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Office is “Jeffeesoe IIam .” j
Thursday, July 12,1886.
THE TAX ON COTTON.
In the hill claiming to be one “to reduce in
ternal taxation." and amendatory of the act of
June 30th, 1804, to provide internal revenue,
iiist passed by both Houses of Congress, then*
is a clause imjiosing a tax of three cents a pound
nj*on cotton.
In the Senate. Mr. Saulabury of Delaware,
w ho. in spile of the opprobrium attempted to be
generally talks like a statesman, justly ami ably
opposed this tax. He said : “ Considering the
situation of the people whore this article is ,
grown, reduced to absolute poverty, scarcely
able to get bread for their families, unrepresent
ed in Congress, without voice in the levying of
taxes, I thiukit is unjust that the article of cot
ton should be singled out, of all the products
of the farmer and planter, to be taxed.” He
contended that it would l>c quite as fair to tax
wheat and corn. Before the war the average
price of cotton was about nine cents a pouud,
and this tax is one-third of that amount.
Mr. Hendricks,of Indiana, a member of great
fairness and candor, also opposed the tax on
cotton, and asked why this is the only agricul
tural product that is taxed U'fore any value is
atltieil to it uy moor : is n uw#«w «> *»
duction of the Southern States ? He was sure
Seuators would not admit that this tax is to lx1
imposed as a penalty upon the people of the
South. He urged that the Northern people are
interested in the production of cotton in order
to restore the balance of trade in our favor with
Europe. Now, when the people of the South
ern States are scarcely able to cultivate the land
at all; when nature has joined with their pov
erty to prevent the production of a crop; when
the bidance of trade is against us; when we
need to send hundreds of thousands of bales a
cross the ocean to restore the balance of trade
in our favor, at this period it is proposed, when
we are reducing taxation upon other articles, to
increase by fifty per cent the tax upon cotton.
'Oic honest mind of Mr. Hendricks could not
understand the statesmanship or the policy of
such legislation. q
In the earlier days of the Republic a Senator
was understood to be a representative of the
whole country, not part, though chosen by a
State; but Mr. Sherman of Ohio, who has here
tofore had credit for an enlarged statesmanship,
does not seem to so understand it. Though a
greoing in the main with Mr. Hendricks as to
the tax on cotton, he steered to quiet his oppo
sition by the fact that he was not a member of
the committee of conference, and felt great sat
isfaction that most of the agricultural interests
of Ohio and Indiana arc to bo bene lit tod Viy f>>*>
bill, and he was particularly elated with the
fact that the relief given to the tobacco interest
is greater than to any other interest affected by
themcasure. Tobacco is a luxury, used perhaps
by two-thirds of the males of the country, whilst
cotton is a necessity, used by every man, wo
man and child, yet the burden on the luxury
is lessened, whilst that on the necessity is in
creased. This is Mr. Sherman's statesmanship
—a sample of the enlarged views which animate
an Ohio Senator! This is a specimen of the
fairness of the Radical majorities in Congress!
PAYMENT FOR SUPPLIES.
Under an act of July 4th, 1804, all claims
originating in a rebellious State were ruled out.
and thousands of Ural men denied all hope of
ever Wing paid. A sense of justice is now be
gini.ing to appear. Mr. 1‘olaud of Vermont,
on Monday, urged the Senate to pass the bill to
provide for the payment of quartermasters
stores and subsistence supplies furnished to the
army of the United States.
("The bill provides that all claims of loval n..r
sons lor quartermaster’s stores actually furnish
ed to the army may be submitted to the Quar
mastor General, who. if convinced, after exami
nation. that the claim is just, shall refer it to
the Third Auditor of the Treasury for settle
ment. ( .aims tor subsistence supplies are in
like manner to lie submitted to and determined
iiixin by the Commissary General of Subsistence.
All claims exceeding five hundred dollars to be
prosecuted in the C'Urt of Claims, w hich is au
thorised, it the pr1 weeutor is loyal, and the claim
just, to award comj>ensation for the same.]
^ Messrs. Howard and Wilson opj*>sed the bill,
the first declaring he would not pay any man
iu the disloyal States, and the latter because it
would be easy for all the inhabitants to prove
themselves loyal.
Mr. 1 rum I mil, on the contrary, would pay
loyal men i t the South as rraililv as loyal men
of the North. As t>> paying for supplies, it had
always been doue. by Geus. Grant, Sherman,
Ac., when they had the money. L >yaltv cost
something in the South. The bill went over
for the day.
GEN. J. W. GEABY,
The Republican candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, is called by his followers a
“ Hero.’ Whilst in command hereabouts he
never exhibited much heroism in any of his ex
ploits. On one of his visits toth > town hoex
hibited his heroism by arresting all the male
citizens of the town, and permitting his men to
steal horses and plunder whilst they were in
prison. He and his command were kept out of
Winchester f r several hours by but Jour Rebel
cavalrymen, and then only wended his way to
the forts outside of town, fearing to stay iu the
town. On his return to Harpers-Ferry, the
Baylor Cavalry were constantly picking up
some of his men who w ere Bot iu as much haste
as himself in getting to his intrench meats.
In speakiug of his visit to Congress, the Pitts
burg (.iazette says “ He is deeply interested in
the protection of the coal fields • >f Western Penn
sylvania, where there are 25,000 miners now
engaged in mining bituminous coal.”
He is more “ deeply interested in” getting
the - 25.000 minors' ” r^tes than anything else.
N AT 10 N A L UNION.CONVENTION
lu an article of great force on the subject of
the co-operation of all conservative men in the
action of the proposed Philadelphia Convention,
ti e National IiUcUiycHfcr states two important
objects which should be kept in view in the or
ganization of that body:
“ 1. The representation should be universal;
every Statcandevery part of every State. North
and South, and the Territories, should be rep
resented, that the Convention may be, in the
strictest sense, what it purports to be—nation
1. the expression of al! the people of the United
Suit '1 he moral power of such an assemblage
would have a decisive influence on the march
of public events. .
- !». Tiie representatives from the North and
■ ; |.t. no u w ■■ ! yaltv is un
questioned and unquestionable. 1 herearc men
the X >rth who—whether rightfully or wrong
fully we ii> not pretend to say—have lost the
public confidence. I xt these men, like Achilles,
remain inactive in their tents. Then the South
should not send men who have made themselves
obnoxious by prominence in secession. The
South must make an effort to help itself. The
best thing it can do is to put forward as its po
litical leaders the men w ho are fitting represen
tatives of the existing Union sentiment iu that
section.”
Our neighbors of Frederick County have
taken some action on the subject, and have sug
gested two good names as representatives of the
Congressional district, Judge Richard E. Par
ker, 1 f Frederick, and Edgar A. Snowden, Esq.,
of Alexandria. The other counties of the dis
trict will no doubt concur in this selection.
Direct Tax Collected in the South.
The ft blowing statement exhibits the amount
of money received by the commissioners of the
direct tax. for the States lately in insurrection,
since the 31st of March last, the end of the first
quarter of the present year, tip to June 16th.
These returns are partially included in the rc
port ntaue io me nouse oi representatives oy
the Secretary of the Treasury on the 20th nit.,
as that brought up the returns to May 21.—
The receipts from direct tax and all other
sources are included in this statement:
Virginia.$115,000 Oft
North Carolina. 'J4.133 Oft
South Carolina... 33,800 Oft
Georgia. 25.204 52
Mississippi.*. *5,000 00
Texas. 15,000 00
Arkansas. 40,883 21
. ..
Total.$303,020 73
THE CONSERVATIVE ADDRESS.
The address of the opposition members of
1 raement of the call of a Na
tional Union Convention to bo held at Phila
delphia, has the merit of conciseness and mo
deration.
"To preserve the National Union, to vindi
cate the sufficiency of Qur admirable Constitu
tion. to guard the States from covert attempts
to deprive them of their true position in the
Union, and to bring together those who are un
naturally severed, and for these great national
purposes only, they cordially approve the call.”
This is in the true spirit. There is no as
sumption of party leaders to control the move
ment and render it subservient to mere party
iutcrests.
IIARPER’S*FERRY.
In the Senate, on Saturday last. Mr. Willey
introduced a bill authorizing and directing the
-ale of the property of the United States at
Harper’s Ferry. West Virginia ; which was re
ferred to the committee on military affairs. It
authorizes the Secretary of War, at the earliest
practical period, to sell, upon such terms as he
shall prescribe, all the lands, property, rights
and interests of the United States, of whatever
I description, at Harper's Ferry, either together
i or in parcels.
State Confiscation Laws in West Virg.
Judge Hall held a special term of thcCircuit
Court of Morgan county, on the 3d of July, to
dispose of a large number of confiscation cases
i presented under the State laws of the 10th of
! November, 1863. The law involved in these
' cases bad Wen elaborately argued at the May
! term last, by Itcnj. Stanton, of Ohio, for the
■ State, and by the Hon. C. .T. Faulkner on be
half of the defendants. Mr. Faulkner took the
ground that the State law was unconstitutional
in assuming to punish offences solely cogniza
me m me courts ot toe i mtcti Matos, amt ne
sid<tliat the act was a war measure, incapa
ble, by its own provisions, of beiug carried in
to execution in a period of peace. A consent
! order was entered by which the cases were dis
missal at the cost' of the defendants.
Washington College.
The annual celebration of the Washington
an i Graham Societies,of Washington College,
took place on the 27th ult., at Lexington, Ya.,
| before a large audience. After prayer by the
Rev. l>r. Duncan, an oration was delivered be
fore t'.e Wadiington Society by John I'. Stri
der, Ksq.. of Jefferson county, Virginia. The
; oration before the Graham Society was deli ver
j ed bv Captain G. B. Strickler, of Lynchburg,
i On the 28th. the corameucemont exercises took
, place, when the oration was delivered by the
; Rev. Dr. Duncan, of Richmond. Among the
prominent persouspresent were Generals Custis
Lee. Pendleton aud G Iston. General Robert
R. Lc* appeared to l>e the most unobtrusive
! ! ' n iiimiig the throng. Rev. Mr. Lefever,
j of Baltimore, has declined to accept the Profes
i s-'rship of Monti Philosophy.
i R - n Gazt te speaks in the follow
; ing complementary terms of Mr. Strider’a ad
| dress:
“ The representative of the Washington
Literary S-ciety—Mr. J. P. Stridor, of Jeffer
son county, wasfirst introduced to the audience.
Hissubjoct was ** Literature.” Though old and
trite lie handled it well, and his introduction
was particularly good, and contained some pas
sages of excellence and beauty—delivered in a
pleasing voice and good manner, that made it
in many respects far superior to the speeches
we hear ordinarily on such occasions.”
More Fire.
Am i her large fire is announced to have taken
place in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, eigh
teen or twenty important wells, including two
or three large flowing wells wore burned. 'Tlie
loss is said to be rerv heavy.
ADDRESS BY MR. TRAVERS.
Wm. IT. Travers, Esq., acceded to the urgent
solicitations of the Young Ladies of Mrs. Forrest’s
School, and furnished a copy of his Address to the
graduating class at the late “ Commencement,”
w hich it is our pleasure now to lay before our read
L-ra:
I cannot hope, Young Ladies, in the few mo
ments which 1 feel justified in employing, at
the conclusion of your most interesting exerci
ses, to do anything more than to extend to you
the' congratulations of those who have been the
gratified witnesses of your performances, upon
the abundant evidence which you have fur
nished us of your advancement and progress in
the grand work of Kducation. ^ou have as
sured us that the precious hours of youth, pos
sessing so many capabilities for a rapid prepa
ration for the great duties that lie beyond the
portals of the school-room, have not been mis
employed. but that with earnest diligence, pa
tient toil and great success, you have appropri
ated the rich opportunities, here afforded you,
to gamer those fruits of knowledge which, in
the future, arc to sustain and strengthen you
tor the labors of life. You have been silently,
and perhaps unconsciously, engaged in the for
mation of character; and the tone it has re
ceived in these school-days will not only he vis
ible throughout t he term of your own existence,
but will contribute largely to mould and shape
the lives of others with whom, in the social and
necessary relations of life you will, from time
to time, be brought in contact.
You are about practically to experience the
value of those lessons and the efficiency of that
discipline which you have received from those,
to whom it has been not less a pleasure than a
duty to impart instruction to you. '1 lie inter
esting days of school-girl life, chequered with
their alternations of childish joys and childish
s >rrows, are about to close witlisome of you, and
you are going forth to take your places upon the
great stage of the world’s theatre to perform,!
trust, no unimportant parts in its various role*.
Thesuccess, with which you will meet the requi
sitionsthere made upon you, willlargely depend
upon the diligence with which you have attend
ed to the unobserved rehearsals here, which
were designed to fit you for the characters which
you are there to sustain.
It is said that Napoleon once asked the cele
brated Madame De Stael how, in her judgment,
he could best subserve the interests of his
country ? “ Educate the womeu of France,"
was the prompt and wise reply. And if, in a
nation where the concerns of government were
controlled by the absolute will of one man, it
was thought that the ennobling and elevating
influence of educated woman, though far re
moved from the unapproachable sources of pow
er, would bcnficially affect even imperial desti
nies, how much more salutary, weighty and
important must be the same influence upon
those, who not only rightly wield, but largely
compose, the government of a free people.
Admitted here to all the privileges that legit
imately belong to it, there is no country on the
face of the globe where the true value of your
sex is more accurately estimated, or its all-per
meating usefulness is more extensively felt than
in our own. And hence the intense anxiety
everywhere felt, and which has always been
manifested in America to prepare woman for
the prominent and honorable station which, by
commdh consent, has always been assigned to
her here. And conspicuous among the means
that have boon devised to accomplish this high
purpose are the facilities of education that eve
rywhere plenteously abound. Wherever we
look, whether upon the crowded city, noisy
with the hum of trade and resounding with the
rumblings r’f the wheels of C.jtntnoreo, or upon
the more placid vales and cloud-kissing hills
of our far-stretching country, arc seen the di
versified temples of instruction, in which are
gathered the fair and r.sing generation who are
to discharge the grave duties and responsibili
ties of those who, in tho order of nature, are
rapidly passing to the shadow-land. And let
me tell von, young Ladies, that under the cir
cumstances, with which an Inscrutible Provi
dence has surrounded you, those responsibilities
will be of no ordinary character.
But a few hours since your mothers and elder
sisters gathered from these beautiful fields,
where the swift messenger of Death summoned
them to immortality, the mouldering remains
of many of your natural protectors, and laid
them upon the scarred and throbbing b som
of our common Mother, there sweetly to repose
until that appointed time when they shall go
to their happy reckoning. Many a stout heart,
that was wont to rush, with the instinct ■ fin
born manhood, to your support, is now cold
and inanimate: many a strong hand that was
ready to clear the thorny path of life for your
buoyant and unimpeded footsteps is now nerve
less and pulseless in death. Life to you,
with your new surroundirigs, is to bo no Fairy
dream. The solemn voice of duty calls yon to
unpleasant tasks; but it is unwomanly iv i to
meet them. Around you are the desolations
of war ; homes once happy, ruined ; firesides
once rauiaui wun me sunsmne prosperity,
cheerless, an«l the gaunt form of Poverty throw
ing its cold shadow athwart them ; children,
once rocked in the lap of luxury, and the off
spring of those who offered up their lives in
your defense, penniless, uneducated, naked, un
heeded waifs on the troubled sea of life—liable
to lie stranded upon the rocks of vice—these
are your great States’ new inheritance.
In the face of the responsibilities which these
thoughts have indicated, I trust that fur that
unfortunately too numerous class who arc dis
posed to regard your mission on the earth as
one of amusement to society, and yourselves
mere play things, with which the leisure mo
ments, abstracted from the stern requirements
of business, are to In* made tolerable and p^rec
nble, you have no other feeling than that of
scorn and unutterable contempt. Within
those inner home and domestic circles, especial
ly, where the most beneficial acts of your lives
arc to l)c performed, more useful employments
await you. To uphold the arms and encour
age the hearts, and strengthen and confirm
the resolutions of those, who are, with you in
diminished numbers—meeting the fierce con
flicts of life, are the great duties you will have
to encounter.
Hie minds, too, of those who are to take
your place, will receive their bent and direc
tion from the force of your example and the
words of instruction that shall fall from vour
lips. To prepare you for these great labors,
which, in the inevitable nature of things you
must discharge—the doors of these halls, from
which you arc about to emerge, with academic
honors, have been thrown open to receive you.
And here around you, to-night, iu this" the
hour of your triumph and exultation, are kind
and affectionate friends that greet you, and
eyes that will eagerly follow you, and tongues
that will breathe benedictions after you, wher
ever you may go.
But believe me that the work of education,
here so successfully begun, shall find its pro
per conclusion only with the termination of
life itself. The disposition is too often found,
when the mere curriculum of school-life has
been run, to abandon that application and re
linquish those studies to which all the achieve
ments of the past may be justly attributable.—
I would not have you continue the lengthy and,
doubtless, often tedious and difficult tasks to
which you have here been f requently subjected;
but dny by day do something, though it be
but little to keep alive the flame which you
here have kindled.
Aide Jlamrnam, altho’ it be with a gentle
breath, that all traces of the sacred fire may
not. be forever quenched. I know that the
follies r.nd frivolities of society by which you
will lx? surrounded, will often invite you from
the course which is here suggested, but this
habit of daily application, if but briefly per
sisted in, will become fixed and settled, and car
ry with it the force of second nature; and
shortly no allurement can beguile you from the
sober ail vantage which it will be found to con
tain.
The selection, too, of the studies, which you
are hereafter to pursue, will require the exor
cise of great prudence and judgment. The
Press of the present day teems with the trash
which flows from corrupt brains and worse
hearts, and temptation will often invite you to
its defilements. Containing false philosophy,
the embracenient of which is moral death, ex
agerated and over-wrought colorings of life
which reality never enoouutcrs, but which ex
ist only in the prurient and heated imagina
tions of those who paint them—those worksto
which fashion has lent its countenance and
misguiding critics have sold their praises, will
be scattered all along your pathway, offering
mendacious teachings which when once learned
can never l>c forgotten. From these turn as
from pestilence, and seek instruction and a
musement from the sources from which alone
they can safely be drawn—from those whose
truthfully reflected experience and matured
and just views of life arc beacons to guide you
in the way of peace and happiness.
With these dim and imperfect foreshadow
ing of the grave duties before you, we give you
a cordial God-speed for tbe future. Much, if
not all, that in after years will afford you ci
ther pleasure or profit in the retrospection of
your lives, will have been found to be tin* re
sults of your own exertions. Those, if well di
rected, will crown the means, which it has been
. l •_a. C «nkA«n vi\ii trr» lmnn
MU7 VU'Jtvi- invAJv j --
associated bore, to place at your command
ami winch it will be in your power to multi
ply—with that success winch is confidently ex
pected of you, and heartily wished you, by all
who have witnessed the pleasing spectacle of
this evening.
Let. your aim be, to be useful, and you will
not fail to be happy.
TLe National Union Convention.
The following is the address issued by the demo
cratic members of Congress, endorsing the call for
a National Union Convention, to assemble in Phila
delphia on Tuesday, the 14th of August:
To the People of the United States.
Dangers threaten. The constitution—the citidal
of our liberties—is directly assailed. The tuturc
dark, unless the people will come to the rescue.
In this hour of peril national uniort should be the
watchword of every true man.
As essential t<> national union we must maintain
unimpaired the rights, the dignity, and the eqnali
tv of the States, including the right of representa
tion in Congress, and the exclusive right of each
Stnt“ to control its own domestic concerns, subject
onlv to the constitution of the United Stab**.
After a uniform construction of the constitution
more than half a century, the assumption of new
and arbitrary powers in the federal government is
subversive of our system and destructive of liberty.
A free Interchange of opinion and kind feeliny
between the citizens of all the States is necessary t
the perpetuity of the Union. At present eleven
States arc excluded from the national council, r'oi
-even long months the present Congress has persis
t ntly d-nied any rightof representation tothe peo
ple of these States. Laws affecting their highest
and dearest interests have been passed without their
consent, and in disregard of the fundamental prin
ciple of free government. This denial of represen
ration inii boon made to all of the members from a
State, although the State, in the language of tin
President, “presents itself, not only in an attitude
of loyalty and harmony, hut in the persons of rep
resentatives whose loyalty cannot b» questioned
under any existing constitutional test.” The repre
sentatives of nearly one-third of the States havr
not been consulted with reference to the great ques
tions of the day. There has been no nationality
surrounding the present Congress. There has beer
no intercourse between the representatives ol the
two sections, producing mutual confidence and re
spect. In the language of tho distinguished Lieu
tenant General, “ It is to be regretted that, at the
time, there cannot be a greater commingling be
•tween the citizens of the two sections, and particu
lariv of those intrusted with the law-making pow
or.’* This state of things should be removed at
once and forever.
Therefore, to preserve the national Union, to yin
dicate the sufficiency of ouradmirable constitution
to guard the States from covert attempts todeprivi
them of their true position in the Union, and t<
bring together those who are unnaturally served
and for these great national purposes only, we cordi
allv approve the call for a National I nion Conven
tio'n, to he held at the citv of Philadelphia, on tin
second Tuesday (14th) of August next, and endorst
the principles therein set forth.
We, therefore, respectfully hut earnestly urgt
I upon our UfHUW-VIllsrii* mw'-uuMiii **-.
and congressional district in the t nitod States, n
the interests of Union and in a spirit of harmony
and with direct reference to the principles container
in said call, to act promptly in theselection of wise
moderate and conservative men. to represent then
in said convention, to the end that n'l the Mar
shall at once be restored to their practical relation
to the Union, the constitution be maintained, ant
peace bless the whole country.
W. E. Xiblack, Revcrdy Johnson.
Anthony Thornton, 1 homas A. Hendricks
Michael" 0. Kerr. Wm. W right,
G. S. Shanklin, James Guthrie,
Garrett Davis, J. A. McDongall,
II. Grider. Wm. Radford.
Thomas E. Xoell. S. S. Marshall,
Samuel F.. Randall, Mver Stmuse,
Lewis W. Ross, Charles Sitgreaves,
Stephen Taber, S. E. Ancona,
J. M. Humphrey, E. X. I Tubbc-ll,
John Hogan, B. C. Bitter.
B. M. Boyer, A. Harding,
Tennis Gi Bergen A. J. Glosshrcnner,
Charles Good rear. E. R. V. Wright,
Charles II. Winfield, A. J. Rogers,
A. II. CofTroth, IL McCullough,
Lovell IT. Rossean, F. C. LeBlond,
Philip Johnson. W. K. Flinek,
Charles A. Eldrid-re, L. S Trimble,
John L. Dawson.
WASHINOTOS.Jnlv 4, ISfiO.
Election in West Virginia.
Tlic annual fall election in West Virginis
will be held on the 4th Thursday in October.
A Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals
a Governor, a Secretary of State, an Auditor, i
Treasurer, and an Attorney General, are to b<
elected to State offices. In each county arc t<
be chosen a Gmimonwealth’s Attorney, Sur
veyor of Lands, Recorder, County Treasurer
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Sheriff and one oi
more Assessors.
Virginia.
The love which Virginia’s sons, wherevei
they have wandered, bear to the dear old mo
ther. is wonderful. A Virginian now in ( ali
fornia, writes,—“ Tell your young men to Id
Mexico alone. Better live on a nnbbin-hill in
Virginia, than riot in abundance anywhere else.*
The late Bishop Gibbs, of Alabama, once said
with tears in his eyes: “ When I die I want
to lie buried where the first thing I shall see on
the morning of the resurrection will be th*
Teaks of Otter.
Cholera.
Five deaths from cholera are reported to have
occurred at Brooklyn, New York, on Saturdaj
and Sunday last.
FOREIGN NEWS.
By the arrival of the steamship Saxonia at
New York, we have advices from Europe to tho
27th ult. The news she brings is quite impor
tant. The laying of the Atlantic cable was to
have commenced on the 30th. Tho English
Ministry had tenderer] their resignation to the
Queen, The bitter, however, had invited them
to reconsider their determination, ami they a
waitedthe result of an interview, which was to
have taken place on the 20th. Iu the mean
time Parliament was adjourned.
The latest advices state that the Queen had
accepted the resignation of the Ministry, ami
the London Times announces that the Earl of
Derby would form a new Ministry, with I^ord
Stanley as Foreign Minister.
The Italian army crossed theMincio,and En
countered no opposition until it reached Pes
chicra, when it was compelled to fall back after
a short cannonade from the guns of that fortress.
The army finally encountered the Austrians in
great force in the vicinity of Verona. The Aus
trians had repulsed both wings of the Italian
army, but the battle was still in progress. A
later account states that the Italian army was
beaten after a bloody struggle, and bad recross
ed the Mincio. The Austrians captured two
thousand prisoners. The Hanoverian army was
said to have surrendered to the Prussian force
sent to intercept it; but according to later ad
vices, the Hanoverian army escaped through
tho Prussian corps and reached Meiningcn.—
Another, and what purports to be a still later
telegram, asserts that the Hanoverian army was
completely surrounded, and that the King of
Hanover, in the hope of receiving assistance
from the Bavarians, had asked twenty-four
hours for deliberation before determining what
answer lie would give to the demand for surren
der. His request, we are told, had been aceced
ed to. The Prussians had advanced into rpj>cr
Silesia and Bohemia, and owing to the effective
power of the Needle guns, bail easily repulsed
the Austrian hussars, tlcneral Bcncdck, it was
..* .,.1 .1.1 1....I-, tinnn
Gorlitz with the main body of the Austrian ar
my, thus compelling the Prussians to evacuate
Saxony by a Hank attack. The Prussians had
attacked Osweicin, in Gallicia, but were beaten
off with loss by the Austrians.—Balt. Gaz.
NEWS ITEMS.' ’
Refused to Obey.
A writ of habeas corpus has been served up
on General Sickles by the United States Dis
trict Court of Charleston, South Carolina, direc
ting him to produce Francis G. Stawcrs and
others who are under sentence of death at Cas
tle Pinkney. General Sickles refused to com
ply, on the ground that the prisoners were con
victed h}’ eourtmartial fur the murder of three
United States soldiers, and further declared
that the privilege of the writ was suspended
in South Carolina. Judge Bryan ordered an
attachment to issue against General Sickles for
contempt of court. The attachment was made
returnable on Tuesday last.
It has since been ascertained that General
Sickle has boon ordered by President Johnson
to answer the writ and surrender the parties
held by him to the court.
Color not Genuine.
There is a negro man living in Luray, Page
County, who is represented as a great curio, i v
He was origonally of vcr3’ dark complexion
but is now turning white! White spots, some
large and some small, arc making their apj»ear
mice all over bis body, and bis left arm is entire
I3’ white on the inside, from the wrist to the
elbow. The white skin seems to be as tendci
as a woman’s, and is in singular and strik
ing contrast with the ebony hue of the bal
ance of the negro’s body. To all human ap
pearances, ho is destined to turn white all over!
Ho is about 40 years of age, and a shoemakoi
by profession, and wasoriginally a slave, tliougl
lie had been liberated before the war.
[Too late a day to change color if he dcsirci
the love of old Thad. Stevens.]
,! Rioters.
A riot occurred at Charleston, South Caroli
na, on Saturday last. The origin of the riot n
attributed to some negro soldiers, who swagger
ed into the market and blocked up the passage
When they were ordered off, they retired, hut
soon returned with reinforcements, and in firing
' j upon the police wounded dangerously one 01
1 two colored persons who were looking on.—
The policemen charged upon the rioters and
; drove them to the military headquarters of tin
[ Freedifteu’s Bureau, where it is alleged they
were protected from arrest.
■ No Famine Yet.
The prospects for famine in the Weston
States are poor. The Cincinuatti Gazette sayi
that in Indiana the wheat is not good, but tlx
corn is wonderfully fine. Thousands of hush
els of potatoes have 'h-cii planted and aredoin;
well. Oats—a fair crop. In Illinois wbca
(Spring) is excellent; corn splendid ; fruit at
average crop, and farmers are in fine spirits.—
There is no danger of a scarcity if the veathe
continues favorable. The hay prospect is fair.
An investigation.
The case of the attempted outrage of Mis
Mathews, of Nelson county, Virginia, for whicl
the black scoundrel who attempted it was him;
by the citizens, has l»een investigated by officer
1 of the Frcedmen's Bureau. The report of tlx
committee of inquiry was to the effect that
■ though, as officers, they could countenance noth
ing that was not in exact accordance with tlx
laws, vet as citizens they could see nothing t<
1 blame in the hasty but well merited vengeance
of the lady’s neighbors.
To Avoid Theft <fcc.
In consequence of the increase of theft, va
grancy and drunkenness among the negroes in
South Carolina, General Scott, commanding the
Federal troops in that State, has issued an or
der directing that all men and women whe
neglect their labor shall be arrested and made
to work on the public roads, and those convict
ed of minor crimes shall be imprisoned and
compelled to labor as convicts on the islands,
j from sunrise to sunset.
Another Death.
Col. Wm. Allan Pharham, an ex-Con federate,
of the 41st Virginia regiment, Mahone’s bri
gade, died in Warrenton, N. C., on Monday
\ week, after a protracted illness. He was des
perately wounded at Malvern Hill, but subse
i quently recovered, and served until the end ol
1 the war.
I
Complete Failure.
The latest news from Tennessee represents
that the attempt of Governor Brownlow to
convene the legislature of the State to ratify
the proposed Constitutional amendment has
completely failed. The Legislature was called
j to meet on the 4th inst., but on the Cth a quo
rum was not present, and it is said that a suffi
' cicnt number of members are not likely to at
tend this summer.
Masonic.
At the last Communication of Triluminar
Lodge, A. F. A. M. (Smithfield,) the follow
i ing brethren were elected officers for the next
ensuing year:
Joseph E. Bell, W. M ; George D. Wiltshire,
' S. W ; Martin I*. Chapman, J. W; S. L. Min
■ ghiui, Treasurer; Wrn.O. McCoughtry, Sec’y;
John W. Roberts, S. D; Isaac II. Stridor,
J. D ; Thos. Johnson, Chaplain; J. J. Kidge
j way, Tyler.
Suits Decided.
'Hie suits which were recently instituted at
Richmond, Virginia, by the National Express
| Company, contesting the right of certain Vir
ginia railroads to make contracts giviug the
Adams Express Company exclusive express pri
vileges over their roads, have been decided iu
favor of the National Express Company.
Senator I.anc.
Leavenworth, Kansas, July 6.—Hopes are
now entertained that Senator Ijane will recover.
He seems much better to-night, being in acon
scious state and able to s{teak.
Strategy.
Since the bar-rooms iu New York are shut
ui) on Sundav. some of the barbers have invent
iil a new hair tonic—for the beard—which ia
applied just under the moustache.
£r*7’ Candidates indebted for printing tickets
last Fall and this Spring arc requested to make
payment immediately.
LOCAL SUMMARY
Hopewell Mills Factory.
In passing along the Shenandoah River, a few
days‘ago, we called to examine the fine Woollen
Machinery which has been placed in this establish
ment. The building was formerly used as a Hour
mill; it is n large stone structure, 70 or 75 feet in
length, substantially built, and is well adapted to
the purposes for which Mr. James Watsox, owner,
has converted it. The Machinery is netr, and of the
most approved and improved kind. The Spinning
Machine extends the whole length of the building,
t and is capable of spinning about 400 threads at each
extension. Mr. Watson is master of his business,
being a practical manufacturer, and w ill, no donbt,
give general satisfaction to those w ho may deal with
him. His advertisement may be seen in our col
umns.
Berkeley Hotel.
This spacious Ilotel at the Railroad Depot, Mar*
tinsburg, is now in the hands of Major A. I’. Siiert
A Sox. Major Shutt is well know n to the travel
ling public as one of the most eflicient and gentlc
manlv conductors of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road for fifteen or sixteen years, and his respectful
and obliging deportment in that capacity, furnishes
n guarantee of his determination to cater for tl»o
comfort of passengers and all others who give him
a call. The Hotel has been recently fitted up and
furnished. See advertisement.
School for Young Ladies.
The flourishing School of Mr. It. T. Buowx, for
young ladies, closed its session the last week in June,
without a public examination or exhibition, but,
wc learn, with a success gratifying to all the pa
trons, and creditable to the worthy Principal aud
his Assistants.
By advertisement in this paper it will be seen
s that the next session will begin on Monday, 10th of
September.
Cream and Cake.
A few evenings ago nnr friend, and we may say
everybody’s friend, J. K. Bi.kssino, with thatliber
alitv which is his characteristic next to his genuine
kind-heartedness, sent us a large Fruit Take ai*d
! freezer of Cream made in his inimitable style, for
which we thank him, and wish for him all through
life Heaven's choicest blessings.
Dixtincuisheil Visitors.
Maj. Gen. Fitz. Lke, accompanied by Capt. If.
M. Rogers, of I.oudonn Conntv, visited our town,
. 1 on business, on Friday last, and remained nntil the
| evening of tiic next day, during which time many
j of our citizens availed themselves of the opportuni
ty to pay their respects to the distinguished soldier.
Accident!.
A few days ago a little child of Mr. S. C. Mai*
j Tix, and grand-child of Mr. S. II. M ooddy, fell an I
I broke it* leg juit above the ankle.
On the same day an infant of Mr. Hrxrt Moobr,
of this county, had a fall resulting in a fracture of
1 j its arm.
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Valuable Properly fcold.
Mr. Johx F. Blush!, of this place, on Tuesday
disposed of his large Dwelling House Mil Store
Room, including his Rakcry Appurtenam#, to Mr.
Gustave Brown, of Martinoburg, for the sura of
$5,550, easb—or its equivalent.
Mixed Drinks.
Mr. Jonx S. Eastkrdat, of the Restaurant below
us, will please accept our acknowledgement* for
Shcrrv and Port Cobblers, Juleps, rf c., deliciously
made, and judiciously served during the late rise
! , in Mercury.
Land Sale.
The farm of the late Col. J. W. Au.ax, adver
tised in this paper by X. H. White, Ksq., Surviving
Trustee, containing 244 Acres, was sold for $33.20
per acre, to Mr. John L. Craighill, of this town.
Thanks.
We have received from the “ Office of the Secre
tary of State,” of West Virginia, a bound copy of
Acts of the Legislature for 18C6, for which we ten
der thanks. _
’ BA LTI MO R E MARK ETS.
JULY 10, VM.
FLOUR, familr,.$14 SO Q $15 00
Extra,.11 50 ® 12 50
Super,. 10 00 ® 10 25
GRAIN, Wheat, white, new. 2 DO ^ 3 W
OATS. 52 54
CORN, white. 117 ® n*
Yellow,...~ 95 3 *
CLOVER SEED. 7 00 Q 7 75
j WHISKEY. 2 25 Q 2 •*
RACOX—Shoulders 17# @ 18# cents, and Side*
at 20 <S> 21 cents for small lots. Hams, sug»r*
cured ranging from 25 @ 26 cenU, onlj choice can
vassed bringing the latter price.
PLASTER—Market fairly supplied. Sale* report
", cd at $7,75 ton. .
GOLD....—. I4>
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