Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1867, Page 1

X THE EVENING STAR 18 PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAY EXOBPT£D AT THE STAR BUILDING, Southwest corner Penn’a avenue and 11th street, BY Ww. D. WALLAOH;? ——.— Yne STAR is served by the carriers to their subscribers in the City and District at Tan CxrTs PER WEEK. Uopies at the counter, with er without wrappers, Two CENTS each. PricB FOR MAILING :—Three months, One Dollar and Fifty Cents; six months, Three Dol- Jars; one year, Five Dollars. No papers are sent from the office longer than paid for. Tne WEEKLY STAR—published on Fri- Gay —One Dollar and a Half a Year. BANKERS. yy COOKE & 00., BANKERS, Fifteenth street, opposite Treasury, ny and sell at current market rates, and keep eovetantly on hand a full supply ef all GOVERNMENT BONDS, SEVEN-THIRTIF8, AND COMPOUND INTEREST NOTES. Orders for STOCKS, BONDS, &c., executed, and Collections made on all accessible points. sedtt {XCRANGE OFFICE OF WILLIAM HUB- E LEY & CO. Weare selling Bills of Exchange on England Ireland and Scotland, for one pound sterling an¢ ppwards, at our office, 408 Pennsylvania avenue ep 2-3m WM. HURLEY & 00. QAVINGSBANE. s se “A PIN A DAY IS A GROAT A YEAR.” Call at the corner of 19TH STREET AND PENNA. AVEN FREEDMEN’S SAVINGS AND TRUST CO. CHARTERED BY si ‘The Central Office of this Company is new situated as above, and is carried on in connection with the hington Branch. il OFFICE OPEN FROM 9 TILL 3. on ite of ONE DOLLAR and upwards recet art fuerest paid on ali sumsof FIVE DULLABS on ty, are in UNITED STATES SD STOCKS ONLY, under the direction x ¥ COOKE Bae Deposita are now more than $400.00. M. T. HEWITT, of New York, President. ~L. EATON, Actaary, W. J. WILSON, Cashier of Branch Bank. py 23. W.F&M cm" Virst National Bank of Washington PB. COOKE, (of Jay Cooke & Co.,) President. WM. 8. HUNTINGTON, Cashier. GOVEENMENT DEPOSITORY AND FLNANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 1sth street, opposite the Treasury Department, Government Securities with Treasurer United Btates 87 ONE MILLION DOLLARS.@ We buy and sell all classes of GOVERNMENT SECURITIES at current market rate FURNISH EXCHANGE and make Cellections om iLL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. We purchase Government Vouchers onthe MOST FAVORABLE TERMS, and give careful and prompt attention to ACCOUNTS OF BUSINESS MEN and FIRMS and to any other business entrusted to us. FULL INFORMATION in regard to GOVERN: MENT LOANS at all times cheerfully furnished. WM. S. HUNTINGTON, Cashier, Washington, March 20. 1885. m 21-tf 1 1 wi ati trave Iroad and nd deled for the com- - Proprietors. This well k ope ception of visitors on the 20th of June board p ii Washington every Tuesday, Wel and Saturday at 6 kA. Ta. and Balt every Tuesday, Friday and Satur- gay ata p.m. Touching going and rv ue at th t je DENTISTRY. DARNES ingort: TESTH ON RUBBER, ‘ ILVER ‘ap. Fourth LD and ye A and B'streets north. L: Third street, on account of au 13-Im D* LEWIE & bia aie ASSOCIA- No. 260 P. ‘A AVE, Between 12th and 13th streets. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. No charge will be tifcial T re patient made for extracting where Ar- ed, although the, eurgical will be Teeth are made. The Arsociat now prepared to make Teeth on Gold rat 01 Stiver and Rubber at New York, Philadelphia and rons wishing dental work eap as in the above-named ill be done in the neatest an karranted to give entire satis- do weil te call and g it elsewhere. ston prices. All done can have it cities, xamine 18-tf BH. M. LOOMIS, M. D., The Inventor and Patentee of the MINERAL PLATE TEETH. attends personally at, bis office in this city, Many persons can| Wear these teeth who cannot wear others, {ud vo person can wear others who cannot wear Persons calling at my office can be accommodated with any style and price of Teeth they may desire, but to those who are particular, and wish the pur- est. cleanest, strengest and most perfect dentare that art can procure, the MINERAL TEETH will be more fully warranted. Rooms in this city—No. %38 Penn’a avenue, be- tween oth and 10th sts. Also, 907 Arch street ‘0c 20- Philadelphia 0-1 CLOTHING, &c. MERCHANT TAILOR. Metropolitan Hotel, (late Brown’s,) HEIBERGER, jy 10-tf Penn. avenue, Washington, F* * (successor to H. F. Lovpox & Co. CITIZENS, ARMY AND NAVY /EMOVED—P. H, WELCH hi moved his I tock of TOBACCO and CIGARS to his new 154 Pennsylvania avenue, between 171 where be will be glad to see his friend ded to his stock some ‘ obacco and Cigars, and more and New York prices. Bermepa arrow Boor EPARED BARLEY PREPARED PARLEY D RICE, WHEATEN GRITS, DUBYEA’S MAIZENA and SAGO, AL, “SCORN STABCH, . HECKER* edi gin = All freshyand at lowget RECOR onary, Under Ebbitt Honse, a corner }4th and F streets, JEW BOOKS.—Law and Practice ef United sh Courts-Martial. By A. A. Har- wood tS. No the Helen of Law. By the Duke ef Argyll; } vol.; London. The Vegetable World. #7 te el Soe ri) oy bag? piste 4 /,Mre, Frances Dane Gage. Mar Day. By Ralph a (S jo En a Good English Seen Batter ms Language, ou the Steam Boiler. “my gee Mrrison 0P FRANCK TAYLOB, HE PoTomac BRICK WORKS. We are making extensive arrangements for man- nfacturing BRICKS of every description, machine, ud- made and pressed, and will soon be prepared to receive proposais for furnishi them in ‘any @vantity c. . Office 15th street, 2d door north of iw ‘ Riggs & Co.'s Bunk. CKS! LOCKS!! LOCES I! BEST ASSORTMENT OF LOCKS AND BUILD- EST Aes HARDWARE IN THE CITY. BUILDERS’ DEPOT, 662 SEVENTH STREET Opposite Centre Market, H. W.HAMILTON & 00. ya P ALWERY FINE, Pane A [EHS AND BOYS’ SACKS, yet OUTS Obeow BALL = 0 ning lar. - AXX WASHINGTON. D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1867. N&, 4,504. TRAVELLER'S GUIDE. ‘Baltimore and Ohio Railread, For. BaLtrMors. ‘rains leave dafly, except Sunday, at 7:and 7:45 m., and 12:15, 2:00, 4:30) and 8:45 p.m. On Sunday, at 7:45, m., and 4:30 nd 8:45 p.m. For art Way Stations.—Daily, except Sunday, At 7:00 a. m., and 2:00 and 8:45 p.m, Sunday, at 7:45, 8. m., and 4:90 and 8:45 p.m. For Way Stations Souru or ANNapoLis JuNc- TION.—6:15 and 7:00 @. m., and 2:00 and 4:35 p. m. For ANNAPOLIs.—7:00 a. m.,and 4:30 p,m. No train on Sunday. For Att Parts ov THE West.—Leave daily, ex- cept Sunday, at 7:45a.m., and and 8:45 p.m. On Sunday, at 4:30 and 8:45 p. m. only, connecting at Relay House with Western trains. Philadelphia and New York Through Line. For New York. without change of cars.—Leave daily, except Sunday, at 7:45 a. m., and 12:15 and 7:00 p.m. On Sunday, at 7:00 p.m.only, Sleeping cars on7 p.m. train. For Paitaperrnta—Daily, except Sunday, at 7:45 &. m., and 12:15, 4:30, end 7:00 p.m. On Sunday, at7 p.m. only. Great Pennsylvania Reute. For THE Nortawest, SouTH anv SourH west. Trains leave Baltimore and Ohio depot at 7:45 8, m. and 4:30 and 8:45 p. m. Steambeat Travel. For RIcHMoND AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. The steamers of the Richmond and Fredericksburg line leave Seventh street wharf daily, except Sun- atGa.m.and7 p.m. On Sundays at6a. m. For ALEXANDRIA—Steamers leave Seventh et wharf every hour from6 a. m. until7 p. m., daily. For Movnt VeRnon.—The steamer Wawasret leaves Seventh street wharf Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings of each week at 10 o’clock returning at 33g p. m. For Battimore axp Potomac River Lanp- inGs.—The steamer Columbia leaves Riley’s wharf, foot ef Eleventh street, every Wednesday morning at Go'clock. Potomac TRANSPORTATION Linz For Bartt- MORE aND Potomac River LanpInes.—Steamers leave Sixth street wharf at 6 a. m. on Wednes- days and Saturdi —__-. st --—___. Fire Alarm Telegraph Statio: At the suggestion of many of our readers, who do not understand the signal numbers in the striking of the bells to designate the locali- les of fires, we publish the following list of the numbers and localities of the boxes in this city: 2—3d street east and L street south. R—Sth street east and Virginia avenue, 4—iith street east and Pennsylvania avenue, —ith street east and Pennsylvania avenue. th street east and A street south. th street east and South Carolina avenue. th street cast and C ‘ F street south. Police Station. 432 and F street south. —4o and M street south. —lith street west and Maryland avenue. 3 street and Maryland ayenne. Ustreet north and New Jersey ave., (B. B. Depot.) y Hall. 24—No. 1 Hook-and-Ladder House, Mass. ave. and 4th street. th street west and New York avenue. lice Stat th and Boundary streets, 7th street w ind M street north. S—l0th street west and H street north, 29-7th street west and 31—23, street a street north, street north. epartment,1éth st. west and Sst. north, lard‘s Hotel. oth street west and I street north. ist street west and Pei i 64s street, th street w 3—Smithsonian Institution. 4—1sth street west and E street north. reenal gate. Navy-Yard gate. ith street west and F street north. - Pennsylvania avenue, g Office. H street. and I street north. G south. 65—14th street west and C street south, 67—U. 8. Observatory. 6$—8th st. west and K st. north, (residence of Su- perintendent of Police.) WOOD AND COAL. .oOoaL AND WOOD AT WHOLESALE OR RETAIL. 1 am now receiving all the various kinds of COAL from the most approved mines, purchased direct from miners for cash. I have taken a portion of Riley’s wharf, foot of th street, for the purpose of storing Coal on it, thereby saving hauling to Yard. It ean be deliv! ered direct fromthe wharf for fifty cents per ton less than if hauled Having all the { ering Coal, Twi nice > Where persons use large quantities, a deduction will be made in pric 5 All kinds of WOOD at low price. Coal and Sawed and jit W yard. ies for obtaining and deliv- sell it at the lowest possible od kept under TEW ART. cover. H. CLAY a Office. corner H and 12th sts. Wood Yard, 15th st. and Canal. Coal wharf, foot of Dth street, 2.240 pounds tothe ton guaranteed, by a mm weigher. E a A L. Cc ° [CTION IN PRICE FOR THE MONTH BEDE OF AUGUST ONLY, For the benefit of persons desiring to purchase their winter's supply. White Ash 50 Red Ash.. z Lykens Va ley Soft Red 4 15 Baltimore Company’s su) Chestnut Summer Cumberland, (run Cumberland Lump. Allkinds and sizes. to euit customers. We are the sole agents for the celebrated Balti- more Company’s, and can supply in any quantity. 2,240 POUNDS TO THE TON GUARANTEED. Persons desiring to avail themselves of the above low prices, by ordering their coal and payi it.can it delivered any time during the Checks will be given torcoal so ordered, ai delivered upon the surrendering of said cl i 8. P. BROWN & SON, 464 9th street, Branch Office at our Yard and Wharf, at the foot of 7th street. Sy 29-taep] PD ®41N TILE: DRAIN TILE!! The only reliable DRAIN, and the cheapest. 20.000, all sizes, just arrived at Bartholow’s Wharf, and for saleby J.P -ARTHOLOW, au 22w 958 Seventh street. da ddaddddadadadadadadada NEW BOOT AND SHOE STORE. GEO. B. WILSON, Late of the firm of Burns & Wilson, No. 502 SEVENTH STREET, Under Odd Fellows’ Hall, tdddddddddddddddddddddddd 18K: WHISKY !! WHISE WwW ohstaste A BARE CHANCE, x AT LEAST 50 PER CENT SAVED. Just large lot of fine BYE WHIS. KIES font tie bea Waet Virginia: distilleries, which I will offer at the following ‘ices, rhe 2.75 Fs ha 4 ed besides a ki lot of Imported SHER- Fon decane Gute tot cata > transferable a house; Jooceake Calis SHERRY and 90caska of otis or French SHERRY. The Cette Sherry, such as fhe New York. Philedelphis and Baltimoye houses Ree emote Peon ; , on, oe aoe eae aaa Importer, 252 Penn’a avenut }OKS.—The Seven Weeks’ War—A: Roe oat wi z ortralt) Seaaate a Scott's Life o| ¥, : rey Ps f the Mind; Wool Gathering, by Gall Hamilton: A ‘Story of Doom, yd ‘th rh Paris; Godman Jul: RAN TELEGRAMS, &c. Hon. John D. Pendleton, of Oalpepper o., a former member of Congress, arrived in Rich- mond yesterday evening, having been arrested on @ charge of perjury 1a having illegally registered. Judge H ‘W. Thomas, of Fair- fax, arrived there Tuesday night under arrest for having violated the civil rights bill by re- fusing to take negro testimony. The trial has been set for the next term of the court. He ‘wns bailed to appear. Both parties have beea indicted by the grand jury. ‘The Society for the Suppression of Gam- bling, of which Horace Greeley is president, is vigorously at work in New York. Tuesday the Keepers of several faro banks, keno estab- lishments, &c., who have thus far eluded the vigilance of the detectives of the society, left the city, most of them going to Saratoga. The same night the proprietors of two of the most notorious faro banks in the city were arrested, and gave heavy bail for their appearance for trial. A daring and successful attempt at robbery ‘was made at Saratoga Springs Tuesday morn- ing. when two men entered the Oolumbian Hotel and removed from the office an iron safe weighing about four hundred pounds, and containing only $180 in cash, besides valua- bles. The thieves were seen by several of the gneets of the house as they departed with their Plunder, but supposing they were conveying 8 trank, gave no alarm. In New York. Tuesday afternoon, Edward Jones, superintendent of the shooting gallery in Barnum’s Musenm, was instantly shot dead by & young man whoce name is unknown. and who fircd 8 rifle at the target while Jones was in front of it. It is supposed that he did not see Janes. He escaped from the museum dur- ing the confusion that evsued. New Market, New Jersey, which was the scene of the Correll tragedy some time sgo, was the scene ot another attempted one on Monday night. An ela man seventy years of age named John Harris and his wife were se- verely beaten by their son-in-law, William Roantr e, and the old man stabbed so seriou: Jy that no hopes are entertained of his recov- ery. Roantree was arrested. Four men were carried over Niagara Falls ata lste hour Tuesday evening. They were two ferrymen and two passengers. Their names are not yet known. There is much ex- catement over the terrible accident. Their bodies have not yet been found, thongh search is being made in the river below the Falls. A mannamed J. W. Pilbrick, supposed te beiong to Lowell, Mass., died at Ellsworth, Karsar, about the 20th of July, leaving some property and alarge amountof money. Tne ‘whereabouts of his relatives or friends is not known. The property is in the hands of the authorities. Further advices from China state that the port of Tamangais. Japan, had been desig- nated by the Japanese Government for the use of foreigners, and been thrown open tothe commerce of all nations. in accordance with the agreemen* made with the foreign repre- sen‘ tives at Oraca. An immense Union meeting was held in San Francisco this week. Mr. Graham was re- ceived with great enthusiasm. The second meeting organized in the State was igterrupted. Several men were arrested. Jobn A. McRae, contractor on the St. Louis, dalia, and Terre Haute ratiroad. was robbed in St. Louie yesterday afternoon in the National Loan Bank of $7,510, which he had jast drawn from the bank. Despatches from the Uolorado river, via Los Angelos, report the grounding of the steamer Sierra Nevada, on the 2d instant, loaded with Government supplies. Men taken off Point Isabel by another steamer Judge Barnard, of New York, has denied the motion ot Jobn Lester Wallack for an in- junction against Tarney Williams and W. J. Florence to restrain them from playing the comedy of ‘*Caste” at the Broadway Theatre: ‘The accounts of cholera received .com va- rious parts of Italy do not improve. They represent that the epidemic is spreading, and is attended with unasual satality. The amount of revenue returned by Hun- gary to the treasury of the Austrian empire ‘will be the same as it was before she was con- stituted a separate kingdom. The sloop-of-war Jamestown sailed from Sap Francisco yesterday for Sitka, where she ‘will remain all winter, to freeze outthe yellow tever. Prominent Republicans in Nashville are, i* is said, endeavoring to have the franchise law so modified aste admit to suffrage a mach larger proportion of whites. ‘There were registered in Charleston. S. C.. yeeterday. 646 persons, of whom 162 were white and 492 colored, Heavy rain storme in Georgis, and it is teared cotton will be serionsly injured. The weather throughout England is very hot. The first section of the Uregon Central rail- road will be commenced in September. The Grand Schuetzen Fest in Baltimore. ‘The arrengements for the opening of the grand festival at Schuetzen Park on Monday next are now complete, and are such as to promise one of the most extensive of the kind ever witpessed in the country. The sources of smusement will be more varied than ever be- fore, and will consist of rifie target shooting and bowling for prizes, dancing, dramatic representations, tableaux vivants, magic illa- sone, illuminations, acrobatic performances, slack and tight-rope performances, and balloon ascensions. The rifle shooting and bowling ‘will not be confined exclusively to the mem- bers, as heretofore, but all who feel disposed may enter the lists for the prizes. The executive committee, consisting of Major L, Blomenberg, D. E. Pape, Chas. Lemkubl, ‘Wm. Bebr, and Otto Hankel have been labo- riowsly employed in completing the arrange- mente, and already they bave expended fifteen thonsand dollars for decoratives of the park and for prizes. The priz @ now al the office of the association, No. 5 Seuth Gay reet, and comprise many useful and valuable articles. On Monday morning next the procession will form on South Broadway under the direction of Messrs. Cebr and Hankel, in the following order: Section of mounted policemen; rection of mounted Scheutzen in uniform; Capt. Otto Katz's cavalry corps, with full band mounted; the marshals with s#x aids and two buglers; the executive committee in a barouche drawn by four horses; color-bearers ot the Schuetzen; C. Hesse, king of tbe Schuetzen, in a bareuche drawn by four horses and a mounted guard of honor; band of music, target-markers in unt- form; section of mounted Sehuetzen; band of musiv; a chariot representing monster boquat dawn by six horses: visiting Schuetzen from New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Lan- caster, Richmond, and other place rovches; section of mouated Sch: of music; Maryland, d: with invited guests Schuetzen; dram corps and band of music; the King’s target-bearere, each bearing the target which was the king’s prize of the pre- ceding year; the new standsrd of Nerthern Germany between United States flaga; former kings of the Schuetzen in barouches: section of mounted Schuetzen. The procession will move, as soon as formed, through the principal streets of the city, and it Is expected will reach the Park about noon, when the prize medal shooting will begin. The King’s goblet for this festival is a bean- tifal specimen of Baltimore mechanism. It is of; silver, lined with gold, and weighs fifteen ounces. The Park. with the lately acquired additions, bas capacity for 60,000 without resort to the shooting grounds. police arrangements are ample for the preser- ‘vation of good order.— Baltimore Gazette. S7-At Lawrence, Kaneas, ‘was bered for coal ol} but yielded nothing ond “indications,” which people in- oil wade know are always the most Rumerous where there is the least oil. Among the-e “indications,” howev the salt bas tarned valuabie that the project of oil has been abandoned, pumped, with a strength varying from 14 to 25 er cent. of salt, peoereing £0 ‘the greater or ess prevalence of rain. The valoeof salt in that region makes this well worth probably mpch more toits Owners than if the oil had been discovere little girl, ighter of Dr. F. W. Wall offempenins Gow ty, Va., ten years old, was bitten by 2 rattlespake in her father’ ‘den. ‘While reaching for & stone with wi to strike the snake, the poisonous reptile stran; at her a distance of five feet, incerting its fan; in. the hand of the child between: the thi and forefinger. proper remedies the saved. Batt Insunanck —In aneasterncity, eae f since, siman obtained & policy in (3 ase tRNA es ter * ainsbled bin ‘some eaeats he met Shy base ball, wnich tor id was Jancis: Pare arrest MORE DISCLOSURES. Sanford Cénover in another Character. If our views expressed & few days since as to the unreliability of the Conover statement needed any support beyond the facts men- tioned in that connection, it is farnished in the following documents, which have been copied from the originals on file in the proper depart- ment. They disclose a plot having twoob- jects—the first and principal one being to se- cure the release of Jeff. Davis, amd the second, which was auxiliary tothe first, being to break down the Bureau of Military Justice. ‘The affidavit of Nathan Aneer is as follows: atban Anser, ot Cold Spring, Queen’ pe dg the Fae tN sworn, deposes ani t well acquainted with Benjamin Wood, late ‘oprietor of the New York Daily News; Mr. ick Taylor, ex-general of the rebel army, and Roger A. Pryor, late of Virginia. now an attotney and counsellor-at-law in this city, and Charles A. Dunham, (sometimes known ‘ap Sanford Uonover,) stiorney and counsellor- at-law in the State of New York. Farther hat about the middle of July, i966, he present, by invitation from Conover, at @n interview, at which James Matterson was also present, between the latter and the said Benjamen Wood and Roger A. Pryor, at the office of said Pryor, 9% Liberty street, in this city. That Conover, before inviting deponent to be present at said interview, Informed de- ponent that the interview was to be held for the purpose of devising additional measures to aid in the movement then being made for the release of Jefferson Davis, and that de- Ponent would probably be able, by making a deposition. to render service in the matter, for which a liberal compensation would be made. Deponent further eays that after being intro- daced to said Pryor and Wood,'he former pro- Pored to read, and did read, to deponent two affidavits, which had been previously pre- pared tor deponent to swear to; that one of said affidavits alleged and set forth at great nt had, in February, 1866, Conover before the Hon. Joseph Holt, judge advocate general of the armies of the United States, and had been re- quested and urged by said Conover and said judge advocate general to make a false and Tabricated deposition under the ficticions name of George Waddell, implicating Jefferson Davis in the assassination of President Lin- coln; tbat eald affidavit set forth thatdeponent, when requested by Conover and Judge Holt to make the depositions as in said affidavit al- leged, expressed fears and conscientious scra- es in opposition thereto. and that Judge Flot aseured deponent that the proceedings Would not be attended with any danger, as the making of uch @ deposition would not amount to legal perjury, and could ecarcely be suid te amount to moral perjury; thatit would at most be what is sometimes calied a “white lie,” and that the most honorable men have some- times found it necessary to doa little evil im order that mnch good might come: that it ‘was not expected to. use the deposition in any proceeding against Davis, as it was evident from the course being pursued by the President thathe would never order a trial for Davis on account of his complicity 1n the assassination: that all that was left of the rebellion was _cen- tered in Davis, and that depositions he (Holt) ‘was collectiig would go upon tbe files of the Buresu of Military Justice, and form a solemn part cf the bistory of the rebelion, so that, al- though Davis would escape with bit life, he would be branded in history ss an assaszin, and covered with everlasting infamy. Depo- nent further says that the otber of said affida- vits read to him by Pryor, and to which he ‘was requested to subscribe,and s wear, set forth the teetimony which deponent had given be. fore the military commission on the trial of the Ascassins in regard to threats and violence by rebels toward Conover tor having given testi- mony before said commission, and that said affidavitalleged tba: the testimony given by deponent as aforesaid was fabricated and false, and was fabricated by Conover and Judge Holt, and was known by Judge Holt to be false’ in every particular. and was given by deponent be ore the commission as aforesaid at tue tance id request of Judge Holt, who, baving helped to fabri- cate It, and knowing it to be false as atore- said, promised to pay, and did pay, deponent liberally for so doing. Deponent says, further that after said affidavits had been read to him by said Pryor, be said to said Pryor and others present that there was not & word of trath im either of the papers. and that he did notsee. although Conover bad attempied to explain to him, what good was to come to any one from bis swearing to such a pack of — lies : that Pryor replied that much good would come from it; that Judge Holt was attempting to fasten the fanlt and crime of procuring bogus witnesres upon Conover, and that the afhdavit deponent was required to make would therefore protect Conever and fasten the out- rageous business on Holt: that in the next place the affidavits would aid the movement then being made for the release of Mr. Davis, ‘who had been outrageously treated, by bring- ing condemnation upon Judge Holt and the Bureau of Mittary Justice, which would in- duce the President to pardon Mr. Davis or release him on parole: aod also that it woula save deponent much pain and trouble, as it was known that deponent had assisted in hunting up and inducing certain parties to make talse depositions in the Bureau of Mili- tary Justice against Mr. Davis, and it had been determined by the friends ot Mr. Davis to prosecute for perjury end subornation of perjury ellengaged in that business who did not come forward and confess under oath that all they had done had been done witb the knowledgeand procurement of Judge Holt, tor the avewed purpose of branding Jefferson Davis as an assassin and covering his name ‘with infamy; that at this point Benjamin Wood interrupted Mr. Pryor, saying, «Yes, and you benefit yourself still further by taking the money which you will receive for making the affidavits.” Deponentfurther eays that it was then stated to him by Wood and Pryor that de- ponent would receive =300 upon swearing to said affidavits, and if it should become neces- sary to publish them oreither of them, or make any public allusion thereto in which de- ponent’s name should be mentioned, he (depo- nent) would receive $300 more, and in the | event of his being called upon to sustain the ayerments in his affidavits, or either ot them, in @ court of justice or any legal proceedings, that he should receive §1,(00 in addition tothe sums 80 promised or paid to him. Deponent further saye, that he then replied to the propositions and promises of Pryor and ‘Wood, that while he was ready to do anything in his power to get a friend out of a difficulty oF protect himself, that he would see Jeif Davis in b—1 before he would swear tosuch d—d lies as required of him to save his (Jeff Davis’) neck from the gallows: that deponent then said, so that all present could hear, addressing his words to Conover, that he could protect himeelf, and Conover also, by seeing Judge Holt, and that he would do so at once, for he believed that there was danger of getting into B greater difficulty by the course proposed, and was bound not ‘to put nis foot in it,” if it would save every rebel from Jeff Davis down. Deponent furtber says, that Pryor then rose and said: “Well, if you decline to help your friends out of the difficulty which you bave helped them to get into you are at least a gentleman, we undersiand, who will not repeat anything that has been said to you, or any por- tion ef the conversation which has confiden- tially taken place im your presence.” That de- ponent replied that he should have uothing ‘whatever to pay on the subject, and thai, as he declined to take any part in the business, he would take his leave; that deponent then left the office of said Pryor, Jeaving said Wood, Pryor and Conover, and es Matterson thereat. Deponent forthe! that he be- came .a party to said interview at the request of Mr. Dw wm, (Conover,) who had given him to understand that he (deponent) could by makinga deposition sustain him (Conover) ina uarrel which bad arisen between him and Seecs Holt, aud assist bim (Conover) in @ professional engagement to aid,bya harm- Jess artifice and stratagem, & movement al- leged to be on foot, with the knewledgeand ap. probation of President Johnson, to insure the relengs.of Jefferson Davis on bail or parole. Deponent further says that he was never in- troduced by Conover or any one else to Judge Holt for the purpose of making a deposition implicating reon Davisin the assassina. tion of Presigemt Lincoln; and that he was néver requested by Judge Holt or any other person to make Loh eo in his own or any other name connecting Jefferron Davis or “ay other person with the assassination of Presi- dent Lincoln; ane beverage! rane Oe A deposition. ent foxyther at ore ‘en stated by Raver made a ition oF that the Telumony gives Dy him before taid ‘court Tor ae of the asegesing, 88 aforesaid, was rae d that he hereby reiterates and reat- hot tbe same and every PARTY thereof fa before sue, Marou arin, 1600 > 1867, orn to Relore ev LiaMt FURWISG, Notary Public in city-and cor of N.Y. Gertifitate of olerk of Supreme Ocart at- ehed that Farnise is authorized to adminis- tet oatha, to which is appended the sen] of the rt. asub conspiracy. John Martin testifies that he was to ewear to certain faise affidavits implicating Judge Holt, and that Benjamin Wood remarked that deponent might like, as an earnest, a little pocket money, and gave deponent $50. That deponent chen departed, leaving Pryor, Con- over, and Wood together. He swears that he afterwards became, before swearing to the affidavite, uneasy, and proposed to retarn to said Wood the said #5) advanced by him as aforesaid to deponent, but that Conover said, “No; that the money was of no consequence, and that all they (Davis’ friends) would expect oF ask was that deponent shonid, as a man of honor, remain perfectly silent as to the busi- ness in which they were engaged and the offers they had made to him;” that deponent assured said Conover that he, said deponent, would never utter one word in regard to the affair without his, ¢aid Conover’s, consent, and that up to this time deponent has substantially kept ‘id promise.’ ames E. Matterson testifies that he was = led upon to subscribe an affidavit prepared for a him, alleging “that. Judge Holt had en- vored by offering a large sum of money to juce afflantto make a false deposition im- Plicating Jefferson Davis in the assaesination of President Lincoln, and set out with great particularity conversations purporting to have occurred between Judge Holt and affiant, and the persuasion purporting to have been used by Judge Holt to prevail on affiant to make the desired deposition, which said affiant al- leged affisnt consented to do, but which at the same time tdid not intend to, and never did do. And affiant further says, that after the affidavit (which was ‘false in every Tespect,) had been read to him by said Pryor, he assented thereto,and the same was sub- scribed and sworn to by him before a commis- sioner of deeds or notary public, who was brought into the office of eaid Pryor for the purpose, And that affiant then and there re- ceived $300 tor the service. Francis McFall testifies that he was to sub- scribe & similar false affidavit, and was to receive $200 on making the affidavit; $300 more Mf it should become necessary to publish it in the papers, amd 70 more if he should be re- quired to repeat the statement in any judicial cr official proceedings; that deponent acce; the offer, 2nd was torihwith taken by said Conover to the office of said Pryor, where an affidavit was prepared by said Pryor, and sworn to by deponent, who thereopon received the =200 promised, from the hands of said Wood. A Tub Regat' The Boston Herald gives the following re- port of a tub race upon Chelsea Creek on Fri- day: 1p connection with this race was one which was productive of considerable amusement to lockers-on. 1t was a tub race, and one could not but be reminded of what the frog said to the boy who was stoning it— fun for you. but death tome.” Four entries by Geo. CG. Davis, Jr., who was pleased to chrisien bis tub Walter Bro: Chas. H. Davis, witb his Jobn Tyler, Jr; Frank H. Haskell in Josh Ward, and William R. Bagneli in James Hamill. ‘The conditions of this race, we believe, were tbat the winning tub should have all the tubs, and the lorers should not sbave for a month. ‘The tubs consisted of four half hogsheads, and therefore we supposed registered 4 tun. Drawn up in lineat Larkey's ship-yard,and back of the cenire of the creek, where the turn- flag was stationed, a start was made. Seated luke Diegenes each in his own tub, the four made progress but slowly teward the point of turning. Soon the John Tyler, jr., took the Jead. clocely followed by the Walter Brown. Bagnel), in’ the James Hamil. by stopping to lubricate his paddle shafts, lost way, and cume very near taking the water. The curi- osity of Haekell, in the Josh. Ward, overcome bis ambition to win. and accordingly he stopped to see how his teliow-tab men were propelling. and to take a gentle laugh at the snail-like headway they were making. By this imprudent act the Josh. Ward fell to the rear, and was soon lost in the muze of boats which surrounded him. The John Tyler was the first to round the stake—roll around we should say. Walter Brown followed, fonied with chestake, backed and filled almost with water, but at last went over the flag, the staff laying over on the water. James Hamill whirled round and Tound until it rolled around the flag, and the three were {fairly on the home stretch. Has. kell came up slowly, and now it was time for the others to laugh. His craft became u manageable as the steam began to give out, and for a while the tide seemed to have the bestofit. He persevered and rounded the flag, went over it rather. and at last reached “home”? in the tow of & boat. Time was knocked all to pieces, and so were the arms of Haskell, which came too oiten in contact with the rough edge of the «gunwale” of bis tub. The race was won by Charles H. Davis, ‘who was followed in by his brother and Bag- nell in the order given. Bridget Dergan, the Murderer—A Confes- sion Expected—Her Accomplice. The execution of Bridget Dergan for the murder of the wife of Dr. Corieil,of New Mar- ket, New Jersey, will take place at New Brans- wick on Friday. August 3th, between 10 a. m. and3p.m. Bridget is a mative of Ireland, and came to this country five years ago. Recently sbe wrote a letter to her brother, John Dergan, who lives in Shgo county, Ireland, informing him of ber condemnation. She has received a reply to this letter. She ts now preparing a letter toher relatives in Ireland. which is not to be sent until after her execution, in which it 1s expected she will give come particulars of the murder tor which she is about to be hanged. She converses freely with every oné who calls, and some- mcs utters expressions which she afterwards Tegrete, but is always reticent with regard to the murder. She says she will leave her con- Jession with one person, who is supposed tobe her spiritual adviser, Father Rogers, of the First Catholic Church of New Brunswick, who visits her once a week, and in whom she has the utmost confidence. Mary Gilroy, the supposed accomplice of Bridget, occupies a cell on the floor above that of Bridget. The temperament of Mary is quite the reverse of thatof Bridget Dergan. She censures Bridget most harshly for bringing her into this affair. and declares that Bridget is the real murderer, and that she might as well meke her confession and save her soul. Itissaid that Mary Gilroy and Bridget Der- gan were at one time pickpockets around the Provision market of thiscity. Abent two years agothey went to New Market, N. J., and were employed in the families of Dr. Corie}i and a veighbor, Mr. Vail. Mary’s trial will take place atthe tember term of the Middlesex county court Y. Port. VIOLENT THUNDER SToRM.—On Thursday last a severe thunder storm passed over Lan- caster county, Pennsylvania. A frame honse at the foot of Ephrata mountain, attached to the Ephrata Springs Hotel, and occupied by the servants of the honse, was strack by lightning. Benjamin Biddle, a well-known colored man of Wilmington, Delaware, was struck and almost killed. Jas. John Moore. colored, ot Philadelphia. sitting at a rable writing to bis mother. He fell dead, leaving his half finished letter on the table. Three other colored men in the room were badly stunned, but not serionely injured. The house was pot injured at all by the shock. Oneof the men struck cried out, «Help me! The physician who attended them stated that this was the only Gene he ever heard of a person, mpeg Br lightning, speaking after they were struck. A Mystery ExpLammep.—Rev Mr.—, of Lawrence, Mass., is @ bachelor. Noticing, ly in the seneon, that one of his members, a married lady, was not &t meeting for several ‘Sabbaths, he called to ask the reason. As her reply was somewhat evasive, he surmised that she had “nothing to wear,” and said, you are waiting for yeur Spring bonnet, r sup- pose.” Weeks passed, and still she did not meke her ap) ice. He therefore thought be would Approaching the house, hesaw her rineree the open window, and blandly remarked, ‘k hav’nt seen yon at church yet; hasn’t that bonnet come!” “Yes, ¢ir,” she archly replied. ‘Shall 1 show it to on!” “If you .”” answered the won- erin, ‘olding up a we bit ofa «This is the Spring bon- ‘waiting for: did Idoright!” petal Snaariaeowent sede. ne she said, perl was f Vermont, gives aid and comfort to the ritui . He says that «lights upon the altar in the daytime during th egetigtiokis the Holy Eucharist; t! Usmar TRA Comine—There is for tea-drinkere, A news despatch ‘teow “ndis ane Matterson and: oeaithat the tés markets in China have em Korbelty, she Jens, ed at tbird lower than at ike lyn, ly.eworn to | opening 0! .year.. Phe ‘ton merchants of ified, jain tacts rected te ine don, bave been holding back their ve, and give additional to lies im the hope of raising ‘ave, it on ofeach of the ‘with the | lo ssid, received advices to realize, | salt | @ The German Torner Festival at Boston. The third annual festival cf the German Turner Societies of Massachuretts ang Rhode Isjand began on Sunday at Boston, with a steambo&t excursion down the harbor. The Boston, Providence, Worcester, Lawrenci and Springfield Turnverein were represente: The Boston Jouraal gives the following b tory of the Turner organization in this coun- are ry: “The first Turner Society in America was established in New York in 184+, and others were speedily formed in Bostonand elsewhere, both ‘was confined to the teaching and practice of bodily exercise, conducive to physical devel. opment, but it soon asenmed a higher scope ‘without neglecting its original object. Schoo! were established and various other means were taken toward general improvement. The co-equal relation of muscle and mind was recognized, and physical development and mental culture were alike encouraged A newspaper devoied to the interest of the Turners was established at Cincinnati, called the Turnzeitung. Slavery carried dis- sension into the ranks of the Turaers, as | orth and South. At first the institution | | Around the Franklin | into everything else, although the «peculiar | institution’ could not be otherwise than in direct variance from the well known principles of the organization, -which from the first had been arrayed en the side of libertv against despottem. The Southern members refused to subscribe for and sustain their Cincinnati organ, and it was at length suffered to die. When the late war broke out the Turners of the North were among the first to enroil them- seives individually in defense of their adopted couniry’s flag. There wasa strong German elementin our army, and the long lists of slain contained many unpronounceable nam2s which attested to the patriotism and courage of these men. time being almost entirely broken up and its operations entirely suspended. No festivals were held, and exercisés with the musket took the place of the ordinary and more peaceful gymnastic evolutions. With the approach of peace came a resumption of the operations of the Turnvereine, and the organization is now ip as flourishing a state as ever. “The Turner-Bund of Ameri about one bundred and fifty socletie: quarters are in New York, and Mr. Metzner, of that city. is the president. A national fes- tival is held once every two years, and a ‘tageatzung’ or meeting every aiternate year. These festivais are attended by delegations trom the different societies in various parts of the couniry and by whole societies, and prizes are offered for proficiency in gymnastic exer- cises. There was a festival two years since in New York, and another :his year in Baltimore. The intermeciate meeting was heid in St. Louis, and that tor 1-68 will take piace in this city. The various locsl and district organiza- tions gererally hold annual festivals :in pur- suance ct which practice the present gathering takes place.) The Unsere Zeit, of Cincinnati, is the preeent orgen of the Turners. “As stated above, the headquarters of the Turrer-Bund in America is at preent m New York, but they sre subject to change once in two years. The affairs of the Bund are man- aged by ‘re Vorort, which is a committee of seven persons chosen from the city or district where the headquarters for the time being is located.” numbers A Sensation in Chicago. Had a bombshell ralien in among the opert tors on ‘Change this forenoon, no greater con- sternation could bave been created than en- sued from the arrest of eight promiment mem- bers, including one of the vice presidents, upon the charge of gambling. Business was suspended, buying and selling altogether ceased, and fora time it would have been ex- ceedingly difficult, as the commercial reporters say, to “establish any reliable quotations ” No inguiry was made as to the nature of the offerce charged; not a member but knew too Well that participation in neither faro, keno, poker, or any of the games of lesser rogues, constituted the offence. It was at once under- siocd that the species of legitimatized gam- bling known as ‘selling short,” had at last met its deserts and come to grief. To the un- initiated it will be interesting to kuow what is meant by the terms ‘selling short.” It isthe practice among a certain class of operators in grain to effect a eale of wheat, corn, or so torth, for future delivery, when in reality the seller does not own a bushel of grain. One D A Goodrich had been victimized by this “selling short” business. toan aggravating extent, and forthwith set abont maturing a plan of vengeance. By consulting tie statutes of IMinoie, it became evident that the selling of that which is net owned, is inc!uded among the various phases of gambling. By a careful reading of the Warehouse bill passed last win- ter, 1? was found that “short selling” was one of the practices particularly forbidden. Ae- cordingly Goodrich made complaint and pro- cured warrants for the arrest of eight opera- tors, B.P. Hutchinson, D.C. Scranton, J.J. Richards, Chas. Pope, Wm.Shiek, A. lce- hold, Howard Priestly, and Geo. J. Brine. These were arrested this forenoon at 11 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce, by the Sheriff of Cook county. They were taken before a Jus- tice of the Peace, where they waived an ex- amination, and gave bail in the sum of $3,000 each, for their sppearance before the Recorder in September. After an absence from ’Change of abont an hour, the members returned. The excitement meanwhile had subsided, it having been gen- erally concluded that the law wonld fail to reach the cace in pornt—a view in which the libevated gamblers evidently jomed, for they improved the lostttme by buying and selling short as vigorously as po: sible. Itis rumored that werrants for nearly a bundred other members of the Hoard of Trade have been or are in process of procuring. At the hour of going to preas, Rowe ver, no further arrests have been made.—Chicago Post, 1th in- stant. A TEAPoT Case.—There are all sorts and kinds of cases brought before the Municipal Court. and among the number to be recorded on “washing day,” (Monduy). was an original teapot case. in which Mrs. Bartlett, of Charles street, charged Mrs. Ann Cooper with stealing her teapot, valued at ninety-five cents. Mrs. Cooper very bonestly showed the identical teapot to the Court, wrapped up in a paver, and claimed the ownership of the same. There were several witnesses called for the govern- ment, but only one was heard by the Magi trate,—a young girl,—who testified that the teapot, which was in a room, was seized by Ann. who is a near neighbor to the complsin- ant, and taken away. Before the counsel for the detendant had a chance to cross examine the government witness Judge Chamberlain ordered Ann to be discharged. This ended the quarrel as to who was the real owner of so useful an article in all well-regalated fami- lies.— Boston Herald. FRIGHTFUL DRaTH IN A QUICKSAND.—Oa the 7th instant a man named Anthony Uaylor, while examining, with two other men, a break in anembankment at McLene’s paper mill. in Indianapolis, was caught 1m the quicksands, canced by caving In. A pole was reached to ‘im, and a:terward a rope was attached to his body, but he could not be drawn out, nntila further caving in ot the bank drew him com. pletely under. A number of men, assisted by the chain gang, worked several hours, endeay- oring to find the body, but they were unsnc- cessfni, and it is supposed to have passed ont into the river. The deceased was quite an old man. unmarried, and was an employe of the aper mill. When the rope was around his dy, the unfortunate man begged them to desist from pulling upon it, as it was tearing his body in two. A GIRL ATTACKED ny a Raccoon.—A few dayssince, a girl about ten years of age, named Crusen, residing im Groesbeckviile, N. Y. while ont berrying, about ten miles from th city, was attacked’ by a raccoon, and preity seriously injured. Thegirl was eng: Pick- ing berries under a tree which the raccoon as- led. While imal descend ack upon ber, seizing her by the leg and biting a re plane of flesh from thelimb. He would donbtless have killed the girl but for the fact that her screame attracted theattention of some ‘womer who accompanied hi seized a stick, with which succeeded in the raccoon away after striking it sev~ s. Strange a8 it may appear, the Faccoon followed the girl about three miles, &nd then returned to the woods. Poor PRAcTicEs.—It is pretty poor practice fors tarmep te dig and delve, tug and grat, ‘and clear up fifty acres of land, at a cost of #2,0((, and then in the third year surrender about # fifth of it to the briars, brambles and oxeyed daises. Poor practice tohalf manure, balf plow, half seed and half cult:vatea field, aud then har- vest from it Jess than a crop. To purchase in town 500 loads of livery stable mapure, and suffer 600 of better home made manure to rum to waste.—Saturday Eve. ning Post, Cows In Summer —Co: somet:mes get @ curfeit Of grass, especial; spony we", warm weather, when grass is succulent and rich. ‘This feed distends the bowels un- comfortably. An armful of dry oncea will serve to absorbsome of this moisture, denefis the cow in several respects. METHODIST CAMP MEETINGs. Affairs at Waters’ ©: [Correspondence Baltimore American.) Wartzne’ Uaxr GrovnD, August 14. 1807. Preaching at 3 p.m. yesterday by Rev. S. Leach, of Washington, D.C. Text, 2 Kings, 5th cb., 13, 14: “And his servants came needy and pre unto him: My father, if the prophet bad bid thee to do some great thing, wouldat thon not have done it?’ How much rather, wen, when he ssid to thee, wash and be glean. Then he went down and dipped him- self seven times in Jordan according to the saying of the man of God, and his flesh came again like un‘o the flesh of a little child, and be was clean.” Very interesting. and listened to with much attention by a large congrega- tion, embellishing the histories of the great And illustrious warrior Naaman, and the little Hebrew maid with many beantifal and ele. vating thoughts. He remarked during the ser mon that it was well for all to take particular note “that unless a man was willing to hum- bie bimseif toa public conversion be would never be converted in private.” Ulosed by an appeal to the sinner. Sermons are always followed by a large number of mourners coming to the altar for prayers Preaching at 7%; p.m. by Professor Grove of Westminister. Text, 2 Gor, 4, 6: «For God who commanded the light to shine ou: of darkness. hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Ubrist.”” Persons continue to throng the ground daily. After quite a shower of ram last night the sun broke forth this morning drying the damp- ness. After bresktast a iarge crowd assembied et tent, singing, aad when the bugle sounded for meeting in the tents they started off in a body, marching @reund the ground. led by Rev. H. McNemar, of Bethel, singing the beantifal hymn: “We will walk through the valley in peace, If Jesus our leader be,” &c. Then returned to Franklin tent, and heid an experience and prayer meeting until preach- Dg. Preaching at three p. m. yesterday, by Rev. S. V. Leach, of Annapolis. Text, 2 Kings, 5:b, Sth, and 14th: “My Father, tt the prophet had bid.” &c., introducing remarks on the character | of Esha, &ec. The Turner-Bund was for the | lis head. | Preaching at 11 a. m.. by Rev. J. Cookman, of New York. Text, Heb. 7, 16: “Who is not made after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.” Very powerful appeal to the young men: a most eloquent discourse. W.0.S. Dry Goods. During the past week there have been no changes calling for special notice. No more {silures having een reported, credits have beenextended more liberally, and it is pretty generally conceded that the worst has been feen already in the present season. In brown sheetings there hes been more activity, and some desirable qualities have advanced about half a cent a yard. In bleached goods the sales have been heavy. stocks im the hands of agents have sensibly diminished, and Prices of the inferior grades have ad- vanced a trifle. Drills and jeans are with- cut any marked improvement. Prints are in increasing demand, Merrimacs, Allens, Spraguer,and American Print Works goods are readily taken at firm prices. New and tasty styles, of course, receive most attention. Ginghams of the better qualities are in good demand, but the inferior grades are neglected. Jaconets, silesias, and cambrics are in steady demand, but without any increase of prices. ‘The exhibition of American shawls this sea- son is unusually atiractive; the demand for this kind of goods ts largely on the increase, and better prices are realized. In cloths and cassimeres, 2s well asin Italians, there is mo 6 activity, the demand from the clothing houses being on the increase. in foreign goods there is notmuck change since our last report. The importations for the last week have been large, but not quite equal to tbe importations of last season. Fancy cassimeres and the fine qualities of cloakings are in good demand, and plan silks are held firmly The choice styles of drese-goods, of which the supply is large and the accumulation in bona nearly equal to last year’s stock, are in moderate demand. the sea- fon not heing sufficiently advanced for a live- ly trade in these styles. —V. ¥. Independent, 15 A MARVELLOUS TROTTER IN Panis.—Gen- tlemen who have recently returned from Paris, bring news of a capital trotting stailion, bred in France, and which is as great a wonder as a natural trotter as ever was seen anywhere. The horse is brown, fifteen and a haif hands high, and with one hip down. He is very nearly thorough-bred, and has a very long pedigree. He belongs to a wealthy nobieman. We have it from a capital horseman who saw. him trot in the vicinity of Paris. that bis speed is very great, and that he is the best breaer he has ever seen. The gentleman in qnestion, with a iriend, also, an American, measured the ground the horse had trotted over, and found that his rate was 223. It was rough goirg, he was ina low-wheeled vehicle with very long shafts. and his driver was an artit- lerv soldier. He added that $100,000 in gold had been offered for him by Mr. Howe, the sewing-machinist, but money wou d not bny him. Taking these statements to be correct, and we havenorearon tosuppose they are nn_ founded, he is a horse that migh:, on our level tracks, in one of our enikies, and before one of eur professional drivers, weil contest tne palm with Dexter himself. THE SOUTHERN STATES are making great exertions to attract immigration, but thus far it has generally been with only indifferentsuc- vess. It isannounced from Memphis that un- der a charter granted by the Tennessee Legis- lature a company has been formed in that city to dispose of lands toimmigrants from Europe. This company has secured control of large tracts of Tennessee land, which it proposes to sell on long credits to industriaus settlers, and it bas already received enough offers from abroad to warrant the statement tnat it will locate fifty families in Tennessee during the approaching autumn. To the poor. butindus- trious setter, “Ye encouragement of a sale of land ona long gedit is a very great one, but he can profit mh better by the United States homestead systeth, undsr which the lands are given to him in return fora bona-fide settle- ment and cultivation. o chools of Great Brit- ain, 605 of every 10,000 of the scholars on the school registers in the year 1856 were under four years of age; and 653 in the year 1866 In 1556, 1.48 of every 10,000 were between four and six yearsof age; and 1.791 in 1806. The portion of scholars not more taan six years old increased. therefore, considerably, bei 56 of every 10,000 im 1656, but 2,447 in 1 Not 80 wit the scholars between six and ten years of age; there 4.704 of these in every 10.140 scholars in but only 4,715 in 1566. The proportion of scholars above ten years of age decreased still more; there were 2,96 of them in every 10,000 scholarsin 1556, but only 2,933 in 18 To PURIFY 4 SINK —In hot weather it is al- most impossible to preyen's sinks becoming foul, unless some chemical preparation is used. One pound of copperas dissolved in four galions of water, poured over a sink three or four times, will completely destroy the offen- sive odor. As@ disinfecting agent, to seatter around premises infected with any unpleasant odor, nothing is better than a mixture of four parts dry ground plaster of Paris to one part of fine charcoal by weight. All sorts of glass vessels and other utensils may be effectually purified from offensive smells by rinsing them with charcoal powder, after the grosser impur- ites have been scoured off with sand and soap. Wouprrrvt FREAK OF a Bany.—The Ot- tumwa Mercury tells the followirg: A few days ago, in Keekuk county, a bube six months old, was crying !ustily, andthe usual appli- 2. ances seemed to have no effect. I? still cried, and the mother was perplexed to know what the trouble was. Atlast,after it seemed almost exhausted, it spoke with startling distinctness these words: ‘Give mea drink of water! Ot course the mother was frightened, but gavethe water, when it immediately went to sleep. The infant had never spoken before, nor hs it since. We can vouch for the truth of the above, as we are personally acquainted with the parents of the child.” A QueR STory.-The New York Times says: Speaking of railroads, the Pacific is not the only one which is likely to be interrupted by the actions of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country. A Louisiana paper tei nearly equal to the cheerfal tales we bearing of te tors. as thst is the only resting place afforded them for miles along the low bottom jands. Several of these peculiar “sleepers” have run over by trains, while dozing in the sun- shine on the track. Cheerful country! ed F om Weney es ‘They havemade a discovery in ce that the silk feed upon the leaves of the oak, and that the silk produced is of gooa quality, &c. This may all be £0, but is it desirable tbat snanharae of the oak should be thns used to the inji if not death te the tree? Can we afford todo this, and if we could the oak would not com- pare to the mulberry either in rapidity of growth or abundance of leaves, while the iat- ‘er seems to be specially adapted to the silk- Worm, and is not in the Jeast affected in its health.—Germantown Telegraph. Wh ceo THE ipherngti: Bmidenlaeyon! eae, Ts some time passed a law a! ment fore debt throughout Franes, we ate eee at ast midnight on E Fyatwo prisoners in the debtors’ jail pe Si ‘at once availed of their liberty, enlivening the streets wine their Songs and shonts of joy, and theremainder left between 7 and 8 o’c! the next morni —— Be There were 70S deaths in New York iast ‘Week, including those in the pubjic inatitu- tions. Of these six were from in mn 269 deaths