VOLUME 2,
"ASSASSINATION OF PIZARRO.
THE CONQUERKR OF TERU.
Pizarro completed hia conquests after
the death of Almagro. Having acquired
the province of Char efts, in which the
rich mioes of Potosi were situated, he di
vided them among the conquerors, not
forgetting his brothers, one of wh"tn. I'er
dinand, was at that time a prisoner in
Spain. His brother Genzoles had driven
the Inea Mauco to the Mountain- -n l |
became Governor of Quito, and no 112 vtn j
idubla opposition to his schemes now ox- |
isted.
Pizarro now set about tosecur andes i
tablish his authority; but the uieans
which he employed were as IthpolMe
they werecvuel. He not only discharged
all the officers whom he suspected of hav
ing any regard for Almagro, but, ci n
gpious of his own injustice, and fearing
the injurious effect of their complaining
against him. he took measures to prevent
their return to Spain. Thus deprived of
employment, and under the ban of the
government, many of them suffered the
greatest distress, and were compelled to
live upon the charity of such of their
couutiyincu as had the courage to extend
alms to them. It is related that twelve
of these proscribed persons, all men of
good family, resided together in a house
' theni by a Son or de la Presa, and
that having hut one cloak among tneiu all
'they were compelled togo into the street
ortc at a time by turns. I)e la Presa dy
ing, Pizarro turned them out of the house,
and at the same time published an edict,
prohibiting every one, under the severest
penalties, from affording them or their ad
herents the least relief.
Thus rendered desperate, they became
fatal to Pizarro ; for, seeing no end to
their miseries but their own or his destruc
tion, they resolved upon the latter.
These distressed veterans wer® among
the bravest among Almagro's followers;
and, conspiring with their old comrades,
a nmnber'of the most daring repaired
two or three at a time to Lima, where
they found friends who concealed them in
their houses until tlicir numbers reached
two hundred. They then determined to
seize the first good opportunity to execute
their design. In this they were delayed
some time by the hope that a now com
missioner, some of whose attendants had
already arrived, would come from Spain
to investigate Pizarro'? conduct, and that
he would be compelled to do them justice
without putting tlem under the necessity
of raising an insurrection.
On Sunday, the 26th of June. 1,
however, I>e Rada, one of the principal
inspirators, had private intelligence that
tliej- were discovered, and that Pizarro
was about to have them all put to an ig
nominious death in a few hours. Tins
information he hastily comniunicah 1 t •
such of the conspirators as heeoul 1 m -l
readily find ; on which, feeling there was
no time to be 4ugt, they repaired, one by
one, to the nuiulicr of nineteen, to the
house of youug Almagro, which was on
one side of the great square, from thence
they marched with drawn swords through
the market place towards Pizarro's pal
ace, crying out. " Long live the king,
but let the tyrant die!"
It it- remarkable that though there were
more than a thousand people in the square
thc3 - met with no opposition, nor did Pi
zarro have the le*st intelligence of their
coming until they entered his palace, the
doors .'Cing open.
When the first news of the disturbance
reached him he was sitting with only
one or two of his people, and ordered
Francis de Chaves, his lieutenant-general,
to secure the great d«*vi > he neg
lected to do, it was only some
difficulty among the soldiers, which his
own presence would easily quell; so that,
going forward, he met the conspimtors on
the great staircase, and, demanding the
cause of the commotion, was answered by
the daggers of two or three of them in
his bosom, caused him to drop instantly
dead.
Pizarro, hearing them in the gallery,
had no time to put on litp armor, but, seiz
ing his sword and buckler, defended the
door of his apartment with- resolute cour
age. supported by fois half-brother, Don
Francis de Alcantara, and two pagies, the
rest of his company and sefyanU having
fled yt the beginning of the insurrection.
At length one of the conspirators, pTes.v
ing home, bore down and killed Don
Francss de Alcantara, and the rest Ad
vancing with renewed ,vigor, Pizarro ,
driven tfeWe them, aud at last, sinking
with of
soon dispatched,' while his two pages, hav
ing deeperatefyVou'tylerf several of the
run piiatfrfjiT[fl|i if at .his side, fighting
gallaotly in defence of their patron*
Thus fell Don Francis Pizarro, tlyffirst
discoverer and conqueror of the
sixty-fifth jfiarof Jbis age. HiC body, txy
permission <}f young Almapßfe was pri
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"— A. Ltncolw.
vately burled by his servants, no person
of any rank or consequence presuming to
nttond the funeral, lest they should give
offence to the prevailing party.
Pizarro was endowed by nature with
great energy and courage, as well as ad
ministrative ability ; but his ambition was
boundless, while he never scrupled to
sacrifice his honor or to violate the most
sacred obligations to self interest. Ilia
fate, in some measure, resembled that of
Aimagro. Like him, he fell a victim to
ambition; like him, he died from vio
lence; like him, he was obscurely buried
lifter* life of splendor; but he possessed
»i'>t a tithe of Almagro's virtues.—A T . Y.
Sunday Timr*.
Outrages on Negroes in Alabama.
.J. Shipherd, Secretary of the "North
western Freedmen's Aid Commission,"
communicates to the Chicago Journal the
following extract from a recent busiuess
coiiipiouicaticp from one of our teacheas
at Mobile, Alabama. For the lust two
months we have been in the frequeut re
ceipt of similar statements equally credi
ble. The author of the extract herewith
is a gentleman of mora than ordinary in
telligence, and especially prudeut iji re
gard to the repetition of ruujors.
TilK EXTRACT.
" With the present tendency of mat
ters in this State, I do not think colored
sc|)ogb can be opened very genevelly, ex
cept in such places as this, Montgomery,
etc. By Governor l'arsons' proclama
tion, civil law, as it existed before the or
dinance of secession was passed, is now
in force throughont the State.
"Iu accordance therewith, the Mayor
of this city decides that the testimony of
a colored man against a white man cannot
be admitted in acourtof justice; neither
can a colored mail sue or collect a debt of
a white man. The • freedmau' is only
one in name, while his actual condition is
worse than when a slave. This is the
very result which rebels wish to bring
about. "W"
" A meeting was held here last night,
before which statements were made as to
the treatment of colored by white people,
in the interior of the State, ,whi,ch would
make you sick of life. One hundred and"
thirty-five dead bodies wer ■ counted in
the woods; five bodies were seen floating
in the river; two white men were seen to
pull a negro down across a log aud cut his
head off with an ax. Women and chil
dren were killed, and then boxed up and
thrown into flic river; a woman was kill
ed by a white man, aud burial refused by
him to her rclativas.
" For a black man to be with
' greenbacks' in his possession is death.
Colored people are hiding in the woods,
living on beriics, fruits, etc., to escape
(he fury of their former masters.
"These statements were made by intel
ligent, candid, colored men before an au
liciice of several huudred last night.—
In Mobile, through the connivance of
-oiuebody, churches and negro houses are
burnt, women set to work cleaning the
streets, men and women arrested in beds
and taken to the guard-house, lined or sent
to the work-house, etc., etc.
" Last night there was a heavy fire, in
which three or four squares, mostly of
negro quarters, were burned- Men were
heard to y,ay that before they were douc,
they wouliP burn every negro quarter and
school house in Mobile. These things
might be remedied."
—A Democratic exchange refcrriug to
the recent trouble at Aquia Creek says:
The end of these negro riots and mu
tinies will only occur when we to
the negro no more consideration than we
do to white men.
Are Democrats willing to accord the 1
same consideration to the negro as to ihe
white man? We ought to believe that
when that is done there will be no more
riots and mutinies. Demort-ats have it in
their power to lead valuable assistance.—
Will they aid in establishing a reign of
peace ?
—There are fifteen hundred and four
National Ranks now in operation, with
an aggregate capital of over three hund
red and sixty-five millions. The West
ern States have fourhundred and twenty,
distributed as follows : Ohio 135, Indi
aua 70, Illinois 77, Michigan 30, Wis
consin 34, lowa 38, Minnesota 10, Kan
sas 2, Missouri 11, Tennessee 9. New
York has two hundred and nino banks,
Massachusetts has two hundred and six,
and Pennsylvania one hundred and nine
ty-seven.
«. t '»
WOOL IN lOWA. —There is in the city
of ilea Moines and vicinity about 500,000
pounds of Wool, well handled, apd ic
pood condition for market. It was clip
ped, for the most part, lrom Spanish lue
rinoes,imported from Michigan and Ohio.
A largp jjart of the clip remains in the
itaads ol producers a«d their agent*.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 1865.
The New Nile Discovery.
The London Ath'-naeum says of the la'e
very interesting and important discovery
of Mr. Raker:
"The resnlt of Mr. Raker's voy ige up
the Nile is not (if Vf(s understand him)
the discovery of a new source. What
Mr. Raker has done in his adventurous
journey is remarkable; still it is only a
matter of detail—the partial exploration
of a great ba-in in the Nile course, far
below the Victoria Nyanza, at' which
Speke has already laid down in his map
under its native napie of Lula Nzige.—
This lake, which Mr. Raker proposes to
call in future the Albert Nyanza—a change
of name for which we can see no reason
—appears to be a part of the Nile, as
Speke described it, and not an independ
ent feeder of that river.
" Speke marked it in his map as con
nected with the Nile, at a lower elevation;
the difference of level being, caused by
the Karuma equal, perhaps, in
grandeur, to those of Niagara. The name
of these falls Mr. Raker also proposes to
change, submitting for the native name
of Karuma that of a private English gen
tleman—a suggestion iti which it is im»
possible that any geographers will lie found
to concur. The Luta Nzgiehas the same
sort of relation to the Victoria Nyanza as
Rioline has toNeufchatel,Thud to Rrienze,
and Ontario to Erie.
" Mr. Raker's account of his travels is
interesting, and we give the principal par
agraphs in his own words:
"' After eighteen days march I reach
ed the long-wished-for lake, about one
hundred miles of M'rooli, at Vacovia, iu
north latitude 1 deg. 14 seconds. In re
spect for the memory of our lauieuted
prince, 1 named it (subject to her Majes
ty's permission) the Albert Nyanza, as
the second great source of the Nile—sec
ond not in importance, but only in order
of discovery to the Victoria Nile-head.—
The Victoria and the Albert lakes are
the indubitable parents of the river. ,
'"The capital of Nnyoro (M'rooli) is
sjtuatcd at the junction of the Nile and
Kafoor rivers, at an attitude of 3,202 feet
above the sea level. I followed the Ka
foor to latitude 1 deg. 12 min. north, to
avoid an impassable morass that runs from
north to south; upon rounding this 1 con
tinued a direct westerly course to the
lake. The route throughout is wooded,
interspersed with glades, thinly popula
ted, with no game. My route lay over
high ground to the north of a swampy
valley running west; the greatest eleva
tion was three thousand six hundred and
eighty six lift. The rocks were all gne
iss, granite, and masses of iron ore, ap
parently 112 used into a conglomerate with
rounded qui . Iz pebbles.
" ' The Albert lake is a vast basin, ly
ing in an abrupt depression, the cliffs,
which I descended by a difficult pass.be
ing one thousand four hundred and sev
enty feet above its level. The lake level
is two thousand one hundred and thirty
two feet lower than the Nile or M'rooli;
accordingly the drainage 6f the country
tends from e;/«t*lo west. From the high
ground above the lake no ground is visi
ble to the south and southwest; but north
west and west is a large range of moun
tains, rising to about seven thousand.f'eet
above the lako level, forming the western
shore, and runing southwest parallel to
the cour«e of the lake. Roth l\ing
rafi and the natives assured me that the
lako is knowu to extend into Kuuianika's
country to the west of Karagwe, but I'roni
that point, in about 1 deg. 80 min south
latitude, it turns suddenly to the west, iu
which direction its extent is unknown.—
In north latitude 1 deg. 14 mill., where 1;
reached the lake, it is about sixty miles!
wide, but the width increases southward.
The water is deep, sweet, and transpar
ent; the shores are generally clean and
free from reeds, forming a sandy beach.
"' Lake Albert Nyanza forms an im
mense basin far below the level of the
adjacent country, and receives the entire
drainage of extensive mouutain rangesou
the west, and of the Utumbi, Uganda,
snd Unyoro countries on the east. Even
tually receiving the Nile itself, It adds its
accumulated and forms the second
source of that mighty river. The voyago
down the lako is extremely beautiful, the
mountains frequeutly rising abruptly from
the water, while tumorous cataracts rush
down their furrowed sides. The cliffs on
the east shore are granite, frequently mix
ed with the large masses of quart*.
" 1 The actual length of the Albert Ny
anza, from south to north, is about two
.hundred 9htl sixty geographical miles, in
dependent of its uukt,jwn course to the
west bciwecn 1 and 2 degrees south lat
itude, and of its similar cowrse in the
north iu latitydc about 3 degrees.'"
—Governor Picrjmot aluue has recom
mended over mie thoutamd of tlie twenty
thousand dollar clause for jpardon.
The Atlantic Cable.
NEW YORK, August 15. —The London
Times' Valentin eoriespondeqt gives the ]
following in reference to the to '
the cable on-the 29th inst.; It was not
defective insultation which was then 1
covered at Va'.eritia, but a U>tal loss pf I
insultation. Iu other words, either the i
copper conductor was stripped of all its I
outside protection, and w as coipmuuiea- (
ting with the water, or the cable had i
been cut or completely brokeu. The Ad- i
uiirality charts of the bottom of the At- t
lantic, charts constructed from Boundings, 1
especially made to forward tlie great un- '
dertakiug, show by the distance from land '
that the t! reat Eastern was then in one 1
thousand hundred filthenjs water, :
that is allowing for slack. A little more 1
than two miles of rope was stretching i
from her stern to the bottom of the ocean. 1
The enormous pressure and friction of
the water on the saturated outer hemp 1
covering of the line at this depth, would i
render it a d : fficult matter to wind in this
two mile length, if it could be done at all,
in less than twelve hours. It is almost
certain that it could not be done at all.
Had the cable been so injured as to leave
its conductor bare, that injury would at
least take off two-thirds of the rope's 1
strength. Tl)at such a fault could not
have occurred is generally considered
sufficiently evidenced by the fact that the
fault, whatever it was, was repaired iu
little more than one half the time it
would have taken to haul back the cable
supposing the accident to have occurred
to the portion submerged and even close
at hand. It is therefore conjectured,
with the utmost appearance of proof,
that the fault was caused by a kink,
which, having been seen to pass in pay
ing out the machine, and the vessel im
mediately stopped, the kink extricated, a
piece cut out aud a new splice made. This
theory is borne out by the fact that the
time consumed in repairing the accident
which is known by the cessation of
the signal, is almost too minute for the
for the time that would be required to
make and test such a splice on board the
Great Eastern. Those iu charge there,
knowing that all was right behind them,
aud that time was of vital importance,
would not be likely to waste it by putting
the severed end of the wire in communi
cation with the instrument at A'aleutia,
while the electricians at the latter station
could send no response through the cut
cable, but on the contrary, there was a
total loss of insultation. The intelligence
that we publish from Great Eastern
to-day is more hopeful for the success of
the undertaking that appears on the
face of it. Nine hundred miles have
been paid out, which means not only that
after the tank, which kept her so heavily
down by the stern, aud so greatly iuipo- .
ded her speed, is empty,but that the pas
sage of the cable from from the stern
tank to the forward, has been successfully
accomplished, and even is a fact, light
suing also the aftermost tank, which held
8!50 miles of cable and 400 tons of water.
By this time, therefore, it is vacant, and
a good length will have been taken out
of forward tank, which only contain
ed 700 miles in round numbers. The
vessel has now expended nearly three
thousand tons of cable and water, and
2,000 tons of coal.
The Hrrald't special from Heart's
Content, of the 24th, says : The captain
of the Terrible informed the captaiu of
the Frst Fruit that the cable parted on
the 2d, and that a buoy was the mark
when last seen. The captain of the
schooner is not certain of the location of
the buoy, having had no observation for
several days. Wo don't give up the ex
pedition as a failure, as when last seen she
was endeavoring to discover the location
of the buoy, showing they had n.it aban
doned all hope of eventually laying the
cable. Mr. Mackey, superintendent of
the New Foundland line, is yet hopeful
that the Great Hasten will arrive in a
few days with the cable all right.
I cannot describe the deep feeling of
disappointment which prevails among
the people in general. The general feel
ing is that the Atlantic cable is a thing
never to be successfully accamplished.
At the time of the cabU breaking, it was
about six hundred miles distant from the
coast of New Foundland. Another ves
sel, which arrived at Harbor Grace last
Friday, reported they gaw, four days pre
vious, a large buoy, two miles distant
trom the vessel. The captain of the
First Fruit reports that he asked the Ter
rible whether they considered the fable'
recoverable. The answer was they sould
not say.
—Geo. W. Gee, who was charged with
the murder of Edward Kehoe, his sold
ier comrade, some time since in Chicago
has teen held to bail for riot, the more
serious charge not .having been sustained
A Olergioal Speculator Ruined.
The HiW York correspondent of the
Providence Joux^al. relates the following
melajjfJioly indent of metropol-tan life:
''Whilst descending friiiu the. upper
part of the city this morning, I found in
the cars an aged clergyman, long since
retired from the pulpit, but who I recol
lect as one of the most popular preach
ers of other days. As I sat beside him I
inquired after several clergymen with
whom I was formerly acquainted. Among
the rest was the ltcv. Mr. . "When
I last saw him," said the aged clergyman
in response to my inquiry, he was quite
well. His departure was most unfortu
nate and mclaoeholy. "You amaze me,"
said I. pray, gir, what do you mean by
his departure ? "Why. he was dismissed,"
returned my aged friend, "have you not
heard of it T"
On my replying in the negative',
and coutipuiug my expressions of sur
prise, the old man related the following
narrative: "The Rev. Mr. ,as you
know succeeded liis father in the pulpit.
He had one of the largest and most fash
ionable, certainly the wclthiest congrega
tions in the eity of bis sect, representing
from fire to six millions of dollars. '1 hey
adopted the son as their pastor before the
deatli of his father, and showered on him
every favor, benefit and good office.—
liis salary was seven thousand dollars a
year, and the gifts of his parlshoners, to
gether with church fees, would probably
amount to as much more. He was be
loved and honored by everybody. Two
years ago his father died and left him,
his only son, sixty thousand dollars.
Two year* anjl a half ago, the Rev. Mr.
——was induced by a friend to purchase
a few shares in r&ilway stocks in AVall
street. Ho was lucky at the outsit 112 was
induced to dip further; was again ltfcky;
and luck led him onto ruin. From that
time up to about a year ago, he kppt his
Wall street broker employed, with vari
ed success. Fojiii dealing in strfeks ho
went into gold gambling Lihe end of that
need hardly be related. He Ston found
hfttflielf not only bankrupt, but ho had
sacrificed all his mother's estate, had in
volved his wife's father to the tune of one
hundred thousand dollars, aud had ren
dered two or three of his wealthy par
ishioners liable to the loss <tf nu3 vary
ing from one hundred ail 7 fifty thousand
to forty thousand.
He now found himself but little better
than a beggar in the world. The proper
ecclesiastical authority ir'tcrfered, took
the matter up, and manifested great in
dignation. I was selected as a go between
for both parties. I accepted the office;
I found the authorities unanimous against
the Rev. Mr.— , and advised him to
resign, as it would be idle and absurd to
contend with that body. He adopted
my advice, resigned, took his family ton
sequestered retreat in a neighboring State,
where they reside, consigned to p6verty.
Some months ago a few of the members
of the Rev. Mr. 's congregation rais
ed a fund of thirty thousand dollars for
him and urged hiin to quit his native
land for awhile and sojourn in Europe.—
He accepted their proposition, and is now
in Germany. His sad fate should be a
terrible warning to all clergymen against
stock gambling.
SENATOR BHBHMAN px TIIF. TARIFF.
—-Senator .Sherman of Ohio, has written
a letter to the Secretary of the Society for
the Protection of American Industry, at
Cleveland, in which h« says : "We must
depend upon the constant employment of
our industrial classes, and the rapid de
velopment of our physical resources, to
meet the burdens imposed on us by war.
Our industry must be expended in em
ployment that will yield the greatest re
turn." In order to meet our financial ne
cessities, he says it will be necessary to
"levy heavy taxes on imported goods," and
that " in making the levy we should not
only seek as much revenue in gold as pos
sible, but in doing so wo should also pro
tect the industry of our people." He
concludes by saying: "Wc can encour
age tb,a skill of our own people, and in
duce to our soil the industrial classes of
all nations. We thus develop otar resour
ces, and add new families to share not
only the blessings of a powerfnl and free
government, but ajso the burdens which
its promotion has east upon us."
—The whole people of Galena and Ji
Daviess county, in Illinois, are maiuigira
mense preparations to receive and sriter
tnin General Grant cut his visit there,
which will take place in a few weeks, j
Committee, in the aggregate cuuilernga
three or four hundred. ha.vc been appoin
ted from every town ia the er unty.—
Galena was the home (d. tienetul Grant
at cuuiuience*nent of the war. x
—Ohio troops to the number of 37,131
have been mustered out and paid.
Emancipation in Brazil.
The example of th£ tlaited States
in the abolition of slavery lias induc
ed the frienUs of progress in Brazil
to renew their efforts to secure the
(♦mancipation of s'aves in that Em
pire. Slavery being destroyed by
us, it is now repognized by only two
Christian countries—Spain and Bra
zil, and in the latter Borne of its wis
est statesmen are earnestly engagod
in the work cf getting rid of it. The
slaves of that country constitute
about one-third of the entire popu
lation, and as there is not anywhere
iii the whole of its large tefritorv
any considerable body of the white
people not slaveholders, the plan fo"
the abolition of s- avery has been or
ganized by slaveholders alone. There
being. nothing iii tbo J£mp re at
present to demand immediate owftii
cipation, the plan proposed pmides
for gradual abolition, but which Will
not, if successful, leave one Slave in
the whole territory at the en 1 of fif
teen years. The prominent features
are these : Slaves found running at
large shall not be sold to new mast
ers, but shall be declared free if not
claimed by their proper owners
within three months; slaves shall
become free at the death of their own
ers, and wii's bequeathing them shall
be void ;• at the expiration wf ten
years all slaves over twenty-five
yettrg shall b8 free, and at (ho end j
of fifteen years slavery shall entirely
and forever cease; a system for the
regulation of contracts between man
umitted slaves and their former
masters, and the education of minor
freed slaves belonging to the Govern
ment ; provision for the maintenance
of aged and disabled slaves, and
prohibiting foreigners from owning
slaves at the end of two year?.
When we remember that this plan
has been organized by the most in
fluential slave-holders in the Empire,
it is impossible to withhold ospres
siohs of admiration. Had such a
proposition been made by the slave
holder in this country, the most vi
olent abolitionists would have been
content. JSiit unfortunately, such
humane feelings did not prevail in
the South, and in a wicked attempt
Ito establish a separate government,
based upon the odious system, hur.d
--' reds of thousands of lives were sac
| rificcd and untold sum) of treasure
I expen 'ed. ,
The statesmen of Brazil are most
I earnest in their great work, and are
j determined not to relinquish it un f /il
success crowds their effort. It is
! understood that the Emperor Don
j I'edro 11. favors the measure, and
will do his part towards securing its
I sue ess. With slavery abolished in
I Brazil, Spain and her colonies, Kon
j tacky w ''! remain as tho only real
I slave State in the civilized work}.
Our Foreign Relations.
Thesteady rise of our bonds in tlig Kn
ropean market, and the enlarged demands
that has recently sprung up for them
there, is an evidence of the satisfactory
relations of Kuropean Governments with
our owr,. It was feared for a time that
the Mexican enlistment in this city, fi' ti
tion£ though they were know to be here,
might lead to remonstrances on tbo p'ftrt
ot France, and our credit was in corno
qitencc for a short time unfavorably af
fected ; but the speedy and complete col
lapse of the entire movement, the
prompt action of the Government in pre
venting the sailing of a suspicious vessel
from Han Francisco, quickly restored con
fidence abroad.
The fact Is, if we may take the solemn
allegations of the leading statesnjap of
Kngland arril Frantd, there is nothing
they arc more anxious to luaintaiu than
peace with the United States; and to
'hat end, they will all possible mea
sures. England is even willing to dis
cuss the question of pay ing damages for
tho injuries inflicted by the Alabama;
and the official mouthpiece of tho French
Empire proclaims the anxiety of his
government to find some feasihle mode of
escape from Mcraieo. There is no doubt
that our government meets all this iu a
like conciliatory spirit; and there is no
doabt tnat therein it is supported by the
great Hody of the American people.;-
A* T. Timcx.
CttSFfSCATUD.—A New Orleans cor
respondent says property. «!' Jwjiu
Slidell, tompriniog! eight hundred and
forty-two lots and squares of ground,
with stores, dwelling houses anij ji batilf-'
ing house, were sold for 8100,410/ Be
fore the war it was estimated at,8800.000.
Confiscation at this rat" is ;joJ likelyttv» v
add much to the U. H. Treasury jjv tiny
of reimbursement of itjaMpfcies of the
war. Its morj.l eSbct upS'PnTe promoters
of rebellion may be more beneficial.
m> m >n
—A great rivalrws going on et
present among lite IqMjnan japers in
B.l.»»«. '
NUMBER
A SUIHJE^CUANGCOFTUSE. —TK'
has beeu a very singular change in
tone of the Copperhead press, M*:i >
President Johnson, siuee the 7th of J
Previous to time they: were praijii.;-,
him to the skies, aud .pledging liiiu dun
cordial and affectionate, support. 'J i
proclaimed him "conservative democrat
who had no sympathy for "»boiftionlVst
or "radicals;" virions Copperhead Cnri
vetitiotishad passed laudieatory resold' ion.
of his policy of reconstruction, eouiiiie.
ding it as admirably calculated to rostn
the rebels to full power and grade, and
re unite the two wings* <#£ Ihe t'Dewoc
ey"—-the Copperheads'of the North
the Confederated of the Sjuth—yr
hantirtWous ofjrarllaafihn as of yoie
ijeiuiy they, had to na/ctjl .out
within the gift of the lixoeutn
and whet their teeth in anticipation pf tf
good tfme coming.
But on the Hth of July. wheß (Ire nbu
litionists had scarcely finished tf,■>
tional jubilation over tho callaj se of ti-e
rebellion, the President confirmed tb<
verdict of the conspiracy court marti
and orderod that four prominent IVii
crats should bo hung Violet day. rem) fr.
others be transported to the Dry "fo: i ,
foi tho offence of dbn'spiripg to assassin i
ati 4 "nby)itiou President. Tbi* a><r,
Andy Johnson: Startled and astoni Ai~.
both wiugsof the "Democracy"-—C<«'
head and Confederti|e— as intirh as won
a cbrp of terrific tfimidcT'''oiit.'of'a rf. ..
sky. It was very eViiloht tli' rc
screw loose in their calculation", opd that
President Johnson would not. do to tie to
after using soven Democrats in that sort
of way.
For three weeks past, we lmvc been
deprived of the pleastirp of reading any
! more resolntfonS of T>cn»6efatio.'.C- uvea
! tions, support to ''pur pa'trWtie
112 t*leuted, |v ure- i n i u 'V: (J, n rinse r v Hi, i v»' Vrefst
1 dent'.' in bis'work of riconstrnetiaki I*-
And wi' have not been edified 16y the
perusal of a single Copperhead e£!ffrria!
extolling {fleets and.purpose-* f(rl Ua\' , k
sonian qualities of President Jphasofc.-r-
Not even the Chicago Time-, nor l>en.
Wood's News has a e toot
for in his behalf. evidently he '
something (hop on the Ttnof-Tu!y
GOHBIPJNO NKWSCA^KHM.—Wo ' <
mend the following sharp words from
Tribune to some of our leaders and w
of our cotcmporariss
There is iu almost" every village
tld wohian, or some young one, or c»i>
weak-headed und talkatiyo male—we w
not say man—who makes it a busine--
first to pry into tho affairs of the ne V
borhood, and to publish them with i <
b)e and tireless tongue, 'ibeworlo.
ry, indignant, outraged, or simply by
has decided upon tho social sfaiidw :
theso two-legged gazettes —it has v
them to be moral nuisances, which it i
be impossible to abate,cither by conleu.
tuous siknea or weJJ-fijigned dealiie
oven by open rebuko. Still will they « •
tinue to chatter, to peep, to snrm>«•
distort, to invent, to insinuate. Th< ■
not a clergyman in the whole £... '
who has not been
less his limpcr be uncommonly sv •') ,
not been exasperated, by tllu un-.-o.
which thef) meddlers have man HI ! -
congregation. There in not a "
teacher who has not been torii II :'
the same insects. There is b.. !>>
I sitive, shrinking, peacb-lovin. . ...
loving young woman who hus i, i
bit at and stung by her wisp- •
I voluble sisters. All this is bad en<»
112 but surely tho newspapers, ca] ;iIA.
C arc of positive and excelleut infix. .
i ought not to be the stiuulaiars *m. .
) iii tfio ehatter.boxc*. It is h;ftdalw'u, -
■ avoid in a public jitirnaf, hr 'ily
piled by many hands, the ■
r impertinent intelligence ; but |'or a
I sj.teuce in the systematic ;...
i prfvate scaodals there is no excuse.
THE FATE OF DAVIS.—T.x- .Ar.,rj
and Navy Journal quotes t'.o rJeclar-
L ation of Presitlent Johnson at differ
, ent pe iods concerning trea ioi i. Z
. I traitors, and v "A* i,.
. time we liOjie tltat the oxeeu Mi of
which Mr. Johnson spoke will be "?r K
ceedingly few. Impri«csrtmcsrit toj.
life, or'a long torm of impiidou'-iiens
I accomplurfvefldetwrt'y ill pAfjAfe?
required, in mtsf cmcs; ivKt frtJlijjMr
'.-, ip iht cane of Davis, f(rf H;e viu"lo
cation of the law and the f
the dcaifp4M^ ar lesson as to ihe eri u
inality "of treason. Deliberate opinion
A modify speedy promise."
) —The Atlantic and Mmsiijsippit-'Ht
i ship Company is dispatching '.r ..r
New Y<jrk to St. ]jo«i3 at 74 t<y9*> Mih
per_loo pounds, and 39 cents per foy.L -
t The time is fourtdaudSys —ali steam
l compared with railroads this route, it •
claimed, has many advantajjes.