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One of the .lirat “nd «n<*t important
thingt that mortal man can do, nays th?
Memphis Appeal. is to get and keep jnst and
rifctit views ol God. Tamuan iaof human b
not only in heathen lauds where men
have net up and worshipped as divine, idols
■ of wood and stone, and fancied beings invest
ed with every attribnte of m -.stroua cruelty
and foulness—not only there, out even in this
country of Christian light, live uDder « n ire
delusion as to what tbe Almighty is, and as
p, bow the Great God feels toward His poor
sinful creatures—delusion that affects all their
riewe, their conduct and life. There is nothing
whatsoever, waicb man can think or do, whica
will not be influenced more or less by the belief
which he has in his heart concerning the Al
mighty. Then, bow great a blessing it will
4,.. if we are enabled by the light of His word,
and the teachings of His Holy Spirit, savingly
to discern Him rightly ; and, so far as may
I't*, here where we see so dimly and darkly; to
see Him as He is. In St. Matthew we read
this passage :
■if ye then, being evil, knowhow to give
good gifts unto your children, how much more
shall your Father which is in heaven, give
good things unto them that ask Him These
words are authoritative, because uttered by
Him, who spake as never man spake, and who
could speak with undoubting anthority of God,
forasmuch as He himself was God, and the
principal involved is this : That the way to
judge of God, and his feelings toward ns,*is to
look at the best, and purest, and kindest feel*
ings of human nature, and to think that God
resembles all that; only that He is infinitely
purer, kinder and hotter. This is the way to
urrive at some faint idea of what God is, and
of how God feels. We are made in God’s im.
age, after His likeness. Doubtless the imago
is defiled and ruined; yet there are traces of
(he pure and happy original state. It is
only because there is something in our
spiritual nature, which resembles God, that
we are able to form any conception of
Him and His character. But lor this we could
no more conceive of God’s attributes, than a
blind man who never saw, can conceive of
colors. Os course we are fallen creatures, and
our blurred qualities hear only the faintest
and fai l host likeness to that Divine imago in
which wo were made. Thinking as men think,
wo may belicvo that there are feelings which
are unquestionably good in human nature ;
hut wo know that tried by the standard of
ported purity, the very best has some alloy,
some defect, somo Haw. And it is iu these
that something of God's likeness lingers ; it is
from these distant hints and indications of
what the Father is like, that the Savior would
have us learn what God is. He goes to the
love and care of parents for their child, some
thing which is impluntod in the hearts even of
the Most wretched and abandoned. It is
rightly thought one of the Baddest indications
of the loss of ail that stamps a being as
human, when we find —among the vory'few
ami most degraded of the race—tbe heartless
wretoh that does not care for his or her child.
Now, Bays (he blessed Redeemer, speaking to
us all, if you wish to know how God feels
towards you, and how ready He is to give you
everything really good, here is something to
go by. You know how much of the toil tha 4,
is doue by men in this world, and how much
of the care that is felt, is not for themselves at
all, but for their children—ail for them. After
the dreaitf of farce is past—after ambition is
outgrown—the man toils on as steadfastly as
in hiH mottt hopeful and moat aaptriag
that lie may provide for his little ones, and to
make them (as he trusts and prays) far better
and happier than ever he was himself
The human heart is ever tbo same ; we
do that now, and we may be sure that
people did that loug ago. when Jesus Christ
was on earth. Well says the Redeemer, you
know all that, and hear me and believe me
when 1 tell you that the Great Father of all is
just like that, only a thousand fold better. In
His infinite loving kindness he treats us as the
thoughtful mother does the little infant that
cannot tell its needs; for true, as beautiful, are
the lines of tho poet :
“So runs my dream; but what am If
An iniant crying in the night,—
Au infant cryiug for the light,—
And with no language but the cry ?”
And were not God infinitely more compassion
ate and merciful than any of us can compre
hend or estimate ? llow sudden would be the
et.nru il doom of the ungrateful children who,
unmindful of 111 b daily and hourly mercies, con
tinue on from year to year ignoring every sen
timent of gratitude, and seeming—as too large
a majority do—to forget the very existence of
a God !
Crucify to Animals.
Tho Legislature of New York, at its last ses
sion. passed, after much labor and warm dis
oussion upou its several features, a very impor
tant (!) “Bill for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.” Under a provision of this act a
Company has been formed in the great city of
Now York, under the name of “The American
Society for the prevention of cruelty to ani
mals.” Tho President of this Society is one
Henry Bergh, who seems to be laboring with
much Beal in the execution of his duties. These
crazy folks or knaves seem to care very little
about tho mariuer iu which animals of tho
genus homo are treated. Their whole sympa
thies are enlisted in tho cause of those animals
whose tender and delicate organism is so
exceedingly sensitive to pain—as dogs, calves,
mud turtles, snakes, and tho like. These gentle,
meek, and docile animals occupy a warm p’ace
in the soft hearts of their New York friends.—
Their cares and wires call forth the gushing
sympathy of these animaltarian advocates and
admirers The Courts of Justice are appealed
to in behalf of these much wronged aud harm
le-s creatures. Police officers ate besieged
ami imploringly invoked to lend their aid in
protecting the civil rights of logger heads,
snappiug-turtles, bull calves and tom*eats
This is no fancy picture. The coiumus of the
Tribune contain, almost daily, allusiotis to the
atrocious treatment which these poor creatures
receive from New York butchers aud market
We clip from a late number of that paper
the following :
•'Six wretched men, live of them butchers,
were yesterday arrested for cruelty to dumb
beast l They were locked up, and will to-day
Iwj dealt with by Mi. Justice Dowling, who has
some appreciation of the crime with the com
mission of which these persons are charged,
and is fearless enough to enforce a good,
wholesome rebuke if it shall appear desirable,”
Six human creatures arrested and incarce
rated ia a prison because President Burgh and
his friend Horace declared they Were guilty ot
cruelty to animals 1 Ia what that cruelty con
sists may he gathered from a simitar item
which appeared in the same paper the next
day
“Yesterday five more cruel hutchers wore ar
rest aland punished. This is a novel and in
spiring fact in the hard life of the town, and
plainly shows the working existence of an
agency to prevent cruelty to animals. The
cases happeued to belong to a very common
class of outrage on the public humanity—the
carting of calves tied np and crowded along
with dead meat in very small wagons.”
This same craw of dumb animal lovers are
crying cut dairy for the arrest and punishment
of the people of the South, They would have
our men not only "tied up” with cords, but
would have them manacled ,vith irou baudeuff*;
as was witnessed not long since in the
trects of this city, wheu some of the sons of
our E ■ zens were led through
th, .... :# shucking condition, snrrouod*
( , bayonets and compelled to pass
t j, ; , , ,ft; a in full view of their
aged and agoniz'd parents. The Federal sur
g,oa on duty at Fortress Monroe depicts in
simple and truthful terms a series of cruelties
ar.d tortures inflicted upon tbe illustrious pa
triot, Jeffers uiDuvis. which shocks the humani
ty of t re world, and not a word of cenauro do
we hear from Burgh & Cos.
Jetf.-rsou Davis can bo tortured until, in the
language of the Surgeon “his sensations are
those of one actually flayed altvs.'-' Yet no re»
mo us trances come up from New York Radi
cals, for an alleviation of bis intense suffer
ings. We might cite scores of similar cases
throughout the South, not one of which has as
yet elicited a tingle rebuke from these mad
fanatics. But then, it is true, these are only
cates of cruelty to man. It we could find some
hard hearted fisherman, who not having the
fear of the New York law before his eye,
should undertake to catch and crib a snapping
turtle, and confine it for sale in the New York
market until some boss cook could convert it
into broth or stew for theao tender hearted
New Yorkers, we should be certain that he
would receive a proper punishment for his
atrocious deeds. A few days since, this same
President Burgh scut a memorial to tho couit
of sessions of the city of New York, against
the “inhuman practice ot tieing tho legs of
green tuitles, to bring them to market,” The
court of sessions refused to give heed to his
lamentations, when he addressed tho following
note, which we clip from a New York paper,
to the “ Board of Health.”
“Will yon pardon me for inviting your at
tention to the manner in which green turt'es
are brought to ths market and confined when
Bold to dealers in the city and State.
I visited a largo schooner lying at Fulton
market yesterday, containing a great number,
all piled upon their backs, with their legs se
cured by cords.”
Corporation?.
We have been intending, for some time, to
call the attention of the people of the South to
the influence wh.ch the wealthy corporations
in our midst is exerting upon the social, com
mercial and industrial relations of tbe country.
Wealth is power. Associated wealth, when its
organization is complete uud congruous, wields
a power and exerts an influence upon the affairs
of State which has not beeu heretofore, in the
South at least, fully recognized and appreci
ated. Corporations are, for the most part,
composed of individuals scattered over a large
extent of territory. Tho stockholder, as a cor
porator, loses his individuality in the general
affairs of tho Company, but he, nevertheless,
exerts a control in his immediate neighborhood,
which, taken in connection with the similar
influence of his co corporator in another
section, tells with great force in the total of
power which is thus aggregated in the direc
tion and management of the Company.
We believe that the great corporations of
this Stale have not heretofore, to any very
great extent, attempted directly to interfere
with, or give direction to, our Legislature.—
But that our system of laws has been shaped
and moulded, in many instances, by ths inv;s
ihle but not less certain influence of individuals
who held seats in our State councils, and who
were largely interested in the success of Stock
Companies, cannot be denied. Perhaps this
indirect intinbhoo of corporations cinnot well
he got rid of. Confined within proper limits,
its power is not likely to be felt iu antagonism
to the genera! publio good.
It is when these corporations extend in their
practical cpeiations over a largo extent of ter
ritory, and bring under their immediate con
trol as employees and agents, large numbers
of The influential men of the country, that their
conduct und influence may be, and doub”-
will be, detrimental to those sections of
CH&I6, Huvl iliuorr iutmenin which COMO 111 t
petition with their own operations. It beco
important then, that no particular branc,
business or pursuit in life should be placed in
the power of a single corporation. Neit ier
should one company through its superior or
gau zation or wealth, or business facilities, be
permitted to absorb and control weaker corpo
rations of similar character. All monopolies
are dangerous. When the monopolist is a
powerful corporatiou, hedged around with pe
culiar privileges and exemptions the interests
of a large number of the people, and many
branches of trade are put at the mercy of an
artificial being, which has been truly said to
possess no soul.
We have been led to these remarks by a
statement contained in a letter to this papar
Irom Montgomery, Alabama, which we pub
lished in our issue of the 3d inst., in relation to
the contemplated Railroad Convention in that
city. Our correspondent thinks that a move
ment is on foot which will place three of the
principal Railroads in Georgia and two in Ala
bama under the same management. This
would be concentrating an immense power in
the hands of a few individuals, and one which
might lead to very disastrous results to the
general interests of tho State. The interest of
the people is best promoted by keeping up
competition between these companies. They
have the whole-carrying trade of the State, or
very nearly so, on account of the shallowness
of our livers. A combination like the one un
der consideration would onable the parlies in
terested to control the transportation of more
than one-bait of the entire State, and would
give them such an intlueuce in the Legislature
if, they choose to exert it, that nrght in lime
place the whole industry of the State under
their thumb.
The following, which we clip from tho Rich
mond Whig, presents other, and quite as im
portant, views upon this subject:
Tbe writer of the communication annexed
does not over-estimate the importance of the
subject to which he invites attentien. The
controlling power of great corporations bus
beeu felt wherever they have grown up, and
their tendency to aggrandizement and usurpa
tion is something that has been found exceed
iugly difficult, rt not impossible, to control bv
law. it concerns the integrity of our social
life as well as of our public polity, that we
'shall, as far ns possible, ma nta n in our own
hands the uiariHgeiaeut ot ail those agencies
that exert au influence over public opinion,
public morals, and public action :
To the Editor of the Whig :
Permit me to call the attention of every
Southerner to a subject, tbe importance ot
* hich cannot be over-estimated. I refer to
the railroad and other great corporations of the
South. Every person desiring to maintain
what is left of our once beautiful social organ
ization will comprehend tbe importance of
coming to tbe rescue of the only immediate
instruments remaining, around which public
sentiment can rally, and from which it Can be
purely reflected; especially while elsewhere
they are recognized as the greatest modern en
gines of social and political power.
It is well known that the Camden and Am
boy Railroad company, lor years, has controll
ed the State of New Jersey. The Pennsylva
nia Railroad and Its combinations can give
complexion to tbe issues of its State, or con
trol them, if created by parties indifferent to
its interest.
And so is it with _the Great Railroad com
binations of New York, and other States. If
in any State the corporations combine for any
political purpose, the object would be ef
lected.
It is evident, in view of tbe importance, that
the conduct of the Southern corporations must
be a subject of great solicitude to oar people.
The present danger seems to be in oar anx
iety to obtain Northern capital, which may
result, in somo instances, in infusing an ele
ment into their organization that may com
pletely paraljzs them to the wants and sentL
ments ot the people ; or by a transfer of or
ganizition to those not in sympathy with ns,
be armed with power aud effect against our
every hope. Let them then move siowiy until
the people are able to give them the aid they
require. In the meantime every Southerner
will cbteiiuity submit to their patchwork,
knowing that gaudy garments tu this time por
tend rnin.
Montgomery,
A WEkR FfcOfl BOllfc.
Important to Trave er;—Knilroad ywaau’.i ' Montfom
ery—Couita ia Session—Treason Cases b.fjrs Uie 1). a
Listrict Oourt—Crops, A &•;.
Montgomery, June 5.
IMB ASLANT to travelers-
Dear Chronicle .- —Passengers for Montgom
ery, should leave. Augusta on the afternoon
train, to avoid detention ia Atlanta. There is
but one train a day.en the Atlanta aud West
Point Road, which leave? Atlanta at C o’clock
A. M. on the arrival of the Augusta train, —
Fourteen hours brings us to Montgomery at 8
o’clock P. M., alter stopping an hour and a
half at West Point, where the Chattahoochee
House furii’shes a capital dinner.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD PROJECT.
Montgomery is now taking up various rail
road projects which wore inaugurated before
the war, and whjse completion will add greats
ly to the importance of the place. The most
important of these is the North and South Ala
bama road to Decatur, a distance of some 200
miles. A subscription of 51, 000,000 is under
advisement by the city authorities, and will no
doubt be made, it will afford a direct line to
the rich Tennessee valley, through an impor
tant mineral country, and give direct and
cheap access to the Western markets. Anoth
er line in which there is especial interest mani
fested, is the completion of the Montgomery
and Eufaui#road, via Union Springs. The
Directois of this road met to-day, and a report
of the operations of the road was submitted by
Col. Owen, President of the Board, from which
it appears that the road was commenced in
1859, with $200,000 of stock subscribed, half
of which was spent in uegroes who were kept at
work during the war, and completed the gra
ding of thirty miles, considered worth $280, «
000. Five hundred tons of irou and one loco
motive were bought and sold again, and last
year operations erased for want of means, the
road owing $50,000. They now ask the city of
Montgomery to subscribe SIOO,OOO to the stock
and propose to raise $50,000 mere, when Co
lumbus proposes to raise a like amount. This
with the issue of bonds to a limited amount,
will put tho road in operation.
MEETING OF CITIZENS,
A meeting of citizens was held at the
Theatre to-night, to consider the proposed
subscription of SIOO,OOO by the city, aeked for
by the above Company. ■ Mr. Seal, of Union
Springe, fotmer President of the Company,
was called to tho chair, and Mr. Whitfield of
the Mail requested to act as Secretary. Col.
Owen submitted a brief synopsis of his report
to the Directors, embodying the facts as pre
sented above, and requested tire views of
friends of the enterprise. Short speeches were
made by a number of citizms and visitors
Col. Muatin of tha Muscogee Road expressed
an earnest desire to see tbe link between the
twocilioß completed, and believed it would be
good stock.
Messrs. Wells and Biackmau of Uuiod
Springs responded to caiis, favoring the com
pletion of the line. Mr. Blackman thought the
fact that the road from Columbus to Union
Springs, had paid, alone was sufficient evidence
that its extension to Montgomery would make
it good stock.
General Clanton made a solid and effective
speech in favor of the aid desired, and offered
a resolution that the vote of the city be taken
on tho subscription of SIOO,OOO, which was
unanimously adopted. He dwelt in glowing
terms on the advantages that would result to>
Montgomery when this road and that to De
catur are completed. It must, he thought;
make Montgomery the favorite grocery and
provision market for Atlanta, Macon,Albany in
Georgia, and the intermediate country, and for
nearly ail Central Alabama. He instanced the
result to Memphis, Mobile, and Pensacola, of
thcni- • 4 - *
1 Population aao property hvi *> < increases, that
i rottt* ifcoH* winy tho * ibsciipiiefte would
j pay only a email ponVi of them. He alleded
!to what the Central II >ad had doueb- 8-t - ,u
--i nah, to Hose interested in the
luture of Montgomery to -i „am this enterprise,
c.flund-i.; nae projects-., a road limn Union
Springs to Troy, and Selma is pushing a line
to the Northeast of us. He leaved that if we
stand by and see these projects completed,
Montgomery would decline, instead of increase
in importance.
Mr. James Russell, of Columbus, wes called
out, and excused himself in a few felicitous
remarks, iu which he characterized Montgome
ry, with her various railroad enterprises, as a
Brierius, with an hundred arms, reaching out
in all directions. He was not here as a dele
gate, and was not a railroad man, and therefore
left the Columbus delegates to speak for the
policy of that city.
Mr. Chambers, late of Eufaula, now of Cos -
lutnbus, was called lor, and excused himse'f
as no longer a citizen ol Eufaula, and too
recontly a citizen of Columbus to spqak for her.
Mr. Jones, Superintendent oi the Montgome
ry and Mobile road, thought the exhibit of the
road showed fine management, and urged
the subscription as a wise and safe investment-
With other remarks from tho President of
the road, the meeting adjourned. It was not
as largo as the merits of the occasion demanded,
but capitalists here appear to ihink the requi
site means will be raised to complete tbe road.
It will give Montgomery the advantage of
three outlets to the sea ; the present route by
Atlanta ; a route by Columbus and Macoa, or
by Eufaula and Macon, with tho prospect of
au early connection with the Gulf road to
Savanuah. It is proposed to carry freight
through, without breaking hulk, from the Missis
sippi to the sea—giving every possible advan
tage to shippers.
I will inform mvselr more fully of the rail
road system of Alabama, and refer to tbe
subject iu my next.
A CARNIVAL OF COURTS.
Four important courts are in session here
this week. Tho County Court, the Circuit
Court, the Supreme Court ot the State and the
United States District Court. The latter tri
bunal is the ouiy one whose proceedings are
likely to interest your readers. Judge Bus
teed, late of New York, is the presiding Jus
tice, and Mr Smith, also, I believe from New
York, is the Attorney General. There are
nine hundred cases on the docket, chiefly
parties libelled under the $20,000 clause.
Several cases have come up of those pardoned
alter tbe cases weregptered, ail of which are
dismissed on the payment ot S2OO costs! a
very nice little arrangement for tho Attorney
General.
The Judge has ruled that the test oath as
applied to lawyers is invalid, and the attorneys
are all admitted to practice in the court as
before tbe war. Messrs Pettus, Arrington and
Harralson were admitted to practice on yes
terday.
Tho case of George W. Gale, who it will he
remembered proposed to raiss $1,000,000 to
pay for the assassination of Lincoln and Se
ward and published a card to that effect in the
Selma Dispatch, came up yesterday. He plead
not guilty, and was allowed to give bai> in
$15,000.
The cases of Wm. G. Jones, former United
States Judge, A. J. Requiere, Attorney Gene
ral, Moses, Clerk, and Cottar:, Mrrshali, and
subsequently filling those positions in the Con
federate States District Court, were called, yes
i terday, and the Judge was allowed to give
bail, for $15,000. Mosos had been pardoned,
and consequently only a nom'uil ball was re
quired. Requiere and Co'tart have not been
: arrested.
A number of heavy cotton cases are on the
docket.
E. H. Metcalf aod W. T. Hacket were ar
raigned for issuing fractional currency, and
I balled in $4,000 each.
j Hon. A. J. Walker is the Chief Justice of
| the State Supreme Court—Win. M. By-d and
Itos J Judge, Associate Justices, all pure
and able men. ,
I shall take observations about town to
morrow, when I will write again.
Aiustiue-:.
LETTER FRO*! THE CAPITAL.
Washington, June 4.
Messrs. Editors: —The Fenian excitement
has beeu increasing here daily, since the first
news of au actual invasion tooifplace in Cana
da,
Preparations are being made here to give
James Stephens, C. O. I. It. (Chief organizer
Irish republic,) a grand reception,"the latter
part of this week—.when it is confidently ex
pected he will deliver an address on “the sit
uation.” Upwards of two hundred men left
here Saturday night, it is rumored, for the
purpose of swelling the ranks of,,the invading
foe to Canadian territory. It is to be hoped
that the Irish Republic will yet make herself a
name and take her place among the nations of
the earth ; but it is feared by many of its
warmest friends here and elsewhere that the
efforts now being made will only result in
mischief.
:£The National Fair, which is ’to open this
evening, is to be held in a temporary structure
erected at the junction of Seventh Street and
Louisiana Avenue. It promises to be a grand
affair. The contributions seem to be very
large, and everything is being done by the
parties here to make it a place of resort.
All day yesterday (Sunday) negroes were at
work, under the immediate supervision of an
overseer, removing rubbish, &.C., &c. % Mind
you, this is done by the men in blue. What a
howl there would be raised by Sumner and
Stevens, were such au unpardonable siu com
mitted in the South, no matter for what pur
poses ! It makes no difference now ; they are
equals before tho law—hence crimes (so called)
before the war are not considered as such now,
but only necessity.
By order of the Postmaster General, the
Postoffice is to be opened all day end night,
holidays and Sundays. This is what the Cierke
style “anew feature in postal affairs.’’ It
will certainly be disagreeable to tho*: confined
therein, but will be very agreeable to “anxious
expectants.”
I forgot to mention in mine of Saturday the
arrest of Mr. L. Huyck, President of the late
ly broken National Bank. He was committed
to jail in defafflt of $200,000 bail.
The Calvary Baptist Church was dedicated
yesterday, The structure is a fine specimen ot
mechanical art, and the exercises were very
interesting. Rev. Dts. Boardmau ot Fliladel
phia, and Anderson of New York, oflciated.
The first in the forenoon and the second in tbe
afternoon.
The election for City officers is progressing
as well as coflld be expected. The impression
generally prevails that the contest fir the
Mayoralty will be a close one. It is, hovever,
generally conceded that Wallach, presort in
cumbent, will bo re-elected.
Weather excessively hot. Seas in.
IMPORTANT Jlhlt lAL mi-JER.
Opinion of Judge Thomas la Refcrente to
Certain Ukiiarj Orders.
During the present terni of the Circuit Court
of this county, the case of Lrwson vs. Bvvis,
for the recovery of certain property, sold at
the United States direct iax sale in this placj,
was called up, but continued for the reaioits
set forth in tho rollowing order, which was
read in court to-day by Judge Henrj W.
Thomas, and directed to be recorded on the
minutes, and a copy forwarded to tbe President
of the United States.
Antony Lawson, plaintiff, vs. Henry F.
Davis, defendant in chancery :
Beit remembered that upon the cilling of
this cause lor hearing upon the 29th of May;
the cierk submitted w the rowr for As
consideration . . ere tr*naa>ifc < 4 to
clerk cl.ttf.'.g the pa-. . .kuU-'. oof the • >n%4>y.
.-’»rv. ! !< < iffcom in the mUi'tar v .- > ;rw,e n< 1
Doited States, fa the words sr - lit are* foPow-
Dm At.-r.tttsiiT pT< Washington, v
March 5, lbtrO. )
General Orders No. 9.—To allay nueasiuess
and prevent litigation concerning titles to
lands and other property confiscated aud sold
by authority of the United States Government
during the recent rebellion, it is directed that
no person wjthin the limits of this department
who has duly acquired title to property by
such sales shall be disturbed in the possession
or control of the same by the actron of any
State or municipal court.
The action of the Federal courts in relation
to 6uch property will alone be regarded.
Commanding officers aud tho Provost Judge
at Alexandria will report to these headquar
ters immediately any attempted violation of
this order.
By command of Major General Auger.
Official.
[Signed] J. H. Taylor,
Assistant Adjutant Generai.
Paul R. llambriok, Captain and Provost Judge,
Alexandria.
Headquarters Provost Judge, )
Alexandria, Va., March 19, 1866 j'
J. 'Jacey, Clerk Circuit Court, Alexandria :
Sir— l am directed; by the Major General
commanding this department to notify the
Circuit Court of Alexandria county, State of
Virginia, that the suit entered before said
court by one Anthony Liwsoq, December 15th,
1865, against Henry F. Davis, lor the recovery
of properly sold for taxes by the United States
Tax Commissioners for this district, wiii not
be permitted, and that the said cornpla nt
must be disposed of by a Federal court.
The proceedings in this and similar cates will
be cancelled by you, and the parties to such
suits notified regarding these instructions
Enclosed you will find a copy of General
Orders No 9, correct lines Headquarters De<-
partment of Washington, and you will be
guided by these instructions so long as the
said order is in existence
and am, sir, mest respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Paul R. Hambrick,
Captain and Provost Judge.
Which papers being inspected and consider
ed by the court, aud it appearing that there
are other causes upon its docket of this term to
which it may be supposed said orders a!, o
apply, it is deemed proper by the court to ex
press its opinion in the premises.
Th * court doth, therefore, hereby declare
that it regards this act of the military author
ity interieriDg with, suspending, and prohibit
ing the exercise of its judicial authority, and
commanding that the record of cruses in this
court be cancelled by theejerk, as an unwar
rantable and dangerous exercise of power, sub
versive of judicial independence, and deroga
te.y to its integrity.
The Judge presiding in this court, as tho
cexpository of its authority und the guardian'
of its integrity, unwi ling to give constructive
sanction thereto by its silence, doth hereby
firmly 'enter its protest against the earn.', and
doth further declare that whilst the court will
in all cases that may come up before it respect
all the rights that parties may be entitled to
under the Constitution of tha United States and
the laws ot the land, yet it cannot agree to dis
pense with the jurisdiction with which it D
vested except in the mode and under tha sanc
tion of-prescribed authority.
In ibis spirit the court hath, this
term dismissed actions for damages against
Gen John P. Slough, late miiitary Governor
of Alexandria, upon the ground that causos ’ 0 <
action, rt any, arose against him while in the
exercise of his duties during a period of war.
that he was the Judge of the necessity requir-
the exercise of the power complained of,
and consequently not amenable. With like
feelings the court has declined to h*"rt''eus
arnees at this term, but has continued therm-
Notwitbstandicg, by the strict and literal
terms ot the said general order, coo fin in- its
operation to such “titles to land and ether pro
perty confiscated and sold by authority of the
United States Government during the recent
rebellion,’ the court might have proceeded to
tee trial of several of said causes, yot, depre
cating any conflict with the military authority,
and being desirous to have this whole subject
considered by the Executive of the Units and
States, who is aiso the military head of the
Government, the court doth order that this
piper be spread upon the records of the court,
and a copy thereof be forwarded’to the Presi
dent of the United States for hia consideration
and action. Alexander Gazette, June 2.
Th ■ new Prim ito of Ireland, in place of the
late Ai._f.hi ht.p,of Armagh, will be the Rev
Dr. Woooroof, or me Rev. Dr. Russell.
IBS IHPEtDI.VfI U AH.
Pro Ga —Prohibit ton of Exportations
The Prussian Government has prohibited
t!i- exportation unti! the let ot October next of
core, hay or straw across the frontier f.om the
Vistula, near Tharn, inclusively. to the fron
tier bordering on the kingdom of Saxony, near
Seidenberg.
The prohibition will also apply to exporta
tion across such other parts of the Prussian
frontier as border on those States of the Zell -
verein which shall refuse to decree a similar
prohibition.
The Queen Dowager ot Prussia, Princess
Sophia, mother of the’Emperor of Austria, and
the Queen Dowager of Saxony, daughters of
the iate King Maximilian, of Bavaria, are
uniting their efforts here, at Vienna, and at
Dresden, to bring about the resignation of
Count Bismarck, Count Menedorf, and Baron
Beust, in order to have new Premiers to facili
tate the amicable solution of the cocflict be
tween Prussia and Austria.
Baron Charles Rothschild of Frankfort has
declined to raise a loan for the Prussian Gov
ernment. Messrs. Ophenheim cf Cologne have
also refused to do so.
It is rumored that Gen. Klapka, at-the re
quest of Count Biamark, has left Paris for
Frankfort to have a conference wish one of
Count Bismark’s confidential agents.
Peace meetings.
Peace meetings multiply. The last were
held at Rbeyd, Gladbacb, Erkelenz, Hagen,
Dortnumd, Dusseldorf, and Stett.n. From all
these towns deputations will be sent to the
King to present addresses. Only in Breslau a
different feeling has been manifested, the town
council petitioning the King to go to »wur,
when he might rely upon their succor, provi i
ed the Constitution were previously restored.
Volunteers.
The Duke of Ratibor, Princess Von Blucher,
Hohenzallern, „Hechingen, Pless, Hatzfeldt,
and Count Maltzahn arc said to have deter
mined to form at their own expense three regi
ments of Hussars and three battalions of Cbas
seurs.
Austria.
The effective strength of the Austrian army
now under arms is between 600.000 and 700,-
000 men. In case of need 300,000 more troops
can be raised in a very short period.
Suppression of military Sews.
The Tavernicus has ordered the political
journals only to publish such information id
reference to the movements of troops as may be
contained in official announcemepts.
The Austrians in Holstein.
Strange news has been received from Hol
stein. The Austrian brigade there stationed
is, it is said, preparing to leave the Duchy
Supposing the intelligence to be correct, the
temptation to this Government to occupy the
vacated territory would bo great. Were they
to yield to it, Austria would be much more
likely than now to obtain in the Diet the rec
ognition of the Duke of Augustenbnrg. Iu
that event a vote ot execution against Prussia
would not be long delayed. There are some
apprehensions that Austria, impatient of delay,
is going to surrender Holstein to the Duke ot
Auguatenburg, and vacate it at the same time.
Prussia being the co-proprietary of Holstein,
by virtue of the treaties of Vienna and Gasteia
—treaties now regarded as mere provisional
arrangements by Austria —would then think
herself even more justified !n having recourse
to main force.
The authors of the incendiary of the frigate
Novara were three Italian agents, who bribed
a workman to commit the crime for 300 florius.
A second and third levy of riflemen in Tyrol
has been effected.
A semi official statement has been published
corroding assertions relative to the projected
fortifications of Vienna. It is proposed to
construct military defenses on the line of the
Danube, which will eventually form an'
intrenched camp, serving as a point ot concen
tration for the army.
Italy.
The following is from the Genoa Morimento:
Gen Garibaldi, who accepts the command of
the Volunteers, has demanded from the Com
mission at Florence that the corps of Genoese
and Lombardian Carbineers should be reserved
for him, and also the formation of a Hunga
rian and a Polish Legion. He baa nominated
as chief of the ambulance, Bortaai; ot the staff.
Corto, and of the intendance, Acerbi. He wiil
: have » corps of guides and one A engiueers,
selected from amortg'ihe Volunteer:-, and c
dairies of artillery fro* the regal
i army >
* Goa Garibaldi bss'jtifll inac-d Lie following
l address to the young men of Pat-in.
Oapb’ska,
Dear Friends : Faithful to your glorious
-tO the HiiUl
mons now made to you; I have never doubt
ed of your affection for the country and my
self. I hope that all thtFyouth of Italy will
imitate your example. Italy expects from you
good will, concord, and war to the last ex.
tremity against foreigu oppressors. Be united
and our triumph is assured. Heaven grant for
the welfare of ali that there be no divisions.—
Believe me ever with you.
G, Garibaldi.
The Italie of the 18th states that Kiceiotti
Garibaldi, the youngest son of the General, ar
rived at Bologna the night before.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says;
The appointment of Garibaldi to a command,
and the introduction of the revolutionary cle
ment in Italian affairs, caused much dissatisfac
tion in official quarters here. The thing, how
ever, is done, and there is no help for it.' A
portion of the Florence correspondence in the
Honiteur, which is usually arranged from the
dispatches ot the French Minister at that
Court, is devoted to attenuating as much as
possible the significance assigned by the pub
iic to it. The calling out of the volunteers as
defined and regulated by the recent decree
does not present the revolutionary character of
the spontaneous enrollment for the expedition
of 1800.
The precautions and reserves specified in the
decree,*the conditions as regards tue engage*
ments and promotions, and the fact that Gari
baldi down to the day of his retirement be
longed to the regular army, show that the
Volunteer force is in reality a supplementary
corps, only distinguished from the others in
being called out to service otherwise than by
the annual levy of the contingeuts, and in the
more limited period of servitude. The corres
pondent of the Moniteur adds that, “Though
the field is still open to diplomatic arrange
ment, it is impossible to disregard the wide
spread movement of public opiniou throughout
Italy; and henceforth there can be no doubt
that, if the Venetian question be not soon
settled anfcably, it will irresistibly throw Italy
into ail the hazards of war/’
A good understanding having been establsh*
ed between the Italian Government and Gen.
Garibaldi, Count Cucchi, Aide-de-camp to the
King, was dispatched to Caprera, bearing an
autograph letter from Victor Etnanusl, ap
pointing Garibaldi a General in the Italian
army.
it is stated that the Government has ordered
the mobilization of ten additional battalions of
the National Guard.
Last week 26.000 men were enrolled in the
Garibaldian Volunteers. It is believed that
the number of battalions will be raised from 20
to 40.
Volunteers.
A telegram from Florence, of May 19, says :
“Twenty battalions of volunteers are said to
be already complete. It. is believed that other
battalions will be formed, in consequence of
the large number of enrollments which have
taken place ”
A ministerial circular has been issued fixing
the 21st as the date for the commencement of
the formation of volunteer regiments.
Several officers have been appointed for tha
volunteer corps.
Tax (pen Coupons.
A Eoyal decree has been issued, ordering
that the coupons of Italian Rente falling due
July Ist, shall be accepted until the end of
Jul ‘, cash ut their nominal value in all pay
ments due the State. The coupons will also
be accepted by the National Bank, the Tuscan
Bsnk. and the banks of Naples and Sicily.
La France of May 21st, states that it the bill
imposing a tax upon Italian Rente be definite
ly adopted by the Italian Parliament, the Syc
dical Chamber of the Paris Bourse and the
stockbrokers intend to suppress tbe official
quotations and ail notice of the Italian Loan
in the Foreign Stock List.
Notwithstanding all rumors to the contrary,
the coupons of Italian Rente for the first naif
near will he paid in France in specie without
auy deduction.
Purchases for tbe Army.
The Italian Government is endeavoring to
obtain tenders at Paris for tbe supply of lbO,-
000 metres of cloth tor her army. She ofisrato
aliow high prices, but it is doubtful if she will
succeed, as French manufacturers require that
the payment be made in gold at Pans and not
in paper at Florence, also that they shall not
have to deposit caution money.
tiariitaldi’s Letter of Acceptance.
Gar lira; li ha* written a letter to the Minis,
ister of War, gratefully and patriotically ac
cepiitig the command, of the volunteers. It is
as loliows :
Signor Minister ; i accept with true grati
tude the dispositions made by you and approve
e.l by Um Majesty in regard to the volunteers,
recognizing the confidence reposed in me by
g.vwg me the command cf them. Please exa
p.e-s to His Majesty my gratification aud my
hope ot soon co-operating with our glorious
army in completing the national unity Yours
mo-, devotedly G. Garibaldi.
Caprera, May 11, 1866.
The Proposed Congress—The Views of Russia.
The Journal de St. Petersburg, of May 20,
says : .
■ 1. is not .rue that the Emperor Alexander
ha3 counseled Austria to cede Venetia or
promised her any support against Prussia’.
. efforts of Russia are directed toward
wringing about a peaceable arrangement and
reconciliation. In the proposed Congress tbe
Russian Lrbinet sees a chance of a peaceful
termination to tbe present difficulties. As the
situation grows more critical, Russia is re
doubling her efforts, and she will, until the
last moment continue to fulfill her duty in the
cause ot humanity. But it is false to attribute
to her any other language than that of friendly
persuasion, or any other attitude than com
plete impartiality.
Advices trom Paris state that at the pourpar
lers upon tbe Congress the Russian Ambassa
dor, Bipn Budberg, declared that there was no
Venetian question in a diplomatic point of
view.
The Papal Question.
The Florence journals declate it jo be inad
missible that a European guarantee should be
given for the maintenance of the temporal
power of the Pope. They also deny that any
such project is on loot.
Congress Accepted by all Ihe Powers.
A dispatch trom Florence, May 21, states,
that Italy and Prussia, in reply to the pre
liminary overtures, express their willingness
to take part in a Congress.
The King of Prussia has personally declared
to M. Bent deter, the French Ambassador at
his Court, that lie is in favor of a Congress.
Austria having previously declined to as fist
at the Congress Euglaud and Russia have re
presented to Austria the consequence aud re
sponsibilities that a definite refusal would
entail upon her.
An extra edition of the official Dresden
journal May 21, says :
“The proposed Congress at Paris has been
agreed to by ail the Powers, and the first
meeting will take place on Friday next.”
A Vienna dispatch dated May 22, declared
the announcement that all the Powers had
agreed to the proposed Congress to be prema
ture, although Austria if she had not already
given her adhesion, would certainly do so.
Russia— War Between Russia autl Kokara
Victory of the Russians.
More fighting has taken place between the
Russians and Bokarians. In the latest fight
tbe foimer was victorious. The Russian am
bassador is reported to be iu irons at tiurnar*
kaud.
Religious intelligence.
Bishop Kavanaugh of the Methodist Church,
was in Memphis a few days ago, in good
health.
Oce of Esnperior Napoleon's Chaplains has
been bitten by a dog.
There are twenty native ordained ministers
in the Sandwich Islands.
Bishop Andrew is the Second Methodist Bish
op who has resigned his office—Bishop Ham
lin, some years boforo bis death, having done
the tame thing
There are thirty-seven Protestant churches
in Paris, with fifty-four pastors. Filty years
ago there wa3 but one.
Rev. G S. Beecher, nephew of Rev, H. W.
Beecher, has succeeded Rev. J. S. C. Abbott in
the pulpit of a New Haven Congregational
church.
“I see that spirituality of mind is the main
qualification for the work of the ministry.’’—
Urquhart.
1 be various branches ol Methodism in Cana
da are discussing the question of union among
each other.
It is announced that Rev. E. Eggleston, of
the Minnesota Conference, is to become assist
ant editor of the Little Corporal.
It is a remarkable and suggestive fact that
the Saviour of tho world has titles in the Bible
letter in the alphabet,
p, who married t e only
aim t Tom Hood,,died recently,
ind, of which parish he was
, J es that the Holy Father
banks to Prince Albert de
■ i . ‘ lory of the Church in the
ibis history has been bit
terly attacked by the Vuelilot party.
Vi'Pbin the last twenty-five years upwards of
fifty churches have been erected iu Western
New York by English Catholics, at their own
private cost, exclusive of churches erected by
trie übsciiptivns ot the congregations.
The General Synod of the Lutheran Church
in the United States, at its recent session m
Fort Wayne, decided to bold its next meeting
in Harrisburg, Pa., in May, 1868 The Sygod
holds its sessions biennially.
On the 29th of June tho eighteen hundredth
anniversary of St. Peter’s de_.ih is to be com
memorated at Rome. On that occasion'a’l the
Bishi ps in Christendom are said to be summon
ed to assemble at Rome, where a grand cele
bration is to take place.
The Young Men’s Christian Association at
Boston received $77,086 last year, and now has
$1,141 in the Treasury. There are 1,100 mem
bars, 329 of whom joined last year. Four lec
tures were given by the association the past
reason, end the profits of them were $1,991. —
The library consists of 3,500 volumes, and
will be enlarged by SI,OOO worth of books
this year.
The Pope recently made a prophetic speech
to a few in the Roman chapel of Palazzo Mas
simo, in which he said that the present year
would bo one of triumph and of brilliant vic
tory over the euimies or the temporal power.
“I shall,’’ ho remarked, “behold the triumph,
and, in iBCB,I shall render up my soul to
God/’ This singular prophecy is said to have
produced a powerful effect on the audience,
some of whom were moved to tears.
The Watchman and Reflector Btates, on the
authority ot Rev. Ur. Dean, of China, that an
intelligent native, whom he had assured of the
antiquity of our sacred books, and to whom he
gave a specimen, returned, saying with a look
of triumph and accusation, “You told me that
your hook was very ancient, but that chapter”
(pointing to the first of Romans) “you* have
written yourself since you came here gnd learn
ed all about Chinamen !”
The progress of the missionary work in Bel
gium c ntinues uninterrupted. There are
about sixty Prosteßtant laborers at work, of
whom thirteen preachers receive salaries from
the Government, twenty-three from the Evan -
gelicat Society, ten being converts from Popery
aal the remainder are colporteurs, Scripture
readers, and school teachers. Nearly all the
church members arc converts from Romanism,
in some churches there not being a born Pros
tesfuut, ana in several only one. The Evan
gelical Society has added a church a year for
the last eight years lo the number of its
chuiches.
The laboreis in some of the agricultural dis
tricts of Germany are allowed only a few hours
of rest on the Sabbath for attendance on pub
lic worship. An address has recently ceen
circulated in order to obtain for them a full
opportunity to keep iho Lord’s day holy, which
his been signed b> sixty-four proprietors of
great estates in the neighborhood of Berlin,
among whom are some of the best names of the
Prussian nobility. Another measure which gives
great satisfaction to the friends of the Sabbath
is an official order by the Government at Ber
lin suppressing tbe schools held on the Sab
bath, at the usual hour for divine service, for
impartirg purely secular instruction.
M. F. Maury, writing from Mexico, says the
Emperor M/ximiiian‘‘is most anxious to ex
tend his patronage to clergymen and ministers
of aii denominations, and will do so ere long.
In the meautime, they may be perfectly supe
that the most entire religious freedom exists in
Mex'co, and that no obstacle whatever will be
placed in the way of their ministering to their
flicks.”
The R-v. A. Long, a mi.sionary of the
Lutheran Board of Foreign Missions, died on
the sth of March Mr. Long was stationed at
Rijamutidry. about 300 miles northwest of tbe
city of Madias, in British India. He labored
among the Felugus, of whom about three mil
lions of people speak tbe same language. He
died of small pox, and leaves a wife and seve.
rai email children to mourn his eariy depart
ure.
A St. Louis paper furnishes one ot the latest
illustrations of Radical tyranny. A Kentucky
clergyman, more thaif eighty years of age,
and of unquestionable loyalty, a Union man
throughout the war, being on a visit to his
daughter in Missouri, was invited to preach.
Being ignorant or forgetful of the infamous
test Oa‘h ’aws of that State, he did preach.
For th:6 crime ho was by the Grand
Jury of me county, and publicly arrested, and
heu: to bail to appear at the next term of the
Court to answer the charges preferred against
him. |
Editors Chronicle & Shut in el : I ou'd anoth
er pearl for the delight of your readers who
appreciate the beautiful and instructive, com
bined. The name of tho inspiring poet is not
given. Kaluptonoma.
Augusta, Ga.
a— toi
ls y Idols !
An inspirational poem by Miss Lizzie Doten,
given at the cjose of her lecture iu tbe Mele
deoti, Boston, Sunday evening,’May 20th, 1866.
Reported for the "Banner of Light."
BY U. F. GARDNER. 51. D.
Men say it is a fearful thing—
An unknown depth of woe—
To live without a faith iu God,
Iu this sad world beiow ;
But then, in man’s imptsnect state
Faith must have tiuio to grow.
I had an eager, earnest soul.
That would not let me rest ;
A nameless yearning in my heart.
That could not be expressed ;
Aud so I sought for iruth and light—
The highest, and the best.
At first I thought like other men,
And worshipped God on high,
But when tny reason scaled tue height,
I cast that idol by :
I did not fear Almighty wrath,
And would not live a lie.
Wearied and worn, and dazzled blind,
I sought a lowly sphere.
And said I to ill not learn of truth.
Save as I find it here ;
Fieling, and sight, and souud, alone,
Shall make its meaning clear.
And so I clung to flesh and souse,
Until my faith grew cold,
I learned like others, to accept
’Traditions woru, and old,
1 honored God iu outward slio w,
The while I worshipped gold.
1 worshipped gold, until rav heart
Grew hardened as a clod",
Save when some wayside flower of faith,
Sprung in the path 1 trod,
'lhat made my burthened spirit long
For rest, and peace in God !
And through my soul’s diviaest need,
I gathered strength at last ;
I burst the golden chain, that long
Had bound my spirit fast,
And, from his gilded throne of power.
’i he senseless idol cast!
Tbe burnt-out fire-crypts of my life,
Soon lost their golden gleam,
And emptied of t heir baleful giare,
I walked as in a dream,
With one great purpose in my heart—
To he, aud not to seem !
Life’s holiest lesson then was mine,
For when, at peace within,
And I had cleansed my erring heart,
From that long course of sin,
A gentle maiden, pure and sweet,
Like sunshine entered in.
Again I worshipped—O my God !
Have angel hearts above,
Through tho long line of endless life,
Such mighty power of love—
As that with which I folded close,
* My tender, trusting dove ?
It was net long, for, when tbe flowers
Upon the green hillside _
Closed their blight eyes to wake no more,
My own sweet darling died—
The angels opened tha shining door.
And called her from niy side !
Oh ! when they laid her form to res!,
Beneath the Church-yard sod !
I longed to lollow in tho way,
Her angel feet had trod —
For crushed, and bruised, my spirit yearned
To hide itself in God !
Love led mo to the inner depth,
Which sorrow had unsealed,
And there I saw tho latent power
Within my soul concealed;
Iu that dark, desolating hour,
Its use. s stood revealed !
I knew myself, and knowing this
Tne power to me was given
To bridge across the dark abyss
Between my soul aud heaven,
And gather up the golden link
That seemed so harshly rive».
The angel hand of her I loved
Was gently laid in mine,
She led me by a path of peace
To truth’s eternal shrine,
Where my glad soul will never ceaso
To worship Love Divine !
Talk not to human hearts, of failh -
That reason must control
Reason, is but a feeble part
Os life’s majestic whole;
Love is the guiding star to love 1
And sold must speak to soul!
The President.— Aji'est olfijis Coo«EKiiiuor.
They tell a story about the President and a
severe test upon nis good humor, which will
do to relate. The “Right Way” is a small
seven by nine sheet, sadly misnamed, and
devoted primarily to the abuse of Andrew
Johnson, and secondarily to tho advocacy ot
the Sumn/rian mode of reconstruction. Lew
Campbell happened to pick up a copy of it, a
few months ago, which was peculiarly “rich”
in vituperation and scandal. He took it to
the White House, and, in the course of an in
terview with His Excellency, drew it from his
pocket, with the remark : “Now, Mr. Presi
dent, I am going to test your different mental
and moral qualities. Let me see how you are
as to philosophy.”
4|Oampbsll then read an article entitled “An
drew Johnson and Thomas Paine,” written af
ter the manner of Plutarch’s Comparison, and
designed to show that Paine wuh a very estima
ble man compared with Johnson. The Presi
dent listened to it attentively.
“How do you like that?” said Campbell.
“Well, it’s not bad,” said Andrew, good
humoredlv.
“Now,” said Campbell, “I want to lest your
patriotism.” And be read an article showing
that as between Andrew Johnson and Benedict
Arnold, there was a large balance fin favor of
tho latter iu the matter of love of country.
»• ‘How do you like tbxl ?” said Campbell.
“Oh, it will do. This is a free country, you
know.” smilingly replied tbe President.
“Wei!, now, prepare for a test of your fideli
ty,” said Campbell, and proceeded to read an
article entitled “Judas Incariot and Andrew
Johnson,” to the effect that tbe betrayal of his
Master by tbe former was as nothing comparod
with the betrayal of his party by the latter g
“What do you think of that, Mr. President. ?”
“Well, 1 guess my shoulders are broad
enough to stand it,” replied his Excellency,
not at all moved to displeasure.
“Now, here comes tfco climax,” said Camp
bell, and began to read a doubkdeaded editor
ial to the effect thatrihe Right Way would be
circulated through the agency of the freed -
men’s t bureau, under an order from Gen.
Howard.
“How do yon like that, Mr. President ?”
inquired Campell.
The President laughed, lookut his Ohio
friend in the eye, and said : “Well, now, I
don’t mind the other things, but doesn’t it
strike you that the Howard part is a iittie too
steep ?”
Campbell said it really did occur to him in that
light. The President finally took the paper and
made some notes on the margin ot the order of
Gen, Howard—since which time is supposed
the frecdmen’.ii bureau hasn’t been instru
mental in circulating the “Right Way” to a
very great extent.
W'libbingtua Sews.
We find the following items of the Tribune’s
Washington letter, dated June 6th :
.SOUTHERN OFFICE HOLDKItS.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in deference
to the expressed judgment ot Congiess, has
invited ail temporarily appointed Treasury
Agents at tbe South,'whocannot take the oath,
to iesien, and will petition Congress to permit
payment to be made them for salaries due for
their term of actual service.
fUGAR CROPS AT TIIE WEST IN DIES.
The Depar'msnt of State hat been informed
by tho United States Consul at St. Croix, West
Indies,.that the crop of sugar this year will
probably reach 12,000 hhds., with acorte-pond
mg quantity of molasses and rum. say from
5,000 to 8 000 hhds. of molasses, 3,000 of rum.
This will be 50 per cent mote than the crop of
1865, and fully double that of the preceding
year.
Mrs. Knowlton, wife of Charles 11. Knowl
torr, while alone in her house at Temple toc >
Mass., set her clothes on fire and was so se
verely burned that she died in twelve hours.
Bbe had been idiotic for two years.
According to a report of Dr. Hayes, State
A?sayer of Massachusetts, the gold wings of
New Hampshire are found to yield, per tou,
$867 in gold, the mixed qnarlz, lalcosu slate,
gozzan, pyrites, See., yields upon analysis,
$3lO 42 per ton.
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<>oosl Citizcti-) Hanted !
Annexed is a document which explains it
seif:
PROCLAMATION BY the PRESIDENT.
Whereas, it lias become known to me that
certain evil disposed persons have, within the
territory and jurisdiction eftha United States,
began and set on foot and have provided and
prepared, aud are still engaged providing nu.l
preparing means for such military exprditiou
and'enterprise, which expedition and eub-rpn-e
is to be carrii i o.i (i jin the territuiy and juris
diction of the United S'aUs, ag„ ost ti e r ii i
nies, districts and peoplo ot British North
America, within the dominion of ihe United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with
which said coiouies, districts and p ple and
Kingdom we are at peace, and
Whbreas, the proceedings aforesaid constitute
a high misdemeanor, forbidden by the laws of
the United State., as well as by the laws of
nations; now, therefore, for the purpose of
preventing tbe carrying out of the unlawful
expedition and enterprise aforesaid, from tbe
territory and jurisdiction oi Ihe United
States, and to maintain the-public peace as
wall as the national honor, and enforce
obedience aud respect to the lawsof ihe United
States. I, Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, admonish aud warn all good
citizens of the United States against taking
part or in any wise aiding or abetting said un
lit wiul proceedings, and 1 do exhoit all judges,
magistrates, marshals, aud officers iu the ser
vice of the Uuited States, to employ all lawful
authority and power to prevent aud defeat ihe
aforesaid unlawful proceedings, r.nd to arrest
and bring to justice ail persons who may be
engaged therein. Aud iu pursuance to an act
ot Congress .in such cases made aud provided.
1 do furthermore authorize and empower Maj.
Gen. G. G. Meade, commander ot the military
district of the Atlantic, to employ the laud and
naval loices ol the United States, ami the
uii itia thereof, to prevent the settlug on foot
and carrying on of the expedition and enter
prise aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the United
Spates to be affixed. Done at tho city of Wash
ington, lids oth day of June, in the year of our
Lord 1860, and of the independence of the
United States, the 90th.
(S’gned) A. Johnson.
By the l’residout, Wm. H. Seward, Secretary
of Stato.
Buffalo, June 6. —Tho Express publishes
the names ot fifty-nine prisoners captured at
Fort Erie, who avo now in jail at Brantford,
0. W.
At the Fenian meeting last night here, Mr.
Fitzgerald, who is a Fenian Senator, spoke of
the late movement against Fort Erie, and said
it was made by older ot General Sweeney. It
was intended to draw the main body ot the
enemy from its strongholds, and il succeeded
far bitter than it was expected. It was one of
the great strategic movements that Sweeney
will duplicate by to morrow To-day he prom
ised that they would hear tho result of that
strategic movement. Dispatches had been re
ceived in the city to-day, stating that at a
small meeting hold at Cincinnati, $3,0u0 were
collected' to aid in the work, and that a bri
gade, under command of the Confederate Gen.
Magtuder and Colonel O'Dowd, was ready,
and would march in lesß than forty-eight
hours for the frontier. General Sweeney was
on the frontier to-night, and before many
houig they might expect to hear of his having
done something.
A statement is published in (he Express this
morning, that some 1,300 Feniaus lelt the city
last eveuing on the train bound Eastward
about. 500 at 6P. M., and 800 at a later hour.
The last mentioned force went est under tho
lead of Capt. Donohue, who bad returned
during the evening with his expedition of the
night before from Dunkirk, apparently having
marie a bootless excursion
it is ail humbug about Batavia being a point
of rendezvous ot Fenians. The report was
probably circulated ns a blind. At pre
bent there are some 350 regulars stationed
at Fort Porter in addition to various grades on
duty at points in the immediate vicinity
Portland, Me., June 6—A special dispatch
from Montreal to rhe Press, states on the uu
thoiityontbe Montreal Herald that Colonel
Lowry of the 47th British Regulars, learning
that some of the Fenian prisoners on hoard of
the U. S. gunboat Michigan had escaped, sent
word that ii any more were permitted to es
cape he would lira upon her.
Note—The above report is absurd ns it is
untrue.
TBE MiG! REPUBLIC.
Particulars of tltc Movement under Colonel
O’,Veil.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
sends the following from'Fort Erie, under date
of the 2d iust .:
The Fenian army, under Col. O’Neil, broke
camp here last night and marched in the direc
tion ol the Welland Canal. On arriving at
Ridgeway,' they baited l'or tho night. At 3
o’clock this morning they started in tho direc
tion of Port Oolberne. About 9 o’clock this
morning they encountered a column of Cana
dians 1,400 in number at Limestone Ridge,
under command of Col. Buchan The Fenians
immediately threw up a barricade ot tails and
brushwood. The Canadians were intrenched
behind breastworks, Skirmishers were thrown
out by both forces, but after firing one volley
fell back to tho main bodies. The Fenians
left their intrenchmants and charged on the
Canadians, but were driven back iu great dis
order.
ihe Canadians theD advanced, but the Feni
ans having rallied, drove them back to their
intrenchmente. Several volleys were then
find, and the Fenians charging, drove tlui
Canadians out of tbeir intrenchments, and pur
sued them to Ridgeway, two and a half miles
distant, where the Canadians bad strong in
trericbments, and there they made a stand. Not
having any artillery, the Fenians retreated.
The Canadians lost 22 killed and wounded; and
the Fenians 14.
From Buffalo, under date of the 3d, ho beads
the following:
After the bailie of Limestone Ridge, the
Fenians fell back to Fort Erie, and took up
their position in the old camp.about 11 o’clock
on Saturday night. About 2 o’clock this morn
ing, hearing that the'Canadiaus, having been
reinforced, were marching on Fort Erie, they
determined to evacuate the place. The sig
nals were given, and soon powerluL tugs
steamed out of Buffalo creek across the Ni
agara river, to the ferry landing. Tho Fenians
embarked, and the first two trips were made
safely. During the third trip, the tugs were
overhauled by the United States steamer
Michigan, and all tho Feniaus on board wore
taken prisoners. Among the number is Col.
O’Neil, who is now on board tho Michigan,
under guard.
The Fenians left Canada in such a lumy that
they forgot to call in their outpi/sts, and about
150 were captured by the Canadians. Those
escaped are now straggling through this city.
TWO t SH'.lsßiA If OXE.
A Remarkable Freak of Saltire.
The Washington Star, of Saturday the 2d,
gives the following account of a wonderful birth
near that city :
On Thursday morning the wife of Mr. John
Barrihardt, residing in Uniontown, was deliver
ed of a child which is a great curiosity in its
\£ay, almost outrivaling the Siamese Twins.
This child has two perfect heads, well covered
with hair, and arc beautifully featured, four
arms, the bodies being united just below them,
two spinal columns which unite in one pelvis,
two breast bones, but only one pair of well
. formed legs. The physicians who have seen
this wonderful freak of nature are under the
opinion that there aro certainly two hearts, two
lungs, and that perhaps a portion of the diges
tive organs are also double, the two bodies not
apparently losing their individuality until they
reach the pelvis, and even at this point, where
it is apparent one body is male ; there is some
sign t ,at the other is female. The features ol
one bears the resemblance of a female, and the
other a male. One of the bodies, or rather one
side of the body, was born alive, and lived some
time after birth, ami the other died in the birth.
This is the first product of the marriage of the
parties. The mother is a young and healthy
woman, of about twenty years of age, from the
neighborhood of Lynchburg, Va., and the father
is a native of Germany, about twenty.five or
twenty-six years cldf The lather was hi the
army, and served in the neighborhood of Lynch
burg,wheie he married the mother on the 14th
of August last. It has not been definitely de
termined as to what disposition will be made of
the bodies, but at the present they are at Dr.
Scollay’s embalming establishment, where they
have been placed in alcohol. Notwithstanding
the bodies are fully developed, and measure
nearly eight inches across the shoulders, the
mother is doing remarkably well.
PH the sidewalks.
The Charleston Board of Firemen have
adopted the following regulations Jn reference
to running Fire engines on the pav. m-'-ats.
“A fine ofcfifiy dollars will be imposed on
any Company running their Engine on the
side-walk in any street that is paved. The
same shall bs applied to the markets.”