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FRIDAY, JULY 21, 186 s
TOE NEWS.
this morning, three
We print, exclusively ,
WIC interesting
chapters from the last vol
-line of the report of the Committee On the
onduet of the War. These comprise hereto
ore unpublished correspondence between Ge
:Olds Sherman and Grant and Secretary Stan.
te n. and the result of an inquiry into the 0111-
„ ,, l oy of light-draught monitors, and also of
investigation into the causes of the massa
' f the Cheyenne Indians by Tinned States
h . in Colorado Territory.
erueral Hardie, Inspector General, on duty
the War Department, has written a letter
ha certain charges made through the
*me
Nov York Tribune, to the effect that he and
,-errteury Stanton were averse to having
entliolie priest visit Mrs. Surat before her
c:,,cation, and that when the pass admitting
31 ,, to the prison was given to the said priest
these two officials exacted apromiSe from him
that he would not proclaim on the scaffold her
junceence. The letter will be found in another
column.
The Union State Cot
Trenton. General Till
convened yesterday,
Patrick presided. Resolutions were adopted
celhirsing the Administration ; rejoicing over
ilic end of the war; thanking the soldiers,
53 ilers. and foreigners, who had sustained the
government; and pledging the State to adopt
Constitutional amendment. A resolution
in tsvor of negro suffrage was tabled. Marcus
3, IrAnt was nominated for Governor. '
Tliv Washington Chronicle of yesterday de
pies that Col. Baker ever, directly or indi
rectly, received a cent from any person who
&nod hi with false imprisonment. The
Chronicie also sayr. that Mr, Lineeln ordered
0 the arrests of bounty jumpers, Ste., which
sate taken charge of by Col. Baker.
A fatal encounter took place in Poughkeep
sie, New York, on Wednesday evening. A
3nun named Stevens, who was one of the oars-
Neu ill the vanquished boats, having been
charged with treachery, knocked his accuser
own, breaking his Beek.
upwards of two hundred applications for
3nrtioll were received from rebels, at the At
torney General's office yesterday. Among the
a pplicants were ex-Governor Brown, of Ten
-la-sec, and Judge Ridley, ex-Chancellor of
same State.
New Orleans advices say that the wheat crop
ei Louisiana is better than ever known before.
Wirral Canby bas been assigned to the COM
:tdul of Texas and Louisiana. Generals Kirby
Price, and Magruder, with others of
3,Ar note, and some four hundred followers,
: 12 „,i gene to Mexico. Maximilian had delivered
to amoral Brown the Confederate property
nhich had been sent into Mexico prior to the
i.44:eanittion of Texas by our troops.
The Right Reverend Alonzo Potter, EITISCO-
Bishop of the diocese of this State, died in
c m Francisco on the 4th instant. His remains
Ilave been embalmed, and will be brought
The commencement of Harvard College, on
Wednesday, was very largely attended. Major
General Meade had the degree of LL. D. eon
firred upon him.
Yesterday, many regiments arrived at the
Volunteer Refreshment Saloons, en route for
home. Among them was the sOth New York
}regiment, and we regret to say that some of
the men in this organization behaved in a
very outrageous manner. They stabbed a
- citizen, and ivJlen the police attempted to in
terfere, they charged bayonets on them and
;rove them off the ground.
Gem Herron has sent information to the In
elan 'Bureau that a council of twenty tribes of
la.iians, who had participated in the rebel-
Eon, have asked for a restoration of their for
-kited rights.
The heirs of President Lincoln own ow)
inualred and sixty acres of land in lowa, con
ferred upon him for services rendered in the
llack Hawk war.
Gon, Ewell has been released from Fort War-
General Meade bad a public reception at
Entail Ball, Boston, yesterday.
A Sian Francisco despatch says that Billy
Mulligan,
a notorious character, had shot two
men and was attempting to shoot another,
- when he was killed by a policeman.
The subscriptions to the 740 loan yesterday
Amounted 14,611,000.
The stock market continues unchanged,
there being little or nothing doing. Govern
ment loans were a little lower, and with a de
clining tendency. State and city loans were
weak, and for railroad shares the demand con•
banes very light.
Breadstuff's continue dull, at about former
'Attu. 1,0 bnshels of new oats, the first of the
• xenon, sold at 60@65 cents per bushel. Cotton
"is dun and lower. Sugar is firmly held, but
There is little or nothing doing. Provisions
are befirCt. the high views of holders cheek
Mt-I:less. Whisky is rather firmer.
Gold closed in New York last night at lax.
NEW JERSEY.
The 'Union men of New Jersey met in
Convention at Trenton yesterday, and no-
Illinatect Hon. ISLinctrs L. WARD, of Essex
county, for Governor. The Convention
vas one of the largest, and most decided
and earnest ever assembled in the State.
The firm determination was expressed to
redeem New Jersey from the misrule of the
Fait three years, to adopt the Constitutional
amendment, and place her, where she of
Tight belongs, in earnest support of the
Government. To this end all other issues
^sae made subordinate. The returning ve
terans took a deep interest in'the proceed
hip', and it was principally in deference
to their wishes that Mr. WARD received
the nomination. Three years ago, at a time
vhen the North was despondent under the
progress made in the suppression of the re
bellion, and demanded more vigorous ac
tion by the Administration, Mr. WARD
eras defeated by Governor PARKER. He
*was regarded then, as now, peculiarly the
tokliers' friend, from the fact that he de
voted his entire "attention to their interests.
For four years he has kept, at his own per
sonal expense, several clerks busily em
ployed attending to their personal wants on
The field, and to those of their families at
bone. At every pay-day they made him
21, . , depositary of their funds, which he 'dis
tributed according to their directions, free
of all expense ; not unfrequently advanc
ing large amounts to relieve the necessities
Of those at home when the pay department
Was
P That gallant cavalry rider, Major Gene
ral KILPATRICR, presided over the delibe
rations of the Convention, and was also
honored with a large vote for the nomina
tion, which was entirely unexpected by
Jinn.
THE SPEECH of Mr. B. F. PERRY, the
hew Provisional Governor of South Caro
lina, pronounced on the 3d of July, before
he was appointed to that post by President
Jonnsori, is variously commented upon by
the public journals. Some of its passages
ire not, certainly, assurances that he
•ill discharge the duties to which he has
been called with much heart in the re-
Elevation of the Government on the
principles asserted by the President. Ile
vas chosen because he was believed to be
no only genuine Unionist in the State, af
ter the thorough dissection of treason by
President JontsrsoN to a delegation of South
CtillAilla petitioners for Government sup-
Port. It is obvious that Mr. PERRY would
a)eyer have been asked to aid in the work of
leconstruction, had all his views been known
at the time of his ,appointment; and it is
manifest that if he attempts to rule in
the spirit of his speech, he will be of
little use to the people of his State, and
of less than little use to the Government*
There is, happily, nothing fixed i n
these provisional governments--nothing
that may not be changed or checked before
at ripens into a settled evil; and hence Mr.
TERRY'S bad faith, if it is contemplated, is
lot incurable. It will be a comparatively
easy thing to send into South Carolina a
perfectly loyal Governor, even if such a
-one is to be taken from a North
ern. State. And if, in that Common
'wealth colored suffrage will have its first
full trial, with all its results, it will be a
poetic, if not a pious sequel, of the infa-
Taous heresy of State Rights, as taught by
IeALIIOuN, and 'Praeticed by RIIETT,
REIT; BRooKs, and HAMHOND.
W note with great regret, the death
°I the amiable and accomplished wife of
JOTIN Ross, Chief of the Cherokee
Nation. She died yesterday, at her hue-
Pand's residmee 7 is this city.
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VOL. 8.-NO. 222.
DEATH OF BISHOP POTTER.
The intelligence of the death of the be
loved Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Diocese of Pennsylvania,
will awaken profound and universal sor
row. ALONZO POTTER died in the City of
San Francisco, on the 4th of July—a day
made holier by the gratitude which hailed
a perfect victory over slavery, and a perfect
peace on the grave of treason. The Chris
tianity of Bishop POTTER made him a pa
triot. He saw a better way to serve God
by loving his country. He no more halted
in his faith in the cause of the Republic
than in his faith in the Bible. . Like his pure
and almost angelic colleague, Bishop Bow
mmq, his sermons palpitated with the patri
otic spirit ; and the 'blood that flowed for
the flag was rich with that of his own off
spring. Bishop POTTER was born at Beek
man (now La Grange,) Duchess county,
New - York, July 10, 1800. He graduated
at Union College in that State in 1818,
became a tutor in 1819, and was elect
ed Professor of Mathematics and Natu
ral Philosophy in 1821. Having studied
for the church, he was ordained dea
con in April, 1821, and priest in August,
1824. ' In. 1825 he was elected President of
Hobart College, but declined the post. In
1826, he accepted the rectorship of St.
Paul's, Boston, where he remained till 1831,
when he became Vice President and Pro
fessor of Moral Philosophy in Union Col
lege. He was highly honored by eminent
institutions of learning, and wrote and pub
lished•several standard works on religious,
scientific, and philosophieal subjects. Bishop
POTTER was that rare composition—a wise,
good, and useful man—without pretence or
self-glorification. He was, in his character,
an example of his profession, and he
died, as he had lived, in the fulness of
,con
fidence in his.couvictions and the assurance
of a blessed immortality. When he left
the 'Atlantic for the Pacific border his
friends feared he might never return, his
health having been precarious for several
years. His loss will be deeply and widely
felt. It is surmised that Bishop STEVENS,
who is high in the ranks of his sacred call
ing, will be called to preside over the Dio
cese of Pennsylvania.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL.,'
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1865
Secretary Seward's convalesence is cele
brated by a combined and organized as
sault upon his official conduct, conducted
by men who profess to speak "by the
book" and who volunteer a superfine at
tachment to the honor of the nation.
It would be useless to oppose to these
censors the fact that Mr. Seward's ex
perience . and sagacity were never more
essential to his country than at ' the
present time, and that at no moment of his
chequered career has he been more widely
honored and trusted. The men who have
resolved to make common cause against
him are not to be deterred by such conside
rations ; nay, it might be safely said that
these very considerations have suggested
and stimulated their hostile demonstration.
The distinct charge substantially stated by
Mr. Montgomery Blair, in his speech at
Hagerstown, Md., on the 12th of July, is
that, under his instructions, Hon. John
Bigelow, American Minister at Paris, agreed
to surrender the cause of the Republicans in
Mexico to the French invaders. I copy
from Mr. Blair's speech, as follows
"But the Emperor of the French is not left to
infer the acquiescence of our Government in
his policy in reference to this continent from
even these pregnant facts. He has it coupled
with a justification in the handwriting of our
minister, under the authority of our Secretary
of State. Louis Napoleon's minister of State,
N.:B,ouher, read in the French Legislative
body this extract from an official communica
tion of oar minister, Mr. Bigelow, containing
nn assurance of our submission to the estab
lishment of the Mexican Empire, with a view
to disarm opPosibun. tr. At...fr0..."
tatives or the French people, and to quiet their
discontents. The Moniteur, the Government
onicial paper of France, reports Mr. Bigelow's
words thus: • 'We (our Government) do not
like, of course, to see a monarchy established
in Mexico; we prefer; of course, republican in
stitutions, but-we respect the will of the pee
pie ;, we can unclertand how Mexico, that was
for a long time ruled by a monarchical Govern
ment, would like to return to that form of
government, and we would not go to war for
the sake of a form of government.'
The worst enemy of Mr. Blair could not
ask a more overwhelming weapon against
him than the authentic reply to this sweep
ing and circumstantial indictment. When
this answer comes, it will be so complete a
triumph of Mr. Seward, that men will won
der that his enemies should have given him
the opportunity to make it. What its spe
cific character may be, need not now be
stated. Indeed, the original charge, al
though proclaimed in a prepared speech,
after due advertisement, made so little im
pression even upon the political adversaries
of Mr. Seward, as to show that it was re
garded as a blunder that would be surely
and speedily exposed. And hence, with:
the exception of the mere personal ene
mies of the Secretary of State, it was•
treated with marked indifference while
those who repeated it took care in their
comments to leave a wide door open for re
traction and retreat. Most fortunately for
this people, and for the mighty interests in
volved in a firm and statesmanlike manage
ment of our domestic affairs, anti especially
in the management of our relations with
foreign Powers, William H. Seward is at
the head of the Department of the State. I
write these words not by way of compli
ment to him, but in the spirit of sincere
congratulation to my countrymen.
" THE BATTLE-FIELD."
The following meinorablc lines, from the
matchless muse of WILLIAM CULLEN BRY
ANT, possess a touching and thrilling signi
ficance now. Any one who, for instance,
visits the environs of Washington city, or
traverses the District of Columbia, and the
adjacent counties of Virginia and Mary
land, will be sadly yet powerfully im
pressed by the presence of peace, and the
rapid disappearance of the ravages of war
under the luxuriance of the garniture of
mid-summer. The robe of grass and flow
ers is strewn over thousands of graves, and
absence of troops, the silence of unguarded
forts, the music of the birds, the lowing of
the cattle, and the healthy handiwork of
the farmer, who resumes his happy toil in the
the very waste of the strife, make up a most
suggestive picture. And then, to crown all,
the victory was not for nothing. It was
won for Truth, and its fruits will be ga
thered in the endless harvests of immortal
years:
TIIE BATTLE-FIELD.
Once this soft turf, this rivulet's sands,
Were trampled by a hurrying crowd,
And fiery heart and armed hands
Ilneounterkl in the battle-cloud.
Ah I never shall the land forget
How gush'd the life-blood of her brave—
Ouslikl, warm with hope and courage yet,
Upon the soil they fought to save.
Now, all is calm, and fresh, and still;
Alone the chirp of flitting bird,
And talk of children on the MIL
And bell of wandering kine are heard.
No solemn host goes trailing by
The black-mouth'd gun and staggering
wain;
Daen start never the hate-ery
0! be it heard ag tl ain.
Soon rested thoswho fought; but thou
Who minglest in the harder strife
For truths which men zagty_e not now,
Thy warfare only ends AVM life.
A friendless warfare I lingering long
Through weary day and weary year.
A wild and many-weapon'd throng
Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear.
Yet, nerve thy spirit to theproof,
And blench not at thy chosen lot.
The timid good may stand aloof,
The sage may frown—yet faint they, not.
Nor heed the shaft too surely cast,
The.hissing, pturging bolt of scorn ;
For with thy side shall dwell, at last,
The victory of endurance born.
Truth, crush'd to earth ; shall rise again:
The eternal years of God are hers ;
But Error, wounded writhes with pain,
And dies among his worshippers.
Yea, though thou lie ripen the dust,
When they who help id thee flee in fear,
Die full of hope and manly
trust,
Like those who fell in battle here.
Another band thy Sward shall wield,
Another hand the standard wave,
Till fromthe trumpet's mouth is peaPd
The blast of triumph o'er thy growl.
THE APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON
INCREASING.
REBELLIOUS INDIANS RETURNING TO
WEIR ALLEGIANCE.
p7.llriO , Niiiih.llo4ltill'ADO:NDOlial*MS o l4
Nearly two hundred applications for .par
dons wore received again to-day at the Attor
ney General's office, all of which, with few ex
ceptions, were from the 1(20,000 claii. Among
the applicants are NM S. BROWN, ex-Governor
of Tennessee, and Judge RIDLRY, ex-Chancel
lor of the same State.
The Indian Bureau has received information
from General Hann" stating that recently a
general council was held in the' Chickasaw
country, at which twenty tribes of Indians
were represented.. TheSe "indium took part in
the late rebellion, and now, like their South
ern white neighbors, want a restoration of
their forfeited rights and privileges. They
have agreed to call in representatives to
another grand council, which will probablybe
held at Fort Smith early in August.
At the gale of Government vessels to-day,
the side•wheel steamer Commodore Bead was
phrehaSed by J. BRANDT, of Baltimore, for
$lB,OOO.
The side-wheel steamer Commodore Barney
was purchased by the Fulton Ferry Company,
of New York, for $35,000. The side-wheel
steamer Morse was purchased by the East
Boston Ferry Company for $25,500. The side
wheel steamer Thomas Freeborn was pur
chased by Anthony .lieybola, of Delaware, for
*13,000. The propellor Anacosta was pur
chased for $3,300 by Thomas Clyde, of Phila•
delphia. The steam-tug Verbena, was pur
chased by E. Chadwick, of New York, for
$8,950. The propellor Henry Brinker was pur
chased by T. B. Howell, of New York, for
$5,200. The propellor Dragon was purchased
by J. Brandt, Of Baltimore, for 46,100. The
large schooner Adolph Hugel was purchased
by R. A. Robinson, of Absecom, N. J., for $5,600.
The propellor Crusader was purchased by
Thcpas P. Morgan, of Washington, for $9,000.
The schooner Win. Bacon was purchased by
Win. White, of New York, for $5,600.
Most of these vessels had been attached to
the - Potomac flotilla., and have been out of
commission for a month or two.
The large side-wheellSteamor Banshee, a cap
tured blockade runner, and the side-wheel
steamers Yankee and Jacob Bell were with
drawn, they not bringing their appraised
value.
The Commissioner of Pensions has decided
that the re-marriage of a widow terminates all
claim to a pension from the date of such mar
riage, although she may again become a
widow.
Col. Baker and the New York Bounty
To-day's Chronicle, speaking of Col. BAKBri
and the New York bounty brokers, says:
Every one of the arrests complained of was
made upon the direct authority of President
Ens:co/az himself, as we positively know. The
Chronicte, on the authority of Col. BAKER, also
denies that he has ever, directly or indirectly,
received a penny from any one of those who
charge him with false imprisonment, assault
and battery, and With receiving money for
their release from imprisonment.
Appointments of Collectors.
The President has made the following among
other appointments of collectors of customs:
Alexandria, Va.—An - Balm JAMESON.
Bath, Me.—ROLAND FISHER.
Saco, ke.--o. B. CrrArmoußNE.
Troy, N. Y.--LEO. KIRCHNER.
St. Louis, Mo.—it. J. HOWARD.
Alton, 111.—Jauss Nswrow.
Portsmouth and Falmouth, Me.—CKARLES J.
TALBOT,
And A. EDWARDS Register of the Land Office
at Montgomery, Ala.
The President, for satisfactory reasons, has
pardoned GEORGE WATIOWARD, who VIRE COE.
victed and sentenced to be imprisoned for five
years for passing a counterfeit treasury note.
The Movements of Miss Karr's.
Miss HAREISi yesterday acquitted of the
charge of murdering BI3B2.OICFGAS, has gone to
the vicinity - of Baltimore to recuperate her_
THE' LATE CHARGES AGAINST. SECRETARY. STAN
.
TON RELATIVE TO THE ATTENDANCE OF A
PRIEST ON MRS. SURATT—CARD OF GENERAL
•
HARDIE—THE SECRETARY OP WAR EXONERATED
—TRUE STATEMENT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WAR DEPARTMENT,.WASHINGTON, July 20, BM
D. H. Craig, General .Ageni of the Associated
_Press:
Sta : Referring to the special despatch to the
New York Tribune from Washington, of the
Nth instant, published in the issue of that
journal of the 17th, relating to the eireum_
stances attending the issue, of a pass to the
Rev. Mr. Walter to attend Mrs. Suratt, I beg to
state that the facts in the case are as follows.
On the 6th instant,the Rev. Mr. Walter called
at the War Department and asked for a pass
to visit Mrs. Suratt in the military prison, say
ing, if I am not mistaken, that she had ex
pressed a desire to see him. I submitted the
request to the Secretary of War, who at once
said that . _ a pass might be given. Neither the
Rev. Mr. Walter nor myself then know of the
approval of the sentence of the Military Com
mission in the case of Mrs. auratt. I sent Mr.
Walter a pass, but afterwards fearing that the
pass signed by myself might not, under the
circumstances, he accepted by the officer in
charge of the prison, in orderthatthere might
be no possibility of disappointment in the ad
mission of a clergyman to afford the necessary
spiritual service, I. sent Mr. Barry, a clerk in
my office, to see Rev. Mr. Walter, and to
tell him that it would be better .not to go
en the pass sent, but that I would again
see the Secretary orWar, and •as he had
assented to the visit of the clergyman
to the prisoner, would get a pass signed by
himself, as otherwise there was a possibility
of his being put to the trouble of going to the
prison without being enabled to secure ad
mission. It was also a part of my design
that Mr. Barry should impress upon the
Rev. Mr. Walter the necessity of good faith
in the use =of the
_pass when replaced.
After thus sending Mr. Barry to rather
Walter, I went to the Secretary of ,War
and asked his own signature to a pass as re
ferred to above, upon his signing which I said
to him that I was confident the pass would be
used wholly for the purpose for which it was
asked, a professional visit to administer the
sacraments and to prepare the person to be
visited for death. Upon Mr. Barry's (my mes
senger to Rev. Mr. Walter) return, he in
fermed me of the violent and excited lan
guage of Father Walter with regard to the
trial and its result, winch he (Mr. Walter,) it
appears, had heard after leaving the War
Department. On this, I went myself to
see the Rev. Mr. Walter, to caution him,
as his well-wisher and as a . friend of the
Church, and in my private capacity entirely,
with regard to the use of, language so inflani-
Thatory as that he had indulged in at this, "
time of great nubile excitement." I intro. ,
duced the conversation by stating that what
he had said had made, an impression upon the
mind of my messenger, who had repeated his
remarks to me. I explained to him, as I have
said above, that there might be a possibility of
his not getting into the prison on my pass,
and that I therefore asked the Secretary of
War for a pass signed by himself, upon giving
which I hail said that I was confident it would
not he used for any other purposes than that
for which it was asked, and I wanted him (air.
Walter) to be so governed as that I would be
safe in the assertion I had made. Mr. Walter
had displayed so much excitement and temper,
that it was a duty of , charity on my part, in
view of all the circumstances,to induce him to
'pursue a more discreet course, and to counsel
nim to be silent, as became his place on these
topics. I asked him in a friendly and kindly
way to promise me that he would desist from.
talking about the matter. Mr. Walter's eon
vietions as to the innocence of the prleOner,
or the use of any proper efforts, believ
ing her to be innocent, to avert her exe
cution, were not made matters of objection.
It was to the inflammatory character and
effect of his observations at this period,
when the public mind was .agitated, that my
attention was directed. Unnecessary, idle,
and any discussions and harangues coRIPt
not butte mischievous just at this Moment:
and since it appeared that Mr. Walter could
not approach the subject with temper and dis
cretion, It was better he should let it alone.
This was a confidential conversation between
myself and Mr. Walter. As has been seen,
the visit was not at all official, but entirely •
that of a private individual. My motives were
laudable. They were to restrain imprudent
and mischievous discussions, and to ensure
the use of the pass to be given in the faith in
tended when it was signed, and then to make
my assurance good. The visit was not sug
gested by the Secretary of War, or even known
to him until the present time. On this, paint,
after what I had said, I do not see how Mr.
Walter could have understood me ass• prompt
ed by Instructions in my conversation. In re !
plying to Me, the Rev. Mr. Waiter was. very
violent and generally denunciatory the range
of his conversation being quite Table. Ile h.a,
rangued upon the Administration. and the re
bellion, and dwelt with bitterness.on what he
called military tyranny, etc. He said probes
bly all that he is represented in the fourth
paragraph of the article in question as haying
said, and very much more than a prudent'
priest, a loyal citizen, or a man of common
sense would have said. During all this time I
was endeavoring to counsel. moderation, re
monstrating against his expressions, and en
joining prudence. I do not know that I sought
I o patronize the Rey. Mr. Walter at all, and tho
Phrases which allude to this, and the indtignant
rejoinder of Father Walters donot bring tomy
mind the recollection of the scene described.
1 did not tell him that he should not have a
nass if he did not promise to say nothing of
Mrs. Suratt's Innocence. Annoyed by what
he had said, I was about however, to leave
the room, and to defer giving him the pass,
remarking, "I will Bend yon word as to the
- s uss in two hours," when he said, "1 pronliam"
intended within the two hours him the
Secretary of War, and to say to that I
was convinced,_ after what had taken place,
that Father Wafter was not in the proper 'dis
position and frame of mind to be a, suitable
religious attendant upon the prisoner, and
that A wider the virmustiartees, the eeryi4wi
OCCASIONAL
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July 20,1805
Applications for Pardons.
Repentant Rebel Indians.
Sale of Government Vessels
Pension Decision.
Brokers.
6ITBTETORI; APPOINTED
Pakdon of a Cony t.
MRS. SWEATT.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. JULY 21, 1865.
another priest should be procured for her in
stead. When Mr. Walter said that he pro
mised, 'satisfied that he had determined to be
governed by the considerations of prudence, I
had suggested, and believing that he would
perform what he had undertaken, I gave him
the pass. Nor did I, when I designed to with
draw from Father W. without giving him the
pass, by any means intend that this act should
have the abet to deprive the prisoner of the
services of the clergy. My view, on the con
trary, was only that some other priest should
go. "in fact, another priest did go, besides Mr.
I'alter. It has been my fortune to bethe means
of sending the elery to attend many during this
war in need of their services, and I never
threw a straw in the way of any clergyman of
any faith visiting a 'penitent loyal or disloyal
person, living or dying, when his services were
called for, 1 could not see or know of a per
son of my ova creed dying without giving any
assistance in my power to secure the attend
ance of a priest.
With regard to the denials. of the passes to
Mr. Walter to visit the prisoner, when I am
referred to in the last paragraph of the'article
in question, Father Walter stated to my mes
senger that he had been requested by Mrs.
suratt, shortly after she was - arrested and
911302C4 tO Viat her, but that he had refused to
do so, not wishing to have his ' , name con
nected with it until the trial was oven , '
I did not seek to meddle with Mr. Walter's
convictions as to the innocence or guilt of Mrs.
Smelt, nor did I attempt to restrain him from
the use of any proper efforts to bring his con
victions to notice in quarters where his repre
sentations might be of avail. So far front this,.
an hour or two after the conversation referred
to, when be called upon the War Department,
and told me that he could not get admittance
with the daughter of the prisoner to the Exe
cutive Mansion, and asked for my asSistance,
gave him a card to the acting military secre
tary of the President, asking that gentleman
to see the Rev. Mr. W., trusting that this
means would assist him in getting his case be
fore the Executive.
_
In conclusion, I distinctly aver that the Se,
cretary of War expressly and readily assented
to the visit of a Catholic clergyman to Mrs.
Suratt. He made no condition as to any con
viction of the clergyman as to the guilt or -in
nocence of the prisoner, or as to anything he
might sayon the subject.
JAMES A. HARDIg,
Inspector General, and
• -
Brevet Brigadier General U. S. A.
NEW JERSEY POLITICS.
MEETING OF THE UNION STATE
CONVENTION,
Emphatic Resolutions Unanimously Adopted.
MARCUS L WARD NOMINATED FOR
GOVERNOR.
TarterOtt, N. J., July 20,--Tbe RepubliCall.
State Convention is very largely attended.
The delegates are made up of substantial men,
Hon. J. T. Nixon was appointed temporary
chairman, and addressed the Convention,
urging the sacrifice of all side issues for sue.
cess.
R C. EeMlle, Of Mercer, was appointed tem
porary secretary, and Capt. George Halsted
assistant.
Committees on resolutions and rules of or
ganization, ie., were appointed.
A resolution to refer all resolutions on State
and national affairs without debate, brought
out a strong speech from George Halsted, of
Essex, in favor of elevating the colored man
to the right of suffrage.
AFTERNOON .S.ESSION.
The Convention reassembled at two o'clock
The Committee on Permanent Organization
reported General Judson Kilpatrick, of Sussex
county, as President, whieb was received with
applause. A Vice President from each county
and a Secretary from each district completed
the organization,
Upon taking the chair, General Kilpatrick
made a stirring speech, which was loudly ap
plauded.
The Committee on Resolutions reported a
series, as follows:
Ist. That the war had not been a failure ac
cording to the Democratic declaration at Chi
cago, but had terminated in an honorable
peace.
Std. Abraham Lincoln, his memory and ser
vices are never to be forgotten.
Id. The Administration .of President John
son fully endorsed, and promised a hearty and
united support.
4th. Sympathizers with the rebellion still to
be watched.
sth. A long bill of indictment against the
Democratic party for its treason and hostility
to the War and the country, and its aid and en
couragement to the rebellion.
6th. The Constitutional anti-slavery amend
ment must and shall prevail in New Jersey.
7th. The untold blessings of freedom from
slavery.
Bth. Gratitude to the army and navy for
their valuable services.
9th. Economy - .
tare. o citizens of foreign birth for
10th. Thi , .o 4 -.S. t .,..pressing the rebellion, and
-thilig - the country which had adopted them
as its own children.
Mr. George Halsted Called for his resolution
in reference to the rights of colored men ; and
after some excitement, all were postponed
until after the nominations.
The Convention was opened for nomination,
and, after Marcus L. Ward and A. G. Cattell
had been nominated.o3, delegate from Bergen
nominated General halpatriek, which took like
wildfire, and he was nominated by the dele
gates from several other counties. The excite
ment was so high that a member proposed to
maKe the nomination by acclamation. The
friends of the other candidates insisted on a
ballot, and the first ballot resulted as follows
Cattell, 265 ; Ward, 250 ; Kilpatrick, 149.
Second Ballot—Cattell, 190.; Ward, 244; Kil
patrick, 231.
Third Ballot—Cattell, 142; Ward,.999; Kilpa
trick, 218.
A motion to take e k ieeess
Fourth Ilalloh , -Cattell, 148; Kilpatrick, ;
Ward, 349 ; and Marcus , L. Ward was declared
the nominee of the party for Governor of the
State, and the resolution was made unani
mous.
The resolutions of thecommitteewereadopt
ed, and Mr. Halstead's resolution on the rights
of the colored people was laid on the table..
The State Central Committee was appointed
and the Convention adjourned.
Speeches waso made by General Kilpatrick,
Mr. Cattell, Mr. Seovel,3l.r.Rolieson, and others
endorsing the nomination.
The Fatal Affray at Poughkeepsie.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 29.—Considerable
excitement exists here in regard to an affray
which occurred last night, on the corner of
Main. and Water streets, resulting in the death
of Thomas De Mott. De Mott approached Wil
lie= Stevens, one of the crew of the four
oared beatFloy, which wasbeaten in the great
race on Tuesday, and. accused him of selling
out to the New Yorkers. Stevens earnestly
denied. the allegation, and on Mott repeating
it, struck him a powerful blow with his fist,
knocking .him down and breaking his neck.
Stevens immediately gave himself up to the
authorities, and is now in jail in this'city. He
bad no intention of killing De Mott, and feels
deep grief at the result. Coroner Haight held
an inquest on the body to-day, when the jury
brought in a verdiet.•im accordanCe with the
facts. Considerable. sympathy is manifested
for Stevens.
— Harvard College Conanaeneement. .
GENERAL HEADS MADE AN . LL.D.
Beeman, dzdy 20.—The eosnusencement at
Harvard College yesterday, attraeted.a more
numerous gatherinw, with greater manifesta
tions of interest, than has attended its exer
cises during the past four years of war.
The literary exereises of the graduating
class are well spoken of.
Governor Andrew and staff, General Meade
and staff, and Generals Bend and Alex
ander, with • numerous other distinguished
soldiers and civilians, were present
The following honorary degrees were con
ferred:
Master of Arts—Rev. Samuel Dowse Robbins,
of Framingham; Rev. Samuel Hobar
ley, of Boston, and Professor Maurice Perkins,
Of Jnion College.
Doctor of Law—Charles Beck, of Cambridge,
and Major General George Gordon Meade, of
the United States Army.
Sporting Items.
MONTIMAL, July 20.—A game of billiards, for
V.,000 in gold, was won last night by Dion, of
Montreal, beating roster, of New York, 396 out
of 1,500 points.
Worm - mans, Mass., July 20.—The annual re.
gatta on: Lake Quinsagamond will take place
on Saturday morning, July 29th, for the cham
pionship, between Harvard and Yale• Colleges.
The sum of $650 is offered in prizes, as fol
lows: Six-oared boat, $2OO and $75; four-oared
boat, $l2O and $5O; single sculls, $75 , 0.nd 025, and
a purse of *lOO for a wherry raee, open only to
Messrs. Hammill and Radford.
A Pablie Reception to General Meade
in Boston.
BOSTON, July 20.-TA public levee was held in
ranueii Hall this P. M., in honor of General
Meade, who was introduced toe. crowded as
semblage by Mayor Lincoln.
The General expressed his thanks for the
courtesies extended to him, mid in a few well
chosen words urged the claims of Abe disabled
soldiers to the fostering care , of a grateful,
country. ,
Release of the Rebel Gel:Aerial Ewell..
llosmox, July 2A—The wife of General Ewell
proceeded to Fort Warren, yesterdaymorning,
with an order from President Johnson, for
the release of her husbaud, on taking the oath,
of allegiance. ilewas liberated, and both,left
for the South last evening.
The Mitrder of the Joyce Cht!deem.
BOSTON, July 20.—The examination of John
kftewart, who is under arrest on suspicion of
being the Murderer Of the Joyce chi:Wren, is
assigned for Monday next.
The Monitor Agamentteas.
PORTLAND, Mo., July 20.—The doubleiurret
ted monitor agamenticus arrived here this
morning, from her eastern trip .
New - York Central Railroad Dividend.
AIMANY, July 20.—The Directors of the New
York Central Railroad today declared a semi
annual dividend of three per cent., free from
the income tax, payable on Ute In% of August
NEW ORLEANS.
GEN. CANBY IN COMMAND OF LODI
SIANA. AND TEXAS.
Kirby Smith, Price, and Magruder
none to Mexico.
TREY ARE FOLLOWED BY FOUR HUNDRED
OTUERS, WITII TWO GUNS.
Maximilian Surrenders the Rebel Pro
perty in his Hands.
CArzo i July 19.—The steamship Continental,
from New Orleans, with adviees to the 12th
instant, arrived here to-day, with five hun
dred and fifty bales of cotton for New York,
and three hundred and twenty-live bales for
St. Louis.
One hundred and thirty bales of cotton for
St. Louis, and three hundred bales for Evans
rite passed here last night.
The 'Red itiver country will raises no crop but
corn this year, except in a few localities.
Vessels badaailed from New Orleans for St-
Petersburg direct, with cargoes of cotton be
longing to New Orleans merchants.
The wheat crop of Louisiana is better than
it was ever known to be before.
The sugar crop is not as large as it was last
year.
[SECOND DESPAVeiI.]I
IST&W OBLXAIPI3, July 18.—Xiddling cotton
is quiet at 47e. Gold, 146.
Gen. Canby now commands the Department
of Texas and Louisiana, reporting to General
Sheridan.
The steamer George Washington, from ]Tow
York, arrived here on Sunday last.
Brownsville (Texas) advises of July Bth state
that the rebel Generals Kirby Smith, Magru
der, Price, Shelby, Douglags, and Jackman,
with four hundred men and officers, two guns,
and a large wagon train, have gone to Mexico.
Governors , Moore and Allen, of I,oulsiana,
Clark and Murilay, (7) of Texas, and others
of less importance, are in that part of the
State.
Late reports confirm the delivery of Con.
federate property to Gen. Brown, by order of
The Federals recently captured five
Bred bales of cotton and a large wagon train,
conveying quinine, saltpetre:, &c., to Texas. ,
The Imperialists have evacuated Camargo,
falling back:on Monterey, abandoning the en
tire country. They were much annoyed 04
the march by Cortina% ' •
CALIFORNIA.
Confirmation of the Death of Bishop
Potter.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.—Billy Mulligan, who
WaS expatriated by the Vigilance Committee
of San Francisco, in 185 e, and who after Wards
raised a vOlunteer regiment, which he was
not allowed to lead to the war shot and killed
two men, while in a fit of delirium tremens;
and was about to fire again,when he was killed
by a policeman. Be had defied all previous
efforts to arrest him.
Bishop Potter, of Pennsylvania, died here a
few days 'since, and his body has been cm
balmed, and will be sent East.
Schuyler Colfax and Lieutenant Governor
Bross delivered speeches to an immense au
dience in this city, on Saturday night. They
start to-day for Oregon.
The steamship Golden Rule (1) arrived yes..
terday from Panama.
[The name of this vessel must be wrong.
The Golden Rule was wrecked lately.—Brn.
Rams.]
MOBILE.
MOBILE, July 19.—Two trains collided on the
Maptgomery and Mobile Railroad, smashing
three ears, l illing Ave negroes, And wounding
several passengers.
MISSISSIPPI.
CAIRO, Jul' . 19.—An arrival from Eastport
Miss., brings two hundred and fifty bales o
!cotton.
Among the 'passengers is the rebel General
Roddy, who has applied for pardon, and ex
pressed his determination to be a good citizen
and. obey the 1aW.5....ana..u5f.3 his innuenee to
NVW- Ndu"K-icil
BIIHNING 'OF THB SHIP WILLIAM TIBLEION
A letter front the captain of the steamship
Lafayette has been received by the agent of
the _Freud' line of steamers in this city, de
tailing the rescue of - the fort four perSollB
from the boats of the ship Wilifiain Nelson, re
cently burned at sea. The sulYeiers were well
cared for by the passengers on' board the La.
fayette, who raised 2,862 francs for their bene
fit. Among the saved is the captain, first and
second officers, steward, cook, and sixteen sai
lors. The remainder were passengers, mostly
mates.
DEATH or BISHOP POTTER
A private despatch from San Francisco an
-1101111068 the death of Bishop Alonzo Potter, in
that eity,•on the 4th inst.
RETURN OF TROORS,
The steamer Charles Thomas, from &Wan.
nab, JulSr 17th, has arrived with the 128th New
York Regiment, Captain Davis commanding_
• The steamship 'Hagar, from New Orleana on
the 14th . instant, has arrived, with the lath
Massachusetts Battery, Lieutenant Nichols,
and the 26th New:York Battery, Captain South:
worth commanding,
THE EVEIVING STOOK BOAUTP
Gold, 1.121,4; New York Central, 85 1 4; Erie,
tßy t ; Reading, 103 t,/,. ; Michigan. Southern, MX;
Pittsburg, erhi Rbelt NZ% ; Northwest
ern preferge_ i ct 62N Fort 'Wayne, 'MA; Quick
silver, br Mariposa, la. Market very
Restoratioo the Wm% of Time.
From the Item York Times, 20th:) •
Many 'mestere dAsappointed in not finding a
more rapid transformation of Southern charac
ter. They read of a - great deal of bitterness
yet towardii th&National Government, of a
loyalty that is Simply submission, to the
strongest, of continued adherence te.the doc
trine of State rights, of a disposition to- Op
press and' persecute the freedmen; they con
clude that there is but a poor prospect that
the South will ever assimilate with the rest of
the country;.and look forward to an indefinite
prolongation. of military rule, or to never-enn
ing disorder and wrong. From this state of
mind naturally comes an inclination to. try
rigorous measures and summary expedients.
This view of flip subject is false and mis
chievous. We never had a right to imagine
that. the South would be metamorphosed
merely by being vanquished by force. Human
nature is capable of no such sudden change—
least of all the tough stuff of Americannature.
We are too apt to apply Northern standards to.
Southern conduct—Mak - Ng too little• allow
ance for the immense difference of education.
With our anti-shivery principles and: our. in
bred reverence for the national ilag - ,.we can.
hardly appreciate what it costs a Southerner
to acknowledge that anegro has natural rights
as sacred astas own, and that his "sovereign
State" has not the first claim to his allegiance.
It is almost. impossible for us to estimate the
novelty of the situation in which the Southern
man now finds himself, and the extreme dif
ficulty of his adapting himself to it.. All thecivilideaa ,
civil ideaa, all the social habits of his life time,
must be Changed I An his conceptions of citi
zenship, of. loyaly, of State dignity, of the.
relations . of. races, of the title of labor to re
spect, of political economy, of natural justice,.
of the divine ordinances, of the precepts of
Christianity, must be adjusted to a new order
of thingai contrary to all he has ever seen or
felt. Werewe, on awakening to-morrow,, to
find Ourselves the subjects of Queen Victoria,
our Old nleas anti habit would hardly ex
perience a, raider, shock than the old ideas
and Wills of the Southern peole have sus
tained by the sudden break-up of - their social
system.
The troth is, that there is cause for surprise
in the readiness with which the great body
of the . Southern people recognize the- real
aspects of their new situation, and the neces
sities it entails. They have generally yielded
with far, better grace than was anticipated
befofie. the war closed. Though most of them
have not. at. yet Shownany particular devotion
to the Government,few of theinhave eZhibited
a contumacious or sullen spirit.. Their gene
ral disposition is to follow the coarse indi
cated by the Goverment, in the hope that it
will finally bring them out of their present
calamities. Nothing like enthusiasmisshown
in this; nor could it be expected. Their-spirits,
if not broken by their defeats and their
miSeries6 have been too much depressed to
admit, of a recovery for many a day yet. They
move, for the most part, passively; bet it is
an excellent thing that they move at all.
Every step forward will strengthen their
faith in the Government, and prompt to new
• exertion. Gaining new assurance that they
have the cordial good will of the Northern
people and that it is possible to' live with
them in brotherhood, and new proofs that all
their material-interests depend upon a coa
-1 formity to the same principles and systems
that have secured for the North its ,unparal
: leled prosperity, they will gradually come to
, our own ground, and thoroughly identify
themselves with us, in act, thought, and feel
,
mg.
Markets by Telegraph•
BALTIMORE, July 20.—The Flour market is
firm; sales of 1,500 bbls Western extra at $7.623§.
Wheat active at $2.10@2.20 for white, and 085
@1.95 for red. Corn dull at 98c for white,
and ,
95e for yellow. The Provision market is Arm,
with a light stoek on hand. Whisky—Sales of
Western at $2.15@2.154,
CINCINNATI, July 19 Wheat firm; prime red
at $l.Ol. Flour firmer and 25c higher. Whisky
in good demand at $2.07. Provisions firm
Mess Pork, $29.
CHICAGO, July W.—Flour quiet. Wheat doll
and 800 lower;
sales of No. 1 at 141.99@1.09 1 ,41
No. 2, at 98@990. Corn active; hales of N. lat
56@570, and No. 2 at 514455 c. Oats dull and
I OD2c lower ; sales at 3934@40c. Provisions firm.
Freights steady ; on corn, 8 1 / 4 0i: on wheat, 90
to Buffalo. Ilighwines dull.
_ .
itScui s ts, shipatents.
Flour 31,00% Uhl. 2,N0 bbls
Wheat %mu, bus. 30,000 bus.
Corn 134,pag bus. 258,000 bus.
Oats wpoo lasts, 00,000 toot
THE RECENT TRAGEDY IN WEST
ROXBURY,
THE CORONER'S MUST AND VERDICT.
[From the Boston Advertiser of Wednesday.]
Yesterday afternoon the inquest in the case
of the recent murder of the Joyce children, in
Buzzers Woods, West Roxbury, was resumed
in Elliot Hall,beginning at about half-past four
o'clock. Coroner Ira Allen presided, and con.
• ducted the examination of the witnesses. The
jury having answered to their names, the
several wan if : .
e l witnesses presentO'Connell;
to weretesti
testified
duly
that
sworn.
The
The first person examined was—
w
lived in Jamaica Plain, and was acquainted
with John Stewart, the man now under arrest
charged with the murder ; witness further tes
tified that she saw him on the day of the mur
der; the prisoner came to the house of wit
ness between half-past six and eight o'clock,
and asked for some supper; he seemed to
he in liquor; witness says she saw blood on
his right hand, and on the cuff of his coat, and
a spot on One aide of his shirt-bosom; alto saw
blood_ on the door before she near him in the
house'; witness could not say that Ste wart had
been in the house before, but he said that he had
•been • he said he had been at work for a man
near Taft's tavern that forenoon ; witness tes
tified that she asked Stewart how he cut his
hand, and he answered that he cut it with a
piece of glass; witness could not say just how
long Stewart remained in her house; he went
out shortly after supper; he came in about 11
o'clock Tuesda forenoon, and asked for some
thing to eat; hi e s aunt, Mrs. Leonard., was pre
sent when he came in on Monday evening, and
;remained until after he went out; there was
something said about there being no butter on
the table, but witness heard no other conver
sation between them ; witness heard her say
that she saw film in the yard on Tuesday morn
ing ; believe she said that he slept in the shed
that night; he had on a serge or alpaca coat,
black felt hat, dark pants, and pair of shoes,-
three or four days afterward witness heard
that his aunt.told some One that she thought
he had been fighting ; were through tea when
Stewart came in on Monday evening; she said
nothing about seeing the blood on his hands
at that time ; had heard her own little boy
say 'that he saw blood on Mrs. Leonard's door
that night.
Pauli]. Wallis testilled.—Reside on Centre
street, Jamaica Plain; witness was positive
that between the hours of two and three P. M.
on the day of the murder he heard the scream
as of a child in great distress which seemed
• to come from theil ti
e Ire , _on or 'masers woods;
it was a very unusual scream, as of a person in
great distress or fright; did not often hear
any thing of that sort where he resided; wit
ness testified that he heard the scream twice ;
the second time the sound was fainter than
the first; thought it was about half-past two
o'clock; witness bad no doubt that the sound
came from the direction of the woods where
the children were found.
Michael Hews teetified.—Worked for Mr
Thomas Motley about Mx weeks; Went to
work for him on Tuesday; worked around the
farm house most of the time ; witness was en
gaged in hoeing potatoes one day when Mr.
Motley told him to take care of the hay; then
heard John Kelly say that lie saw somebody in
the woods that day who looked like Mr. Foss;
heard Kelly say some days afterwards that he
could swear who the man was if he had a mind
to;
o e
t c h hi is ld w reil af h ter
ad
he
been heard
found; that the bodies of
could not say
how the subject was introduced.
Michael Reagan testified.—Worked for Mr.
Motley since the second day of April; recol
lected the day when the children were found;
was hoeing potatoes on the Whitton farm on
the Monday when John Kelly said he saw the
man in the woods . ; it was about four o'clock
Kelly looked at his watch to see what time it
was; just then he said he saw the man, and
when he looked around the man was gone;
there were four of them working together ;
witness knew the place where the girl was
found ; it was only about dye minutes' walk
from where they were all at work hoeing the
potatoes;_ witness passed Buzzy street in geing
up from dinner, and saw persons on the road
When they were going down .to Mr. Motley's
house ; Kelly said that the man he saw was a
low-sized, broad-shouldered man, like Mr.
Foss ; witness worked in the field that day un
til about live o'clock', has talked with John
Kelly about the murder since he (Kelly) left
Mr. Motley's; Kelly remarked that it was a
bad lob. •
Joplin Kelly testified.—Had worked for Mr.
Robinson about a month ; before, witness
worked for. Mr. Motley; left the latter's em
ploy on the 15th of June; was hoeing potatoes
on the Monday - previous; had his watch hung
on a tree near by where he was working; went
to look at it - between eleven and twelve
o'clock, and went to dinner at twelve; . was
gone to dinner an hour ; witness stayed m the
field - at work until half-past three or four
o'clock,• had no recollection of looking at his
watch - during the afternoon; when he looked
at his watch in the forenoon, he saw a man
eomingalciwn the woods; he - was a stout man,
and looked like Mr. Foss ; knew afterwards it
was not Mr. , Foss, because he did not come up
to them ;. the man: was coming straight to
wards them.whdirille , Sairldin • witness was at
Mr. Motley's faiminaltien last baturday night;
the man he saw , . appeared to be going
straight down toward the railroad bridge;
had never told any one that he knew tlae
man, and. could swear who he was; witness
said he knew - Miehael Bow's wife; said-he saw
her at the farm+house last Saturday night; had
never spoken about the murder to Michael
Reagan, or Bows, or Bows' wife, or wife's sis-
i, and a low black liossuteffirt;
faded brown over the shoulders ; witness could
not swear tbat he 'had_ ever seen Mr. Foss so
dressed ; only looked at the man a minute; it
was before ffinner;only saw the man once; had
told the Boston police officers about the mat
ter; saw Thomas Follen that day lying down
under a tree Wthe road, when Witness, with
the reot of the men, went to dinner; there was
a boy with WWI I and he was there when the
men returned.; Knew a man by the Name' of
Thomas, who-works in the miilatMill Village;
never talked with him about the murder ; it
. was this person that 'witness heard reading
about the discovery of the murder, from, a
Boston newspaper ; witness could say how
many days before this it was that he saw the
man in_the wood's,
Mary Owen testified.—Lives at Mr. Motley'S
house ; she remembered the day when the obit
dren were found , ; never had heard John Kelly
say anything about the murder; witness had
not been in the woods since she had liVed in
Mr. Motley's family; heard somebody say that
John Kelly said lie-saw a man there the day of
the murder.
NEW Yonic, July 20.
•
Mary Flemm g testilleit—Liv j e o sa nu
at
e Mr i s ly . M h o a t- d.
ley's ; heard some one say that
h
seen a man in tho woods; never had aid that
she, suspected anybody . ; never had seen -or
heard anything about the place that led her to
suppose that anybody there knew anything
about the murder,.
Catharine Abbott testitted.—Lives in Mr.
Motley's family; heard of the discovery of
the bodies of the murdered children that even
ing at about nine o'clock; had heard nothing
said about it more than what previous wit
nesses have related.
Alvin Foss testified.—Lives in the stone
house on the Whitton place; was not in. Mr.
Motley' woods on the 12th dal of June ;.does
not know of the men being a work there on
that day; the, distance from where the: men
were at work o where the bodies were found
was such as to render it probable that any
loud outcry would• have.been heard; witness
did not see the children or any strangers about
the woods on that day; was about his home
most of the forenoon and during the after
noon; had fregnently, seen, persons strolling
about the woods on ploasureovho came from.
the other direction.
J. M. Bowers testified.—Lives in West Ded
ham; carries on the sausage business, and also
farms it some; on Monday, June 12th, witness
saw a boy and girl near Nute's.Corner, at about
12 o'clock, perhaps a quarter before twelve;.
witness was in a wagon, and his horse was
going at a slow trot; the girl was in advance
of the boy a few rods ; they were on the side
walk 5 the girl was. stout-built r should say that
she wag about eighteen years ohl the boy
was well set; the girt smiled, she passed;
could not say just how they were dressed;
next, witness met a. man with a basket ;. the
man was probably about forty years of ago,
and was sun-burnt; first took him for a Ger
man; should known him again; he had on a'
cap and blueish clothes • he was walking slow,
and was a good ways' behind the children,
nearly down to the horse-ear station; next met
a woman • erossed,.the track. and Met three
young fellows, dressed in citizens' clothes;.
the clothes were dark; one of the fellows.
shouted to witness;. he was younger and
smaller than the others; witness could not de-.
scribe either of them,, and. clid not thinkhe
could identify therm; they came from, the
horse-car station ; the • irl's hair was donenp•
in what the women call water-fall; think.she
had on a dark bat.
. .
William Quirk tested,_ Worked far. Mr..
Motley this summer ;,four of the Men, were
hoeing potatoes on, the Mmiday before- the
bodies were found; went to dinner at twelve
o'clock; Kelly took out his watch between
three and four o'clock; he said at that time
that he saw a man in.the woods, and said: that
it looked like Foss.;. witness did not see the
man himself; Kelly said it was a middle-sized
man; witness was quite sure that it was.inthe•
afternoon; he left working on the potatoes at
about four o'clock,. and went to work in am.
other part of the field until sent away by Mr:
Motley; witness had never talked the matter
over with any one; had no suspicion, of any
one about the place as having committed the
murder.
' John C. Blanchard testided.—Resides ja
maiew-Plain; was at Ms..Wellington?s.on. hem
day,Vrone 12th ; saw some strangers„two men,
a boy and a girl, in a ewn•ryalr wholnquired
the way to 'Forest Gilts station i'bOth•raeut had
on gray suits and straw hats, and, one had
black whiskers ;,the girl had on a light dress
and a black-silk. mantilla ; the carriage was a
side-swing carryall, rolled up all around, and
looked as though it had been newly varnish
ed; witness heard an unusual noise—a scream,
from the direction of the place where the boy
was found ,• Jt was justhilf-pasttweiveraelock;
heard another and a similar noise• about half
past two o'clock ; this sound was not se loud
as the other, but quite distinct ; heard it four
or dye times; it seems as though it proceeded
from a person exhausted; witness thinks he
drat 'communicated the fact to Mn Welling
ton, and has since spoken of it to • policeman
McDonald.
The testimony of this witness concluded the
evidence.. The jury then received the case
and retired. After a few moments tionsulto
talon they returned with two distinct ver.
diets, as follows :
On view of the body a Isabella N. Joyce,
tbe jury on their oaths ‘ do say: "That she
came to her death on the twelfth day of June,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, after the
hour oflaM.,fromwouuds inflicted by some
sharp instrument in the hands of some person
or persons to thejury unknown." And,
view of the body of John S. Joyce, the
jury on their oaths do say " That he came
to his death on the twelfth day of June, eigh
teen hundred and sixty-five, after the houx.of
12. M., from wounds inflicted by some sharp in
strument in the hands of some person orper
sons to the jury unknown."
Each verdict was signed by Coroner Ira
Allen, Thomas Motley, Lorenzo Smith, John
W. Burnham, Samuel Gist, Andrew J. Chase,
and George 'T. Bradley.
It was after half past seven o'clock before
the session of the jury was closed.
TBEITINONY OP TUN PHYSICIANS--MILS„ TERMINI
HELD Pox TRIAL IN THE RECIORDHR'S COURT.
The preliminary examination of Mrs. Ter
hune, on the charge of assaulting Miss Amelia
Pransted, with intent to commit murder, was
condoned before Justice T. H. Brown yester
day Afternoon. Previous to. examining any
w itnesses, Roberta Hervey,. Esq., eouusel for.
the accused, stated that en the part of his
Valent be would wave it/1 oxpAiagytion,aud
The Chiehith Tragely.
THREE CENTS.
leave it to the court to fix upon the amount of
bail he would require Mrs. Terhune to furnish
for her appearance for trial at the next term
of the Recorder's Court.
In order to satisfy himself as to the amount,
Justice Brown considered it necessary to have
the testimony of the physicians who had ex
amined Miss Franstedls wounds. Accordingly,
Drs. J. A. Allen, R. N. Isham, and B. P. Rey
nolds were summoned to giYO their evidence,
which was as follows :
J. Adams Allen, M. D., sworn.—l am a prac
ticing physician in this city; t have examined
the wounds'on the person of Miss Fransted
they are simply skin aerate/tag!) and a small
cut in the eye ; the instrument may have per
foratecl the eye.—i am notcertain it did, as she
wOuld not let me, examine-'it, and 011.% . de.nor
(Reynolds) cautioned me againstremoving the
cover placed over it ; she will get well the
cuts are mere trifles—not serious wounds ; it
is possible the instrument, a dull one, did Per
forate the eye, and the other cuts are, perhaps,
through the skin, but of no moment ; I do not
think the wounds are at all dangerous; Dr.
ishatit examined her With me and said he
thought the eye was somewhatinjured, but the
other cuts of no consequence.
R. N. Isham, M. D., sworn.—l am a practising
physician ; I have seen the wounded woman,
Miss Fransted, twice—the day of the assault,
and today; I have just come from visiting
her • she is very comfortable, and is doing
wen'; there are seven wounds upon her per
son the one in the eye is the most serious,
and will probably cause her to lose the Use Of
the organ ; the wounds in the neck are not
fatal ; Dr. Reynolds says she breathes through
the main wound in the neck ; it is a superficial
wound, that is, on the surface; I cannot give a
thorough opinion in regard to. the wound in
the eye, but it will probably result in its loss;
I do not consider the other wounds dangerous;
I saw Miss Fransted the day she was injured;
the wounds are almost healed ; she has been
well attended, and the surgical operations
performed in a satisfactory manner.
13. P. Reynolds, M. D., sworn... 4 am a phy
sician, and have had charge of the wounded.
woman since the affray ;1 was not the first
person who attended her; the wound in the
eye will cause its loss; the wound in the neck
is quite deep, extending through the trachea;
I have no doubt she will lose the eye.
Cross-examined by Mr. flarvey.—l consider
Miss Fransted now completely free from dan
ger; she has been carefully treated, and the
wounds are healing very fast ; there will be
no permanent trouble with any of the wounds
except that in the eye; the wounds are not
what I should term akin scratches; they are
very deep, the one in the neck reaching
through the trachea; I should say the wounds
were made with some sharp instrument—a
dirk-knife—as they are long and narrow.
The prisoner's counsel hoped, now that the
Justice was satisfied Miss Fransted was in a
fair way of ultimately recovering, that he
would reduce his client's bail to some reason
able say $2,,5i11y as that was all sufficient
to meet the ends of justice. negideß, Mrs,
Terhune was already held in the sum of $5,000
In a civil process—a suit in trespass having
been brought against her by Miss Fransted
to recover VO,OOO for damages alleged to have
been received by the said Amelia, whom she
(Mrs. Terhune) had stabbed a few ;lays ago.
The Justice did not think the amount sug
gested by counsel sufficiently large, and there
fore he held her in the sum of *5,000 for
trial at the September term. Of thy Recorder's
Court.
_
Mrs. Terhune, while the physicians were
giving in their testimony, maintained the
most stolid indifference, except when the
name of the destroyer of her earthly happi
ness was mentioned. Then she would for a
moment awake, as from a dream, and casting
a sharp, hasty glance in the direction of the
speaker, as , muoh as to say, "What of heri"
and again assume her theughtful mood. She
is a strange woman; and if it were not known
beyond a doubt that previous to her assault
upon Miss Fransted she was a virtuous wife
and kind mother—upright and honest in all
her dealings—the observer of her demeanor
since the affair would be -Justified in setting
her down as a: heartless, deliberate murderer.
—Chicago paper, Tuesday.
1111URDER WILL OUT.
sequel to the Late Cicero Murder Case
—An Arrest of Suspected Parties—The
'Examination—A Resume of the Mut ,
der.
From our Chicago exchanges of Wednesday
we take the subjoined:
Two interesting criminals were brought be
fore Justices Millikin and Sturtevant yester
day afternoon. The evidence brought to light
certain facts connected with an atrocious
murder which was perpetrated last Novem
ber, at Six Mile Ridge, near Harlem, and
which, it was thought, had been hushed up
and forgotten. On the 20th. of NOVember—the
Sunday before Thanksgiving Day—a tailor
named Patrick Maloney, residing at Six Mile
Ridge, was shot dead in his own house, by two
men, who bad never since been discovered.
From the testimony adduced at the Coroner's
inquest held at the time, there was no doubt
left as to the manner in which Maloney came
to his death. It was clearly a premeditated
and deliberate murder, perpetrated by some
cold-blooded ruffian.
. .
It appears that on the Sunday night referred
to, Maloney and his"wife wore awakened about
nine. o'clock, by a loud knocking. Mrs. Ma•
loney lighted.ti ce,nille, while her husband went
to unlock the •fiticitt'l No sooner had he opened
the door than lie called to his. wife for assist
ante, and both attempted to Close it in the
face of two men who were attempting to gain
groan, ivMwiirai4..sluits were then fired
marked, "That'll do; now conidong.
loney expired in about ten:minutes thereafter,
and the wife, with five children; passed the re
mainder of the night with the corpse of the
murdered man, in a state of terror which
might be well imagined.
Suspicion fell 'upon some of the neighbors
at the time, with whom Maloney had quar
reled, and two were arrested ;but noevidence
being produced which Would implicate them,
they were discharged. The coroner's jury
found a verdict "that the deceased came to
his death by &shot fired at the hands of some
person or persons unknown to the jury."
From that time to the present nothing more
was heard of the murder, and people soon for
got it.
For eleven months the officers of Chicago
. labored hard, and have at last succeeded in
• arresting two men. One of the prisoners, Wil
' ham Corbett, is a low-browed, evil•looking
ruffian. He is well known to the police in
Chicago as a notorious bounty-jumper and
rowdy. He earned some notoriety lately in a
gentle on the west side, when he nearly killed
an officer. FOr that offence he was tried and
condemned to fifteen years in the peniten.
"tiary. The Other, Patrick Fleming; is a dis
reputable-looking, stay-haired man, appa
rently about fifty years of age. They were
both snatched from the penitentiary to answer
this grave charge. The following testimony
• was adduced yesterday : Honora.Doyle
ney, the wife of the deceased, related the Mr
. eumstances of the murder.
The next witness was Philip Brennan, %hack
proprietor, No. 117 South Canal street. He
said that the prisoners came' to Isis house
about eight o'clock on Sunday, the 20th of No
vember, and hired a hack from his driver.
They drove out with Some other man whom.
lie did not know, and returned about mid
,night. The horses were sweating, and seemed
`to have been over-driven, The man who
drove them out was William Gubbins, who
' was regularly employed by him. Wm, Gub
bins was then sworn He had seen the pri
soners before ; one Sunday night last Nevem
' lies he was engaged to drive them to Six-mile
Ridge ; when lie arrived there, they told him
to stop and turn the hack roundrwitla , the
horses' heads towards the city. Theirleftchim.
and went away. In about•ten minutes they
returned, and told him to drive last. to.the
town. Corbett, who sat beside him on the out
side of the carriage, had a revolver across his
arm, with the muzzle pointing towards him.
After proceeding some distance, Corbett re
'
, marked that "a man who don't play square
ought to die." He (witness) did not hear any
shot tired, and he did not see where the men
went to. It was a wild, stormy night, the
wind blowing frem the westward. on being
cross-examined, Gubbins made a few (KIM'S
' slims which excited suspicion.. lie said he
heard soon afterwards that a man had. been
killed that night. He told Brennan that
he did not care about any more jobs
,such as that, because he thought there was
something wrong ; he supposed. so from. the
way they made him drive into town; on the
way home two !shots were fired by the men
who were inside the hack; one Said. to. tile
' other "Save one shot ;" when they arrived , at
the Ridge, the men told him to. turn. out the
lights of the hack • it was a very dark night
i
and he did not do t. On further examination
it appeared that Gubbins did not sleep that
night or the next ; his mind was ill at ease
"he felt seared, thinking that some wrong had
been done ;" he was afraid to mention the cir
, eumstanee to any one, in ease some of the seen.
would kill him. In fact it appearedfrom Gab
; blast evidence that .he had been "terribly
scared" all along. The prisoners were then
asked if they had anything to say.
flCorbett said that lie wont out that evening
• on an excursion to the country; Fletning,and
the other two Men, whom he, did not know,
hired the hack and he went with them.. He
was then asked what they did .when they left
the hack at the nidge I
He replied, "we Welk a ramble• round' the,
country, and came back again." He further
volunteered to say that a plan had been laid
against him by Captain Kennedy, who. had
some grudge against him. Fleming declined
to make any statement.
The justice, after maturely considaring the
evidence, came to the conclusion that there
were strong grounds for suspicion against the ,
The prisoners, and committed:them:for trial.
Governor Drownlow's Plait . Oryn.
Governor Brownlow having been questioned
as to his platform, replies through the columns
of his paper,.the Knoxville Whig, as follower
"We are for the Union as it is, and the en
forcement of the laws as they are, both State
and national, until every rebel lays down his
arms, is killed off in battle, or in. private, or is
hung—until this Wicked. r ebellion is crushed
out, and men cease to abuse the Federal all
thoritles, or talk treason even in privatellfe.
We are for no compromise with rebels who
have bees in arms agaluattheEederal Goirern
meet three or four years, and have only laid
down their arms because they were whipped;
we are for no truce with rebels, no pardon for
pirates, no complicity with thieves, and 110
parley with murderers. We are for thepolitt.
cal party which will stand by the eountry, sus•
lain the United States GovernMent, and not
think of withholding men or means from the
President until the nation has asserted its in
dependence of organized mobs at the South
and in the North, and until the. whole world
shall see and acknowledge our power to crush
out the great conspiracy.
"We hold that no man. in any section of the
country, North tfr South, should be permitted
to hold °Mee until he has taken an oath that
he has never done, written, or said aeyuhin
against the authority of the Governatent of
the United States, or in any way give n aid '
comfort, or en couragement, to its one
mies, or to the men waging waragainst the
Government. Being grossly deceived by man
in the South, who went into the rebellion,we
will never sunnort any man for any who
honor or&rofif who was a seeesSieniat, or
aided in e unholy work of oppressing, the
Union people in the South, or who, persistent-
IY ativoceted the prosecution of the war
brought on at the SOUth..
"Denying the right or seeessien, we held
that no State has ever been. out of the Union,
and consequently we deny to. Congress the
the franchise question, hold
right to regulat e _
ing that each sate aft ?having elected a lOyal
Legislature, h sa y 'V are loyalvoters and
who are net s ; a pro sa vid W ed Q 'that no - State shall
enact it law on this sablect at war with the
Ny0,5191113 of UV! ZiAtleatil C94ooAgtkoros
•
THE WA.R. PRESS.
(PUBLISHED WEEKLY.)
THE WAR FAROS will be sent to subseribetv by
15511 (per annum in advance,) M IN 09
Five conies 10 00
Ten enpl" ' 00 00
Lerner (nem t h an Ten will be charged at gm mew
rate, $2.00 per copie :
The *temp istpit ,a t io i no proommly Om order. nod
in no inatenee can thin terms be deviated trio% ein
they alum very little more than the wet 0.1 !WPM
PwitTnalte" are requested to net us WOOF
for Tea Wen Passe.
gar- To the getter-up or the Mils of ten or t,Wentri
all extra copy of the paper wlll he given.
STATE ITEMS.
The Harrisburg Itegraph of Wednesds.j
evening, speaks in 'the following manner of
the Paesenge4 Railroad" of that city: " The
workmen engaged on this local improvement
are pushing forward the work with great rit.
pidity ; and we understand from the eon'.
tractor, that the road will be Completed and
in running order along the whole line, from
Camp Curtin to the Pennsylvania Railroad
depot, by next Saturday a week. One hundred
and forty men are now actively engaged in'
the construction. A new and beautiful car'
was plaked OM the track to-i/gy, and by the
time the road is completed, Other oars, Cie
gantly finished and ample for the accommo
dation of the publieivill he run. As an evi
dence of the success of the road, it is only us
cessary to state that with one car running,
over one thousand passengers have been ear
riea over the lint, DJ far as finished, in ORO
day, making a receipt per diem of over, Yg.
two dollars.,,
The Harrisburg 2e/egraphhas the annexed
in regard to the triumphal archon erected in
that city "Some of these structures, whiell
formed such a beautiful and magnificent fea
tere of the great Unlori Celebration on the
Fourth of July, have been remOved, and those
that remain are getting decidedly rusty, The
sun long since withered and scorched the last
particle of greenness out of the once tasty
and elegant wreathing, and the entire appear•
ance of the arches has assumed a look of di
lapidation and ruin. All the arches that yet
remain (except that in Market Square,) might
as wen be removed, as their abeenee would be
much more pleasing than their presence a
they now stand."
A. curious animal was killed near Albert's
Mill, Lebanon county, a few days ago. • It was
about two feet in length, weighing about four.
teen pounds, with legs six inches in length—
its hair black and long. The hair of the hinder
part of the body had a very curious substance
et the end of it, being White in 0010 ? and
somewhat resembling the pin feathers or pout.
try, but stouter and more solid. The animal
was put up for preservation.
The body of a young man was found float.
ing hi the river near Oil City, on Monday last.
His name is supposed to have been William
E. Smith, and it is believed came from Buffalo,
N. Y. An inquest was held, after which the
Joey was decently interred.
The grain dealers of Lebanon met at Core
many's hotel, in Lebanon, on Saturday last.
The most important part of their business, we
understand, was an agreement to be uniform
hereafter in the prices they pay for grain.
—Most of the oats crop in Bork County,
which is very good, has been cut. In another
week all the crops, corn and potatoes except
ed, will be safely gathered, *Unless bad weather
should interfere.
Harrisburg has a atroot•aralnkler, and the
people would like to See it in motion.—Harris
burg Telegraph.
The circulation of the Pittsburg banks
both State and National, is estimated at $lO,-
599,774,
Peaejaps are Ma dollar* a, basket in Harris.
burg.
Harrisburg wants a street•sprinkler,—.
Philadelpltia Press.
The Allegheny Base Ball Club is coming
on a visit to this city In a few days.
The drug stores of Lebanon will hereafter
close at nine o'clock in the evening.
HOME ITEMS.
At Newport, R. 1., sea-bathing commence.*
at eleven o'clock, and the streets are alive with
carriages proceeding to the beach. From this
hour until ono o'clock. bathing dresses are
worn. At one o'clock the beach is cleared of
ladies, and masculine " go in" in a state of
nature till three o'clock, when, at the heisting
of a flag, the bathers resume their Clothing
and proceed homeward.
The St. Johnsbury Caledonian says that a
number of men of the Bth Vermont Regiment
met their surgeon, Dr. Gillett, at Essex June.,
tion some nights ago, after they were paid off
and discharged, /mid entering the par whore kV
was seated, pelted him severely with eggs, anti
then pitched him out of a window.
A woman called at one of the military
Mikes and desired to know when her husband,
who she said was in the army, would get
killed: She remarked that she had a " right
smart " offer of marriage, and she wanted to
know whether her "old man " would come
home again.
A machinist in Brooklyn, N. Y., by the
name of Wm. L. Ryan, thought ho would got
his, living as easy as 'possible, and "set up , "
for a physician. He lost his first ease=a littit
child—and is likely to get into trouble on ail
count of it.
It was a newsboy by the name of run
He was the last person to leave the building,
and succeeded in saving many articles belong
ing to the employees.
Miss Smith, of Utica, was about to marry
a man that Mother Smith did not like, The
old lady could not prevent the marriage, so
the bought some arsenic and swallowed it.
She did not liVe to dislike her daughter's hue
band.
On the. .iith of July all the dining-roma
servants at the Louisville Hotel,. withoutcere
mony, joined the Freedmen's procession, leav
ing the landlord and clerks to wait on their
guests.
Two young men were sitting on a door.step
in Iprilagileld, Mass., the other day, when a
young woman, with an infant in her arms,
came up h and, laying it in the. lap of one of
them, bade him take good care of it, and left.
The States which elect Governorathis fail
are lowa, Maine, Massachusetts,Vermont, Min
peseta, New Jersey, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Vir
ginia.
The University of Virginia, at Riabmond,
will soon resume its duties, with highly en
couraging prospects. This venerable institu
tion was founded by Jefferson.
A New Democratic paper is to be started
in Rockford, 111., next week, entitled the Peo
ple's Press.
Robinson, the Maine soldier, who saved
Secretary Seward's life, has been presented•
with a farm.
Connecticut is discussing a bill to tax the
liquor dealers—wholesale, forty dollars; re•
tellers, twenty dollars.
—A lady in Indianapolis committed suicide.
because her husband refused, to take her to an
ice-cream saloon.
They have a daily paper at Salt Lake—The
.Thleseraph.
A man in New York jumped twelve feet
and one inch for fifty dollars,
Texas will produce a cotton crop equal to
any before the war.
A pickpocket In Buffalo has- been , sem.
tented to !five years in the -State prison.
Twolmarwhave recently been killed in the
town of Briliton, Comet county, Wisconsin.
Oregon: yielded eight million of gq . ld duet ,
last year.,
FOREIGN ITEMS.
In one othie harangues in.London,..Father
Ignatius pitched into worldliness, dress, balls.
operas, theatres, Rotten•row, and things in
general. He mentioned, too, that the davit_
was present, but did.not introduce the gentle
man. Ultimately he offered, should it be
proved to him that Jesus Christ ever wont to
a ball, to dance a polka with any one present,
which would have been a highly diverting
exhibition, though: Fathon Ignatius• does Mit
wear crinoline, says a London letter.
By the last r‘ uroPeati matt we hear of is.
startling balloon at eident which had happetted.
is Ireland. Mr. CoswelPs balloon, after hay.
tog ascended from Belfast with ten people in
the car, effected a perilous descent, owing to
the valve at the top not acting. properly..
Eight of the Eeronauts. suoceeded in. getting
out (sours of them severely injured), when the
balloon again ascended with two gentaol/1011
still in the car, and nothing bad' einoo been
heard obit.
Bagier, the operstie manager, Ma bees
dispossessed of the management of the Madrid
opera.. The Spanish Minister of the Interior
now manages the opera home at the Spanish
capital, and advertises for an impreesario for
six year's, There are five emaidatee ) among
them M..Bagier, and. the Seleetionwill be masts
by a high functionary belonging to the Ges•
verement and three cyleiresades (amateurs).
A special train left Toulon recently for'
Paris, laden with a complete collection of wild
beasts, which arrived from the extreme East
by Sues, and was conveyed to Toulon by the ,
transport Uhose, front Alexandria. This
zoologistal collection is composed of some very
rare animals, intended for the Jardin dee
Plantes.
The Emperor Maximilian has given eons
tracts to Americans for telegraph lines from
the 'United States through both the easterrk
and western sectione of the country, and Is.„
offering great intim:muscats to capitalists to
work the rich and exhaustless mines WHOA
w hich Mexico abounds.
The Free Church of Scotland has in esn.
section with it 434 congregational day seheele fr '
100 side and Industrial schools, 30 missicassry -,
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of scholars, 51,118,
The Canadians aro holding n billiard touts.
moment, for the championship of all Cassada t at
Montreal. Phelan and Gavitt, of Neje; York,
are present.
—A patient in the Worcester insane asylum
fancies himself dead, and sneers at his controls
nions who have not yet deceased.
—One firm in London advertises. to the•
amount of it 210,000 per annum. .All the parts,
nets Isave grown immensely rich.
—A woman its is prison in England, tor bare,
ing her child's eye out with a, red bet slrewer.
—ln twenty-six years Puna hats had but and
libel suit, and it has lampooned. everybody.
—An " Exhibition of Inseetis " to be 04'
next 'novelty in r#Tl3. •