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V.
Mr». R. S. MeCONAUGHY,
EDITRESS AND PROPRIETRESS.
CLAYTON. DEL.
Saturday Morning, Jan, 11, 1868.
FOR PRESIDENT,
SCHTJYÏÆR COLFAX.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
Observe the X-"A cross thus. X. in blue
— -- --«.Indicate» that fha time
■Kirx months will be
Tor n like period. In all cases the money
must accompany the names.
-Our thanks are due to Hon. John
W. Forney for publio documents re
ceived.
Festival.— On account of the bad
weather and bad roads, the committee
have not been able to complete their ar
rangements for the Festival; therefor»»
they have postponed it for a week or two.
Southern Destitution— Members of
Congress, who have spent the recess in
the South, say the reports circulated
through the country about destitution
and suffering are greatly exagerated, and
aie get up principally for political effect.
More Offices Wanted.—T he Bread
and Butter Brigade are again on the
look-out for offices, and have adopted a
new way of expressing their wants by
presenting his Aecirtency with a gold
medal bearing his likeness, as a token
of their love—not so much for him as for
the offices he may have to give away.
Middletown TRANBCBiPT.-Thisistlie
title of a new paper, the publication of
which was commenced January 4th at
Middletown, Lei , by Henry and Wm*
H. Vanderford. It is a nice looking pa
per, well filled with interesting reading
matter. We wish the Transcript sue
cess.
Chase for President.— Our valuable
and spicy little exchange, the Baltimore
Post , places the name of Salmon P mt
Chase of Ohio at thqhead of its paper for
nçxt President. We suppose they are
trying to Chase Grant out of the political
^goffer no protest to this pro
art
fog peace and prosperity.
Dawn of Day in Delaware.—A cor
respondent in the Delaware Republican
says, "a brighter day is dawning in Del
aware.
not
and
way
in
lic,
to
The Educational Convention
held in Dover gave evidence that the
right spirit is now abroad in this State."
We are glad to hear it, and hope in its
travels it may reach Clayton. It is
time some other spirit beside intoxicating
No school
spirits had viBited here,
house, and the next thing to no church
and only three whiskey establishments in
this town of less than one hundred in
habitants., On the first day of March
the body and soul destroying establish
ments will be increased lo seven. Are
there no Missionaries that
to enlighten the people of Clayton?
Who will offer their services to teach
men that God created them for some
batter purpose than drinking whiskey
and gumbling?
7th
late
ial
the
is
600
is
be spa red
-Slavery continues in Kentucky.
They call it apprenticeship. Colored
persona, mostly children and youths,
Dound as apprentices under Kentucky
watched, worked, whipped, de
graded and brutalized, precisely as in
the old days, when the other name of the
system was legal. In many cases the
parents of the children reside in the ad
[ Jacent counties of Indiana, not daring to
i venture across. —Gennantown Telegraph.
We have been informed that Kentucky
1 is a Democratic State, but we do not be
1 lieveit. For Democracy says: "All men
1 are created equal ; that they are endowed
lby their Creator with certain unalien
lable rights ; that among these are life,
'Juiberty and the pursuit of happiness."
t la/ui flown l.v Hi«» founder
laws
in
know better) thàt Democracy governs
Delaware, the same disease that af
flicts Keutucky prevails in Delaware
but in a milder form known by the
name of Saulsburyism .
is
ration of the
--An imposing deinoiwrt
Fenians took place in Phi
Wednesday in honor of the Fenian mar
tyrs, O'Brien, Larkin and Allen. About
seven thousand men were in line, inclu
ding a cavalcade of several hundred
horsemen. Everything passed off qui
etly. The procession was three quarters
of an hour passing a given point, and
te of the procession was densely
iludelphia on
gators of all ages and |
**
tb
VO
si
HL
ground wiln
tuiniug the names of the three
The principal feature of the display con
sisted of three hearses containing coffins,
on which were inscribed the names in
rs.
full of the Fenian murlyrs. A number I
of devices were in the line of procession, I
one containing the motto, "America, the!
Exile's home." They proceeded to the
where several ad
the multitude. |
county Court House,
dresses were made to
—In the Virginia Convention the first
section of the Bill of Right«, declaring
all men oy nature equally free and in
A*»., v «u» adopted.
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS.
in
ers,
A New Postoffice.— At Ellendale,
situated bçtwçen Lincoln and George
town, a nevr Postoffice has been estab
lished. William P. Short has been ap
pointed Postmaster.
is
ors,
a
Delà WARS Railroad.- -The Del. R.
R, has issued tickets fo Georgetown
and other points on thd Junction A
Breakwater Railroad. ïretn Clayton
to.'Georgetown 12.75. The fegeute com
menced the aale of ticket« on the first
of this month.
Officers. —The'following are the offi
cers elect of the different Lodges in
Smyrna:
The Morning Star Lodge, I. O. O. F.:
William Gaboon, N. G.; J. W. Flick.
V. G. ; Adams Mahood, R. S. ; J. Millu
way, P. S. ; E. J. Golt, T. L. Graham
becomes P. G.
Stella Lodge has elected the follow
ing; T. O. Ayres, N. G. ; Joseph Smit it
ers, Y. G. ; Jamas P. Iloffeektr, R. S. ;
W. H. Baggs, P. S. ; H. Bt arno. T. Wm.
Worden becomes P. G.
Shawnee Tribe, 1. O. R. M., has cho
sen the following officers: JçÂn Cath
Our Book Table.
I
Harter's Bazar.— This is the best
Fashion publication for Ladies in the
United States. It contains not only en
graving, drawings and patterns of every
style of dress for ladies and children,
and fancy work, but also a great deal of
literary matter of interest.
of
Webkly Fredonian.— The New
Brunswick " Weekly Fredoniori' comes
to us greatly enlarged and improved.
This is. one of the best papers in New
Jer8ey, It is well and ably edited. Its
motto is, "Equal and exuct justice to all
men."
The Church Visitor.— We welcome
this excellent paper
is the only paper published in the South
in the interest of the Episcopal Church.
It is a niettfooking paper and wëll edit
ed. We wjph it success. Published by
Rev. G.
Pi ice, $5.06 a year.
a
exchange. It
ickney, New Orleans, Lu.
of
at
New Ledger Building.— We have
received from George W. Childs, Esq.,
proprietor of the Ledger , a pamphlet
containing a description of the New Led
ger Building at 6th and Chestnut Streets,
Philadelphia, with the speeches amt pro
ceedings at the banquet and Fourth of
July entertainments, and correspond
ence from
Were not able to be present.
numher of gentlemen who
P mt
for
are
♦
The Song Messenger.— The January
number of this littlcrsougbjrd is now be
fore us. As usual it contains several
pages of interesting reading matter be
sides a number of
pieces of music.
*■
If
1828
the
ol
lor
000.
Published by Root A Cady, Chicago, 111.
Vick's Illustrated Catalogue and
Floral Guide.— This is the title of a
valuable and interesting pamphlet. It
not only gives tho names, descriptions
and prices of vegetable and flower seeds,
bulbs and shrubs, but the time and best
way to plant them. We take pleasure
in recomn^nding these seed to the pub
lic, as we have tried them for years and
have always found them just what they
were represented. Persons desiring a
copy, can obtain it by sending ten cents
to Jumes Vick, Rochester, N. Y.
Life of Jefferson Davis. —The Na
tional Publishing Company, No. 26South
7th Street, Philadelphia, announce that
they have in press, and will issue at an
early day a "Life of Jefferson Davis," by
Frank H. Alfriend, ol Richmond, Va.,
late editor of the Southern Literary Mes
senger, und well known from his editor
ial connection—both during and since
the war—with the Richmond Press. It
is to bean octavo volume, of from 500 to
600 pages, embellished with a steel por
trait. It will be sold exclusively by
subscription, and a bound prospectus
is now ready for agents.
far
er
of
Atlantic Monthly for January.—
This valuable literary magazine is now
in its twenty-first year. Thecontentsof
this number are—The Wife; Flotsam
and Jetsam; Pittsburg; Doctor Molke's
Friends; The Combat of Diomed and
Mars; Our Second Girl; The Late Presi
dent Way land; Oldport Wharves; By
Ways of Europe; Aspects of Culture; In
liawLh orne
as
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Boston.
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a
er
Peterson's Detector, 1868.—As there
is an extensive counterfeiting going on
through the country of greenbacks, Na
tional Bank Note Bills, unj Fi actional
Currency, the necessity o a reliable
"Detector" like Peterson's ecoines still
We wo: d adviseall
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greater than over,
storekeepers, mcrcbunis,
subscribe now, ms the Jun$*ry number
is now reudy, and is the c
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of
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ers, No. 124 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Merry's Museum. An Illustrated
Magazine for Boys and Girls, .—The Jan
uary number of this interesting Monthly
is now on our table. This Magasine has
been enlarged, improved and rejuven
ated, with a new editor, new contribut
ors, new artists, new engravers,
new features, and in a new
dress. It contains—Tilly's Christina*,
Two Ways of Being Manly, Little Pearl,
Wishes, About Some Boys in the Queen's
Dominions, Grandmother's Specs, What
Polly Found in her Stocking, The Ad
ventures of a Worsted Boy, The Log
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Maine, Aunt Sue's Scrap Bag, Merry's
Monthly Chat with his Friends, Aunt
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a single number, or $1.50 a year in ad
vance. Horace B. Fuller, Publisher»
No. 245 Washington Street, Boston.
is
[For tho "Clayton Heraffi.'.']
The Past and Present of our Country.
The following statisticsof the products
from manufactures was made out by
Major Jones ot Middletown, ar.d laid be
fore the Historical society of Delaware,
1880 112 , 000 , 000 ,
900.000. 000,
484.000. 009,
1 , 200 , 000 , 0 ; » 0 ,
1.055.000. 000,
2 . 000 . 000 / 00 ,
4,000,000,000, 111
and under the tariff of 1828
amounted
c .j:
I .
1840
70
1845
-
81
I860
1805
ight have
*
In 1835 to $l t 800,<W,000
*« 1840 to 3,600.000, CU0
" 1846 to 7,200,009.000
" I860 to 14.400,000,000
" 1855 to 28.800.000,000
" 1800 to 47,000,000,000
" 1805 to 95,200,000,000
In four years, from 1842 to 1846, the
manufacture of Cotton whs doubled ; as
from the manufacture of 300,000 to 600,
000 bales. During the san.e period the
manufacture of Iron was quadrupled, as
from the make of 200,000 to 800,000 tons.
Many other branches of American In
dustry were equally increased in their
production with that of Iron in the same
period—from J842 to 1846. But as Cotton
was called Kyig, I will make him the
basis of further calculations.
I quote from lion. E. Burke, formerly
Commissioner of Patents, who said,
"The total value of the Cotton crop of 1845
was $72,000,000, $60,000,000 of which was
exported, and $12,000,000 manufactured
at home, and when so ma» ufaetured
produced a value of $84,000,000, having
increased by being manufactured seven
fold."
If the same ratio of inorèase in the
manufacture of Cotton had been contin
ued till 1850, it would have amounted to
12,000,000 bales, which at $64 per bale,
would have brought $768,000,000 to the
planter, and $5,570,000,000 to the manu
facturer ; in 1854 it would have amount
ed to 24,000,000 bales, or $1,536,000,000 to
the planter, and $10,752.000,000 to the
manufacturer; in 1858 it would have
of
■ A>,
If the for iff of 1842, or either of the two
other slightly protective tariffs of 1812or
1828 had been continued, the great home
demand for C itton would doubtless soon
have more than doubled the price of
Cotton, and as a consequence doubled
the product of Cotton also ; and instead
ol the average of 8 cents per pound, the
planter would have got 16 cents per
pound for his Cotton, or $64 per bale, or
$014,400,000 for bis crop; and tho manu
factured article, at Mr. Burke's estimate
lor manufacturing, would be $4,300,800,
000. And if Cotton had held the rank
amongst the manufacturas of the nation,
and no more— that of theone-seventeenth
part of the whole—this rate would have
given for the whole amount of manufac
tures a total value of $33,053,000,000.
Now, suppose the sum of the manufac
tures of 1858
$3,000,000,000, it will be
seen that the loss by free trade tariff of
1842 cost the country $35,000,000,000, as
the date of 1888.
far back
ft may be asked, "Where should w'C
get a market f»>r so many goods?" I
answer, we should have kept the mar
had, in 183-1, anil increased our
kets
own home demand. Hqre Commission
er Burke, who said, "I will
by extracts from letters written by En
glishmen residing at different plat es
abroad, which I copy lVom Dr. Urie's
History of the Cotton Manufacture of
of Great Britain, that even as far back
v show
as 1834 tbo American Manufactures suc
cessully comt>eted with the British in
the markets cf the world. Mr. George
Wilson of Rio Janeiro writes: we fear
that wo shall be under tin necessity of
reshipping all the Domestiis we brought
'ort.
nn
and 7000 pieces of 28 inch gray of Amer
ican manufacture, while of the British
for the same period there were only 1832
pieces of the same. Mr, Gibson of Aux
Cayes writes in 1834, that in the un
bleached Domestics, a class of goods «>t
great importance, the American was fa t
cutting out the British. John Heugii of
Malta writes, that the Americans had in
a great measure driven out the article of
Çoiten Domestics from tho market. Mr.
Atkinson of Smyrna writes: Domestics"
are a very current article of consumption
and almost 20.000 pieces have arrived,
principally from America."
Mr. Burke continues, "thus ten years
ago the American manufacturer was a
successful rival of tho British in the
article of Domestic Cottons, and at the
present moment (1846$. is still more so.
He undersells his British
all the markets of Asia
South Ameiica. The fabrics of the Stark
Mills, in Manchester, -N. H., have even
been exported into England and sold at
a lower rate than the British manufactur
er cotild sellthe same article of like
quality fiir at his own door."
In the above it is seen that I have pro
duced the best Domestic and British
thorities, and shown clearly that so far
back as 1834, while yet under the slight
protective tariff of 1828, the American
manufacturer competed successfully,
not only in South America, Africa and
tp> titor in
well as of
au
Asia, but met and undersold the British
at his own door. But the Compromise
of 1832 had not then taken the lull effect
that it did soon after, in tiat the products
from manufactures fell jfrom the value
of$60 to each individuals the whole peo
ple of the United Statie^ to |29 for each,
and that in the short*
from 1835 to 1840, or f
ture of $900,000,000 i*K
000.000 in 1840—a great
the benefit of our British rival.
Hear Mr. Burke givelsomoof his rea
sons for opposing the t triff. M r. Burke,
although at the time a treat stickler for
the I ard, deplored t M idea of our de
pleting England and tîqmpipf the world
of their gold. In an îiftBv In reply to
an article in the JVoMj I
under date of Februar; g
"It is quite clear, we tl fi
est and most social bus ness for us wc uld
for
to
«ce of 5 years—
in the manufac
l to Amt of $484,
off, all for
Intelligencer
14%.he says:
, that the aaf
be to make our export» exceed our im
ports ; because tho baU nee, whatever it
might be, will come U us in coin. That
is to say, if in 1846 wef* port$150,000,000,
and import $100,000, $»0, the balance of
fifty millions due usjby the rest of the
world will be rcceiwd
waiop
in the 'hard,'
e to the Locofo
which will be
coa as to the Whigs." '/*Now let us see,"
said Mr. Burke, "wl$t would be the ef
% upon other
such a system
in the
is just 100 times fifty millioh dollars in
geld and silver. Therefore, if H*e Intel
ligencer's plan of bringing horn« each
year a ballance of $50i000,000 from other
nations were pursued as a permanent
policy for 100 years. {This nation would
drain the whole worin of its specie . Not
only would all countries be deprived of
their circulating medium of gold and
silver,« but also of thiir paper currency,
and the result of tli s policy would be
the universal ban km >tcy of all nations
and individuals, bri iging in its train
universal distress *u d universal anar
chy." Agvfn Mr. B rko says? that the
great leadÄig and pa amount ffiterest of
the United States in j gricuiture, includ
ing ihe farming and planting sections,
the capital invested n Agriculture is Ht
least ten times as gi 'at as that which is
invested in Manufiu uro. The amount
of capital invested in Agriculture is (1846)
$4,000,000,0C& .Val in of predicts of Ag
riculture ($$,200,000,loo in 1846) in 1850
put down at $99 003,842.
Mr. Burke prolesi js to be and doubt
less was the friend of agriculture and
gives comparative statements of the
value of lands in E gland to prove that
free trade is the poli y to gain such a de
sirable end—but by vhioh argument he
only shows that b kills the goose (the
tariff) that laid the nhlen egg. He says
and quotes from 8p '-kman to prove that
the value of the 1 in land of England
was put down at £3 03,500,000 or in Fed
eral money to the \ lue of $18,000,000.000
a territory but lit le larger than New
York and far les:, than many of our
States.—The -value of all real and per
sonal property (ini uding slaves) in the
UnitetWStates was put down at $7 135,
r®|' I
to
I
of
swer is nt hand, thefurmers of England
have a market utlheir doors through
protection given tJher Manufacturers.
Have we thut necesury protection? Let
us SCO.
Manufactures
imported.
Iron and manuf'd
Iron and steel.
Manu foot'd wool,
do. cotton,
do. silk,
do. Bax,
1815,
1944,
Times
1851. fold.
( 1843.
,105,630 $31.813,474 14
.172,151 82,382,594 14
.958,796 33,946,509 11
[662,087 34 606.891 13
1484.921 10,863,596 8
.049.708 42.614,601 10l£
47,521 1,566.163 51
Sugar,
Lead,
So far from théAmericans needing
support, it was the^reigner. The above
cited articles of iniorts have been in
creased an averagAf more than 12 fold.
Is this just ? Is it ^ilriotic ? No, no !
[CONTINUED^/EXT WEEK.]
NEWSj ITEMS.
—The New Zpalèd Gazette publishes
certain facts wdiicli vad to the hope that
the long-lost Lcicikdt, the explorer, is
still alive in the kdghborhood of the
Gulf of Carpentaria;
• —The President éd Secrotarj* Seward
look upon the misst n to China as vaca
ted by the acceptant» by Minister Bur
lingame ofthecomnis8ion tendered him
by the Emperor of Ohm. The Legation
will remain in chare of S. Wells Wil
liams, first Secratar.
—Information haebcen received from
Galveston that all tie business portion
of Tndianola was dftroyed by a fire on
the 3d inst.—^Loss $3j).»,000; no insurance.
The Custom House Rid fifty other build
ings were destroyed. The fire is attrib
uted to incendiurisnl
pr eiern
and Vice Pr*«sident. {General Grant was
nominated for President, and Ex-Gov
ernor Curtin for Vic^-President.
—It is reported 1^ Washington that
Judge Orth, of Ind^ina, of the House
Committee on Foreidi Affairs, will this
week introduce a rtslution calling upon
the Government to jemand the retease
of Father McMahon, a naturalised cit
izen of Amerieh, niw imprisoned in
Canada upon the charge of being a
Fenian raider. \
—Charles WalcottWBrooks has been
appointed Consul forilapan in San Fran
cisco, and received h is commission from
the Japanese Goveriwient by the China.
It is said to be the first appointment of
the kind ever recel v d from Japan, and
confers extensive piwers. A letter of
instruction accompafth-sthe commission
from the Council of State, composed of
seven princes of the Empire.
—A Naples despatch of Sunday's date
says that the eruption of Mount Vesuv
ius had become quite alarming. A per
fect river was
the volcano in a westwardly direction,
and the burning flood nearing the town
of Cereal«. The volcanic action is ac
ningdown the side of
companied with shocks of an earthquake,
and detonations as loud as the roar of ar -1
tillery. A general panic prevailed in |
the neigh borhood.
—Govern or Flan dors' resignation occa
sions but little surprise amongst those
who are posted in the affairs of the Fifth
Military District, as they have known
for some time that General Hancock
has pursued a course towards him which
could have no other result. Hancock
was not bold enough to remove Flan
ders outright, but, by persistent ill
treatment in the way of favoring the
subordinate officers of the State Govern
ment, particularly those of the Johnson
stripe, he forced him to offer his resig
nation.
—The expenses incurred by the inves
tigations ordered by the House of Rep
rescMfeti ves through its numerous Com
mittees thus far amounts to a trifle less
than $45,000. This outlay, considering
the amount of labor accomplished, is
less than was expected, and bus conclu
sively proved that the system of sending
committees to distant points to make in
vestigations is much more economical
than the policy of subpoenaing witnesses
to come to Washington, and paying
their mileage fees.
—A fire broke out in Farrell's Hall, in
Chicago, in the Young Men's Christian
Association building, at 10 A. M., on
Tuesday, entirely destroying the rear of
the building. Some of the adjoining
buildings are dumaged, but to what ex
000 in Chicago •
that tw® firemen are buried under the
w>lls which fell within half an hour after
thç fire was first discovered.
f-A special despatch to the Inquirer
saArs:—''The annual Democratic dinner
pity came off to night, about th^ee hun
dred of the faithful were present, with
A. VT. at the head of the table, and Tlios.
B. Florence at his right, and loyal Jerry
Blii k at his left. Sandwiched between
sor^e of the fancy and uppor crust of
" Y 4 Democracy,' ' were Secreta ry Bro wn
ing and Attorney General Stansberry.
The Associated Press hud a stenographer
present, who gave a fair idea of Black's
tribute to the dead Jackson, who, had
he still lived, would have gloried in be
ing the executioner of more thau one of
the guests around the board.
—Or. the 8th of January a Committee
fron the First Constitutional Club of
Pennsylvania, visited the President for
the purpose of presenting him with a
gold medal, struck by the Club, in com
memoration of the President's efforts in
defense of tho Constitution. The medal
is gold, three inches in diameter, on the
obverse side of wiiich is an excellent
likeness of the President, with the date
of his birth, and of inaugration as Pres
ident. The Evening Telegraph says ; ''In
place of the date of in 'ugrulion it would
have been much more truthful to have
inserted, "Died February 22nd, 1866."
Around this epitaph is a wreath of garnet
and oak leaves. Again a mistake. It
should have bden emerald and cypress."
On the reverse is the following inscrip
tion, handsomely chased and engraved :
"With courage and fidelity he defended
the ^Constitution, and, by justice and
îicTiîî
Churcl
Thursday at his residence in Vermont.
Ho was seventy six years old.
The Pennsylvanie House of Represen
tativea has not yet bee n able to elect a
Speaker. An adjournment was had
from Thursday until Monday.
— An adjourned meeting of a confer
ence of Union soldiers, to consider the
propriety of issuing a call for a National
Convention of Union Soldiers and Sai
lors, to nominate a candidate for Presi
dent and Vice President, was held in
Washington on Wednesday evening.
After a statement from the Chairman us
to the objects ofmeeting, the subject was
discussed at some length, when it was
decided to call a Convention to meet in
Chicago on the 19th of May of this year.
The Chair was instruted to appoint a
committee to issue a call. The meeting
then adjourned till Wednesday, the 15th
inst., to meet ut the same place.
—An applicant for a municipal appoint
ment in Baltimore, when reciting the
grounds for success therein, was told
that he lacked one qualification, he "bad
not been in the rebel army." "The devil
I haven't?" said ho, "here's my commis
sion as Colonel," and he produced that
necessary recommendation from his
pocket.— Washington Chronieel.
—The leading merchants and bankers
of Indianapolis, Indiana, held a meeting
on Thursday and passed resolutions in
favor of a contraction of the currency,
opposed to the accumulation of gold in
the treasury, and in favor of funding
the gold interest bonds into long bonds,
not exceeding four por cent, interest.
burning of thesoldiersV
of
as
a
one-legged and one-armed individuals
were the principal combatants. One of
them froze to death while in au intoxi
cated condition.
—It is rumored at Washington that
Mr. Thornton, the new British Minister,
will be empowered to re-opeu negoiia
tions for the settlement of the Alabaiflu
claims, and that he will assure our Gov
ernment of the willingness of the Govern
ment of England to renounce its claims
of allegiance from citizens who may
have given formal notification of their
intention to become naturalized in the
United Steles or elsewheie.
of
of
—Senator Saulsbury was in his seat in
the United Slates Senate on Monday for
the first time iu neuriy a year, and his
presence was & surprise to those who
received the assurance a year ago, that
if the subject of his intemperance
dropped, he would not again attempt to
occupy his seat.
—The National Lincoln Monument
Association held a meeting at Spring
field, Illinois, Thursday, when it was
resolved to issue an advertisement in vit
of
ing designs for the monument. The
Association has received already $ 80,000
from private subscriptions, aud $50,000
appropriated by the State of Illinois,
-1 It is proposed to increase the sum to $250,
in | * n d appeals for more money will be
issuod during the winter.
—On Wednesday last a terrible gale
swept along a portion of the Harlem
Railroad. A passenger car attached to
a freight train was lifted from the track,
near Copack Station, and throWn dowtt
an embankment about fifteen feet. The
upsetting of the store sat pre to the car,
but the flames were extinguished
without much damage. Five passengers
In the car were injured more or less.
Other trains on the road were obliged to
to lay up until the gale abated.
—Members of Congress and others in
Washington are soèiewhat excited over
a rumor that, the Supreme Court, at an
early day, will reverse its decision of
last spring, declaring that it had not
jurisdiction regarding the legality of the
Reconstruction law of Congress. A new
», involving the constitutionality of
the Reconstruction case of Congress,
to be brought up in the Supreme Court
in a few days, and it is asserted that the
Court will decide said acts unconstitu
tional, and all operations under the
same null and void. The case will
involve the state of Mississippi, artd the
decision of the Court, it is said, will be
that Mississippi islogally in the Union,
as much so as New York or any other
State.
—The fruits of General Hancock's
administration in Louisiana und Texas
• iov till
was
Culdwell, one of its speukers, was fired
at several times, and compelled to seek
protection at the pnilitary headquarters
to save ills life. The military author
ities arrested the rioters, but by order of
Hancock they were turned over to the
civil authorities, who at once released
them on bail. Hancock may order the
the removal of his subordinate for sav
iug Mr. Caldwell's life.
—If the nation, after the collapse of the
rebellion, had promptly and thoroughly
given the negroes their rights, civil and
political, we should not have seen thut
defiant aspect and those revived preten
sions of the leaders of the rebellion,
which now so seriously complicate the
question of reconstruction.
—A Washington lawyer has notified
Mr. Charles L* Neale, a stone mason in
Alexandria, that he is the rightful heir
to property in Washington, worth a hun
dred millions of dollars. He says the
Treasury building, the White House
and other public buildings arc on this
property.
FOREIGN NEWS.
From Japan.
RELEASE OF CHRISTIAN PRISONERS.
London, Januury 4.—Despatches from
Japan state that the Christians who had
been imprisoned and persecuted in Na
gasaki have been released.
RES ION ATI AN OF THE TYCOON.
Shanghai, China, Dec. 7th, 1867, via
London, January 5th, 1868.—Advices
have been received announcing the oc
ol
It is supposed by the merchants and
traders here in China that the foreign
relations of the different outside Powers
Japan will not bo prejudiced by the
change.
It is thought, however, that tjje open
ing of the city of Jerido and of the new
ports, particularly those of Osaka and
Hjogo. may be delayed a few months
from tho 1st of January, 1868, on which
day that important event is ts take place,
duly announced by the Minister Res
ident of the United States in Japan.
Russia.
DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN SIBERIA.
St. Petersburg, January 7.—Re
ports received from Siberia mention the
discovery of rich and extensive gold de
posits on the Amoor river. The natives
were flock iug to the gold regions by
thousands, and so great was the excite
ment, that troops were sent by the Gov
enor of the district to preserve order and
guard the mines. Desperate and bloody
encounters have taken place between the
natives and the soldiers.
Turkey.
INTRIGUES OF RUSSIA.
London, January 4. —The Turkish
Envoy at Vienna will start for London
immediately, to ask the protection of the
English Government against tho in
trigues of Russia.
THE SUBLIME FORTE AND RUSSIA.
London, January 7.—Lord Stanley,
acting upon the remonstrances of the
Sublime Porte, Iras prepared a despatch
protesting against the alleged intrigues
of Russian agents in Roumauia.
Km4Mi
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covered in the room where the books
and papers
this Company ran away about two weeks
since, and was suspected of being a de
faulter. Four clerks have been arrseted
suspicion of committing the act.
Captain-General Lersundi publishes
an order calling a court-martial for the
trial of murderers, robbers aud incen
diaries. These measures meet with uni
vereal favor.
The French steamer Florida, from &t.
Nazaire, is ashore on the shoals near
Cardenas.
THE REVOLUTION IN ST. DOMINGO—MORE
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS AT ST. THOMAS
Havana, January 7.— The steamer
Montezuma has arrived at Santiago
from Porto, St. Domingo. The Domini
can Government had fled to Turks
Islund. Baez had been proclaimed
President, and the Capital had been
blockaded by his brother. It was ex
pected thut Cabal would soon announce
his abdication. Baez wasatCuracoaand
his arrival Porto Plata was daily ex
pected.
Strong shocks of earthquake were
felt at St. Thomas on the 30th ult. The
American Commissioner was daily ex
pected to arrive to carry 1 into effect the
transfer of the island. The merchant
qpeni contented wiih the change, though
apprehensive of the effects of American
laws and tariffs,
kept. The principal of
r
-
Portugal.
MINISTERIAL CHANGES.
Lisbon, January 5.— The resignations
of the members of the Cabinet have been
accepted by the King, and a new minis
try? x¥ill be formed under the Count of
An vila as President of the Ministerial
Council.
Spain.
CIVIL COURTS IK CUBA.
Madrid, Janaary 4.—An Imperial de
cree baa been ieaued for reorganizing
the courte of law In Cuba.
Switzerland.
SYMPATHY WITH MEXICO.
Berne, January 4.—The Council has
formally instructed Arnold Luther, the
Swiss Consul at Mexico, to express the
sympathy of Switzerland with the Libe
ral Government now inaugurated in
Mexico.
Denmark.
SALE OF THE DANISH WEST INDIES.
Copenhagen, January 4.-The sub
ject of the sale of the three Danish West
India Islands to the United States will
be submitted to the Kigsdad on Wcdue»
day.
Great Britaid.
THR FENIAN MOVEMENTS,
London, Januury 4th—Evening.—The*
Government is almost <~niinually In re
cent of information relative to tbe
elved to-day
Despatc
from Cork, giving details of another
Fenian movement in that locality.
A body of Fenians last night surerp
titiously enterred the Magazine in that
city*, and unchallenged, carried away
away more than half a ton of blasting
powder. There is no clue to the perpe
trators of this mischief.
The people stand aghast at the effront
ery of the Fenians. The clergy of the
city of Limerick affixed their signatures
to a document declaring that there can
be no permanent peace in Ireland unless
it is treated like Hungary.
THE EXPEDITION TO ABYSSINIA.
London, January 5th.—The latest des-'
patches from Abyssinia report the Brit
ish expedition still at Senafo, where it
has been encamped since December 7th f
and no movement beyond that point
would be made until the arrival of Gen
eral Napier, who was daily expected.
The health of the troops was good, but
the horses and other beasts of burthen
were dying in consequences of the in
tense heat and want of proper forage«
France.
ARMY BILL—RELATIONS WITH ITALY«
Paris, January Sth.—The Constitution
nel denies that the Emperor, in his re
ply to President Sneicter on New Year'®
day urged upon the Corps Legislatif the
passage of a bill for the reorganization
of the army.
The same journal also editorially de
clares that the relations of Franco and
Italy were never mbre satisfactory than
at present, bat tho fear is expressed that
false and mischievjous _ru more. which
"regard to the? •
icfbreu is form
- Ir*—
4RATAZZI AND THE GARIBaldIANS.
Florence, January 4th.—Menebrea,
the Prime Minister, has given publicity
to a number of private letters proving
that Ratuzzi
recent
fully apprized of the
ovoment of Garibarldl against
Rome, and ftivored it. He also lent the
insurgents his valuable influence anil
assistance.
banquet to ratazzi.
Florence, Januayr 4th.—A great pop
ular banquet was given fci Naples Iasi
evening in honor of Baron Ratazzi.
The Cyclone in India.
The English papers contain full ac**
counts of the terrible cyclone whiclf oc
curred in Calcutta and the adjacent
country in October. A correspondent of
the Londen Thnes writes:
"I have detailed accounts of three coun
ties— Hooghly to the south, and Nuddea
and Jessore to the north and east of the
Hooghly. Hooghly escaped somewhat,
on the edge of the cyclone, which did not
go farther south than ten miles from the
river, nor further np the line of railway
.than Kanoo junction., above Burdwan.
But even in Hooghly hardly a hut is
standing, and half the rice crops have
been destroyed. In Nuddea a tenth of
the cattle spared by the inundation
have perished, and all the new seed haa
been washed out of the ground. In
Jessore not only has every hut gone, bu$
only five percent of the brick houses are
standing."
Deceptive Promises.— D émocratie
papers hojd on
Wrtff.lfs rècon t great calamity.
The National Debt is the natural fruit
of a Democratic Administration, the
head of whioh saw nothing in the Cons
titution authorizing the people of a
State to go out of the Union, and nothing
therein by whioh they could.be compel
led to return to their allegiance.— States
man.
The Increase of the Democratic
Party. —The Maryland Penitentiary is
said to be at present so crowded with
inmates that the authorities are at loss
to know where lo stow them. During
the coming year a considerable number
will be released in consequence of the ex
piration of their terms. But at the rate
at which they are being sent in, the
probability is that at the expiration of
next year the number of inmates will
be increased rather than diminished.—
Baltimore Post,
— The "unreconstructed" of Mobile
have been making serious efforts lately
for the removal of Mr Blodgett, th*
Republican Mayor of that city. Gen.
Grant yesterday telegraphed to General
Moad not to remove him. •
—A despatch of Saturday from Hava
na reports an attempt to burn the aterea
of the San Ciprean Company in that city.
Four persons have been arreeted and will t
be tried by Court Martial,