Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1867, Page 1

\ \ \ meses > ao: ei THE EVENING STAR 18 PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAY EXCEPT&D AT THE STAR BUILDING, Southwest corner Penn'a avenue and Lith street, BY W. D. WALLAOH: ——— ‘The STAR ts served by the carriers to their subscribers in the City and District at Tax Onnts.PuR WEEK. Uopiesat the counter, with or without wrappers, TWO CEnTs each. PRice FoR MAILING :—Three months, One Dollar and Fifty Cents; six months, Three Dol- 3ers; one year, Five Dollars. No papers are Che Lvenin q Stat, sent from the office longer than paid for. The WEEKLY STAR—published on Fri- day —One Dollar and a Half a Year. TE SS ST TESS WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1867. BANKRUPTCY NOTICES. BANKREPTCY NOTICE To ane Tae Caer rrOns Ob EDWARD A McK AY WHO HAVE PROVED THEIR DEBTS. ~You are herehy notified to appear before the Su: preme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting in bankruptcy, on the ih day of ( ber, 185: 42 o'clock m., at ine City Hall, Washington,’ to how canse why a discharge from all his debts should not be granted to sald bankrupt. Yor are fred that the second and third mecting of ukrupt creditors will be held before the ter at the same time and plece. By order of ‘vurt Test. EIGS, Clerk. DAVID 8. GOODING, U.S. Mevshal D.C! as Messenger October 15, 1307, NERUPTOY, . District of Conrasra. ss. At the City of Washington, the 4th day of Oc- tobe D 187. The undersiyned hereby gives potice of his appointment as assignee of GRORGE L STARKEY, tn the city of Washington within said District, who las been adjudged 4 bankrupt upon his own petition, by the District jurt of said Distric: MILTON J. SAFFOLD, Attorney at Law, oc 5-sndwiwe 425 D street, Assignee. N BANKRUPTCY. District oF Contmara, ss. At the City of Washington. the sth day of Oc- tober. A. D. 1857. ‘The undersigned hereby gives notice of his appointment as assigmee of J. W. AUBBARD. in the city of Washington, within said District, who has been adqndged a bankrupt upon District Court of said Dis- LTON J. SAFFOLD. Attorney at Law, oc 5-enk wow 42% D street, Assignee. BASSBUPTCY NOTICE. To all the Creditors of Benjamin F. James, Bank- rupt. who have proved their Debts: You are hereby notifie! to appear before the Su- preme Court of the District of Columbia. sitting in ankruptey. on the day of October. 1867, at 11 e’clock a. m., at th ity Hall, Washington, to show cause why a discharge from all his debts theuld got be granted to said Bankrupt. : You are also notified that the second and third mecting of said Bankrupt Creditors will be held before the Register, at the same time and place. By order of the Court. Test: R. J. MEIGS. Clerk. DAVID 8. GOODING, oc S-lawsw U.S. Marsha as Messenger. ae INSURANCE. National Capital Insurance Company. HOME OFFICE. 500 NINTH STREET, WASHINGTON, D.C. CHARTERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF CON- GRESS. his own petition, by th triet M ‘THORIZED CAPITAL. CAPITA Lcseeen: ..$1,000,000. --- 300,000, is Company offers more favorable advantages insurmg public than any other chartered in + United States, by combining the two great el nts of Life and Accident Insurance, on the joint 3 Prioctes The premiums charged are nearly e-third lower than charged by y oy GEN WANTED IN_ EY: x AGENTS WANTE ste ERY CITY AND OFFICERS. B President. President. ‘Treasurer. ‘Secretary. “General Agent. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Johe H. Semmes, jeorge HI. Plant. Biiey AS Joxeph F. Brown, J ark, Jr J.J. Coomes, Hon. Green Adams, 3. W. Parish, Robert Leech, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Thos. Lewis, Thomas M. Plowman, Riley A. Shinn, JF. Brown, 6. Alfred Hall, Job W. Angus, Nicholas Acke™, L. Merriman, A Erostns Poulson. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Jobn R. Elvans, Charles Kloman, M.G. Emory. Lewis Clephane, James L. Barbour, = Thomas Berry, Albert G. Hall WOOD AND COAL. W COD AND Coan, White Ash, $7.50 per ton. Red Ash, $7.75 per ton. 0¢ 1-1y, Pipe Woo per cord. Oak Wood. $8 percord, WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN ICE CO., Office, corner Twelfth and F streets, aud Tenth street wharf, CeOsL AND WOOD. LOW PRICES STILL CONTINUED IN CON- se 21-tf SEQUENCE OF FREIGHTS ANS TOLLS NOT HAVING ADVANCED. White Ash., . $7 50 Red Ash. 175 Lyken’s Valisy (noft Red Ash 300 Baltimore ( ompany (superior White Ash)... 775 Chestnut Sammer Cooking Coal. 600 Gumberiand Run of Mine. 600 Oumberland as 70 OOD const We are the sole agents for the sale of the cele- brated Baltimore Company's Coal, and are prepared fo furnish it many quantity. Persona desiring to avail themselves of the abeve low prices, by or- dering their coal. and paying for it,ean have it delivered any time during the winter.” Checks will be given for con! a0 ordered, and will be delivered pon the surrendering of said checks. F. P. BROWN & SON Branch office at our yard and wharves at foot of 465 9th street. between E and 7th street. (Chron&Intell.} ge 17-tf STOVES. @TOVES! STOVES! STOVES!!! ‘ a Buy yonr Stoves at the manufactory where ow n get repairs. OLD STOVES taken, Ispart pay for new ones. Repeirs for all kinds of STOV and ES. at wholesale and A tail,at WHITE & BRO.’S. Iron Founders, No 452 st., one square from the bridge. ocl-Im* 318 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. 318 L. &. WOODWARD, (Sneceasor to. Woodward & Sen.) Jast received a large st, of Bibb & Co.’ PATENT PARLOR HEATERS, which F wil! oot up in the best mauner, and eatia- faction go atied. for heating two, three. or four wtery bon elso. a genera! assortment CUOKING AND HEATING STOVES, h will old cheap for cash Iam now prepared to repair imme diately, in the best manner, Stoves of all description: Please send in early ie = L.8. WooDW 315 Pennsylvania 90 8-1 between 10th aud 1 a STOVES! STOVES! a lease take notice that we are prepared to repair tn’ the best mnanuer, all kinds of HEATING AP. PAKRATUS, and suggest that itis not safe to delay this work until late in the fall. ‘We are also prepared to put upnew LATROBES and other HE RS, and are now receiyini feesh steck of COOKING and HEATING 8TO in great variety, and respectfully invite an exam- ination of our stock. Call-at SIBLEY & Y'S Stove Warerooms, 2 Penusylvania avenue, anu %-dtf between 10th and 1ith streets. BOOTS AND SHOES. [JOTS AND SHOES AT CosT. From to-day I will sell my large stoc! f . BOOTS AND SHOES AT COST te close busines. ins Oall carly for vergeins.| HOOVER, 331 Penn’a ave., bet. 6th and 7th se U4 -coltif South PAWNBROKERS. { STABLIS S52. : sa HERZBERG 'S LOAN ORI ES 1 north ( street, between Oy and 6th streets, Immediately in rear of National Hote @ @ Advances male in all sums on mercbandit mort reasonable tates, and for any length of time. ‘ect oun " OLD ESTABLISHED FI" 1 OF vie Hone Ee aoe bin PTY FOUR AND-A-HALF. BTREET WEST, near Pennaylysnie svenue, Offer the highest cash advances on all kinds of Smodentred at totensnie rete Or On. interest on lary je sums greatly reduced. tial. Scot bought for cash and sold at private sale, ay vi NAILS. ry of the celebrated gency O° “BRIDGETON” NAILS. Dealers furniehed at wholesale factory prices, in lee seat JOHN A. BAKER, Agent, Nos nisian, - Between Minch and ost sts, oe 2-cotw eee Sat USE LIME. powes OD hand and for missioners, Saultary Oicers, and Attn quantities to calf, Seeker DERG. LIME, BLASTER, OR- MENT, BAND, end HAIB. Sh og paneys, ow Corner street and capa, SPECIAL NOTICES. FREE 10 EVERYBODY. A Large’6 pp. Circular, giving information of the €reatest importance to the young of both sexes. It teaches how the homely may become beautifal, the despised respected, and the forsaken loved. No young lady or gentleman should fail to send thelr Address, and receive s copy post-paid. by re- turn mail Address P. 0. Drawer 21. ap3-d&weoty Troy, New York, HALL’S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER Is the dest article known to preserve the hair, Will positively restore GRAY HAIR TO ITS ORIGINAL COLOR, AND PROMOTE ITs GROWTH It is an entirely new scientific dis covery ,combin- ing many of the most powerful and restorative agents in the vegetable kingdom. i makes the Hair smooth and xi stain the skin. ( It is recommended and used by the first Medical authority. For saie by all druggists. Price $1.00. ea PHA EL 8 CO. an 21-eo2m H., Proprietors. sy, and does no Nashua, N KNOW THY DESTINY, MADAME E. F. TRURNTON, the great English Astrolocist, Clairvoyant and Psychometrictan, who has astonished the scientific classes of the Old World, bas now located herself at Hudson, N. ¥. Madame Thornton possesses such wonderful powers of second sight as to enable her to impart knowledge of the greatest importance to the single or married of either xex. While in a state of trance, ehe de- lineates the very features of the person yon are to marry, and by the aid of an instrument of intense power. known as the Paychomotrope, guarantees to produce a life-like picture of the future husband or wife of the applicant, together with date, of mar- Pingo, position In life, leading traits of character, &c. ‘This is no humbug, as thousands of testimo- nials can assert. She will send, when desired, a certified certificate, or written gaarantee, that the picture is what it purports to be. By inclosing a amall lock of hair, and stating place of birth, azo, Gisporition, and, complexion, and inclosing ity cents and stamped envelope addressed to yourself, ‘on will receive the picture and desired information by return mail, Alfcommmunieations sacredly con fidential, Address, in confidence, MADAME E. F, THORNTON, P. 0. Box 223, Hudson, N. ¥. ap 3-DaWeoly AYER’S AGUE CURE, For Fever and Aswe, Intermittent Fever, Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague. Periodical or Bil- ious Fever, &c., and indeed all the affections ‘which arise from malarious, marsh, or miasmatic Potsons. As its name implies, it does Cure. and does not fail. Containing neither Arsenic, Quinine, Bis- muth, Zinc, nor any other mineral or poisonous substance whatever, itin nowise injures any pa- tient. The number and importance of its cures in the ague districts are literall: perent account, and we believe without a parallel in the history of Ague medicine, Our pride is grstifca by the ac- knowledgements we receive of the radical cures ef- fected in obstinate cases, and where other remedies had whoily failed. Unacclimated persons, either resident in, or travelling through miasmatic localities, will be Protected by taking the AGUE CURE daily. For LIVER COMPLAINTS, arising from tor- pidity of the Liver, it is an excellent remedy, stimulating the Liver into healthy activity. For Bilious Disorders and Liver Complaints, it isan excellent remedy, producing many truly re- markable cures, where other medicines had failed. Prepared by Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold all round the world. Price. $1 per bottle. Z. D. GILMAN, te 2-daweotm Agent, Washington. NEW MARRIAGE GUIDE, AN ESSAY FOR YOUNG MEN, on Physiologt- calprrors, Abuses, and Diseases incident to Youth and Farly Manhood, which create impediments to MARRIAGE, with sure means of reli i. Sent in sealed envelopes. free of eharge. Address Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelpbia, Pa. se23-3m_ WHEATON'S OINTMENT will cure the Itch. IE. ‘S OINTMENT will cure Salt Rheum NS OINTMENT cures Old Sores, WHEATON'S OINTMENT cures abl Diseases of the Skin Price 50 cents—by mail 60cents. All Druggists sellit. WEEKS & POTTER, Boston, Proprieto se lt-coly = Z, D. GILMAN, Agent, Penna. av. SECRET DISEASES. BAMARITAN’s Girt is the most certain, safe, and effectual remedy—indeed, the only vege! rem- edy ever discovered. Cures in two to four days,and recent cases in twenty-four hours. No mineral, no balsam, no mercury. Only ten pills to be taken. It is the soldier's hope, and a friend to those whodo not want to be exposed. Male packages, 82; fc- male, $3. Samapitan’s Roor anp Hee Juices.—A post. {ive apd permanent care for,Sp7bilie, Scrofula, UL cers, Sores, Spots, Tetters. . ice $1.25 per - tie. ‘Sold by S.C. Ford. Beeadvertisement. my CLOTHING, &c. MEN'S FURNISHING Goons, WM. 8 TEEL'S, 32° PE LVANIA AVENUE, Between Ninth and Tenth streets. I beg leave to call attention to our full and eom- ete assortment of GENT’S BELUNGINGS, viz : i ra Clouded Merino Shi hite Dress Shirts ihe ite ant u White Merino Shirts and D; 4 — Scarlet Silk Shirts and Drawers, 9.12. 16 Merino (Shetland) Shirts and Drawers Flannel Drawers aud English Hosiery nd Colored Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs Courvoisier’s Kid Gloves Reynier’s Dogskin Gloves Heynier’s Dogekin Gloves (lamb lined) Galt n,Gloves lamb lined) “hosson’s Castor Gloves ed and Black Cloth Gloves (full assortment) Rich stock of Silk Scarfs and Ties a Svar! Rings, Scarf Pins, Sleeve Buttons, Spiral Studs, &c.. (latest Style.) Having just returned from New York, I have a full line of Staple and Faney Goods, (as sbove,) to which I solicit an inspection. oc $-lm H. RIBNITZKY, . MERCHANT TAILOR, 242 Penn. ave., between 12th and 13th sts. Feeling gratified that I can once more deal with mY customers in my individual capacity, I. respectfully announce to them and the pub. lic generally that. having just returned from New York with a fine assortment of French and English Cloths and Cassimeres, I am now prepared to farnish the latest style of Gentlemen’s dress, both in out and material, at the shortest no- tice, and on most reasonable terms. A fine stock of Gentiemen’s Furnishing Goods always on hand se 30-1m J. H. RIBNITZKY. ‘ARDON. an wad SERCHANS TAILORS CORNER 97 AND D STREETS. faving just purchased @ very choice se- ‘Go0Bs' For THE PRESENT SEASON, we invite our Saene ovis a ran ment, in| at enc! SPUPREE AND VARIED BT suit their fancy. a HEIBEBGER, (Successor to H. F. Loupon & Oo. OITIZENS, ARMY AND NAVY MERCHANT TAILOB. Metropolitan Hotel, (late Brown’s,) jyW0-tf No. 362 Penn. avenue, Washington, EDUCATIONAL. 8 GIVEN ON THE PIANO, BY Pe ee MALL BN £05 D street, between ‘Terms $8 per quarter. 2d and $d streets. oc 14-€03t* eC Re wOR Es ee 9 PAINTING AND DBAWLNG L WIESER'’S AINTING iD For LADIES’ and GENT’S, OVER METZEROTT HAL, Openevery day from 9 to 12 and 23 to 6 e’clock. o¢ 41m" ‘OMMERCIAL COLLEGE, No. ¥ adies ant ntlemen = vited to attend; hours of instrmetion from 70 9p. m. oc 3-1m' Mr. wat trea ING. Had forined «clade fa tho ii sodibdh Ae tse ioe haifa he ecoas . The ited. are oqulvalent to private ome, Schools miso tended, se 19-Im ILL LLEGE, OCK BILE EICOTE CITY, MD. dies will be resumed in this Institation om MONDAY, Beptember2. TERMS: Board, Washing, and Talitog, 9200: pranee fee, $5; ' Fhysician’s fee, @6. M1 oan 23 BRO. BRTTELIN, President. - Wilcox 4c ING MACHINE, “ Tt seam and leas lable to rip in use eed nnmtasesy atten Decre in othe orane Report,” and samples of Work con- taint for ae ere Tatitches, on same plece of A. SHEBMAN, nt, (up stairs), bet. pie Caen Washing. —Just received, ve! "Thistle Flower and White Clover oF comb, from White Bidge Moun! PNG PLACE TELEGRAMS, &c. ‘Yesterday evening the officers and men who were in Admiral Farragnt’s. squadron at the capture of New Orleans, held a meeting in Philadelphia to organize a systematic effurt to obtain prize money claimed to be due them for captures at New Orleans. There was & large attendance, and a spirit of determina- tion was manifested to press their claims on Gongress. A letter was received trom Gen. Butler in reference to his bill, now before Con- gress, to authorize the payment of said prize money. It ie now said ‘hat the tund commissioners of Missouri have ordered the officers of the Bank of Commerce, of New York, to apply the State tunds,now in their hands, to tl payment, past due, ot the coupons on the State bonds, ‘The balance to the credit of the State in the Bank of Commerce is over two and a half millions, and is insufficient to pay the coupons. ‘The fever interments in New Orleans to six o'clock yesterday morning numbered thirty- nine. A dispatch was received by Wm. P. Converse & Co. of New York, dated New Orleans yesterday, from I. F. Calawell, Secre- of the Howard Association, saying —“The lemic is subsiding. Please notify all part making collections for us to stop, We have enough funds to carry us through.” ‘There are at present no patients in the quar- antine hospital ship in New York harbor- The only arrival within the last week was the steamer General Grant, Captain Holmes, from New Orleans, which canein on Sanday, ‘with eight passengers and a crew of forty-two. She bad not a single ceee of sickness on board at the time of her arrival or during her voyaze. Postmaster Keany, of New York, who has just arrived from a foreign trip, during which he wns engaged in inspecting the system ef tne pest offices in the larger cities, has submitted @ pian of improvement in the New York post office to the Postmester General. Among other matters, he suggests an incre.se in the force ef carriers and a uniform system for them. Governor Fletcher will call an extra session of the Missouri Legislature on the ist of December. It is now sald that Eastern capi- talists have made propositions to take the Southwest Pacific Railroad on the terms o” Fremont’s contrect, and build it at once. These, and other important rallroaa interests, furnish the reeson for the extra session. The fever is abating in Memphis, and the excitement is subsidmg. Many persons have already lett town, and meny others who had made preparations to leave have abandoned the idea. Twenty-four new cases and four deaih= were reported at noon yesterday. The fever is of a mild type. General Sheridan passed through Uleyeland, Ohio, en route to Columbus and the West yes- terday evening. He was met at the depot by anenthosiastic crowd, and after thanking then for their welcome, and amid cheers for the lit- tle hero, he was off. amer Tonawanda, coming up to yesterday morning, eame in collision with the pilot-boat Young America, and the jatter sunk in fifteen minutes. Theship Tange- aot is ashore on Camberiand Island, a total joes. Company ©, 2iet infantry, has been ordered from Fredericksburg to Petersburg. Va., and roempanies C and H, 4th artillery, have been ordered irom Fort Whipple, Va.,to Fort Mc- Henry, Md. Jdaho papers of October 5 have been recelved, and contains accounts of Indian outrages. Jcseph F. Colwell! was shot and scalped, and his body burned by the savages, withina half mile from Owyhee. ‘The Maesachusetts constables, who were ar- rested in Springfield on Saturday night for Killing an alleged rioter at Westfield, have all been held in $5,000 bail to answer the charge of manslaughter. Only two new cases of yellow fever and four interments are reported for the last forty-eight hours in Galveston. ‘The time for holding the Louisiana agricul- tural fair has been postponed until the 7th of Japuary, 1565. The official repor's show 25,048 voters regis- tered in New York yesterday. A fire in Buffalo, N. Y., yesterday morning destroyed $50.00 worth of property. The Old Spirit of Freedom. An incident of the Fentan trials at Manchnes- ter bas occasioned a somewhat animated dis- cussion in the English papers. It occurred a short time after the rescue of Kelly and Deasy. The fear that an attempt would be made to re- peat that exploit lead the authorities to take unusval precautions; the prisoners were brought in hand-cutfed, and a guard of soldiers ‘was added to the usual guard of policemen. Mr. Ernest Jones appeared for some of the prisoners. Immediately on the opening of the session he rose and called the attention of the court to the fact that unconvicted and pre- sumably innocent men had been brought into the deck in irons. He asked the court to have these irons struck off as @ necessary prelim:- nary torn English trial. The counsel for the other prisoners spoke to the same effect. The presiding magistrate replied that the police thought the handcuffs a necessary pre. caution and in such & case he must be guided by their opinion. A little later in the trial, Mr. Jones sald the pressure of the handcuffs ‘was causing the arms of the prisoner to swell. The other counsel! followed his lead as before. One of them, a Mr Roberts of Old Bailey no- toriety, gave the argument a curious turn, in- sisting that under English law, any prisoner arraigned before a court of justice must be 8 perfect man; that the requirement could not be satisfied if the persons accused were mad, or sick, or in torture;and that therefore, it was not pailatied by his clients, whose wrists were swelled. ‘The presiding magistrate said he was willing to direct the procuring of larger handcuffs for those whose wrists areswelling. This did not satisty Mr. Jones, who threw up his brief, ying he could pot disgrace the English bar by pleading in a court where the police ever- rode the magistrates. SouTH CakoLtna Lanps CHANnGine Own- gRS.—The South Carolina papers conta nu- merous notices of les of land, from which ‘we select the following extracts as an illustra- tionof the social changes in progress in that State: At Yorkville, on sale, land sold at from 37.50 to $17 per acre. eit nderson, - lan me Gommissicner: in uity disposed of six tracts of land at the fol- lowing figures : 305 acres, $950; 295 acres, $720; = actes, $1,525; 163 acres, $900; 154 acres, 8650; acres, $270. Land is selling at ruinously low rates in the neighborhood of Winnsboro. News says: he following tracts of land were sold by the JOMMIssIOWeF 1 Fquiry, gu Monaay Ider. The plantation of James B. Mobley, contain- ing 1,161 acres—about 13 miles from Winns- boro—brought 1,405 in cash. A tract of land belonging to Alfred Dunn, 107 acres in the pine lands was sold at $225 cash. A tract belonging to the estate of Harrison Jones, 274 acres, was sold at $1,121 39, cash. ‘There was also aeale of the property of Jol McMaster, deceased. comprising several town lots and a tract of 408 acres, lying near Winns- ‘The old McMaster residence brought $1,000; the store now occupied by Mr. John P. Matthews, $785, and a house and lot on Main street, 8725. er tract near eg = sold in several parcels at an average of $2.48 per acre. ‘Terms about one-fifth cash, the balance on a credit of one, two and three years. OrExING OF THE MaRrLaxp InstitUTE 'AIR.—The twentieth annual exhibition of the Maryland Institute was opened last evening under the most favorable auspices. Long-be- fore the arrival of the hour for opening the hall the doors were besieged with @ crowd of persons eager to gain admittance, and during the whole evening the entire space devoted to visitors was crowded. The excellent band of Professor Vitt was in attendance, and added eatly to the pleasures of the evening by per- ming some of its choicest selection of mu- sic. exhibition has 8 number of attractive feat minent enone (watch fs & wore fea cet quantity of inery and new in- ventions, ‘whilst the mercbante, mechanics and manufacturers of the city have been quite lib- ercl in adding tothe atiraciions presented — Baltimore Sun, 16th r sae bee her dodge Hi Having © large, Tress’ all that was necessary little whisky to wash down bis oys ere cor ber to pull up on the sly and pou, him out a glass. Co-operative Building, The experiment of co-operative building among the poor of Cleveland, Ohto, it proving highly successful. In accordance with the bill passed by the Legislature providing for their existence, twelve of these cooperative organizations have been formed, an are now being carried on in that city, Muchto tne sat- iefaction of those concerned. Their sim is to enable their members to ob- tain bomes of their own, and therety save the Jarge amounts annually paid ent tor house rent. The “Forest Qity Building Society” is the pidest ana mest preminent, aad has al- ready assisted one hundred membirs in pro- curing dwellings ot theirown. An explana. on of its workings Will give an dea of the manner in which they are all condtcted, ‘The capital stock, when all paid up, will be $400,000, consisting of two bundrec shares of #200 each, No member 18 sllowel to hold more tban ten shares The monthl: tax upon each share is one dollar. A meetirg Ir called once a month for the payment of these dues. When they have been paia in, the chairman of the society announces the amount ofmoney on hand, and that it is ready to redeen so many shares. Let ue assume it to be flve value one thousand. This amount is put nyand sold to the highest bidder at a premium, and this pre- mium ‘is dedueted, and the balsnce handed over to tbe buyer. With this acvance the buyer must either build or secure property of equal valne, and as security to the Association give a mortgage on it equal in yal to the net sum of money he recelves. A stockholder Is allowed to bid @00 on each sbare he holds, and after he borrows, pays in advance to his month dues for shires six per cent. on the amount for which he tids. Suppose he bids forty per cen. premium upon the $1,000. This would be #40 premium, leaving him $600 net. Now, for ths 3600 he 18 required to pay $5 @ month on hisshares and 85 interest a month—total $10. Should he borrow money in the ordinary way the interest ‘would be 336 per annum, or $252 in the whole time, making in all, $552. But tle great ad- vantages of the Association are .hat it loans money to the full value of the prperty mort- gaged, and requires payments ir small con- venient sums. pald monthly, and not in bulk at one time, as in ordinary loans. Those in moderate circumstasces living in tenant or other rented houses areable to save much more than these monthly payments joining the Association, and proctring through it homes of their own. The Asiociation will ‘wind up when its assets are sufficient to di- vide out to each stockholder :2u0 for each share of stock taken. A cotemperary cites the following instance of the practical working of the Association: “Suppose a mim occupies a house worth $3,000, and pays as rent £400 per annum, payable quarterly. He will in seven years have paid $2,500, and lost the interest on ihe payments of the rent he his made witnin this time, amounting to.$567. He has consumed $3,367, and bas nothing to show for it save the receipts of his landlord. Suppose he has twen ty-five shares in the Associaticn. Heis entitle to bid for 85.000, at 40 per cnt. premium ke would get $3,000, and purchasethe house here- totore rented. He would thenhaye to pay to 6 per cent. on the $5,000, which would be $25 per month. This with bis monthly dues on twenty-five shares would be $50 per month, which in seven years will mont to 1,200. Hence by paying $833 (with the space of seven years) more than he would hsve had to pay Tent, he has secured a house vorth $3,000, and has occupied it seven years in a word, his house has cost him $33. Thé ts by no means an extreme case, but one whim has frequently taken place in Building and Loan Associa- jons.’” There are similar Associatims in Troy, Co- lumbns, Cmeinnati, Chicago, Detroit,’ and otber Northern cities They are likewise being formed in Winchester, Charicttesville, Staun- ton, and other Southern cities and promice in time to extend all over the ccuntry. Offering, as they do, a feasible opportunity to the poor for securing homer, their development and in- crease will be a matter of public interest. SoLp1EeRs’ Vorx 1x PENNSYLVANIA.—There Was amorg the returns made to the office of the Prothonotary of the Gourt of Common Pleas what purported to be a certificate of the vote of several soldiers in two companies of United States troops stationed at Fort Dela- ware. The laws of Pennsylvania giving to soldiers a right to vote when in the United States service applies only to those troops which are In service by requisition of the Pres- ident ef the United States upon the State gov- ernment. There are at present no Pennsylva- nia volunteers in service, and if these men en- listed in the United States army are Philadel- phians, as it 1s claimed, they have no right to vole. The return was not made according to law, which requires company elections and the deposit of the vote, properly certified, in the nearest postoffice, directed to the Prothon- otary of the Common Pleas. Clearly this so- called “vote” was irregular and illegal, and it Ought not to have been regarded by the judges of election, but upon a belief that they had no right to reject it, the return was received and counted. On Saturday Judge Thompson, of the Supreme Court, decided that the vote was yoi@, and the election officers having been charged with wilfully disobeying the order of the court, have been put under attachment for contempt, which will be determined on Tues- day next. The so-colled soldiers’ vote” can really make no difference in the result, and the election officers acted rather hastily. ‘They will probably be able to purge themselves of the alleged contempt when the case comes up on Tuesday next.— Philadelphia Inquirer. REGIstRY oF RAIN AND WIND.—To register the direction of the wind, a simple weather- cock is used, which is connected alternately with a system of four electric maguets, corres- Ponding with the four cardinal points. Each of these magnets directs a particular penci when the vane turns to the North, it commu- nicates with the first pencil; when it turns to the East, with the second, and go on; the pen- cil then traces a series of black strokes on the Paper, as long as the wind blows in the same direction. This 1s the registering anemometer of M. Du Moncel. ‘This is how the rainfall is measured. The water that falls is collected by a funnel trom which it flows into a little cistern. When the level in this reservoir ascends, it raises a float- er whieh acts ona great pencil. Another pen- cil marks on the great meteorographical tablet the hour at which the rain has fallen; it is put in motion by a wire which connecis with a little hydraulic wheel placed under a spout. A last penell is charged with noting the state of humidity or dryness of theatr. Itis car- ried on a chariot, which goes or comes before aspecial tablet, on which it traces a series of black parallel lines, the explanation of which ‘would lead us too far.—French Review. SETTLEMENT OF THS DivvicuLTY BeTwaEn THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VIRGINIA AND Trunzsszz HaILROAD—A dispatch from Richmond says: The committee Virgin. ja and Tennesee railroad have returned from Wachington. “They had satisfactory inter- viowa with Grant on mynuay, Bud wien Schofield here to-day. It is now certain that the election for president of the railroad will take place at anadjourned megting. General Mahone will be chosengby acclamation. This ‘will give him control ofthe line from Norfolk to Tennessee. Arrangements with the Tennessee Foads for a continuation to Memphis have been oa ‘The interference on the part of the cretary of War with theelection was not in- tended as a military ig, Dut & result of the failure of the railroad company to comply Pepeocl the contract in payment for its rol, stock. s7-Mrs. Nellie J. Brown committed suicide a: Chicago on Friday night, by taking poison. Mrs. Brown was & ) and ber hus. band a painter. The latter, & few weeks ago, ‘went to New York, in search of emp! ent, andreturned a tew days ago without having very. bad en poison, medical aid was called into istoo. bat W re rithout amy good result. The ant ate woman, In: opiloot all that could dono to save her. gradually sinking, and at dying, suffering violent spasms. : Pans bad ona she nanan S7-A German newspaper says: “ Twoyears . Christian Segeme: became the tn. ois ore fifty-erght id. His first wife gave birth to twenty-three, of which six were Gee bet ancien tage ese Aity-c! an we living, ell being daughters, ani arter’ been lok and enjoys ,all bis children. t the St. Nicholas: hot OCF It 1s stared that the 5 tel, New York, is to have & of te~ ¥ork, Propri acilie Western left St. Louis ina mir waar cellle the actors introduced farce into ragedy, and the city pow has no ‘etars,” Lg Palmer, and Wh have made 860.000 each outof the Black . They — make it $100,000. mi last from Canifornia to Hong. ions sak! nme toveral hundred Obinncok who have got rich by taking in wasDing. 7 The Pacific coast is supplied with ice : jo, Many miles in extent, betel gL omy as it aripe tent, N&, 4,557. Virginia News. ‘The trustees will offer at public sale, on Monday, the 11th of next November,the prop- erty known as the Union Mills, situated about one and a half miles from Winchester, on the Valley Turnpike. This isa valuable property. Tbe mill was destroyed durning the war by order of Gen. Sheridan. McCracken & Bro., sold last Monday a farm belocging te Mr. Henry Edwards, in Spoteyl- vania county, about 7 miles from Fredericks- borg, mainly woodland and without improve- ments. containing a little over 200 acres to Mrs. C. U. Partello, of Washington, D. C., for $150(—onesthird cash. A business letter from a firm in Oneida county, New York, to the publishers of The Farmer, in Richmond, says. “We intend to planta vineyard, in Middlesex county, Va., and are hesitating as to the kind of grapes to plant for market and for wine.” A gentleman named W. D. Waggoner, who wag entrusted by the Sheriff of Russell cone to firing $600 to the Auditor ef the State, his pocket ploxeg of tat sum on arriving at the Genta! Depot, in Richmond, on Thursday evening All the Lynchburg papers are outspeken in denouncing the late interference with the elec- tion of a president for the Virginia and Ton- neseee Ratiroad. cOracken & Bro., were offered $30,000 cash, afew days ago. for the Chatham property across the river from Fredericksburg, belong- ing to Maj. J. H. Lacy, but Maj. L. deciined selling at present. There are 950 acres in the tract, The Conservatives of Rappabannock failed on Monday last te select a delegate to the Con- vention. A terrific hail storm in Buckingham county, on Thursday night last, destroyed nearly all the tobacco in its path. Hapmas Conrus Case Bzrore Cxrzr Jus- TICE UBasg In BaLTIMoreE. nthe United States District Court, yesterday stternoon, a learing was had before Uhiet Justice Chase in the matter of the petition for the writ of haveas corpus, filed by Charles H. Minokey, colored, next friend and step-father on behaif of Eliza- beth Turner, colored, aged 11 years, who, it was alleged in the petition, was illegally re- strained of her liberty by Philemon T. Hamil- ton, of Talbot county, Md. The girl was by Mr. Hamilton produced in Court, in compli- ance with the writ, Mr. H.stated that the girl and her mother were slaves of his until No- vember, 1964, when the late constitution was adopted. Subsequently the Orphans’ Court of Talbot county by indentures apprenticed to him the girl under the laws of the Siate until she became ie years old. He had not thought it worth while to employ counsel in the case, but would submit the matter to the judgment of the Ohief Justice, and stated his belief that the expense of raising the girl was more than she was worth. On the partof the petitioner, Messrs. Henry,Stockbridge, O. F. Bump and Wm. M. Busey appeared. They urged that the State law in relation to the inding of ne- gro apprentices was null by the act of Uon- gress known as the Civil Rights bill: hence the indentures in this case were void. Tne Chief Justice stated his desire to hear argu- ment on the other side, and would therefore postpone his deciston.—#alt. American. THE JeromB PaRK RacEs.—The autumn meeting of the American Jockey Club began at Jerome Park yesterday afternoon, weather was delightfal and the track in splen- did condition. The races were exciting and ‘well contested, and the attendance was very large. The first race wasa hurdle race, which was won by Julius, beating Tycoon second, ard followed by Leatherlungs, Zara, Red Bird, and Negritta. Tne latter felland threw her rider heavily. Time, 3.353. Eight borees were entered for the Jerome Park handicap race, viz: Luther, Enchantress, Lurlime, Captsin Moore, Local, Aldebaran, Climax and Earring. Captain Moore came in first, Enchantress second, but the former was ruled out for foul driving, and the race was given to Enckaniress. Time, 2:12y. The distance run wes a mile and three-quarters, and the number of hurdles jamped six. Taird race—preminm $600, entrance money to recond horse, mile heats. ‘T'nis race was closely contested. General McMahon, Red- wing aud Clement each winning a heat. ‘The fourth heat and race was won by Gen. McMahon, who beat Clement by 8 neck. Mrs. LINCOLN’s WARDROBE.—The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Led- ger eays: “The newest report abont Mrs. Lincoln is, that her agent here, Mr. Brady, has been in- structed to open asubscription for her benefit. instead of selling her wardrobe, jewelry, etc., atauction. The letter to that effect deprecates 80 much publicity, but reminds all whom it may concern thai, had her husband lived her support would not have been taken away from her. Mrs. L. also expresses the conviction that she has friends enough in the community to contribute sufficient to enable her to live in astyle becoming her previous position. Sne says all that she wants is an income large enough to enable her to travel from place to place, and carry a maid with her. The sub- scription list is now open at 609 Broadway. Newspaper reporters are standing by, ready to copy the names as they come along. TE Cominc Coton, CAPILLARY AND CuT- IcULaR.—A Paris letter writer thus indicates the future fashion in hue of hair and color of cheeks and lips. “Wearing the mouth open,” however, can hardly be considered a new sasbion for ladies: Ihave endeavored to find out what colored hair and eyebrows will be worn this year. The artists in hair have met and agreed that dark eyebrows are to accom- pany golden tresses, and golden eyebrows black hair. Brown’ or chestnut locks and curis are not to be tolerated. It is not quite settled if the chignon is to be mantained; itis believed not, if more expensive and com. plicated decoration can be invented. The complexion is to be dead pearl pale, the lips very light pink, and the mouth tobe worn slightly open.” TExas CaTTLE.—Sixteen car loads of Texas cattle, numbering one handred and seventy bead, arrived yesterday morning on the Vir- ginia and Tennessee Railroad, and enough more will arrive this morning to make an ag gregate of SCO head. This lot of cattle comes direct from the Lone Star State, where they ‘were purchased by Messrs. Owens & Beverly, of Fauquier county, who are now transport: ing them to that county, to graze and fatten them for sale in the Northern markets. All of these ca'tle are embellished with huge, bend- ing horns, which presents a most fermidable and imposing appearance. They are rather thin and jaded from the effect of long travel and close confinement.—Lynchbury Republican, et. 13. DancxEous CoeuxTERPeiT.—A man named George Uooper was arrested in Buffalo, N. Y., on Saturday for passing & counterfeit fifty- dollar national bank note. He is one of the parting tmplcated in passing $1.000 connter. feit seven-thirties on & prominent Buffale banker on Thursday. The counterfeit bill was pronounced genuine by bankers, but on fur- ther examination {t was finally declared spu- rious. The bill is on the National Bank of Commerce of New Bedford. On the right- band corner is the number 9,103, in red ink, 4 blurred, while the figures are out ef 8. SinGuLA® SUICIDE oF a GinL.—On Tuesday last Miss Emma Phelps, residing in Berlin, ar Montpelier, Vt, took the razor of her father, retired to the garret, and cut her throat, making 8 terrible gash on each side, When found she begged that nothing should ba done tor her, declaring that she did it because it was the will of God, she having read her Bible on the subject. Everything possible was done for her, but she died on Wednesday morning. ————— a New York has thus far over four and & quarter millions for its new court. use. S7Sims Heeves lost $10,000 by a breach of t,’ engagesent at Drury Lane and is to “play it 87-One of the Istest announcements in the fashionable world is that a return to crmoline is threatened. a Mayor of Norfolk becat ase iw too poor. 1u this instance, it isthe money that makes the ‘Mayor’ go- (N. Y.N a7 Dennis McGrath has commen: it against Mrs. Genera} Sherman, a St Louis, EDR aed of & cow, which company in permission ct & 8 Peri ‘velegraph not to le the La Lh iy le Maem dept i renaeavur, Kens The | + 1° Miramon’s widow has made = a been an Two Boys P: ebably Fataily Shot by a Young Desperado. The inbabitants of the village of Salterville, in the township of Greenville, N. J, were thrown into the greatest state of excitement on Saturday night, caused by the cold-blooded at- tempt by a reckless young vagabond named das. Spencer, to murder. in cold biood, three 10} ‘Wait, and Joseph Salter, by shoot'ng them. named Jobu H. S. Thomas, Charles | Two of whom--Thomas and Wait—are very | dangerously if not fatally wounded. Tt appears that in the-latter part of Saturday afternoon, young Thomas, son of George W ‘Thomas, baker, aged fifteen years, went out with horse and wagon, accompanied by the two lads above-named, to collect brush wood for kindling, and when returning home on what is Keown as the new road, Spencer, armed with a shot gun, emerged from a piece of woods, yamped over the fence into the road, and without the least provocation, shot them Young Wait received over twenty sRot in the side, shoulder, and bhead—one penetrating ai the side of the eye, and he fell ont of the front of the wagon between the horses’ heels and the | whiffletree. Young Thomas was struck by six shot, one penetrating the left side, in the region of the | was densely packed with spectators. eart, one in the right eye, one in the forehead | Over each @ye, anu one 'in tne which caused Bim to fall over the wheel on to the ground. The boy Salter eacaped uninjured by dropping down behind some of the brush in the wagon, as Spencer raised the gun to bis shoulder to fire. The injured boys jumped, and in a bewildered state of mind rai acro 3 ‘the lots toward the village, until they were met by some citizens, who conveyed them to their homes. wnere medical aid was soon called in. | Subsequently it appears that the perpetrator of the deed returned to his mother's bonse. ‘The news of the occurrence spread rapidly, | and people came flocking in from all parts of | the village to learn the particulars. At first it | ‘was supposed that the shooting was the resu!t | of accident, but when it became known that the act was & deliberate one, the people became | greatly enraged. and thie in connection with the fact that young Spencer is looked upon as | & sort of an outlaw, led toa proposition from | some of the more excited ones to resort to lynch law. Better counsels prevailed, however. and it was decided not*to do any unlawful act. The nextmove was to secure the arrest of the cul- | prit, and search was made for a constable, but one was to befound in the village, and none | of the citizens present liked to take the respon. | sibility of making the arrest without warrant of law. A guard was accordingly placed around the house of the mother of the boy— | ‘whose name by second marriage is Crisps—to | prevent his escape, and a messenger was des- | patched for Colonel Simonson, living in an- | Other part of the town, and upon the arrival of the functionary. be refused to “burn nis fingers” by making the arrest without a war- rant. Another delay was caused im hunting up Justice Schultz, who also hved out ci town, and when the necessary papers were procured and the arrest made it was nearly midnight. The prisoner was immediately conveyed to the county jail to await the result of tho injure: Tue LaceR Beek QuESTION.—The Ger- | mans in this city have split on the question of the excise law—one set, under the leadership of Dr. Schutz, making up their minds to stand by the Republican party whether they have their beer on Sunday or no. and the otherhay- ing appointed a committee to find out whether the Republican candidates will promise to in- troduce and support an act to amend the «‘so- called excise law” to conform to the resolution adopted by the Republican State Convention at Syracuse in regard to said excise law. We think «the sald excise law” might be very properly dealt with by taking note of the fact that habitual drinkers of lager beer remain or- derly, sober and respectable citizens, and that habitual drinkers of rum, whisky snd brandy are, as @ rule, ruffians of the worst type. Legislation which recognizes the facts ot life is likely to stand in a free country, but we doubt if any other ever will. The ery of “in- fidel” which is raised against the Germans for their disregard of the ‘Christian Sabbath” is not regorted to by any honest man who knows what he 1s talking about. 1n the countries from which the Germans came, pious Protes- tant ministers of high standing do, without | seruple or scandal, the very thing the New | York Germans want to be allowed to do—go to beer gardens on Sunday afternoon and pass itin drinking and smoking The practice in their case proves nothing whatever as to u man’s life or doctrine.— Zhe Nation Tue Case or Mz. TYNG.—Rey. Jr., delivered a second discourse yesterd: morning upon the “Liberty of Preaching.” | The charges ang specifications against Mr. Tyng by Rev. Drs. Stubbs and Boggs, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, for preaching in their parieh limits without permission in vio- lation of the canon, having been served on him, the public curiosity filled the church of the Holy Trinity with a large congregation. The rector declared that the liberty of preaching ‘was coterminous with the world-wide respen- sibil¢y of every believer, the restricting or yielding of which was disloyalty to our divine Lord. No voice, he said, could be silenced till Christ changed the method of salvation. The right is inalienable. Thought must be free. ‘The limitation of parochial limits robbed the divine commission of its umtversal responsi- bilities and of its sanctity; and when the liber- ty of preaching is resiricted by fallible author. ity, the church must hear the voice trom Heaven ringing out its rebukes: poison poured into the churcb.”’ “This day ts N. ¥. Post. A Divorce GRANTED ON ACCOUNT OF AN IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE TO STRaL.—The New Albany (Ind.) Commercial, Oct. 10th, says In the divorce case of Banks ys. Banke, Judge Jewett yesterday granted the piaintif a di- vorce. The complainant in this case alleged that bis wife was guilty of klopemania—an This allegation irresistible desire to steal. ‘was subsequently abandoned, tiff relied upon mentioning stances of stealing. We believe that an appli- cation tor divorce by the same party was re- fused by Judge Bicknell in the circuit court. We are inclined to think that the courts have heretofore hesitated to dignify kiopemania, or the several instances which constitute it, with being a eufficient ground for divorce. It was Not aileged in this that the wire had been con- victed of the crimes charged A WuoLe Famity CARRtep OFF sy YgL- Low Frvun.—Itis but a few days since we ublished the announcement of the decease of jolonel ©. B. Chittenden, a gentleman long on duty in New Orleans in ‘responsible positions in connection with the Federal army, and more recently engaged here in mercantile pur- . H.Tyng, | lott elbow. | suite. On Sunday our obituary column con- tained a notice of the aecease of his estimable lady, who with her husband made many warm frtends in her adopted home. To-day we chron- icle the decease of their infant and only child. All three were removed by the epidemic. The tale in moat sad.—New Orleans Crescent, Oct.8. THE ROMAN QUBsTION.—The news of yester- day morning would seem to indicate what France will leave the Roman quest tobe solved by the “march of events,” which in this instance means the march of the Garibal- dian volunteers, and that the Italian Govern- ment will have to interfere for the Pope’s pro- tection. The pian of allowing Pius 1X. to re. tain the government of the city during his life- time, even af agreed to, would be certain not to work.—The Nation, Oct. 10. 7 The Pacific Railroad Directors, it is re- ed, bave resolved to use petroleum as fuel ir their locomotives. The coal discoveries Teported on the line of that road may be ex. = gen Bagel ifeven corree < aft he pair work them properly, and a settlement of the Indian troubles, so that a seining op irae tions will be safe, It is ore one lo-omotive can carry petroleum without infringing on the room Pere # for freight and to Keep up steam fora Tun of a thousand miles. f 5 Goon News. ha informed mar, the agent of the vi Mr. John B. U; Society st this place, that first installment of immigrants, numbering between thi four hun will arrt Ar Dis por about th, iatier part’ or iy ‘next, and that the scheme a | decided suceess. Thisis int pan cheering intelligence, | tions from FROM EUROPE. Fiorrncr, Oct. 15--A M—The reyola ary bands which entered the Papal States at different points on the eastern and southern frontier have concentrated in Frosinone under Menotti Garibaldi, in accordance with direc- Geveral Garibaldi. The rep that Menott) had been arrested proves will out -onndation Fuorexce. 0: news from the so 1 —Evening.-Ex th has just been ree A battle bas been fonght ni in the Province of Frosinone, between 'he Garibaldi volunteers and the Pontifical troops. A strong detachment of Papal zouaves was sent {ro Rome during the latter pars of las: week 10 purest the junction of the insurgent bands in sinone with the party under Men ott wi 2 was reported to be in that proviuce, They were unsuccesstul in accomplishing this oo ject, and were obliged to meet the united forees of the insurgents, under command of General Menotti Garibaldi in person. A desperate fight took place outside the town of Verona. The Papal zouaves were badly beaten, losing heivity ip ki'led and wonnded. The Gari. baldians lost five Killed, and fifteen wounded, Paris, Oct 15—It is reported that if the conditon of affairs around Home shon!d be- come critical, the Pope will leave and take re. fuge in Bayaria, where he bas been offered an asylum Lonnoy, Oct. 15—Midnight—Garibald: has sent ont an address calling upon 1taly to arm. Mazzini has issued a proclaination exhorting Romans to rise and proclaim a republic. Lt is thought the Italian xrmy will cross the Papal frontier. Great activity prevails in the naval arsenal at Toulon THe MILITIA PARADE IN Batrivorr.— Governor Swann and staff reviewed in Balti more yesteraay the first division of the Mary- land “National Guard, General Bowerman commanding. The review took place as per programme, on Broadway. There were in line two battalions of cavalry, three compaiies of artillery without gums. and uine regiments of infantry, comprising from five to «ix thousand men. They paraded Baltimore street, which The military display was very brilliant, and shouts and cheers greeted the proce-sion as 1! moved slong. The day was bright and springlike, nd Bot anincident holiday. ‘The Waltimors dscns ge kengral display was a very handsome one and credi- table to the military spirit of our people. Ths uniforms are various and showy. and, con- sidering the short time the organizations have been in existence, they displayed considerabie steadiness and skillim marching. The parade was altogether a fine spectacle and drew an immense number of spectators into the streets, The experience of Major General Bowerman, obtained through an honorable service in ths Union Army, who now commands the divi- sion, was very perceptible in the excellent arrangement of the jine and in its prompt movement.” Tue PRINTERS’ STRIKE IN BROOKLYN —Tne Typographical Union continues its demand as Against the proprietors of the Eagle, Union, and ‘Times, and thus far no attempt at compromise has been made by either party. On Friday night one of the newly engaged compositors on the Union was waylaid and badly beaten by some of the strikers, and on the same night one of them assaulted Mr. Cooper, the office cleric of the Union. Mr. Cooper did the best he could against the attack, and a policeman took the | aseailant away. Several girls are employed in | the Eagle composing room with great succ 8, and the proprietor has concluded to try | experiment on a larger scale. The strikers are ina sad condition. One of them bas worked for Mr. Van Anden twenty-seven years, and many of them ten and fifteen years. The probabilities are that neither of the three offices ‘will re-employ any who were engaged in the strike.—N. ¥. Times, Oct 14. How NATURE PRESERVES A RECORD.—A yery curious incident occurred in the survey of the ron Mountain Road, in the Cypress swamps of Southeast Missouri. The engineers, having orders to locate their surveys in con- nection with the United States land surveys, had occasion to search for the marks or records made years ago in the swamps. The land sar- veyors had marked the results of their work by cutting into the body of a tree, leveling offa smootb surface of the trunk, and engrossing their records on the tablet thus prepared ‘The engineers found the trees of the old survey, and recognized the scars of former cuttings, but, to reach the records, were compelled to ut into the tree again. Mew wood had grown up over the old record, completely biding it. But, after cutting the body down to the orizi- nal tablet, thay found the surveyor's record as plain and distinct as when first made. Dr. BLacksvRn.—Dr. Luke R. Blackburn, recently referred to in the telegraphic reporis as “Yellow Fever Blackburn,” on account of nis alleged attempt to introduced the yellow fever into Northern cities during the war, by means of trunks of infected clothing, was in the city yesterday on bis way to New Orleans. | He attended the meeting of the Board of Health, and by invitation made some remares noon the subject of yellow fever with which he ts suuiiar. 1¢ Will be remembered that Secreta- ry Seward officially announced thats pardon had been refused to Blackburn, for the reason that bis offence was a crime against humanity. He has, however, it ap} , been permitted to return to this country from Canada, where he has been sojourming.—Memphis Daily Post, ct. 9. SPELLING KBRossNR.—At an examination of pupils for the high school at Princeton, Ill, a lew days since, writing exercises were given, when the following fifty ways for spelling the common word “kerosene,” were found as a result. In other respects the scholars passed & good examination : Carocene, carosiue, car- cine, carosene, caroseen, caresen, cardsien, caroseyn, carosien, carasiene, carecein, cari- gene, carecine, carscean, carsein, carisene. car- Tasene, caroscene, carecine, caresine, cerosyne, cerosine, cerocene, cerrscene, carrycean, car- ecein, caracein, carisean, carriseen, caraasine: cerresen, charoscene, charaseen, kerosene, kerocene, kerocine, kerosien, kerosein, kero- seen, kerocean, kerosean, Kerocean, Keroscen, keroscene, keroseine, ‘kerosene, karinsin, kearasine, kersem, karosine, kerisine, kerro- cine. Decision REvERSED.—In the suit of Ered & Co. against Mrs. Annie E. Dixon, tried by the Cireuit court ot Fauguier county, the decision bas been set aside by the military authorities, npon the ground claimed by the defendant that she had not relinguished her citizenship in the State, and was therefore entitled to we benefit of the stay law. In obedience to orders from headquarters, sub-district of Alexandria, di- rected to Judge Thomas, he has notified’ the Ulerk of the Circuit Court that all decrees and orders entered in this cause since the filing of the amended bill by the plaintiffs, be annulied and set aside, that the process of attachment be quashed, and that the Sheriff pay over to the defendant the proceeds in hishands aris- ing from the sale of the defendant's attached property.— Warrenton Indez. A Ser or Fatse TeeTu Tus inpirgcr Cavsz oF a Fara Accrpent.—The Lowell News states that the late fatal accident on the Boston and Lowell Railroad, whereby Mr. J. B. Eaton, the faithiul road-master lest his valuable life, finds an explanation by a singu- lar incident. 1t now appears that a set of false teeth were found in the clenched hand of the deceased, and it is highly probable that the fall ‘was principally owing to asadden movement to recover them after they had been ejected from the mouth by coughing or sneezing. It was one of those occurrences which would have happened to almost any person, however cautious. THE SCULLING OHAMPIONSHIP.—Mr. Mc- Kiel, of Philadelphia, a redoubtable kaight of the oar, has sent James Hamill, of Pittsba: the champion eculier, a challenge, but Ham: declines to row again this season.’ His objec- tion is that he does not desire to undergo the training again; had Mr. McKiel sent his chal- lenge at the Ume he rowea Brown, he would Dave been bappy to have met him, as the one training would have done for both races. Should Mr. McKiel desire to row next season, he isready to meet him or any other man for 22,000 a aide, the race to take place on some eastern course, and each man to pay his own expenses. He also expresses a desire to finish up rowing next season, and retire. 7” Sheridan's reception cost Boston $50,000_ 7 At Columbia, Boone County, Mo., on Friday, 9 man named Norman, shot and kill- eda Eeignbounamed: McBain. A difficulty had existed between them for some time, which Ses.grows: according to rumor, out of too great an intimacy between McBain and Nor- man’s wife. av Bread at Paris has gone up. nearly six cents & pound. pt Se s@ Governor Brownlow will, feeble to travel, early » tor the very whether he is elected to the United States Sen— ate or not. ae Fi hallengs oa See pram lish papers, to bave no Gaikallo Onares ‘The rumor S7” A new chignon is called the Bismarck. BF Quite recenti: stores ha been MY inthe Y army, re soldiers can ‘what they want in the ‘way of pre: on terms more advantageeus bard as ick manufactured intoa riety ‘made of wood, tin. copper