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TUESDAY, AUGUST•B, 1865
THE NEWS.
An attempt wm: made on Saturday night to
1-oh the Yigh:h 'National Bank, of New York,
;:tutited oso Broadway. The burglar, not
f.aceeeding, set Are to the establishment, and
; ,,f o re it could be extinguished a large
~,,,,t i nt of property was destrOyed. The loss
bank will amount to 510,000. The
~ wn also occupied by Win. linabe & Son's
rooms, and also a studio for artists.
property of both were destroyed by fire.
err were found in the banding, which will
ismhal,ly lead to the detection of the thieves
incendiaries.
The Union Convention of Befits county, in
! , .tate. was held at Reading, yesterday. One
‘,„ want says that the proceedings were not as
as they might have been, and that
i t , 0 ,e,„of delegates were appointed to the
elate convent ion. The - other report says that
one delegation was appointed, and that
:h t ..): were in.trneted to support veteran sol
dier:. for nein inatiOn to the different offices.
Secretary Dalian has instructed the Com
of Public Buildings to obtain for the
l'r:,hient a temporary residence on the high
ercan.i. in the neighborhood of Washington,
1 - 1 „. vxceutive Mansion being deemed 1111-
ttaithy during the latter sunnier and outrn
mat months.
A ,ie-patch from Port Hood says that there
„ no current in the telegraph line after
haii-past nine P. M., probably caused by the
o „i n g of the office at Baddeck. In conse
oamee of this we are unable to announce, as
e expected to, the arrival of the Great Fea
ts:at at ispy Day.
.steamship Damascus, with European
Gates of the '2:i!th, arrired off Father Point yes
terday, At ten o'clock on the 28th the Great
Eastern \CRS about four hundred and fifty
mile , from Valentia, and had paid out five
irund red mile of Cable. The weather had been
! j ar . con,ul, , were quoted at 80,7,090 , 4. Five
ein les m ere quoted at 60@70.
general Carl Schurz left Savannah on the
, 2,1 for A ittztiqa, and Captain Carter on the same
day arrived from Augusta with 53,000 in silver,
and KnOo in gold, said to have been scattered
I,y Jefferson Davis in his flight, near the rest
(levee of Nowell Cobb.
tiencral Townsend, Assistant Adjutant Ge
neral, who has been to Fortress Monroe for
.i.veral days on business, it is supposed,
with reference to Jefferson Davis, has re.
tamed to Washington.
The election at Memphis passed off quietly.
(tidy 1,:;9$ votes were cast. Dr. Lefttuiek has
Kobahly been elected to Compass, over Bul.
; and Cameron to the Legislature, over
Ilehhard.
governor Hamilton, of Texas, has published
pl OthiTilatiOn informing the people of their
: , !Inatien and what is required of them to
again their lost citizenship.
orderi• have been received at Savannah to
e ,ter out of service the 70th New York, loth
onneet Lent, 18th Indiana, and 211th Massachm
regiments.
t;enei al Molineaux, Commandant of the post
A G;;ll.Aa 7 tico., has tendered his resignation.
At is reported that General Washburne will
suet et,l him.
Au account of the defeat of Cortinas by Lo_
pez, coun,, to us by way of New Orleans. Cor
/WM. 10 , 4 scone 40i men ; the Imperialsts, only
Are or six men wounded.
Tye 3f;t :anoras papers say that among the
tebt , l oineurt. making their way to the city of
Mexico. was Kirby Smith, Price, Magruder,
wt,lfre , ,t on.
There is much sickness among the Federal
Loop, near Monterey. General Steele, with
this eof his officers, are down sick with back - -
Id:1w 11:Ver.
•onie iota - there of the let Ohio Cavalry, under
vtit-ets of liquor, recently robbed and de.
s:royo; goods in Florence, S. C., to the value
Gen. Grant has received marked attention
L'aEada. After sojourning in Quebec, he
117. !lone to biontreat
^eeretar}• Nrard and Attorney Geneval
:I,k;ed have returned to Washington from their
Ti,it to Cape May.
6eneral Steadman has suspended the Macon
3lNsenger. The Augusta Owns
(-eV Wtt , , aiSO ?.Livended for a few days.
Major General John Pope has been bre.
Pried 31Mor General in the regular army, for
t.rat lam conduct.
A young man, named Irwin, brutally mur
dered his father and mother, at Deertown, near
3Nnalton, Ohio, on Saturday last.
The old flag was raised over the State Capi
-101 at Austin, TUXLAU, for the first time in four
y.ar a few days ago.
The yellow fever is prevailing to a consider
`hie extent in Havana.
At St. Helena,the negroes have armed them
kk-Ive for self-proteetion.
'nosy wae in better demand yesterday.
wheat was dull, prime selling at $1.90(02 ft
Corn and oats were without change.
The transactions in cotton were limited. 'Whis
ky sohl at $12511 gallon.
The sale.= of beef cattle at the drove yard
week amounted to 1,350 head. Prices were
the .an, ay last week. 10,000 sheep and 19 3 000
bog,: were also sold.
The stock market is still inanimate. Govern.
]neat locus are quiet, but held firmly at about
iwerious figures. The speculation in Reading
Lis:fallen off, and prices have slightly declined.
1 011 -locks are sparingly purchased, and the
!eying* are large.
There were n. sales of gold in New York last
tint; but the quotations were marked at 1•433‘.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL.”
WASHINGTON, August 7, 1865
One of the ancient philosopherS was in
the habit of saying, " Wear the shoes of the
Lan who is supposed to be guilty, before
you condemn him." Not so much, however,
to acquit as to convict the discontented and
larladent si Cults who, after failing to destroy,
continue to insult and embarrass the Go
vernment, let me ask what they would
Lave done with the friends of the Union,
bad the fortunes of war decided for the
3 . , % We can answer this question
41 ter by pointing to their unutterable
truel:ies to our dead, our wounded, and
bur Prisoners, as developed in the volumes
l'hich contain the sworn evidence of the
bet. And the worst phase is, that the
Lore outrageous the atrocity the more
te:lain it was of having been
cdiginated and sanctioned by : the so- :
r::11ed elite of the South. Before the Rebel
ins,, with all that had been written of
, ]:very and its horrors, its violation of the
or linances of God, and its re
v'. l qlzlg examples to the young , and the
v:rthous among the families of the "
' chi
no one was ready-to believe that
a state of war would lead to such
I : l : , ren-offending crimes as have blackened
fir record of the traitors. Who would
14 %re supposed that Jefferson Davis and
Le) - Davis" (for so that gentle Borgia
called in the early stages of the Con-
Would have not only heard un
aloved the cries of the starving and dying
itkoners in Libby Prison, Richmond, but
find these cries, and the agonies of which
LA•y told, were music to their ears? As
v(, recur to the pretentious piety and ex
tillgve refinement of the slaveholding gen.
of Washington, it seems to be im
that. our exemplars of that
were the inventors of these shock
-Ir.` barbarities—the same who caused
t ition officers to be placed under the
1 " Union guns, as a retaliation for
pirates and spies, and who threa
t"'""'' Elitold infamies upon our prisoners
3/ l ' ( "gio troops were employed—the same
niit vilsoners, incendiaries, and as
i';,sins into our eitieS—the sane who knew
of and lit:wily approved the plot to take
the life Of President Lincoln. But time
,nd expel . lence have cured us of ineredu-
Docs it not serve' a good purpose
It% ' , • when the • Copperhead press is boiling
( 0.1 with rancor because the Government
trill not throw open the ballot-box . to the
bturned rebels, or cover them with the
p:a!oply of its pardon, to ask what
lee. mild and merciful philanthropists
- rould have done had the fortunes of
Iva'• decided in favor of the Rebel
lion 'e As to allowing 'Union Men to vote,
their utter and perpetual disfranchisement
la the South would have been their lightest
punishment. Banishment would have been
kilted I.lpoll them-14001 indeed have been
accepted as a generous boon. In fact, no
white man not ready to sanction the vindi-
Qted despotism of slavery would have been
allowed rest or room. With the downfall
or fre{,dora and the annulment of all oblige
ti" to law, would have come the reopen
ig of the slave trade (with the eonsent of
4 9 1 and), and the consolidation of a stu
lkadous slave empire, ruled by a few aristo
crats like Davis and Slidell; protected by
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the navies of the foreign powers, and des
tined to the absorption of the South Ameri
can States, and the gradual extinctiOU of the
Atlantic States between the upper millstone
of monarchy in Canada and the lower
millstone of slavery in the South. We
should then have heard no cries from
the Copperheads for the civil trial of
such traitors, if they were caught, as Abra
ham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Edwin M.
Stanton, and W. H. Seward. Their friends
of the Confederacy would have seen that
these criminals were hung first and tried
afterwards. We can best be assured that
this is no fancy picture, by reperusing
the confessions of Payne, who sought to
slaughter Seward, and Kennedy, who at
tempted to set fire to the theatres and hotels
of Ile* York, when filled with human be
ings, and the thousand-times established
cruelties of Winder and Turner at the
Libby, and of Wertz at Andersonville—all
done by order, or under the influence of
secession teachings and example. But
there is no fear that the generous and Chris
tian Administration of Andrew Johnson
will be stimulated by such passions and de
dicated to such a revenge. I simply point
the moral of the times, by showing how
differently the rebel leaders would act had
their heaven-offending conspiracy been sue
4bessful. ' OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON.
The French Commander in Mexico to Restore
to our Government the Rebel Pro
perty in his jrands.
RETURN OF SECRETARY REWARD FROM
CAPE MAY.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 180.
The Rebel Property in the Uands of
the Freueh to be Restored to our Go-
verument.
It is understood that the Department of
State has received information to the effect
that orders have been given by the French
commander in Mexico for the restitution of
the property of the insurgent Government
which was taken to that country on the occa
sion of the evacuation of Drown:wino.
A New Summer Residence for Presi
dent Johnson.
The Secretary of the Interior has instructed
the CommissiOner on Public Buildings to ob
tain it sultable, temporary residence for the
President, on the high grounds in the neigh
borhood of Washington, the Executive Man
sion being deemed unhealthy during the latter
summer and autumnal months.
Officials Returned.
Secretary SEWARD and Attorney General
STEED have returned to Washington from
their sojourn at Uape May. much improved in
health.
An Official Visitor tojeff Davis
Returned
General TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant Gene
ral of the United States, has returned - from
Fortress Monroe, whither lie was several days
ago ordered, it is understood, on business
with reference to JEFTERSON DAVIS.
Soldier Killed by Lightning
Dining the prevalence of the storm yester
day afternoon, a mounted soldier, who was on
guard near Fort Lincoln, was instantly killed
hy a stroke of lightning.
A Criminal Era in Washington.
Owing to the inefficiency, or indifference of
the MetrOpOlitan police, which is maintained
at a large expense, there is but little protec
tion at night to human life—garroting and
way3aying, with robbery, being of frequent
occurrence.
Certificates of IndebtednesS Issued.
During the week ending with Saturday, 81,-
515,000 were issued by the Treasury in certifi
cates of indebtedness, and for the same period
$6,749,00p were disbursed for the redemption of
outstanding certificates. In the course of a
few days about ten millions of interest in cur
rency; on the seven-thirty loan, will be paid.
It is understood in official quarters that the
French commander in Mexico will restore to
our Government the property surrendered to
him by the Texan rebels.
A guerilla, named Austin Battles, has been
tried in Washington, and sentenced to three
years' imprisonment.
During the past week, $1,595,090 were issued
in certificates of indebtedness, $6,749,6.10 of
which were disbursed. -
eeneral J. A. Harkin hag been appointed to
command the forts north and south of the
Potomac.
A Guerilla Sentenced.
ArSTIN SIITTLES, tried by a military com
mission on charges of conspiracy with and
aiding a guerilla to cause the death of a loyal
Citizen, and giving aid and comfort to g,uorii
las in Virginia, and baying been found guilty,
has been sentenced to three years' imprison
ment in the Albany Penitentiary.
El New Military Command.
Brigadier General J. A. HAssmc is assigned
to the command of all the troops serving in
the forts within the district north and south
of the Potomac, with headquarters in this
city.
Our Military Department
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,.
PHILADELPHIA, August 7, 1860.
GENEUAL ORDERS, No. I.—ln compliance with
instructions from the commanding general,
Middle MilitarvDcpartment, dated Baltimore,
.August 5,1855. the undersigned hereby assumes
command of the District of Pennsylvania, em
bracing the state of Pennsylvania.
The staff officers of the Department of Penn
sylvania will remain on duty in their respec
tive positions in the District of Pennsylvania,
until otherwise ordered.
A. A. Hugrnners,
Major General Commanding,
Jr°. S. SCHULTZ, Assistant Adjt. General.
It will be seen by the General Order that
Major General A. A. Humphreys has asSumed
command of the District of Pennsylvania, and
has established his headquarters in Philadel
phia_ General HaMphreys is himself a Penn
sylvanian. He was a lieutenant colonel of en
gineers when the rebellion broke out. He is
the author of several standard works on mili
tary engineering; his last the "Mississippi
Delta," being, considered by scientific men here
and in Europe as one of the best ever written
on the subject. In the early mouths of the
war General Humphreys was Chief of Topo
graphical Engineers on the staff of General
:McClellan. He was afterwards appointed a
Brigadier General of Volunteers, and assigned
to the command of the 3d Division of the sth
Corps, then under the command of Major
General Mende. At the battle of Fredericks
burg General Humphrers Division, com-
Posed principally of Pennsylvanians, fought
splendidly, and against great odds. Hum
phreys was always up at the front with
his Mao, and this is the reason for the
confidence in their general. At the battle of
Chancellorsvillo the division which General
Humphreys commanded also fought well and
Bu - tiered terribly. After the death of the
lamented Major General Berry, General
Humphreys was assigned to the command of
the Id Division, Bd Corps. At the battle of
Gettysburg General Humphreys, by his skill
and bravery, Saved the 311 Corps from destruc 7
lion. When Lee, with his whole force, attack
ed the 8d Corps it seemed almost impossible
to withstand the overwhelming numbers
brought against it. General Humphreys had
his horse killed under him, and all his staff
were dismounted. The troops were giving
way, when, jumping on the horse of an order
ly, he called on his men to follow him, and
rude to the front. The men did follow, and
drove back the rebels, and retook their guns.
After the battle of Gettysburg General Hum
phreys was made a Major General of Volun
teers, and appointed Chief Of Staff to General
Meade, with whom he remained until General
Hancock was relieved from the command of
the 20 Corps, when, at the request of Lieuten
ant General Grant, General Humphreys was
assigned by the President to the command of
that corps.: We are pleased to learn that the
President has appointed General HumphreyB
n Brevet Major General in the Regular Army.
The General brings with him to Philadelphia
only his personal staff, which consists of:
Lieutenant Ceti:Mel lt. H. Humphreys, Sr., A.
D. C. ; Major Christiancy, A. D. C. ; and Capt.
E. A. Bolger, A. D. C.
The Whereabouts of John H. Sweatt.
A special despatch to the New 'York Com
mercial Advertiser of last evening says:
Mot:Tat:AL, August 7.—John Suratt has been
hi Canada for a long time, and is now secreted
in or near the city.
It is believed here by many that the Seces
sion sympatlii2ers, who who were highly of
fended with the execution of his mother are
harboring him. Several Canadian detectlveg
are on the alert for him, in hopes of securing
the reward offered.
The Atlantic Cable.
PORT HOOD, 0. 8., August 7-11.15 P. M.—
There has been no current on the telegraph
line between this point and Aspy Bay since
tute this evening. The trouble is supposed to
have been caused by the closing of the ()thee at
hat - Week before the order to hold open till a
late hour had passed through to Aspy Bay. A
stiff breeze is blowing.
General Grant in Ga►nwd*.
Qrsime, August 7.—The Governor General
and other distinguished gentlemen called on
General Grant today. He drove to Montmo.
rend. Falls, and left for Montreal this after
noon, much lilefts,ed with /Us visit to
.Q,1101;00,
MEXICO.
PARTICULARS OF THE DEFEAT OF COR
TINAS BY LOPEZ.
Naito` of the Rebel General Officers on their
way to the imperial Capital.
NEw Yank. Augua steamer Mariposa
brings New Orleans advlees of July 25.
The MataulOraS Monitor Of July 22d pub
lishes the details of the defeat of Cortinas by
Lopez.
It appears that Lopez was guarding a con
voy, and Cortinas, surmising that it contained
a latge amount of Wei°, determined upon an
attack. After skirmishing a while, Cortinas'
- Whole force, numbering 600 men, attacked and
Were repulsed. Another attack was made,
'which also failed, and Cortinas' men became
terrified and fled in every direction.
Cortinas lost not less than four hundred
men. Those taken prisoners by the Impe
rialists wore immediately killed. The fin
perialiSts had only five or six men wounded.
The convoy then proceeded to Monterey, in
charge of a portion of Lopez's force, and the
rest returned to Matamoras.
The Matamoras Ranchero says that among
the rebel leaders Steering for the City of
Mexico are Generals - Kirby Smith, Brice,
cox, Magruder, Walker, King, Preston, and
Leadbeater, and Colonels Flournoy and Bar
ron, Governor Allen and ex-Governor Moore.
There were still at Monterey, Generals Shel
by, Bee, Broadwell, and Redley.
There is much sickness among the Federal
troops, and General• Steele and three of his
officers are down with the backbone fever.
NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS.
CAIRO, August 7.:ilidviecs from New Or
leans to the 31st ult., have been received.
Gov. Milton, of Texas, has published a
pyoclamation, informing the people of, their
Situation, and what is required of them to re•
gain their lost citizenship.
7 The New Orleans cotton market is un
changed ; sales 3,413 bales. Sugar is quoted at
14 cents for Muscovado, and 17X cents for
choice Louisiana. Cuba molasses 801§)S5 cents.
Flour sells at 88.50@1l per barrel': Mess pork
S,TZ per barrel.
=I!EMEZEZ=IM=I
NEw ORLEANS, August s.—The Galveston
Bulletin of the 4th instant says: The yellow
fever was prevailing to a considerable extent
at Havana, and the proportion of deaths was
greater than usual.
The army worm was threatening the entire
destruction of cotton in Wharton county,
Texas.
The Austin (Texas) correspondence of the
\ew• Orleans Times announces the arrival of
Aterritt'S cavalry there from Shrerepoit. The
old flag was raised, - for the first time in four
years, on the State Capitol, amid great re
joicings.
NEW ORLEANS COTTONMARKET.—The Cotton
market has improved ; sales 1,900 bales at 42@
440. Sugar and Molasses are dull. Freights
unehanged. Cheeks On - New York V t per cent,
discouwE
GEORGIA.
Trtiops to be Mustered Out—More or
Jeff Das•is , Specie Recovered—sews.
papers Suspended—MOVellietitS of our
Generals
Ni* lionic, August 7.—The steamer S.
Spaulding brings Savannah dates of August 3d
and from Hilton Head to August sth.
The Savannah Herold has the following items:
Orders have been received to muster out of
the service the 75th New York, 12th Connecti
cut, 18th Indiana, and 26th Massachusetts
Regiments. The 28th lowa left for Baltimore
August 2d.
General Carl Schurz left SaVennah for Au
gusta on the 2d. General Dwight returned
from Augusta on the 2d, and on the same day
Captain Carter at - rived from Augru ta. in charge
of $3,000 in silver and $2,000 in gold, said to
have been scattered by Jeff Davis upon his
flight, near the residence of Howell Cobb.
The Augusta papers publish the following
items; -
General Steadman has suppressed the Macon
.Tournat and Messenger for disloyal language.
The Augusta Transcript, published by James
N. Ellis, formerly of Albany, New York, was
also suspended a clay or two for printing a
communicated obituary notice of a rebel sol
dier.
Gcncral Molinaaux has tendered his resigna
tion, and will soon leave for home. It was
rumored that General Washburne will succeed
General Steadman has returned to Augusta
from Macon.
A portion of the Ist Ohio Cavalry, under the
influence of liquor, had reined and destroyed
goods in Florence, S. C., valued at $2,500.
The Pert Royal /Veto South learns that the
negroes on St. Helena Island have armed them
selves for self-protection.
FORTRESS MONROE.
FORTRESS MoNnon, August 5.—E. Ettriok's
cotton factory at Petersburg, Va.,
was burned
last Thursday. The loss is two hundred thou
sand dollars, with an insurance of fifty thou
sand dollars.. Three hundred hands are thrown
out of employment by this fire.
Messrs, Peughton tt Bowman caught seven
hundred trout near the RV-Raps to-day.
Two steamers left Norfolk to-day for Wash
ington, with the 11th New York Regiment on
board.
THE ELECTIONS IN vindrsrA
FORTRESS Molitor); Aug. e.—The election in
Matthews County, Va., resulted in the choice
of the following ()Ricers: J. H. Diggs, Sheriff;
S. G. Miller, Clerk of Court ; M. lirownley,
CommiSaloner of Revenue; J. D. Donavan,
Commonwealth Attorney. The Union ticket
was defeated.
Aminstrel entertainment was given by the
rest Band in Fortress Monroe last evening.
The proceeds, amounting to $lOO, are to be ap
propriated to the Lincoln Monument. This is
the second of a series of concerts.
Cairo anti Memphis.
CAIRO, Aug. hundred and forty-four
brdes of cotton passed here toilay for St.
Louis, and four hundred and fifty bales for
Cincinnati and EransylDo.
The election at Memphis passed off quietly.
Only 1,328 votes were cast. Dr. Leftmiek is
probably 'elected to Congress over Bullock,
and Cameron to the Legislature over Hubbard.
Mr, rage. President of the Commercial Bank
at Memphis, has been released on bail by the
military authorities, and it is believed that a
fair investigation would exonerate him.
The Memphis cotton market was steady;
sales of 3,944 bales.
The Election in nontneky.
LEXINGTON, August 3.The following de
spatch has just been received here. It ex
plains itself:
"LOUISVILLE, August 3.
" General D. S. Gooclioet
“Presidentkiohnon informs me by telegram
that he has reeCiVed a despatch from M. C.
Johnson and others, complaining- of my °Mo
tion order, and adds ' I hope you will see the
laws faithfully executed.' And I have an
swered him, will—all right ,
' 6 .1. M. PALMER, Major General.”
This settles those scamps who have been
t eking it that. President Johnson has revoked
General Palmer's order.
The news from all over the State is very
good. General Smith will be re-elected with
out a doubt.—Ciorrasp. Cincinnati Gazette.
LOUISVILLE, August 7.—The election for Con
gressmen and Legislators took place in this
State to. lay.
In the Fifth District, the election of General
Rossean, the Adminstration candidate, over
niallory(Conservative) is conceded.
All the Administration candidates for the
State Legislature from this city have also been
elected.
The retnrnS from the interior indicate a close
eon test between the candidates in favor of and
against the constitutional amendment.
The Election hi Tenniessee
LortsvlLLE, August 7.—The following returns
from the Tennessee election have been re
ceiveti :
Pulaaki TPAIIIEA-geo.—Cooler, (llniOn,) has 110
Opposition here.
Giles County.—The Congressional vote in
this county stands: For Giles, (linion,) 1,012;
C. N. Ordway, (Conservative,) 673; D. Parsons,
(Conservative,) 257 ; J. Carry, (Conservative,)
1§; Willlavis, (Radical Unkind 97.
Brutal Murder of a Father and Mother.
CINCINNATI,, August 7.—A young man; named
Irwin, brutally murdered his fat'Ser and mo
ther at Deertown, near Hamilton, Ohio, on Sa
turday last.
Breveted a Major General in the Mega-
Imp Army.
ST. LOINS, August 'l.—General Pope, com
manding, the Department of Missouri, has
been breVeted Major General in the regular
army, for gallant service.
TelogNwphie Eetrningth
Nsw Youn, August 7.—The semi-anuttal state
ment of the gross earningS of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, for the six montllS
ending June 30th, has been made. They
amounted to $1,497,684.10. During the corm.
spending months of last year, the earnings,
were N07,041.W.
Canadian Affairs.
QUEBEC, August 7.—lt id stated that Sir Nar
eisse Belleau is to be appointed tilt new rre
inter of Canada. •
• : p • N. DAY, AUGUST 8. 1866.
Pennsylvania Polities.
A ITEBTING OF THIK BERNS COUNTY trzaaN cox-
1, PION
REAM NO, August 7.—The annual countymeet
ing of the Remit/limns of forks county was
held here this afternoon. At an early stage of
the proceedings a number of citizens from
the country withdrew, considering themselves
improperly excluded from . the Committee on
Resolutions and appointment of delegates to
the next Republican State Convention. Two
sets of delegates were therefore appointed--
those chosen by the first meeting being Col.
G. W. Alexander, Capt. E. 11. Rauch, Surgeon
E. C. Kitchen, and Henry S. Eckert; and those
chosen by the second meeting being Wm. M.
Baird, Capt. J. M. Meredithi. Capt. Daniel G.
Rhoades, and John M. Schononr.
Tire resolutions of both meetings concurred
in all their expressions except in relation to
the recommendation of Colonel G. W. Alex
ander for Assessor of this district, which was
urged by the first meeting, the recommenda
tion of any person to office under the Adminis
tration by a county meeting beiftg considered
as impropei , and contrary to party wages, by
the scond meeting.
READING, August 7.—One of the largest and
most enthusiastic meetings everheld in Berks
county assembled to-day, and endorsed the
policy of President Johnson and• Governor
Curtin. Colonel George W. Alexander, Cap
tain E. 13, Rauch, IL S. Eckert, and Dr. E. C.
Kitchen were chosen delegates tc,Alin Union
State Convention., and instructed to support
veteran soldiers for nomination. A strong
resolution was also adopted for the appoint
ment of Geo. W. Alexander as Assessor of this
district, and the removal or Mr, A, r, Sutton
from the said office.
The Negroes. -
[From the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer.]
We have heard of two or three- instances
lately of negroes who have left their late mas
ters, living in other places, and bad come to
this city, but who, failing to realize their ex
pectations, were begging people to take them
for their food and clothing. No deubt there
are very many such cases ; these came to our
knowledge casually. Many others, we under
stand, are "in the wood," having failed to find
any where a home or occupation. The more
vicious among these will seek ta live by plun
der, and many of them will suffer severely for
leaning such a life; while the better disposed
are lamenting bitterly the folly that induced
them to leave comfortable homes and good
employers, whowould have provided as fully
for their wants in their new relation as, they
did while they were slaves.
People who counsel the blacks to leave their
homes at this time could not possibly give
them worse advice. If they follow it, nine
tenths are sure to find themselves suffering in
misery before a week rolls* over their heads.
If the negroes -in the country knew the pre
sent condition ,of ninny of their color about
this city at the present time, they would cling
to their homes and to those who have so long
provided them with every comfort, with a
tenacity as great as that with which a man
clings to life itself. It is wicked and inhuman
to try to induce them to leave places in which
they are comfortably situated, in the vain pur
emit of " freedom " or " wages;" and he who
thus seduces them to their ruin it guilty of a
greater crime than any . slaveholder ever in
curred by holding them in bondage.-
. AU the more intelligent negroes well know that
their late masters are not able to paythent wages this
wear. They know that their masters—thf3great
Dotty of them, at least—had nothing but Con
federate money when the war ceased, and that
T
this became utterly worthless. hey . also
know that most of the planters had nothing to
sell by which they could raise money, and that
they have not, this year, enough eottonplanted
to buy the necessary supplies of the planta
tion. Where, then, is the money to comefroml
Let the negroes be assured that, by remaining
with their late masters, they will share the
fortunes Of the families to whom they are at
tached—will work, as the whites have to do
this year, for a mere living, and will receive a
portion of the proceeds when the products of
the plantation bring in money above their ex
penses—and much disappointment and misery
will be avoided. But let them follow the ignis
fatuus that has lured so many from comfortable
names, and they will be sure to bring up in
want and wretchedness.
We allude to the condition of many of the
negroes who have come to this city in search
of freedom and wages, as a warning to those
who have not yet severed their connection
with their old masters. But we are told that
we see, here in Columbus, nothing like the suf
fering that this unfortunate class are experi
encing in other places. hi is said that hundreds
of them are already dying, throughout the coun
try, from actual starvation! UnderAhesc cir
cumstances, the true friend of the black race
will advise them to stay where they can get a
comfortable living, and not act the 'silly part
of the dog in the table, who droppedthe bone
in the water to snap at the shadoW,.and lost
both,
CONFISCATION BY THE TEXAS IrrstmagNTS.—
It seems that the insurgents in Texas.carried
out the theory of the rebellion, and did all in
their power to make the property of the loyal
defray the expenses of the war. As a matter
of course, after enforcing the rebel confiscation
law to the utmost, they will contend that the
confiscation acts of the United States are un
constitutional. Thoy will insist on being am
nestied on giving up lb. real estate they can
not keep, without making restitution of the
spoliated personal property.. The receivers,
in particular, will aim to getlet off without
paying up.
Sonie curiosity is felt by the public as to
what course Major .Simeon Hart, Quartermas
ter of the 90-Called Confederate Staten army,
will pursue. lie bought the farm of Major Gen.
W. S. Barney, United States army, near Aus
tin, Texas, at a receiver's sale, together with
much other loyal property. As he is a debtor
to the United States for over 9275,000, for the
non-payment of duties on grain imported from
Chihuahua to El Paso county, Texas, before
the war, for which a judgment may yet be had,
it is not unlikely that he may find it conveni
ent to remain abroad, and even to accompany
his friend Major Charles Russell to Australia,
or some other suitable locality.—lV: Y. Evening
Post.
RIIIZTB OF THE REBELLION.-A Virginia paper
speaks of the startling fatality which has over
taken those who were the political rebellious
leaders of that State. At the beginning of se
cession Virginia had one Cabinet Minister,
who was a secessionist, the Secretary , of War,
John B. Floyd. He is dead. She had two
Foreign Ministers, who were secessionists,
lion. R. K. Meade and John M. Daniel. Both
are dead. Her two Senators, Hunter and Ma
son, were secessionists—one is a prisoner, the
other an exile. Her oldest ansrMOst persis•
tent, and among her most influential Citizens
who supported secession, and the man who
fired the first gun at Sumpter, was Edmund
He is dead. The recognized leaders of
the secessionists in the State Convention were
George W. 'Randolph and ex-President Tyler.
Randolph is dying abroad ; Tyler is dead. she
bad three newspapers conspicuously devoted
to secession—the Richmond l'iwielPer, the Klein
mond Examiner, and the Norfolk Argus. The
journals are all extinct, and the leading spirits
of all—Wise, Daniel, and Lamb—are dead. In
brief, we are told, there "are not now ten men
of conspicuous prominence in the secession
movement of January, ISdl, who remain to ex
ercise—if they possess the desire—their MBA
. once to thwart the movement of the people
toward loyalty and reunion."
Tii BOSTOS POST says it is reported that a
monument is to be raised on the site of the
dark prison pens at Andersonville, in com
memoration of the victims who have perished
-within its precincts. The id ea isa capital one.
Those who there died as much deserve menu
mental honors as those who fell in the red con
flict of battle. They constitute the, true mar
tyrs of the war. Victims either of neglect or
infernal malice, their memories should be
doubly consecrated with us for whom they
died, of loathsome diseases and starvation.
The historical portraiture of the war would be
incomplete though every battle-field and every
hero of the late war had each a monument, if
the victims of Andersonville had no monu
mental mark: in pain and in sorrow they
pined and languished 5 and languishing, they
died. But their memories will perish not.
The whole region around the Andersonville
Prison should be consecrated to their memory,
that all hereafter, to the latest ages, shall ap
proach it as holy ground.
peace to your ashes, all ye who there lie in
the repos.e of death ! inhumanity to man
ye keenly felt in your lives; but in your deaths
shall be illustrated how grateful a generous
nation can be to its benefactors!
ITALIAN BRIGANDS.—The Naples /to/la, of
June 15th, says: "We receive letters from Po
lentino, which speak of the reappearance of
two bands of brigands in that part of the pro
vince adjoining Calabria, and extending to
Viggiano. These two bands have made them
selves known by some important captures,
and begin to alarm the population. It is not
astonishing, in these districts, that some small
bands still spring up, formed out of the great
bands beaten in the northwest of the province
by Gen. Pallavicini.te. 1 )
lence has also ar.
rived from Roccamandol , that Domenico
Fuoco, before killing fourteen hundred sheep
belonging to a priest named RIZZO, had sent to
demand from bun live thousand piastres. This
sum not being paid, the brigands destroyed
the large flock in question. Some days after
ward Donxenieo Fuooo sent to Rizzo demand
ing one thousand piastres, instead of five thou
sand, if he did not also wish to see the COW 3
and goats destroyed which he still had on the
mountains."
Ann la. KADIR.—The famed emir, Abd el Ka
dir was, however, obliging enough to come to
Paris at this time, and is the celebrity of the
day, attracting a crowd - wherever he passes.
Ins oriental followers, in their flowing white
robes, are quite refreshing, tOIOOk upon during
the hot weather, in contrast to the uncomfor
tably clad Christians, whom one sees swelter
ing. in their closely-fitting, garments. The
emir's wives—the two he married at Constan
tinople—are hidden from mortal gaze ; they
are attended by a negress,black as ebony, who
is also closely muffled when she accompanies
her mistresses, but Whose curiosity leads her
to display her ivory as she looks from the gar
den of the hotel occupied by the emir in full
view of the Champs Elysees. The suite was the
nrst evening augmented by a comieal-looking
spotted bear, which shared the attention of the
crowd collected to witness the arrival of the
orientals, but the next day bruin was: con
signed to the Jardita des Plantes, his destina
tion, after having kept up so fearful a growling
all night in his temporary' abode that no On*
in the neighborhood could sleep for bile.
THE PHENOMENA OF LJOHTNING.—A very ea
rions paper has just been addressed to the
Academy of Seiences,by a physician,who,. for a
long period,has occupied himseltwith observ
ing the phenomena of lightning. It is not
usually known that a great nirmy persons are
annually killed by the electric duidAn France.
From 1E35 to 1863, a period. of twenty-nine
Years, 2 , 338 Persons were kdiett—the largest
number in one year being one• hundred and
eleven persons ; the smallest, forty-eight. Be
sides those killed there NNW 6,700 injured. It
is remarked that a much largei' proportion, of
men are killed than women, owing to.the4la
terial of which female -dress is composed. Of
814 victims, from 1854 to 1868, only 288, were
women. Dr. Bandon mentions several , very
singular cases. He had met with twopersons,
each of whom had been struck twice,. and one
man had three times been rendered insensible
1)5 , lightning—each time in a different dwell.
lag. One-fourth of those killed had taken
refuge Wider trees. The mountainous regions
of the south and east of licence are those
most subject to accidents from lightning -4
very small proportion oopurring in the north
and contra f pOrtiOrtS, wbere the 19,ria Is more
level.
EUROPE.
FAVORABLE REPORTS ABOUT THE AT
LANTIC CABLE.
FATHER POINT, August 7.—The . steamship
Damascus, from Liverpool on July Wm, via
Londonderry on the 28th, iwesed Ms point
this evening. She was intercepted by the
news yacht of the Associated Press, and the
following summary of her news obtained:"
The steamer City of Limerick, from New
York, arrived at Queenstown on the 27th,
The Louisiana, from New York, arrived at
Queenstown on the 27th, and the, China, from
Boston, arrived at Queenstown on the 28th.
The political news furnished by the steamer
Damascus is unimportant.
The adviteS from the Great Eastern are au
spicious. At ten o'clock on• the morning of
the 25th the Great Eastern was about four
hundred and fifty miles from Valentin; and
had paid out five hundred miles of cable. The
signals were good and the weather fine.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—TIIC BPOROP'S
Circular reports the sales of cotton in the Li
verpool market for the week -ending with
Thursday. at 49,000 baloB, 01 which 7,500 hales
were taken on speculation, and 10,00 bales for
export. The market bad been dull, and prices,
1 /0 lower for American, and yieWid lower for
other descriptions. The following are the au
thorized quotations: Middling Orleans, 19%;,
Middling Uplands and Texas, MX.
The sales on Friday amounted to 5,000 bales,
the market closing dull and unchanged. The
stock in port amounts to 9=ooo bales, of whieh
30,500 bales are American.
The Manchester markets were dull on the
28th, and prices had a downward tendency.
TAvEaroor, BREADSTUPPS MARKET, Friday.—
Flour and Wheat have a declining tendency.
Corn is firmer.
Pnovisnms.—The market is steady.
Lownonlowny DIATIET.-011SOI8 closed on
the Vith at 8974@90 1 ,4, for money; IL B. Five-
Twenties, 690)70 ; Erie Railroad shares,s•3 l l
@;l4 ; Millais Central shares, 80 1 /,©Bl, exdivi
dend: '
The bullion in the Bank of England has de
creased £580,000 during the week.
THE BURNING OF THE PIT
HOLE WELL.
Graphic Description of the Conftagra
tion—lrerrkble Scenes.
(Pit-Hole (Aug. 3d) Cor. Cleveland Herald.)
The intelligence sent you concerning the
great fire last night was so unsatisfactory that
I avail myself of the earliest moment this
morning to write you a more extended ac-
COMM - Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock,
a new well, tubed the day before on the HOllll-
den Farm, and on lot 19, near the rtOrthern
line of the, farm, began to he pumped. It was
situated on the west side of Pit-hole Creek,
bet Ween it and the "second bottom." After
fifty minutes pumping the well began to-yield
at the rate of three to four hundred barrels in
twenty-four hours. The well would have
flown that amount without further 'Wping
one hour after they began. It is deemed ad
visable, however, to pump a well that begins
to flow, on the doctrine that agitation does it
good. As the owners of the well had no idea
what they had when they began to pump,
no tank was prepared for the reception
of the OIL It Wae, consequently, pumped
out iron the ground. During the day
considerably over one hundred - barrels had
been pumped upon the ground, filling all the
little pools, creeping among the grass, gliding
gradually down the creek bottom, and along
the bluff, fifteen or twenty rods. Such things
had been done before, and no serious appre
hensions of danger were felt. Crowds of peo
ple visited the well during the day, for such a
remarkable well was the groat sensation of
the day. It promised to be the- largest of all
the mammoths on Pit-hole. At various times
there were from fifty to a hundred persons
present. About half-past seven o'clock last
night, a large number of people were present,
and half a dozen were on the derrick, and
others were ranged about at various distances.
Tour correspondent, providentially, did not
happen to' be of that number, but was at tile
moment about thirty rods away. My attention
was suddenly arrested by an explosion as loud
as a good sized cannon would make. The first
impression was that some blasting operation
;had taken place, but on immediately turning
about, the scene presented was before me in
all its awful grandeur. Suddenly as powder
ignites, suddenly as lightning from the skies,
there swept up from the earth, from an
area of three-fourths of an acre of ground
which the oil had covered, a flaming,
hissing, howling firespout that rose nearly an
hundred feet into the air, the whole fiery mass
surmounted by a thick black pall of .smoke,
as from a hundred-throated furnace. Above
the high tree•tops it leaped 0,4 if springing in
impotency at the very slciei. ,Nverybody
ad heard the explosion, and, in a moment,
everybody saw the fiery demon overshadowing
the creek. Lot Nineteen is but twelve or
fifteen rods from the tanks of the famous
Hohnden well, in which were thousands of
barrels of oil stored away. One hundred rods
farther down the creek were fifteen or twenty
thousand more barrels of stored oil in huge
tanks, near the Frazier and Twin Wells. As
- the seething flames mounted upward and ran
into everynook and cranny where a little pool
of oil had been formed, every one expected in
a moment to see , the whole creek bottom a
boiling lake of fire. Instantly upon the ex
plosion the people ran in' - every direction,
some towards the fire and others MOM it. lhlen
looked excited and alarmed. Tile few women
in the crowd cried and already saw their own
friends among the many that all felt must
havebeen caught in the whirlpool of the tire
and dragged down with hungry fury to an
awful death. Emming in the direction of the
fire, I met three wretched men that, had bare
ly escaped from the flames. One of
h them,
bowling in agon3r, " 0, my God, what shall I
do! what can I do,' , ad his clothes almost
wholly burned from his body. His back, and
'breast, and legs were brown, with enormous
fire blisters hanging to the skin, while Ins
hands were burned to the bones. At the time
of the explosion he was sitting in the derrick,
and, in runnin through the flames, fell down
with both hands plunged into the burning oil.
- He was able, however, to leap into the creek,
fortunately not covered with the oil, and thus
barely got out of the hissing, crackling blaze.
His name was Lucius Kingsley, of Syracuse;
N. 1, Onthe heels of Kingsley was another
man, bleeding and burnt, and holding out his
charred hands to the passing, frightened
crowd. Still another man, bleeding, howling,
and fearfully burned, follineed. The alarm was
so great that neither of these could tell how
many others bad shared their fate, or suffered
even more by burning on the ground. They
reported as many as fifty persons having, been
in the immediate vicinity of the well when
the explosion took place, and that at
least half of these had been probably burned
to death OR the ground. The consterna
tion for ten minutes was immense, Nub
lions worth_ of property were in peril, and
much already lost. Immediately squads of
workmen were organized, who, with shovels
and spades, worked upon the outer edge of the
fire to stay its progress. So soon as the fire
demon had licked up the oil on the ground, it
began gradually to die out on the borders, and,
finally, in the apaee of two hours, was wholly
contented at the well. Engine-house, derricks,
tanks and evergreen trees had been burned.
The.flre was still roaring at the mouth of the
tubing. The oil and gas in immense quanti
ties in consequence of great vacuum pro
need at the bottom of the well, poured forth
only to leap into furious flames, while the up
right portion of the tubing dripped with liquid
fire. Duting the night men labored to devise
some plan for its extinguishMent. At length
three pieces of tubing, screwed together were
by means of a fennel, run into the'- mouth of
the tubing whence the oil issued in flames, and
finally fastened, so that the oil was conducted
forty or fifty feet farther off. By the free use
of wet blankets the fire was. at length sub
dued at one o'clock this morning, when a
shout arose from the men en,gaged as if a
victory over the rebel hordes had been
gained. In the meantime it was learned that
none had been burned alive, and that but six
had failed to escape unhurt. These were
Lucius Kingsley, of Syracuse, N. Y., not ex - -
pected to live, though there is hope; Curtis
Armstrong, of Clarion county, Pa.; John Du
-
Ban, of Pennsylvania • A. P. Nord; of Niagara
alls, body burned on the breast, ani legs and
bands; and Mr. Gregory, of New YOrk City,
and his lady, to whom he was showing the well
when the explosion took place. It is hoped
that all of these will recover, though in the
case of the first two it is very doubtful. The
well is again running this morning, In a hole
dug for the purpose. Its yield since the fire,
the sucker-rods yet in, cannot be less
than four hundred barrels. It promisee to be
the largest well on Pit-hole Creek. This morn
ing it is flowing , more beautifully in a continu
ous stream, and already gives assurance of
being the largest well on Pit-hole. This fire
will be very important in teaching the neces
sity of not testing wells by pumping them on
the ground. This morning the peOple are
gathered about the well, curiously gazing at
the few ruins that yet remain. This well,here
after to be famous, is partly owned by the
Unita! States Company. - Fortunately, no lives
were lost, though it is miraculous that any es
caped.
A JOKE.—A practical joke was played off on
a Zanesville physician, the Othez day, which
was as promptly - repaid. The Doctor hap
pened into the office of the Attorney when the
latter was writing, and accosted him, " Why,
Smith, you write a very bad hand. .I can beat
you." The attorney thought differently, and
banded him the pen for the purpose of giving
him a specimen. Shortly after the Doctor was
celled away, leaving the note on the Attorney's
desk, who, to play a joke on his friend, and
after having liVe or six endorsements on it,
passed it into one of the national banks for
collection. The Doctor soon had notice that
his note for nine dollars was due and payable,
and if not paid would be protested. He at
once called at the bank to know about the -
matter ; and recognizing the note "forked
over" the nine dollaiT, and took n) the speci
men of his penmanship. He was determined
not to be beat, and at once made out a draft
for account of nine dollars, and for speci f ic.
services ten dollars more, making nineteen
dollars in all. This he sent for collection
through the same channel that the other had
reached him, and wisich the Attorney failed, to
honor, leaving Our medical friend minus the
smn of nine dollass for his skill iu penman
shim—Pittsburg Gazette, 34,
.
CONVOCATION.—A convocation of the clergy
of the Protestaat Episcopal Church was held
during the past week, at Shopherdstomm,
A partial object of the meeting was 1* devise
some plan Toratmplying the vacant churches
in Virginia, and., if possible, reunite, the eon
gregatiOng watered by the war, ar.d to adopt
some plan for the better support of the clergy.
The exercises have been quite interesting as
we learn from the Register, the church having
been well filled day and night. The Right
Rev. 13: hop John Johns was expected to con
fer thirright Of convocation on Saturday last.—
Petetliburg Express, 3d.
A Grimm—A atranger, apparently from the
country, made his appearance on tile streets.
yesterday, attracting much attention by the
unusual loftiness of his stature. He measured
seven feet two and a half inches in his hoots_,
and wore a tall white stovepipe hat, which
made him look as long as the moral law. He
was a good natured "cuss," and seemed to en
loy the attention which his extraordinary
ongitude attracted. At one time at least five
hundredpeople surroundedhim, and he 1001ted
down on the multitude from 1118 /OftY align bhoei
like ajaekass among R tloekofiilleolie—leg. LOWS
Democrat,' 604 •
TRE GREAT QUENTHPNO,
011frEIZINO" CIEW,S PROM DIPPERENY sOtineES.
gPrem the St.-Bouis Republican—conservative.]
The Southern papers continue to portray,
truthfully as we are convinced, the sad; condi
tion of the froW negroes, without, however,
even hinting arthe restoration of slavery as a
remedy for theiP distress: It may he that the
vagrancy and destitution of the freetbnereara
destined to be but temporary, beingperhaps
in a large degree the result of their foolish no
.tions as to the real meaning of their beingfree,
and that after these unhappy people shall have
sufneiently exßerienced the effects of their
folly in thronging to the cities; there to live
lives Of idleness and pinching poverty, the ,
n el -o e:n t s t s o t: , t x w p • t r e l esalsri go ed by
0 0 0
m t s o l e ia ' A r o '
°e f rkt i l i b e e j
ut at all'
S l outhern
newspapers as to the repetition of the scones
of St. Pouting° in the South. We have heard
this story of 'negro insurrections too long.
But if there really is a fear of uprisings on
the part of the emancipated blacks, that should
teach the late masters some way to prevent
them. Resentment towards tile negroes be
cause they have gone off to seek tic delu
sive joys of a false notion of freedom is un
reasonable as well as impolitic. The former
masters, and the former slaves may yet make
themselves useful to one another. The plant
ers must have laborers, and the negroes must
t h i ti o r
o c i nt i p h l e o , y t m ho e l n e t tiortliovni7
andinf a t t i u le ra s i
o s u o t h il l :
ethers and the freedmen were left alone, with
out outside interineddling, we think there
would be comparatively little trouble about it.
But the South is full of self-appointed emissa
ries who are. constantly seeking to prejudice
the blacks against what are termed their
life-long oppressors," and filling the minds of
those ignorant creatures with ideas of their
importance and deserts, and tales of thenni-_
niffeent friendship of the people of the North
who will, as they assert, "take care Of
them," There is a true missionary field
among the negroes. It is not to turn the
heads of those people with flattering pros
pects, opening up to them views of a grand
future, in which they are to occupy positions
equal to those of the white race in this coun
try, and may become politicians and states
men. It is not to teach them that they have
been laboring all their lives to enrich
cruel masters, and that the latter owe them
'a support without their doing anything more.
It is not to condemn and denounce the plant
ers and land-owners as traitors all, having no
rights that a negro is bound to respect. It
a ill be a much better exhibition ot philan
throp3- to the freedmen to enforce upon their
minds that while they have heed relieved
from slavery, their late masters are not now
their slaves; that liberty does not mean the
Privilege to become drones and charges ; that
vagabondagc is disreputable; and that the
road to happiness and prosperity for poor
People in this country is through honest labor
and economy.
Our readers will be struck with the expres
sions found in the extracts from the Southern
Press favorable to the policy and administra
tion of President Johnson on the subject of re
construction, It only remains for the Presi
dent to adhere to the course thus commenced
to secure the earnest support Of the whole
of the South.
[From the Blairsville (lad. Co., Pa.) New Era
But - what will vou do with all this multitude
of people ? Do you propose to keep them in
the condition or perpetual alionage or ward.
ship, thereby depriving them of all repre
sentation or share in the management of
affairs? The genius of our institutions and a
sense ofjustice, it is submitted,,. combine to
hinder this course. You cannot rightfully do
this since the rebellion,. no matter what you
may have done before rt. For. you. have not
only proclaimed it to be the right and duty of
the negro to fight for you and with you, yea,
proclaimed it in your hour of extrentest
but you have actually, before the wide
world, solicited, begged, and coaxed hint to
do so. You thereby ennobled him, as no
kingly touch ever ennobled knight of old.
The reception of the saerameut in the early
aqt-c„ of Christianity, macio the slave free.
.11 hen you clothed the negro with the loyal
uniform, put a musket in his hand, and placed
him under the national flag, you enfranchised
him to all intents and liurposes. lie has sealed
the precious boon by blood, wounds,
imprison
ment, torture„death ! rushed to your stan
dard with avidity—was docile, faithful, and
courageous, The prejudice, sneers, and
un
kindness of a great many of our met 4 lidt
cause him to falter; captivity, With Its threat.
erred, especial punishment, did not deter him
and the massacre at Fort Pillow, with all its
brutal horrors, only served to make him truer,
more intrepid, and more determined. .This
negro—what will you do with him? Put your
hand on your conscience, lift your eyes to God,
and answer! lie is a Christian. Planting_ his
faith upon the same Divine word, all his hopes
for eternity are buoyed up by the blissful pro.
mises of thellsame Saviour. lle speaks the same
language and was born on our soil. All his in
terests, labors, dangers and pleasures are
mixed up and blended with our own. lie pays
'taxes and fights 'with us in our armies. If all
these things Ito not constitute manhood, what
does? JeuerSon said that all the men in the
State who pay and fight for its support, 31101Ild
be represented. In his draft of a constitution
for Virginia, in 1783, he declared that all free
wale citizens, of full age and sane mind, shall
have a right to vote. - And if you affirm that
he meant to include only the few free colored
persons in that State, we shall reply by quoting
Isis own words from that document, to wit:
"The General Assemitly shall not have
power to infringe this Constitution,- nor to
permit the introduction of any more slaves
to reside in this State, or the continuance of
slavery beyond the generation which shall be
living on the 31st day of December, 1800; all
persons born after that day being hereby declared
free. ,, It will also serve to shed additional
light upon the subject to inquire what was at
that time the population of rirginia, and how
was it divided. When Thomas Jefferson
penned and published the draft of the consti
tution alluded to, the population, according
to his own computation, was 567,1)14. Of
these, 290,852 were free inhabitants, and the
remainder, 270,762, slaves. So that the num
ber of free inhabitants stood to that of
the Slaves nearly equal, or about as eleven to
ten. Anti in concluding this calculation, ho
adds that "under the mild treatment our
slaves experience" [via: in 1782-31 "and their
wholesome though coarse food, this blot
(slavery) in our country increases as fast, or
faster than the whites."
The brilliant and world-renowned Sherman
wrote these memorable words,. wif you admit
the negro to this struggle for any purpose, lie
has a right to stay in for all; and when the
light is over, the band that drops the musket
cannot be denied the ballot , ' If these four
_millions were whites there would not be a
moment's hesitation ; it is therefore the color,
solely,notmanhood. or right, which forms the
objeotion.
How TO MAKE FREE NkORO LAMB. FROF/TA•
BLE—EXPERIENCE OF A JAMAICA PI. ANTER.—The
following letter, says the New 'York Herald,
from a gentleman of the South, who has lived
and travelled in the West Indies during the
late rebellion, was written to a friend, who
hands it to us for publication :
11nrasTo.w, JA., June 19,18G5.
"Since," as you say "there is no choice but
to accept emancipation," advise you to ac
cept it in resolute good faith. - Think of no
thing but how you can make year old slaves
contented and • available laborers. Settle
them on your_ ]and as permanent tenants,
with good provisiongronnds on easy terms,
and you will find that you have labor at
command. Had , the - planters of Jamaica
met emancipation in a wise spirit, instead of
deserting the country in a panic, there would
have been years since the better order of
things in that island, which is now only be
ginning. To scatter the negroes little de
tacbedlioldings is equally adverse to the true
interests of both races. I have seen the evil
results in more than one of the West India
lolanda. The negro manages to exist, and no
more than exist, on such a place ; but he is too
far from the plantation centre to find employ
ment when he wants it; and when this custom
becomes general, as it was in many of the
West India Islands, the planter could not de
pend on his hands. They came late to their
work, and left early, on account of the dis
tance from their homes, and 'in the severe
Press of work they often would not come at
all, unless at wages which the planters could
not afford to pay.
The scattered and unreliable supply of labor
was for years the bane of Jamaica, and still is
one of the chief drawbacks to sugar raising in
the still richer island of St. Domingo. I hope
you and all our friends will take better men
surea on your cotton plantations. Assign
quarters to as many good laborers as you can
possibly accommodate, together with a large,
productive, well-fenced provision held, suit
ably marked off to the respective laborers,
and all at a very moderate, almost nominal,
rent; then shelter for the family, with work
for the women and children, and the rough
Plenty to support active labor, is provided for
your servants, and a corps of servants is
planted just where you need then. Almost
every man worth having will stick to the " old
plantation," for negroes cling to habitual
localities like cats.
- - _
If you and your neighbors take counsel to
gether, and agree provisiond on a fair tariff of
of wages, with due for shelter, and a
bit cornfield, you will find, free labor cheap
er than that.of slaves. The price of one good
field-hand will establish half a dozen entire
families as permanent tenants on some conve
nient section of the land, and so they will
bring up their children to be willing and ready
laborers at low wages. If some are led off un
der temptation of higher wages, they will find
the lose a home in which all could help to
make the fatally comfsrtable.
I will write you again by nest steattier,
meantime will only say that the farm laborers
in Jamaica, who have their little cottage and
half an acre of garden ground, are content to
labor for thirty cents a day, and find them
selves, which is much more profitable to the
employer than buying slaves at former prices_
Thefollowing article is from the pen of lir_
Francis Lieber, the eminent chemist, who has
just received the appointment of Superinten
dent of the Bureau of Rebel Archives :
THO LOSS TO TIM SOUTH
To the Editor of the Nation:
In calculating the severe losses which "the
South" has sustained during the rebellion, it
is an almost universal error to include the en
franchisement of the slaves. Four millions of
slaves have been or will be liberated; each
sip:oe was worth so runeh before the rebellion ;
therefore, we are told " the South" has lost so
many millions of capital. A greater mistake eau
not be committed. It is intrinsically the same
error, although its. application is the reverse,
which was committed at the time when South
ern journals and Speakers were Bent en prow
in g the superior wealth possessed by the South
contributed to that distributed over the North.
The whole slave-population was valued at the
market price, and thus entered as sot item of
Southern wealth. The writer of these few
lines, then living at the South, endeavored in
vain to convince his friends that either they
must leave out the slave population as an item
of Southern wealth, or else they must value
the corresponding free laborers. at the North
according totheir productive power and skill;
and enter them as an item of Northern wealth.
The "loss of the South" took place when
capital was invested in the east negroes ; that
is, money paid for the immigration of produc
tive labor, which the 'N'orth., obtained gratis by
the immigration of free white labor. in hall
Portions there was an abandance of land klabor
and stock were necessary to make it produe.
tire. The South required capital to bay horses,
mules, and negroes ; the North stood in need
of capital to buy the same stock, minus the
;lento. Here the immigrant offered himself
and worked for wages.
In the reverse case—the emaneipatlon of the
slaves—how does the South lON the value of
- the slaves* Had we extirpated the whole co,
lored population, then, indeed, the whole eapi
tal would have beenlost ; but why was the field
baud worth *5OO or a good blacksmith worth
elieffS or $1,5001 Simplybecause his productive
labor
was worth so much. Economically
speaking, except nothing worth labore
in a slave, his productive, and
two arms that wielded the hoe are as alive af
terproductive 'labor is not destroyed. .Those
ter President Lincoln's prOelanifition as before.
The WOO of the Offne/ Of the - Wing reaper Or
THREE CENTS.
sewing machine has changed but the ma ,
chine is there uninjured. Row - then can
"the South" be said to have lost the whole
slave capital What is "the South r A
coMmunity ; and the source' of wealth,
consisting in the productive Capacity - of
the colored population, remains in that
• community as much so as the productive
labor of the serfs remained in Russia after
their emancipation by the irresent Emperor.
There were many persons who decried Russian
emancipation, but not a single one• ever main
tained that Russia impoverished- herself in
freeing the millions of serfs, by the whole
amount of the value of alI the sera.: Did the
whole of Europe impoverish herself by the
abolition of serfdom in the middle ages and in
modern times 7 SerfdOln, or something much
resembling it, existed in Mecklenburg, one of
the most presilletiye portions of Germany,
down to comparatively recent' times, but
illeeklenburg, so far from becoming poorer by
complete emancipation, has greatly profited
by it.
It is not the intention to enter here into the
questions, whotherthe negro, being freed,.wiil
labor as much as in slavery; or whether in
dividual planters will not be injured. This
would require a discussion far beyond the
limits of this article, which may be concluded
with the simple remark, that whichever way
the answers to these questions would turn out,
One truth is above all others: political econo
my, however important, is not the only or the
MOM iniportatit of things. Economy alone
does not save empires, or raise them. Ruinous
slavery was to be - abolished, and must be
abolished, all wincing of single planters or the
trade at large to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
Mr. Nasby has a Vision.
SAINT'S REST, (which is in the Stait of
Noo Gerey,) Joon :7..1, 151i5.
Dreems tedninnn in the old tikriptoo-
rallooral times, and was konsidered cs pro
fetiele. I had a dreem larst nite, which may
or it may not merle suthin. Ef it may, the
Lord help the undersined, is my prayer eon
t inooly.
I &teemed that Lwas ded—that assisted by a
tyfus fever and 2 doekters, I hed bustid the
bonds of morality, and bed BOTeti to the un
known hereafter. lip I went to the gates of
the toiler world, where I was confronted by
Peter.
yoo from r ses he.
" Noo Gersy," ses I.
" Was yoo a good eitizent"
"I uas a Dimmyernt who never skratehed a
ticket."
Iley yea VOtid that tickit' ter the larst 4
years and kin you rode i"
" I hey and kin.”
"Then your place is belOw. Git,” - he ses,
Nthich I did.
_ -
I met his Majesty, Satan the 1, at the dore,
and he welcomed me eorjelly. I was Meal>
Pointed in his nersonalappearance. Ile was
a naiddlin sized man, and gentlemanly in stile,
Limier resemblin Gefferson Davis very much,
only he bad a more inteleetoofl cast of coun
tenance.
" Welkumji ses he, "I hey been aspeetin you
sum time. Welkum."
Ilev you meuy of the Dimoorasy with you 1"
sea I.
"rot meny of the ginooine kopperheads,'
ses be.
coarse yoo hevn't; we everidgo as good
Ls—"
" That'q, not it," ses he, gazin , onto me with
intens forininist 4i thaVS not list all, 4.11 Uut
about ten or eleven from each county git out
of it by pleedin ignorance. idiocy, and , Mob.
But it is all right ; I make it up by hevin a
heavier force to spare to stir up the few
leaders. 100 kin reed. print, caul yoo 1" he
arcked ankshusly.
" I kin."
- •
"All rite," Ses he. " Gefferson Davis will be
along in a few months, the of he don't show .
more man than he did when he was caught he
will make poor amoosement."
"lie , s a disgrace to his seeks; he ort to hey
ben a woman."
" Troo : but, es Shakspeer ses, there's a di
vinity that shapes our ends—Then Alec Ste
phen"
" Will you git Writ He was originelly
posed to seceshun..
" That's my best holt. Davis was always a
secesh. Benjamin was because he thought it
would pay—on them I've had a mortgage ever
some they arrived at the years of ackounta
bility. Stephens knode seceshun was rong—he
can't pimi ignorance nor nuthin fer he warned
his people agm it, and then was bet up to [loin
it himself for the poor privilege of playing
second fiddle to Jeff Davis, who thawed a
miserable bow hissed. ded wood on him."
" Tell me, gentle sir, how about Fernand
Wood, Vallarnligum, et el v es the lawyers say."
"In doo time they're mine. They cant save
themselves by repentance even. They are noar.
Past forty, and et they'd commenso in ded
erneSt tryin to do as much good as they her
bad, and lived to be as old as lifethoosler they
couldn't make a commensoment towards bat.
°nein the books. By the way, speakin of Me
thooseler, I had to wate patiently fer custo
mers in them days, when men lived 900 years."
" TheiWs Corry, Colorado *Jewett, and Alec
Long," rontinooed he, "I've lied my eye On
JeWett anti Corry Pll lose—there's apiece out,
side of myjoorisdicalran fee Melt They ain't
responsible, you see. The devils that was cast
out uv the man and took refuge in the swine,
left the swine when they was drowndid, and
have inhabited merry men sinso. 2 of em
are in Corry and one us Jewett to-day. Alec
Long has every now and then a gliconerin of
Sense i he shows occastrunely surfaec indica
shuns of intelleek, not finite entiff to ma.' A
lunatic -nv Ultn,_and toe'much Iler intylt. 1
may git him and may not. But you ill have r
plenty of compeny. The stand you 1 arty took
ti n
druv thousands uv men in 2 eussse niss, who
kuode better,and who, of let alone; wood hey
dodged me. I. hey my ! eye on some who de
nounst Tallandygum, and yet, when the screws
was brot drain onSem (and by the way, jest slob
as yoo turned them sed screws, and he pocked
me jockerly in the ribs,) /lady presided at
Vallandygum meetins and votid for him.
Then, after he was defected, they swore they
didn't vote for him at all, addin a dirty lie to
the original sin, which is givin the devil (es
you stile me,) Ins doo, with compound interest.
"But, excoose me—l'll show you your apart
mence. This way, the deer sir."
I objected to goin, and lookt ankshusiy
around for a escape. Observin this, a Change
came, over the polite gentleman afore me. Ills
eyes glissent, a sulphrus stream tabooed from
his mouth, Ins feet parted in 2 hoofs, his angers
elongatid 3132 claws, I observed a tale peepin
down under KS cote—in short, he was trans
formed 102 the identyele devil I lied seen on
several occashuns when labrin under attar of
delirum tremins sooperindoost by drinkin a
burl er so too much elexshun whisky doorin
hotly contestid campanes. He recht one claw
for me, when I awoke. 2 say I was rejoist at
dud in myself once more olk prayin ground is
week; twat , joy unspeekabr . I can't interpret
the dream. PETROLEUM Y. l'iawavs
Lait Pastor nv the Church of the ',Woo Dispen
sasini.
A PARISIAN CONFIDVNCR WOHA.N.—The fol
lowing, account of a recent confidence game in
Paris is translated from Le Ibaps of the 9th
ult.:
A stockholder, Madame D., who lives in the
Rue des Chuteux, Saint-01mm had realized a
liatt of her capital in order V? make another
investment, and had told several persona of
the circumstances.
. .
Yesterday morning, as she finished her pray.
ers at church, she perceived before her, in
rising, a woman about fifty or sixty years of
age, dressed in the deepest and richest mourn..
.ing. 44 My very , dear friend, said the stranger
with a smile, " I waited - that you might fini sh your devotions ; although youldo not know me,
perhaps, I know you very well, and I want to
speak to you of a very important affair. This
conversation, however, should not take place
in the Lord's temple, and I shall oblige you to
come with me for one moment,'
A little puzzled, Mad. D. left the church.
" You know," began, very softly, the lady
in black - , that am the former housekeeper
and confidant anis excellency, M. le May4elial
Magnan, who, recently, (she dried her eyes
with her handkerchief,) excuse my emotion,”
said she, " he was so good—this worthy Mar&
dial has left a large sum to be distributed
amongst the poor of the environs of Paris, and
lam charged with the distribution. Knowing
that you enjoyed here the general esteem,.l
come to beg you to All the oiliCe or Lady Boun
tiful, to enter immediately on its duties ' to see
the poor, and divide this amongst them at
the same time, placing in the hands of Mad. D.
ten francs, who distributed them to the beg
gars about the church. "I ought to say to
you," continued the pretended housekeeper,
1 ‘ that if you are in embarrassed circumstan
ces, I will =axe you an allowance from the
funds in my possession.”
,6 Thanks, but I need nothing," replied
i%lad. 13),
. -
" No false modesty ; it is the express wish of
the donor to remunerate persons like yourself.
I know you to have but a small income, and
want many things."
u No, I have I need ; at this moment I
have in a drawer at home a large sum that I
am to invest."
- -
" If you wish me to believe you, I must see
for myself. Take mehome with you. Without
that, I. shall be obliged to force you to accept
some remuneration."
Happy at being able to bestow charity, Mad.
D. felt no distrust—she took the stranger to
her chamber, who, after examining the furni
ture, opening drawers,&C.; said
" I see you nowhow to 4300n0Mtze and I
will not try to alter your determination ; let
us go immediately toßatignolles to the _Mar&
chal family, who expect us, and where we
shall receive the funds."
“Allow me to change my dress.”
"We havn't time. I am already past the
hour be easy—you will be welcome, although
in neglid. I , ve spOken Of you.""
Mad. D. did not insist, but contented herself
by putting on her boots. During this opera
tion she saw her visitor take a crucifix which
Was on the bureau, and kneeling, say:
"Sweet Jesus, how I thank thee, for having
found a woman after my own heart, from the
hands of whom charity will become twice as
precious 1" They set out, end on the way Mad.
D— could not help saying, she 'ahead feel
annoyed if any person of her acquaintance
saw her so badly dressed. "I understand
that,” said her companion. "Eh, bion, wait
for me in this church, and I will go alone to
the relations of the Marechal, and in half an
hour I will bring you the money." Madame
heard a Mass, and then another, and
finally she found herself ?AMA:et alone hi the
church. A dreadful prysentiment took pea.
session of her, certain circumstances recurred
to her memory, she run home, and found that
her money and bijoux had all been stolen!
Tin. Murness July
Notwithstanding the Ilingmal heat of the selle
son, the Emperor and Empress Still remain. in
Paris. The departure of their Majesties for
Fontainbleau I& continually deferred. The
lelmpress, for the last few months, has been
playing altogether anew part; instead of being
remarkable merely for the splendor, elegance,
and good taste of her, toilettes in her daily ap
pearance in public, her Majestyis now cited as
a model of benevolence, and Of attention to the
serious affairs of life. Hot then, when she
takes her drive is extremely simplex gene
rally of black silk, with, a very plain bon
net. She• carries, almost always , a green
silk parasol—an article which in former years
was a special object of luxury and "Fen"
with her. Certain people—doubtless those in
whom tile Wish is fattier to the thought—see in
this change in the BmptesS= ltaltitS a presage
of the death of the Emperor—Whom they in.
sist, in spite of his robust appearance, has a
grave and ineurabte mtly—and propose
tion of the public for the al rege u ncy. a
lie it as it
may, every effort is made to keep her nutjesty
before the public as the originator of belie
fleent orgenerous entermises. It is remarked,
also, that the Emperor and Empress were
never seen so frequently together /II public;
always aoucaring in high spirits, talking with
the greatest animatien. The presence of their
majesties in the city is necessary to save it
from almost dulness, deprived as we aro just
now of the class or Brltiskers who usually
swarm and flock across the channel at this
season, detained at home by their elections.
Bandmann, tIIN AGtOrp 11A0 EritUß to CaUfor-
TEEM WAR. premusic.
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The money must attempt, aceothiehsy as order, and
to mo instance can these terms be deviated from, at
th e y .ailera very tittle more than the coot of payer•
a i r cortmnsters are requested to act as salmi
for Vas WAR rano.
AtirTo t4:•re getter-up of the Olubor ten or Morn
as
extra ra p . r of the paper will be given.
STATE ITEMS.
emi, -, ford county, one day last
o ing t omr et,'Olitent geellrreq 41/Wen - ter.
hill towitsliikr
weekr bvientific person may be
able to explain . Aionoo Wood, in cleaning his.
el, say half a tea
rifle, turned into. the .barrel,
l ye; oil, putting
spoonful' of refined
down a wad'of tow oh thtl Mid 01 Plc wiptnß
rod and , 1)11811111g tlit' oil ant at the tube; Ha
then put down a larger ' , mad: , pushing it down
within a foct , of the breech, when a explosion
occurred whieli forced the . rod into the thick
of the hand, earning out at the wrist,. passing
up and grazing the arm to %lie elbow; Vie'rOa
lodged itgainat . the'arm aboVe the albow. The
rod was three-fourths of an luck thick at the
butt end. The report was ginner to breaking
a cap, and smokealeoissuedftom the muzzle.-
- The borough of Franklin is about to hove
a lire company, an errganization muck needed
in that neiglihorhood. The- commiseioner
are also remodeling the jaff: the llizeitd of
which were found too small to accommodate:
its increasing patronage.
Colonel Jacob M. Campbell,. of carol/tela
county, le suggested by the Brookville Repub
limn as a candidate for Airveyor General.
New Castle damaro for a market house,
Johnstown is to have a high school,
The theatre in Lancaster still does well.
HO3I ITEMS.
The first auction that we have any know
ledge of being conducted mainly by negroes
In this city, says the Itiehmend • Whig, came
off several days shwa, at the Central depot s
where all the colored people who had say
thing to sell brought and piled up their v &res.
The auctioneer was colored; the bidders were
colored, so were the epeetaters, and there
were several hundred in attendance. The
goods offered were of every conceivable hi me
and some of the articles brought. pretty f air
Prices, under the rattling tongue and hatrur eC
of the sable auctioneer. These auctions ars
to be of weekly occurrence.
The Rogue's Gallery In Baton has been.
discontinued. One individual, who •was sent
to the state Prleen, and was shortly aftorwall
pardoned, sued the Police Department• for ex
hibiting his portrait in the gallery, and sue.
ceeded in convincing the jury that he was en
titled to damages. This precedent establish
ed, it was deemed best to discontinue' the
gal
lery, as any rogue could do the same as this
man, and the Department could not stand. the
expense.
Wade Hampton, in a long letter* to the ,
New York Day Book, dated at Columbia, S. C.,
June 10, attacks General Sherman's official re
port of his march through the Carolinas as
"misrepresenting him in the grossest =a
lien', Wade may attack General Sherman's
reports; but if he had,' at the head of hist
troops, attack - 11d 81101111 all hnhoor, ho would
have been Wade, and fotlnd wanting..-Louip
rine Journal.
A gentleman in Hoboken whd 'had been
drafted procured a substitute to go in his
place. The "sub." having served with honor
and received his discharge, was welcomed
home by lila principal with a grand fele
Speeches were made, toasts were drank, and
at the close there was a display of fireworks
and a•serenade by a brass band. We have heard
of no similar occurrence elsewhere.
At Dea.ley, Md., a young colored man, who
had been payihft attentions to an
colored girl, recently asked her for the lnet
time if she would marry him. She said she
would not, when he held up a piece of paper,
remarking, "This is your death warrant." Ire
immediately drew a revolver, and fired twice,
killing both her and himself.
A rental° in male attire was arrested the
other night in the streets of Cincinnati, who
proved to be arespectable lady of the city, who
bad adopted this disguise to watch her hus
band, whom she suspected of infidelity. She
:was released and advised to return home,
which she consented to do.
The leading ii46lll»intz and sloAreartiderg
of Cuba are seeking an order from the Spanish
Government to stop the slave trade, and per
mit African colonization on that island. Thqr
wish to bring in three thousand titmice.
The Poughkeepsie Eagle says that a well
anown sporting man of that city has sued the
prof w! parsons for the stake money 1n tilQ
boat race. As all bets are illegal, the Eagle
thinks tile New Yorkers will have to disgorge.
A spontaneous waterspout was noticed at
Cheshire, Mass., the other lbw- it consisted of
six distinct streams, ranging in height front
tpt to thirty feet, which seemed to burst front
the earth like watOt front hot pips&
A Georgia gentleman estimates the value
of the Georgia bank • stock, $19,000,000, as not
worth more than five cents on a •dollar, owing
to the fact that the basis of nirculation was
Confederate bonds, now altogether worthless.
A California Copperhead °inter threatened
to sue for libel, if anybody called him a traitor,
whereupon one of his contemporaries dubbed
him "Confederate patriot."
—. Mary Harris, lately acquitted of the mur.
der of Burroughs, in Washington city, is about
to go to Ireland. A liberal subscription has
been raised for her for that plirp949,
There is a great temperance revival among
the Catholics - of Troy, New Yorlr Over Mt
hundred took the pledge there last Sunday.
How John Morrissey wears an $l,BOO dia
mond in his shirt bosom is the subject of a
Saratoga letter,
Neither Union nor rebel currency is re
ceived for stamps at the post-office in Texas.
The ex-rebel General Jubal Early is In
Washington.
Admiral Farragut and family are spending
the summer months at Rye Beach.
Aktlvalg a immigrants At 1101919rk, incOe.
January 1, 90,490.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The Esecrue, of Antwerp, relates an hicident.
which occurred last week in the Zoological.
Gardeps of that town, In the evening one of the
keepers, armed with a long whip, entered the
large cage of the monkey tribe, for the purpose
' of driving them to their respective comport
ments. An the inmates scampered off to their
cages with the exception of one of the oldest
and largest, which obstinately refused to come
down front WS perch, and on receiving a sharp
lash with the whip, it leaped on the keeper,.
• got astride_ on his shoulders, and began to
scratch and bite him with great fury. The
keeper beat the monkey with the handle of the
whip, and would. soon 'have got rid of him had
not the other monkeys came to their compan
ionls assistaneC AN joined in the attack, Thus
assailed, the man was obliged to cry otit foe
help, and several keopors hastened to the spot, -
and on their , approach the animals took to
flight. The man, who was terribly soratelled
and bitten in twenty-three places, lost so muck
blood that he was obliged to keep his bed. foe
two days.
As was anticipated, the reedit of the late
cab strike in Paris has been to impose a tax
on the public. Hitherto the pourboire wee
purely voluntary, and seldom exceeded twenty
centimes. M. Dueous, the director of the Cab
Company, has added to the tariff a fixedpourl
boire of twenty-five centimes when the cab is
tfiken by the hour, m 4 ;tom ten to twenty
five when it is taken by the course.
—A donkey show has been opened at the
Agricultural Hall, London, The catalogue
contains one hundred and fifty-two entries.
The snow is promoted by the Society for Prizt.
viiting Cruelty to Allinhilsi and some ladles ,
and gentlemen it'll() are anxious that donkey*
should be more mercifully treated than they
generally are.
An odd fashion prevails in Quebec among
gentlemen, who atoll so cover their hats with
gauge, or other light ineteriai, that. their head
gear resemble* a 'Wiwi. Bright colors anti
artificial flowers are sometimes intermingled..
The idea is said to be retaliation upon the
ladies for appropriating apparel belonging to
the other sex:
An application from Vienna for adMission
of a for Austritut iron•clafS to ligare among
the combined squanirofill ill the Channel next
August, is said to have been declined, on the
ground that a similar request had been al
ready• forwarded from Florence, and Ivas held
to be inadmissible.
A bill Was brought into the Irish Douse of
Commons " to caliSe tIIQ WalObruen to sleep in
the day time, in order that they may bo wake
ful at night. o Whereupon Lord Ntlgen t begged
to be included in the bi 11,," as the gout left him
no sleep day or night!?
At the recent fire in the British Dfttseutn
the Anglo-Saxon, TQaTawcript, known as Pepe
Gregory the Cielig-V§ ((Pastorale," given
fred !the Great to Mcgmmul, ArelihiShOp
Cantabury, Was destroyed.
As showing the value of laud .13 .the city
London, it is noted that a piece. of land, owu
pying a site of two thousand five hundred feet
hi Cannoll street, at the corner .of Swithinsa.
Lune, Was laisly sold for xgo* .
Viet or,iingo is.at present iinishitig itoyel,.
in two volumes, entitled "Les diiavailleurade
In liter.u - It is a study of the Manners'of the
coast population of Jersey, Guernsey, and the
other Cliannel islands.
—'LW foundation stone of.an institution for
the " safe accommodation an reforniortiell Of
females in a respectable .position in, society
addicted to habits of drMaceturiess,"-was laid.
at Edinburgh recently.
It is reported in Pariiktilat the gOnttnitteec
on priSMIS has declared itself opposed to the.
s 1 stem of elese eonfineutont iii calls, and that.
it has been (Welded tra, do way 'not oda vs.
tem.
_lnticot for nlaoY Years," says the Indian
correspondent of the L• onclon, 2 / 9 21,03, '&has sect
terrible heat boon felt as.tbat which is now
afflicting India. 4
There are one thousand labOrere entployed
on the Spam frontier in cutting the tunnel
for the railway through. the Byrenees,
—An English publisher announces,
" To
English
appear in August, a new p,oenk by gr, IL W.
Longfellow."
The oldest " paper' , in the civilized WOrld
is the Gazette de Parte, which, in 18115, entered.
itt HS two /1111A114fie4 thirtpilfth year.