{}., 1 5 t • * SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1865 THE DIFFICULTIES or ZATION. As we did ul:4,.co'ziguer the astrides 'or th rebellion . or, yeei s can scarcely expect to conquer the' prejudices and secret antagonism of the people of the South immediati3ly. Their acknowledgment of the force of our arms does not neces sarily imply a confession of the wisdom and justice of — our opinions. Stunned by the crushing blows . that have Dillon thick and fast, they know that armed resistance to: the Unions is hopeless ; but there are, never theless, ninny thousands, perhaps even a majoritY; of the whole population who. would gladly perpetuate in some political form, if they could,: the warfare against the dominant ideas of the nation, which was - waged with military . force before the final victories of GRANT and SHERMAN. We see many evidences: of this vindictive spirit; and it is often mailifested in a peculiarly offensive and obnoxious manner. The Louisville Journal describes the evil of' which we are speaking, thus " There are restless spirits in the South who do not intend to yield to the authorities of the United States, or to submit becomingly to the decision of the sword, to whose arbitra ment they appealed. We may as well beplain in this matter. There has . got to be some plain speaking, and probably some momvery plain acting, before these men will learntheir duties as citizens of the. United States. 'lf therhate• this Government ao.badly that thay.are• ' willing to live under It, let them:leave it;and seek for freedom under the Mild and :paternal' Governments of Napoleon or Mailuillian, or of the Emperor - of Brazil 'or of the sultan of. Turkey, or, theSliiiii'of Persia, or': under any other to which. their: tastes tastes and moral ;affini ties may lead. them _;:but if they Jamul to-ro: , main in tho United States-if they are loyal citizens, desirous of promoting the and unity of this countrythen we say it' is their duty, and they will be compelled, IT necessary, 'to submit to the will of the majority, atid quiegee in the settletrand irreversible ,policy. upon which' the people, of the United .ctates. have settled. They.cnnnot remain - here as.re volutionists,. disloyalists, traitors , • ready • at• any moureut to plunge the country into civil war the Moment any. serious difeafilty:mtky: arise with a foreign' Government. : . " care nothing about the professiiiiii.iit those Men. ; Professions are easily made. .We )mow what they professed' in ISGO and previ ously, anff we know they belied all the profes sions they then made. We don't believe their professionstrow, and. intend to look to their acts as the only criteria by 3thich to' judge of their motives and their intentions. LocArbig to these, it is quite clear that they intend, if possible, to revive the Slavery issue. - They don't mean to accept—they don't aede the free basis which they themselves throughwar have established.- They intend to make a combined and desperate effort to• revolution ize the Government and tore-establish slavery. We see almost every day the old •disunionists returning to their homes. and posts in. the South, and witness their revival of, the old slang phrases of secession to excite the preju dices and arouse the passions of the ignorant; we see them calling into requisition the old tactics by which they fired the Southern heart,' and brought revolution, anarchy, and despotism upon the Southern States, against the wishes of the Southern people." In all speculations about reconstruction we must .nceept. this statement as sub stantially 'true, and be not, on the one hand, top much discouraged by the out croppings!' of this vein of treason; nor, on the other, be lulled into .a • false sense of• security by ignoring its existence. The most difficult problem of reconstruction' is how to combat most effectually: very feeling. We should neither 'exagge-, rate nor underrate it, but, looking the peril squarely in the face, seek to overcome it.. Time and trial will develop what can, and :what cannot, be done wisely and safely. Negro suffrage is prescribed by many as the only sure panacea. But it is to be re membered, first, that our right, to apply or enforce it is seriously questioned ; and second, that its effect might be to embitter: the whole white population still Anther against us, except such leading slave holders as would readily ally, themselveS with The negroes, and perhaps use the power they would gain for rebellious pur poses. Governor BROWNLOW, of -Tennes see, whose loyalty none can cpieStidin,.ie opposed, for the present, to negro suffrage in that State ; so is Governor WELLS, of Louisiana. On the other hand, the new State Constitution of Missouri confers the light of suffrage upon her colored citizens. The practical workings of both systeme are, therefore, being tested, and we ,will soon gain indicntions of - their relative value. It should be remembered, 'too, • that the conflict in the rebellious States, between loyalty and disloyalty—between those who accept the decision of the appeal to arms as final and conclusive against slavery and se cession and those who do not—goes on daily in various shapes and forms, without reference to negro suffrage. The people are rather considering whether it may not be possible to re-enslave the negro, than whether he should be clothed with the full rights of citizenship. On this issue, how ever, tholoyalists are clearly gaining ground every day. Whatever doubts may exist of our power: to extend the right of suffrage to the negro, our right and determination to secure his freedom cannot be successfully controverted. And as our deterniination to maintain the Union is equallyfixed, the politicians who seek to revive the old issues are met at the threshold by the most fatal of all objections—that their schemes are impracticable and absurd. If freedom of choice about slavery and secession were permitted, those twin heresies would doubt-. less .be sustained. But theynie:precisely the issueswhich the war settled now. and forever. The practical question the South is hOw they can advance their future prosperity in the Union, with free labor. Old ideas,. old habits, old prejudices, and old politicians, will conspire to mislead public attention from this plain duty by in spiring false hopes, but we hope and trust, in vain. The stern logic of events, the in fluence of the Federal Government and the armies of the. Republic are branding inde-. libly on the Southern mind the sacredness of LIBERTY and Unicni. Every step they -ktake under the direction of false guides "who u-seek to lure them back into their old quick sands, is Oil of.danger; every manly effort they make to conquer old prejudices, to give free labor a fair trial, to render cheer ful, willing and, sincere - obedience to the Federal authorities, inspires confidence, sti mulates enterprise, -and brightens their fu ture prospects.- - Thus . the people, of the South must, Choose between prosperity 'or adversity; duidwe hope their "sober second thought" may be inspired by wisdom. THE SLOTH' OF SLAVERY. One sometimes finds a thought where it is least expected which is the key that un- . locks the stubbornest prejudices. In the New York World, of Thursday, we read a letter dated Montgomery, Alabama, 'writ ten for that, paper by one of its employee's, evidently a'Northern•rdati sent southward to pick up consolation for . the Democracy. In this letter : we find the following interest ing,_ • . though not well constructed, para graph „ . • g , I have spdken before of the utter wretched ness and poverty of.the South. I must repeat it as the one, unvarying and ever-present tact. The South, as a'cortimunity, were an agricul tural peopieltilling'the fields for their support and wealth. , Farmers and graziers they were not, with a trifling exception for Kentucky and Texas. , Cotton was the Product which fed, clothed, sheltered, and regaled thorn. Yet they were .planters, living on large and coMfortlesstracts °Claud, with scarcely a ovocl sized town away from the sea-coast. ..4.7New England State'contains larger towns than any inland city of the South. The people are essen tially rural, not in the English sense, where men build comfortable country mansions, Sur- . rounded with all the taste and elegance of the most civilized people; but in the backwoods sense, where comfort was an after-thought, and acquisition of more laud,' mules, 'and names the first consideration. In the greatest portion of the South the resident planters lived poorer than did the Mechanics of New Jersey at any time. The four hundred [thousand 1] millions of 'wealth in slaves was the heaviest, item in their list of possessions: mit even With this their immenae wealth left them pocirin all the elements which go to make life cheerful and less arduous. The poor whites of , the South form by far the largest portion of the whole people. Even of those registered as wealthy in slaves, half lived in the mostwretched and primitive manlier ; the rest being capitalists; Spent most of their, time else Where. -It is something astonishing that, with an the natu ral advantages: of !climate and market, they should have paid .so little attention to the cheaper luxuries.of !rational living, an d so much to the more "extravagant and useless fineries of exotic growth. • Outside of New Orleans and Charleston,. where they are con ducted by foreigners,•the-South have no such market gardens, or such abundance •and riety of Wholesome fruits and vegetables, es the more sterile . North call boast of .every- . whore. So ofra-41fOnSand other marks of ad. Taming civilization.” • The. . gains of slavery — were like the, profits of of gaming. !. SWiftly • and guiltily made, • they were selfishly . and rapidly squandered. The beings who: toiled got no share of the proceeds of: their They were paid iu l 4 curses and; iii!..staet4 and: us. they cou • • •. not live for-themselves death was often' s. blessing. • The opulent Sybarite dreaded to spend his money in the impitryement ofthis 'slaves, but he could not bear thasigkt of the!-r-- 'compelled ignorance and vic'e - , - au,d.Fpe.b'e , I ' 4 came an absentee, squandering . the tbousditit, coined out of their blood, ant _le4Tink . mx sign of his generosity o*Plantation;Mmilit borliood, county, or town. Thus, .whole communities never saw a schoolhouse, or news the advantages of a good country road,. or a village--newspaper;-acid -the whites of both sexes rgrewl:up tas vnted as their Ilitiesiwhot- &hie& to 'learn. If war : fiad 'note come : to penoLiate_ and purify, these • wildernesses of sliamo And sloth, GOd's vengeance must have taken some other shape. • &N I znyroipAL.EXTRESIDENT. One: of the busiest of the aged B.'s is :ex- President BUCHANAN. He gathers matter for comment from many sources. He is an inveterate- gossip, and as fond of hearing and of retailing small talk as any old lady whoa discusses her neighbors as slie drinks her tea or • knits her. stocidng. Having got : p irough with his " Book,". which is soon: to appear from the Appleton. press, and while waiting for _the, criticism, it is sure to evoke; the venerable 0. P. F. devotes-his . leisure hours to newspaper writing. He is fond of the exercise editorial, and is not a ;bad baud at the bPsiness, only ho -cannot hide his style. It: breaks.- ; out . :in. spite of .his efforts. We think wekdo• not err,• therefore, in attributing to him the articlen . a late number of the Lanca'ster Intellinencer, prominently copied and corn- Mended in Thursday's New .York Worid. It was, doubtless, forwarded in' proof sheets,i by the anticipated J -B. .hituelf. The object is to teach the -Democratic party to support .A.NDREW Jorulsox in his . achninistration of the General Govern 2nent. The following is an extract : "Since Andrew Johnson has been called upon . to preside over the destiny of this nation, the Democratic press of the 'country has watched his' course with eager and anxious solicitude. It stood ready to approve or censure, accord 'ing.as his public acts proved to be..wise and judicious, or the contrary.. Finding him, wit-. ling to• enter upon the great wet k of recon-: struetiOn with •prfident foresight and statesr manlike sagacity, it gave-him every assurance of sympathy and . support in such a course.. When !IX ' saw him boldly • renounce the, fatal doctrine of "State suicide," upon which the' radical abolitionists had so strongly insisted, it praised: him—not from any sycophantic impulse; but because what he thus did was in accordance . with . cor rect political principles: When, in issuing his proclamations for the 'reconstruction of State t3overninents in the revolted States, he re fused to assume powers. not granted-to him by the•ConStitution of the :United States, and left each Stdte free'to control its .own local affairs, be then took- his stand square upon Demo. .cratic ground. : . -It would seemstrange, indeed, • if in this the Democratic press of the country had not stood by President' Johnson` p When, in spite of all therepure which therldical Abolitionists could bring to bear upon him, he steadfaStly refused to interfere for the purpose of helping them to carry out •their favorite de sign of conferring the right of suffrage upon the ne"roes of the Southern States, he again showed himself entitled to, and , he again re ceived, universal. commendation from the Democratic press." . • . Shreirdly ;and. . keenly. stated. It .is eminently like - J. ..132,.Atnd it is echoed' by - most • of his Itigniiti . throughont the State, Such, fok ;! instance, as J. Gnmici , .JoruEs, • of. Reading, and the • .Pittsburg . Poet: The members -of the Union ;party will see 'eagerly" the. opportunity, is seized by. the :most reek leas leader. of the Copperheads—the - chief who helped treason, by . refusing to brain it when it began to plot,, even in the very chambers of the Cabinet—to make a - show of favor for Piesident Jormson. -The spectacle should not • be - lost upon them. The experiment is prompted alone •by the hope of dividing the citizens -who are the 'natural 'friends and defenders .of the Preal-' .dent's policy. If J. B. did not believe that there were some Republicans ready to take issue with the President on- " reconstruc tion"-if he did.not hope that they would even attack-the. President should,. he refuse. to abandon his plan—he. would never have ventured to write what is above copied. He would feel towards the . Piesident as he felt when the latter, as ..Governor of Tennesssee, • was denouncing the- trai tors,. and calling 'on God to punish their' crimes and as he, felt When,. as Senator in congress, he hurled' his terrific ana themas ,upon J. B.'s laying - friends, Sm- DELL, DAVIS, . lIIINTER, and BENJAMIN. , . : The game is not . a new one. It was ;tried on - Hr. Lniconn with indif ferent success. - The same process of select- • ing a part of the Adlninietration policy for praise, and' calling .1i the President's, and of selecting. another , :part of the Admi nistration policy for dispiaise, and calling it STANTON'S, wap applied to both. . J. 8., for instance, sanctions what -he enumerates in . the aboye paragraph, but he - is doubtlesi bitterly severe upon the trial and execution of the conspirators ; upon the confiscation of the property of the traitors; and upon the idea . of "hanging JEFF DAVIS on a sour apple tree:" On the whole, we are not sorry to see J. B! " prospecting "in such-a fashion; It -is a sample of late,. and sonic What .sug gestive 'penitence. But -whether it- is a mere advertisement for sPoili, oi.an lioneSt showing of remorse for past infamies; time alone can proire.. . A• watrrzu in the Atlantic Monthly for August, treating of " Reconstruetion and Negro Suffrage." speaks of our "National bleasing,!' -which he estimates at only $2,- 500,000,000, and assumes, with great jus tice, that a portion of it must be fixed upon the rebel States, now in gradual .course of reconstruction. He says that should the South ever 'recover its ascendancy in the National Legislatire, one thing to be ex-. pected would be a repudiation of the pecu niary obligations of the country. " The national debt," he says, " is so interwoven with every form of the business and in dustry of the loyal States that its repudia tion would be the most appalling of evils. A tax to pay it at 'once would not produce half the financial derangement-and moral disorder which repudiation would cause ; for repudiation, as Illin.knElir well ob. served, is nothing bift • tantion in its most, cruel, unequal, iniquitous, and calamitous form. But what reason have we to think that a reconstructed South, dominant in the Federal Government; would regard the debt with feelings similar to ours? The negroes would associate It with their freedom, of, which it was the price ; I their late , masters would view it as the sym- bol of their humiliation, which it .was curred to effect. We must remember that the South loses the whole cost of Rebellion, and is at the same time required to pay its share of the cost of suppressing the Rebel lion. The cost of the'RebelliOn is, in addi tion to the devastation.of property caused by invasion, the whole. Southern debt of .some two or three thousand millions of dol lars, and • the market value of the slaves ; • which, estimating the slaves at five him-- ; dred dollars each, is two thousand million'.. of dollars more." ' That the South will ever redeem its local • eurreuey-nOtes—its ludicrous promises to pay " six months after the recognition . ..of the Southern Confederation by the United' States "—no man in his sound senses can possibly expect. Equally improbable, -in deed, equally impossible , is it,. that that financial absurdity, the Confederate Loan, -- negotiated in Europe, will ever be redeemed.; The dupes and the knaves who risked their money in:that most outrageous'" swindle," ' deserve, to lose Had , they only looked back for a few yet . 4•4.theyrittight have seen, in the antecedents'of. President " DAVIS, a very palpable indkat - ton that, when pay. went came• to 4 b6 iiixilFen of, he would e x _ claim, with anialeat: Pistol, •in the play, " Base is the slave that , payspays . . . ?For years past, the standing reproach•against sippi has been that, as a State, she repudi ated her just debts, and • the man.who most urgently pressed• onithis principle‘otpublic dishonesty ii*tts" noir other than J . ,m 4 iFEitio'N Devis.. Had the reliellion succeeded, it is not likely ,that he would have allowed the South to 'pay its foreign creditors.' As for its flimsy paper currency, it is utterly value less. It is •not worth what the French as ,signats came to during the Reign of,Terror, when ten thousand francs (in paper,) could barely purchase a•loaf of bread. ,The,Atlazitic lifthieltly very properly de clares that a fair portion, or proportion, of the cost :of suppressing the rebellion 'must Ve_ fad .by'the , South, and, gives what approximation ~to,..the -amount' )1 ~t .v ,orko ; . ‘t. chareable on each part V Ihelltnitad States. It says: • „,," Batt:noting, the National v debt at- t_ on . y / five hutidr.pd millions'.`of dollars, and 4ppor ; Ttioninkit :Wording to,the niiinbor,oftheWriare pthale adicer twenty yee.ial of agi Alifterent ions of;titc etiiintryrit- lon )foUnd tha pKopor4ion ofttlih. Now land • kStateS 5,' , 1808,689,352:97_,"0f th(glitddle/ S tat es; $740096,342.32; of thd..fWeatern Statoa; 4808, ;288; 1 781.01; of the Southern 5tate51'5461,989,310.85r and of the Pacific States, $95,896,677.75.1 r,ll It may be some time before the South Will contribute her pro rata share' Of the interest on the - debt ; but he must be ti latve or blockhead, or a mixture of both, ~whp.r w ill.pretend to deny that..she is not . ' • ' - liableifor the monody., It wpuld; be unjust, Indeed, if; having led us into a Costly war, for, which there never was the shadow of an excuse, the South should come off, beaten indeed but leaving us to defray all. the expenses.' GEORGIA. Tho • Daily Intelligencer, published at Atlanta;•Georgia, in commenting upon the appoiritinent 'of Governor Jeca - sorr, and 'his patriotic' addresses to the people, says: "Light has been diffused until now; each for himself maw determine Whether he will con form tOwhat reason dietatesor whether policy and passion shall continue !‘ to rule the hour." Are theyalge readyl We answer overwhelming ry in point of numbers they arc ready to accept the terms prescribed' and', go back to, the 1 4 Union.' There ineY be, • perhaps • 'there some one individual of them here, and some 'one individual in other localities of our State, who hesitates, governed by feeling or passion, to accept "the :proffered 'amnesty,, by and through which Georgia' can only be restored to her position as a State,:or member of the great family of American States. . These are; however, loliftirii instances, over whom time will exercise £1: salutary influence; rock:Meiling them to what they ean, in no'ovent. retard or prevent... Soon even these' will - yield, and like' their fellow eitizens,move onward in the.work of restoration. . . . "Georgia. mast not long 'Stay 'out,'in the cold.' ..Evcry interest of her people demands that, as a State, she be enrolled at an early day as a member of the Union. To : this end. her Provisional Governor, will earnestly:labor. Emphatically he has been 'one of the people,' and, though clothed now with' magisterial robes, he is still one of thorn, sympathizing. -with them in their misfortunes, and, earnestly _desirous of alleviating them. We 'call, then, Upon the people of our State to heed his a.dnio: nitions, and td receive his counsel S—to stand by and aid him.in restoring life _to the State—to do so with, cheerfulness and . alacrity. Once emerged' from the cOndition,aB it were, of a. conquered province, the old • Empire State of the South' will be herselfagaiaL-tranquillity, peace; androsperity. again reign in her midst. 'Re who fails to promote with all his heart this important work, is a mistaken and a deluded man." • ' . WE arc glad to observe that the Bos tonians have shown a disposition to • honor, prominent Philadelphians.. At their. recent Harvard •Collego Commencement and Com memoration, Exercises, the, leading Military guest was MajOr General GEORGE G. MEA.DE, upon whom' the degree. , of. 1414 . . D. was conferred. On Ins arrival in:Boston he was officially received at Panel* Hall by MaYor' Lis - corm, and after a speech of welcome, to - which an appropriate response was made, our gifted townsman, GEORGE H. BORER, Esq., read what a Boston exchange clutrac-, terixes sa " a fine poem, of -some twenty five minutes in length, entitled' ' Our Heroic Themes,' wherein was. briefly but grandly sting the story of the•war and the dignity of a nation rising.to Undo its own wrong-doing." - , • After. its conclusion,- the following simple hut affecting incident occurred. It does honor t i o . the head and heart of the herb of Gettysburg : ." The citizens passed in nearlya continuous .stream until after 5 o'clock, when a wounded. soldier carne up to the general, tind;after speak ing ;with him a short time, General Meade ad vanced, and spoke as follows: . • " :good friends, I thank you for :your kindnessin coming up here to greet me t but, as I have 'other engagements, I tan remain no longer.,.. I am no . speeehmak.er, but there is a man .herertwo or three, perhaps—who would. put words into any man's mouth—who would make any man'tloguent. I wish to show this one to you. Here is a poor fellow who has lost his leg, who is incapacitated from -active labor for life; •This man must be taken care of. All 'the noble men who have; under •the. Providence of God, so suffered, I went taken care of.. Every one miist- devote his 'energies' and abilities to relieving the wants -of- these' men; If theviare, intelligent and capable, let them hold othces ; but ifthey.are not educate s e e to it that - they do not suffer. , I; who have'. seen so many of these disabled men shudder - -to tell you how many there are you'l:rill have to support. But I urge. you to: the extent of your •abilitylo take care of the wounded, the . orphans; and the widows and may God; #n mercy, bless you as you , do so. , • • • • - "lie then retired. amid great cheering, and the assembly dispersed. . , • In the religious services which conclud ed the commemoration, 'Rev. PEUILIPS hnooss, of this city, was selected . to read the prayer. Pennsylvania has always shown a warm appreciation of the 'genius of Nasaachn= setts, and we are glad to observe a recipro: cal disposition in the Old Bay State. X.adies , Naiszines: We have received Godeys Lady's Book, and also the La4y's _Friend, -for August. We must. Say that the Lady's Book, like good wine, 'Mel lows by age. . The present, number is the se cond of the seventy-first volume, and it shows. no symptom of .age,-exeept that . its expe rienced editor, Mr. Godey, naturally in creases in . Judgment as the rapid years roll on.. This month's frontispiece is a pictorial The-Lady's Friend is quite young, the present being its eighth number, but 'is very. readable. Like .Godey , s, it has a double 'fashion-plate; a good steel engraving,'music,, Patterns, fashions, etcetera. • By the .. way, among, its verses, we ,find "Ghostly Glycines," by Eieanor C. Donnelly. What is a." glycinel" We' do not ibul the, word in Webster's Dic tionary, and cannot, help, thinking that there is no small pedantry in using words which are newly ,coined; obsolete, or. erely scientific. It is filaard case when one has to hunt through. a, dictionary to arrive at the meaning of a' poem's title. We have an. idea that glycine is a botanic term, which, "in the days of auld lang syne," was applied to a 'genus of climb- ing; leguminous plants -.now-called Mystaria. • Whit a "ghostly. glycine" may; be, we leave MisiDonnelly to explain. A Curious Statement AN. ALLEGED NEW DEVELOPMENT_ OP THE ASSAS SINATION PLOT-AN ATTEMPT 'TO POISON THE ULATI PRESIDEICT LOUEFt• BIS • 61WOND /1.71,17 G- [Wdtshington Correspondence Pittsburg Chronicle.] On a visit to Mrs. Lincoln, the day.she loft for Chicago, I said to her that I had always ex pected-slavery. would poison Mr. Lincoln, as it did President Harrison and Taylor.- The idea appeared now to her, and 'recalled .the fact that her husband had •been. very ill; for seve ral days, froth the effects of a close of blue pills . taken Shortly before his second inauguration. She. Said he was not well, and appearing to re quire. his medicines bine pills,- she sent to the drug store in Which Harold was em ployed last, - and got a dose, and gave them to him at night before going to bed, and that, next morning his'pallor terrified:her. • "His face," said she; pointing to the bed be side:which she sat;."was.white as •that pillow • case, as it la.rjust there ;" she exclaimed; lay ing her hand CM the pillow.—" white, and such a deadlVwhite; as -he tried to rise he sank back again;quite overcome I" She descried his anxiety to be up 'there ' was so much to do ; ,and her persistence and his oppressive languor eeping him in bed -for several days ; Said he'and she both thought it so strange that the pills should effect him in that way; they never had•done so before, and -both concluded they would get no more medi cine there, as the attendant evidently did not understand making up prescriptions. Could this have been the - time spoken of in that letter said on the. trial, in which .it is the cup had failed once I . I know an officer's widow who spent some time with here husband - in Georgia, while,,Gene, ral Mitchell was.in command. She has tOld me of a pretended Union woman, in a small town. where they were stationed, who kept a board ing-house for Union officers; ofthe large num ber of invalids among these boarders; and her especially remarking. the excessive and peen liar pallor of . these invalids.. Soon the number of deathsattracted. attention, and an . inveati gallon was ordered of the charge that this ,fe male .fiend had been poisoning her boarders. While the..ease was pending some order changed the troops occupying :the town, and 'my - informant never learned how the matter endedi but her description of the pallor of the victims:so coincides. with Mrs.-Lincoln's ac !count of our martyr's appearance after taking - the blue liills,,that it has occurred-to me those monsters ;May. have. some peculiar mode of 'poisoning. Moreover, it "Is highly probable that our political assassinations are not yet Tom Thumb and. 'Friends at Court. CErow.the London Post, June 26.] . s On Saturday afternoon, by command of her 3fajesty, General and Mrs. Tom .Thumb, with their infant daughter, Minnie Warren Strat ton; and 4tccompanied by Corniuod ore • Nutt an d , Minnie:Warren, arrived atWindsor Castle, for the purpose of giving a: performance. be fore the members of the royal family. The 'General and his' party had been performing,. in the course of the weekv at the Windsor 'Theatre - L and had left for towii, but, on receiv ing the Queen's commands, the little people . . immediately'returned: On reaching the castle,. they were, at once condtieted to , One of the. pri vate State' apartments, known as the "Rubella' ; r00m, ,, on the north side of the'Talacc, where, for many years, tate theatrical perform minces took place. In this. room their Royal HighneSSes Princess Louise tind'Beatriee,wand Prince.' Leopold, were seated 4n •frorit of the 'platform, •and surrounded, by the ladies and gentlemen or the Court, among whom were the DuchOs of Hotburge Methuen, Lord Chin:lda Fitzrok, • Sir T. M. Iliddulph and Lady Bifldnlph , Lady Caroline:Barrington, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, the. Hon. H.•Stepford, the Hon.. Mrs. Welleslev, te..Theperformance .commenced shortly bolero four being 'opened by. Mrs. Tom Thumb witlia song; "MY Native Land." This was followed by 4" furper-• SOnations of Billy O'Rourke" and "Napoleon Bollaparte",bk6 General Tom , Thumb, Mrs. . Stratton; the' Uenernl'a wife, then" introduced: her infant -daughter. The. programnie also' 'embraced it duet, "The Lover's Quarrel," sung by General and Mrs. Tom Thumb ; . .songs "The Captain witil..his Whiskers,” :by Mrs. Tom Thumb ; song , " The Perfect Cure,'' by COmmodere - Nutt ; a song and drum sole; also by the %latter a nwho...was attireattired:es it. -British Commodore d uet, "Matrimonial Sweets,o by. Commodore Nutt and Miss Minnie Warren, the entertainment''concluding 'with "The Fairy Bride Polka," danced • General and Mrs. Tore Thumb, Commodore Nutt and Mies Warren..Evory . part of the performance. of the, littlo.people gamed them, the applause of the royal family, and' his Rvel Highness Prince Leopold' Seemed highly delighted at the Com• - modore% version of , ..f`.The,Perfect - .Cure,P and his execution. of:the song and drum sole. ENE THE PRESS.-PITILADELPHI i Ik SATURDAY; JTTLY 22: 1865: The Late. Fti)1011/0a. • From the Raleigh' • (N. o..P;P:"iiieni . of.July,' Ist, we take the folloWlagV,l:Vir/Zi • ' ";; Revolutions never g.9:*ickwiroi but :eVeri move onward . ;The struggle' through which , these States have just passed may be.ended af 'far as tlinelasli , ,of grins- 'bi - Concerned- bu • some of the marked results tallow from ' it are not yeti perceptible : The history; ofthe past will teach us -that important, changes are ,to take place - in 'the •condition of this people,/ `, within the next - quarter of a century-, changes, too, that are now scarcely imagined by any of us. --- ' i • • The rapidity with which the American cote ales were peopled, the manner and extent of the development of the resources of the noun r try, since the ,revolution that resulted in out independenCe, are among the most astonish hill things in history. One of the greatestflation , of the earth, one of the first war-powers Of th world, built up in three-quarters of a century. Just think' of it ! and compare our rifle 'an progress with the rise and' progress of th older Powers of Europe. , lint the advantag of our climate, soil, and general resources„ e i ~ able ini to rob them of much of their greater source of wealth, their brain and musel Ever since this Eden, • Ann:mica, was - throwa • open to the downtrodden andoppressed of thio old country, a-constant stream of immigratior has been flowing from the old to the new world which is now increasing rather than diminish ing in volume. And can we stop it? . As'well attempt to still. the rolling billows of th ocean. This stream of humanity will flow on, on, and on, and when Europe and the North Shall have made a New England of all the ter• ritory lying beyond the MiSsissippi, and set tled the now vacant lanclst B o the rocky Moun.l thillfl and beyond, the stream will still Thaw on,, ' awl new territories will be discovered, an--; flexed, and settled; and. Yankee energy and; 'American civilization will still press forward; towards the setting sun. Wars, rebellion.sire, , volutiOns will not stop it, but with, each sue cceding shock or convulsion the. mighty tor- ' , rent will only increase in strength and power! The introduction of African slavery into this ' country by our ancestors, is their sin, not ours. It has caused much fralfermg Co the whito race, has kept many of them in ignorance and po verty, And retarded the development, of the resources of those States that have nirtured it and kept it alive. - Whether it has benefited the black nianor not is an - abstract. question that. we do not care to discuss;.but; results lifii-e shOwn that aS' a slave or freeman,' the' African has been in the white man's way. • The red man, the original proprietor of this vast country, gave way before the tread of his more provident and' enlightened pale-faced brother, and following the setting sun, as our 'civilizationadvanced, there are now but few traces to note the fact that he has ever been. here. This country was his by the right 'of long and undisputed possesSion, but when the tide of immigration' turned westward 'from' -the Old Worldne began to recede, and in a re-,' markably short time, - if .00nmared with' the history of matiotts,lie dlsappeared,and in the . forest wilds, where but as yesterday he held undisputed 'sway, now the pale-face' is' mo narch of all he surveys. , - Slavery' was introduced into the New England and other Northern States for gain. Our ancestors cared no more for the black man than we of the South did when walield them' as Slaves, and we cared but precious little' be yond the property that was intheM. But wily did_our 1.-'nritan ancestry rid themselves of this . moral, social, and political evil? Was it hu manity—Philanthropy I Not a bit. of it. The. slave and the negro was rooted out of NeW Eng, land and the North lust as they will be,w Ulna the next halt - century, out of all' the country east of the Mississippi, to make room' for the • immense flow of - white men from the old world, of which, we .have spoken. Slavery was alio- Haled and the negro has: become almost ex tinct in the Northern States, because the supe rior race the whites, rushed there in such num bers as to supply alt the. wants of the •pountry., as to labor in all the departments of business and commerce. As this stream of humanity. tram. Europe poured into the-Northern States, slavery, and the black man had to give, way be fore. it 'and move down South ; andow that the prowess and valor of the Northman has crushed slavery and opened up these Southern. . States to the flood of immigration which is over moving onward, the; thickly populated towns, cities, and distriets of the whole North ,will throw, their Surplus, population-upon us. The poor Will come. in. search of labor, those: of small, , capital will come to better their condition, and the capitalist will•come,to in vest,- and .within ten or twenty years. two-: thirds of the land of the State et-Wort:lv Ca- . rolina will change hands, our population will, be doubled or trebled, white , Ifiborers ,will,: abound, and the negrorwill move southward, until within thirty, years they, will be as scarce here as they are in the Northern States now. And whyt . Because the. Southern people will be .unkind or prejudiced against them'? No. But because, now that,they are free, ' we shall become as careless abort them.as the Northmen are, and . when we and it to our. interest to - employ whites to. perform : the menial services they have been performing, with an eye to self-interest, we shall not be . slow to !do it. -If pressed back, it will not be - the Southern but. the Northern people and.. Europeans that Will. do..i.t.' They will leave because. 'the superior and more energetic. whites will take their places; and as they own. no part of the soil, as soon as they cannot find employment they will begin to disappear. The negro prospered physically and increased in number as. a slave ; but with this tide of white iimmigration pressing forward, as. the - . result of bisbeing freed, we .do not believe he; _ . Already we hear that'our intelligence offices 'will be able to furnish white servants for fami lies who Wish them, in a few, days, and no doubt by the first of jamiary next it will be as easy to get any kind of white "help" that may be desired; here in Raleigh, as in Baltimore or' New York.. And when this comes to be the case;and our people who have, to hire, find that ono or German woman can do the' labor of:two negro women, like the people of the North, they will give'them the preference; If the negro is driven ont, as we believe he will be Ultimately, it will not be on account of any persecutions by the former owners, but by the flood of .immigration which had :pressed. sla very before it before the war began, from Mas-: sachusetts to Maryland. ' • • • If the, negro would remain here as an info. t rior not demand too much,tind perform for reasonable compensation - the labor the.eoun 'try must have, might :stay' this volume of inunigration to some extent; Mit if he listens to the few fanatics who preach political and social. equality to him; and aspires to govern rather than be governed, thetide will - press . forward; and engulph him. Leave, finally, to . make' room for the firm tread of the white man; ice believe he must; but he may prolong his stay py, good behavior and industry. The same Angle-Saxon that has pressedlthu out of the Northern States is now applying for the place hp has hitherto occupied hereilind less he can' render his labor as valuable and his presence 8.4 acceptable - to the owners of the soil: as 'the more energetic pale-face, he may take up his bed and walk. Intelligent negrous will do well to consider these things. Houston, .the Swindler. DETAILS OF LOS MANY ORIXEB 00.311NG TO LIGHT-- On WedneSday morning we published a brief account of the swindling operations of a Dian. named C. Houston from Concord • township. We have learned further particulars of lus manner of dealing, which Ore* `additional light his transactions. While .in some respects , he was a bungler, in the main he conducted his affairs with' as much expedition,: and' withal with' so much shrewdness as to succeed in deceiving the most cautious of our business! men. In this hp was aided by his previous good character, and,his respectable connections. It appears that his first attempt was in the matrimonial line. Last' fail he' became ena mored of the strongbox of one of the wealthi- . est farmers in the county, who resides iu Con.; cord township, and, as there was a marriage able daughter M the family,he concluded that .the shortest route to the treasures of the farmer was by way of the hymenial altar. He, therefore, set himself to work to ingratiate himself into the affections of the parents, and' succeeded so well that when he proposed an alliance he secured a prompt acceptance from them, and a'hearty co-operation on their part' In his efforts to 'obtain the consent of the 'daughter. She, however, could-not "see it in 'those lamps," as Artemus' Ward 'would say, and had taken a strong dislike to her suitor. this made no difference with him, for he had received the consent Of her parents;anclwas confident that with continued - attentions; and, if ' necessary,' with gentle' force, the maiden' might be.brought to a.realization of the honor conferred upon her by the offer of his hand.' Measures were taken'to overcome her obsti nacy, and at last the key was'turned upon her and she found herself a prisoner in her rOOm. Fearing that this betokened still further lence, she determined to escape, and one dark' night in September; b the assistance Of a do mestic, she succeeded.' The heroic girl; fear ing to take' the highway lest she should be pursued and overtaken, took', to the woods, and; after incredible.'endurane Of hardship, she reached the end of her thirty miles' tramp, . and found her Self in'Dubuque. 'She applied to. Sheriff: iiialiony . -for pretection, and, on her, knees, with tears streaming down her cheeks, begged him to save herfrom a fate worse than death, protesting all-the while that she would sooner take her own life than submit to the persecutions of Hone - tom Mr. Ma lidny gave' -her shelter, for three' months, and although her father and',mother fre quently ceded to induce hr 'to 'return home, she stoutly refused. In December the gir] left Mr. Mahony and went 'to the sister's, where she -now is. Houston called to see her shortly after her escape' to this city,'but she refnsed_. to' see him; and Mr. Makeup warned him to keep away on penalty of being arrested arid locked up. During all this time Houstonwas representing himself variously as art:inner for it wholesale merchant: in Chicago, , a stock dealer, great sheep breedcr,fermer,and;in fact; an adept iu almost all kinds of busines.s,couyey ing the impression, of course; that he was very honestand -was possessed of unlimited means. His plans:appear to have been perfected about the first of the present month. He had rented a farm in 'COricord township, and put in crops, had obtained 'a large credit at several stores in'the city, and his bogus drafts were all ready for presentation for discount at the banks. On the Ist' of July -he left two draftsone at the State hawk; and the other at the First Na tional, both-' amounting to '531,000, for collec tion: He met - Mr. Andrews and asked to be ac commodated with $lOO for two hours,-in order, that he might perfect some investment which he was aboutmaking, and received the money but failed 'to report until four days had'. passed, when ho left. a bogus draft on' New York as.security. for.the 'amount. *. He played the confidence game 'at the Farmers' Home n;ith success to the amount of sixty dollars. It, is reported; and gencritUy.believed'to be true, that, he was accommodated aloan of $BOO by a prominent dry gocalsiirm of the city, 'for which he left as security a bogus' draft for $1,500. He bought a fancy wagon, knoWn.as an :English clog Cart, of Mr. Cennelly, and there remains due for the same soiree sl&i. Agricul cultural implements were purchased, but never paid for, groceries ditto, and so through. the lisE. Mhen-Honsion left he reported that he was onhis'imy to. Scotland, to pUrchase ten black rains,.of approved breed, for importation to pis country. • To recount, all; his operations would occupy ;mere space' than' we have to devote to him. - It is believed that not one-half of his rascality' has yet been brought to light, many of hisitic-' • tims heings.ornewhattender on the subject of 'their losses, and concealing the i3xtent of their "taking It will probably reach 'well up • ;among the thonsands in the aggregate. 'On. Wednesday morning the: officers of the•law' 'were busy attaching whatever they could find • Which had been in his possession, and those Ywho.were . lucky:enough to be in time will donbtedly reduce their 'losses by sales' of his perabbal property. Sheriff Muttony Sent a . despatth to 'Chicago, where Houston hinlope rated to an extent as yet unknown, for his ar rest.; and requested that it might he forwarded te.hey :York if he,,luid .already left, that city. On. Friday he waslriown to be in Chicago, but has undoubtedly sloped ere This is one of the coolest and moat success ful frauds which we have had occasion to record for some time, and those who - suffered' natu rally feel a little tenderin consequence of the 'new apparent rascalitpof ;Ilouston's.conduct. It will not be. a healthy climate in Dubuque • • county for him for 'IMMO ,time,' and we would advise him not to cherish the. design of raising ,sheep hereabouts until his operations of the past few days are well buried in oblivion.—Du- Lave Iferald,l2th. .. • . • • Fenian!. Invading - Canada. The Toronto Leader says on the authority of a Prescott correspondent: that an' aNctirsion party, composod•of some 3,000 Pentium, are coming. to - Canada from the United'Statesi on hOnabOut the 12th of July. Ottawa Is • talkeil . Of : ,tis,peing their destination. • • - • . . !Tr' A LADY 11N THE CASE .- 61Logubur Performance in svt,ferjrne 10 , '. 001te50011119/.kt:*. the Barter. 'of ; Eight 1 (8 iritnallst .orgifil:gives the •fpliewing , sin,' - Eu fir account of doings at a house in Vermont: . . . : riVrednesday,-May: 31st, I visited the horne • of the Eddy- family, - in Chittonden, Vt. I at-, • ri edjust.in tired .to' partake.of•A'suliatential . fa raerC'din!lO With:. the •three: mediums. .1) ring • the .4nelfir:Kin, -I , virrited, with them,' w ile iticy - woro dngaged at their labor. They ar farmers, and not seem to be afraid .of w Or. In the evening; two gentlemen, skep tics, and residents of the town, name in. to witn ess,with myself, the manifestations, under cif ouresttuices and conditions as follows : Ellere were eight persons only in the house. le large farm-house kitchen was darkened, , d the ;instruments placed upon a table on one Side of the room. We were, after exam.in . ing - eve . rything - about the house carefully, seated in a circle around. the table,themo diums scat tcred through theelile separately, two ogthern joining bands with ' me, the other one .joined hands' with • the other gentlemen, all constituting a circle just large enough to surround the table.. Instead of . singing, wo all kept up a lively conyersatiou., There was no.possible chance for anyone to deceive, oven if ' there bad been the disposition. The light being putout; almost instantaneously'the mu sical instruments,. several in number, wore played upon and carried all abbut the room; the clock,'wbjeh stood, twelve feet from the eirele,iwas struck, and continued striking_un til the:weight ran down. •A_ pail of water was 'brought from the elostt, a distance of fifteen feet, and ,placed iii the skeptic's lap opposite me: A large dog that was in the.room enjoy- • ing sleep was taken'up and brushed around in, the circle, and against our faces. On the. light - being produced we found the dog standing-on . the table in front of . US. Again resuming our 'positions, and the light : put out, it seemed as if the house wag being torn to pieces. Among other things, a, home-made .lounge, weighing forty or tiny ,pounds, was brought, without the least noise, frOm a' corner of, the roorn, a distance of twelve:feet from the circle, and one end of it placed on-my head, and the other on the bend Of a gentleman opposite me; and then it was removed ,and left, standing on end behind - me. :Finally, amid a general ponfUsion , of bell-ringing, drumming, Violin playing' tin pan rattling, .dishes clattering, ; doors slam ming, pounding, knocking, and honse-jarring, 1;a light, was struck, and we found. ourselves surrounded with a little' of everything in the , *sliape of houSekeeping utensils. • It was no very laughable matter for eight in dividuals 'sitting with joined hands—after ' knowing, by previous examination, that there ' ',V;ere no others in the house—to realize that '.articles from garretto collar were flying pro . miscuouSlyurouncitheir heads in such a man ner as bade fair to interfere - with their physi :ice]. safety. During this time we were all in - the etre-is-with joined bands, constantly con - versing. -If the gentleinen of the circle, as well ,as myself; can . place'. any confidence in our I senses,:tben we knew that there - was no possi- • ..ble chance for deception: . It was then proposed to sit on' the Cabinet plan., An empty bedroom was selected and examined for that purpose; Horatio and-Mary - Eddy were placed in a room and securely tied to chairs. 'A door , •with•'a diamond-shaped ,aperture was then set' up in • the door frame, 'and immediately hands and arms were seen the entire . length. -of the shoulders;: one of ' , am•l :.which was very large . b lock, wih what with to,be a veryragged red-flannel shirt sieeve on it-to all appearance a veritable 'Af rican,s . arm: A copper-colored .arm and -a very large copper-colored foot were shown. On' opening the door - instantly, we found the! mediums'just ea we had left 'them,' securely tied to the chairs. As soon as we , closed • the. 'door, un Indian face, with his head decorated with feathers, appeared at the - aperturo,look ing mildly upon us. , Immediately afterirard there appeared a nicely-formed, delicate arra, over' which was a lace -sleeve and. a .bracelet, ''and on fingers several' rings. This arm , was held in sight long enough for us to realize its tangibility: The mediums were again ex ' amincd and found tied as before. Upon look ing et the mediums' garments it was noticed that Mary wore a delaine dress, with close fltiing sleeves; and • no , jewelry upon either i band ; and neither had any red flamiel ' about 'them. :i• - ' ' ' ''',' • Once more wo.closed the doors, when hands and ' arms, large and also very, small, made their. appearance. and we exchanged grasp with the hands. Then the face of an old - lady 'appeared with an old-fashioned rufned-border cap on the bead, and we -had the privilege of .feeling,the face, hair, and cap; but all were.SO astonished with the deathly appearance of the face that none felt a disposition to touch it.' Immediately the mediums were examined, and - still found tied. We bad barely shut the door and turned freeze it, before we were re eueSted to open it, and, doing so, found the , mediums untied. .. The third medium, William, all this time sat near the door, on the outside of the room in which Horatio . and' Nary were tied to their chairs. • There -was no chance for collusion. have - never witnessed manifestations equal to these. I have examined • the rooms to my en tire satisfaction, and• have studied the meth- Anus and carefully reflected upon . what"' saw and heard, and have also c onside re cl cautiously all the circumstance's, conditions, and relative positions of - the different individ.uals present, and I must say that I .believe the Ilddys to be equal, if not superior ,. to any mediums for Manifestations in the cabinet, or in the dark 'circle. • • , • ; . "Played Out." A NashvillO correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette writes : , , At the corner of. Cherry and Broail streets is a small,'but comfortable and popular theatre; called Poland's Varieties. There is no heavy *tragedy; or even standard comedy, ever per formed there ,• but the manager . understands, 'nevertheless, 'how to draw a crowd ;.and.with the aid of.pretty dancing-girls and extravagant farces, he manages to attract a very con siderable. audience every night. This au cjience consists generally of soldiers, although there are many others who go to enjoy the laugh which may almost , always be obtained there: , . . ' Two or three nights since I happened to, be present at one of these .exhibitions. • There was the usual quantity of singing, dancing, light comedy, and broad farce. In one of the extravaganzas a theatrical manager is repre sented.sa: hairine.advertiSed for.a.company of performers. .800 n - after, a negro, " - dirty, rag ged,- old and dilapidated, presents himself, and Proposes to play. an engagement. The manager asks him what he can play. .With mach- assurance, he answers that be can per 'form most anything. The manager thou tries him on 'various parts, and of course the darkey very ludicrously breaks dOwn in each, to the :infinite 'amusement .of the lookers-on. The applause of the audience was redoubled at each successive failure. . • • . At last the manager proposes to him to try a part in .which he will not have much to say. " yhyiwon't 1. have much to sayl" inquired "Well," says the manager, "your part is such a one that you won't, be allowed to speak i "What's de reason I won't •be •allowed to speakl"%saYs the igdignant darkey. "Because you're to be my slave," replies the manager. . • • • "No, no • you can't come dat on dis . " Well; Out you see its only in the play." ' "Yes," says Sambo, "I know it's in de play ; Litt 1" tediyou dat ttagPs played out." No 'sooner had this sentence been uttered, than, from pit to dome, the little theatre was tilled with a perfect thunderstorm of applause, It commenced with a loud laugh and a univer sal hand'clapping and stamping of feet; it pro gressed to a tremendous yell ; and it ended with a vast combination of all the signs and noises by which an audience testifies its ex citement and delight. , • It was'. an unmistakable indication of the. feeling and determination of the people, espe cially of the patriotic and liberty-loving sol fliers. . Nothing, indeed, could be more expressive, when•applied. to the wicked and treasonable institution of slavery, than the phrase used-by the representative of .A.frica on the stage— " played out." • . . , THE BEER GARDENS o.lr DETROIT.—A-corres pondent, of the Boston Herald, 'writing from Detroit, speaks as follows: , • , The Eastern sojourner at Detroit shoirld not fail to visit the various beer gardens of the su burbs, which, by reason of thp large German and-French elements in the eity,are decidedly 'mare to the New Englander. We found- them in full blast. Sunday afternooriAlowing with lager beer, Germans, French, whole families together, and curious Young America, who comes, oftentimes in the same blue uniform which he.wore at the carnival of death on many a hotly-Contested battle-field. The Germans know. how to be jolly on lager without being inharnionious, and they seldom make any disturbance. They are not handsome people, either male, or female, bat • they .are good-natured, and well-behaved, believing here, as elsewhere, in "one country one• God, and met lager." One garden visited, about a mile and a half up the river from the centre of the city; was sonic four acres in extent, handsomely, laid ,out. ingra.yelled . walks and green parterres, with here and. there arbors and pag;odas where Bans, with his funnly or his sweetheart,. retires mit his lager from the public gaze. Generally, however, the public. gaze has no terrors for Hans; and Katrine, though modest as you please, .qualfs her foaming nectar. under- the' spreading treesand_by the side of the. crowded walk. There must have been five hundred men, women, and children in this garden white we were there, and they were always coming and going. There were several , shooting galleries well patronized, and in an elevated position,t danked. by rather pretentious. pa godas stood a colossal wooden statue of old: Gambriniis, raising •to his lips a glass of the umber . so clear to all his people. Extending our :walk, we came to other no; velties. One garden was provided with a thee, tre,.the proscenium of which was an enclosure :in the open air fenced in from unpatronizing eyes ferniShed with a tan floor• and wooden benches.; The stage was' the open end of a building,' Made -for the ,purpose, handsomely decorated, and of very fair appointments.• The play was a German drama, lunging.upon the in felicities and jealousies of married life. Jtidg jug, from the applause bestowed by those who •understood it, it must have • contained a good many points. The actors were as ridiculous as the average of those who. speak the American . •langnage: The heroine was as languishing; and violent by turns, and the hero was equally remarkable lin his rummer of walking. the stage and grimacing. The clown was particu larly extravagant, and the chambermaid un-.. naturally demure—in fact, no more vivacious and witty than,. the usual rein- of chamber , The 9.IIIiCIICO numbered some five .hundred,:and about half filled the enclosure. There were numerous other pleasure gardens more or less pretentious, but these were the better sfpecimens. The manner in which peo ple mind their own business in these Western cities is refreshing. On this same Sunday eve ning the churches and lager beer saloons were equally well filled ; and, for aught I -know, the daughters of Zion and the daughters of the pave accord to each other half of the- walk as an inalienable right. • • • GOLD AP . THICYAR WRST.—The British colloid at San 'Francisco reports that the receipts of gold and silver at that city in Mlle from. the in terior ofpat State and from Nevada Terri tory; amounted - to '.£0,092,100,. without reckon ing considerable amounts brought by private hands and not .passing through channels affording gleans of collecting correct statisti t cal information. In. consequence of the un settled nide of affairs on the other side of the Rocky Mountains, a • considerable quantity of gold reached San Francisco from the eastern part Of Idaho that would otherwise have been .ent eastward: The exports Of 'treasure from San Franeisco in the year amounted to' .fll.-• 741,450 a larger amount than in - any year since 1853. Gt - . Gus quantity .f5;887,500 went to Eng land. Gold • mining was 'on the whole very successful in California last 'ybar. The scanty n 8 u r I V ni 77g p l y of water /stopped- all .descriptions of i irin any parts of the State; but owing to the attention DOW . givou to ;quartz 'mining , the yield; was beyond the • average of 'recent. years. With ' the improved' Machinery and rigid economy, rook'-yielding• 2435. to 40s. per ton can be worked to advantage where s a so average width abundant o pu t I : i .j e