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fc * * - . I <sr-OESiUAi- j r .J red by A-tor- j i i ' ] uck&otfledge the i - th»it have arisen ■ ■ 3 ‘bavaa- j b<‘ in. , ,ich tbe property pa; < rr.'.on of tbe ] . . , . ur letter subaUu- 1 i Ci'y of Savannah, i). ■... uited BUWs forcas i m, some thirty-eight I . , ... : cotton wore found , .. and ii„, i..V military authorities, ;.,! j y.j fl | O' to fcgeuts O' Use . , . Ii .ptured property,” j t t. . acts oi 000, , j » ij * , 3nJ Jaty 2, 1804. , ;;73 ; Aftfer It ■ ■ appropi iato agents, i to N w-Yotk, aad .on . .ovided by law. j , jt _r of claima for tho i '■ nted i * of the cfaimantH be wiio aver ihat thry government during the . fj g subjects-of foreign • Savaonah*or aboard, neutral during tbe tin, being Northern . t Urey came tn poasee- Uy thou, in (.'Jjimont , ; contracted prior to , li)er h claiming rent! , ( xi'.y, r mi p.'OCi edH, on the n in question was not ‘c. ptured pr .jvrty,” nd tn .'.it'd as sm b. ing oil this state of whether tbe property li be‘ . made should or a “ c and” under March 12, lfaj'J, and either cf the statutes • • ; - shall be regarded as (j it bin the meaning ol ' r- oi. i •‘•abandoned” prop ,. ed in tbe li?- f section , t statute, provides that tv j-i •> at, shall be regarded v. i awful m per ehall be ■oi ' . ..from, and engaged, a-. - 'ise, in aiding or en- ,(i . (I'd Stat. at Large.) " , ' i>* ,11 e ’ i -re uee«l bo no difficul ;.- ;■> j, .. >■ , l'.*> our present purposes, >io , i.giji." bended by the phrase ' . used in these statutes, : ulti.iei!' explanation. 1-* properly, other than by ihe proviso (<» the * » , e 'of 1863, actually and en on lands by a mill tbe United States, in . ; . of a State, designated 1 ■ < .last Iho United states, 1- 1 :*■-!. '‘captured, ! ’ withiir tbe i of 1863 and 1804. ■,. , , 11 - y that no other propor tbn 1 • ■ is endeavored to deseiibe ' nd treated ‘•us captured ■ , 1 ' y statutes. It woukl by i Ition of the Act of 186-1 . 1 : i- ■ eissel and laker, by naval ■1 ei/ul by Hu) i;:tvy‘‘upon • ui., •' he United States,” in iy 1 tii ivi! tanner provided by tbo it < on, (13 Statutes at Large, . ) \ . ; section takes away the 1 • ;in i the courts iu all cases oI 1 propufy on die inland , ... oi' ' ”laics, eheeled there by • i .;••• ’ aprons, and commits all : j i » .; -u t a cases to tho Court of 1 -fit!, mu; t. remain Tor .imii ,l n,u;v i . But tiit) Supreme Oouit (ini .. (I that private propeity , ceon land bordering upou . 1’ m ini and iters of tho insurrectionary *. ..li;, \v-,f no abject of pHso jurimliution, vv;it- . eci ivcu 1 tie Treasury noents under »3. (W. S. vs. 72 bales ol ,on. I' 4, No. 360 ) Tliis decision • it: the to which the Act ol 11; !,i the capture there consider* j;. 1 r '.-in. ale prior to tho pa&age of t . at,. ' o purpose of showing that, . , l‘ ur. ly naval capture must . i- t*K <'ur. adicuted in Umtetatute lor *. t 'audoued. ami (. pluvcd pro i , 11. . il that property seized or .cn i > .v ins,., iiy person in the imun nr ,*n;u v tervii ■ .j deuomi mble us* “captnr . tin a-' section of the not of :iiK. vu. to li . that character to "cotton, <; ■ .id • tobacco, ’ received by any • . r or soldier within iirsumc . a The section provides that it i u,,. of evciy < dicer or private j! t * ho m i take or receive abandon i ry cotton, sugar, rice or to • in ■ p.a is in imuirrecii.nuiy districts ■ siiJj i iopeity under his control, to ;; ... .. nue os or to an agent ol the Treadii to .nd it lmther that .' • or i . . to dp so shall subject such . ii ... -o <r to trial and punishment.— .• ; at ~u . , 821 ) .‘a. ■ he foregoing character thus ■ . : Treasury agent, ami in that iUO’.’i, “ ii\' t-d” by him, must be dealt , tt csi •: and section of the act provide.-:! tr\ f» nu: w sotil, and its proceeds paid , tin ;e to atva .r the aciion oi ,e t'i id t nr, when duly invoked, thus if is tin*, all cotton received by, tl. in »■ ,'Coiik nndi-r the control ol the : i!i' -i- i to.ii. , whether it was ac . ,i m tapluud by hi in or not, must leall ...I- “abandoned or captured pro* t • - tiavo occasion here »tier to com* res. s:po-. , fleet of this provision, i:i i -. 1 it limy bo said, thus affixes to i ait as all oilier articles ab.no ali'd, ' av be under the Control of a liinirj ' i at officer iu the iuspuacctiouaiy jure character of "captured ' i ip 'ty, i wueii siren property is received « *. 1 . officer, appointed to execute ■ 'on vi - * >1 ihe acts of 1863 and 1564, it *■ ji >. bo said, de fucto “captured” •e-’i 1 ; uusL be uis; oseii oi acco!dingiy. ' m and lion, therefore. that the cotton rmj el Sa\ u nub, k* n posi es \ the miliiaiv authorities, :.ad teem lo the agents of the Tre.is \t. is and should be 1 garde*! -'s • ' jur i "captured property, uu ,re- sos 1803 and. 186! -i ’ quoafiop which you propound ■cv .i di i' , ih’s property be os ihe cl* onto • •-r no et iiiuieii it is, the power re ts with ecr< i of tie Treat? iry < tbo be’; nt ... ipouin: * .’omniiSSiOU to «.-x:: iactheclaim:., ad to *to loyal claimants the proceed:- trt so m the property in question as they cut* i-• aave bee a legally theirs. c ini*u that neither the Preside:]? ! u*• r executive officer can restore or j .o . :h a commission as you suggest, to j -tion of the proceeds of their cap- j sty to these loyal claimants. » s. by the legislation under co> sider -: .‘served t' it.-df the p..«er of final— u. of tac c.aui.s ol the ,dh ged oiruOiS j the claimant.- must pursue tie j v eh Ulndioattt foi t i cstab iah- ! n v dtution, Congress has ex* , ak- - rules concerning c ..mutes on Imd 1 ~. ” Tl e j nt le itlon I , , is dearly an exorcise cl that power. j Vis a cueval and comprehctishe sovereign I \v -ogati' t. I uder other systems ot govern- j -• st th« authority to make such ruii-3 niav l e l tsi-d by the political department. Hut in i <-„,q •ry the icaisbi'-ive depuriment of the »,vrtim>Et possesses exclusive authority, -j m to establish ?uKs lor the regulation oil -> right of capture in time ot war, and also j to provide the metho-t by vs .vh :..i -pn-. ons . toucliiug captures n. ay be- •ru uu-d. • The pr< sent reg ulation of the right oh t - «i- a the • eixtli sect ion of tne •'•*< of it 10 iv • e inter- , I the seizure of cilia pronerty found by our military fore* • wit • n In. in-.-tilo os- • effected by captures that may have been or ; nay be made in tbe progress of our belliger- ; enumerations set on foot for the reduction ot tbeßebellious Southern country. Congress I cok notice of the fact that captures of private , u.pniy «.n laud had been made, and would continue lobe made, by tbe armies operating in ; iL d against that territory, as a necessary j h i L-rop; r means of diminishing the wealth, i nd thut ,educing the power of the insurgent j n cr-. it was not expected that such captures j ivl i,-eu or would be in all cases well and ivi,,. 1 made, oi that, in course ol such preda* torv hostility, the innocent would not some linn s rutl'-T as well as the guil/y. Nor was it tlm rhr well that the admmistiation, so to S o 8( . much of tbe property within the . I emv - t. nitory as might be retluced into the norsterioo of the military forces should be cou i rolled by or under Executive authority. In ti ;. vi.-w ol existing facts and just policy, tbe -v-t' 111 pi ovided by the act ol 1803 was devised | toi tin- adjudication and decision of the cases contemplated by the statute. Th; Secretary ot the Treasury was author ized to appoint agents to “collect all abandon- j ed or captured property” in the enemy’s country. To secure laithfui aud honest per toi-uiar c• ol their duty, the Secretary was autho’ z and t.y nquire such agents to give bonds in such amounts as he aright deem necessary, 1 he da y of the agents was to r< ceive all prop erty in the insurgent States which was in fact captured or seized out of the enemy’s posses sion by tlm military authorities. They had no duty or power to inquire whether or not metr property had been lightluily captured ; whether the Generals who reported it to them for c iH-ction had observed, ia etfactiog the captures, what are called “the recognized ns ag, sos war,” or had violated all the princi * plea of writers on what is styled the law of na tions, supposed to tend agniust the right of seizing private propeity on lauil ; but it was the duty of the Treasury agents simply to re ceive all property reported to them as having been captured, irrespective of any considera tions touching the legal exemption of any of it Iront seizure, and diipjse ot it in the man ner provided by the law. After the conversion of the property into money, the proceeds were directed to be paid into the Treasury. The words of the statute are : “The proceeds there of shall be paid into the Treasury of the United Htates.” But these proceeds do not puis into the Treasuiy as proceeds of property did under a judicial sentence of confiscation. They are not sequestered or condemned, hut simply heid by the United States, so to speak, iu trust tor those who may, in the manner provided, and in the time limited by the law, uliimately establish a legal right to receive them ulcer pacification. When the iusuriccti.m has been suppressed, I he owners are authorized to invoke the juris diction of the Court of claims, and obtain there aii*ixdjudicalion of their respective claims. The proceeds of the properly are thus in the possession of the United States, subject to the adjudications of that court; and when it shall h ive pissed upon the claimants’ rights and decreed iu their tavor. Congress has solemnly declared that they shall receive restitution of t ho*: property. Ia the presence of such legis lation, covering as it does the entire subject matter, providing for the safe custody of the property iu question, p uding hostilities, and ior twiinal judicial deteiruination of the rights oi the parties in interest, I cannot see that the Executive has power to make a different dispo sition of the propeity from that provided by Congress, or authorize any one to determine the que-tions which Congress has intrusted to the tb vision ot another forum. I am, therefore, of opinion, in reply to your inquiry, that jurisdiction cannot be conferred upon a commission, appointed eiiher by the [’resident or tho Secretary of tho Treasury, lo examine the claims in question, und to make restoration ot Ike proceeds ot so much of this cotton as may belong to the loyal claimants.. The third and last question you profound is what disposition should be made of ibe pro ceeds ol the sales of th? property, i think that 1: P y ui liutv to r.ee that tno direction of the an m oengTess is ooeyeu oy tnose in wnose hands those proceeds may ba. Tho statute iTyatbut. after the sale of any aboudoned or ci ptuted pioperty “ tho proceeds thereof shall 1-e paid into the treasury of the United States.” 1 am of opinion, therefore, that the proceeds of he pioperty in question should be paid into i lit* ire uuuy. thereto await the action of tho Court of Claims amt of Congress. Yt iy respectfully, your obedient servant, James Ppsed, Attorney-General. [From the New Orleans True Dt'lia, 25th.] I* I'OtiTASIT lOtsoUTHKII.VLAIVU OW.MCHB TiIE DMTF.D BTATBB DIRECT TAX—TiI3 LAWS UP ON THE SUBJECT. Any information iu regard to the United States direct tax is of special interest to South ! era land owners, who have been cut oil trom communication with the North, and thu3 pre vruterl from posting tliemselvos on this 6ub ji’Ct. We have omitteu nothing ol importance to the tax payers. S licit tv utter the commencement of the war in 1801, a law was passed to increase the rev enue ol the United States by direct taxation — by increasing the duties on imports and by a levy ot twenty million dollars per annum upon ihe United States, these twenty millions were apportioned among the different States in .proportion to the wealtn of each. ’1 ms tax is less than two mills per dollar an nual iy. , The act by which this tax is authorized was approved Augusts, 1861, but its enforcement at that time throughout ttie whole country was n impossibility. On the 7th June, 1862, how ev.-r, a portion of the Southern territory bav ii g beta brought under the jurisdiction of the .Federal authorities, au act entitled “for the colb ctiou of direct taxes in insurrectionary dis trtois within tuo United States, and for other purposes, v was passed. It is this which we condense and strip.of verbiage. S- ction l this levies the direct tax upou all the lands and lots of grouud situated in insur rectionary districts, these portions of grouud to be assessed under the valuation made by tile State authorities prior to ISCI, and each portion to pas in accoidance with its beating to the value of all real estate in the State. In addition thereto, a penalty equal to fifty per i onium of said tax is charged thereon. All lands exempt, horn taxation by Federal or State laws, arc exempted from this tax. Section 2 Provides that shall boa lieu upon said lands without other proceeding w haisoever. Siction 3 Provides that owoers of land shall pay the assessment within s.xty days utter the t.ix commissioners have opened their books in the district wherein the property is situated. Section 4. Pi ovules that it the tax is not paid within the ptesorihed time, the property be V . os lot lined to the United States, and when '.cly sold, the purchaser is vested with the nii* iu ice simple, without any regard to prior i , t lii'Uffibiuuces. right* titles or claims. tax ci.mm "sionets ami fixes their salaries, 8 , i. n 6 Provides that the commissioners ik.Pi b gdi their labors as soon us the country .cod to jurisdiction of the Uuion author ities. s- ction 7. We omit the 7th section of the ...hnl net, aud condense a substitute therefor -a; it was approved February 6, 1863. This -I'vsou provides that in case the tax is not .ii asset forth in Section 3, the cominis tiers shall advertise the property tor sale in a newspaper, and iuuse three notices to be p I-: and iuas many puoi.c places, in tbe town or | pari:d* where the pioperty is situated. On the if <v of stilt* the laud shall be stiuck off to the | hm'.i-st bidder lor a sum uot let-s than the ta\. pi i-.al’y and costs, aud ten per centum p. r -aiiu iutercst on aid tax. Provided, that t • ir. .er lb - not on or befoio the day ot .> to t commissioners the amount of •■ t with tbe ten o-:r cent iutercst, and the j c tci a'lver,isiug The commissioners are j .-.u:h<;r ; z.*d to bid off ihe property for the l laid Staks at a rum not exceeding two-: 'd Hi-of ihi: a-si‘?se,l .aiue thereof, unless a j h , ’,.- 1 bid is otined. Ihe purchaser receives 1 ss ci-i titivate ot ownership from the commas a r as soon ts the putchiae money is paid —Tv, rsury or United States certffcates of in ilebtodc* -s of any-kind being accepted in pay rn-at. This certificate of ownership to ba com idert i in all courts as prima lacie evidence of the v .iiility of the sale, and of the title of the purchaser. Sec.ion 8. This section confers the privilege ~i ec,: t-iiiir.lt Droneitv that has been sold, up to the satisfaction of the commissioners that he or she has not taken any part in the rebel lion sufcstqueut to the passage of this act, and that by reason of said rebellion has been pre vented from paying taxes or redeeming the same from sale. These app icatiots must bo made within one year from tbe date cf eale, and the commissioners may extend the time for redemption to two years from day of sale. Ia cases of this kind a" regular trial may be icsti tuted before the commissioners, and apDeal may be taken from their decision to the U. S. District Coutt Section 9. 10, 11 and 12. These sections re fer to circumstances and situations rendered impossible by the termination of the war. Section 13. In case the valuation assessment mentioned in seecon 1 cannot be obtained, the commissioners are authorized to set a valuation upon tbe property according to the best evi i dence they can obtaiu, and no mistake they make in the amount of tax assessed shall affect the validity of a sale or other proceeding. Sections 14, 15 and 16. These sections con tain special iustruetioua to the cooimhsioners only. But the owner, or any loyal person of the United States, who has a valid lien upon the propeity, may at any t ; ma within sixty days subsequent to the sa’le, appear before the com missioners, and upon paying the amount ol said tax and penalty, with the interest thereon from July. 1862, (the date ot the President’s proclamation,) at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum, together with the expm.-es ot sale and subsequent proceedings, may redeem the prop erty horn sale. The purchaser of the proper ty will have returned to him the money he has paid to the commissioners, with the interest accruing after sale. Provided, That if the owner of said lots of ground be a minor, a ufl» resident, alien or loyal citizen beyond seas, a person of unsound mind, or under a legal disa bility, tbo guardian, trustee or other person having charge of the .state of such person, may redeem the laud at any time withiu two years after the sale, in the rnannsr provided above Provided further, That at such sale any tracts, parcels, or lots of laid which may bo selected, under the direction of the Presi dent for Govirnmeut use, lor military, naval, revenue,-chaiitable, educational or police pur poses, may, at said sale, be bid in by said com missioners for, and struck eff to, the United States. And provided lurtber, That the cer tificates of said commissioners shall only boas fected as evidence ol the regularity and valid ity of sale, by establishing the fact ih it said property wa3 not subject to taxes, or that the taxes had been paid previous to sale, or that the property had been redeemed accord ing to the provisions of this act. Colored Childusn.— 'The following corres londcnce with reference to the indenture of colored children, settles the question for the future : Washington, D. C., July 18 Major General O. O. Howard, Chief of Bateau of Fro* dines) &c. : Dear Geuet'ai : There is one subject connect ed with the administration of your department, regarding which considerable misunderstand ing seems to exist, and in regard to which the people generally need further light. I mean that connected with the indenture of colored children, lately resident in slave States, by army officers and oth-rs. If lam not misin formed, the late M?«j rr General Wadsworth, while in command of the Department of this District, in the earl v period of the war, con sented that army officers under his command might exercise such authority, which they did to a considerable extent, and under tbe plea of military necessity, without tho consent of the parents cf such children. Many such pa rents aie now endeavoring to reclaim their in dentured children under writs of habeas cor pus, which are resisted. The question then conus up, are such indentures regarded as valid by the Government, or by your depart ment ? and what rules have been adopted ou the subject. Very respectfully, yours, &c., Chari, ts A. Lee, M. D. JPhft following la Qcu. IlowarU’o emlvJlbULUeiit on the above letter : Wab. Dxp’t, Bubeac of Fbeedmen, &c., i Washington, July 11). j Respectfully returned t:» Dr. Chas. A L u .e. Several cases of indenture have come before me ; I have decided that children cannot be bound out without the consent of the parent, or in case of an orphan, not without the consent of au officer of this bureau, or a guardian ap proved ny such authority before the estab lishment of this bureau. United States officers may be regarded in the same relation as the officers of the bureau now are. Whenever auy one of them has bjuud out a child without the parents’ consent that consent should be obtain ed, (otherwise the parent will have the right to the.child. The laws of indenture for other chil dren, apply to tbe colored, in the different States, excepting of course those which belong to slavery aud have necessarily passed away with it. O. O. Howard, Muj. Gen. Comd’g. Official— Samuel L. Tagoart, A. A. G. Demoniac Hate and its Teuriiile Results.— Two boys in Da Sota county, Mississippi, had a quarrel, which they kept alive uutii they were grown men, meantime having several fights, iu none of which either was materially hurt Finally, through the interpi sition of friends, the hatchet was buried. This under standing was acceptpd*as final, and was strictly adhered to untjX some three mouths ago, when Brown saw Payne riding past his house, when it is supposed the old demon arose iu him to such extent that he seized his gun, and from behind a fence shot at the passer-by several times, fortunately, however, missing him, and Payne, putting spurs to his horse, was soon out ot shooting distance. At last the day of reckoning came, and that on a ccuti. try holiday, when all persons for miles around had come together to spend’the day “mild festive pleasures.” At this barbecue the ene mies met, and at sight took up their arms for fight. Payne r was armed with a double-bar reled shot gun, and Brown with a revolver.— Payne fired the first (Jjot, and missed; when Brown Jired, his shot misfiag its mark, and taking effect iu tbe bosom of Miss Collins, a young lady standing by. She, poor victim, dropped dead in her footsteps. Aaain he fired, this time, wounding dangerously in the groin, Charles McClure, (another guest ; yet another time, and a brother of Payne fell with a broken arm, and shot in the shoulder. Meanwhile, Payne was not idle, but was loading and firing, and seldom missing, for Brown was dreadfully shot in the face and bony, aud hi-s wife, who clung to him, endeav oring to shield her husband with her own body, tell, her collar bone having been bro ken by a ball. At last Brown fell, thus put ting au end to his bloody duel. —Memphis Ar gus- _ . Measures are being taken by the Govern ment to collect the Internal Revenue taxes in Utah. The Saints have been good time of it since they took up their residence in the Valley. They Tiever paid for t .eir land, they have never paid iheir quota of taxes or contributed their quota of men to the war, and ! the Internal Revenue is-a dead letter with them. Now, however, the case will bo differ ent. They will be called upon to pay their taxes and settle the little bill they owe the Government. This will test their plurality wife system. If a man out of Mormondom can get through with supporting one wife, and paying honorably all be owes publicly aud pri vately, he does very well. How oae can pay all these and support a dozen wives iu Utah is something inexplicable, unless he puts his wives.to work to help to support him. Dr. B ixter. Chief Surgeon of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau, is preparing an in teresting exhibit ot the different diseases gen eral. or prevailing in our army during the last fouryeius. ihe work, among other inter* sting matter, will show what troops have displayed the greatest endurance, and what diseases pe culiarly incident to men drawn from particular localities and trades, as well as the exact pro portion of soldiers discharged lor disability from any pat tioular disease, or trom wounds received in service. The work will be a val uable acquisition to the scientific literature of the country. The Superintendent of Government farms in St. Mary s. Md, writes to tae Freedmen’s Bu reau that the farmers there are turning off the old and disabled negroes; whose lifelong labor they have received, ; sayiug that the Govern ment, having freed them it must now support Latest Hews 13 TEL” FitOM VAniOl'S fsOLlttiils. Bsdjamln C. Presby, of South Carolina, has been appointed Assidant Treasurer of the United States, at Charleston, S C. Mr. Presby held tho same position at the outbreak of the war. One buudied and fifty pardons were granted July 25. Mr. J. B, Moore of South Ca'olina, who is now iu Washington, says the 4 people of the South were willing to settle the war two year* ago. Ex postmaster Blair is trying to arrange mat ters to get into Conarress once more. Dispatches from Kentucky state that tbe exc.ttmeut on the slavery queston is increas ing. A large number of Southern railroad presi dents are in Washington. The sale of vessels sine l the close of the war amount to over $1,000,000. Numerous officers of the < regular army, in various grades from Ist feientenaut up hold commissions of Brigadier and Major G* nerais of volunteers, and still drawing pay as such. As the volunteer army is now partially disbanded, an be issued assigning these officers t*lieir proper positions. The State seal of Vtigiuia has been materi ally altered by dm .new State Government. — The device is but the words “Liberty and Union’’ now Spears above the address of Liberty trampling upon the prostrate lorm 1 f tyranny. The bust of Ex-President Tyler has been re moved from the Virginia State Library. Chicago dispatches, state that crime is on the increase in that city. Bennett paid $-150,000 for the ground on which Barnaul's Museum stood Barnum re ceived $350,000 of tho amouut for his unex piled lease. The xsew York courts are occupied with petroleum swindle cases. The crowd which visits the white house at Washington is as large as ever, notwithstand ing the watm weather. « The cojibcßion act is rigorously executed throughout Virginia, and the property of many persons pardoned by the President hasttecii libeled. Iu such cases the actions are discon tinued on presentation of certificates ot pardon, payment of iho court fees incurred. The Tredegar ironwoiks at Richmond are now being worked by the United States. It is said President Johnson will \isit New York soon, Advices received in Washington state that the free labor system in South Carolina is working well. A quarantine of thirty days has been estab lished at Charleston, of all vessels having aboard cases of yellow fever, cholera, or other infectious diseases; also, of all vessels from the West Indies. The war in Central Mexico is becoming more bitter. President Juarez is in undisturbed possession rs Chihuahua. The bitterne.-s of the people is growing stronger daily, it is impossible to collect taxes. The Raleigh Progress says the native ele ment, including the aristocracy, are growing more defiant every day, and now openly threaten to hang the Union men and negroes as soon as the troops are withdrawn The Progress says the troops must be retained, aad every consideration of justice and gaiety re quires tbeir presence iu North Carolina as well as the other rebellious Btatep. The mines in No’th Carolina are being worked. The yield is abundant. A thousand bales of cotton have arrived at New Orleans from the Ouachita*river. 'The New Orleans sugar aud molasses market is quite. Altered notes, 60s from ss, on the National Bank of lowa City, are in circultation in Philadelphia. Chid Justice Chase attended the commence ment of Dartmouth College, cf vhich institu tion lie is a graduate, and took an active part in the meeting of the aliumni A heavy stonn has done much damage iu Cih ciunati and vicinity. Father Walter, Mrs. Surratt’s confessor, has been designing to publish a rejoinder 10 Gen. Hatdie’s letter charging Secretary Stanton with interfering with Mrs Surratt’s religious observ ances. The Archbishop of Baltimore has ad vised him to keep silence. It is understood that the indictments found under the insuuctions of Judge Underwood, against Lee and other prominent Southerners, will be quashed by order of the President, who. will dispose of each case as he proposes to do in regard to other leading Southern men, by affixing such conditions to their pardon and inti.ctiog such penalties as he judges best. Reports from Arkansas, to General Howard, show that tbe treedmen in that State are in excellent condition. They work well, and are attending the schools in large numbers The Baltimore and Ohio railroad Company bas commenced the construction of the new air line railroad, from Washington to Point of Rocks, on their main stem of road. It will be completed in another year, and wiil shorten the distance to Cincinnati and the West fifty miles. Judge Wylie, of the Supreme Court at Wash ington, has refused lo issue a writ of habeas corpus to-day. in the case of a civilian, confin ed in the Old Capitol Prison, ou the charge of wearing the uniform of a Brigadier General, under suspicious circumstances, It is stated that tbe charges against Col. Eaton, late tuperintendent of the Frtedine n ’s Bureau, west of the Mississippi are unfounded. The Commissioner ol Pensions has decided that in accordance with the act of Congress, claim agents prohibited, under a severe penal ty, of receiving in ire than ten dollars in all for their services in prosecuting any claim, or from receiving any part of such fee in advance, or any percentage of any claim or of any por tion thereof lor pension or bounty. Whittlesey, the Tie-usury robber, bas been committed to jail iu default of $200,000 bail. ihe Petersburg, Virginia, Index says, wo have been informed that Jefferson Davis has made several requests to bo relieved of the perpetual tramp of the sentinels up and down his room, but ou this point, no relaxation could be granted, and he suffering from his nervous excitement, and resulting prostration which this perpetual feot-fall inducts. This is the reason of his failing—sight his eyes hav ing suffered for many years from a disorder, which is greatly increased by auy nervous ir ritation. Two thousand bales of good New Orleans and North Carolina cotton was sold at auction in New York July 2G, at 29J a 474 ; tor re baled to uood middling. Thu sales of the seven-thirties at Philadelphia closed July 20. Gen. Nathaniel P. Paulis has been admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana. The N. Y. Herald ofiiea is to be located where Pirn urn's Museum stood. Numerous combers of slaves are going con stantly from Kentucky to (he free States. Pour regimen sot troops are to remain in Shenandoah valley, Ya. Throughout Texas all is quiet, although is some natural dissatisfaction with the order from (ien. Shmidan, winch first prohib its the inhabitants 'rom heard g arms, and then declares that he will hold each viefnitv where there are guerrillas responsible for their suppression. The General Land Office has jujt prepared, and will soon issue, an important circular, con taining detailed information, for the benefit of our people and emigrants, as to the mode ot obtaining public lands, whethei by purchase or loca-ion, or under the pre-emption or homestead law. The circular is accompanied by a list of ail the District Land-offices in the United States, and the place wheie each is situated. Since the Ist of March, ISGS, the Commis sioners of Patents has issued over 4.000 patents Next Tuesday 163 will be rei sued. E.erea bushwhackem, captured in Hamlin county, Term., have been taken to Nashville ' and will be severely dealt with. Brig. Gen. Trobriaud has been made Major General by brevet for meritorious services in the last Virginia campaign. Gen. Grant is reported to have said, in a con versation with the Mexican Minister a few days ago “the French will have to leave Mexico.” The census of lowa for 18G4, so far as returns have fbeen Received, indicates an iucrease of along the Missouri border have lost considera bly iron tbe emigration. Older: have be?n received a* X ishville to muster out imm di.;: Iy all white volunteers, except .-uc* as G u. ihmnas may consider ne ctesary for the public exigencies.’ The Fourth Corps is on the way to Louisville to be mus tered out. Internal Revenue Receipts since July already amount to $15,30 1 000 It is repot tel that John Minor Botts is pre .paling an address to his fellow-citizens of Vir gin:a. urging them to vote tor m gro suffrage. Du;ing the past week there was another out rage in Wayne County, Tenn. Six guerillas went to the house of Lyle Choate, at night, dragged bin from the piazzt aud shot him seveu times. Attorney General James Doughty of tbe Twelfth Judkicl District shot and wounded one of the marauders and prevented their ingve-s into tbe Louse. They made good their escape. There is a band of forty men roaming over, Hickman and Waye Counties, under the leadership of the noiotious George Grimes. mi geon General Bur has taken steps for securing aud making a permanent 'record of important information which has l ecn develo ped by the hygienic -medical and surgical experience of Ohio surgeons during the war. A fight has taken place at Lhatte Bridge Station oa the Telegraph road to the Pacific between the In liana aud the garrison. The former numbered about one thousand, the lat ter about two hundred. The Indians were re pulsed with a heavy loss They retreaied West tearing down telegraph poles and de stroying wires in their course. Fort Laramie dispatches say that the only way to make peace with the Indians is to punish them severely. The troops intended foi the campaign against the Indians have been kept from the field by contractors not delivering supplies ac cording to terms. Gov. Holden has recovered from his recent illness. The Government agents refu-e to suspend the taxes in North Carolina, aud the property holders are now paying up. The Raleigh Progress continues to make fresh disclosuies of the desigues of the opposi tion elements in this State against Union mem and negroes, to be put into effect when the troops are withdrawn and the new State government goes into operation. The Raleigh Standard says that opposition papers are springing up tit diffneut parts of the State which openly denounces the Government and promulgate treason cf such a dangerous char acter, that their immediate suppression would be justifiable . . „ .. Most of thcFedeial appointees in North Carolina ate uuebio to qualify, not being in a position to take the oatu prescribed by Con gress. Among ti is number is Hon. R. P. Dick, recently appointed District Judge. Tin! number of cci tifii atc?s issued at Wash ington is less than the Dumber redeemed. This class of indebtedness is decreasing rapid ly Washington dispatches state that the Post master Genetal i‘< gradually restoring tho post al service throughout the Bout lx. Contracts have just been made for service by railroad, from Orleans to Canton, Misslssip pi, and from Canton to Jackson, Tennessee. The heads of departments are engaged in restoring the ciTil machinery iu the South in accordance with the Presdent’s proclamation, appointing Provisional Governors. It is stated that Gen. Shelby, preven ted from going into Mexico with his men rnroied. He sokl the arms to the Liberals. He and his men were then peuaßted to go across the river as emigrants. Juaraz is still at Chihuahua,. The place is strongly fortified. Gen. Gorlinas is at Nmv Orleans. Hd is confident of the success of the Liberals in Mexico. Galveston letter writers sav a reign of ter-* roc exists iu Central Texas. Murders and rob bers tiro the order of the day. Gen. Smith arrived at Brownsville Texas, July 5. wiili ten thousand troops. Houston Texas, is fast filling up with white mechanics and laborers- Gen. Grant had a grand reception on his arrival at Saratoga Counterfeit ten dollar bills on the Thomp son Bank. of Ihompson Conn, are iu circula tion in New York. AU the crops in Wisconsin still continue to look well and promise an abundant yield. Kirby Smith and his enti.e party were, cap tured Julv 4, at Piedras Negms, by the Gov ernor of Sitillo, together with four pieces of artillery, 800 new r ties, aud seventy-live wag ons, laden with ammunition and provisions. The officers and men were paroled. In the bnat race at Woicestcr, Mass , be tween the Yale and Howard boat clubs, the former won. The time was : Yale 17 min utes 42.] seconds ; Howard, 18 mi utes 10 seconds. The -. distance rowed was three miles. An arrival at Caro, July, 28, brought 479 bales of cotton tor Cincinnati and 60 for St. Louis, 330 bak’3 passed up the river tor St. Louis the previous evening. A steamer, from Arkansas River, has arriv ed at Memphis, with 300 bales of cotion. The Memphis muket is unchanged. Re ceipts front wagons very heavy, but all infor mation confirms the opinion, that in two weeks’ time the main bulk of cotton will be in. The troops now at Memphis are estimated at 5.000. Ir is supposed that they will be di vided into rquads, and posted over the sur rounding country, to maintain law and order. Troops continue to arrive at Cairo daily, en route for home, to be mustered out. A quantity of government live-twenties have been bought in New York on govern ment account. Litters from the Rio Grande state that there is much ill feeling existing between Maximil ian’s troops and the U. S forces. It is thought that there will be some fighting. It is stated that the U. S Commander at Brovvriville has promised Juarez assistance; and had even crossed troops over tie river Ihe latter proceeling was stopped by Gen. Steele the com mander in that section. The secret service Bureau at St. Louis has been closed up aud the papers loi warded to Washington. The inventor of the railway on a level with second story windows, is about to erect a sec tion on Broadway N. Y. as au experiment. The following order was issued in VVashing tonJuly 28; Until otherwise ordered, mails for Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, and West Point, Geo r gia, Montgomery, Alabama, aud for poinds contiguos to these several places, and between them and Cahtanooga, may be for warded to their destination via Nashville; ro!<! mas hiving b- en detailed for service cn roads, and placed in charge of post offices where there are. military posts. The Fourth corps composed entirely of vet eran troops, h-s been sent to Texas The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided that the interest paid 10 depositors by Saving-’ Banks, is considered as a dividoned within the mi aoing (4 section two of the law. and a tax of five per cent, should be withheld therefrom and paid to the Government. An undertaking on claim of a third paTtv under cbo New York statute is a joint agreement, and is subject to a stamp duty of rive per cent Major General Augur, in his General Order of July 27, says the civil Courts of Virginia, | within the limits o f tlm Department of Wash ington, having declined the testun >nv of col ored persons, a Provost Court is hereby estab lished in Alexandria, to have exolu-ive juris diction in aii casts involving the rights of per sons or property ol c Gored residents of the dis trict aforesa and Ihis Court will receive the testimony of colorded persons, with no other limitations than those now affecting the testi mony of white persons. It is ascertained that as soon as Gen. Lee surrendered Max mi dian sent t* Europe for moor troops. Mr. Elion, the special messen ger wa4 advised to say ‘hat the country could only be hel i and pacified by a large re-inforce rnof mm and ru an* and further in view ol the changed state of affairs in the United- States, France, and other interested European powers, must gurrantee his throne against any attacks without; that unless these conditions could be complied with Maximiiiian did not choose to remain in Mexico. M. Ellon was in structed to procure to Maximiiiian the restora tion of rights of succession to the Austrian throne, in the event of hi3 returning from Mexico. The N. Y. Herald says ‘ the mission was unsucessful in regard to men and money ; can have his right of succession to the Austrian throne restored, if be returns. The Department has received ncl vie-.- : V the United Stans Consul at Pilmm.i, 1 J,; . 20th, iu relation to the Asiatic Ao'era, win - L .- prevaliug there to an alarming t-xtriit. .1 .1 cases have occured at Malta, aud the Director General of tho Island has ordered the kc» pm out of all vessels arriving. For the week ending July 20;’a. fifteen N - Banks have been chartered,- with a: aggregate capita of 55516,1(i5 About nineuty pet sons in Richmond have obtained licences to transact I tissue.-s Ore sixth of the entire number were engaged in business of some sort iu tbo city No more appointments are to be maxi ? by (he Treasury Department, except to fill vacancies which must be supplied The Commissioner of Pensions has deeded that deserters who have ro enlisted in the mili tary service don’t thereby become entitled to the benefit of pension. . It is intimated that Dick Taylor obtained permission and is now visiting J If Davis. Witnesses are being summoned lm- the trial of Wirse tho commander of Anderson vtile pris on. Tourist through North Mississippi report but little cotton has been planted iu that section this season Much corn It s be.i u p ruled ;nd great quantities of bacon will be made. The Tribune’s Washington special s »ys : A number of the intelligent frtxdmeu ot Virginia are requesting the ad of Col. Brown, ot the Freedmeu’s Bureau, stationed in Li«u> ml, in collecting their claims for compeusdiou for labor rendered their former masters li m J tu uary 1 1863, the date of the President's pro clamation, to date of the occupation of litcit tnond by our forces. They represent that nc gros made free by the proclamation were held and treated as slaves uutil their former masters were forcibly dispossessed of tnein and their so-called chattels by our Government, and claim, compensation tor tiio 1 >bor read: • - ed. Gol. Brown has asked for instructions from the Freedmen’s Bureau, and will receive the opinion of Gen. Howard in a few days. Paymaster Walsh one ol the principal offi cers ot the Pay Department in Wasbiogi-on, with his two c e ks. has been rusted and lodg and iu tbe Old Capitol. Rumor fins it that heavy defalcations have been discovered in his ac counts Iu tbe Quartermaster’s Department at Wash ington, one hundred and fifty 1 x'ra cff-.tks are kept at work alt night, aud the Departin', at is employing all the temporary bands that c .11 be had, for the purpose of working off the vast amount of business that has been throw a upon the Quartet master’s Department by rea son of the sudden close of the war, aad tho mustering out of tbe Western armies. The New Yoik Times’ Mexican correrpond ent says : Gwin is now ia Texas, or at least Matamoras, swearing tho downfall of tim Em peror and of the Empire, i1 is first s?ep in that direction will be to take the oath of allegi ance to the United States Government tier. Stone is also going from Mexico. Jlc did tun accomplish anything as tar as I am aware. Ho may thank his keeping company with Gwin for his want of success The feeling of the Canadians, in favor of the annexation of their province to this country, is gradually growing and strengthening, not withstanding some drawback wjih wbicu it >s meeting. The late Commercial Convention at Detroit it is said—the contrast foun dby bus in* si activity on one side of the border, and ab sence of it on the other—is just now even more marked than at any former time, and ii is be lieved that unless the Proy/s onal Parliament does something at its next Session, giving promise of improvement io Canadians, the an nexation storm will break out with fury. A riot occurred in Cincinnati July 30, in which three men were shot an 4 a large amount of property destroyed The Commercial Bank, Memphis, 1; iv been seized, on the discovery of defalcations iu Ci,-« tom House. The money that should have been in the Custom House has been used iu the Bauk. The defeat of Cortinas by Lapez in Mexico has been confirmed. Large numbers of diHiuguishcJ Confederates have already passed Monterey for the city of Mexico. Among them Gen. Kirhv Hm Price, Wilcox, Magiuder, Walker, King, Pres ton, and Leadbetter. Gov. Aden and ex Gov. Moore are still at Monterey; so ate Shelby mid. Hindman, atfd Gov. Clark, Reynolds and Mur ray; the fatter very sick The Times letter from the City of Mexico states that the news from the Uuited States is the engrossing subject. The politicians hope that ttie troubles will still •continue under some shape. Sir E. P. Tache, Primier of the Camels’ Government, died Ju’y 30. Little Block, Orange street, New Have ~ w ,.,. burneand insured. Commercial Block, corner of Commercial and it : chard street, Boston, waT partly burned August Ist. Gen. Grant started for Newfoundland on Tuesday. The steamer Sella has been burned on the Mississippi river, no lives lost. Seven hum died bales oottou destroyed. The steamer Jas. Fierce exploded her bo if r twenty smiles below Vicksburg. A-’giist i] urn! subsequently canght fire and burned to the wa ters edge, killing six and wounding twenty eight, and scalding many. The steamer Dove was boarded by robbers on the Yazoo river, on Saturday July 29, and robbed of twenty-five thousand dollars and other valuables. The robbers opened tiro in discriminately upon the maasengerfl, and stopped them of their valuables. Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, reached Houston July 26tb, en route for Austin. He was warmly received at Houston. Gen. Shelby.had arrived with four or five hundred men, near Monterey. They were quiet and orderly, and had not been disturbed by the authorities. Shelby had sold his ar tillery and other plunder, and was trying to get a grant of land and other inducements to colonize - It is stated that Gen. Howard will nut in terfere in the claims of freedmen for pay from their late masters for service since the date ol the Proclamation of freedtuen. A great anxiety is manifested in Wash ington to learn whether Gen. Steele will suc ceed in preventing the serious committal of a portion of our forces on the river, where the Mexican affairs are ia a very delicate position. Our Generals on the line wiil have to be very Cireful. Santa Anna’s pronunciarnento is looked upon as entitled to bur little weight. Gen* Lee is still in Virgimia, and has hot ' gone North, as reported. A meeMng has been held in New York to de vise means for the faithful defence of Jifferson Davis. Jacob Kearnes, late Deputy Provost Mar shal. was shot dead in the street Auer 1, at Bedjord Me, by Mr. () R<-id, a lately u tmnui Canada refugee. His brother, who has bmn in the rebel army, was also engaged in the af fray ; be has been arrts td and lodged in jail. Great excitement prevail i, In New York, Aug. 1 cotton was firm at 48 Gold dull at 1,44^. Dick Taylor has not gone to Fortress Mon rce to see Davis. He wanted to go to Europe, but the President sent him back home to en deavor by bis influence to restore order. The statement that Gov. Wells has been made Provisional Governor of Louisiana, is not true; no action has yet been taken on appointment for Provisional Governor. The news from the Rio Graa ie i- looked un ion with considerable interest at Washington. Chang and Eng, the Siameme twins, who have been engaged-in farming for some years in North Carolina, are soon to appear cu ex hibition again in Northern cities. Tae following assignments of Genera! officers have been ma le by the President t Maj Gen G. M. Dodge to the general command of a! the United States forces serving in Kansas Colorado, Nebraska, Montana and that p>r tion of Dakotah lying west and south of Mv eoari, headquarters in the field; Major Genera Alfred Pleasanton to the command of the Dis -♦rich of Wisconsin, headquarters at Milwaukee Brig Gen. T. C. H Smith, to the command o‘ j the District of Missouri, headquarters at St. j Louis; Brig. Gen. J. A. Williamson, to duly on the plains, under command of Maj. Goa. Dodge.' Chicago dispatches state that the weather in the west is favorable to the farmers. The trial of Ferguson the guerilla, still con tinues at Nashville. The property of James A. Seddon, of Yir- j giuia, bw been confiscated, ton. Ui\ itkm*. ring . • jectg of ting a ! : ’' ; the l-.-d of the Serein, .V" ■ ' • the South Wales b ; bn v .... tee 1 i.eff riity. The tunnel ■ u. h'i. 1 >'., miles long, and is eslima >,ooo. rere M-o' ; p.. -■ publish the indictment . vi. oi Hla-gow, charging Harder 1 y admin s mite ami ••• b- 1 -nr : in-law m tapioca or iu P". er or b. tr. and in ams dxinc called Bafc t"’>’ '- u rive Stint ion; and also by adminis tming t iviz *1 antimony and a< unite to his wiie iu egg flip, and in cheese, and in porter or leer, and iu wine. Mi. me Koe.-urii, the wife of the famous llitug trim !earier. has died at Genoa, alter a ti n \e-.rs ’ill), ss- Mrs. Livingstone, the aged m.)ti, 1 ol Dr. I.ivin*rs!‘<ne, tbe African travel er, died in Scotland on t.• ««* IS'.lt of Juno. the U ;*•■!.• <l« J ttii*: Cesar is being t ran si a h'ri i" v jSpanish milit iiY authori ties have j-:-u c miplered a series of plans of ( area s «;. nptiign .a .iesi l’ompey, to illustrate the Emii: r.-rV “L; e of Carear.” k' : “ *'•■• D. •.' i.-'V, a R Mian nobleman iu Pa li.?. wore .-. plain buff c.; it. it a fancy dress ball, but toe button uti h:s black velvet cap was a diam- 1 J wortL hall a million. I'l I • *u«lon cumspondeut of the Cincinnati G z -tie .-ays ; “j bear that Minister Adams Ireely ■:. i t » ; imto! g his friends his desire and im.-atlon of tourer.m;: to Aim tica ere long. cargo oi icq ituporled from Norway to Engi-.f'd, melted before) the customhouse au— ri'Otiri's ecu J divide schedule to entm it The 1 lon Richard Betbcll, son of the late Lord C'e.r.celixr ot ire .• .and, is in jail ns a bank rupt, on the suit of a (awubroker who lent him I mouey. AI. ; diaries J unes Jeffries, the author of ‘Tev. u- t to and Jtauot,” a popular song a dozen year- .go, died recently in London. I'he.coal tiiiito of G; ' '.id Clues, near Liege, Be.gittm, was f cent i 7 the scene of a dreidlul accident. A sudden irruption of water took place iu otic ot trie lowts cut tings of the mine and. t'.o.Dt’d (!;■- tic id.' >l twenty nine poisons, in'-it a-id wuiii'M, win), were working on tho spot. The miners cog re ed iu the upper cut tiers we; ■ cut nr’ci.-1 b, the inundation. B.tro Liebig’s ext.iact.' of meat is attracting alien! m ,t the international «xhibuion at Co’togoo, Italy. Its price is $5 75 per pouud, aud a pound will mako sufliciant soup for a battalii n. Jiui 'rto Win Prussians have alone possessed the s'.c el- of m—infacturiiig tho fulaiinatiug substance used by ♦heir infantry for the needle guns. N mncrmi ? rexperimeuts have been made in other countries to discover tbe substances used, but without succei-H. M. Gordts, of Al ; - tona, 1 ' • now «:i»mpose«i a snhstauoc? of tbafe kit'd, which not ouiy produces au uistantane ctis exyh -mu, but is . otidlYoted by damp. Id ! i dr in the French Chamber of the D p ; a. iu. ihiets bold the government plain! . th.ri re if re ttb.l screw up its courage to •"vacua!?! Mexico, tiny millicns anuuaUy might be Have::. Pa' ms have been obtained in France for an iu -liTi'iie.); to indicate vlic exif.tenoo otminer— al or springs of Water in laud ; for raising a. fi’P into U*u air, end stu'-iing it there; for af-pi.yine sit ,uu to children’s toys ; for heating, ami fight tog apartments with the same appa c In,; ior a mode ot lining letter envelopes wiili sib. ; and for a cane which you can put ia your po.:i;et, and transform into a seat at will. A fearful hurroitno occurred at Hu* Gat ft of Good. JHopu OU tllO 17ih Ci > '. ! i: I . -i h mail stator Ath-ms, fron ’ i, ip. to tal !y bis', si- : s-v oitvo •• . \ -1 Is wet** wricked, kecculy lives . ;■ :.y lust iu T<nbl« B iy . An.-:. is in ii-rco- t a ■ - o. aekn-ntcy, caused br L oi>. f envy in Hippomi.g u vos' find useiefH army of 700,000 men, when body is going to attack her, ao ~ It is re,iorf:-.i Rial a degree will sb' .. PI >• deevt om Goeiiiii China a l*V ' ,l y , IMr«*z<:y. aII • ia. vlla,*, a.a Oulnny. mint on the side ol was *-■• e> - , ~ . .uy swallowed up in tbo e-.rth. intcevi.:/ J . .. y luonniaiti si.:.* aitcr a J»e v n -j. , . ~ try showei. ltalv his i ii - «,ir- / . . ... , v of ninety-eight vea ,, , : . .teen are iron clads. A ' ’ occurred at Saint Sebastsan hp.since, a copper of the “Letftos ' 'A' - sold for less (ban eighteen pence, 7 1 ;. o ,** 'ound to c .main fifty two iuedited lV of V-'-b.i re, Diderot, I) Alembert, and “ ,t! r cotemporaries An amateur of Bayonne ■end o! ihe discovery, and gave two thousand J'ranc-.? for lid- promßing lot of autographs. Rnoil:a" prisomns s no uced to colonization in Bib-*riii, uve Idt without uuy assistance on the pint of the Gov- rmv-nt. Those that have some Hfilo money may eke out a tolerable ex istence. The rest go about in tatters, and have to work for th< :r daily bread on the farms of the half wild colonists of this region. It iu said that some new value has been discovered in coal aalm,.. A collector has paid $9,000 for tin; privilege of collecting them iu a single district ii Manchester Bigland. The telegraph cab:*; between Marsala and La Cal la, n the Algerian coast, has been suc cess fully laid. Direct communication is now open between the continent, Algeria, aud Tunis. > The London New? publishes a table show ing that over $65,000,000 were st-nt by emi grants coming lo this country to tbe>r friends in Great Britain between the years 1818 and 1864. Thin was the real emigrant aid fund During the four years of the war. over $8,000,- 000 were thus sent to that country. It is a moderate estimate to put the various railway works Dow in hand shortly to be com menced, in .and around London, at an nggre gde length ot one huudrod and twenty radis, and involving an outlay of about £30,000,000. this vast network of railways is designed for the convenience of a population "already ex ceeding 3.000.000, which is every year growing with rapid strides. A curious siis v U told of a marquis who let lug house, in 1862, for 20,000. francs, on the cmrdifiou that the rent woual be doubled if Florence became the equal of Italy. That event- havi ? now oeoured, the marquis claimed tbe of the -ontract, but tiie tenant refused, on tbe ground that Florence, hu i ixjcmoe the cvpital under circumstances which the imuqnis could not have foreseen win.n Ihe contract was made. Tbe matter was eventually bro .ght before a court of law, and the mo-iauis gained Lis suit j Court Lagi-mce and his friends, anticipating I Die succof their horse Gladiatciir, hired an ! army of six hundred boxers, which wassfa | tioned in (lot-cbnients around th > weighing j aland. This piecauticn having becoming i known, no doubt prev mtii-g the hostile de | rnon-.traiion of the evil-minded. Hence the j entbusiahm which followed the victory of I Giaditb-ur. The total membership of the Wesleyan | M HioL-'s in Civ t Britain is 330,380. Th# I body known as Primitive Methodists comes | next in point of numbers. "J be Primitive i Method; rs in u Bd-aki report 13,578 local: j nreaeheis, BGB tr* v- bog preachers, ami a total./ i membership •{ 149.10:* Ti e uihorities of .6c. Poierdrarg have |neft ! mnn'.l the ord-r-r which interdicted smoking | in the afreets. 1 Large h'- men's ol cm ton, naval stores, <£o., ari beihg made from Newbern N. C. Correspondents wrifung from the interior of I Florid.-., repr- -.-in rnattcis in a much better state tb in on the coast. it w *-st an tied :altogether there are now in the Luff;----! >ut* s al :nt 350,000 In liana. 11-: Ira i i-.-tb r- ad ir sseiito Postofiices in the S ul.fi vr. -• i hav-* not been re opened s ue* “j - eemmeneem- at ol the rebellion, will be ! iw.iv l and > re-opened offices nearest tho *-cf- for v; 1 :: i.h’T an* d—igc-ed, to remain, if they .u - n-.r :;r-vic-i.-'y called for, until of fices to which th- y are addressed shall be a uin fj;-ci’a'*on. C L.a i. la grand reception in Boston July 3. More In li in miua irs have occurred on the plains. According to telegraphic dispatches matters in North C-tro'inci a■*• growing weree daily. Sew V rli Market—July 31. Cotton quiet and firm. Sales 40c. per Mid dling. heavy and lower. Vi ni ;■ yac ive and fume: at $2,18 per gal. CoSee dull, Sugar heavy, Provisions dull anil lower. The President has returned to* Washington, rom a visit.to Jsofiblls,