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C HAMP FURGUMON.
particulars or Tim Rirmos.
ms words on tiib scaffold.
SCENES, INCIDENT*, KTO.
iinaxixoor tut axacmoK
Th* arr*th*r fur some lima p*«t haa bran
rloudjr. noronipiniad l>r frrou.nl rain* and mud,
but ysstrr'Uy dawn'd clear and bright, and »
Hear aun U'amrd cheerfully from aklaa that
towarad no longer, dispensing the warm aun -
abloa everywhere. a* il th* vrrj inarnata alr
manu were glowing with exultation near tha
approaching rail from Ilf* of tbal (iioriU*
chief, who*, murder*, outrages and crualtie*
had made tha 11*111. of Champ Purguaon a by*
word of rrpoach lo human nituro.
muons or a axrnitvß.
On Wadnaaday night -umnre ware current
on lb* • tract il.nt a n-priaae had nrriaed, and
war la lb* hinds of Ilia military authorities
Though incorrect, roaey friand* of lha con
domuad mm warn looking for such a raapita.
Th* p*|ioni in Ilia man had bean dispatched to
Waahington by * tru.ty mcMenger, and alrong
hope* were entertained that ■ power hlghrr
than Qcn. Stonemsn would delay tha execu
tion. Criminal a* tha man waa, ha had ad
herent* to III* fortune, who wore ready to
spare neither iffoit nor expense to secure hi*
release Bet* were made veatarday at earlou*
odds, wme a* high ua four to one, that Champ
Furguion would not be hung.
tui 1 Pironxn ik ai* ran.
'What were his thought*, lo the slleuc* and
loarlineM of bis cell, a* life dying boar* ad
atoaiahid him of his doom, none can **rr
know hut that ere which penelrala* th* sacret*
of all heart*. What emotion* stirred up the
profound.-*' depths of bis guilty eoul; what
Ibnrs startled him intn apprehension ; wbat re
gret* sprang up in hi* mind over a life jrosii
tuted lo blood ; what remorse broke dmo the
barrier* to tepeutanoe ; what elaW* of b|p sit
runion naread him to fortitude and to a calm
Ulterior ; what motires goaded him to a 000-
fraaion—these are matter* of mere conjecture.
But, ax he was only flesh and blood, with pas
sion*, propensities, appetites, aspirations and
lor* of lire like other men’*, though perrerted
10 bate liars lie must hare suffered beyond
words lo tell. Cod lias nol made the man who
can guiltily approach tna rerg* of eternity,
and g*x* down Into an Ignomlnlona grere
without emotion that convulses lha eery soul,
eren though a strong will enforoed external
composure—a calm rye and an nnquiTeriog
lip. Profound feellngi Indeed mbit has* itirred
within this noted criminal, to ha.a dragged
from him a mnfeetion of hi* guilt. Almost
up to lha-moment, howerer. of bie execution,
hi* outward appearance waa that of a man
who feared not death Hi* eye wa»-steady,
hi* roice was unfaltering, hi* step* were Arm,
his feature* di plsyid no einution, nor did hit
manner in nor way indicate the throe* of in
ternal emotion* struggling for maatary. Evi
dently he hid nerved himself lo die game.
his utmaviKW with mswirsasn »acohtre.
On Wad in day his ramily ware wiih him part
of the dir. A redeeming feature of the guer
rilla'l char.i'ur was the iuteoae affectioo he
bore his wile uud daughter. In hi* demeanor
towards them all lit* leroclou* iostioct* gave
way to a tendc-rnes* that was almoat womanly.
During hit trial, the greatest deprivation seem
—l lo he the abac no* of his lored ones. Their
lom ‘orl and Hi ir wellkre appeared to by al
", -Miriuosl In hi* mind. Separation from
4 , • *' 1 «ource of consUMit |>»in I[o bid
IhJm fart-well w." *• « re * tort lri *‘ 10 M * f°r
. , .nm eight o’clock un
kastarday raor-ring, ft >, ," 0 , he tc .ff o ld,
til lie was taken from his at. jn, wi f„ lat
hi* family were again with him.
by hi* aide, with her arms aroun **rlh—
spending with him th* last hour* on .
Hut, a* wu siw him thus, he appeared oa.
than moat men w mid have Iren when partin,.
from home "1 go on a distant journey. Be
yond an unnatural fitnh ou hi* face, and a tri
fling droop of the eyes, He looked as we used
to aee him lu lha court room la tha day* of hi*
trial.
WITH III* SPIRITUAL AUVIaKRS
We learn that Champ Furguson did nol
originally seek the presence of a spiritual ad
vi*cr. He had isculiar views of religion, lo
which lie held with all 'he tenacity of hischar
icier. IVrhaps he feared the softening Influ
ence* of religiuus ennudation In breaking down
hi* fortitude. Whatevor hit motive*, be was
at length visited hy Dr. Ooodlet, and after
wards. in the absence of that minister, hr
Her. Mr. Iluniing, of the first Preebytcrian
Church, who frequently prayed with and talk
ed lo him. To this minister he expressed
himself as ready, and even anxious to die.—
Without being able to give a reaeon for the
feeling, ho expressed hin self a* having a hope
in his heart that all would he right. He Mid
he had given no thought to these things until
recently. He jdned with apparent fervency
in Ihn religious eserciee* in kit behalf, hot ex
hibited few ligns of emotion. D waa difficult
toe-certain whether he hud i-.ny reasmahe
ground* to hope for forgivene** iu the world
to cum »
orraiu* th* wall*.
On reaching the |>onitenti*ry early yexterdey
morning, we found detachment* from the 11th
United State* Colored Infantry on doty be
fore the entrance, under command of 001. Kn
ni*. with Cipl L>vi Patchin a* officer of the
day. an-1 Lieutenant W. Bears a* officer of
the guard. A large crowd of men aod boy*
were on the gr mnd, s'- king entrance withont
paate*. Celored sentries were pacing the walls
which iirround the yard where th* execution
wu to take place.
tub corns.
Knterng the gate wo found tha hearse, con
taining a stained poplar c (fin, ordered by the
Government from Mr. Cornelias, to receive the
remains "f Champ Fnrxuaon. He bad desired
for himself a c ffiu made of cherry, and doubt
leu hi* wishes would have boon complied with
in *0 email * matter, but th* order had been
filled b fore hie tviehe* wore known The
burial cme was not pretending, hut gotten up
in mu:b kup-r style than that usually awanled
to crim-ilrs It was removed from the hearse
at twenty minute* past ten o'clock, and con
veyed to the inner yard, where It waa deposit
ed in front of the gallows, and the lid re
moved
WITIHR TH* TARD.
Fn’eri ig, through a low portal, into the
pier* of exsjtition. we found a numt>*r of spec
Utira already present, sod * detachment of the
loth K-rrulsr* on duty, surrounding the *c*f
fuid, with Oaptt'n and Brevet Major J. Kline
and UeutenaiT Patrick Houliaha aa officer* of
th* guard. Perso** were eonstantly arriving
until th* uumbav swelled lo about thre* hun
dred.
TH* UALLOW*
This wu a rode stricture, which bad beua
prtTtoasly uaad, anJ waa tha mm* m ever, ex-
cept the irtrodactiou of anew cton haaa. It
wu erected on Thu red ay, and is the common
apright go'.Uws, with a platform about eight
hut square, oontaining a drop some four wet
equate. Up a fcon tags of all aieps the cow -
damned mao wu to mouat to hi* fleam. Th •
rope 'or uae OB the ocauion wu a lour strand
Mini la hemp, lb# atreugth of which had been
previ >ualy treted with a two huadred pound
weight. At twewty-firr minute* to eleven
o’rlo. k. the rep* wu adjusted to th* rtiqr
Cthd from the center of the cross beam, wi
ping a fall of some two feet.
vim re ni* ecu..
The prisoner wu couflued in cell No. 1, at
the end of th* penitentiary, opposite to the gal
lows, and about one hundred and fifty yard*
dislatit. A suggestion having been made that
perhaps Kurguson had some final statement to
make. 00l Mutter kindly permitted the re
port!-' ato visit him. Arriving at th* door of
hi* te l lb* inqaiiy tat m dr whether he hud
any thing further to My. He vn lilting on
hi* bunk with hia wife\hy Ins side, her arm
around hit urck.. His* lace wu somewhat
flushed, and hi* eye* had a alight droopirqr
look. i>nt be a roe# without emotion, and Mid'
In a firm, lull round voice, “ I have nothing to
My.” no then uked permission for hia wile
to get aome thing* of hia “after all i* over,*’ a
request which wu granted. He rpoke of thi*
milt'r a* if b* were only going on a short jour
ney to return agdn soon, or as if he were ask
ing a favor in reference to some other peraon.
Here lie recugniial Mr Roger*, the reporter of
the I) spatch, who h*d dene hire several acts of
kindm-u during hi* trial, and invited him into
the n 11, wh re the prisoner made a confession
which he placed exclusively in the hand* of
the reporter for publication It i* understood
that Forguioi acknowledged the justness ot
Lis a* itence, and acknowledged himself guilty
upon nil except five of the specifications. It
will I e recollected that he wu Dot convicted
upon 1 lies*.
The roporlera then returned to the place of
execu .ion
TITROCBON OK Til It SCAPPOLD.
At twenty miatitoi past eleven o'clock the
prisoner appeared under guard, aud mounted
the g'llowu, with el bowk anl hands pinioned,
and accompanied by Captain Dyketnao, I‘oat
I’rovoAt Marshal, 001. Shafier, Commandant of
the P at, and hi* apiriltul adviser, Itep. Mr.
Bunting, of the First Presbyterian Church.—-
He walked without aanistauce. apparently
withont fur, wltlt erect body end Heady walk.
He di I not seem to alirink hack alright of th*
icaffiil I or th* coffin, which he pa«ccd with
outward eompoaure aud ascended the steps
fronting tlio gallows, to the platform, where
he took hi* petition upon the drop, of his own
aaoord.
PUKOUSox'a rKitsoNAi. appearanok.
Furgurson is. a powerfully framed man, six
feel one and a quarter inches high, aod weigh
ing aliout one hundred and sixty pounds
Ilia muscular organisation is finally developed
and rounded off like a prise fighter's. His
physical build, with a large full cheat, indica
ted gieat strong h and endurance of body, with
vary unusual energy of character He carried
himself quite erect, and he was dressed with
scrupulous neatness, in black cloth frock
coat, "fill rest and pant# of the same mate
rial. imd black gloves and new gaiters. I'hia
neatro as of the prisoner has always been one
of his peculiarities, and was a noticeable fea
ture of hia cbaract r during hia trial.
RKADI.NO TUB .SKNTENCK.
Col Shatter then proceeded to read lo the
prisoner the charges and specifications upon
which he waa tried, and the sentence of the
court as approved hy Gen. Sioueman. Tins
occupied about twenty-three minute*. During
tho reading Furgtiaon scorned quite impetient,
aa if he thought the proceeding entirely tinne
ceasarr. He looked amorg the aiwctators,
nodding recognition lo a mail in his shirt
sleeve <. who was surveying the scene from a
seat ou the tap of the penitentiary Ho also
nodded composedly to others In the crowd.
1.. nMf imnAiient at tlie reading, ho sev
eral t ines turned on his loca and heels,
changed his position, held Ids head up towards
the sky. and then fixed hia eves on tho plat
form. Once in a while he noodoa or shook his
head st the conclusion of tho reading of a
apecifi tation. When the case of Klara Hud
dleatun waa mentioued. lie aaid in a firm voice:
*1 can tell it hotter than that.’’ When Col.
Shatter read as follows: “to all whirh the ac
cnaed pleads not guilty,” ho replied, “But I
don't now.”
At the conclusion of the readme of the sen
tence, Col Shatter remarked to the prisoner:
•'ln ncoordance with this sentence, I am now
going to have you executed.'' Furgttson
bowe I hi* head, snd rejoiuod : “Very well."
-v. Ur. Hunting then made an appropriate
B 1 the coneluaion of which Furguson
prayer, 'nutelly towards the minister, as if
bowed pro. -nk him, uttering some inaudi
intonding to ta
ble words. «gc coni'-CT.
HIS RKMARI3 . . ... .
■d anything to any
He waa ,hen asked if he bu -nuan. H- ro
before proceeding with the exec '» at all.
plied - “ Nothing to say particular.. -u here
No, don’t think I have.” The noose v Rut
pi iced araund hia neck, and then, for the -
time, he displayed signs of emotion. His face
flatbed tan deep scsnlet, the perspiration
broke forth pr fujely from his face, and his
lipt closed with a cnnvuliive quiver. The re
alixation of bis awful tttuatioD ae-med to have
flash*' over his mind in all it* fullne?#, over
powering hi* fortitude. Colonel Shutter wiped
the aweai awav, and the prisoner gradually
recovered hit equanimity, lie expressed bim
t'dfmuch opposed to having an vthing placed
over b's eyre when a '.imidkerchtcf was called
for. Then he .volor.teered the statement :“ I
don’t know aome things in those specifica
tions, tiut I don’t deny anything I ever done.”
For a moment or tiro he s»omed to be repress
ing an impulse to make fuller rem rks After
a brief pause he m Idrd, “ I want to be lent to
my fnmilr; I dor ’t want 10 le buried on tbia
aoil.” After another pause, lie continued, in
an exeited tone : “ Don’t give me to the doo
tors; I don’t wat ,t to be cut up here. ’ Colo
nel Shifter ang vered : “ Yon ahan’t, Mr.
Furgnraon." A short silence followed, when
the prisoner age in spoke : “ ! want to be pot
in that thing.” pointing to his coffio, “and
taken lo Whi'e conntv, where I can have m *
family around me. If I had only had roy
way, I wonldn’t have been here. Whenever
yon are ready, I am done. My last request is
to hes.mt away with my wife ”
The white ea p was then drawn over hi* faee.
Hi* l**t word* were : “ O Lord 1 have mercy
on n*e, I pruy tbee!”
thi Rxtcmon.
A* it* ntternl the lasi word, at seven men
minute* to *.we! ve o'clock, detective Banville,
atone blow of a hatchet, levered the rape
which aurmined Ibe drop, and the body fell
tome two feet with * heavy ihub. He died
eaav. there beirg no death struggle, aa is of
ten tb •ca «e. Twiee b» alirhtly shrogeed bis
ihouli'err . and aoon the desperate guerrilla,
whose crimes and cruelties o*d made his
name a terror, hung a corps*, an ! the guilty
ipirit »is ushered into that eternity at whose
taresholi I the wicked shrink hack aghast.—
Whether beentered that new life* repentant
man ir a question between bij God alone and
him. Tne grave ha* closed over hia Tic**, let
ill forgo the wrongs ha haa perpetrated ; for
tbs plow w that knew him shall know him no
moro fa rever.
TB! MEDICAL SXAMISATIO*.
As t he drop fell. Brevet. 001. Robert Pleteb
'.f, u. S Vom., Aast Surgeon J. E. McGirr,
U. S t .’oil , ascended the platform.
Tb# first esamtnation of th* body took plae*
thlrtee s minute* after the fall of the drop.—
Nnrias m Storrv opened Forget on * coat
vast, fnd applied bis aar is b|i cheat. *
AUGUSTA, GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 186^
heart was still haattog NwHWy. Fi»*
■tvs csbasqtavwtlv. Mat sad todiMiac: »ar
mure pf the toart are* but.4, il*e here*mg
fast rxtiact Is fear aad a half m tan tea
more life waa utterly gone.
The Beck waa ant broken by the Ml, bat the
rope had cuapMslt imbedded itself!* Ih fount
part of tbe neck, the knot having alipped to the
roar Ooo*4doi*hle extravasation of blood oe
cll reed from tbe nostrils, as exhibited oa tbe
cap which sover and tbe head
m OLoamo scbki.
Al twenlv-four sad a half minutes part twelve
tbe body wiaa cat down, la accordance with
tbe oniii ions of the attendoat surgeoat. tbe im
mediate reuse ot death was cerebral apoplexy,
from strangulation, tbe fall not Iwiag soffirivmt
to break the leek. It la probable that he saf
fered little or none, for. though life w*» ant
extinct for aome time, yet aeoMtion ceased tbe
moment tbe body dropped
The remains were placed in the coffin, tbe lid
wm screwed down, and tbe spectators dispersed
sd.
[From the Louisville Sunday Journal !
Bill Arp's Last.
HIS I.KTTRR TO AXTCMUS WARD.
Mr. Aritmw ITand, Skmeman —SWr ■ The
reeaun I writ* to you In pertikler. are bekane
you are about the onlv man I know in all
“God s country" so-oafW: For sum eevcral
works I hav been wanlin tn **y sumthiu- For
sum several years we reba, aa-cuUerf. but now
late of Mid county deceased hsv been tryin
mlty hard ta do rtimthin We didn't quite do
it, and now it* verv painful, I a* uro you, ta
dry up fill of a sudden and make out like we
waao’t lhar.
My friend. I want to say sumthin. 1 suppose
there ia no law again thinkin. hut thinkin ilont
help me. It dont let down mr thermometer
I must explode tnvaelf generally *0 as ta feel
bettor. You aee I’m trying to harmonise. I’m
tryin to soften down my feelin* I’m endrev
oring to aiibjngato myself to the level of aur
rotindin circnmstances, m-mtlrd. But l can’t
do it until I art allowed to say sumthin, I
want ta qnsrrol with sum body and then make
friends I aint no giant-killer ; I alr.t no Nor
wegian bar. I aint no boar-ennstrikter, but
I’ll bo hornawagglcd if the talkin and the
writin and tbe elanderin has got to bo all done
on one ride any longer. Some of yeer folks
have got to dry tip or turn our folss loose.
It’s a blamed outrage, Mgwflad Aint -your
editors got nutbin else to do but to pec* st u*.
snd squib at us, and crow over na? Ia every
man what kan write a paragraf to con
sider us se bars in a cage, and be always a
jobbin at ua to hoar na growl T Now you see,
my friend, that'* what's disharmonious, and
do you jrst toll era, one and all, e plnribus
unum. so called, that if they dont atop it at
once or turn ua loose to say wbat we please,
why we reba. *0 called, have unanimously and
jointly and severally resolved to—to—to—
think very hard of it—if pot harder.
That’s the way to talk it. I aint a gwiue
to commit Tnvaelf. I know when to pnt on
the brakes. I aint agwic.e to say oH I think
like Mr. Etheridge, or Mr. Adderig. so-called.
Nary time. No, sur. Bnt I’ll jest Ml you
Artemna, snd yon m»y tell It to your show:
If we aint allowed to express our sentiments
we can take it out in hafts; and halin rune
heavy in mt family, shore. I hated a man ao
once that all the hair cum out of my head, aod
the man drowned himgelf in a hbg waller that
night. I kould do it agin, hut you see I’m
tryin to harmonise, to acquiesce, to hckuai
calm and screen
Now I suppose that poetikally apoakin,
"In Dixie's fall,
We Binned all."
But talkin the wav I see it, a big feller and a
little feller, so called, got into a file, and they
font and font and font a long time, and every
body all round kep hollering hands off, but kep
holpiu the big feller until finallv the little feller
caved in and hollered emif. He made a bully
file 1 leit you. Seiah wtii, what did the big
feller do? Take him by the hand and help
him up, and brush the dirt off hi* clothes?
Nary time! No. enr! Bet ho kicked him
arter he waa down and throwd mud on him.
and drug him about and rubbed asnd in hia
eye*, snd now he's gwine about hontin up hi*
poor little property. Wants to konfiikat* it,
m-aillad Blame mv jaket if it aint enuff to
make your head swim
Rut I'm a good Union man—so called. I
ain't agwine to site no more. I ahan'l vo’e for
the next war. I ain’t no gun-ilia I’ve done
tuk the oath, and Urn gwine 10 keefi it; but a*
for roy Iwin auhjoogated, and humilvated. as
Mr. Chase say*, it ain’t so—nsry time. I aint
ashamed of nothin, neither, aint repentin, atm
axin for no one horse, short winded pardon.—
Nobody needn’t be playin prei-t around roe
I aint got no twenty thousand dollars. Wish
I had ; I’d give it to these poor wider* *Dd
orflna. I'd fatten roy own nnmeroua and in
toreatin offspring in about two roioits snd s
half. They shouldent eat root* snd drink
hraneh water no longer. Poor, unfortunate
things I to cum into this anbloonarv world st
■ichaltme. There's four or five of 'ora that
never saw a airktia nor a monkey show—never
had a pocket knife, nor a piece of cheese, nor
•sin. There's Bull Run Arp, and Harper’s
are, * rp, and Ohikshominy Arp, that never
Ferry a ''•ren in a spell in iiook. I tell you,
seed toe pi.. -rp |he poorest people on the
my friend, we - -,,,j w - are poor and proud,
face of tbe earth— ’• v , gelah ! and the whole
We roads a bn'Jy fig- . prou ,i of it It
American nation onghtto -- «po n they think
shows what Amerikins can a -. 1 PHn’t our
they lire imposed on—“ »" called bule tax
four fathers site. bleed and die about a j t t
on tea. wheo Dot one in a thonoan drank -
Bek an a they sukseeded w*«ent it glory f ltui
if they bwient I suppose it would have been ;
treason, and they would hsve been bowin and
sera pin round King George for pardon Bo it
goes, Artemna, and to my mind, if the whole
thing waa stewed down it would make about ,
half a pint of humbug. Wc hsd good men, :
great men, Christian men. who thought wc was 1
right, and many of ’em have gone to the un
diskovered country, and have got a pardon aa 1
is a pardon. When I die. I’m roity wtlltn to
risk myself under the shadow of their wings,
whether the climate ba hot or cold. So mote
it be- Selab I 1
Well, maybe Ive said epnfl Ball dont |
fvel eaav yit. I’m a good Union min w-nm
and shure. I’ve had my breeches died Wu*,
and I’ve bot a Uue bucket, and I very often
feel K»e, and about twice in a while, I go to
the doggery aod git Hue, and then I look up
th» »enUe»n heaven* *nd nos th* rnemn
trX of the Bfcta-Mtod nr- i
doing roy duridest to harmonise, and th "kl
could -uLed If it waaept fur euro thing. When ,
. »v.tfcf Vouard going round tho nue is
IrlT aUlder. why riab: -u,
fora few minita, I h*ta lbe J“ ky
tioo. JwwkPt bow roy Wo«vi b*cft.
i istitattoo wbat was l»nd-l down ta us hy
tho heavenly ki.qrdom of
pat over im with powd«r mod be! 9
niw, the devil 1 Ai. t
r-boteof Afnky h.. cane to
town. w,unen and children, «and
; SS. JSSifSS <w?i r“
«uv livio on roaattn earn and freedom, wmj
nary idee that the winter will ram v
, cmpbt oii and M’.U costa asoney-
year* old. are whinm arwind about
1 mAolo kaw'.idga Tb* truth
1 soabodya badly foolsd about oy* bixasss
Bum body has dntansfl tbe Mtol bn ttts ksre
rr, and don't know wbat to do wit.? Mix. He's
I jead tiuowa taasawn AM tier. *-i i
bv be S hurt aawwbodT T-roe v.igs*ra will
| have to go back to the ptawtoGoa* and work
| I oink ago ato ampswri aary ear «T >ffik aad
when yea bear anybody at a\ pw tfl Vto
'■its a be.” as osiwd I poMy. I abakgot aotbix
an copper; myself ca. We foal oarselro# oat
ot everything exorpt Aidm and lead, aod I
ou pavrse the hat are in he tamed over to tbe
aecroe* fcv gmveysvds
Weil my trirad. 1 dealt west aarit lain t
ambiikius aa I used to was. Too ail bare got
your show* aod monkeys aad ririman aod
brass hand* and organ*, and oaa (day ea tbe
petrbtyam aod tbe harp of a tboomwd atriogs.
and an on, bat I've a*hr got one favor Max of
you. I want ensf povr-Vr to kill a big yatlev
strum-tail deg that prowl* rouads my prem
ises al ntgbk Fo* Hewer. I west' tbia any
thinc Uue or block or multauer. WBi you
send it? Are you and your foak* m ffiteeroi
of me and ore fnaka that you went lit a*
bare any amynudmn ? Are the squirt* and
crows and black raococa* to eat up oar poor
litt'e own patch**? Are the wild turkeys to
gobble all round ua 'with wpouitv? If a
mad-dog takes tbe hidertoby, ia lb* whole com
munity to run itself to dreth to got out -of tbe
way? I golly lit look* like your pepol hod
tuk tho rebelfoby for good, and waa never
gwine to git over it. See here, my foetid,
vou must tend me a little pawder and a ticket
tn your show, and me ami you will harmonise,
scriin * ,
With these few remarks I think I foeTbeUer,
snd hope I haict made nobody fitin mad, tor
I'm net on that Kn* at this time. lam Uoolj
your friend—all present or Accounted for-' ,
Btii Arp, jeteM
P. S —Old man Harris wanted to bur my
fiddle the other day wiih tAiofederik money
He said it would be gonl agin. He says that
dim Funderbuk toM him that Warren 1 * Jack
had seed a man who had just cum from Vir
gin nr, and he sed a man told hi* cousin Man
dy that In had whipp'd 'em afu. Old Har
ris says that a feller by the name of Mock G
Million ia coming over with a million of men.
But nevertheless, notwithstanding, somehow
or somehow else, I'm dsboui about the mon
ey. If you was me, Arterous would yon make
the fiddle trade? B. A.
Waahington Correspondence N. T. Xawx
Pretldrnt Johnson and Mr. Data.
Washisotor, Oct. It 1855 —lt in with
feelings of the moot profound salisforttc that
I am able to inform the readers of the New*
that President Johnson baa determined ta par
don Jefferson Davis, and, it may bo. oven With
out a trial, although that point ia nob muled
vet. Nor ia it at all unlikely that in n abort
time Mr. Davis will be released from confine
ment on the more terms that Mr. Stephen* baa
been, and then afterward pardoned. It h poo
sihle. but very unlittelr now, that be my be
brought to trial ia a civil court lor treason. —
But if wo. and even if convictod. he will be
pardoned. This is certain as the decree* of
fata. Ido not derive this information from
what the President mid yesterday to the South
Carolina delegation, although tho fees can be
safely implied from those remarks. Oa that
oocwsioo the President was directly applied ta
for the pardon of Jefferson Davi* by a oommU
tee appointed for that purpose by th* State
oonventkm of South Carolina; and oa that
point, here is what Mr, Johnson arid :
WHAT THR PRXSIOK.VT Sate.
"All cannot be pardoned at once. Tbe bu
uiness must be proceeded with gradually, and
an effort must be made to execute the law. I
want to do what i* best and jitit. and to show
a proper degree of jtutnanity on the part of the
government. If treosoo baa been committed,
there ought to bo some test lo determine tbe
power of the government to punish the crime.
Tbe laws having been violated and an attempt
made upon the life of the nation, there ought
to bes risdieatice of the giorerement end Hie
constitution, even if the pardoning power were
exercised t hereafter If treason lout been com
mitted it ought to be determined by tho high
est tribunal, and tho fact declared, eren if
clemency should come afterward. I assure
you, gentlemen, no disposition exists for per
secution, or a thirst for blood.”
wa. pavii oocut rot ax costictbo or trbamr
This language ia plain rnough, and needs no
commentary. Bury and harassed aa he h-a
been daring the last fire month*, the presi
dent ha- had time for reflection upon this mo
mentous ftihjeet, and those are the results of
his reflection* Thev do honor at oace to hia
bead and to hi* heart. The highest tribunal
is the euprrme court, or one of the United
ritateo district courts, and the president aay*
that if Mr Davis is brought to trial, it must
be before the highest tribunal But haa trea.
son been committed? Mr Johnson does not
sav so He sava twice. ’‘lf treason haa been
committed.'’ The fact is, if Jefferson Dat’d
were to be tried fer treason in the nu preme
enurt. or hi fore any high civil tribunal, be
would be acquitted. Every lawyer who wl'l
examine the whole subjret in all i's relations,
must come to thi* conclusion. Whatever hia
offense was, it was not treason, nor .can It be
proved to be treason. The chief of a bdiger
ent power cannot he gnilty of treason. If the
rebellion had remained within the line of a
mere insurrection, and if any of the insurgents
had fallen into our hands, ther would have
been traitors and might have been hung as
traitors Bat She rebellion psssed fir beyond
the limit* of an insurrection It berame a arar
of van proportions, in which the comhatents
I on either side became, by the law* of nations,
i invested with equal rights ai belligerents. Our
I government itself acknowledged lbe Ooafede
aa a briigevent power by exchanging
ca -i*. It is by tbe principles of inlerna
priaon. im our treatment of Mr. Davis
tional law thorn priopiplea de
mon le regalai. of war, and must be
Clare that he is apr be uied , ur lrea .
treated as such, acd ca.
non.
PR WILL KtTHKR HE ACQTTtTTXD OR PABtKWKP.
Nothing in more probable, thereto.'"- *
lbalPre*..leot Johnson, after gtvtng tbe au
jecl deliberate consideration, ha* come to the
above rooc uamo. Tbs only question w, there
fore, whether it is belter to have Mr. Davis
brought to trial for treason. «>th tbe certainty
that b.- would be acquitted by the higheat
tribunal, or to pardon him without a trial.
Mr. Johuaon wants to do what is beet and just:
best for the honor of th* country, and to Mr
Davia. In the meantime, the It and* of the
latter gentleman may real aasutred that the
president will not be deterred by any bluster
on Lite part of the radicals fiom carrying not
hia cor rictiona of duty on thin and every other
subject. . „
Tbe interview at tbe white house on Friday
afternoon, between tbe president and th* South
Carolina delegation, wa* of the moot pleasant
and agreeable nature The prtaideni caused
tbe gentlemen -to ba seated and addressed
theta in the tone aod manner of great polite
neaa and ooortovy. The president * remark!
were informal and conversational aod touched
i upon other subjects than that alluded to above.
1 The delegation withdrew greatlr pleased with
I the interview, and impressed with the belief
that t‘ a otaact of tbeiv million womd ta auc
oaaaful.
The corporators of the National Aeylom for
Sold ere and Sailor* met at W*A'iigtoo on » *d
neaday A quorum waa not present, but ea
one rou'd hardiy ta secured at any Ume, those
on tot spot adopted • rew duta* app-W.ijg *
coanroitte* to memoreliie C/rmnmUd a stated
! apprcptiaUOb ia aid of toe projoet
BY TELEGRAPH,
Americans and the Chinese.
The President in Conversation.
Important and Hopeful Statement
The Fenians and Canadians.
N. Carolina and the Rebel Deb t
Knotty Questions in Mississippi.
Henry Ward Beecher’s Sermon.
Important Foreign Intelligence.
Conflicting Reports from Mexico.
Miscellaneous Interesting News.
From New V ork.
Oar Future Relations with China.
New York, tVtober 33.—Tho approaching
change in our relations with China ta discussed
with wrawtress in th© Kugtish press.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Loudon
Times st*>.«v that hitherto American national
repcv—Malivee have been treated wiih ill con
cealed dislike, and in some instances with con
tempt. He attributes this feet mainly to tbe
absence of an American deet in the Chinese
waters, aud partly to the habit of uakiug coo
auis out of missioiiariee. Now that our fleet
ia oa the road to China, extraordinary changes
are anticipated in the mutual diplomatic rela
lions of the two co-ituriea_The Times recapit
ulates whether the first introduction of Ameri
cans will be of a hostile character. The Amer
ican cii tou Bnrgivterre. for whom restoration
haa taon imperatively demanded by th© United
States Consul, is believed to hav© be«u either
starred or executed.
The London Post believes thatlia tbe future
English com mere,i with the Chinese in China
will ba considerably affected by American
rivalry.
THE PRESIDENT ON RECONSTRUCTION.
New York, OcU33.—Tho substance of Pres
ident Johnson's remarks on the subject of
reconstruction in the Southern States, during
a recent private interview with him, is given,
with the President’s approval, by Major George
L. Stearns, of Massachusetts, the President,
in reply to the remark that tbe Democrats
claimed that be hsd gone over to them, inti
mated that the Democratic party bed discovered
thg.t be was ia advance of it, and that it waa
now trying to seem up to his standard, and he
hoped it would succeed in so doing. He re-*
enunciated bis doctrine, that notwithstanding
the*-cession of certain State*, they were never
ont of the Unioh—bnt by their rebellious
oonrse they h and forfeited their civil govern
ment, to reconstruct the machinery of which,
aa sooa aa poaaible, he considers the chief duty of
the time. This he lays cannot be done in n
moment, but such greaand happy; progress is
being made in it. that the results ‘ sometimes
appear to him like a dream. Hedid not expect
. to forever deprive of their former civil rights,
even a majority of those who were excluded in
the amnesty proclamation, but he intended
that they should aue for paron,, and thus rea
lime the enormity of their crimes.
He is in faTor of allowing those negroes who
served in the army, those who can read aud
writ. , aud thos who ere possessed of certain
qualiuemtiona, to role, but does not think it
political, or that he has a right to force three
conditions ou the white people or tbe South,
t' ougli be believes they will, ere long, concede
this privilege to Ike fraedmen. The President
also favors basing represen tioo upon the cum
ber of qualified voters instead or on the pop
ulation, as al present. .
FENIAN EXCITEMENT IN CANADA.
New York, Oet 33 —The Herald’s Toronto
correspondent earn, the members of the Pro
vincial Government, and their eupoorlers in
OXnad.-t, are in a state of great agitation in
regard to the Fenian movement. A Fenian
organisation has been known to exist there
for tour yearn, hut has occasioned but little
concern until the occurrence of recent events.
England, Ireland, and tbe Canadian Govern
ment have, It is said, organized and distributed
throughout the province a force of spies. Great
activity ia reported to prev il lu military af
fair* : changes in the disposition Os troopa are
being mado. garrisons strengthened in regions
where the Irish predominate, and an investiga
tion of the loyally of the officers and soldiera
Instituted. Anna are being distributed for the
uae of citizens known to oppose Fenian de
signs Custom authorities ore nervous over
the recent large ituixirtation of ammunition,
which is believed will ultimately find its way
into the hands of the Fenians. Toe present
movement in Ireland ia merely a ruse, aud will
be a grand design when Eagland has thrown
into Ireland the troops, the order id this
country shall seize Canada, and declare it an
independent State, and place it under protec
tion of the United States.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
New York. Oct. 23 — The Tribune says Hon.
J. L A'iison has been elected by the Misais
mppi Legislature to the United States Senate
for tlx long term.
The Times' special save Gen. Grant haß re
rommi-nded the muster out of all Major and
Brig. Generals in the volunteer service except
those disabled in the service.
Generals Grant, Thomas and itsncock, and
other leading generals, are in favor of increas
ing the regular army eo aa to number 75,000
men. Secretary Blanton favors the plan.
George Ashmun, of Maa-achusetts, Charles
T. Sherman, of Ohio, Springer Hartaugh, of
Pennayivania, Jessee L Williams, of Indiana,
end Thomas J. Carter, of Illinois, hsve been
appeiuted Director! of the Union Pacific Rail
road.
TUK EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA.
New Yosk, Oct. 23 —A dispatch from J. A.
Dooabct President of the Ban Francisco Cham
ber rs Cjmmerce, to A. A. Law, President of
the New York Chamber of Commerce, aaye the
earthquake shock on the Bih inat. was very
alight, doing no damage of moment, and there
haa been no interruption of business.
HENRY WARD BKKCHER'S SERMON ON
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
Nxw York, Oct. 23 —Henry Ward Beecher
yesterday delivered a sermon, in which he gave
in hia unqualified endorsement of President
Johnson and his reconstruction policy ; urged
forbesrsnee and kindness toward the 8 >ulh ,
insisting they must regulate negro suffrage for
themselves : discount* nanoed any interference,
aod claimed wo must have confidence in the
loyal -professions of the Southerner! and that
their *eU-re*pect ir.u-t not be offended. He
also pots forth kind words tor Gin. Lee.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
New York, Oct. 23 —The Herald’s Jackaou,
Ifuwireippi, correspondent, presents an unfa
vorable state of affaire.
Tho -*>t»fce Legi*i* lure * which fact Iwt Mon
day, baa aim* difficult work b-.fore it, the
I worm of which >», probably, the revocation ot
State ordinances, which were In a ahocking
condition. ’ , .
Tbe debt of the Commonwealth i* targe,
1 aod though many of the people favored a
I second resort to repudiation, it ta thought that
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;avors it. These arc only ta-.i
tics which this Legislature will
with. 18
As industry generally throughout the State
has been paralysed by the war, there la • great
lack of the native energy necessary to resas
citate a better condition of thing*. - Some
preciical bnt cruel jokes are being perpetra
ted on the Mississippi negroes, with the story
that on Christmas day the Government intends
to gire each one of them a tract of land, and
hence many of them refhse to enter into con
tracts with tbe planters for a period extending
beyond that time.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Nkw Yorx, Oet. 23.—The Herald's Raleigh
correspondent Mya of the North Carolina Con
vention :
A singular announcement was made by the
Chairman io the effect that after diligent
search, be waa unable to procure a national
flag to hoist over the Capitol, aod had to send
to New York for one.
The timely receipt of a telegram from Presi
dent Johnson, saying that North Carolina
should at once repudiate every dollar of indebt
edness contracted to assist the rebellion, and
prevented tbe staying off by secession ot mem
bers a vote on the ordinance completely ignor
ing that debt, as they had their plans already
laid for tbe pnrpose, but upon reading the
President's dispatch, the ordinance was token
tipatid passed amid great cheering and enthu
siasm, their being but a few dissenting votes.
The proposed amendment to submit to a
role of the people was not adopted.
The ordinance which was not passed for the
organisation in tome of the counties of a mili
tary force to suppress outlawry, has. it is
understood, the approval of the national mili
tary authorities.
Resolutions were adopted requesting the
President to restore to tbe people of North Car
olina all their old constitutional rights, and
remove the military and transfer the powers to
the civil authorities.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New Oslsirs, Oct. 21.—The steamers Gen.
Meade and Cleopatra, from Boston ; Mariposa,
from New York, and Alabama, from Liverpool,
hive arrived.
Cotton dull; sales of 500 bales at 53a56c.
Exchange improved J»|c, 1 -
> In the Mississippi Senate resolo tions, aimed
at Governor Sharkey aod restricting the rights
and privileges of the freedmen to what the
etatnte laws granted freedmeu before tbe war,
wm laid on the table bv a large majority.
Governor Hamilton officially denies a state
ment necessary to accompany petitions for par
don requiring his endorsement.
Gen. Gregory, Commissioner of Texas freed
men, isnued a circular on the lith. Copies of
the emancipation proclamation are liberally
circulated. Officers of the bureau, to adjudi
cate case* betteen freedmen or between freed
men snd whites, where Btste judicial offionrs,
by reason of old codes fail to do freedmen Im
partial justices, are appointed. The oircular
enjoins the freedmen to make contracts with
employers. They mast work ; Idleness will
not be tolerated : contract* must be kept. All
officers of the bureau and citizens generally
are requested tinlissipate any idea entertained
by freedmen that many points of land are to
be divided nmong them by Christmas.
Gen. Fullerton, assistant commissioner of
Lonimana, has also issued an address to the
freedmen. substantially aa above.
Col. Kirby, a prominent citizen of Texas,
and related to Kirby Smith. wr*s killed by for
mer employer at Hempstead.
Several leading merchants of Houston are
projecting » cotton factory.
FROM MEXICO.
Nkw York, Oct. 23 —Official documents
from Mexican ’agents of the Government of the
Republic of Mexico are published this morn
ing, strongly protesting against the Imperial
invasion of that country and warning citizens
of the United States, as well as of other coun
tries, against the validity of tbe grauts made to
them by Maximilian, of railroad and tele
graph mining and other internal improvements
monopolies.
Nkw York, Oct 23.—Tho steamer Liberty
brings Havana dates to the 18th.
Mexican advices from Vera Cruz to ike 15th
had been received at Havana. Maximilian bad
issued a proclamation dateif the 2d inst., offi
cially announcing the departure of Juarez from
Mexican territory, and saying that the oause
whioh Juarez had sustained with so much valor
and constancy had it last succumbed, not only
to tbe national will, bu t according to the same
law that tbia leader invented in support of his
title, and that even tbe Brejmide had degen
erated.
ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA—IMPORT
ANT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR.
ADAMS AND KARL RUSSELL.
Fartiixii Point. Oct. 23.—The Hibernia,
from Liverpool on the 12tb, and Londonderry,
arrived off this point 10-dav, with five days
later news.
A correspondence between Mr. Adams,, the
American Minister, and Eirl Russell, in regard
lo tbe responsibility of E iglaud for the ravages
committed upon American commerce by rebel
pimtos fitted up In England, bad taken place.
Karl Russell repudiates all responsibility, and
refuses all arbitration.
Tbo papers generally comment on tho cor
respondence. The Timescan hardly doubt tbal
the proposal for a commission will ultimately
be accepted and says it would be the best, if
not the only solution, and the candid and
friendly tone of the argument between Earl
Ruasell and Mr. Adams justify that expecta
tion. Other journals hope for an amicable
rotation.
Loxnos, Oct. 13.—A meeting #f lbe Atlan
tic Telegraph Company has authorized an in
crease of capital by’T 50,000 shares of £5 each.
The Hibernia brings information of the loss
of the American ship Ragle
Fiiithxb Foist, Oct. 23.—The steamship
Hibernia, from Liverpool the 11th, arrived off
the point, en route for Quebec, at 0 o’clock
Ibil morning, and was boarded hy tile news
boat of the Associated Press, and the following
summary of news, which is five day* later, was
obtained:
The Hibernia has forty-seven cabin and
three huudred and twenty-aeven steerage pas
sengers.
Tho stoamahip Helvetia left Liverpool for
New York simultaneously with the Hibernia
and Kangnroo.
LIVERPOOL MARKET BY THE HIBERNIA
Livfrcooi, Oct 13—The sales of cotton for
the week are 112,000 balea, which opened up
ward, but became fiat, and closed with an
advance of jd. on American, middling Orleans
25}, on Friday marketa closed upward, with
sales of 200 balea. Breedatufls quiet, pro
visions steady, Consols 88}»J. Bullion in bank
of England deer ruling £447,000; 620 s OSaC'J;
Erie 50s}; Illinois Central 83s}
Li'sepool, October 12—The Liverpool cot
ton market opened dull aod declined }a}d:
but at the clone waa active and buoyant, and
the decline fully recovered. The sales for four
days amount to 43,000 bales; 14 000 to specu
lators Tbe advices from Manchester are not
ao (tvorable. Market quiet and closed firm.
o ; ’'«.--NO. 24.
K&HBpool, tia Londonbsrt, Oct. 13.—Tha
market broker’s circular reports the
the week, footing up 112,000 baea,
.i.OOO U> speculators, and 12.000 to
The market opened firm, with au
tendency, hut subsequently txcame
HEHpy Jd on American and |d on India and
The quotations are.as fol
nows: Orleans fair 26Jd; middling 24Jd;
[Mobile middling 24Jd; uplands fair CSd; mid
dlings l'be sales to-day were 20,000,
.bales, including 16,000 to speculators and ex
porters, the market closing with upward ten
dency and trifling advance. The stock in port
is estimated at 202,000.
RAILROAD COLLISION—LOSS OF*LIFE.
N»w Haves, 0:t. 23.—The Journaßdr to
day says : Last night a construction train on
the N. Y. A N. Haven Railroad came in col
lision with a milk train on the Danbury and
Norwalk Railroad. Two passenger cars of the
latter truia were smashed, and both engines
demolished. A hatter from Bethel named
Harlbut was killed. Mr. Parsons, conductor
of the milk train was badly hurt, and the.
engineer, Hyman, who was on the milk trgjn,
was injured, but not dangerously, Mr. Willi,
track superintendent at, New Haven, Hebran
Douglass, Mr. Daily, John Darlan and some
others; in all, estimated by some 30, and by
some 16,'injured.
Anecdotes or Gems.
Pliny tells of the misfortunes of Nonios, who
was p oscribed bv Mark Antony for the sale of
bis famous opal, but who, sooner than surrender
his treasure, Tallied at jt'lO.OuO of our money,
went into voluntary exile. The story told by the
saute writer of C eopa'ra's wager with the trium
vir, th it she would spend upon a single dinner a
sum equivalent to £1,000,000, is better known.
The Queen was accustomed to wear in her ears
two p 'aris. and when her lover ridiculed the
bsnquit tli.it bad b en prepared as ton expensive,
•be threw one of these Into a vessel of the strong
est vinegar, dissolved it. and drank it (iff. The
other was to have followed, but the umpire, by
deolsnug that Antony had already lost the
wnger,preserved it; and afterward, on the con
quest of Egvpt, it was sawn in two, to make
pendants for tho ears of Venus in the Pantheon.
Mr. King reproduces this story to discredit it,
essurlng us no acid the human stomach can en
dure is capable of entire y diseolflng a pearl,
even after long maceration. The why Quetjn, he
surmises, swallowed the pearl in some more
■greeable potation than vinegar, and,.in order to
f;sln her wager, invented the Action of Its disco,
utfon, secure of its ultimate recovery. But
there wee another pearl of unrivalled magnltnde,
to which a more romantic tale attaches. This
was the gem obtained by a dtver at the prloe of
his Ufa, for the Haesanian king Peruses. Bo
prised was it by the monarch that It oobnpied hie
thoughts even In death. In the supreme moment
of his fate, when about to perish in the pitfall
Into which he had been entrapped by the feigned
retreat of tho enemy, he p'ucked from his right
ear this glory of his reign and burled it before
him InkAthe abyss, deriving comfort even then
from hUTThg cheated the foe of what would have
been considered the most glorious trophy of their
victory.
In later times when the diamond bad'supplant
ed the pearl In pnblle estimation, we have the
wy of that known aa the Sancy, the history of
which, generally confounded with that of Charts*
the Bold, Is here correetly given. This famous
stone was once sent bv its owner, Bigaeur de
Sancy, to Henry IV, who wanted to ratre A loan
on It. The servant to whom It* transmission was
entrusted was beset by robbers and mordered.—
His master, however, recovered the oorpse, and
oonnting upon the expedients of hie faithful en
voy, opened It and had the satlefaction of dincov
ering therein hie lost treasure.
Bnnauarte mar be said to have founded his
fortunes upon a diamond, for after the eighteenth
Hrumatre, it was by pledging the nelebratod
"regent" he procured the fundi Indispensable
for the consolidation of hts power. The Under
of this stone, a slave, Is said to have concoaled It
in a gash made for its reception in the eaif of hi*
leg, an I then to have escaped to Madras. Here
he fell In with an English skipper, who, by the
promise of Undine a purchaser in considers!ion
of receiving a inolotv of what was to be realised,
lured him on bund ship, and there disposed of
his claims by pitching him Into the sea. It after
ward oame into the possession of Gov. Pitt, to
whom, however, it inuat have been a source of
fearful anxiety, since we read be never made
known betorohan 1 the day of hie oomitlg in
town, nor slept twice consecutively in the same
house until 1717, when he disposed of bis harass
ing pot session to the regent Orleans.
Tub Okatitudb on a Don.-A valuable,
well-trained, but savage setter dog, says the
Philadelphia Press, was locked up in the count
ing boose at the coal oil fire on Dickinson
street wharf on Sunday afternoon. The sea of
roaring flames had extended all over the area
occupied by the oil. The counting house, a
framn building at the northwest corner, soon
ignited from the excesaive-heat. The roof and
the two sides nearest thep conflagration of the
oil Ignited, and the dog howled piteously, as
thongh fully aware of the Impending danger.
The members of the flhilfler Hose Company,
having secured a plug near the oountiog
house, wero ready to put the water on. A
member forced the door open, and the dog, al
ready subjected to a heat of sortral hundred
degrees, sprang into the open sir. Having
regained bis liberty, bo exhibited his gratitude
by lick ing the hands of his rescuer, and fond
ly running around him, evinced various signs
of joy. The dog was an entire stranger to the
fireman, and tinder other circumstances would
have made an attack upon him. The animat
seemed desirous to stay by him, and not permit
any person to approach him. A rope was An
ally pieced around the neck of the canine, and
he whs led away from the terrible, exciting
scenes incident to the great fire.
Arbkst or Generai, Ortega i*Nsw Toax
—An interesting case in connection with Mexi
can matters, and growing out of the Mexican
emigration excitement of last spring, was yes
terday before Jude Moncrief, of the Superior
Court in this city, at chambers, General Ortega,
who is Chief Jusllco of tho Supreme Court of
Mexico and Vice President of the Republic,and
who, by the expiration of tho term of President
Juan-1 will become President next month, ar
rived in this country in April lost, where be
has since remained, principally in this eity.
Some days ago lie was arrested and admitted
to hail iu tho sum of seven thousand dollars,
on tho complaint of Colonel William H. Allen,
who figured in connection with the recruiting
and emigration movement, and who alleges
ihat he was employed by the General to super
intend the whole matter, on the promise that
all expenses would be paid. Now, Allen statee,
after lie has recruited a jiarge number of men
for M'xico, and incurred debts amounting to
nearly eeveo thousand dollars, General Ortega
refuses to cash the bills or to have anything to
do with the recruits. The action yesterday
was ou a motion to show cause why the order
of arrest should not be vacated. The General’s
response to Allen’s allegations is a complete
denial. He says that he never gave the latter
the slightest authority for engaging in this
business, which was commenced before be h«d
ever seen Allen, and which he characterised as
foolish and calculated to lead only to failure.
Ho also states that be was shooked when he
learned that it wee in progress, and that he
believes the present proceedings are designed
merely to extort money .from him. The case
ht« been adjourned over to the 2Tth instant.—
Mew York Herald, lbth.
Tax Fenians.—At the Fenian convention,
iu Philadelphia Tuesday, Patrick J. Wheeler, a
prominent Irisb-American journalist, made his
appearance, having just returned from a tour
in Ireland, during which he was connected
with Irish Fenians and informed himself of
their plans. He reports their organisation aa
powerful, and under skillful leaders. The
■ umber present has been increased by delega
tions ftom the West, and a delegation (torn
California it expected. Financial matters are
being perfected, and subscription* to the iota
wilt eoou begin.