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BRADFORD, FRIDAY.StPT. 2t, 1S66.
i.orn. sewn.
It rati font.
Tun Fair. The lair to bo held
A Noldlrr'x Widow' l.fllfr to
ho lrcltl-nl-
TJKTISIOX OF THE TARIFF.
Waxhintjton, Sept. 11. The follow
ing letter of instructions respecting
tlie tiiriH has been addressed by the
RATES OF ADVERTISING :
Onr column, one yenr.
Half column.
One fourth column.
Onp Hfuare, one year.
Ono a-uian. three week.
411.1K1
'.'.'-.HO
l.jll
milieu lit 10 eeiiu jier line for three
week.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Iu n-lvu-iir. $'J.i
At the eml of the year,
JTf N'o variation whatever from these mt.-t
jp" Sp jMitxr ilieontinueil until nil im-iir-He
are )aiil, exoitit at the ontiou if tlio
juhlihi'r.
The Philadelphia Tress of Friday
publishes n letter from 11 soldier's
in this villa-re next week, is expected 1 widow ol mat cuj 101 iesuicni .loiui-1 Sl,,.vt.II.v of tlll. Treasury to the
to bo one of unusual attractiveness. ! answer lo that portion of his commissioner of Kevenne in regard
We regard such gatherings as both j Clev eland 'T'wli " which he asked j ( Uu. (.( os(l(l lvvisi,(ll tIl(. tar
profitable and interesting They are , his audience "Who made greater i(r f tm, t ;,, , Congress:
sac-mres mine war man 1 : w no , Washington, Sept. 10, ISM.
sutfered more than I !" &e., and sub- j To jfolu ;,.,, ','. Will., C. S.
mits to the just judgment of the j ('ttmmitsioiirr of Jierettnc :
la view of the tact that a revision
profitable as presenting an opper-1
tunity of examining the modem 1
improvements, both in art and sei- j
ence; interesting as social and holi
day occasions, which are far too
nun h neglected by oik- people gen
erally, giving one of the best of t v
cilities for bringing together old
acquaintances, for the friendly inter
change of greetings, and Cor the re
newal of former and neglected inter
course. No right minded per: on
can attend a good fair without be
ing interested and instructed there-
JIeavy Postage. A gentleman
writes from London, England, to
the Philadelphia luquhrr, stating
that he has magazine mailed to
him at I'.oston which is there taxed
with a rate of thirty two cents, and
the English post ollice department
charges a similar rate, consequently
the postage alone costs sixty-four
cents, while he can purchase the
same magazine in Paternoster How
n Z Hi V. I . I. i: I i I T K M W.
A white man in reconstructed
Mobile was lined a few days ago
for striking a negro.
A waterspout recently destroyed
the crops on many farms at St. IJe-
1111 and SI. Michael, in Canada.
All the telegraph ollices at the
White Mountains hotels are closed
for the season.
world wi-ethcr on the score oi sin- 1, . o. m ' ' ' i,,r twi, English shillings, fourteen 1 is fast closing up with sand.
f..m..r ', Ids claims to1"' thc taritt is certain to engage th. - - ,-!, i,.,tv ,-,..1. ,, ,,,,,.i
..11 .if 111.11. j !it its next cents less ;n ic.isi, man 111c in ice 01 i ........
popular sympathy ami support Is-ar : ' , 4.onsi,i,.r it especially de-! -postage. The same writer savs :
The Itritisli tinst otlieo 1-ciiiiircu
- - - -- - 1 -
The canvass for member of Con
gress just closed in the Third Pis
trict, has been one of the most ex
cited ever known in Vermont. In-
. . ... -1.- .. .4 ----
deel, nothing hkc u in u.e i.au.ie ,(V llv.rv,MM,v ,.,,.
of the contest has everbeun known. .in)l .( ,,.n.,s
The interest ana spimoi u.e i-: i.illtf vnr c-laili1-n, tlit-v -i
. . ,.r ,.1
test nave grown out 01 ciku-s 01 , -Ui, ,,il.ni
you, too, whatever you
iay have ol merit
tniongh fear that
niav excel your
any comparison to hers. Siie says : ; ,,j,a,le that the Treasury Pepart
" r.efore the rein llii.n. sir, I had a m;':it should be prepared to furnish
husband, kind, loving, industrious.
economic!
four little
provision
that books and magazines shall le
much information pertinent to . ..t ,1U !.. . ll,.(.l,iiiir vvav. or thev
Il- 1 I I' .i . .1 1. - .. . '
, v ho lor iu sen aeu 0111 ; nie uojeeu as canoe 001.11m u .uki subjected to letter lost;ve y
ones made a comfortable . eohYctcd within the limited time ,.. "
k 1 . . .. 1 1... I II 1 .1.. I'. ... II. tin..iiulicf itii'uct I. i . . 1 ' '
, M I i IHMfH n.i im -""' ;i V il I l.l 01,- nil 1 in- 11. . .-..-..1 1 , uiii.
The harbor of dalveston, Texas,
Light
in the
channel, while there was forinerlv a
depth of twenty feet.
f.'.'.ove P'.U'nrioiied well' sent me bv
gallon ou are. thereto.- noieby j mail ,.((St()1 Th( KllJ.lifill
instrm teiUo K;ve t.'.e subject of the L,.,,,.;,,,, ua(l 1nt ,,0(.n ..ttended to,
revision:,! the tariff especial atteu- wl).n tll0 ,M,stinan brought me
turn, and to report a bill which, it ; tll(1 .im.i i. iesented also a bill
11 i 11 1 I. '
ippioveii ny v tingi'ess, win oeasuo
nt e """ 1 " j occasions ino
unfitness and personal corruption r y
against a man who has for six years ! m "
oy such 1 eviimv.H.
peo'.uc
stitute for all acts imposing customs
duties, and which will render the ad-
back
else
thins to the show. The remark is
frcipiently heard. after a fair: ''Why,
I had such and such things at home
better than was on exhibition." So
bring out your prodii'-tions and
handiwork; we all wiwit to see it.
There hi two good hotels in the vil
lage for the iceoini!iod;:tio:i of those
from a distance, and there will be
good victualling arrangements 011
the grounds for such as may desire
theu- meals there. But it has be
held the post of representative 111
Congress; for thirty years worked!
actively and conspicuously in the
Republican and Whig parties. It j
has been charged that he has held i
the office three terms and should
give place to another man ; that his
recommendations to ollice have been
bad; that his talents ara unfit to!
give him the prominent place of rep
resentative of the Third Jd'sirict:
and ch'ietly 'hat he has used his
power of recommending appoint
incuts for his personal and venal ends.
All these charges huve been made
.by his political friends ; by those
with whom he is, and ever has been
in perfect political sympathy. The
result is no election, while Mr. P.ax
ter is largely ahead of his opponent.
So largely that there is scarcely a
doubt of his triiimphantaut election
on the nex'. ballot, requiring only a
plurality vote. This result is largely
due to the personal labor and ex
pense Mr. Ilaxter has incurred in
tlio canvass, and the labors of oth- j Mr. Ellis Miss, was entered and rob
era he has induced to woik for him. ' bed of a lot of water melons. This
The expense has doubtless been is not the first, instance in which Mr.
more than the profits of one term in IS.'s garden has suffered this fall.
of peace and plenty. hat oas lie
come of him? lie teas Ktarrtd fit
death at Audi rstmrill and that by
the ' cliivalric' men whom your ' pol
icy ' would lain restore. ,':,','noiit re
pentance, to t! nead of our gov-
Sime then 1 have been
trying my best to earn bread for my ' ministration of this branch of tin
little ones by phjuj the needle. At ; revenue system more simple, econ
times. when that cnmlovmcut has ; iimii"il 'iml effective. In the dis-
do not hold j failed me, 1 have even been obliged ' charge of this dutv vou will consi-
soine one I to stand, from early morn till night, i Her the necessity of providing for a
coiitribu- over the trash tub. I had t o br, ti- j large certain and permanent reve-
ers, steady men, Kuid anil generous, j nuc, keeping in view the tact that
Had the rebellion left them as it 1 the existing tariff has proved most
found them, pinching poverty I j effective iu tlrsdirection. Vou will
should have never known. Alas ! ! thorefore endeavor, first, to secure
alas ! one of them p risheil from ex- j for the ( iovernnieiit a revenue com
posure and want on I'.elle Island, ; mensiirate with its necessities, and,
and the other had his right armtak-! secondly, to propose such moditica
c;i off by a rebel shell at Antietnin. I tioiis of the tariff laws now iu force
1 le cannot assist me. T1k privations j as will better adjust and equalize the
and hardships 1 have had to endure j ,luty upon foreign imports with the
have so shattered- my own health : internal taxes upon home produc
and strength that 1 feel at times 1111- j (ions. If this last result can be ob
able even to endure the fatigue oV tained without detriment to the re
plying the needle. So that, except venue by reducing the taxation up
my trust in a merciful (iod, 1 have on raw materials and the machine v
come a ve ry popular practice for sacrificed for my count r,; my am. : of home production rather than by
families attendinir a fair, to carrv I husiiand, luot.icrs, House, home, In-1 increasing the rates of import, it
with them all the refreshments re
quired for the day, and it is a pleas-
It is slated that a physician iu
St. Louis, Mo., the other tiay tore up
a prescription for a cholera patient
because the wife of the sick man
could not pay his fee. The man died,
and prominent citizens have taken
means to prosecute the doctor.
Lieut. S. II. Lincoln, lTtli I'. S. L,
from the Post Office Department for formerly of the lith Vermont V0I1111
no less sum than seven pounds til-;
teen shillings something like thir- i
ty seven dollars. Knowing the con j
tents of the parcel, 1 brietly inform
ed the Postmaster General that I
could procure the same in town for
eight shillings, but that 1 was wil
ling to pay the ordinary postage,
and he decided to accept it. Now
these things ought not to be. There
ought to be the same certainty of
the transmission of newspapers that
there is of letters, and the rates of
postage ought to be fixed and rea-
teers, has been ordered to l oit
Gratiot, Michigan.
A woman threw her infant, four
months old, into the river at Phila
ilelphia on Wednesday because, as
she said, she had been abandoned
by her husband ami was penniless
and without food. The child was
drowned.
sonable In the case lm paivel (( u-,,hi u'ilu.t v .
releiied to the lost Otltee '".'' 'the water 'level, ami mcaMiiinj
claimed payment for transportation ; immi Ullll(1.( iu
ing and 1 am cast, a beggar 011 the would, in' mv opinion, bv decreasin
cold charity of the world. And all ; the cost of production and increas
this I owe to the Southern slave- iny the nroihiciii!'- oowcr of wnsres.
ant i-ight to see parents andcliildreii holders, and to their iniquitous at- greatly promote the interests of 'the
partaking of the repast prepared bv 1 tempt to murder my beloved eoun- whole count rv. In the prosecution
the affectionate hand of a kind moth-1 : 1 '''' ""' '' "'isi.aml
. . ii.i 1 1 and mv brothers,
er. ( oiuc. and let us have a good:
JVnv, .Mr. .loimson, since
trom Liverpool. 1 he railwa.v c "ii
pany would have brought the par
cel. n::d delivered it at my door, tor
twenty-live cents, whil- the P st
Otli"'. Hepartinent claim d 1 1 1 1 1 : -seven
dollars. Is not the subject
worthy of the attention id' the au
thorities at Washington .''
tune.
Sneak Thieves. On last Sun
day night, the garden belonging to
Congress.
J5ut it would be unjust to repre
sent all his supporters, or even a
large number of them, us procured
either by venal or personal influence.
Many who have been long and per-
Rathcr small business. Kobbing
hen roosts, or pocket-picking might
vou in
vite a comparison, what hav e tjnti
suffered? Exhibit tjitttf sears, and !
wounds and bruises ! Did you lose i
a leg or an arm, or were tjun even so
much as scratched or bruised?
Where is the blood shed?
Would it stain a white cambric
pocket handkerchief.' How much i
property did ymt los ? Why, if re-1
port speaks true, during.most of the
time of the war vou were living on
of this work you are authorized to
call upon any officer of the revenue
for such information as you may re
quire and he may be able to furnish.
li. McCt'l.Uicit,
Secretary of 1 lie Treasury.1
It is understood that the office of
the Commissioner of the Hevenue
will be at the New York Custom
House during October.
Tin: Knurr of Secession Con
A V 1 1 1 NT AT .b 1 1 N S TON S 1 A TI .
llnrrixliitrtih. '(.. Sept. 1 I. The
Presidential party arrived Irm
Pittsburg at Johnston. Some !'
or oOO people had gathered on i!ie
plank covering over an old can ;!.
This gave way, l.rst one section fail
ing, and prceipii at ing I lie oei npa :t s
:, the ground, some I'll feet. 'I 'oe
second part soon followed, ami in
less than thirty seconds the pels , is
standing upon it were thrown o'.c
upon another, or buried lenentii.
Women screamed, while many ex
cited men from the ciowd rushed 10
the scene of the disaster to reli"Ve
be called respectable compared j the ' fat of the land. 111 Nashvill
with (his. Such a man would be
mean enough to commit a high'.vav
j robbery on a crying baby, and rob
tonally acquainted with Mr. P.axter, jt ,,f its gingerbread steal bad cop
pers off a collection plate and lick
riinir.P. The Court of Appeals, tneir friends. A nuuioer 01 persons
the hi-'hest inilicial authoritv in Vir- ! emerged from the wreck liiiiiijur. d.
oini-i Iims VeeeiiHv eoiilii'ineil t he Muibiii'r from t he fact t ha 1 1 hey i re
believe him to be honest and greatly
belied. They believe him to be a
man of good ability, and especially
able and influential in carrying bis
measures by personal and private
efforts among the people, or in any
body of men; ami tin? result of this
canvass is certainly no small con
firmation of this belief. Hut chielly
Mr. Jlavter has retained the sup-
Kirt of the great body of those who
voted for-him, because of the pure
record of his political action. Ilis
scat in' the sessions of the House
ltus always been occupied ; his voice
has always responded to the roll call,
and his vote lias always been as the
people would have it. They have
full confidence in liiru in political
matters. And in time like these, it
was .iioughrbest to take a tried,ffc
the rfhilasses of a blind nigger's last
pancake, that he might satisfy the
cravings of his piggish appetite for
dainties. We advise him to "go
light"' next time, or .Mr. Miss may
brin,; It i tn up with a round turn. 1
S. M. Hewlett, the well known.'
popular tempera net' lecturer will give
his popular lecture, "7ijt (if the
77mcs,11 at the Town Hall, Tuesday
evening, Sept. Do. Let there be a
full house. Admission leu cents, to
defray expeirses.
ut of harm's way, protected, as you validity of the Secession ordinance
were, by I'nion bayonets. Out of! f lSlii, and the llaleigh (N. C.) '
1'ncle Sam's overllowing commissi!- j Voir.v., in commenting upon this
ry stores you drew plenty to eat and ' decision, says that "the same judi
to drink the best of meats, and, j eial'nlea is held by nine-tenths.' per
what was of still more consequence haps, of the Southern people.11 It
to you, the elwieest of tiiiorx. Add 1 adds that although it may vot be ex-'
to this your handsome salary as pedient to uphold secession now, u it
Military Governor. Then the great 1 ought to be distinctly understood!
Cuion party, whom you have since j that our section lias not .yielded the ;
so foully befraed, made you Vice ! point of rhjltt in the dispute." Such'
President, with a salary oil ,si()(i declarations as these, emanating 1
per annum. Then, to crown it all. ! from various points of the South, i
John Wilkes Jlooth made you Pres- j present the strongest of arguments
ident, and there you arc yet, to the ! i n favor of the Constitutional
tune of !s2.",U0(l a year, with 'Jlrutx.' Amendment.
me reoeinon louuii vou, 1 icaru, p.., .,. .1.,. ..i.,a;, :,, ,,
able to walk away.
.Men and women were seen with
helpless child re!t in t heir arms, t heir
clothes and f.iei-s bla"kelied by the
coal dust into which they had til 1 1 1 11.
The train, after remaining scm i.iI
minutes, moved on. the work of i"s
ctie being stil! in jn'ouress, and a
number of th" wounded and deul
apparently were bring Inane away.
to
.id
iet
to III
A dispatch from Mobile says that
on the I'd iust., on the Florida coast,
fifteen miles from land, an island
was thrown up uv volcanic innuenei
IIIOVI
ing si v
lllll let'
en.-e.
The Taunt u Unzclfr slates (hat
farmers in th:t t vicinity who have,
been testing their pot a toe crops find i
signs of rot. which it is leaicdvwllj
be more expensive than has been
known a rou. d theic for many years.
A few tlav s since a lady ascended 1
to the top of the big chimney in
Ludlow. Vermont, ji'.st built for the
new factory, which is 10J feet high,
and there had her photograph tak-;
en.
John (ila.s. a native of Cadiz.
Spain, died in Mai biehead last week.
Mr. (iiass was naturalized iu this
country in the vear t0, then thir
ty nine ycif;s of age, making him
about l(l."i y :rs oh) w heil he died.
The l'.aug u- H'A;';, undei -;:and that
thu Messrs. Sprag'ue of Uho.le Is
land have actually iurehavd the
pro;..rty of flic Augusta Water
Power Comp.in.v, including the dam
across the IC. nnel.ee. for 1 I s."i.nii(i,
of w hicli : 'Moni'l the city ives
'10.(100.
A woman named Korwan com
nutted suici.'.e in New York a day or
two since, r.eiore committing the
The Southern rmonisU at riiiia
delphia greeted with thundering
cheers the news of the result of the
election iu Vermont. It indicated
the judgment of the people in con
demnation of the dastardly conduct
of President Johnson, and was
happy prophecy of the verdict of
the people of other States, when it
should be their turn to pronounce
jiioginciit. in tins prophecy these
lire tried Cnionists saw their only
hope of deliverance.
Salmon P.ixby of Com,th, Vt.,
was killed Aug. .11, by the acciden
tal discharge ol a gun in his band,
lie was riding iu an ox-cart, and
some jolt gave 11 blow to the ham
mer of the gun, causing the; explu.
sioii. and sending thebiillet through
his head.
The jewelry man who sells live
dollargold lockets in coiiikm tion with
Hailcy & Go's, circus, victimized a
crowd at lrasbiirgh. The fools
are not all dead yet."
It is the duty of each member of
the Mt. Ilolyoke female seminary
to write tin annual letter, stating
whether she is married or single,
how many children she has, ami oth
er particulars concerning her status
and progress. A young lady of the
class of IStil has just written to the
ckiss secretary that she is not mar
ried, but that she thinks that she
can see a little cloud that ariseth out
'of the skv of the future, like a malt's
lead.
Pecentlv, in a tow n in England,
an infant was killed by a cat lying
down on its face iu the cradle. The
mot her not apprehending any dan
ger. but pleased at what she t bought
the cat's affection, went and called a
neighbor to see t he t w o lv ing asleep,
nit thev found on removing the cat
that the infant had been smothered.
Prof. P. A. Chadl.oiirne of Wib
lianis College has declined the Pres
idency of the Wisconsin State 1'iii
versitv at Madison. . Madison dis
patch to the Chicago A' , i'i an
sav s lie declined t he place "pa! t ly be
cause opposed to the plan eoliteiil
plat, il in the law lvoiganizing the
institution of educating the twn
sexes together partly on account
of the attack of some Democratic
new spaper on him, because he was
devoted to 1'nioli principles."
A tree standing near t he resident r
of lion. 1". V.. ooi!lind;e in Yer
geioies. vised as a " whipping post'1
in lsp;, ami the last one ns-il for
that pili po-iein Vermont. v as reiaoy
i d, root and branch, by that geiitle
, man a few duvs since.
ecp
1 " 1"" "" ..11 ii:i; itw Ii'l llol'To lumli (lultn ill
you are rich, with a sound body, not ' i,.. -.,.-r ,,.,,, ih.t ! ti,,. .i.,..tei... !
and the fruits of seeession, has been i Vi"'tv T''' ,'' ;n" to !'"
done by the local State action of the S ."""f h, ;1 V "V ''' ,!'1. '"(
South ' Wledisto I. Iii, I... 1, ,,, ing the Mayor and otier civ.e
ciats, me luiitia; v. tircmeu. ke.
Al'tcrdinner tie- Presid.-iit m;;
1 1. - 1. . . 1 ..1
a... i.;i...t-t ........t ..c v;.., .....i i s iceen i..:..iuic oaicuii
III. Illlll.st .Willi III , illlll.l, ,111.1 -. ....
thus repudiating the repeal of the
secession ordinance and reviving
the rebel debt or whatever else be
longed to the secession era f Is not
this the reason why those States
manifest such a singular hostility
against having incorporated in the
Constitution of the Tinted States
slavery,
to speak of your mind, whose sound-1
ness is not so certain. I
You, Andrew Johnson, talk ol'
jttur sacrifices and itmr sufferings,
and challenge a comparison. Fie.'1
fie! upon vou! Why, sir, on thai1
Goon YlEl.0. Mrs. John Mown, j score 1 ought to be America's (Jitren,
of this I'mVII, raised the past season and yon ought to-be sweating over
011 three-fourth;
bushels wheat
1 was oiiliged to move
time table ligiit to av
I'ceident :. I he President instil
ed Marsha! O'Peirre to remain
learn the particulars and to ext.
ail possible ai l to the sufferers.-
Several welcomes were recei'
and rcsp icled o on the route.
On arriving here the I'n sideii
act he mat!
hel children,
hat with era
burial clot le
Mr. Ale
York's ret ur
of dollars i
anneal 1 1 1 ,
mourning dresses for
bound her hu-.haiid's
m . and laid out ln-row n
1 lie Vii-Illiis ol tne Uite siior!
bloody war in European- reckoned
at 110 less than L'll.OOlt to u t.ooti killed
on the spot or since died from their
wounds, to which may probably lie
added an equal number of both
partii s v ho have died from illness.
chiellv ! he eh"V a.
.LiV
Stat.-:
those States, at a favorable opportu-
nitv, from following the decision ol
of an acre, thirty ! 1111
from about
t iii'ce
pecks of seed.
and faithful man, in preference K
one not tried. 1 loubt less this polit-1 L.UtGE lien. We have received
ical sympathy for the man, and his from Mr. Andrew Aitken, of Prad
i.d
in
id-
:'i-
wasli tub: Ami now, sir, are
your questions as lo who suffered
more than you, who sacrificed more
than you by reason of the war, an
swered ? ((, sir, a, id I know hun
dreds of poor women, tossed from
the hights of alllueiice into the
life long steadfast political record, , ford, an egg laid by one of his pul-1 of penury and want, who havt
vale
si if
opended to east suspicion ami dis
credit in the minds of many who
would not tolerate such corruption
upon the charges of corruption so
pointedly made by respectable men,
and so strongly sustained by testi
lets, measuring "A by 0 inches.
Mr. Pdiss has onr thanks
present of some fine melons.
feictl and sacrificed ti'n thousand
I limes more than you, and are mak-j
for a 1 i"g no ostentatious parade of it
either. Yours respectfully, 1
Mauv Jane C.vitieuvvaite. j
A soldier's widow, and the mother of
four fatherless children.'1
even then such declarations its they
w ere willing to subscribe to at Phila
delphia for political purposes?
What they have done under press
ure at home they can as easily undo
but it is a wholly different tiling
to obtain Hit? concurrence of tlnee-
MlKLEU IN Woltfll-sTKi; " " . 1 io"i net 01 j pmn lis 01 me i-iaics 01 l lie ( liloli.
it 1 .... i-Mii in' in 1 u 1 in r , lioieiiiau ever. lieu, snoiuii tne
shocking Miunlcr wsis perpetrated in .. . 111 . '. 1 " ',M
mony. .Mr. l.iixter may get the ! Pond street, Worcester, about two " 1 "Ii1"1,,"l'""1 '""'1''
election, but his personal reputation ! o'clock on Monday niorning. Short-' . ln t-"ii.nt , jh-.H is abundant, as tion nt those sale and salutary
c m sc-ircclv s' .ml -.-.in free ,,, 1 b' after that hour an alarm of lire V,'e Keol.;gical survey ot Professor , elar.ses ot ...cndmei.t, however
(.in start Oj s.amt again lice u"111 j was ..ien, and it was found that -i Hitchcock and linger have fully much men of Mr. Adams' calibre
stain. Enmities have been be- ,ani"ner,r'th,. house of one Thoiu-is ''emonstiiited. They nay there is : may talk about Southern States be
gotten that will be life long; and j Fallon was on flic. Thenian Fallon Imt " ,,nv" '" xUo i'"' ,,,at ,,1,s ""t ' "vv,"',1 or enough" to add
nianvgootl men have felt a-sense of1 helped to put out the lire, and while;'1 'leV of peat stored up for fiilure ; their votes to favor it. ,W
shame and disgrace fortius contest ' ill. others in doing so. I J"' ; "I ''""'""''
someone weir, 1110 lis louse 11111 ' " i.n 1.. nn-.i.-i
a
the ho
tel. The committee from Washing
ton arrived this evening. S -civia-ry
Seward also joined the.". i',v t!;is
evening.
Accou. lis from JiJinst-i'i Male tiiat
seven or eight persons were killed,
tluit fivi' or six nr.- in a flying c -u-ilition,
and that ninety were serious
ly and ii large number s1'- htlv in
j 11 red by I he failing of ti
Twelve physiein is have !
burgh for JohiiNiii. Th
described as very distress:
, bri.l
ft Pif
seen--
:nler T. Steu-art of New
1 of over four millions
; probably the largest j
ie in the world. If the
Pot hsi-hild-. w lmse wealth is more
that of a f.'.-'iih than of individuals.
Mr- except: d. 110 micron lied pel-sou
hasan incoc, approaching Mr. Stew
ari's. L.'.rd Duadreary has expressed
hi use!!' fav orable t o nun riage with
a deceased wile's sister, on this
g.'oi'.nd: " I :; economical, because
' v. hen a man nmrries his deceased
wife's sister lie has only one moth
er in law."
1 The report that Gov. Vis.s per
. .::-, propel ty had been restored to
1 liisii is denied bv his lit- die w 1 1; rough
Ithe !;icli!i;oud l-'it'itiirer. It was
the ici.-oiial properly of Mrs. Wise
; which has been restored.
" !'. Secrctaiv" lleiijaniiu of the
fiefl'oct " 'onl'eih'foev" Iliatle his
Tilt New. ( ) leius
that two ehurclie-:, ope ill Jefferson,
anil the other in I 'a noil ton. suburban
tow ns of New Orleans, built by the
Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. North, for the
b in-lit of Colored Methodists, were
recent lv burned the work of iisccn-
dialies. l'oltiinatelv both were ill
suivd.
The late rains have benefitted the
planters of South Carolina materi
ally, and now with the assistance of
turnips illld sweet potatoes thev will
be enabled to " keep the pot boil
ing." The freediiiep who work 'd for
iii share of the staplu crops, howev
er, w ill fare har.l.
I A new I.'epulilienn paper, in (ho
interest of I'ortus I'.avter, is to be
.started at I'.ui liugton, under
the iiiaiiagctneiit of Cjipt, John T.
Diw.
is
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:; t'e ni
Vie
hii'
!'.:'. lice its a l'listeroll the
( ireuit in England iu
The Tory papers praise
course. !
among political oreinreii, winch ,,,,,1 1.1. .:,-.. 1. ; vulopinont of this important truih. 1
I . . . , . , , ' i"iiimi 111.1 niir milj; III r-M II .Mini i I 1 1 ' I . , , '
eaus nielilto proloundly hope the ; ,.1)Veied w it h hi ood which had pro- i ' not now important, it is sure to
like will not be repeated in their 1 ceeded from woumb in her ),... 1 le in u few years more; the densely
day. I The crv of " murder was i - I , w - l m-t i 1 tli State have
1 ! ! and on liearing it Fallon attempted5 Imm'" so coiniletely stnppetl of for-1
A (!toI) Co.NCEKT. Last Mon- to escape, but. was arrested. Ileilid ,,st' ,liat limber iiml even fuel is now
day evening, upon very short notice, : not deny the crime, and said that he 1111 'Speusive article, i Vat is Yer
thoX. W. Leavitt troupe o-jive a hail used a brickbat in nmk ho r 1 1, i 'h'liit is not confined to lowlands ami
Concertntthe Melhotli'st Chapel in ; iniirderous at lack. Mrs. Failontlied;
this vilhisre. There was a trout I ml- about five o'clock the n-iiihi imieit.
dience, ami a first rate Concert. ; ing. The (hurtle, savs cnnccrniii" Slate w here it is found ; ami all tin
Mexican News. Washhujioii,
Sejif. Hi. Mr. Kc mem, the Mexican
Minister, received dispatches to day
from Vera Cruz, dated the .'t 1st of
August. They contain the following
news :
The city of Kan Luis Potosi has
been occlinied bv the National forces
vallcvs of streams. Mr. I lull names 1 ,,f Mexico. The city of Jesuit han,
some of the highest towns iu the in the Sintnni' r i'i'imv low 1,.
captured by the Liberals, .( Aus-
Miss Emma Pailey, tint well known Fallon's motive for murder, that a ': 'niboads cross beds of it, which : trians wlio'giinisoneil it having sur
eouiraito, was present, ami sang disagreement arose between him and j no uisn ineni wnn tar eneap
gramlly as over, with her clear an. 1 j his wife, sonic months ago, iu re-
t-r fuel than wood or coal. Some of
ciidored,
It was reported at Vera Cruz that
deep toned Voice. Mr. W. Keott ! uard to some oroiieil v. He wnnii.il these deposits are so old mid deep ( iniidahiiar-i le..l I...1.11 tnLen hv tl,.
to niise .iri(i( 011 the house, but his j "ssu ciepnaui s na e oeen 10111111 j Uepnlil iean forces, but this rumor
Marsli and his beautiful ilaug-hter.
Hii Marsh, (aged 1.1) were also pres
ent. Mr. Marsh is a good singer
and instrument player, will make in
nocent sport ami fun anywhere.
while his daughter, who has'a mezzo
wile would not sign any paper that 1 """'d several loot In-low the pres
would permit him to. do it, there-: nit ,ll'l!,,,e.
fore iu her absence he prevailed up- j u" I'"' "mmif. of Mansfield lnoun-
iiii Ins cousin 10 tbrut. his wife's 111 ,m ""'we, i.. ai
name, which she did. ami he !,. I an elevilt loinil l.l IS It et iibove tide,
nprnnn voice of git-at compiis, is a ' taineil the money. When his wile tbeii' mc Ih-iIs .!' pent and sphaghoiis
most charming and gifted vocalist. ret 11 r I, she talked to him. ami a ! ""'ss,' I "' .' increiising the .piaiiti-
IHHl for tine ol lier !l:re. call hurdlv fuss w.i neiile :il I it . mill I.,. II..11 bv 01 iiiei 101 nit lire ngt-s,
lo excelled. " Little E.t lie," ("about nnd his cousin were arraigned be
eight years old) is decidedly " a ! fore the Police Court. The matter
brick.'1 lie sings well, and acts his i was quashed, provided Fallon would
part very well. Mr. Ieavitt himself enter nil the properly in his wile's
manifest till (hat refined musical name. He did mo. but HUtirii re.
taste ntul culture, for which he is so venge. Poison has been found in
well known, lie gave Hie " Ship
011 Fire." with gi-c.it success. Asa
whole, It was one of I ho best, if not
the best, Imihul ami song Concerts
we have hud here this lon tijue.
Forth Stat;
the house at several different limes
since then, Many things conspire
to show that the affair was premedi
tated ami done in an hour when the
murderer thought ho would cscaH'
detection.
Amekican Goi.i) am) Silver
The gold 11ml silver products of the
I'hiteil Slates I'm: ihu. vear lSllii have
Heeds eoiiliriinitiou.
The Liberals attacked Vera Cruz
011 the night of the li'.Mh ult., and
captured eleven French soldiers.
Maximilian has Issued a decree
for the purpose of collecting l.'i per
centum of the value of the confis
cated National Church property.
The tax is more than can be paid,
ami co!isciiiently nas occasioned
much dissatisfaction against the au
thor of the decree in places subject
hecii estimated at Horn eighty two 1 to French rule. Dispatches state
1 1 1 . .... 1 . '11; ... . .1 . ,i ... .
to one iniiioicii nun six minions. 1 1 nat t ne at lotial forces are every
California produced twenty -live mil-! v here increasing, ami that many iff
lions; Montana, eighteen millions!
Nevada, sixteen millions; Idaho,
seventeen millions ; Colorado, seven
teen millions; oilier sources, live
million.
the Imperialists were iroinir ovur to
Liberals.
IIiiI v'k Vi'ui-tiilili. I'linnrrn li tlio bcM l.liir
mint miM I'n in Killer 11 n.
Fii:vai:pi.'(I Letters I'i:i;e.
We have received ipi'ito a number of
impiiries relative to the provisions
of Section 1, of the Act of June,
1 Slid, relative to the forwarding, free,
of letters from one Post Ollice to
another. Peculiar eases have arisen
in which Postmasters have been in
doubt as to the application of this
law, anil we have received from the
Department several decisions tis to
its proper construction. We give
these below, as answers to those of
our subscribers who have written 10
us 011 the subject :
1. The law referred to provides
that " prepaid and free letters shall
lie forwarded, at the request td the'
party ndttrexxrd, from one Post Ollice j
to another, without additional post
age charge." A letter which has
been delivered by the Post Ollice to
an authorized person (such as one
to whose care it is directed), anil by
him re directed to another Post of
fice, ami again deposited iu the Post
Ollice from which it was delivered,
cannot be forwarded to its new ad
dress without the prepayment of do
mestic rates of postage in stamps.
I Hoi letters which the parties
addressed desire to have forwarded
to them in the mails toanot her Post
Ollice can be so forwarded ; but they
must lie charged on their face, anil
on the post bill, with letter postage
three cents for each half ounce or
fraction thereof,
U. The provisions of this act do
not apply to any form of mail mat
ter w hatever except tWltr. Neither
books, newspapers, pamphlets nor
circulars in short, nothing but let
tersare entitled tithe forwarded
free.
I. Neither paid nor iiiipaiil(ri'i
letters can be for wan lei I free under
this net, which applies oulv to do
mestic letters,
The Saeo Democrat says tint i n
Sunday of kiM vvi 1 k awihldei rwas
seen leisurely walking in tin iojuI
near the house of Mr. Pit-hard Leav
itt. at P! ue Point, in Scarboro'. He
ui'llt til tin- I'ol-ntii'lil liivir I v mill
'1 course. !, . . ,, . ""
hen ifl imisi'ti to corn, and tmislieil
Mr. Ih.be.loax. the first w hite man ' ,,,v ,v entering the garden ami eat
who penetrated the I'pper Missouri, .," j;.w turnips, and then return
is still ll.lllg. He is eight v two ,.,( (, t he w oods.
years of age, and is the founder of
St. Joseph, Mo. St. Louis was a : ""' s,,ei''tar of the Colnradu
' . . . T : . ..1 1. .. 1 ... 1 .i
mere trading port When lie first ; "uo..i.t ui.-i iipns mat. Hie IC1TI
passed that wa,.
The Chicago Common Council on
Monday passed a resolution that al
ter January 1, eight hours shall con
stitute ii legal day's work for till
men iu the employ of the city.
A certain paper speaks of the
President's speeches a s " chain
jiiigne" documents. This apparent
slander is only a typographical
blunder, it is to be hoped, and that
" campaign" was the word intend
ed.
A large meeting was held in Ma
con, da., on the 1 Itu, when a series
of resolutions was unanimously pass
ed indorsing the proceedings of the
Philadelphia Coiivcniion ami com
mending the wisdom ami patriotism
of President Johnson.
The steamer Allen May, running
between Gallipolis ami Guyandoltc,
exploded her boiler 011 the iiioriiin-r
I of the oth, four miles below Giillipo-
rt:.. 'I- ,1 1 1
n.-. i wo 01 me crew aim one pas
senger were killed, and nine of ( lie
crew ami three passengers wounded.
The great trot in Milwaukee, Wis.,
between Dexter ami Patched, to
harness, was won by the 'former.
Dexter'stime was L'.-MJ, ami L'.'-MI ;
Palcheii's best time was 'Jt.'M.
The Paris correspondent of the
liomfon (Hmerrrr writes: " I hear
that a great change is to he made
this year in gentlemen's dress, and
that the chimney pot hat that has so
long held its place amid the llitefu
atioi's of fashion is at last to suc
cumb tn the demand of the age,"1
lorial Hoard of Canvassers finished
counting the vote 011 the t veiling of
the of h iust. Geo. L. Cinlcott, the
I'cpublicnn candid. ite for delegate
to Congress had a majority of ins
over Hunt, the Administration can
didate. Gov. Ciiininings gave a
certificate of election to Hunt, ami
a majority of the Hoard of canvass
ers gave a certificate to Chileiitt.
Fk.mamsm.-I lead Centre Stephen
has culled a meeting of the l eiiinii
I'.rotheihooil of Manhattan and
Long Island next Sunday. IniKut.
ant movements, it is said, may be
expected soon from the heatjiiiiir-'
lets of the Stephens portion of the
Fenians.
The Petersburg liider says the
grave diggers at the Crater, have
unearthed a short distance in front
of that famous place the body of 11
white woman, dressed in Federal
iiiiiloi in. The body was in mi excel
lent state of preservation. She had
been shot through the he;n.
It is reported that in conseiiience
of the successful results of the re
cent t rials of American small arms
by the Military Commissioners ap
pointed for that purpose by the
Forte, that, the Turkish army is
ahout to be armed entirely with
carbines of American manufacture.
Agents of the Government are
about to h nve bi- the Paired States
to contract for their manufacture.
A gang of highwaymen are the
terror of peuccuhlo ' citizens near
Ilidtiinore. They not only rob their
victims of money, but of theirclofh-
ilK'i