Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1866, Page 2

The Largest Ciremlation in the District W. D. WALLACH, Edito WASHINGTON CITY: -. AUGUST 15, 1566. S7READING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE. BEE OUTSIDE FOR INTERESTING TELE- GRAPHIC AND OTHER MATTER. S7 PERSONS LEAVING FOR THE COUNTRY, DURING THE SUMMER, CAN HAVE THE “STARK” MAILED TO THEM BY LEAVING THEIR ADDRESS AT THIS OFFICE. TERMS FIFTY CENTS PER MONTH. CIRCULATION OF THE CITY PRESS. The following is the official showing of the circulation of the daily papers of this city competing for the Government advertising wander the recentaet of Congress directing such @dvertising to be made in the two daily news- Pepers ot Washington having the largest Circulation : EVENING STAR., Chroni: Intelligencer. --7,715 copies per day. 5063 “« « ———_—_+ +2 -____ TO MOBROW. Phiisdeipbia is the Mecca towards which the eyes of the American people are now turned, and it will well deserve its title of «the City of Brotherly Love,” if the convention Which assembles to-morrow succeeds in the great work it has undertaken, of inaugurating practical measures for the rectoration of peace throughout the land—as a reality and nota mere mockery. The country is thoroughly | Progress. which cannot be over-estimated, and trom Maine to California there are indications of a determination on the part of the people to put down those selfish politicians who thrive best in times of disorder, amd who are doing | their best to promote anarchy, because it tends | to perpetuate their own rule. | The radicals are thoroughly alarmed, and | ‘weil they may be; for the feeling which anima- ted the masses of our countrymen m crushing the spirit of disorganization and rebellion in the Southern States, is now as stern in its deter- Mination to put down this new phase of dis_ unionism, which threatens, if not arrested, to prove only less disastrous to the country than the iste rebellion. We must have a restored Union, and a peaceful and prosperous coun- try, and woe to those whe stand in the way of Such & consummation. The insurrectionary and revolutionary measures of Northern radi- cals will be found as powerless to arrest the | instants ni Pe tock, 1 B.F. BOISSEAU, Secretary, fal mecting of NEW GE, No. 9, will be heid )AY EVENING, lith instant, in the No. 10, on 19th street e@clock. Master Masons im gool standing | ternalty invited. Progress of the nation, as were the well laid plans ot the Southern radicals. | 80! We trust thata sincere desire to adopt such OS ene SALEM L Measures ss will heal the wounds of our bleed- ine coun:ry, and make us once more a united people, will alone animate the members of | the Convention, and that party feeling and Prejudice will be banished from their delibera- | tions. Only thus will they realize the antici- Pations of conservative, Union-loving men, | North and South, whose hopes now center in this representative assembly. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT v PINES. begets The Superintendent of the national cemetery at Seven Pines, Va, has maae full report ot intermests since its completion. It is near the battle-ground of Seyen Pines on the Pen- insuls, on the land of Richard Hilliard, Esq., and was establ shed May Ist, 1566, and com. leted June 27th, 165. Its dimensions are 221 t by 22S feet, and its contains one and one- | Sixth acres, valued at S60 per acre. The | umber of bodies interred therein 1s 1,356: of that number 154 are known and 1.212 are un- kvown; #2 are commissioned officers and 1,324 are enlisted men. Of those that are known, 6 are from Michigan, 4from Vermont. ~ from | Massachusetts, 16 from New York. 2 from Rhode Island. 2u from Pennsylvania, 2 from Maine, 3 from Connec:icut, 5 from New Hamp- shire, and 1 from Miss: pi. Sie Saat 25 INTEBNAL BEVENUE DECISION. The following decision of the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue,which has just been given, 4s important, not only to auctioneers, but to } the public in general. The Commissioner, in reply to an inquiry on the subject, says —Prior to the date of the late act of July 13, 1506. 1t was held that sales mede by auction for judicial or executive officers, or for executors and admin- istrators, were liable to tax im the same man- ner as sales made for other persons. The law bas been amended, and it is now held that the sales of auctioneers made tor, or on account of, persons or officers above specified are not li- able to tax cince Aug. Ist, the time when the above act takes effect. New Patents.—Commissioner Theaker, of the Patent Offle. will issue, tor the week end- | ing August 2ist, 155 new patents. pines esse S7 Queen Emma, of the Sandwich Islands, | attended a dinner party given in her honor | Saturday evening at the residence of Mr. Hen- | ry Grinnell, of New York. She was to leave | Zor this city about eighi o'clock this morning. | Governor Fenton has extended an invitation to ber through (General Darling and Colonel | Gebhard of his staff to visit Albany on herre- | ture from here, which she will Probably ac- cept. S7 The political canvass is progressing ac- Jobn Wentworth and Senator Trumbull are urging theirciaims for renomination to Con- gress in 1linois,and Governor Logan is stump- Ing the Southern part of the State. Governor Stone is canvassing Iowa, and a hvely contest for Senator is going on flercely in Kansas. S87 Mrs. Bishop seeks a divorce from her ew York. on the ground of his adult- | erous intercourse with one Clara B. Wallace. | S7 The military authorities at New Orleans, | These ho: im the maintenance of marual law, have found Pratl tis ween old, aud well aiapted in every way to Cavalry pur- tracted for under this advertisement be subjected to a rigid inspectio: these specifications willbe re- jo mares will be received ast be delivered alier Geveral OHAS. H. TOMPK Lincoln Depot, in this city MONDAY, September 17. the horses contracted for. ed t inviti be preset will be submitted Qu artecmgeter. Genera! before the contract must be endorsed “* Prepare on Horees.”” General and Chief Quartermaster, ot <3 Depet of Wash it pecessary to direct Mayor Monroe to per- jorm ro off ial acts without their approval. ieee dpa mnnncaecirig toe | @7"1t is thought now that the new Constitu- | will tion has been defeated in North Carolina. S# Governor Throckmorton. of Texas, was inaugurated at Houston on Friday. Late Mexicay News.—Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, bas received despatches from Tampico which state that the po | ists being suspicious of the Mexican Samadrid. who bas heretofore adhered to the Zortunes of Maximilian, he has been relieved trom the command of that city and a French Officer put in his 5 ‘The French had received a small reinforce- ment from Vera Cruz by water. E General Carvajal has organized an expedi- thon 1,500 strong at Matamoros for the purpose ofcapturing Tampico. General Garja is to bave the command. men for Monterey, which caty he expected to capture. ident Juarez was organizing another ex- ition at Chihuahua to capture the neighbor- Ing ctty of Durango. he N. Y. Heraid’s Mexican correspondence says: FA number of arrests have been made in Vera Cruz of alleged conspirators; amongst them are two American officers in Mejm’s division. The conspiracy is said to be the k.lii or capiur- ing of all the French officers in Vera Cruz. The French steamer Adonis has been sent toward the Rio Grande, probably to blockade Matamoros. The — fever has almost entirely disap - peared from Vera Cruz. Geruas Keroem.—Prussia being victorious. Count Bismarck bas submitted his plan of German reform to the King. By this plan all the German States that still maint.in thgir in- Gependence are to be controlled by Prussia, ‘who are to appoint their diplomatic represen- tatives abroad and their cabinet officers at home: and also command their military forces, In reality, Germany is to be swallowed up in Prussia. S7 A “cabellam” is the phrase fora cable despatch. @7 Over a thousand buildings, many of them fegant ones, are going up in Memphis. ga The Dutch Gap Canal is to be deepened or the sccommodation of river boats. m7 Queen Emma is said tobe @ native ot Bor'on. ev Ex-Governor Letcher of Virginia, is keeping 8 boarding-bouse in Lexington. e710 Louisville, Ky., Hon. James Guthrie, TELEGRAPHIO NEWS. — EUROPEAN NEWS. LOST AND FOUND. Loypon, August 10.—The ment has closed. Tre Queen's 5; occasion of its dissolution returns Government of the United States for its acti in the matter of ae late Fenian raids ia ‘ch also. resses the Queen’ Pine succemor the rat The remainder of the address isTelative tothe home jon of Parlia- t, horned COW large bag; no one may 2d atroet, Georgetown. night, in the Hee potatt ve Iffouad by Hiram, and sending balanc’ Canada. Thes: gratification at Lonpon, August 1i.—An armistice bas been Sgreed upon between Austria and Italy upon the basis of the cession of Venetia to Italy. Napoleon bas asked from Prussia an exten- sion ot the frontier of France. The Empress of Mexico has arrived in Paris. She seeks aid from the French Government for Maximilian. No decision has yet been made by Prussia to the French demand tor an extension of her frontier to the Ehine. Loxpox, August 1I—p. m.—Consols queted at the close of business to-day at ~7x U.S. Five-twenties were quoted ; Illinois Central D—Stolem on Sunday night. the t.a light BAY MARE. thick a ven years old. T D street south and 14th eu 13-2t* BEWAEBD WILL BE PAID FOR the delivery or informatien that will lead to the recovery of (4) four lar; Hy 'WNEK, corner of Bay MULES, . which males strayed or were stolen. (with wa on and harness.) frem 4th street ong Bridge, on les were branded and wagon marked U. JAMES HUMBERT Superintendent Mth-street Park. in the Northern Liberties, N, (cross with brilltants.) aid for its return to Stalls arket, or at the corner of at the close of business at 68 Shares, 714; Erie Railroad Shares, 4). THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION. PHILADELIHIA, Aug. 12.—Large numbers of delegates to the Convention are arriving in town. Numerous consultations were held to- day. all tending to harmony in the proceed- ‘OST—On Tuesday, a BREASTPI liberal reward will b The two deiegations from Louisiana, headed by Cuthbert, Bullitt, and W. H. King, have harmonized, and arranged all differences. HARRISBURG, Aug. 12.—The special dispatch to the New York Herald, of to-day, stating that Governor Curtin had secretly called for two thousand militia to prevent disturbances of the There is authority for say- ing that there is not a word of truth in it. Such an idea has never entered the mind of the TRAYED OR STOLEN, Aucust 2d, a RED wide horns; very centle; '3 months p $5 for her return te No. 2 East capitol strect, between 2d and 3d streets, ‘ol Hill, JOS. McGUOKIN. OTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that a will 2s made for the renewal Mechanics’ Bank of George! ‘es untransferred—in the name of the late Mrs. M. Muher, the same having bee jost F CLOP 7 n Ex and Trustee BOARDING. CLASS BOARD. ul Booms, in a private fi can be obtained by between H and New one of the healthiest in t! blocks of the city cars. URNISHED ROOM: for gentlemen, No. between 6th and 7th sta. ABLE EOARD at No. 464 10th strect, a fow doors north of the avenue. Tome 63 Et jo 16 eee ee PERSONAL. ADIES’ FRIEND AND DOCTOR—all_ istaction or no charge. bet. D and E. peace, is a canard. 1 of the Farmers’ and town. for 144 shares—24 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12.—Abont taree hun- dred delegates to the Convention haye so far Tegistered their names on the books of the Executive Committee. They are mostly from the South and West. Eut few New En alive tothe imporiance of the movement in | arrived. gland delegates have yet They are expected to-morrow. No agreement bas yet been arrived at as to temporary organizaiion. Executive Committee will be held to-morrow afternoon, when, it is supposed, this arrange- ment will be settled. Mr. Ashmun 1s still favorably spoken of as a candidate for President of the Convention. The arrangements between the Ohio dele- gates are progressing satisfactorily, and it is believed at the headquarters that a harmonious adjustment of the difficulties between the dele. gates will be made. WITH DELIGHT. te family from the North, lying at 431 12th ste avenue. The locality is be city, and within two A meeting of the vithout Board, Massachusetts a UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS, AMERICAN T. ice 43 Ui The following undelivered, fo from other causes: Juo H Johnson, B. P. SNYDER, Manager. ‘THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING of the BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PUB: ‘CH@OLS will be held in their room. at the JESDAY EVENING, the Mth LEGRAPH OoMPAny, 32 Pa. avenue. August 13 Telegrams remain in this office Fr want of sufficient address Call at No. 4=s ith Mad. GLEASON, Di LY NURSE, just disengaged, would make a few eng: erences given. Address N. 7OU HAVE TAK Buchu and two di Now zo to Dr. DA id be cured perman: BR. CS. VERDL (late of Baltimore.) HO! PATHIC PRYSICT Office corner of M and 1 Residenee corner of Mo: . Star Office, an 7-6t* EN ABOUT A GALLON OF lozen Samaritan humbugs, 7tk street, between D AN AND SURGEON. ltn streets, Washington. ntgowery and Dunbarton ram Lodge, So Sgn OME WITHOUT MO pri-e.to get your tooth Iv, without pain ot KEB. No. 455 7that. OB WITHOUT © cured immediate without drawing, 8 RURST. Secretary. WORKINGMENS CONVENTION.—The regular monthly meeting of th men's Convention will be held | on WEDNESDAY EVENING n the City Hall, sth instant, at § been superceded Several vacant offices in the Convention are to be filled, and interesting bnsi- ness in reference to the National Convention | o'clock. Delegates who have DISTRICT OF wiil please attend. ANNUAL TAX NOT Notice is hereby given, that the OF TAXES assessed in th: the year becinning M Assessor, and that the and Licenses therein specified have COLUMBIA, ‘ON. August 8, 1356. OE. ANNUALLIST is Collection District for The Executive Committee will meet the same has been received evening at 7 o’clock. in the Council Chamber, WM. R. McLEAN, Pr _J.H. BEED. Bec. Bec. ‘CENTRAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION— ‘heeleventh monthly meetin, sociation will be held at the Oity Hi DAY EVEN , August Mth, at8o’clock The Treasnrer will be in au 11-3t Daties, Taxes, become due and id at my Office, No. 468 7th eral Post Ottice, dail cepted,) from this date te AUG from 9 0’elock a. m. to 3 o'cloc 8 ex IT 20, 1566, Kp. M., to receive The Taxes included in the aforesaid mn INCOMES FOR 1565 BD BAERS. CARR All persons who due by them rea aforesaid, within will, at the ex amount thereof, together with other togetEWIS CLEPHANE Collector of Internal Reve! fer District of (eat! coaun: COAL! It attendance apout 7 0 clock. W. MOO CEN: TAGES, PIANOS, SIL- ball neglect to pay the sums i according to the list time specified, (August 20,) thereof, become liable to A CAMPMERTING WILL TAKE PLACR Cyd near Good Hope, over ridge. Trsons are invited to attend, given to keep good order, a FFICE COMMISSARY GENERA Ce? bs PRISONERS. nee on the 24th Au, B 8 S, ‘Wasnin \OTIOE:—By direction of the ‘sinst the fund under the charge of this moneys recevered from the rebel authori- ken from Enited States soldiers while held ners of war.) will be received until October . Claims made after that date will not be persons whe have made claim against said rto this officeo to Brevet Brig. G E. Mulford, late United States Agent for exchange of prisoners of war, are requested to forward to this office their correct pest office ad- jresses. 1 where claim is made, the exact mount dua aml tee character of fen tosw Giet WM. H. BARBOUR, WOOD AND COAL DEALER, Yards—BE st., bet. 6th and 7th. Navy Yard, andA st. south, bet Ist gd 2d east, Capitol Hill, Always on hand best quality WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, Inciuding Lykins Valley and Baltimore Oo.'s amount due a by the rebels must be clearly Major General U. 8. Volunteers, Com. Gen. of Prisoners. Sprace and Baker's PINE, and well-seasoned OAK WOOD, in the stick or sawed and split. trial. I will warrant full satisfac- tion, and shall sell at au ll-6t* LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE _ RE OLD PORT WINE I have received from the private stock of a well- known and honored citizen ash and first quality POBT WI This wine has bee and itseftects o ore incident t Te is ordered apd recommended. by, rel on in every partic: T Pp N. W. BUBOR CTOR'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, Wasnincton, D.C., A dred dellars of the assessed valuc of said property. Upon all taxes spon all property not ip arrears for taxes for general purposes an abatement ef five r cent. is allowed from August 1, 1886, until the just day of October, 1865, efter which no abatement WM. DIXON, Collector. n Known to me several years, ons suffering with ail: will be allowed. au 2-e0s0t son have been very bene- ECALOOMASNB—New French art of ‘decora- ‘Wood, Silks, & .durably, eyual- beautifal paintings. Instractions st., bet. D and . MARTIN, late of London. ISTORY OF THE ATLANTIOTELEGRAPH, | Evy Henry M. Field, D.D. E: tively throughout the Western States. Long | sn Jtaltan Brigands. 1 vol. with: and: of ing the most corner lith and F str. ander Ebbitt House. MARERITER’S, SEVENTH STREET. INTEBIOR DECORATIONS! OHOIOE STOCK! ved. and now o7 DSOMEST ASSOBTME ington, embracing— PAPERHANGINGS Of Foreign an ¢Domostic Mannfacture,of the best ST STYLES. appropriate fi NG BOOMS CHAM. KS, embracia, } Se iH nglish Travelers Europe and the Ea Ins ‘elix Holt, the 3} Fi a Chronic ical. by George ne RANCK TAYLOR, PBoPosars FOR CAVALBY HORSES. ief Quartermaster’s Office, Di Reed Washinton De Busband, Nathanie! Bishop, an insurance | at thie offic a: broken. carrying on business in Liberty street, | 234 inst.,for furnishi ninety-one CAVALRY five of which m for inspection, will be received ‘clock m.on THURSDAY, United 5 with . BA BEBS. and LIBRAB] Unique Designs of Embroid: Room. with app! ct Stock of medium and low WINDOW SHADES, New and beautiful patterns availing Galore. mat be ofa bay color, and t! it be sound in all flesh and goo aleo,a large and sele gh, from Ste 9 years on Buff, Green DUNDS, with Gilt Borders, with an without Centers. Window Shades of Color. made to 0: OVAL PICTURE FRAMES, The Largest assortment in the District, war- ranted to be Gilded with Guid Leaf, and from the Best Maputacturers in the Osun! WALNBOT, (imitati VAL Pie’ gir Oo Plet RACKETS, CONV not conformin: to | jected. y required Size, 8tyle, or These horses m } livery and ac- ion.) BOSE W: RE FRAMES, WALNUT LASS. &c. Persons having Photographs taken are request- xamine our Assortment before pur- CORD AND TASSELS, Crimson, Scarlet, Green, and BI I allest Photogral Size; also, SILK COB! sizes. Special attention pad to this Braneh of our Bus- ” PAINTINGS AND ENGRAVINGS & few Choice PAINT- eral | of ed tocall and e cbasing Fram to the Largest and TASS. 5 ESHING’S LAW AND PRACTICE OF LE- GISLATIVE A8s: nal ef Parliamentary lative Guide. MBLIES. Cushin; tice. Burleigh Jefferson’s Menual. Suthe: Congressional Mi: it General Escobedo left Matamoros with 4,000 | Bebating ag oer be Polith son. FRANCE TAY. PBorosars FOB BRIDGE PILEs, Office Commissioner of Publie Buildince Capitol af the United States, Sealed Propowais will be roposals re until FRIDAY. August 17, at 12 furnishing, at the Navy Yard Oak Piles, not less than eixty feet in length. aquare one foot sixteen feet from the butt; not less than six inches small end. Always in Store. litical Histor: INGS and ENGRAVING: as the most complete in ich has been M ct with the weekly additions received will make it ell times such gulated Prfeblishesent. fully exeeuted, not fati efactory o'clock noon for we al ridge. tweaty-four 2 fy oes es oer filled, will be i rested. and satisfaction guaranteed; and id at as Low the District AND LABOR, J. MABKBITER, No. 486 street. 8doors RE ls Hall. to quality) so! sed fi -B Commissioner of Publi: PSBBPARE FOR WINTER. Call at “* BOYD'S STOVE FACTO! SECOND EDITION, 5 O'CLOCK P. m. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. WASHINGTON, August 13, 1966. Jay Cooke & Uo. furnish the following quotations of Government securities : Selina. v. 110% U. 1093, U. wry I wy U sees lovey U.S. Seven Thirties . 1055 NEW YORK FIRST BOARD BALES. Coupons, 1104; Five Twenties, i:62, 109%; Five Twenties. 1964, 106%; Five Twenties, 1865, 107; Ten Forties, 997 Seven Tairues, 105 §; Gold, 149%. FROM THE INDIAN COUNTRY. Colonel J. H. Leavenworth, son ot General H. Leavenworth, who is Indian Agent im the country of the Kiowas and Comanches, has just arrived here, and gives us the following information of important movements among the Indians:—The Cheyeunes from the north and those from the south, together with the Arapahoes and the Ogallala and Brule bands of the Sioux, are meeting in the Smeky Hill country to hold their “ great medicine lodge." The Cheyennes say that the whites shall not make roads through the Smoky Hill country, as it is their hunting ground. The Colonel thinks that much depends on the result of the counsels held at the medicine lodge as tothe attitude of these tribes towards the Govern- ment, for their deliberationsjon these occasions are as Much for political ends, as for the com- pounding of medicines, If hostile influences shonld prevail, a great deal of trouble may be apprehended from these Indians. A treaty was mace in October last, at which the Cheyennes aud Arapahoes agreed to cede all the territory north of the Arkansas River, but at this tr ‘iy only “0 lodges of Cheyennes, under Black Ket- tle, out of 450 lodges. and 180 lodges of the Arapahoes, under Little Raven, were repre- sented. Little Raven has said that it the Ohey- ennes, with whom he isin alliance, take up | the hatchet against the whites, he will quiet them and come over to the whites. The Kio- was and Comanches are quiet and peaceable, and are in & prosperous condition. THE FREEDM: S BUBEAU. General Howard, Commissioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau, bas written a letter in reply to some inquiries made by the Hon, Russell Hart, members of Congress from New York, concerning the operations of the Freed- men’s Bureau. The General details the organ. ization and work of the Bureau, giving its statistics from June, 1965, to June, 1866. From these it Appears that the number of persons recetving rations are decreasing, and that the poor whites dependent upon the Government bounty are equal in number to the blacks. The letter cloces with the opinion that, in the present condition of affairs, the Bureau is indispensable. a . PARDONS. Quite a large number of applications for pardon are being received daily, and a good many yet remain on file. Those who do not come under the graver exceptions of the gen- eral ampesty proclamation, but whose offenses consistin haying held upimportant civil of- fices under the rebel government, or having coved $20,000 from the general wreck, are r-. ceiving pardon as the President hes Opporta. nity to consider them. To-day the President directed pardons tobe prepared for six per- sons in Alabmi c WHITE HOUSE. The number of visitors at the White House to-day, whose object was to have an interview with the President, wes not so large as has been the case almost every day within the past two weeks, and all were ified with an op- portunity to converse with him when the door ‘was opened for a general reception. Secretary Welles, Secretary McCulloch, Attorney Gen. eral Stanbery, Major General 0. 0. Howard, and Major General George A. Custer had in- terviews with the President during the day. ASSIGNMENT OF INDIAN B00UTs. An order issued by Lieut. Gen. Shermam commanding the Militury Division of the Mis- sissippi, dated Ang. S, 1866, makes the follow- ing assignment and disposition of the Indian scouts provided for in the sixth section of the act of Congress. The assignment is made sub- ject to such rules and regulations for their or- ganization and payment as will, in due time. be promailgated by the War Department: Fort Wadsworth, Dakoia and neighboring posis, fifty scouts; Fort Rice, Dakota and neighborhood. ed scouts; Fort Union, at the mouth of the Yellowstone, Dakota, fifty: Fort Benton, Montana, fifty; Fort Laramie. Daicova, and posts along the Platte river, one hundred; the posts beyond Fort Laramie, in the direction of Montana, fifty; Utah, filty: Posts along the Smoky Hill, fitty: Fort Union and neighbor- ing posts, New Mexico, one hundred: Indian Territory, west of Arkansas, fifty. These scouts are to be used 98 coariers, and are to be kept in motion waiching the indians along the border and mai} routes. but are te be accounted tor on post and department returns as other soldier3. PrERsONAL.—Hon. Joseph S. Wilson, Com- missioner of theGeneral Land Office, weare gratified to state, has so far recovered from his illness vs to be able to attend to his duties, and during the greater portion of to-day was in his office. Mrs. Laaretta J. De Caulp, who was known during the war as «Lieutenant Buford, Uon- federate States Army,” is at the Kirkwood House, and is seeking an interview with the Presicent regardmg the buiiding of an asylum for the disabled and dertitute of the South. cae No CnoLera AT SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND. Tbe State Department has received the fol- lowing communication jcom our Consul ai Southampton, dated Southampton, August 27- 1366, addressed to Secretary Seward : Sir:—In consequence of a paragraph ina London newspaper directing attention to the existence of Asiatic cholera in Southampton, have feltit my duty, considering the number of steam vessels calling at this port on their p ssage to New York, to investigate into she truth of that statement. I therefore placed myself in official communication with r. M’Cormack, the officer of heaith here, from whose reply and from other inquiries which L have personally made I am enabled to report to the Department that the rumors as to the prévalence of that dreadful disease in Southampten are so far not con- firmed. It is true that some deaths trom diarrhea resembling cholera haye occurred in the lowest parts of the town, inhabited by the very poor, resulting chiefly from intem- perate habits, or from the free use of bad frait And decomposed vegetables, so dangerous at this season of the year; but, in my opinion, not a single case of cholera of the Asatic type bas yet taken place in Southampton or the neighborhood. I have alse inspected the Ham. burg and Bremen steamers, which, hs vin, large numbers of emigrants on board, call at Southampton on their passage to New York, remaining here from twenty-four te hours each voyage, and | find that e l. caution is being used by the captains of steamers, by proper attention to ventilation and otherwise, to insure the health and com- fort of their passengers, and as yet not a single ease of contagious disease has beer traced tu these vessels. I have the honor to be, sir. very respectfully, Joun Britton, Consul. W AsHinorox, AUGUST 9, 1866. x, BS at COOKING im 6 RBIOK. and PLATES to fit all kinds — aise of Btoves. ves taken in exchi “Seater of Weights OBERT BOYD, 479 9tb street, between D and B. will be received by the under- MONDAY. August 2, 105 street north, until constructing @ sewer in'E r inches in thickness, ” &e. Bidders will state the price sewer, and per piece fer the * The Mayor reserves to himself ‘ect any or all bids. Ti foot for the rater the right to re- ‘al mechanics need bid. BICHARD WALUROH ARTNH) 'P.—Hotice a EBSHI rr W, MILLER end J. Hf ne of ilies McAfee, i Dess SH. Moa fee, on southwest corner of Louisiana avenue and you ES JOUVENAL'S vieweraby erren that. MARBLE WORKS. . r Corner New Jersey avenue and F street, Near the Baltimore Depot. All orders for STATUARY, MONUMENTS. or in the best manner, at short yeturned an income 0! $53,392, and Prentice, of notice, and on the very beat terms. sore. Davis 14 hours gut of the 24 1 with Mire, Devand in prisoD. j wal le bi atthe old etand: he 3, ELEBBATED HA SOOPER orner isth and Gander OF SECOND-HAND cheap. (ou3] W.6. INTERNAL REVENUE.—The receipts from this source to-day were $2,053, 165.23. ———--+e-—____ A PLEASANT Live TO Leap.—The gentle- man who gives the following account of him- self lived till recently on the dividing line be- tween Mexico and Texas: “I have bad a plantation in the harbor ot Mazatlan (on an island); received 20 pound shells through my house and 12 pound shot alongside; haye been annoyed in every conceivable mauner possi- ble. My peons ran off; my cotton crop and sugar cane destroyed; some six thousand to- mato plants eaten ty the ‘worms; (1 was ship- pirg tomatoes to California at hitty cents pound—ten thousand dollars joss of plants;) and fipally three different attempts to assassin- ate me in one week. The cursed French haye had me prisoner in Mazatlan five days at a time, and the other side robbed meotf all my arms——two revolvers, one rifle and double- barrelled shot gun. I have, through all had the coast fever, or callentura, for six TMonths; most of the time delirious; and alto- gether have passed through more during the year than in all my life combined." | taken before Justice Wheatley, and gave bs S®5F sRaLing JARS, Spe OOAL.! COALIIT AL of the jowing- TELEGRAPHIO NEWS, pansies» “daniel The Philadelphia Convention. PHTLADEL PRA, Aug. 13.—Iu order to pro. mote harmony im the proceedings of the Con- vention, Fernando Wood has decided not to Sppear aS & delegate Cholera in Cincinnati. CrxcrnNAatt, Aug. 13.—There were 54 deaths by cholera on Saturday and 63 yesterday ‘There have been 610 deaths since the first of | August. At a meeting of the Board of Health yester- | day, it was declared that the cholera was pre- vailing here as an epidemic. The number of sanitary police and district physicians were largely increased, and measures were adopted for cleansing all tenement houses and streets, | It was also directed that suitable medicines will be preparedand furnished the poor gratu- tously. brs | ———-re- LOOAL NEWS. ——— Tue Conrtict or AUTHORITY CAsE—Re- covery ef Pert of the Money.Samuel Dorman, for whom & warrant was issued on Saturday, (as stated in our last issue,) by Supt Richards, on the chiarge of having and holding some ot the money (proceeds of crime) taken from the boys McCaleb and Van Pelt, was arrested in Baltimore yesterday, by detective Bigley. who went there for that purpose He wa: toappear hereto-day. Dorman acknowledged thai we lad received two hundred dollars of the money from Hotchkiss, half of which he returned to Mr. McDevitt, promising to return the balance to-day Magistrates not having the power to commit & person to jail for contempt for more than 24 hours at one time, Major Richards, had Hotchkiss brought before him esterday. The | prisoner being asked if be was willing to pay over all the money taken from the boys. so ac thereby io purge himselg of contempt, he re- pled that he could not do so, and wonld not in the absence of his counsel, Mr. Norris, and he was, therefore, recommitted. On Saturday morning, the detectives having obtained information that some of the mone: had been paid or given to Capt. Eli Pattey, of Alexandria, Detective Bigley proceeded to that place to recover it. Ascertaining that Pattey ad gone down the river, Mr. Bigley, with Detective Stillwell, of New York, and Officer Welsh, procured a cail boat and went down after him. Pattey was found engaged in rais- ing shell off the rebel batvery at Evansport. He at once acknowledged that he nad some.of the money. He stated that after the by had been released on the charge of hor -aling, they came to him and siaied that they had placed a $1,000 gold deposit ander the window at Justice Beach's oflice, and they would give $500 ferits return. He got the ceriificate, but stated to them that he could not find it. After he got them on a tug-boat he turned the certifi- eate over to them, and received $475. Ti also gave him $25 to bind the bargain of a sale of his ten-pin alley. Pattey at first refused to give up the money, but being informed that he would be brought to Wvshingten, he relac- tantly torked it over, and the officers turned it in tothe property clerk of the police yester- day. P.S.—This afternoon a writ ot habeas corpus was issued on the application of Hotchkiss, by his counsel. Mr. Norris, ard made returnable beiore Judge Fisher, at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning . —__e___ A TERM AGANT.—Last night, officer Howard, of the Second Ward, arrested Cora Young, a female well known to the police, for being drunk and disorderly. She was locked up in the Central Guardhouse until this morning, when she was brought out for a hearing before Justice Morsell. The justice heard the case, and looking down at bis paperremarked to the prisoner that she ought to behave and go to her home in the country. The malicious girl seized an inkstand and threw it. striking the justice on the face and scattering the ink around con- siderably. Lieut. Tait, who was writing beside the justice, looked up to see what the matter was, and there stood Cora with another ink- stand in the act of throwing at his bead. For- tanatery. detective Kelly struck herarm and turned the missile trom the mark, and it only smashed against the wall) The justice fined the quiet-tempered girl $5 tor being drunk and disorderly, and held her for committal to the workhouse in default. o-—_ A DasTaRDLy OvTRAGE.—On Friday as Mrs. Johanna Cook, a white lady, P ing along N street, near 7th, to meet her hus- band, she was grabbed by two negroes, one of whom took her child from ber arms and held it, while the other threw her down and at- tempted to commit an out upon her per- son. She, however, screamed. and raised an alarm, when Mr. Tilp came out of his house, and the villains ran off. They were pursued to the treedmen’s quarters, corner ot 7th and O streets. Officer S. B. Clements, of the Fourth Ward. arrested Wm. Smith, colored, on the charge of being one of tne parties, on Satur- day, and this morning Mrs. Cook fully identi- fied him. Justice Walter committed him to jail for court. MYsTERIOUS AFFAIR.— Yesterday morning. Mr. Jobn K. Cronin, one of the guards at the jail, poticed a colored man with a bundle of clothing passing up $th street,and from his suspicious movements the officer considered it bis duty to overhaul the man. He was ac- cordingly taken into the jail and turned over to one of the guards. The guard commenced to overhaul! the bundle, and found a number of pieces of female clothing, saturated with blood. as also a four-barreled revolver, loaded in two barrels. While the bundle was being examined the negro had slipped around to- wards the door, and managed to escape. The circumstance is certainly a suspicious one. —_>—__ TEMPERANCE MEETING.— Yesterday after- Moon, the regular out-door meeting of the Washington City Temperance Society was beld at the Nortbern Market, where there was quite a Jarge attendance, a number of whom took the pledge. Justice Hollingshead pre sided, and addresses were delivered by Mr. Flood, Mr. A. K. Browne, Hon. T. ©. Theaker, Commissioner of Patents; Dr.T. G. Ulayton, and others. ght, pence ard THE GOVERNMENT SALE of buildings, which took took place on the %th instant, consisting ot warenouse No.4 and the warehouse and other buildings at the Depotof the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, under the management of Lieut. Colonel J. M. Moore, yielded the sum ef $1,119. Warehouse No. 4 was sold to the Freedmen’s Burean tor $565, and the ware. house at the depot brought Si76. ——__6—__s ARREST OF A PUGILIST.—Last night, Hora. tio Bolster, a candidate tor Pugilistic fame, was arrested for Spe pe concealea weapons by Sergeant Shied of the Second Ward, and ae before Justice Morsell. who fined him 50. s SuERIEORIEEEIeeenemeneeenseen d D=®PA4BTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES ELS age ASHINGTON, st 7. . On the petition of JUSBPH J COUGH. former- ly of Philadel Pa.. pew of Brosklyn, ray ii ‘tension of @ patent granted to av of November, 1852, tor an im- ent in Machines for Drilling’ Stone. for seven years from the expiration of said it, which takes place on Bagh day of Hovember; 1866: It is ordered that the said petition be heard at the Patent Office on Mondey> the Sth day of No- . all are vember next, at 12 o'clock and r=. Bouified to appear and show cause, ff any tl have, why said petition it not to be granted’ Persons 0) ing the nsion requil file in the Patent Office fiom, spacketls eir ‘tions, set forthin writing, at least wear corel the day of hearing; ail testimony either Zea frannniiry Ta Bectegnee tng geen ake a the ofice, which wilt be furaia! ~ De timony must be fi! fere the MATO JUGS AND CORKS, AT wat ER's PRIC! suite oan Pee EAT RIDOE,, W StATon's ELEMENTs OF INTERBNA- Dana. 87. L LAW, new edition, 1885, with notes FRANOK TAYLOR. au wit 4 . Affairs im Georgetown . AquEpvoT Brivor —Mayor Addisou bas received information frem the War De a gieny apettyady i Aqueduct will put in order for travel as soon as possible ‘This information gives satisfaction te our cit. zens generally, and the farmers of Virginia, who will be greatly benefitted by tue perma nent establishment of the bridge Ssootine Arrain.—Saturday night, abo 11 o'clock, Jas. Hill. son Of George Holl, Jr, Postmaster, was shot by 8 man named Wa T Levy, keeper of a billiard saloon on Bridge between High and Congress streets. The a1 Was perpetrated pear the saloon. and the police hearing of it. determmed to arrest ail «ho ‘were in the vicinity at the tume, and (aus be sure of securing the criminal parues. Taey arrested Jobn H. Kaufman, Jas. DP. Rosen. It appears that Nill and s young man named Allen fFearson were togetber, and the necr Briggs followed them intoan alley. Hill a the necro why he followed. The negro rep tat he wanted to see «-what wasout,” or some- thing to that effect. Fearson took hold of H and led him away to the corner of High s F & door of begro, and Hill remarked to him. - ed me a while ago,” and then kicked the negro in the breast. when the boy seized him. Levy j hearing a scuffle came to the door and drew a pistol aud eaid to them, “If you don’t step 11) shoot.” Fearson called to him “Don't shoot but the words were hardly pronounced when the pistol was fired. the ball, a small one, su ed to the Smith & Wesson patent pocket re ver, taking effect in Hill's neck, below the r ear. Levy ran up stairs, gave the revolve the negro and told him to hide it in the stove o: chimney. It was afterwards found in the fire place of the saloon. Hill was able to walk to his home, where he was attended by Doctor Hezekiah Magruder, who probed the wound, but failed vo find the ball, and i i t say whether it remains in the ne it passed into the mouth and wa ¢ the blood while Hill was goimg home. and the negro were arrested by officer Fur and taken before Justice Backey. who Levy to jail for court, and dismissed . Hill is doing as wellascan be ex; under the circumstances, and will prob rc cover. Tue Rrver Frowt.—it has been rainiac day, and the consequence ts general suspe: of out-door transactions, but the nun vessels at the wharves indicates live ! tions as soon as the weather will permit. The coal companies are favored with quite a large fleet of vessels, enough, probably, to take off most of che coal now on the wharve- If the water ip the canal is not speedily raised to i level, 20 as to permit the arrival of taden ves- sels now on the way above Dam N the companies will not have enough coal the demand. We may expect boats soon afterthe completion of repairs at the broken dam Tue CaxaL—The water continu very low in the canal, bat the work atthe injored dam, which is the cause of t jow water, and the eflects of their daily » eress are felt here in the increase, thongh of the water at the docks. The arrivals are the Morrison, light; E. Staub wood to market, and two boats with « tops to the Central Co., 111 den Co. Departed—The Morrison. \ chandize to lift-lock No. 1°: E. Stanhoy to do.: and eight boats hiebt. FrouR anpGraix Market.Msr No transactions of importance. Pr Saturday remains unchanged licht; high grades in good demand, nx Tiving. We notice the arrival ot Knode, from Bakersyille, with wheat an. to Geo. Waters. Port or ¢ New York. P . Darby. Snow master, from Nortoik Boriand, Ball master, YY: Buteern mer master. from Bal.imore. En clearea—Schr. G. W. Carpenter, Fity masier, irem apd to New York; Calis: ers master, irom Providence, R.1.. 1 ton. Mass. Rat Estate Sares.—Thomas Dowling, Auctioneer, sold lot 119, on 2d, between Market and Potowac steeets, improved with a early bew frame dwelling, for $3.26), to H W. Fish- er. Tudor Place, divided into three lots, on Congress street, running back to 220 foot alley, two of which were disposed of at public sale, one to E. M. Linthicum tor $54, and one Laird, for $55 per front foot: each dot has 5 on Congress street, with a depth of 20 feet. A large three-story brick store and dweiling. ov High, near Bridge street, to T. A. Carrol. tor a) east 1C LAND SALES IN WISCONSIN. OPSI8 OF THE PEESIDENT’S PROCLA- 6 MATION No. 710. DATED JUNE 14.186: at orcers public of over five and quarter BONSIN owen of vacant public lands in WIS- ‘At the Land Uitre at LA OROSBE, on the 17h day of Skr ER DeXt, the reserved sections in thirty-six pe T . the counties of Monroe, Jackson, Trempalces, and ul At the Land Officeat LA CROSSE, on the 2th day of SEPTEMBER next, seventeen parts of Town. ships, the counties as above. At the Land Office at FALLS 8ST CROIX, on Hone in footy fe ar owashipe and pare <1 7 ; ions in four of ‘on - shipein the counties of Dunn, Pierce, and st. At the Land Office at FALLS ST. CROIX. on the of OcTOBER next. ten ot Town ships, in the counties of jlerce. At the Land Uffice at EAU CLAIRE. on the ist dey of OcTOBER next, the reserved sections in ten parts of 3 ‘in the cous ties of Clarke, Ohip- Ch and Dn: Pex t tbe Land OMer at STEVENS POINT. on the oe aoc of Marabon RG ETOWN.— Entered —S 1 +3 Sehr the counties [Atthe Land Office at MEN ASHA. on the Sth day BER sixty-seven Townships and parts of To im the county of Oconto t at BAYFIELD. on siebty-obe towaabiea ang’ ports of katee, ie one Parts of tow tal the counties of ‘Ashland. La Pointe, Burnett and ‘At'the Land Office at BAYFIELD. on the 10th day of Novem Ber next. forty nine townships and of townships in the counties of Ashlaud, La Arend Deaties.” | ut RDMUNDS. of the Commissioner General. Lann OrFice, Junel4, 1806. Nors.—Under the regulations of the Depart- ment, as heretofore and ow @Zisting. no payment can be made for advertising proclamations except te such Fa ae Lo are Lag arinet to Commissioner aod Se D®. TMEPT OF THE 01 ITED frEs PATER r CPrice, NG TON On the petition of PEPE BE chisee B. of Green. castle, Pa, pray: rr e e a granted to him on the 29th day of October, 1ote fat an improver.ent in Grain Geperemere for seven years from the expiration ef said patent, h yo on the day of October, 1808 we Office, be x -} Ho fice. which will be furnished on appl’ ion. Depositions and papers re. . mentor timony mast be Sick ts tae cine ene arguments, i ‘filing the testimony. * notice be published in ', Washington, wil ican, Pa. Buccessi ve P. 8,—Editors will please ae patent Office with 2 paper contain! Totice. Sy 4-lawSw. ry '» August 7th. 1866. —Dieraict Counrr. To wrt -— Ogg Seersraesni wate ‘sduitnistrator trator