THE NEWS. ,vier Pres ident" Stephens and n Postmaster 4.oeia• p , Reagan are Still in Fort Warren. i., l ,l l ens takes his confinement very easily. It 0 _ been mitigated so much recently that he ~. now allowed the freedom of the parade -mild Of the fort. Reagan has the same pri- A ; :! .,,e; and the same philosophy. Roth are ,ions either for a trial or a pardon, prefer the latter, of course. Their apartments irf: eight feet below the level of the ground, 1 ,,, 1 the inevitable dampness is contracted by l oove, which is lighted whenever the prison desire it. They are treated very—very, reit. 3 ow Orleans despatch of the i3th trot. earg ha a few nights before some military sur ,,,,,ded the residence of General Beauregard, 117 at city, under pretence of searching for ; : •1.!,- Smith, whom they insisted was in the dragged out Beauregard and leaked up in it cotton press. Beauregard wag an ti-, and comp/sied to Gen. Sheridan, who r;edily righted I he matter. - );bent A. Jones, a "freight collector" on the yit' It:direful, has absconded to New Orleans, ,otne other place, with funds of the eompa- V ranging from $50,000 to $500,000, either sum ' wither of them, just as the reader pleases , t , .ess. as no calculation of losses can yet be Ms salary was 51,0e0 a year, and for handled from 00,000 to $500,000 of the cqupaay'S funds daily. Ileum) Ferguson has bad a conversation ith a reporter of a Nashville paper, and iren some points of what may be termed his donee. Many of the acts charged to him he Ays. he never committed. If he had remained Clinton comity, Kentucky, he could not :see been taken, but he surrendered, and that „hood faith as a regular Confederate officer, .c.t expecting prosecution. .ilorris Ketchum & Son, the firm who have seen swindled of their all by a son of the onor partner, have made an assignment of heir assets amounting to about A:2,501,000. will not, however, cover the whole de f,leation, which in the language of the New ork papers "will probably be less than 4,cnn,n00." in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the freed oo not seem to be treated as well as they light be. A school teacher who began a Cool to educate them, has been ordered ,way by the sheriff of the county; a negro has strung up by the thumbs, and the civil :tlthoritiCS, SO the despatehes say, do not ~ ; ('e with the military. iii, Bev. Bishop Wood, of this city, has pub ;•hetl a letter in his organ, the Baltimore 'lirror, (he has no organ in this City,) written canlinal Barnado7denying that the Pope Ter z{tia, "Fenianos non esse ineuietantlos"— rcalans are not to be Manned. The `,,uo never said nor wrote any such thing, an ng to the Cardinal. Measures are being taken to speedily restore en to its civil condition. A committee, ap ,iateil by the people of Northern Texas, are lote at Austin conferring with Governor inuillon on the subject, basing all their eon ,:enees on promises of . thorough obedience o the law. Adv ices from Europe to the 11th, by the Bet •ian, at Father Point yesterday, are burdened utirely with commercial and financial news, and hopes and guesses about the cable and the reef Eastern. The speck of trouble between zzt , tria and Prussia has all disappeared, if Vi• as despatches be true. The certificates of indebtedness redeemed at Lc Treasury for the week ending Saturday ,mount to over nine Minions of dollars, and ,wing the same period four hundred and ten housand six hundred dollars of mutilated ,Tracy has been destroyed at the redemp o:] bureau. Guerillas are not yet dispersed in Tennes c.. Some Union soldiers who went out from ,f-loton, in that State, to hunt up govern :eat horses, were attacked by a great hand of :Lie miscreants a few days ago, and driven aek to Jackson with a loss of three killed. 31rabnilian prOgressesput slowly in Lntinis u, MeNieo. Ms troops have lost San Luis Po which has been taken by the Liberals, !loth sides are waging a most savage system of wrfare, neither taking any prisoners. All the currency which the national banks !ate been authorized to issue, has been issued, IA it understood that nowore applications national banks, except those filed before lie lilt inst., will be granted. Two millions of dollars were received from r mem] revenue on Friday. Up to Satur lay, '0,000,000 worth of certificates of indebted tad been paid, and $410,600 of mutilated urteuCy destroyed. Gen. A. B. Underwood has been appointed ollector of the port of Boston. Hon. D. W. *coch has been appointed Naval Officer of the awe city. During the week ending the 19th of August, I ere were 365 deaths in this city. One of these 1.4 that of a minor, from intemperance. hon. James H. Beel has been made Secretary : State of Texas. John Forsyth has been aile Mayor of Mobile. All the bridges of the Pacific Railroad in IStit f stroyed by swollen streams are to (-paired immediately. The letter we print giving a history of the moments of the Atlantic cable is from the ,o of Russell, of the London Times. Me provost, guard of this City Was 'Ws .urged on Saturday. (;encralJo Johnston left Washington on Fri- Ay en route for Richmond. 6'' 1 65,500 of notional currency were issued -1 week. ;ulti closed at..143 ; 3 4 in New York on Saturday ETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL:S WASHINGTON, August 19, 1891 The following statement made by Major rural Itobt. C. Schenck, in bis speech at lillicothe, Ohio, last Tuesday, is clearly uqained by the experience of others who , eve knowledge of the President's opinions : Tie President 'night have held the rebellions tte.i in military subjection as a conquered , 11,1 e until satisfied of their entire loyalty, , a 1 emit reinstated in their former positions legislative action ; or he might have with the military force altogether, and. left ill In to exercise their civil functions locally, QPI in their relations to the other States. rim the start there were objections to each 1 hbe courses, and the President combined , 411 1.11010 i n, a military force over them at ht,inne time that he allowed them to rein :ne these civil powert . 3, and. begin again the •x , tc•ie of their loyal functions. This latter r , :lrilege, however, wasonly an experiment,d`.l ' 1 the Speaker - assured his hearers that ;'ident Johnson so regarded it. Only '!a days ago, in a full and free inter e.., with him, the President said he re the local governments set up • 1 the rebellious States as temporary ex . trillions, simply to - give the people ~ opportunity to ;how whether they will de -1'"'.1) the right spirit and policy necessary for !;:u restoration to their proper position in unrermnent. While regarding them as ' l l.eriments he intends that the military of the Government shall hold them in C , tk, so that if they be found straying, back , ~ , ; , ,i 6beuious ways the military will be there f: id event them I rom again making the trou "' they have heretofore caused. The President, in this conversation, referred .._ 1 • • •:),, course that has just been ptirsued in ace to the Richmond election, where: the ti 14 ewnnanifested their rebellious spirit by cling to Nike the very men who had re ' NIY been in arms against the Government. was with his sanction that the military ‘yeherities had set aside the election, and he kfe this as an example of what might be ex t. lied In ether cases Of a similar Nail , read the foll owing resolution adopted the Pennsylvania State Convention on ` 3lol rsday last, and see how faithfully it and sustains the above views of ::)t,ent Johnson : That the mild and generous me reconstruction offered by 'Mu Pre-- to the people lately in rebellion, in the i'' ,2 th , •nt of this Convention has not been in a spirit of honest loyalty and !.. - , ,, .tilme,but . with such evidences of defiance V" , 1 :o -dilly as to impel us to the eonvtetion cannot be safely entrusted with the tights which they rejected by their until they have proven their accept, V , ; the results of the war e and incorporated ll, tai tonttitutional provisions, securing to :!1 ~;"vb within their borders their inalienable 10 life, liberty, and pursuit of happl- The deplorable evidences of bad faith on ' Dart of many of the late rebel readers, some who entreated and received 11.1. pardo n of the President, have become Lumcrous, within the last two weeks, as ;.rive to the counsel of your Convention 11‘),,ost resistless force. Even in North E'lrolina, where Governor Holden has I, ,nestly tried to carry out the wishes of he President, and to make good the pledges le gave when he was appointed, the co -I,,red troops, withdrawn from Fayetteville t , ! the earnest request. of the people, who Nemnly promised to act obediently to the l•'.es, have been sent back, in order to kohl check the reckless brutes who took olvantage of their absence to abuse and ;;teittc the freedmen, The military treated with marked disrespect even by 4'. subordinates of Governor Holden. . I *],lag s , I regret to say, are very little het in Mississippi and Alabama. The un !l4apromising stand of bold Dick Damiltori J, Texas, and Father Brownlow in Tennes ":ii, will make those two States:stout strong •!::1:4 !lithe Republic. From all that I hear IL re is a promising prospect in Georgia, . . - .• . .. . ..,_ . , . 1 • - - .1. ; . . -....., . „ , •-• - • • •,,' ;'• . . . - •„ . •-.. ...5.r• . \,\‘u 0 i r ii /,' 1 1, . 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But what would become of the national autho rity and national interests—what would be the fate of the freedmen in all these States leithout the military? It is not a pleasant Question to ask, nor to answer, in the face of the kind and magnanimous policy of Pre sident Johnson. The late rebels could not have been more offensive or cruel if the President had not been thus kind and mag nanimous. What, then, should be thought of the men who demand that the military shall be sent out of the borders of these States ? Only one construction can be given to this demand—that they desire to see another rebellion and the re-enslavement of the colored population. That one or the other of these results would follow the with drawal of the military is palpable to my mind, in view of the contempt and ingrati tude with which the generosity of the Exe cutive is greeted. Plain duty leaves to the Administration but one course, and that is substantially pointed out by the Union Con_ veution of Pennsylvania. The rebellious clement has prepared the way, and cannot complain if it is severely applied. WASHINGTON. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TRIAL OF CAPTAIN IVIRZ. More Applications for Pardon--Some of them Insolent. Issues of the National Currency----Ite demption of Indebtedness, and Re ceipts from Internal Revenue. WASIIIVGTON, August 20. The Trial of Captain 'Mira. Col. N. P. CHIPMAN, A, D. C., continues to be the Judge Advocate of the Military Commis sion, which has been reorganized and enlarged for the trial of Captain Irma, Altluiugh the charges and specifications will not be ollleially made known until the arraignment of the prisoner, there is reason to believe that these include the charges of conspiracy with certain leading rebels to cause, by starvation and Other means, the death of Union soldiers in Southern prisons. Insolent Conduct of Petitioners. Some of the Southern visitors to Washington behave as if they bad an undisputed right to the pardons for which they have applied, and are correspondingly importunate. This re_ taus rather than facilitates their object, for the President continues to act in such manner as to assure them that pardon is an act of clemency, and not of right. The larger mini ber of applicants, however, are more con siderate. The National Currency. The issues of national currency for the week ending to-day amount to $3,065,500. National Hanks. It is understood that no more national banks will be authorized, except in cases where the applications were filed prior to the Ist of Au gust. The full amount of currency to be is sued by the national banks has been antho. rized, which is the reason of this determina tion. Pardons. A large number of pardons were granted to- Gay, principally to citizens of Virginia of the $20,00 class. Among the new applications for clemency was that of Brigadier General Ts. num., of Tennessee. How Poster Got His Pardon. It has been stated in some newspapers that a Mr. P6ATV72 procured, the other day, a pardon under the amnesty proclamation, by giving a claim agent, of Washington, a fee of $lOO. The facts in the case are substantially as follows : Dlr. FOSTER applied to a gentleman in Rich mond to prepare the papers for his pardon, and to urge its passage. That gentleman did so, and the warrant was made out and present ed to the President, where it laid on the table with hundreds of others for some time, await ing his signature. At length Mr. Fosma be came impatient and offered a claim agent of this city &ITO to procure it from the President. This gentleman, who has a national reputa tion, called upon the President at one of his general receptions, and requested him to take up his (FosTEn , s) pardon, and sign itvendors hag the applicant, and leaving the impression that Fosraa was a personal friend of his and that he ashed for it upon that ground. He in no manner represented himself as Mr. FOs- TER'S attorney, and the request was granted, and the pardon delivered to him. There is authority for stating that hereafter no par dons will be delivered to agents or attorneys, but that they will be delivered either to the applicant in person, or sent to the applicant by mail from the State Department. Postal Service, Etc. The Postmaster General has just concluded a contract with the Raleigh and Gaston nail road Company for the daily conveyance of the mails between Weldon and Raleigh. This re establishes continuous postal communication between the Northern States and the capital of North Carolina. The act or Congress forbidding, under heavy penalties, the placing of the words 44 United States mail , ' on a steamboat or other vessel not employed in carrying the mail, and the publishing in newspapers or otherwise that any such steamboat or vessel not so employed is - used in carrying the mails of the United States, having been recently . evaded in ninny instances, the Postmaster General has given special instructions to postmasters to take the necessary steps to promptly enforce its provisions against all offenders. Appointments. General A. B. UNDERWOon to-day received his commission as .surveyor of the 'port of Bos ton, and, as a consequence, resigned his com mission in the military service. non. D. W. Gooeli has been appointed Naval Officer at Boston. Massachusetts War Debt. It is said the Pres Went to-day ordered the payment of 8021,000 to the state of Massachu setts toward the settlement of the total of the amount due on her war debt, which is repre sented to be about three millions. Sale of the Vessels. The next sale of useless vessels, lately em ployed by the Navy Department, is ordered to take place at the Washington Navy Yard, on the 35th of September next. Sentence Commuted. lt is understood that the sentence of death passed by the Military Court at Cincinnati, on G. St. Leger Greenfall, a British subject, con victed of aiding, prisoners-of-war at Camp Dom, glas to escape, has been commuted by the Pre sident into imprisonment for life at hard la bor at the Dry Tortugas. Internal Revenue. The receipts from the internal revenue on Friday, amounted to almost two millions of dollars. Personal Among the visitors at the President's house today was Lieutenant General EAVELL, late of the rebel army. General Beauregard the Victim of a Lark.'" NEW ORLEANS, August 19.—Cotton steady; sales 1,250 bales at .11@-120 for middling. Sugar dull. Cheeks on Now York %@% discount. General Beauregard 9 s house - was surrounded a few nights since, and Beattregard with others kept in a cotton press all morning. It was supposed that Kirby Smith was concealed in the house. A. gentleman much resem bling Smith was Mistaken for him. Beau regard COMplained of the manner in Which the military had invaded his premises, the officer in command not being uniformed. General Sheridan was greatly annoyed at the Occurrence, and righted the matter with Beauregartl. The Hon. James 11. Bell has been appointed Secretary of State in Texas. The Mississippi Convention. JAcHtiON, August 19.—The special report of the committee on amendment to the COnstitn, tion was discussed at length, but nothing waS done. The report of the committee as tele graphed, substantially, will be adopted, giv ing Mississippi a free constitution. Death of a Nouthern Editor—Cotton News from Cairo. CAIRO, August 19.-175 bales of cotton arrived today for Cairo, CM for St. Louis, and 988 for bincinnati. W. F. Wisely, editor of the Mobile Argus and Crisis, died at Jackson, Mississippi, on the Stil instant, suckleoly. Compliment to n Governor. Bowrou, August 19.—Governor Andrew, of massaelmsetts,.bas been unanimously invited by the trustees Of Alltiooll College to become President of thatinstitution, His aeceritanee is considered doubtful. Burning of a Lime Vessel. PROVIDImc E., August 19.—The schooner Liz. zie, Glover, from Rockland for Norwich, with a cargo of lime, struck on the rocks near Watenhill early on Friday morning, took are, and was burned to the water's edge. She _was not insnred, bat her sails and rigging were, 3aved. Arrivals and Departures of Vessels. FORTRESS Mormon, August 18.—The steamer Favorite commenced today making daily trip between Norfolk, Suffolk, and Smith field, leaving Norfolk on the akigval of the Bal. timore boats. Pilot boat Protector, No. 2, of Norfolk, cons. menced to-day to cruise about Capes Henry and Charles, to furnish pilots for these waters. Bark Eagle, from Kennehunk, and forty other sailing vessels, are in this harbor, wind-bound. Wind easterly. Bark Schuyler, from New York, arrived, and proceeded up the. James for City Point, to load with tobacco from Richmond. Propeller Vineland arrived from Baltimore, with 500 barrels pork for Commiss4ry Depart ment. Schooners S. H. Sequin and B. C. Terry ar rived from New York. Steamer Robert Morris arrived from City Point, bound to Washington, D. C. steamer Hero of Jersey, from Baltimore Arrived ; steamers Black Bird, from Rich mond; Nettie Belle, do.; bark aoannali Wil helminer, from Baltimore; steamer Mattano, Captain Hicks, from Cherrystone ; steamer Jas. T. Brady, from Baltimore ; steamer Ade laide, from do Persecution of Colored People—Dupli city of the People of Fayetteville. BEAVFORT, N. C., August 14.—Mr. Adrian Dickinson, a loading merchant of this city, recently from FayetteTilley says it is not safe for a Union man to express his sentiments in that city. OCCASIONAL Two female school-teachers recently went from Wilmington to establish a school for colored people at Fayetteville. The sheriff would not permit them to land, and informed them that if they were men they would be served as such people were before the war. While in Fayetteville, Mr. Dickinson says a negro was strung up by the thumbs in the public square, and received forty-nine lashes from a civil officer recently appointed by Governor Holden. Collisions between the military authorities and representatives of the provisional government occur continually, a,nd the officers of the army are looked upon with contempt. The Wilmington Reread States that upon a ,pledge at respect for the United States autho rities being given, the national troops _ were withdrawn from Fayetteville, but the result has been , of speedy development. The 'Raleigh Propress says, the uational au thorities, finding themselves deceived, have found , it necessary to garrison Fayetteville again with negrotroops. Destruction of united States Agency— sls,ooo Lost—Steamer Sunk, Etc. CAIRO, 111., August 19.—The steamer Marble City, from Memphis, has seventy-seven bales of cotton for Cairo and one hundred and sixty four bales for - st. Louis. The steamer Belladdra, with 500 bales Of eot• ton, was sunk On the 10th, in the Red River. The boat and cargo are a total loss. A fire at Little Rock, Ark., destroyed the special agency of the United States Treasury Department. The loss amounted to $15,000. John Forsyth has been appointed Mayor of VET A GUERILLA WAR. Union Soldiers Attacked and Three Ilmurnm, August 20.—Some soldiers who left Jackson ft few days since, to hunt up horses that had been stolen, were attacked by a large number of guerillas and drivenback, and were obliged to abandon their horses. It is report ed that three of the soldiers were killed after falling into the halms of the guerillas. Two of the guerillas have been captured, Champ Ferguson, the Guerilla—His NASHVILLE, Aug. 19.—The Dispatch of this morning- contains a long report of an inter view between the local editor and the noted guerilla chieftain Champ Ferguson, now on trial in this city. The interview was granted by General Thomas. This is the first conver sation he has had since his arrest, excepting with his counsel. He gives a complete history of his career, and expresses himself freely on everything relative to the charges against him. He denies ever having committed many of the acts charged against him. He states that those whom he killed were seeking his life, were in arms hunting him down, and way. laying him, He says he has never harmed a Federal soldier in the regular serviee, though he has taken many prisoners. He states he could not have been taken in ten years if he bad remained in Clinton county, Ky., his home, and not surrendered ; that he surren. tiered in good faith as a regular Confederate Meer, not anticipating prosecution. Speech by General Sickles. Bosrox, August 19.—Major General Daniel E. Siekles,lately appointed to the command of the Second district, Department of the East, com prising the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont, was serenaded last evening, and made a short speech from the steps of the Parker House. He said the state of his health would prevent him from making any extended remarks, but he would take the opportunity to offer his congratulations at the successful close of the war, and the honorable peace which bad been won. He spoke of the New England troops, which it had been his fortune to command, and expressed his belief that the military supervision of the New England States. would not be a very arduous task. The General was received with enthu siasm. Pacific Railroad Destroyed Bridges himalarOtlS, August lit—A long train of cars loaded with truss bridges, to replace those destroyed on the Union Pacific Railway, (Eastern Division,) by the unprecedented high water in streams in Kansas, passed west to day, in charge of Major Henning, General ±igent. In the meantime the business of the road is uninterrupted. Temporary bridges have been constructed; and the energotic Di rectors are sparing no expense to make the road first-class. 11. S. Steamers for Philadelphia PORTLAND, August 19.—The United. States steamers Dictator and Vanderbilt sailed at half-past four o'clock this afternoon for Phila delphia. Burning of a Steamer on the Lake. DETROIT, August 19.—The steamer Traveller Was burned: at Eagle Harbor, on Lake Supe rior, -yesterday. No lives were lost. The boat was valued at t 40,000, and insured for <1,^20,000. Ni w roma, August 19.—The Waterbury Bank this morning commenced a, suit against 111.01, , ris Ketchum & Son for 872,000. The. balance of *lOO 3 OOO was deposited with the latter parties. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER BRITANNIA The steamship Britannia, from Glasgow on the sth instant, arrived at this port this eve ning. her adviees have been anticipate& The Daily. News says : Albert - A. Jones, Freight Collector on the Erie Railroad, has been per petrating a series of robberies. It appears hat his salary was about one thousand dollars Pet year. He had humble apartments in one quarter of the city representing his salary, and another suite of splendid apartments on Broadway representing his stealings, and in Nvhich he entertained is female friends. These rooms Were made a perfect seraglio. An in vestigation of his accounts shows that he stole bre° thousand dollars in one day, and how much More, and how long he has been steal !ig, is not yet determined on.. Jones has left be city with oue of his "ladies," ostensibly ror New Orleans. A correspondent writing from Colorado •ays : "At present silver minesand Indian troubles are the all-absorbing topics in Colorado. The -liver excitement is ix:el:casing daily. Upon the streets, in stores, saloons, and hOtelg, in all places and at all hours, groups of amateur mineralogists may be seen examining the pecitnens from some newly discovered lode snd it is literally true that at this time about, t:yery citizen of Colorado has a pocket full of "the rocks." Even the ladies are not exempt from the universal mania; they invest freely in the stock of prospecting companies,and are of unfrequently heard hemming of their lucky peculations, and discussing the comparative merits of the "Argentine," " Snake River" and - Red Mountain," with all the animation they would display in ventilating a piece of fresh dorneStle gossip, Many disinterested eastern men of the highest business eapaolty, and of weli.known scientific merit, have visited the silver region, and they all concur in the unanimous verdict of the people here, that the mines are full as rich as and more extensive than those of Nevada." I,l3Tri.ovmxtes OP THE FREEDIUN,—One of the tic - we - mama farms for the employment of freedmen is located on the Patuxent River, in Maryland. This farm, aceOraing to the account of a cotemporary, embraces about thirty 'thousand acres ; but only about twenty-two hundred acres are now under cultiVation, Muth of the land being still covered with tim. her, Prom seven - to 0021 hundred negroes arc employed here, principally in raising corn and tobacco, - fine crops of which are produced . , from which, after -paying all expenses, a con :•iderable income to the Government is real. ized. The freedmen are generally very Indus t riol.lB, and appear to be contented and happy. The field hands receive ten dollars a month, while the old and disabled are well taken care ul; and schools are established for the children, —The Climax of cruelty and bad taste was reached when, at the examination of one of the public Seminaries, in a burgh not far froth *Edinburgh, the son of Dr. Pritchard, the Wlj itliirdererj a lac about eleven years of sjso, was called upon to recite, before a 'nubile; a s . f4etubly, the rim • cntitlea 1 ‘ The cr.phan. Boy." FORTRESS MONErOE. NORTH CAROLINA. THE SOUTHWEST. Nillied. Personal Defence. to be Rebuilt NEW YORK CITY. ANOTHER THIEV/NO OLERIT COLORADO. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1865. MEXICO' AND TEXAS. SUCCESSES OF LIBERALS OVER THE FRENCH. A BARBAROUS SYSTEM OF WARFARE NOW BEING WAGED. NEW Yomt, August 15.—8 y the steamer George Croniwell we have New Orleans- ad vices of the 12th instant. The Wines' Brownsville correspondence saw that the Liberals have been steadily successful in the State of San Luis, driving the Imperial forces within the defences of San Luis Potosi. The people feed and assist the guerillas in every way possible, and show themselves ut terly opposed to Maximilian. The brealtbonc fever prevails SO largely in Brownsville that many of our officers are re signing. The Galveston and Houston papers have• the following: Commodore Leon Smith, arived at Galveiton from Brazos Santiago, says tile manner in which the warfare is carried on in Mexico is perfectly horrible. Neither side takes any prisoners, but naurderall they capture. The military authorities exert themselves assiduously to preServe order, but robberies prevail to a large extent. The Houston nlegraph says the army worm is ravaging in the interior. A planter in Wharton county says " the free negroes in this county are really doing better than it was supposed they would. I have a written agreement with them on my pl ace, and am baying no trouble with them whatsoever.,, REHABILITATION OF TEXAS CAIRO, August 20.—A committee has been ap pointed to confer with Governor Hamilton, of Texas, regarding measures restoring the State. to civil government, and are at Austin, to carry out their instructions. They were appointed by citizens representing nearly all Northern Texas, and who pledge themselves to abide by and defend all lawful authority. EUROPE. NON-ARBIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN IN ENGLAND. Austria Trying to . Make Friends Again with Prussia. GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL, NEM, FATHER POINT, L. C., August 20,—The steam ship Belgian has passed here with Liverpool advices of August 10th, via Londonderry on the 11th, The City of Washington arrived at Liver. pool on the 10th, the Pennsylvania at Queens. town on the 10th, and the Hansa at South ampton on the 10th. The North American ar rived at Liverpool on the Bth. The United States frigate Niagara, from France, passed riyniouth on the 9th, bound to New York, No news had been received of the Great East ern or of her consort. The delay in her re turn strengthened the impression that some thing might have happened to the tanks in which the cable waS stored, and that it might have been necessary to buoy the Cable until the tanks were made good. At an extraordinary meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, held in London on the 9111 instant, it was resolved to convert prefer ence shares into consolidated eight per eent, pieferential stock, and to Issue additional cap ital to the extent of £BO,OOO - to complete the present cable and construct and lay down a second one. The Chairman, Hon. J. S. Wort ley, said he had no information to give the meeting, but he hoped for reliable informa tion in a day or two. He said the shareholders should he encouraged and persevere. The meeting was large and unanimous. Satterthwaitels circular, of the evening of August 9th, says: "American securities re mained Steady for some days, until the arrival of telegraMS by the North Americtuvreport ing a rapid advance in Erie shares and the de claration of a dividend. This caused much ex citement in London, and a large business was done at about SS; but on the sellers appearing to realize profits, they gave way to 5614. Illi nois shares (lull, and declining ; U. S. five twenties fluctuated from:. s 8 to 09, closing steady at 68 1 / 4 . Considerable business was done in Atlantic and Great Western debentures, at 85687. Queen Victoria and the younger members of her family had arrived at Antwerp, and pro ceeded to Visit the King of Belgium. A terrible tragedy had occurred in London. A man took three children to lodge tempo rarily at a coffee-house, and murdered them all in their beds by suffocation. The murderer bad escaped. The French political news is not important. The Bourse continued heavy. Ilentes, 67 f. 90, The Neve Fret Presse, of Vienna, says, Count Blanc, who bad proceeded to Bad Gastein to resume negotiations with Prussia relative to the Duchies, is to consider Austria's cetces• sion of July 10th as definitive and unchange able, and should Prussia insist on a strict fuL fliment of the conditions she proposed last February, Count Blanc will declare negotia tions broken off. A eases bealt. would only be considered to exist in the event of 'Prussia flagrantly violating Artiele third 01 the treaty of peace concluded at Vienna. A special telegram from Vienna to the Times says, Count Blanc is the bearer of most pacific despatches, and that AuStria has concluded not to break with Prussia for the sake of Duke Angustenbourg. SatcsonAn, July s.—Silks active and advanc ing.. Exchange 0 1 / 4 . CANTON, July 12,, —Shirting's lower.. Ex change 5/. The steamers Corsica and chanticleer arc both missing. Negotiations hare been commenced in Lon. don for a new Brazilian loan of L 1,000,000. The following is a summary of the news by the City of Baltimore: The London Daily News says there is no longer any prosp6et whatever. of •any further payments of dividend or principal of the. Con• federate loan. The Times highly eulogizes- General Shen.- man for his modest speech at SL Louis. The new Parliament was further-nominally adjourned till November Ist. — Alai el hailer had quitted Mugland tor •PariS, it - was reported, on account of a lack of attery tion in high quarters. The Liverpool Chambers. of. Commerce limb memorialized the Postmaster General forthe, Canadian steamers to. sail on Friclays-insteadi of Saturdays. The Paris correspondontof the liOndon Saw Says the popular subscription of temeentiraaa for a gold medal for Mrs. Lincoln was slilJ progressing. There were 25,000subseribers,,m , a committee was appointed to .raise the-und a. bet , to 100,000. It was - rumored in Paris thaVreinforcema nts to the extent of 8,0190 troops were. on thew A n t of being sent to illexico-13,000. from Ma and 3,000 frorn.algeria. The - Bourse was heavy at elf; 02c. The illness of the King of Spain beet as' snmea a more serious aspeet.. New propositions from Prussia to Austria relative to Schleswig-Ifolstein, vze,r e under consideration, and it was reported:UV at if they fail Austria will immediately large the Fede ral Diet to recognize .A.ugusteulas• rg es the sovereign of the Duchies. The cholera is still spreading a4LConstanti nople. Commercial Into nee. VERPOOL COTTON MARKRT.—L' fvsnroot, gust 10.,,-COttOn opened with a' declining ten dency, lint closed firmer, all QVr mattes having advanced a trifle. The sales ' for three days foot up 23,000 bales, inehala ,g 0,500 bales to speculators anti exporters,. STATE OF TRAWL—The XV .nchester market closed dull.. LIVIMPOOL rbilitADSrvirr IN.titarv"rir.—Breatt tlnitS still ittlYaiteing. e weather is unfa vorable for the crops for which reason these is an improvement, in Mr >st articles of bread- Ftntfs. Corn, however; declining. Messrs. Iticbardson,, Spence, & Co., and Wakefield, Nash, report Flour advan cing' with sales at 2, 3 , ©255. Wheat firmer, at advanee of 2@4d.,. r sales quoted at FS fidiPs f or w i nter red. Corn is easier at 30001 s tics for mixed. LIVERPOOL Yaovir now MARKET.—Provisions 'firm Messrs. Bi) and, Athaya, & Co., and Gordon, Bruce, f , co. report 13eef steady. Berk ad vanchlZ'. - Bacon advanced ls.; sales at 52 600 a. Lard UL m at 780305. Tallow, active, and rd higher. b/TNRPOOL PP .opircu Maxacglk.—ASllo.9.—SalOS small. Sugar quiet. Colree steady. Spirits Turpentine — .`Sales small, at 4Ss. l'etroleunt steady. LONDON hr ARKETS.— LONDON, August 10.— Wheat advs need ls@3s on the week previous. Flour Arm ,er, at an advance* of ed. Sugar quiet. COf dee trni. Tea steady. Tallosysteady, at 42s8d. Spirits Turpentine,4l9. Ldlide' a MONEY MAaaar.—Consols for money, so 4- 6 77,81 t/4; Illinois Central shares, 77; Erie, 5034 04 5 7 i V. lilted States 5-20 s, 681,4, Latest Commercial. r i ßy Telegraph to Londonderry.] LIVERPOOL, August U.—Cotten opened dull at., a decline Of@y 2 d, and closed active, the e,ecline being fully recovered. The sales of the week added up 65,000 bales, of which specu lators took 4,800 bales, and exporters 18,000. Nitltlling Orleans is quoted at IJ/d; Uplands, 19d. The sales to-day amounted to 10,000 bales, the market closingfirm and unchanged, The stock port is 314,000 bales, Including 20,900 Arneriemi. Dreadstuffs still advancing. Wiwa i t, 3eld higher. Flour, eti©le higher, on account of the reports of potato diuea§e: In Ireland. Provisions Etna, Pork, 2gGs Iggllter. Bacon advanced Is. LoNioiti, : fiugust ll—Consols far naoney,_B.% QB9lis:; Illinois Central 5hare5,.76 , 46376 3 .4 i Brier 155%@56 five -twenties 67@63. The bullion in the Bank or England has decreased £11:31,000. TU ATLANTIC (:ABLE_ THE STORY OF ITS LOBS—Toe cAtESE RP THE BREAK—WHETS IT WAS DISCOVERED--EFTEcT ON TOE PEOPLE ON BOARD—HOPE-IN TISK FU TURE—PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS. GREAT EASTERN, August 2,1065. A sad, a memorable day in the annals of At lantic telegraph: Alter midnight the wind arose i accompanied by heavy showers of rain and dense drifts• of fog, and increased to a strong gale to the southwest; but the ship scarcely felt it, and went on paying out the cable without hindrance at a high rate of speed—seven knots an hour. About daybreak the wind suddenly shifted to north northwest, and fell to a light breeze, and at four A. Al. the course was altered to northwest by ROA half west, the sea following.. Morning broke in beautiful, and the cable ran out easily at the rate of seven miles-amhour. ANOTHER 'DEFECT DISCOVERED. At 5.35 A. M., ship's time, the paddles were stopped, and at 5.45 the• ship was stopped by orders from the electrician's room. In fact, at eight A, M,, time; Or a minute after, whilst the electricians were passing the first of the half-hourly signals-of currents to the shore, the galvanometer suddenly detected a flow of electricity which indicated a serious fault. The test gave no result as to locality, for the fault was very varying; but it was gene rally believed to be not far from the stern of the steamship, It appears that while - hit. Cyrus Field was on the watch in the - tank, a little be fore the time of the accident, a grating noise was audible as the cable flew over the coil astern. One of the experienced hands imme diately said, "There is a piece of wire," and called to the lookout man above to pass the information aft q but no notice appears to have 'been taken of the circumstance. After the ship was stopped, and the remainder of Mike paid out, a piece of wire was seen pro jecting out of the cable in the flake, under neath that in which the fault was suspected to exist, and on one of the men taking it in his fingers and trying to bend it down the wire broke short off. It was nearly three inches long, and had evidently been of hard, ill-tempered metal, which had flown out through the threads in the tank. The dis covery was in some measure a relief to the men's minds that one certainly, and possibly the second of the previous faults might have been the result of accident. It was remarked, however, that this fault occurred in the same watch as all the previous ones had. The fault was too serious to be overlooked, and as there was a difficulty in detecting its situation, preparations were made to get the picking-up apparatus ready. 13=1 Previous to doing so two cuts were Made in the cable, the first near the old spliee,between the main and the fore tanks. Cable all right. The second cut was threemiles onboard, which showed the fault to be overboard. The wire rope and the chain wire were secured to the cable forward, which showed a maximum strain of twontsr.three and a half hundred weight; and at five minutes past nine o'cloek, Greenwich time,the eablewas severed and Went over the stern, one thousand one hundred and sixty-six miles having been payed out when the end splashed into the water. The picking up was, as usual, exceedingly tedious, and one hour and forty-six minutes elapsed before one mile was got on hoard. Then one of the en gine's eccentric gear got out of order, so that a man had to stand by with a handspike, aided by a wedge of wood and elastic band, to assist the engine. Next the supply of steam failed, and when steam was got up it was found that there was not water enough in the boilers, and so the picking up ceased altogether. Then oc curred THE GREAT MISFORTUTIT. Lunch was just over. Some had left the table., others were about leaving. The scien tific gentlemen had very much cheered us by their stating that they believed the fault was only six miles away, and so ere dead night falls we might hope to have the fault on board, make a new splice, and proceed on out' way to Heart's Content, geographically about itx hundred miles away. Suddenly Mr. Canning appeared in the saloon, and in a manner which told all, said, "It is all over. It is gone then hastened onward to his cabin. Ere the thrill of surprise and pain occasioned by those words bad passed away, Mr; Field came from the Companion into the saloon andsaid, with conl- Pesure admirable under the circumstances, though his lips quivered and his cheek was blanched, " The cable has parted and has gone overboard?? All were on deck in a moment, and there in deed a glance revealed the truth. HOW IT OCCURRED I will endeavor now to explain to t•ou how the fatal accident occurred. I - say fatal, for although as Iwrite we are drifting down upon the spot iu the hope of getting hold of the cable with grapnels, I scarcely venture to hope the attempt will be crowned with suc cess. Let the reader turn his face towards a window, imagining that he is-standing on the bows a the Great Pastern, and then, of course, on his right will be the starboard, and on his left the port side of the ship. When the cable was hauled around on the left hand side and over the four wheels, it was carried over a drum which we must suppose tobe behind the spectators, and coiled up as fast as it was de livered • froin thepieking-up apparatus; but when the enginesi failed to work this apparatus the • cable remained motionless"; and as the ship was drifted by the wind from right to left and slightly forward, at last the cable came close up to the bow and under the forefoot of the ship. There are at the bows of the Great Eastern two large hawser holes, the iron rims of Which project for more than a foot beyond the line of the stem, Against one of them the cable caught on the left hand side, while the ship kept moving to the left, and thus chafed and strained the cable greatly against the bow. The Great Eastern could not go astern lest the cable should be snapped, and without motion someway there is no power of steer age. At this Critical moment, too, the wind shifted so as to render it more difficult to keep, the head of the ship to the cable, which then chafed so much that in two places damage was done to it. A shacklechain and a wire rope belonging to one of the cable buoys were passed over the cable and secured in bight below the hawser holes. These were hauled: so as to bring the cable to the right hand 'side of the boat, the ship still drifting to the -left. It was necessary to do this instead of veering away, as we were near the end of the cut in the- i cable n the boat. There is a large iron wheel with a deep groove, and the circumference technically a - " Wheel, from the groove, by the side of which is a " Remitar," or smatter - w heel, on the same axis. The cable and•the wire rope together were coming in over the bows and the groove in the larger wheel, the cable wound upon a drum behind by the ma chinery, which was once more in motion, and. the wire rope being taken in around' the capstan, by bars, but the rope and cable were not coming up in a right. line,. but were being, hauled in with' a great strain on them at an angle from the righthand side, so that they did not work directly in the Vin the wheel. Still the strain was shown on the indicator to be very high, but not near breaking strain, • At last up came -the cable - and wire rope - - - -shaeltling together on the wheel in the boat. They were wound round it slowly, wire passing over these wheels to gether,.the first damaged part being on board, when a jar was given to the- dynamometer, whielitiew up from sixty hundred weight, the :highest point marked, with sudden jerk,. three and a half inches. In the chain shackle and wire rope chamber, as it were, up out of the groove on the right hand, side of the Y. of the wheel, got on the "top" at the ri.m.Of the V wheel, andamshed down with a crash on the small. wheel, giving, no doubt, a severe shake to the cable, to which it 'was attached,. The machinery was still in motion, and the ropes travelled -aft together, one towards the cap stan and 'the other towards the drum,.where, past as thf, cable reached the dynamometer, it patted, Wed with One bound leaped, as it were, over a 'few feet. of intervening space, and splasbei I into the sea. It is r ,ot possible for-any words to portray the die may ,with which the sight was wit nessed , and the news heard. When a mau. came 'aft With a plece-er. the inner end lashed still - to the chain, Dad one saw the. tortured stray .ds, torn wires, and lacerated core, it is w xaggeratiou to-' say that strange feelings of P 4 Ay, as though some human creature had hew a mutilated and dragged asanderby brutal ler cc, passed through the hearts of the spec tar .ors. Captain Moriarty, was just coming to the foot of the Companion to put up his d' ally statement of the ship's position, hazing r Aid excellent observations, when the news came. I think," he said, "we will not feel much interested now in knowing how far we are from Heart's Content , ' However, it was some thing to know, although it was little comfort, that we bad now run precisely one hundred and sixteen miles since yesterday, that we were one 'thousand and sixty-two ratios from valentia, six hundred and eighty 'miles from Heart's Content, that we were inlet. 51 25, long, 82 OW • PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS. The following practical conclusions have been arrived at by those engaged in various capacities in the expedition t t irst. That the steamship Great Eastern, from her size and sea-going qualities, can carry and lay an Atlantic telegraph cable safely in any weather. Second. That the paying out machinery, con structed for the purpose by Messrs. Canning et Clifford, works perfectly - , and can be confi dently relied on. That the insulation of the gutta percha conductor improved by reason of the reduction of the temperature and the great pressure at the bottom of the ocean, and was more than double what it had been before starting, proving itself to be the hest insulated cable ever manufactured, and many times higher than the standard required by the con tract. The cause of the two faults which were picked up was in each case a perforation of the gutta percha through to the copper by a piece of iron wire found sticking in the cable. Electrically, the third fault was analogous to the first. The difficulty can he guarded against in the construction of future cables. Third. That nothing has occurred to create the least doubt, in the minds of practical men engaged in the expedition, of the successful laying and working of the Atlantic telegraph cable 3 but, on the contrary, their confidence in the undertaking has been /hrgely increased by the experience thus obtained, Fourth. That with the Great Eastern steam :Alin and with stronger tackle, and with im proved picking-up machinery, there is a pos sibility of recovering the lost end of the Cable, and completing the line already two-thirds SAmenr, vAxxixa, Chief Engineer, JAs. ANDERSON, Captain Great Eastern. C. F. VARLET, Electrician to Atlantic Telegraph and Main• tenance Company. C. V. DE SMITS, Electrician to Telegraph and Maintenance Company. W. Tffoitrrsoat t . Professor of Natural Pllilosopliy, 4,rln.sgow College. - - H. L. CLIFFORD, Telegraph and MaintenaueeCompany THE NEGROES STILL TREATED AS SLAVES IN Nown Ck.uottaA.— The Wilmington (N. C.) Herald of the 10th, says the investigation made by Generals Ames, Duncan, and Colonel Donel lan, shows that the negroes in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and vicinity, have been cruelly treated by not only civilians, but the civil au thorities, Two uegroes were tied up and pub. lief whipped by the sherlirs others were left tied until a storm prostrated the trees to which they were tied, holding them to the haveuntil they were relieved. Citizens, too 'h , ave presumed to exercise the authority of masters over these people, and punish them as they saw tit. It is also said some of the negroes have- been killed. Troops are now under orders to proceed to the /Quality to put Btoll to the hbuse§, THE CHOLERA. WHENCE IT COMES,AND THE COUNTRY IT HAS TRAVERSED. WHERE IT NOW - IS, AND WE&E IT THREATENS TO oe. IT KNOCKS AT EUROPE'S GATKWAIS TO IRE cilfi- TINENTS OF ASIA. AND AFRICA.' Two or three months at least haVe eh/lige/1 Since we heard of the lint ravages of the' chow lera among the pilgrims, who were gathered either in Mecca, or were piously journey ing towards the "sacred" shrine front all. quarters of the Mahometan land. Since then every arrival from Europe has brought news, the refrain of which was always "cholera," and the "advance" it either had already made or was "about to maks." The refrain is the' same now, only that the English newspapers have taken it up, and given to it the sound of warning, calling for all sorts of sanitary regu lations, so that when the epidemic does cdme l it may be met with " at least some armor on. , The following extract from an article in the London Herald is w sample of all the rest * * * That there is an epidemic traversing Europe, east and west, and emanating from Asia, it would be folly to deny. The Privy Council admit the fad by issuing an order to the authorities of all the British ports, and several Governments have resorted, more or loin rigidly, to the principle of quarantine. In France, earlier than in Englancl, the danger Is confessed; but, on both sides of the Channel, it is unmistakably argued that with the public lies the chief responsibility of guarding against infection. Bad water, corrupted air, habits of disorder, slovenly lodginv-houses, putrid drains, and personal uncleanliness, at count for many a depopulating epidemic. A disbase is thus created which we designate as cholera. It is not new to the world, for it is known among the oldest traditions of social calamity,to India, China, and Russia ; it has been calied colic and nausea, but it is, as a rule, inseparable from those CUStOnls which travellers have ascribed to the inhabitants of Muscat. People fancy when they read of pre cautions adopted at Southampton or Hull that they have got at the secret of security. They read the history of the epidemic in its pro gress from the Ganges in 1817 to its outburst over England in lcin ; they watch its move ment from. Hamburg to London, front Sunder land to Edinburgh, and through the triple panics of 1853, 1854, and 1859. What are we doing however, to arrest the contagion, now manifestly spreading over the north and east of Europet * * * * * TAO COURSE OF THE CHOLERA AND ITS PRESENT ELM= That it is Spreading is undoubtedly the feet. First appearing in the neighborhood of Mecca, with such virulence as to carry off thousands of the religious enthusiasts who resort there in obedience to the tenets of their barbarous faith, it seems to have spread itself Out, as a great besom, advancing north, thus far, to Aleppo, its left careering along the eastern border of the Red Sea, while the right touches towns as far east even as Bagdad. The right has not, according to our latest advices, ad vaned, as yet, any farther than Constanti nople, which is the sentinel city between the two continents of Europe and Asia; but the left has swept across the Red Sea, skirted the borders of Mount Sinai, passed over Cairo and Alexandria, and, breaking away from the right, hurried along the northern coast of Africa, until it has reached Gibraltar aria Valentia—the former the sentinel eitybetween Europe and Africa. Thus from two points Europe is attacked—from Gibraltar and Con stantinople, menacing Spain, Austria, and Italy immediately, and the rest of Europe in proopeetivo. Indeed, into Italy the destroyer has already advanced, for we hear of it at An con a, an eastern port of Italy—and one of its most important eities—situated on the Adria, tie coast. The city is one hundred and thirty two miles northeast of Rome, and within fifty miles of Paris by railroad. It is in Mulches ter, England, too, and many have fallen vie tims. ITS VIRULENCE There is no reason to endorse all the panicy reports which are flying around through the press about the "terror of the advancing de Stroyer," even if be is advancing. The only 'places where deaths appear to have Wen and to be very numerous are in those Eastern cities where filth , and personal uncleanliness are synonymous with comfort. Every city in that land of ease and romantic song and story is, - we are assured, a species of extensive cess pools. Houses are so built as to admit just as little air as possible, and such air! Listen to•a writer : "Dead animals lie in the streets until nature removes every vestige of them by her slow process of P utrefaction stagnant pools fester before the doors, and choked sewers and drains emit an odor so offensive that the airseems heavy with it This is a description of the Sanitary con. dition of Constantinople, and it does as-well for all the other cities around it, glittering under the same sun, Now for the cholera's. effects, under. aiteb.ja... vorabie circumstances as described In• a; letter . to the London Gazette: "At Alexandria and. Cairo-the cholera. rages and the Turkish authorities have ordered- all: vessels to Smyrna, of any other town-on the coast, (Mediterranean ) ) toso into quarantine. Gases have occurred: in. Smyrna, but they were, perhaps, more suspected than real, &ince the quarantinehas been established but three per sons have died at Constantinople of the dis ease, and they Were proveti to have eaten.no less than five raw mieumbers, each, at one meal. " But at Smyrna the-cholera has increased, the malady being- almost entirely confined to. the Sewiskquarfer, which is being rapidly de serted. The-average deaths, for tho-sveek end ing July 20,have been, about fifteen per- day.. The Frank, or European portion oPthe inhabti tants, have- become- pame-striekent and all, those who possess country houses=have re tired with. their friends to the neighboring villages of. Sedidtioi, Boudga, and, BournabaL The .Tews en manse; bag. and, baggage, have flea' to the mountains beyond the plain of, Hermes, and the Turks, wash their houses, eat, fewer cu cumbers, anti, smoking continually, remain , in -their houses and: abide their fate. Business has come to a perfect standstill; and. when it will inyresinicted.litiaven only knows." Another writer-in the Paris Presse, whodutes his letter at Alexandria, July ifith, gives:a few more particulars , than the writer in the Ga zette:, , "Owing," be.says, "to the want of organiza tion. and of proper official returns, it is im fOssible to 30-pertain the nurnhor - of deaths rom the macre, but lie afkrins that on the iliah of June„when the heat Wilfialterrillo that the fowls perished from suffocation in the poultry yard,. eight hundred• to nine hundred parsons died: Alexandris, alone. Eight days ago an Austrian ship left for. Syria with five hundred Greek and Maltese passengers on board. .Beffire arriving, one hundred and fifty of these. poor wretches bad found burial in the sea, and the others were refused Derails. Mon toland at any port.. In the villages and at Cable things are worse than Alexandria, owing to the want of any- sanitary measures and of competent medical men. At Cairo, with half a million of inhabitants, it is said there were not three European doctors.. At Alexandria the European eOnsuls seem to have exerted themselves, with good results, to get precautions taken and the sick attended to. In the country districts the village au thorities, following the deplorable example set them in a high quarter, had fled from the peril, and whole provinces were without go. vernment or administration." In lather Fronoli papers we And despatches from Syria saying all classes of the inhabitants of 13eyrout are in a panic in consequence of the appearance of the cholera in that town. Although the fatal cases do not exceed four or five a day, the people gave fled to the neigh boring hills of Lebanon, and all business la stopped. At Damascus, although the public health is satisfactory, much dread prevails as' to the expected arrival of the pilgrims from Mecca by way of the desert, as it is contempla ted to put them under quarantine surveillance. The people of Damascus have not yet forgot ten the fearful ravages of cholera during the summer of 1848, 'when no fewer than 16,000 per- - sons were carried off in less than forty days. Whatever the cholera of '4B may have been in Damascus or in any other place, it has not yet made any extraordinary inroad upon hu manity anywheie within the reach of the newspapers, although what it has done inland we do not and cannot know; but its very per sistency in progressing toward Europe has a terror in it. Like the torrent, it gathers strength as it goes, until, perhaps, when it enters, it will sweep it like the plague of two centuries ago, and the prophecy of the Chicago astrological humbug be realized— wailing everywhere—dead in every house. But, If it has made no extraordinary inroad upon humanity, the scourge from which it ori ginated has, for it is now a favorite theory with the savans, both in England and France, that the "cattle distemper is the origin and atwin scourge with the cholera. This distemper first made its appearance in Egypt in the summer of 1564, with such effects as these; In the course of a few months there died in Egypt eight hundred thousand oxen and as many sheep, goats, camels, &e. Three-fourths of these animals were thrown into the Nile, whose water is here the only drink; for, with the exception of the Fountain I o /doses, there is not a single spring in Egypt. n the mouth of October the dogs of Damietta mild cross the Nile without wetting their paws, over a bridge formed by the corpses of cattle. Agents of the Isthmus of Suez found it impossible to prevent the fellahs from choking their fresh water canal with dead animals. The Egyptian Government not baying itself taken measures in this respee.t, their authority was paralyzed, and the fellabs preferred occasionally reeetv ing a few blows to digging allot° for the burial Of animals that died of disease. . _ Since then the same disease has made its ap -1)09.11111C0 in England, and has been, as we all know, very fatal in the grazing and dairy see. I ions of the island. It is a curious fact that, wherever this distemper has appeared, the cholera has followed quickly. Manchester and Ancona are both proofs of the fact. Thus the scourge to animal and man seems to be one and the Same disease, only manifesting itself differently in the widely different organiza lions. OUR DUTY AND SAFETY To avoid such a .terrible visitation, to pro vide, against its ravages on our continent and in our own country, there are obvious roca sureS WliiCllll 013 NO sugaeSt themSoll(o3 THREE CENTS. t 6 the authorities. Arrived, as the epi demic already has, at the two dbors which lead' into ,Europe ' from the two great conti nenta f it may not be long before it attacks more than Ancona and - Manchester. What blOwS it may strike; how many tt may kill, of donne none know, but it may be more terrible 'there than it was at the spot'of its origin—terrible enough, We are sure, even if it has only thus far really scourged but three cities. Our means of communication With Ole wilds of Asia mid Africa are but small: We only knoW what the epidemic has done near the coast where ships visit, and where the semi-bar barous have communication with the outside world, In three/places it has bcen very fatal ; it has touched - Cionstantinop/b and Smyrna but lightly as yet;.'hut their safety has peen a prompt quarantine. The infectiOn , once In Europe might be - readily brought hither in the thousands of ships. that ply to. and fro. Our safety is also it•prompt quarantine. The sanitary condition of our city is Just now pretty good, but it Can: be matte better; anti Should be, in view Orther peril we may have to encounter. Although we are already in finitely more neat and more clean than our Eastern brethren,, yet climatic and °thee 'yea- SOM3 may operate against us. We know not What illay happen. It is best always to be - as far as - possible from such titAlig&V. Horrible AiTaiir in' Harrisburg 'A 'SAM ATTEMPTS TV MEEDER. HIS WIPE, AMY TAKEN COLS - MITE Str-101DE Quite an excitcmerrt was created through= out our city at nom, to-day, by the announce% ment that a terrible tragedy' ha been enacted , in the upper end, it being nothing less than the murder of a woman by her husband and the suicide of the murderer. Upon 'repairing to the place where the bloody deed was enacted, we found the particulars' of the case to be substantially as follows: _ ileury Bonder (a German wen 'ktieWn as pumprnaker) and his wife, who 'resided on. First street, above the Fox Tavern: .were the owners of certain property, whit% Berrier designed selling, and this morning , he pro ceeded down town for the purpose - of MS noting of the same, Upon learnmF, that the consent of Ida wife was necessary ed"effeet sale (and it is said she was net favorable to selling), lie became enraged, and proceeding home seized an axe, and deliberately entered upon the work of murder, the victim. being Mrs. B. Several blows were inflicted upon her head and breast, horribly bruising anti crush ing themlone of her ribs was also broken, • The screams of the nnfOrtnnitte woman attracted the attention of the neighbors, ii number of whom promptly repaired to the house and succeeded in releasingthe wounded andbiefat, ing victim from the grasp of the murderer: Berrier immediately closed and locked the door of the rear room, and then cut his throat with a butcher-knife, which penetrated the jugn bar Veitioind caused almost Ingant death. No' doubt he believed his wife to be in a atlice condition, and realizing the position he occu pied•as a murderer, and the penalty conse quent to the commission of the awful crime, he committed suicide to escape the punishi - meet he so richly merited. The Coroner was sent for, and held an in quest at one o'clock—the jury rendering aver. diet in accordance with the facts elicited. Mrs. Berrier is yet alive, and has been re moved to the residence of her son. She may possibly recover, but there is little hope for her, owing to her advanced age. Berrier and his wife were residents of this city for many years, and hat!, perhaps, reached the age of sixty. It is said they had ndt lived very peaceably for some time past, on account of the uncontrollable temper of Berrier, whose conduct was occasionally very unbecoming of a husband. This tragedy has ended his career, and he has gone to atone for the awful crime of attempted murder and self-destruction.— Harrisburg retegrapic, sgeuraay. The Visit of the President to Richmond. President Johnson's proposed visit to this city is a happy thought. If he wishes, as doubtless he does, to place himself in commu nication with the people of Virginia, and to ascertain beyond mistake, the tone and direc tion of the public sentiment of the Common uwith, it is to itiehmond he must repair for the attainment of that object. Expressly claiming any intentional reflection on the ve racity of the gentlemen with whom he con. verses in Washington, we will yet venture to warn him, that not from the statement of any particular individual can he hope toget a correct representation of the views and feel ings Of the masses of OUT cetainunity. Still more hazardous would it be to - repose. Implicit confidence in all the various, if not contradic tory, reports of the newspapers. He must come himself, and by personal observation de termine whether or not the people of Virginia mean all they profess of loyal attachment to the Union, An instinctive sympathy with the pulsations of the popular heart, coupled With an unrivalled tact in discriniinating charaCter, will enable Mr. Johnson to carry back with him a satisfactory impression of the prevalent ideas of the people of Virginia. Then, again, the President, on his part, may do much towards inspiring the people with the sentiments he would have them entertain. So far,all theiilaications of his policy havebeen most gratifying to the South but in the emu, rannication of redpreCal Sopa anti esteem there is nothing' like an honest shake of the band, and a frank look into the face. Let Mr. Johnson come amongst us, and we know enough of his captivating Qualities as well as of the generous ensee_pt o tiglities of .10.4r.pepple,„ to predict the happiest reaultef oist the inter. view. Let our people approach the President without embarrassment or hesitattotil...Me is not the person to entrench hinitelf behind a barrier of formal etiquette; neither will he permit himself to be monopelitied by . theoill- ClollaileSB of a few Self-seekin tmanagers.is accessible, and lie is perfectly ualreSerVedlin ids intercourse.with the people. lifobodY will be rebuked, nobody will be disappointia.: WC trust Virginians will accord; President Jrfohnl son a reception worthy of WS positing anil his character.—Rielimond Reptiptie,l9tht HOteftien Mud Attempted. Satioidie• of.* Forger. ' The Detroit rree Press says lie*Aman,n4teed .7ohn Voorhies, wholes been praetising. ae an attorney at Monroe, Mich., attempted 't - ohoni. mit suicide at that place on Tuesday evehing,. under circumstances which speak very deci dedly against him. About at year ago. Toot , hies, who then lived in Pontiac; was arrested for the forgery Of a draft upon , A. C. Baldwin, of that place: The matter wee. oompronsised at that time by his friends, who are reputed, wealthy. But it seems that their kindness to him was misplaced. Soon altar this affair he left Pontiac, and next. turned: up at Monroe, where be opened an office as attorney-at-law. businesswae mainly confined to procuring pensions, bandy money andibaCk PRY. "lie associated with the best families-of tkt town, and was lionized. lita affected, piety, and became a prominent teacher in the Sun day school, and gave freely to all charitable objects which called, upon him for assietance. " se important a 'proceeding on hia.part as an attempt to commit suicide fle , turallY startled: the good people. of Module, With straightway began to inqukre the cause of the rash net. Thefact was then developed that it was done to avoid anotherarrest an& prosecu tion for forgery. It seems that he had been guilty of a series of offences, amounting, in the aggregate, to several hundred dollars. The barged papers Were soldiers , certifiCates for bounties, in which specolationthe had re cently been detected. "lie had learned by:some means, about five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the fact that he was about to be arrested. Ile , proceeded to the drug store and obtained a quantity of poison, and at the tea-table that evening put rt intr. his tea and drank it, Ho evidently in. tended that it should have the desired offeet and produce death iminediately. The dose was either too large or too small, and he lire gered in great agony and pain, having had several spasms up to about teght crelock,when the Officer stepped in to make the arrest. Medical aid was immediately sent for, and he had so far recovered at ten o'clock as to be snugly lodged in the Monroe county jail, where he was conveyed for safe keeping. lie has a wife and child at Pontiac." Gold in Virginia. Even prior to the independence of the United States goldwasknowntoexist in Buck- GOoehland, Louisa, and other central counties of Central Virginia, and from tillleto time feeble efforts at mining in these dis tricts have been made, but always to be abandoned on the first discouragement. In only one or two localities were operations ever attempted on a scale or with machinery necessary to any considerable success. Yet sufficient 'quantitieS of the precious metal have invariably rewarded every enterprise, however insignificant, and we can only account for the supineness of our people on the sub ject by recalling the inertness that has al ways pervaded all branches of Virginia indus try. Marl beds of untold value have been al lowed'-to lie almost untouched on the York peulagula, surrounded by thousands of acres of worn-out land, The great bulk of the in. comparable oysters of York river (the invent. able fundum) were raised and sold by North ern mon. With a water-power here in Rich mond sulpient to turn the mills and factories of a continent, we have imported our wagons, machines, and even our wooden buckets. Just as these certain sources of wealth were ne glected, the Kold dust has been for centuries allowed to lie around loose in the hills and valleys of Gooehland. But it makes us rejoice to belive that a new era is dawning upon old Virginia. Northern capital and enterprise are, we hope, about to do for us what we have so long failed to do for ourselree—develop our. agricultural, manufac turing, and mineral resources. We mentioned some flays ago that two of the largest planta tions on the lower James had been leased, and were being put into a high state 4f cul tivation by a Northern firm ; Northern capi tal is causing the "burnt district" of our city to arise, Plicenix-liko from its ashes; and Northern skill, science and capital are already prospecting our mining districts. A number of practicaf geologists and mine ralogists have recently explored these dis tricts, and their reports are flattering in the highest degree ; and as the best evidence of their sincerity they have made for them selves and parties in New York heavy invest. snouts in the lands of that section. It is pur posed to start in a very short time quartz mills and all other gold-extracting machinery, With the first successes of these enterprises, we may look for a rush of immigration, which shall impart a new vitality to our State. When that time arrives, as We hope it will quickly, a flourishing trade will be tit Onee secured to Richmond, and even the present rate of rents will be path:Md.—Petersburg ft press,l6th. APFA/E5 TN WASHINGTON, GA.—WO learn from a gentleman just from the above named place that ite Citizens have been some what exercised in consequence of a sudden add unexpected order received by airs. Robert Toombs to vacate her dwelling and premises, taking therefrom nothing but her personal effects and two weeks' provisions. This order emanated from Brigadier General Wilde, As sistant Commissioner Freedmen's Bureau ; who intimated, in the s,ituo flomillient, that the premises Wre looks') upon as "abandoned property," and therefore to be taken posses sion of, and applied to the uses of the S'reed- M O en n ur the d e t a l.3 u. s ucceeding the receipt of the order by Airs. Toombs, (Sunday last,) a rela tive of the family repaired to this cal la ynd laid the facts before Gen. StecOM,ani in his usual prompt and considerate Manner, issued an order to Brig. Gen. Wilde to re instate Dirs. Toombs in her residence. Another matter, transpiring in the same town, VMS called to the attention of General ma dman, and he at once despatched the proper °Meer to investigate the affair; ti 9 we are confident that justice will be done MUM premises, we await the appropriate time to lay the facts before our readers. Georgia is fortunate in having an officer in power who has the will to "be just, and fear Tronscripi. TUE WAR PRA ;513. CP E I ) 1 ) rat WAs riiimß;4 win ! . eehf k.. tubfieribtri ) 1.1 1 36 .„,, .„ .... .............. On '1 • :1 C.1)1f• 1W 00 Larger ttxt2 Tem wt!l be eharxed at the erktor Ite le /12,110 Per copy, The money mune atinaye accompany the Order, and in no itide.2l3o6 can Mum ternte be s daughter. The prize for impudence, at the London Dramatic Show, wits won by it young lady, who, after pereeetiteg the kindly manager of the paltwe to get her some flowers, stuck one in his button.huie and charged. him WO shil lings and sixpence for it. —The Prussian police have commenced their attacks upon the trade societies, by ordering th e ir President to leave Berlin, and oonilseat log their ncWsparer. The London _News having had a very pros... porous year, the proprietors have distributed a large share of the Increased profits among , the members of, their editorial , staff, Adelina. Patti is placed by the London Reader gB the third - finest Ornterlo soprano living—Tietjens and Jenny Lind only taking the precedenCe. • Thirteen bulls and sixteen horses were slaughtered at the first of the recent bull-fights in Franco. A matador named Shanehez ox. cited groat enthusiasm among the l a di es , A four act amnia styled et The Assassins- Don of President Lincoln." , ie. Die Ong in tile Dundee (Scotland,) theatre.. A Coutess is in jail in Paris for swindling jewellers and other .tradissfolk.'ont of 117,170 fr. worth of goods. —The street SWOODiTIig ill Fails eastiJ $BOO,OOO per annum, The Pope and kis.Cardinals are rusticating ,tt Castle Gond°lfo. —A gentleman in London, named Squirt, Us, by law, OliallgOd his name to Morrie. Another. Itailan tragedian 14 putting Ills• torn; nose out of Joint, Cows are worth ouly a doll4r • Buenos Ayres,