, cheered and guided by the light of
our example," had struggled in the cause of
popular liberty, would have sunk despairing
from the conflict,. This is our real offence to
European oligareby,that we will crush this
foul rebellion, extinguish the slavery by which
it was caused, make the Union stronger and
more harmonious, and thus give a new im
pulse and an irresistible moral influence and
power to free institutions."
OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON.
THE RENAMING CONSPIRATORS SENT TO
ALBANY FOR IMPRISONMENT.
The Presentation of the Credentials of
the New Austrian Ninister.
WASHINcyrow, July 18,1805.
The Conspirators.
It is stated that the conspirators, MenD,
SPANGLER, ARNOLD, and O'LAUGHLIN, were
yesterday sent to the Albany Penitentiary, in
accordance with their respective sentences.
The Case of Jeff Davis.
H. GILLY.TT, who is retained by some
friends of Jury. DAVIS as the latter's counsel,
arrived here several days ago. Ile has had no
interview with his client, nor does he know
what course the Government intends to pur
sue relative to the trial.
The New Austrian Minister Presents
his Credentialti.
Count WvraiNBRUCK, whO has for some time
past represented the Government of his Im
perial Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, as
Minister Resident in the United States, pre
sented his credentials yesterday to the Presi
dent as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary. The following is his address
upon the occasion:
PIiIiSIDENT His Majesty the Emperor of
Austria, my august sovereign, has been gra
ciously pleased to confer on me the rank of an
Envoy .Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary to the United. States of North Ameri
ca. In placing in your hands the Imperial let
ter which accredits me in this capacity, I feel
assured that you will see in the higher rank
*bleb it has pleased his Majesty, the Emperor
of Austria, to bestow on his representative in
this country, a token of the high regard enter
tained by my august sovereign for you and
this Republic, as well as a new proof of the de
sire entertained by his Imperial Majesty to
strengthen the ties of friendship which bind
the two countries. For myself, I value the
more the high favors which I. have received at
the bands of my . gracious sovereign, as I can
not refrain considering it as a personal sign
that my endeavors to gain the good will and
confidence of the Government to which I have
the honor to be accredited, have been gra
ciously appreciated by my august sovereign.
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To which the President replied as follows :
Count Wydenbruck—lt always affords me
pleasure to receive you, as well upon personal
as upon public considerations. I felicitate.
you upon your advancement in the favor of
your sovereign, and with pleasure accept that
advancement as a new token of the constant
good-will and friendship of Austria to the
United States. Ins Imperial Majesty has been
pleased to invite us to raise our mission in
Austria to the rank of an Embassy. While
the Courtesy which makes this suggestion is
fully appreciated, it is, perhaps, not improper
to say that the sentiment and habits of this
Government incline us to the practice of aim.
plicity and moderation, as well as frankness
in our international intercourse, and that for
this reason the organization of our legations
abroad is fixed by laws which could not be de
parted from unless upon occasions of difficulty,
such as I feel assured are not likely to occur
in our intercourse with Austria or any of the
ancient and friendly German States.
TRIAL OF miss HARRIS.
PROCEEDINGS Or YESTERDAY.
(Special Despatch to The Press.]
WASHINGTON, July 18, 1868.
The Court convened atlo A. M., Judge Wylie
presiding.
The number of visitors was very large to
day, and numbers who were unable to pro
cure
seats occupied standing positions during
the entire proceedings. Anticipating a lengthy
session, many, especially among the ladies,
brought benches with them, in order that they
might retain, the availabe positions they
were so forte:nate to obtain,.
All the jur i qs responde e as their names
were called. .
Judge Wylie announced his consideration of
the prayers of counsel on both sides, presented
yesterday. Be had intended to write out his
views of them in full, but a pressure of bust.
ness prevented. The defence had set up the
plea of insanity. It was very plain that the
prisoner was either guilty of wilful murder or
not guilty of any crime. Wilful murder was
where !the person committed it with malice
aforethought. Sir Matthew Halo was quoted
in support of the proposition. -
The first and second prayers presented on
behalf of the prisoner, are granted.
The third prayer is refused. Whatever may
be the individual opinion I may entertain on
this queStion, as to which I, do not wish to be
understood as conveying any intimation, I am
convinced the law is not, as expressed in this
prayer. On the contrary, the Court instructs
you that the defence set up in this case must
he made out affirmatively, beyond a reasona
ble doubt, by a preponderance of evidence.
There are to be found some authorities in
this country which would sustain the prayer;
and I admit that the tendency of the courts
seem now to hate set in that direction ; but
the weight of authority is still of the other
side, and I feel especially bound as respects
my own course en this question, by the deci
sion in Foley's case, made by - the late Circuit
Court of this district, on error to the Criminal
Court. .
The first prayer offered by the prosecution
is not granted, for the reasons on which the
court has already granted the first and second
prayers of the defence.
The second prayer is granted, with this
qualification to lie added: -" or was impelled
to the act by an insane impulse, produced
either by a diseased physical condition, or by
moral causes operating on a diseased state of
her system, stinging her to madness, and for
the time displacing . reason from its seat: ,
The third prayer is not granted.
if the act in question was committed whilst
the prisoner was insane; in the sense already
ex - plained, she cannot be made responsible for
it by. any Conduct, declaration, or behavior
on previous occasions when her mind was
under the government of her reason.
The fourth prayer is granted.
The jury must be satisfied beyond a reason
able doubt that the prisoner was not merely
liable to the insane attacks referred to, but
that the act in question was committed by her
whilst she was actually possessed, andirre
sistibly controlled, by the presence and power
of one of them.
The fifth prayer Of the prosecution is re
fused.
The plea in this ease IS simply not guilty,
and the act of Congress does not require the
jury to - state upon what reasons they are to
find their verdict.
Mr. Bradley took exception to the ruling:out
of the third prayer offered by the counsel for
the accused, and wished the exception noted;
he had no other objection to make to the deci
sions of his Honor.
The argument was here begun on the part of
the prosecution, • •
By Mr. Wilson. lie congratulated the jury on
the fact that the trial was Approaching a ter
mination,after two weeks of labor by the coun
sel and the jurors, and the deprivation of the
latter of the society of their families. We
all know how prone the living are to
turn their backs upon the graves of
the departed, and how prone all are to
forget the virtues of the dead. What is
the nature of the case now before tbe court?
The accused leaves her home in September
last, armed with a pistol, travels a distance of
over a thousand ralles,and arrives in Balti
more,where she relieves herself of her cum
bersome baggage r and on the list day of Janua
ry she visits tins city.still armed, and pro
ceeds to the Treasury Department. She here
conceals herself, and lies in wait for her vic
tim. Mr. Burroughs leaves the office for his
home and family, when the accused fires the
fatal bullet, and he is hurried into the pre,
seuce of his Maker. She attempts to escape
from the building, and, as she is about leaving
it is arrested and inlpriSoncd.
The foundation of the ease, on the part of the
defence, is that She Underwent a change in
1863, and.passed from saneness to the state of
insanity. They rely, in the first place, on the
shock of her system • in the second place, on
disappointment of love; and, in the third
place, on the breaking of a marriage engage
ment. On this their whole ease is rested. There
is but one instance which can be pointed out
by the defence, where the word engagement
existed. [Mr. Wilson here referred the jury
to the letter dated September 19th, 1862, in
varich Burroughs asks if there is anything but
her miniature and ring which the accused de
sires to be returned, and asks her if lie shall
burn the letters he had received from her.]
The defence contended that the correspond
ence was interrupted between the deceased
and the accused, when, in reality, he had writ
ten to her but five times from that time (Sept.
leth, 1862) to the time of the homicide. The
accused had voluntarily broken off the en
gagement, if any existed, and this wounded
the feelings of Burroughs—win) can tell how
deeply?
Let us now come to the main question of the
great moral shock. Can any one doubt that
he accused, herself wrote the letters of the
it and 12th of September? Mr. Dannerhower
testifies that Burroughs could not have written
them, as at that time he was in Washington;
and Dr. Burroughs testifies that it was beyond.
the ability of his brother to imitate such a
style of penmanship.
[Here the speaker made an allusion to the
attack upon Dr. liurrougliS, by the eMinsel for
The accused, for the efforts made. by 111 m i -utile
case which efforts he pronounced to be but the
Doctor's duty to his deceased brother, inas
much as they were made in behalf of his
widow, and to sustain his character.]
Miss Devlin declares that up to the time
of the deceased's marriage the accused was
lively and of sane mind. How arc we to
arrive at the state of the accused's mind
at that time! A short time after this we
hear that Dr. Fitch was called in. What for?
To treat a. diseased mind? No. Toy treat a
lisease of a physical eharacterl No men
ial was then discernible. Further
in the testimony we are told that for weeks
lie shed tears. Well, who never heard of a
shedding tears, no matter how slightly she
Might have been disappointed in love? Then
hey go on to cite a number of most extraor.
.iinary facts. Her bailing a ear and not get.
ring in ; her attacking a lady with a eery
ing-knife ; her cutting a quilt; her insen
sibility to cold, and many other astonish.
ing freaks. [Mr. Wilson then quoted the
fact of the accused going to an attorney
in July, 1864, for the purpose of prosecuting
Burroughs, and said . she wished an attorney to
accompany her to Washington, as she did not
wish to see Burroughs alone, as slfe did not
know what she might do.] Ho would now come
down to the time of the actual commission of
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1865.
the homicide. Ho would venture to say, if in
stead of doing as the accused did, she had gone
to Mr. Bradley, he would not have sent for Dr.
Nichols to ascertain whether she was insane,
before taking . a fee. For ton minutes af
ter the commission of the homicide waS
She not cool and deliberate, and did she
not calmly walk away, and make an effort to ,
escape? What have the ,hiry to prove that
thiS was an insane act? Did she not delibe
rately walk to the door of the room occupied
by the deceased and quietly survey him, and
then step back and conceal herself in order to
make her shot doubly sure? Did she not state,
after the homicide, that she did the deed de
liberately, and that she visited the city for
the sole purpose of :eXecuting it? Did this
indicate insanity? Did she not kneel dawn,
at another time, and declare her sorrow
for • the act she had performed; that she
would not have done it for the world? Does ,
this show insanity? And do her actions and
statements in jail indicate an insane mindt
It was but natural that a woman, confined for
a considerable length of time prison, should
excite sympathy by her-statements and ao- -
tions.
Mr. Wilson continued b'y saying that the
opinion of Dr. Nichols had been given only on
a 'hypothetical case, and' that, too before any
rebutting testimony • had been offered. The.
Doctor was of opinion, on . this hypothetical
case, that the mind of the moused was
diseased; that she was liable to these
paroxysmal attacks induced by a variety
of causes combined. Why, the testimony
of the Misses Devlin showed that she was only,
subject to ttacks of hysterics. The speaker)
was satisfied . that there was no exhibition dr
indication of insanity iu jail of the accused, as
claimed by her counsel. There was no bodily
disease visible which could make her excusa
ble for the horrible deed she had performed.
Did she not, when asked by Miss Devlin where
she procured the pistol, give an evasive answer?
And again, when the question was repeated, did
she not give as an excuse that other'llidies of
Chicago carried pistols? 'Does this show in
sanity?. Could not the jury see a connection
between the remarks of the accused concern
ing :the purchase of the pistol, when she said
she believed a plot had been made to carry her
offand.the conversation with the attorney hr
Jully, lest, when she said she would vindicate
her character? This all shows the revengeful.!
spirit working on the accused; the malice, the
jealousy. If she is an irrational being, she
will be acquitted ; if not, though to be' itied,
she should, nevertheless, be punished for the
crime. she has committed.
Judge Hughes followed on the'part of the
itdeafse
listened
dh
to w
al on and masterly effort, which
fth much interest, - On the
conclusion of his address, the court ad
journed.
NORTH CAROLINA.
GRATIFYING ACCOUNTS OF INCREASING
PROSPERITY.
The Administration of Governor Holden
Growing, in Public Favor.
WASHINGTON, July 10—Encouraging • ac
counts have been received here of the pros
pect of restoration in North Carolina, and it is
stated that the majority of the planters are
pursuing a humane and judicious course to
ward their late slaves.
NEW YORK, July .I.s.—The steamer Louisa
Moore brings Wilmington, N. C., dates of the
14th inst.
The :Eferatd says nearly a million dollars
have been paid to soldiers here within a few
days.
The American Telegraph Company have
taken charge of the Southern lines,. and expect
soon to have communication thrhugh the in
terior, between New York and New Orleans.
The steamer Moore left one day prior to the
time advertised for sailing, owing to the fact
that her cargo and another one were lying on
the dock before she arrived. There is more
freight at Wilmington destined for the North ti
than the present transportation can accommo- a
date, and - when the railroads are put in Opera, h
tion there will be an increased demand, as
there is a great amount of produce above Wil
mington.
Three steamer loads of negroes have been
lately sent to Charleston.
The 2d Measachuaetts Heavy Artillery have
gone to Fort Fisher to relieve the 16th New.
York Heavy Artillery, ordered to repoit to
General - Augur, at Washington.
NEW YORK, July 18.—The steamer Ellen S. W
Terry brings Newbern advices of July 15th. .al
Among her passengers is General Paine.
The Raleigh Progress says there is not a son. ly
tary ease of yellow fever at Wilmington. si
The Progress speaks in the highest tonne of al
the administration of Governor Holden, and ,t/
says it is growing vastly iWpublic favor. It. ,"
also glowingly sets forth the great benefit's
that Newbern has received from the influx of
Northern business men,
The editor says that in 1858 it was deemed
impracticable to run a line of steamers to
New York, but now the Northerners have es
tablished two lines, and one or two to Balti
more, while there is a larger trade for sailing
vessels than ever before. The Northern ele
ment is largely irirthe ascendant at Newbern,
and will remain so. The best of feelings exist
between them and the natives. The travel
between Newbern. and Raleigh is large, and
constantly increasing. Cotton has begun to
blossom in North Carolina, being two weeks
earlier than last year.
A severe and fatal sickness prevails at Eden
ton. The 26th Kentucky, Bth New York, 52d
Pennsylvania, 181st and 183 d Ohio regiments,
and a battalion of the 91st Indiana are at Salis
bury, and expect soon to be mustered out,
General Schofield will remain in North Caro
lina, with his headquarters at Greensboro.
The Terry spoke on the 16th instant the
steamer Prinee Albert, at anchor off Hatteras,
disabled and bound to New Orleans. She was
towed to Morehead Cityby the S. R. Spaulding.
FORTRESS MONROE.
FORTRESS Moynog,Julyl.7.—Arrived, steamer
Curlew, from Point Lookout.
Dar Horace Scudder, from Washington.
Schooner Only Daug,htei, from New York for
City:Point.
Steamer Fairbanks, from Washington.
Schooner K. S. Tibbetts, from City Point.
Propeller Idaho, from Morehead City.
Propeller North Point, from Port Fisher, and
bound to Baltimore, with a detachment of the
16th United States Artillery,
Steamer Monitor, Captain Morton, from
Fredericksburg.
Steamer Edward Everett, Captain Etter,
from City Point, with the 52d Pennsylvania
Volunteers, for Baltimore.
Steamer Lady Lang, from City Point, for
Baltimore ' with troops.
Sailed, ship Missouri, for Bordeaux, with
tobacco, from Richmond, Va.
Steamer Fairbanks,-foe Savannah, with Lieu.
tenant F, T. Jones, 0041 t New York Volunteers,
and two hundred convalescent soldiers and
rebel prisoner&
The President has appointed Mr. Warren W.
Wing postmaster at Norfolk, Va., which is
very satisfactory to his many friends.
Colonel A. B. Blunt, Assistant Quartermaster
at Norfolk, Va., has been assigned to duty at
Fortress Monroe in the same capacity.
Captain Nathaniel Low, Jr., is appointed As
sistant Quartermaster for Norfolk.
/Arrived, schooner Brendlell, from Morehead
City. "
The new and beautiful chapel at the United
States General Hospital of Fortress Monroe is
so far completed that services were held there
yesterday;:and, by invitation of Chaplain E.
P. Roe, the Rev, Mr. Tisdale, Chief Agent of.;
the Christian Commission, conducted the first
service, with the assistance of Chaplain ROB..
The Brooklyn and Long Island branch'of the
Christian Commission have contributed Ave
hundred dollars towards the construction of
this chapel. The Rev. Messrs. Tisdale and
Crane, of Norfolk, have contributed liberally
by furnishing a suitable library for the sol
diers. •
IMpOrtant Decision..
THE ACT REPEALIED TITS OILA/LTER OW T . RTI COE-
InILLEVILLE RAILROAD DECLARED UNCONSTI.
' PITTSBURG, July 18,--Judge McCandless, in
the United Statestlircuit Court this morning,
read the opinion of Judge Grier and himself,
prepared, as lie stated, by Judge Grier, de
claring the act of the Legislature of Pennsyl
vania which repealed the charter of the Con
nellsville Railroad Company to be unconsti
tutional. This secures to Pittsburg and the
West another outlet to the East and 'a direct
route to Baltimore and Washington city, un.
less the decision should be reversed by the
United States Supreme Court.
The Sailing of the China
Bono's, July 18.—The mails for the steam
ship China, for Liverpool via Halifax, will
close at five o'clock to-morrow (Wednesday)
morning, but she will not sail until about
eight o'clock..
Major Generals In Boston
BosTon, July U.—Major Generals Meade and
Burnside are in this city, and win attend the
commencement at Cambridge College to
morrow.
Robbery ea. Boston.
BOSTON, July 18.--Tho houses of W. DieCrilve
ry and Capt. Maness Pendleton, in Searsport,
were broken into on Sunday night, and robbed
of silver ware, money, Government bonds, and
other-valuables, to the amount of several
thousand dollars.
The Great Boat Race
Pononaurssta, July 18.—The great four-oared
race came off this afternoon, and resulted in
favor of Samuel Coßyer, the New York boat,
she, leading the Poughkeepsie boat about two
lengths and a half to the home stake boat,
Time for the five miles, 37 rain. 20 sec.
Arrival of Troops.
BOSTON, July 18.—The steamer Constitution,
from Savannah, arrived to-day, with the Nth
New Hampshire Regiment, which returns
with five hundred and twenty-one men.
Fire et Buffalo.
BUFFALO, July 18, noon.—The extensive eat.
tie yards cf. the New York Central Railroad,
at East Huffalo, are now burning. The trans
fer depot and betel will probably escape.
New Jersey Polities.
THE UNION STATE CONVENTION TO MEET TO
MORROW-TEE WAR. DEMOCRATS TO MEET TO-
Twerrox, N. J., July 18.—The Repnblican
'Union Convention for the nomination of It can.;
dilate for Governor win meet here on Thurs
day. 'Numerous candidates arc named for the
position, including Marcus L. Ward, George T.
cog', Cornelius Walsh,James Df. Seovol, George
M. Robeson, Alexander G. Cattell, and Joseph
'C. Potts. Ward and Cattell are the principal
competitors, with the chances in favor of Cat
tell. As between the two it will be an exciting
Convention. The anti-railroad monopoly men
and the friends of negro suffrage will have
something to say.
A Convention Of War Democrats of Hudson
county is called by N. N. Halsted, to be held in
this city to-morrow.
,Are Persons who have Meld °Mee IJiv.
der' the Rebel Government Eligible to
ofitbe ? •
Thomas J. Bowden, Attorney General of Yir-
I ginia,!in answer to a note addressed to him by
!Governor Pierpont, asking his opinion as to
'whether persons having held office under the
so-called Confederate Government, or under
any'rebellions State government, are eligible
:to office, makes a reply, of which the following
'is the substance. He is of the opinion that such
',persons are not eligible to any eonstiutional
lode°, and epee, in that , eonneetion, the first
section of Article 111. of the Constitution:
Rerson;ilhall vote or hold office under
tliis'Consti wholms held office under the
,o-ealled Confederate Government, or under
'any rebellious State government, or who has
been a member of the so-called Confederate
Congress, or a member of any State Legisla
; lure in rebellion against the authority of the
United States, excepting therefrom county
oineers.”
` He further states, in regard to the true inter
oretation of the provision, that--
There are county offices which are offices
unierthis Constitution. Under the provision
ited,.all persons embraced therein are pro
'Dined from holding constitutional offices. In
his prohibition are not included such persona.
a have heretofore held mere county offices
mder any ;Ominous State Government. And.
hat the article is mainly employed in de
cribing the classes of persons who shall not
mid office. And be therefore construed the
wordS "excepting therefrom county officers,"
o as to accord with the general intent of the
rovision, not as meaning that persons hold
ng office under the Confederate Government,
c., could be elected to county offices, but as
eaning that all persons who have been mere.
iountY officers may hold any constitutional
iffice.• And he thinks 'one of two interpreter
ions must be given to the section ih question.
Also,lit was the intention of .the framers
if the Constitution either, first, to limit the
tligibility of all the classes mentioned to
ere county offices; or, secondly, to exclude
, l the classes mentioned save county officers,
f urn eligibility to any office, and to confer on
, •re county officers the right to be elected to
a y position, whether a county-office Or Other
,. -e. lie is clearly of the opinion that the
I. ter was the true intention, and that the con
t ry construction of the section would be at
t,, ded with many anomalies. First. It would
p mit any officer of the so-called Confederate
G 'eminent to hold a county office, when, by
tl termspf the article as originally adopted,
a 1 as it stood until recently amended, he
e. Id not vote for another person for the same
o a .e.. Second. County officers of merelyloca.l
ai limited Jurisdiction would be placed under
th same ban with the highest officers of the
s. ailed confederate or rebellious State Go
ve ment. And, again, the section in question
is minly employed in describing the classes
of ,ersons not eligible to office. This con
st etion accords with the general intent, t. e.,
't ,natrues the words " excepting therefrom
io ty officers," as deseripdia personarum, and
30 • s indicating the offices to which the pro
;cr. ed classes are, notwithstanding their pro-
Mr tion, eligible.
T - opinion he gives, he states, refers merely
',O institutional offices. As to such offices as
ire, of created by the Constitution, the pro.
lib ion does not apply.
obable Homicide in Pittsburg..
El=mgm=alu=u=ml
r the Pittsburg Commercial, July 17.]
01 . gturciay evening an altercationoecurred
iet en two piling Gernians,nameJohn Peter
Pin and Gustave Nissner, at thO' 8 weibtor
lot , on Penn street, in the Fifth Ward, kept
iy rtin Baltz. A number of. persons who
ver iresent interfered: between the parties,
md was supposed that the difficulty had
me ettled. About twelve o'clock Fink left
he use,:when he was followed by Nissner,
011 to rew a dirk-knife from his pocket and
1 )
;tab , d Fink nine times—five times in the left
rind four in the back, Immediately after
het,b tabbing, Nissner :lied. Fink was carried,
,?,
, into the hotel, ands physician sent for,
vh discovered that ; eile of the stabs in the
ac bad penetrated one, of the lungs, inflict
wound that in all . probability Will proye
Pti . _
I be night police were apprised of the occur
rnee, when a search for Nissner was insti
toted. About one o'clock on Sunday morning
bi was discovered in the upper end of the
N ith ward, when he was arrested and taken
tithe Mayor's office. ale was committed to
ja yesterday, to await the result .of Fink's
in ries.
nk IS a stranger in this city, havingarrived
fr Cineinnati about three weeks ado in R
se Ch of employment as a farmer. eis
abut twenty-five years of age, and unman.
rift. Nissner is twenty-five -- years old, and
ws engaged at a machine shop in the Fifth,
wid. They both boarded at the Sweitzer
11. el, and appeared to be on excellent terms
wh each other - until Saturday night. The.
case of the difficulty has not transpired.
psterday evening Fink's condition had not
inproved, and no hopes were entertained of
13. - •ecovery.
Personal.
t Idr. De Bow, editor of the Washington
Fetiew, which bore is said to be a resident of
111aborough, a small town near Chester, in
tin State. Me base been in atatu quo for a
lig -while, but is now anxionS to resume the
Inklication of his periodical. Some Change
h . aken place in his sentiments, for he pro.
po s to advocate free labor.
---emirs. Surat; Payne, Harold, and Atzerott,
arall buried in the jail-yard, at the foot of
the mtifold on which they were executed.
Th graves arc plain mounds, marked by
pla head-boards, telling the names of those
wh moulder below. The Government has
i t.
steily rifused to render the bodies to the
it ,
frie s wile apply for them. The other crimi
nals re 'still confined in the jail, and are in
goo heap. It is expected they will be sent
to the Alba) , Penitentiary in a clay or two.
Iladane Jumel, whose death we chroni
cled, yesteray, was ninety-two years of age,
and had sole queer ideas. She was a femi
nine Rip Vat Winkle, differing only from that
historical- fe \pw in the fact that she was al
ways awake, :fit perfectly blind to the march
of modern utilization. • She lived secluded
and alone, in n. , antiquated house, curiously
built, like a - -iefich chateau, and never all
lowed any imlAvement to be made in it.
General Ot contradicts the following,
statement, whihas been extensivelycopied.:
" The arrest of eneral Lee, the Petersburg
(Va.) News sap was ordered by Secretary
of
Stanton. Gene Ord, in command at Rich
mond, offered his signatien rather than axe.
cute the order. eral Grant interfered, and
the arrest was r lled." Ord says there is
not one word' of th in it, and that it is a
reflection upon hi:nes a soldier.
—G. W. Gayle, tie "million dollar man,w
arrived at Hilton lead on the 12th inst., and
was immediately sto Fort Pulaski.
DIFII" WRAC CITY.
/ \ New Irons, July 18.
onolif ktlajort HEAD.
The steamer S. H..lpaulding, from Hilton
Head, brings 800 sick and wounded Soldiers.
, MONET AND STOCKS.
he ci New York lbet of yesterday says
,T :
• 'Ool is steady at aslight advance :
priceTheopen
,taci, stock wasl43 ,ra i r r i enil
l a s t J a hn
,q close uet l a f4 wits e t.d g .
llower,and irre lar,
~ B efore the st session New York Central
was quoted at%, Erie at 81%, Reading at 99%,
Michigan Sout ern at 63%.
The S . o i llowl quotations were made at the
board, corn aredwith yesterday:
, Mon Sat. Adv. Dec.
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EVENII4 STOCK EXCHANGE.
` New
_iixehange, this evening, gold
- New 'ork Central, 98IN ; Erie, 81%;
07 1 14; Riading, 1004; Miehigan South-
Illinoil Central, 124; Pittsburg, Ws;
al, 105.1; n Northwest, 26%; preferred,
'll9ne l Vs ; Ohio and Mississippi cer
-124%; ti tOll, 89; Cumberland, 4 0 ,7" iii
er, 9t3fi i Mariposa, 12%. The market
11 but stfady.
Tim MARKETS. '
Rama ,Ttirre.--irhe market for State and
Wester Flour is 10@llc lower on common,
end ii or good grades ; sales 10,200 hills, at
45,70@6. for supernnu State; $6.65@6.80 for ex
tra Sta,* $6.85(00.90 for choice do; $5.7506.15
for sup line Western ie0.75@6.05 for common
to in edi • extra Western • and $6.90@7.05 for
commo o good shipping brands extra round
hoop 0 o. Canadian / ur is steady ; sales
MD bbls t $6.7 5 6 0 . 95 for moron, and. $7@8.15
for goer to choice extra. Wheat is dull and
lE92e lo r; sales 99,000 bulls at 91.4201.43 for
umber clwaukee, and $l. @1.6.5 for winter
red Wes rn. Oats are 1:11R1 at Me for West.
ern. Th Corn market is a s de firmer •sales
08,000 hu els at 78682 e. for un d and 81110316
for soun mixed Western.
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sales la, bblß et $29.25081 for .„,,,,„,.. . 6 ,4
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prime, id 4123.9.0@20 for prime wel The Beef
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THE LATE FRESHET.
EXTENT OF THE COUNTRY OVER WHICH
THE STORM PASSED.
Two Counties in our own State, and Two in
• New Jersey Heavy Sufferers.
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY
IN NOREBTOWE.
THE' CHARACTER AND CONSEQUENCES
OF THE FLOOD.
THE LOSS AT LEAST $9.00,000
Bridget; Carried Away t ateek Drowned, and Private
Property Bullied In Bucks County.
The Total Loam by the Storm, in Penneyl
vania and New Jersey, Eau
,
mated at 8800,000,
Mao) , of our readers must nave been as•
tonished yesterday by our reporter's account
of the great freshet in the Schuylkill river
and its tributary—the WissahiekOn. In our
own eity and its immediate Tiehay the rain
of Sunday evening and night assumed nothing
more than the proportions of an ordinary
summer thunder-shower, with extremely
black 'clouds, however, and, in many locali
ties, sufficed only to lay the dust. No one sup
posed that but a few miles to the north of him
a tremendous deluge was pouring down—der
stroying thousands of dollars' worth of pro
perty„ and Jeopardizing hundreds of lives.
Yet a deluge there was, extending, we should
judge from the despatches and the long so
counts, of our exchanges in the section 'visited,
in a northeasterly direction from the west
ern borders of. Montgomery county, in this
State, ;to Raritan Bay, on the ocean border
of Nevr Jersey. Every creek and rivulet in
Montgomery and Bucks counties seen:Late have
been :swollen to a terrific height, while
over in Jersey, in Hunterdon, Mercer, Somer
set, and Middlesex counties the creeks and the
Raritsi River which courses through the lat.
ter two counties, surged overtheir banks with
immensely destructive effects.. The old inha
bitants of all the counties visited are unani
mous in stating, through the columns of their
local journals, that such a storm was never
before - known, or, at least, had not a parallel
in all jthe storms of a long series of years.
The Norristown Herald says that the flood
there ;was the "most fearful ever known."
The rise of the creeks in Bucks county is de
scribed in a similar way, and the rise of the
Raritan as the greatest since 1811.
THE DAMAGE an IncYNTGOITERY 001INTY, AND 55-
DISMALLY IN NORRISTOWN.
The Norristown Herald furnishes us with a
detailed narrative of_the flood in Montgomery
county, and with its especial effects upon the
town, saying that it has caused an immense
amount of distress, particularly among many
laboring men, who have had their little pro
perty almost entirely ruined, and are fit sub•
jects tor the attention of the benevolent.
"The showers of Sunday afternoon," it con
tinues, "settled into a steady rain in the eve
ning, and the water fell in torrents for hours.
Across the country, in the neighborhood of
Penn Square and Centre Square, the rain was
very heavy, and the head waters of stony Creek
and Saw Mill Run, two small streams falling
into the Schuylkill, attheupper and lower end.s
of the town, respectively, were fearfully swol
len.' It was along these streams that a fearful
scene took place, as the waters increased. to.a
flood, and swept everything before thorn, The
damage done to public and private individu.
ale is variously eatiMeted at Patna one hun
dred and fifty thousand to threultundred thou=
sand dollars. The flood on SA.ony. Creek was
much the wilder, and more, violent, and the
amount of damage done, though falling on a
less . number of persons is greater than on
Saw mill Run, Theh lakge dam known as
Stanbridge's , broke about 10 o'clock, and the
material composing it was swept completely
away,, not one stone , thing left' on another.
The next crossing below is the Marshall-street
Bridge, where the 'water was damned up in
immense volmne, the arch, Obstructed by lum
ber logs, and' other debris, being entirely
insufficient to allow the water to pass
through. In a short time the wing -walls gave
way, the water rushed over On each side of.
the arch, and swept onward to the bridge at
Main street. This was served in nearly the
same manner, and a fearful gully was washed
across the turnpike, through which the stream
'rushed with incredible force, devastating eve
.rything "ltelow, and carrying it away to the
river. The loss of :property here was
yery large. Between Rain street and the
rlvte, along the Dann of the creek, were
several Mil and lumber yards, and two planing
mills. All the coal and lumber was swept
away, together with the offices of the proprie
tors and their contents. The machinery of the
mills was much damaged by the rush of water,
and the residence across the stream of the pro
prietor of one of them, was totally wrecked.
he total loss here amounts to over *50,000.
,Above the bridge mins, dwellings, and fac
tories were carried away ad libitum; a large
corn-field was completely swept of the growing
crop, and the ground covered with stones and
delons from Stanbridge's dam above, but the
loss was not so great (in dollars and cents) as
below the bridge. In the lower ward of the
town the flood was also exceedingly destruc
tive while other parts of the town escaped.
The bridge over Saw-mill Run, at Arch street,
was too weak tolong withstand the fury of the
water and was goon destroyed, The stone
structure on Marshall street stood firm for
some time, and kept back the water until it
ran over the street, Whenthe turbulence of the
flood caused it to give way, and the immense
body of water which had collected broke
through with a rush, carrying the bank for
sixty feet, and causing terror and destruction
to the property below. At Main and Arch the
s cen e was terrible. The water do wed ove r Main
street in torrents, ext ending from below Arch
to Mill street. The residents were cut off from
all human aid, and the increasing violende Of
'the flood added perils to their situation.
About quarter of eleven o'clock the waters
commenced to abate, and although it was hail
ed with joy by the large crowd which by this
time had assembled, the peril of the isolated
people was not decreased. Here the loss of
property mas t great, and the saddest part of
the calamity is that the largest number of the
sufferers are hard-working people, who can
illy afford their loss. In many eases all their
stock of provisions were swept away . or de
stroyed,and their furniture and wearing ap
parel ruined. The loss to the borough in this
ward is very heavy. Three bridges are com
pletely destroyed, and one, corner of Penn and
Arch streets,is rendered useless, and will have
to be rebuilt. On Main, Penn, Arch, Marshal
and Lafayette streets, the embankments are
- washed away and will require considerable
time to repair them.
"Up countrythe streams reaehednothinglike
a freshet. Perkiomen and Skippack Creeks
were not unusually high. Indeed the rain
seems to have been almost entirely ' local, and
to have extended only across the ceuntry and
some distance below. Nearly all the bridges
on Stony Creek, in its whole course, are more
or less injured. Above Penn Square the bridge
is gone, and so is that just above Springtown,
as well as that over Saw-mill Run, farther
down the road, so that travel over- the Ger
mantown Turnpike is seriously obstructed.,,
THI2 DINITRUCTION IN BUCKS COUNTY
The chief aelu g e seems to have fallen upon
the middle and upper portions of Bucks
county, swelling the Neshamony, its principal
water course, to a greater height than has ever
before been known. A Newportsville corres
pondent says :
The deStruction to property has been int
mouse. All the county bridges from Spring
valley to the Delaware were swept away", ex
cept one at Oakford. These were located re
spectively at Newportville, nulmeville, John
son's Ford, Wilson's Hill, Bridgetown, and
Springvalley, or Chain Bridge. They were all
covered bridges, and with one exception all
recently built. The bridge at Hulmeville
was over four hundred feet long. The others
were about one-half this size. Two piers were
taken out of the railroad bridge at Bridgewa
ter. The destruction of private property was
also severe. W. 11. Paxson, lumberman at
Bridgewater, has lost it large quantity of rails
and other Illnlber, and Bic and & Young, hay
pressers, a large guontity of hay. J. L. &N.
Shoemaker's steam saw mill, a large, substan.
Oil building, was carried a short wa r p down
the stream and lodged on the banks. The loss
in lumber and logs is grea_t, say ten thousand
dollars. Isaac C. Fetter, Newportville, loses
heavily from damage to dour and grain. Goo.
W. Boileau, saw mill, &c., loses logs in raft and
lumber. About one-third of the mill-dam be
longing' to Fetter & Boileau was swept away.
At - Hultneville, Thomas J. Yerkes, ' miller,
loses heavily in grain, stored flour, feed r Ac.
The destruction to property at this place is
particularly great. One corner of a large
stone woollen factory, owned by J. M.
Mitchell & Co., of your city, was carried
away, precipitating some very valuable ma
chinery into the stream. The water flooded
the entire first floor, and carried the machinery
into heaps in one end of the room. All the
machinery for making shirts coats, stockings,
drawers, &c., was upon this floor, and is
greatly damaged. The drying room attached
to the , bnilding was carried away—a large
quantity shirts stockings and other arti
cles
Whieh were boxed up for market, were
carried away. Some machinery in the second
story was damaged. The loss in machinery
and stock, $15,000. Much property was dam
aged to a great extent by the washing away of
embankments, &e. Several small 'buildings
were carried away. A number of hands will
be thrown out of employment for some time
by the stoppage of this factory. The farmers
Were great losers along the stream. Captain
Alfred litarple lost all his wheat and a large
quantity of hay, and much live stook and cattle
pasturing in meadows were drowned. Five
horses were found dead in one field. A eon of
Col. F. Vansant, in company with a farmhand,
went to a meadow with a pair of horses to draw
away the mowing machine. The water rose so
fast that they had to leave the team and take
1 o the trees for safety. The horses were lost,
but the men were saved. A. Tomlinson (mil
ler at Wilson's) and family were awakened by
the noise of the stream, and found them
selves surrounded by water. The house
showed signs of moving, and they climbed to
a willow tree, himself wife and two children.
This was about two A. M. They were taken
from this place of safety about OA. M. The
stream began to rise about twelve o'clock mid
night, and continued until six o'clock A. M.,
"when it began to abate.
NEW JERSEY.
The despatches we printed yesterday show
that all the destruction by the storm took
place along the line Of the Raritan River. The
freshet extended from Plainfield, s, point on
the line of the New Jersey Central Railroad,
about eight miles below Middiebrook, to and
THREE CENTS.
above Somerville, s, distance of four miles
more. The area of country submerged could
not be loss than twenty square miles, and the
extent of the damage is moderately estimated
at two hundred thousand donars.
The flood was caused by the Raritan River
overflowing its banks, and causing . the moun
tain streams from , the Blue Ridge, which
lies a few miles back of the railroad, to over
flow theirs. These streams, bell greatly
swollen with the heavy rains 0 Sunday
evening and Monday morning, became foam
ing and irresistible torrents, sweeping down
with them bridges by which they were spanned
and everything movable along their banks.
From midnight of Sunday the water, which
was already high, began 'Co rise at a frightful
rate, and at ono o'clock the Raritan River had
overflowed its banks. The rain still poured
down in torrents. The mountain tributaries
became more and more furious, and the rise
in the Raritan continued at an alarming pace.
Joined to these influences, the Delaware and
Raritan Canal broke in its banks at various
points, and the vast volume of water confined
within its artificial banks was poured into the
channel of the Raritan, and the capacity of the
latter thus overtaxed.
The : village of Boundbrook and Middle
brook, in Somerset county, was entirely sub
merged, so that there was nothing of it to he
seen but the roofs and chimneys of the houses.
Somerville also suffered. The rest of the facts
were furnished yesterday.
It will be seen that by this storm at least
six hundred thousand dollars worth of pro.
perty has been destroyed in live or six court
ties of the two States. It was most disastrous,
It came suddenly, and came, too, in midsurn,„
mer—a rare occurrence indeed. Travel is se
riostsly impeded in Montgomery and Bucks
counties, and much suffering is the result
among the many who can ill afford to bear
their loss. The Norristown Herald offers to
receive subscriptions for the needy sufferers
of that town.
The New York Stengerfes4.
THREE THOUSAND ormacAM SINUSHS GATHERED
TOGETHER—RUBIO AND FRIENDSHIP CULTI•
TATED IN LAGER AND EMIRS WINE—SPECS.
- RENS OP HOSPITALITY—TRH DELEGATIONS
FROM THIS CITY—THE MONSTER REHEARSAL
AND. CONOHRT.
The ninth German Stengerfest is now hold
ing in New York, and is attended, we are told,
by at least three thousand singers, a large pro
portion of emit members of the grangers
blinds of this city. Eight other Stengerfests
have been held, the first having met in this
city in 1850; the second at Baltimore in 1851;
the third at New York in 1852; the fourth in
thisnity in 1853; fifth at Baltimore in 1854; the
sixth at New York in 1855; the seventh in this
city in 1858. Since then the Stenger festivals
were to be held every three years. The eighth
was held at Baltimore in 1859, and the ninth
was to have been held in New York but the
war broke out and the festival was postponed
to the "happier times of honest peace." Every
preparation has, of conrse, been made, and the
visiting singers who come from Hartford, Buf
falo, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Poughkeepsie, and some other cities, are
handsomely entertained by their brethren.
The Teutonic Society alone hes for its guests
four different societies—the Liedertafel, of
Baltimore; the Buffalo Sa3ngerbund ; Manner
chor, of Philadelphia; Liederkranz, of Syra
cuse, and the Richmond Singers—numbering
in all about one hundred and twenty-eight.
The New York Tribune says:
The people of the city show to the singers
the greatest hospitality, and manifest it in
various ways. It is a not uncommon occur
rence that a singer from another city is taken
in band by parties entirely unknown to him,
and treated in the handsomest style ; in fact,
there seems to be a contest going on among
our citizens who' can do the most. There are
quite a number of soldiers among the singers,
who tire being lionized by all; but, above all,
it must be pleasing to know that even Charles
ton, S. C. has sent a representative in the per
son of the editor of the Deutsche Zeitung, a
paper which the rebel authorities suppressed
because it advocated the cause of the Lulea.
Monday was set down in the programme for
the grand procession, rehearsal, and second
grand concert, but the rain-storm of Sunday
• evening, which had such a terrible effect in
some places, prevented the first observance.
The rehearsal, however, took place, beginning
at half-past ten o'clock, in the Academy of
Mugs—the greatest rellearsai that bad ever
echoed from its walls. Rain, which had been
falling all morning, ceased abOut half-past
twelve o'clock, when the rehearsal closed, end
the guests were entertained thus;
In the Turner Hall, in Orchard greet, open
house was kept, with lager and Rhine wine ad
tibitemfor every thirsty throat. Several so
cieties took their guests to the Central Park,
the Lion Brewery, Jones' Woods, Guttenberg,
and other • suburban retreats known to the
Gbrmans. The Liederkranz had Stages for
their guests, who-were taken to Kress' Brew
ery, in Fifty-fourth street, where King Gam
brinus was worshipped in lager. The Lieder-
I afel and Beethoven Manmerchor entertained
their guests in handsome style, at their head
quarters, Beethoven Hall, in Sixth street. In
the Steuben House, the ladies belonging to
the New Yorker Sing Academia presented the
Teutonic Stengerbund of Philadelphia with a
splendid wreath of red and white roses (art!.
i s icial), with appropriate inscriptions. Miss
Caroline Waechter made thepresentation,
which Was acknowledged by .1)1% Xlein, of
Philadelphia. At Kuntz's Hall, Non H. and 19
Essex street, the Schillerbund were presented
by their guests, the Philadelphia Sasenger
bund, with a handsome silver goblet.
Of course, these entertainments required
something to make them such, and gave a
character to the neighborhoods in which they
were given, These are both described :
The quantity of lager and weir beer and
Rhine imbibed passes computation. The
breweries have been atwork night and day for
the past month,manufacturing the first-named
drinks. Huge eartsperambulated through the
streets from an early hour, supplying the va
rious "gartens," whose stock' had been all ex
hausted the previous day, To go up the Bow
ery once was sufficient instruction in the Ger
man dialect to enable ono to speak the lan
guage ; and to hear Englialr srpoken Wag a
rarity. It seems as if the Bremen steamers
had emptied Germany of its inhabitants, and
landed them at Ilew 14rk,
The afternoon was passed in preparations
for the laultenioth concert Of the evening. It
was in every point of view a magnificent suc
cess.
The performanee—a truly intereStnig and
well-selected one—was carried out with great
effect, Mr: Palm and Mr, Carl Bergmann alter
nately wielding the baton, and monopolizing
a large share of the plaudits. The soiree was
inaugurated by the magnificent orchestral
page known as the overture of Robespierre,
by Littolf, which one hundred instrumental
performers executed with grandiose spirit
and precision. The glorious Marsellaise—the
sublime work, the fruit of Bouget de Lisle'
inspiration—was rendered with such effect
that the spectators all but rose to their feet
and,jolned in the "Albans enfants de la patrie
—le Jour de gloire est arrive In while the un
numbered banners of every hue and glaring
brilliancy waved aloft as though a battle
breeze had wafted through the air at the bid
ding of the heroic strain.
While the overture was played, the, green
curtain was down. At its close it was drawn
discovering a perfect mass of heads, at
which sight the cheers were deafening. At the
rehearsal it was found impossible to crowd
2,000 singers on the stage. By dint of hard
squeezing, something over a thousand were
massed together, bu so close that they were
literally singing into each other's ears. Cer
tain it is that these 1,000 or 1,200 singers made
no more tone than GO of the evening previous.
The choruses in which all the singers joined
were distinguished by the same excellence in
execution as those of Sunday evening. All the
points were firmly and promptly taken up,
the shadins were thoroughly observed, and
the intonation was true and just throughout.
Rebling , S TherMerlied was next well ren
dered by the united singers, some eighteen
hundred in number. The united singers of
Philadelphia gave in magnificent style Kuck
en's auf greift Zum Schwerel ; the united sing
ers and orchestra subsequently bringing to a
close the first portion of the programme by
the chorus Mendelssohn's (Mires in Colonnos.
Part the second comprised the soul-inspiring
overture to Richard - Wagner's Rienzi, which
morceau was grandly given by the orchestra.
Lacliner , s Hymn to music, Zoliner's Prayer of
the Earth, by the united singers of Baltimore,
and the final piece, Rietz's Battle Hymn, which
the united singers and orchestra pealed forth
to the erithusiane of all piesent. This morceau
concluded the exercises of the evening, amid
repeated plaudits and encores—Mr. Paur being
compelled to reappear and 'low his acknow
ledgements to the assemblage, which at once
withdrew, and left the Academy to silence and
gloom.
YILBTICADAY'S PROCEEDINGS—TAU NEXT JI7IIILEB
TO IDS ABED IN rmuLA:matxxx.a.
The hew York Pria sg lust evening ElllYg!
Delegates of the singing elubs of XOW York,
Philadelphia, and other cities, now holding
the ninth Stengerfest in this city, met this
morning for bnsiness at the headquarters,
Germania Assembly Rooms.
Mr. Steffen, President, took the Chair, and
the delegates proceeded to discuss several
subjects relating to the festivals. It was de
cided that the next Stengerfest should be held
two years from the present time in Phila
delphia.
The inadequacy of the public halls in this
city and elsewhere for the accommodation of
the great number of singers who are expected
to participate in the festivals in future was
spoken of, and the delegates berethe propri
ety and feasibility of building large mu.
sic halls, like those in Dresden and in some
other cities of Europe.
The discussion took a wide range, and em
braced many minor matters of interest to the
musical public. At the suggestion of a dale
gate, cheers were given for the Stengerfest to
be held this month in Dresden • and after an
enthusiastic expression of the Dresden ;
with
which the Philadelphia singers intend to wel
come the singing clubs of the Northern and
Eastern States in 1867, the meeting adjourned.
Last evening there was hold in the Academy
of Music a great singing tournament, fourteen
societies competing for the prize. The result
is not known.
Markets lIPY Telegraph.
BALlntifonn, July 18.-. Flour steady; Wneut
dull, for new ; white, $202.05; rod, 81.2 5 0; 2 ; old
Wheat is; scarce: Corn quiet, at 96@980. for
white. Provisions are advancing. Bacon—
Sides, 1%; Shoulders, 18c. Sugar firm. Whisky
dull and quiet at $2.144.
Comftilfs.Tl, July 18,—Fiour firm at $6@G.25 ;
Whisky, $2.07. Provisions firmer; mess Pork,
$29.
CIIIOAOO, July 18.—Flour dull. {Wheat active;
sales at 214,46212%c for No. 1, and. 1010 for No. 2.
Corn firm, at an advance of half cent; sales at
57@57'%c for No. 1, and 54055 e for No. 2. Oats
buoyant; sales at 41 3 /0. Freights were firm;
10c for wheat to Buffalo. Highwines dull. Pro•
visions firm, and advanced %c for Mess Pork;
sales of 2,800 bbls at *26@28.50 for prime Mess.
Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels 4,M0 mow
Wheat, bushels 151,000 611,000
Corn, bushels 125,000 102,000
Oats, bushels 22,000 Awe
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, .17iE IKONey Inuit atteaYe aecompany the order, emill
tone. I,nytance can these term* be deviated fresh
they 4 t or a Tery tittle more than the eon of patron
,q- Postmasters are requested to act as amt.
for Via WAS Palos.
ANIr To thcoetter-up of the Club of ten or Venal,
'an extra copy of the par . er win he Riven.
STATE ITEMS.
On Friday, a brute, named Flaugh, a mar
ried man, residing in Meade township, Craw
ford county,. while driving his wagon along
the road dear Meadville, overtook " a little
orpban girl, aged twelveyears, whom he in
vited to ride with him. lie drove into a by
road, and, in a secluded place, brutally out
raged the Chihl i endangering imr Ide. He wait
afterwards arrested and committed for trial,
in default of bail.
The. Collector of Internal Revenue gives.
notice to delinquent tax-payera in Chester and
Delaware counties, that all taxes of 1883,1884.
1865, remaining unpaid after the 31st of July
will be collected by distraint, with ten per
cent. and tbe cost of a warrant added. The
montlilytaxes arereqUirod tee Paid hiltireen
the 20th and the 30th of each month. Duo ne..
Lice will be given as to when the income tax is
to be paid.
The sale of Government draught horses in
Johnston, on Thursday and Friday of last
week, was a great success. Over two hundred
horses were disposed of to farmers and others
at .priees averaging OP nsiderably over flay
dollars.
The Inchwndend, published in Norristown,
Pennsylvania, is a new paper, edited by RO*
bert C. Friece, and edited by a member of
the bar. It is a neat sheet, containing excel.
lent articles, and strictly Union.
Frederick Lauer, Esq., of Reading, who
has been absent some time in Europe ae dole.
gate of the American Brewers , Association, la
on his return home, and may be expected by
the last of this month.
Col. Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Common...
wealth of Pennsylvania, lion. John C. Kunkek,
and Hon. David Mumma, and Hon. J. Limber.
ger, of Harrisburg, Pa., are at Capp My.
The culvert and small stone bridge at
Cain's Station, near Coatesville, on the line of
the Pennsylvania Railroad was washed away
on Sunday by the hea♦y rain,
St. James' Lutheran Church, in Reading s
has been closed for six or eight weeks, to al
low repairs to be done to it. It will bo very
much improved.
The total circulation of the Pennsylvaaia
Bible Society, since its organization, has besot
2045,583 volumes.'
They have a steam wagon in Ane wismMi
will propel itself over ordinary roads without
any trouble.
Captain C. A. Harper, of Wiconlaeo town
ship, Dauphin county, is a Union candidate for
Assembly.
The Titusville Theatre has been closed for ,
the present. It will reopen about Septeass
ber Ist. •
Col, ;ernes Turney, late of, the 81th
has returned to his home in taneaeter, &Id ib
in the best of health and spirits.
The freshet in Norristown did great dam.
age.
There is a scarcity of dwolling-houses it
Pittsburg.
The Union State Committee meets today
in tlarrisbnrg.
A new brewery is being erected in Olitrion
HOME ITEMS.
The graduates of Harvard College, at a
meeting on Friday, voted to build a memorial
hall to contain statues, medallions, portraits,
busts, and other appropriate memorials, oom.
rnemorative of the graduates and students
who have fallen or served in the 'Union army
during the recent rebellion, and to furnish a
suitable room for the use of the college at its.
literary festivals. Samuel Baebeldor has of.
fered to give a site for such a building.
The 'English sparrows which have been
introduced into Jersey have cleaned the trees
entirely of the worms. 'A pair will destroy
six hundred caterpillars daily in feeding
their young.. The robin of this country is
equally as good a tree veriniftige, and ought
not to bakilled by sportsmen. They are now
found in our public squares, doing the work
of clearing the trees of vermin.
Preparations making at the penitentiary
where the conspirators were tried, indicate
that another trial will take place there soon,
and by a Military Commission. Three State
prisoners are now confined theft, Prof. Me.
Cullough, of city-burning notoriety, rebel
Generel Harris, of Missouri, and Harrison..
Jeff Davis; Private Secretary. Public opinion.
settles on these as the parties to be tried,
A gentleman wilt; has recently made a trip
from Augusta, Georgia, to Montgomery, Alar
bama, says the freedmen generally, having,
. recovered from their jubilation over the se
quisition of their liberty, have settled down
to work on plantations; but many of theta
have yet to be taught that freedom and idle
ness are not synonymous.
Late advises from Willsbnrg, Ark., state
that a terrible epidemic is raging among the
cattle, resembling cramp, its first appearance
being a twitching of the muscles and cords of
the limbs, killing in from eight to twenty
hours. The disease also attacks horses, hogs,
and sheep, and the Mums are much alarmed
at the prospect of losing all their stock,
The portico in front of the Suratt house
at Washingtou, has been literally hacked to
pieces by curiosity hunters, and one went so
far, the other day, as to offer a colored servant
of the house one hundred dollars for any
piece of Mrs. Suratt's wearing apparel she
could secure.
No distribution has yet been made of re•
wards offered for the arrest of the assassins of
President Lincoln. The subject is under con
sideration by the Board, of which Judge Ad..
vocate-General Holt is president, which has
not yet made a report.
The physicians of Augusta, Georgia, re
cently held a meeting, and agreed upon a fee
bit!, by Whielfetag.9B for their services rre
be unifain. They alto agreed to exact monthly
settlements of their accounts,
There are six hundred women in Rich-
IriOnd making up garments for the negro troops
in Texas. They make from four to six dollars
per week.. Among them are not a few repre-
SeMstives of the "first families."
The cotton worms have appeared in the
vicinity of Eaton Rouge, and much alarm pre
vailed among the planters, who fear that
neither cotton or corn can be saved from Ltd
visitations.
-- Simon Stone, a New York lawyer, employed
by the friends of Jeff Davis to obtain a speedy
trial, has been informed by the Government
that ho cannot have access to Davis until he
arrives in Washington.
Prentice says; "When the public look
grave over an editor's funny things, and laugh.
over his solemn ones, he had better think that
bis occupation's gone."
A lady correspondent of the Hone Tournat,
writing from Newport, says: "We shall be on
the lookout for your pet idea (which is gaining
ground) of ladles riding astride,"
The Savannah Republican s after boVinff
been long compelled to print upon brown
paper, has recently reappeared upon white.
It is estimated that it costs ten millions of
dollars annually to feed the dogs in the United
States.
A steeple-ehase will be one of the attrac
tions at a Fenian picnic, in Newhaven, this
week.
-- A meteor, equalling ,ippifer lit splendor,
was seen, at Newburyport, Mass., on Thursday
night, in the constellation Andromeda.
—Negro slaves are still owned in Texas, but
nj value is put upon them by their owners.
There is more rye than that, at some hotels.
—IV: B. Mercury.
--Suicides have been frequent Of late
California.
It is stated that a museum is to be started
by Barnum's rivals in New York.
-- New Jersey sent out 4,500,000 baskets Of
strawberries this season.
The voters of Missouri have decided Mkt
the Missouri railroads must pay their bonds.
A company are digging for gold In Troy,
Vermont, and meet with considerable success.
FOREIGN
The Duke or Brabant, 0410E4 Son of the
king of the Belgians, has been put up at the
Paris Jockey Club by the Prince of Wales, and
has been admitted a member. There aro only
four othet foreigners in the club besides the
Duke—namely, the King of the Netherlands,.
the Prince of Wales, the Prince of Orange, and.
Count Batthyany.
Miss Lucy Rushton, an English actress of
sonic celebrity, is coming to this country,
and expects, says a London papers "her•
talents and attractions, combined with Is
varied reporloire of characters, which embrace
the highest range of comedy, will enable her
to assume a high position in the New World."
It is stated that the companies who sups
ply Paris with milk bring it from a great 4118.•
tanee and keen it perfectly fresh by putting in
i t a „ na il quantity of bicarbonate of sodtv—tif
teen grains to the Quart.
—Johnny Day, champion pedestrian of Ams.
retie, nine years of age, three feet ten inches'.
in height, and tlftylour pounds in weight, LS
now in England, and offers to walk against
any manor boy.
The Emperor of Austria haB signed a de
ores ordering the suppression of military
tribunals for the trial of oUbligee mamined
by civilians in lltingary.
Queen Victoria's costume in publie is ft
black silk dress, trimmed with crape and jet„
an d a Mary Queen of Scots cap, with long
necklace, and cross of diamonds.
It is stated that it will cost the French
cab company 2,500,000 f. a year to comply witk
the demands of the cabmen.
—“Cravats of the colors of Count de -La
grange—red and blue,” says the Sport, "are
now the fashion in England."
The systenuttle exploration of ralenitukti , iii
talked of in London.
-- A new Swedish singer, nidue.'Eneguist, is
creating a sensation in Loudon.
Punch Says to marry two wives is bigamy;
to marry twenty is Brigham-Y.
—At the Handel festival, in London, tim
chorus consisted of four thousand voices.
Canada's crops will I* prodigious.